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Explosions seen over Gaza City as humanitarian
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Posted By: Dreadnought, 10/27/2023 3:04:58 PM

The Israel Defense Forces said Friday they are “expanding ground operations” in Gaza, according to spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, after a large series of explosions rocked Gaza City Friday night local time. Multiple residents in the enclave told CNN that the evening’s airstrikes were the most intense they had experienced in weeks. And Jawwal, the Palestinian telecom company that provides mobile service to the Gaza Strip, released a statement Friday night saying “the intense bombardment” has destroyed “all remaining international routes connecting Gaza with the outside world.”

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Reply 1 - Posted by: cor-vet 10/27/2023 3:40:22 PM (No. 1586976)
Instead of air strikes and a ground offensive, maybe the Israelis could just fire about 5000 rockets into Gaza, since the pro-palistinians don't seem to have a problem with rockets!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: andyboy 10/27/2023 3:44:06 PM (No. 1586979)
Wait a minute now. Are these airstrikes taking place all over Gaza City, or just in the northern part of the city -- the part Israel told everyone a week ago to evacuate? If it is just in the north, why are "residents" still there? And maybe I missed it, but... has Hamas released the hostages yet?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: paral04 10/27/2023 4:46:13 PM (No. 1587019)
Israel needs to level that place and then plow salt into the sand so nothing grows. In the meantime, the people who had lived there and just wanted to be let alone need to turn against Hamas and Hezbollah and find peace among the survivors.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: GreatGreyhounds 10/27/2023 4:55:23 PM (No. 1587026)
I don't remember anyone worried about mounting humanitarian concerns as Israelis were being killed.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Vaquero45 10/27/2023 5:17:05 PM (No. 1587037)
Take your "humanitarian concerns" and stick 'em where there sun doesn't shine. It's time to turn Gaza into a parking lot.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 10/27/2023 5:34:46 PM (No. 1587053)
Gaza civilians were told to move. Israeli civilians were not warned.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 10/27/2023 5:36:32 PM (No. 1587054)
CNN clutching fake pearls, again.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: DVC 10/27/2023 5:50:27 PM (No. 1587072)
"Explosion over Gaza"....good news. More would be good.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Scribelus 10/27/2023 6:46:10 PM (No. 1587100)
In this case, at least, the concerns are suckertarian, not humanitarian.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 10/27/2023 7:59:12 PM (No. 1587131)
My "humanitarian concerns" are for the beheaded babies.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: NeonVortex 10/27/2023 8:06:22 PM (No. 1587134)
CNN suddenly has "humanitarian concerns".
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Reply 12 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 10/27/2023 8:27:09 PM (No. 1587146)
Israel has finally accepted that you cannot live with rattlesnakes surrounding your house. Eventually you will be bitten. Israel is cleaning out the snake pits. What CNN thinks, rational people no longer care about.
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