After two years of famine and genocide, cafés in Gaza are “bustling” (BBC)

Here’s a recent BBC story from a part of the world where, our media informs us, the entirely peaceful population has been subjected to starvation/famine and genocide. The BBC tells us that there was an explosion at “a bustling seaside cafe in Gaza City”:

The article goes on to refer to apparently reliable power and Internet within Gaza: “We were sending reels to each other.” We’ve been informed that all of the hospitals in Gaza were destroyed, but the BBC tells us that people wounded in the café explosion were taken to a hospital and, if necessary, received surgery. The BBC article also tells us that Gazans aren’t afraid to sit right next to Hamas fighters:

In a quiet corner of the cafe overlooking the sea, a Hamas operative, dressed in civilian clothing, arrived at his table, sources told the BBC.

Nobody ran away in fear as soon as the Hamas operative showed up even though the people who were there, interviewed later, said that they recognized him.

Here’s another example of our critical-minded journalists (NBC):

The doctor was “renowned”, but a Google search doesn’t yield any results about his achievements prior to being killed. (Nor is there any source for him having been killed by Israeli fire other than “a Palestinian monitoring group”.)

What is actually known about this person who met a violent end?

Sultan was the director of Indonesian Hospital, one of the largest medical facilities in northern Gaza,

Since Hamas has been running Gaza (after winning a free and fair election, according to Jimmy Carter and the EU), it seems that he was a Hamas-approved manager.

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2 thoughts on “After two years of famine and genocide, cafés in Gaza are “bustling” (BBC)

    • @Amalek, it is ironic, isn’t it? Your comment and the constant media coverage and sympathy for the suffering of Gazans, yet very little is said, if anything, about the brutal October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas.

      I am not claiming that Israel is beyond criticism, but when someone deliberately attacks, kills and kidnaps soft targets — in your own home — they should expect the worse, not just for themselves, but for their loved ones too.

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