"There is no way they could have been considered combatants," said one writer and analyst. "This is unreal."

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.”

      • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
        36·
        9 months ago

        Hi, resident American combat vet here. This is egregious by any standard but a genocidal regime. It’s a pretty clear rule, if they aren’t armed or uniformed, you don’t shoot them.

        • MeanEYE@lemmy.worldEnglish
          214·
          9 months ago

          If it were like that, it wouldn’t be as bad. But internet is full of videos proving otherwise, USA soldiers included.

          • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            9 months ago

            Oh? There are videos of US soldiers shooting civilians just walking around without guns and in civilian clothes?

            Please send them to the Pentagon and NYT. There’s some people who would be very interested in them.

      • meliante@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        9 months ago

        You’re a disgrace. A perfect fit in Israel, I bet you’d be buddies with fuckhisfaceyahoo or you wish you were.

        • MeanEYE@lemmy.worldEnglish
          216·
          9 months ago

          So I am despicable for thinking war is disgusting. Thanks I suppose. Goes to show how all these Hamas supporters think.

          • mightyfoolish@lemmy.worldEnglish
            131·
            9 months ago

            People are replying to you because you are trying to downplay genocide. You also just called people getting mad at children dying as Hamas supporters. You are being obtuse.

      • snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        The other way would be that they weren’t genocidal and maybe the problem wouldn’t have happened in the first place. Israel and Hamas are both despicable groups but there’s a clear instigator in Israel.