The taking of the territory has begun with no ceasefire in sight
The heavy fog that cloaked Gaza’s agony on the morning after Israeli troops arrived was burned away by the sun – only to be replaced by the smoke of hundreds of bombs, and between the blasts, there was a new sound: machine gun fire.
That “new order” means a world without Hamas, the stated goal of Operation Swords of Iron. But it will also be a world without thousands of Palestinian civilians, trapped in the wreckage of Gaza. Since it gave instructions for Palestinians in Beit Hanoun and the rest of northern Gaza to move south, it has told itself that whoever remains has chosen to be a human shield for Hamas, no matter if they are too old or sick to move, or that up to now, the south has been as deadly as the north.
Yadlin said that the ground incursion was just the beginning of months of “low-intensity conflict”, pursuing Hamas through the deep tunnels it has underground.
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