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What's really happening in Gaza? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by zephyreks@hexbear.net to c/news@hexbear.net

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Propaganda is flying around like crazy in this conflict and I think it's time for our community to come together and try to separate the truth from misinformation and chaff. Similar to my last post on the al-Ahli Hospital Massacre, we're going to go with the following format:

For top-level comments, post the claim being made as well as who made the claim (please cite as close to the original source as possible) and, if possible, the date/time that claim was made.

For other comments, please try to either prove or debunk claims using multiple sources and verifiable information.

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[-] RION@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago

I don't think there's anything concrete as far as numbers go, but we do have an Israeli news source giving a few interesting tidbits (emphases mine):

As the pilots struggled to differentiate between terrorists and civilians, the decision was made to prioritize the immediate halt of the influx of Hamas terrorists and the potentially dangerous Gaza mobs breaching the border.

What would they be prioritizing this over? Presumably, making sure the person they're targeting is a combatant before firing.

The initial pace of the strikes against the thousands of infiltrators was staggering, with the pilots eventually slowing down their attacks and meticulously selecting targets.

This implies a haphazard, "kill anything that moves" approach was employed at first.

Hamas terrorists deliberately played a cunning game with the helicopter pilots and special forces operatives. briefings revealed that the terrorists were advised to advance cautiously into the settlements and military outposts, to walk and not run, in order to appear like they were Israeli. This deception tactic persisted for some time until the Apache pilots realized that all constraints should be disregarded.

Constraints in this case would likely be silly little things like making sure your target isn't a civilian before shooting.

[-] chickentendrils@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

No surprise. Israeli settlers aren't really valued by Israel for anything other than their names and numbers in eviction proceedings.

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