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In reply to the discussion: anti-genocide is not anti-Semitism [View all]wnylib
(22,194 posts)to function as a military force attacking Israel from within Gaza. That means destroying underground bunkers, tunnels, stored weapons, and communications networks which run the entire length of Gaza underneath homes and civilian facilities.
There are many complaints about Israel moving the Gazan population around, and accusations that Israel is doing it to harass the civilians. Israel is doing it as advance warning to civilians that they are targeting an area. If genocide were the goal, they would not give advance warning. The warnings also give Hamas fighters an opportunity to escape, but the section that they escape from gets destroyed for future use, along with weapons and communications systems located there.
The reason that Israel wants to go after Rafah is that there is a major tunnel system there that smugglers use for getting supplies and weapons to Hamas. That's not a guess or assumption on my part. It comes from US terrorisn expert Malcolm Nance. There is a video of him explaining the situation that was posted in the Liberal You Tubers Forum on DU several days ago.
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