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Israel agrees to pauses in fighting in Gaza for polio vaccination – CNN
- hdlothia 2y agoReminds me a bit of the Christmas truce during ww1. Hopefully the vaccinations will help prevent more death and there can be a hostage deal soon.
- jfengel 2y agoThat truce was in 1914, and the war went on for another five years. So, hopefully not quite like that. But you're right. The fact that the Israelis feel that they can afford a unilateral cease-fire suggests that maybe they're close enough to their goals that they'll want to finish it up.
- Qem 2y agoHope they actually mean it and don't allow humanitarian aid crews in just to shoot them like it was done to a World Food Program vehicle some days ago: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240829-wfp-halts-staff-movement-in-gaza-after-vehicle-fired-on-by-israeli-forces/ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240829-wfp-halts-staff-m...
- simianparrot 2y agoConveniently omitting the updates in this incident: https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-aid-group-admits-gaza-convoy-taken-over-by-unvetted-people-before-idf-fired-at-them/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-aid-group-admits-gaza-convo...
- aguaviva 2y agoPlease don't post false accusations of bad faith or carelessness against other users. According to the timestamp on their submission, it was posted some 23 hours before the article you linked to. Meaning, they could not have known about the IDF's different versions of events (even assuming we charitably believe the IDF in this case). Their initial take was not at all unreasonable, given the IDF's conduct in this operation thus far. Per site guidelines -- "Assume good faith", please. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html