The WSJ is reporting Saint Porphyrius church, a famous orthodox church was blasted
Roland00 Send a noteboard - 19/10/2023 10:52:58 PM
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So, yeah, no surprises on the general opinion of the Global South blaming Israel. Israel did demand that 22 hospitals be evacuated, sort of an absurd demand even in times of peace. I think those 22 facilities cover about half of all hospital beds in Gaza. However, what sticks in my mind at this point - and baffles me as to why no one else has picked it up - is the sheer destructiveness and lethality of the explosion. Like you, I think that’s the best way to describe it for now. I’m not aware of any Israeli airstrikes that have had such an effect so far. And the idea that one of Hamas’ home-made rockets could have produced such an explosion, even if all the propellant contributed to the blast, is hard to believe. I’m left wondering about an arms stash or, possibly, a natural gas leak. Not even sure they have natural gas, though. Finally, I’m not really inclined to think much of the narrative of either the terrorist scumbags or the war criminal scumbags. What a morally repellent lot they both are.
So, yeah, no surprises on the general opinion of the Global South blaming Israel. Israel did demand that 22 hospitals be evacuated, sort of an absurd demand even in times of peace. I think those 22 facilities cover about half of all hospital beds in Gaza. However, what sticks in my mind at this point - and baffles me as to why no one else has picked it up - is the sheer destructiveness and lethality of the explosion. Like you, I think that’s the best way to describe it for now. I’m not aware of any Israeli airstrikes that have had such an effect so far. And the idea that one of Hamas’ home-made rockets could have produced such an explosion, even if all the propellant contributed to the blast, is hard to believe. I’m left wondering about an arms stash or, possibly, a natural gas leak. Not even sure they have natural gas, though. Finally, I’m not really inclined to think much of the narrative of either the terrorist scumbags or the war criminal scumbags. What a morally repellent lot they both are.
And the Israeli military are looking into the incident.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Porphyrius
Famous church from the 400s, though the current structure is from the 1100s due to the crusades.
(Gallows humor now) then again the Saint it is named after is famous for burning pagan temples.
I find it interesting, but sadly not a bit surprising...
- 19/10/2023 05:24:33 PM
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Is that right?
- 19/10/2023 05:43:12 PM
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Schools, mosques, refugee camps, and at least one hospital were hit with airstrikes prior to this.
- 19/10/2023 09:54:15 PM
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The WSJ is reporting Saint Porphyrius church, a famous orthodox church was blasted
- 19/10/2023 10:52:58 PM
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Congressman (fmr) Justin Amash lost family members in this Church bombing, link
- 21/10/2023 05:58:11 AM
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Hospitals have external oxygen tanks and the blast was in the parking lot.
- 19/10/2023 10:55:58 PM
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If all of that is true, and I’m not saying it isn’t, how are 500-plus 200-plus dead?
- 19/10/2023 11:11:11 PM
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The current US intelligence estimate is 100-300 dead leaning towards the lower figure.
- 19/10/2023 11:34:25 PM
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I wish Israel had bombed that hospital, and done so intentionally.
- 20/10/2023 01:46:49 PM
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People believe what their taught anti-Semitism teaches them to believe.
- 20/10/2023 02:39:19 PM
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What is amazing is how opinions here have split by party affiliation.
- 20/10/2023 02:53:41 PM
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There is absolutely nothing amazing about it.
- 20/10/2023 03:17:27 PM
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I believe there's a little more to it than that.
- 20/10/2023 03:46:24 PM
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Sure, but does it even matter at this point?
- 20/10/2023 05:58:32 PM
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Never forget
- 20/10/2023 06:16:25 PM
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Go fuck yourself
- 20/10/2023 06:43:41 PM
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Piss off Roland
- 20/10/2023 07:25:18 PM
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I am cursing Greg for he is one man
- 20/10/2023 07:35:01 PM
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Actually I know that Israel has a right to exist and its people have a right to the land.
- 20/10/2023 07:38:31 PM
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Found the anti-semite.
- 20/10/2023 07:30:25 PM
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I was born failed
- 20/10/2023 07:32:41 PM
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Sweetie darling,
- 20/10/2023 07:39:42 PM
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you are the one who is keep on bringing dionysus and the world spirit into this. You are mad *NM*
- 20/10/2023 07:44:55 PM
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You think you're unique?
- 20/10/2023 07:40:24 PM
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So people who are 14 in Gaza, where are they supposed to go?
- 20/10/2023 07:45:41 PM
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Ask the surrounding Arab countries, for once. *NM*
- 20/10/2023 07:47:13 PM
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And who killed a former president of Egypt? It was before the 14 year olds birth
- 20/10/2023 07:52:23 PM
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Re: Never forget
- 20/10/2023 07:09:51 PM
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People believe what fits best with the ongoing narrative.
- 20/10/2023 03:51:31 PM
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The first assumption that the IDF and US are obviously lying is the issue. *NM*
- 20/10/2023 04:07:29 PM
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