Remote-Controlled Genocide: "Israel" Uses Explosive Robots to Destroy Gaza

The "Middle East Eye" website reported testimonies from residents of the Gaza Strip about how the Israeli occupation army has begun using new tactics and destruction methods during its war that has been ongoing since October 7, 2023.

Several residents of the strip told the site that massive explosions begin in the evening, with a rate of eight to ten explosions every night, turning buildings into crushed rubble, coinciding with Israel's announcement to expand its attacks on the city of Gaza, home to nearly two million people, after the government approved a complete occupation of the strip about a month ago.

Instead of deploying ground forces, the occupation army has been sending armored carriers filled with tons of explosives, which are stopped inside densely populated residential areas before being detonated remotely, causing massive destruction far greater than that caused by "F-16" fighter jet strikes.

The site added in its report that the Israeli occupation army has increasingly used explosive robots alongside aerial and ground attacks, with documentation of the use of at least 100 explosive robots in densely populated areas since August 13, according to the Gaza government media office, causing the destruction of about 300 housing units daily due to this deadly weapon, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor based in Geneva.

The monitor noted that these robots carry highly explosive materials, sometimes weighing up to 7 tons, and their attacks are concentrated in the northern, eastern, and southern areas of the city of Gaza, including Jabalia and Al-Zeitoun, as part of what has come to be called the "wiping the city off the map" operation.

The rights monitor added that based on the current rate of attacks, the rest of the city could be destroyed within two months, a timeline that could shorten further given the massive firepower of the Israeli army and the absence of any international pressure to stop its crimes against the Palestinians.

According to Hebrew reports, Israeli forces have tripled their use of explosive robots in recent weeks compared to previous periods, designed to maximize the destruction of infrastructure and minimize direct engagement with Hamas fighters, thereby reducing risks to Israeli soldiers during ground operations.

The "Middle East Eye" website stated that the violent explosions caused by these robots can be heard from about 100 kilometers away from the Gaza Strip, a measure of their immense intensity, and how the ground shakes to the extent that it terrifies many Palestinians, which is considered an Israeli strategy aimed at destruction and psychological warfare, to drive people out of the city as part of Israel's ongoing campaign for ethnic cleansing.

As of July, Israel has destroyed about 78 percent of all buildings in the Gaza Strip, according to preliminary analysis by the United Nations, which estimates that around 282,904 housing units have been damaged.

An analysis of satellite images conducted by Adi Ben Nun from the Geographic Information Systems Center at the Hebrew University showed that at least 36,000 buildings in the city of Gaza have been destroyed due to the ongoing Israeli war for nearly 23 months, equivalent to 80 percent of the total buildings that existed.

With American support, the occupying state has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, resulting in 64,368 martyrs and 162,367 injured Palestinians, most of whom are children and women, over 9,000 missing, hundreds of thousands displaced, and a famine that has claimed the lives of 382 Palestinians, including 135 children.