Its really telling to see the destruction limited to where the structures used to be rather than to all of the surrounding green spaces. If the destruction of civilian dwellings was purely an accident you'd expect to see the destruction spread evenly over the area. Instead it looks much more like a prolonged set of surgical strikes to destroy the buildings while preserving as much of the surrounding areas as possible.

For a great example of this, look at this pin https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZcMbdFcx87PrqoYNA

And here's a pin of where the farms were spared https://maps.app.goo.gl/iZbbTH4iH27FCz4s9

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biimugan 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't quite understand your argument here. In your first pin I'm struggling to find a single building that isn't leveled, or at least severely damaged. Even buildings far away from the city center in the boonies are leveled.

	▲	cogman10 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		They are saying that this is genocidal destruction. In a war sometimes civilian infrastructure is hit as collateral. But here, all infrastructure is destroyed and it's clear this wasn't done by 1 or 2 errant bombs but rather because of direct targeting. It can't be argued to be an accident because in farmland you see no bombs which hit the farmland by mistake. In other-words, this is entirely purposeful.

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ImPostingOnHN 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They just use bulldozers to flatten whatever the bombs don't. They can drive a bulldozer pretty precisely, especially when they don't care who's in front of it or under it.

Caterpillar even supplies the IDF with bulldozers just for this purpose, which then get up-armored and sent into Palestinian civilian areas to do this (including unmanned versions).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDF_Caterpillar_D9

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AuthAuth 6 hours ago | parent [-]

By the time the bulldozers are there civilians have long moved out of the area.

	▲	johnnyApplePRNG an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Rachel Corrie would like a word. [0] I suggest that you learn more about the Nakba, friend. [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Corrie [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba
	▲	porkshoe an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Rachel Corrie was crushed by an Israeli army bulldozer. Let's be clear and honest: Israel is committing a genocide against Palestinians and they routinely murder civilians as part of this.
	▲	ImPostingOnHN 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Interesting claim. Where did you hear that? The IDF is pretty infamous for crushing people alive with these bulldozers, and also for denying search & rescue access to find civilians buried in the wreckage (and also for just killing said SAR and hiding the bodies and lying about it). surprise, it was in Rafah, the city formerly located in the wasteland from the article we're discussing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafah_paramedic_massacre