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    9 months ago

    Why it doesn’t matter?

    As a point of reference, according to the UN, civilians usually make up around 90 percent of casualties in war. That’s a 1:9 ratio (one combatant for every nine civilians).

    https://press.un.org/en/2022/sc14904.doc.htm

    It shows that it’s low, and Israel does care about civilians, a shame that civilians die in the first place, but that what war is, especially considering HAMAS fighters a lot of times wear civilian clothing and don’t follow the laws of war

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      9 months ago

      especially considering HAMAS fighters a lot of times wear civilian clothing and don’t follow the laws of war

      Sure, Hamas should paint giant targets on their backs and face the Israelis in an open field, mano-a-mano.

      As long as Israel doesn’t recognize Palestine as an independent state, I don’t see why Palestinian freedom fighters, Hamas or otherwise, should behave like they’re the official army of an independent state.