It should be obvious to everyone by now that Israeli claims that they only target Hamas in Palestine and Hezbollah in Lebanon are what I would call complete bullshit. It is usual for the Israeli government to issue warnings in Arabic to targeted areas (though not always). The Israelis must know that to warn the civilian population is also to warn the targeted group. So they know that when they bomb an area that their ‘target’ has flown.
They also maintain that Hamas shelter behind the civilian population, but Gaza is one of the most densely-populated places on earth so wherever there is a civilian population there are going to be some Hamas members within that population – where else can they go?
So in my opinion you have to come to the conclusion that the Israeli objective is to target civilian infrastructure (there seems to be an emphasis on schools and hospitals for example).
So I believe that the real reason for destroying these institutions and essential infrastructure is to disenfranchise the civilian population so that even if there is a cease to hostilities, the Palestinians will be totally disempowered rather than being a real military objective.
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