Poll: Do you believe Israel is committing genocide against the population of Gaza?

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97. I am not saying that it's not a legitimate target

I am saying that there is more than one way to skin a cat. The military should have a range of options to deal with a hospital that is used as a enemy command and control center or some purpose. The options they rule out should be those that inflict disproporately high damage to the non-combatants and neighboring instracture that is not used by the enemy combatants.

For example, imagine a hostage crisis in the U.S. where the bad guys are holding hostages in a bank. The police could blow the bank to pieces (if it had the materials to do so). Instead, they will choose other means that will be less lethal to the hostages but will likely put police in more danger. I know that analogy is strained a bit because war is different, but there are rules, and we ignore those rules at our peril.