Younis Tirawi | يونس
7. Senior Commander, Lt. Colonel Sheila Granevich from the Kiryati Brigade, who has been fighting in Gaza, published a post on October 18 that called to “leave no innocents in the strip and the total expulsion of it’s citizens. Full post: It's not clear: The hospital event symbolizes a tremendous loss for Israel. Not because of the assignment of responsibility, but because of the framing of the discussion. Because if a real war is planned, and not just another limp round, at some point Israel will hit a hospital. Or a clinic. Or an UNRWA shelter parking lot. Intentionally or by mistake. That's how it is. And dozens will die there. And Hamas will report hundreds. And the Arab world will 'rage'. That's how it is. We've been there, again and again. So, in light of yesterday's developments, and the underlying assumptions, how do you think the global discussion will look then? That's right. Terrible and damaging. Because as long as Israel's entire conduct signals that we are in another round. And that the 'decisive' goal is to blow off steam, kill some terrorists, and along the way destroy some buildings—maybe after conquering a few neighborhoods and killing a few 'seniors'—we have lost. Because on such a battlefield, the world will say, almost intuitively—okay, so what do you want? They killed 1,500 people, and you killed 5,000. So, can we call it a day? You don't want international condemnation, do you? And in such a distorted balance, when the discussion is not about the strategic situation but about the number of casualties and how many innocents were killed—all that is 'left' for Israel is the hostage situation. So let's assume for the sake of discussion that tomorrow the hostages are released. All of them. You know what? Even not in exchange for prisoner release but 'only' as part of a ceasefire agreement with hollow promises of reconstruction and international aid. A bit theoretical, but let's assume. You can fill in the details. The statements that this time Hamas is really deterred. So with all the immense joy over every returned hostage—has Israel changed anything strategically in such a situation? Has it prevented the next event? Will the Gazan population abandon their eternal fantasy of slaughtering Jews? And on a practical level. In such a development, will the residents of the Gaza envelope agree to return to live hundreds of meters from those murderous Nazis? Does anyone think that the Gazans, who will now commemorate the martyrs of October with songs, posters, and symbols, making them role models throughout the Muslim-Arab world—will abandon their dream of murdering us all? Will Hezbollah, the Arabs of Judea and Samaria, and some of the Israeli Arabs see this development and decide that they don't mess with the Jews? So let's say it again: The declared and resolute goal of Israel must be to cleanse Gaza of Nazis. Every speech must clarify that even if it takes three years, Israeli citizens will no longer live a few hundred meters from bloodthirsty Nazis. That's how it is. And in such a reality, it makes no sense to leave innocents in Gaza, assuming there are such. From here, the means will be derived: a global effort, imposing responsibility on Egypt and the Arab world, evacuating residents, enforcing a curfew, preventing northward movement, establishing refugee camps on the border and as far south as possible, transferring residents to Sinai/Egypt, complete exposure of the 'Upper Gaza' area, siege and fighting until total surrender. It will take as long as it takes. And what will happen afterward? What will the strip look like in the long term? In my opinion, the Nazi strip should be completely evacuated. It should become a security zone. Perhaps shared agriculture and industry areas or some such nonsense could be established there. It's not out of reach. Compared to the 7 million refugees who left Syria—two million Gazans (most of whom are 'refugees' anyway) are small change (1/2)
