Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday gave one of his most direct condemnations of the civilian death toll in Gaza and said more needs to be done to “minimize harm to Palestinian civilians.”

Although Blinken commended Israel for its announcement of daily military pauses in areas of Northern Gaza and two evacuation corridors, he said that “there is more that can and should be done to minimize harm to Palestinian civilians.”

The top US diplomat has subtly shifted his messaging in the days since he departed the Middle East earlier this week to more directly voice condemnation of the civilian toll in Gaza and the US’ expectations for the Israeli government. However, he still has not condemned the Israeli government offensive and has continually voiced support for its right to defend itself.

  • boredtortoise@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know where you pulled your assumptions. The whole topic is about civilian casualties. Defense would be fighting Hamas but now it’s clear that the attacks are towards others as well.

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      1 year ago

      Defense would be fighting Hamas but now it’s clear that the attacks are towards others as well.

      You’re now making a claim about intended targets, high civilian casualties is not proof that they intentionally target civilians. Citation, please.

      Defense is when Israel takes action to neutralize the threat against them that just killed hundreds of its people. High collateral damage doesn’t make it not defense.

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        1 year ago

        With the current statistics, the collateral damage seems to be higher than the assumed real targets. Does not fit into my values any way you try to bend it, sorry not sorry.