• Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Yes they are aiming militants, never said theyā€™re consciously targeting the populace, just appalled at their indifference towards civilian deaths as ā€˜acceptableā€™.

    The IDF/war council is seemingly a-okay if they have to kill 10, 50, 200+ civilians to get at Hamas mid-level commanders - is that okay with you?

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      1 year ago

      Well if you agree that itā€™s a question of how far youā€™re willing to move the slider, itā€™s a question of empathy. But when you say ā€œaimed at the populaceā€ that implies you believe theyā€™re using Hamas as an excuse to kill innocent civilians.

      Do you honestly believe Israel would not prefer Hamas to assemble somewhere in the desert away from any civilians so they can take all of them out with a single bomb? Do you believe the Israelis would be sad if Hamas surrendered?

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        1 year ago

        Again, the displayed indifference towards civilian suffering is the core issue. Declaring the south as a ā€˜safe zoneā€™ pre-ceasefire was a moral move (with disasterous humanitarian results), but now the safe areas are capricious defined and arenā€™t static,

        Regarding the ā€œone bomb in the desertā€ question? Any other year, yes Iā€™m sure theyā€™d prefer that. But Bibi was already in serious legal trouble before Oct.7 and is openly deferring that issue until after the Hamas war. Keeping the conflict open, progressing slowly, or unresolved buys him time to find a way to stay out of jail.

        Is this an excuse for wanton murder of Gazans? You tell me? Certain elements of the coalition have openly made statements that at best call for displacement of Palestinians. Cutting off fuel, food, and water to a region under blockade, while those people are displaced and simultaneously refusing to allow aid in is ghoulish.