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Footage showing the moment Hala Khreis was killed as she tried to leave Gaza City went viral earlier this month. It’s one of a growing number of videos that show unarmed civilians holding white flags being shot dead.

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[–] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 45 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Why are they shooting at unarmed grandmothers holding hands with a child?

[–] alvvayson@lemmy.world 42 points 9 months ago

Because it's collective punishment and they want to maximize suffering.

But that will never be officially said. They are well trained to know what is legal and what is not.

So the official reason will always be that they thought she was a terrorist. Some combination of not being able to see properly in the dust, being under fire from her general direction and terrorists dressing like civilians.

[–] NovaPrime@lemmy.ml 22 points 9 months ago

Because they're radicalized far-right terrorists invading another foreign nation and committing genocide as a matter of state policy.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago

Because that child will one day become hamas. Obviously. /s

honestly, indefensible. its all fucked up.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They think she’s the wrong race.