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The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces opened fire inside the wards of the Ibn Sina Hospital in the town of Jenin. The ministry condemned the raid and called on the international community to pressure Israel’s military to halt such operations in hospitals. A hospital spokesperson said there was no exchange of fire, indicating that it was a targeted killing.

Footage said to be security camera video from the hospital that circulated on social media showed about a dozen undercover forces, most of them armed, dressed as women with Muslim headscarves or hospital staff in scrubs or white doctor’s coats. One in a surgical mask carried a rifle in one arm and a folded wheelchair in the other. The forces were seen patting down one man who kneeled against a wall, his arms raised.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 82 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If they can do these pinpoint operations, maybe they should stop bombing the fuck out of the entirety of Gaza?

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah but people in Gaza have guns and they fight back so that's scary.

These were three unarmed men in a hospital so the brave IDF had the courage to break several laws of war by disguising as civilians and executing them.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sure, what's a few more international laws broken? But my point was, if they were going to commit war crimes anyway, maybe they could have done it like this instead of killing 10,000 children.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, my first reaction was "at least it wasn't civilians this time." Whole thing is fucked up but it's better than a 2,000 pound bomb on the hospital.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but people in Gaza have guns and they fight back so that’s scary.

Yeah, weird that anyone would pick up a gun and point at a group of people that just bombed away generations of non-combatants, because they may just fear for their (and loved ones) lives at this point. They are now fueling the group that takes the place of Hamas by continuing to go scorched earth on all of Gaza.

[–] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But then those 10,000 children would still be alive. The point of Israel's campaign is the eradication of Palestinean people from the Gaza strip without having to accommodate the political rights that the US constitution (without which Israel is glass) would have afforded them.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I know that and you know that and they know that but they won't admit it.

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've seen this article in several places. This particular article states that at least one of the guys was armed with a pistol, while neglecting to detail the others. Nowhere did I read that there "were three unarmed men". Do you have a source, please?

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

From the article:

A hospital spokesperson said there was no exchange of fire, indicating that it was a targeted killing.

The biggest tell is that they executed the dude lying on the hospital bed.

There is absolutely no way for NSFL: the hospital bed bullet hole to exist other than the IDF walking up to him point blank, putting the barrel on his temple and pulling the trigger.

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone in a bed was shot, based on the blood stain, yes. "Point blank" and "barrel on his temple" are not supported by the article. I was simply asking for facts rather than speculation.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Did you click the picture?

The article says that the IDF which just broke a world record for "most amount of simultaneous war crimes" claimed one person had a weapon. This does not make it true.

I'm not believing Hamas without evidence and I sure as hell am not believing the IDF without evidence.

The evidence points to the IDF executing people that did not shoot at them.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes the single pistol which they couldn't say who it even belonged too is warented this response

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The military did not provide details on how the three were killed. Its statement said Jalamneh was armed with a pistol, but made no mention of an exchange of fire.

Some guy named Jalamneh, according to the article.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago

Not in the ap or anywhere else.

The IDF's statement was accompanied by a single photo of a handgun and two ammunition clips that it described as "the weapon carried by the terrorist," without saying which of the men allegedly had the gun.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-hamas-war-west-bank-ibn-sina-hospital-raid-3-palestinians-killed-jenin/

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is running an operation in a controlled situation in an area where they already have security control/cooperation. This is three terrorists. Hamas in Gaza is in the 10s of thousands, with a tunnel network, boobytraps, and decades of preparation. It's out of touch with reality to suggest that they are equivalent.

A better question if you ask me is that if they could carry out this operation, why couldn't they capture them and bring them to trial?

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

This is three terrorists.

One being a Hamas commander and the other two being members of Islamic Jihad, also a terrorist organization. At least one of them had a gun with him.

The IDF's claim is that the three were involved in a transfer of weapons and were planning another Oct 7th style terrorist attack.

Now if we dismiss IDF's claim as "propaganda", sure one can say "boo Israel bad, perfidy!!" but Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists hiding as civilian patients in a hospital is pure moral bankruptcy no matter whether the above accusations are true or false, because they know fully well that their presence is endangering every other patient there.

That said, I'd also have preferred if the IDF detained them for questioning instead, they could have extract so much valuable intel on the hostages and the tunnels instead.

Also important to add: only the bedding got damaged and not a single civilian was harmed in the whole operation.

[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah this is why I hold them in contempt. There could be Hamas members falling out of windows in Qatar, but they want to purge Gaza instead.