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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"We're not targeting civilians."
And there went that talking point.
The family is dead.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-tank-fires-at-car-gaza-strip-rcna122801]

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A car was fired upon by what appeared to be an Israeli tank on the outskirts of Gaza City, an eyewitness told NBC News on Monday, as the major ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave drew more international calls for civilians to be protected.
Freelance photographer Bashar Talib said he was traveling in a nearby vehicle on the Salah Al Deen road when the vehicle was hit.
Just as it starts to drive away in the opposite direction, the tank then fires a round that hits its back end and black smoke erupts.
The vehicle carrying Talib and Al-Saifi then turns around and drives away quickly. The man is dead, a whole family, they scream as it speeds up.
A car was fired upon by what appeared to be an Israeli tank on the outskirts of Gaza City, an eyewitness told NBC News on Monday, as the major ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave drew more international calls for civilians to be protected.
Freelance photographer Bashar Talib said he was traveling in a nearby vehicle on the Salah Al Deen road when the vehicle was hit.
Just as it starts to drive away in the opposite direction, the tank then fires a round that hits its back end and black smoke erupts.
The vehicle carrying Talib and Al-Saifi then turns around and drives away quickly. The man is dead, a whole family, they scream as it speeds up.
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"We're not targeting civilians." (Original Post)
AntivaxHunters
Oct 2023
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claudette
(5,455 posts)1. What a
disgrace
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)2. I saw that earlier today. I cant actually tell what
Happened to the car.
AZSkiffyGeek
(12,744 posts)6. I can't tell that it is civilians in it
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)7. No. No way of knowing.
Aussie105
(7,725 posts)3. Officially: IDF is told to not target civilians.
Unofficially: The message to the troops is . . . just blast away at anything that moves.
No war was ever fought without targeting civilians. No matter what you are told.
After all, they are the enemy, just without weapons.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)4. Difference between this and Hamas, Hamas didn't have
Tanks.
David__77
(24,511 posts)5. Maybe millions will be deported
