The Dahiya doctrine, or Dahya doctrine, is an Israeli belligerent tactic involving the large-scale destruction of civilian infrastructure, or domicide, to pressure hostile targeted parties. The doctrine is named after the Dahieh neighborhood (also transliterated as Dahiyeh and Dahiya) of Beirut, where Hezbollah had its headquarters during the 2006 Lebanon War.

The doctrine was outlined by former Israeli Chief of General Staff Gadi Eizenkot. The Israeli Colonel Gabi Siboni wrote that Israel "should target economic interests and the centers of civilian power that support the organization". The logic is to harm the civilian population so much that they will then turn against the targeted party, forcing that party to sue for peace.

In the context of the Gaza "war," GLOSM/PARES documents the use of this doctrine since October 22, 2023, and continues to see a pattern that it is not about "targeting economic interest." It is about conflating the targeting of interests as the same by destroying objects used for food production, healthcare, humanitarian assistance, housing, education, religion, culture, and heritage, including people who are either inside or in the vicinity of these objects in populated areas, to force people to turn against the resistance, and to force the resistance to surrender.

However, the archive of the Dahiyah doctrine on populated areas is about what you read: 'areas'. The doctrine has been used on many levels, including acts, which you normally would describe as genocide.

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