Public opinion is deeply polarized regarding the Gaza conflict and the destruction of cultural heritage. Many commenters express outrage and sorrow over the loss of cultural identity, condemning Israeli actions as genocidal. Others attribute blame to Hamas for militarizing cultural sites, suggesting a mix of justifications for the violence. Nevertheless, a strong sentiment of grief for the humanitarian crisis prevails, coupled with calls for accountability and justice.

Israel

Hamas

International Community

Well, what else do you expect from a genocidal entity? The outpost of civilization against barbarism is doing a great job of spreading Western values. Anyone who had any illusions about the intentions of the West now sees the truth.

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New-Noise-7382

Wealth &amp; Health, our loved One's &amp; our belongings all can be taken away. The One thing Israel cannot touch is a person's Character and it is Our Character that will be weighed on the day of Judgement.

Worry less about what is yet to come and focus in the Present, perfecting/workimg upon One's own Character. Great loss is when, One that know's what is right, has felt the beauty of Islam, yet continues to do wrong.

Israel cannot take Islam away, no matter how hard they try. Home is where the heart is. Life on earth is only meant to be temporary. People dream about meeting the Prophets &amp; Sahaba. Home is where the heart is.

WeWillReturn2OneGod

eALbl420

Cool story now do churches and Jewish heritage in middle eastern countries

MysteriousOwlOooOoo

It was Hamas’ decision to go to war. And their decision to continue it. When Israel said they were going to take Gaza City, Hamas released 2 hostage videos.

jokumi

War sucks and urban warfare sucks even more. Blame Hamas for starting it and not surrendering to end it.

chaver4chaverah

SamLeckish

Puzzleheaded_Soup_97

after the Buda statues in Afghanistan and the Sumerian relics in Iraq. Muslims don’t really get to complain.

ozneoknarf

https://preview.redd.it/ub5fdhoxgapf1.png?width=1319&amp;format=png&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=3d60579995fe3c7d95d72a4aea673bafad0c0852

What about this history? Is it also part of the Palestinian narrative?

Correct-Ad-382

The Muslim world is a joke. Stupid fools following the 'rules' that no one but them follow or are held accountable to. The only law is FAFO 'and Who is going to stop me' you deserve it.

T_M_N_P

esse7777

This organisation - Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor - has links with Hamas through it's founder Ramy Abdu and others. It's fair to say that despite their name they have a one-sided focus on Palestine/Israel and neglect the hostages issue in this particular conflict. Intentional destruction of heritage must be proved for a war crime to be committed, otherwise it's insufficient to claim war crimes for heritage destroyed during the course of war. Israel have made no statements to the aim of erasing Gaza city and dsplacing it's population - the aims they have stated (1) Destroy Hamas (military &amp; governance), (2) Free the hostages, (3) Long term demilitarization of Gaza.

This statement is hyperbole and propaganda, whichever side you claim to support.

You forgot the tunnels - such beautiful tunnels.

https://preview.redd.it/tj3g1ks0w9pf1.jpeg?width=576&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=357254484b61c03a8965d2a197091f7e228da915

BrownEyesGreenHair

Tavuklu_Pasta

They've also allowed their criminal of a prime minister to avoid jail for his many crimes preceding Oct. 6th, by essentially giving him a made up emergency government with virtually unchecked power.

VectorJones

This is old data from over a year ago. Earlier this year in February, Trump had maybe a bit of a slip up during a press conference together with Netanyahu, where he ended up revealing that at that point at least 200,000 had already been murdered. And we know from previous reports that over 80% of all Palestinian casualties consists of civilians, 31% also being children. And even this count is highly likely to be badly underestimating reality.

Make no mistake, this isn't a war. It never was, it's been a genocide since the beginning. You don't wage war by consistently murdering negotiatiors in order to delay a peace deal, while predominantly targeting and murdering civilians. You don't wage war by blocking and even murdering (foreign) aid workers and burying their bodies, destroyed vehicles and other evidence in the sand hoping no one will find it. You don't wage war by detaining and torturing (foreign) journalists that report news related to them in a different tone than they would prefer.

According to an Israeli poll published by an Israeli newspaper earlier this year, 82% of the population supports the forced displacement of Palestinians, while 47% supports outright eradication of the Palestinian people, despite Israel having its own small population of Palestinians. Do with that information what you will.

Greenadine

66,000 is a wild undercount 

83% civilian kill rate according to Israel themselves

crimsonconnect

"if the arab countries laid down their arms there would be peace, if israel laid down its arms they would be annihilated"

this mentality has lead to the atrocious war and I don't like it.

Chef_Sizzlipede

But also achieved no objectives - Hamas is still active and the hostages are still kidnapped.

Kaiisim

Maybe if they bomb one more hospital they'll get Hamas. Fuck Israel.

snorlaxatives_69

Peterd90

dzizou

They got rid of the genocidal maniacs next door ,  which seem pretty solid. 

(Before anyone says “Israel is committing a genocide” maybe look at the definition first before  replying )

Brraaapppppp

...and it has kept Hamas too distracted to paraglide into another music festival or Kibbutz to slaughter Israel's people.

I'm not glad this war is going on but I absolutely understand why Israel continues.

LiberContrarion

This thread is a bit like asking what the Allies achieved in world war ii, and then listing only the civilian casualties, without mentioning that they defeated the Nazis.

flossdaily

How can accusations of genocide be changed to attempting genocide? How many innocent civilians do they have to kill/starve before it’s more than an accusation?

KonmanKash

2 years?? I know it's not the point but what hell

Palanki96

What has Hamas achieved in 2 years of war?

Israel’s in a remarkably strong position now.

1. a potential end to Iran’s nuclear aspirations (or at least major setback. The American bombs ended up being highly effective in destroying the nuclear enrichment facilities). 

2. Destruction of Hezbollah, one of Iran’s proxies.

3. Partial destruction of Hamas.

The deaths of Palestinian civilians is a loss to Israel and their international standing. But Israel is in a far better position than they were 3 years ago.

mediocrates012

thedatsun78

many hostages freed through daring rescues and negotiations. also no oct 7ths since oct 7th.

ruggala87

They showed that if you F around, you are going to find out!

Gordito951

The freedom of action must be the envy of every other country in the world.

acjelen

They've shown the world that they will not be fucked with again.

laserdicks

The official number has been frozen at 50-60k for over a year now. It’s actually like 750,000 dead at this point.

victorsmonster

It pushed out the Hamas invasion on October 7th, killed most of its leadership, crippled Hezbollah, proved Iran was a paper tiger three times, ended up helping topple Syria’s leadership, and is now getting Hamas to finally capitulate.

But sure, none of those count as achievements.

tupe12

This post has zero clickbait being prevented... another sub bites the dust, I guess. So stupid. This isn't the sub to talk about the Isreal/Hamas war. And if it is, I'm absolutely out.

07ShadowGuard

And they became the most hated regime in the world, compared with some of the most atrocious societies we've known

yace987

Well, I think what Israel achieved is that nobody will ever dare to attack them.

skunkwalnut

I suspect that the next time Hamas attacks Israel they won’t be handing out candy in Gaza.

Knave7575

I'm still on their side, they get criticized unjustly 🇩🇪🤝🏻🇮🇱

Unknow_User_Ger

I didn’t know Hamas had anyone left to run the propaganda wing

FrostyBook

Maybe the smart guys should have had bigger hang gliders

clybourn

CryptoMemesLOL

Good luck to the subreddit moderators on this one!

PlasmaLink

Their goal was to level palestine.

Seems the did a pretty good job of it, so that is what they achieved.

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Am an architectural historian. What is the name of this mosque? This is clearly part iof genocide strategy, obliterating cultural heritage.

tallguy1975

As Martin Niemoller spoke of the Nazi takeover:

*First they came for the Communists, And I did not speak out* 
*Because I was not a Communist* 

*Then they came for the Socialists, And I did not speak out*
*Because I was not a Socialist*.......

.....*Then they came for the Jews, And I did not speak out*
*Because I was not a Jew*

*Then they came for me, And there was no one left*
*To speak out for me*


Similarly, 

*First they came for Palestine, And I did not speak out* 
*Because I wasn't a Palestinian*......


History repeats itself.

BaronNahNah

Another war crime on tape... Still nothing from anyone to stop it.

He-knows-best

what are you saying. there was never palestinian there and which mosque?

some news, document, google, ai,... . in future (if it contine and they reach their goals)

FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

_____no_name_____

It’s time to realize no government on earth gives a shit about our people. They bombed the oldest churches and mosques and no one cared. How the hell do we make this stop. I’m so jaded from this fake existence we call humanity.

Thats_My_Pal

They fit every angle of genocidal. Forced displacement, targeted mass killings, forced starvation, targeting journalists, withholding of aid- including life saving medicines, and here you see the cultural genocide too. They want to flatten Gaza, and erase all evidence of the history of Palestinian culture.

Kelsosunshine

slifm

I hope this comes back to them in a not too distant future.

robotmats

Erasing a civilization because of your preferred imaginary friend. Fuck anyone who supports the intentional starvation and murder of the innocent.

ReefShark13

Honestly, how does this work? They look at a structure, then say "hmmm, could have secret Hamas inside!". Then they (sometimes) issue a warning, so any fighters could just leave anyway. Then they destroy the empty building?

In bosnia, there was a whole trial over destroying the stari most (old bridge) in mostar. The crime was "destruction of culture" basically.

It it crazy. Whoever ordered and carried out this attack is clearly guilty according to current legal precedents set in international tribunals.

xray-pishi

Assaffah34

It was never about the hostages in the first place. They wanted to create an unlivable environment for the people in Gaza so that they have no option but to become refugees in another country. Their government officials have outspoken that no child, woman or elderly person is innocent. They have also articulated their desire to take over Gaza and reconstruct it for their settlement. Frankly, it is humanity's failure that we have allowed this to happen in the first place. May god help the People of Gaza.

Only idiots and mentally ill deny such genocide 

Israel (by the words of their own lawmakers, public figures, and government officials) has explicitly admitted that they wanted to kill the people of Gaza. Here are some sources and examples:

1. [Israeli Lawmakers Call on Military to Destroy Food, Water and Power Sources in Gaza](https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-03/ty-article/.premium/israeli-lawmakers-call-on-military-to-destroy-food-water-and-power-sources-in-gaza/00000194-2884-d9c2-a79e-2bc47b360000)
 
2. [In Israel, rhetoric dehumanizing Palestinians and calls for eradicating Gaza have become commonplace](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/05/21/in-israel-rhetoric-dehumanizing-palestinians-and-calls-for-eradicating-gaza-have-become-commonplace_6741510_4.html)

3. ["Every Baby In Gaza Is An Enemy": Ex-Israeli Lawmaker's Shocking Remarks](https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/moshe-feiglin-every-baby-in-gaza-is-an-enemy-ex-israeli-lawmakers-shocking-remarks-8477020)

The list goes on, but you get the idea that israel has the intention to genocide the 2 million population of Gaza, and they aren't afraid to say it.

Serix-4

Just like in Lybia during the Italian Fascist governorship, and it is something barely spoken about either- ousting people from their land, secluding them into the detention camps, where they however, mostly heavily worked for their masters and died from hunger. It was a part of the colonial project. Though there was no forced work for someone in the camps in palestine, it was a part of the mass displacements, in the same colonial goals , to free the land from people, and still israel is, after having signed the Oslo accords, destroying hospitals in Gaza, destroying the universities, infrastructure, even the old churches, - to continue the process of erasing the historical heritage of Palestine . They tend to claim that the land was empty and no one lived there before they arrived . Many people who buy land there are not even jews, but those who claimed jewish heritage. 

In the european country i live in it is forbidden to mention Palestine in the ministry of interior at all- perhaps in other ministries too. Many people still believe in the zionist myths

The question is- what to do to end that all.

Far_Fruit5846

I’m so sorry my friend. The genocide in Gaza will be remembered as the Holocaust is as a horrific crime against humanity when our children and grandchildren learn about it in history class.

springsomnia

I would say systematic ethnic cleansing can be part of a war

Lumpy-Tone-4653

Diabolical, i dont care if you think the israeli military is fighting hamas its clearly fucking not.

AJ_Misk



Not that I don't have empathy for all the victims and wish that it stopped right now, like all conflicts we witness on TV. I think the world got a bit numbed by this conflict.
At least I got numbed. Seeing that this troubles are lasting for more than 70 years  and are based on some religious conflict, made me less concerned.


Let's be honest, who can really care about all those wars all around the planet?
Please be honest, why choose one and totally ignore others, or why care and go back eating chips and soda in front of your series or whatever. 


I think that if you care about something, you do something. If not it means that you don't care enough. 

INFRUK-1881

Because if Israel killed just the people in Hamas , they would have to deal with all the widows and orphans. Can’t face that problem if you don’t leave any widows and orphans.

ShxsPrLady

It absolutely has to do with the objectives. The objectives is literally part of the definition of genocide - there has to be INTENT to exterminate. Without the objective of INTENT to exterminate, it cannot be a genocide.

If the objective is “remove Hamas” but too many civilians are being killed in pursuit of that objective, it can still possibly be a war crime (ie: reckless regard for civilian casualties), but isn’t a genocide.

DopeAFjknotreally

Outstanding the amount of Israeli bots on this page…

Norbertone

The level of destruction in Gaza is unprecedented in modern warfare, and your comparison to Stalingrad isn’t far off in terms of urban devastation. However, the rationale lies partly in Israel’s military doctrine of overwhelming force when facing asymmetric enemies embedded in civilian infrastructure. Hamas has spent years turning dense neighborhoods into fortified zones—with underground tunnel networks (“the Gaza Metro”), command centers, weapons caches, and rocket launch sites embedded under residential blocks, hospitals, mosques, and schools (as documented in IDF-released footage and corroborated by satellite imagery and independent analysts like Intel Lab and ISW). This forces Israel into a brutal dilemma: avoid civilian areas and let Hamas operate freely, or dismantle those zones entirely with overwhelming airpower and ground operations. The latter approach, while devastating, aims to eliminate operational sanctuaries, even at the cost of destroying entire districts. Whether that’s proportional or justified is a separate moral and legal question, but operationally, it’s not as indiscriminate as some assume—though the civilian toll remains horrific.

Familiar-Option-9623

Fair enough.  You make a good point while we've seen footage of some long tunnels nothing that demonstrates hundreds of miles.  You should be more specific about the footage you haven't seen though.

JeffB1517

This post has a good explanation. 
https://www.reddit.com/r/IsraelPalestine/s/DqFQAuxh0Z

dontknowwhowhatwhere

When you consider an individual building, there are many valid reasons why it may be destroyed. These have been covered in some of the other responses.

However, recently Haaretz reported the findings of someone from Hebrew University who determined that 70% of all buildings were fully or partially destroyed - approximately 160,000 buildings. 89% of Rafah buildings, 84% of northern Gaza buildings, and 78% of Gaza City buildings. If true (I lack the expertise to knowledgeably scrutinise these findings), I can’t justify that. Israel’s bombings has made the majority of the Gaza Strip inhabitable and it will likely remain uninhabitable for a long time.

WhiteyFisk53

1) Booby traps. People don't talk about this enough but many or even most IDF casualties have come about as a result of IEDs planted in civilian houses. When a large proportion of houses in an area are booby trapped, the IDF sometimes demolishes the whole neighbourhood.

2) Tunnels and tunnel entrances. The terror tunnels are built under houses. In order to destroy the tunnel, the IDF will destroy what's on top of them.

Ok-Mind-665

There’s a couple of reasons:
- tunnel entrances/exits
- Hamas don’t exactly line up to load their muskets in the open. They hide in buildings, as would anyone when facing such a superior force.
- clearance for military vehicles to prevent grenade drops or RPGs

GiverOfDarwinAwards

Winston Marshall just did an interview with someone who was on the ground in Gaza, he talks about the same reaction he had and explains what is behind it. 

https://youtu.be/OYmakox01nI?si=tu5v5ruTdFl8je7L

More_Panic331

Keep asking questions like this and doing more research. You are so close to realizing

collectibelles

Hamas doesn't have barracks. They go home to moms house at night. Ergo, moms house is now a legit military target 🎯

TripleJ_77

There are enough tunnels under buildings and civilian infrastructure that it becomes easy/easier for Israel to justify mass demolitions. Hamas knew this would happen and it was likely part of its calculus when it executed the Oct 7 attacks. It’s unlikely that every single building in Gaza sits on top of a tunnel. But when enough do, it’s starts getting easier to argue that we don’t how many of the buildings still standing have tunnels underneath them so why don’t we knock everything down just to be safe. So they’re definitely blowing up the buildings on purpose which is why the destruction looks so uniform. I’m also guessing the intelligence they get isn’t always the best. When people in a war zone feel sufficiently desperate, they may feel inclined to report falsehoods or gossip to authorities in exchange for extra food or supplies. When the IDF acts on flawed intelligence, it’s only natural to end up with disastrous results. Similarly, it’s not uncommon for WB Palestinians to be placed in administrative detention on the basis of gossip reported to the IDF. People do this kind of stuff not out of malice or wickedness, but out of fear, desperation, boredom, bad mental health, etc. I would also add that Palestinians and Israelis both see this conflict as existential which makes feelings of genocidal hatred more likely, more normalized, more common, and stronger in both groups. Israel has the capacity to translate this hatred into actions while Palestine does not. In this respect, Israelis have blinders on, as they can’t help but see pretty much every Gazan as a threat unless proven otherwise. Because of this, the IDF has acted very trigger happy in Gaza. The IDF also hasn’t demonstrated much concern for preserving civilian infrastructure or private property. In the eyes of Israeli soldiers, everything around them looks like a potential hiding spot for terrorists. This makes destroying Gaza feel justified because the stakes are “us vs them—either we die, or they do.” I read something about how after Israelis clear a building, they’ll order it demolished to reduce the amount of cover available to Palestinian militants for the rest of the war. Unless we have a permanent ceasefire soon, it’s unlikely there will be much of anything left standing in the Strip because of the IDF’s tactics. For what it’s worth, parts of the south are still somewhat intact. Most of the full scale destruction you’ve likely seen in pictures occurred in the north of the strip. It also doesn’t help that Hamas was a terrible governing authority that failed to invest consistently in developing/maintaining proper infrastructure. Many Gazans were poor before the war, so houses weren’t always in the best condition; the amount of older buildings means a good chunk of buildings in Gaza are more vulnerable to collapse than they otherwise would have been with proper maintenance. One final thing (you touched on this somewhat in your post) but the reason why Gaza seems so shocking is due to social media playing a role in disseminating information and images of the violence and destruction. Wars were fought this way for a very long time. It was only after WW2 that we codified the laws of warfare. But Gaza is hardly the first conflict since that time to see this level of destruction. Mariupol in Ukraine was basically flattened in less than 2 months back in 2022. Syria and Iraq saw large scale destruction during the fight against ISIS. Even as far back as the Korean and Vietnam wars, we observed such high levels of brutality that entire cities were left burned to a crisp. I’m not sure what it is about Gaza specifically that has inspired so many people to make outlandish statements about the “uniqueness” of the war. I’m sure that happens in every conflict to varying degrees, but with this particular situation, the rhetoric feels significantly more strained and intense. The level of violence and brutality in Gaza is unfathomable. I don’t know that I believe it’s the first conflict since the battle of stalingrad to experience such completeness in the level of urban destruction suffered, especially because such comparisons are futile and subjective. I also don’t feel comfortable knowing it’s virtually guaranteed that I’ll remember a very narrow selection of conflicts people cared enough to report about while forgetting other brutal wars that got very little coverage on my country’s news. For instance, most of us have heard about the famine (or famine-like conditions, risk of famine, etc.) amongst Palestinians in Gaza since Oct 7. That is of course awful news to hear, especially because Gaza had a young population and many children are at risk of starvation during these periods. I don’t recall the last time such heavy emphasis was placed globally on securing humanitarian aid for a besieged population besides Yemen. However, after I looked into what other conflicts were currently ongoing besides Gaza and Ukraine, I learned that over 500,000 children have died of malnutrition in Sudan since the outbreak of the civil war in 2023. That number completely dwarfs the stat in Palestine and yet in my experience, Sudan gets relatively little coverage in Western media as compared to Gaza. That’s not the fault of Gaza and I’m not trying to say that Gazans have war privilege or that they deserve less attention, but I stay away from making hyperbolic statements about the condition of the Strip out of respect for other conflicts and to not sound ignorant. Also, hyping up the war in Gaza risks damaging the credibility of actual reports about conditions on the ground. We saw what happened with the UN (?) chair mistakenly said something about 14,000 babies dying as, after correcting himself, he was harassed and called a liar by detractors/skeptics of the war. 

Also, I just wanted to note that I didn’t call Gaza a genocide not because I disagree with the label but because I started using the word “war” for whatever reason and then felt too lazy to proofread and change the terminology after I finished writing my comment.

NiceMas

On Oct 9th 2023, an Israeli general told Netanyahu "we are striking 1500 targets a day." Netanyahu was outraged and said "why not 5000, I'm not interested in targets!  Bomb houses! Attack them with everything you have!"  Netanyahu told his generals that he doesn't care about military targets, and directed them to bomb civilians homes.  This is collective punishment.  Netanyahu and Israel is more concerned with inflicting pain and causing destruction in Gaza, making the population suffer from collective punishment.

Slumdankin1123

Planet Labs is definitely legit. Met the founders in SF around 10 years ago. Good guys, ex-NASA.

Specific-Sun1481

My opinion, and it has been my opinion for many many years prior to Octoer 6th was a political play.  How can we justify giving Israel 4 billion dollars a year if Israel wasent beaing threatened by its neighbors all the time?  Who cares if they throw a bit at that absolutely Free Education we dont have?  Oh no, Israel is scared of Lebanon!!! You know thats bullshit but Israel got more money, hey why dont we throw in Social medicine we dont have.  Hey, hostages just cropped out of nowhere in Syria.  Israel (when and where)  We'll we better get Daddy Trump to open the wallet again.  Bodily autonomy need an abortion, grab one any time anywhere.  All of this without ever naming Gaza.  Idont know, sounds like  an American Democrat if you ask me.  Think about it you you war mongering Republicans, Israel is everything you hate.  Bless your little hearts

RichState3474

It’s wild how quickly people become military and logistical experts to explain this. Meanwhile - politicians &amp; army officials are on record ordering / celebrating the planned and methodical destruction of Gaza that would make it uninhabitable for return. 

Re the tunnels and using that as justification: 

undoubtedly some tunnels do exist in some capacity - but if they were as extensive as the propaganda is pushing - wouldn’t the footage be readily available? Why was Yoav Gallant on record openly admitting they lied about tunnels just to extend the war? 

Idk lads, smells like ethnic cleansing. This isn’t about Jew hatred - it’s about recognising what even alot of Israelis are now protesting against - war crimes of a government.

pigl3t_

It's nowhere near as bad as Lebanon in the 1970s and 80s. 

Vast swathes of civilian areas were flattened by invading Arab armies in Israel over the past 70 years.

franktrollip

Look at any example of a protracted urban battle and you will see something similar. You are likely only familiar with Stalingrad because it was a focus of both Soviet and Western wartime communications and propaganda. But from that very same conflict off the top of my head, Berlin, Warsaw, Manilla &amp; Budapest were each largely reduced to rubble by protracted urban combat.

More recently look at the Chechen war or the various areas of urban fighting in Ukraine.

darkretributor

&gt;Is every single home considered a military target because of the possibility that Hamas could be inside?

The IDF will not allow itself to be ambushed. Buildings do not have rights in war, and Gaza elected to be at war. This is a consequence of war. Don't start wars.

Previous-Mango3851

Let's focus on just the buildings for a second with some context added. I'm going to generalize here

* Hamas has tens of thousands of fighters  
* Gaza has over 5,000 tunnel shafts  
* Gaza has about 350,000 buildings/structures  

Let's look at this logically  
1. When Israel invaded initially it created a buffers zone and did destroy buildings in that buffers zone.  
2. Let's assume Israel destroyed every actual military/government  building  
3. Now we have let's say 300,000 structures left that are considered protected structures. This includes all residential, medical, educational, etc.  
4.  With no "military" buildings left, Hamas now fights from these civilian buildings above. You can see video of them operating and even firing from schools, hospitals, UNRWA facilities including storing rockets.  
5. These buildings now lose their protected status. Whether or not Israel should destroy them can be debated. The fact they are not longer protected and can be targeted is not. Let's consider only the targeting of buildings that are being used to actively fire at Israel IDF. Now we're down to 255,000 buildings.  
6. Any building with a Hamas tunnel is no longer protected. Now we're down to 250,000 buildings.  
7. Hamas booby traps standing but damaged or destroyed buildings. Israel destroys those as these bombs can kill both IDF and palestinian civilians. Now we're down to 240,000 buildings.  
8. Israel targets the homes of Palestinian Hamas, PIJ, and other miltiants to reduce collateral damage. That sometimes means destroyed bulidings or sometimes targeted strikes that just damage parts. Now we're down to 230,000 buildings and another 50,000 damaged. 
9. Hamas keeps fighting from and booby trapping these buildings whether damaged or not. IDF soldiers keep dying from them. IDF stops going into the buildings and just sends old armored vehicles packed with explosives to take them down. They hire civilian contractors to bulldoze to prevent prevent more booby trapping and reduce risk to their own.  
10. We forgot to include the buildings damaged or destroyed because the were adjacent to others or were above tunnels that were collapsed/destroyed.  
11. We're now down to let's say 140,000 buildings/structures while the other 210,000 buildings/structures are either damaged or destroyed. We don't know exactly the ratio. Many of the damaged structures might be a wing of a school or hospital that Hamas was firing at IDF from. It might be a 100 unit apartment building with 10 units in one corner destroyed but people still live in it.  

You see what they want you to see. of those 210,000 buildings, we have no idea how many are still habitable or exactly what level of damage there is. 

IDF may have to destroy other buildings out of necessity because Hamas booby traps so many civilian structures, that IDF cannot inspect every one of them. 

Can you see why this is such a big problem of Hamas fighting out of civilian areas?

ip_man_2030

Hamas built 300-400 miles of tunnels. Gaza is 25 miles long, and most of the strip with high density buildings is like 4 miles wide. If you built a tunnel all the way north to south, that would be like one tunnel every 1/4 mile. 

Any area near a tunnel essentially will have to be rebuilt. Those tunnels have to be destroyed.

ZeApelido

Hamas moves from building to building to shoot at the IDF. The IDF takes down those buildings.

Deciheximal144

Palestinians love to boobytrap their homes, this means each home should be destroyed

https://www.reddit.com/r/PigulNews/s/gjlFExKXaQ

Other-Carrot-958

The images from the battle of Mosul in Iraq were similar 

See
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/15/world/middleeast/mosul-before-after.html


Urban warfare leads to destruction. The more heavily fortified the urban environment is, the more destructive the battle will be. 

In its 40 years of existence, Hamas turned Gaza into the most heavily fortified urban zones in history. One expert of urban warfare, Dr. John Spencer, described Gaza as “Iwo Jima Stalingrad above and Iwo Jima below”. He observed that Gaza is among the worst urban warfare environments in history…

BizzareRep

They want to make the land inhabitable so the Palestinians are forced to leave, and then steal the land. That was the plan from the beginning. As the ICJ confirmed Gaza was still occupied by Israel, so there's no justification under international law in bombing the people Israel has been brutally occupying for decades, as an occupier Israel has the duty to protect the people.

Brilliant-Ad3942

VAdogdude

Yes, Hamas continues to hide in the neighbourhoods so the bombs follow.

Plus_Pain8000

Not inside, underneath. Hamas has been entrenching Gaza with tunnel systems especially after Israel left in 2005. Need to remove these tunnels as part of the Demilitarization of Gaza. Can't remove tunnels without heavy digging.

DragonBunny23

[https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/the-hamas-terrorist-organization/hamas-manual-calls-for-hiding-bombs-in-civilian-homes](https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/the-hamas-terrorist-organization/hamas-manual-calls-for-hiding-bombs-in-civilian-homes)

It's been documented multiple times that Hamas does indeed use civilian buildings for military purposes. Upon using them for military purposes they're no longer "protected" by International Law. 

Also there are likely military installations *under* the buildings.

tomithebossle

The total destruction of entire neighborhood or should I say, the entire nation could be summarized by one word, but before we choose that word let's define what that word means in simple English.
As to systematically with the intent to destroy, displace, starve an entire nation or group of people by blocking aid especially baby formula.
By inflicting psychological, physical pain and direct killing of kids and civilians of large numbers from a particular nation or group of people with the aim of destroying that nation or group.
Hmmmm I do believe that there is a special word for it my friend.    Can anyone guess what that word is?    ;) .

zoomboom911

This article is about planned demolition, not direct damage from the urban warfare.

As indicated in the article, Israel contemplates a new humanitarian zone in southern Gaza.

That said, IDF doesn't explain why it does the demolition. It could be for many reasons: safety of IDF personnel, identifying remaining tunnels, better controlling border with Egypt, being able to quickly re-deploy  forces if ceasefire agreement necessitates withdrawal, and such.

knign

The ongoing conflict in Gaza has led to significant damage to the region's cultural heritage, with UNESCO reporting the destruction of numerous historical sites and monuments.

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