• Atin@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Using civilians as human shields is a war crime.

    It is also a major tactic by Hamas to sway public opinion by people that know no better. One that has been admitted too for decades. Hamas struck first with a terrible atrocity, they knew what would happen yet they did it anyway. It is on their hands that the blood drips from.

    • المنطقة عكف عفريت@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Calling people human shields because they are in their own home as a pretense to bomb them is a war crime.

      If a terrorist holds a baby, do you shoot the baby? Well, Israel would be ready to shoot a handful just to kill one person slightly affiliated with Hamas*.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      5 months ago

      Pointing fingers at a bad thing to distract from a horrific thing seems like a bad tactic.

      If you think the conflict over Palestinians’ right to clean water and electricity started with Hamas, you may already be confused, though.