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> use of weapons with wide-area effects in densely populated areas […] Israel has in the past said it […] takes steps to mitigate risk to civilians by using pre
by yawpitch 2y ago
> use of weapons with wide-area effects in densely populated areas […]
Israel has in the past said it […] takes steps to mitigate risk to civilians by using precise munitions.
A JDAM guiding 2-5000 pounds of high explosives and used to level a densely-populated housing complex on to the head of one man is both precise AND of (very) wide area effect, but really stretches the definition of “mitigat[ion]”.