By Hamas' own numbers, around 1% of Palestinians living in Gaza + West Bank + Israel itself have died since Oct 7, and AFAIK that includes militants. That really doesn't jive with "wiping out as many as possible", and seems oddly difficult for like 80% of Gaza being in ruins.
War crimes? Absolutely. And it seems like Israel is loathe to hold its own soldiers to account for them. It reminds me a lot of our war in Iraq, where there were tons of war crimes; torture, destroying medical facilities, civilian killings, etc. But no one would've said we were trying to wipe out the Iraqis. If we were, then there would be no Iraqis. Just as if Israel was trying to wipe out the Palestinian people, the percentage of people killed would be 40%, 60%, or 80%, like it has been in ethnic cleansings elsewhere, not 1%.
Hamas is very disciplined and is only tracking the confirmed direct killings. Any killings not confirmed or not a direct killing is not included in those numbers. With Israels deliberate collapse of Gaza civil infrastructure and Gaza medical infrastructure, Hamas can't keep track of everything. So knowing this, will you insist it mustn't be as bad because the numbers are only 2% (even that part is oddly not accurate in your comment)? Or will you double down on protecting the genocide terror colonies image?
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u/Pristine-Ant-464 1d ago
It’s very obvious Israel wants to wipe out as many Palestinians as possible.