Israeli military retreats from northern Gaza, leaving dozens of Palestinians killed and razing neighborhoods to the grou

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

At least 50 Palestinians were found killed on Friday, local authorities said, after the Israeli military pulled back from several areas in central and northern Gaza, leaving entire neighborhoods razed and residents reeling from a spate of heavy attacks.


Emergency crews recovered 50 to 60 bodies in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in the west of Gaza City, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense. Many more were trapped under the debris, spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told CNN. Further east in the city, Israeli bombardment destroyed vital infrastructure in the Shujaya neighborhood, said Asem Al-Nabih, a media officer at the Gaza Municipality.

Footage obtained by CNN showed rescue staff in Tal al-Hawa wading through blown out buildings, and clambering over slabs of fallen concrete piled on top of old mattresses. The limbs of dead Palestinians could be seen peeking out from under the rubble, as workers attempted to retrieve those buried by the devastation.

“There is unprecedented destruction of infrastructure and vital facilities in the Shujaya… and Tal al-Hawa areas,” Al-Nabih told CNN. “The municipality is trying to deliver water to displaced citizens with great difficulty.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/12/middleeast/israeli-military-withdrawal-central-northern-gaza-palestinians-killed-intl/index.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Will Israel be mandated to pay for the damages it incurred in Gaza?

Infrastructure, homes, hospitals, schools, public works, etc. must be rebuilt.

[LuvLoogie]

2. They won't. Their objectives do not include

anything that would preserve a Palestinian presence in their own land.

[yagotme]

3. FYI, there are Palestinians that live/work inside Israel. nt

[LuvLoogie]

5. Israel wont firebomb its own territory.

Not yet anyway.

[David__77]

8. Not yet, indeed.

[Beastly Boy]

12. Any guess when?

[yagotme]

14. Most be poor planning on their part for their objectives, then...

Their objectives do not include anything that would preserve a Palestinian presence in their own land.

when they allow Palestinians to live/work in Israel, and, prior to 10/7, allowed some to cross their border. Hard to exterminate a population when you let them run back and forth so, and allow them to live in your country.

[Beastly Boy]

4. Israel Urges Gaza City Residents to Evacuate, Calling It a 'Combat Zone'

The Israeli military on Wednesday urged Palestinians across Gaza City to evacuate to the south, a sign that the renewed fighting meant to crack down on a resurgent Hamas insurgency would likely continue after nine months of war.

Israeli planes dropped leaflets on the city urging its residents to head for central Gaza through four “safe corridors.” Israel has already issued warnings for Palestinians to leave specific parts of Gaza City, and it was not clear if its latest statement amounted to an expansion of those calls.

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It is not clear how many Hamas fighters remain in Gaza City. After sending ground forces into Shajaiye, Israeli troops moved into other parts of the city: Tel al-Hawa, where Israeli forces stormed a United Nations compound that the military said had taken over by militants, as well as the neighborhoods of Al-Daraj and Tuffah.

In statements on social media, Hamas has said over the past few days that its forces were fighting Israeli troops in Shajaiye and Tel al-Hawa. In Shajaiye alone, Israel claims its troops have eliminated “more than 150 terrorists” over the past week and have destroyed six underground tunnels.

Hamas has used urban areas in Gaza to conceal its operations, running tunnels under neighborhoods and holding hostages in city centers. The group’s members, who are from Gaza, have long lived among the civilian population.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/10/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas

[LuvLoogie]

6. Sometimes terrorists wear badges and uniforms

and a sovereign state.

[Beastly Boy]

9. I know of no terrorist who would urge their victims to evacuate.

Do you?

[yagotme]

16. Like Hamas does??? nt

[WarGamer]

7. ON THE CUSP OF A CEASE FIRE... MMHMMM.

[Beastly Boy]

11. I thought a cease fire is an agreement to end hostilities, no?

No cease fire, no end of hostilities.

On a totally unrelated subject, I am on the cusp of winning the lottery. I even bought a ticket.

[spinbaby]

10. I can't imagine what their end game is

Maybe there isn’t one.

[Celerity]

13. Both sides want all the land, and both sides' end game is to push out the other. Israel is far ahead in that wish race.

[yagotme]

15. Yeah, they just attacked Gaza for no reason whatsoever, to kill all of them.

Oh, wait...