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submitted 9 months ago by breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

Israel has declassified more than 30 secret orders made by government and military leaders, which it says rebut the charge that it committed genocide in Gaza, and instead show Israeli efforts to diminish deaths among Palestinian civilians.

The release of the documents, copies of which were reviewed by The New York Times, follows a petition to the International Court of Justice by South Africa, which has accused Israel of genocide. Much of South Africa’s case hinges on inflammatory public statements made by Israeli leaders that it says are proof of intent to commit genocide.

Part of Israel’s defense is to prove that whatever politicians may have said in public was overruled by executive decisions and official orders from Israel’s war cabinet and its military’s high command.

The court, the U.N.’s highest judicial body, began hearing arguments in the case this month, and is expected to provide an initial response to South Africa’s petition — in which it could call for a provisional cease-fire — as soon as Friday.

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[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They were so careful they killed more civilians in the last 3 months than were killed in the first 3 months of almost every war since WW2.

[-] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

Do you really think that ~20K civilians is more than were killed in almost every war since WWII? That's extremely untrue.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Per conflict. Not combined. Even the larger conflicts that were relatively indiscriminate took a long time to ramp up and kill so many civilians.

Ukraine recorded the same amount in ~18 months.

The Iraq war averaged the same amount (20-30k) per YEAR.

Even Vietnam averaged about 10-15k civilians in the same amount of time.

Also, the population of all of the above is/was 10-20x larger than Gaza.

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