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The argument is that the IDF is targeting enemy combatants, and not deliberately targeting civilians (unlike, e.g. Hamas). The existence of non-combatant casua
by omginternets 2y ago
The argument is that the IDF is targeting enemy combatants, and not deliberately targeting civilians (unlike, e.g. Hamas). The existence of non-combatant casualties alone does not imply terrorism.
- newspaper1 2y agoThe IDF has killed orders of magnitude more civilians than Hamas.
- gryzzly 2y agoIt is Hamas who is to blame for these deaths. Launching rockets from densely populated areas.
- newspaper1 2y ago[flagged]
- gryzzly 2y ago[flagged]
- newspaper1 2y agoAnyone can pick up a history book to see that I'm correct.
- Hikikomori 2y agoHow does bombing civilians stop rockets already launched? Most likely the person launching is already out of the area.
- gryzzly 2y agoThe whole thing of Hamas is embedding itself and its infrastructure in the civilian areas. If civilians are requested to evacuate, informed about the fact their houses are used by Hamas and the rocket launchers, rocket factories, tunnels and electric infrastructure to support all of that is going to be targeted, then perhaps it is not exactly fair to use words “bombing civilians” as a matter or fact?
- Hikikomori 2y agoIsrael has killed tens of thousands of children already. Not sure why you're trying to make excuses for them.
- gryzzly 2y ago[flagged]
- Hikikomori 2y agoTalking about blood libel when you actually have blood on your hands. And I'm not against Semites, Jews or Palestinians, I'm against Zionism and the murder it's doing in the name of jews.
- gryzzly 2y agoself defense is OK when 1 billion people are trying to kill you
- omginternets 2y ago[flagged]
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- omginternets 2y agoIf you say so.
- drawkward 2y agohttps://truthout.org/video/un-experts-condemn-western-complicity-in-israels-starvation-campaign/ https://truthout.org/video/un-experts-condemn-western-compli...
- omginternets 2y agoStopping humanitarian operations because these are being targeted by the enemy is not the same as targeting populations, regardless of what partisan news out lets like TruthOut have to say about it. Everywhere you turn, you will find that Hamas' explicit strategy is to maximize the humanitarian crisis in the region. They do this so that people like you will be their advocate.
- drawkward 2y agoThey do this because they know Israel will overplay their hand and indiscriminately murder people. Dont whatabout me. I'm not defending Hamas, merely critizing Israel. One is a terrorist organization; the other is a nation state. One has orders of magnitude more innocent blood on their hands than the other. You are telling me that Israel has the capability of pulling off this pager attack, but its only way to deal with Hamas was to raze Gaza? Pfft.
- kamalamomala 2y ago
- anigbrowl 2y agonot deliberately targeting civilians (unlike, e.g. Hamas) This is not as simple as it looks. Hamas does indeed target civilians, but what really put the wind up Israel on October 7 was that they successfully overran 2 military bases and mounted a serious attack on a third, although that was repelled. Per Israeli media, the government there had significant prior warning (months or maybe as much as a year) but dismissed the intelligence in the belief that Hamas lacked the military capability and was just LARPing.