Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly found stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war crimes amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
I think it’s mostly vengeance rage, they think the Hamas attack on civilians allow them to use any means to find the Hamas soldiers, including killing civilians. While some extremist parties may covertly push for actual genocide, I don’t think that’s what the military tries to do in general.
I see where people might think that if you’re just looking at the immediate context from the October 7th attacks, but I urge you to look into the conditions Palestinian people had been living under for decades, especially in Gaza. Rather than vengeance, when you look into the history, the October 7th attacks feel more like an excuse to go full throttle into carrying out what the Israeli government and hardcore Zionists already been trying to do for a while now.
The political establishment in Israel does not recognize Palestine, their goal has long been the eradication of the Palestinian nation.
I understand it’s easy to blame Hamas and the Palestinian resistance for Israel’s disproportionate and genocidal response, but the second Nakba was long coming.
[June, 2022] How threats of a second Nakba went mainstream https://www.972mag.com/second-nakba-mainstream-israeli-right/
[May, 2023] Why Israel’s leaders call for ‘Second Nakba’ https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-israels-leaders-call-for-second-nakba
[Aug, 2023] Why Palestinians Could Be Facing Another Nakba https://www.thenation.com/article/world/palestine-second-nakba/
Additionally worth remembering that the normalization process was nearing its conclusion by October, Israel was well on the path to buying off all of its neighbors and achieving total regional cooperation in the next Nakba.