Dr. Munir Al-Bursh, Director General of Gaza’s Health Ministry.

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.

    • QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works
      314·
      13 hours ago

      A neutral source isn’t calling Israel “Palestine”. An extremely biased source would use that terminology. In absence of a better quality source backing this claim it makes no sense to cede it credibility.

      • TheMadBeagle@lemmy.ml
        121·
        11 hours ago

        You mean Palestine, the country that existed where Israel is before European Zionist colonized and genocided it. Yeah, Israel is stolen land just like the US, you are feeding into narrative legitimising their claims which they use to further their genocide. The land IS Palestine.

          • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
            7·
            8 hours ago

            Which countries exiled Jewish people except the French colonies? The vast majority of them left voluntarily from threats created by Israel.

              • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlEnglish
                7·
                7 hours ago

                “I’m fleeing from religious persecution.”

                “I will now religiously persecute the Indigenous people of the land I fled to.”

                Even if every single Israeli fled Islamic states, they’ve been pretty eager to do the exact same things they fled from. So why should I give them any more sympathy than the supposed evil Islamic regimes they escaped? They’re just as hateful and intolerant of other people existing. You cease being the victim the instant you inflict the same abuse on others when the power dynamic flips.