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The war in Gaza has wiped out entire Palestinian families. AP documents 60 who lost dozens or more
The Associated Press | Hamas ^ | June 17, 2024 | BY SARAH EL DEEB

Posted on 06/17/2024 4:02:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

BEIRUT (AP) — He is among the very last survivors of his Gaza family, a clan so close they knew without thinking how blood and marriage bound them across generations and city blocks.

Then, branch by branch, 173 of Youssef Salem’s relatives were killed in Israeli airstrikes in a matter of days in December. By spring that toll had risen to 270.

Bones and flesh strewn over the ruins of family homes. Blond curls of a young cousin peeking through bricks. Unrecognizable bodies piled on a donkey cart. Lines of burial shrouds.

These images are what survivors are left with from hundreds of families in Gaza like the al-Aghas, Salems and Abu Najas.

To a degree never seen before, Israel is killing entire Palestinian families, a loss even more devastating than the physical destruction and the massive displacement.

An Associated Press investigation identified at least 60 Palestinian families where at least 25 people were killed — sometimes four generations from the same bloodline — in bombings between October and December, the deadliest and most destructive period of the war.

Nearly a quarter of those families lost more than 50 family members in those weeks. Several families have almost no one left to document the toll, especially as documenting and sharing information became harder.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Gaza; Hamas; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agitprop; americanpravda; antisemitic; ap; consanguineous; gaza; hamas; hamaspropaganda; islam; israel; journalism; press; prohamas; terrorism
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1 posted on 06/17/2024 4:02:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is bound to happen when entire families decide to run with terrorists.


2 posted on 06/17/2024 4:06:48 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And yet, nearly 70% of Gazans are all for the war.

And yet, civilians participated in holding hostages.

And yet, munitions and fighters have been found in hospitals and schools.

And yet...you get the idea.

CC


3 posted on 06/17/2024 4:07:31 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Might not have been so much if you and the other terrorists hadn’t attacked a peaceful music festival and killed thousands....


4 posted on 06/17/2024 4:08:17 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Then they shouldn’t be starting anything with Israel.

If they didn’t perpetrate Oct 7, those people who are allegedly dead could still be allegedly alive.


5 posted on 06/17/2024 4:11:01 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“War is Hell”. W T Sherman


6 posted on 06/17/2024 4:11:14 AM PDT by MMusson ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Don’t care.

L


7 posted on 06/17/2024 4:14:51 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
identified at least 60 Palestinian families where at least 25 people were killed

It's a good start...

8 posted on 06/17/2024 4:15:19 AM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ja, da whole Aryan Family vas killt in da var. Heinrich only joined the Einsatzgruppen out of luff for Shermany. He and all his brothers and male cousins died on the Eastern Front, while his parents, onkels und tante and girl cousines died in the bombinks of Berlin. Zey var doch goot shermans, and meant no vuns no harm, only da juice vhat vas makink all da problems.


9 posted on 06/17/2024 4:15:50 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

For people who say they love death the way that we love life, this seems like something they’d welcome.


10 posted on 06/17/2024 4:16:33 AM PDT by JudyinCanada (The left is loathsome, beyond anything I could have believed.)
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To: Celtic Conservative
And yet...you get the idea.

Yes, indeed.

11 posted on 06/17/2024 4:17:27 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; All
Remember when the residents of Gaza celebrated the killing of thousands of innocent Americans by dancing in the streets?

Remember 911?

These are the families that celebrate the deaths of innocent Americans and Israelis, and chant "Death to America!"

12 posted on 06/17/2024 4:17:36 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This article is an explicit example of what FAFO looks like in real life.


13 posted on 06/17/2024 4:17:58 AM PDT by Blueflag (To not carry is to choose to be defenseless.)
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To: JudyinCanada
For people who say they love death the way that we love life, this seems like something they’d welcome.

Exactly. Israel is only giving them what they say they want and demand.

14 posted on 06/17/2024 4:18:59 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

173 relatives? All living in the same area? Seems like propaganda for sure.


15 posted on 06/17/2024 4:20:13 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

When your entire existence is centered on killing Jews, don’t act so surprised when they decide to kill you back.


16 posted on 06/17/2024 4:21:45 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Shove it, AP. I’m tired of prejudiced, lying media. Get a life. No, wait, ‘tould be better if a lot of your lot lost yours.


17 posted on 06/17/2024 4:24:52 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Don’t put all your yeggs in one trashcan.


18 posted on 06/17/2024 4:25:07 AM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: Omnivore-Dan
173 relatives? All living in the same area? Seems like propaganda for sure.

They have been known to spread a little BS, now and then. 🤮

19 posted on 06/17/2024 4:27:13 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I think a sizeable number of Israeli families were wiped out by the residents of Gaza, most of whom were Gaza “ civilians”

Don’t start wars and you won’t have this problem


20 posted on 06/17/2024 4:27:52 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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