Israeli officials say inspectors uncovered oxygen concentrators for tunnels used by Palestinian terror groups inside truck carrying aid to Strip

Hamas tried to sneak its fighters out of the Gaza Strip in ambulances that evacuated dozens of wounded Palestinians to Egypt earlier this week, a senior Biden administration official said Friday.

Hamas had compiled a list of the seriously wounded that it wanted to evacuate from Gaza for treatment in Egypt, along with thousands of foreign nationals looking to flee the enclave.

The list was then vetted by Egypt and the United States, which found that a third of the names on it were of Hamas fighters, the administration official said, adding that the list was rejected and none of the 76 wounded Palestinians who were ultimately evacuated in ambulances out of Gaza were members of the terror group.

  • Meldrik@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    439·
    1 year ago

    Why not arrest them then, if they have proof of being terrorists?

    • LaLiLuLuCo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1710·
      1 year ago

      Reposting.

      Israel doesn’t operate the Egypt side and Egypt wants to not be an active participant beyond maintaining the crossing. They especially don’t want to run a PoW camp.

      Working with the IDF directly to transfer prisoners to them would probably start shit in Egypt Sisi doesn’t want to start as it would be seen as entering the war I guess. Iran backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are already doing War Crimes on Egyptian hospitals for their current stance.

      Also allowing a war crime (using ambulances to transport fighters and/or arms) and defending it like this emboldens them to continue doing it to the detriment of civilians since they won’t face consequences.

    • 5BC2E7@lemmy.worldEnglish
      67·
      1 year ago

      2 / 3 palestinians in gaza support hamas. They won’t arrest them.

    • SirToxicAvengerEnglish
      722·
      1 year ago

      and then what? terrorists cant be reprogrammed. just arrest them and then… what?

      • Pips@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        44·
        1 year ago

        The fuck are you talking about? There are multiple deradicalization programs globally, at least two major government run ones in the Middle East.