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Israeli forces have been accused of executing handcuffed Palestinian medics before burying them in a mass grave underneath their crushed ambulances in southern Gaza's Rafah.

Fifteen humanitarian workers went missing last week after responding to a distress call from civilians being attacked by Israeli forces.

The workers include eight paramedics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), six members of the Palestinian Civil Defence search-and-rescue teams, and one UN staff member.

They were found over the weekend in a mass grave with at least around 20 multiple gunshots in each one of them, according to Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza.

At least one of them had their legs bound, another was decapitated and a third topless, he added.

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[–] blady_blah@lemmy.world 157 points 6 days ago (16 children)

I'm not against Jews, I'm against Israel. It appears that the lesson they learned from the Nazis is how to commit atrocities.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 100 points 6 days ago (3 children)

It's almost as if the lesson should be that Jews aren't unique and are just like any other people. And if you put any group of people into an explicit ethnostate, that group of people is going to turn into Nazis.

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Most countries around the world are based on ethnicity/national identity. Yet they all don't manage to turn into Nazis. It's not the state type its the choice made by its people.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 36 points 6 days ago (4 children)

There is a difference between having a dominant ethnic identity and being an ethnostate.

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[–] index@sh.itjust.works 22 points 6 days ago (2 children)

You cannot expect atrocities to lead to anything good. We see it in gaza right now, the ongoing genocide will breed more terrorists and more conflicts.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

which is part of the plan. without constant conflict the likes of Bibi Hitleryahu could never obtain power.

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[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 78 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Fucking hell..... I mean how many blatant war crimes does Israel need to commit before countries start condemning them. Goddammit, seriously

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It straight up feels like we are living in, like, the world of Final Fantasy 7. They could literally be using the souls of the dead to generate electricity as it literally kills the planet both physically and metaphysically, but only like 7 people are gonna actually be pissed and try to stop it.

[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (11 children)

The US is the behind this 100% we don't even have a ballot option against it

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

We give them the weapons to do it, then drive aid trucks through their territory in a token effort to help the Gazans, it’s goddamn shameful.

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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

At this point there is none. They have been doing shit like this for decades. Israel was founded by terrorists and on terrorism.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 96 points 6 days ago (1 children)

for a country that loves to talk about their right to exist, they sure as fuck try their best to disprove they have that right at all. nazi germany didn't have a right to exist.

[–] ganbramor@lemmy.world 29 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Condoning or condemning atrocities has rarely been about the race, nationality, religion, etc. of who was harming or being harmed. Whoever is in power at the time decides what is condoned or condemned.

20th century Jews were at the mercy of a seemingly-unstoppable German force. Now that Israel are largely in charge of the immediate region, they set the tone, forgetting what had been done to their ancestors.

Americans weep and gnash teeth over foreign atrocities while standing on the blood of Indigenous people their powerful ancestors were perfectly fine murdering just to gain land.

African tribes slaughtered each other long before becoming victims of Euro/American slavery.

I’m not justifying any of it. Just saying it’s the ebb and flow of who is in power at the time that determines who gets to decide what’s condoned or condemned, not the race, etc. of the aggressor or victim. Over centuries and millennia, many/most nations and peoples will take turns giving and receiving atrocities. All you need is an evil leader and just enough supporters to make it seem “ok enough”.

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[–] Parptarf@lemm.ee 93 points 6 days ago

Jesus fucking christ this is some evil shit.

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 52 points 6 days ago

AP telling the same story. Looked like Reuters was, as well, at a quick glance. So I guess this is confirmed.

What a terrible thing.

[–] tacobellhop@midwest.social 63 points 6 days ago

They opened fire on French forces too in Lebanon.

It’s getting fucking spicy and real weird that European Jewish refugees are building their own Auschwitz next door.

Israel is literally kidnapping, raping, and assaulting civilians. by the thousands as they attempt to surrender. Beating them until they either agree they are Hamas or die, and then killing them anyway.

I get why the US government is down with that, many of our politicians are old people that love rape and genocide especially via proxy, since they can't do it themselves anymore. It's just really annoying that the same people ranting about wanting to protect women have spent the most money and time getting them tortured, raped, and killed.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 31 points 6 days ago

But their shills in the West will make sure that if you raise your voice, depending on your legal status, you will be slandered, roughed up by police, have your degree revoked, snatched up from your family or in the middle of the street, and deported.

And they will use the charge of antisemitism as a cudgel, all the while playing into all the worst antisemitic tropes and preparing the ground for the next round of actual antisemitic violence.

Zionism hurts Palestinians first, people who stand up for humanity second, all Jews third. It's a shit ideology.

[–] npcknapsack@lemmy.ca 46 points 6 days ago (2 children)

............ Fucking hell. What is wrong with Israel.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 29 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Selfrighteousness would be the most likely answer

[–] match@pawb.social 16 points 6 days ago

also being whipped by right wing media into a constant level of terror to justify genocide

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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Far right wing government, a president (PM in their case) that has multiple credible cases of corruption against him and is holding onto power desperately to try to avoid prosecution.

Sound familiar?

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 55 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'll never get enough of saying it: this is happening with the help and support of your government

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[–] match@pawb.social 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

utterly horrific, genocidal, warcrimes

[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago

We're well past genocide and into Holocaust now.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 50 points 6 days ago

around 20 multiple gunshots in each one of them [...] one of them had their legs bound, another was decapitated

Oh that's not good

The Israeli military said in an initial statement that trucks were struck because they were being used by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Ah thank goodness for a clear explanation

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 31 points 6 days ago

Not surprised. There's a video out there with a journalist interviewing older IDF veterans who talk about murdering Palestinian civilians and the sick bastards are smiling.

[–] LMDNW@lemm.ee 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If the IDF scum are ever held to account, the decent people of the world should next go after their own leaders for blindly supporting these atrocities and not stopping them earlier. The genocide of the Palestinians is a blight on many western so-called liberal democracies.

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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

Here is some of the footage of the digging up of the bodies for those who want video evidence:

NSFL: Longer footage of excavation

[–] perestroika@lemm.ee 29 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Just when one thinks IDF has reached rock bottom depravity, some war criminal finds a way to go deeper.

I hope the pepetrators (and if a command was given, their commanders, and if directions were given, the political leaders) are held responsible.

It will take a lot of time and maneuvering. Politically, Israel must lose status and become considerably weaker before justice can occur. Meanwhile, the ICC must gain status and become considerably more influential. Then...

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (3 children)

God damn. If there's a god, just wait.

Safely presuming there isn't, these assholes gotta get found and destroyed just like people have done with former nazi commanders and stuff.

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[–] modus@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

By topless, do they mean no shirt? Or no torso?

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