• @sailingbythelee
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    71 year ago

    That is not even close to the world record. Killing 250 people in a day isn’t good, obviously, but it is not even a rounding error compared to real warfare.

    Just considering conventional weapons, the firebombing of Tokyo on the night of 9–10 March, 1945 killed approximately 100,000 people.

    • Resol van Lemmy
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      21 year ago

      I’m just glad we didn’t reach numbers this insane. But still, it should be zero.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Very true, but they allegedly arent at war, and the Israelis are meant to be the good guys.

      • @sailingbythelee
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        11 year ago

        I’m pretty sure this is a war. At least I’ve heard Israeli officials describe the current conflict as a war on Hamas. I don’t know of any war in which civilians aren’t negatively affected.

        Israel can’t really stop fighting Hamas yet. According to the BBC, Hamas is still receiving new weapons via their tunnel system. They apparently also have an extensive weapons manufacturing system within Gaza itself.