Hamas fights back and looks at Gaza from the rest of the Arab world – this is the Middle East this week.
Hamas repels Israel’s ground invasion | A look at Gaza, seen by the rest of the Arab world. Here is the Middle East this week:
What is the endgame for Israel’s ground invasion?
There have been some stumbles since Israel’s ground incursion into the Gaza Strip began almost two weeks ago.
It is still too early to say how the war on Gaza will end, but experts say Hamas’s fighting capabilities have improved, meaning the fighting on the ground will be much more violent.
Israel has announced that it will soon divide the Gaza Strip in two and encircle Gaza City, but to do so it will have to engage in an urban war that is expected to be bloodier than it has been so far. ‘now.
Especially if the battle takes place underground, in the feared Hamas tunnels.
Israel imposed a complete siege on the enclave a month ago. During this period, what little food, water, fuel and medicine Gaza had stored was virtually exhausted. Our graphics team visualized what it means to go without food or water for a month.
Municipal fresh water for bathing, washing clothes and running household plumbing has also dried up, meaning people have to bathe their children in the highly polluted sea off Gaza, leading to wounds and other diseases.
People lost because of war
Ahmed was an aspiring dentist with a smile who was always happy to offer free treatment to his friends (he also needed the practice). Yosep, meanwhile, was considered a tech genius whose last message to his wife was “I love you,” followed by a heart emoji.
Ahmed, a Palestinian, and Yosep, an Israeli citizen, both died recently. Ahmed in the Israeli bombing of civilian homes in the Gaza Strip, and Yosep in the Hamas attack on October 7.
In Gaza, the bombings have not stopped, and children represent almost half of the more than 10,000 people killed. This makes the current conflict probably the deadliest for children in modern times.
In addition to bombing residential areas, Israel is bombing hospitals even though tens of thousands of families are known to have fled to these locations for safety.
Governments have attempted to evacuate their nationals from the war-torn region, and some have had to make the difficult decision to leave family members behind. Some left Gaza with their Palestinian family members only to find themselves stuck elsewhere while waiting for their government to grant visas to their non-national spouses to accompany them home.
After that ?
Although many listeners were relieved when Hassan Nasrallah finished his speech Friday, it remains to be seen whether his organization, Hezbollah, will stay out of the fighting or come to Hamas’ aid.
Rumors began to circulate around a possible post-war political arrangement in the Gaza Strip, which would involve the Palestinian Authority, which governs the occupied West Bank. But many Palestinians are dissatisfied with the Palestinian Authority, especially residents of Gaza.
Meanwhile, the Arab street made its views clear as huge demonstrations in support of Gaza took place in Turkey and Iran.
Tunisia also saw large protests, and open expressions of distrust of the West and its influence proliferated because the population was fed up with what they call Western indifference towards Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Seeming to capitalize on this sentiment, the Tunisian government is working on a number of laws that would severely restrict NGO activity.
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Quote of the week
“Our hearts burn on our land… We wait all year for the olive season, which is the most beautiful season, but the Israelis deliberately burned our trees with their missiles and tank shells. » | Nisreen Abu Daqqa, farmer from the town of Khuza’a, Gaza.
