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Remember when Israel revised the death toll down, because they realised that some of the bodies they incinerated were Hamas.
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We've been over it and what's with the smiley face?The facts are the IDF shot and killed Israeli civilians, whilst they were visibly shirtless, unarmed and waving a white flag.
We've been over it and what's with the smiley face?
The facts are the IDF shot and killed Israeli civilians, whilst they were visibly shirtless, unarmed and waving a white flag.
It's understandable you continue to fail to address any of my points as you are unable. That's okay - continue to post your funny little bollocks (how about posting that little link again, as if that proves your ignorance), falsehoods and self-contradictions. Iran is a pariah state, eh? Do you know what that means? How about, they are "cut off and isolated from the rest of the world". i.e. they would have very little to lose by waging war against a militarily inferior state or non-state actor, especially if they considered that destruction of that state was in their interests. It's weird that they don't, and that all of their attacks using their world leading weaponry are ineffective, isn't it?
Actually, if you understood anything about modern warfare, and military technology and power, you'd understand how this could be so. I'm not convinced you even know what "ballistic" means (and, hence, why such weapons, even when hypersonic, achieve very little in military gains against an advanced defence force like the IDF).
Iran does not have the budget or means for expeditionary capability.
Nor does Israel.
Correct and I don't think there's ever been, even in its most wild interpretation, that its okay to endanger or kill civilians to prevent them being taken hostage.
Ok so your with me most of the way. You're just more willing to speculate that a large number were killed by friendly fire, whereas I am more willing just to wait for actual evidence.
Does it concern you that the evidence you are relying on though is based on a lot of conjecture? Wouldn't subsequent investigators who are responsible for identifying bodies be able to confirm that a number of these casualties were Israeli? Are they covering it up? Or just didn't bother investigating it properly?
I am not saying that your version is 100% wrong, at the moment I just don't have a good reason to believe that friendly fire was all that widespread and suggestions otherwise are relying on heavy amounts of speculation and other assumptions.
How could Israel keep a running tab on how many enemy they have killed though? Were the IDF soldiers like Legolas and Gimli keeping a running count?
Okay so what are we left with. No reason at all to believe attack helicopters killed a bunch of civilians at Nova, no good reason to believe the IDF account of the stand off at the house in be'eri is wrong in their finding that 12 of the 13 hostages were killed by terrorist small arms fire, the other by shrapnel from an indeterminate cause.
You might cry about believing the IDF, but these investigations can potentially be subject to legal scrutiny, so dismissing them altogether is just as, if not far more, ridiculous than taking them at their word. Also according to the Jewish Chronicle, separate forensic archeology done at the house came to a similar conclusion. It's hard to dismiss this, but at the same time I don't expect people to 100% believe it either. But remember, the burden of proof is on those making the positive claim that Israeli tank fire using the hannibal directive is responsible for the deaths of 13 hostages. The evidence we have is not even close to establishing that.
Until better evidence is available, I am dismissing the Be'Eri tank incident as a case of hannibal almost entirely apart from maybe the one killed by shrapnel.
The facts are the IDF shot and killed Israeli civilians, whilst they were visibly shirtless, unarmed and waving a white flag.
That's okay, I don't have any narrative I am trying to push, so I can wait for actual evidence.You're going to be waiting a while.
That's okay, I don't have any narrative I am trying to push, so I can wait for actual evidence.
In the mean time your post was long and added nothing knew to the conversation that hasn't already been addressed. So instead of going around and around in circles, I stand by my previous post on the topic.
I'm not trying to push a narrative. I don't particularly care if Israel kills its own people. They will never release any evidence of anything they don't want to, nor allow anyone to investigate actual events.
How do you explain those 200 Hamas deaths though?
If you're happy to be led around like a puppy by Israel, bully for you.
SandThat's okay, I don't have any narrative I am trying to push, so I can wait for actual evidence.
In the mean time your post was long and added nothing that hasn't already been discussed... So instead of going around and around in circles, I stand by my previous post on the topic and am happy to move on to the next topic.
Yes we know you have nothing worthwhile to add to the conversation, you don't have to keep reminding us.Sand
The initial collection was done by ZAKA, they aren't IDF and not forensic experts. I believe the Israeli police were responsible for the early estimated casualty numbers. I'm not sure how you came to the conclusion "The IDF actually thought for a while they had killed 200 more Israelis than whatever they've officially owned up to".How do you explain those 200 Hamas deaths though?
You are trying to push a narrative here. It isnt backed up by factual information at all
Infact, much of this comes from Apache footage falsely attributed by the likes of Jackson Hinkle & other known disinformation sources:
Sorry that this destroys your narrative but it's reality unless you are prepared to claim Israeli civilians were fleeing in to Gaza.
It is also of note that Hamas actually murdering hundreds of its own citizens in the Ah Ahli hospital massacre barely rates a mention in your posting history..
So while you're clearly happy to claim Israel were deliberately gunning down its own citizens with little to no evidence you say nothing against Hamas despite conclusive and overwhelming evidence that they murdered hundreds of Gazan citizens with a failed attempt to murder hundreds of Israeli civilians.
On the evidence of your posting history it is pretty obvious you are pursuing a narrative.
The initial collection was done by ZAKA, they aren't IDF and not forensic experts. I believe the Israeli police were responsible for the early estimated casualty numbers. I'm not sure how you came to the conclusion "The IDF actually thought for a while they had killed 200 more Israelis than whatever they've officially owned up to".
“This is the updated number, It is due to the fact that there were a lot of corpses that were not identified and now we think those belong to terrorists … not Israeli casualties.” Lior Haiat
They seemed to just add all initially un-identifiable bodies to the total then corrected it as they positively IDed them. How is this something that needs an explanation beyond that?
Its pretty clear you've either not read or not understood my posts at all, please refrain from engaging me again.
They did do that but, they also admitted to it when I'd have thought if there was going to be a cover up, this is one incident where they might have been highly motivated to try it on.
Telling you put a smiley face on the end of your post.
False. Have you read anything on this subject aside from The Intercept? Are you really going to stand by "These Zaka people are the exact same people you are hanging your entire claim of Hamas rape on"These Zaka people are the exact same people you are hanging your entire claim of Hamas rape on. When those bodies made it to the experts, there was no evidence of sexual assault found. Nothing noted or recorded or reported at all. But that's good enough for you when it suits.
It honestly makes no sense. How would they know who killed who? If they find a burned out car with bodies in it, how would the first responders know who caused it? What I would assume happens is they document the site, retrieve the bodies, then the morgue counts them, adds the victims to the tally, if it subsequently turns out they were Hamas, they change the count.Lets try and break it down. Those unidentified corpses - who killed them? It wasnt Hamas killing theselves, it was IDF.
So the 1,400 Israeli casualty number was released, with no mention of the fact that the IDF had killed hundreds of those people.
Are you following? Does that make sense?
I'm not sure what the IDF admitted to in one instance is all that informative as to whether or not they did something and didn't admit it in another.
The UN found they've committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and violated both IHL and IHRL. They're about as trustworthy as the Russian military.
In other words you have no rebuttal. What a surprise.
It honestly makes no sense. How would they know who killed who? If they find a burned out car with bodies in it, how would the first responders know who caused it? What I would assume happens is they document the site, retrieve the bodies, then the morgue counts them, adds the victims to the tally, if it subsequently turns out they were Hamas, they change the count.
What you seem to think happens is they find the scene, know instantly they were all killed by Israeli tanks or helicopters because its known the IDF were in a blood frenzy emptying ammo on everything that moved, report it as friendly fire, don't tell the public, then try to blame it on Hamas, then sigh relief when they discover 200 of them were Hamas.
I can't say for a 100% fact who is right, but given how the real world tends to work, I'm guessing my telling is far closer to reality. That why it was uncontroversial when the count changed. It doesn't prove anything.
You're claiming my argument relies on some twitter people you dont like, whom I've not read, to discredit it. Some footage I never referenced, to discredit it. You're claiming I'm making arguments I've explicitly stated I am not making.
You may think this is great discussion techniques but you're just wasting my time.