Norman Finkelstein: Has Amnesty International Lost its Way? (Part 8)
A forensic analysis of AI' reports on Operation Protective Edge
Segunda-feira, dia 04 de agosto de 2014
Remembering the dead during Israeli offensive on Monday, August 4.
A forensic analysis of AI' reports on Operation Protective Edge
Segunda-feira, dia 04 de agosto de 2014
Israel announced a very partial, unilateral ceasefire for seven hours except for Rafah, before resuming heavy bombardment all over the Gaza Strip. Actually, just 6 minutes after the beginning of the deawsefire, the IDF fired an ASM missile at a three-story house in the Shati refugee camp killing an egight-year-old girl and a desalination plant was bombed in Gaza.
The carnage continued and even the journalists had to help out the medics in their struggle to save the dozens of injured children.
In the late evening it was announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire, although Binyamin Netanyahu has previously pledged to continue the attack until Israel had “quiet and security”.
The carnage continued and even the journalists had to help out the medics in their struggle to save the dozens of injured children.
In the late evening it was announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire, although Binyamin Netanyahu has previously pledged to continue the attack until Israel had “quiet and security”.
Remembering the dead during Israeli offensive on Monday, August 4.
Below, only Palestinian identified victims.
Nome dos mortos palestinos no dia 4 de agosto.
Source/Fonte: IMEMC-International Midlle East Media Center. 2015.
- Dia’ ed-Deen Mohammad al-Madhoun, 23, Gaza.
- Ahmad Banat, 22, Gaza.
- Hamada Khalil al-Qaaq, Beit Lahia.
- Ahmad Khaled al-Qaaq, Beit Lahia.
- Suleiman Mohammad Ma’rouf, Beit Lahia.
- Zaher al-Andah, Beit Lahia.
- Abdul-Nasser al-Ajjoury, Beit Lahia.
- Abdul-Hai Salama al-Qreinawi, 45, Gaza.
- Mohammad Sabri Atallah, 21, Gaza.
- Raghd Mas’oud, 7, Rafah.
- Daniel Abdullah Abu Mansour, 44, Jabalia (Northern Gaza)
- Abdul-Nasser Ajjouri, Jabalia. (Northern Gaza)
- Ashraf Mashal, 25, Rafah.
- Fadi Madhi, 23, Rafah.
- Aseel Mohammad al-Bakri, 8, (Shati’ Refugee camp) Northern Gaza.
- Saher Talal Abu Mohsen, 23, Rafah.
- Aseel Saleh Hussein Abu Mohsen, 18.
- Ebtisam Hammad al-Mahmoum, 18, Rafah
- Hiba Mustafa al-Mahmoum, 7,
- Obada Mustafa al-Mahmoud, 3.
- Abdullah Hussein Mousa Mubarak, 50, Northern Gaza.
- Mahmoud Zaki Lahham, 25, Khan Younis.
- Ahmad Abdul-Halim Mohammad al-Astal, 26, Khan Younis.
- Walid Darabiyyah, Northern Gaza.
- Amro Mohjez, Northern Gaza.
- Mohammad Saleh Shemaly, 60, Gaza.
- Mohammad Fawzi Bhar, 22, Gaza.
- Mohammad Hosni Sukkar, 20, Gaza.
- Mohammad Amjad Awida’, age 12, Rafah.
- Amal Amjad Awida’, 5.
- Karam Mahrous Dahir, 24, Rafah.
- Ibrahim al-Masharawi, 30, Gaza City.
- Ebtisam al-Bakri, 38, Gaza City.
- Mahmoud Zaki al-Laham, 25, Khan Younis.
- Fayez Ismail Abu Hamad, 34, Khan Younis.
- Saleh Ahmad al-Ghouti, 22, Rafah
Unprecedented collaboration : Leabanon's Media unites over Gaza
Media libanesa se une em cadeia em solidariedade a Gaza
Reservistas da IDF, forças israelenses de ocupação,
Media libanesa se une em cadeia em solidariedade a Gaza
Reservistas da IDF, forças israelenses de ocupação,
Shovrim Shtika - Breaking the Silence
Rank: Staff Sergeant. Unit: Infantry. Area: Northern Gaza strip:
There was this mentally handicapped girl in the neighborhood, apparently, and the fact that shots were fired near her feet only made her laugh (earlier in his testimony the soldier described a practice of shooting near people’s feet in order to get them to distance themselves from the forces). She would keep getting closer and it was clear to everyone that she was mentally handicapped, so no one shot at her. No one knew how to deal with this situation. She wandered around the areas of the advance guard company and some other company – I assume she just wanted to return home, I assume she ran away from her parents, I don’t think they would have sent her there. It is possible that she was being taken advantage of – perhaps it was a show, I don’t know. I thought to myself that it was a show, and I admit that I really, really wanted to shoot her in the knees because I was convinced it was one. I was sure she was being sent by Hamas to test our alertness, to test our limits, to figure out how we respond to civilians. Later they also let loose a flock of sheep on us, seven or ten of whom had bombs tied to their bellies from below. I don’t know if I was right or wrong, but I was convinced that this girl was a test. Eventually, enough people fired shots near her feet for her to apparently get the message that ‘OK, maybe I shouldn’t be here,’ and she turned and walked away. The reason this happened is that earlier that day we heard about an old man who went in the direction of a house held by a different force; [the soldiers] didn’t really know what to do so they went up to him. This guy, 70 or 80 years old, turned out to be booby-trapped from head to toe. From that moment on the protocol was very, very clear: shoot toward the feet. And if they don’t go away, shoot to kill.
47.“You don’t spare any means”
Rank: Lieutenant. Unit: Infantry. Area: Rafah area:
So I heard that the reconnaissance platoon got into a confrontation, and that it looked like we were talking about two [IDF soldiers] dead and one captured. That’s when the mess got started. The minute ‘Hannibal Directive’ is declared on the radio, there are consequences. There’s a fire procedure called the ‘Hannibal fire procedure’ – you fire at every suspicious place that merges with a central route. You don’t spare any means. A thousand shells were fired that Friday morning, at all the central intersections. The entire Tancher [Route] (the continuation of Highway 4 in Gaza) was bombed. The air force attacked places inside Rafah City, places in which we knew there were Hamas militants. Was there collateral damage to houses? I’m sure there was. It was very intense, that incident. After the area was hit by 1,000 shells that Friday morning, I saw Tancher in ruins. Everything totally wrecked.
How long did this shelling last?
Three hours.
48. “An 'accomplishment' before the ceasefire”
Area: Northern Gaza strip
In general, making incriminations was harder during the beginning [of the operation],so as is natural during a difficult combat situation, in an area where fighting is taking place, it was sufficient that we knew there was intelligence on a certain house – [and even if it was] less intelligence than usual, it was enough to fire at the house or to tell [the ground forces] to shoot at it. For example, in the ‘Sevivon’ neighborhood, (east of Beit Hanoun) I would say that half of the houses were wiped out. There were battles in Beit Hanoun–[IDF soldiers] were wounded and a few munitions caches were found during those battles. And then there was one night that[ground forces] advanced into combat and then retreated, and when they retreated air force jets struck the houses in which the caches were found earlier on. Aside from those targets, there were also the houses belonging to Hamas’ battalion commanders and company commanders. Various targets were hit by fighter jets that night –the air force just hit them after the ground forces retreated.
When did [the air force] attack?
Six or 7:00 AM. Before the beginning of the ceasefire.
Why right then and not earlier, if there was intelligence?
To strike a significant blow – ‘an accomplishment’ before the ceasefire. It’s sad, but that’s the way things are done.
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