Israel's Plans to "Empty Out" Gaza and Annex West Bank

[Uncle Joe]

Israel's security cabinet is considering plans to expand Israel's assault on Gaza toward a full military takeover, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly pushing for a monthslong offensive on Gaza City and central Gaza refugee camps. The cabinet meeting comes as Israel's forced starvation of Gaza claimed at least four new victims over the past 24 hours, according to health officials.

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[The Blue Flower]

1. An "offensive against refugee camps"?

Now that's offensive in itself. They should stick to bombing the rubble and wasting their own resources. Better yet, they should go straight to hell.

[cliffside]

2. From the transcript ....

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people on the ground. And here it's
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really important to note that you also
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cannot separate Gaza and the West Bank.
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uh not only for the fact that they are
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both occupied territories and with
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Palestinian populations, but that the
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Israeli military, the Israeli government
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is is observing what it is advancing in
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Gaza, finding very little push back and
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deciding that it could actually pursue
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and replicate many of the same policies
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in the West Bank, starting with the
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North and potentially moving downwards.
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And so for the Israeli farright, they
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really feel emboldened that this is
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really historic opportunity to to clinch
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as much of that territory as possible,
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even as they advance their own ambitions
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in Gaza."

[cliffside]

3. IDF orders evacuation of two Gaza City neighborhoods after rocket fired from area

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-orders-evacuation-of-two-gaza-city-neighborhoods-after-rocket-fired-from-area/

Today, 7:52 pm

"The IDF issues a fresh evacuation warning for Palestinians still residing in Gaza City’s Daraj and Tuffah neighborhoods, after a rocket was launched from the area at southern Israel this afternoon.

“The IDF continues to operate with extreme force wherever terror activity is taking place and rockets are fired at Israel,” says the military’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Col. Avichay Adraee, in a post on X, attaching a map of the area that is to be evacuated.

“Anyone who has not yet evacuated the area should evacuate immediately, and head south toward al-Mawasi, for your own safety,” he adds."