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Originally Posted by Pierre
Because that was a terrorist attack, directly targeting civilians, the result was Israel declaring war on Hamas.
Similarly 9/11 was a terrorist attack, directly targeting civilians, the result was the invasion of Afghanistan under UN charter to eliminate Al-Qaeda.
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It’s a completely arbitrary distinction. You’re determining that Israel can play by one set of rules (or actually, not play by them) legitimately yet Hamas can't. Yesterday they were the de-facto Palestinian government now they aren’t.
The Taliban were active in shielding Al Queda in Afghanistan in a way that Hamas aren’t in Gaza. Although 20 years on I’d imagine Israel’s actions will be equally as futile as America removing the Taliban, or indeed the proxy war in the Ukraine/Russia disputed territory.