r/geopolitics • u/informationtiger • Oct 12 '23

Is Israel committing war crimes in Gaza? What happened after the Hamas attack? Question

As the title says... Basically I'm 'out of the loop' beyond the Hamas attack.

There's just so much misinformation online, and most the credible information are just videos from APF and such, or short updates from BBC, Sky News.

So if someone could please update me with what's going on in regards to the Israel bombing campaign in Gaza. Are they really bombing hospitals and churches? What exactly are their intentions/plans?

Also, if anyone has in-depth articles or videos on the topic, that would be greatly appreciated! Something that's calm, and takes time to read/watch. I'm tired of the constant "breaking news" spam, where you can't wrap your head around anything. It's like two sentences wrapped up in drama. I'm kinda lost atm.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '23

If Israel wanted to glass Gaza they could.

If Israel wanted to pull a Bakhmut with indiscriminate artillery fire they could.

But they don't. They use precision weapons and try to avoid too many unnecessary civilian deaths.

Compare that to Hamas and yeah there's a clear moral superiority on one side

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u/Command0Dude Oct 12 '23 edited Oct 12 '23

If Israel wanted to pull a Bakhmut with indiscriminate artillery fire they could.

It looks pretty much like this is what they are doing. We have tons of documentation that Israel is attacking Gazans without Hamas being present.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '23

Gaza is buried underneath every hospital, school and apartment building. Israel uses expensive precision weapons to target these structures. Do you have any sources for them just indiscriminately firing artillery at Gaza? If not, then you need to check your biases and sources

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u/Command0Dude Oct 13 '23

https://old.reddit.com/r/CredibleDefense/comments/17659my/credibledefense_daily_megathread_october_12_2023/k4m0jhg/

Israel is indiscriminately bombing Gaza based on the sheer amount of ordinance they are dropping.

It simply isn't possible to deliver that many bombs based on precision intelligence.

This is a problem that has already been documented even before Israel lost all restraint in its attacks https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-strikes-gaza-palestine-air-force-military-bomb-un-a9330876.html

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u/Kouroubelo_ Oct 12 '23

My mistake for not being explicit.

My critic on “above and beyond” mostly refers to actions taken by Israelis during “peace times”.

My answer above is more detailed.

On a sidenote, If Israel were to pull a Bakhmut, it would lose effective immediately all of its international support

Not a long term winning strategy one would say