“The army does not prepare itself for things it thinks are impossible…The soldiers that day made it up as they went along.”
NY Times: Where Was the Israeli Military on October 7th?
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WATCH: Israeli soldiers film themselves looting and vandalizing in Gaza
WARNING: contains some graphic footage. While Israel causes starvation in Gaza, IDF soldiers cheerfully film themselves destroying food, vandalizing property, & looting…
Gideon Levy: Palestinians are prohibited from defending their families from violent aggression
There aren’t many populations in the world as helpless as the Palestinians who live in their own country. No one protects their lives and property. They are totally abandoned to their fates. Their houses and cars can be torched, their fields set on fire. It’s all right to shoot them mercilessly, killing old people and babies, with no defense forces at their side. No police, no military: no one…
Israel killed 29 in 26 days, fighters fire 2 rockets, Israel shells Gaza
In the first 26 days of 2023, Israeli forces killed 29 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank (plus another child in Gaza died from wounds inflicted by Israeli forces last year). In response, Palestinian resistance fighters in Gaza fired two rockets into Israel. Today, Israel fired dozens of missiles into the besieged Gaza Strip, causing major damage
Invading Israeli soldiers kill 19-year-old, injure another, abduct 5, in Jenin
Invading Israeli soldiers shot Taher Mohammad Zakarna, 19, in the head in Qabatia town, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank
Israeli soldiers raid, occupy Episcopal Church in West Bank
Israeli soldiers raided the church, destroyed church property, and fired weapons – a violation of international law. Israeli forces occupied the entire building — including the sanctuary and rectory — for two hours. The sound of gunshots, stun grenades, and the smashing of doors terrorized church occupants…
Flashback: The Night of the Broken Clubs
The Israeli soldiers carried out the orders they’d been given: To break both arms and both legs by clubbing the Arabs; To avoid clubbing them on the heads; To remove their bonds after breaking their arms & legs, to leave them at the site; & To leave one local with broken arms but without broken legs so he could make it back to the village…
Palestinian dies from wounds suffered earlier, 7th killed by Israel this month
Invading Israeli soldiers shot Samih Jamal Mahmoud Amarna, 37, and detonated a Palestinian home in the northern West Bank. Amarna is the seventh Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers this month. (No Israelis have been killed.)
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Young Palestinian Man, Injure Five, In West Bank
Invading soldiers shot Mahmoud Fayez Abu Ayhour, 27, from Halhoul town north of Hebron, with live rounds. The bullets perforated the diaphragm and severed the thoracic aortic artery, his heart, and lung.
Shireen Abu Akleh killing: Eyewitness account of journalist’s shooting
It was an Israeli sniper that shot at us. We were not caught up in crossfire with Palestinian fighters like the Israeli army claimed… The funeral procession arrived at the small monastery in the city, and the church bells began ringing for Shireen, who is from a Christian family from Bethlehem. Around Shireen’s corpse, we all stood as Muslims and Christians, listening to the priest’s prayer in silence…