Gaza says Israel's strikes on refugee camp kill more than 195 people

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  • Hamas-run government says Israeli strikes on Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza killed at least 195 Palestinians, with concerns raised by the UN that these could constitute war crimes.
  • Evacuation of foreign nationals from Gaza is underway, with 320 already crossed into Egypt; about 7,500 are expected to leave within two weeks.
  • The strikes targeted Hamas military leaders and infrastructure, with Israel’s campaign responding to Hamas' cross-border attacks from Oct. 7.
  • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Israel and Jordan to discuss the conflict and the need to minimize civilian casualties.

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New euphemism dropped: "Belligerent cities" is the new refugee camp.

New euphemism dropped: “Belligerent cities” is the new refugee camp.

Gaza's government attacked Israel in an act of war. This means they are a belligerent against Israel in this conflict. The population centers they control, aka, cities, are being attacked in response. I'm not using a euphemism, I'm calling this exactly what it is.

Unless the people of the city are the same as the government, I don't see how you can say the population is belligerent. I don't think we should say the Israeli citizens are belligerent because their government funded Hamas and are doing a genocide.

Unless the people of the city are the same as the government, I don’t see how you can say the population is belligerent. I don’t think we should say the Israeli citizens are belligerent because their government funded Hamas and are doing a genocide.

Huh? Israel is indeed belligerent, because they are at war. It seems like you don't know what this word means.

I think there are two issues:

  1. "Belligerent" has more than one meaning, and people are being tongue-in-cheek using it as an adjective rather than a noun.
  2. Generally, the noun refers to combatants, not civilians, because deliberately killing civilians isn't just an inevitable part of war, it is a war crime (no matter whatever context you think justifies accepting civilians as collateral damage).

Generally, the noun refers to combatants

...or in this case, a nation and its territories

deliberately killing civilians isn’t just an inevitable part of war, it is a war crime (no matter whatever context you think justifies accepting civilians as collateral damage).

  • killing civilians is deliberate
  • killing civilians is collateral damage

Pick one.