Israel’s military began a heavy aerial bombardment of Gaza after nightfall on Friday and announced that it is “expanding” its ground operations into the territory—but did not declare a full-scale ground invasion that has been expected for weeks.Internet and phone service in Gaza has been mostly, if not entirely, cut off amid the bombing. The International Committee of the Red Cross cannot reach its medical personnel. A Washington Post reporter said the paper cannot reach its colleagues, either.S

Some people, communicating via satellite phones, have described the attack as the “heaviest bombardment yet,” according to independent journalist Sharif Kouddous.

“People can’t call ambulances or civil defense. We are being bombed in an unprecedented manner,” said an unidentified journalist at a Gaza hospital, according to a translation by The Nation’s Palestinian correspondent, Mohammed El-Kurd. “The sky around us just lights up [with explosions], and no one knows what’s going on.”

  • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
    432·
    1 year ago

    Hamas as an organization will no longer exist. The Israeli government has been exceptionally and adamantly clear about that

      • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
        422·
        1 year ago

        I wish the US could’ve penned the Taliban in the way Hamas is penned in.

        Man what an absolute slam dunk no-downsides thing that would have been.

        Does this mean you strongly support this action, since these groups are roughly equal?

          • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
            49·
            1 year ago

            That is, in fact, the only way to stop an ongoing violent act.

            • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
              41·
              1 year ago

              You’re both right.

              What works is retaliating against the person or group that attacked you.

              What doesn’t work, and makes things worse, is “retaliating” against innocent people who didn’t attack you.

              • Threeme2189@lemmy.worldEnglish
                12·
                1 year ago

                So Hamas shouldn’t have retaliated against (murdered and kidnapped) innocent people who didn’t attack them (babies, the elderly and other Israeli citizens). Did I get it right?