You’re misrepresenting what was said. He was referring to Hamas as human animals, not the Palestinian people.

Recall who is bombing civilian areas indiscriminately. From these populated areas in Gaza. Using the Palestinians as human shields. Israel has a right - an obligation - to protect her citizens.

Agreed! Neither in the West Bank where Fatah rules, not in Gaza where Hamas rules, have they had elections in more than a decade.

The Palestinians should demand an election.

Don’t put words in my mouth. I’m absolutely not saying that. Let me be clear: Palestinians should have a state and live peacefully as neighbors of Israel.

However, as of now, the Palestinian leadership is fracture and (in the case of Hamas) undeniably barbaric. The Palestinians need to choose better leaders and take themselves to freedom and peace they deserve.

That’s something that needs to be worked out, but Israeli leaders have been ready for that for years. For sure they Israelis would accept that.

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The accusation is that it is intent to kill civilians. The article doesn’t suggest intent. Appears to be unfortunate collateral damage. That’s far different from the original posters position that this is Israel’s attempt at genocide. Not saying war isn’t messy. This is unfortunate and there will be civilian casualties. The Palestinians should choose better leaders that want peace, not those that have a charter of war.

War is messy. Collateral damage is unfortunate. What Hamas did last Saturday wasn’t collateral damage.

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You connected two unrelated ideas.

Israel wants security for the people of Israel. Ideally, this is peace with their neighbors. Hamas has chosen war. Israel has no choice but the take action.

I’m simply sharing their message. I’m very well aware of the realities on the ground, first hand. The people in Gaza should listen to the IDF and not Hamas to save their lives.

IDF spokesperson in Arabic - “The population of the city of Gaza, we address you this morning to leave the city of Gaza to the southern Gaza Strip for your security. I want to inform you that the IDF will refrain from touching the designated route on the map until 20:00. For your security, take advantage of the next time to move south from Beit Hanoun to Khan Yunis. We will publish additional safe methods later on. If you are concerned about yourselves and your loved ones, it is advisable to move south according to our instructions. Be close and assured that Hamas leaders are only concerned with protecting themselves in preparation for the upcoming attacks.”

Read the article.

Israel is not trying to eliminate people of a belief system. Their objective is to eliminate Hamas, whose charter is to destroy Israel, and in Saturday’s attack demonstrated they’ll do it without remorse in the most cruel ways.

From the article you posted:

After the strike, IDF officials said the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt was not the specific target in the counter-attack against Hamas and that the bombs were intended to strike an underground smuggling tunnel nearby, per CNN.

The IDF also issued a clarification later Tuesday, after the strike near the Rafah crossing, saying there is “no official call by Israel for residents of the Gaza Strip to exit into Egypt,” the Times of Israel reported.

That’s simply not correct and easily verifiable. Don’t spread misinformation.

Genocide has a definition and it clearly doesn’t apply here. Please stop spreading misinformation.

The stated objective is to eliminate Hamas. Civilians are being told to evacuate the area. Hamas should not be advising otherwise. Doing so is inhumane and using the Palestinian people as human shields.

That is false.