In the letter, published on the third anniversary of the Hamas-led October 7 massacre that sparked Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, more than 75 signatories argue that civilian death tolls alone cannot establish genocidal intent and point to Israeli evacuation warnings, humanitarian corridors, tactical pauses, legal review of targets and canceled strikes as evidence that the IDF was trying to limit civilian harm.
They say that while some statements by Israeli politicians “seemingly encouraging unlawful harm to civilians” were “disgraceful,” such “inflammatory” rhetoric did not reflect IDF operations.
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