Israel's army says a total of 21 soldiers have been killed in an attack in central Gaza, making it the largest single loss of life for the military since the war began.

On Monday, Israeli reservists were preparing explosives to demolish two buildings in central Gaza on when a militant fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a tank nearby. The blast triggered the explosives, causing both two-story buildings to collapse on the soldiers inside.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    268·
    10 months ago

    To be fair, Israel did escalate the situation many fold, and they refuse a 2 state solution.
    Also Israel has done very little to improve conditions or amend the situation in the Gaza strip for decades. Gaza strip is essentially a mass koncentration camp Israel has made for Palestinians.
    For Israel to expect zero retaliation for that is insane. But as soon as Palestinians do anything, Israel is very quick to propagandize around it, to defend further oppression against the Palestinians.
    So my empathy for Israel losses are limited.

    • ConditionOverload@lemmy.worldEnglish
      164·
      10 months ago

      To be fair this isn’t just a Palestinian retaliation… It’s a Hamas retaliation. Even most Palestinians don’t want Hamas to be in charge. They’re stuck in the middle and suffer the most while extremist Israel and extremist terrorist group Hamas play war.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.world
        142·
        10 months ago

        Yes, I suspect the majority of Palestinians want peace, but Israel is preventing that, when they oppose the 2 state solution. A peace where the Gaza Strip is still controlled by Israel is not really peace, but a prison.