IDF proven that they were able to perform surgical strikes in Lebanon. One strike : one hamas top officials dead.
Or....whatever happened to Mossad? The leaders of Hamas keep doing press conferences at fancy news studios in Qatar. Have Mossad poison their room service at whatever 5 star hotel they're staying at.
So why are they bombing every square meter in Gaza ? No surgery here. Only butchery.
Because this entire "war" has nothing to do with Hamas or the hostages. I don't even think it's about the butchery itself. No, the point is to destroy every building and every bit of life supporting infrastructure in Gaza. That way there can be some level of international support for moving every surviving Gazan to refugee camps outside of the borders of Israel. In other words, it's an ethnic cleansing campaign. That the US government is throwing their full support behind.
Honestly, given the political influence of Israel, I doubt the hearing in the Hague can do anything. And that's a shame.
The International Court of Justice is sort of a joke. But I find this whole thing terrifying. If the ICJ denies South Africa's petition, it will not only embolden Netanyahu. But also other tyrants around the world, who will see that the international community has no problem with crimes against humanity.
This is a terrifying proposition at the exact time fascism is again rearing its ugly head around the planet. And if you look around at US mainstream media, no one is covering this extremely consequential story.
The Intercept is an exception. Here's one of their reporters asking a State Department spokesman if he and other US officials are afraid of being charged as accomplices to war crimes.