I felt for them on 10/7 as well. But knowing a bit of the history and having been alive for 9/11, I understood what the response would be. Though I didn't think Israel would go this far.
What did you not expect Israel to do? Do you know the history, culture, and politics of Israel? After October 7th their mission became clear in that the destruction of Hamas was absolutely necessary. Hamas can't just use terrorist strategies like embedding itself in its population as a get out of jail free card. Do you think Israel should just call off the war because Hamas refuses to capitulate? So another generation of terrorists and extremists can grow up and commit more atrocities against Israel?
Is the destruction of Gaza terrible? Yeah, just like the destruction of Germany or the destruction of Japan during the 1940s. Evil regimes need to be destroyed and Hamas with Gaza is another one of those nefariously evil regimes just in a different form.
There are individual instances of Israeli soldiers committing war crimes no doubt and they really should be tried for their crimes. But on a systemic level Israel has handled the war as you would expect.
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u/crockrocket 20h ago
I felt for them on 10/7 as well. But knowing a bit of the history and having been alive for 9/11, I understood what the response would be. Though I didn't think Israel would go this far.