• LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Because bystanders were not deliberately targeted by the pager attack. They were collateral. If I launch 20 rockets at a military base and a couple of them go astray and several civilians are killed, that is not a terrorist attack, even if I was aware of the possibility of that happening. Should I have been more careful? Maybe, but that is a different discussion. If I launch those rockets at a marketplace with the intention of killing/terrorizing civilians, that would be a terrorist attack. And that is the difference between the pager attack and Oct 7: intent.

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      One key note is that Israel is worse at protecting civilians than Hamas is. By their own numbers, the IDF kills more civilians for every enemy soldier they kill than Hamas does. Hamas is actually a far more ethical army, in terms of civilian casualty ratios, than the IDF is.

      The harsh truth is that the only reason we call Hamas a “terrorist group” and the IDF “an army” is classism. The IDF kills 10 civilians to destroy one Hamas fighter with a laser-guided bomb? That’s just collateral damage. Hamas kills 10 civilians to kill one IDF soldier with a truck bomb? That’s terrorism.

      The definition of terrorism should be amended:

      terrorism (n): violence committed by a group representing one demographic group against a wealthier demographic group.

      • Threeme2189@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        One key note is that Israel is worse at protecting civilians than Hamas is. By their own numbers, the IDF kills more civilians for every enemy soldier they kill than Hamas does. Hamas is actually a far more ethical army, in terms of civilian casualty ratios, than the IDF is.

        That’s purely because Hamas isn’t as capable as the IDF. Given the chance they would gladly kill as many Israeli civilians as possible. All while hiding in between and amongst their civilian population, and The IDF doing as much as possible to weed them out and not harm the innocent. It’s a tough situation.

    • zaph@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      I launch 20 rockets at a military base

      Which military base did the pagers go off in? This is more like dropping bombs on a school or hospital because you think there are some military personnel inside. Oh wait, they do that too. I can’t believe Israel managed to get a bunch of idiots to defend IED’s.

    • cafeinux@infosec.pub
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      3 days ago

      The dead and the traumatized thank you for your wise observations: this helped them a lot see how Israel is so benevolent making people explode in their country.