July 13, 2014
Israeli ‘knock on the roof’ bombing technique caught on film
The IDF practice of firing a missile at a civilian home to warn the occupants to leave the building before a larger attack, has been caught on film. Amnesty International has decried “roof knocking,” saying it in no way constitutes an “effective warning.”
A YouTube video uploaded on Saturday shows how a Palestinian house in Samir Nofal is struck by a warning shot before being destroyed about a minute later by a full missile attack.
“There is no way that firing a missile at a civilian home can constitute an effective ‘warning.’ Amnesty International has documented cases of civilians killed or injured by such missiles in previous Israeli military operations on the Gaza Strip,” said Philip Luther Director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at Amnesty International.
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They had a whole minute and a half to grab all their possession and children and flee for their lives.
It is interesting that the israelis see a "palestinian" rocket with no payload as an existential threat, but a more powerful israeli rocket is just an adequate warning of impending doom.
Amnesty International cannot be trusted but hey, what do I know
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