IDF unit involved in killing of Palestinian paramedics led by general with ‘contempt for human life’ (www.theguardian.com)
from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 12 Apr 06:18
https://sh.itjust.works/post/35975237

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit involved in the killings of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers in the Gaza Strip last month was under the command of a brigade led by a notorious Israeli general previously accused by some of his own troops of having “contempt for human life”.

The IDF has confirmed that troops from Golani, one of the army’s five infantry brigades, opened fire on two convoys of ambulances in Rafah on 23 March and dug a mass grave to cover the bodies of those killed until the corpses could be retrieved by a UN team six days later. It has disputed allegations from two witnesses who exhumed the bodies and newly released postmortem results that found several of those killed had close-range gunshot wounds to the head and chest and were discovered with their hands or legs tied.

Field operatives from Unit 504, a military intelligence unit with a reputation for cruelty and reckless behaviour, including torture, were also present during the attack, a senior military intelligence source with knowledge of recent IDF deployments in southern Gaza told the Guardian. The Israeli military declined to comment on whether 504 was involved.

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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 12 Apr 09:43 next collapse

Isn’t contempt for human life the number one requirement to become a commissioned officer in the IOF in the first place?

tourist@lemmy.world on 12 Apr 11:31 next collapse

Yeah I read the title and thought “wow that does not narrow it down”

technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 12 Apr 16:43 collapse

It’s a fundamental tenet of the zio ideology. It’s not possible to have genocide and ethnic cleansing while respecting human life.

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 12 Apr 20:12 collapse
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca on 12 Apr 21:33 next collapse

Wait 🫸 I was told only the Palestinians didn’t value life 🤔

Doorbook@lemmy.world on 12 Apr 21:48 collapse

How many of these need to happen for news to label the whole of the IOF as genocidal war criminal?