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Guess which building first demolished to the ground by Israel military in Gaza at the beginning of the conflict?

No price of getting the right answer, it's the Watan Tower building that also hosted most of Gaza Internet Sevice Provider (ISP) companies including Paltel and Jawwal and their infrastructure.

It was also a hub for several international media outlets, including the Associated Press and Al Jazeera [1],[2]. We are somewhow supposed to believe by Israel propaganda that the demolition of the Watan building is necessary to cripple the resistance but in war, truth is always the very first casualty that further leads to countless human casualties.

[1] Israels warns Palestinians on Facebook but Israel bombing decimated Gaza Internet Access:

https://theintercept.com/2023/10/12/israel-gaza-internet-acc...

[2] #KeepItOn: Telecommunications Blackout In The Gaza Strip Is An Attack On Human Rights:

https://m.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO2310/S00117/keepiton-telecom...



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If Israel improved its conduct by a factor of 1000, then maybe it could be considered "a war mongering nation".

Instead, it's going down in history as a relatively-short-lived (<100 years) exercise in savagery.


So far Iran looks like the aggressive nation (who also funded Hamas and all acts of terror in the middle east instead of investing in drinking water infrastructure) thats going down, with the love of god, after 50 years since its revolution. Israel seems more resilient at the moment, only responding to savagery from Gazans. Remember October 7th and the hostages that could've ended it so much time ago


What do you mean by "could have ended it"? Hamas wanted to make a deal to release the hostages since October 10th in return for Israel releasing the 5,200 Palestinian prisoners. The entire point of the hostages was to exchange them. Israel is the one that didn't want to make a deal. That's why there were so many protests within Israel to "return the hostages". Those protests weren't about continuing the war, they were about pushing Netanyahu to end it and make a deal


This sort of sober analysis is what makes posts on this topic so edifying. /s




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