@lpryszcz@genomic.social2026-03-15 22:58:43
A classified Israeli military database ... indicated that of more than 53,000 deaths recorded in Gaza, named Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters accounted for roughly 17%. That suggests the rest, 83%, were civilians. These are not the statistics of a war fought with precision, this is a war where imprecision is the aim.
When reported verification times for AI-assisted targets are measured in seconds, ... the consequences are written in rows of small coffins.
@jeang3nie@social.linux.pizza2026-04-16 16:29:18
Something that has been bothering me since the start of the Isreal-US conflict with Iran is this idea that the war will be won quickly because Iran is just a bug to be crushed under the boot of the US military. I really get the feeling that people have this massive misunderstanding of the size of Iran, thinking it to be a small country where very few people live. That couldn't be further from the truth.
Just by numbers, Iran is about 1/6 the land mass of the United States. It's…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-04-14 10:05:37
[Thread] A dashboard shows the past 25 years of NYT coverage, across 1.5B words, 2.2M articles, and 26K reporters; Israel-Gaza dominates international coverage (Ted Alcorn/@tedalcorn)
https://x.com/tedalcorn/status/2043760109302464583
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-11 16:57:11
The conflation of Jews and Israel is dangerous antisemitism.
And yet it’s harder to fight back as the mainstream Jewish establishment insists that Zionism is nearly as integral to Jewish identity as circumcision.
Increasingly, though, many Jews are searching for another point of view:
Feelings about Israel are wobbling within the community
— and disapproval is rising among the young;
pro-Palestinian Jewish groups are growing, and more and more Jews view “Zionis…
@ErikUden@mastodon.de2026-03-30 05:18:05
Official Israeli Persian account pushing a conspiracy theory that civilian casualties in Iran are being faked: straight from the Gaza playbook.
@servelan@newsie.social2026-03-04 01:15:47
"after the Israeli military said its troops had begun operating in the south of the country following Hezbollah attacks."
Macron warns Israel against Lebanon invasion | Israel-Iran conflict | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/3/4/macron-warns-israel-against-lebanon-invasion?traffic_source=rss
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-03-03 12:15:50
Israeli media: the IDF destroyed the HQ of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting; the English-language site of Iran's official news agency is offline (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/03/iran-state-broadcaster-irib-de…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-01 20:46:21
Donald Trump threatened to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine
unless European countries joined a U.S. military effor to open the Strait of Hormuz,
the Financial Times (FT) reported on April 1,
citing people familiar with the discussions.
The report comes a month into the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran,
which has escalated across the Middle East.
Following the attacks, Iran has shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which roughly one-fifth o…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-03 15:52:06
The missile hit during the school’s morning session.
In Iran, the school week runs from Saturday to Thursday, so when US and Israeli bombs began falling at around 10am on Saturday, classes were under way.
At a point between 10am and 10.45am, a missile directly hit Shajareh Tayyebeh school, in Minab, southern Iran, demolishing its concrete building and killing dozens of seven to 12-year-old girls.
Photographs and verified videos from the site, which the Guardian has not publ…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-02 15:19:15
Democratic leaders were outspoken during the massive US military buildup in the Middle East,
⭐️decrying his unwillingness to engage with Congress and lack of long-term strategy for Iran.
🔸They noted that it was Trump, during his first term, who shredded Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran.
Once the US and Israeli military struck on Saturday, the sharpest voices accused the president of riding roughshod over the constitution.
Senator Bernie