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A very dangerous new nightmare we are living in Gaza City, and no one in the world is paying attention to it.

Days ago, the Israeli army installed huge military cranes, each about 30 meters tall, on the eastern areas it controls. These cranes are equipped with machine guns and cameras, and they fire randomly and almost continuously at tents, streets, and exposed neighborhoods.

Gaza City is extremely narrow, only 10 kilometers wide. A single crane at that height is enough to expose the entire city from east to west. Every street, every square, every tent, every house has become completely exposed. There is no place to hide, and not a single moment of safety.

In just the past two days, three people were killed by fire from these cranes. One of them was sitting quietly with his father in a small café, trying to breathe for a few minutes. Hours later, a 5year old girl was killed while playing near her home.

These cranes have turned the entire city into an open field. The latest military technologies are directed at civilians. We have become an open testing ground for their new weapons. The horror is not just in the sound… it is the constant feeling of being an exposed target at all times, where even children cannot run in the street without fear.

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[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 24 points 17 hours ago

After all this time has passed, I don't know what the state of the resistance is in Gaza itself. It's not good though The cranes are also likely heavily guarded

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 16 points 16 hours ago

They are guarded with the mindset of unarmed civilians or lightly armed infantry. Shaheed drones they are not expecting.

[-] SwitchyandWitchy@hexbear.net 4 points 10 hours ago

I doubt the Gaza resistance has or wants Shahed drones. They're huge and very long range and require vehicles to transport. Hezbollah has had a lot of success with smaller fpv quadcopters from what I've seen, and southern Lebanon is much larger than Gaza so range would not be an issue. They can be carried easily on foot by guerilla fighters which seems necessary given the state of Gaza.

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