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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@startrek.website -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (24 children)

Lots of people seem to have learned what "war" is in the last few months and are shocked that it includes large numbers of civilian casualties.

Israel has the equipment and capability to wipe Gaza off the map if they wanted to. If this were an actual genocide and killing Palestinians was the only goal, there would be way, WAY more casualties.

Now, is Israel committing war crimes? Absolutely. So is Hamas. So is nearly any armed group that finds themselves in a conflict. War is brutal and turns men into monsters capable of horrendous things. But this doesn't fit the definition of genocide and it cheapens the word to try and frame it that way.

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