This is just a variant of "it's war, bad things happen", with the addition of "they started it".
Putting the debate of who started what aside, does someone starting a war justify war crimes against them?
- who started what
- specific conditions to end things
- who agrees to what
All of these are distractions. The core issues are, are there war crimes being committed or not? Is the population of Gaza starving or not? If so, is Israel actively contributing or deliberately causing the situation or not?
EDIT: this is a good example of how collective punishment is being justified, to blame the population of Gaza for the actions (or inaction) of Hamas. "Well, if they just do X, then they wouldn't have to starve".
Putting the debate of who started what aside, does someone starting a war justify war crimes against them?
- who started what
- specific conditions to end things
- who agrees to what
All of these are distractions. The core issues are, are there war crimes being committed or not? Is the population of Gaza starving or not? If so, is Israel actively contributing or deliberately causing the situation or not?
EDIT: this is a good example of how collective punishment is being justified, to blame the population of Gaza for the actions (or inaction) of Hamas. "Well, if they just do X, then they wouldn't have to starve".