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News & Current Events Apr 23, 2026 at 6:21 PM

Israeli strikes kill eight Palestinians in Gaza, first responders say

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Israeli strikes kill eight Palestinians in Gaza, first responders say
www.bbc.com
Israeli strikes kill eight Palestinians in Gaza, first responders say
One strike killed three children and two adults near a mosque in the northern town of Beit Lahia on Wednesday evening.

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yosisoy 1 day ago +7
What kind of reporting is this? >In a statement, the Israeli military said it had targeted what it called "a terrorist" who had approached troops in the area of the Yellow Line Imagine Hamas statements being presented this way
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Vrukop 1 day ago +11
Hm ... what the particular preview image ... what does the author wants us to feel ...
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xmuskorx 2 days ago +26
And how many of them were Hamas? BBC? Hello? Do your job.
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Ready_Data5206 2 days ago -48
None of them. Majority of people murdered by Israel in Gaza and Lebanon are civilians. Its why Hamas and Hezbollah are alive and well.
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xmuskorx 1 day ago +29
>None of them Proof?
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yosisoy 1 day ago +12
According to dudes like the one you're replying to Hamas doesn't even exist and is a bogeyman invented by Israel to kill random Arabs, for some reason
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xmuskorx 1 day ago +10
Perhaps BBC is partially responsible for this? They seem to never report "Hamas combatants killed." Like literally NEVER. I could not find a single article on Hamas combatant being eliminated.
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nsfwuseraccnt 1 day ago +25
The majority of people killed in wars are almost always civilians. There's nothing new here and nothing particular to Israel. The % of civilian vs combat deaths in WWI is estimated to be around 59%. For WWII it was 60-67%. Vietnam was around 67%. Korea was around 75%. The Gulf war in 1991 was around 88% civilian casualties. Civilians shouldn't be purposefully targeted, but it's an absolutely unrealistic expectation that combat deaths will outnumber civilian deaths in a war. Especially when you consider how densely populated Gaza is and how Hamas takes no care whatsoever to avoid operating around civilians. In fact, they go to great lengths to operate around civilians, including digging tunnels under hospitals and launching rockets from the tops of civilian buildings.
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Procyon3020 1 day ago +4
Shhh, don’t confuse these people with facts. Don’t you know that dead civilians in wars is a-ok, except when the Israelis are involved?
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MaybeSomedayMaybeNot 22 hr ago +2
The highest recorded collateral damage approved by the USA in modern warfare was 30 deaths. In Gaza, Israel approved over 100 deaths for high rank targets and 15-20 for junior targets.
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HarEr89 2 days ago +46
Disgusting Hamas propaganda. They always call killed Hamas terrorists just "people" or "Palestinians". Hezbollah is doing the same propaganda trick.
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Federal-Trip3952 1 day ago -1
Sure, but how do you know these particular people killed were members of Hamas?
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WildWhisperArdor 1 day ago +1
It sounds like you agree then that we can’t say one way or the other then?
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Federal-Trip3952 22 hr ago +1
Yeah, I just don’t think it’s good to celebrate people dying I guess
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Ornery-Standard-2350 2 days ago -41
God forbid we call people... people
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hunterman321 2 days ago -38
So you kill children and civilians and you are still the victim? So in return Hamas could strike an IDF terrorist that is surrounded by children, That’s fine right ?
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Altruistic-Guide-756 1 day ago -8
Of course ur German really making ur ancestors proud aren’t you
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Zahkrosis 1 day ago +19
Collateral or deliberate? Edit: Hamas is known to disguise themselves as civilians as well as using civilian shields. I just want the full context here
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TheCatapult 2 days ago +49
Unnamed “medics and first responders” are not journalistically ethical sources for news reports. Just more Hamas propaganda.
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BrickwallBill 2 days ago -42
Would you say the same thing if it was the other way around?
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GoodAnakinGood51 2 days ago +35
You dorks already do.
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KingMoosytheIII 1 day ago -9
3 children were identified, 9, 12, and 14? Im curious as to how they can skewed as Hamas agents when it was verified repeatedly
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Procyon3020 1 day ago +9
They were actually 23, 25 and 31. And I provide you the same evidence that this claim is true as they did: absolutely none.
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SnooCauliflowers9533 22 hr ago -1
What a... meaningless rebuttal? Stop taking sides you dumbasses.
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HockeyHocki 1 day ago +18
Im sure in Arabic the word has some different connotations but hearing her describing her kids as martyrs just feels wrong. Sooner Hamas disarm sooner Gazans will escape this Limbo
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octopoosprime 1 day ago -10
Palestinians get killed and you only have critiques and commentary about Palestinians.
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HummusSwipper 1 day ago +27
Last time I checked Palestinians in Gaza were ecstatic to see their government invade and massacre the people of another country. This is the sad outcome of an avoidable war. What's the point of criticizing the IDF for this? This was certainly a targeted strike at Hamas members, but obviously we won't ever know that because after 2.5 years of war, Hamas has yet to report a single casualty to its members.
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leftrightside54 1 day ago -26
Sure bro, just like there is a ceasefire and Israel jsut bomb and tripple tap the lebonese journalist.
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HockeyHocki 1 day ago +20
The lebanese journalist that were driving around the territory where the IDF forces remain deployed, around one of the towns the IDF issued specific instruction to all Lebanese not to go to? Those journalists? Darwin awards
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leftrightside54 1 day ago -14
Bro, it's a journalist and they targeted her on purpose. It's not October 7th, they have killed over 200 journalist already.  World kitchen double tap as well. So many other war crimes. And it's a ceasefire. So much for ceasefire right.
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HockeyHocki 1 day ago +6
She wasnt targeted for being a journalist, there is zero evidence for that
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leftrightside54 1 day ago -2
O really  https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/article/lebanon-journalist-targeted-and-killed-by-israeli-airstrikes-while-reporting-on-the-war-in-southern-lebanon They also blocked ambulance from getting aid to her https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/lebanon-accuses-israel-of-blocking-attempt-to-rescue-journalist-after-bomb-strike
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HockeyHocki 1 day ago +21
She was targeted and she was a journalist, that is not evidence she was targeted for being a journalist
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HummusSwipper 1 day ago +2
What makes her a journalist?
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allbetsareon 1 day ago -16
I’m sure English works have different connotations, but reading someone use Darwin Awards to describe the intentional killing of journalists just feels wrong. The sooner the IDF leave Lebanon the sooner Israel will escape this limbo
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HockeyHocki 1 day ago +17
They were intentionally killed alright, for being suspected militants. They fucked around where they shouldnt have and they found out
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leftrightside54 1 day ago +2
It's Lebanon territory during a ceasefire . War criminals.  They love killing civilians and then calling them terrorists.
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HockeyHocki 1 day ago +18
Bro its a warzone, even Hezbollah told them not to go there
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Dido_nt 1 day ago -7
The super just democracy in the Middle East that kills people for being suspected militants.
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allbetsareon 1 day ago -11
I’m sure you said the same to the people who died on 10/7
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HockeyHocki 1 day ago +21
If the nova attendees had decided to take a stroll into gaza and set up their festival there i probably would have
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allbetsareon 1 day ago -14
The festival wasn’t in America it was in the Middle East in a country that supposedly is surrounded by enemies and constantly attacked.
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threeme2189 1 day ago +4
So your saying it's fine and expected that a bunch of people got rapes and murdered by a terror organization while having a party, just because the terror organization exists and borders with Israel? Seems like the IDF is on the right track and really needs to eradicate said terror organization.
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allbetsareon 1 day ago +1
No I’m saying that “f*** around and find out” and “Darwin Awards” logic that the clown above me was using can be twisted against any victim. It seems like you and others start from the assumption that the IDF is right and then work backwards from there no matter what the situation is.
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Wambo74 2 days ago +22
First...consider the source.
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GoodLeroyBrown 2 days ago +18
As a millennial this was drilled into my head. I’m not so sure the same can be said for Gen X
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octopoosprime 1 day ago -27
The source is first responders. Are medical professionals too biased for you?
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GoodLeroyBrown 1 day ago +17
The irony of saying that to an ED doc. Anyways, I’m not sure ones profession determines how good of a source they are; even more so in this context.
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octopoosprime 1 day ago -14
If their profession is to treat medical trauma in a conflict zone id say they are a very good source for determining how many people are being killed by that.
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GoodLeroyBrown 1 day ago +15
Unless they’re, of course, Hamas. It would be prudent at that point to consider the source and potential bias at the very least.
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octopoosprime 1 day ago -10
Prudent to what end 5 people are dead and the BBC reported it
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GoodLeroyBrown 1 day ago +10
I think you’re getting it and purposely being obtuse here.
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DatBobbyDeMarco 2 days ago +26
Bullshit Hamas propaganda
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dat_4ss 2 days ago +24
>according to medics and first responders. According to the MoH (Hamas)
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DanIvvy 2 days ago +4
Wonder what they were doing. I'm sure they were just innocent randomers. Probably wear journalist outfits underneath their scrubs. Of course both of those things are on top of their AK-47s and bomb making kits, but hey...
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fufa_fafu 2 days ago -17
Yes, yes, the children are all terrorists hiding nuclear bombs under their pacifiers. I'm sure they must be removed because everyone is khamass or something.
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Individual_Guest_323 2 days ago +11
They targeted a terrorist, that according to Hamas, was surrounded by childrens at the time of the explosion.
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acaciovsk 2 days ago -15
I don't know what all these Israel bots and talking heads are still doing here. Honestly Israel's reputation is dead in the water globally. Anything that anyone says that is pro israel at this point has as much credibility as pro russian comments
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TheTrollerOfTrolls 1 day ago +22
>Anything that anyone says that is pro israel at this point has as much credibility as pro russian comments This is a great example of prejudice and false dichotomy. The world is far more nuanced than "pro" this or "anti" that.
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acaciovsk 1 day ago -16
Whatever man, this means nothing when Israel is murdering kids
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TheTrollerOfTrolls 1 day ago +11
You can condemn the killing of children without using language that treats an entire people as morally disposable.
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acaciovsk 1 day ago -12
Nah, that implies that all people from israel are pro israel. I don't think that's the case. And still what I said remains: Israel's reputation globally is down the drain
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TheTrollerOfTrolls 1 day ago +9
The problem is with what you decide to label as "pro" or "anti" Israel. Is there a "neutral" Israel? Is there "pro" certain things and "anti" other things Israel? How about an "I-don't-give-a-shit" Israel? This is where the false dichotomy comes in. Boiling things down to a single criteria ("pro" or "anti") will always mean that you exclude others that you probably wouldn't exclude if you understood them individually. Maybe some of those others even have good points to make. The problem is that you'll never know with such a perspective. But sure, you keep finding a way to defend your prejudice. That's how anyone maintains their prejudice about anything.
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acaciovsk 1 day ago +1
There's only one anti killing children position. That corresponds to unequivocally condemning Israel. Anything else is just conflating things to justify Israels actions. No need to look at both sides to cross this street
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yosisoy 1 day ago +1
As if the only children dying in this conflict are Palestinian. If it wasn't tragic it'd be funny
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CrusaderAlive 2 days ago
The world should abandoned Middle East conflict. Let’s them sort themselves out. Majority of people around me here in UK. We careless about this conflict. Media hype it up. Or at least people I interact daily. This is my 2 cents. I doesn’t speak for uk people. I just said about my daily life with people I interact
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Jakobmeathead 2 days ago -12
What in the zionism is this comment section
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threeme2189 1 day ago +4
It's called people having their own opinion and being rational. Give it a try.
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fufa_fafu 2 days ago -26
Why even bother posting every incident? Tens of thousands of children died already. The fascists brigading this with "all of them are Hamasssss" can go f*** themselves. You like watching babies being butchered, it's fine to admit. As long as they're brown and arab they don't count anyway right? Only meaningless numbers. Am isreal chai or whatever.
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itspronouncedbolonya 2 days ago +23
Arab ≠ brown
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TheJacques 2 days ago +10
Sephardic and Mizrachi Jews have entered the chat…how are you so hyper obsessed on a cause you know nothing about…please elaborate..I’m not even upset just genuinely curious?  No babies or civilians were harmed because of the $3.5 billion tunnel/bomb shelter Hamas built for them…duh!! That’s where all the billions and billions in aid money went, to build tunnels/bomb shelters for the civilians of Gaza. 
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Comfortable-Track495 2 days ago +12
Iran isn't arab ok
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fufa_fafu 2 days ago -19
**At least eight Palestinians, including three children, have been killed in two Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, according to medics and first responders.**
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threeme2189 1 day ago +2
Write even louder, I'm sure it will work.
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milkytoon 1 day ago -8
Netanyahu has the tapes
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Ready_Data5206 2 days ago -12
More medical workers murdered by Israel and then slandered as terrorists.
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bssbronzie 2 days ago -12
IDF playbook: \*bombs journalists\* \*deny all negative news by claiming there's no reputable sources, labelling everything negative as hamas propaganda \*
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