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What political/ideological goal does attacking the aid workers move forward? It's a war crime, no doubt, but terrorism has a meaning that doesn't include all war crimes.

> Killing unarmed civilians, kids, etc is also terrorist.

The vast majority of lethal force actions in Gaza are targeting Hamas operations. Civilians getting killed by those strikes is NOT terrorism.



> What political/ideological goal does attacking the aid workers move forward?

Terrorizing aid workers, which reduces how much aid reaches the Palestinian population?




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