# Hamas attacks Israel, October 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news, israel-hamas-war\ **Created:** [October 7, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-attacks-israel-october-2023/991234 "2023-10-07T10:17:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 65
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-attacks-israel-october-2023/991234/65 "2023-10-07T21:57:50Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > It would be ethnic relocation. Ethnic relocation is ethnic cleansing: > **[Ethnic cleansing](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing)** > > Ethnic cleansing or racial cleansing is the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups from a given area, with the intent of making a region ethnically homogeneous. Along with direct removal, extermination, deportation or population transfer, it also includes indirect methods aimed at forced migration by coercing the victim group to flee and preventing its return, such as murder, rape, and property destruction. It constitutes a crime against humanity and may also f Many ... --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-attacks-israel-october-2023/991234)._