Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 13 people, mostly women and children

[Beastly Boy]

41. While this is also a simplistic proposition, I deplore the continued killing.

Having said this, I refuse to accept the pervasive trend of exclusively blaming Israel for it. It started with Hamas, it is caused by Hamas, and it is being amplified by Hamas. I cannot have a serious conversation on the topic with anyone who keeps their eyes closed to the primary and pivotal role the Gazan government in causing these killings. Keeping it out of the conversation is no different from lying about them.

And of course I will push back on this blatant bias, every single time. And if anyone wants to engage in the "genocide" BS, I want to hear from them how the Gazan government is responsible for it. If this doesn't happen, it disqualifies any such conversations from the claims of genuinely expressing concern about the dying civilians and starving children. Such conversations are openly resistant to addressing the cause of their outrage. And without understanding the cause, there will never be understanding of what can end the killings.

Hamas is the cause, the killings are the effect. This is as clear as day, and hiding from this reality is the shameful part of the discourse.