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Forget the subtitles
Just look what the Zionists did to him. TAP tweet to see video.
An Israeli drone went off in his room.
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malaise
(296,101 posts)although some countries are finally waking up
Lonestarblue
(13,480 posts)Even those children who live through repeated bombings but are being starved will suffer all their lives. Starvation in early childhood is especially harmful, affecting both brain and physical developments and future health. Netanyahu is doing to Palestinian childrenand adultswhat Hitler did to Jews in concentration camps. Netanyahu doesnt kill them with fas chambers, he simply drops US bombs on them. The goal is the same. I know this comparison is harsh, but I see little difference between Hitlers treatment of Jews and Netanyahus treatment of Palestinians in Gaza.
malaise
(296,101 posts)Rec
vanessa_ca
(947 posts)It's more the optics and the looming indictments for supporting a genocide. I pray hard that complicit countries, organizations and people pay dearly for this and that karma be the best bitch she can. There must be justice. Will there be is another question altogether seeing how deep the complicity is.
rickyhall
(5,509 posts)David__77
(24,728 posts)Iggo
(49,927 posts)MaineBlueBear
(457 posts)China will be all caught up with them once they invade Taiwan.
David__77
(24,728 posts)Iggo
(49,927 posts)Blue Full Moon
(3,484 posts)womanofthehills
(10,988 posts)Oct 5, 2018 - click on link below not found
BREAKING: UN Council finds that #IDF intentionally killed many Palestinian children on purpose recently and that Israel directly shot journalists who were clearly marked as such. "There is no justification for shooting children and disabled people that pose no risk."
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Blue Full Moon
(3,484 posts)mountain grammy
(29,035 posts)All through history since planes and bombs were invented. Sickening.
perdita9
(1,352 posts)By all means hold Netanyahu and those who foolishly elected him accountable for the war crimes Israel has committed. However, Hamas is equally culpable for this mess by continuing to use the citizens of Gaza as bargaining chips and canon fodder.
Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)womanofthehills
(10,988 posts)"IDF soldiers using children as target practice."
I've never heard anything worse in my life. And I grew up in a blood-soaked war zone.
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vanessa_ca
(947 posts)Last edited Fri Aug 8, 2025, 01:48 PM - Edit history (1)
Young woman with shots to the ovaries. The next day it's clean shots to the heart. Then the legs. Pregnant women to the belly. They're being used as target practice by morally depraved snipers.
I get so angry when US politicians repeat that grotesque lie about the IDF being the most moral army in the whole wide world. Not only is that a despicable lie, but it's an insult to our military were soldiers and officers are trained to not target civilians and made to memorize the Geneva Code.
Jedi Guy
(3,477 posts)Source, please?
I'm highly skeptical about claims of "clean shots" to internal organs that aren't readily visible and are approximately the size of a grape, give or take. These "morally depraved snipers" aren't using scopes with X-ray vision. Even with a high-powered scope and a military rifle, a "clean shot" to a very small internal organ, from a distance, on a moving target is incredibly difficult.
It's an active war zone over there, with bullets flying all over the place. The more likely scenario is that the people in question were struck by stray bullets and those bullets happened to hit testicles, ovaries, etc. I don't believe evil Israeli snipers are just hiding out there salivating at the idea of blowing people's testicles and ovaries away for funsies.
vanessa_ca
(947 posts)I googled and found you this one, but there are many. It's horrendous and hard to believe. This is all part of Netanyahu's diktat to destroy Amalek and wipe all trace of Amalek off the land.
Fast forward to minute 3 if you want to go straight to the testicle part.
Dr. Nick Maynard, a surgeon who has just returned from volunteering in Gaza for the past month, describes a pattern reminiscent of target practice visible in the injuries medical staff are treating in Gaza. As evidence grows of deliberate massacres of Palestinians seeking aid at the U.S.- and Israeli-backed aid sites, Maynard says the pattern of injuries suggests that Israeli military forces and other security contractors staffing the sites are playing some sort of game in their targeting of civilians, shooting at the head one day, the abdomen tomorrow, the testicles the day after that. Because of Israels blockade on food and medicine outside of the sparse supplies available at these dangerous aid sites, Maynard continues, normally survivable injuries have become fatal. Because theyre so malnourished, their tissues dont heal. Their immune systems are suppressed. They often end up breaking down, causing terrible infections inside the body, and frequently these patients die.
Here is the transcript for the part you're questioning.
And the clustering, the pattern we're seeing is very striking. Um, and it it would appear to us that there there's almost like target practice playing some sort of game that we're going to go for the head today, the abdomen tomorrow, the testicles the day after that. Truly, truly shocking.
Jedi Guy
(3,477 posts)And you then provide what amounts to an anecdotal account from a single doctor.
You will, I hope, forgive me if I remain somewhat skeptical of unverified claims made by a single person.
vanessa_ca
(947 posts)For the forgiveness you requested, you'll need to find a bigger being than me. I'm not inclined to forgive deniers.
Jedi Guy
(3,477 posts)Less flippantly, there have been many bullshit claims trotted out throughout this conflict. I'm not going to accept something as gospel truth just because some British guy with an MD said it's so. By that metric, any rando doctor can go on TV and claim whatever he or she wants. That just doesn't clear the bar for me, sorry not sorry.
AloeVera
(4,263 posts)For his work in Gaza.
Of course your bar is much higher. Too bad Morher Teresa is no longer with us. I dare say she would be there tending to the starving and dying and her testimony would be too "low bar" too.
Jedi Guy
(3,477 posts)I'm sure he's a wonderful guy and everything but I'm not going to accept his words as the absolute truth because he's a doctor or because he won an award. He's still one person with one perspective and anything he says is just that: his perspective.
As I said above, it's an active war zone and it's a densely populated area. Rather than evil Zionist snipers using X-ray scopes and making trick shots on moving targets at a distance with uncanny accuracy on targets the size of grapes, the more logical explanation is that a lot of people are being injured in an active war zone and he's seeing a pattern that isn't necessarily there.
If you want to believe the evil Zionist sniper theory, go for it.
Given all the bullshit stories that have been trotted out throughout this conflict, though, this one doesn't pass muster for me. Sorry not sorry.
AloeVera
(4,263 posts)It's a pattern, it's systematic, it's in aid of ethnic cleansing and it's contemptible. Beneath contempt actually.
That some loonies in the IDF filled with hate, Islamophobia and a twisted version of their religion make a sadistic game out of it does not surprise me. I've read the testimonies of the IDF whistleblower soldiers. Plenty of info out there. Or, you can keep burying your head in the sand.
Interesting article on the types of soldiers who commit crimes like the one below and the culture of the DF. There are too many in the IDF. Worse, there is a culture of immunity.
https://archive.is/WuoAI
No, the doctor's testimony is not far-fetched. It's believable to me.
You might also want to ask why, against humanitarian principles, the IDF decided to place all 4 aid hubs inside active war zones.
Sick to death of all the savage cruelty. I don't get people who make excuses for it.
Jedi Guy
(3,477 posts)I've nearly replied a couple times to your posts with my thoughts on the matter. I never bothered because we see the issue so very differently that I don't think you'd care for my perspective and there's not much likelihood of understanding or common ground.
Perhaps it's best that we leave it at that, yes?
AloeVera
(4,263 posts)If you are someone who still agrees with Netanyahu's past war actions or now his reasons for "total conquest" of Gaza, we would never see eye to eye or understand one another. Or even close, so in that case let's save ourselves the trouble.
sheshe2
(97,626 posts)I just posted you two links...
Along with a trigger warning, of the sexual mutilations that Hamas carried out on 10/7.
AloeVera
(4,263 posts)Physicians for Human Rights Israel released a Clarification paper in late 2024 in which they acknowledged some of the witnesses, reports, claims used in their original Report in November 2023 was later found to be false, inaccurate or unreliable.
Here is the most interesting part, at least to me:
We emphasize once again: Sexual violence and allegations of sexual violence must never be weaponized as tools of warfare or propaganda. As a human rights organization, we remain committed to standing alongside victims, raising awareness about any suspected harm or rights infringements, and doing so impartially, regardless of the origin of the violations. This is our duty, and we will persist in fulfilling it to the best of our ability.
Bolding mine.
https://www.phr.org.il/en/clarification/
writerJT
(467 posts)who uses this two-step method:
1. Give me a source
2. No, not that one!
Good luck with that.
Beastly Boy
(13,283 posts)1. Give me a legitimate source
2. No, a legitimate source
writerJT
(467 posts)enthusiast to define the terms.
Never Again
AloeVera
(4,263 posts)Dr. Maynard was awarded the Humanitarian Medal by King Charles III in February 2025 for his work in Gaza.
He sounds very sketchy to me.
Jedi Guy
(3,477 posts)When I look closer, though, it looks more like this.
1. There are multiple sources to back this up!
2. Okay, let's see them.
3. Here's a single source that's anecdotal evidence.
4. Hey, that's one single source and it's anecdotal evidence, plus you're making an argument from authority rather than truly backing up your claim.
5. Sanctimonious snark.
Your interpretation is still interesting, though, I guess.
sheshe2
(97,626 posts)I have a link here of the rape and mutilations by HAMAS on 10/7.
**Trigger Warning** It is sickening
Israeli female soldiers shot in crotch, vagina, breasts on October 7
Our team commander saw several female soldiers who were shot in the crotch intimate parts/vagina or shot in the breast. This seemed to be a systematic genital mutilation of a group of victims, Mendes said.
In a filmed testimonial played at the event, a survivor said she watched a terrorist who had cut off a womans breasts and played with them after he had raped her.
Our unit has seen bodies that were beheaded or had limbs cut off, mutilated, Mendes said. One young woman came in with no legs: they had been cut off. We saw several severed heads, one with a large kitchen knife still embedded in the neck.
Charred remains arrived and had to be identified and prepared for burial. These bodies were burned beyond recognition, often without arms or legs; they did not resemble anything human, Mendes said.
snip
Among bodies that were not burned, the heads were often badly disfigured. Heads and faces were covered in blood. They were shot in the eyes, face, and skull, she said. It was often impossible for families to be shown faces, and it seems as if mutilation of these womens faces was an objective in their murders.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-776654
Their bodies tell their stories. Theyre not alive to speak for themselves.
NBC News has reviewed evidence that suggests dozens of Israeli women were raped, sexually abused or mutilated during the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hamas-rape-israeli-women-oct-7-rcna128221
mcar
(46,056 posts)lapucelle
(21,061 posts)If folks didn't know better, they could almost say that Gray and Halper seem to be trolling their own audience.
sheshe2
(97,626 posts)lapucelle
(21,061 posts)to investigate. During an interview, Sagaar also agreed with Tucker Carlson's claims that Epstein and Maxwell's crimes are "victimless".
https://singjupost.com/saagar-enjetis-interview-on-the-tucker-carlson-show-transcript/
electric_blue68
(26,856 posts)womanofthehills
(10,988 posts)Link to tweet
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Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)Nanjeanne
(6,589 posts)Anthony Aguilar, a former Gaza Humanitarian Foundation contractor, describes what he saw on the ground in Gaza while trying to distribute aid to hungry Palestinians, including meeting a young 10-year-old boy, Amir, who thanked him and his colleague for the aid he was able to retrieve. Moments later, he says Amir was gunned down and killed. "We have no excuse as a nation...as a world to look at this and say we didn't know," he says.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/whistleblower-10-year-old-palestinian-boy-gunned-down-after-receiving-food-aid-244262469741]
Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)electric_blue68
(26,856 posts)Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)This is all on Hamas.
electric_blue68
(26,856 posts)Beastly Boy
(13,283 posts)Netanyahu and his government are bad, terrible, immoral and incompetent. But... Hamas ( a long list of grievances follows, legitimate and perceived, along with detailed descriptions of their crimes from unreliable sources and my own indignant comments). And shame on you for saying there are no Hamas/PIJ war crimes!
I am really curious what you think of this.
Note what I did here: I am reluctantly acknowledging Netanyahu's government's bad faith, but not going past the obligatory generalities in describing their culpability. Then, before I go into specifics, I am putting an abrupt end to this matter, leaving it virtually unaddressed, and deflecting to Hamas, and from then on only addressing, in minutest detail, accompanied by my own subjective commentaries, Hamas' crimes, real and hypothetical, being the sole arbiter of what those crimes entail in legal terms.
I am sure you've seen this maneuver used on hundreds of occasions, with roles reversed. I have.
electric_blue68
(26,856 posts)Obviously one might have not kept complete track in those horrific first hours, and days after the henious Oct 7 kidnappings, and slaughter of of Israeli Jews, and maybe others (I don't remember).
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I vehemently condemned Hamas from the get go!!! And kept on doing that here, and there. Possibly also stating at various points they needed to be gotten rid of.
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So... Get. Your. Facts. Straight. as far as my reactions are concerned!
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As for this...
"I am sure you've seen this maneuver used on hundreds of occasions, with roles reversed. I have."
I'm not even sure what you are talking about here - manuver wise. And I'm sure I haven't seen whatever you are talking about "used on hundreds of occasions.", either.
thought crime
(1,564 posts)Hamas was effectively defeated some time ago. Hamas is not playing a part in the slaughter and starvation of Palestinians. The American taxpayers are not paying for Hamas' actions. We are handing billions to war criminals. This has gone far beyond any need to play mind games, but here are some rhetorical questions. What can we do to stop the continued slaughter in Palestine? What can the rest of the world do to stop the slaughter? What can Israel do to stop the slaughter?
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womanofthehills
(10,988 posts)He read his resignation text with time sent and text/letter he got back asking him to not leave and stay on.. GHF had NO letter or proof they ever terminated him.
Israeli lies so much - this week Netanyahu told us that Hamas booby trapped all the buildings totally demolishing Gaza and that Gaza has tons of food.
You say "with no corroboration of any of his claims". - BBC includes video taken by Anthony of a fellow GHF worker shouting something like I think I got that one while we see people running and hear bullets.
"A retired US special forces officer has revealed to the BBC why he resigned from his work with US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centres.
"I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians," Anthony Aguilar told the BBC.
He added that in his entire career he has never witnessed such a level of "brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population".
https://bbc.com/news/videos/cy8k8045nx9o
lapucelle
(21,061 posts)lapucelle
(21,061 posts)TUCKER CARLSON: Ill speak for myself. I never thought that I would be offering an apology to Jeffrey Epstein. I think of all the times Ive maligned that guy, all the times Ive accused him of crimes of blackmailing people, of trafficking children to powerful figures around the world on behalf of Global Intel Services.
And then I learned yesterday from Attorney General Pam Bondi thats totally untrue. Yes, the guy killed himself after 30 days, 36 days in prison for no reason. He was a billionaire, he had no clients, hed done nothing wrong other than get naughty massages 20 years before. And the guy killed himself. Another pointless death.
And then his best friend, former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, doing 20 years in prison for no crime. There are no victims.
SAAGAR ENJETI: Yes, its a victimless crime. Theyre obviously persecuted by the state. Theyre political prisoners, really. The Hague should come in and do an investigation or were watching one of the most systematic government cover-ups of all time.
https://singjupost.com/saagar-enjetis-interview-on-the-tucker-carlson-show-transcript/
womanofthehills
(10,988 posts)Anthony Aguilar, former Green Beret who contracted with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, gives a firsthand account of the IDF claiming that four aid trucks full of food never even existed
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A US colonel accuses Israel of war crimes...
Hes been on Breaking Points, Tucker and other podcasts.
lapucelle
(21,061 posts)to explain exactly where they got the "evidence" that they released to counter Anthony Aguilar's claims. If GHF manufactured those screen caps of text messages, they need to be held to account.
They should then subpoena the 18 GHF employees who worked with retired Lt. Colonel Aguilar and question them about their sworn affidavits disputing Aguilar's claims and detailing the reasons why Mr. Aguilar was "fired". Lying under oath is a serious offense.
Retired Lt. Colonel Aguilar should also consider suing the GHF for slander. The GHF held a press conference and presented "evidence" that besmirched the retired Green Beret's good name. Hold GHF to account!
GHF's "evidence":
https://ghf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gaza-Contractor-Deck.pdf
https://ghf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/7.30-Statements.pdf
electric_blue68
(26,856 posts)😔
AverageOldGuy
(3,835 posts), , , when you have two sides with the same characteristics, it's the people just trying to get by who are caught in the middle.
Old African proverb: When the elephants fight, the grass is trampled.
Orrex
(67,111 posts)Hamas is a vile terrorist regime that must be wiped out to its last member. Meanwhile Netanyahu continues his years-long campaign of deliberate civilian murder.
If you kill a civilian because you claim that a terrorist is using them as a shield or bargaining chip, then their death is on you, and to assert otherwise is to parrot Bibis propaganda.
PhylliPretzel
(218 posts)terrorist or a liberation organization depends upon where one sits.
I imagine George III of England thought our Revolutionary heroes were 'terrorists."
EdmondDantes_
(1,797 posts)Hamas launched an attack that intentionally targeted large groups of civilians and killed 800+ of them.
Hamas is a terrorist organization.
AloeVera
(4,263 posts)But orders of magnitude worse.
Beastly Boy
(13,283 posts)It takes a lot of denial to imagine that Israel didn't act in self-defense after an unprovoked attack across international border which broke a cease fire and EXCLUSIVELY targeted civilian population, an attack that created a casus belli, a legitimate cause for commencing a war written into international law.
Yet, the whitewashing of Hamas continues.
AloeVera
(4,263 posts)Especially when it was done by design, using the legitimate cause as a pretext.
Nearly 400 IDF soldiers and security personnel were killed on Oct. 7th - part of the 1139 killed. Your statement about exclusively targeting civilians is false.
lapucelle
(21,061 posts)mcar
(46,056 posts)Hamas is a terrorist organization, period, whose entire goal is the destruction of the Israeli state and all Jews around the world. Anyone who says otherwise is, to be kind, not paying attention.
Iggo
(49,927 posts)There is no shared responsibility.
womanofthehills
(10,988 posts)Have said IDF is continuing to shoot little kids under 10 - like a game - one day in their skull, next day chests and next day genitalia.
Now American drs say they are getting patient after patient shot in food distribution lines.
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womanofthehills
(10,988 posts)Beloved journalist Anas Al-Sharif was killed because he was a secret terrorist at night
Here is his daughter Sham
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Maru Kitteh
(31,759 posts)Fixed that shit for you.
womanofthehills
(10,988 posts)MUST LISTEN
Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks with a fiery, unfiltered message on Israel & US foreign policy.
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You gotta love Katie Halper
Israel consistently lies & Israel defenders consistently lie bc they dont have the facts or the moral argument. Shabbos Kestenbaum lies through his teeth [about the proportion of children killed in Gaza.] We have an active genocide going on
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mcar
(46,056 posts)And some of the sources and quotes mentioned in the thread. Hm, Bri Bri Joy Gray, Tucker, and The Young Turks= Cenk Uygur? Is anyone aware of their backgrounds?
mcar
(46,056 posts)which is the whole purpose of the activity.
lapucelle
(21,061 posts)Good god.
womanofthehills
(10,988 posts)Its the independent journalists because they can! Funded by their viewers, not corporations Independent American Jewish podcasters are some of the best at this. Dave Smith is pretty much a celebrity over on X - hes an Independent Jewish podcaster/comic with an amazing knowledge of history - hes debating all the pro Israel journalists and winning every debate.
I listed to Cenk in his Air America days and then later disliked him BUT he and Anna are relentless in their covering of genocide. I am with Cenk & Anna on this crisis- I would love to wake up one day and not see 10 new images of dead and headless or burnt babies. So many moms holding infants under a year on their lap - infants with no legs before they ever learned to walk.
If you truly want to know what Republicans think - checking out a podcast if they have a good guest can be super informative. Im enjoying watching many Republicans go against Trump when it comes to Israel. When Tucker was fired from Fox - he definitely became more of an independent and hes very anti-war - he hates Netanyahu unlike our current psychopathic president. Now MTG and Candice Owens are very pro Palestine- Im enjoying them breaking with Trump on Gaza. Sad- but now being pro Palestine is getting them all huge death threats.
sheshe2
(97,626 posts)Cenk Uygur, host of the online show The Young Turks, has a dark history of both denying the genocide of the Armenian people, and subsequently naming his show after its Turkish perpetrators.
https://hyetert.org/2016/04/02/cenk-uygur-the-young-turks-and-the-denial-of-the-armenian-genocide/
Ana is mentioned as well... she seems so nice.
IMHO, I don't think they are the best source of information on genocide.
LetMyPeopleVote
(179,859 posts)Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)Isn't he funded by Republican interests? This would certainly make sense because all he does is to create division and resentment as he continually denigrates and disparages the Democratic party and our candidates. His negativity does absolutely nothing to encourage support for the Democratic party. And, anything that harms the Democrats and the Democratic party is (by default) a benefit to the GOP. Fuck him!
sheshe2
(97,626 posts)Him along with Tucker and Bri Bri, they all hate Democrats. Bri herself urged people to vote third party.
Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)...choose to elevate and trust these anti Dem shits?
sheshe2
(97,626 posts)nope none.......I am clueless, seriously.
Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)* to the question that I posited earlier. It's really the only answer that makes logical sense. However, as I look around and see things being as they are (and for other obvious reasons) it's probably best for now that I keep my thoughts to myself. I feel, however, that other intelligent, observant and like-minded folks will understand where I'm coming from without needing further elaboration, and it's likely that they will also share my concerns and frustrations.
sheshe2
(97,626 posts)and there is no need to elaborate.
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lapucelle
(21,061 posts)and more recently Megatron and Red Pill USA ...
Quite the lineup.
sheshe2
(97,626 posts)The name reminds me of this song...Jefferson Airplane - Go Ask Alice
womanofthehills
(10,988 posts)Katherine Rose Halper (born July 11, 1980/1981) is an American comedian, writer, filmmaker, podcaster, and political commentator. She is the host of the podcast The Katie Halper Show and co-host of the podcast Useful Idiots with Aaron Maté. (Gabor Mates son)
She interviews interesting people and is very anti war. Shes another podcaster who just interviewed Anthony Aguilar, Chris Smalls and Greg Stoker.
Most traditional broadcasters are not going after Israel for its genocide as American Jewish podcasters are.
Kali999
(289 posts)ecins Sans Frontières calls for immediate closure of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
The medical NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called for the immediate closure of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the US- and Israeli-backed aid organisation operating in Gaza, describing GHF-run food distribution sites in Gaza as having become sites of orchestrated killing and dehumanisation.
In a social media post on Thursday, MSF wrote:
In MSFs nearly 54 years of operations, rarely have we seen such levels of systematic violence against unarmed civilians.
The GHF-run food distributions in Gaza, Palestine, have become sites of orchestrated killing and dehumanisation, not humanitarian aid.
In a new report, MSF analysed medical data, patients testimonies and first-hand medical witnesses at two MSF clinics in Gaza and found that it point[ed] to both targeted and indiscriminate violence by Israeli forces and private American contractors against starved Palestinians at food distribution sites run by the GHF.
Palestinians seek aid supplies from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), in the central Gaza Strip, on Monday.
vanessa_ca
(947 posts)I made a post about that last night MSF's frontline medical testimony on systematic mass casualties from GHF sites in Gaza
There's a link to download the full horrific report.
suffocated in stampedes. Entire crowds gunned down at distribution
points. In MSFs 54 years of operations, rarely have we seen such levels
of systematised violence against an unarmed civilian population, while
masquerading as aid. The GHF distribution sites have morphed into
a cruelty lab.
MSF general director Raquel Ayora
Kali999
(289 posts)According to the report, between 7 June and 24 July 2025, 1,380 casualties, including 28 dead, were received at MSFs al-Mawasi and al-Attar clinics in southern Gaza, located near the GHF-run distribution sites. It added:
During those seven weeks, our teams treated 71 children for gunshot wounds, 25 of whom were under the age of 15. Faced with no alternatives to find food, starved families frequently send teenage boys into this lethal environment, as they are often the only males in the household physically able to make the journey.
Patients have also included a 12-year-old boy hit by a bullet that had passed all the way through his abdomen, and five young girls, one of whom was only 8 years old and suffered a gunshot wound to her chest.
Children shot in the chest while reaching for food. People crushed or suffocated in stampedes. Entire crowds gunned down at distribution points, said Raquel Ayora, MSF general director.
In MSFs nearly 54 years of operations, rarely have we seen such levels of systematic violence against unarmed civilians.
The GHF distribution sites masquerading as aid have morphed into a laboratory of cruelty. This must stop now.
MSF said it called for the immediate dismantling of the GHF scheme; the restoration of the UN-coordinated aid delivery mechanism; and calls on governments, especially the United States, as well as private donors to suspend all financial and political support for the GHF.
lostincalifornia
(5,362 posts)to do likewise.
She must be very proud to have contributed to trump being in the WH both times
AloeVera
(4,263 posts)I know it's painful to think about these kids' wantonly inflicted and unnecessary suffering - does attacking the messenger make it a bit more bearable? I mean it doesn't erase the FACT of these kids' existence, so what is the purpose of shooting the messenger?
lapucelle
(21,061 posts)
mcar
(46,056 posts)Response to lostincalifornia (Reply #47)
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lostincalifornia
(5,362 posts)Response to lostincalifornia (Reply #47)
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lostincalifornia
(5,362 posts)womanofthehills
(10,988 posts)Its a mix - all sides are finally speaking out about genocide - independents, Dems and Republicans.. Lots of Republican podcasters throwing the psychopathic Trump under the bus when it comes to genocide.
gulliver
(13,985 posts)They did it knowingly and brazenly to provide a basis for propaganda, to pull at heart strings and cruelly laugh at us all.
Radical Islamism wants to take over the world and force it to live under a dictatorship of ultra-conservative male priests. That ain't happening. People are catching on to their dumb, rotten, anti-human game.
LexVegas
(6,959 posts)Ping Tung
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SunSeeker
(58,283 posts)Nationalism is the belief that your own country is better than all others.
Anti-zionism is the belief that Israel should not exist.
Anti-nationalism is the belief that all countries are equal.
So, anti-nationalism is basically the opposite of anti-zionism.
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,512 posts)and utter refusal to accept any responsibility whatsoever is stunning.
Mossfern
(4,716 posts)It's unfortunate that Hamas doesn't release the hostages, alive and dead,
lay down their arms and surrender in order to end the war.
As long as the mission of Hamas is to eradicate Israel and Jews worldwide, children will be at risk.
ETA: I know this seems cold, but it is the hard truth. Hamas trained children to be 'martyrs." If I'm wrong about that
please let me know. In the meantime I'll search for objective sources. I am NOT saying that Hamas trained all
Palestinian children.
womanofthehills
(10,988 posts)Now we are being told the journalists killed in their press tent yesterday were all Hamas. Journalists by day and sneaking around to be terrorists at night.
After murdering Anas al-Sharif and 4 other Al Jazeera journalists in a strike on their tent, Israel claimed Gazas most prominent journalist of the past 22 months was moonlighting as a Hamas fighter. Analyst @muhammadshehad2 shows exactly how much to value Israeli claims.
Link to tweet
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Mossfern
(4,716 posts)Yes, Netanyahu lies - almost as often as Trump.