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Palestinian girl filming Israeli soldiers gets shot at in the West Bank (streamable.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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So let me refer to my "stop using antisemitic words" chart...

The ~~Little Girl~~ "Hamas Militant" was ~~Filming~~ "Threatening with a deadly weapon" Israeli soldiers from the safety of her own ~~Home~~ "Hamas Base".

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[–] Seathru@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Suppressors do exist. And are commonly used in close quarters combat. Especially by well funded combatants like the IDF.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

To back that up I've seen a few videos of IDF shooting with suppressors, on videos it can sound like a click, from the sound of this video though I'm not sure it's even suppressed.