With Gaza under a total communications outage, it is difficult to confirm the Israeli army’s announcement.

Israel’s military has claimed it has encircled Gaza City and divided the besieged coastal strip into two, as Gaza came under its third total communications outage since the start of the war.

“Today, there is north Gaza and south Gaza,” Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters on Sunday, calling it a “significant stage” in Israel’s war against Hamas.

Israeli media reported that troops are expected to enter Gaza City within 48 hours. Strong explosions were seen in northern Gaza after nightfall.

But the “collapse in connectivity” across Gaza reported by internet access advocacy group NetBlocks.org and confirmed by the Palestinian telecom company Paltel made it even more complicated to convey details of the new stage of the military offensive.

  • Tavarin@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    you’re ignoring the fact that the Palestinian Arabs do not want a two state solution, and the majority of them want to genocide the Jews.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Uh… The PLO had a lot of national support for a hot minute there, until Netenyahu just up and shut down the Oslo accords. That’s what made terror as popular in Palestine as it is now; there’s simply no other means of resistance left to them.

      • Tavarin@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 year ago

        You mean the PLO who’s second charter was:

        “Palestine, with the boundaries it had during the British mandate, is an indivisible territorial unit”

        They weren’t exactly fans of a two state solution either.

      • Tavarin@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 year ago

        For most of the time Israel has existed the Palestinian stance has been a one state under Palestine without Jews. They didn’t want a secular democracy, they wanted to get rid of the Jews.

          • Tavarin@lemmy.caEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Of course it had Jews, long before it had Muslims. Doesn’t change that the majority of Palestinian Arabs want to get rid of the Jews.

            And we’re talking about the area since the formation of Israel.

            • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
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              1 year ago

              Doesn’t change that the majority of Palestinian Arabs want to get rid of the Jews.

              Bruh Jews and Muslims have lived together for 1400 years what are you even on about?