When this was posted, PBS NewsHour was reporting that "a health official said" 94 dead Palestinians were brought to the hospital after the IDF's mission that rescued four Israeli hostages who'd been held captive for 246 days.
Israel carried out its largest hostage rescue operation since the war with Hamas began, rescuing four out of central Gaza amid heavy fighting. At least 94 dead Palestinians, including children, were brought to local hospitals, a health official said.https://t.co/SBl1MVihXY
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) June 8, 2024
Only 94? I think the last number of dead Palestinians I saw was something like 247 … according to the Gazan Health Ministry. I did a post on all of the people crying about the "acceptable ratio" of Palestinians to hostages. Israel (allegedly) killed almost 250 Palestinians to rescue only four hostages, who I'm told were well-fed and cared for. The hostages even gained weight:
lSRAELI HOSTAGES GAIN WEIGHT IN GAZA pic.twitter.com/CUO1W6aI3M
— Muhammad Smiry 🇵🇸 (@MuhammadSmiry) June 8, 2024
It’s sad the guy with cancer lost so much weight, but on the plus side it appears there’s a surplus of food in Gaza. 👍🏼👍🏼
— 🫃🏼💉🇺🇦Hollaria Briden, Esq. (@HollyBriden) June 8, 2024
So you are telling me there was no famine all along?
— Matthew Feinberg (@thewebbie) June 8, 2024
I thought there was no food in Gaza? Stop crying!
— Dom (@DomGuerra22) June 8, 2024
Yeah, that was big of Hamas to feed the people they'd taken captive for more than eight months.
Matt Bruenig called it "an actual trolley problem." You know, the one where people are tied to the tracks and you have to decide whether or not to pull the handle to reroute the train. It's like when the pro-abortion crowd asks if there were a fire, would you save one baby or a hundred IVF embryos?
An actual trolley problem https://t.co/BJNQO3dSG3
— Matt Bruenig (@MattBruenig) June 8, 2024
It's not, though.
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- ok there are 4 people tied to tracks. a trolley is coming. do you flip the switch?
— blighter (@blightersort) June 9, 2024
- what’s on the other track?
- 94 people
- omg 94 people are tied to the other track?
- no, they’re not tied at all. they just laid down there to stop you from flipping the switch. https://t.co/UTj1bzToK7
Exactly.
- wait they could just move?
— blighter (@blightersort) June 9, 2024
- oh for sure. in fact they kidnapped and tied the 4 down. they could literally end this at any point by just standing up and freeing the 4.
- so why don’t they?
- bc they hate jews more than they want to be alive
- JFC, flip the switch.
Maybe don't take Hamas propaganda literally and you won't have trolley problems.
— Anthony Abides (@AnthonyAbides) June 8, 2024
Rephrasing the trolley problem:
— WheelmanForHire (@WheelmanForHire) June 8, 2024
4 people tied to the tracks on one rail.
200 people willingly laying on the other set of tracks trying to make it so you let the 4 die.
Should those willing to die be saved for those not willing to die?
They're taught from primary school how great it is to be martyred as long as you kill at least one Jew.
Except Hamas wasn’t tied to the track. They could have returned the hostages and avoided the train altogether, but they put it on the track.
— GOPPouncer (@Mellecon) June 9, 2024
Typically, in the trolley problem, the larger group of people isn’t responsible for tying both groups of people to the track. In this case, Hamas is the responsible group for both.
— The Doctor (@TennantRob) June 9, 2024
Easiest one ever. Israel answered correctly.
— Give War a Chance 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🇹🇼 (@ThomasHoufek) June 9, 2024
Maybe Hamas shouldn’t have created the trolley problem to begin with
— Quick Time Tweets (@DirkTheDaring3) June 9, 2024
Not a trolley "problem" when people are voluntarily putting themselves on the track to try and prevent you flipping the switch, but mostly hoping you do.
— Daniel Reid (@danielp_reid) June 10, 2024
If they want the switch thrown, it should be thrown
Exactly. The 240+ people on the track are free to get up and move. Maybe a few of them could then untie the hostages.
Put all of Hamas and pro-Hamas jihadis on one side and one hostage on the other and sane people would still throw the switch to save the one. This isn't some aaaaaaaackshully huge ethical dilemma here, Matt.
— Aldous Huxley's Ghost™ (@AF632) June 8, 2024
There was a news analysis but what looks like the New York Times about "Israel's euphoria" being short-lived.
I grew up staring at a memorial plaque for Yoni Netanyahu. There will be plaques for Arnon Zamora in synagogues around the world. There is a political campaign going on to kill any sense of joy over the hostage rescue. It will not succeed. pic.twitter.com/3yisD6ZIgt
— Richard Goldberg (@rich_goldberg) June 10, 2024
It shouldn't succeed. No, it wasn't a "horrible, awful, tragic day." There should be a celebration. Hostages were reunited with their families. Hamas could release the remaining hostages at any time and solve the alleged trolley problem.
If you look really closely, you’ll notice a difference in how CNN treats claims from Israel and from Hamas.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) June 10, 2024
Can you spot it? pic.twitter.com/wlwXrb919c
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