Fleeing To Nowhere

“Area resident, as result of the acts undertaken by terror activists in your area against Israel, the IDF is forced to respond immediately and operate in this area. For your own safety, you are asked to leave the area immediately.” – IDF Leaflets being dropped on areas in Northern Gaza.

Of course, ‘Northern Gaza’ can refer to as far south as the Karni border crossing, so Gaza City, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahiya may all be affected. That leaves the road south towards Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, both of which have been targeted by the Israeli air force. And, being that they were intelligent enough to fire at a welder loading a truck with tanks thinking them missiles, who knows what they might deem target-worthy as people flee.

The reality of Gaza, as far as any ground resistance that Hamas might attempt to throw up, is that it is entirely surrounded. Therefore, as far as engaging in a prolonged confrontation against the IDF, Hamas has no chance of a sustained action in my opinion. All they can do is undertake hit and runs, which ultimately will endanger the lives of innocent civilians. Likewise, given what has occurred, I am sure that their ranks are being bolstered by angry youths that don’t fully understand the magnitude of what they’re committing to. As some idiot once opined – if hate’s in your heart, you’ll take what you’re given. As far as I’m concerned, to prey upon such hopelessness and anger in an attempt to confront a far superior military force, which is basically nothing short of suicide, is disgusting.

The leadership of Hamas can talk tough all they’d like, but they haven’t a chance against a determined Israeli military ground invasion of Gaza. The only thing that they can hope to achieve is a horrible PR victory through the death of civilians, which, if we’re to cut the shit, they will have placed in harms way for their own ends. And that is simply unforgivable when children are losing their lives for a ‘cause’ that they are too young to even comprehend, let alone support.

Personally, at this point, I’d be all for a third-party invading both locations and planting their flag. Maybe the Mongols. They’ve got a bit of a track record in that department.