That's correct. I'm denying that Israel is committing genocide, because I think it isn't. 1) Hamas quotes 22K people killed. I don't know where your 30K figure

That's correct. I'm denying that Israel is committing genocide, because I think it isn't. 1) Hamas quotes 22K people killed. I don't know where your 30K figure comes from. Even if you believe the figures of Hamas, which has every incentive to lie and no ethics to hold it back, this is 1% of the Gaza strip's population. If Israel wanted to kill many more times that, it obviously could. I suggest to you that urban warfare against irregular forces has inevitable casualties, which does not make that war unjust. Was the taking of Berlin genocide? If not, what is the difference? 2) Numerous hostages have been rescued, in negotiations which were enabled by the military pressure put on Hamas. 3) A senior Hamas leader was widely reported killed just 2 days ago. 4) You don't know how many homes have been destroyed. The UN estimates 65,000 homes. The highest estimate quoted here by the Guardian is 33%. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/08/the-numbers-that-reveal-the-extent-of-the-destruction-in-gaza https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/08/the-numbers-th... I'm happy to believe that Israel has committed war crimes, and it would not surprise me. I worry about ethnic cleansing too - though that will be shown by what happens after the war and not by the fact that Israel encourages civilians to flee a war zone. Claims of genocide are overblown, and I suggest you should tone down your heated rhetoric. The original context was one guy making a lot of inaccurate claims; a second person doing the same does not weaken my case.