JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of surgery at Gaza’s largest and most advanced hospital held up his phone Saturday to the hammering of gunfire and artillery shelling. “Listen,” said Dr. Marwan Abu Sada as fighting raged around Shifa Hospital.

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      1 year ago

      If they actually did that the entirety of West Asia and North Africa would attack them and all their allies would abandon them.

      So actually, no, Israel doesn’t have that capability.

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        You seem to have a different understanding of capability than I do. They could do it, so they have the capability, but that says nothing about the consequences.

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          No, they would be dogpiled as they did it. They wouldn’t be able to finish the job before the whole world ate them alive.