• MxM111@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Why else would they build them? This was before Hamas came to power, when Israel was occupying Gaza permanently.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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      1 year ago

      To store munitions? That’s what bunkers are for. Or do you think Israel wouldn’t store munitions in Gaza?

      • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        No, bunkers are actually for people to survive airstrikes and shelling. It even makes sense having one near a hospital, because sick people can’t go fast when the sirens go off. Usually responsible governments build bunkers for their citizens when there is a chance of war. Military sometimes has command bunkers, but they are not for and not near civillians.

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          1 year ago

          So Israel did not use bunkers to store weapons but Hamas did. Seems a little propagandistic to me.

          • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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            1 year ago

            idk I’m someone else. … but I think hamas is very stupid, so it appears plausible to me they used a perfectly good bunker to store wapons instead of sheltering people. Not sure if they really did tho.

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            1 year ago

            Well the crux here is that it’s not a bunker but a basement. Of course the Israeli government likes the translation into ‘bunker’ a little bit better

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        1 year ago

        Why would they do it under hospital? I understand the ugly logic of Hamas doing this, but Israel would not make any sense. There was no reporting of them doing that, ever.