Israel says it has encircled Gaza City
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Israeli forces on Thursday encircled Gaza City - the Gaza Strip's main city - in their assault on Hamas, the military said, but the Palestinian militant group resisted their drive with hit-and-run attacks from underground tunnels.
  • Hamas-run government says Israeli strikes on Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza killed at least 195 Palestinians, with concerns raised by the UN that these could constitute war crimes.
  • Evacuation of foreign nationals from Gaza is underway, with 320 already crossed into Egypt; about 7,500 are expected to leave within two weeks.
  • The strikes targeted Hamas military leaders and infrastructure, with Israel’s campaign responding to Hamas’ cross-border attacks from Oct. 7.
  • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Israel and Jordan to discuss the conflict and the need to minimize civilian casualties.

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  • DarkGamer@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Unless the people of the city are the same as the government, I don’t see how you can say the population is belligerent. I don’t think we should say the Israeli citizens are belligerent because their government funded Hamas and are doing a genocide.

    Huh? Israel is indeed belligerent, because they are at war. It seems like you don’t know what this word means.

    • BreakDecks@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I think there are two issues:

      1. “Belligerent” has more than one meaning, and people are being tongue-in-cheek using it as an adjective rather than a noun.
      2. Generally, the noun refers to combatants, not civilians, because deliberately killing civilians isn’t just an inevitable part of war, it is a war crime (no matter whatever context you think justifies accepting civilians as collateral damage).
      • DarkGamer@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Generally, the noun refers to combatants

        …or in this case, a nation and its territories

        deliberately killing civilians isn’t just an inevitable part of war, it is a war crime (no matter whatever context you think justifies accepting civilians as collateral damage).

        • killing civilians is deliberate
        • killing civilians is collateral damage

        Pick one.