Israel orders Gazans to evacuate part of Rafah for 'limited' operation (www.bbc.co.uk)
from QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 06 May 2024 13:37
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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on 06 May 2024 13:42 next collapse

They’ll limit it to killing everyone who didn’t evacuate that part of Rafah. For now.

Revan343@lemmy.ca on 06 May 2024 15:36 collapse

Naw, they’ll wait until everyone evacuates, and then bomb wherever they evacuated to

thejml@lemm.ee on 06 May 2024 17:26 collapse

Why not both?!

Revan343@lemmy.ca on 06 May 2024 18:28 collapse

You’re right, it’ll be both; it’s not like they need to conserve ammunition, America will always send them more

partial_accumen@lemmy.world on 06 May 2024 16:23 next collapse

Evacuate to where?!

About 100,000 people are being directed to head for an “expanded humanitarian area” in Khan Younis and al-Mawasi.

Future headline: Khan Younis and al-Mawasi bombed today resulting in the deaths of hundreds

Cruxifux@feddit.nl on 07 May 2024 01:23 collapse

Seriously. Would you trust the Israeli government to tell you where to be if you were a Palestinian at this point? You’d have to be suicidal to trust them.

RozhkiNozhki@lemmy.world on 06 May 2024 17:37 next collapse

Can someone please ELI5 why they think that HAMAS won’t just “evacuate” with the rest of these people? What’s the point of destroying a chunk of the city that was abandoned? I understand that they are destroying the “infrastructure”, tunnels etc. but not terrorists? Am I missing something?

Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com on 06 May 2024 18:31 collapse

Other than destroying the infrastructure as you mentioned, in an evacuation/refugee scenario it’s possible to identify individuals and check them against available intelligence.

Israeli intelligence has had a lot of time to at the very least identify Hamas’s chain of command. While the odd low-level fighter might slip through, any leader would get nabbed before they made it into a refugee camp.

taanegl@lemmy.world on 07 May 2024 10:38 collapse

Why is this downvoted? This is 100% correct.

Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com on 07 May 2024 11:36 collapse

Because people around here don’t like hearing that there’s a strategically valid, logistically viable method for clearing out the last Hamas stronghold in Gaza while minimizing civilian casualties.

Apparently nobody noticed that the moment the IDF started evacuating civilians and moving in Hamas is suddenly open to accepting terms. What I outlined is the thing they fear most: their leadership on the ground getting grabbed.

pivot_root@lemmy.world on 06 May 2024 19:05 collapse

“Limited”

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