
so the problem is that it's like 80% civilian casualties and also israel has sustained like 1/20th of the civilian deaths that palestine has despite palestine being half the population of israel. you would think if they're such a massive threat so as to warrant that many civilian casualties they would have been able to cause more damage?
1. Hamas is a terrorist organization that uses civilians like body armor. This does two things. 1 it takes more precision than is reasonably possible to avoid civilian casualties and even still Israel is going above and beyond with its efforts to mitigate them. This is even to the point of putting their own operations and soldiers at risk. 2 it is nearly impossible to accidentally identify who is a terrorist vs a civilian and I don’t just mean for soldiers on the ground I also mean in reports
2. on casualties. Terrorists are very frequently identified as civilians by these reports. A normal army has Uniforms, Documentation, and Pride. Terrorists have none of these things to identify themselves as soldiers. Not even the pride to claim the dead as loyal followers of their cause because it hurts their opposition more if they don’t.