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Who is establishing the big tent cities by the sea in Gaza?
Apparently there's not much agreement or details on that thus far:
In a post on social media on Thursday, Avichay Adraee, the IDF's spokesman for the Arabic media, told Gazans al-Mawasi would provide ...
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Why doesn't Israel ask Palestinians in Gaza Strip to move to the Negev to a camp managed by UNHCR?
TL;DR: If even Egypt does not want the civilians from Gaza, why would Israel?
Not even Egypt, a Gaza neighbor, and an Arab state widely viewed as an ally to the Palestinian Arabs, wants Gaza civilians:...
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Why are refugees from Syria more 'wanted' than refugees from Gaza?
There are several reasons for the difference.
Emigrating may not at all be what Gazans actually want. From a 2010 poll
Three-quarters of those polled said they preferred to stay put, with the main ...
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Why doesn't Israel ask Palestinians in Gaza Strip to move to the Negev to a camp managed by UNHCR?
Clearly because they (Israelis) feel a lot safer with the Gaza population behind a wall of semi-automated gun turrets, tunnel barriers/detectors, etc. In theory, they could build that in the Negev too,...
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Is there a reason that the only viable evacuation route is through Egypt, and people can't flee by sea?
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Is there a reason that the only viable evacuation route is through Egypt, and people can't flee by sea?
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No one is going to take them. The Fourth Geneva Convention makes it illegal ...
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What does Gaza territory "under Israeli control" or "under Palestinian control" imply in a guerilla warfare?
Generally speaking, "under control" means you are no longer openly fighting a force to move into a given area (i.e. occupation). When you send a military force into a new area, you generally ...
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What does Gaza territory "under Israeli control" or "under Palestinian control" imply in a guerilla warfare?
In much of the region the question of "control" is a complex one. For example the West Bank is administered by the Palestinian Authority, but Israel has established sufficient military and ...
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What does Gaza territory "under Israeli control" or "under Palestinian control" imply in a guerilla warfare?
The map in question appears to resemble (as far the division of control goes) the ISW map:
So the (light) blue area appears to correspond to "reported Israeli clearing operations" and &...
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Is there a reason that the only viable evacuation route is through Egypt, and people can't flee by sea?
Geography is probably the main reason: on the south lies the Egyptian coast, stretching for a few hundred miles. Thus one either ends up still in Egypt (but by a more difficult and riskier route) or ...
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Why are refugees from Syria more 'wanted' than refugees from Gaza?
There are already plenty of Palestinian refugees in Arab countries, notably in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan - see Palestinian refugee camps:
Camps are set up by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (...
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What does Gaza territory "under Israeli control" or "under Palestinian control" imply in a guerilla warfare?
Control usually implies a lot more than just being present in the area - it implies safety for representative of certain military to be in the area, as well as who is administering the affairs of the ...
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Who is establishing the big tent cities by the sea in Gaza?
Frame challenge. I wouldn't read the formulation 'tent cities are established' as claiming that anyone formaly provides a bunch of tents and organizes them into a nice tent city. It can mean that but ...
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Why are refugees from Syria more 'wanted' than refugees from Gaza?
The simple answer is that you're not taking about the same countries. Gaza only borders Israel and Egypt. Neither of those took in much Syrian refugees.
Egypt did take in some Syrian refugees but way ...
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According to pro-Palestinian sources, does Hamas indeed embed itself into civilian areas (to complicate IDF operations)?
Yes.
Here's a striking example of Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas in Gaza, using toddlers as human shields. This image was posted by the pro-Israel Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information ...
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Has Hamas verifiably used civilian infrastructure for military purposes in the past?
There are that The Guardian calls 'independent evidence', not from Israeli:
Guardian journalists in 2014 encountered armed men inside one hospital, and sightings of senior Hamas leaders inside the ...
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According to pro-Palestinian sources, does Hamas indeed embed itself into civilian areas (to complicate IDF operations)?
Seems relevant, if a bit dated and indirectly related to use of human shields: Hamas does operate on al-Shifa hospital grounds, according to Amnesty:
Gaza: Palestinians tortured, summarily killed by ...
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How many Americans support leveling Gaza?
I suppose that you are correct “that pollsters may have qualms about asking this”, since thus far, I have not been able to find any polls that ask a question like “Should Israel drop an atomic bomb on ...
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How many Americans support leveling Gaza?
Not many. US support for Israel in these troubles is down to 32 percent down from 41 percent from mid Oct. That's after the death of 4,600 Palestinian children, nearly half of all deaths. What will ...
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How many Americans support leveling Gaza?
Likely not an absolute majority. From this poll
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Israel is responding to the October 7th Hamas terrorist attack?” Half approved and 35 percent disapproved ...
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Which crime is worse - invading hospital or using it for military purpose
According to the Geneva Convention, civilian hospitals that are being used to harm the enemy (even for legitimate military purposes - not just terrorism) are legitimate military targets in war. If a ...
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Did Israelis build bunkers and tunnels under al-Shifa hospital, and if so why?
According to Hebrew wikipedia, on the "Shifa Hospital" page, Israel constructed a concrete underground basement in the al-Shifa hospitol (Google translation):
In the 1980s, Israel renovated ...
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Did Israelis build bunkers and tunnels under al-Shifa hospital, and if so why?
I don't have any information about this specific hospital, but since 1951, it's been part of Israeli law that "all homes, residential buildings and industrial buildings in Israel are required to ...
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Why are statements from the "Gaza Health Ministry" taken without a grain of salt?
Why news media report the numbers
The Washington Post has an article explaining why they - and others - rely on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Ministry of Health numbers[*].
Their main points are:
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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?
While I can't answer your question, I made some research and I'll write down what I found so far.
The tanks are located about 800 meters north of Rafah crossing at the Gaza-Egypt border. UNRWA imports ...
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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?
From a CNN Live News feed, 9:33 p.m. ET, October 26, 2023 —
On Gaza's dwindling fuel supplies: Hagari also reiterated that Israel would not allow fuel into Gaza for now, saying that Hamas’ arrays are ...
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Why are statements from the "Gaza Health Ministry" taken without a grain of salt?
The Ministry of Health has historically be reasonably accurate with its figures. And when they are backup up by UN figures or those from other NGOs, the burden shifts to demonstrating why they shouldn'...
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Why are statements from the "Gaza Health Ministry" taken without a grain of salt?
While Hamas may or may not be exaggerating, news agencies like the BBC and organizations like the UN also report on casualties affecting their personnel and affiliates, as well as those people's ...
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Why are statements from the "Gaza Health Ministry" taken without a grain of salt?
First of all, I think "taken without a grain of salt" is exaggerating the confidence with which those numbers are reported. Usually, reliable media seems to point out that the numbers have ...
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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?
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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?
Israel prohibits the importation of materials they deem as duel use (...
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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?
They are never going to fund making bomb shelters, for a simple reason: Hamas Tunnels. Hamas has an incredibly extensive tunnel system, and the stuff you'd used to create a bomb shelter is what you'd ...
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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?
Likely a few reasons.
First, it would create another target for Hamas, which is a problem. And it's a big problem. Right now, the last thing Israel wants is fighting in the south of the Gaza Strip. It'...
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Why are there no bomb-shelters in civilan homes in Gaza?
Hamas does not care about the death of civilians. Besides the fact that they are not acting to protect the residents of Gaza, they are also using civilians including children as human shields.
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Why are there no bomb-shelters in civilan homes in Gaza?
The obvious answer, that everyone in this thread ducks for, is that Hamas don't care about the civilian population/consider civilian deaths a propaganda tool.
Besides, there seems to be a culture of ...
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Why are there no bomb-shelters in civilan homes in Gaza?
Having bomb shelters in every building is not a normal thing that countries generally require. You might equally well ask why Paraguay or Denmark do not have a law to build bomb shelters in every ...
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How many construction projects under PA/international supervision has Israel effectively/implicitly approved in Gaza since 2010?
According to the Projects in Gaza report by COGAT, 235 projects were approved by them during the period of 2010 - 2012 :
Over the past two years the Coordinator of Government Activities in the ...
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Did the U.S. administration give an official reason as to why it opposes an Israel occupation of Gaza?
It is a step back in terms of the two-state solution, which is the internationally accepted way towards resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict (although in the last 30 years it failed to produce the ...
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Did the U.S. administration give an official reason as to why it opposes an Israel occupation of Gaza?
AFAIK, not super directly, but...
“We are losing badly on the messaging battlespace,” reads a Wednesday cable from the US Embassy in Oman, citing conversations with “a wide range of trusted and sober-...
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Is there a reason that the only viable evacuation route is through Egypt, and people can't flee by sea?
Gaza doesn't really have ships that are fit for cross-sea travel, and Israel won't let unexamined ships reach Gaza - fearing that those ships might be carrying supplies for Hamas. Israel might also ...
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Why are there no bomb-shelters in civilan homes in Gaza?
Copied from a deleted answer of Fizz by his permission. I think it is the best answer because it is an explanation given by a Hamas official, rather than a speculation.
Hamas claims it's the UN's job ...
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Why are there no bomb-shelters in civilan homes in Gaza?
Did you see the images from Gaza? Apartment buildings lying on the side or ripped apart?
Israel-style "dark room with reinforced walls" bomb shelter will not be adequate against Israeli air ...
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Why are there no bomb-shelters in civilan homes in Gaza?
They (the civilians) don't have the money.
CIA Factbook 2021 GDP/cap.
Gaza $5600
Israel $42100
It would also be interesting to know where that GDP comes from and I doubt the aid agencies fund bomb ...
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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?
Who is running the show?
Did any Muslim country officially express disagreement over America's plan to have the Palestinian Authority govern over the Gaza Strip?
It is Israelis and Palestinians who ...
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Why are there no bomb-shelters in civilan homes in Gaza?
They may have the expertise but not the means to build any additional bomb shelter.
Due to Israel's occupation and blockades, unemployment is 26% in Occupied Palestinian Territory and more than 50% in ...
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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?
Perhaps the question is really intended as "any Muslim country besides what the PA administers/Palestine" *.
But since that isn't specified so far (and since it's also an important ...
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What's this Algerian parliamentarian tearing up in his speech in support of Gaza/Palestine?
I think, from the context, that it's a copy of the Arab Peace Initiative. The representative is Sliman Zerkani, and a video of his speech may be found on his Facebook page. As he's ripping up the ...
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Do 'ordinary' Gazans have firearms (much)?
"Ordinary" Palestinians have a low firearm ownership rate by global standards, and a majority of all guns in Gaza and the West Bank combined (the finest level of detail available) are ...
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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?
One of the reasons is likely that China has a lot of trade relations with Muslim countries, especially Turkey, and trade or economic interests whatsoever means influence. This Foreign Policy article ...
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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?
The psychological motivation for outrage about the Palestinians is not only coreligionist loyalty, but also a sense of humiliation. As Paul Johnson notes, the Uyghurs are non-Arab; the Rohingya are ...
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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?
In addition to the other answers here, the part of the "Muslim world" with significant wealth and power is largely Arab. Meanwhile the Uyghurs are a Turkic people. There is a lot of bad ...
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