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Why is there absolutely zero mention here of the fact that Hamas intentionally use Palestinian civilians to shield themselves. Apparently this is consider totally acceptable, even though this hugely increases the likelihood of civilian casualties. Is Israel supposed to simply give up and allow Hamas to operate because it cannot defeat them by harming civilians. That seems to me to be the exact opposite of 'intelligence', which is supposedly what this blog is meant to cover.

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Israel’s AI need not be exact, just be effective in locating and destroying targets at lowest Israeli personnel, asset, and fiscal costs possible. Civilian casualties are a result of all wars, particularly asymmetrical as fought by Hamas and its Iranian proxy allies. Upwards of 200,000 civilians died in Berlin and the World cheered victory, and still do! Palestinians will historically be irrelevant.

The consequences can be the Palestinian extinction unless Hamas unconditionally surrenders to Israel.

If the 2.32 million Gazans and 3.25 million other "Palestinians" (most all Egyptians and Jordanians, born since 1948 as self-imposed "refugee status") perished tomorrow, none of the Islamic nations worldwide would give a damn.

Historically, thousands of perished tribes and civilizations have come and gone, as the "Palestinians" will simply be tossed upon the ash heap of history, totally forgotten.😴

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I am not there. I know that my impressions cannot be correct. I had thought that the primary grievance of the Palistineans was the Israeli insistance on expanding settlements with corresponding disposession of Palistinean families from farms and villages where they had lived for many generations, yet the horrific cost in non-military lives seems to have been in Gazan cities, not rural locations. Obviously I have missed something important. Likely I have missed many somethings.

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