"One of the most terrifying realities we live with in Gaza one that almost no one in the world talks about is the presence of more than 100 military towers, each standing over 30 meters tall, surrounding the Gaza Strip from every direction.

Each tower is equipped with an automated machine gun that fires remotely without a soldier standing behind it. It makes no distinction between a child, a woman, or an elderly person, nor between civilians and anyone else. It can open fire at any moment, turning the simple act of moving into a potential death sentence.

These machine guns are capable of firing more than 6,000 rounds per minute, with a range of nearly 3,000 meters enough to cover most of the small area of Gaza where the population has been confined.

We are not only living under bombardment; we are living under constant surveillance by machines that know neither mercy nor hesitation. Gaza has become completely exposed to these weapons, and fear follows us with every step. Even leaving to search for food or water can become your last journey.

This is not science fiction. It is not a scene from a movie. This is the reality we live every single day in Gaza.

We are literally living inside Squid Game."
https://x.com/Tamer_Alnoaizy/status/2085099201289969774
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and the towers are not new, not as of 2023. They are indeed terrifying, surreal, deadly. When I lived in Gaza (bt 2008-2013), farmers I accompanied were constantly being fired on either by Israeli soldiers who pulled up in jeeps to a spot along the fence imprisoning Gaza, got out and assumed sniper positions, or from these remotely-controlled towers.

https://x.com/EvaKBartlett/status/2085629780100091988

They also fired on unarmed protesters, often fatally-so, otherwise maiming young men and women who were protesting being locked down and besieged, cut off from the world and denied the very basics of life.


RELATED LINKS:
https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/canada-okay-with-israeli-soldiers-firing-on-unarmed-palestinian-farmers-and-us/

https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/excerpts-from-hurried-harvests-under-israeli-snipers-watch/

https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/rising-casualties-in-the-buffer-zone/

https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/palestinian-farmers-livelihoods-destroyed-by-israel/

https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/escaping-in-gaza/

Overviews:
https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/observations-from-occupied-palestine-in-gaza/

https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2018/04/06/israeli-violence-against-palestinians-will-never-end-as-a-result-of-un-us-hypocrisy/

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