"Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said Israel’s decision to cut off electricity, water and food supplies into Gaza is “not acceptable”. Mr Varadkar also said that due to Israel “targeting civilians and cutting off civilian infrastructure” they were in “breach of international humanitarian law”.
More than 6,000 bombs have reportedly been dropped on Gaza in the past six days and more than 1,500 civilians have died in the region.
This bombardment and siege of Gaza comes after the deadliest attack in Israeli history when Hamas militants crossed into Israel and killed more than 1,200 civilians while taking hostages back to the Gaza strip.
“Well, I believe Israel has the right to defend itself. But Israel doesn’t have the right to do wrong. What do I mean by that? Israel is a country that is surrounded by enemies, brutal savage groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, countries like Iran, often supported by Islamic fundamentalists and anti Semites around the world. So Israel is under threat.
“They do have a right to defend themselves, but they don’t have the right to breach international humanitarian law. And I’m really concerned about what I’m seeing happening in Gaza at the moment,” Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told RTÉ’s Prime Time."
Oh I’m sorry. I didn’t realize Israel would need to fire artillery shells into a civilian population a few kilometers away to mask their troop advancement. Makes total sense now.
It’s called snipers, they are deadly. They fire then into civilian population because Hamas uses them as human shield, just now they prevent civilians from escaping source.
Israel hasn’t started a ground offensive at all. All soldiers are currently staging up on the Gaza border (it’s in the source you posted) waiting for the start of the ground offensive. So what exactly would snipers be shooting at that Israel needs a smoke screen to stop? Sounds like you’re reaching for any reason you can.
Israel didn’t start the ground assult on Gaza City, IDF did raid Gaza Strip.
The article you linked states the IDF carried out their first raids on Friday (Oct 13th). Meanwhile video proof of white phosphorus airbursts was recorded on Oct 10th and 11th… so your timeline isn’t looking so hot.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/10/12/israel-white-phosphorus-used-gaza-lebanon
You are not going to get exact timing on military operations. You are not entitled to that information.