Comment by genman

It doesn't matter if they used dumb or smart bombs to destroy the target. When their selected target entered the building then the whole building became the target by extension. Smart bomb would have equally destroyed the building. Important comparison between dumb and smart bomb is only the probability to hit the target (the building) and IDF used precise diving maneuvers with dumb bombs and avoided hitting high rises with dumb bombs, making the probabilities close. That is not the issue here.

The main crux of the story is the automated target acquisition and the policy to engage the target in civilian homes - there are intelligence errors and collateral damage.

The questions are: is the intelligence gathering and decision making ethical and is the accepted collateral damage ratio reasonable given the scale.

This is different from for example Russian strategy to target whole neighborhoods to inflict terror in the civilian population by indiscriminate killings.