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.
78 Comments
RedSnt@feddit.dk · 58 pts · 281d
How will they spin it this time? Last time with the pagers it was the most ingenious James Bond spy maneuver most of the western MSM had ever seen, while in reality it's just terrorism.
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 281d
"israel kills future leaders of hamas"
Garbagio@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 281d
middlemanSI@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 281d
What a filthy excuse for humans. Where is God when you need one?
crandlecan@mander.xyz · 18 pts · 281d
God's hard at work. It ain't a nice god though
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 281d
crandlecan@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 280d
:)) indeed! https://theartsdesk.com/tv/preacher-amazon-prime-video
Zerush@lemmy.ml · 26 pts · 281d
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.
BakerBagel@midwest.social · 40 pts · 281d
Probably because Israel kills more journalists than any other country
Zerush@lemmy.ml · -18 pts · 281d
BakerBagel@midwest.social · 26 pts · 281d
Literally more journalists died in Gaza after October 7 than in 4 years of war in Ukraine. Israel has been intentionally targeting any journalists they can find in Palestine.
comfy@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 281d
The World Press Freedom Index only uses safety as one part of their score. It's not a refutation of the statement you're replying to.
But since you brought them up, here's their breakdown of:
Zerush@lemmy.ml · -7 pts · 281d
I don't doubt it, this why I sais, that I believe the Israel solders capable to do any atrocity, even capable to leve bomb traps to childrens. But I also don't like fake news, even not from Palestine, these are damage more than it helps, because Israel can use it against them. Because of this is specally in this notice to prove that it is true, only believing it isn't enough.
PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 280d
Oh, it's the same map
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 280d
cheesorist@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 277d
love the propaganda map
west = freedom
non west = dictatorship
fucking Iran has more freedom than the united states and Israel combined
Zerush@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 277d
The Map is from pre-Trump ballroom and ICE Gestapo times.
cheesorist@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 277d
man, were you born yesterday? america never had real freedom
Zerush@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 277d
I know, but press freedom was good in 50% before this year, now it's converging to zero. In the US since ever, people had only freedom when they are rich
Dreamer@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 280d
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251103-israel-accused-of-planting-booby-trapped-toys-to-kill-children-in-gaza/
Maybe someone who still uses facebook can check the Directer General's facebook to confirm.
Zerush@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 280d
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.
zen@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 281d
Occasionally I come across a headline that makes me start crying. This is one of them.
reddifuge@lemmy.world · -22 pts · 280d
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.
kreskin@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 280d
Israel killed all the reporters. But you demand a report.
reddifuge@lemmy.world · -15 pts · 280d
Let's see your source that there are zero reporters in Palestine.
kreskin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 279d
"Banned from community". Excellent. Happy trails, jerkbag.
PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 280d
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 :(
reddifuge@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 280d
zen@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 280d
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.
CannonFodder@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 280d
Clearly he's challenging this particular article. Don't strawman or move goalposts - it weakens your argument.
zen@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 279d
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.
CannonFodder@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 279d
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.
justastranger@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 280d
Here's a quote from Wikipedia about the group that put out this article:
Unless there are alternate sources that verify the authenticity of this story, it should be assumed to be propaganda. They even do the quotation marks thing in this very headline.
causepix@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 279d
...and they're right to do so? The land didn't stop being Palestine just because a bunch of Western-backed Zionists decided to occupy it and commit genocide against the natives.
justastranger@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 273d
That's irrelevant to the fact that Israel is a real country with a government, citizens, and international recognition. Your argument applies equally to refusing to recognize the validity or existence of the United States of America, which should show you how ridiculous it is.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 280d
Israel can do no wrong because their imaginary friend told them that they're special, and everyone else sucks.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 280d
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 279d
Valid.
SulaymanF@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 280d
That’s a literal war crime.
JamesTBagg@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 280d
Add it to the list.
kreskin@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 280d
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.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 280d
Cruelty is the point. They want the Palestinians to leave "voluntarily". Israel will torture them as much as possible to do so.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 8 pts · 280d
good fucking god. I thought I wasn't naive. I still was
tuff_wizard@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 281d
I'm no fan of the IDF but I can't find any sources on this other than that add riddled link and a couple of Instagram posts with no real info.
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20251013-did-israel-leave-behind-booby-trapped-dolls-and-food-cans-in-gaza
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 38 pts · 281d
The Gaza Health Office said it and they didn't cite your claims, so it's 100% confirmed and true.
If anyone wants to claim otherwise, Israel should let journalists into Gaza to prove otherwise.
Israel doesn't get the luxury of banning journalists and then claiming that there is no way of asserting the truth.
tuff_wizard@aussie.zone · -1 pts · 280d
Yeah its not super clear if the link you shared is in anyway a trustable source. People can just make posts and websites saying whatever they want. they included no links or anything to substantiate their claim. The website of the Palestinian Ministry of Health has no statement regarding booby traps but it is not updated regularly
After a lot of searching I have found the quotes from the health minister on what looks like his personal Facebook page, so I am happy (or sad) to believe the claims but its not good practice for the news sites to provide no source, especially in this day and age.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 280d
So basically like any Western outlet.
tuff_wizard@aussie.zone · -1 pts · 280d
Stop being obtuse. Reporters should include sources with their claims. This is not a radical view to have. I’ve called out plenty of idf bs. It would be wrong to not hold everyone to the same standard.
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works · -7 pts · 281d
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 281d
They're in Gaza.
This is like linking Xinhua to report on New York and saying they are more credible than the official New York city news.
CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml · 27 pts · 281d
Aren’t they barring journalists from entering Gaza, or has that changed? Because then I’d be very inclined to believe anything against the oppressors.
Fleur_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 280d
You don't think the gaza ministry for health is a reliable source? Why?
tuff_wizard@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 280d
i could find no proof of them ever making that statement. I eventually found the quotes statement on the health ministers Facebook page. But the linked article has no sources.
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -18 pts · 281d
The only sane comment so far.
1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 281d
im reading 2 different stories here. one saying that toys were rigged deliberately, and another saying its unexploded bombs that kids have touched while digging through the rubble to find belongings. while this is fucking heartbreaking to hear these kids now have life changing injuries, both stories set very different stories, with one being very gruesome, if true.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 281d
Not at all it's one consistent story. Also IDF terrorists intentionally snipe children through the head this is extremely on point for them.
1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 281d
yes ive seen that sadly. fucked up shit
BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 280d
LoL how FUNNY!
-Jews According to Rich People!
mukt@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 280d
This reminds me of how Islamic terrorists trained in Pakistan were doing the same for decades... to India.
Jews are finally catching up
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 280d
The Russians also did it when they were pulling out of Afghanistan. I wish I believed in Hell, so that I could take some pleasure in knowing these people are going there.
rbn@sopuli.xyz · -4 pts · 280d
Really not sure if this is a reputable news source. Never heard of this website and as others mentioned here, there seem to be no reports on this topic in the bigger general press outlets.
With reputable sources I don't necessarily mean western media, but also e.g. Al Jazeera doesn't seem to report on this topic. Which would be huge if true.
ABC Australia reported that children mistook unexploded bombs for toys: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-31/unexploded-ordinance-israel-ibombs-gaza-clearance-war-remnants/105937500
That's still heartbreaking and horrible, but quite a different story than Israel explicitly placing ecplosives disguised as toys.
If one of you found further proofs, I'd be happy if you could share some links.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 280d
Lot of libs showing up here doing more work to sourcebro than actually check the claim.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251103-israel-accused-of-planting-booby-trapped-toys-to-kill-children-in-gaza/
rbn@sopuli.xyz · -4 pts · 279d
Looking at... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Monitor ... that source also doesn't seem too objective to me TBH.
Again: I'm not saying that the original article is wrong. I just say that claims by any news outlet that a) isn't too popular or b) that has a strong and well-documented bias in one direction must be questioned until proven right.
And MEMO, according to Wikipedia, has a long history of pro Hamas propaganda back until 2009, long before the current war even started.
causepix@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 279d
I could very easily say that Wikipedia has a long history of pro-western propaganda...
rbn@sopuli.xyz · -1 pts · 279d
No source will be ever completely free of a bias, but Wikipedia is still way more reputable than the two sources linked here.
Wikipedia has plenty of critical articles on what Israel is doing / has been doing in the past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_war_crimes
causepix@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 279d
And yet it denigrates the resistance to Israel's crimes as terrorists, any outlet that reports on that resistance in a supportive light as untrustworthy, and neglects to hold Israel themselves to the same standard that all of that clearly demonstrates.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · -15 pts · 281d
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works · -26 pts · 281d
The source is strongly anti-Israel to the point of not recognizing it as a country. Given this bias you should look for other sources to support the claims made here.
Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml · 29 pts · 281d
In other words, the source is reasonably neutral.
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works · -18 pts · 281d
A neutral source isn’t calling Israel “Palestine”. An extremely biased source would use that terminology. In absence of a better quality source backing this claim it makes no sense to cede it credibility.
TheMadBeagle@lemmy.ml · 20 pts · 281d
You mean Palestine, the country that existed where Israel is before European Zionist colonized and genocided it. Yeah, Israel is stolen land just like the US, you are feeding into narrative legitimising their claims which they use to further their genocide. The land IS Palestine.
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works · -9 pts · 281d
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 281d
Which countries exiled Jewish people except the French colonies? The vast majority of them left voluntarily from threats created by Israel.
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works · -8 pts · 281d
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 281d
"I'm fleeing from religious persecution."
"I will now religiously persecute the Indigenous people of the land I fled to."
Even if every single Israeli fled Islamic states, 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 escaped? They're just as hateful and intolerant of other people existing. You cease being the victim the instant you inflict the same abuse on others when the power dynamic flips.
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 24 pts · 281d
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works · -6 pts · 281d
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 22 pts · 281d
All the land Israel sits on is Palestine. All of it. Stealing it and exterminating the people already there does not make it not Palestine.
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works · -15 pts · 281d
That is completely immaterial to the question at hand though. Im sorry that you are having this much trouble grasping the actual question.
Piperpiper1@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 281d
Are people supposed to be okay with genocide for them to "impartial" to you? I bet you watch molestiny unironically.
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works · -8 pts · 281d
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 281d
any sources that aren't strongly anti-israel is a shit source anyways.
I don't like genociders to read me the news.
DancingBear@midwest.social · 19 pts · 281d
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works · -13 pts · 281d
That makes zero sense logically speaking.
minnism@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 281d
LoL, maybe you need to check your algorithm?
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works · -10 pts · 281d
Again a statement that makes zero sense in the context of this conversation.
No one is denying my allegation that RFK JR stole my KitKat, does that make my claim true or does the lack of a refutal not mean anything (it’s the latter).
DancingBear@midwest.social · 5 pts · 280d
DancingBear@midwest.social · 9 pts · 280d