Exclusive: Experts say use of heavy munition in Monday’s strike that killed dozens may constitute a war crime
The Israeli military used a 500lb (230kg) bomb – a powerful and indiscriminate weapon that generates a massive blast wave and scatters shrapnel over a wide area – when it attacked a target in a crowded beachfront cafe in Gaza on Monday, evidence seen by the Guardian has revealed.
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Jolly_Platypus@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 1y
Genocide. Fuck Israel.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 30 pts · 1y
May constitute a war crime?
AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 1y
Fingers crossed. Not sure how many children and innocent civilians you have to intentionally murder for absolutely no reason in 2025 to get charged with a war crime, but it must be a pretty high bar bc...
Khanzarate@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
The CEOs discussed it and this year the limit is "at least one more"
fartographer@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Everything up till this has been pretty ambiguous. But this one... This is the one that'll make people squint and ask "was that really necessary, now?" Some might even wag a finger.
jewbacca117@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
fartographer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
An honest mistake that anyone could make
dalekcaan@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 1y
Add it to the pile, I guess
rumimevlevi@lemmings.world · 14 pts · 1y
Death death to the IDF
queueBenSis@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
but the tens of thousands of children before this somehow was not yet a war crime. between countless indiscriminate bombings and literally sniping children in the head. somehow, this is the line. only because the size of the bomb. fuck this world man
Plaidboy@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
I think it isn't that these other things you mentioned aren't war crimes, but rather that this particular instance involves a lot of evidence that could prove that this was a war crime unequivocally.