• IceBerg@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Israel has lost over 500 soldiers to date. Why put soldiers at risk? You can be sure that if all Israel wanted was annihilation then there are way better ways (dumb bombs as you say) to just completely level Gaza. Israel is targeting military targets which reside within dense population. This sometimes results in unintended deaths thats war. Also, journalists in war zone tend to get killed. Especially ones which embed themselves within combatants. I would also argue the actual number of journalists killed is much smaller, as the definition of a “journalist” is very fluid these days. But that’s just my speculation at the moment, I don’t have facts to back that up.

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      10 months ago

      If Israel is trying its best not to hurt civilians, then why is an unreasonable amount of civilians dead by everyone else’s account except for yours and Israel’s?

      I won’t comment about not considering them journalists since I think that’s a weak speculative argument with nothing to back it up (all journalists killed could be traced to an organization they worked for or freelanced for). So I’m ignored this BS.

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        10 months ago

        What would be a reasonable amount? What do you consider a reasonable response towards people who decapitate babies? Bake them in ovens in front of their parents? Rape women while mutilating their bodies? The list goes on. What’s a reasonable response for a country that has had this thing done upon it?

        Israel is at war. A war it did not start and it will do everything it can to ensure rhis never happens again.

        Another question for you, if Gaza is so dangerous for innocent civilians due to indiscriminate bombings, why isn’t Egypt taking in refugees? Why aren’t civilians allowed to take shelter in the kilometers of underground tunnels which were built using th billions (yes billions) of dollars the Gaza strip has received over the years?