It’s not an ‘excuse’. It’s the reality; every other urban war looks very similar, and some cases worse (Mariupol may have had 4 times the deaths in half the time, for example), but it’s not a competition. I am yet to be convinced that Palestinian civilian deaths are any worse than Yemeni, Syrian or Ukrainian, nor why Israeli is inherently worse than Russian, British or American. Civilian casualties in war are tragic and horrible. I have said that I think Israel’s actions are not without problems, to say the least, but that doesn’t mean the horrific casualties in this conflict can be judged in different standards to others. I have no doubt this will be ignored for more self-righteous proclamations about it and ‘supporting Netanyahu’ or whatever. Even though I think he’s a grotesque fascist, but anything other than slamming him or Israel as the worst person or country ever must mean I am a ‘Netanyahu supporter’ (nuance be damned). Never mind that the cause of this was Hamas, but I guess that makes me ‘pro-Netanyahu’ because thinking Israel have a right to at least defend itself (even if I am less so of how it is being conducted) and not accept its citizens being kidnapped and slaughtered by Islamic fascists means I am a fan of Likud and its gang of fascists or something.
