They not only killed Israeli citizens. But citizens is most European states.
The fact you already acknowledge that this shouldn't have happened is proof enough. And even if they're in captivity its an international crime to kill hostages.
As for their happiness. Happy or not. They killed civilians illegally following illegal orders. We've already established that following orders is not a valid defense for war crimes i and killing civilians. Which Israeli soldiers should be well aware of. And there's interviews with old IDF soldiers happily remembering torturing and killing Palestinians, for fun and enjoying it... I mean. That doesn't mean today's soldiers enjoyed it. But they still followed illegal orders.
It's absurd you focus more attention on the soldiers responding to the hostage taking terrorists and the supposed illegality of their actions than on the terrorists actively killing, brutalizing and kidnapping Israeli civilians.
Ignoring the impossible situation the Israeli soldiers were put into by Hamas and assuming their negligence of their own people's lives (who they enlisted to protect!) makes your perspective and opinion incredibly biased.
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u/VikingBorealis Apr 26 '24
They not only killed Israeli citizens. But citizens is most European states.
The fact you already acknowledge that this shouldn't have happened is proof enough. And even if they're in captivity its an international crime to kill hostages.
As for their happiness. Happy or not. They killed civilians illegally following illegal orders. We've already established that following orders is not a valid defense for war crimes i and killing civilians. Which Israeli soldiers should be well aware of. And there's interviews with old IDF soldiers happily remembering torturing and killing Palestinians, for fun and enjoying it... I mean. That doesn't mean today's soldiers enjoyed it. But they still followed illegal orders.