Richard Engel: Thousands of People Are Dying in Gaza No Matter Who Is Counting the Numbers

SCARBOROUGH So Richard I ░░░░░░░░ Hezbollah has regretted in ░░░░░░░░ past some incursions from ░░░░░░░░ north with Israel I ░░░░░░░░ curious if the expectation ░░░░░░░░ Israel and around the ░░░░░░░░ East is that actually ░░░░░░░░ leader today will announce ░░░░░░░░ they are going to ░░░░░░░░ opening up a new ░░░░░░░░ from the north or ░░░░░░░░ they re simply going ░░░░░░░░ express solidarity with their ░░░░░░░░ and Hamas Engel The ░░░░░░░░ People do not expect ░░░░░░░░ he is going to ░░░░░░░░ an announcement and then ░░░░░░░░ soon as the address ░░░░░░░░ done there will be ░░░░░░░░ fire raining down on ░░░░░░░░ There might be some ░░░░░░░░ could be some attacks ░░░░░░░░ there have already been ░░░░░░░░ in the last several ░░░░░░░░ since this war has ░░░░░░░░ but we do not ░░░░░░░░ that as soon as ░░░░░░░░ makes his announcement we ░░░░░░░░ have a new wider ░░░░░░░░ all across the Middle ░░░░░░░░ The thinking from Hamas ░░░░░░░░ best we can understand ░░░░░░░░ Hezbollah and from Hamas ░░░░░░░░ that Hamas is happy ░░░░░░░░ drag Israel into a ░░░░░░░░ term guerrilla war in ░░░░░░░░ They are hoping that ░░░░░░░░ will be another Vietnam ░░░░░░░░ another Somalia for Israel ░░░░░░░░ Israel is willing to ░░░░░░░░ this bait go into ░░░░░░░░ lose troops then the ░░░░░░░░ from Hezbollah is it ░░░░░░░░ wait It will allow ░░░░░░░░ to get sucked into ░░░░░░░░ quagmire in the Middle ░░░░░░░░ potentially dragging in the ░░░░░░░░ States and then it ░░░░░░░░ attack at a later ░░░░░░░░ So we are as ░░░░░░░░ said in a very ░░░░░░░░ phase where Israel is ░░░░░░░░ deeper and deeper into ░░░░░░░░ Gaza Strip Hamas seems ░░░░░░░░ happy to pull Israel ░░░░░░░░ this fight regardless of ░░░░░░░░ consequences for the people ░░░░░░░░ the Gaza Strip no ░░░░░░░░ how many people are ░░░░░░░░ their lives in Gaza ░░░░░░░░ thousands of people are ░░░░░░░░ in Gaza no matter ░░░░░░░░ is counting the numbers ░░░░░░░░ is quite obvious.”