A man in Rafah has described the night of heavy Israeli attacks. Here’s his account:
“Intense bombardment, very very intense bombardment.
“Air strikes, rockets, artillery shelling, tank shelling, drones – all firing at us!
“Never in my life – I am 69-years-old – have I ever seen bombardment like this, and I have witnessed several wars. I have never seen a war like this one."
@peterbrown
The podcast Left Reckoning did an interview with a social science researcher (I think) where they discussed this exact topic. Basically because Israel controls the population and Hamas doesn’t have the capabilities to defend the population (anti air etc), and the balance of deaths exceeds a threshold it’s correct to use the term massacre.
Western media prefer “war” as they don’t have to deal with the lopsided nature of the conflict 🙁
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