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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Spot on, Pierre. Civilians become casualties in any war, Be it Ukraine, Syria, Yemen or Palestine. The complication in some wars such as in Palestine, is that the fighters are embedded within the population, and in this case, are quite blatantly, and by design, holding them as human shields.
In other wars, such as Ukraine, the likes of the aggressor (Russia in this case) deliberately aim their rockets at civilian targets such as schools and hospitals where they know the most civilians would be killed in one go. We don’t see so much hand-wringing there, do we?
War is horrible and bloody. We should always try to find a solution to avoid it. However in this case, we have one party who has actually started a war to avoid peace talks. Hamas is ruthless and bloody, and I am afraid Israel is doing all it can now to eliminate this festering sore.
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You aren't 'afraid' anything - your callous dismissal of Palestinian civilian life - specifically
families remains clear. Regardless what whatever spin you place those were your own words.
Had you actually believed Israel were doing "all it can" we'd not have went through the 2006 Palestinian election making the Palestinian civilians party to terrorist acts or your (incorrect) belief that invoking self-defence absolves Israel of any responsibility as it carries on it's war.
If more Israeli civilians die - and I hope they don't - you absolutely will not chalk them up as "casualties in any war" and shrug.