Does Israel Target Civilians in Gaza? | Unpacked

Israel is often accused of w*r cr*mes against Palestinians, and accusations of targeting civilians, using disproportionate force, and blocking civilian access to humanitarian aid have intensified during this latest war in Gaza. But are Israel’s current actions towards Palestinians in Gaza actually w*r cr*mes according to the legal definition? And if they’re not w*r cr*mes, does that mean they are justified?

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:59 Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians, Oct 7, 2023
01:56 What is a w*r cr*me?
03:17 Does Israel target civilians
05:30 Does Israel use disproportionate force?
09:45 Does Israel prevent Palestinians in Gaza from accessing humanitarian aid?
12:01 Hamas is indifferent to Palestinian suffering
13:12 Why do people accuse Israel of w*r cr*mes?
13:39 What does Israel gain from targeting civilians?
13:54 Worldwide increase in antisemitism

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[aarong]

Hamas has fired 19, 000 rockets since Oct. 7. All aimed at civilian targets in Israel and most fired from civilian areas in Gaza. That's a double war crime for each rocket fired.

[Lee-kgze]

There are over 50 Muslim countries and yet NONE of them will allow Palestinian refugees to enter - not after the last disaster.

[veekee]

Israeli civilians are being targeted every day, so why is no one questioning that?
Why the double standard?

[Qeewee]

The saddest part is Israel has to justify its actions for fighting against pure evil

[erikp]

Finally someone that use facts and not fakes, thank you.
Israel has it right to defend themselves!

[Beau]

How do you destroy 350+ miles of underground tunnels (built by Hamas with money meant to help Gazans)? How do you destroy weapons and command centers in civilian areas? How do you avoid hurting civilians when the fighters fight among them?

[legoooo]

Topic should be does Hamas & Hezbollah target Civilians?

Ans - they only target civilians

[MFPhoto]

The correct question is: Does Hamas militarize the schools, hospitals, mosques, and civilian neighborhoods, thus using civilians as human shields? The answer is obviously yes.

[MinasMelas]

The fact that islamic countries call out Israel for “crimes against humanity” is pretty hilarious.

[JungleJargon]

They attack a country and then complain about the response. Don’t attack the country and there will be no response. It’s not complicated.

[IntegrationChaos]

Finally someone who speaks against those terrorists, I am Ukrainian and I am so sick of comparison between us and Palestine, We are not the same.Hamas invaded Israel, russia invaded our country. Period.

[genetbelay]

Thank you unpacked... Israel has the right to defend itself

[patriotsforisrael]

*The population of Jews, along with those murdered during the Holocaust:*

Lithuania 150, 000
murdered: 135, 000

Estonia 5, 000
murdered: 4, 500

Latvia 95, 000
murdered: 85, 000

Poland 3, 500, 000
murdered: 3, 000, 000

Czechoslovakia 355, 000
murdered: 300, 000

Germany 210, 000
murdered: 170, 000

Greece 75, 000
murdered: 60, 000

Holland 150, 000
murdered: 105, 000

Yugoslavia 80, 000
murdered: 55, 000

Soviet Union 2, 100, 000
murdered: 1, 400, 000 (the territories occupied by the Nazis)

Austria 60, 000
murdered: 40, 000

Romania 850, 000
murdered :425, 000

Hungary 404, 000
murdered: 204, 000

Belgium 90, 000
murdered: 40, 000

France 210, 000
murdered: 90, 000

Italy 57, 000
murdered: 15, 000

Bulgaria 50, 000
murdered: 7, 000

*Pre-war total about 8, 546, 000 Jews of which about 6, 140, 500 were murdered*

Now, that’s a genocide!

[muzicsplash]

When October 7th happened, I was naive to think that at least now the world will see what Israel is dealing with because Hamas were the ones who published videos of themselves. Yet, I underestimated the hatred and double standard people have and their stupidity. I am blown away by it

[PoyongViana]

The IDF did not intentionally target civilians, but Hamas deliberately tied civilians around their waists and shared the consequences when Hamas was punished.

[harmacist]

Everybody's dunking on Israel committing genocide when their enemies uses civilians as meat shields. Yet rarely, if anybody, ever talks about HOW can Israeli military destroy the enemy WITHOUT inflicting civilian casualties when their enemies are using civilians as meat shields.

[pichkes]

It is important to note that electricity is produced in Israel and it is not Gaza's power plants that Israel stopped. Israel, until October 7, have supplied and sent water and electricity to Gaza without Hamas paying all the bills, what kind of country that wants to destroy someone would do such a thing?

[patriotsforisrael]

Over 1.2 billion pounds of food have been transferred to Gaza since the war began.

- 791, 521 tons
- 41, 897 trucks

- Food:
- 611, 320 tons
- 28, 626 trucks

- Water:
- 44, 975 tons
- 2, 245 trucks

- Mixed:
- 33, 400 tons
- 2, 306 trucks

- Shelter equipment:
- 70, 230 tons
- 5, 109 trucks

- Medical supplies:
- 25, 571 tons
- 2, 464 trucks

- Fuel:
- 423 tanks

- Cooking Gas:
- 724 tanks

- Jlots:
- 433 trucks

*The Palestinian Arabs are the only people on earth that start a war with a heinous massacre and then get more aid than all war zone afflicted people combined!*

[vikingwind]

Simple question. Why doesn't Egypt accept Palestinians, their Muslim Brothern, into their country? Egypt has a huge wall to keep Palestinians out. I don't understand this situation...