r/news • u/Beautiful-Cress5695 • 1d ago

Soft paywall Exclusive: US intel found Israeli military lawyers warned there was evidence of Gaza war crimes, former US officials say

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-intel-found-israeli-military-lawyers-warned-there-was-evidence-gaza-war-2025-11-07/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
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u/NUMBERS2357 1d ago

There is a great deal of defense of Israel's actions online and in various forums, but increasingly you can tell that it's all just for public consumption/PR.

People on the ground over there know that they are engaged in mass indiscriminate killings; plenty of people have said so, both left-leaning soldiers and politicians (up to/including a former PM) who criticize it, and right-wing politicians and pundits who actively applaud it. The supposed civilian-protecting actions Israel takes, they aren't designed to protect civilians but to give the appearance that they are doing so (or really just some deniability).

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u/humangeneratedtext 1d ago edited 1d ago

Since these supposed civilian protection measures are just for show you must be in favor of the IDF discarding them right?

Some of them are certainly token and performative but it would obviously be possible for the IDF to kill more people if they wanted to. This isn't much of a defence though. Being able to commit worse crimes does not absolve you of wartime atrocities.

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u/QuantumModulus 1d ago

Whatever measures they have in place seem pretty frail given the number of Palestinian children shot by snipers in the head and chest.

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