Neither should we presume they are lying. Healthy suspicion, trust yet verify, etc., seems like a better course of action. Israel seems to go to great lengths to legally justify their attacks and they are generally a trustworthy actor, with a few notable exceptions. I’d say they behave better than most nation-states would in their position, they offer more evidence to justify their attacks than most countries do, and they are held to a higher standard regarding humanitarianism in war than other nations generally are. I can’t think of any other nation that would historically call people to warn them there is an air strike incoming.
Big “if” there. Should we really just trust the people doing the killing to tell us their intent?
Neither should we presume they are lying. Healthy suspicion, trust yet verify, etc., seems like a better course of action. Israel seems to go to great lengths to legally justify their attacks and they are generally a trustworthy actor, with a few notable exceptions. I’d say they behave better than most nation-states would in their position, they offer more evidence to justify their attacks than most countries do, and they are held to a higher standard regarding humanitarianism in war than other nations generally are. I can’t think of any other nation that would historically call people to warn them there is an air strike incoming.