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They didn't really list anything but some superficial simplifications. 'The West' let Israel get away with 'Palestine'. They let them get away with 'terrorist tactics' and 'Lebanon'. Are these vague accusations 'causing widespread harm to civilians'? I think they deserve more discussion than to just say they did 'a Lebanon' and call it an open and shut case Johnson...
Hezbollah (and Hamas) are being armed and supported by Iran. Now everyone knows that the zionists will not see the paradise they crave in the afterlife, but if you're working towards a better world you can't ignore the fact that Iran and the conservative extremist movement they are part of are even worse. 'The West' can ignore that and let the people of Israel get genocided by even worse people, or they can hope for a stalemate (which means they have to support Israel) or a win for Israel (which means they have to support Israel). In any case, not supporting Israel will result in the faction vying for things like legalised child rape (amongst other horrific shit) will win. That will result in a worse world by any measure.
When fighting extremists that blend into a civilian population, it's impossible to be effective without causing civilian deaths. In cases like Mosul or Raqqa, you reach a point where you have to turn the dial past the marker because you just can't destroy them without hurting any civilians. When 'the West' fought the nazi's, they broadly went over that line because not doing so would have just resulted in more suffering for more people.