Israel's and Gaza's populations are 9.3 and 2.3 million respectively. There are too many Gazans, relative to Israel's population, for this to be practical. It takes enormous amounts of manpower to receive, process, and attend to so many civilians.
Secondly, by doing this Israel would become liable for the well-being of the Gazans, providing them not only food and shelter but medical attention as needed. At the moment there is widespread deprivation among the Gazans, for which Israel is receiving heavy criticism, but Israel has a range of excuses - we can't physically reach the civilians to help them, or that Hamas is stealing whatever aid we send, etc. These excuses stop working once Israel takes these people into custody. That is not a burden Israel can carry, given their small population and limited resources.
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Israel's and Gaza's populations are 9.3 and 2.3 million respectively. There are too many Gazans, relative to Israel's population, for this to be practical. It takes enormous amounts of manpower to receive, process, and attend to so many civilians.
Secondly, by doing this Israel would become liable for the well-being of the Gazans, providing them not only food and shelter but medical attention as needed. At the moment there is widespread deprivation among the Gazans, for which Israel is receiving heavy criticism, but Israel has a range of excuses - we can't physically reach the civilians to help them, or that Hamas is stealing whatever aid we send, etc. These excuses stop working once Israel takes these people into custody. That is not a burden Israel can carry, given their small population and limited resources.
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