Collision Resistance@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago‘Entire family gone’: Israel kills 250 Palestinians in 24 hourswww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1652arrow-down146cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1606arrow-down1external-link‘Entire family gone’: Israel kills 250 Palestinians in 24 hourswww.aljazeera.comCollision Resistance@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square105fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarestevehobbes@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·edit-211 months agoYou can say that - but seemingly also can’t explain why the death count isn’t stratospherically higher if that was their goal. Asymmetric warfare always sucks for civilians. The whole point is knowing who a civilian and who’s a combatant is intentionally difficult. Hamas doesn’t wear uniforms, because they’re terrorists and not a government or regular army.
You can say that - but seemingly also can’t explain why the death count isn’t stratospherically higher if that was their goal.
Asymmetric warfare always sucks for civilians. The whole point is knowing who a civilian and who’s a combatant is intentionally difficult.
Hamas doesn’t wear uniforms, because they’re terrorists and not a government or regular army.