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[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 178 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Isn't pretending you're civilian like a war crime or something?

[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 149 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Also pretending you are a medic is a big nono on the Geneva's convention.

It looks like they are trying to get the war crime bingo.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 14 points 10 months ago

Geneva's checklist

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

They've had it for awhile, they're going for platinum at this point.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 59 points 10 months ago

Yes, it's known as perfidy.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, but I haven't seen the footage, I'm so incredibly busy you see. So I couldn't possibly remark on whether or not this is or was a war crime. And, actually, it's really quite gauche of you to ask, to be perfectly honest.

Edit: context

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee -1 points 10 months ago

This doesn't bode well for Palestinian side

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 90 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just some more casual war crimes....

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Casual war crimes are in this season.

[–] Crow@lemmy.world 85 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is one of those war crimes you can know very little about war crimes and still identify. It’s just that fucked.

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's called "perfidy"

Quoting Wikipedia:

In the context of war, perfidy is a form of deception in which one side promises to act in good faith with the intention of breaking that promise once the unsuspecting enemy is exposed.

[–] Penguincoder@beehaw.org 76 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Well that's certainly a war crime. Wonder if the rest of the world will look the other way on this too.

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 20 points 10 months ago

Oil is involved so... yes.:-(

Remember the Republicans in the USA are still salivating over how to stop funding to curb Russian aggression while simultaneously wanting to fund Israel.

We went from being one step away to joining with Ukraine to now being one step away from joining Israel.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 9 points 10 months ago

They're just doing it so blatantly so they can show everyone they can get away with it. It's the same reason Putin kills his rivals in ways that obviously implicate him, he wants people to know it was him and nobody can do anything about it.

[–] owen@lemmy.ca 72 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This is wildly fucked up. Why are they literally using terrorist tactics?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 54 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

terrorism is the war of poor

Hold up a mirror so the script gets flipped

'cause when it's in reverse it ain't wrong no more

Warfare's the terrorism of the rich

Brother Ali - Mourning in America

[–] Inucune@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because in war, the only goal is to remove the enemy by any means. Warcrimes mean nearly nothing if you remove the entire opposition. Victors write history books.

[–] owen@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

It's global nuclear war time 😎

[–] Dreamer@lemmy.ml 71 points 10 months ago
[–] ShroOmeric@lemmy.world 51 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The real terrorists are in the IDF.

[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

Israel was literally founded by Irgun - a terrorist organization.

[–] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Check out the r/worldnews thread. Example:

So let me get this straight.

Israel bombs hospitals to target Hamas terrorists. Everyone hates that because of the indirect casualties to civilian lives and direct damage to precious infrastructure.

Israel then does targeted attacks inside hospitals and ensures only Hamas terrorists die with very minimal damage to anything else. Everyone hates that because "they didn't do it right."

So then how are they supposed to get into hospitals to take these guys down? Is it a free terrorist shelter now? Is everyone inside a hospital safe from retaliation?

They want praise for only committing like three separate warcrimes instead of blowing up the already occupied hospital.

[–] FaizalR@kbin.social 21 points 10 months ago

They seem to become more desperate now. Everything that they do will return to them someday.

[–] purplepuppy@links.hackliberty.org 16 points 10 months ago

This type of actions are done on purpose to blurry the line between civilians and army so no one knows who is who. Everyone is paranoid so hamas kills more civilans, so Israel government can kill more civilans in retribution. Over all, Isriaelly goverment will win, since they are backed by US and they will take over all the land from Palestinians.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 16 points 10 months ago

This is a war crime. Israel is a pariah state

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 14 points 10 months ago

All the shocked Pikachus in here that never watched Munich.

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 months ago

I like how this one dude just storms in casually with his wheelchair like some Legendary grade loot box skin

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 11 points 10 months ago

Hey, a real example of evil being done by people in drag.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago

Always has been 🌍 🔫

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 months ago

Wait, how can they disguise as women?

Aren't there any women in the Israeli forces?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago