this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2025
409 points (99.3% liked)

World News

38323 readers
280 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
 

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.

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 58 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

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 25 points 4 weeks ago

"israel kills future leaders of hamas"

[–] Garbagio@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 weeks ago

Idek that they try to spin it anymore. Yeah, corporate media spun the pagers, but iirc Zionists were just like "we did this cool thing, like James Bond!"

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 38 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't even think comic book villains are this cartoonishly evil

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Not even this guy would do it

[–] cosecantphi@hexbear.net 31 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

hell is fucking empty and all the devils are in Israel

[–] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 30 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 18 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] zen@lemmy.zip 25 points 4 weeks ago (13 children)

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

load more comments (13 replies)
[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 22 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

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 43 points 4 weeks ago (11 children)

Probably because Israel kills more journalists than any other country

load more comments (11 replies)
[–] Salah@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

The source is the Gazan health ministry. They are so careful on what information they publish that they have been massively underreporting the death count of Israel’s atrocities. Very weird to put their data into question like this.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That’s a literal war crime.

[–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Add it to the list.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

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

[–] tuff_wizard@aussie.zone 6 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

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 40 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (5 children)

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.

load more comments (5 replies)
[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 28 points 4 weeks 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.

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

Come on Iran, what the hell are you waiting for?

load more comments
view more: next ›