# I Pit Babale

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**Created:** [April 7, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738 "2025-04-07T14:59:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/642 "2025-12-19T18:48:17Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> He said he witnessed soldiers shooting fleeing civilians.

I assume you’re referring to:

> [@Discussion thread for the Hamas Attacks Israel thread, October 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread-october-2023/991317/5733):
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> some people began to flee after the shell was fired, and according to the soldier, other forces subsequently opened fire on them.

“Other forces” is right there in his quote, I am not making it up. And even putting that aside, “a soldier claims he saw other forces firing artillery towards a group of people that had begun to retreat” is _not the same fucking claim_ as “shooting civilians in the back”.

> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> You’re the one making up some weird positioning argument to justify mass murder.

_You have given zero evidence that mass murder occurred_.

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