Bombing in the south of the tiny, crowded Gaza Strip killed scores of people overnight, local authorities said, and the Abu Marasa family is one of several Reuters spoke to that have concluded they may as well go back to their homes in the north.
More than a dozen members of the family were crowded into a car on the edge of Khan Younis, the main city of southern Gaza, their belongings strapped to the roof for the perilous journey back north through the bombardment.
“Why should we be martyrs in Khan Younis? We would better die as martyrs in our houses. Let the whole building fall on our heads,” said Saleem Abu Marasa, preparing to drive back.
Damn you mean you can’t suddenly undo decades of multigenerational trauma and abuse by suddenly being less of an arsehole?
There is no quick and easy solution, but there are obvious problems that need to be stopped outright
There were bloody consequences for unilaterally stopping outright policies that were obvious problems for Palestine in Gaza. If Israel can’t ease restrictions without reprisal violence, how does one improve this situation? Seems like there needs to be pacification and compromise or the stronger side will simply keep taking and making things ever more unpleasant. Israel presently has little incentive to change course, given that making such concessions has evidently left them less safe in the wake of Hamas’ attack.
If you were in charge of Israel, what would you do?