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ishitfrommymouth t1_j9liuda wrote

Reply to comment by zeshtorm in Israeli West Bank raid kills 10 Palestinians and hurts more than 100 others. by CrackHeadRodeo

Is 7 out of 100 really an achievement?

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zeshtorm t1_j9ljja4 wrote

7 out of 10. You can see videos of Palestinians blind shooting at Israelis and other Palestinians watching the scene. Sad and scary. To be clear, they (IDF) came in to arrest members of terror organization and came under heavy fire.

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thoughtsofmadness t1_j9lo10d wrote

So you are just going to put on blinders and completely ignore the 100 other people who didn't die but were injured by Israel's attack?

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zeshtorm t1_j9lq7u1 wrote

I don't, it's sad for sure.

BUT: 1) There is no knowing how many of those 100 were actually injured, and how many got a tiny nick that the Palestinian media counted as an injury to inflate the count.

  1. There is no knowing how many of those wounded were also militants or involved in the firefight, and

  2. It's hard to place the blame squarely on Israel as people here are doing. They have been going in to arrest members of terror groups that they have good intelligence are planning attacks on Israel. Just letting them be is not an option if they have good intelligence. I also can't much blame the militants for not wanting to go quietly. However, they are the ones that made the decision to start a firefight in middle of their own neighborhoods. It's a given that the IDF will return fire, and it's also a given that an extensive shootout in middle of your neighborhood will result in innocent people getting hurt.

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