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zingleytoday at 6:54 PM3 repliesview on HN

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bhoustontoday at 6:56 PM

My understanding if you read the Israeli news articles is that the justification is that the car was going fast:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-forces-kill-west-bank-...

Given that the IDF involved were undercover agents (according to the reports), it seems unlikely that this family knew that driving fast would get them killed.

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Stevvotoday at 7:03 PM

Indeed. Often one of the key details omitted is that Israel has been illegally occupying the west bank since 1967 as part of an apartheid regime.

Daishimantoday at 7:06 PM

The BBC had a literal Israeli officer as the head of their Middle East department. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/high-court-rules-favour-j...