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[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes but that would conflict Israel's current standing orders of the extermination of all Palestinians.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Oh wait it's not genocide because it doesn't fit their definition! As if ethnic cleansing is any better than genocide.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Sure they could, but why would they?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense experts who have reviewed debris images from an Israeli airstrike that ignited a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians questioned why Israel did not use smaller, more precise weapons when so many civilians were nearby.

The strikes, targeting Hamas operatives, killed as many as 45 people sheltering in a temporary displacement camp near the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Sunday and have drawn international condemnation.

Israel, which was attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, has not said where the burned tents were in relation to the compound it bombed on Sunday, but has released one satellite image showing there were some known civilian shelters located about 180 meters (600 feet) away.

Images posted on social media from the tent camp on Monday and verified by The Associated Press showed a CAGE code, a unique identifier assigned to U.S. government suppliers, on pieces of the exploded weapons.

It’s unusual to describe a bomb by its explosive load — in this case, 37 pounds — instead of its total weight, according to Ball and Mark Cancian, a retired Marine Corps Reserves colonel and senior adviser to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

The debris field in Gaza is indicative of the bombs possibly being set to detonate before impact, which would ensure their intended targets were killed but also risk unintended deaths, Ball and Cancian said.


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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Kirby: "The Israelis have said they used 37-pound bombs... a 37-pound bomb is not a big bomb..."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Israel said = israel lied

Images posted on social media from the tent camp on Monday and verified by The Associated Press showed a CAGE code, a unique identifier assigned to U.S. government suppliers, on pieces of the exploded weapons.

Based on those images and satellite photos of the debris field, two defense experts said the bombs used were likely U.S.-made 250-pound (113-kilogram) GBU-39 small-diameter bombs.