• acargitz@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    So like killing a “handful” of Israeli civilians would be “exceptionally good” if the target was a bunch of IDF reservists?

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      2 months ago

      I mean, yeah. The tragic answer is that civilian casualties are inevitable in war, unfortunately.

      According to a UN meeting from 2022, 90% of war casualties globally are civilians. That’s not to say that’s an acceptable ratio, in fact it’s horrifying, but it does show that a ratio of “a handful” to “a bunch” is quite a lot better than the average.

      https://press.un.org/en/2022/sc14904.doc.htm

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      2 months ago

      It’s never good, but when Hezbollah chose to restart the violence they knew it was never going to be without collateral