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© Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Israeli forces dressed as women and medics kill 3 militants in West Bank hospital
By AREF TUFAHA, MELANIE LIDMAN and WAFAA SHURAFA JENIN, West Bank©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
47 Comments
JeffLee
Like a scene out of a Hollywood movie. Hamas hiding out in hospitals is nothing new, of course.
Chabbawanga
Another day, another war crime by the IDF.
"But they were enemy militants!"
Still a war crime.
deanzaZZR
In case people missed it, this war crime occurred in the West Bank, not Gaza. You have to give Israel credit for thinking of uniquely new ways to commit crimes against humanity, I guess.
Tamarama
This occurred in Jordan???
Oh wait, that's right. Israel stole that land from Jordan ages ago.
Crimes on top of other crimes.
All class, Israel, eh?
JJE
Watch the video - no exchange of gunfire. It was multiple summary executions of unarmed people and doctors. Savage stuff from the Israelis. Disguising themselves as medical staff is a war crime, on top of the brutality in a hospital, which is not in Gaza, but in the occupied Palestinian areas.
Observer
Pretty disingenuous to portray unarmed people receiving medical attention as "militants hiding in hospital".
Alfie Noakes
Well, if the Israeli government assassins can disguise themselves as medical staff, sneak into a West Bank hospital and murder people, what other things could they also do?
Disguise themselves as Hamas militants and decapitate babies? Attack a US base in Syria with a drone and claim it was Iran?
TokyoLiving
Destroy Hamas..
But don't kill innocent civilians..
stormcrow
They mean business. I’d hate to be on their hit list.
Ricky Kaminski13
This comment says it all. Why even talking to the Hamas apologists is futile. No wonder Israel just gets on with the job and doesn’t even comment on their detractors. They don’t deserve the audience. Drunk and blind on their own perceived moral high ground and low resolution notions of reality.
Asnoxeum
More war crimes to add to the list? Nice. And they'll get away with it too, because - eternal victim.
Chabbawanga
Who we talking about Rick?
sakurasuki
Occupiers have no moral compass, no limit to achieve their goal. They don't care someone who need medical attention.
It doesn't matter if those are elderly.
https://sarajevotimes.com/an-elderly-palestinian-woman-known-for-her-statement-i-am-older-than-israel-was-killed/
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And also children.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/21/a-hidden-universe-of-suffering-the-palestinian-children-sent-to-jail
Aly Rustom
Doesn't surprise me. The IDF is subhuman.
stormcrow
They’re really slick, aren’t they?! It’s just like in that movie “Munich”.
Kumagaijin
This is Ben Gvir's specialty, minister of security. I expect to see him behind bars in the Hague one day, along with Netahyahu.
Chabbawanga
Im sorry Aly, but that just isn't true. Hamas confirmed that one of the men killed was a a member.
Still, that doesn't forgive this kind of operation. Apparently the men were executed as the slept.
Aly Rustom
I stand corrected .
Bruce Pennyworth
War crime. I have to admit the mental gymnastics the Israelis pull to be both aggressor and victim at the same time is quite impressive.
But in reality Israel and the IDF are truly disgusting. I will always have a position that war is human nature and can be necessary in many instances but what they are doing is genocide supported by the worlds most powerful governments. #FreePalestine
dbsaiya
“We will not end this war without achieving all of our goals..." So far with all the dead and suffering, Netanyahu has yet to achieve any of his goals. The freed hostages was a result of negotiations not the IDF liberating them, instead the IDF killed hostages. Wipe out Hamas, so far I don't see that either. He's trying so hard to stay out of jail on his corruption charges....Israelis need to wake up and get this butcher and his ilk out of office. All of this does not happen in a vacuum, it will come back and bite you in the worst way possible.
Tiger
War criminals
owzer
What exactly is the crime here?
zibala
Another brilliant, humanitarian success by Israel.
Arab terrorists blow up hospitals. Israel strategically uses precise strikes on their targets.
Oh, and of course Palestinian Arab authorities lie again:
The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces opened fire inside the Ibn Sina Hospital in the West Bank town of Jenin.
Hmm, let's check if that is true because opening fire inside a hospital is a bad thing:
A hospital spokesperson said there was no exchange of fire, indicating it was a targeted killing.
So the hospital spokesperson in a West Bank hospital contradicts the Palestinian Health Ministry.
zibala
Agreed that terrorists using hospitals as hideouts is a war crime.
Need any more proof that the Arab extremist terrorists use civilians as human shields?
Toblerone
Why even talking to the Hamas apologists is futile. No wonder Israel just gets on with the job and doesn’t even comment on their detractors. They don’t deserve the audience. Drunk and blind on their own perceived moral high ground and low resolution notions of reality.
Exactly.
GreenPeas
The IDF's definition of a militant includes kids throwing rocks at tanks. Were the militants serial rock throwers? No surprise the IDF didn't provide evidence.
Chabbawanga
Receiving medical care is not a war crime, and hospitals treating combatants retain their protected status.
Perfidy, on the other hand, is a war crime. A crime that Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of committing.
Extrajudicial killings are also a war crime.
What else?...
The desecration of graves is a war crime.
The blocking of humanitarian aid is a war crime.
Attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, historical monuments is a war crime.
The unnecessary destruction of civilian property is a war crime.
Attacks against medical staff and journalists is a war crime.
The indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians is a war crime.zibala
Who said they were receiving medical care? The Palestinian Health Ministry that was instantly caught lying trying to say Israel opened fire in the hospital?
Like Hamas dressing up as IDF on October 7 and murdering children, women, the elderly?
Thankfully this took place on Israeli soil in Judea and Samaria.
Unless it concealing a military compound.
The terrorist supporters here are running out of excuses.
Again, a brilliant move by Israel.
Congratulations on another successful humanitarian, international law compliant defensive act.
Asnoxeum
Who said they were militants?
Chabbawanga
They did open fire. The hospital director described how they were killed with silenced pistols whilst they slept. There was no 'exchange of fire' which would require shooting by both parties. Unsurprising when the three targets were sleeping.
Hamas definitely committed war crimes. I wasnt aware that they wore IDF uniforms though. Did they also steal IDF helicopters, and IDF tanks to open fire on Israeli civilians?
Extrajudicial killings are legal in Israel?
Which there is no evidence of. CNN debunked this claim big time.
Chabbawanga
Has Hamas been convicted?
Chabbawanga
Both sides are guilty of war crimes. BOTH SIDES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war
("Wikipedia is edited by Hamas in 3,2...")
GuruMick
One can commit a crime without being convicted.
The UN has grounds to believe Israel is committing genocide...thats not good.
The "but Billy did it too " is not a defence in any Court.
Shouldn't "the most moral Army in the world " {lol} be held to a higher account than so called terrorists.?
Toblerone
Well done, Israeli forces! And good hunting!
Toblerone
Hamas will pay dearly for its barbaric outrages. The “progressives” and the corrupt UN won’t stop it.
JboneInTheZone
At this point people are just making it too obvious they support Hamas
Before people were upset Israel was using bombs to kill Hamas
Now when Israel sends in troops to kill Hamas with 0 civilian casualties people are still upset
The masks are coming off
zibala
Again, a beautifully executed mission by Israel.
Of course the Arab terrorists, if they ever recovered from their supposed injuries in the hospital, would have been snuck out of there (or used a tunnel beneath the hospital) and escaped.
Yes, they did not open fire; it was a controlled shooting it close fire.
You have a problem with terrorists being eliminated?
Great job Israel!!
zibala
Israel's military said the militants were using the hospital as a hideout, without providing evidence.
Except for the evidence that the Hamas terrorists were in the hospital, hiding out.
JboneInTheZone
There are plenty of people in this comments section and around the world who think Hamas’ actions on Oct. 7th were entirely justified. You know that.
zibala
So you are anti-Arab terrorists, and pro-Israel's right to respond, correct?
You just think Israel should respond differently?
u_s__reamer
Terrorism and a war crime by any other name.Their 75 yr-old mask of victimhood given by their Western allies is no longer fit for purpose and has fallen on the blood-soaked soil of Gaza. Every Israeli accusation is a confession. Let them kvetch at the moon - the world has heard enough.