The reported friendly-fire incident in Jabalia is one of the deadliest since the war began.
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they must have looked like kids
Gaza war: Five Israeli soldiers killed 'by tank fire' in Jabalia
Submitted 6 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to globalnews@lemmy.zip
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-69019655
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Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
ivanafterall@kbin.social 6 months ago
They were really far away, so they looked tiny.
londos@lemmy.world 6 months ago
How could Hamas do this?
ButtBidet@hexbear.net 6 months ago
culpritus@hexbear.net 6 months ago
According to the IDF’s website, 44 of the soldiers killed in Gaza as of Wednesday - 15% of the total - died as a result of what it describes as “operational accidents”.
This seems really high.
TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Probably a lot higher as well. Historically friendly fire numbers make up anywhere from 2-20% of casualties. The actual amount reported tends to go up the longer people have to investigate the engagements. And most governments are motivated to cover up friendly fires until at least until the war is over.
Typically the more lopsided the war is, the more likely friendly fire will make up a large part of your combat casualties. That is why around a quarter of the combat losses in the first Gulf war was friendly fire.
It wouldn’t surprise me if the actual friendly fire rate is closer to 25-40% of their combat casualties considering they’re mostly made of poorly drilled conscripts.
CyberSyndicalist@hexbear.net 5 months ago
15% of deaths being helicopter crashes from trying to medivac semen sounds about right for the IDF tbh
NuraShiny@hexbear.net 6 months ago
uncritical support for the IDF going after war criminals
machinin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s a good start!
merthyr1831@lemmy.world 6 months ago
did the soldiers condemn Hamas?
HuddaBudda@kbin.social 6 months ago
The tanks identified a weapon in the building and fired two shells towards it, the probe found.
Seven other soldiers were injured by the tank fire, three of them severely.Sounds like a tank gunner panic'ed when he/she saw a possible weapon that could take out the tank, with no communication for ground troops.
Another tragic loss of life. So Netanyahu can escape corruption charges.
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
with no communication for ground troops.
I mean, friendly fire due to miscommunication seems like a problem any army would have anticipated and planned for.
happybadger@hexbear.net 6 months ago
Finally living up that nickname of most moral army in the world.
ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 6 months ago
Congrats to the IDF for receiving this week’s IDF Destroyer award
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Why is lemmy.zip still federated with Hexbear??
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Some concrete examples of instances which we would defederate: An instance which is focused on creating spam in the network
Why doesn’t spamming authoritarian propaganda count? Better to have corporate ads than dictators’ lies.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I also am not sure. My instance is also federated with them. I mostly just see CCP propaganda from them.
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Exactly. The responses I’m getting here are ignoring what I’m saying and acting like they’re just people with opinions I don’t like.
Sauvandu60@lemmy.id 6 months ago
ooof… friendly fire.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
These soldiers must have been Hamas terrorist. I guess it’s true what people say about IDF. They shoot anything that moves.
the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 6 months ago
Hamas tunnels in their aorta
HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 6 months ago
And with all the bombing IDF soldier are probably the last thing moving there
Land_Strider@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Last thing or not, bombings and shootings will continue until
the morale improvesthe beach houses are built.