Since Gaza strip is 7 miles wide and 25 miles long

[Beachnutt]

would it be more safe for the population to make a run for the beach and camp there ?
The Sea borders the whole strip from one end to the other long ways.

[msongs]

1. people on a beach are easy targets nt

[Beachnutt]

2. Israeli forces are not targeting civilians

and the hamas fighters can't hide weaponry on an open beach.

[TomDaisy]

5. they are not not targeting them either

[onenote]

13. 6000 Israeli bombs/rockets. Around 1400 Gazans have died

Israel has bombed Gazan targets with 6000+ rockets/bombs. The result is the death of 1400+ Gazans.

That number of fatalities includes Gazan civilians, but it also probably includes Hamas terrorists that were killed in Israel before they could flee back to Gaza as well as some number of Hamas terrorists within Gaza.

6000 rockets/bombs -- fewer than 1400 civilians killed. If Israel is targeting civilians, they're doing a rather poor job of it. Or maybe, just maybe, they aren't targeting civilians but thanks to Hamas using civilians effectively as human shields, civilians are getting killed.

[GuppyGal]

20. +1000 And folks need to STOP with the Israel targeting..TARGETING civilians bullshit

It's starting to really piss me the fuck off

[SickOfTheOnePct]

25. Agree

Of course, some people tend to make words mean what they want to rather than what the words really mean. To too many people, it’s seems that any civilian death from a bomb in Gaza means that the Israelis targeted those civilians.

[Amishman]

31. When Hamas is hiding next to it even under civilians

Israel has to choose to either not hit Hamas or accept the risk to civilians.

After the recent atrocities by Hamas, it should surprise no one that Israel is choosing the latter.

[paleotn]

14. Evidence?

Hamas blends in with civies, using them as human shields. That's the group many on the left have supported all these years.

[ForgedCrank]

28. Sure they can,

they can just do what they always do. Put a rocket pod in the center of a daycare or elementary school.
Then we can blame Israel for killing civilians again when a bomb hits it.
Sorry for the sarcasm, I'm just a bit flabbergasted at the reaction coming from some folks right now.

[sarisataka]

6. Only if you believe israelis are blood thirsty monsters

And their goal is genocide.

If not, it actually is not a bad idea.

[Beachnutt]

12. I agree, and I would make signs

saying only families here please don't fire on us.

[enid602]

21. hands up

Hands up! Don't shoot!

[NutmegYankee]

15. Some people seem to forget that much of Israel's armed forces is left leaning.

They don't want to kill women and children, but they do need to stop the resources of a de facto nation of 2.3 million being used to wage merciless indiscriminate war on them.

[BlueCheeseAgain]

16. I'm not saying that Israel couldn't be more careful...

... but people tossing around the word "genocide" are exaggerating, I think.

As is frequently pointed out, Gaza is not big, and is very densely populated. Israel has dropped 6000 bombs, and according to Hamas, killed about 1500 people. You'd think if they were trying to kill civilians, they would have killed many more than that by now.

Again, this is not to minimize any civilian deaths, or to say that the IDF shouldn't be more careful. War is terrible, and this whole situation is terrible.

[TomDaisy]

3. I guess they can just pee into the ocean

[EarnestPutz]

4. If they ran to the sea and then drowned themselves it would Help Bibi get his "One State"....

....solution that he seems to want.

[TomDaisy]

7. echoes of history

[Beachnutt]

9. Why would they want to go in the water and drown themselves

that makes no sense.

[EarnestPutz]

19. I apologize for my sarcasm. I was taking a shot at Bibi who has said that he opposes a two-state....

.....solution. But let me continue in that vein (sarcasm) by suggesting that the Governor of Florida has just now put into place emergency provisions for Israeli refugees to come to Florida. An evacuation of Palestinian refugees from the water off Palestine, sort of like the Cuban flotilla of "boat people", would mean that no one would have to drown. This would also give DeSantis some cred on the international/foreign affairs stage. No?

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4252938-desantis-issues-order-rescue-operations-floridians-israel/

[Ocelot II]

8. You mean a million sitting ducks?

[Beachnutt]

10. Who's shooting at them ?

Forces are hunting for terrorist not women and children.
I would think that sitting in a building would be a sitting duck.

[Ocelot II]

11. Wouldn't you expect Hamas to infiltrate them? That's what they do.

A whole bunch of convenient human shields.

[Beachnutt]

18. But hamas cannot hide weaponry on an open beach

so if they are mixed into families they cannot fight and Israeli military can hem them in until they screen all the men for evidence of terrorist ties.
Meanwhile they can blast the hell out of suspected buildings containing terrorist and munitions.
In other words civilians mainly women and children get the hell out of the way and stay safe.

[enid602]

23. Hamas

I would imagine Hamas has already fled Gaza.

[sarisataka]

24. I thought it was impossible to get out of Gaza

I read that somewhere recently.

But if Hamas is gone, who is firing the rockets into Israel everyday?

[enid602]

27. retooling

The 'retooling' of Hamas that has taken place over the past two years would suggest that the border was not as closed as one might think. I personally would not be surprised if this retooling was accomplished by Wagner Group.

[paleotn]

33. Turns out, some folks "freedom fighters" aren't so nice after all.

[The_Casual_Observer]

17. They have been bombing whole city blocks for days.

You figure it's just Hamas fighters in those places.

[enid602]

29. bombs

IDF dropped more bombs in Gaza during a six day period than the US dropped in Afghanistan (a large country) during any particular year in the war.

[onecaliberal]

22. The civilians have no where to go. They can't actually leave. They're going to be killed.

No one cares.

[maxsolomon]

26. typical beach nut solution

a "run for the beach" isn't a panacea.

[Beachnutt]

30. If you were there with your family

knowing what is about to begin there where would you go ?
would you just hunker down in an apartment building a church or gymnasium ?
I personally would take the necessary action to be certain that my loved ones were out of harms way.
Camping on an open beach is an alternative to a building collapsing on you and your loved ones.

[maxsolomon]

32. I'm trying to make a joke about your name, which is Beachnutt. Beach Nut.

your advice is to go to the beach, and you're nutty about beaches, so it figures you'd say the beach is the answer - that's the joke. I don't think my joke worked, but I thought it was funny.

It's not a terrible idea, and I'm sure some are doing just that. Also camping in the open fields along the border.

[Beachnutt]

34. I gotta lighten up...

Please forgive me.

[niyad]

35. Parts of the Gaza strip are only 3.4 miles wide. Exactly how large do you

think the beach is? And how separate from all that is currently happening?