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>>ahmetc+(OP)
The biggest problem with this isn’t the horror of the actual war crime. The far more serious concern are the lengths the government will go to avoid holding anyone accountable. That is so much worse because it unintentionally endorses future crimes and challenges the offenders to take ever more offensive actions without fear of consequences.

>>austin+C2
I do not believe it is unintentional.

>>lucubr+e4
They can take out nuclear scientists thousands of kilometers away by either planting bombs in their cars in traffic or firing accurate munitions through their windows when they sleep.

Thousands of kilometers away.

The IDF can be highly sophisticated in their plans and methods when they want to.

>>origin+Wd
Those things you described are also war crimes.

Calling it sophisticated does not change that fact.

>>alkhat+Bo
I think the point is that if Israel can do pinpoint decapitation strikes anywhere in Iran they sure as hell can do so in Gaza, but they choose to bomb hospitals and flatten every single building in the Gaza Strip instead.

>>andrep+Sr
This. Israel demonstrably has the capability for precision warfare.

That they chose to level infrastructure across Gaza instead is indicative.

And it'd be real stretch to assume they did so even for military-economic reasons.

They knew the world community would give them some leeway after Oct 7th, so exploited it as far as possible to militarily achieve their geo-political goals.

To wit, the elimination of anything resembling a Palestinian state: politically, economically, and demographically.

Which is cynical and evil as fuck, given they're smart enough to realize they eventually either have to (a) kill every Palestinian or (b) make a deal.

Instead, they decided killing 50,000+ Palestinians was worth improving their negotiation position and kicking the can down the road.

>>ethbr1+BB
> They knew the world community would give them some leeway after Oct 7th, so exploited it as far as possible to militarily achieve their geo-political goals.

That’s my read as well. I was strongly pro-Israel for decades and while I was never comfortable with the plight of Palestinians Hamas had a lot of the blame, too, but the last year really moved me over to thinking that the people who said most of the “accidents” over the years were intentional were correct. They can pull off these amazingly accurate strikes when they want to, it’s implausible that they suddenly have the precision of a drunken 18th century musketeer around aid workers and civilians. Their leadership clearly do not care and collective punishment is a war crime no matter who does it.