[cmilton]

It’s not justifying killing civilians. It is justified for Israel to attempt to get their kidnapped citizens back. Hamas could minimize this, but you and I both know that maximizing Palestinian death is their preference.

[kennywinker]

It seems like you’re saying the oct 7th attack was entirely justified, as long as one of their goals was to free the Palestinians kept hostage by israel… or that you have two different standards of acceptable conduct for the idf and hamas.

[JumpCrisscross]

Leadership on both sides is incentivised to continue the war for domestic purposes.

[cmilton]

I agree with that point. However, I don’t believe Netanyahu or the Israeli government glorify the death of their own people.