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Israel military reportedly surrounding hospitals in Gaza and shooting at those trying to flee, UN says (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/5569400

Original link: https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/11/1143482

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The reason Afganistan has had so much trouble with superpowers during the last few centuries is that they are an extremely important geographic location which would provide great strategic advantage to the power controlling them. That's why American media has been trying to push the public to be sympathetic to a re-invasion until recently. Fortunately for Afganistan, they are very difficult to conquer for very long.