IOF targeting kids by disguising bombs as footballs DURING world cup

https://www.thecanary.co/global/2026/06/18/israel-targeting-kids/

Israel has used the same immoral tactics for years — but what do we expect when the settler state was founded on the graves of Palestinians?

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.thecanary.co/global/2026/06/18/israel-targeting-kids/


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RanryuuRain@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 86d

So cartoonishly evil.

Ixoid@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 86d (1 reply)

Something something "most moral army in the world". Fucking ghouls.

LemmyBruceLeeMarvin@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 86d

Most Moral Army™

cockmushroom@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 86d

I think this got archived with good reason. The only images i know to have been traced to real bombings are said to have taken place in yemen.

venusaur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 87d (3 replies)

Like little cherry bombs?

corbindallas@fedinsfw.app · 9 pts · 87d (2 replies)

did you even read the first sentence?

Israel is disguising cluster bombs as footballs in southern Lebanon, in a clear attempt to target children during the World Cup.

venusaur@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 86d (1 reply)

It just looks so small. This is hugely immoral.

corbindallas@fedinsfw.app · 2 pts · 86d

fair. ieds arent that big, you can enrich a simple hand grenade by enclosing it in a bag of metal shards or nails. thats for soft targets, hard targets, you need more, and directed, but soft targets are called soft for a reason. humans are ridiculously allergic to anything moving at a high rate of speed