No. I am absolutely criticizing Israel’s actions, THAT’s the problem. In another discussion I was more so specific, linked to an article where possible alternatives to the massive, imprecise bombs being used to level Gaza. Frankly, why pretend to care about civilians when you are using munitions like this in urban warfare?
In the first month of its war in Gaza, Israel dropped hundreds of massive bombs, many of them capable of killing or wounding people more than 1,000 feet away, analysis by CNN and artificial intelligence company Synthetaic suggests.
Satellite imagery from those early days of the war reveals more than 500 impact craters over 12 meters (40 feet) in diameter, consistent with those left behind by 2,000-pound bombs. Those are four times heavier than the largest bombs the United States dropped on ISIS in Mosul, Iraq, during the war against the extremist group there.
Weapons and warfare experts blame the extensive use of heavy munitions such as the 2,000-pound bomb for the soaring death toll. The population of Gaza is packed together much more tightly than almost anywhere else on earth, so the use of such heavy munitions has a profound effect.
“The use of 2,000-pound bombs in an area as densely populated as Gaza means it will take decades for communities to recover,” said John Chappell, advocacy and legal fellow at CIVIC, a DC-based group focused on minimizing civilian harm in conflict.
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Nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions that Israel has used in Gaza in its war with Hamas since October 7 have been unguided, otherwise known as “dumb bombs,” according to a new US intelligence assessment.
The assessment, compiled by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and described to CNN by three sources who have seen it, says that about 40-45% of the 29,000 air-to-ground munitions Israel has used have been unguided. The rest have been precision-guided munitions, the assessment says.
Unguided munitions are typically less precise and can pose a greater threat to civilians, especially in such a densely populated area like Gaza. The rate at which Israel is using the dumb bombs may be contributing to the soaring civilian death toll.
And it isn’t just “anti-Israel” factions concerned about this.
This opinion piece makes some very good points.
Opinion: The labels we use can inform foreign policy, so we need to be precise about what’s happening in Gaza, writes Elizabeth Heineman.
www.desmoinesregister.com
Stating that conditions are there for genocide to occur is not inaccurate nor is it weasel words. To say that Israel might be only a few decisions away from war crimes or genocide is also not inaccurate. It needs to be part of the conversation.
We can say it of Russia regarding Ukraine; we can say it of China regarding Uighurs; we can even say Hamas is attempting genocide …no one cares, but we can’t even suggest the possibility that this COULD occur when it comes to Israel?
Consider: More than half of Gaza’s population has now been forced (or herded) into Rafah. That is more than a million people in a city that normally housed 200,000.
