{"id":2063454,"date":"2023-10-11T13:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-general-says-idf-not-being-surgical-in-gaza-as-egypt-slams-door-on-palestinian-refugees\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T13:21:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T17:21:45","slug":"israel-war-general-says-idf-not-being-surgical-in-gaza-as-egypt-slams-door-on-palestinian-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-general-says-idf-not-being-surgical-in-gaza-as-egypt-slams-door-on-palestinian-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli general admits IDF&#8217;s lack of precision in Gaza conflict as Egypt rejects Palestinian refugees."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-war-general-says-idf-not-being-surgical-in-gaza-as-egypt-slams-door-on-palestinian-refugees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2063454&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The \u2063Israel \u2064Defense Forces&#8217; Aggressive Approach to Bombing Gaza<\/h2>\n<p>The Israel Defense\u200c Forces (IDF) are \u2062taking an expansive approach to their intense bombardment of the Gaza Strip, with military planners \u200cerring on the side of striking Hamas even\u2063 in areas\u2062 dense with civilians.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We are \u200dattacking very aggressively any place which Hamas and its people \u2063are using,&#8221; IDF Air Force chief\u2062 Brig. Gen. Omer Tishler told the Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. &#8220;There is always a military\u200d target, but we\u2063 are not being surgical.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These searching strikes reflect an Israeli consensus that the\u2063 military\u2064 operation must \u200cend with the total\u200d destruction of \u2062the terrorist Hamas organization that killed more than 1,200 Israelis in a shocking cross-border raid on Saturday. Hamas commander Mohammed Deif is a special target, but he is far from the only terrorist in Israeli cross-hairs.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;In any area that we know there\u200b are Hamas members, Hamas leaders, even if there are restrictions, we strike &#8230; accurately and with great power,&#8221; \u2062IDF Chief of Staff Lt. \u2062Gen. Herzi Halevi \u200ctold military reservists, according to the Times of Israel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More than 1,000 people have been killed in Gaza, according to Gaza officials, but Egypt reportedly has \u200crejected the idea of humanitarian corridors out of fear \u2064it would undermine &#8220;the right of Palestinians to\u200c hold on to their cause and their land,&#8221; an Egyptian security source was quoted as telling Reuters.<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting Civilians and Investigating War Crimes<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Egypt was keen \u200cto open the Rafah crossing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-calls-joe-biden-my-friend-for-supporting-israeli-efforts-in-gaza\/\" title=\"Netanyahu Calls Joe Biden \u2018My Friend\u2019 For Supporting Israeli Efforts In Gaza\">provide humanitarian aid<\/a>, food, and medicine, but instability and \u2062the expansion of the conflict \u200cleads to more hardship and more\u2063 refugees to safe areas, including Europe,&#8221; Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations announced that nine staffers who worked for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees have been &#8220;killed in airstrikes&#8221; since the bombardment \u2062began.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The protection of civilians is\u2064 paramount, including in times of conflict,&#8221; \u200cagency communications \u200cdirector Juliette Touma said Wednesday. &#8220;They should be protected in accordance with the laws of war.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>International monitors\u2062 are &#8220;collecting and preserving \u2064evidence of war crimes committed by \u200call\u200d sides,&#8221; according to the U.N. Human Rights Office.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Taking civilian hostages and using civilians as human shields are war crimes,&#8221; the U.N. human rights\u2062 agency said Monday. &#8220;The commission is gravely concerned with Israel&#8217;s latest attack on Gaza and Israel&#8217;s announcement of a complete\u2064 siege on Gaza involving the withholding of water, food, electricity, and fuel which \u2062will undoubtfully cost civilian\u200c lives and constitutes collective punishment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Challenges\u2062 and Negotiations for Safe Passage<\/h3>\n<p>Israeli officials are\u200b scrambling to re-seal their border with the\u200b Gaza Strip after Hamas terrorists broke through the border fence in multiple sectors in their rampage across Jewish communities. And Egyptian officials are wary of\u2064 allowing any large-scale influx of Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;There will be no lenience or squandering of\u200c Egypt&#8217;s national security\u200d under any circumstances,&#8221; Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi \u2063said Tuesday.\u2063 &#8220;The Egyptian people must be aware of \u2064the complexities of the situation and realize the magnitude of the threat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President\u200b Joe Biden&#8217;s administration is trying to orchestrate with Israel and Egypt a degree of\u2063 &#8220;safe passage&#8221; for Palestinian refugees, according to a senior U.S. official.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. is looking into how it \u2062can help get civilians to areas of \u2064safety, White House\u200d National Security \u2062Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters Tuesday.\u2064 &#8220;But\u2064 the details \u2064of\u2063 that are something that are being \u2064discussed \u2063among the \u2014 the operational agencies, and I don&#8217;t want to\u2064 share too much of that publicly at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sisi&#8217;s reported rejection \u200dof the\u2063 corridors follows earlier reports\u2064 that Hamas leaders\u200b are divided about whether to \u2064support\u200b the \u200didea.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It is making Egypt&#8217;s task much more difficult,&#8221; an Egyptian security \u200cofficial told \u200bThe National, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putins-mercenaries-flown-in-from-africa-with-hit-list-of-24-including-ukrainian-president-zelenskyy-report\/\" title=\"Putin's Mercenaries Flown in from Africa with Hit List of 24, Including Ukrainian President Zelenskyy: Report\">media outlet based<\/a> in the United\u2063 Arab Emirates. &#8220;The apparent schism between Hamas&#8217;s political leaders \u200band the\u2063 movement&#8217;s military wing is not helping either.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Unity in Israeli Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>In the meantime, Israeli \u200dPrime Minister Benjamin \u200dNetanyahu struck an agreement with National Unity party leader Benny Gantz,\u2063 the center-right politician and former Israel Defense Forces chief\u2063 who served as defense minister\u200b in the\u2063 coalition government that ousted Netanyahu from\u2064 the prime \u2063minister&#8217;s office in 2021 and 2022. Gantz&#8217;s \u200dally \u200bin\u2063 the displacement of Netanyahu, Yair\u2063 Lapid, made clear that his bloc\u2064 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-general-says-idf-not-being-surgical-in-gaza-as-egypt-slams-door-on-palestinian-refugees\/\" title=\"Israeli general admits IDF's lack of precision in Gaza conflict as Egypt rejects Palestinian refugees.\">center-left opposition lawmakers<\/a> will\u2064 support intense and thorough attacks on Hamas.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The\u200b endgame \u200cis, there will be\u200b no Hamas in Gaza,&#8221; \u2062Lapid told France 24. &#8220;The Palestinian Authority should take over Gaza as it did\u2062 before &#8230; but there are still many unknowns. Right now, what we are \u200bdetermined to do is just making sure there will be no Hamas and \u200dno Hamas capabilities in Gaza \u200cbecause they will not make us future victims. Enough is enough. What happened will not happen\u2064 again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How can negotiations for a safe passage of civilians \u200dbe effectively conducted despite challenges posed\u200d by groups like Hamas using them as human shields?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Of the threat facing our national security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Efforts \u2060to\u200c negotiate a safe\u2063 passage for civilians \u2063to flee the violence have\u200d been \u200dmet with challenges. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that the IDF has offered humanitarian corridors \u2064for Gazans to\u2064 leave, but Hamas has prevented their escape, using civilians as human shields.<\/p>\n<h3>A \u2063Balancing Act<\/h3>\n<p>The Israeli\u200b military&#8217;s aggressive approach to bombing\u200c Gaza \u2063is\u2063 seen by many in Israel as\u200d necessary to eradicate the Hamas\u200d threat\u200b and ensure \u200cthe safety of \u2064Israeli civilians. However, it also raises\u2064 concerns about\u200b the protection of civilian lives and the potential for\u200d war crimes.\u200b Israel must strike a\u200d delicate balance between targeting military objectives and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-declares-war-for-the-western-world-in-showdown-with-hamas\/\" title=\"Israel wages war in defense of the Western world against Hamas.\">minimizing civilian casualties<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The international community and human rights organizations\u2063 play a crucial role in \u2063monitoring the situation and\u200c holding all sides accountable for any violations of humanitarian \u200dlaw. \u200bIt is essential for investigations into\u200d alleged war crimes to be conducted thoroughly \u2063and \u200cimpartially. The aim should be to find a just and lasting \u200bsolution that ensures the\u200b safety and well-being of all civilians caught in the\u2062 crossfire.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u200b meantime, efforts to negotiate a ceasefire and\u2064 de-escalate the situation should \u200dbe intensified. Diplomatic \u2062channels\u200c must remain open, and all\u2062 parties\u2064 should work towards\u200d a peaceful resolution that addresses the underlying causes of the conflict and prevents further loss of life.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, peace and stability can\u200c only be \u2063achieved through dialogue, \u2062understanding, and \u200crespect \u2064for the rights and dignity \u2064of all people involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israel Defense Forces are adopting an extensive strategy in their intense bombardment of Gaza, prioritizing strikes on Hamas even in civilian-populated areas. &#8220;We are aggressively targeting any location where Hamas and its members operate,&#8221; stated IDF Air Force chief Brig. Gen. Omer Tishler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2063455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2063454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2063454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2063455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2063454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2063454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2063454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}