Ukraine Uses ATACMS as Offensive Culminates, Israeli Military Targets Civilians Ahead Urban Op

Update on the conflict in Ukraine and Israel-Gaza for October 19, 2023:

- Ukraine uses ATACMS missiles to hit Russian airfields, causing damage to several aircraft;

- The missiles exist in too small of quantities versus Russia’s more capable and numerous Iskander missile ballistic and cruise missiles;

- Ukraine will continue to use “wonder weapons” to distract from the overall degradation of its military capabilities;

-  Israel is almost certainly behind a recent hospital strike in Gaza;

- Israel demanded these hospitals be evacuated, a virtual death sentence to those being treated there according to the UN;

- Israel already declared a Gaza-wide bombing campaign focused on “damage” over “precision;”

- The strike involved a weapon with destructive power only Israel possess, possibly a guided rocket fired from an Israeli M270 which are admittedly being used to target Gaza (see references below);

- Israel appears to be laying down preparatory fire for a ground incursion which will be a very costly operation in terms of time, manpower, equipment, and ammunition;

- based on other military operations like this in both Gaza in 2014, Fallujah in 2004, and recent fighting in Ukraine, Israel and its US-backers will have stockpiles and military industrial output stretched to the absolute limits leaving little room for error or additional contingencies;

References:

The Drive - Destruction From Ukraine’s First ATACMS Strike Now Apparent (October 18, 2023):
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone...
NYT - Ukraine Uses Powerful American-Supplied Missiles for First Time (October 17, 2023):
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/wo...
World Health Organization - Evacuation orders by Israel to hospitals in northern Gaza are a death sentence for the sick and injured (October 14, 2023):
https://www.who.int/news/item/14-10-2...
Guardian - ‘Emphasis is on damage, not accuracy’: ground offensive into Gaza seems imminent (October 10, 2023):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
Jerusalem Post - Hananya Naftali:
https://www.jpost.com/author/hananya-...
Going Underground on Twitter - Screenshot of Hananya Naftali’s deleted tweet (October 18, 2023):
Twitter: 1714375105944432715
Hananya Naftali on Twitter - Retraction of claims Israel carried out hospital strike (October 18, 2023):
Twitter: 1714400598991261966
Haaretz - Israel Halts Medical Treatment for Members of Syria's Nusra Front (2015):
https://www.haaretz.com/2015-07-20/ty...
NBC News - Another Gaza Hospital Hit by Israeli Strike; Four Dead, 40 Hurt (2014):
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/mid...
Times of Israel - IDF: Multiple rocket launcher used to target Hamas in Gaza for first time since 2006 (October 11, 2023):
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblo...

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