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Comment by delecti

13 hours ago

Those attacks were horrific, but certainly nothing that rises to the level of an "invasion".

They were invasion by definition: Palestinians crossed into Israel, invaded villages and towns. How come it's not an invasion?

  • Usually an invasion entails an intent to capture territory and occupy. A suicide terror attack is qualitatively different even if it’s large-scale. The boots on the ground could just as well have been rockets, whereas an invasion needs a longer term presence.

  • Palestinians crossed into israel from israel (occupied territories by israel). How can you invade yourself?

    • > occupied territories by Israel)

      Gaza was not occupied. There was zero military presence in Gaza prior to October 7th.