Dr. Munir Al-Bursh, Director General of Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Children in the Gaza Strip are facing a lethal, hidden threat from the remnants of war, including unexploded ordnance and devices intentionally disguised as toys, according to Gaza’s Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Muneer Alboursh.

Alboursh issued a powerful condemnation of the practice, stating that the deliberate placement of these devices poses an acute and ongoing danger to the youngest residents of the territory.

According to the Ministry of Health, items such as dolls, teddy bears, and colorful balls are being used to lure and injure children.

“When a child reaches for the ‘pretty toy,’ the horrific truth explodes in their face,” he wrote.

  • QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works
    422·
    25 days ago

    A neutral source isn’t calling Israel “Palestine”. An extremely biased source would use that terminology. In absence of a better quality source backing this claim it makes no sense to cede it credibility.

    • TheMadBeagle@lemmy.ml
      222·
      25 days ago

      You mean Palestine, the country that existed where Israel is before European Zionist colonized and genocided it. Yeah, Israel is stolen land just like the US, you are feeding into narrative legitimising their claims which they use to further their genocide. The land IS Palestine.

      • QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works
        212·
        25 days ago

        First the majority population of Israel cones from Islamic nations that exiled Jewish people when Israel was created so suggesting they are Europeans is incorrect. The majority are ancestrally Middle Eastern.

        Israel is a soverign nation that exists on the land it controls. Most nations recognize Israel so it is in fact a nation despite of your views.

        Regardless a source that calls Israel “Palestine” is a biased source and when they make a claim no other source us making a rational person should question that source. This is called critical thinking.

        • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
          131·
          25 days ago

          Which countries exiled Jewish people except the French colonies? The vast majority of them left voluntarily from threats created by Israel.

          • QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works
            210·
            25 days ago

            You think Israel was threatening all of the nations of the Middle East to release their Jewish populations vs them being pushed out or willingly migrating to a place that wouldn’t punish them for not being Muslims?

            • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlEnglish
              16·
              25 days ago

              “I’m fleeing from religious persecution.”

              “I will now religiously persecute the Indigenous people of the land I fled to.”

              Even if every single Israeli fled Islamic states, they’ve been pretty eager to do the exact same things they fled from. So why should I give them any more sympathy than the supposed evil Islamic regimes they escaped? They’re just as hateful and intolerant of other people existing. You cease being the victim the instant you inflict the same abuse on others when the power dynamic flips.