Refaat Alareer, the teacher and writer who had shared the hardships of war with EL PAÍS, was killed along with six family members in an Israeli attack

  • Akisamb@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    I mean yes in the sense that the capture of civilians has a clear military objective. Doesn’t make it less awful.

    One genocidal state doesn’t justify another one. There are no good guys in this conflict. That said one side has more bombs than the other so we should be focusing on that side. But please, no justifying war crimes.

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      10 months ago

      Doesn’t make it less awful.

      It does, though. Hostages are one of the few ways Hamas can get Israel to release Palestinian hostages (also known as detainees) and get the blockade loosened. While it sucks that this is the current situation, with the status quo at hand the capture of civilians is absolutely justified.