Israel began to celebrate the holidays, Passover, one of the most important Jewish festivals, equivalent to our Chinese Spring Festival.
But the fighting did not stop, and every indication was that a new big war was about to begin.
I remember that on the day of Iran's attack on Israel, I said in my article: This night was undoubtedly a night of horror for Israelis, but it was perhaps a rare night of calm for the Palestinians in Gaza!
Because of the provocation of a more powerful enemy, Israel could not take care of Gaza for the time being, and a large number of troops withdrew from Gaza.
But now, the battle with Iran is over, and the killing is about to begin again.
On the first day of Passover, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly declared: We will deal a new heavy blow to Hamas, and there will be more actions in the coming days......
Why isn't it over yet?
Netanyahu's explanation: military and political pressure on Hamas must be increased as the only way to free the hostages and win victory.
According to Israeli statistics, there are also 133 Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
Israeli Army spokesman Major General Hagari also revealed that the Israeli army's chief of staff, General Al-Halevy, met with the commander of the Israeli army's Gaza operation on the 22nd and "approved the next phase of the war."
What do you mean?
1. Two weeks ago, a large number of Israeli troops withdrew from Gaza;
2. The fighting for southern Gaza, which was once suspended, will soon start and will be even bloodier.
3. For Israel, it will be the endgame, the complete elimination of Hamas.
Israel held its breath.
Because of the strong discouragement of the United States, Israel failed to launch a large-scale retaliation against Iran, so much so that Iran mocked, and Israel attacked Iran with a "toy weapon".
It is not that the United States loves peace, but that the United States is afraid of the quagmire and of being dragged into a new Middle East war by Israel.
But Israel's anger, no doubt, will be sprinkled on Gaza. In order not to appear weak, Netanyahu will certainly launch a more ferocious and ruthless offensive against Gaza.
I said at the time that once the international community is numb to the killings, once the threat of an Iranian attack is lifted, you see, the war will start again, and the killing will resume.
Israel will not withdraw its troops easily.
And, in Gaza, some Israelis do kill people without blinking.
Looking at Western media reports, at least 50 bodies were recently exhumed at the Nasser medical center in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
In a statement, Hamas called the discovery of the bodies of "more than 50 martyrs of different ages" in a deep pit a "terrible crime" and claimed they were "executed in cold blood and buried in the courtyard of the Nasser medical center by military bulldozers."
We don't know the truth, and perhaps there will never be. Only the killing continues, and the death happens.
Finally, what do you think?
Let's go three points.
First, poor Gaza.
Israel is celebrating the holidays, and Gaza is suffering.
A look at the statistics shows that at least 34,000 people have been killed in Gaza, the vast majority of them women and children. Poor mother, poor child.
Alas, the children of Gaza really don't grow up.
It is certain that more Palestinian women and children will fall in pools of blood as Israel embarks on new sweeps, particularly in the crowded southern Gaza.
For Gaza, they have been given a respite over the past two weeks because of the fighting between Israel and Iran, but now, an even bigger nightmare awaits them.
What is Hell?
It's hell on earth!
Second, the terrible bystander.
Which country can have significant influence over Israel?
Undoubtedly, only the United States.
Although Israel has always seemed to be very disobedient at times, as long as the United States exerts enough pressure on Israel, Israel still has to listen.
Just like this contest with Iran, under the strong pressure of the United States, Israel still did not dare to launch large-scale retaliation against Iran, although it hated it.
Why doesn't the U.S. exert enough pressure in Gaza?
Because, quite simply, the battle for Gaza will not drag the United States into the war, because in the eyes of the Americans, the lives of the Palestinians are indeed inferior to the lives of the Americans.
The United States criticized a few words lightly, and Israel understood that this was tantamount to letting them do it.
Third, the shameless double standard.
Shameless indeed.
Looking at the recent statements of the seven Western foreign ministers, regarding the situation in the Middle East: the strongest condemnation of Iran's attack on Israel, the strongest condemnation of Hamas's attack on Israel, and the strongest condemnation of Houthi attacks on merchant ships and Western warships......
There was no condemnation of the killings in Gaza, let alone the use of the words "in the strongest terms".
Even if 34,000 lives are gone.
"We are saddened by the loss of all civilian lives and note with great concern the unacceptable number of civilians killed in Gaza, including thousands of women, children and vulnerable ......," the G-7 West said.
It's all "unacceptable", and they don't even condemn it.
Where is the fairness?
Where is the justice?
This is the shameless double standard.
Hamas's raid on Israel, Israel's desire to retaliate, its desire to free the hostages, is somewhat understandable, but there should always be limits. What is the killing of more than 30,000 Palestinians, the vast majority of them women and children, in Gaza?
Don't they deserve a "condemnation" of those who killed them?
As I said before, the bloody facts of Gaza, the double standard of the West saying one thing and doing another, have been completely exposed to the world, and the so-called moral image has collapsed, which is perhaps the most far-reaching butterfly effect......
We are witnessing history, a particularly tragic history.
A new big war is about to begin, and the world is watching. This is a disgrace to the United Nations and a disgrace to the whole world!