Belgium has summoned the Israeli ambassador to condemn the bombing of the country’s development agency in Gaza, the Belgian foreign ministry has said.

The Israeli assault has taken place after the Belgian Government announced not to suspend funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Wednesday.

Belgium has decided to wait for the results of UN investigations into the possible links between some UNRWA staff and Hamas, according to Belga News Agency.

“Belgium will put the issue of compensation for the damaged infrastructure of projects financed by the EU and its Member States back on the agenda of a subsequent European consultation,” it also warned.

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    8 months ago

    Here’s an actual source that isn’t a Turkish propaganda network: Reuters

    Note how a real news agency states facts instead of injecting an elaborate “revenge for funding the UNRWA” narrative, mentions that the date and reason for the bombing is unknown, and notes zero expected casualties.

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      Thanks for the better article. Still wild how little restraint Israel is showing, even if this wasn’t retribution. Though don’t think they are above such things.

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        The problem with this particular war is that Hamas purposefully and in mass uses civilian shield. They do not care that civilians will die, in fact it is absolutely obvious and predicted and calculated outcome of their incursion into Israel. The only way for Israel not to kill civilians was not to react at all, which I think was not an option for them. Any attempt to avoid killing Hamas because of the potentially greater civilian casualties leads only to Hamas using civilians even more and in greater number, leading to even more deaths in future.

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      8 months ago

      TRT does not have a low MBFC score they are perfectly allowed to be posted here. One-sided for sure, but no blatant lies.

      The timing of Belgium refusing to stop UNRWA aid is extremely relevant as israel bombed the Belgian building in Gaza right afterwards.

      This type of revenge bombing for petty reasons is a staple of the spiteful mentality that israel abides by.