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French-Israeli IDF soldier justifying war crimes and denying genocidal intent

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19599

Date

19 December, 2024

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"🔴⚡️🇫🇷🇮🇱 - En direct sur la chaîne I24, le soldat franco-israélien Nathanaël Slama, qui a commis des crimes à Gaza, explique que bombarder un hôpital n'est pas condamnable." - Source

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Nathanaël Slama about the Amnesty International report claiming that a genocide is ongoing in Gaza: "If on October 8th, the IDF bombs Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, are we talking about genocide or not? In the media, yes, but legally no, because under international law, if a civilian infrastructure has been used for military purposes, we have the right, under the laws of war, to strike that infrastructure. So accusing Israel of genocide when there is no intent (...) is completely absurd — it's a matter of perspective. In terms of communication, of course, Israel isn’t at its best; what matters is winning on the ground. The only thing I’d like to briefly remind people today is that the only ones violating human rights right now in the Gaza Strip are Hamas, who are holding Israelis hostage — because they’re Israeli, because they’re Jewish, and even some just because they’re Israeli, without necessarily being Jewish. They are the only ones today clearly violating human rights without any justification, with the sole intent of causing harm, based only on ethnic or religious criteria."

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