Israel's attacks have killed civilians, incl. WCK workers. Netanyahu & his admin are sinister: To enhance the IDF's killing machine, IL uses:
Lavender: AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza. The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight & a permissive policy for casualties.
"Negligent homicide is still homicide." -D Rothkopf
Why didn't US officials know there was no plan? Are they deluded from their pro-Israel stance? Supporting Israel is good, but not unconditionally:
“There's accountability to be held here,” NSC SPX Kirby said of the investigation. THERE’S NO PLAN: During a private virtual meeting Mon, Israeli officials presented the US with no plans for how to alleviate civilian suffering throughout a planned invasion of Rafah, 2 Biden admin officials told A Ward-."
#Biden et al have destroyed whatever remains of US claims to moral leadership* in a world of "rules-based order."
Biden's legacy will be #genocide and destroying our standing with respect to #HumanRights & #IHL -- despite some decent things he has done or may do in a 2nd term.
Only the US can stop #Israel. Why Joe hasn't yet is known only to his aged brain.
Less food will reach the ppl in Gaza.💔The deaths of 7 heroic WCK aid workers drove out the charity & UNRWA pushed out: diabolical.
"There was a tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent ppl in the Gaza Strip -It happens in war-." Netanyahu
11K children killed -unintentional?
"The Israeli defense MIN body in charge of coordinating aid deliveries to Gaza, the charity is responsible for 60% of the non-govt aid getting into the territory." #IsraelHamasWarhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-68710515
Children are still being killed in Gaza. Now they're being starved.💔The ceasefire has been delayed. Netanyahu doesn't want any "pause" in the war.
‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza. IDF says it ‘completely rejects’ charge that its soldiers deliberately fired on any of the thousands of civilians killed in Israeli offensive.
This claim that Hamas infiltrates nearly all groups, is always Netanyahu's excuse for killing innocents💔. The UN demanded a ceasefire 8 days ago.
Haaretz reports “The convoy of the "Central World Kitchen" organization was attacked due to the suspicion that an armed Hamas operative had joined the foreign volunteers, but he remained in the warehouse from where the journey began.”
"The IDF says it cleared the attack after seeing "an armed man" on one of the vehicles. If you can distinguish between a rifle and other humanitarian aid equipment with enough certainty to launch a strike, then you can read the logo on the roof of the vehicle."
-Brandon Friedman
AOC has supported Pres Biden & most of his agenda, though at times her views are far-left. She spoke for quite a few Dems & Americans on the House floor.
A possible deal in negotiations for a temporary ceasefire & a release of hostages:
Israel & Hamas for the 1st time in months are negotiating details of a possible deal to release Israeli hostages & for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza.
Israel & Hamas are under intense pressure to reach an agreement that'd release the hostages & begin a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, where > 30K Palestinians have been killed.
"After months of unimaginable trauma & indiscriminate bombing, the children of Gaza are now facing the horror of starvation & the threat of imminent famine. This entirely man-made catastrophe should be a source of shame for the INTL community... preventing access for humanitarian aid is a clear violation of #IHL.
Earlier, Israeli govt SPX Levy: “IL is facilitating the delivery of unlimited quantities of aid by air, land, & sea.”
Unfathomable & tragic , but Israel's military strikes have endangered & killed more civilians. Aren't targeting civilians & an aid distribution center, war crimes?
"Israeli attack hits UN aid distribution center in Rafah, killing at least five people and wounding dozens. Israeli forces also carry out more raids in the occupied West Bank, killing at least four Palestinians – including two minors – and destroying infrastructure."
Escalation of the armed violence in #Mozambique, nearly 100'000 people, more than half of them children, have been displaced in one month.
Respect for international humanitarian law is critical to spare civilians from harm. #IHL
Any transfer of weapons or ammunition to Israel that'd be used in Gaza is likely to violate #IHL & must cease immediately, UN experts* warned today.
“All States must ‘ensure respect’ for INTL humanitarian law by parties to an armed conflict, as required by 1949 Geneva Conventions & customary INTL law" -experts said. “States must accordingly refrain from transferring any weapon or ammunition –or parts for them-."
"WFP is pausing the delivery of lifesaving food assistance to Northern Gaza until safe conditions are in place for our staff and the people we are trying to reach.
Our decision to pause deliveries to the north has not been taken lightly. The safety and security to deliver critical food aid - and for the people receiving it - must be ensured."
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The Israeli occupation forces claim to have delivered oxygen cylinders to Al-Amal Hospital, but in reality, they have prevented oxygen from reaching the hospital for over a week, resulting in the deaths of three patients, despite continuous coordination efforts with international organizations.
Two days ago, after significant pressure, we obtained approval to bring oxygen to the hospital. The Palestine Red Crescent ambulance transported 25 oxygen cylinders from Nasser Hospital. However, the occupation authorities demanded that the cylinders be placed closest to the hospital, promising to deliver them. The following day, only 21 oxygen cylinders were placed in front of the hospital building by the occupation forces. #NotATarget#AlAmalHospital#IHL#Gaza
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Palestine Red Crescent Society (https://www.palestinercs.org/en/Article/10997/overview)
which is a part of the
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement,
same organization as the Red Cross in e.g. USA.
Yet another war crime:
Rule 55. The parties to the conflict must allow and facilitate rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for civilians in need, which is impartial in character and conducted without any adverse distinction, subject to their right of control. https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule55
Urgent: The Palestine Red Crescent ambulance was discovered bombed the Tal al-Hawa area of #Gaza City, resulting in the killing of crew members Yusuf Zeino and Ahmed Al-Madhoun, who had been missing since a rescue mission for the child Hind Rajab 12 days ago.
I've covered stories about wars and conflicts all my adult life. Been to one myself and sat in interviews with many people who fled conflicts, but I've never seen the level of brutality and disregard for rules of engagement as this assault on Gaza.
Again and again we have witnessed on camera, live and from eyewitness reports how IDF target ambulances, medical staff, people trying to reach the injured an hospitals.
And still nothing, absolutely nothing is heard much less actions from the hypocrites and disgusting people in power positions in the west.
It's like the stories I read about the people under Nazi occupation who saw what was happening and were hearing about them, and ignoring them. Always wondered how people could be that numbed, indifferent and evil.
Gaza have shown me that people just don't care at all. Specially since the victims are not easily associated with them and the decades of dehumanizing them have created such an unbelievable filter in their psyche that nothing, even saw images and videos of atrocities can change their minds.
My depression is so bad. It's like the days we were in Sweden trying to get the government and European countries to react to reports of the ongoing Genocide in Rwanda and couldn't get anyone other than the former communist party to take action. Today, even those are scared of standing up and calling for ceasfire and holding Israeli military and politicians accountable.
A modest but growing chance of turning catastrophe into opp. Pres Biden’s admin is working hard to bring it about, with senior figures shuttling b/w DC, European & ME capitals.
There will be other Dem MOC who will be inclined to agree with Sen Bernie Sanders on declining this aid package to Israel. If the money was only for humanitarian aid & efforts toward a peaceful resolution & protection, not for lethal weapons, some aimed at civilians, then the aid would likely be justified. There must be caveats attached to the aid, or the $10M aid package to Israel may go down.
"Prime Minister Netanyahu and his right-wing government have failed to get the hostages released and have killed nearly 30,000 Palestinians. No more blank checks for Netanyahu. We need to condition aid, resume the cease-fire, and advance peace through a two-state solution."
Retaliation sometimes results in #warcrimes & other crimes, esp. under #IHL:
Belgium is one of the Western countries that has refused to cut funding to #UNRWA.
The Belgian Agency for Development Cooperation is completely destroyed. Their Minister, Caroline Gennez: "Attacking civilian buildings is & remains totally unacceptable.
Something is more than "just off" about Netanyahu's directives. The inhumanity, cruelty... likely constitute war crimes & are definitely not in compliance with International Humanitarian Law. Retaliation is not a way to lead a country or act as the CIC. #TFG is BFF with Netanyahu.
"Israel held Gaza woman, 82, with Alzheimer's for two months as an "unlawful combatant"."
Just when you thought the nightmare couldn't get worse for the Palestinians:
Israeli war cabinet ministers Benny Gantz, Gadi Eisenkot are “examining the possibility of limiting the entry of humanitarian aid” to Gaza, allegedly to press for a non-Hamas entity to distribute it. Total opposite of what ICJ ordered.
I'm dismayed, we've been told for years that the US has the best intelligence in the world, but...
“We haven’t had the ability to investigate [the allegations] ourselves," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said of Israel's charges against UNRWA employees. Blinken then adds: "But they are highly, highly credible." -SOS Blinken
Other humanitarian groups can't replace 12K UNRWA workers:
21 groups: we're deeply concerned & outrage that some of the largest donors have united to suspend funding for the UNRWA -main provider for 2.3M Palestinians in the region amid a rapidly worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza -suspension of funding will impact life-saving assistance for civilians, >1/2 of whom are children -pop. faces starvation, looming famine & an outbreak of disease...
PRCS: 🚨A 7-year-old gir👧l is besieged by Israeli tanks in #Gaza inside her family's vehicle, which was targeted by the occupation about three hours ago. 📍Everyone inside it (her father and four siblings) has been martyred. ⭕Our teams continue to communicate with the girl to calm her down, especially since the family was fired upon while contacting emergency services for help. Meanwhile, 🚑ambulances are still unable to reach the location, as the occupation considers it a closed military zone, targeting anyone attempting to move into the area. #HumanRights#IHL@palestine@israel