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Israel’s military campaign in Gaza seen as among the most destructive in history, experts say
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Posted on 12/21/2023 2:34:00 PM PST by janetjanet998

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military campaign in Gaza, experts say, now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in history. In just over two months, the offensive has wreaked more destruction than the razing of Syria’s Aleppo between 2012 and 2016, Ukraine’s Mariupol or, proportionally, the Allied bombing of Germany in World War II. It has killed more civilians than the U.S.-led coalition did in its three-year campaign against the Islamic State group.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: allpropaganda; associatedhamas; associatedpress; gaza; israel; juliafrankel; recentism; war
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To: janetjanet998

Entirely the fault of Hamas and the Palestinians that elected them.


21 posted on 12/21/2023 2:42:59 PM PST by sjmjax
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To: janetjanet998
All 51 of 'em ?

PLEASE Freepers . . . talk this shit up.

Israel is probably the most careful of ANY nation EVER, responding to ... THEY WERE ATTACKED FIRST !

Israel is conducting their retaliation with surgical precision and the Satanic wing (of the world) keeps trying to make Israel the bad guy in this.

ISRAEL WAS ATTACKED AND THEY ARE NOW KICKIN' HAMAS' ASS INTO OBLIVION !

22 posted on 12/21/2023 2:43:03 PM PST by knarf (I talk to much to be in jeapordy.)
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To: janetjanet998

Good


23 posted on 12/21/2023 2:44:18 PM PST by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna! 1 gone, 1 almost dead. )
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To: janetjanet998

“Israel’s military campaign in Gaza seen as among the most destructive in history”

It’s a good start. Also, there are no “civilians” in Gaza.


24 posted on 12/21/2023 2:44:40 PM PST by EastTexasTraveler
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To: MuttTheHoople

The headline says “in history”.

I guess these “experts” have never heard of Carthage.


25 posted on 12/21/2023 2:45:22 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: janetjanet998
Israeli military campaign in Gaza, experts say, now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in history.

I wish. More, please.

26 posted on 12/21/2023 2:46:00 PM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: janetjanet998

Burn and bomb it into oblivion.


27 posted on 12/21/2023 2:47:59 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: janetjanet998

These are clearly no experts. So what are they really?


28 posted on 12/21/2023 2:48:16 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: janetjanet998

More destructive than what happened in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Nanking? Ok, then Gaza should be nuked and IDF soldiers should bayonet babies to be less destructive. Drama queens.


29 posted on 12/21/2023 2:48:26 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: MuttTheHoople

Ghenghis Khan anyone?


30 posted on 12/21/2023 2:48:48 PM PST by xp38
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

American Pravda


31 posted on 12/21/2023 2:49:12 PM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: janetjanet998

Hamas must be destroyed.

As Rome did Carthage.


32 posted on 12/21/2023 2:50:21 PM PST by karnage
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To: janetjanet998

Good….


33 posted on 12/21/2023 2:50:25 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: devere
"I guess the nuking of Hiroshima, and the fire bombing of Tokyo and Dresden no longer count."

You don't expect "journalists" to actually know any history, do you? According to them, those were "mostly peaceful, but fiery" protests.

34 posted on 12/21/2023 2:50:28 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: PIF

As long as you were born yesterday.


35 posted on 12/21/2023 2:51:04 PM PST by karnage
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To: janetjanet998

This entire article is utter bullshit false.


36 posted on 12/21/2023 2:51:15 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: janetjanet998

A few examples from just WWII of cities utterly or mostly destroyed. But sure, Gaza is the worst ever:

Tokyo, Japan: Over 7 million (1945); estimated deaths: 100,000-200,000 in the Tokyo firebombing.

Berlin, Germany: Around 4.3 million (1939); estimated deaths: 20,000-50,000 during the Battle of Berlin alone.

Hamburg, Germany: Around 1.7 million (1939); estimated deaths: 42,600 in the bombing of Hamburg.

Warsaw, Poland: About 1.3 million (pre-war); estimated deaths: 200,000 (Warsaw Uprising).

Cologne (Köln), Germany: Over 700,000 (pre-war); estimated deaths: 20,000.

Dresden, Germany: Approximately 600,000 (1945); estimated deaths: 25,000-35,000 in the bombing of Dresden.

Manila, Philippines: Estimated 600,000 (pre-war); estimated deaths: 100,000 (Battle of Manila).

Essen, Germany: Significant population; estimated deaths: not readily available.

Dortmund, Germany: Significant population; estimated deaths: not readily available.

Duisburg, Germany: Significant population; estimated deaths: not readily available
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Bochum, Germany: Significant population; estimated deaths: not readily available.

Gelsenkirchen, Germany: Significant population; estimated deaths: not readily available.

Singapore: Estimated 550,000 (pre-war); estimated deaths: not readily available.

Nanjing, China: Estimated 500,000 (pre-war); estimated deaths: 200,000-300,000 (Nanjing Massacre).

Shanghai, China: Several million (pre-war); estimated deaths: not readily available.

Chongqing, China: Estimated 1 million (pre-war); estimated deaths: tens of thousands in bombings.

Hiroshima, Japan: About 350,000 (1945); estimated deaths: 90,000-146,000 (atomic bombing).

Nagasaki, Japan: Around 260,000 (1945); estimated deaths: 60,000-80,000 (atomic bombing).

Coventry, United Kingdom: Just over 200,000 (pre-war); estimated deaths: 1,200 in the Coventry Blitz.


37 posted on 12/21/2023 2:51:17 PM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: janetjanet998

Guess Hamas shouldn’t have attacked Israel on October 7. But the destruction will end when Hamas surrenders. Is AP calling on Hamas to surrender? I didn’t think so.

World War II, the last war we really won, showed that if you beat the everlasting snot out of the enemy, he tends to behave afterwards. Hasn’t been much trouble out of Japan, Germany, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria or Hungary since 1945.


38 posted on 12/21/2023 2:52:11 PM PST by hanamizu ( )
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To: devere

It didn’t even take nukes in WW2. General LeMay and the 8th Air Force probably turned more acres of German cities into rubble than all the acres in Gaza, period. Then he started on Japan.

This news article is sheer antisemitic propaganda aimed at ignorant rubes.

I want to see them take back Solomon’s empire, from the River Euphrates to the Mediterranean Sea.


39 posted on 12/21/2023 2:52:25 PM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (The fiWhat do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: janetjanet998

Good. Keep at it till the vermin are all gone


40 posted on 12/21/2023 2:53:16 PM PST by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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