"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.”

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    25·
    7 months ago

    Seeing as israel regularly bombs civilians without evidence they are military, and they also use an AI system to pick targets, and the fact that these guys are clearly not armed, makes it very unlikely they were Hamas and very likely they were civilians.

    The IDF is welcome to provide evidence of the contrary. Their track record of mass slaughtering civilians, especially children, sure isn’t helping them.

    • TheControlled@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      7 months ago

      This reasoning is based on emotional assumptions and simplistic, naive logic.

      The IDF doesn’t have to explain anything, and neither does Hamas. This is war, not a riot.

      The source you gave is from a biased organization.

      • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        23·
        7 months ago

        Ah yes the biased Washington Post.

        Trying to spread IDF propaganda while pretending to be neutral lol.

          • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            24·
            7 months ago

            Which quotes a Wapo article. And gvs has a good mbfc rating.

            But anyone against israel is biased right?

            • TheControlled@lemmy.worldEnglish
              12·
              7 months ago

              Dude, I really don’t give a damn about Israel. Seems like a nice place to visit. I know they’re killing civilians and I’ve said that. So why are you pushing me like I’m some shill? Because this video? There’s no evidence of any kind except observation. Anything else is conjecture, but there’s useless emotional conjecture and detached, deductive, logical type conjecture. I use belong in the latter.

              I don’t know your source but I looked them up and they seem fine, with a possible bias as the founder is Pakistani, but who knows. A quote from another org inside of an article is not how to win people over. If you like a quote, go to the quote directly.

              You’ve turned me off the conversation, with your baseless and cliche accusation, however. Insufferable.