Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians

“ “They’re thinking: ‘Oh I don’t think [I’ll get shot] because I’m wearing civilian clothes and I am not carrying a weapon and all that, but they were wrong,” said Raab, who majored in biology at the University of Illinois before joining the Israel Defense Forces. “That’s what you have snipers for.” “

  • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    44·
    8 hours ago

    Raab, a former varsity basketball player from a Chicago suburb who became an Israeli sniper, concedes he knew that. He says he shot Salem simply because he tried to retrieve the body of his beloved older brother Mohammed.

    “It’s hard for me to understand why he [did that] and it also doesn’t really interest me,” Raab says in a video interview posted on X. “I mean, what was so important about that corpse?”

    Those guys left Europe/USA to kill some Arabs, they will never face any consequences from those war crimes and it’s just disgusting, I hate this world so much

    • JohnnyFlapHoleSeed@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      3 hours ago

      I mean, you know his name and the city he lives in. Just because our government won’t do anything doesn’t mean he won’t be punished.

      Social media and public records can get you any additional information you’d need.

      • wampus@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        1 hour ago

        True, and Israel’s hunt for german nazi’s in foreign jurisdictions sets some precedent in handling that sort of thing.

        • Revan343@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          17 minutes ago

          You mean Daniel Raab, the war criminal and admitted murderer of civilians, from Naperville Illinois?

    • lmdnw@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      6 hours ago

      Hopefully someone finds where they live and enacts some kinetic vigilante justice one night. I for one hope that the justice happens in front of their families so they too can experience what their loved ones put the Palestinians through.