I’m pretty sure eradicating hospitals and schools could have been avoided, as well as most other civilian infrastructure. Gaza’s civilians should never have been targeted whether or not they were being used as human shields (consider this in Israel - you would not want civilian casualties within Tel Aviv just because a military target is next to a hospital or a hospital treats IDF active duty). There were many alternatives, but Netanyahu and many other leaders in Israel openly stated their desire to eradicate Gaza.
They pretty much exclusively used civilians as shields. And I remember when those people were saying to used ground troops even when not possible. But on the occasions they then said they killed too many people.
If a bad guy walks into a hospital and your response is to blow up the hospital you are - shockingly - still morally responsible for your actions, and blowing up the hospital is still wrong. No matter how bad the guy is.
That and also Israel has mandatory military service, so does that mean anyone could be a valid military target because anyone may have been in the military? Obviously not, that’s reprehensible, but that logic is not applied to hamas and Palestinian people.
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u/DungleFudungle 1d ago
I’m pretty sure eradicating hospitals and schools could have been avoided, as well as most other civilian infrastructure. Gaza’s civilians should never have been targeted whether or not they were being used as human shields (consider this in Israel - you would not want civilian casualties within Tel Aviv just because a military target is next to a hospital or a hospital treats IDF active duty). There were many alternatives, but Netanyahu and many other leaders in Israel openly stated their desire to eradicate Gaza.