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Today is the halfway point in our campaign.We’ve got 30 days to go.
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As permanent ceasefire talks went on, the main separation points held with Hamas righteously demanding the lifting of the illegal blockade and Israel irrationally demanding Hamas demilitarization, in which case the Palestinians living in the Strip would become totally defenceless.
Amnesty International demanded an “immediate investigation” into allegations the IDF intentionally targeted hospitals and health workers in Gaza. The human rights group warned there was “mounting evidence” the IDF had committed war crimes.
Amnesty International demanded an “immediate investigation” into allegations the IDF intentionally targeted hospitals and health workers in Gaza. The human rights group warned there was “mounting evidence” the IDF had committed war crimes.
Below, only Palestinian identified victims.
Nome dos mortos palestinos no dia 7 de agosto.
Source/Fonte: IMEMC-International Midlle East Media. 2015.
- Mohammad Jom’a Najjar, 32, Khan Younis. (died of his wounds at al-Maqassed Hospital in Jerusalem)
Israel, Gaza and the BDS Movement
Shovrim Shtika - Breaking the Silence
Rank:Staff Sergeant. Unit:Mechanized infantry. Area:Deir al-Balah area:
The real audiovisual spectacle was when we were in the staging area [outside the Gaza Strip], that’s when we got to see a real show. It was on the day paratroopers and Nahal [brigade] soldiers went in. They were the first to enter. In the center of the Strip they got really clobbered because no infantry forces had gone in yet. Our view was of the center of the Strip. Let’s say it was a real fireworks display. From a distance it looked pretty cool. I don’t know exactly what they were firing at or who they were firing at or what was happening in there, but that’s what was going on. And then the tanks went in. They ‘sterilized’ nearly every house with a shell, with a commander in the battalion authorizing fire.
Every shell gets authorized by the commander?
Maybe not during the first entrance [to the Gaza Strip], but when I was in there you needed to get authorization from a commander in the battalion. During the entrance it was more chaotic, they just went in and ‘sterilized’ everything, the whole area in which we were going to stay. By the time I went in most of the buildings in that area had already been run over by D9s (armored bulldozers). We went in at night and there was no visibility at all. If you looked through a night vision scope you saw crazy wreckage, it was a real trip. From what I understood, tanks went in and were followed by D9s. Firing and wrecking, firing and wrecking, that’s how they advanced.
What were they firing at and what were they wrecking?
Houses at strategic points in which we didn’t want to position ourselves, dangerous things. Houses on hilltops, all sorts of things like that. They leveled it all.
What are strategic points?
Elevated, geographically commanding locations, multi-story buildings. It was all razed by the time we got there, or only the walls were left standing – two or three walls and the house is done for. Every house that was in any way suspicious got hit by a shell.
What would raise suspicions?
Structures that are a bit more strategically located, that could be more comfortably used to shoot from, or that could be used to stage an attack on one of our tanks – they got shelled. There were houses that were left ‘sterile.’ Every place I went into was sealed and locked up. The [Palestinian] families took everything and locked up the houses. Some of the houses were locked with their doors inverted and the hinges facing in, those doors were very hard to break through. There were a few James Bond moments when officers would shoot the locks. I believe they [the Palestinians] thought no one would go into the houses there, and rather that everything would be destroyed and toppled over with D9s. The D9s, they were operating constantly. They are the most strategic, effective tools available for this sort of engineering operation, there’s no doubt about that. They pass through anything, run over whatever’s necessary.
What’s necessary?
In the beginning there were walls that obstructed the tank’s positions. You can demolish a suspicious house without having to shoot at it. It’s a seriously effective tool, there are a thousand different uses for it. It was working non-stop. They were working around the clock. In tandem with the battalion.
How did the neighborhood look when you left?
I think over 50 percent of the houses were standing when I left, which indicates that there was selectivity. No doubt, I could see a difference from the way it looked on the day I entered. I did see more demolished houses one and a half days to two and a half days after I left. And it is possible that afterward they really did demolish the entire neighborhood.
Ask Gaza (3)
Gaza #SOS : Hala's Message in a bottle
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