They were told to leave their homes. They did. They were still bombed

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They were told to leave their homes. They did. They were still bombed
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Literally the first thing the US does in any engagement is cut the power.

It's not a war crime lol

With certain limitations, parts of a country's electrical grid can be considered legitimate targets if they are used to power military facilities. This is true even if the targets have a civilian as well as a military purpose, so long as destroying the object would "offer a definite military advantage"

Israeli authorities' cutting off electricity to Gaza and other punitive measures against Gaza's civilian population would amount to unlawful collective punishment, which is a war crime, said the Human Rights Watch on 9 October.

Human Rights Watch is an activist group with no authority.

You are free to agree or disagree with them. Clearly I disagree here, but I do agree with their condemnation of the Palestinian attacks.

I don't care about your opinion I care about the facts. Israel is very openly doing war crimes.

That is not a fact. That is an opinion.

Cool story bud. We done here?

The original conversation was "the collective punishment Israel is engaging in isn't a war crime", you've moved the goalposts and I'm not interested in continuing this game.

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As if the US gives a single fuck about war crimes. If we did, at least 5 people from George W. Bush's administration would be rotting in prison right now.

Yes, it's still a war crime when we do it.

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