
Why the sudden switch up? If you seriously want to know, it’s concerning. But it’s also complicated by the fact that Israel is now arming ISIS and al-Qaeda affiliates to take out Hamas, which is a colossally stupid idea. I hope they are not ordinary citizens. But this is still not the widespread starvation and bombing that has been happening for years anyway
There is plenty of intel whenever aid flows into Gaza Hamas seizes a pretty good portion of it. All the photos of starving children won’t move Hamas. The only way they will eat is whatever aid Hamas doesn’t steal. Hamas has done nothing but played a huge propaganda campaign to paint Israel as the enemy and people in this country bought it.
Fine. War causes people to commit indefensible acts. Nobody has ever been perfect in war. But it’s a slippery slope to criticize the forces trying to eliminate hamas. We can have conversations about how the IDF conducts business when it isn’t fighting a genocidal force that no country wants to deal with. We can have those discussions when the fog of war isn’t upon us
“Nobody has ever been perfect” mf we’re looking at a war with a civilian casualty rate that’s significantly worse than the US’ invasion of Iraqi cities. 20 years later. That’s not just not perfect, that’s negligent and cheap *at best*. “It’s a slippery slope to criticize the forces trying to eliminate Hamas” are you saying I can’t criticize ISIS now? Because that’s who Israel is arming
That’s not a defense. The US took out Ayman Al-Zawahiri while leaving everyone else in his house still alive, and the house was intact except for that room. In another instance they killed a specific person in a car and the other passengers were fine. There is no excuse for a civilian casualty rate worse than Iraq when 20 years have passed for technology to improve
For high value targets sure but what about the militants walking the streets or hiding in hospitals and schools with weapons caches? Israel told people to evacuate areas they were conducting operations in. Israel dropped pamphlets. If Israel told Hamas to tell people to evacuate do you think they would have told them anything? Nope you know why? Because Hamas told civilians to stay put and told them to ignore Israel’s commands.
Israel seems to keep misunderstanding international law. It doesn’t matter if you drop pamphlets or send texts. You do not bomb hospitals unless you make sure civilians are out. Considering IDF troops were on the ground, it’s bizarre that some of the hospitals were not evacuated. They should have taken every effort to secure civilian lives
That’s easy for you to say when your neighbor isn’t threatening to kill you and hiding weapons in schools and hospitals to eventually kill you with. Time is of the essence. Hamas does this by design. They won’t care if six children are incinerated by an airstrike in a room full of RPGs and AK-47s
With all due respect, I don’t think you’re all that familiar with either urban warfare or international law. Under the Geneva conventions, anything—be it a school, a hospital, or a mosque—becomes a legitimate military target whenever it’s used in a military capacity. Hamas used Al-Ahli Arab Hospital Explosion as ground zero for its rocket artillery, and Israel responded accordingly. Even then, Israel still gave civilians a heads up to flee and used bunker busters targeting Hamas’ tunnel system.