You're absolutely correct. I'm eager for your help with the clarification process.

Does it apply to the IDF soldiers who high-fived each other as they bragged about killing a defenceless, surrendering old man?

Does it apply to the IDF snipers who killed little girls and mothers and daughters sheltering in churches and unarmed 14-year-old boys to name just a few? Although, that last one got a month of community services, so I'm sure he learned his lesson.

Does it apply to the IDF tank operators who deliberately ran over Palestinian civilians? Or the IDF commanders who oversee a military environment where soldiers report, "it's permissible to shoot everyone, a young girl, an old woman.”

Does it apply to the Palesianin detainees, held without charge or trial and then shot with their hands still hands still handcuffed behind their backs?

Does it apply to the Israeli hostages, shot by the IDF as they attempted to surrender with their hands up, waving a white flag, and speaking Hebrew? Or to the (at least 13) Israeli citizens knowingly killed by IDF forces on October 7th in accordance with the Hannibal Directive?

Does it apply to the Palestinians massacred by Israelis during its founding?

I'm looking forward to your clarification on the terminology reporters should use to describe the most moral army in the world here. But sadly, your attempt to redefine "genocide" isn't as welcome.

I've already written an article about genocide, which has always been defined more broadly than "annihilating a people." You're welcome to pretend that those "right-wing" leaders aren't representative of Israel's right-wing government though, or to pretend that Likud and all the other Zionist extremists haven't had every intention of taking over every scrap of land in Gaza and the West Bank since the beginning. Just don't expect anybody who knows what they're talking about to take you seriously.