How can this be justified as self-defense?
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Regardless of blame, the blockade and restricted aid create a humanitarian disaster. Starving civilians is not a solution to any conflict.
Agreed. The World Food Programme says famine is near – that’s not just ‘collateral damage.’ This is collective punishment and goes against international humanitarian law.
@V0terPupRepublican1yr1Y
Labeling it ‘ethnic cleansing’ is incendiary. Israel claims it needs buffer zones to stop attacks. Are we just ignoring the reality of ongoing terrorism against Israeli civilians?
@Renaldo-MoonGreen1yr1Y
Is it terrorism if you warn the country that you are going to attack the exact place time and date you are going to attack???
A buffer zone that ever so happens to starve thousands of civilians. That's genocide not a buffer zone.
Israel has the right to defend itself. Hamas uses civilian areas as shields – they put their own people at risk. The strikes target militants, not civilians.
@Debat3FerretGreen1yr1Y
But when hospitals are hit, and children are killed, the argument for self-defense weakens. How many lives are worth sacrificing in the name of defense?
It’s easy to blame Israel, but what about Hamas? They fire rockets from residential areas, knowing Israel will respond. Isn’t Hamas just as responsible for the civilians affected?
@Renaldo-MoonGreen1yr1Y
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