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Israel agrees to go back to killing Palestinians on less frequent basis (theonion.com)

submitted 1 month ago by MHLoppy@fedia.io to c/theonion@sh.itjust.works

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As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “In line with the terms of the deal, Hamas will release all remaining Israeli hostages, and Israel will still murder innocent Palestinian civilians on a regular basis, but at a slightly slower pace than we have been of late,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [...]

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[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it doesn't really look like satire

[–] amorangi@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 month ago

It's not. We live in a post satire world.

[–] dumbass@aussie.zone 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They just want the hostages out of Palestine so they can finish flattening it.

[–] lowleekun@ani.social 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tbh the government does not give a fuck about the hostages. They have killed many due to their reckless bombing, which was an obvious risk.

Killing and flattening has been the goal during the whole two years and Netanyahu is probably really nervous about the prospect of piece. I will tell you that this scumbag probably prays for an attack by Hamas every morning and evening.

[–] Boozilla@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Yup. The whole hostage taking thing could have been prevented or at least mitigated, but they wanted a flimsy excuse for genocide.

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago

I found out while trying to post this that The Onion's "latest" page doesn't actually mean "show me all published posts sorted reverse chronologically" because it doesn't show this one and now I'm shook.