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In reply to the discussion: Majority of Americans now oppose Israeli action in Gaza: Gallup poll [View all]Stargleamer
(1,992 posts)Our research points to damning evidence of war crimes in Israels bombing campaign that must be urgently investigated. Decades of impunity and injustice and the unprecedented level of death and destruction of the current offensive will only result in further violence and instability in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, said Agnès Callamard. - Amnesty International
Damning evidence of war crimes as Israeli attacks wipe out entire families in Gaza - Amnesty International
"The vast majority of Gazas population has also been forced to flee their homes, many as a result of Israeli actions that amount to war crimes." - Human Rights Watch
Israeli Forces Conduct in Gaza | Human Rights Watch (hrw.org)
You can disagree me and Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, and others about what constitutes war crimes, but just know that many of us don't automatically think that atrocities committed by Hamas allow Israel to flagrantly disregard international law in their response.
The US was involved in a War in Vietnam. That doesn't mean that it didn't commit war crimes in that war. Saying that Israel is involved in a war doesn't preclude it from committing war crimes as you seem to indicate. As I wrote to someone else here, the Viet Cong committed atrocities, but what happened at My Lai was still a war crime, when innocent civilians were targeted.
"Analyses by CNN, The New York Times, and Sky News all found that Israel had bombed areas it had previously told civilians to evacuate to. . . . NYT found that Israel had dropped 2,000 lbs. bombs in those areas while CNN stated it had verified at least 3 locations Israel bombed after telling civilians it was safe to go there." i.e. civilians were targeted. - Wikipedia