The military initially said it opened fire because the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” on nearby troops without headlights or emergency signals. An Israeli military official, speaking late Saturday on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said that account was “mistaken.”

The footage shows the Red Crescent and Civil Defense teams driving slowly with their emergency vehicles’ lights flashing, logos visible, as they pulled up to help an ambulance that had come under fire earlier. The teams do not appear to be acting unusually or in a threatening manner as three medics emerge and head toward the stricken ambulance.

    • mhague@lemmy.world
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      Reading comprehension.

      Reading fucking comprehension.

      I bring up the time IDF used an ambulance during a raid, that time they killed a grandma, in response to the IDF saying they shot these people because terrorists use ambulances… and people think I’m defending Israel.

      Reading comprehension. Come on guys, say it with me. Reading comprehension!

      • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        I think I was in the minority, but I immediately understood what you were getting at. It made more sense that you were pointing out the IDF’s hypocrisy, than trying to prove Hamas’ guilt with woefully wrong evidence ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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        The reason they give for shooting ambulances is that Hamas has used ambulances to move soldiers.

        If you were calling Israel hypocrites you should have added something to the end of this sentence because it reads like you’re saying Hamas did it and then attempted to provide an example. Text based sarcasm requires a bit more effort if you don’t want to be misunderstood.

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          Lol what happened to people championing reading things carefully before commenting? At worst my wording was vague. Could’ve searched what I was talking about and easily realized was I thought. I assume people can search my comments and see I’m not defending Israel.

          • Ginny [they/she]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            My dude, if people have to go away and read other things in order to understand what you were trying to communicate, then you did a bad job at communication.