Israel continues policy of assassinating journalists and attacking ambulances

[transam]

Even if she was it doesn't justify killing her.
The old adage of 'Don't shoot me I'm just the messenger ' doesn't seem to apply in this case.

It was just a question thought I heard it mentioned on the news ??

 

[Highway Man]

If you find videos of Muslims being murdered by the IDF distasteful, don't watch them. They even murdered their own people, simply because they were waving a white flag.

Wagging finger - my erse.

I wouldn't expect that to ruffle many feathers, friendly fire often kills their own by mistake, however the waving of a white flag is most certainly a line crossed. On the opposite side to the coin, an enemy like hamas cannot be trusted with a white flag and could easily be abused by them to make a surrender only to then open fire on the troops that are accepting their surrender. It happens and so the IDF were taking no chances. Not great I know but it is what it is,

 

[fillyboy]

It was just a question thought I heard it mentioned on the news ??

https://www.timesofisrael.com/body-of-journalist-for-pro-hezbollah-daily-pulled-from-rubble-of-home-struck-by-idf/

 

[Odds]

Israel’s military campaign in Gaza is one of the conflicts worldwide where the military make use of AI-enabled decision-support systems (AI-DSS). These systems use algorithms to process large quantities of data coming from many sources, to identify and follow military targets (Hamas leaders or members) quickly and precisely.

Furthermore, the AI systems used by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are is not very accurate. Only 90 per cent of the targets identified by the system turn out to be legitimate military targets. And since human operators are unlikely to understand (exactly) how the AI system generates the target 'proposals', this raises many questions about the transparency, accountability and (ultimately) legitimacy of the whole process.

Opinio Juris

There was a lengthy article on this topic included in the Zion thread (deleted) with testimony from Israeli operators of this flawed system, admitting they simply trigger an attack regardless of civilian casualties that inevitably occur. The IDF commanders gave the order anyway. They're okay with killing as many innocent women and children as possible if it means one member of Hamas is eliminated.

 

[Highway Man]

Israel’s military campaign in Gaza is one of the conflicts worldwide where the military make use of AI-enabled decision-support systems (AI-DSS). These systems use algorithms to process large quantities of data coming from many sources, to identify and follow military targets (Hamas leaders or members) quickly and precisely.

Furthermore, the AI systems used by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are is not very accurate. Only 90 per cent of the targets identified by the system turn out to be legitimate military targets. And since human operators are unlikely to understand (exactly) how the AI system generates the target 'proposals', this raises many questions about the transparency, accountability and (ultimately) legitimacy of the whole process.

Opinio Juris

There was a lengthy article on this topic included in the Zion thread (deleted) with testimony from Israeli operators of this flawed system, admitting they simply trigger an attack regardless of civilian casualties that inevitably occur. The IDF commanders gave the order anyway. They're okay with killing as many innocent women and children as possible if it means one member of Hamas is eliminated.

So they are not deliberately targeting innocent Palestinians at all then, they are simply accepting that there will be civillian casualtys from these systems. I do hope @JohnD reads and understands this better now.