In Gaza, the death toll is up to 119, including 31 children. All just in the matter of a few days. This is the "proportional" response we keep hearing about.
In the last Gaza war, which lasted 7 weeks, around 100 of the over 700 Palestinians killed were children. So this is not new. If anything, it could become worse.
Yet Palestinians face indignity not just in life but in death. It's not Israel's fault, according to this particular narrative. Palestinians brought this upon themselves. They are being blamed for being killed.
It's simply factually incorrect to say Israel is aiming for proportionality. The goal is to inflict overwhelming pain on Palestinians. Disproportionality has always been at the heart of Israel's deterrence strategy in Gaza. I discussed this at length here:
https://twitter.com/shadihamid/status/1392595907057799182?s=20
Seriously, I don't get why this is so hard. Even if you really think Palestinians brought this on themselves, is it that challenging to muster a bit of sympathy for the dead? I honestly find some of this utterly bizarre.
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