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Castelman was hit by soldier who apparently mistook him for a terrorist during Jerusalem attack, but footage shows him unarmed, with his hands in the air prior to being shot

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[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 36 points 2 years ago

For those who are unaware, the soldier who killed Castleman is a member of the Hilltop youth, which is a known extremist pro-settler group who want to get rid of all Palestinians in West Bank. The soldier had actually been interviewed prior to this and stated that he was really excited to "check that box", ie kill a Palestinian for the first time.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

Sounds like a West Bank Kyle Rittenhouse

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Do you have a source for that?

[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago
[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 15 points 2 years ago

Graphic video from the scene showed Castleman throw away his gun, fall on his knees and raise his hands in the air while shouting “Don’t shoot” as the soldiers approached him. He was then shot again by one of them.

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Two things:

  • Clearly this is a war crime.
  • The good guy with a gun often looks like a bad guy with a gun and can easily be shot by state forces.
[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Slight correction on your second point:

  • The good guy with a gun, even without possessing the gun, and verbally surrendering while on their knees with their arms above head begging for their life can easily be shot by state forces.

Let’s not make it seem like this was a little “oopsy woopsy I couldn’t tell he wasn’t a terrorist” situation.

[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago

Yes, but he had already thrown his weapon away and had his hands in the air surrendering. We shouldn't be killing all bad guys once they've surrendered either.

[-] JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Oh man what the fuck is going on there

We had the confirmation of IDF directly financing them.

https://theintercept.com/2018/02/19/hamas-israel-palestine-conflict/

We have proof that the IDF knew in advance of this attack.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/28/israeli-military-had-warning-of-hamas-training-for-attack-reports-say

IDF couldn't prevent but they already had the audio and video from wiretaps.

IDF soldiers were moved away the day of the attack.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-08/ty-article/.premium/six-significant-failures-that-lead-to-one-point-collapse-vs-hamas/0000018b-0f15-dfff-a7eb-afdd0bb80000

Someone stops the terrorists and IDF intervenes to kill the hero....

This Netanyahu guy is really incompetent and surrounded by incompetent sycophants

this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2023
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