Stop equating all Palestinians w/ Hamas. This isn't accurate, first of all, and, second, Hamas has killed Palestinian civilians (including children) in this recent cross-fire as well.
Understanding this is the right thing to do for the Palestinian people. It also adds context to 1. Israel's choice of targets & 2. Hamas' decision to have military areas in civilian areas. Both 1 & 2 are bad and lead to many dead Palestinians.
If you care about civilian life, neither Israel or Hamas should be firing where they are firing. Both are either showing lack of care over civilian casualties or using casualties as a method of war (which is a war crime)
Even if you have a strong stance on Israel's "right"-to-defense, you should consider that Hamas /= to all Palestinians. Even if you have a strong stance on Hamas's "right" to strike, you should consider that they have placed their own military operations in populated areas.
It's important to recognize that Hamas has not shown care towards Palestinian civilians. Israel shouldn't be targeting areas w/ civilians in any case. &, when they do so, the death toll is unlikely to influence Hamas's actions. It will just be endless counter-striking.
Civilian deaths should always be avoided in warfare. Sometimes governments take the strategic--but very immoral--decision of targeting civilians to drive the other side into submission. In this case, this isn't just immoral, but the strategy won't work. Hamas doesn't care.
I am deeply concerned about the Palestinian death toll. I will also say that we should be concerned about Hamas firing on Israel civilians, too. No matter how you feel about the Israeli gov't, you should universally care about all civilians. No human should be a method of war
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