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In article <hpcfoi5vpc70tb2jv7jqohcchd4pbr4hsn@4ax.com>, governor.swill@gmail.com says...

On Fri, 22 Dec 2023 11:03:07 -0800, Scout <me4gunzzzzz@centurylink.removeme.this2.net>
wrote:

By Robin Stein, Haley Willis, Ishaan Jhaveri, Danielle Miller, Aaron Byrd and
Natalie Reneau
Published Dec. 21, 2023 | Updated Dec. 22, 2023, 6:42 a.m. ET

During the first six weeks of the war in Gaza, Israel routinely used one of its
biggest and most destructive bombs in areas it designated safe for civilians,
according to an analysis of visual evidence by The New York Times.

The video investigation focuses on the use of 2,000-pound bombs in an area of
southern Gaza where Israel had ordered civilians to move for safety. While bombs
of that size are used by several Western militaries, munitions experts say they
are almost never dropped by U.S. forces in densely populated areas anymore.

The Times programmed an artificial intelligence tool to scan satellite imagery
of south Gaza for bomb craters. Times reporters manually reviewed the search >results, looking for craters measuring roughly 40 feet across or larger. >Munitions experts say typically only 2,000-pound bombs form craters of that size
in Gaza?s light, sandy soil.

Ultimately, the investigation identified 208 craters in satellite imagery and
drone footage. Because of limited satellite imagery and variations in a bomb?s
effects, there are likely to have been many cases that were not captured. But
the findings reveal that 2,000-pound bombs posed a pervasive threat to civilians
seeking safety across south Gaza.

In response to questions about the bomb?s use in south Gaza, an Israeli military
spokesman said in a statement to The Times that Israel?s priority was destroying
Hamas and ?questions of this kind will be looked into at a later stage.? The >spokesman also said that the I.D.F. ?takes feasible precautions to mitigate >civilian harm.?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-bomb-investigation.html

That last sentence is a lie: Israel takes *no* precautions to mitigate civilian
harm. Israel is *targeting* civilians. Israel is committing war crimes.

Then maybe those civilians shouldn't have voted for Hamas.

Swill

You get what you vote for.

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