• specialseaweed@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    He is positioned the way he is due to the “slatted” design of the humvee grill. Because of that, you’d either have to have them down there or up on the actual hood. You don’t want a human shield squirming on the hood because the humvee sight lines are already bad so if you were the kind of war criminal that’s also practical, this would be where you would put them.

    The rest of your questions are horrific. This one is too, but at least there’s an answer.

    • DaBabyAteMaDingo@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      So everything I’m reading/seeing says there’s some facts on this matter:

      1. The IDF said this was a suspected militant injured in a firefight
      2. The IDF gave this person to the Red Crescent
      3. Israel said they’re "looking into this matter and will deal with this accordingly

      The speculation is that they were using him as a human shield. I, and everyone else for that matter, don’t know this for absolute certainty. We can both agree that this is a rather crude way of transporting an injured person at best or a deliberate war crime at worst. Your opinion about the placement is mere speculation and kind of stupid if I’m being honest.

      I’ll be back later to edit this comment when more facts come out and they charge (or not) this individual(s) with war crimes. I wish I could say the same about the other side and the people that support them.