re: #193 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

What I’m saying is that on one hand, Hamas doesn’t care about civilian casualties but, because of their impotence, winds up causing very few casualties. Israel, while trying to minimize civilian casualties, nonetheless accepts a high number of civilian casualties while attacking Hamas. This is mostly just a factor of the incredible denseness of Gaza, and how Hamas is intermingled, but it still does mean that Israel winds up killing far more Palestinian civilians than Hamas kills Israeli civilians.

Israel does not accept high numbers of casualties among Gazans. In fact, they go out of their way to avoid casualties. They investigate matters where large numbers of civilians are hit by their airstrikes or counter battery fire.

Yes, there are higher numbers of civilian casualties from Israeli retaliatory fire, you’re implying that they’re accepting those high number of civilians.

Israel has repeatedly shown itself willing to not hit major leaders within Hamas because of the civilian casualties that might result. Hamas knows this. Israeli knows this. Hamas surrounds itself with civilians, knowing that this provides some measure of protection but Israel is within its rights to protect its own citizens by going after Hamas.

The lack of Hamas killing or maiming Israeli citizens is not for lack of trying. It’s luck and technology combined to make it harder for Israelis to get killed by the nearly incessant attacks.