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by JoeyBananas
1859 days ago
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The fact that Israel has killed more Palestinians is a consequence of the fact that they are winning. It is absolutely not their moral responsibility to make sure that every conflict they are involved in ends up with a 1:1 kill ratio. There was never any doubt that Israel will use its superior military to defend themselves from threats. The leaders of Hamas are also at fault for getting their own people killed by attacking a foe they cannot defeat. I 100% agree that Israel has a responsibility to show more restraint than Hamas because they are more powerful. And I think that that's exactly what they do. Israel has a reputation for military professionalism. This incident is an example of that. |
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Also there were long project (probably still ongoing) which tried to determine the "acceptable" amount of collateral damage (civilian casualties) under different operational scenarios, e.g. if there is somebody who about to shoot rockets into Israel or cross border to explode in a bus or go through underground tunnel to Israel just to shoot somebody how far is it acceptable to go to prevent it.
The bottom line, nobody in Israel interested in civilian casualties on Palestinian side, both because people are not a blood thirsty monsters and because every little incident will be in the news everywhere around the world and nobody really interested in it.