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Israel will happily flatten a whole apartment complex to get one guy.

The real truth is that Israel is happy to flatten entire, crowded, apartment complexes. That "one guy" is just an excuse.

Most recent example (out of at least 100,000 examples in just these last 3 years alone) would be their "defence" (hah!) minister delightedly boasting how they have Gaza'fied South Lebanon and destroyed over 15,000 structures.

Careful, this is borderline antiseptic

Israel actually has the capability of targeting a single apartment in an apartment building, and has done so dozens of times in the current war against Hezbollah.

Doesn’t that make it even worse that they also choose to flatten entire buildings?

Destroying civilian infrastructure and killing civilians is the current Israeli government's goal. Military advantage is just a nice window dressing for the Geneva Conventions.

Lot easier to steal land if there aren't any people living there (because the infrastructure to support modern life was destroyed).

To take out just the room where the target is requires knowing what room the target is in. They usually do not have that kind of information. Hamas has been on the front lines for decades, they know about concealment.

Does Israel actually have the capacity to target the whole of Hamas with those small accurate bombs, as they get intelligence on them? If Hamas is in the basement can the small bomb get them? And if they forgo the opportunity will it be possible to target that person again soon without civilians nearby?

They also have been giving civilians warnings to leave areas before they "flatten a whole apartment complex"

Hope they checked their text messages

Not so much anymore:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roof_knocking

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