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[–] Arete@lemmy.world -4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

At the extreme left of the video you can see a man in the middle of the road kneel down to light something on fire. The men contend that it was a pile of cardboard they wanted to burn for warmth. The Israeli's counter that it was a Molotov cocktail.

It doesn't look like a Molotov cocktail, but personally I don't buy the "warmth" story. Who lights cardboard on fire in the street for warmth? I think a far more likely scenario, given the men knew Israeli soldiers were nearby and didn't leave while others did, is that they were attempting to show some resistance by burning shit. This pissed off the Israeli's, who shot at them.

Seems like murder given the lack of an immediate threat.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Who lights cardboard on fire in the street for warmth?

People who got everything they have taken away from them, apparently 🙄

[–] Arete@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

These people have houses mate. Watch the video for proof.

Not even the homeless would burn scrap cardboard/paper in an uncontained little pile in the middle of the street. That would provide next to zero warmth and would require the person to sit in the middle of the street.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not even the homeless in US could compare to Gaza. Also, just because you see someone still has a home, doesn't mean everyone does. The ones that do don't want to set it on fire. Wait, you don't think they have functional proper heating in there, do you?

[–] Arete@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This wasn't in Gaza, and the interview is done in the wounded man's house. Read first, then virtue signal.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Are you saying West Bank is much better than Gaza?

What is your point, exactly? A bunch of people lighting bonfire on the ruins of their own hometown deserve to get shot?

[–] Arete@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

... I said it looked like murder. There's just no satisfying you people. And for the record the West Bank is much better off than Gaza.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

The desert is pretty cold at night. Lighting trash on fire for warmth is credible.