• rivermonster@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    We should be furious with Hamas for using them as shields. Though again, Hamas has majority support amongst residents in Gaza, so…

    Fighting in dense urban conditions like this, 18k is definitely an attempt to minimize civilian casualties. If they were intentionally causing them, they wouldn’t go in at all. They’d just kill magnitudes more (hundreds of thousands or millions) without risking soldiers. They easily have the firepower to do it.

    We should all condemn their elected terrorists for forcing the theater to be amongst civilians. It’s a war crime, co-location strip protections, and legitimized targeting places that would otherwise be protected by international law.

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      11 months ago

      Ohhhh, furious with Hamas or with the IDF, who killed 3 shirtless people waving a white flag? Are you living in a parallel reality or are you so brainwashed?

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        In an environment where that’s the standard tactic of Hamas, hide behind civilians, yeah, I understand the friendly fire. This is Hamas. They blew up their own hospital, hoping ppl like worldnews would blame Israel for it… and they did.

        If you think that while hiding amongst civilians or while keeping hostages they aren’t trained to try and appear like innocents, then I don’t know how to help you. It’s literally their main tactic.

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            11 months ago

            I too would resort to name calling with a factually bankrupt argument and poor reasoning skills. Well done!

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              Poor reasoning skills? Sorry but even IDF admitted their fuck-up and said that it was against their rules of disengagement, while you still pretend that they did nothing wrong. So who’s morally bankrupt here? You who is refusing to admit the wrongdoings of your own people even when presented with clear undisputed facts or me?

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                They admit wrongdoing because they’re not intentionally targeting civilians.

                To support your false narrative/pro-hamas propaganda, you’re attempting to conflate an accident during wartime as intentionally targeting civilians. It’s really not okay, and I am concerned for you.

                You don’t know who “my people” are, but I see the attempt to start framing more personal attacks, and intent to libel further, and I get that you’ve embarrassed yourself multiple times and shown your true colors. You have my pity.