Norman Finkelstein: HAS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LOST ITS WAY? (Part 4)
A forensic analysis of AI' reports on Operation Protective Edge
Hospitals, Schools, Mosques and Power Plants
Quarta-feira, dia 23 de julho de 2014
Remembering the dead during Israeli offensive on Wednesday, July 23.
Below, only Palestinian identified victims.
A forensic analysis of AI' reports on Operation Protective Edge
Hospitals, Schools, Mosques and Power Plants
The UN calls for an investigation into "possible" Israeli war crimes in Gaza and also condemns Hamas rocket defense.
Below, only Palestinian identified victims.
- Hasan Abu Hayyin, 70, Shejaeyya, Gaza.
- Abdul-Rahman Abu Hayyin, 26, Sheja’eyya, Gaza.
- Osama Bahjat Rajab, 34, Beit Lahia.
- Mohammad Daoud Hammouda, 33, Beit Lahia.
- Hamza Ziyada Abu ‘Anza, 18, Khan Younis.
- Saddam Ibrahim Abu Assi, 23, Khan Younis, was seriously injured Tuesday, died Wednesday.
- Wisam ‘Ala Najjar, 17, Khan Younis
- Mohammad Mansour al-Bashiti, 8, Khan Younis
- Ali Mansour Hamdi al-Bashiti, 1.
- Mohammad Riyadh Sha’aban Shabt, 23.
- Mohammad Naim Salah Abu T’aima, 12, Khan Younis
- Salem Abdullah Mousa Abu T’aima, 36.
- Ismail Abu Tharifa, Khan Younis.
- Zeinab Abu Teir, child, Khan Younis.
- Mohammad Radi Abu Redya, 22, Khan Younis.
- Shama Shahin, Khan Younis (Mohammad’s wife)
- Mojahed Marwan Skafi, 20, Shuja’eyya, Gaza.
- Adnan Ghazi Habib, 23, central Gaza.
- Ibrahim Ahmad Shbeir, 24, Khan Younis
- Mustafa Mohammad Mahmoud Fayyad, 24, northern Gaza.
- Nidal Hamdi Diab al-‘Ejla, 31, Gaza.
- Khalil Abu Jame’, Khan Younis. (from family Jame that died previously)
- Husam al-Qarra, Khan Younis
- Rabea’ Qassem, 12, Northern Gaza
- Hasan Salah Abu Jamous, 29, Khan Younis
- Mahmoud Yousef Khaled al-‘Abadla, 22, Khan Younis
- Nour Abdul-Rahim al-‘Abadla, 22, Khan Younis
- Mohammad Farid al-Astal, Khan Younis.
- Mohammad Abdul-Ra’ouf ad-Dadda, 39, Gaza.
- Ahmad Mohammad Darwish Bolbol, 20, Gaza.
- Ahmad Nabil Ahmad Abu Morad, 21, Gaza.
- Ibrahim Omar al-Hallaq, 40, Khan Younis
- Wael Maher Awwad, 23, Khan Younis
- Ahmad Mahmoud Sohweil, 23, Khan Younis
- Issam Ismael Abu Shaqra, 42, Khan Younis
- Abdul-Rahman Ibrahim Abu Shaqra, 17, Khan Younis
- Mohammad Ahmad Akram Abu Shaqra, 17, Khan Younis
- Ahmad as-Saqqa, 17, Khan Younis
- Nayef Fayez Nayef ath-Thatha, 19, Zeitoun – Gaza
- Nayef Maher Nayef ath-Thatha, 24, Zeitoun – Gaza
- Nayef Maher Nayef ath-Thatha, 24, Gaza.
- Jihad Hussein Mahmoud Hamad, 20
- ‘Ala Hamad Ali Khattab, 26, Deir al-Balah<--corrected -->
- Abdul-Qader Jamil al-Khalidi, 23, al-Boreij
- Ayman Adham Yousef Ahmad, 16, Beit Lahia
- Bilal Ali Ahmad Abu ‘Athra, 25, Beit Lahia
- Abdul-Karim Nassar Saleh Abu Jarmi, 24, Beit Lahia
- Rawan Ayman Saoud Suweidan, 9, central Gaza.
- Naim Juma’a Mohammad Abu Nizeid
- Jani Rami Nassr al-Maqat’a, 27, central Gaza.
- Said Ahmad Tawfiq at-Tawil, 22, central Gaza.
- Ola Khalil Ali Abu Obada, 24, central Gaza.
- Do’a Ra’ed Abu Ouda, 17, northern Gaza.
- Amer Abdul Raouf Abu Ozeb, 26, central Gaza.
- Awad Abu Ouda, northern Gaza.
- Bilal ash-Shinbari, northern Gaza.
- Fatima ash-Shinbari, northern Gaza.
- Falasteen ash-Shinbari, northern Gaza.
- Abed Rabo ash-Shinbari, northern Gaza.
- Ali Sha’boub ash-Shinbari, northern Gaza.
- Souha Musleh, northern Gaza.
- Mohammad al-Kafarna, Beit Hanoun.
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24. “Lots of innocent people were hurt in that incident, lots”
Rank: Sergeant First Class. Area: Northern Gaza strip:
When I saw what was going on in there it was quite a shock because really an enormous amount of artillery was fired there – not only [bombs fired from jets], and for me personally that was hard. We lost several soldiers there (the testifier is referring to the incident in which seven soldiers were killed when a rocket hit their APC). On the one hand there was that, and on the other hand there was a feeling of craziness in how much fire was used [in the aftermath of the event] – and once it was over we continued fighting ‘normally.’ The lack of proportionality between the before and after – some would say that it’s understandable, but my feeling was that even while you’re fighting you can’t lose your sense of proportion. In order to evacuate the guys who were left they created a smokescreen to keep hostile combatants away from in the area. Lots of innocent people were hurt in that incident, lots. Sometimes, like in that case, you don’t really have time to double-check [that the civilian population had evacuated], and despite the fact that in this incident I think a warning did go out to the civilians to leave the neighborhood – there were people there. I can’t tell you if we knew there were people there, but factually, there were.
25. “Palestinians only sing the chorus as they have no verses (houses) left”
Rank: Major. Unit: Infantry. Area: Northern Gaza strip:
There is one part [of the operation] that includes an ‘accompanying screen’ – the firing of artillery shells before the forces arrive. You notify the [Palestinian] residents, throw leaflets – whoever fled, fled – and then you fire. I’m talking about a pretty massive use of fire. The artillery, its purpose is to allow our forces to enter without being hurt. Any place that has been identified by intelligence, or is an open area, gets hit with artillery. But if you check to see how many open areas exist in Gaza, there aren’t so many. We’re talking now about artillery, but the air force attacked endlessly. There’s targeted fire, but what kind of collateral damage is caused by such targeted fire? The air force knows how to take down one house that’s inside a neighborhood, but that doesn’t mean all the houses around it don’t get damaged. It’s not like the houses in the [Gaza] Strip are all new and protected with bomb shelters. In the end, these houses get damaged again and again and again, until they collapse. According to intelligence reports and military communications, you’re talking about a situation in which all the houses are classified as some type of hostile location. Are all the houses really hostile locations? I don’t know. Is it really possible to isolate one house inside a neighborhood that’s just blocks upon blocks? I don’t know. I do know that the practical result was flattened areas where houses had once stood.
Did you see any ‘before and after’ aerial photos?
Sure. Neighborhoods erased. You know what joke was being told in the army at the time? The joke says that Palestinians only sing the chorus because they have no verses [houses] left (in Hebrew, the word for verse is the same as the word for house.)
When I saw what was going on in there it was quite a shock because really an enormous amount of artillery was fired there – not only [bombs fired from jets], and for me personally that was hard. We lost several soldiers there (the testifier is referring to the incident in which seven soldiers were killed when a rocket hit their APC). On the one hand there was that, and on the other hand there was a feeling of craziness in how much fire was used [in the aftermath of the event] – and once it was over we continued fighting ‘normally.’ The lack of proportionality between the before and after – some would say that it’s understandable, but my feeling was that even while you’re fighting you can’t lose your sense of proportion. In order to evacuate the guys who were left they created a smokescreen to keep hostile combatants away from in the area. Lots of innocent people were hurt in that incident, lots. Sometimes, like in that case, you don’t really have time to double-check [that the civilian population had evacuated], and despite the fact that in this incident I think a warning did go out to the civilians to leave the neighborhood – there were people there. I can’t tell you if we knew there were people there, but factually, there were.
25. “Palestinians only sing the chorus as they have no verses (houses) left”
Rank: Major. Unit: Infantry. Area: Northern Gaza strip:
There is one part [of the operation] that includes an ‘accompanying screen’ – the firing of artillery shells before the forces arrive. You notify the [Palestinian] residents, throw leaflets – whoever fled, fled – and then you fire. I’m talking about a pretty massive use of fire. The artillery, its purpose is to allow our forces to enter without being hurt. Any place that has been identified by intelligence, or is an open area, gets hit with artillery. But if you check to see how many open areas exist in Gaza, there aren’t so many. We’re talking now about artillery, but the air force attacked endlessly. There’s targeted fire, but what kind of collateral damage is caused by such targeted fire? The air force knows how to take down one house that’s inside a neighborhood, but that doesn’t mean all the houses around it don’t get damaged. It’s not like the houses in the [Gaza] Strip are all new and protected with bomb shelters. In the end, these houses get damaged again and again and again, until they collapse. According to intelligence reports and military communications, you’re talking about a situation in which all the houses are classified as some type of hostile location. Are all the houses really hostile locations? I don’t know. Is it really possible to isolate one house inside a neighborhood that’s just blocks upon blocks? I don’t know. I do know that the practical result was flattened areas where houses had once stood.
Did you see any ‘before and after’ aerial photos?
Sure. Neighborhoods erased. You know what joke was being told in the army at the time? The joke says that Palestinians only sing the chorus because they have no verses [houses] left (in Hebrew, the word for verse is the same as the word for house.)
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