Sunday, 6 April 2025
Israel cuts Gaza into slices
The Israel Defence Forces have now carved three security corridors across Gaza in the hope and expectation of finshing off Hamas once and for all. There's the Philadelphi corridor that runs on the Gaza side of the border in the south with Egypt, the Netzarin corridor that splits the territory between the north, including Gaza City, and the south, and now a new one, the Morag corridor, that separates the southern town of Rafah from Khan Yunis. These are the two towns, especially Rafah, where the IDF's 36th Division is currently focusing most of its offensive action against Hamas. The carve-up is aimed at putting maximum pressure on Hamas, and the population of Gaza has to fit in wherever it's less dangerous. But there's nowhere that can be described as safe for civilians in Gaza, as the continuing casualty rate demonstrates. Benjamin Netanyahu will be in Washington tomorrow, being feted by Donald Trump at the White House, so he will feel invigorated that he has the US fully back on side. He never really knew where he stood with Joe Biden. Joe worried a lot about civilian deaths and even at one point stopped supplying Israel with the heaviest 2,000lb bombs because of their indiscriminate explosive power in built-up areas. I am not aware of any such reservations expressed by the new administration, so Netanyahu will get what he wants from Trump when he has his chat in Washington tomorrow. For the Palestinian people, the war continues in a daily unrelenting way.
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