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It's a dilemma. The IDF targets hospitals in Gaza because it says Hamas hides beneath them, using Palestinians as human shields. But still the IDF target them. If Hamas were hiding amongst Jewish citizens and using Jews as human shields, it's clear the IDF wouldn't bomb them as they wouldn't risk Jewish people as collateral damage. Therefore, the IDF view Palestinians as lesser people, and are willing to kill them in order to target Hamas. I'm not saying they don't have a right to defend themselves, but it's clear by their actions that they don't value innocent lives equally. This is a particular moral problem for Jews, as they have a history of being regarded as lesser humans beings.

In amongst all the fuzz of opposing arguments themselves blurred by centuries of conflict, together with my own uncertainty about the impartiality of the information being shared by the media in my home country, that's easily without question, the clearest analogy I've encountered to describe the horror of the current situation.

And if you did bomb the School, the Church or the Hospital it would be good to be able to prove you killed at least one terrorist.

You're trying to use logic, when this is about revenge. We did the same thing after we were targeted on 9/11.

I am disappointed in us, as in the USA, for not advocating a plan to get rid of Hamas, while trying to contain "anger" and "revenge". It is our responsibility to the Israeli people, and to the world.

10 years from now, no one is going to remember the context, and a dead child becomes a recruiting symbol for future jihadists.

I’m not up to speed.
I still got a Ukraine flag up in my bios…😒

Its awful and gone on far too long. Disgusting that Palestine are been demonised while israel are seen as the victims

If terrorists were to break into a school and hold hostages, neutralizing those terrorist would involve police and possibly other agencies doing their part.

Yeah I am sure these same people screaming "but human shields!" would be totally cool with the USAF using a Reaper drone with a Hellfire missile if someone took hostages at their kid's school. *sarcasm*

I guess it is okay as a tactic when someone else's kids get blown up.

I can understand that Israel has the right to defend itself.

I can understand that Hamas is beyond peaceful resolution because the destruction of Israel is part of their doctrine.

The whole "no matter what the cost" logic baffles me though. The cost is the whole point. If you are actually fighting evil, the point is to defeat the evil not to try to be even more evil yourself. If it was so outrageous to have 1500 citizens killed by terrorism, why is it OK to turn around and kill 10000 civilians in retribution? That only empowers the terrorists recruitment efforts.

If you're Israel, you simply level the building, deny all knowledge, and then admit it later.

This is a thought that is easy to resolve.

Obviously I would find a way to protect the kids because they're still alive and well, right?

The only time anyone would bomb the whole school is when they want the children dead. At that point, the one bombing the school joins the terrorists but what's worse is they're a massacrer of children

Nobody would, unless the kids are Arabs, I guess.

If it was in Russia, they would just kill e everyone.