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Originally Posted by WCW Nitro
For anyone who still thinks Israel will not target civilians
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israe...b03ea0c004e2a8
As Israel engages in a massive air campaign ahead of an anticipated full-scale ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Friday that all citizens of Gaza are responsible for the attack Hamas perpetrated in Israel last weekend that left over 1,200 people dead.
“It is an entire nation out there that is responsible,” Herzog said at a press conference on Friday. “It is not true this rhetoric about civilians not being aware, not involved. It’s absolutely not true. They could have risen up. They could have fought against that evil regime which took over Gaza in a coup d’etat.” |
To be fair, he stated although he holds all the Gazans responsible for electing and keeping Hamas in power, he wasn't targetting them either:
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When a reporter asked Herzog to clarify whether he meant to say that since Gazans did not remove Hamas from power “that makes them, by implication, legitimate targets,” the Israeli president claimed, “No, I didn’t say that.”
But he then stated: “When you have a missile in your goddamn kitchen and you want to shoot it at me, am I allowed to defend myself?”
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So basically, he's stating if there's a weapon, I'll go after it, even if it's in a civilian's home, but he's not targeting any civilians on their own.
I don't know why you keep repeated the same phrase over and over. It's pretty clear what Israel is doing. They are bombing Hamas in Gaza, and have acknowledged that non-combatants will get hit in the cross-fire.
There's absolutely no reason for them to randomly target civilians here and there. From a practical point of view, that's a huge waste of resources. From a tactical point of view, the bombings on the Hamas infrastructure are going to be terrifying in themselves, so there's no extra psychological goal from hitting civilians, as a primary target, randomly.
There's plenty of room to argue about what other precautions Israel should be taking that would likely better suit your point.