Israel’s military has claimed it has encircled Gaza City and divided the besieged coastal strip into two, as Gaza came under its third total communications outage since the start of the war.

“Today, there is north Gaza and south Gaza,” Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters on Sunday, calling it a “significant stage” in Israel’s war against Hamas.

Israeli media reported that troops are expected to enter Gaza City within 48 hours. Strong explosions were seen in northern Gaza after nightfall.

But the “collapse in connectivity” across Gaza reported by internet access advocacy group NetBlocks.org and confirmed by the Palestinian telecom company Paltel made it even more complicated to convey details of the new stage of the military offensive.

    • @Squizzy@lemmy.world
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      162 years ago

      You realise Hamas is like 30 years old and started as a charity backed by Israel? They then seized power after killing their rivals.

      Should we murder Innocent chinese people because of the communist party? Wipe them off the earth, demolish their cities and Culture?

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        As a LIbertarian I can happily say that the Chinese Communist party is like a band of angels compared to Hamas. As repressive governments go, they have done an incredibly low amount of shitty things.

        • Flying Squid
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          “As a libertarian” is not the way to start an opinion if you want to be taken seriously.

          • @dx1@lemmy.world
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            Most political ideologies have at least one good take. Libertarianism has the “don’t allow companies to seize power with regulatory capture” and “whatever the state does is backed by enforced seizure of funds and whatever it enforces it does so with violence” takes, which are both pretty solid. Not that I agree with this guy’s rambling take on Hamas at all.

            • @Cinner@lemmy.worldB
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              Libertarianism has the “don’t allow companies to seize power with regulatory capture” and “whatever the state does is backed by enforced seizure of funds and whatever it enforces it does so with violence” takes, which are both pretty solid

              Have you noticed how any mention of libertarianism is instantly met with the ‘pedo association’ thought terminator?

              It was really gaining a lot of popularity as an ideology until around the 2016 elections and trailed off until COVID. But like Occupy WallSt and all ideas dangerous to The State, suddenly anyone who wants to be free to do what they want in their own home (like growing and using entheogens) and not let corporations run the state suddenly equals “they just want to date kids.”

              Astroturfing works. It’s especially effective when you can do it to an entire new generation, all at the same time.

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            Wow, another good one. You people are amazing.

            Some people openly call themselves marxist-leninists in here too so I thought I’d join their “never take what these guys say seriously” club.

            • @Cinner@lemmy.worldB
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              22 years ago

              If we had an honest age & intellect tally by each username, the numbers you’d most commonly see are 13-23 and 80-110.

              Don’t worry, you’re talking with teenagers that know it all. They can’t even name 3 aspects of an ideology they claim to represent.

        • @orrk@lemmy.world
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          42 years ago

          well, considering you are a libertarian, you don’t have a good track record of understanding reality