section_path: Etymology and definition/Controversial definitions
section_name: Controversial definitions
paragraph_text: Controversial definitions
  
  The use of the term in the Israel-Palestine conflict has given rise to controversies concerning the vagueness of how terrorists are defined and identified. When asked to clarify the term, in the context of the ongoing 2023–4 Israel-Hamas war and an hostage rescue operation, in which over 270 Palestinians were killed and 4 hostages rescued, the commander of Israel's drone fleet answered: "We attacked on the side of the street to drive civilians away, and whoever did not flee, even if he was unarmed, as far as we were concerned, was a terrorist. Everyone we killed should have been killed."