'Everyone in the World Needs to See This': Footage Shows IDF Drone Killing Gazans | Common Dreams
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"There is no way they could have been considered combatants," said one writer and analyst. "This is unreal."

Adding to the mountain of evidence that Israel is engaged in a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera on Thursday aired footage of what the news outlet reported was an Israeli drone targeting four Palestinians in Khan Younis last month.

Those killed by the unmanned aerial vehicle in the rubble of the southern Gaza city appear to be unarmed teenagers or young men. According to a translation of the coverage, they were not identified in the reporting.

Tariq Kenney-Shawa, Al-Shabaka’s U.S. policy fellow, said: “This is among the worst footage I’ve seen. Not only were these boys clearly unarmed and present no threat whatsoever, but they were struck multiple times even after stumbling/crawling away. There is no way they could have been considered combatants. This is unreal.”

  • WaxedWookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    The video shows 4 people in civilian clothes casually wandering along chatting while unarmed.

    Putting aside the thousands upon thousands literal children Israel has slaughtered in the past few months while spewing genocidal rhetoric (because Hamas?), what evidence do you have that this isn’t a warcrime and that they’re combatants? The video contains absolutely nothing suggesting anything of the sort, and no evidence has been presented.

    When people say they want to commit a genocide, then kill tens of thousands of civilians, I tend to believe them - why are you so incredulous?

      • WaxedWookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        You kill a bunch of people, you’d better be damn sure it’s justifiable - you know - by looking at the evidence. Basic rule of law stuff.

        Where’s the evidence? We both know there isn’t any - much like there’s nothing that would justify Israel’s broader genocide.

        How do you think evidence works?

          • WaxedWookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            8 months ago

            Feel free to reach out if you’d like to take a break from defending warcrimes by a genocidal regime and provide any evidence.

            • Prandom_returns@lemm.eeEnglish
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              8 months ago
              • Not a proven warcrime
              • Provide evidence of what??

              Now you’re just repeating the same words over and over again with no correlation. Holy shit. Did I get baited into a “discussion” with ChatGPT 1.0? There’s no other explanation

                • Prandom_returns@lemm.eeEnglish
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                  8 months ago

                  Oh my god this is hilarious. I’ve sent 20 messages explaining that theres no evidence one way or the other, and you still parrot the same shit over and over again. Come on, rub your both braincells together, Karen, figure it out.

                  Your whole argument is that I’m a genocide denier, and I’ve stated many times saying theres an active genocide in Gaza, committed by Israeli forces. You literally have no argument.

                  Bad guys don’t look the way you imagine. Real life is not a Holywood stage (I know some Americans struggle with this fact)

                  Let’s try this one more time, all together now: “An out of context clip on twitter, containing unidentified people in an unidentified area, during an unidentified time, is not evidence”.

                  Based on the level of responses you gave me so far, I assume you’re confused by that as well.

                  WE, the people watching, cannot know, whether the targets were “The bad guys” (you know, pew pew pew), or the good guys. Being unarmed could be an indication, BUT IT’S NOT EVIDENCE. Life is not a movie, nor a Battlefield game.

                  Okay, this is as low as I can go I think.

                  • WaxedWookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                    8 months ago

                    There we go. The fact that there’s evidence of the murder of a group of apparent civilians and no evidence they were combatants or expectation of it is the problem. You don’t get to go killing whoever you please, shrug your shoulders and say “eh - I dunno - Hamas I guess - who cares”. This applies doubly in the context of the ongoing genocide - Israel have made it crystal clear they can’t be trusted.

                    To look at a genocidal regime killing a bunch of people that gave no indication they’re combatants, shrugging your shoulders and saying there’s no evidence they’re not guilty doesn’t cut it. It excuses the commission of the genocide (which is just thousands of instances of this kind of thing with an imposed famine and displacement), and represents a total disregard for the rule of law.