Children in the Gaza Strip are facing a lethal, hidden threat from the remnants of war, including unexploded ordnance and devices intentionally disguised as toys, according to Gaza’s Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Muneer Alboursh.

Alboursh issued a powerful condemnation of the practice, stating that the deliberate placement of these devices poses an acute and ongoing danger to the youngest residents of the territory.

According to the Ministry of Health, items such as dolls, teddy bears, and colorful balls are being used to lure and injure children.

“When a child reaches for the ‘pretty toy,’ the horrific truth explodes in their face,” he wrote.

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    “I’m fleeing from religious persecution.”

    “I will now religiously persecute the Indigenous people of the land I moved to.”

    Even if true, they’ve been pretty eager to do the exact same things they fled from. So why should I give them any more sympathy than the supposed evil Islamic regimes they escapes?

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      What population do you think is indigenous to Israel/Palestine? I’ll give you a hint their ancestors are not Arabs as they colonized the Levant later and they are sometimes Jewish people.

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        Weird why are DNA tests banned in Israel again? Surely not because Palestinian DNA goes back 4000 years ago while Israeli DNA traces back to Poland.

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        You’re absolutely right! Many, even most Palestinians today are descendants of the ancient Israelites the Torah talked about. Much more so than the people who call themselves Israelis, converting to Islam does not alter your ancestry.

        So why are Israelis killing their own kin then?