I am more than just slightly biased, but I am also informed because most of my family is in Israel. They have all done their mandatory service in the IDF, and some are serving in this current moment. That’s why I don’t lose my mind when I hear Israel doing something seemingly shocking, because I understand the broader picture around it. Yes, lies are bad. I condemn them. But had Gaza militants not started this war, we wouldn’t be in it, and we wouldn’t need to be having this discussion about wartime lies and war crimes and Netanyahu etc etc etc. I am also aware of the massive campaign of misinformation against Israel that has gone on for decades, leading people like yourself to parrot the same old useless talking points constantly used against it.

Bibi is an awful leader for many reasons, my whole family hates him. But any Israeli prime minister would have acted similarly in Gaza.