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Israeli ground offensive in Rafah ‘aimed at making Gaza uninhabitable’ (www.france24.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Israel has announced plans to launch a full-scale offensive on the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza strip, claiming it is the only way to "completely destroy" Hamas. But according to former French military officer and author Guillaume Ancel, a large-scale military operation in the city that is now host to half of Gaza’s population is of no strategic interest. In his analysis, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s only goal is to make the Palestinian enclave "uninhabitable".

Should new negotiations fail, the prospect of a military ground offensive in overcrowded Rafah raises the worst fears for the trapped Palestinian refugees. Nearly 30,000 people have so far been killed in the conflict, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.

"In an area of 10 square kilometres, there are almost 1.5 million Palestinians, so this will necessarily lead to a massacre of the civilian population," says Hamel. "Attacking the town of Rafah, where two-thirds of Gaza's population is now squeezed, would mean committing carnage," agrees Ancel.

The former soldier points out that the town has already been subjected to daily bombardment designed "to prepare the territory" for a ground attack. On Thursday, fresh Israeli bombardment of the city flattened a mosque and destroyed homes in what residents called one of their worst nights yet, killing at least 97 people and wounding 130 others in the last 24 hours, according to Gaza's health authorities. Most victims were still under rubble or in areas rescuers could not reach.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

West Bank is ethnically cleansed, how much did their population drop, 50%? 75%?, 90%? Oh those poor people must be suffering so much why don't their billionaire and millionaire leaders who sit their asses in Qatar, Lebanon and Turkey do something for them? Why do they ask the poor to fight for them while they and their kids enjoy lives in 5 star hotels?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Uh... Look at the land area inhabited by Palestinians now vs 1967. They're having a Nakba in slow motion.

Oh those poor people must be suffering so much why don’t their billionaire and millionaire leaders who sit their asses in Qatar, Lebanon and Turkey do something for them?

Because Israel controls everything that goes in and out of Gaza and aren't allowing aid?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago