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IDF said to amend Gaza war plans in light of US demands for much-reduced civilian deaths
2023-12-04
[IsraelTimes] In the wake of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
...71st United States secretary of state and a leading light of the corrupt and inept Biden administration. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under the corrupt and inept Obama administration. He advocated for the 2003 invasion of Iraq while serving as the Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008. He was a foreign policy advisor for the Biden 2008 presidential campaign. During his tenure in the Obama administration, Blinken helped craft B.O.'s policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the nuclear program of Iran. We all saw how well each of those worked. After leaving government service, Blinken moved into the private sector, co-founding WestExec Advisors, a lobbying firm...
’s visit on Thursday, when the secretary told Israel it had to ensure much-reduced civilian casualties in its ongoing assault on Hamas
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
, the IDF "updated" and "made amendments" to its plans for expanding operations into the southern Gaza Strip, an Israeli diplomatic official is quoted telling Channel 12 news.

Blinken specified that Israel must designate multiple safe zones in southern and central Gaza for civilians to avoid the fighting, avoid the targeting of "life-critical infrastructure" such as hospitals, power stations and water treatment plants, and minimize the displacement of Gazooks, among other demands.

"We did not ignore the American points, and this will become clear in the coming few days," the official was quoted saying in the TV report, which comes as the IDF is gearing up for ground operations in Khan Younis and elsewhere in Gaza following the collapse on Friday of a week-long truce.

The TV report said Israel has also decided to keep humanitarian aid entering Gaza at the same levels as during the truce. It said senior Israeli officials are considering significantly increasing humanitarian aid — including food, medicines, fuel and gas — in light of the US concerns.

The report quotes the Israeli official saying that Blinken and US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created ... by the — you know — you know, the thing...
, in his most recent phone conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, presented the demands as "a kind of condition: In order to receive continued American support for the achievement of the war goals, Israel must prove that all its plans take the civilian population into consideration, that it reduces to a minimum the evacuation of civilians from their homes, and that it works to provide more and more safe areas for non-combatants."

Related: After not allowing any fuel into Gaza on Friday, Israel facilitates delivery of 138,000 liters on Saturday
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  How can one tell the difference between Hamas terrorists and Palestinian civilians in Gaza?

Near as I can tell, the Hamass terrorists are actively trying to kill Jews while Paleo citizens only do it opportunistically. Admittedly, in the heat of the moment, say when you are working a checkpoint and a young girl tries to stab you with scissors, this may be a distinction without a difference.
Posted by: SteveS   2023-12-04 17:31  

#3  How can one tell the difference between Hamas terrorists and Palestinian civilians in Gaza?

I'm still trying to figure this one out.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2023-12-04 14:01  

#2  ^The way you revitalize Biden?
Posted by: Grom the reflective   2023-12-04 10:18  

#1  Kamala Harris Pleads ‘We Have to Revitalize the Palestinian Authority’
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-12-04 09:24  

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