The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday accused the Hamas terror group of attacking Israeli troops working to open up a humanitarian corridor for Palestinians to evacuate from northern Gaza to its south.
The military has for weeks been urging northern Gaza residents to evacuate southward, warning them it will be focusing its military efforts on the Gaza City area, the heart of Hamas’s rule and its main base of operations in Gaza. At least 800,000 of some one million residents of the area have done so.
Every time they mention people need to move south, they say it’s being attacked less, but they don’t say what percentage. Is it 95% shelling in the north?
Every single mention of attacks, includes and in the south. Is that just the editors trying to convey information they’re not allowed to say?
With the release of the doctrinal document, indicating the depopulation plan of the Gaza strip, move the civilian south, keep the pressure up, then somehow move them into Egypt.
I think more people would actually go south, if they had a guarantee that they would be allowed to return to their homes…
From the reports I’ve seen which are far from comprehensive, it’s closer to 99%.
Almost certainly - Israeli military censorship of the media is fairly comprehensive. They are famously overzealous to the point of refusing to release information even if it would be beneficial to Israel’s image - just to protect opsec.
Yeah, that document is incredibly worrying. But it’s not an official planning document, and the rest of the government seems against it at the moment. From what I can tell, it was authored in part by Kohelet, the same thinktank that put together the judicial reform plan that caused mass protests in Israel earlier this year.
Very good point. I doubt they trust the IDF much, but perhaps if it were backed up by the US/Egypt some might accept that.