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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."

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (31 children)

I want an objective, non-obsessive-downvoter, explanation as to how anyone in the world knows what really happened? I understand this question feels smarmy, but there so much emotion in this. But how do we know these guys weren't Hamas?

Please just be chill, I'm not picking a fight or anything like that.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 8 months ago (42 children)

The problem is that according to due process, you need to prove somebody is guilty of something before they are jailed. These people weren't jailed, they were basically executed from a distance. The burden of proof is on the Israeli military to prove that they WERE Hamas, not on people horrified by the footage to prove the negative. And so far (and historically) the IDF seems to not care to do so, and in lots of cases have given "proof" as justification for one action or another that later turned out to be bullshit.

Not to mention the numerous cases of the IDF killing people in "Press" vests and helmets, or people literally actively waving a white flag. In my opinion, they don't deserve the benefit of the doubt given their record.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

They don't know, they are just making assumptions that people got killed in Gaza. Even location is just bombed houses, of which there are plenty in the region and doesn't necessarily mean it's Gaza. And you get down-voted for simply doubting because that's what people here do, hate on Israel and grasping at straws. Meanwhile, no one asked why were they being filmed. How did the person filming know that bombs will fall on those 4 guys in 5 or so minutes. Why did that one guy keep walking in the same direction and not try to save his life by running somewhere and hiding. I personally find all those things suspicious. But that sort of thinking doesn't fit into idea that Israel is having fun killing people. So you, and now me, will get down voted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I would also like to know why this camera drone is there, and why it's following these guys, and how the operator has the best luck getting perfect footage.

Edit: This seems to be leaked footage from an Israeli intelligence/targeting drone. If that's true, then that would prove that at least one of these were military targets.

Based on the video and logical deduction, this scenario seems to be the most probable.

If someone has another hypothesis on this subject, I would be very interested to read it. Assuming you don't just downvote and attack me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It was also pointed out, and I somehow missed it, the fact there was secondary explosion which no one tried to explain. If they weren't armed and this attack was done via drone, why would there be smaller secondary explosion?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Someone already posted slow motion footage of the missles in the comments. It shows a second missile hitting.

Nsfl https://imgur.com/a/e1XWdfY

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Well spotted. I missed those.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

This is very interesting.

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