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    Commentary: The slaughter of civilians in Ukraine, Israel and Gaza shows us a new age of mass violence

    by Eugene Finkel, Los Angeles Times Nov 18, 2023 3 minutes
    Ukrainian rescuers work at a destroyed administrative building after a missile strike in the center of Odesa on July 20, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    Since Hamas’ attack on Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 and Israel’s retaliation, global attention has shifted from Ukraine to the Middle East. But while we are transfixed on Gaza, large-scale violence against civilians is also taking place elsewhere.

    In the former Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh nearly had to flee, becoming refugees in the wake of Azerbaijan’s decisive victory in a conflict that lasted over two decades. In Ukraine, constantly uncover new and ever more gruesome evidence of war crimes, torture, rape, kidnapping of children and intentional targeting of civilians as part of Russia’s campaign. In or committed by the warring parties.

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