Death can be in the service of life. We all know it, we struggle with it, we practice it when it suits us
"Death to the IDF" is a slogan promoting peace, just as "Death to the Wehrmacht" would have been 80 years ago.
In broad political terms, it means dismantling an army of occupation which is literally perpetrating genocide and ethnic cleansing as we speak.
Taken at its most literal, it simply reflects an unfortunate reality in which, given Israel's consistent refusal to engage in meaningful negotiations and its apparent commitment to "completing the job" via mass murder and population transfer, the most realistic path to peace in Gaza is via successful attacks on the occupying army.