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> to the best of my knowledge, a proportionality between casualties on the two sides is not an expectation of any rules of war If you were talking about combat
by magicalhippo 7mo ago
> to the best of my knowledge, a proportionality between casualties on the two sides is not an expectation of any rules of war
If you were talking about combatants, you'd be correct. The main point about Gaza is that the majority of those who are killed are civilians[1]. And most civilized countries recognize[2] that civilians should be spared during armed conflicts.
[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20250821135825/https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/aug/21/revealed-israeli-militarys-own-data-indicates-civilian-death-rate-of-83-in-gaza-war https://web.archive.org/web/20250821135825/https://www.thegu...
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_I_to_the_Geneva_Conventions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_I_to_the_Geneva_Conve...
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