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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    • NewDark@lemmings.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Something like 80% of the water they get from Isreal is contaminated.

      The Israeli government counts the calories of the food they receive so they get the minimum amount to sustain their life.

      The health care isn’t great (obviously)

      And if you don’t know what “mowing the lawn” is, look it up.

        • NewDark@lemmings.worldEnglish
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          11 months ago

          The IOF literally seal water wells with cement.

          On top of that, you can’t get cement to build with in Gaza in order to build desalination facilities, even if they wanted to.