Is the U.S. really interested in a mass expulsion in Gaza?
The Gaza Strip: Where are we today? How are we going to go? What will we do next? Israel’s response to Hamas
Efforts to flee northern Gaza have been difficult by Israel’s ongoing airstrikes. Large numbers of Israeli troops and armored vehicles are assembled just outside Gaza’s border fence.
“Gaza City is the hub of Hamas activities, where most of the commanders are, most of their infrastructure, and their ability to continue to operate,” Conricus said.
The troops are surrounding the Gaza Strip for the next stage of operations. The main routes were open until 4 or 9 a.m.
The State Department said that Americans were allowed to leave Gaza for 10 minutes at the Rafah crossing. U.S. officials estimate that between 500 and 600 Palestinian Americans are in Gaza, but it is unclear how many are seeking to leave.
The US is working with Israel, Egypt, Jordan and the United Nations to ease the humanitarian consequences of the Hamas attack, President Biden stated on Saturday morning.
The Secretary of State was in Saudi Arabia over the weekend to talk about the conflict with the Saudi Foreign Minister.
“None of us want to see suffering by civilians on any side, whether it’s in Israel, whether it’s in Gaza, whether it’s anywhere else,” Blinken said. “And we’re working together to do our best to protect them.”
Amid the fighting, Gazans are also reeling from the lack of electricity and clean water. On Wednesday, Israel tightened its siege of Gaza, wreaking havoc on hospitals that are now left with only backup generators.
“Brushing your teeth has become a luxury for us. Ahl and her family’s home was recently bombed and they are unsure of where to go for shelter.
The Israeli Defense Forces in Gaza and Israel: “I’m in formation” to strike the Gaza Strip, and “the Palestinians are waiting there,” Israeli human rights attorney Jerusalam said
More than 1,300 people died in an attack by Hamas in southern Israel last week. In Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, 2200 Palestinians have been killed. The Israeli military tried to find people who were kidnapped by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces said they retrieved bodies of several missing Israelis, as well as items that could potentially lead them to more missing people. Daniel Hagari said that troops destroyed terrorist infrastructure, including a group that fired anti-tank missiles at Israel.
Hecht said violence spiked in the West Bank, which led to the Israeli Defense Force’s action there.
“We apprehended 220 people, and 130 of them are Hamas – you know how dominant Hamas is in Judea and Samaria. The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem captured an attack on Palestinians in the West Bank by Jewish settlers.
The depopulation of Gaza would be against international law. The president and his advisers must ask themselves what the national interest of the US is in allowing a mass expulsion of Palestinians from their homes. Such a cataclysm would be a second nakba, or catastrophe, as the displacement of 1948 is called. The relationship between the United States and Israel would be that of creating a future for the Palestinians that only includes periodic death, destruction, and subjugation.
JERUSALEM — Israel Defense Forces said Sunday they were “in formation” to strike Gaza City, as troops massed on the border ready for an apparent ground invasion.
“Lots of people are waiting here in front of the Palestinian gate. They all are waiting to get out of here, but the Palestinians are not here to open the gate and the Egyptians are not there yet too from the Egyptian side. We are all waiting and wondering what will happen. Nobody has any information.” She said that she did.
In addition, one person was killed and three others wounded in a northern Israeli village near Lebanon, where strikes have been exchanged across the border.
