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-square44fedilinkarrow-up1418arrow-down135
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minus-squarestevehobbes@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·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.