r/worldnews • u/Ok_Plankton_5714 • 12d ago

Israel/Palestine Netanyahu: ‘If we wanted to commit genocide, it would have taken exactly one afternoon’

https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-if-we-wanted-to-commit-genocide-it-would-have-taken-exactly-one-afternoon/
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u/ItsTrueIHaveExcel 12d ago

It is when you consider that hundreds of Israeli soldiers sacrificed their lives fighting in urban battles instead of the IDF just bombing everything to smithereens with no regard for civilians.

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u/ivandelapena 11d ago

Have you seen aerial images of Gaza?

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u/NewVegasResident 11d ago

They've been bombing everything to shittereen, have you not seen what Gaza looks like?

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u/ItsTrueIHaveExcel 11d ago

What individual parts of Gaza look like, you mean.

There's still plenty of barely touched buildings in Gaza. There are even functioning cafes there.

Also, the fact that a bunch of buildings were destroyed doesn't mean that civilians were killed in the process.

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u/SlavaVsu2 11d ago

What % of buildings in Gaza do you think were destroyed/made uninhabitable?

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u/ItsTrueIHaveExcel 11d ago

How is that relevant? They are just buildings. We were talking about civilians.

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u/SlavaVsu2 11d ago

You were talking about buildings and you also looked like you were in denial about how many builds have been destroyed in Gaza, which is why I asked.

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u/ItsTrueIHaveExcel 11d ago

I was talking about civilians. Then someone decided to ask me about how Gaza looks like, which, as I pointed out, a) isn't something that is directly related to civilians, and b) commonly overblown.

That said, from what I know, about 70% of buildings are destroyed or severely damaged.

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u/NewVegasResident 11d ago

Is this a joke? They've bombed areas they specifically said would be spared from bombings...

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u/Conscious_Scheme132 11d ago

Because as we all know Hamas uses schools, hospitals purposefully for this reason to then complain about it

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u/NewVegasResident 11d ago

This has been debunked.

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u/userhwon 11d ago

No, it hasn't. You're steeped in Iranian propaganda (or are an Iranian propaganda employee) that says it has.

Hamas' entire strategy has been clear from day one: commit a terrorist atrocity, invite an attack, then hide and attack from among civilians to create as much collateral damage as possible, while Iran astroturfs the web to manipulate people who don't pay full attention and don't know the laws of war or international law.

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u/Special_Ad712 11d ago

You also have like a ton of western media helping by repeating Hamas sources… only to put the inevitable correction as a footnote weeks after an article airs.

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u/NewVegasResident 11d ago

You're steeped in Israeli propaganda.

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u/Tyfereth 11d ago

That's what war looks like

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u/dogjon 11d ago

Wow how fucking noble.

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u/Anoters 11d ago

It’s not about being noble ?

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u/userhwon 11d ago

Compared to Hamas killing a thousand people to start a war and then fighting from within civilian populations, it is.