Why does Israel target civilians?

Short answer: Collective punishment and pressuring the people to compel them to demand that their resilient government surrender.

Long answer:

Israel follows a military policy known as the "Dahiya Doctrine." This policy was first articulated after the 33-day war in Lebanon in 2006. At that time, Hezbollah was resisting Israeli attacks from an area called Dahiya in southern Beirut. Unable to stop Hezbollah's forces, Israel almost leveled Dahiya with heavy bombardment of residential neighborhoods.

After that war, General Gadi Eisenkot (the former Chief of Staff of the Israeli army) openly stated that this approach was a new doctrine for Israel: "We will destroy any neighborhood that resists us with force, even if there are civilians in it." This is how it became known as the "Dahiya Doctrine."

So what does this policy mean? It means that when Israel cannot directly defeat the resistance of countries, it targets civilian areas: homes, schools, hospitals, markets. Why? Because it wants ordinary people to come under pressure.

What is its goal? To instill fear, exhaustion, and anger among the people so that they pressure their resistance groups or government and say: "That's enough! Surrender so we can be at ease."

In other words, by killing civilians, Israel aims to use the people themselves to defeat its enemy. This is referred to as collective punishment. However, according to international law, this action is completely illegal. That is why Israel is considered a war criminal.

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Mahya Nikzad
The 7-year-old student

killed by Israel June 13 attacks

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Amirali Amini
12 years old Student and martial artist

killed by Israel June 13 attacks

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Alisan Jabari
7-year-old student
Just graduated from first grade

killed by Israel June 13 attacks

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Matin Safaeian,
A 16-year-old student and skater

Killed by Israel when walking around Tajrish square

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Soheil Katooli
11-year-old student

killed by Israel June 13 attacks

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Tara Hajmiri

The 8-year-old student and gymnast

killed by Israel June 13 attacks

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Fatemeh Sadati Armaki
A 8-year-old student

killed by Israel June 13 attacks with her entire family

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Helena Gholami
The teenage karateka

killed by Israel June 13 attacks

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Taha Behrouzi
7-year-old first grade student

killed by Israel June 13 attacks

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Zahra Bahmanabadi
Student

killed by Israel June 13 attacks

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Mohammadali BahmanAbadi
Baby

killed by Israel June 13 attacks

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Fatemeh Sedighi Saber
The young medicine student,

killed by Israel June 13 attacks along with 12 other members of her family

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Sarvin Hamidian,
8-year-old Student

killed by Israel June 13 attacks

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Alireza Fallah 
25-year-old

killed by Israel June 13 attacks when helping wounded people in first series of explosion

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Yasin Molaei,
The 6-year-old child

killed by Israel June 13 attacks along with his mother in his father car

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