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"The reservists were preparing explosives to demolish two buildings in central Gaza on Monday when a militant fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a tank nearby, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the chief military spokesperson, said. The blast triggered the explosives, causing both two-story buildings to collapse on the soldiers inside."

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The reservists were preparing explosives to demolish two buildings in central Gaza

Why would you be doing a controlled demo of buildings when you're only there to root out terrorists and, as a member of the most moral army in the world, you respect the right of peaceful people to live?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

Similar questions for all the people in r/worldnews saying they're going to use this to justify more airstrikes

Oh, this was it huh. Deffinitly not like they've just been indiscriminately bombing civilians the whole time. How foolish of hamas to give them sonething to justify it, the rest of the world would never allow it otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Best guess... trying to make building unsafe for habitation instead of completely flattened.

It'd be easier for civilians to know where to hide if the choices were rubble or standing structures. Weaken the roof supports and load bearing walls but leave the building standing and anybody who runs to a standing building to hide during a firefight or bombing still might die due to the blasts nearby collapsing the building.

(And in the future, a pile of rubble is easier to clean up than an unstable building still standing. So just in case the Occupation forces do leave, it will be a more costly project for the Palestinians to rebuild)