"Israel warns civilians before striking — leaflets, texts, roof knocks. No army does more."
Their strongest version
The IDF has used warning systems at scale, and warnings can and sometimes do reduce civilian deaths; most militaries issue none.
The response
A warning changes nothing about a strike's legality — proportionality and distinction apply after the leaflet falls, and international law says warned civilians who stay (the elderly, the disabled, those with nowhere to go) remain fully protected. Then test the system against its record: families were directed to 'safe zones' — al-Mawasi, Rafah — that were then themselves struck, repeatedly and documented; evacuation routes were hit; and a million people were ordered to move through a territory 25 miles long with the exits sealed. A warning you cannot act on is not protection, it's paperwork — and when the warned area covers half the enclave, its function is closer to pre-clearing blame than clearing civilians. Ask the one question the talking point is built to skip: warned to go *where*?