I take it this is sarcasm? I haven't read the 40+ pages.
So this is a non-story? Propaganda?
Israel-Hamas war - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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So this is a non-story? Propaganda?
Egypt has its own border crossing into the Gaza strip just beside Rafah. Any food trucks from Egypt aren't going via the Israeli controlled checkpoints.
its because its a hot topic.
Once this has been in the news for over 2-3 weeks, there will only be a typical 8-10 users who will be updating and arguing in here.
Nothing stopping Israeli forces from setting up roadblocks just inside the border with Egypt? (Not sure on the legal implications of this TBH)
Yet.
You really think Israel isn't going to immediately take control of that thin stretch of land?
That's going to backfire spectacularly if you think civilians are going to be little lambs and let Hamas be exposed. Remember, they have a huge backing amongst the Palestinian populous.
Civilians are going to get killed regardless and then we'll see crisis actors in their dozens.
Nothing new I'm afraid, going on for years
Hamas put rocket launchers on roof of civilian buildings. Israel responds by dropping a roof knocker bomb to tell people to evacuate the building, anyone stil inside after 10 mins dies when the building collapses
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I'm not sure this will work. Israel is going to mass 2 million people and sort out Hamas fighters based on what, those that dont turn up?
What about those Hamas fighters and supporters amongst amongst the portion of the 2 million people that did turn up? Hoping the Palesitians will out the Hamas fighters? What if you support Hamas ideologically but aren't a militant?
What if nearly everyone doesn't play ball? The Palestinians aren't suddenly going to be all chummy and just fall in line. You think they'll trust Israel? It's a nice opportunity to mass deport everyone or worse.
How long are they going to house and feed 2 million people before letting them go home?
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It matters little for now. Israel knows exactly who's running Hamas, they know who their main targets are, once the leadership is gone, they will take control of Gaza for good or insert a new government of their choosing or hand it over to the UN
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No it's a real story about the rape and murder of a young girl, it's been mentioned several times already.
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Egypt doesn't let in any food or goods I thought?
Ignoring whether people support a group or not as I believe there are stronger factors at play than that.
For instance put yourself in a Gazan's shoes, your neighbour is about to invade your home do you,
A: Trust your neighbour and go to more dense environs.
B: Distrust your neighbour because you think it's a ploy to wipe everyone out.
People don't need to support Hamas to question whether it's a sensible idea to gravitate towards areas Israel has marked as 'safe'. This is also before we include decades of propaganda, misinformation and word of mouth anecdotes telling people to choose B.
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Anyone seen the story of the German tourist?
Shani Louk: Mother pleads for help as daughter goes missing at festival
Shani Louk's family believe she was taken away by Hamas militants in the back of a pick-up truck.www.bbc.com
There is a video of the body of the girl been paraded in the streets in the back of a flat bed truck - people spitting on her etc. Absolutely horrific.
It's dumb, is what it is. The girl was an innocent victim. To treat her in that way only serves to seal their own fate.
I have no real knowledge or understanding about all this. I have only looked at one news article.
Its a different world for me and I am too disconnected to this to even begin to understand the complexities.
Having a look at this thread makes it even harder to make sense of what's going on.
I hope you aren't doing the eulogy.
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It's not really that complicated.
Jewish immigrants flooded the area. The local Arabs got annoyed and fighting broke out. The UN divided up the land. The hostilities have been getting worse. Peace is very fragile. Hamas decided to end discussions with this attack. Israel will now kick sand in their faces. The rest of the surrounding Arab nations don't think too much of the Israelis. If we are lucky, then the conflict won't escalate. This has long been considered the tinderbox that could start World War III, so let's hope it won't.
The end (of the beginning).
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