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A very dangerous new nightmare we are living in Gaza City, and no one in the world is paying attention to it.

Days ago, the Israeli army installed huge military cranes, each about 30 meters tall, on the eastern areas it controls. These cranes are equipped with machine guns and cameras, and they fire randomly and almost continuously at tents, streets, and exposed neighborhoods.

Gaza City is extremely narrow, only 10 kilometers wide. A single crane at that height is enough to expose the entire city from east to west. Every street, every square, every tent, every house has become completely exposed. There is no place to hide, and not a single moment of safety.

In just the past two days, three people were killed by fire from these cranes. One of them was sitting quietly with his father in a small café, trying to breathe for a few minutes. Hours later, a 5year old girl was killed while playing near her home.

These cranes have turned the entire city into an open field. The latest military technologies are directed at civilians. We have become an open testing ground for their new weapons. The horror is not just in the sound… it is the constant feeling of being an exposed target at all times, where even children cannot run in the street without fear.

  • volcel_olive_oil [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    47·
    4 days ago

    Death to Israel isntrael

    My stance is compromisatory: Israeli passport holders are stripped of all property and immediately deported from Palestine, with no option to negotiate or return, forever. get-out

      • Hestia [she/her, fae/faer]@hexbear.netEnglish
        25·
        4 days ago

        After all this time has passed, I don’t know what the state of the resistance is in Gaza itself. It’s not good though The cranes are also likely heavily guarded

          • SwitchyandWitchy [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
            6·
            4 days ago

            I doubt the Gaza resistance has or wants Shahed drones. They’re huge and very long range and require vehicles to transport. Hezbollah has had a lot of success with smaller fpv quadcopters from what I’ve seen, and southern Lebanon is much larger than Gaza so range would not be an issue. They can be carried easily on foot by guerilla fighters which seems necessary given the state of Gaza.

    • NinjaGinga [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      20·
      4 days ago

      I am 💯 willing to believe and propagate this, but if you have some interview or source I could refer to, I’d be most appreciative

      • SwitchyandWitchy [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        16·
        4 days ago

        From the half life fandom wiki:

        The Seven Hour War was a brief but decisive confrontation between the Combine and the governments of Earth, ultimately leading to a large human death toll and the surrender of the planet in less than seven hours. The victorious Combine began their occupation shortly after.

        This doesn’t claim that they are literally based on the IDF, but being the occupiers would make the combine the IOF in any analogy between the two. I’ve been meaning to replay half life since it’s been ages for me so I’ll be paying attention to whether this holds up when I do.

        From what I remember though, it seems believable. It’s obviously not a perfect 1:1 fictional recreation, but thinking about the world of half life the similarities are striking. Humanity was facing total annihilation by an unbelievably cruel and powerful force that they couldn’t resist under total war. Their total surrender saved them, but resulted in an oppressive occupation where the humans who were willing to accept this surrender and collaborate with the combine were the only ones allowed to have political power, and that power could only be wielded over other humans, not the combine. Thus the indigenous population of earth was subjected to apartheid. The combine came from a vast empire, and their rule and power is precarious because it depends on connection and support from the greater empire. Then there’s the gameplay, where the resistance need to stay hidden and use urban guerilla tactics in a concrete jungle of a city that they are confined to. It does sound like how I’d imagine Gaza before october 7th.