Quick Israel-Hamas Comment

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the situation in Gaza, but I thought this was important to note. Of the 300+ casualties, only 62 are being reported as civilians. 62 too many to be sure, but low considering how embedded the Hamas fighters are with the civilian population.

It is interesting to note however that the count of civilians doesn't include any men. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/30/2456334.htm

In essence, this fact holds that whomever is doing the counting doesn,t feel that there are any civilian men in Gaza.

There are a couple of possible and disturbing conclusions that can be drawn from this:

1. Israel considers all men in Gaza combatants

2. Israel cannot tell male non-combatants from combatants

3. Israel doesn't care whether men are combatants or not. They are all targets.

These are the only conclusions that can be draw for sure, but they are very scary indeed.

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