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magic_hamstertoday at 5:43 AM8 repliesview on HN

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j_maffetoday at 6:05 AM

> “It’s no secret, I disagree with the prime minister," he said. “I think targeted assassinations should be carried out in Gaza, taking down 30 to 40 every night,” said the far-right Israeli lawmaker.

> “Not just those who pose an immediate threat, there are people there who are not worthy of life. They shouldn’t live. They’re not even people,” added Ben-Gvir.

Not sure how the full quote is supposed to help.

tancoptoday at 7:13 AM

This would still be bad even if they had perfect information and only killed confirmed terrorists. Setting a target for number of people killed is an extermination campaign not a war. All it does is turn the locals even more against you like in Vietnam.

If it was "secure X amount of land from Hamas" it would be way better because that would give them the option to surrender or run away, and give IDF an incentive to avoid violence. What Israel is doing means soldiers feel pressure to kill on sight even if the enemy is unarmed and ready to give up so they can meet their quota for the night. That is a war crime.

luckjack47today at 5:59 AM

The real quote seems to be not about Hamas, the comment you are replying to seems correct

https://www.ft.com/content/f6b953fc-a6ad-48cd-bed1-d42619b57...

karim79today at 5:50 AM

He's not talking about Hamas. Nice try.

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bjournetoday at 6:03 AM

Why defend a Nazi?

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2Gkashmiritoday at 6:13 AM

Replace "Hamas" with IDF and it would make sense.

>Hamas is the worst of the worst in humanity.

IDF documenting war crimes against civilians, targetting children by snipers is fine because "protecting country" but Hamas is the bad guy?

What metric outside of Israeli propaganda are you using? Because those same metrics call IDF worse than anyone

npntoday at 8:44 AM

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karim79today at 5:57 AM

The hilarity of the fact that you're on my case indicates that you're most probably being paid for this. You are paid. I do this for free.

Let's start educating the public about the Dahiya Doctrine now to change the subject (slightly).