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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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[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago (3 children)

The burden of proof is on those doing the killing

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't know how things work where you're from, but where I'm from, the burden of proof is on those making accusations.

[–] abracaDavid@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lmao this isn't small claims court. Those people were straight up murderer from long distance with missiles that American tax dollars very likely paid for.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca -2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

So when there's a murder case, the prosecution doesn't have to prove someone committed murder, it's the accused has to prove they're innocent?

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it doesn't when the accused admits it and says "but they were all Hamas". Since that moment the murder is proven, and "them all being Hamas" is what the accused is expected to find some court-worthy proof for.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago

Didn't see any such comment in the article. You're assuming an answer that wasn't given and wasn't even asked for. You're building a fantasy story to prove guilt in your mind.

Meanwhile in the real world, there was at least $200K worth of munitions used in that video. You have to be really naive to think the decision to use such munitions didn't go through the chain of command. So multiple people decided to use some very expensive munitions to kill some random civilians? Why? Because Israel is just that evil?

Stop inventing narratives in your mind and try to think more critically. The IDF isn't going to have a drone following some random civilians, and then use three expensive smart bombs to take them out for no good reason. There are a lot of civilians in the area, there's no need to use allocate that much hardware if the goal is to kill completely innocent civilians.

Your narrative depends on Israel not only being evil but also incredibly stupid in their use of resources. Given the lack of information given, lack of even basic levels of journalism, it's far more likely to be propaganda.

[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Ffs I have been reading your apologist bullshit on Lemmy for far too long. Touch grass.

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Burden of proof is on those making claims. If you claim this is Israel killing Palestinians, you need to prove it's Israel. Otherwise it's some poor guys who lost their lives from an explosive. I didn't even see the bomb falling.

[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

No, completely rational. This was probably Palestinian youths blowing themselves up to make Israel look bad. What was I thinking?