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US aid group admits Gaza convoy was taken over by unvetted people before IDF struck them (www.timesofisrael.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A US-based aid group admitted Friday that a group of individuals — who the Israeli military says were armed — took control of an aid convoy in the southern Gaza Strip the day before, without the organization having vetted them or coordinated the matter with the Israel Defense Forces.

The military said Thursday that it struck the gunmen, killing them while not harming aid workers.

According to the IDF, Hamas operatives frequently try to hijack aid deliveries.

The IDF had said on Thursday that a convoy of aid trucks from the American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera) organization entered the southern Rafah area with Israeli coordination. It said that during the drive, it identified a group of gunmen taking over a vehicle at the front of the convoy and beginning to lead it. The IDF described the act as a hijacking attempt.

Shortly afterward, the IDF said it was able to determine that it could strike just the car with the gunmen, without harming the rest of the convoy, and so it carried out a strike, killing at least four.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Reported by Iarael, the paragon of truth. /s

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

There is no true reporting in a war zone. The only people with access and reach are the conflict parties, both of which have a strong incentive to lie.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Yes there can be true reporting in a war zone. The probem here is Israel has refused to allow any foreign journalists into Gaza or the West Bank ... leaving Palestinians as the only source outside of Israeli news sources. Then Israel targeted and murdered over 100 Palestinian journalists, so now very few are there to tell their side of the story.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can't place exactly which variant of the no true Scotsman fallacy this is.

Anyway here is a list of some of the most impactful and amazing journalists in history: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_war_correspondents

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

it's not a no true Scotsman fallacy, it's the literal fact that the IDF has laid siege to Gaza, refused entry to any foreign journalists, lead targeted strikes against those who were still in Gaza, killing the journalists and destroying their equipment, do you think that these war corespondents had some plaentier to scry over the wars they reported on or something?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

If course what you're saying is true but you're barking under the wrong tree, that's not what OP is saying.