The Israeli military fired warning shots at a large delegation of European and Arab diplomats on an official visit to the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, drawing swift condemnation.

Delegations from more than 20 countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Canada and others, were on an official mission to see the humanitarian situation in the besieged camp, according to the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which called the incident a “deliberate and unlawful act.”

Videos on social media show delegation members giving media interviews when shots are heard ringing out close to the group and forcing it to run for cover.

Video 1: https://i.imgur.com/uJHYoLB.mp4

Video 2: https://i.imgur.com/uHrD2Ji.mp4 shows bullet impacts at walls near the group such as 0:20

  • qaz@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    “The IDF regrets the inconvenience caused,”

    They were literally shooting in their direction, not making them wait a little longer at some checkpoint.

    Video of incident (sorry for the X link but I can’t find an alternative right now)

  • It'sbetterwithbutter@lemmus.org
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    I hope one day soon the west will wake up from their collective guilt and hold these bastards accountable. I can’t see it happening in my lifetime, but one can hope.

    Condemnation and bullshit UN resolutions that keep getting vetoed mean nothing. Countries need to start sanctioning Israel with or without American approval.

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    Imagine killing civilians and assisting in starving kids to death to the extent that you feel comfortable merely saying “sorry for the inconvenience” when firing on foreign diplomats. I would have thought a solider would say they saw a terrorist flying on a broom behind them before admitting that. These guys were brazen enough to say “sorry you feel that way”. Astounding.

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    “The threats against diplomats are unacceptable,” the country’s [Italy] Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani added in a social media post on X.

    Oh, but a 2 year genocide and crackdown on anyone pointing it out was acceptable? Fuck these cunts

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      You think they’ll stand up for Palestinians when they won’t for their own diplomats?