“Officials said that Israel and Egypt were prepared to let foreigners leave the Strip which is under heavy Israeli bombardment, but Hamas had refused.”

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    "Israel says “Hi civilian we’re about to bomb this building because a Hamas target is inside. Please leave so you are not hurt.”

    Hamas responds with “Go stand on the roof.”

    But your suggestion is that Israel is somehow the bad guy there?

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      Yes, because people that care about not killing Innocents would say “why don’t we go in shoot just the terrorist instead of leveling the whole block?”

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        Urban combat results in more civilian casualties. Urban combat is a hellish meat grinder.

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            Yes now imagine how easy it is to ambush there. Now imagine you live in the area still. How dangerous would an army be forced to view you as?

            You should really read up on urban combat. Aleppo has a lot of documentation on it.

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          Lmao. No. You don’t have a clue what you’re talking about. An Infantry fight in an urban area sucks but it’s far less destructive than leveling entire blocks with explosives.

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            Less destructive but more fatal to civilians.

            It’s weird you don’t know this, honestly

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                Fewer civilian casualties is literally the reason the US started using drone strikes instead of boots on the ground.