Retired Gen. Joseph Votel discusses the Israel Defense Forces’ continuing ground operation at Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital as the military campaign enters its third day.
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#Israel #Gaza #IDF
Well, yeah. These folks have been living with a militant dictatorship that takes no responsibility for their wellbeing. What happens when the militants go away?
Israel is ran by a far right fascist government. They will continue their apartheid that is occurring in the West Bank in Gaza now.
So 80 years wasn’t enough? When this is over there will likely be 20,000 dead and 50,000 injured. Then on top of that you will put an army in there face? We see school shootings from people that have good lives yet you think placing a military in Gaza will stop anything? If you don’t give humans, no matter where they are from, freedom and dignity, they will never stop fighting. This is the way most nations were built. Why do you think everyone immediately started calling for a 2 state solution? It’s because without it, this will never stop. And if they go back in, there will be 20 or more years of death and destruction.
What militants? You mean Hamas that Israel decriminalized to put them into election back in the day? Israel is to blame for all of this mess.
Of course they also need to bring some Jews there to live for security reason😂😂😂
Yeah, more of those settlements that have majorly displaced and now overrule Palestinians in the Westbank into gutters.
They need to work together to enforce security
Your clear lack of education is laughable 😂. The Allies occupied Japan and Germany for decades post WWII. The USA still has bases in Japan and Germany to this day.
The two countries cannot peacefully coexist and Israel has the right to seize Gaza, as the reason for the war was to gain control of the land. Furthermore, most Palestinians have either left or been killed, leaving the land empty. So what’s the point of giving up the land Israel won?
Will anyone be a life after war ?
So you’re saying the IDF lied then
Lied about what? We don’t want to govern them, and I hate the idea of having a military presence there. But I cannot accept the notion of letting the Gaza Strip getting controled by terror again. Hopefully the new government (whatever will it be), will actually use the money invested in Gaza for the people and not for terror.
Is it not readily apparent?
@Matan Bar-on If it hasn’t invested in the people of Gaza so far, what makes you think that Israel will do so in the future?
I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and you know God loves us so much!….Where are you originally from? I am David originally from Spain but currently living in Texas now.
@David Greg I pray to God to free you from your delusions about God who doesn’t actually exist.
Since Israel has control the hospital so that means it’s Israel turn to use human shields not hamas anymore
They’re not hamas.
They don’t use people as human shields.
Only cowards like hamas use civilians as human shields and hide their weapons in schools UN buildings their own headquarters
Yep…Israel can bring in medical supplies, fuel and respirators etc now to save the injured. Will they?
Why have you still got articles with 40 beheaded babies claims that have been disproven as propaganda?
Where are the tunnels in the Al-Ashoka hospital? Israel has held control of the hospital for days now. Oh wait, it was all Israeli propaganda that we ate up. Israel lies like they always have when it comes to Palestinians
Why are we speculating about after the war.
That’s just a hole in the ground
Why would there be a random whole in the grown by a hospital
they did find 3 moles though
Yes the hole in the ground for kid to play hide and seek right🤡
if you do not know, in old neighborhoods it is typical to have old water wells, utility maintenance holes (manholes), old sewage disposal leech hole, underground storage … etc
To me it look like a sewage system were they took what is above it and exposed a very asymmetric hole. It is like they are doing some repair in the street and they take out the asphalt and show the cement tube. Where is the 5 underground floors with command and control? They killed like 300 pacient and 20 premature babies for this?
I guess himmler would have been proud.
Palestinians people need pree and post security during and after war…
STOP NETANYAHU!!! – he should not be in charge of anything. Hands off Gaza. Hands off the West Bank. The people need to be liberated from Netanyahu and his MADNESS. Most egotistical genocidal war monger in the world today. I pray the ICC arrests him very soon.
Not after dance and cheer.🤬
We knew this was an HQ all along.
😂😂😂 that’s a command center 😂😂😂
No solid proof what so ever
@H GLM Below ground and being discovered.
Let independent journalists and International Criminal Court in otherwise it is conflict of interest self serving propaganda
@H GLM now do the one where you laugh at the people who are being used as human shields. 🙈🙉🙊
Aaaaaaf course they do 😉.
The Allies occupied Japan and Germany for decades post WWII. Japan and Germany turned out to be prosperous and fruitful despite still being occupied to this day.
More occupation?
Well there is no way they’re going to allow another PA after hamas. So get use to it
Thats the goal for 75 years
Time to take back what is theirs.
Begging for hostages more.
Your ignorance and lack of education are stunning.
This news is 3 days old…where have you been lol
You countries that supported Israel in its “right to defend itself” genocide have radicalized us all, and we are not even Arab and we dont live in the Middle East. You have made our blood boil – we will never forgive you. You will remain our enemies forever. The battle lines have been drawn.
Gaza needs to get their Own Nation. NOT BE UNDER ISRAELI RULE
IDF are the real criminals.
The real criminals are ones supporting Hamas terrorists
I though the newscaster was an ex (then I realized it was just a day dream, lol)
I aim to be unbiased and clear. The United States allocated over $3 trillion (taxpayer funds) in Afghanistan to replace Taliban with Taliban! World is making fun of our policies and politics. This needs to Stop!
I’m glad the American people finally woke up and are demanding ceasefire and a stop to this genocide by these Zionist!
Nationalists need territory, they are not interested in victims. They are not normal.
Israel is not an Independent Country, it is a Colony of the US created in 1948.
US will always be in Israel (it is part of US), I don’t foresee Israel claiming Independence from US Ever.
Which means the US will have to send a Major HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM to clean up the aftermath and damage to the Environmental Eco System including pollution to the Ocean.
u have zero history knowledge
Palestine is a made up word use by arabs to takeover the middle east.
The US has blocked over 53 UN resolutions condemning Israeli actions and behavior.
read the history …mate
So much coverage on Gaza. Why no coverage on what Israel is doing in the West Bank
Tell us what is Israel doing in WB?
@BB Illegally occupying it for the last 60 years, destroying property and subjugating the Palestinians, building illegal settlements and killing with impunity. This is not an opinion, its the international consesus.
@countsmyth yeah.. obviously you know the subject living in South Korea. West Bank is controlled by Palestinian Authority’s Abu Mazen. They have their own security forces there. Yes, Israel’s IDF forces enter only when conducting anti-terror activities.
Stop Jewish hate
it’s possible but impossible… hate growing worldwide by the minute
Loving the 100% jewish people is possible…. but their representatives (zionists) make it impossible, Love will never happen.
Security Presence as in Occupation funded entirely by US taxpayers and protected by a blockade enforced by US forces in Mediterranean. New meaning for self defense and meaning for one sided alley that only sucks US tax money. Shame on US Congress and Biden to fund such a country.
Israel strategy is to move the Palestinians out of Gaza. But the US media doesn’t report on what the Israeli government is saying
How do u know that? So far the PM said that Israel has no plans to reoccupy Gaza long term. As long local gov’t will be created (non Hamas) Israel will leave Gaza as they did in 2005.
This guy have any Idea of what the future will bring to the world after killing the family of around 400 thousand children (not including the west bank). They are creating thousands of children that will be use as a killing machine. Guy like this are why september 11 happened, and I am very afraid that it will happen again. That bush, reagan nixon mentality never went away.
400k children? Why not 400 trillion children? Where you get your number I wonder.
We all knew it is about occupied gaza and displace thousands of people from their homes.
Biased one sided media coverage.
the neverending story, deja vu for the future of the children living around the area, same status quo and same occupation, 14 hundred this time, how many next time? look at the young children across the world on the street, the message; is they do not want to get drafted for injustice like in the 70’s, while the zionist won’t spare their son and daughter for the cause they created
That is just drain hole in the ground😂.another propoganda by an israel like millitant list which was arabic calendar😂😂😂
Its not the United States desision ….occupy that rubble Isreal
After the war? 🤣 The propaganda is real up in here 🤣 Let me give you guys an example of what’s to come for Israel.. What you see happening to Ukraine will happen to Israel.. It will get annexed to whoever destroys them.. Like Ukraine will be annexed to Russian territory.. Israel is only 5 to 6 million in population guys.. Yemen 34 million, Iran 70 million, Turkey 90 million.. So when you say after the war? We see two different scenarios
Take over Palestinian education system
Agree. Palestinians must have been teaching terrorism and violence as their number 1 subject in school.
The IDF planted two guns and called it a command center 😂
HGLM: Allah planted two pebbles in your head and you call it a brain?
@Bernstein Mark hey Weinstein did The Jews enjoyed putting Jesus on that cross and was it before or after they beheaded John the Baptist over a prostitute?
What a bloody shame on IDF
@WaunaNo 7 ocktober is a shame on islam.
I assume you have very small tiny brain 😎😎
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STINKEN BLIKEN AND GENOCIDE JOSEPH ARE TRAITORS TO HUMANITY
Can’t have a government out of vacuum! Takes time to set up! On V-E Day, Eisenhower had sixty-one U.S. divisions, 1,622,000 men, in Germany, and a total force in Europe numbering 3,077,000. When the shooting ended, the divisions in the field became the occupation troops, charged with maintaining law and order and establishing the Allied military presence in the defeated nation. Allied Occupation of Germany lasted 7 years.
https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/occ-gy/ch18.htm#:~:text=On%20V%2DE%20Day%2C%20Eisenhower%20had,force%20in%20Europe%20numbering%203%2C077%2C000.&text=When%20the%20shooting%20ended%2C%20the,presence%20in%20the%20defeated%20nation.
I wonder that Israel think about international law crime.
YOU LIE
New form of occupation!
The Germans the Japanese and the Italians supported Hitler and they paid a horrible price. Unless the Gazans overthrow their disgusting government the Israelis are justified in doing what the Allied powers did to the Axis of Evil. I feel horrible for the people who did not vote for or support the Hamas government.
We all saw that coming. They can’t wait to get their hands on Gaza’s costs and gas. Disgusting.
All Gaza Strip As Palestine Country Teritory Belong To Palestine Government Right To Control This Area ( UN Geneva Convention 1945 ) Who Dont Have Right To Control This Teritory But With Kolonialism Power By Gun Power To Push The Legal Government As Palestine Country Under Accoupeid To Israelly Army & Government Rule That’s Not True And Ilegally Accoupetion Againt UN International Lawrule. Cannot Espacted . Thanks All, …. Cheerio.*****.
Israel’s “Security Presence” has been in Palestine since the get go. IMHO it’s time for Israel to let go, & let Palestine be.
Israels plan is to occupy whole of Palestine until the messiah comes back and take the good ppl to heaven, then the people left will convert to Islam.
How about israel just leave the country of Palestine that they stole and are now trying to finish the genocide of Palestinians and go find another place to live.
They’re 🤷🏾♂️already there? TF?
Of course there going to need to stay. They just displaced 1.4 Million people, killed 6000 kids, and took over the land.
Those who fear death don’t dare to live there. And the ones who live there need A-Z category securities. Lol
ISREAL IS STEALING GAZA GAS FIELDS WORHT 500 BILLLION,I SREAL AINT FOOLING NO BODY
Nope Israel isn’t.
hamas and their online iranian cyber operators sure have fooled you though.
They should go to neighboring countries 😢
There are many countries where peoples live together. Islam and other religions. They are built on the foundation of tolerance, love and mutual respect. But the UN decided to introduce division. And the United States, with the help of military power, will expel the Palestinians from the country. This is a shameless seizure of territory. And the USA in this version is a terrorist. Israel has treated the Palestinians very badly. They built a country for themselves on the tears of another people.
They should go to your house
After the war rename Gaza the ” Freedom Strip” a lavish beachfront oasis of resorts on the Mediterranean with modern architecture, world class dinning , shopping, education , medical & science opportunities made up of multi cultural peace seeking Arabs and Muslim civilians committed to keeping peace and prosperity in the region with a government over sight made up of Arabs, Muslims and Israeli official also committed to peace.
After Russia, North Korea and Iran, Israel is quickly becoming the most hated country in the world.
F u g
I thought Biden said no reoccupation of Gaza after the conflict? Why not when its over to have a election in Gaza and West Bank and let them elect leadership and govern themselves. Makes me sick to hear people talking about running someone elses lands.
Gaza cant govern themself yet. Their government is destroyed. We all have to get together (USA and Isreael) and rebuild their government. And give them security. Lot of our money is going to help rebuild that country same goes to Ukraine. Gaza is no near of rebuilding they cant do it themself.
Israel has been committing genocide against the Palestinian people, led by the United States, for decades. Israel is a country built on the humiliation of one people by another.
How can the people trust their oppressor or have killed their family members
White people can’t live without colonizing indigenous people.
Your clear lack of education and common sense are breathtaking. Someone has to act as peacekeeper and police. The Allies occupied Japan and Germany for decades post WWII.
WHERE WARS ARE WON OR LOST !!
Wars are waged by older men
In battle rooms in countries apart.
Who call for greater firepower
And troops for the combat chart.
While out among the shattered flesh
The dreams of all have turned gray.
So young and determined their faces were
Till on the battlefield they lay.
Unable to overcome their pride
The politicians cast their vote.
For this or that or something else
As the rage of war sounds its note.
Wherever wars are won or lost
The soldiers fall like toys.
Down through history it remains the same
Most who die are hardly more than boys.
Like monkeys in a revolving cage
Man squabbles for the peanuts of power.
When will we rise above our greed
And become as a beautiful flower?
Death to death, dust to dust
The wrath of war is a horrible crime.
It’s the beast within that still prevails
As it has through the torments of time.
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If nations were really honest..no country wants Palestinians as neighbors..but they are so quick to tell israel and Egypt what to do..smh i can’t imagine living right next to someone who wants u unlive you..everyday..smh
I know right. Its really scary to be non jewish living in or near israel.. those guys are ready to genocide everyone not jewish. Christians are being spit on and all that.. whew
Turn it into a unpopulated DMZ forever.
Flattened, salted, and forever a no man’s land. Which means no ‘settlements’ either.
After war, Palestine would be free as an independent state. Israel could not interfere anything in palestine administration and territory.
From the start, it has seemed obvious to me Israel’s end game is to create conditions to not allow Palestinians to ever return (or leave anything to return to) to Gaza territory once cleared by the IDF. The IDF has already signaled they are now turning their clearing operations southward, so they will continue to push the civilians into a concentrated pocket in the vicinity of the Rafa Crossing as they search and destroy Hamas remnants. My guess it they likely try to actually push most Palestinians out of Gaza and into the Sinai, despite Egypt’s best efforts to stop this. I think this is why Netanyahu said Israel will provide security for Gaza for the foreseeable future. Security will mostly entail preventing Palestinians from returning to their homes rather than being an occupation force embedded with Palestinian civilians and thus a very active insurgency.
Ridiculous, this was all played. To steal more land of palestina
Crimes of Israel, we are not stupid
We need security presence now in USA
No think be fore you do anything. The population in Europe is crashing because of the Yom Kippur war in 1973. That was nearly 50 years ago.
These people are not hiding they are totally out in the open supporting a cease fire and openly display their atimosity against Israel.
Protect the oil
Its not security presence, its oppression and terrorism
Western liers shame on you
“security presence”… Call it what it is O C C U P A T I O N…
Occupiers gonna occupy.
Being uneducated must be bliss. Apparently is unaware that post 1945, the Allies occupied Japan and Germany for decades post WWII. Is also unaware that the USA still has military bases in both countries. Japan and Germany have turned out pretty well compared to Palestinians that are still fighting a war they lost in 1948.
The Palestinians must have a homeland. Bring them to Antarctica. Just protect the penguins there
The war can end immediately but Hamas doesn’t want! All they have to do is release all the hostages and have a peace treaty with Israel. But instead, Hamas and Qatar chose not to do so! The problem here is arab can not think strategically in the same manner as Israelis. Arabs are weak emotionally and indecisive.
My good god what is going on here,,
Great! You have left people with dead wives, kids, parents. Now you will need to magnify occupier army status.
What you call an own goal.
Gross propaganda
The tunnel is outside the Al Shifa Hospital👎
You like Muslim blood???are really human ???it’s Israel have to evacuate and be judged for war crimes
Woke General 💯 🌈
I hope I am wrong, but countries such as the Israel, US and Canda will suffer horrible consequences in the future. You don’t need to have a PhD in Political Science to arrive at the conclusion that sooner or later there would be an attack in these countries that will make 9-11 pale in comparison. The sad part about this, is that war criminals like Biden and Netanyahu are not going to be around to be accountable.
Propaganda Much 😂😂😂
Let me guess, this General works for a private military contractor 🤦🏽♂️
It’s time for the Palestinians to move to Egypt or other places.
im already on it got to grt kids first
They aren’t getting the North back. Lucky if they keep the South. Free the Hostages.
Gaza Judea & Samaria = Israel 🇮🇱
Phillistine
Yea lets ask the bright minds behind the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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Hamas targeted civilian villages and a music festival.
Of course, in the end they will occupy the territory, only idiots believe this is “defensive” operation. That’s invasion and a genocide
Israelis Soldiers are the Best in the World. The Most Generous force on Earth, GOD knows & see Everythings He is now in the war against the enemy of his Children, He Knows the Truth & the Lies laid out by the Hamas & the Media
ما هو جوك الآن يا إسرائيل ،انك تلعبين بالنار ،احذري هناك مقومين لا يخافون الموت ،يخافون الا الله .انتبهي ،اليمن على الخط ،