{"id":32962,"date":"2018-03-30T11:38:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T16:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=32962"},"modified":"2018-03-30T11:38:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T16:38:34","slug":"israel-deploys-tear-gas-drones-on-gaza-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=32962","title":{"rendered":"Israel Deploys Tear-Gas Drones On Gaza Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-03-30\/israel-deploys-tear-gas-drones-gaza-protesters\">Israel Deploys Tear-Gas Drones On Gaza Protesters<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\">\n<article class=\"profile\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\">Just\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-03-24\/caught-camera-israel-targets-civilians-chemical-weapon-drone\"> last week, we highlighted<\/a> dramatic new footage showing <strong>\u00a0Israeli forces using a weaponized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) against a Hamas rally in the Gaza Strip<\/strong>, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/in-first-idf-used-drones-to-drop-tear-gas-on-gaza-protesters-report\/\">Times of Israel<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/3_2.png?itok=2LtbDn5B\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The UAV is seen flying through the skies above hundreds of protestors, while operators of the aircraft drop chemical weapons into the crowd.<\/strong>\u00a0The Times of Israel states that the UAV released tear gas, formally known as a lachrymator agent, which causes severe eye and respiratory pain, skin inflammation, bleeding, and even blindness.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Border Police Deputy Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai, the government official behind the deployment of the weaponized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), told Hadashot TV news that the tear gas drone provides security forces with an extended range to hurl chemical weapons at protestors.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cBeyond the fact that this equipment neutralizes any danger to the troops, it enables reaching places that until now we could not get to,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Shabtai told Hadashot TV news.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The weaponized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) \u201ccan carry up to six canisters at a time, and drop them individually, as clusters, or all at the same time,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0said the Times of Israel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well they have used it once again today, following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-03-30\/israeli-troops-kill-seven-gazans-wound-500-amid-massive-border-protests\">deaths of seven protesters (and over 500 wounded) amid massive border protests<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/israeli-drone-drops-tear-gas-gaza-protesters-152841042.html\">AFP reports<\/a>,<strong> Israeli border police unleashed tear gas from a drone onto Palestinian protesters in Gaza<\/strong> this morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Deploys Tear-Gas Drones On Gaza Protesters Just\u00a0 last week, we highlighted dramatic new footage showing \u00a0Israeli forces using a weaponized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) against a Hamas rally in the Gaza Strip, according to the\u00a0Times of Israel. 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