[ianch99]

Originally Posted by Chris

Way to wilfully misunderstand the point.

My problem is with Amnesty, not the question of what crimes have occurred in Israel/Gaza over the past year and a bit.

Framing and context is everything here, and Amnesty’s context and framing is evident from page one, line one of its report.

Would anyone like to take a wild guess at what actually happened on 7 October?

To paraphrase Pierre, Amnesty are a Gnat’s pube away from claiming about 6,000 Gazans and 4,000 unguided missiles didn’t cross the border into Israel that day. They may never say the words, but in their pronouncements they sure as heck are aiming to bury the truth.

Just a few lines further down in the report:

Early that morning, Hamas fighters indiscriminately fired a barrage of rockets into Israel and, joined by fighters from other Palestinian armed groups, breached the border fence that surrounds Gaza. Hamas and other armed groups attacked civilian and military targets, carrying out deliberate mass killings, summary killings and other abuses, causing suffering and physical injuries. They destroyed civilian property by burning houses, making them uninhabitable and causing the internal displacement of civilians. They abducted 223 civilians, Israeli and foreigners, including children, and captured 27 Israeli soldiers. Some of their actions constituted war crimes under international law. With approximately 1,200 people killed, over 800 of them civilians, including at least 36 children, these were the deadliest single-day attacks in Israel’s history. Amnesty International’s detailed findings about the crimes perpetrated by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in the context of their attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023 are the focus of a forthcoming publication