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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Hard to see what's what in there. I'd be interested in confirming or disproving Israel's account:

The Israeli military told AFP that its fighter jets had hit a command and control centre involved in launching rockets and mortars towards Israel.

“As a result of the IDF [Israeli army] strike, a wall of a church in the area was damaged,” it said, adding “we are aware of reports on casualties. The incident is under review.”

Witnesses said the attack damaged the facade of the church and caused an adjacent building to collapse, adding that many injured people were evacuated to hospital.

If this is true, then you would think most of the church is still standing.

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (9 children)

https://streamable.com/bobmch

Lots of Christians dead for a church that's "still standing"

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (8 children)

The church is still standing. However, a wall was knocked down, and that was what caused the casualties.

It's still fucked up and Israel is to blame, but it doesn't appear to be a targeted attack on a church, like many are claiming. The target was the building next door.

[–] TinyPizza@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

To be fair to the IDF, The people who built the church really should have built it in a better place 1600 years ago if they knew that there were going to be legitimate targets in an adjacent building. Also, it's not like Israeli intelligence could have known the church was filled with Palestinians who had nowhere left to run

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