That does matter to me, and will matter as long as the Israelis don't act like Hamas. You are the one wanting Israel to act like Hamas.
You seem to forget Netanyahu has compared what will happen to Hamas to Almeck.
Did you forget what historical/biblical enemies of the Jews had happen to them on repeat occasions; they get wiped off the map by military force or natural events. Israel just needs to act more like the people that took Jericho and wiped out Almeck, for their own safety; only power and the will to use it moves the needle in the ME, not compassion. And the Jewish people don't share Christians view guilt over what happen to Jesus, or view 'turning the other cheek' shit that let's Christians be happy getting shit on or the 'pray for your enemies' crap.
Flooding the tunnels is a very clean move compared to some, and what happened looks like it is a ROE Breach and unintentional friendly fire incident.
This sort of shit was however pretty much bound to happen in the sort of urban combat Israel faces in Gaza.
You fundamentally do not understand war, as this shows. This war is a PR war. The way Israel wins is by winning the PR battle. If they lose the PR battle (basically fuck up enough that enough of the US public opposes them or more Arab Countries join the war), then Israel loses. And currently, Israel is winning the PR battle. Shit like this is how they lose that battle.
No, this isn't a PR war from the point of view of the IDF and Israel, or Israel's backers; it's existential. You have to understand, that by comparative population size, Oct 7th was like 13~ 9/11s for Israel all at once, and mostly hit young people and families who had trusted Gazans as day workers.
Israel has no real strategic depth to retreat into if the enemies breach the defensive lines and walls with massed formations. The Sampson Option exists because Israel knows it's existence is geographically hard to maintain without controlling specific areas/access points, from historical events repeatedly showing this.
If Hamas had kitbashed together even a small armored formation of Killerdozers hidden in garages for just one attempt, supported by infantry and paragliders, and tried to punch through to Jerusalem, they might have even been able to temporarily split Israel in two by reaching the West Bank, before close air support and Israel armor could respond.
In a lot of ways Israel got lucky Hamas wasn't more competent and dedicated in their attempt, and that a lot of the death and destruction was the mob that followed behind them. If Hamas had linked up with friends in the West Bank, this could have gotten a lot more ugly.
Meanwhile, your Dunning Kruger ass decided to repeatedly get how the Geneva Conventions work wrong, and kept repeating the same bullshit over and over again. Open a book and read before opening your mouth to spout bullshit.
No, I just don't think that the Geneva Conventions apply to Hamas, just like they didn't apply to AQ operatives who ended up in Gitmo or were simply killed when they fired on US/allied forces as terrorists in places like Syria or Somalia or Yemen.
And speaking of Yemen, you seem to be ignoring the whole Houthi angle to the threats to Israel now, and Hezbollah is still there. You also ignore Iran's role in all this most of the time, and I do remember you talking about how the US was bad for supporting the fight against the Houthi's back in the day. The same Houthi's who are now hijacking ships and attacking US warships directly, even if it just means skeet shooting for the AEGIS and Patriot crews.
United States introduces Operation Prosperity Guardian in response to the Iranian-backed, Hamas-aligned Houthis who continue their efforts to block the Red Sea maritime traffic. It'll be a multinational effort as well.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to introduce “Operation Prosperity Guardian” during his next trip to the Middle East. ... Read mor
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Their is increasing pressure, including from the United Arab Emirates, to redesignate the Houthi militants of Yemen, Ansarallah a Foreign Terrorist Organization. President Trump, in his final days in office,
designated the Houthis a Foreign Terrorist Organization but the Biden revoked that label of them during the first weeks of their Administration.
British Petroleum is one of the latest companies to state they'll be suspending traffic through the Suez Canal and Red Sea.
The disruption to usual trade flows is expected to result in higher prices and delays, which will only intensify the longer the disruption lasts, as alternative routes can add thousands of miles to shipping journeys.
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Israeli Reportedly Bringing Back Dive Bombing to Improve Accuracy with Dumb Bombs.
Roughly 40-45% of the Bombs Used by the IDF in Gaza so far are "Dumb Bombs"
In the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions employed by Israel are unguided, commonly known as “dumb bombs.” The report, citing an evaluation by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), said that between 40% and 45% of...
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Interesting story of an IDF Sergeant who was recently killed in Gaza. He descended from a Christian family from Germany that emigrated to Israel after WW2/The Holocaust and established a nursing home to care for Holocaust survivors. Their children all enlisted in the IDF and Urija Bayer was serving in the Maglan Commando Unit when he was mortally wounded on December 14th.
Israeli Forces Destroyed Palestinian Cultural Heritage Monument. Worse then even BLM Activists.
BP suspending shipping through the BAM is a bad sign.