Al Jazeera released footage they claim was captured from a shot-down Israeli drone, and they reported the video shows the intentional targeting of unarmed Palestinian civilian youth in the al Sikka area of Khan Younis.

The footage shows four people walking down a street when a pair of explosion erupts among them. The initial blasts appear to have immediately killed two, while the other two attempt to leave the area limping. Additional strikes target the remaining two individually, and the projectile munitions can be seen in the last two strikes. All four reportedly died.

The IDF has yet to make an official statement on the incident. It's possible the targeted personnel were known threats or had just taken part in an attack. The nature of insurgent warfare, in which militants do not wear uniforms and blend into the local population, makes definitive judgements difficult for incidents like these.

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