IDF: Whoops, tee hee.

    • WhyFlip@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      No, it’s not. This was a very tactical way of striking an enemy that hides behind women and children.

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        2 months ago

        So would Netanyahu also be considered as hiding behind women and children? He’s out in public, traveling and lives in Tel Aviv.

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        2 months ago

        This was a very tactical

        Flinging a hand grenade into a crowd several thousand times over

        But it’s okay because the crowd was full of Arabs aka Terrorists

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          There’s a big difference between dropping bombs and small pagers exploding. I watched a lot of those videos, and almost no one except the targets were injured.

          It’s really sad that anyone else got injured at all, but damn, I’m glad they were able to be so destructive without injuring the thousands upon thousands that have been dying up until now. Or are you just upset that you can’t claim genocide for this attack?

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            2 months ago

            There’s a big difference between dropping bombs and small pagers exploding.

            Israel is doing both across Southern Lebanon. The pager attack was just the first salvo.

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        2 months ago

        Can you confidently say you know the exact chain of custody of your cell phone?

        Some killer gets a pager he doesn’t need, sells it to someone to make some cash, who gives it to their kid. Annnnd boom.

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          These weren’t devices connected to any network, these were connected to a network run by Hesbollah. There was no reason for a civilian to have one of these pagers.

        • lemmycdatass@lemmynsfw.com
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          2 months ago

          No. Can you? How does OP know this about 1000 civilians? Don’t get me wrong. Fuck the Israeli government and it’s indiscriminate murder, but also fuck the lies. Speak truth.

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            2 months ago

            Since you’re changing topics from “how could kids get pagers meant for someone else”…

            In war, everyone lies. But one thing I’ve found as an American is that, if you’re killing in another country, you’re probably the worse of the two.