After 11 weeks of war in Gaza, the Israeli military campaign against Hamas now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in history, experts say.
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The IDF personally pulled the triggers to shoot and kill three of the hostages, who had scaped Hamas and were waving white flags made from their shirts. One of them was a tall white red headed man, yet the soldiers claim that they thought they were Hamas militants. They confused a read head scared man pleading in Hebrew with an Arab man.
It’s obvious the ROE of Israel is murder everyone in Gaza. The genocide is not a bonus for the Zionists, it’s the goal. Hostages are political pawns for Netanyahu. The Israeli state is who cares the least about the hostages.
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You could posit that the chief is speaking out of his ass, but the more probable theory is that higher up on the hierarchy some officers are sincerely convinced that they are leading the charge of the Most Moral Army in the World™, and meanwhile some hefty portion of the boots on the ground have decided to, like you’ve phrased it, kill everything that moves and fuck the rules of engagement.
No way. This is the Hannibal directive at play, at least indirectly.
The Israel military command can scream and shout “We don’t target civilians indiscriminately”, “we are minimizing civilian casualties”, “we didn’t mean to target xyz”, “we are giving them safe places to refuge”, “we are giving aid” all they want but that doesn’t change the situation on the ground.
1% of the entire population of Gaza killed, nearly all hospitals destroyed, hunger rampant throughout, settlers with military escort razing farms, stealing land and ransacking people’s homes, deliberately targeting clearly marked unarmed journalists, launching attacks against areas civilians were told were safe, on and on.
Virtually all of this has happened without any real punishment from Israel’s military command. This is tacit endorsement in my books.
This feels like overthinking it.
Of course the IDF chief of staff quoted is going to say their policy is not to shoot people surrendering. That’s a war crime. You don’t say that’s your policy.
No one at the top of a military thinks their forces are free from misconduct.
If rules of engagement are being ignored large scale with no repercussions, the IDF has severe problems. But it’s been reported since the start that use of force rules seem to be much looser.
And let’s not forget that the defense minister is an openly pro-genocide murderous right wing lunatic.
The most obvious explanation for Israeli soldiers continually killing so many civilians, including on their own side, is that the IDF lets them.
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You are wishing for so much death and destruction, you know.
That little comment is really damning of your morals. I really hope you get some help. Fuck you.
What was the comment? they must have erased it.
I reported it for terroristic threats. They were basically wishing for more bombing, with specifics.
I’m glad I missed whatever it was they wrote.
I think you replied to the “person” who wrote the comment.
Ah look those little bombs were going to go moldy. Better to be used up in some recipe than wasting the money.
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I mean if you read beyond the title it explains what that means.
