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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    Occasionally I come across a headline that makes me start crying. This is one of them.

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      Well luckily this is a fake propoganda article. That never happened.

      Both sides are trying to make each other look as bad as possible. Happens in every conflict.

      I believe it when I see reuters or AP on this.

      You guys always get so mad instead of realizing things aren’t as simple as good vs evil.

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        I legitly don’t know if bit or lib

        EDIT: aw shit, lib after all, but this line of “I believe it when I see reuters or AP on this.” was way too on the nose for me to believe it at first :(

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        Are you arguing that Israel didn’t booby-trap toys, or that they didn’t kill children?

        Because you are right to question the integrity of the news source. I’ve personally never heard of royanews.tv… However, it is pretty well documented that Israel has been killing children.

        Even if this story is false, the reality is still horrific. Whether or not Israel booby-traps toys doesn’t change the fact that they’re already killing children.

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          Clearly he’s challenging this particular article. Don’t strawman or move goalposts - it weakens your argument.

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            You guys always get so mad instead of realizing things aren’t as simple as good vs evil.

            I disagree with you, based on the content of the original comment (quoted). They are clearly trying to challenge the notion that Israel is killing children in general.

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              No, they can challenge the notion that things aren’t as simple as good vs evil - it’s usually more like evil vs evil and bystanders get fucked. In this case, challenging the notion that Israel booby-traps kids toys, doesn’t mean challenging that Israeli bombs civilians including children.

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    I believe that Israel soldiers are perfectly capable of this atrocities, as they have shown in the past and also reported by several humanitary organisations. But we have to take this news with a grain of salt, since there is no other news that confirms it.

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      https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251103-israel-accused-of-planting-booby-trapped-toys-to-kill-children-in-gaza/

      The Director General of Health Affairs in the Gaza Strip, Munir Al-Bursh, has revealed that Israeli forces left behind booby-trapped dolls and toys designed to attract children. He said this shows a new face of the ongoing genocide, despite the ceasefire that has been in place for more than three weeks.

      In a post on Facebook on Sunday, Al-Bursh wrote: “Bombs in the form of dolls – the Israeli army did not only leave behind destroyed houses, but also left time bombs in the hands of children.”

      He added: “In the narrow alleys and among the ruins of homes, the remains of rockets and unexploded shells are scattered, as if they continue their killing mission even after the soldiers have gone.” He confirmed that “every day, hospitals receive the torn bodies of small children, severed limbs, and faces disfigured due to childhood curiosity and innocence.”

      Al-Bursh explained that “the most dangerous of all remnants of war are those that resemble the devil in the face of an angel – booby-trapped toys: dolls, birds, and small teddy bears left to tempt the little ones. When a child reaches for the ‘beautiful toy’, the horrifying truth explodes in their face – that the army claiming morality has planted death in the heart of childhood itself.”

      He concluded, “The ‘doll’ has turned into a landmine, the ‘small teddy bear’ into a tool of amputation and disfigurement, and the ‘coloured ball’ into a trap that steals an entire childhood.”

      Maybe someone who still uses facebook can check the Directer General’s facebook to confirm.

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        Anyway, between all the, even worse, atrocities by Israel soldiers against the Palestinian people and even childs, this information add nothing new to the fact that the gov of Israel is a criminal and terroristic nazi regime. Enough to search images of Gaza for the last 50 years, it’s not since yesterday, there are “Free Palestina” movements since 1970 and before.

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    I wonder what they claim the reason for this is. What just reason can they possibly claim? At some point the world needs to stand up and stop them.

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      Cruelty is the point. They want the Palestinians to leave “voluntarily”. Israel will torture them as much as possible to do so.

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    This reminds me of how Islamic terrorists trained in Pakistan were doing the same for decades… to India.

    Jews are finally catching up