The Palestinians on Sunday released unusual footage showing armed fighters in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus disembarking from a vehicle disguised as an ambulance. According to Palestinian reports, the video was filmed approximately two and a half weeks ago during an IDF raid on the camp.
On the day of the operation, Palestinians reported the deaths of two individuals, including an 80-year-old woman.
Palestinian sources explained the delayed release of the footage, saying it had been held by a local shopkeeper in Balata and only surfaced now.
Link to video: https://i.imgur.com/JvzsWVG.mp4
Not only is it perfidious, but it’s a war crime…
In the context of war, perfidy is a form of deceptive tactic where one side pretends to act in good faith, such as signaling a truce (e.g., raising a white flag), but does so with the deliberate intention of breaking that promise. The goal is to trick the enemy into lowering their guard, such stepping out of cover to accept a supposed surrender, only to exploit their vulnerability.
Perfidy constitutes a breach of the laws of war and so is a war crime, as it degrades the protections and mutual restraints developed in the interest of all parties, combatants and civilians.
I was going to ask that - that surely must be a breach of Geneva convention?
Israel has been committing war crimes this whole time and it hasn’t seemed to have had any negative effect on them, so I’m sure they don’t have any issue continuing to do so along with the genocide.
See there’s your problem; this isn’t a 'war" technically, so those rules don’t apply. Galaxy brain Bibi is working the loopholes and the US is tapping its forehead thinking “Smort”
War crimes can apply regardless of the scale of the conflict.
Article 12 (from the 1993 adoption) of the additional protocols from 1974-1977:
Article 12 — Protection of medical units 1 Medical units shall be respected and protected at all times and shall not be the object of attack. 2 Paragraph 1 shall apply to civilian medical units, provided that they: a) belong to one of the Parties to the conflict; b) are recognized and authorized by the competent authority of one of the Parties to the conflict; or c) are authorized in conformity with Article 9, paragraph 2, of this Protocol or Article 27 of the First Convention. 3 The Parties to the conflict are invited to notify each other of the location of their medical units. The absence of such notification shall not exempt any of the Parties from the obligation to comply with the provisions of paragraph 1. 4 Under no circumstances shall medical units be used in an attempt to shield military objectives from attack. Whenever possible, the Parties to the conflict shall ensure that medical units are so sited that attacks against military objectives do not imperil their safety.
As I read it, it seems very clear it would contravene section 4 there.
EDIT: Actually I’d not call it clear. Because it seems to me they’re talking more about using hospitals and the like to shield military units. But I would argue hiding a unit in an ambulance is a good interpretation too.
IDF and war crimes, name a more iconic duo
The usa watching and ignoring?
And openly and gratuitously supplying their weapons, which was the kicker for many voters.
They even had to boot Tim “family man” “The expansion of Israel and its proxies are a fundamental necessity for the United States” Walz out of the spotlight because he went too far lmao
For any liberals starting to feel like their egg is cracking:
Why doesn’t ISIS attack Israel?
Why were ISIS troops being ferried around in US planes?
Worlds most intrusive surveillance state can never back up their claims about Hamas ambulances with evidence. Always #trustmebro.
But a bunch of Palestinians in a concentration camp can always present video evidence of the IDF doing whatever they accuse Hamas of. Human shields? Check. Disguising as doctors? Check. Hiding in ambulances for combat transport? Double check.
They’ve entered hospitals dressed as doctors to murder patients. The Zionists are fascist assholes.
It’s like every day they work hard to find a way to be even more atrocious than the last…
It’s genuinely disgusting how many people are okay with posing as healthcare staff in order to commit murders. It’s such an obviously evil thing that you will never be justified in doing.
It’s insult to injury that the IDF have been killing paramedics for years saying that all Palestinian ambulances are Hamas in disguise, turns out it’s just projection.
Just toss it on the pile of war crimes.
Perfidy is a war crime.
I’m sure the vehicle was not disguised. They just took one from the hospitals they bombed and raided.
That is not what the term combat medic means Israel.
How Nietzschian.
What an odd way to write an article. No link to the actual video. Who are “the Palestinians”? Is the footage showing “Israeli forces” or just “armed fighters”? I can’t find any more information about this but Al Jazeera at least has the video.
Edit: OP also posted a link to the video in the comments.
Added the video in the article summary. They also show the video on the site.
Likewise I have no idea why there are zero other media outlets reporting on this. But the video leaves little to the imagination. Came across it through Franscesca Albanese.
I found this new article on Haaretz but I can’t see the full article. It does say
The IDF confirmed that forces, operating in the Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus about two weeks ago, arrived in a civilian ambulance.
