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   pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 14:00:47 JST pettter

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   @NatureMC
   No it's definitely mostly white supremacy and racism. There's been numerous attacks in similar circumstances, with aid workers and civilians, including children, killed in obviously targetted ways with no possible excuse, _unless_ you find it plausible that every single Arab, including infants, could be "Hamas".
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     Petra van Cronenburg (naturemc@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 14:00:48 JST Petra van Cronenburg

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     @pvonhellermannn I know. The one drop too much.
     But I think the difference, especially for journalists, is that until now all images/videos could be interpreted in different ways (Hamas abused hospitals). There was no hard evidence (for a court e.g.).

     This time there is the photo of the impact *right next* to the warning label (without possibility of Hamas inside) and the projectile can also be identified.

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     @NatureMC @matthewtoad43 @passenger @pettter

     All true. But there were very evident war crimes & violations of human rights every day; over 150 aid workers already killed in similar targeted ways; hospitals destroyed etc etc. But it is now that suddenly everyone, here and elsewhere, people who never piped up before, suddenly feel they need to explain why this really is a step too far, when nothing else seemingly was that for them before.

     But: happy there is a shift

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     Petra van Cronenburg (naturemc@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 14:00:50 JST Petra van Cronenburg

     • Pauline von Hellermann
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     @matthewtoad43 This. And as the people were clearly marked as humanitary aid and the attack was targeted nevertheless, this is an especially atroce violation of the International Humanitarian Law: https://www.redcross.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/protecting-people-in-armed-conflict/international-humanitarian-law

     More infos about the IHL: https://elearning.un.org/CONT/GEN/CS/UNHR_V3/Module_01/story_content/external_files/Examples%20of%20definitions%20of%20humanitarian%20law%20violations.pdf (pdf by UN) and:
     https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/resources/documents/article/other/57jq32.htm

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