Former Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz claimed "if you want to kill Hamas," you "have to kill the civilians who are being used as human shields."
That’s the only viable strategy - if there was some number of Palestinian civilians that Hamas could operate among with impunity, it would do. I don’t think Israel is currently fulfilling its obligation to protect civilians as much as is practically possible while still fighting a war effectively, but civilian casualties would be high even if it was simply due to the nature of urban warfare against an enemy operating among civilians who have nowhere to evacuate.
That’s the only viable strategy - if there was some number of Palestinian civilians that Hamas could operate among with impunity, it would do. I don’t think Israel is currently fulfilling its obligation to protect civilians as much as is practically possible while still fighting a war effectively, but civilian casualties would be high even if it was simply due to the nature of urban warfare against an enemy operating among civilians who have nowhere to evacuate.
“They’re all Hamas. Even the babies.” Guy, it’s not about Hamas, it’s about exterminating the indigenous semitic Palestinians.
Strategy? Genocidal much?
Could you please point in a map of Gaza to the areas you would consider it “acceptable” for Gazans to fight in.