Documented war-crimes footage from Gaza and the West Bank — page 278
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“There is a policy!" about Israel’s Systematic Torture of Palestinian Prisoners, following Francesca Albanese [Original post] ⚠️ BREAKING | @FranceskAlbs Accuses Israel of using a Policy of Torture Against Palestinian Hostages: “There is a policy! Something that is organised and it is confirmed by the patterns and the scale of violations.” [Tags: Prisoner Abuse, Humiliation, Genocidal Intent, Abducting Women, Living conditions, Sexual torture, Unlawful detention, Dehumanization, Human Dignity] [Found by: Palestine Deep Dive] [Archivist Notes] Francesca Albanese UN Special Rapporteur for OPT wrote a report called "Anatomy of a Genocide" in the 25 of March 2024
15-year-old Ahmed lost both legs in Gaza, now gardening after treatment in U.S. [Original post] 15-year-old Ahmed from #Gaza lost both legs in a bombing a few months ago and was brought by HEAL Palestine to Sacramento for treatment. He is gardening now and wants to share this message with the world. 🇵🇸☮️✌🏻 [Tags: Road to Recovery] [Found by: Steve Sosebee, HEAL Palestine]
Israeli demolition of Abu Kaff family home in Umm Batin, Negev [Original post] #شاهد الجرافات الإسرائيلية تحول منزل عائلة أبو كف في قرية أم بطين بالنقب إلى ركام. [Tags: Homes, Bulldozer, Demolition Order, Living conditions, Heritage and culture, Cultural Cleansing, Land theft] [Found by: @aljarmaqnet] [Location: Negev > Umm Batin] [Archivist Notes] "Since the arrival of Itamar Ben Gvir as Minister of National Security, the number of destructions of illegal constructions in the Negev has increased considerably. According to data published by the national statistics institute, an increase of 33% was noted between the first half of 2022 and the first half of 2023 and of 14% between the first half of 2023 and the first half of 2024. An increase which reached 51% if we compare the first half of 2022 with the first half of 2024. Minister Ben Gvir declared with satisfaction: “This is what authority looks like. I am proud of this drastic increase in the destruction of illegal buildings in the Negev, linked to a clear policy under my instructions. The time when authorities turned a blind eye to illegal construction and confiscation of state land is over.”"
Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) medics and Civil Defense personnel inspect the house where the Israeli army killed two Palestinians and critically injured three others earlier today in the village of Kafr Qud, north of the occupied West Bank. PRCS says all the casualties, including the two killed, were taken away via an Israeli army helicopter, adding that the army refused to hand them any of the victims.
IDF bulldozers ravage homes and infrastructure in Jenin raid [Original post] The destruction caused by the Israeli occupation forces during the ongoing raid of Jenin refugee camp. [Tags: Homes, Bulldozer, Living conditions, Infrastructure, Terror] [Found by: Eye on Palestine] [Location: West Bank > Jenin]
IDF destroys infrastructure in Jenin after a raid [Original post] The Israeli occupation army destroys infrastructure in Jenin, north of the occupied West Bank, including electricity lines. [Tags: Caterpillar D9, Roads, Raid, Living conditions, Cutting electricity, Infrastructure, Terror] [Found by: Quds News Network] [Location: West Bank > Jenin]
IDF kills three Palestinians in Kafr Qud village in the West Bank [Original post] The Israeli occupation forces killed two Palestinians in Kafr Qoud village near Jenin. [Tags: Murder] [Found by: Eye on Palestine] [Location: West Bank > Jenin]
Israeli drone open shooting terrorizes Zaytoun neighbourhood [Original post] An Israeli drone opened fire on a home in Al Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza city. [Tags: Drone Shooting, Terror] [Found by: Eye on Palestine] [Location: Gaza > Gaza City > Zaytoun]
Jenin families made homeless and infrastructure severely damaged by IDF [Original post] Massive destruction caused by the Israeli occupation forces in Jenin refugee camp. Over 20 homes were partially or completely destroyed by the Israeli bulldozers after raiding the camp. دمار كبير خلفه عدوان الاحتلال على مخيم جنين [Tags: Homes, Caterpillar D9, Roads, Raid, Cutting electricity, Infrastructure, Terror] [Found by: Eye on Palestine] [Location: West Bank > Jenin]
This little girl stands silently, stunned, her clothes stained with blood in a hospital in the Gaza Strip, after the occupation committed one of its massacres against her family. Wondering if this is how the children of the whole world lives. This is what childhood in Gaza looks like!! This is this the result of the sin of the silence of the world.
An 18-year-old Israeli conscientious objector [Original post] This morning outside the Israeli army’s recruitment center in Tel Hashomer, three young conscientious objectors are refusing the draft. In their words, “refuse to be complicit in genocide.” [Tags: Freedom of expression, Refuznik] [Found by: @VetsAboutFace] [Archivist Notes] Citizens of Israel have refused to serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) or have disobeyed orders on the grounds of pacifism, antimilitarism, religious philosophy, or political disagreement with Israeli policy such as its occupation of the West Bank. Conscientious objectors in Israel are known as sarvanim (in Hebrew סרבנים) which is sometimes translated as "refuseniks", or mishtamtim (evaders, dodgers).
Digging of a mass grave in Turkish cemetery to bury 80 bodies of Palestinian abducted by IDF [Original post] #BREAKING The bodies of 80 Palestinians, who were detained for a long time by Israeli occupation forces, have been handed over to Gaza authorities. Preparations are being made for a mass grave in the Turkish cemetery in Khan Yunus to bury 80 bodies. [Tags: Prisoner Abuse, Cemetery, Murder, Mass Graves, Mourning, Dehumanization, Desecration, Human Dignity, Abducting bodies] [Found by: Gaza Notifications] [Location: Gaza > Khan Younis > Southern Gaza > Turkish Cemetery]
IDF squad infiltrate Nablus in civilian truck [Original post] The moment an undercover Israeli army force infiltrated the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank early this morning. [Tags: Perfidy] [Found by: Quds News Network] [Location: West Bank > Nablus]
Ingenuity is the law to survive [Original post] Palestinians in north Gaza ingeniously crafted makeshift pouches and bags from available plastic covers to store water and juice, overcoming the shortage of bottles and cans due to the closure of border crossings. [Tags: Water, Humanitarian Aid, Blocking Aid, Water, Innovations, Living conditions] [Found by: Palestine Online, @translating_falasteen] [Location: Gaza > North Gaza]
Israeli soliders raid Nablus in undercover using perfidy to operate in occupied terrirories [Original post] How our specia forces unit entered Shchem (Nablus) this morning for an operation. They used the Mista'arvim unit to bring them in undercover and point them to the location. [Tags: Raid, Arrest, Perfidy, Living conditions, Terror, Mista'arvim (Musta’ribeen)] [Found by: @DocumentIsrael] [Location: West Bank > Nablus]
Never short of ideas for charging phones [Original post] This Palestinian young man managed to convert a piece of wood into a power socket using basic tools, in light of the severe shortage of electrical equipment due to the Israeli siege on Gaza. [Tags: Life Goes On, Blocking Aid, Hope, Innovations, Living conditions, Cutting electricity] [Found by: Palestine Online] [Location: Gaza] [Archivist Notes] "Necessity is the mother of invention"
Israeli forces deprived a family in Al Jawaya village of their water well [Original post] Today In Al Jawaya village ( MASSAFER Yatta) A family lost their water well, lost their water supply that they depend on for the rest of the summer and winter, Palestinians are deprived of their right to water even, policies to pressure residents to evacuate their homes ! [Found by: Mohammad Hureini] [Location: West Bank > Masafer Yatta > Wadi Al-Jawaya]
Israeli forces deprived a family in Al Jawaya village of their water well [Original post] Today In Al Jawaya village ( MASSAFER Yatta) A family lost their water well, lost their water supply that they depend on for the rest of the summer and winter, Palestinians are deprived of their right to water even, policies to pressure residents to evacuate their homes ! [Found by: Mohammad Hureini] [Location: West Bank > Masafer Yatta > Wadi Al-Jawaya]
Israeli forces deprived a family in Al Jawaya village of their water well [Original post] Today In Al Jawaya village ( MASSAFER Yatta) A family lost their water well, lost their water supply that they depend on for the rest of the summer and winter, Palestinians are deprived of their right to water even, policies to pressure residents to evacuate their homes ! [Found by: Mohammad Hureini] [Location: West Bank > Masafer Yatta > Wadi Al-Jawaya]
Settlers led by Lior Tal and Yaron Rosenthal, invade the lands of the Kisiya family in al-Makhrour [Original post] The struggle against settlers taking over the lands of al-Mahror near Beit Jala continues. Summary of the last days: Wednesday: Settlers led by Lior Tal and Yaron Rosenthal, head of the Gush Etzion Council, invade the lands of the Kisiya family in al-Makhror. The army issues a closed military area order that actually allows the family to be deported from their lands. The settlers take advantage of the situation to take control of the land. Since Wednesday, the family has been fighting to return to their land. Thursday: Backed by the occupation forces, the settlers changed the entrance gate to the lands during the night, to a new gate decorated with a large Star of David that declares their intentions to occupy the area and dispossess the family of their land. The family returned to their land, but they were met with severe settler violence. The occupation forces arrived at the scene and declared a closed military zone and evacuated the family and activists. The settlers, of course, received an exemption, and remained in the area. Friday: The settlers continued to block the family and activists from entering the area. The army acted in cooperation with the settlers, issued a closed military zone order that once again applies to everyone except the settlers. Yaron Rosenthal. Stun grenades were thrown in a direct and life-threatening manner on the family and the activists on Friday evening to keep them away from the lands. Saturday: The occupation forces closed the area and blocked the family and the activists from approaching the road that leads to the lands. A closed military zone order was issued again, signed by the commander of the IOS division Yiki Dolf. Even then the activists joined the family in the fight against dispossession. Even today the family will continue to return to their land. Sources: @FreeJerusalem1 [Found by: @AbujomaaGaza] [Location: West Bank > Bethlehem > Al-Makhrour > Beit Jala]
The israelis handed back over 80 unidentified, decomposed Palestinian bodies to Gaza [Original post] The israelis handed back over 80 unidentified, decomposed Palestinian bodies to Gaza’s Ministry of Health today: many body parts were missing [Found by: Mariam Dagga] [Location: Gaza > Southern Gaza > Kerem Shalom crossing]
Palestinians search for missing loved ones after israel returns over 80 bodies [Original post] Many Palestinians gathered in southern Gaza's Khan Younis on Monday to try to find the missing bodies of their loved ones, after more than 80 unidentified semitic Palestinian bodies were handed over by the Israel occupation. According to civil defence officials, many of the bodies were unidentifiable due to being in late stages of decomposition. Some of the bodies appeared to have been taken from cemeteries in different parts of the Gaza Strip, according to local reports and civil defence officials. #EndIsraeliTerrorism #EndIsraelUSACrimes #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 #usa #brazil #ireland #southafrica #spain #germany #un #canaan #UAE #uk #Ukraine #UN #Palestine #France #IsraelCrimes #Israel @MiddleEastEye [Found by: @ehab_judeh] [Location: Gaza > Khan Younis > Southern Gaza > Kerem Shalom crossing]
Breaking | A massacre at Hasan Salameh School in Gaza due to an Israeli airstrike targeting displaced Palestinians sheltering there. At least nine Palestinians, including children and women, were reportedly killed and dozens injured.
The moment of the bombing of a school by Israeli warplanes in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza city. The moment a school was bombed in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza
Short film " The road to North Gaza" [Original post] الطريق إلى شمال غزة …The road to North Gaza [Tags: Views of Destruction, Roads, Forced Displacement, Living conditions] [Found by: Hani Abu Rezeq] [Archivist Notes] An original short film from Gaza about the separation between North and South Gaza by IDF.
Denialism after the rape of Palestinian prisonners: Testimony of Prof. Yechiel Barilan [Original post] In contrast with Dr. Weeping Torture Launderer, we now take a short look at Mr. Eichmann, Prof. Yechiel Barilan. I'll let him speak for himself and just note that he mentions a hospital dep. director, who came back from reserves as a combatant, and then volunteered at Sde Teiman. [Found by: Tali] [Location: 34.713754490365, 31.299277466413 > Negev / Al-Naqab > Sde Teiman > Israel]
Today, Israel bombed a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of northern Gaza, killing a dozen and injuring many. While Palestinians and paramedics were recovering the injured and the bodies, Israeli aircraft bombarded the area again, killing another seven and injuring dozens. The second attack forced the Palestinians to drop the bodies and run for their lives, causing the second missile to dismember the bodies into pieces, making it very difficult to identify the victims of this heinous war crime.
Israeli occupation bombardment of Al-Hamama School in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood has been documented during an interview nearby. The school, which shelters hundreds of displaced Palestinians, was bombarded twice by Israeli aircraft. The first strike resulted in at least 10 people killed and dozens of injuries. The second strike, which occurred while people were excavating and recovering the wounded from the first attack, slaughtered 7 additional Palestinians and led to many injuries. Rescue teams are having difficulty identifying the casualties due to the bodies being reduced to fragments.
Al-Aqsa preacher Ekrima Sabri recounts his arrest for calling Ismail Haniyeh a martyr [Original post] Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, the imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, recently faced interrogation by Israeli authorities for offering prayers for Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated by Israeli forces in Tehran. [Tags: Palestine Voices, Freedom of expression, Elderly] [Found by: Eye on Palestine] [Location: Jerusalem > East Jerusalem] [Archivist Notes] The 85yo Sheikh was interrogated about why he prayed for Ismail Haniyeh to go to heaven and responded that it was a common prayer that is said in Islam for the the dead The interrogation did not confirm any charged against him. The police issued an administrative order to temporarily ban him from Al-Aqsa mosque, which he refused. The police threatened that the ban may extend to 6 months.
Palestinians cleaned a ruined house as a gesture of thanks after being forced to shelter in it [Original post] Ashraf Nafedth went to check on his home and found that someone had used it for shelter. They had cleaned his bed to be able to sleep it, not able to find anywhere else to stay. [Tags: Homes, Solidarity, Forced Displacement, Shelters, Living conditions, Shelters] [Found by: Eye on Palestine, @translating_falasteen] [Location: Gaza] [Archivist Notes] Ashraf Nafedth went to check on his home and found that someone without shelter had used it even if the place is now very dangerous. Aug. 3
Bereaved family members lose their temper following a deadly Israeli airstrike this morning targeting a house in Khan Younis. The attack resulted in four civilian fatalities and several other injuries, including among children.
🚨 Four martyrs and several injuries have been reported in an IOF airstrike that targeted an apartment in the center of Khan Younis city, in southern #Gaza Strip a short time ago. In the past few hours two martyrs ascended and several injuries were reported in an IOF airstrike east of Al-Maghazi camp in central #Gaza Strip. A child was martyred and 4 Palestinians were injured in an IOF airstrike targeting a home south of Gaza City, in northern #Gaza Strip. Glory to the martyrs.
Additional footage has emerged from the latest Israeli massacre of displaced Palestinians sheltering in a school in Al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood, eastern Gaza City. According to the latest toll update, the Israeli airstrike has killed 15 and injured 29, including 8 in serious condition, suggesting that the number of martyrs may rise.
Absentee funeral prayer in Al-Quds for Ismail Haniyeh [Original post] المصلون يؤدون صلاة الغائب في المسجد الأقصى على روح الشهيد إسماعيل هنية. [Tags: Mourning] [Found by: Tamer] [Location: Jerusalem > East Jerusalem > Al-Aqsa Mosque]
Can't leave without blowing up stuff-factories [Tags: Gleeful Destruction, Explosion, Explosives, Combat Engineering Corps, Infrastructure] [Found by: Younis Tirawi] [Location: Gaza > Gaza City] [Archivist Notes] Israeli soldier Ram Cohen, Combat Engineering Corps 601 battalion blowing up fuel trucks and factories in Gaza city. He comments on his war journey videos: “Remember the hangers that we slept in, in the beginning? Obviously when we leave a place it ends in an explosion…” Post 1: Remember the first place we were in? So as I said, we annihilated every detection we were in and it looks spectacular 🙏🏽❤️💪🏽 Post 2: Remember the hangers that we slept in, in the beginning? Obviously when we leave a place it ends in an explosion. And this was one of the most beautiful of them 🙏🏽💪🏽
Can't leave without blowing up stuff-fuel truck [Tags: Gleeful Destruction, Explosion, Explosives, Combat Engineering Corps, Infrastructure] [Found by: Younis Tirawi] [Location: Gaza City] [Archivist Notes] Israeli soldier Ram Cohen, Combat Engineering Corps 601 battalion blowing up fuel trucks and factories in Gaza city. He comments on his war journey videos: “Remember the hangers that we slept in, in the beginning? Obviously when we leave a place it ends in an explosion…” Post 1: Remember the first place we were in? So as I said, we annihilated every detection we were in and it looks spectacular 🙏🏽❤️💪🏽 Post 2: Remember the hangers that we slept in, in the beginning? Obviously when we leave a place it ends in an explosion. And this was one of the most beautiful of them 🙏🏽💪🏽
Palestinian forced to be displaced brings his beloved cat with him [Original post] Palestinians love their cats [Tags: Solidarity, Displacement, Forced Displacement, Living conditions] [Found by: Muhammad Smiry] [Location: Gaza] [Archivist Notes] A Palestinian forced to be displaced brings his beloved cat with him because he can't be happy without it. Aug. 2.
'This is my only hope' [Original post] 'This is my only hope.' 24-year-old Youssef Abu Rabie is reviving farming to combat food shortages and starvation caused by the prolonged Israeli war on Gaza. [Tags: Agriculture, Humanitarian Aid, Blocking Aid, Hope, Starvation] [Found by: Al Jazeera] [Location: Gaza]
Gaza Medical Tent ONG, a rare place where pregant women can find medical care in Rafah [Original post] 🇵🇸 #RETWEET #GAZADOCTORS 🍉A glimpse of our work to provide medical 🥼 care to pregnant 🤰 women in Rafah, Pregnant women come to our medical tent to get medical advice and important pregnancy VITAMINS and IRON🍉 We stand with our brave PREGNANT WOMEN OF GAZA 🇵🇸🥼🥼🥼🥼🇵🇸 [Tags: Blocking Aid, Living conditions, Prevent Births] [Found by: Gaza Medical Tent] [Location: Gaza > Rafah > Southern Gaza]
IDF: No Hamas leader will be safe EVEN AMONG CIVILIANS [Original post] #محمد_الضيف كان العقل المدبر لمجازر السابع من أكتوبر وكرّس حياته للإرهاب وللقتل ولارتكاب المجازر. كنّا نسمع الكثير عن أسطورة الضيف المزعومة لكن نهايته كانت ككل إرهابي - مختبئا مطاردًا مهزومًا [Tags: Tough Guy, Genocidal Intent, Terror] [Found by: @AvichayAdraee]
"We're gonna get you like we got Al Shifa" IDF constantly threatened medical staff [Original post] We will take you down just like we did at Al-Shifa Hospital." 🚨Doctors at the European Gaza Hospital, including foreign medical teams, received killing threats and destruction warnings from the Israeli army. [Tags: Threat, Doctors & Volunteers, Healthcare workers] [Found by: Nour Naim| نُور, CNN, @FerozeSidhwa] [Location: Gaza > Khan Younis > Gaza European Hospital] [Archivist Notes] The excerpt is part of an interview on CNN:
Hind Khoudary emotional TV report on Ismail Alghoul's dedication and murder [Original post] Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Refee have been killed in an Israeli air attack on Gaza City. Al Jazeera's @Hind_Gaza reports from Gaza ⤵️ [Tags: Murder, Hermes 450, Mourning, Journalism, Beheaded] [Found by: Al Jazeera, @Hind_Gaza] [Location: Gaza > Gaza City > Al-Shati] [Archivist Notes] 165 journalists killed since Oct7
Hind Khoudary emotionally reports murder of colleagues Ismail Alghoul & Rami al-Rifi [Original post] .@Hind_Gaza reporting on the killing of her colleagues at Al Jazeera is so brutal to watch. The deafening silence among journalist organizations around the world is shameful. Israel’s maniacal massacre of the messenger in Gaza has happened because of people’s silence. [Tags: Murder, Hermes 450, Mourning, Journalism, Beheaded] [Found by: Al Jazeera, Samira Mohyeddin سمیرا] [Location: Gaza]
IDF forces storms the town of Al-Issawiya in Jerusalem and spray Palestinian homes with skunk water [Original post] Amidst fierce confrontations with unarmed Palestinians, Israeli occupation forces storm the town of Al-Issawiya in Jerusalem and spray Palestinian homes with skunk water. [Tags: Humiliation, Living conditions, Dehumanization, Human Dignity, Skunk water] [Found by: Quds News Network] [Location: East Jerusalem > Al-Issawiya]
Israeli settlers shooting at Palestinian civilians in the Khallet al-Nahla area l, south of Bethlehem [Original post] Several injuries were reported following Israeli settlers shooting at Palestinian civilians in the Khallet al-Nahla area near the village of Wadi Rahhal, south of Bethlehem. [Tags: Conquest, Soldiers and Settlers, Wounded, Living conditions] [Found by: Palestine Online] [Location: West Bank > Bethlehem > Khallet al-Nahla > Wadi Rahhal]
Journalists lead funeral procession of Ismail Alghoul and Rami Al-Rifi [Original post] يم الشهيد نيالك".. من تشييع جثمان الزميل الشهيد إسماعيل الغول في مدينة غزة [Tags: Murder, Hermes 450, Mourning, Journalism, Beheaded] [Found by: كرم حسّان | Karam Hassan, @HuDa_NaIm92] [Location: Gaza > Gaza City]
Press vest offers us ZERO protection! anger at IDF murder of colleagues Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi [Original post] حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل [Tags: Murder, Hermes 450, Mourning, Journalism, Beheaded] [Found by: Anas Al-Sharif, كرم حسّان | Karam Hassan] [Location: Gaza > Gaza City > Al-Shati] [Archivist Notes] Anas, Ismail and Rami all work for A Jazeera, and they were close It appears that Israel initially targeted a house where they was covering news from in Shati RC. After surviving that attack, they were then targeted again, this time in their press car, which resulted in murder of Jazeera’s Gaza City correspondent Ismael Ghoul & cameraman Alrifi
WE ARE NOT CRIMINALS! journalists mourn Ismail Alghoul [Original post] A message from journalists in Gaza to continue their mission to deliver the message after the attack of a journalist and cameraman who were killed by occupation. [Tags: Murder, Hermes 450, Mourning, Journalism, Beheaded] [Found by: Eye on Palestine, Ibrahim Al-khalili] [Location: Gaza > Gaza City > Al-Shati]
WE ARE NOT CRIMINALS! journalists mourn Ismail Alghoul [Original post] احنا مش مجرمين [Tags: Murder, Hermes 450, Mourning, Journalism, Beheaded] [Found by: Al Jazeera] [Location: Gaza > Gaza City > Al-Shati] [Archivist Notes] Journalist Hossam Shabat cries out overcome with grief and dejected by the absence of any protection against Israeli impunity over its constant murder of journalists. 165 killed since Oct7
Disabled Iyad Al-Najjar found dead at Khan Yunis home after IOF siege [Original post] شاهد العثور على اياد النجار معدوم داخل منزله وقد شهد حصاراً ولم يتمكن من الخروج من منزله في بني سهيلا وتحديدا خلف البلدية كونه من ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة [Tags: Special Needs, Decomposed body] [Found by: Hassan eslayeh] [Location: Gaza > Khan Younis] [Archivist Notes] body of disabled Iyad Al-Najjar found inside his house which was besieged
IDF litters & turns Bani Suheila cemetery into HUGE hole [Original post] Huge excavations made by the Israeli occupation forces after invading the eastern areas of Khan Younis. [Tags: Cemetery, Bulldozer, Desecration, Human Dignity] [Found by: Eye on Palestine, @mohdalshaer111] [Location: Gaza > Khan Younis > Bani Suheila cemetery > Bani Suheila] [Archivist Notes] footage shows scale of desecration of Bani Suheila cemetery in eastern Khan Yunis, massive crater left by their excavation, razed graves, and littered with various ammo(spent rounds and tank artillery shell casings