🧵Claims that Israel is "indiscriminately" bombing or causing disproportionate civilian deaths in Gaza can be easily proven false based on actions & statistics. Here are SEVEN items of evidence that debunk claims of war crimes, genocide, unprecedented civilian deaths, etc. 1/
ONE: Casualty ratios. Israel states 5,000-7,000 Hamas killed. Civilian combatant ratio is ~2:1. Battle of Mosul against ISIS was >3:1. Former Commander of UK forces in Afghanistan says ratio there 3:1-5:1. Israel is doing better than Western armies. 2/
TWO: Gaza has ~2.3mm people vs ~10,000 Civilians killed after 60+ days of what is described as massive bombing. If so incredibly massive & random (this is what indiscriminate means) in dense area how can it be only ~0.005 killed? Not even 1% after 2 months of random bombing? 3/
THREE: Israel acted to evacuate north Gaza for several weeks before full ground invasion. During this time Sinwar reportedly moved south, Shifa was emptied. Israel lost the element of surprise to say the least. Why do that if indifferent to civilian deaths? 4/
FOUR: Israeli troops are on the streets going door-to-door. 100+ IDF soldiers killed, 2000 wounded. Russia & Syria would just bomb Jabaliya off the map. Why won’t Israel carpet bomb saving many troops? Why risk IDF lives? Because Israel is in fact adhering to laws of war. 5/
FIVE: Further evacuations in south with detailed sector system. Israel is literally telling Hamas in advance where it will attack, which no army in history has ever done. Solely for the purpose of trying not to kill civilians. The warning system is considered unprecedented. 6/
SIX: Israel has allowed in food & humanitarian aid at ~86% of pre-war levels. Pre-war ~84 trucks of food & medicine entered Gaza; For the last seven weeks it’s close to same level (3,499/48=72). There is no intention to “starve” or “collectively punish” as a war aim. 7/
SEVEN: Hamas rigged Gaza as a military base with schools, mosques & hospitals foremost. Tunnel system under cities is incredible and coalition did not face this in Mosul. Hamas all dress as civilians. Civilian combatant ratio is actually remarkable given all these challenges. 8/
Some version of this question is often asked of Israeli officials: "how many civilian deaths is enough?" The answer is zero. Every civilian death is already too much & tragic. But it's all Hamas' fault for launching 10/7, refusal to surrender & hiding among civilians. END
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🧵Fake NGO @hrw accuses Israel of war crimes in Lebanon with no evidence. Supposed “proof”: terrorist group & locals said those killed were not terrorists; HRW says they did not see anything military. But wait until you see HRW's bombshell admission at end of their report: 1/
On March 27 IDF struck a compound which they said killed a significant operative and others of al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya who had been active in attacks against Israel. HRW claims the 7 killed were all innocent aid workers and thus U.S. should cut military aid. 2/
al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya is a terrorist organization that has been active at firing rockets and other attacks at Israeli towns (e.g. on Jan 6, 2024 a volley of rockets at Kiryat Shemona). HRW relies on spokespersons from this terrorist group as core "evidence." 3/
🧵Article by @LarryLewis_ is often cited to counter commentary by @SpencerGuard showing that Israel has done more than any army ever to mitigate civilian harm. Lewis' article is filled with many falsehoods, cherry-picked data & omissions. See analysis: 1/ justsecurity.org/93105/israeli-…
Lewis’ FIRST evidence that Israel does not properly lower civilian harm: IDF gave Gazans only 24 hrs to evacuate north. But Israel actually allowed Gazans 3 weeks to evacuate. The delayed ground entry by IDF is well documented. So already, the article grossly misrepresents. 2/
Lewis cites Spencer, even links to his article, but then falsifies with the 24 hr claim and ignores Spencer's comment that "No military has ever implemented any of these practices." Lewis' method of debunking here is to ignore the other person's argument. 3/
🧵Fake NGO @hrw and chief propagandist @OmarSShakir claim Israeli action in Rafah would be illegal. Geneva in fact supports IDF action against Hamas in Rafah. Here is an overview of what Geneva actually says and how NGOs blatantly lie to protect Hamas. 1/6
Geneva allows IDF operations in Rafah even if: (1) civilians are present (2) millions of civilians are present (3) density of civilians is high (4) civilians are suffering (5) there is no apparent “safe place” to go. These are all fake concepts by NGOs not mentioned in Geneva /2
Key law: presence of civilians does not immunize enemy per Geneva articles below. No matter how many civilians, how dense or if they're suffering. Geneva makes clear enemy is never immune using human shields. IDF is allowed to act regardless of large civilian presence. /3
🧵Gaza Casualty Analysis: @TheLancet published in Dec 2023 an item claiming Hamas fatality numbers were accurate based on reported UNRWA fatalities. If we accept research as true, it proves that since Nov 2023 Hamas overstated fatalities by ~14,000. 1/ thelancet.com/journals/lance…
Those claiming Hamas fatalities are accurate love to cite this Lancet piece. Premise is that UNRWA deaths and total Gaza deaths were consistent per 1,000, see chart below from Lancet. At the time of analysis there were 11,078 overall Gaza deaths and 101 UNRWA deaths or 110:1 2/
Lancet piece explains: “If MoH [Gaza Ministry of Health] mortality figures were substantially inflated, the MoH mortality rates would be expected to be higher than the UNRWA mortality rates.” The core thesis is that UNRWA deaths in Gaza are a good proxy for total Gaza deaths. 3/
🧵The confirmation that the ICJ ruling did not say that Israel was committing a "plausible genocide" was always quite clearly stated in the documented ruling. Joan O’Donoghue, President of the ICJ, merely confirmed what was already written. 1/
It was simply another case of blatant falsification by the usual Israel haters & propagandists who did not actually read the ICJ document, they heard "plausible" & "genocide" and blended the concepts. No intellectual honesty needed when one loathes the Jewish state. 2/
Pasted below are several key uses of "plausible" in ICJ ruling. It never says Israel is plausibly committing genocide or anything remotely like this. It's simply that Palestinians have a plausible right to be protected from genocide and same rights claimed by South Africa. 3/
🧵Genocide is the libel of the moment, but calling Israel apartheid remains key to NGO lawfare against Israel. This thread proves that under international law apartheid cannot apply to Israel/Palestine so NGOs knowingly lied to change the definition. It's simple to expose: 1/
Apartheid is defined by int'l law as purely RACIAL; not based on political, national, ethnic, cultural, religious or gender identity differences. Palestinians are not a race. Jews are not a race. Thus by its legal definition, the Israel-Palestine conflict cannot be apartheid. 2/
Apartheid is defined in int'l law in two places which is not in dispute: 1998 Rome Statute & 1973 UN Apartheid Convention. Rome Statute defines "Crime of Apartheid" as oppression & domination by one "racial group" over another. Here is the actual language: 3/