Roi Yanovsky
Ynet News, Jan. 15, 2024
“Military infrastructure can be found in every single neighborhood we were in. Weapons, tunnels, explosive charges and launchpads are all conveniently located inside residential buildings, some of which are equipped with holes in the walls so the transition between the various structures is seamless.”
After 100 days in the reserves inside the Gaza Strip, Channel 13 and former Ynet reporter, Roi Yanovsky, has returned with a series of insights that he formulated during that timespan.
These involve Gaza itself, what daily life in Gaza must have been like prior to Israel’s offensive, what can be found inside people’s homes, how Hamas operatives walk around during the day, how well embedded they really are into the local population and how Hamas uses its propaganda arms to present a false image to the world.
1) Perceived by the world as an overcrowded, third-world territory that is constantly besieged, watching Gaza City with one’s own eyes presents a wholly different picture. It is a modern, well-developed city. Big houses, a big plaza, parks, well-maintained walkways right on the beach and so much more. It looks far more like Tel Aviv than Jenin. The world’s “most crowded”? Not by a long shot.
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