In the weeks before the ceasefire, Israel deployed a new weapon: Armoured Personnel Carriers repurposed as explosive-laden bombs.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/41094416

Published Dec. 31, 2025

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In the weeks before the ceasefire on October 10, Israel widely deployed a new weapon: M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers repurposed to carry between 1 and 3 tons of explosives, Reuters found.

As Israeli troops pushed toward the centre of Gaza City, these powerful bombs, along with airstrikes and armour-plated bulldozers, leveled swathes of buildings, drone footage and satellite images show.

In most cases, but not all, the inhabitants fled ahead of demolitions after Israeli warnings, residents, Israeli security sources and Gaza authorities said.

  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    12 days ago

    In response to detailed Reuters questions for this story, Israel’s military said it was committed to the rules of war. Regarding allegations of destruction of civilian infrastructure, it said it used what it called engineering equipment only for “essential operational purposes,” without disclosing further details.

    Truck bombs now. Fucking Tim McVeigh shit. I can’t even “lol, lmao” on this. This is intentional genocide.

    • cecilkorik@lemmy.caEnglish
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      12 days ago

      This is intentional genocide.

      Very, very clearly, even by their own admissions, if you put even the slightest effort to read between the lines they basically say it themselves. And anyone who says otherwise is spreading propaganda (some unwittingly, with willful ignorance, but still propaganda).

      And they know exactly what they’re doing. They’ve been targeting reporters and journalists since the very beginning, to minimize reporting on this. Even early in the war, the ones who were reporting from a “safe” distance far from any so-called “militants” get “accidentally” fired upon. They’ve blocked humanitarian efforts at every step of the way. They’ve done drone strikes on aid convoys, including the flotilla with Greta Thunberg, more than once.

      I think the outrage from the public at Israel’s actions could be stronger, but it’s already more than strong enough to justify that something serious should be done. And it isn’t. And it won’t be. And I don’t think more public outrage is going to change that. I think the public needs to start asking hard questions about their own governments and political leaders and why they still support Israel. Because it’s not an accident, and it’s not a secret, that Israel still receives overwhelming international support in what they’re doing. Perhaps with a few cautionary finger-shakes and a sternly worded letter or two, but the money and the logistical and political support continues to flow almost completely unabated. This completely crosses party lines, it’s something almost all the economic and political power of the western world is supporting.

      We’re all complicit, even if we don’t realize it, even if we don’t have any obvious choices available that would prevent it. Ignorance, willful or otherwise, is not a defense. I don’t think it’s within my power as an individual to do anything to stop this, but I can at least choose not to be ignorant about it, to see what we have wrought and admit what we are responsible for. And I can encourage other people to see it too. I will remember what the Palestinian people were before now, and I hope that as many of them survive as possible to continue being that, and more in the decades and centuries ahead.