The State of Israel and the Many Wars its Fighting in the Gaza Strip

When peace comes, we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, but it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons.

Golda Meir. Press conference in London (1969), as quoted in A Land of Our Own: An Oral Autobiography (1973) edited by Marie Syrkin, p. 242

The State of Israel and the Many Wars its Fighting in the Gaza Strip

It’s time to put a few things into perspective regarding the war in the Gaza Strip fought by Israel against the terrorist nationalist group, Hamas and its military wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam along with their supporters.

Hamas attacked Israel on the 7th October 2023. That same day Israel declared war on Hamas and other terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip, not, the Palestinian population. On the 8th October 2023 Hezbollah began launching drones and missiles at Israel ‘in support’ of Hamas against Israel.

The leadership of the terrorist group Hamas chose the battle ground it’s as clear and simple as that. Nobody forced the fight elsewhere; Hamas was responsible to fight their guerrilla war against the State of Israel in the Gaza Strip. They claimed they had thought of everything. The illegal taking of Israeli hostages and fighting using the network of tunnels in the small Gaza Strip were not randomly chosen they were planned and funded by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Do not forget that Israel is standing on its own against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Lebanese Hezbollah, Iraqi Iranian backed proxies Kata’ib Hezbollah, Yemen Ansarullah (Houthis) who are disrupting world shipping freight and who commenced attacking sea-going commercial delivery on the 19th November 2023 and who are also disrupting commercial freight and threatening Israel directly, Israel is facing prejudicial press and media coverage, biased reporting of civilian deaths, a biased United Nations, countries holding demonstrations against, what is falsely called Israeli occupation of Palestine. False accusations of a Gaza blockade.

Biased international courts (ICC and the ICJ) who issue and tar Israel with the same brush as terrorist organisations. The Republic of South Africa who bring false claims that are not backed up by facts. The governments of many countries stating, wrongly, that Israel is committing war crimes and genocide. Turkey in its rhetoric declaring that the Israeli leadership is committing genocide and mass murders and is worse that Adolf Hitler. Rich from a country that refuse to own up to its own genocidal history.

There is terrorist activity in the West Bank in order to tie down Israeli troops. False reports of famine in the Gaza Strip and withholding humanitarian aid, demonstrations at home for a quick fix to return the hostages that Hamas and others captured illegally on the 7th October 2023. Israel is fighting against fake news, lies and propaganda;

The American President Joe Biden continually searching for a diplomatic answer to cease the action of the war in Gaza. A Middle Eastern win due to his failings with his electoral promise four years ago of reinstating the 2025 nuclear agreement (JCPOA) in which Republican president Donald Trump pulled away from stating that it was the worst agreement in history as it never reigned in Iran’s dealings with its proxies in the Region and the control of Iranian drones and missiles. The refusal to send certain munitions to assist its war in Gaza against Hamas in an attempt to have a quick fix to the war in the Gaza Strip, after all its election year!

The publishing by the Hamas government (who were not elected but took the Gaza Strip by force) of deaths allegedly caused by Israel in the Gaza Strip. Figures that go unchallenged by major news and media outlets. They cannot be ratified but come from Palestinian government officials that want the deaths of Palestinians to be a part of gaining support and sympathy for their cause against Israel. The figures published do not take into account the deaths of Hamas guerrilla fighters and other terrorist group members which are killed in combat against the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). Claims that Israel has killed women and children. The same children that have been indoctrinated over the years by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip to take up arms against Israel. The use of females in military roles against the IDF.

There is no mention about how Hamas, the PIJ and other terrorist groups use its own population as human shields. When the Israeli IDF takes a certain area after fighting Hamas and others they ensure that it is clear of unexploded ordinance and booby traps that may kill or wound civilians. After a period of time civilians are encouraged to move there away from harm and the war, a safe area. Terrorists then return, using undiscovered tunnels, and uses these humanitarian enclaves as safe areas to carry on the war.

Terrorist groups use humanitarian enclaves to hide and commit cowardly terrorist attacks knowing that Israel will retaliate. Although Israel attempts to limit harm away from civilians there will be deaths which the terrorist will deny that it was not their fault allowing Israel to take the blame for any casualties. The same terrorist groups who knowing plan attacks aware that the innocent Palestinian population are being used as pawns in their fight against Israel.

The State of Israel being attacked in the United Nations by Iran who use propaganda to gain support in its own revolutionary genocidal ideology in the total destruction of Israel. The United Nations answers by saying nothing but is silent in its reply.

Regional countries who do not recognise the State of Israel because they are Jews in an Arab world. They all live in the same region and have done for centuries.

Israel fights against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). UNWRA claims that the Palestinians are refuges when in fact the Palestinian refugees originated in 1948 when the State of Israel originated by a United Nations mandate. ?Everyone since then is not a refugee but a Palestinian born in the Gaza Strip or the West Bank. It is estimated that some 200,000 or fewer Arabs displaced in 1948 are still alive and most of the others are not refugees by any logical criterion.

The Islamic Republic of Iran encouraging countries who trade with Israel to stop doing so in order to wear down the Israeli economy and force them into a surrender. This also applies to countries, again encouraged by Iran, to stop supplying weapons and ammunition to Israel calling for an arms embargo.

You never read or hear about countries encouraging others to stop trade and supplying weapons to Iran who are the cause for the instability and wars in the Middle East. The same government that trained, supplied weapons, explosives and ammunition to carryout the attack on the 7th October 2003 against Israel in order to fulfil their revolutionary ideology and that is the total destruction of Israel.

There has been a daily return of munitions between Israel and Hezbollah since the 8th October 2023. Israel faring the better as Hezbollah have been losing more of their terrorists and command structure than Israel has been losing military personnel. Since the 8th October 2023 and as of the 28th July 2023, 527 people have been killed in Lebanon which also includes 104 civilians due to Israeli retaliatory action. Israel has lost 22 soldiers and 24 civilians from Hezbollah attacks. Again, encouraged by Iran.

Hezbollah fired a drone that killed twelve children and injured 30 others on the 27th July 2024. Hezbollah deny this and claim that debris from the Israeli air defence system the Iron Dome was responsible. Israel did not fire any retaliatory weapons at the drone that killed the Golan Heights children. Hezbollah deliberately delays reporting the times of attacks in order to escape any wrong doing should it occur. Iran and others are supporting the Hezbollah version of events. The fact that children have been killed tarnishes the Hezbollah image. Masoud Pezeshkian the new Iranian president backs the comments by Hezbollah. Hezbollah has rejected responsibility for the attack, with eyewitnesses reporting that the incident was caused by a misfired Iron Dome interceptor missile. There is no proof that this statement is correct, it’s just a false lie, propaganda and denial.

The United States and others say that Israel should not escalate by retaliation. They also say that Israel has a right to self-defence. What should Israel do? Allow Hezbollah and others to attack them and not react?

Now because twelve children were killed in a Hezbollah drone attack, Israel is being encouraged to not escalate the situation in the Middle East. What else do they have to endure before people realise that Israel is standing alone against many foes and on many fronts. What about the children that were murdered by Iranian backed terrorist groups on the 7th October 2023? Hezbollah continuing launching missiles and drones at civilian targets in the north of Israel?

The Israelis fight against a theocratic government based in Tehran who constantly threaten Israel should they retaliate against any actions their proxies have carried out against Israel that risk retaliation. Iran lacks the courage to fight but uses others. That is why it has its proxies. Plus, they know that any standing fight against the west would result in a lose situation and that would be the end of their dream, their Islamic revolution. They are empty words in effect but everyone knows that an empty vessel makes the most noise and the Islamic Republic of Iran is excruciatingly and tediously loud.

The State of Israel is fighting on many fronts. It is not as simple as one army against another, text book wars. Israel is fighting against many foes around the world not just in the Gaza Strip. ?This is the reality and the perspective of the war in the Gaza Strip fought by Israel against a world of hate. They are standing alone.

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