Posted on 11/23/2023 7:20:29 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Israel's military offensive has turned much of northern Gaza into an uninhabitable moonscape. Whole neighborhoods have been erased. Homes, schools and hospitals have been blasted by airstrikes and scorched by tank fire. Some buildings are still standing, but most are battered shells.
Nearly 1 million Palestinians have fled the north, including its urban center, Gaza City, as ground combat intensified. When the war ends, any relief will quickly be overshadowed by dread as displaced families come to terms with the scale of the calamity and what it means for their future.
Where would they live? Who would eventually run Gaza and pick up the pieces?
“I want to go home even if I have to sleep on the rubble of my house,” said Yousef Hammash, an aid worker with the Norwegian Refugee Council who fled the ruins of the urban refugee camp of Jabaliya for southern Gaza. “But I don't see a future for my children here.”
The Israeli army’s use of powerful explosives in tightly packed residential areas — which Israel describes as the unavoidable outcome of Hamas using civilian sites as cover for its operations — has killed over 13,000 Palestinians and led to staggering destruction. Hamas denies the claim and accuses Israel of recklessly bombing civilians.
“When I left, I couldn’t tell which street or intersection I was passing,” said Mahmoud Jamal, a 31-year-old taxi driver who fled his northern hometown of Beit Hanoun this month. He described apartment buildings resembling open-air parking garages.
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In the seven weeks since Hamas’ unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, Israel unleashed more munitions than the United States did in any given year of its bombing campaign against the Islamic State group — a barrage the U.N describes as the deadliest urban campaign since World War II.
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I’ll look at the links you provided after cooking, eating and cleaning up. I suspect a sneak attack of turkey, keto stuffing and many trimmings is on the way.
Play stupid games.
No idea who these Channel 3000 people are, but
Thanks for cheering me up.
I think they mean they believe the Philistines do not have the skills or motivation to rebuild on their own. The condescending media are sure the locals are helpless. Will have to be a massive UN project, don’t you know.
I’m reading thru Joshua right now. Joshua 13 to be precise. One thing I kept reading in preceding chapters was, the Lord said to Joshua, ... destroy everything. All went well when Joshua (Israel) listened.
Well I happen to think it is true as do many Israelis themselves. Netanyahu is pushing the US to attack Iran and start WW3. Mark my words if that happens it will be the end of Israel, something the end timers here are apparently hoping for to fulfill their prophecy. Could be Netanyahu is the Antichrist you’ve all been waiting for. And he has you fooled.
I’ve never called him a hero or anything close to that but nice try. Show me proof of these claims.
There are numerous examples of successful sneak attacks in history.
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Our wide open southern border is a fine example.
I’m not seeing any problem here.
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But I think the reason was, it was the Sabbath during Jewish holiday, and everybody was caught unaware.
Perhaps not you but others on here have treated him as such.
“””Israel’s military offensive has turned much of northern Gaza into an uninhabitable moonscape.””””
From this sentence it sure looks to me the Israel Military has been very successful.
And the other thing I note is that there has been almost zero news about any Israeli Soldiers being hurt or killed.
Israel should treat Gaza like the Romans treated Carthage in the 146 BC. The Romans destroyed the entire city and sowed the ground with salt to prevent anyone from living there again.
Israeli media publishes every soldier killed in Gaza, usually with photos and family details. Current IDF KIA is in the 60s.
“ This is the start of the campaign to pressure the US to take in Gazan refugees.”
Absolutely right. No thanks.
We built up Germany, to the extent we did - the Germans themselves did the real heavy lifting, to keep the Saarland out of Russian hands.
WORKS FOR ME
IMO===2 things:
90,000 Palis a DAY with “Visas” to work in Israel were also spying & supplying HAMAS with small details. House layouts-—who had dogs-— work/school schedule of family-—etc.
HAMAS has enormous UNDERGROUND Facilities
“ the West, their defender”
If “the West”, a/k/a the US military, is their defender then they have already ceased to exist as an autonomous entity.
Yeah, take the Roman approach with Carthage. No two stones touching and salt the ground.
Little need for a wall, even, if you create a 5 mile thick death zone across the entire border. Makes digging a 5 mile long tunnel more difficult, too.
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