I’m suggesting they don’t care much about collateral damage provided they have legal military targets. They know their enemy uses human shields and they’re not going to let that be an effective tactic.

So now it sounds to me like Israel is committing what a layperson would consider genocide, but it isn’t “technically genocide” because they are being dishonest about their intent.

That’s a far more compelling argument, but I haven’t seen any proof of this. If it is a genocide it isn’t a very effective one but I suppose that could be because they are manufacturing plausible deniability. They certainly have the means to level Gaza in a day were they so inclined but that would validate such accusations.

Given Israel’s history, however, I find that very unlikely.