Comment by nsguy
2 years ago
Is the same system used to direct bombing in Lebanon against Hezbollah?
If so it's worth noting that we have much better data on that campaign. We know exactly how many Hezbollah members have died because that organization actually releases that information. We have good numbers on civilian casualties. Naturally there are many different factors but I think Israel has done a much better job over there in terms of minimizing civilian casualties. There have been some notable incidents like IIRC journalists getting hit, but the overall numbers I think are significantly weighed towards military targets.
> I think Israel has done a much better job over there in terms of minimizing civilian casualties.
I wouldn't give them credit. It's a very different environment and that alone is enough to explain fewer civilian deaths. Even if they cared exactly as much as they do about Gazan civilians they would be killing fewer civilians as a proportion.
Reporting from al-Habbariyeh, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr said young men were killed in the Israeli strikes that “totally destroyed” the emergency health centre.
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Khodr reported: “This is not the first time a health centre has been hit in the ongoing confrontations along the border. We’ve seen numerous attacks against health centres especially in front-line villages and we have seen paramedics killed.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/27/hezbollah-launches-...
Any numbers though? I think about 260 Hezbollah fighters have been killed. how many civilians? 1000? 10000? 8?
EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_confl...
484 fighters killed
53–63 civilians killed in Lebanon 15 Syrian civilians killed
This seems like a more than acceptable ratio between civilians and combatants in a war, no?
It's worth mentioning Hezbollah is the entity that started attacking Israel after Oct 7th and is also in violation of security council resolution 1701: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Counci...