Four weapons, thousands displaced
Dr. Bari Danino, a volunteer with Physicians for Human Rights, argues in an opinion column that the military operation in Hebron, which ended after ten days, led to the evacuation of thousands of people and severe damage to health and education services, while the military outcome was the seizure of only four weapons. The author asserts that harm to civilians is not a side effect but a deliberate policy.
Dr. Bari Danino, a senior physician and volunteer at the mobile clinic of Physicians for Human Rights, writes an opinion column about the military operation in Hebron that ended last Monday. The operation lasted ten days following a shooting attack in which two soldiers were killed. According to the author, while the military presented the operation as targeting terrorist infrastructure, the actual results are the seizure of four weapons and 25 vehicles, compared to the evacuation of thousands of people from their homes, damage to health and education services, and rendering the area uninhabitable. The author compares this policy to that applied in Gaza, and quotes Minister Gila Gamliel who said "to make it a place unfit for living." He argues that harm to civilians is not a side effect but a goal in itself, and criticizes the media and public silence that enables this policy.