Israel destroys Gaza tunnels as Palestinian death toll eclipses 200

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Israel destroys Gaza tunnels as Palestinian death toll eclipses 200

Israel has said it intends to press on with its attacks even as international diplomats press for a cease-fire.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
05/16/2021 08:09 PM EDT
Updated: 05/17/2021 12:33 PM EDT

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military unleashed a wave of heavy airstrikes Monday on the Gaza Strip, saying it destroyed 9 miles of militant tunnels and the homes of nine Hamas commanders as international diplomats worked to end the weeklong war that has killed hundreds of people.

Israel has said it intends to press on for now with its attacks against Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, and the United States signaled it would not pressure the two sides for a cease-fire.

The latest attacks destroyed the five-story building housing the Hamas-run Religious Affairs Ministry and killed a top Gaza leader of Islamic Jihad, another militant group whom the Israeli military blamed for some of the thousands of rocket attacks launched at Israel in recent days.

At least 200 Palestinians have been killed in the week of airstrikes, including 59 children and 35 women, with some 1,300 people wounded, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Ten people in Israel, including a 5-year-old boy and a soldier, have been killed in the ongoing rocket attacks launched from civilian areas in Gaza toward civilian areas in Israel.

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/16/israel-palestinians-gaza-netanyahu-488868

[Me.]

1. Did THey?

Destroy the Tunnels? The jury is out on that according to interviews I heard this morning.

[msongs]

2. it's their justification so they had better produce results nt

[Me.]

5. So Far

The justification is not convincing, even our SOS gave a half-heatred answer

[Budi]

3. "Israel destroys Gaza tunnels"

.."destroyed 9 miles of militant tunnels and the homes of nine Hamas commanders as international diplomats worked to end the weeklong war that has killed hundreds of people.


The latest attacks destroyed the five-story building housing the Hamas-run Religious Affairs Ministry and killed a top Gaza leader of Islamic Jihad, another militant group whom the Israeli military blamed for some of the thousands of rocket attacks launched at Israel in recent days."
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The tunnels belonging to Islamic Jihadist terrorists needed to be destroyed. They were used to move & store weapons into Israeli locations where innocent citizens could be used as human shields.

Because HAMAS' only power is in blowing things up while often hiding behind women, children & innocents.

[WHITT]

4. Without The Tower Full Of Journalists

watching over them, the fascist Likud can lie and make any false claim they want.

Mission accomplished.

[hack89]

6. Did the journalists actually leave Gaza?

Or have they relocated and continued reporting?

[WHITT]

7. The Point

is that they don't have the observational abilities they had from a 12?-15?-story tower.

[hack89]

8. That was the only tall building in Gaza?

Didn’t know that.

[WHITT]

9. It Was The Only Tall Building In Gaza

housing the offices of the Associated Press, the BBC, Al Jazeera, and:

* London-based Qatari broadcaster Al-Araby TV

* News website and newspaper Al-Etejah TV

* Pro-Fatah broadcaster Al-Kofiya TV

* Jordanian broadcaster Al-Mamlaka

* News website Watania News Agency

* The Palestinian National Authority-affiliated newspaper Reuters

(Partial List)

[hack89]

10. Yet all the reporters escaped with all of their equipment.

so it seems reasonable to me to assume that they simply moved to another tall building so they could see what was happening in Gaza. Are you saying that didn't happen? Are you saying that all those agencies have been completely quiet since the building was destroyed?

[WHITT]

11. Sooooooo

you want them to all go to another tall tower, take the elevator to the top floor, present themselves at that office's reception desk, and ask if it's OK for them to hang out by their windows on a certain side of the building all day, every day?

Sure, that'll work.

[hack89]

12. So there has been exactly zero reporting from those organizations?

that what you believe?

[WHITT]

13. They Have OTHER News Bureaus

Of course their "organizations" are still reporting. That has nothing whatsoever to do with losing their direct sightlines from a very high tower of Likud committing War Crimes. Likud committed a War Crime to prevent the press from reporting on their War Crimes.

Which other tower do you suggest the press move to? Why would the owner and/or lessee agree, given that if the Likud discovered it, they could knock down that tower as well. You don't seem to be grasping the brutal War Criminals they're dealing with.

[hack89]

14. I can't figure out if you are serious

Or if this is simply tongue in cheek DU performance art. You are so over top it is hard to take you seriously. I think I will drop out of this exchange.

[WHITT]

15. Whatever Blows Your Skirt Up