Israel (now broader Mid East discussion)

SamAndreas said

I saw an IED being blown up on a busy road that was filled with people trying to get to south Gaza a few days ago. It killed some people and had the effect of stopping that road traffic to the south.

Hamas claimed that it was an areal bomb that Israel dropped, but that was obviously a lie. It was a relatively small surface bomb that Hamas planted to stop their human shields from escaping.

I expect that it was a case of them sending a truck down the road with a bomb in the back. They reached a choke point where the truck had the ability to go on for enough distance to be safe, and they pitched it off the back of the truck with a short timed delay fuse.

Then there was the hospital they blew up, but claimed that Israel blew up. They claimed hundreds had died, when the reality was that very few died.

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People aren't leaving Gaza because there is no fuel of transportation.

People continued to flee after that IED exploded. That isn't the reason that people are not leaving Northern Gaza.

The hospital explosion wouldn't be an example of something that would keep people in Northern Gaza, if anything it would make them want to leave, regardless of who they believe was responsible.

Maybe there is no fuel or transportation because Hamas is using what little they have for themselves.

It doesn't matter to me. Israel is choosing to drop bombs that they know will kill civilians because they are angry. Israel is less safe today than it was on 10/8.

They might take out Hamas, but every kid in Gaza is going to grow up hating Israel far more than they would have otherwise even. Whatever replaces Hamas will be much worse. The only way this ends up making Israel safer in the long run is if they kill everyone in Gaza.