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Originally Posted by Paul
So you think they killed them on purpose ? To what end exactly ?
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Deterrence.
Less aid workers means less aid. The campaign of starvation proceeds with the cover of plausible deniability. Less aid workers means less witnesses, and saves Israel from having to deploy false claims of antisemitism (at best) or aiding terrorism (at worst).
Applying our own moral rationale to a military force, and other state apparatus, that burns hospitals to the ground, kills women and children under sniper fire, tortures prisoners and rapes Palestinian women starts with a flawed premise.