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"NGO statements since the start of Israel’s Gaza operation have been full of familiar and worrying rhetoric. Predictably, groups such as Amnesty International and Oxfam were quick to label Israel’s targeted strikes as ‘disproportionate’ and ‘indiscriminate.’ Despite the legal explanations from international experts that proportionality is unconnected to a simple body count, with the help of Hamas officials and the world’s media, these terms have become household phrases. "