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35. If you want to call it a "swarm," fine.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #32)

Thu Feb 29, 2024, 03:27 PM

Feb 2024

Either way, they weren't just "walking," as anyone can see on the video.

As noted above, the BBC story on it describes one eyewitness telling BBC that the bulk of the casualties were caused by the trucks running people over, not by the Israeli gunfire.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-68438112?src_origin=BBCS_BBC

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Palestinian deaths in Gaza pass 30,000 as witnesses say Israeli forces fire on crowd waiting for aid [View all] muriel_volestrangler Feb 2024 OP

Your defense aid tax dollars at work. marble falls Feb 2024 #1

Evil Fucking Shit. Biden needs to cut all weapons/money to Israel right now. Brenda Feb 2024 #3

Right now: stop the slaughter or all US aid programs will stop. marble falls Feb 2024 #4

That makes no sense. The aid is supposed to help THOSE BEING SLAUGHTERED! TeamProg Feb 2024 #11

Wait, you do mean stop aid to Israel, right? TeamProg Feb 2024 #12

😭 enid602 Feb 2024 #2

Aid shipment enid602 Feb 2024 #5

I'm sorry, I'm not sure if that was sarcasm or not. TeamProg Feb 2024 #10

The IDF Goddessartist Feb 2024 #6

UN Geneva -One in every 20 Gaza children are dead womanofthehills Feb 2024 #7

30,000 dead. Igel Feb 2024 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author PufPuf23 Mar 2024 #46

Too many have died speak easy Feb 2024 #8

Yup. The AP has already had to amend their headline. The crowd was not "waiting," it was stampeding the trucks. SunSeeker Feb 2024 #21

How sure was the IDF that those were all Hamas members gathered to receive aid? Was Hamas TeamProg Feb 2024 #9

These are war crimes Novara Feb 2024 #13

It's not genocide. The aerial video shows the crowd stampeding the trucks. Looks like all were men. SunSeeker Feb 2024 #24

They are fucking hungry. Novara Feb 2024 #25

No doubt. SunSeeker Feb 2024 #34

After being starved by Israel they deserved to be shot by Israel, got it /nt Alpeduez21 Feb 2024 #26

They were shot because they swarmed the trucks and created a threat to the trucks. SunSeeker Feb 2024 #31

No it's a sound "military" practice Alpeduez21 Feb 2024 #38

Israel warned the civilian population to move out of northern Gaza, where this happened. SunSeeker Feb 2024 #40

Stop using trucks. Aussie105 Feb 2024 #42

Consider it done. Beastly Boy Mar 2024 #45

I wonder if it was staged to bring more pressure on Israel since it makes no sense otherwise to cstanleytech Feb 2024 #44

Noble enid602 Feb 2024 #29

No, the video shows no shooting or children, just men stampeding trucks. SunSeeker Feb 2024 #33

Quibble enid602 Feb 2024 #36

Facts matter. SunSeeker Feb 2024 #37

Drone enid602 Feb 2024 #30

No, the video shows no shooting or children, just men stampeding trucks. SunSeeker Feb 2024 #39

Unless Hamas is hiding in the flour and canned goods IronLionZion Feb 2024 #14

This has become obscene and just plain unbearable. nt leftyladyfrommo Feb 2024 #15

Link to wapo video JustAnotherGen Feb 2024 #16

Post removed Post removed Feb 2024 #17

They all pray to the same God, for starters. Jews, Christians, Muslims. maxsolomon Feb 2024 #19

Here is my disagreement in a non-combative and civil manner: madaboutharry Feb 2024 #28

They weren't "waiting." It was a stampede on the first aid trucks to reach northern Gaza in a month. SunSeeker Feb 2024 #18

Your explanation is likely to fall on deaf ears maxsolomon Feb 2024 #20

Yup. A lot of people only read the (now inaccurate) headline. nt SunSeeker Feb 2024 #23

Yeah the BBC story on it has this: EX500rider Feb 2024 #22

Ah, those well-known walking stampedes muriel_volestrangler Feb 2024 #32

If you want to call it a "swarm," fine. SunSeeker Feb 2024 #35

Isn't this way past MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #27

It is. Aussie105 Feb 2024 #43