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The team's interrogation lasted more than two hours, during which all our phones and laptops were examined, and many photos - including personal ones - were deleted. The officer threatened us with worse consequences if we approached the frontier from the Syrian side again, and said that they know everything about us and would track us down if any hidden or un-deleted photo was ever published.

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[-] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Bizarre take. None of that explains stripping them down to their underwear blindfolding them and zip tying them.

It's also not some top secret base. It was 200 metres out from a city in a demilitarised zone that Israeel has said it is "taking control of indefinitely" i.e a land grab. The locals were warning the journalists that the Israelis shoot people.

[-] Carrolade@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Forward positions are forward positions, it doesn't need to be top secret for basic no-photography rules to apply.

I agree that all the harassment and intimidation was egregious, though. That part has nothing to do with security in any way I can think of.

[-] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

How can it possibly be their forward position, though???

I just looked at a map and Quneitra city is right next to Golan heights (where Israeli control is well-established) and has the entire buffer zone (which IDF have occupied all year) between it and Syria.

Holding someone for 7 hours in their underwear with their hands zip tied is not about not wanting photos of your base. It's pretty obviously about trying to intimidate them into not reporting on an area.

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