Here’s a story from NPR:
The quadcopter is what many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip call a small sniper drone with a gun attached that can fire single bullets. Over the past five months, NPR has collected accounts about sniper drones from more than a dozen eyewitnesses in Gaza, including Daama. Many say they’ve seen the drones shoot — and kill — civilians.
Adeeb Shaqfa, 55, lost his 32-year-old son Saher in such an attack. He says he and his son were walking in Rafah, in southern Gaza, on May 31. It was a quiet afternoon and there was no fighting nearby, he says, when a sniper drone appeared in the sky and shot Saher, who was walking up ahead.
“Two men rushed to help him, but the quadcopter also shot them,” Shaqfa says. “The quadcopter kept shooting everyone who tried to help.”
He says two older women nearby were shot in the head. Shaqfa tried to help them, but they were already dead. One of the men who tried to help his son was killed too, he says.
Eyewitness accounts point to use of sniper drones in different parts of Gaza
The Israeli military tells NPR it is unaware of this incident, which it says “do[es] not align in any way with IDF directives and protocols,” using the initials for the Israel Defense Forces. It says any suggestion that it “intends to harm civilians is unfounded and baseless.”
There are many verified accounts of the Israel Defense Forces killing civilians, aid workers, and journalists in Gaza and elsewhere. If the Israel military claims that “any suggestion that it ‘intends to harm civilians is unfounded and baseless,’” well, that’s hard to swallow.
The real question is when will those sniper drones make it to the black market.
And where can I get one?
Asking for a friend.
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