Israeli soldiers on the northern border have been seen using a medieval catapult-like weapon to shoot flaming projectiles into Lebanon, igniting plantations to prevent Hezbollah fighters from infiltrating into the south.

Footage widely shared on social media shows the soldiers loading a trebuchet and flinging fireballs into Lebanese territory. “This is a local initiative and not a tool that is widely used,” the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement, denying that this is a widely adopted tactic by the forces.

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    5 months ago

    Strange… I could swear it was the exact same strategy used by colonialist forces since colonialism began

    Yeah, international humanitarian laws weren’t codified because nobody was doing things that they should never do…

    Are you saying it was all war crimes?

    All the instances of targeting civilians and food sources as a weapon of war? You bet your ass I am.