Questions tagged [gaza]
The Gaza Strip is a small piece of land in southern Israel, bordered by Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, where Palestinians live. It is currently governed by Hamas, which many countries consider a terrorist organization. Use with the [israel] and [hamas] tags as needed.
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Do a majority of Israeli Jews still think that the IDF is holding back too much in Gaza?
Time reported on Nov 10:
Poll results were also hawkish when it came to the use of force in Gaza: 57.5% of Israeli Jews said that they believed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were using too little ...
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Why doesn't Israel ask Palestinians in Gaza Strip to move to the Negev to a camp managed by UNHCR?
Israel has been urging Palestinians to move south and leave Gaza city since the start of the war, with their war on Hamas fighters, a high number of civilians are falling casualties.
Israel could have ...
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Who is establishing the big tent cities by the sea in Gaza?
According to a former Mossad "division chief", Rami Igra, interviewed on CNN the population from Khan Yunis is asked to move by the sea, where "big tent cities are being established&...
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What does Gaza territory "under Israeli control" or "under Palestinian control" imply in a guerilla warfare?
This is a map from Wikipedia depicting the status of Gaza during the ongoing war in the Gaza strip:
I can see that there are areas claimed to be under Israeli control or Palestinian control. However, ...
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Why are refugees from Syria more 'wanted' than refugees from Gaza?
During the recent civil war in Syria, millions of Syrians have fled the country and have been accepted as refugees by Turkey, Germany, Sweden, Jordan, and many other countries.
In contrast, during the ...
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Has Hamas verifiably used civilian infrastructure for military purposes in the past? [duplicate]
Whether al-Shifa hospital etc. host Hamas weapons and tunnels is under current dispute. However these are not new claims by the Israelis. For years and through multiple rounds of the conflict they've ...
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Which crime is worse - invading hospital or using it for military purpose [closed]
Due the IDF raid on Shifa hospital in Gaza, Qatar calls for international probe for Israel(1). On the other hand, giving the evidence the IDF claims to find during their raid (2), it seems that Hamas ...
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How many Americans support leveling Gaza? [closed]
This is from Oct 11, but oddly of [perhaps more] relevance [these days]:
“Level the place!” the senator said of Gaza in a Fox News interview in mid-October. He appeared to say it was okay to attack ...
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Did Israelis build bunkers and tunnels under al-Shifa hospital, and if so why?
Sky News:
"We all know there are bunkers and tunnels because the Israelis built some of them when they were in control of the al Shifa hospital before 2005," he [Sky News military analyst ...
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Why are statements from the "Gaza Health Ministry" taken without a grain of salt?
Western media is constantly reporting casualty figures from the Gaza ministry of health. However the ministry is fully controlled by Hamas and cannot be considered impartial. So why are the casualty ...
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Did Hamas & PIJ manage to smuggle in substantial numbers of fully assembled rockets after 2014?
In 2014, the IDF gave a breakdown of their estimates of the Hamas rocket arsenal. Interestingly, in the 45km range rockets, the whole-piece smuggled ones dominated, but in the 75km range, it was ...
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How many construction projects under PA/international supervision has Israel effectively/implicitly approved in Gaza since 2010?
In 2010 news was that Israel was going to allow imports of building materials for international construction projects in Gaza.
The construction materials allowed in under international supervision ...
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Is there a reason that the only viable evacuation route is through Egypt, and people can't flee by sea?
Egypt is facing mounting pressure to act as neighboring Gaza gets
pummeled by Israeli strikes after October 7’s brutal assault in Israel
by Hamas.
In the wake of the Hamas attacks, Israel closed its ...
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Has the EU, the UN, or even some Muslim countries proposed to fund or construct any bomb shelters for civilians in Gaza?
The EU in cooperation with the UN have at least renovated some [Soviet-era, I guess] bomb shelters in Ukraine (ibid).
So, have they tried to do something like that in Gaza? After all, the EU was ...
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What (if any) was the US position on the destination of the weapon shipment on the Klos C, seized in 2014?
Israel said the weapons on the Klos C, boarded in 2014, were headed for Gaza.
Speaking to the press at Eilat port, in view of the ship's deadly cargo, Prime Minister Netanyahu noted - in both Hebrew ...
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Why are there no bomb-shelters in civilan homes in Gaza?
In Israel, every house must by law have a shelter, to protect its residents from bombs. In Gaza, apparently there are no shelters in usual houses; this is one reason why there are so many casualties ...
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Did any Muslim country officially express disagreement over America's plan to have the Palestinian Authority govern over the Gaza Strip?
"The cooperation between the Palestinian and Israeli [security]
services is extensive and has withstood any challenge. Every time
Mahmoud Abbas has wanted to suspend security cooperation, the
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Did Israel give an official explanation as to why it won't let the United Nations use the Kerem Shalom border crossing?
He described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as "catastrophic,"
adding: "It is absolutely essential - absolutely essential - to have a
flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza that ...
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Who officially owns the fuel tanks in Gaza that Israel said (around 26 Oct 2023) have half a million liters of fuel?
CNN wrote on Oct 26:
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday ruled out any fuel being allowed to enter Gaza, saying Hamas would co-opt fuel for its operational infrastructure and to continue its ...
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Did the U.S. administration give an official reason as to why it opposes an Israel occupation of Gaza?
The White House on Tuesday repeated its opposition to an Israeli
reoccupation of Gaza after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ABC
News "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir he believed ...
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What's this Algerian parliamentarian tearing up in his speech in support of Gaza/Palestine?
On Oct 31 the Algerian parliament held some symbolic support session for Gaza/Palestine.
There is a summary in French of what was said. However, it doesn't explain what is the stuff that a speaker is ...
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Do 'ordinary' Gazans have firearms (much)?
In Afghanistan, it was a bit of problem when raiding homes etc., because many Afghans had firearms, so just finding a hidden AK-47 in someone's home wasn't a clear indicator if he was Taliban or not. (...
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Is there any evidence that supports the claim that IDF killed their own citizens on 7th October? [closed]
Few people and news sources claim that IDF killed its own citizens on the 7th October, the first time I heard this was on Hassan Nasrallah's (Secretary-General of Lebanon's Hizbullah) speech today, ...
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How does the Biden Administration intend to keep humanitarian aid to Gaza out of the hands of Hamas?
President Biden announced that he was sending aid to the Gaza strip, and warned Hamas against taking said aid
President Biden on Thursday warned Hamas against diverting
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Why is the Muslim world focusing on Israel's conflict with the Palestinians, yet expresses virtually no interest in the Uighurs?
All over the world, we witness public marches in support of the Palestinians from Gaza. Yet the Muslim Uighurs (and Myanmar Rohingya) attract virtually no attention, in fact Muslim leaders explicitly ...
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According to pro-Palestinian sources, does Hamas indeed embed itself into civilian areas (to complicate IDF operations)?
It doesn't take long reading about Gaza events and civilian casualties before finding examples of the pro-Israel narrative that those casualties are largely caused by Hamas' propensity to keep its ...
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Are the Levant countries not accepting more refugees?
There's again war in the Middle East, and where's war, there's displaced people who seek asylum.
But it seems the neighboring countries are struggling with refugees from the previous one.
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Is Elon Musk sticking with his promise to deliver Starlink to aid agencies in Gaza, after Israel threatened to "cut all ties" with Starlink in return? [closed]
Euronews reports that after Elon Musk said Starlink will be delivered to aid agencies in Gaza, Israel said they'll "cut all ties" with the company in retaliation. So, is Starlink sticking ...
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Why were some important countries such as Japan, Britain, and India absent from the recent UNGA?
This question may not be answerable but I am curious to know
Question: Why were some important countries such as Japan, Britain, and India absent from the recent UNGA?
Was their absence deliberate and ...
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Do Palestinian territories actually contain any prisons or similar penal/detention facilities?
Hamas has made homosexuality punishable by 10 years imprisonment, but does it actually maintain/administer/have access to any prison facilities in the first place? If so, how many, and what are they ...
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Which were the 55 countries that voted against condemning Hamas at the UN?
The Times of Israel reports on the recent UNGA resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza (which was adopted by 120-14-45):
Canada sought to have an amendment added to the resolution to ...
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What reason did China invoke for vetoing the US proposal at the UNSC in re Gaza?
According to Reuters:
The initial U.S. text shocked many diplomats with its bluntness in stating Israel has a right to defend itself and demanding Iran stop exporting arms to militant groups. It did ...
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Which countries (besides China) have called for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza?
AFP reported that:
China's foreign ministry said Wednesday it was "shocked by and strongly condemns" a strike on a hospital in Gaza that killed hundreds, calling for an "immediate ...
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Does Hamas have popular support at home?
Hamas took control of the Gaza strip in 2007, expelling the rival Fatah organization, and since then controlling the area. I couldn't find any evidence of anyone trying to hold elections since then. ...
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Why do obvious humanitarian issues need to be voted on by members of the United Nations Security Council?
According to the UN website, UN has the following functions and powers:
to maintain international peace and security in accordance with the principles and purposes of the United Nations;
to determine ...
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Is there a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, according to the government of Israel?
According to an interview given to Sky News by the Israeli ambassador to the UK, posted about three hours ago: "There is no humanitarian crisis" in Gaza.
Nearly simultaneously Reuters ...
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Could the UK government be prosecuted for their role in aiding and abetting war crimes in Gaza?
Just came across this:
Prime Minister warned of intention to prosecute UK government officials for complicity in war crimes in Gaza
I don't want to rely solely on what they say on their page to assess ...
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Why don't/can't Israel unilaterally return Gaza to Egypt?
Why don't/can't Israel unilaterally return Gaza to Egypt? Egypt would have very strong incentives to pacify Gaza since any rockets sent from Gaza would then be seen as act of war by Egypt and motivate ...
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Has Fox News shown any footage from inside Gaza, esp. from a civilian perspective?
The "left-wing" media in the US and Europe appears to be striking for some kind of balance in their reporting of the recent attacks by Hamas and response by Israel, i.e. they've shown ...
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Why didn't Hamas take West Bank from Fatah in 2007?
Hamas and Fatah fought for the Gaza Strip in 2007. As a result Hamas took over the strip.
But Hamas has showed many times they care for East Jerusalem (al-Quds in Arabic) very much.
They have the ...
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Are there any polls on what the citizens of Israel would like to be done to Gaza in response to the recent attack?
Specifically I'm curious how many people support:
Minimal efforts to secure the border / build a taller fence
Bombing Hamas headquarters but not much else
Land-based invasion to eliminate Hamas
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Have there been other territories with a situation similar to Gaza in terms of occupation or control?
Gaza strip has been described as "The world’s largest open-air prison" by multiple officials and organizations, one example is here
Since the end of WWII, has there been any situation where ...
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Who is the Israeli official that said that Gaza would be reduced to “a city of tents”?
An article in the Washington Post mentions that:
On Tuesday, an Israeli official told the country’s Channel 13 that Gaza would be reduced to “a city of tents.”
I'm trying to understand how serious &...
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What happens if Hezbollah targets the USS aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean? [closed]
The USS Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford has arrived in the Mediterranean in a clear message to Hezbollah or any other party looking to escalate the conflict or widen the war between Israel and Gaza ...
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Why is the border between Gaza and Egypt closed? [closed]
Israel strategy of besieging Gaza would obviously not work if this 10km border was not strictly closed
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Is it true that a few days before the current Gaza war, Netanyahu in the UN showed a map of the region without Gaza, calling it "The New Middle East"? [closed]
Many sources show this map, is this true or the map meant something else?
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Is the Israeli "complete siege" on Gaza strip a war crime?
Reading this from BBC:
On Monday, Israel declared a "complete siege" on the territory, saying
electricity, food, fuel and water would be cut off.
Is this a war crime or illegal in any way ...
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What is Israel's strategy in invading the Gaza strip?
Israel has recently increased its long-standing 16 year blockade of the Gaza strip and it looks like they're planning a counter-invasion. But what's the stated purpose of this attack? Is Israel trying ...
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Why has the Israel-Palestine conflict reignited in May 2021?
I have been hearing on the news that Gaza is under attack. I understand that this is a hot topic. I want to know why Gaza is being attacked now (May 2021), who is attacking, and what they want.
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Where and how does Hamas obtain the technology and raw material for rockets?
'Ayyash 250' rockets
1,000 rockets fired towards Israel
It must be almost impossible to obtain raw materials for building 1000 rockets given the situation Hamas lives in. I mean, continuous ...
