Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering ordering the full reoccupation of the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media, a move that would draw fierce opposition internationally and within Israel.

It would mark a stunning escalation of the nearly 22-month war in the territory that has already been largely destroyed and where experts say famine is unfolding. It would put the lives of countless Palestinians and about 20 living hostages at risk, and deepen Israel’s already stark international isolation.

  • kikutwo@lemmy.world
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    I don’t think one side constantly killing civilians can be called a war.

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      Have you ever heard of the war on drugs? And they weren’t even killing the thing they declared war on!

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      oh i know. hamas and the other terrorist organisations of palestine really should have made peace at some point in the last 100 years and stopped killing civilians

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      I guess by that definition there been hardly any war throughout history.

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        Oh? Which wars involved bombing schools and hospitals and assassinations of civilians at food aid stations?

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          Ukraine, Vietnam, Africa pick whichever conflict. Thats just recent stuff, go back 50 years or 100 and its even worse.