Israel’s hardliners reckon Gaza’s chaos shows they must control it
Only 11 out of a recent convoy of 109 aid trucks managed to get in
Amid the catastrophic destruction of Gaza, new buildings are rising. Not shelters for Palestinians left homeless by the war, or hospitals for the sick and injured, but bigger outposts for the Israel Defence Forces (idf) along the new roads it has paved in key spots, bisecting the coastal strip and cutting it off from Egypt.
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This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Control out of chaos”
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