By Henri Astier BBC News


Israel has suggested that the long-term aim of its military campaign in Gaza is to sever all links with the territory.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that once Hamas had been defeated, Israel would end its “responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip”.

Before the conflict, Israel supplied Gaza with most of its energy needs and monitored imports into the territory.

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    1 year ago

    They keep them reliant on water from Israel by preventing them from building new infrastructure. At no point has Gaza had a sufficient water supply.

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      1 year ago

      Now correct me if I’m wrong, but this is the same group of people who, on video, showed how they dig up pipes to use for rockets right?

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        1 year ago

        Yep, rocketing themselves in the foot-shaped hospital with that - or at least their government are. Even so, before they dug it all up I don’t think they had sufficient infrastructure.

        It’s such a complex set of issues you can always whataboutism almost any point. Not that I’m knocking you for doing it.

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      And Israel bombed their civil airport, because it was representing a security concern for them. How not to love your oppressor, right?