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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mistake” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a camp housing displaced Palestinians and, according to local officials, killed at least 45 people.

The strike only added to the surging international criticism Israel has faced over its war with Hamas, with even its closest allies expressing outrage at civilian deaths. Israel insists it adheres to international law even as it faces scrutiny in the world’s top courts, one of which last week demanded that it halt the offensive in Rafah.

“Despite our utmost efforts not to harm innocent civilians, last night there was a tragic mistake,” Netanyahu said Monday in an address to Israel’s parliament. “We are investigating the incident and will obtain a conclusion because this is our policy.”

Mohammed Abuassa, who rushed to the scene in the northwestern neighborhood of Tel al-Sultan, said rescuers “pulled out people who were in an unbearable state.”

“We pulled out children who were in pieces. We pulled out young and elderly people. The fire in the camp was unreal,” he said.

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[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 94 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

“Despite our utmost efforts not to harm innocent civilians, ~~last night there was a tragic mistake,”~~ we bombed a densely populated refugee camp which we previously designated as a safe zone and burned women and children alive - Netanyahu said Monday in an address to Israel’s parliament.

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 72 points 5 months ago

"Whoopsie, my bad. Shit happens, right? Hahaha, hilarious. Anyways, we need some more weaponry to throw at civilians, got some?"

[-] mojo_raisin@lemmy.world 39 points 5 months ago

Biden: This isn't a genocide, so sure


Disclaimer: Voting Biden because Trump will expand the genocide to vulnerable groups here and usher in christian nationalism.

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[-] Maeve@kbin.social 9 points 5 months ago

Anyways, we need some more weaponry to throw at civilians, ~~got some?~~ gimme”

Ftfy

[-] Bookmeat@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Anyways, we need some more weaponry to throw at civilians, ~~got some?~~ gimme”

Anyways, we need some more weaponry to throw at civilians, ~~got some?~~ gimme, you antisemite!”

Ftfy

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 5 points 5 months ago

Snap! I actually and literally lol I'd. Laughing to keep from crying? It's all so absurd!

[-] Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 5 months ago

Israel making an awful lot of "mistakes" lately...

[-] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It only becomes a mistake when legacy media fail to cover it up and report on it instead.

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[-] 800XL@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago

The "tragic mistake" in his head is that he couldn't kill more. Because he is a sociopath. Fuck Bibi.

[-] Resol@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

In the dialect of Arabic spoken in my country, Morocco, the term "bibi" means turkey, the animal.

So yeah, Benjamin Netanyahu is a turkey. And I'm telling the Israeli people to do the same thing the Dutch did: eat their prime minister.

[-] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 5 months ago

Sure and the holocaust was just a big oopsie!

[-] NoLifeGaming@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

30k+ mistake. Yeah right. The slaughter continues. This was not the first and it won't be the last

[-] tooLikeTheNope@lemmy.ml 25 points 5 months ago

Surely he is indeed a tragic mistake

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[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago

He's right. Selling him the weapons to do it was a tragic mistake.

[-] juicy@lemmy.today 22 points 5 months ago

It was a total coincidence that it happened right after Hamas fired rockets at Tel-Aviv for the first time in months. \s

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[-] applepie@kbin.social 22 points 5 months ago

USS Liberty was also a mistake they said... That's how we got into this shit in the first place.

[-] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

It was a mistake. The mistake was the US not cutting all ties with Israel immediately.

[-] Kben@kbin.social 20 points 5 months ago

How many more dead will it take to sedate Israels blood lust.

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 11 points 5 months ago

All of them. It's a genocide.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

He wanted them to starve instead so they won't count as "war victims" according to the established rules.

Now they officially count as civil victims of the war, which will be a key variable for the ICC.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

"sorry you saw me killing more kids"

[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

"look what you made me do"

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 13 points 5 months ago

Funny, when it first happened they had officials saying this was because rockets were fired at Tel Aviv from Gaza.

It's pretty clear that the people in Gaza are being collectively punished for Hamas attacks. Shoot rockets at us, we'll shoot our rockets at people living in tents in your territory. That will teach you.

[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago
[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 months ago

He considers it a tragic mistake that he got caught, not that it happened.

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 5 months ago

Damn, a lot of "mistakes," fell like so dumb people running this shit.

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

How many times has he used that excuse so far?

[-] Resol@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

If Silia Kapsis calls you a liar, then you are a liar. (I'm referring to Benny Net n' Yahoo btw)

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[-] autotldr 4 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mistake” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a camp housing displaced Palestinians and, according to local officials, killed at least 45 people.

Israel insists it adheres to international law even as it faces scrutiny in the world’s top courts, one of which last week demanded that it halt the offensive in Rafah.

An initial investigation found that the soldier had responded to an exchange of fire between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants, Egypt’s state-owned Qahera TV reported.

The militant group launched a barrage of rockets Sunday from the city toward heavily populated central Israel, setting off air raid sirens but causing no injuries.

Separately, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as three Hamas leaders, over alleged crimes linked to the war.

Associated Press writers Zeke Miller in Washington, Kirsten Grieshaber in Berlin, Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Colleen Barry in Rome contributed to this report.


The original article contains 1,140 words, the summary contains 189 words. Saved 83%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[-] solo@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago

Netanyahu did not elaborate on the error.

Yeah, that tells a lot.

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