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Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by IDF in Gaza were holding makeshift white flag, official says (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Five@slrpnk.net to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 56 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just makes me wonder how many Palestinians they've murdered in similar circumstances, and we just didn't hear about it because they weren't Israelis, so it was treated as if it didn't matter.

[–] Devi@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

I mean, the answer is loads. There was a hospital where they had to move all patients away from the outer rooms because the Israeli army were using snipers to pick off staff who came to attend to them. Uniformed doctors who were engaged in treating their patients were shot with no warning.