Save the Children says 2000 children already killed in Gaza
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Gaza can get aid when Hamas releases the hostages. Families of the hostages demand not a single item of aid be allowed into Gaza until all the hostages are released -- and block a border crossing to enforce their will.
For second day in a row, protesters block aid reaching Gaza from Israel
Families of hostages among those at Kerem Shalom border crossing, urging government to not allow any supplies in until captives held by terrorists are freed
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-s...otesters-block-aid-reaching-gaza-from-israel/
For second day in a row, protesters block aid reaching Gaza from Israel
Families of hostages among those at Kerem Shalom border crossing, urging government to not allow any supplies in until captives held by terrorists are freed
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-s...otesters-block-aid-reaching-gaza-from-israel/
Ah yes, justice through mob rule. Sure way to fall within the guidelines of international law.
oh look, GWB wrong....again:
The IDF has not commented on the family’s claim, but satellite imagery and photos from the same period reviewed by CNN show that Israeli troops were stationed in the area, including at a school just 200 meters (about 650 feet) down the road, to the west of where Hala was killed. Hala’s family said tanks were also positioned on the road in front of her, to the south.She was fleeing with her grandson, who was holding a white flag. Then she was shot
By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails, Kareem Khadder and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN
10 minute read Updated 1:08 PM EST, Fri January 26, 2024
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/26/...-white-flag-shooting-gaza-cmd-intl/index.html
Editor’s Note: The video above contains graphic and disturbing images. Viewer discretion is advised.
Istanbul CNN —
Sara Khreis replays the last day she spent with her mother over and over in her mind.
Their family had spent weeks agonizing over whether to flee as Israeli troops moved into Gaza City’s al-Rimal neighborhood, tanks rolling past their front door and a terrifying cacophony of bombs, quadcopter drones and gunfire thundering all around them.
After two nights of bombardment so intense they thought it might blow their home apart, they were resolved: they had to go.
“We woke up on November 12, the day that I will never forget my whole life. I remember every detail in it, minutes, hours, seconds,” Sara, 18, told CNN in a recent interview, holding back tears.
That morning was messy, she said. More than 20 people, relatives and neighbors, had holed up at their house as the war worsened. Sara’s 57-year-old mother, Hala, always so focused on taking care of everyone but herself, cooked a quick breakfast amid a flurry of packing up bags and made time to pray. Suddenly, they heard their neighbors outside screaming that an evacuation route had been organized: “Come on, get out, come on, get out!”
Sara with her mother, Hala. "My mother was all my life. My mother's life was dedicated to me and my siblings and my father. To her grandchildren, she was the loving 'Teta,'" Sara said.
Khreis Family
The next thing Sara knew, they were throwing on shoes, and rushing out the door. She had a brief argument with her mother – now agonizing to recount – over whether she could help to carry her bag. Then they were on the street outside, joining a wave of other people holding white flags aloft: a universal symbol of surrender.
Out in front, a few paces ahead of the others, Hala was walking with her grandson, Tayem, then 4, holding hands as they navigated a street littered with debris, a white flag in his other hand. Seconds later, a shot rang out and Hala slumped to the ground.
That unthinkable moment was captured on camera. The video surfaced earlier this month in a report by UK-based news website Middle East Eye. Watching it makes Sara and her siblings feel sick.
The clip of Hala’s killing is one of a growing number that show unarmed civilians holding white flags being shot dead in Gaza. The Geneva-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has said that they are investigating nine such incidents. CNN has examined four cases, including that of Hala Khreis.......
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The IDF initially dismissed the video, which was broadcast on January 23, claiming the footage "is clearly edited and we have no way to comment". But in an interview with ABC News, Brig. General Dan Goldfuss, commander of the IDF 98th Division, revealed they are now investigating the incident but remained adamant his troops do not fire at civilians, adding: "There are mistakes, it is war".