I can easily believe the guy was a gunman but "Furthermore, the slain man was a Hamas member, and therefore not a civilian. Anything less is a copout." is silly. Israel doesn't claim that unarmed Hamas members are military targets and IDF rules of engagement treat them as any other civilians.
Their post could have been a bit more careful. So, of course, could the NYT, who should know how ephemeral the concept of "civilian" can be in a place without uniforms and where hiding the evidence of someone being a legitimate target is as simple as grabbing their AK and tossing it out the window after they're down.
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I can easily believe the guy was a gunman but "Furthermore, the slain man was a Hamas member, and therefore not a civilian. Anything less is a copout." is silly. Israel doesn't claim that unarmed Hamas members are military targets and IDF rules of engagement treat them as any other civilians.
Their post could have been a bit more careful. So, of course, could the NYT, who should know how ephemeral the concept of "civilian" can be in a place without uniforms and where hiding the evidence of someone being a legitimate target is as simple as grabbing their AK and tossing it out the window after they're down.