61% Of Casualties In Gaza Are Civilian

[Untitled]

A study conducted by an Israeli sociologist and discussed in Haaretz has found that the majority of casualties in Israel's air strikes were civilians:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-gaza-hamas-civilians-airstrikes-b2461636.html

another investigation by an israeli journal has found evidence of deliberate attacks on civilian targets - referred to as "power targets" by the IDF and including things like apartment blocks:

 https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/
 

Is the IDF lying when they say they want to reduce civilian casualties? 

[Untitled]

israel claims it is fighting hamas and yet the majority of people it is killing are not hamas fighters... it is also clear from my second link that they were in fact deliberately targeting civilian areas with the intention of killing. 

[Untitled]

"Why are children even still in those areas anyway? "

which areas do you mean? the IDF also bombs the places that it tells people to evacuate to.

[naomi24]

Why are they still there, untitled?  

[Untitled]

still where?

[naomi24]

In areas that are being targeted.  Hasn't Hamas noticed?

[Untitled]

the whole of the gaza strip is being targeted naomi. there's no area in it that's safe from israeli bombs. 

[sandyRoe]

Some time ago I forecast the Israelis would look for a ratio of about 10:1 in deaths as revenge.

They're well past that figure now.  When will they stop the butchery?

[Untitled]

Residents of gaza city were instructed to flee to khan younis... hundreds of thousands did so. khan younis is now encircled and under attack by the IDF... 

they are "there" because there's nowhere else

[naomi24]

Everywhere my tuchus!  And for Peter Pedant's benefit, that's forrin.  Yiddish actually.  Dispense with the drama and the handwringing and get a grip, untitled.  If they were bombing everywhere, everyone would be dead already.  Those people are barbarians who don't even protect their own.  In fact they use them - and Israel can't be blamed for that.

[ynnafymmi]

All started by the Hamas terrorists on 7th October 2023.Perhaps these terrorists should or would stop and think before they start their terrorist wars.However i do think that this was all started by Putin and the Iranians to take the heat out of Putins war against the Ukrainian people.

[sandyRoe]

Naomi24 ,

'Tuchus' are you familiar with Yiddish?  That might explain your unbalanced views of events in Palestine.

[naomi24]

My views are not unbalanced - they're realistic - and I'm familiar with lots of languages, sandyRoe - but don't tell Peter Pedant.  He'll be devastated.  ;o)

[Togo]

100% of the casualtires were civilian on 7/10/23. With no warning, and on video for all to see. 

[bazwillrun]

"You're entitled to your opinion, wrong though it is.'

to be expected from a terrorist supporter...

what makes you think your opinions are the correct ones  then ?

[CrapatCryptics2]

9 weeks ago the gazans were asked to move out of the war zone. They know better than anyone that restraint doesnt feature in the Hebrew dictionary so why are they still there.

[Peter Pedant]

Is the IDF lying when they say they want to reduce civilian casualties? 

yup - when you get up to 4000 dead kids, you are allowed to doubt whether the propagandists are truthing

oops ! - er-er un mimsy post - when you get beyond 4000 dead kids you shrug and say arent the defence forces defending well, more please!

[Peter Pedant]

crap at cryptics 9 weeks ago the gazans were asked to move out of the war zone.

crap at a lof more too : and where were they to move to?

[Peter Pedant]

 and I'm familiar with lots of languages, sandyRoe - but don't tell Peter Pedant.

ainsi pourquoi - all the early raving about forrin languages, in particular French, Italian and Spanish  - that the papers didnt carry news ( about France Iraly and er Spain) - it was something else? pourquoi madame. pouquoi.  so gormlessly school-girl, I thought it must be true!

( watch out for "I never said I didnt!" clarification)

 

[Peter Pedant]

tuchus - mimiches - that's French - 

I want to say that I think the IDF are dong a wonderful job.....

[ToraToraTora]

sandyRoe: "I think if an Israeli pilot had children in his bomb sights he could safely assume they weren't Hamas." - pity you don't have the same concern for Hamas putting babies in ovens etc.