33 pointsby 0x54MUR414 hours ago10 comments
  • porknbeans004 hours ago
    One of the horrific elements of 9/11 was that force of compression as the building collapsed basically destroyed bodies beyond even being small parts.

    As a result, for years following 9/11 remains ( sometimes very small ) were found and immediately catalogued and DNA tested in the hopes some of the victims would finally have something that could be buried.

    It's truly horrific to be unable to tell a family for certain that their loved one is definitely gone. And there are folks from that event who are still entirely missing, no remains found. Their families had to bury empty caskets with a lack of closure.

    It's a pretty horrid thing.

    • kode-targz3 hours ago
      Huh, hasn't thought of that. Israel sure loves evaporating people.
  • max_3 hours ago
    It really depresses me that there is so much emphasis on arms and weapons startups now days.

    Even some financed by Y Combinator.

    The thing about weapons is that these startups will have no control in what circumstances they are used.

    The hypocrisy is people coming here and claiming that such things happening in the world disturb them.

    The world would definitely be a safer place if everyone was a pacifist.

  • andrewinardeer2 hours ago
    Didn't the US use weapons in Japan that made Japanese evaporate too?
  • austin-cheney4 hours ago
    They must have been terrorists… (sarcasm)
  • derkan484 hours ago
    "US-supplied thermal and thermobaric munitions burning at 3,500C have left no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians"!!!
  • rexpop3 hours ago
    This story is utterly chilling, but its source is incredibly dubious.

    Al Jazeera operates entirely at the pleasure of the Al Thani royal family—from whom it receives 90% of its revenue.

    Qatar, likewise, provides Hamas with essential financial lifelines—billions in aid over the years, including regular cash transfers for salaries, fuel, and reconstruction in Gaza. Hamas's political leadership lives comfortably in Doha, which gives the Al Thani family a direct channel to influence decisions there. Without Qatar's support, Hamas would struggle to function as effectively, making Doha the group's most critical backer.

    So, again, Al Jazeera is effectively a mouthpiece for Hamas or, rather, both are limbs of Qatar's ruling Al Thani family.

    Many Arab regimes face publics where the Palestinian cause remains a sacred, unifying obsession, transcending borders and sects. Leaders amplify Gaza outrage via state media to rally citizens around the flag, distracting from internal woes like economic stagnation, youth unemployment, or repression.

    The status quo—intermittent flares—lets everyone virtue-signal, fund proxies cheaply, and avoid accountability for real peace (which demands painful compromises like PA reform or Israeli concessions).

    Meanwhile, captured Hamas documents reveal systematic coordination with Al Jazeera, including editorial guidelines, secure phone lines for real-time instructions, and directives to shape coverage. It's less a news outlet than a geopolitical lever, stoking emotions to maintain regional clout.

    So while the core reality of airstrikes holds, it's distorted by propaganda into disproportionate horror.

    • replooda19 minutes ago
      > Qatar, likewise, provides Hamas with essential financial lifelines—billions in aid over the years ...

      So did (heck, likely does) Israel. Bags and bags of money, as reported by their own Times and by others.

    • sigwinch2 hours ago
      I feel like there’s some propaganda serving both sides. A bomb which prevents Muslim funeral rites can be psychological warfare from Israel and also a story over-emphasized from those invested in Hamas to take the focus away from something else.
    • mmustapic3 hours ago
      But why do you say it is distorted propaganda? How do you know that those bombs were not used in Gaza?
      • BYazfVCcqan hour ago
        A hint would be that none of the mentioned munitions, MK-84, BLU-109, and GBU-39, are thermobaric. They're conventional HE or penetrator munitions.
  • CommanderData4 hours ago
    How much hate must you have to colonize and continually murder it's inhabitants, that you vaporise children then make TikToks mocking those deaths.
  • mhb3 hours ago
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  • monideas4 hours ago
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    • dash23 hours ago
      Thermobaric bombs are real and even normal bombs can do this. (There’s a WW2 song which ends “and all they could find were spots/hundreds and hundreds of spots.“) Not clear that this is a war crime; war is horrible and bombs are part of it; the question is how indiscriminately they were dropped.
    • kombine4 hours ago
      "blood libel" why do you have to use this term all the time? There is plenty of other words that describe what you want to say: fake news, disinformation, propaganda. Why do the likes of you insist on using "blood libel"?
      • monideas3 hours ago
        Because it is a blood libel. That's why I used the term.

        Accuracy in language is a trait of high civilization which is why leftists and Islamists always try to destroy the meaning of words.

        • mmustapic3 hours ago
          Blood libel means harvesting blood for rituals. It has nothing to do with dropping bombs. Which Israel does, what's the controversy here?
          • monideas3 hours ago
            "Blood libel" is a term that applies more broadly than that[1] and this propaganda piece by Al Jazeera is very clearly a blood libel.

            1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47001973

            • mmustapic3 hours ago
              Why do you say it is propaganda?
              • rexpop3 hours ago
                Because Al Jazeera is a project of the Al Thani royal family whose chief aim is to exacerbate the external conflict to maintain Qatar's internal political stability.
                • mmustapic2 hours ago
                  But the specific information in the article could still be true.
                  • rexpop2 hours ago
                    So could an infinite variety of motivated claims, but without a second source for it, I'd remain skeptical.
                    • mmustapic2 hours ago
                      Yes, you always need more sources, that's why I don't dismiss it as propaganda. It would not be the first time that a news org lies, and it would not be the first time that the IDF lies.
        • kombine3 hours ago
          You are trying to make it all about Jews, but they aren't any more special than any other people/religion on the planet. So let's use terms that could be applied to anyone.

          Anyway, this is beside the point, reporting on Israel's atrocities and its genocide in Gaza has been accurate for the most part, unlike the lies coming out of Israeli government or IDF.

          • monideas3 hours ago
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            • kombine3 hours ago
              > but obviously you are an antisemite

              I have Jewish blood in me, you moron. I was raised by a Jew.

      • bell-cot3 hours ago
        For those unfamiliar with that phrase: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blood_libel

        In the current context, OP's use of "insane blood libel" is a very efficient way to communicate his interpretation of the article. And probably his cultural/political background and worldview. And his emotions on the subject.

        The terms you've suggested would, at best, be far less efficient for that purpose.

  • breppp3 hours ago
    The slavers in Qatar are the chief financiers of Hamas, so no surprise their news network acts as it defacto propaganda arm.

    Hamas documents have shown direct contact between Hamas propaganda chiefs and Al Jazeera news rooms with direct sharing of material such as hostage videos and terrorist body cams

    https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/app/uploads/2025/10/E_098_...

    • dominicrose3 hours ago
      Yes you're right, always remember who writes the article and what their interests are.

      AJ seems to be pro-Russia, anti-Israel, anti-USA, pro-Iran islamic "republic". The islamic republic is all about deception, cutting internet to the whole country and reopening it 3 weeks later heavily filtered.

      I can never believe them or any of their allies.

      • sigwinch2 hours ago
        The Russian invasion contains disproportionately more Sunni Muslims than the population, so there’s some sincerity in Al Jazeera covering it from that side.

        And I’ve seen AJ covering Shia, especially outside Iran, without mentioning the politics of Iran.

        One thing to keep in mind is that Sunni outside of KSA are not very supportive of the Saudi royal family. Whereas Shia outside of Iran have a coreligionist unity. That’s how I see AJs coverage.

        • dominicrose29 minutes ago
          If it's not outright propaganda AJ is heavily biased or misinformed, or at least it's my right to be highly sceptical of this source. I don't know if that's why the post was flagged or if it's just because it's not the right type of content for HN.

          Wheter Sunni or Shia it seems countries close to Iran prefer the status quo to other options.