Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal (www.theguardian.com)
from AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 03 Jul 14:00
https://sh.itjust.works/post/41462641

Exclusive: Experts say use of heavy munition in Monday’s strike that killed dozens may constitute a war crime

The Israeli military used a 500lb (230kg) bomb – a powerful and indiscriminate weapon that generates a massive blast wave and scatters shrapnel over a wide area – when it attacked a target in a crowded beachfront cafe in Gaza on Monday, evidence seen by the Guardian has revealed.

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HikingVet@lemmy.ca on 03 Jul 14:09 next collapse

May constitute a war crime?

AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works on 03 Jul 14:29 next collapse

Fingers crossed. Not sure how many children and innocent civilians you have to intentionally murder for absolutely no reason in 2025 to get charged with a war crime, but it must be a pretty high bar bc…

Khanzarate@lemmy.world on 03 Jul 14:40 collapse

The CEOs discussed it and this year the limit is “at least one more”

fartographer@lemmy.world on 03 Jul 15:06 next collapse

Everything up till this has been pretty ambiguous. But this one… This is the one that’ll make people squint and ask “was that really necessary, now?” Some might even wag a finger.

jewbacca117@lemmy.world on 03 Jul 18:13 collapse

Yea, dropping bombs on mosques, schools, and hospitals is pretty ambiguous

fartographer@lemmy.world on 03 Jul 19:22 collapse

An honest mistake that anyone could make

dalekcaan@feddit.nl on 03 Jul 18:15 collapse

Add it to the pile, I guess

rumimevlevi@lemmings.world on 03 Jul 14:11 next collapse

Death death to the IDF

Jolly_Platypus@lemmy.world on 03 Jul 14:50 next collapse

Genocide. Fuck Israel.

queueBenSis@sh.itjust.works on 03 Jul 15:14 collapse

but the tens of thousands of children before this somehow was not yet a war crime. between countless indiscriminate bombings and literally sniping children in the head. somehow, this is the line. only because the size of the bomb. fuck this world man

Plaidboy@sh.itjust.works on 03 Jul 16:44 collapse

I think it isn’t that these other things you mentioned aren’t war crimes, but rather that this particular instance involves a lot of evidence that could prove that this was a war crime unequivocally.