• Chainweasel@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      So they were engaged in active combat at the same pace they’re going now before Oct 7th?

      Why wasn’t it all over the news then?

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        7 months ago

        The pace has obviously increased, but IDF has been shooting civilians and journalists in Gaza and the west bank and hamas has been flinging rockets at Israel for years now.

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        7 months ago

        Blockades and sieges are acts of war.

        Gaza had been under a blockade for 17 years.