The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Monday it told Qatari mediators the group was ready to release up to 70 women and children held in Gaza in return for a five-day truce with Israel.

The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Monday it told Qatari mediators the group was ready to release up to 70 women and children held in Gaza in return for a five-day truce with Israel.

  • Astrealix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    271·
    9 months ago

    Hamas is a real government, and is in charge of Gaza — the PA is not in charge of Gaza. It is also a terrorist organisation, and is also basically not democratically elected. But the people of Gaza should not be held responsible for their government’s folly and terrorism. But it is important to recognise that de facto Hamas is the government of Gaza.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      49·
      9 months ago

      Hamas is a real government, and is in charge of Gaza

      What are they actually in charge of?

      They don’t control utilities or emergency services, and I doubt they’re doing schools either.

      It’s not a government, because they don’t do any of the duties are government is supposed to do.

      • 5BC2E7@lemmy.worldEnglish
        95·
        9 months ago

        They demonstrated complete control over their water infrastructure when they dismantled it to build more rockets. They recorded themselves while doing so and its easy to find this footage for those that doubt any inconvenient facts about them.