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Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

My immedate thought was, "i wonder who they intended to murder?"

The dead included a well-known film-maker

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A group of journalists were gathered at the cafe. The want to kill everyone who dares to report on the Israeli atrocities.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

And just anyone in Gaza. Indiscriminately.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago

Palestinians. They're not picky.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 7 points 3 days ago

If anyone other than Israel did this, it would probably have been a war crime. Though, as it is, there is no way of determining whether it constitutes a crime.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Fucking war criminals.

[–] rumimevlevi@lemmings.world 4 points 3 days ago

Death death to the IDF

[–] lnxtx 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

0.227 in metric tonnes.

[–] lnxtx 4 points 3 days ago

Inside the article another rounding:

The Israeli military used a 500lb (230kg) bomb [...]