from Grimy@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 16 Feb 16:48
https://lemmy.world/post/25659994
Israeli forces strapped explosives around the neck of an elderly Palestinian man in Gaza and forced him to act as a human shield before killing him and his wife, an investigation by the Israeli news website HaMakom has revealed.
An Israeli soldier told HaMakom that after explosives were placed around the Palestinian man’s neck, he was told “that if he does something wrong or not the way we want, the person behind him will pull the rope and his head will detach from the body.”
“That’s how he walked around with us for eight hours, even though he’s an 80-year-old man and even though he couldn’t run away from us. And that’s knowing that there’s a soldier behind him who can pull the rope at any second – and he’s done,” the soldier added.
According to HaMakom, after the elderly Palestinian was forced to enter homes and tunnel allegedly used by Hamas, the soldiers ordered him and his wife to leave the area for al-Mawasi, a small area that at the time was just 1km wide and was being used to house hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
However, HaMakom said that no other battalions were informed that the couple would be making their way south and within 100 metres of being allowed to leave they were both shot dead.
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the middle east eye is a purpose built antisemitic jihadist supporting israel targeting one issue rag, and it, like posting anything from al jazeera, gets you an autoblock
The Mid East Eye is run by award winning journalists and offers highly informative journalism, even scoring a high credibility on MBFC.
The only reason one would block them is because they’re a Zionist refusing reality.
Edit: … You post Sky News articles. But hey anything that lies to make Israel look good I guess?
معلش.
Anti-zionism is not Antisemitism. Your conflation of the two is genuinely antisemitic.
Zionism is anti-Semitic at it’s core, it other-izes Jewish people, and justifies the violent settler colonialim of Israel as in the defense of all Jewish people, which only serves to further fuel genuine Antisemitism at the expense of Jewish people globally. Zionism is also an inherently fascist ideology. The ethnic cleansing of the native people of Palestine has always been fundamental since it’s inception as a colonialist movement. Adi Callai, an Israeli, does a great analysis of how Antisemitism has been weaponized by Zionism during its history.
The IDF using Palestinians as human shields is nothing new.
Human Shields
Hamas: - HRW on Laws-of-War Violations 2009 - Agency Demands Full Respect for the Sanctity of Its Premises in Gaza - July 2014 - HRW - Palestinian Armed Groups’ October 7 Assault on Israel > Intentionally utilizing the presence of civilians or other protected persons to render certain areas immune from military attack is prohibited under international law. Amnesty International was not able to establish whether or not the fighters’ presence in the camps was intended to shield themselves from military attacks. However, under international humanitarian law, even if one party uses “human shields”, or is otherwise unlawfully endangering civilians, this does not absolve the opposing party from complying with its obligations to distinguish between military objectives and civilians or civilian objects, to refrain from carrying out indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks, and to take all feasible precautions to spare civilians and civilian objects. Israel: - Israel/OPT: Israeli attacks targeting Hamas and other armed group fighters that killed scores of displaced civilians in Rafah should be investigated as war crimes - HRW - Gaza: Unlawful Israeli Hospital Strikes Worsen Health Crisis Additionally, there is extensive independent verification of Israel using Palestinians as Human Shields: - IDF uses Human Shields, - Including Children (2013 Report) - Palestinian children face unrelenting genocide, displacement, and systematic abuse throughout 2024 - Israel “Systematically” Uses Gaza Children as Human Shields, Rights Group Finds 2024 - Breaking The Silence - Testimonies from IDF Veterans
sounds good, please block me as well.
And “antisemitism” is nothing more than apartheid propaganda, considering the term includes Arab populations, such as the Palestinians.
So, shouldn’t you be in favor of antisemitism if you’re so eager to vilify anything in defense of Palestinian rights??
Wow, I can feel you seeeeeeething over your deflection of this horrid torture and murder.
lol they are citing a different news source. HaMakom. Sooo…? Are they an “antisemitic jihadist supporting Israel targeting one issue rag” too, or…?
mediabiasfactcheck.com/middle-east-eye/
“Overall, we rate the Middle East Eye Left-Center biased based on support for liberal-leaning policies. We also rate them Mostly Factual in reporting rather than High due to a lack of transparency with ownership.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER (-3.5) Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL (2.2) Country: United Kingdom MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE Media Type: Website Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY”