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Israeli strikes on Gaza schools used as civilian shelters are part of deliberate strategy, say sources (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] catloaf@lemm.ee 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's a lot of words when you could just say genocide

[โ€“] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 days ago

Well, yeah, but this is a specific act of genocide. Can you imagine if all the headlines just said "Israel continues genocide" with absolutely no context? It's worth getting specific, even if the outlet still refuses to call it what it is.