Photo: AP Photo/Hatem MoussaThe conflict after the Hamas attack on Israel on Saturday is taking on a new dynamic. The Israeli military command has ordered a complete blockade of Gaza. Israeli warplanes are constantly targeting targets inside Palestinian territory, from where it retaliates by firing rockets at Israel. There is every chance that Israel is preparing for a ground offensive. Nine Americans were also killed
The Israeli military command has ordered a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip. No one can enter or leave anymore. Delivery of fuel and food has been suspended. Israel has also suspended the supply of electricity. Without electricity, water cannot be purified, which means that drinking water will soon run out. Over two million Palestinians in this narrow area are flocking to a humanitarian disaster.
Israeli fighter jets have been flying in the direction of Gaza all day and targeting targets that are assumed to have some connection with Hamas. An Al Jazeera reporter reports that the two largest universities were also hit, that there are at least 560 dead and close to 3000 wounded and injured. The shelters are crowded, and even they do not provide much security. Hospitals hardly have any free beds.
Rockets are also flying from Gaza territory all day in the direction of Israeli territory.
Preparation for the ground offensive
Israel is massing troops on the border with Gaza. Armored personnel carriers and tanks were filmed. Israeli troops called on Palestinians to evacuate areas along the border. Everything points to preparations for an Israeli ground offensive.
The overriding goal of the Israelis is to try to free about 100 hostages that Hamas managed to take to Gaza. This should be followed by the "destruction of Hamas". How, that is not clear.
The State Department confirmed that 9 Americans were among the victims of the Hamas attack.
Security issues
One of the main questions remains how Israeli intelligence missed the extensive preparations for the Hamas attack, which must have been known to dozens, if not hundreds, of people. That nothing was leaked speaks of a serious command structure and discipline within Hamas, the likes of which have not been seen before.
On the one hand. On the other hand, he speaks of a state lulled into a sense of its own strength - Hamas has not fired a single rocket at Israel for two years - and gripped by internal political turmoil. It is obvious that attention to the external danger has subsided.
The videos show that Hamas fighters in cars, pickup trucks and motorcycles literally walked into the territory of Israel, after the protective border fence was breached with excavators. In one place, an automatic machine gun nest was disabled.
One video also shows someone on a paraglider from Gaza flying over the border, while dozens of fired rockets are burning in the air next to him.
After invading Israeli territory, they immediately started shooting at everything in their path. Those who were not killed were captured and transferred to Gaza. You can see riddled and burnt cars on the roads.
The question is also how a large number of Palestinian terrorists managed to return to Gaza after the mass murders and kidnappings. Apparently, they also had a departure planned.
While the Yom Kippur War exactly half a century ago was an existential threat to Israel, this attack by Hamas is a great emotional and psychological threat to Israeli society, which was not prepared for this state's vulnerability.
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