Here and Here for sources that back up the claims made in this tweet. Additional source for backing up the number of journalists killed in the Vietnam war

  • Katana314@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Not to justify them, but is it remotely possible their fear is that terrorists would likely label themselves as press in order to get close to targets?

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      1 year ago

      I guess, but you can’t do around killing random civilians on the assumption that they are all terrorists.

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      1 year ago

      If this was 2001 maybe. These days cameras from drones can count the grass leaves in a field.

      This is the same IDF terrorist group that shot Shireen Abu Akleh two years ago for no reason and then straight up lied they didn’t do it for half a year. And then they admitted they “might have done it” .