• Arete@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    At the extreme left of the video you can see a man in the middle of the road kneel down to light something on fire. The men contend that it was a pile of cardboard they wanted to burn for warmth. The Israeli’s counter that it was a Molotov cocktail.

    It doesn’t look like a Molotov cocktail, but personally I don’t buy the “warmth” story. Who lights cardboard on fire in the street for warmth? I think a far more likely scenario, given the men knew Israeli soldiers were nearby and didn’t leave while others did, is that they were attempting to show some resistance by burning shit. This pissed off the Israeli’s, who shot at them.

    Seems like murder given the lack of an immediate threat.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      The desert is pretty cold at night. Lighting trash on fire for warmth is credible.