t3rmit3 , 4 hours ago (edited 3 hours ago)

I am well aware of roof-knocking, and how it is used as cover to “humanely” destroy housing infrastructure (70%+ of homes damaged or destroyed at this time, and counting), driving people out of their homes. Also note that it often isn’t done, certainly now with tent camps.

And yes, firing a couple of people for a single instance of killing aid workers that got particular international backlash, and not doing anything in all the other cases (in case you aren’t aware, Israel has killed more aid workers in the last 12 months (~250+) than were killed globally, in any other other year we have aid worker casualty records for), is absolutely evidence that this “punishment” was the exception, not the rule.

But don’t take my word for it, take Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan’s (who is American), who’s worked in conflict zones all around the globe with Doctors Without Borders (see NYT link above):

In Gaza, she said, the deconfliction process was “a farce” and aid workers have been struck when there were no military targets nearby.

“Nothing compares to what I experienced in Gaza, the drone and the actual bombing was constant, so you always felt like there was a possibility that you or the building you were in could be hit at any moment,” Dr. Haj-Hassan said.

She added: “We don’t have any safety guarantees.”

They fired 2 people over 7 aid worker deaths that got international attention. What did they do about the other couple hundred aid worker deaths they caused?