{"id":11299,"date":"2023-10-08T22:21:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T02:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tempestmag.org\/v01_2020\/staging\/?p=11299"},"modified":"2023-10-20T19:21:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T23:21:00","slug":"the-breakout-from-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2023\/10\/the-breakout-from-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakout from Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

O<\/span>ver this past weekend, in an impressively orchestrated action, Palestinian resistance fighters broke through the fence enclosing Gaza. In a series of attacks within territory illegally occupied by Israel, they held some ground, captured Israeli weaponry and instituted a sharp turn in the political situation. Retaliatory attacks by Israel have begun <\/a>and the death toll on both sides is rising. What is called Operation Al-Aqsa Flood is an attempt by Hamas and other political factions to change the balance of power in a status quo that is becoming more completely untenable to Palestinian existence. This Palestinian resistance is legitimate and justified.<\/p>\n

The past two years have seen a dramatic escalation of violence against Palestinians, especially in the West Bank. Raids and assassinations under the auspices of what the Zionist entity calls Operation Break the Wave occur nearly daily. More Palestinians have been killed this year so far in the West Bank than in any year since the Second Intifada (2000\u20132005). Refugee camps in Jenin, Nablus, and Balata have faced multiple invasions in some of the largest military operations by the Israel Occupation Forces (IOF) in many years. These have left dozens murdered. All while the ongoing ethnic cleansing of East Jerusalem churns on.<\/p>\n