Experts say the besieged strip is unrecognisable and its bombing is the most destructive in modern history.

Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza for nearly three months has destroyed 70 percent of the homes in the besieged Palestinian enclave, according to the Government Media Office.

No further details were provided but an earlier report said more than 200 heritage and archaeological sites were destroyed in the Israeli bombardment considered the most destructive in modern history.

About 300,000 out of 439,000 homes have been destroyed in Israeli attacks, a Wall Street Journal report said. Analysing satellite imagery, the report added that the 29,000 bombs dropped on the strip have targeted residential areas, Byzantine churches, hospitals and shopping malls and all civilian infrastructure has been damaged to an extent that they cannot be repaired.

“The word ‘Gaza’ is going to go down in history along with Dresden [Germany] and other famous cities that have been bombed,” Robert Pape, a political scientist at the University of Chicago who has written about the history of aerial bombing, told WSJ.

  • curiousaur@reddthat.comEnglish
    19·
    11 months ago

    You just lost thousands more of your population you swore to protect to the terrorists. They were tortured and raped to death. What do you do next?

    • GaMEChld@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      11 months ago

      Oh I did? Well, I would need the specific problems to provide specific solutions.

      Why did terrorists kill my population? Let’s get problem solving.

      • curiousaur@reddthat.comEnglish
        28·
        11 months ago

        No time, you just lost a thousand more. Everyone is looking at you wondering why you’re letting this happen to them. What do you do?

          • curiousaur@reddthat.comEnglish
            25·
            11 months ago

            Doesn’t work because Hamas ignored your treaties and is continuing to rape and torture your people to death. What now?

            • GaMEChld@lemmy.worldEnglish
              31·
              11 months ago

              They can’t, my people are now immortal. I give Hammas infinity raisins.

              • curiousaur@reddthat.comEnglish
                22·
                11 months ago

                So you’ve lost your mind. Simulation failed. Good thing you aren’t in charge of anything important. Most competent people would just pick: destroy the group responsible for the attack at all costs.

                • GaMEChld@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  41·
                  11 months ago

                  Nope, I simply answered nonsense with nonsense. You don’t get to create some nonsensical Kobayashi Maru scenario with vague definitions and ambiguous starting parameters.

                  Let’s get real. You want to know what I would do in response to the initial terrorist attack that Israel faced? It wouldn’t be genocide against Gaza. My response would be rooted in the truth that you cannot rule without consent of the governed. The entire reality that Israel was trying to live was a sham that was never going to be a stable solution.

                • GaMEChld@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  11 months ago

                  Oh and one more thing.

                  Most competent people would just pick: destroy the group responsible for the attack at all costs.

                  Yeah, and how’s that been working out for peace in the middle East? Doesn’t feel like the whole region is enjoying the decisions of the “competent” people. For decades. Maybe the problem is itchy trigger fingers like yours. Justice and Vengeance are rarely the same thing.