Civilians are being collectively punished, this is now undeniable. However, individual cases of deliberate targeting of unarmed persons is also well documented throughout the ongoing 2023-2025 Gaza genocide. Several instances highlight this phenomenon.
13 January, 2024:
In Gaza city, a drone films itself dropping a munition on an injured and apparently unarmed man.
March-April 2024:
Several cases arose in this interval of deliberate targeting of civilians. In one case, an aid pallet dropped from the air is swarmed by a group of Palestinian civilians in Northern Gaza. The IDF immediately open fire, striking the ground around them. As one Gazan man runs with a bag of flour, he is hit by an IDF bullet. The video ends with stray dogs approaching him as he dies.
In another case, the IDF film themselves targeting a horse drawn civilian cart with some sort of munition. Several civilians are killed in the explosion. An IDF soldier is heard saying "too bad about the horse."
The third case from this interval occurred in central Gaza as two Palestinians raised their hands while attempting to go North. The IDF shoots them from at least a hundred meters away. A bulldozer is then seen scooping up the bodies and burying them in a shallow grave nearby.
These three incidents were leaked to Al-Jazeera. How many Gazans were shot as they attempted to go North during this time? How many were arbitrarily targeted by drones?
July 2, 2024:
The IDF Carmeli brigade strikes two civilians on bicycles with a drone dropped munition. This occurred in the Tel Hawwa neighborhood.
Mid-2024:
IDF soldier Gal Ferenbook posts a video from inside his tank to his social media. A civilian is seen on his screen laying dead near a gate. Evidently the IDF had just shot him.
September 2024:
Tanks target civilians carrying flour on the coastal road of Gaza city.
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