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[-] TserriednichThe4th@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Hamas should stop hiding in hospitals.

[-] NobodyElse@sh.itjust.works 35 points 10 months ago

Even if that was the case, the IDF have no moral high ground when attacking the hospital. That just makes their job of killing Hamas harder. Hamas is an irregular force, a terrorist organization. They don’t follow the rules of war. But IDF is a regular army and should act like one lest we see them as a terrorist organization too.

If a dangerous criminal is found milling about in a crowd of people, even if some of of the people are sympathetic to him, the police don’t get to just mow the crowd down to get to him.

[-] Mirshe@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

Exactly this. Hamas forces are shit for using hospitals and schools as shields, I'll grant that. But the IDF is a proper first-world military force, and should act the part. Dislodging an occupying force from a command center or strongpoint that also happens to be full of civilians shouldn't involve bombing the place flat with civilians inside, especially when it's clearly marked as a noncombatant area (like a hospital or a school). The US Air Force did that, with camera and audio footage that showed the crew knew they weren't in the right, in Afghanistan (the Kunduz hospital airstrike, 2015), and were roundly vilified for it - why should we not hold Israel to the same standard?

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Extremely based. Makes perfect sense; no sarcasm. Well phrased. ❤️

[-] Seventhlevin@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Do you realize that a "regular army" would level the place entirely with airstrikes and artillery? --Because that's what would be most expedient and cost the fewest Israeli lives and least money overall.

[-] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Eh, the army is pretty regular, and they still went house to house.

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This wasn't a hospital. They don't a get a pass to bomb a refugee camp today because Hamas fighters hid in a hospital last week.

[-] TserriednichThe4th@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Hamas should stop hiding in refugee camps too…

Extend the logic, come on.

It is well known hamas hides among civilians. That is the main reason there is so much civilian collateral damage. Hamas themselves said it is their strategy ffs.

[-] Snoozemumrik@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

And Israeli officials (Netanyahu, Gvir, Smotrich, etc.) have stated that their goal is genocide. How do you feel about that?

[-] TserriednichThe4th@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

No they havent lmao.

The worse netanyahu has said is that he prefers a one state solution and that hamas existing is useful in polarizing people towards that solution. That doesnt mean genociding arab muslims, because there are plenty in israel.

But no person in israel with any substantial support believes in genocide.

[-] giggling_engine@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Stop making sense this is lemmy

[-] crsu@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

You might as well have said "this" or "le bacon"

[-] intelshill@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Is Hamas an army or a terrorist organization? Make up your damn mind

[-] TserriednichThe4th@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

They are both. How is that hard to understand? It is a decentralized organization that fits both roles depending on the faction.

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