That's a double warcrime combo at the very least, targeting rescue operations as well as journalists.
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[deleted]2 days ago
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Inevitable-Weird-3872 days ago
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I don’t know how they can keep justifying the tyranny
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Spirited-Car86612 days ago
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Give Haviv Rettig Gur a listen. He's an Israeli who explains their perspective on why Israel does what it does.
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omniuni2 days ago
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Sending journalists or rescue operations to military targets after having been warned they will be hit is also a common tactic.
It's one of the problems with fighting terrorists. You need to let people know to evacuate, but when you do, terrorists often arrange to send people to the area in order to increase casualties.
So be very careful about assigning blame in an active warzone against a terrorist organization.
Until we have more information, there are a lot of possibilities.
Most likely, however, this was probably a location that had been used for military purposes, and likely had been warned in advance to evacuate. Hezbollah likely requested the reporter to be present for this purpose. It's still only a guess, but it is consistent with years of their behavior, and consistent with what verifiable information we have about the location and the connection of the publication to Hezbollah.
Not that I expect any publication to actually verify information from terrorists these days.
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cinyar2 days ago
+18
Ah, so journalists should only go where the military allows them to. You don't see any problems with that?
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BenHelldiver2 days ago
+1
If you go to a place that has been warned it is about to be attacked then expect an attack I guess
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itsmariokartwii2 days ago
-2
Journalists should in fact not go to areas during times they have been informed bombs will be dropping on that location.
Leave it to Listnookors to make that sound like anything other than common sense…
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newaccounthomie1 day ago
They wanted to die?
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mm6156572 days ago
+9
won't comment on anything in the news, but the fact that there are more comments with negative votes than positive is quite impressive
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BenHelldiver2 days ago
+4
bots or braindead people downvoting
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Elxcealisx2 days ago
+26
Israel is a brutal and tyrannical terrorist regime. They need to be boycotted and sanctioned.
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Ready_Data52062 days ago
+8
Israel has killed over 200 journalists in Gaza and then slanders all of them as "terrorists".
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BenHelldiver1 day ago
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What credible source do you have for that?
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LoaderOperator982 days ago
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I wonder if this journalist is affiliated with any terrorist organizations, as some are
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Nonhinged2 days ago
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Journalist or "journalist"?
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PrincetonToss2 days ago
+45
She was with al-Akhbar.
Al-Akhbar is a Lebanese newspaper that is very pro-Hezbollah, though it appears not to be directly controlled by the organization. It's possible that Ms Khalil was collaborating with Hezbollah, but there's no reason to doubt that she was actually a journalist.
So, to answer your question: yes to the first, maybe to the second.
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Nukes-For-Nimbys2 days ago
+2
This arguably matters for the first strike that hit the car.
It's irrelevant for the second bit.
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JohnJood2 days ago
-6
Can you be considered a journalist if you collaborate with a terrorist organization ?
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Savings-Muscle48492 days ago
+13
Yes. Unless you have more context and proof than the rest of us as to what collaborations she did with Hezbollah or to what extent. It's fair to say that she's a journalist. And that there were many more journalists like her who were killed by isreal and the idf.
Let's assume she and the newspaper she's a part of portrayed Hezbollah in a positive light. But she never shot or picked up weapons to kill anyone. What right does isreal have to bomb and kill her specifically or any other journalist? And also stop people from going and helping her while she's trapped under rubble or under fire let's say.
There were many journalists in Lebanon and Gaza who were just there to show and report the truth without being affiliated with any of the militant groups there. And they were killed by isreal and idf via precision strikes. Some were even caught on camera just reporting and being struck by missiles . So who's the real terrorist here?
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Nukes-For-Nimbys2 days ago
+5
Yes unless that collaboration directly serves a military purpose.
So Hamas recon with a press pass, not a journalist legitimate target.
This lady was writting for a pro Hezbollah paper, but wasn't by any account aiding them militeraly. Not a legitimate target.
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_reddit_account2 days ago
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The scum of of world
No single country support the Israel government
Even in the US the whole population is against them , the US Administration doesn’t represent the Americans .
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RecklessTRexDriver2 days ago
+10
> the US Administration doesn’t represent the Americans .
1. You're about two elections too late to say that
2. Nothing in this is about the US or what Americans think. You don't have to shoehorn yourselves into *everything*.
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_reddit_account2 days ago
-5
I am not even anerican , don’t suppose stuff
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RecklessTRexDriver2 days ago
Bit rich coming from someone who assumed the american sentiment literally one comment ago, but you do you.
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_reddit_account2 days ago
-1
Learn to read
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xmuskorx2 days ago
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Stop going to places where strikes against hezbo are ongoing.,
Call Israel and ask if it's safe.
Israel is not obligated to stop strikes against active hezbo combatants just because some people decide to go in.
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Nuclear-Jester2 days ago
+103
Killing journalists is a war crime, unless you want to defend Russia as well
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Unicorn_Colombo2 days ago
-27
Not necessarily. Targeting non-combatants is a war crime. If non-combatants enter active warzone and get killed as a collateral, it is not a warcrime.
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Nuclear-Jester2 days ago
+25
How much collateral is the IDF causing? Because so far, it looks very intentional to me
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xmuskorx2 days ago
-23
Very limited amount.
Israel provided evacuation orders well ahead of their major combat operations.
Something Israeli enemies never do (not that you ever cared).
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xmuskorx2 days ago
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An alleged journalist showing up in a middle of an active combat zone does not magically create an area where active combat must cease.
The journalist should coordinate with the combatants and be assured they will be safe before charging in.
edit: Is there any evidence that this "journalist" coordinated with Israel?
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Nuclear-Jester2 days ago
+43
1. You know what a war corrispondentant is, right?
2. In 2025 alone, the IDF killed 80 journalists (in total 129 were killed worldwide that year). Either all 80 were moronic terrorists in disguise or the IDF targetted them
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invisible322 days ago
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No, I don't know what a war "corrisspondentant" is.
War correspondents however, I am aware of. Since they usually embed themselves within military units or in the area where fighting is taking place it is almost never going to be a war crime to kill them while targeting the unit they are with or area they are in.
They would have to be aware that the non-combatant was present and then, separately from the military assets the journalist intentionally surrounded themselves with, target the civilian individual specifically or elect not to avoid also killing the journalist when it could be accomplished without degrading the strike on the lawful military targets.
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Nuclear-Jester2 days ago
+43
80 out 129
I want you to read this number and think about the fact Tel Aviv is beating nations like Putin's Russia in the number of journalists its army has killed
You know the journalists were nowhere any troop, this is why you guys also use the classic "They were terrorists in disguise" bs as well.
I mean your less mentally stable collegues have been screaming it openly for months now
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BenHelldiver2 days ago
-26
Who really knows anything during a war. Where are you getting your sources from?
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heresjohnyy2 days ago
+12
From journalists not yet targeted by IDF
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BenHelldiver1 day ago
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If you don't want a bomb dropped on you then don't go where bombs drop.
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invisible321 day ago
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Such as Al Jazeera, who are funded by the same people as Hamas.
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JD0x02 days ago
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Killing ***legitimate*** journalists is a war crime.
Militants can't just dress up in Press uniforms and suddenly have freedom from consequences. I only mention this because this sometimes does turn out to be the case, where militants will dress as civilians, medical staff, or Press which in itself is a war crime and falls under perfidy.
Edit: [Hezbollah uses ambulances to conceal terror activity](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-894075)
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Nuclear-Jester2 days ago
+65
Oh screw you. Every time the IDF kills civilians, including children, you regurgitate the same excuse
You are pathetic
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fragbot22 days ago
-20
Okay, let’s take your POV that the Israelis are deliberately targeting journos…what do you believe their motivation is?
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Tuesday_6PM2 days ago
+32
Well, Israel barred international journalists from entering Gaza. It’s easy to assume they don’t want foreign news organizations reporting on their actions, especially given how much popular sentiment has already turned against the Israeli government abroad
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Ambitious_Wolf_31162 days ago
-4
You realise them killing one will cause even more reporting from news orgs and popular sentiment will turn against them even more?
So your point seems to be that their motivation to kill journalists is so that news reporting about israeli actions reduces, when killing them actually increases it. Just think about it, that surely can't be the motivation right?
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BenHelldiver2 days ago
-13
And yet no counter argument to be seen from you
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shadedmagus2 days ago
+4
I think "regurgitating the same excuse" qualifies as the counter-argument. In other words, being paid to do it - or zealous enough to do it for free, who knows.
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JD0x01 day ago
[Hezbollah uses ambulances to conceal terror activity](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-894075)
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xmuskorx2 days ago
+22
Not if they got caught up in fire in active combat zone.
**legitimate** journalists should COORDINATE with combatants to know when it's safe.
Any evidence of this alleged journalist coordinating with Israel? Did they CHECK if it was safe to go in?
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magicaldingus2 days ago
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What's the crime, specifically? Not necessarily disagreeing, just trying to understand.
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xmuskorx2 days ago
+22
Guardian has **never** printed an article saying "X Hezbollah combatants killed in combat by IDF. "
Do you think that is responsible reporting? Do you think zero Hezbollah died in this conflict?
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Nuclear-Jester2 days ago
+25
MAYBE BECAUSE THE IDF KEEP LYING ABOUT THE PEOPLE IT KILLS
Jesus Christ, do you think every newspaper on the planet is antisemitic?
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xmuskorx2 days ago
+21
Then why DON'T they ever print any news stories about Hezbollah combatants?
If you only read "the guardian" - you will be under impression (which you seem to be under) that NO HEZBOLLAH exists.
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BenHelldiver2 days ago
-2
If its a choice between Israel lying or the literal terrorists lying then I am going to believe Israels take on things
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MisterTylenol2 days ago
+33
What a stupid take.
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xmuskorx2 days ago
-19
Why? Any substantive reason?
I think it's the only reasonable take.
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ethnicprince2 days ago
-13
Or maybe they should just you know, not bomb them? These targets are in Lebanon not Israel, there’s no immediate ground threat
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xmuskorx2 days ago
+48
Hezbollah bombed Israel for decades.
At what point is self defense allowed? Never?
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yadisdis2 days ago
-11
And israel invaded Lebanon which causes Hezbollahs creation. Round and round we go.
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xmuskorx2 days ago
+41
Nuh. Iran's funding caused Hezbollahs creation
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Ultra_Metal2 days ago
-115
The Lebanese government is not a credible source.
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Nuclear-Jester2 days ago
+93
"If i shove my fingers deep enough in my ears, i can pretend i am not wasting my life defending war criminals."
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JD0x02 days ago
-19
Not sure if you're aware or not, but Lebanon does have Hezbollah members within their Parliament, which does in fact hurt their credibility in claims like this because Hezbollah has incentive to lie to hide their casualties while simultaneously demonizing Israel by claiming the deaths were 100% innocent civilians.
All I'm saying is, I'd not jump to conclusions immediately based on something Lebanon claims and wait for additional evidence to come forward.
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Martyriot152 days ago
+26
Yes, instead we should listen to a country that is run by extremists, war criminals, and terrorist affiliates, I’m sure they’re a far more credible source.
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CFOMaterial2 days ago
+5
You are still talking about Lebanon, right?
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ruka_k_wiremu2 days ago
+8
The world has known for a long while now that Israel is unscrupulously hypocritical and cannot at all be trusted.
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ZOMBIE_POLL2 days ago
-1
As opposed to Lebanon...
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Ultra_Metal2 days ago
-1
You don't speak for the world. You only speak for yourself.
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ruka_k_wiremu2 days ago
+3
The world is not blind nor mute - have you not noticed?
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Ultra_Metal2 days ago
-1
You should try that, since you're defending war criminals, terrorists, rapists and mass murderers.
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Fercaichoa2 days ago
+4
> since you're defending war criminals, terrorists, rapists and mass murderers.
But you're the one defending Israel all the time like it's a job
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BahutF12 days ago
-21
This whole disaster is truly to blame on the international community. All along his short history, Israel needed to protect itself. And obviously, previous local pop to fight the colonization of their lands. International community fails both side to find some solutions. They just indefinitely pour money and military equipment in the region and call it a day.
It was a long time ago, a different era, when there was people of good faith at the aims to finally find some solutions (thinking of Oslo Accords), and even so it cost them their lives ( pm. Yitzhak Rabin).
Because let's face it: war and violence are a lucrative political business for a lot of people, and religious causes a powerful doping agent. The world let everyone involved to fall into radicalism, both side. To the expenses of civilians population, Israelis people included as some tend to forget too often. They are both side as much victims of the politics of their own leaders than the action of their opponents. A mankind history endless tragedy.
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cheesaremorgia2 days ago
+3
Israel caused this problem in Lebanon it “has to protect itself” from. Not a long time ago, within Netanyahu’s tenure as a supposed civil servant.
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PapayaMan41 day ago
-4
Journalists deaths are on themselves as they should know the risk being in an active war zone
If a Journalist gets killed in Russia is it Ukraine's fault?
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