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Antonis Anastasopoulos
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Assistant Prof at GMU. NLP, CompLing, ML, and other things language+humans
Assistant Prof at GMU. NLP, CompLing, ML, and other things language+humans
![A recently discharged Division 252 officer describes the arbitrary nature of this boundary: "For the division, the kill zone extends as far as a sniper can see." But the issue goes beyond geography. "We're killing civilians there who are then counted as terrorists," he says. "The IDF spokesperson's announcements about casualty numbers have turned this into a competition between units. If Division 99 kills 150 [people], the next unit aims for 200."
These accounts of indiscriminate killing and the routine classification of civilian casualties as terrorists emerged repeatedly in Haaretz's conversations with recent Gaza veterans.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jjfethf2y735ux2mhcy46crq/bafkreiglnzxoplsvffuhw6r257kirizidrogiharovvcjthkp7krbvwh7y)
