Comment by NomDePlum
2 years ago
What is the war you talk of?
I have, from the UK, seem zero presence of any war in 2024.
Seen plenty of what looks like vile and indescrimate killing of random civilians by Israel.
Is the war the one that's killing multiple aid volunteers, or something else?
It sounds like you are unaware on the attack on Israel in October that intentionally killed about 1.5k civilians of which the current action is the consequence.
That was as horrific a day as the world had seen for a long time.
It's not a war though.
Unfortunately every day in Gaza since has been as horrific, or more horrific.
Indescriminately killing and starving an entire population and destroying the surrounding infrastructure is not warfare.
The actions described in the linked article make this clear.
I don’t think it was starving civilians who killed 250+ Israeli soldiers over the last six months following the Gaza attack. Do you?
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Also, where did you get the number 1.5k from?
That figure was corrected a number of months back to 1.2k was it not. The most accurate figure I've seen stated is 11,600, although it doesn't seem to be in widespread use, although the 1,200 figure is often caveated.
The total isn't all civilians. No official figures have been released on the split is my understanding.
It's also not clear how many are attributable to Israel's response, but it's clearly non-zero and may well be a significant proportion.