RE: Gaza will be forever remembered as the graveyard of the angels: 3k children ...

[discernente]

If I have a neighbor family with kids and the father of them threats me with a gun, i have the right to kill him, not the entire family.

And if my neighbor provokes me to kill his children for instance, and I do so, I am still the main responsible for it. So even if Hamas provoked Israel to slaughter children, Israel is still the main culprit for the abhorrent crime.

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[zuerich]

If I have a neighbor family with kids and the father of them threats me with a gun, i have the right to kill him, not the entire family.

• And if you shoot at him and he puts his family in front of him, so his family dies - who is culpable?

So even if Hamas provoked Israel to slaughter children, Israel is still the main culprit for the abhorrent crime.

• This is utter nonsense and against the fact that Hamas uses children as protective shields.

[discernente]

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if I see that he is capable of that, I will avoid killing the innocents and wait for the appropriate moment to kill only him.

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Even if Hamas uses children as shields, that does not allow me to kill the children freely.

[zuerich]

Please get into reality. This is a war and not a disney movie.

[discernente]

The reality is that even at war there are laws to protecti civilians. Killing children will always be an abhorrent crime, be it at war or not.

[zuerich]

Sure.

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If you would be in the situation of the IDF soldier, you would not shoot because you could kill a child. Really, let's stop that nonsense.

[discernente]

Self defense only apply in situations where your death is imminent, and not in the situation of a preemptive strike justifying with "noble" purpose.

This logic applies equally to children and hostages.