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What would you have done?

Jimmy

Jimmy

King Phenomenon
ChristineM said:
The IDF are very well armed, equipped and trained thanks to the US. I also cannot believe that they don't have intelligence operatives in Gaza.

Based on intelligence, teams of IDF can go into gaza and round up many Hamas.

To me this is a far better response than indiscriminate killing of innocents.
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This seems a little thin though. Sounds good but my gut tells me it wouldn’t work
 
Harel13

Harel13

Am Yisrael Chai
Staff member
Premium Member
ChristineM said:
I am not a military strategist so i have no idea.
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I suspected as much, though I was indeed hoping to hear an alternative strategy. I see many denouncing the IDF's actions here but have yet to see practical alternative solutions (other than sitting still and accepting the UN's ceasefire terms, which is not a relevant strategy). I think that we can agree that IDF soldiers knocking on every Gazan door and politely asking whether there are any Hamas agents in the house is impractical and will lead to a significant loss of life. I strongly believe that Israel has done all that is in its power to minimize civilian casualties as much as possible, as it has always done. But war, as in war, includes deaths of civilians. For now, I see no better solution.
 
ChristineM

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Harel13 said:
I suspected as much, though I was indeed hoping to hear an alternative strategy. I see many denouncing the IDF's actions here but have yet to see practical alternative solutions (other than sitting still and accepting the UN's ceasefire terms, which is not a relevant strategy). I think that we can agree that IDF soldiers knocking on every Gazan door and politely asking whether there are any Hamas agents in the house is impractical and will lead to a significant loss of life. I strongly believe that Israel has done all that is in its power to minimize civilian casualties as much as possible, as it has always done. But war, as in war, includes deaths of civilians. For now, I see no better solution.
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Sorry you don't like the alternative i offered as practical.

As i stated in one of my posts, i am pretty sure the IDF has intelligence so no need to knock on every door, just the ones that matter.

And I don't believe Israel has done all it can to minimise civilian casualties, in fact i am pretty sure they are using civilian casualties as a terror technique. That fits in well with the boast that they will kill many times the number as hamas kills
 
Jimmy

Jimmy

King Phenomenon
ChristineM said:
Sorry you don't like the alternative i offered as practical.

As i stated in one of my posts, i am pretty sure the IDF has intelligence so no need to knock on every door, just the ones that matter.

And I don't believe Israel has done all it can to minimise civilian casualties, in fact i am pretty sure they are using civilian casualties as a terror technique. That fits in well with the boast that they will kill many times the number as hamas kills
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IDF is intelligent but rats hide well
 
Jimmy

Jimmy

King Phenomenon
Orbit said:
What did England do with the IRA, who also hid in a civilian population? I'll tell you what they didn't do: bomb the **** out of Belfast.
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Didn’t Israel bomb locations of Hamas targets? After the oct 7 attack?
 
Jimmy

Jimmy

King Phenomenon
ChristineM said:
The IDF are very well armed, equipped and trained thanks to the US. I also cannot believe that they don't have intelligence operatives in Gaza.

Based on intelligence, teams of IDF can go into gaza and round up many Hamas.

To me this is a far better response than indiscriminate killing of innocents.
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I think in Israel’s mind something like this would take too long and wouldn’t Prove effective at getting to Hamas. Plus I think Israel is thinking long-term. They don’t want to be attacked again by Hamas in a manner like they were on October 7. So in Israel’s mind if they do a lot of damage maybe they won’t be attacked again like that. Idk, I could be wrong
 
Jimmy

Jimmy

King Phenomenon
It’s a sad situation. That I know. On both sides. Israel suffered badly on oct 7. They had to retaliate. Now palestine suffers. It’s awful
 
ChristineM

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
King Phenomenon said:
I think in Israel’s mind something like this would take too long and wouldn’t Prove effective at getting to Hamas. Plus I think Israel is thinking long-term. They don’t want to be attacked again by Hamas in a manner like they were on October 7. So in Israel’s mind if they do a lot of damage maybe they won’t be attacked again like that. Idk, I could be wrong
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Personally i would rather it took longer than kill 10s of thousands of innocents, and after all the question was "what would you have done"

Causing so many deaths and causing so much damage will have precisely the opposite effect. All those innocent Palestinians who have been injured, lost husband's and wife's and children and parents, who have been made homeless and lost everything are going to be a little pissed off.
 
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