Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remained defiant Tuesday in the face of mounting U.S. pressure to abandon plans to invade Rafah, vowing to press ahead with an attack on the southern Gaza city, where more than 1 million displaced people have fled since the start of the war.
In remarks to the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Netanyahu acknowledged the pressure — including from Washington — which he said Israel is “rejecting in order to achieve the goals of the war.”
They were a signal of the growing chasm between the United States and Israel over its handling of the war in Gaza, which has left more than 31,800 Palestinians dead, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
The entirety of Gaza’s population of 2.2 million faces acute food insecurity and needs immediate aid, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday. It was the highest-level endorsement by a U.S. official of a report released Monday by the world’s leading body on food emergencies.
Well this is obviously right, and obviously something that is imminent, just a matter of when and how, not if. Lets hope the civilian death toll wont be too great, or even better, hamas just frees the damn hostages and stops this madness
People seem to be forgetting this whole war could end if Hamas surrendered. While the Israelis should do everything they can to reduce casualties, I don’t see how they can avoid doing this. It really feels like too many in the West want a “status quo ante bellum”, which is utterly impossible in this situation, ESPECIALLY after 10/7.
Well Hamas could just give up, but that’s too far out I guess
Sorry folks, I have to agree with him. Unless Hamas is thrown out of Gaza this operation is pointless.
Almost if Hamas didn’t plan for would have happened after their terror attack.
There’s no way to eliminate Hamas by killing and starving out Palestinians, either. You’re literally fueling the fire of what you claim to oppose.
Theres no point in d-day. The french civilians will be the ones to suffer. Will no one think of the children?
The fking problem isn’t the operation.
The fking problem is man provides 0 plan to instill confidence in his allies that post operation, the humanitarian disaster won’t be a total shit show.
Not to mention the question of what happens if Hamas isn’t completely eliminated after Rafah operation. You have multiple nations bank rolling Hamas, it won’t be out of the question for them to harbor members. So after this, do IDF pack up or keep going?
The only way to control a rhizomatic weed problem is to remove all the roots. The “mowing the grass” strategy was shortsighted at best, and most likely contributed to the need for today’s actions.
The “without Rafah operation” is unnecessary here.
Hamas isn’t a people. It’s an ideology. You will not get rid of Hamas by killing people.
It’s gonna get a bit too ugly though isn’t it? I just can’t see it going well for all involved due to Hamas hiding amongst civilians.
They’ve cornered the rats now they gotta sic the dog on them
Hamas has had many opportunities to stop this. They have never taken them.
If they stand for the people why haven’t they?
Because they don’t care, unfortunately.
Why don’t the other Arab countries take in the Palestinian refugees like the other European countries took in Ukrainian refugees?
For various reasons, the Biden Admin is attacking Netanyahu, but his leading rival, Benny Gantz, also wants to fight Hamas in Rafah.
“just keep firing missiles we will get them all eventually”
Bibi’s final solution to the Palestinian question. Might as well just start making fucking extermination camps for the survivors. You would think that the Jews of all people would be a bit squeamish about genocide, but I guess not.
I have a suggestion dont so it at all
“if it was not for hamas, we wouldn’t have killed thousands of Palestinians. We wouldn’t have bombed hospitals, we wouldn’t have bombed refugee camps, we wouldn’t have blocked international aid for the Palestinians, we wouldn’t have killed journalists…”
But but…. Hamas!
Well, you can’t eliminate a terrorist organization that is mixed in with civilians through conventional warfare.
You have no fixed targets. It’s all distributed everywhere. You might walk on the streets of Palestine and pass 100 Hamas fighters and you would not know it.
You may cut off leadership or bases – but it won’t change the minds of the people left behind, they just become less organized until a new leading power shows up.
No fkg around. no way to win without destroying Hamas. Gaza authority, voted in by Gazians. Do get out of the way, or suffer the same fate as Hamas
can destroy it as an Authority, as a military power
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remained defiant Tuesday in the face of mounting U.S. pressure to abandon plans to invade Rafah, vowing to press ahead with an attack on the southern Gaza city, where more than 1 million displaced people have fled since the start of the war.
In remarks to the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Netanyahu acknowledged the pressure — including from Washington — which he said Israel is “rejecting in order to achieve the goals of the war.”
His comments, which were released by his office, came a day after he spoke by phone with [President Biden](https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/candidates/joe-biden-2024/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2&itid=lk_inline_manual_42&itid=lk_inline_manual_5), who summoned an Israeli team to Washington for consultation over the assault.
They were a signal of the growing chasm between the United States and Israel over its handling of the war in Gaza, which has left more than 31,800 Palestinians dead, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
The entirety of Gaza’s population of 2.2 million faces acute food insecurity and needs immediate aid, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday. It was the highest-level endorsement by a U.S. official of a report released Monday by the world’s leading body on food emergencies.
The report, from a cluster of international organizations and charities known as the [Integrated Food Security Phase Classification initiative, or IPC](https://www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ipcinfo/docs/IPC_Gaza_Strip_Acute_Food_Insecurity_Feb_July2024_Special_Brief.pdf), said Gaza is facing catastrophic levels of hunger and starvation. Famine may already be happening in northern Gaza, which is cut off from the southern half of the territory, the report said.
**Read more:** [**https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/19/israel-gaza-ceasefire-qatar/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/19/israel-gaza-ceasefire-qatar/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com)
Well this is obviously right, and obviously something that is imminent, just a matter of when and how, not if. Lets hope the civilian death toll wont be too great, or even better, hamas just frees the damn hostages and stops this madness
People seem to be forgetting this whole war could end if Hamas surrendered. While the Israelis should do everything they can to reduce casualties, I don’t see how they can avoid doing this. It really feels like too many in the West want a “status quo ante bellum”, which is utterly impossible in this situation, ESPECIALLY after 10/7.
Well Hamas could just give up, but that’s too far out I guess
Sorry folks, I have to agree with him. Unless Hamas is thrown out of Gaza this operation is pointless.
Almost if Hamas didn’t plan for would have happened after their terror attack.
There’s no way to eliminate Hamas by killing and starving out Palestinians, either. You’re literally fueling the fire of what you claim to oppose.
Theres no point in d-day. The french civilians will be the ones to suffer. Will no one think of the children?
The fking problem isn’t the operation.
The fking problem is man provides 0 plan to instill confidence in his allies that post operation, the humanitarian disaster won’t be a total shit show.
Not to mention the question of what happens if Hamas isn’t completely eliminated after Rafah operation. You have multiple nations bank rolling Hamas, it won’t be out of the question for them to harbor members. So after this, do IDF pack up or keep going?
The only way to control a rhizomatic weed problem is to remove all the roots. The “mowing the grass” strategy was shortsighted at best, and most likely contributed to the need for today’s actions.
The “without Rafah operation” is unnecessary here.
Hamas isn’t a people. It’s an ideology. You will not get rid of Hamas by killing people.
It’s gonna get a bit too ugly though isn’t it? I just can’t see it going well for all involved due to Hamas hiding amongst civilians.
They’ve cornered the rats now they gotta sic the dog on them
Hamas has had many opportunities to stop this. They have never taken them.
If they stand for the people why haven’t they?
Because they don’t care, unfortunately.
Why don’t the other Arab countries take in the Palestinian refugees like the other European countries took in Ukrainian refugees?
For various reasons, the Biden Admin is attacking Netanyahu, but his leading rival, Benny Gantz, also wants to fight Hamas in Rafah.
“just keep firing missiles we will get them all eventually”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Haniyeh#:~:text=Ismail%20Haniyeh%20(born%2029%20January,2023%2C%20Haniyeh%20lives%20in%20Qatar.
“Ismail Haniyeh (born 29 January 1962) is a Palestinian politician who is seen as the overall political leader of Hamas, the current chairman of Hamas’s political bureau; as of 2023, Haniyeh lives in Qatar”. So when will Israel attack Qatar to eliminate him?
Bibi’s final solution to the Palestinian question. Might as well just start making fucking extermination camps for the survivors. You would think that the Jews of all people would be a bit squeamish about genocide, but I guess not.
I have a suggestion dont so it at all
“if it was not for hamas, we wouldn’t have killed thousands of Palestinians. We wouldn’t have bombed hospitals, we wouldn’t have bombed refugee camps, we wouldn’t have blocked international aid for the Palestinians, we wouldn’t have killed journalists…”
But but…. Hamas!
Well, you can’t eliminate a terrorist organization that is mixed in with civilians through conventional warfare.
You have no fixed targets. It’s all distributed everywhere. You might walk on the streets of Palestine and pass 100 Hamas fighters and you would not know it.
You may cut off leadership or bases – but it won’t change the minds of the people left behind, they just become less organized until a new leading power shows up.
No fkg around. no way to win without destroying Hamas. Gaza authority, voted in by Gazians. Do get out of the way, or suffer the same fate as Hamas
can destroy it as an Authority, as a military power