The long-term goal of the campaign against Hamas is to sever all links with Gaza, Israel's defence minister says.

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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  • TWeaKEnglish
    214·
    8 months 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.

    • probablyaCat@kbin.social
      103·
      8 months 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?

      • TWeaKEnglish
        43·
        8 months 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.

    • filister@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      8 months ago

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