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Eugene

(62,736 posts)
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 03:56 AM Jan 2024

A group of Palestinian men waving a white flag is shot at, killing 1

Source: NBC News

A group of Palestinian men waving a white flag is shot at, killing 1

The incident, recorded in a neighborhood of Khan Younis that the Israeli military had designated a “safe zone,” raises more questions about the treatment of civilians in the war.

Jan. 24, 2024, 4:50 PM EST
By Yasmine Salam and Caroline Radnofsky

The five men, fear etched on their faces, lift their hands in the air as they try to walk down a desolate and relatively quiet street in southern Gaza. Plumes of dark smoke billow into the air close by.

A young man holds a makeshift white flag aloft. The small group is trying to reach family members trapped down the street, a middle-age man says on camera, gesturing with his hands. A gold wedding ring gleams on one of his fingers.

Moments later, shots rip through the buzzing sound of drones, and the men duck to take cover. But before they are able to get away, the man with the wedding ring collapses.

The incident, recorded in the Al Mawasi neighborhood in Khan Younis, which the Israeli military had designated a “safe zone,” unfolds in nine videos obtained and verified by NBC News. It raises more questions about Israeli forces’ treatment of civilians caught in the war, which has already killed 25,000 Palestinians, including 10,000 children.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-palestinian-israel-white-flag-shot-dead-killed-rcna135419

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A group of Palestinian men waving a white flag is shot at, killing 1 (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2024 OP
Must have been a tunnel under him... ExciteBike66 Jan 2024 #1
The targeted killing of non-combatants is a key objective. David__77 Jan 2024 #2
October 7 Redleg Jan 2024 #3
Human Shields! Metro! Mein Kampf in cribs! AloeVera Jan 2024 #6
Incidents of Hamas deliberately killing Palestinian civilians fleeing into safe zones had been Beastly Boy Jan 2024 #4
I saw a fuller version of the video, more before and after. AloeVera Jan 2024 #5

ExciteBike66

(2,640 posts)
1. Must have been a tunnel under him...
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 05:19 AM
Jan 2024

Should have overthrown the armed terrorists in charge of Gaza, and other silly excuses for Israeli military killings...

AloeVera

(1,982 posts)
6. Human Shields! Metro! Mein Kampf in cribs!
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 04:21 PM
Jan 2024

It's war! Command and control under hospitals! AK47's and rockets in incubators! If Hamas....could be over tomorrow! Broke ceasefire! Stealing aid! But huge stockpiles! Ask Hamas for food! Billions in suitcases! Luxury hotels in Qatar! Not our fault Gazans are starving! Minimize civilian deaths! Most moral army! Warnings! Safe zones! What should Israel do? October 7th.

So what's a war crime or a thousand.



Beastly Boy

(11,250 posts)
4. Incidents of Hamas deliberately killing Palestinian civilians fleeing into safe zones had been
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 07:48 AM
Jan 2024

reported before.

Why the kneejerk presumptive questioning of "Israeli forces’ treatment of civilians caught in the war", even before the incident had been investigated?

AloeVera

(1,982 posts)
5. I saw a fuller version of the video, more before and after.
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 04:02 PM
Jan 2024

It is horrifying. These men were afraid and non-threatening. With a white flag that turned red.

The IDF will investigate itself. Smh

I'm afraid nothing will come of this except maybe even more journalist deaths.



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