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According to officers of the Israeli military's Southern Command, the shelling was aimed at maintaining order at food distribution sites, but the army has since shifted to "other methods."

Archive article: https://archive.ph/R0IP4

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 64 points 1 day ago

The shelling was aimed at maintaining order

My god this makes my brain hurt from the dissonance. Pigs

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't see what the big deal is.

I regularly launch artillery strikes on the local food bank to make sure everything is orderly and safe.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

... "inaccurate and uncalculated" artillery fire.

They only meant to drop shells near the aid stations, to keep the bad guys away. Gazans should make quantum leaps from where they are to inside the aid stations, without passing through the space near the aid stations. Duh.

[–] yumpsuit@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] Nougat@fedia.io 13 points 1 day ago

In Freedom Units, if one of those 155s hit the middle of a football field, everyone on the field is dead, and everyone in the stadium catches shrapnel.

[–] WiredBrain@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 day ago

Ah yes, the shelling of a desperate crowd to bring order. Makes sense... /s

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

by Joep Bertrams

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

artillery fire as a method of crowd control?

[–] rammer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 12 hours ago

More like population control.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Translation error, I think the actual term was "blowing up starving civilians"

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 22 hours ago

Also notice how the long distance, chaotic distribution, and heavy aid boxes force families to self-select their strongest person, who would also be most able to put up a fight to defend their family. Then the IDF is gunning them down when they're in the chute, leaving starving women and children that are easily disposed of.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

*war crimes

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Why do they need guns? They are starving, is that not evil enough?

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Not evil enough for the idf