Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan
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“about 10 members of Israeli special forces dressed in civilian clothes went to the third floor [of the hospital], where they killed the men using weapons fitted with silencers”

In any other country, we’d call this a government death squad. Sheesh.
bbc.com
Israeli forces kill three Palestinian militants in West Bank hospital raid
8:42 AM · Jan 30, 2024

I mean, yes, it was a "death squad" in the sense that it was sent to kill dangerous terrorists. Special operations against enemy combatants are not a new concept. Hamas could simply surrender if this is all too messy for people like Mehdi Hasan. //

I've been told repeatedly that Israel must cease all attacks that result in civilian casualties. Well, this was an attack that resulted in no civilian casualties. It's almost as if Hasan and people like him weren't actually concerned about that but just support terrorism. Who could have guessed?

Do you know what I noticed the most about this operation? No one was raped. No one was beheaded. No innocent people were gunned down. Instead, those involved operated as a professional force should. That some find that more upsetting than the October 7th attacks is telling. //

Boblo
3 hours ago
Looked surgical to me! Haha! Get it? Surgical, hospital, no?

Granny Cuyler -> Boblo
3 hours ago
The operation was a success!

Hawkdriver -> Boblo
2 hours ago
Their policies evidently covered the procedures. //

emptypockets
2 hours ago
"They executed the three men as they slept in the room," the hospital's director, Dr. Naji Nazzal, told Reuters. "They executed them in cold blood by firing bullets directly into their heads in the room where they were being treated."

Which was mercy none deserved. They weren't raped or stabbed repeatedly or tortured or made to watch their child cooked in an oven.