Hospitals have special protection under the rules of war. Why are they in the crosshairs in Gaza?

https://lemmy.world/post/8141382

Hospitals have special protection under the rules of war. Why are they in the crosshairs in Gaza? - Lemmy.World

JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of surgery at Gaza’s largest and most advanced hospital held up his phone Saturday to the hammering of gunfire and artillery shelling. “Listen,” said Dr. Marwan Abu Sada as fighting raged around Shifa Hospital.

Why are hospitals in Gaza under Israel’s crosshairs? Why? Is it truly that difficult to step back and think for a moment about why Israel would want to erase the current populace entirely?

Amazing, what a mystery

erase the current populace entirely

Do you realize that the population of Gaza increases by over 50,000 every year? Even if we accept the casualty figures provided by Hamas (and I don’t - my bet is that they’re wildly exaggerated) then unless this war goes on at its current intensity for another four months (which it won’t), the population of Gaza will actually increase rather than decrease in the one-year period that includes the war.

The idea that the war in Gaza is “[erasing] the current populace entirely” is disconnected from reality.

Wow.

Are you literally saying it’s not a genocide because the population is growing faster than the IDF is killing?

I don’t know what happened to your brain, nor your heart, but I am sad whatever happened to you, happened.

You did use the term “erase.”. What about all the Palestinians living inside Israel.

Obviously it sucks that people are dying, but hamas started the war FFS. They 100% knew it would cause huge civilian losses.

If you think Hamas «started» anything, read up on the history. It’s a 75 year long illegal occupation.