The following data (carefully compiled by Lesley Bravery, scroll down) confirm the central objective behind Israel’s military strategy which consists in “implementing genocide”, in carrying out “a strategy of obliteration”. While killing civilians is a central objective, destroying the Palestinian economy, wrecking the institutions of civil society and making life impossible and unbearable for those who survive the bombings are an integral part of the military campaign: Residential areas are singled out for bombing and shelling campaigns. Most of the buildings destroyed or damaged are people’s homes. Schools, hospitals, clinics are targeted. The bombings are also intent upon the destruction of electricity, water and waste-water infrastructure. The Unspoken objective is Genocide directed against the People of Palestine.
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