Temujin
Well-known member
Correct. You forgot to add that deliberately targeting medical facilities is a war crime. Using starvation as a weapon is a war crime. Failing to take reasonable care to avoid civilian casualties is a war crime. You also forgot that the reason Hamas has support from so many Palestinian civilians is that Israel keeps committing war crimes against them. Israel is the legal entity, the state authority. It has a duty to observe international law even when it's opponents do not. I spent several operational tours fighting terrorists in Northern Ireland. The only way to win is to bring the civilians onto your side. Israel has failed already. Instead of wiping out Hamas, it is creating a new generation of terrorists. With every child killed, ten will grow up to hate Israel. This conflict can never be won on the battlefield. The role of armed forces is to create the conditions where a negotiated peace is possible. That's not what Israel is doing, which is why they will ultimately lose on the ground what they have already lost in public opinion.Defending against someone who wants to destroy one's entire country is justifiable; going after civilians as the first order of business as Hamas did in October is murder and terrorism.
What do you think that Hamas wanted to achieve with their terrorist attack in October? Just look around and you will see that they have already succeeded, largely because of the incompetent and stupidly belligerent way that Israel has prosecuted their war.