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Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah

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Leonard_of_Q · 1790616838 · focus · HN ↗
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1. lotadicarus · 1790616970 · focus · HN ↗
  this is not war, it is genocide
  1. bjork · 1790617242 · focus · HN ↗
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    lotadicarus · 1790617561 · focus · HN ↗
    try using a source other than the Israeli government: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humanitarian_and_human_rights_groups_accusing_Israel_of_genocide_in_Gaza" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humanitarian_and_human...
    Leonard_of_Q · 1790617964 · focus · HN ↗
    Try using another source than Wikipedia which is edited by "interested groups" and as such not a reliable source for contentious issues like this one.
    lotadicarus · 1790618376 · focus · HN ↗
    good thing there's 100+ cited sources in that article
    Leonard_of_Q · 1790618878 · focus · HN ↗
    I'll take your 100+ sources and raise you 200+ sources:
    <a href="https://wikiislam.net/wiki/List_of_Genocides,_Cultural_Genocides_and_Ethnic_Cleansings_under_Islam" rel="nofollow">https://wikiislam.net/wiki/List_of_Genocides,_Cultural_Genoc...
    Does that make this link twice as truthful as the one you sent?
    iaaan · 1790619672 · focus · HN ↗
    What, succinctly, is your point? You first claimed that this was not a genocide, then posted a link to a list of other genocides. Are you saying that none of the genocides in your list happened? Or that they are miscategorized?
    Leonard_of_Q · 1790621482 · focus · HN ↗
    My point is that wikis are not reliable sources no matter how many sources they link to. You'd have to check all the other sources to verify their veracity and that only gets harder the more sources are linked.
    constantius · 1790627516 · focus · HN ↗
    Lazy dismissal ,but then again, you don't really have a leg to stand on to defend your point.
    You don't have to check all the links mate, just check a few for the organisations or institutionsnyou know. Unless you think they're all Hamas, of course.
    Leonard_of_Q · 1790710669 · focus · HN ↗
    Which of these organizations should I trust on their word? Give me 5 of them and I'll see if I feel like I can trust them. As to them "all being Hamas", well, who knows. The Swedish television special reporter from that region is so it isn't unheard of. It is not as if it is possible for anyone to just barge in there and report anything he sees, interview anyone he wants and visit any place he cares.
    sjoedev · 1790619557 · focus · HN ↗
    I don’t use TikTok, but I’ll chip in and cite the United Nations [1], the International Association of Genocide Scholars [2], Physicians for Human Rights-Israel [3], Amnesty International [4], Human Rights Watch [5], and Doctors Without Borders [6] to get started.
    While the genocide case brought against Israel hasn't concluded as of now, to say there's no reason to believe this is genocide is incorrect.
    If you’d like to share some sources (rather than only telling others to), maybe we can compare.
    [1] <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/israel-has-committed-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds" rel="nofollow">https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/israel-has-c...
    [2] <a href="https://genocidescholars.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IAGS-Resolution-on-Gaza-FINAL.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://genocidescholars.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IAGS...
    [3] <a href="https://www.phr.org.il/en/genocide-in-gaza-eng/" rel="nofollow">https://www.phr.org.il/en/genocide-in-gaza-eng/
    [4] <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/amnesty-international-concludes-israel-is-committing-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/amnesty-inter...
    [5] <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/12/19/israels-crime-extermination-acts-genocide-gaza" rel="nofollow">https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/12/19/israels-crime-exterminat...
    [6] <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/our-response-israel-gaza-war" rel="nofollow">https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/our-response-is...
    mittensc · 1790619797 · focus · HN ↗
    Imagine this was Jerusalem
    would you say the same?

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