The siege intensifies
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Including a ground invasion:
Israel stepped up bombardments of the Gaza Strip Friday night hours after internet and communications were knocked out and largely cut off the Palestinian territory’s 2.3 million people from contact with each other and the outside world.
Explosions from continuous airstrikes lit up the sky over Gaza City for hours after nightfall.
Already plunged into darkness after most electricity was cut off weeks ago, Palestinians were thrown into isolation, huddling in homes and shelters with food, water and fuel supplies running out.
Earlier Friday night, the Israeli military signalled it was moving closer to an all-out invasion of Gaza, vowing to crush Hamas, which rules Gaza, after it led a bloody incursion in southern Israel three weeks ago.
The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) said its ground forces were “expanding their activity” in the besieged enclave.
“In addition to the attacks that we carried out in recent days, ground forces are expanding their activity this evening,” Israeli army spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Friday night. “The IDF is acting with great force … to achieve the objectives of the war.”
Israel amassed hundreds of thousands of troops along the border with Gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive against Hamas.
The denial of basic essential services to residents of Gaza remains indefensible collective punishment, even though it is in relation for an appalling terrorist attack, and it is getting worse. And the promised security benefits are likely to be illusory.
“The most dangerous reasoning in policy is, ‘Something must be done. This is something. Therefore it must be done,'" says @chrislhayes.
"Yes, this campaign of bombing and maybe ground incursion into Gaza is something. But no, it does not need to be done." pic.twitter.com/ynV4rRLPZd— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) October 28, 2023