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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.

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[-] RedSnt@feddit.dk 57 points 9 months ago

How will they spin it this time? Last time with the pagers it was the most ingenious James Bond spy maneuver most of the western MSM had ever seen, while in reality it's just terrorism.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago

"israel kills future leaders of hamas"

[-] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago

What a filthy excuse for humans. Where is God when you need one?

[-] crandlecan@mander.xyz 18 points 9 months ago

God's hard at work. It ain't a nice god though

[-] zen@lemmy.zip 23 points 9 months ago

Occasionally I come across a headline that makes me start crying. This is one of them.

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[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I believe that Israel soldiers are perfectly capable of this atrocities, as they have shown in the past and also reported by several humanitary organisations. But we have to take this news with a grain of salt, since there is no other news that confirms it.

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 38 points 9 months ago

Probably because Israel kills more journalists than any other country

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[-] Dreamer@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251103-israel-accused-of-planting-booby-trapped-toys-to-kill-children-in-gaza/

The Director General of Health Affairs in the Gaza Strip, Munir Al-Bursh, has revealed that Israeli forces left behind booby-trapped dolls and toys designed to attract children. He said this shows a new face of the ongoing genocide, despite the ceasefire that has been in place for more than three weeks.

In a post on Facebook on Sunday, Al-Bursh wrote: “Bombs in the form of dolls – the Israeli army did not only leave behind destroyed houses, but also left time bombs in the hands of children.”

He added: “In the narrow alleys and among the ruins of homes, the remains of rockets and unexploded shells are scattered, as if they continue their killing mission even after the soldiers have gone.” He confirmed that “every day, hospitals receive the torn bodies of small children, severed limbs, and faces disfigured due to childhood curiosity and innocence.”

Al-Bursh explained that “the most dangerous of all remnants of war are those that resemble the devil in the face of an angel – booby-trapped toys: dolls, birds, and small teddy bears left to tempt the little ones. When a child reaches for the ‘beautiful toy’, the horrifying truth explodes in their face – that the army claiming morality has planted death in the heart of childhood itself.”

He concluded, “The ‘doll’ has turned into a landmine, the ‘small teddy bear’ into a tool of amputation and disfigurement, and the ‘coloured ball’ into a trap that steals an entire childhood.”

Maybe someone who still uses facebook can check the Directer General's facebook to confirm.

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[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 12 points 9 months ago

Israel can do no wrong because their imaginary friend told them that they're special, and everyone else sucks.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Israel can do no wrong because ~~their imaginary friend told them that they're special, and everyone else sucks.~~ the world can't get over their guilt over letting Germany murder 6 million Jews. And besides, brown people's lives are inconsequential, especially if they pray to the wrong imaginary friend.

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[-] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

That’s a literal war crime.

[-] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Add it to the list.

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

I wonder what they claim the reason for this is. What just reason can they possibly claim? At some point the world needs to stand up and stop them.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Cruelty is the point. They want the Palestinians to leave "voluntarily". Israel will torture them as much as possible to do so.

[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 8 points 9 months ago

good fucking god. I thought I wasn't naive. I still was

[-] tuff_wizard@aussie.zone 6 points 9 months ago

I'm no fan of the IDF but I can't find any sources on this other than that add riddled link and a couple of Instagram posts with no real info.

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20251013-did-israel-leave-behind-booby-trapped-dolls-and-food-cans-in-gaza

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 39 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The Gaza Health Office said it and they didn't cite your claims, so it's 100% confirmed and true.

If anyone wants to claim otherwise, Israel should let journalists into Gaza to prove otherwise.

Israel doesn't get the luxury of banning journalists and then claiming that there is no way of asserting the truth.

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[-] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 27 points 9 months ago

Aren’t they barring journalists from entering Gaza, or has that changed? Because then I’d be very inclined to believe anything against the oppressors.

[-] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

You don't think the gaza ministry for health is a reliable source? Why?

[-] tuff_wizard@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

i could find no proof of them ever making that statement. I eventually found the quotes statement on the health ministers Facebook page. But the linked article has no sources.

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[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

im reading 2 different stories here. one saying that toys were rigged deliberately, and another saying its unexploded bombs that kids have touched while digging through the rubble to find belongings. while this is fucking heartbreaking to hear these kids now have life changing injuries, both stories set very different stories, with one being very gruesome, if true.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

Not at all it's one consistent story. Also IDF terrorists intentionally snipe children through the head this is extremely on point for them.

[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

yes ive seen that sadly. fucked up shit

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