Striving for peace!

[woody1]

Below what age would a casualty be considered an innocent civilian?

Despite both sides disagreeing over the actual number of children killed, no one disputes that it runs into thousands. Thousands of women have been killed too.

[NotAllThere]

Below what age would a casualty be considered an innocent civilian?

Despite both sides disagreeing over the actual number of children killed, no one disputes that it runs into thousands. Thousands of women have been killed too.

Hamas hand 13-14 year olds guns.

[vetran]

Below what age would a casualty be considered an innocent civilian?

Despite both sides disagreeing over the actual number of children killed, no one disputes that it runs into thousands. Thousands of women have been killed too.

Child soldiers - Hamas like the Vietcong are known to use them young. There is clear evidence they indoctrinate from an early age.

UN reports suggest 15 is common and 12 not impossible

https://www.refworld.org/reference/a.../2001/en/64736

16 year olds can be working for the IDF.

Women are regularly used by Hamas as Martyrs and to attack Israelis its likely some are also straight out combatants. Women also serve in the IDF, British & US armies.

Hamas also intentionally use civilians as human shields.

So gender & age are no indicators whether they are combatants.

It is rather a pity Hamas don't wear uniforms, we could count them!

Experts from West Point and many other highly skilled military strategists believe the ratio between Palestinian Civilian deaths and Palestinian combatants is one to one so if there are 40,000 dead then there were probably about 20,000 of those were combatants.

I do feel sorry for the innocent Palestinians just like the innocent Israelis

[woody1]

After the 7 Oct massacre, it is understandable that Israel would go after after Hamas. In a place like Gaza, you can't do that without a shed load of collateral damage.

How this will end, and what the future holds, who knows.