Should the Israelis be held accountable for civilian casualties, when the arabs lob missles into Haifa?

Question

Hezbollah rockets are launched into populated regions of Israel maiming innocent civilians, yet if an arab child is killed, by the Israelis, thay are held accountable, is this madness or am I missing something? When will they ever stop killing each other? Sadly we are watching baseball while the world has gone mad.

Answer 1

Under international law it's the combatant's responsibility to not locate military facilities near civilians.

Answer 2

How stupid an argument can you get? Are you trying to say that Israel should not be accountable for civilian casualties when they know that Hezbollah are hiding behind civilian shields? Can you really ignore innocent deaths because you happen to side with one side over the other? Innocents being knowingly killed can never be condoned, no matter who the perpetrator is.

I have no doubt that you would have a different view if these human shields were not Arabs.

The Israelis are as accountable (no more, but certainly no less) as Hezbollah are accountable for civilian deaths it has caused from its rockets.

Answer 3

Israel should definitely be accountable for civilian casualties. They expect people to stand outside their houses all day waiting for leaflets to fall so that they can know a bomb is going to drop next? Are you serious? Israel has been torturing Palestinian for centuries and now it's Lebanon.
Americans can feel pity for only american civilians no one else. With the exceptions of few good guys.
I am totally anti-war. If you really care, you would protest this war. I'm not an Arab but I really feel sad for those people. Their homes are being destroyed daily, including hospitals and now they have no place to go. Israel is dropping bombs carelessly. If they were aiming for Hezbollah, he'd be dead by now.

Answer 4

Regardless of where the opposition locates it's troops, deaths through agression are the responsibility of the one droping the bombs. So both sides are wrong. Jesus taught us not to fight, but then if you don't beleive in Jesus, then one is wrong anyway and doomed already. Stronger conutries have always beat up on weaker ones, (might makes right), the problem is that the more one country/people beats up on another, then the greator the chances of future hatered exist. Therefore if one people wanted to trully be closer to God, then they would lay down all arms, trust the Lord, and be more concerned with winning converts than killing them. That way God is being placed before any government or nation. And that is where He should be, no?

Answer 5

U know Hizbollah guerrillas r all real men, they don't hide they fight bravely and die with honor. About those stupid leaflets, well yes they're asking them 2 go evacuate their villages and they shoot them on the way or cut the roads. Did u hear about wut happened in Marwaheen they asked them to go out of their houses and that's wut they did. wut was the result??? I'll tell u they killed them all in a very ugly way, a very beautiful little girl of about four years with no arms or legs. Hizbollah rockets come as a reaction and not as an action. Hizbollah told Israelis that they will stop the rockets if they stopped targeting civilians. Hizbollah is defending our land our beloved Lebanon and everyone is really proud of them, don't talk about them when u really know nothing about them. Do u want them to sit and watch Israel occupying their country killing their people? We won't be the only people paying for it they should die too. It's not that we want them dead but if they killed us y shouldn't they die too???

Answer 6

it is not Israels fault if there are civilian casualties !!
they dropped leafets warning civilians , it is hezbellahs fault ,
they hide behind women and children they fire thier rockets close to apts , neighborhoods , wherever civilians are , they are cowards , losers , total whackjobs , etc...........