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1. bognition · 1790616426 · focus · HN ↗

   Its really telling to see the destruction limited to where the structures used to be rather than to all of the surrounding green spaces. If the destruction of civilian dwellings was purely an accident you'd expect to see the destruction spread evenly over the area. Instead it looks much more like a prolonged set of surgical strikes to destroy the buildings while preserving as much of the surrounding areas as possible.

   For a great example of this, look at this pin <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;ZcMbdFcx87PrqoYNA" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;ZcMbdFcx87PrqoYNA

   And here&#x27;s a pin of where the farms were spared <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;iZbbTH4iH27FCz4s9" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;iZbbTH4iH27FCz4s9

   1. biimugan · 1790619643 · focus · HN ↗

      I don&#x27;t quite understand your argument here. In your first pin I&#x27;m struggling to find a single building that isn&#x27;t leveled, or at least severely damaged. Even buildings far away from the city center in the boonies are leveled.

      1. cogman10 · 1790637175 · focus · HN ↗

         They are saying that this is genocidal destruction. In a war sometimes civilian infrastructure is hit as collateral. But here, all infrastructure is destroyed and it&#x27;s clear this wasn&#x27;t done by 1 or 2 errant bombs but rather because of direct targeting. It can&#x27;t be argued to be an accident because in farmland you see no bombs which hit the farmland by mistake. In other-words, this is entirely purposeful.

         1. what · 1790647575 · focus · HN ↗

            If it was genocide, why would you spare the farmers? Doesn’t really make sense.

            1. aetch · 1790659945 · focus · HN ↗

               It’s more efficient to spend your ammo on housing and city buildings.

               1. echoangle · 1790665528 · focus · HN ↗

                  Wouldn’t it actually be much more efficient to just destroy all the food infrastructure and just have everyone die from hunger instead of destroying all the houses?

                  1. a_paddy · 1790665846 · focus · HN ↗

                     You&#x27;re right, it is, hence the strikes on World Central Kitchen and the blockade on food entering the area.
                  2. iririririr · 1790668148 · focus · HN ↗

                     they send armed settlers for the farms. they can&#x27;t destroy those
            2. choo-t · 1790666532 · focus · HN ↗

               Food production was target, even in different part of Palestine (west bank).

               Farmers were killed, even in different part of Palestine.

               Killing farmers have nothing to do with the definition of genocide.

            3. neor · 1790670284 · focus · HN ↗

               Farmland wasn&#x27;t bombed, but they did use Bulldozers to destroy a lot of fields.
            4. thinkindie · 1790670938 · focus · HN ↗

               there are videos of bulldozer in the West Bank eradicating secular olive trees from Palestinian farmland. There is no Hamas in West Bank, no tunnels, no fighters.

               1. t3po · 1790708187 · focus · HN ↗

                  just a few discovered this week alone.

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