There seems to be a broad consensus about the war, structured around two propositions after the attacks of October 7, 2023 1. First - Israel has the right to defend itself and defeat the terrorists 2. Second - the way Israel is doing this is “over the top”
The vast number of dead and starving civilian casualties are gut wrenching, the devastation is overwhelming and it’s hard not to see it all as indiscriminate and the hostage situation -- which leads to an obvious question: 1. If the current Israeli military approach is inhumane, what is the alternative? 2. Is there an alternate strategy Israel can use, to defeat the terrorists without a civilian blood bath?
Israel’s approach to the conflict
The thorniest reality that comes up is that this war is like no other / few others because the crucial theater is underground
In other words, in this war, the terrorists are often underground, the Israelis are above ground and the terrorists seek to position civilians directly between them Their terror strategy -- ‘human camouflage’ and more ruthlessly ‘human ammunition’
