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‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over #IDF killing of #Gaza paramedics

Relatives who waited agonising week before bodies were found speak of passion that drove #RedCrescent workers

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Malak A Tantesh in Gaza and Julian Borger
Sat 5 Apr 2025 02.00 EDT

“I raised my children to love goodness and to do good deeds,” Sobhi said. “We had a principle in our home: do good without expecting thanks or praise. Mohammad [Bahloul] lived by this principle.

“We never expected this to happen – not even in our worst nightmares,” Sobhi added. “They went to save lives, only to become victims themselves.”

theguardian.com/world/2025/apr

#IsraelWarCrimes
#USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#news #press @palestine @israel

The Guardian · ‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of Gaza paramedicsBy Malak A Tantesh

De #AL #IDF (*) heeft "in eerste instantie een onjuiste verklaring ... gedeeld over de aanval op een Palestijns hulpkonvooi in de Gazastrook": nos.nl/liveblog/2561789-veldka.

(") #AlwaysLying #IsraeliDestructionForces

Maar ze blijven liegen, zie de laatste zin: "De lichamen van de hulpverleners werden na een week teruggevonden in een massagraf bij Rafah, waarin ze met voertuigen en al in lagen. Het leger verklaarde gisteravond dat ze werden begraven om te voorkomen dat wilde honden en andere dieren de lichamen zouden verminken".

Hoe gestoord moet je zijn om #ZionistenLeugens te blijven geloven?

Dass die Terrormiliz #IDF medizinische Rettungskräfte exekutiert, ist kein Un- oder Zufall, sondern Teil einer gezielten Strategie (der Plan der Generäle), den #Gaza für Palästinenser*innen unbewohnbar zu machen.

Es ist Teil einer ethnischen Säuberungskampagne durch ein siedlerfaschistisches Regime.
theguardian.com/world/2025/apr

The Guardian · Israeli military changes account of Gaza paramedics’ killing after video of attackBy Bethan McKernan

Die IDF bestreitet weiterhin Hinrichtungen, obwohl ein belastendes Video auftaucht. Was steckt hinter den Behauptungen und dem Videomaterial? 🤔 Die neuesten Entwicklungen und Hintergründe gibt es hier: n-tv.de/politik/IDF-bestreitet #IDF #Nachrichten #Politik #Israel #newz

n-tv NACHRICHTEN · 15 Retter tot, 14 verscharrt: IDF bestreitet weiter Hinrichtungen - trotz belastendem VideoBy n-tv NACHRICHTEN

#Palestine / Report: Israel committing war crime of forcible transfer, ethnic cleansing practices in Occupied West Bank

A new report by Yesh Din & Physicians for Human Rights Israel documents the forcible transfer of 7 Palestinian shepherding communities (+1000 people) in the occupied West Bank.

Findings indicate this constitutes a war crime under international law, achieved through systematic state policies & settler violence. The report alleges these actions amount to practices of ethnic cleansing.

The investigation highlights the cooperation between the Israeli military (#IDF) and settlers, violating international humanitarian law regarding the protection of occupied populations and creating an environment where Palestinians are forced from their land.

On Escorting and Joining Attacks (Page 55, The Military Section): "Soldiers often escort and protect settlers who attack Palestinians, do nothing to prevent or stop the violence, and with increasing frequency, join the attacks."

On Direct Cooperation and Affinity (Page 55, The Military Section): "However, there is a strong affinity between the Israeli military and Israeli settlers in the OPT, reflected in official policies, local initiatives by soldiers (some of whom are settlers themselves), and close cooperation."

On State Support (Page 51, Israeli Policy Section): "State authorities – government ministries and elected officials, the army, the Civil Administration, and the police – support and assist shepherding outposts, using a wide variety of means, in the name of common political goals."

Eyewitness Account of State Support (Page 30, Al-Mu'arrajat, Quote from Salman Ka'abneh): "...until the settler scourge descended upon us, and the army, police and Civil Administration fully support them."

On Joint Actions and Blurred Lines (Page 32, Wadi a-Seeq Section): "Soldiers and armed settlers, some in military uniforms, arrived at Wadi a-Seeq in several vehicles. They fired in the air, went into tents, beat residents, threatened them, and damaged property." and later on the same page: "Over the course of that day, soldiers and settlers detained and handcuffed three Palestinians from Wadi a-Seeq, stripped them, beat them for hours..."

Palestinian Perspective on Siding with Settlers (Page 57, The Israel Police Section, Quote from Na'im Abu ‘Eid): "When we call the police, they come with the settlers and soldiers and sit down to have coffee with them. They don't protect us. Complaints are useless. The police and the army only protect the settlers."

Full report

English [PDF] phr.org.il/wp-content/uploads/
Arabic [PDF] phr.org.il/wp-content/uploads/
Hebrew phr.org.il/wp-content/uploads/

@palestine
@israel
#YeshDin #PHRil
#Israel #WarCrimes #ForcibleTransfer #EthnicCleansing
#SettlerViolence #IDF #OccupiedWestBank #WestBank

#Palestine / Report: Israel committing war crime of forcible transfer, ethnic cleansing practices in Occupied West Bank

A new report by Yesh Din & Physicians for Human Rights Israel documents the forcible transfer of 7 Palestinian shepherding communities (+1000 people) in the occupied West Bank.

Findings indicate this constitutes a war crime under international law, achieved through systematic state policies & settler violence. The report alleges these actions amount to practices of ethnic cleansing.

Crucially, the investigation highlights cooperation between the Israeli military (#IDF) and settlers, violating international humanitarian law regarding the protection of occupied populations and creating an environment where Palestinians are forced from their land.

On Escorting and Joining Attacks (Page 55, The Military Section): "Soldiers often escort and protect settlers who attack Palestinians, do nothing to prevent or stop the violence, and with increasing frequency, join the attacks."

On Direct Cooperation and Affinity (Page 55, The Military Section): "However, there is a strong affinity between the Israeli military and Israeli settlers in the OPT, reflected in official policies, local initiatives by soldiers (some of whom are settlers themselves), and close cooperation."

On State Support (Page 51, Israeli Policy Section): "State authorities – government ministries and elected officials, the army, the Civil Administration, and the police – support and assist shepherding outposts, using a wide variety of means, in the name of common political goals."

Eyewitness Account of State Support (Page 30, Al-Mu'arrajat, Quote from Salman Ka'abneh): "...until the settler scourge descended upon us, and the army, police and Civil Administration fully support them."

On Joint Actions and Blurred Lines (Page 32, Wadi a-Seeq Section): "Soldiers and armed settlers, some in military uniforms, arrived at Wadi a-Seeq in several vehicles. They fired in the air, went into tents, beat residents, threatened them, and damaged property." and later on the same page: "Over the course of that day, soldiers and settlers detained and handcuffed three Palestinians from Wadi a-Seeq, stripped them, beat them for hours..."

Palestinian Perspective on Siding with Settlers (Page 57, The Israel Police Section, Quote from Na'im Abu ‘Eid): "When we call the police, they come with the settlers and soldiers and sit down to have coffee with them. They don't protect us. Complaints are useless. The police and the army only protect the settlers."

Full report

English [PDF] phr.org.il/wp-content/uploads/
Arabic [PDF] phr.org.il/wp-content/uploads/
Hebrew phr.org.il/wp-content/uploads/

@palestine
@israel
#YeshDin #PHRil
#Israel #WarCrimes #ForcibleTransfer #EthnicCleansing
#SettlerViolence #IDF #OccupiedWestBank #WestBank

Replied in thread

@EndIsraeliApartheid
hypothetical/
Q: So you deliberately fired on ambulances with flashing lights and then killed the surviving emergency service workers in cold blood?
A: Yes
Q: Your claim that the vehicles had had their lights off and were acting suspiciously was a deliberate lie to cover up your murders?
A: Yes.
Q: So what was the "mistake"?
A: Serving in the #IDF?
/hypothetical

Israel attacked ambulance crews and fire fighters and buried the vehicles and bodies

#Ambulances and fire trucks from the #RedCrescent and civil defence teams had coordinated with the #IDF, OCHA (a #UN humanitarian agency), and the #RedCross several days ago. The IDF must have known their whereabouts, just like they did with the World Central Kitchen workers, and they killed them anyway.

councilestatemedia.uk/p/israel

#Israel #Gaza #WarCrime #Genocide #Media #Politics #NeverForeget @palestine @israel

Council Estate Media · Israel attacked ambulance crews and fire fighters and buried the vehicles and bodiesBy Ricky Hale
Continued thread

@drk @AuswaertigesAmt @zdfheute „Nachbrenner“: lt. #ZDF in den heute-Nachrichten um 22:45 Uhr hat die israelische Armee #IDF inzwischen zugegeben, dass ihre Aussage, die Fahrzeuge seien ohne Licht gefahren, nicht den Tatsachen entspricht. Tatsächlich seien die Fahrzeuge mit eingeschalteten Scheinwerfern und Blaulicht gefahren.
Hierzu ist festzuhalten: lt. I. Zusatzprotokoll, Anhang I, Kapitel II, Artikel 7 Absatz 3 ist - neben der Kennzeichnung mit dem Roten Kreuz - das blaue Blinklicht das international anerkannte Lichtsignal zur Kennzeichnung von Sanitätstransportfahrzeugen. Die von der israelischen Armee inzwischen eingeräumte Tatsache, dass die beschossenen Fahrzeuge mit blauem Blinklicht fuhren, bestätigt somit die Verletzung des humanitären Völkerrechts durch die Truppe bei diesem Vorfall.

“The almost seven-minute video, which…appears to have been filmed from inside a moving vehicle…shows a red fire engine and clearly marked ambulances driving at night, using headlights and flashing emergency lights.”

The #IDF is shown, yet again, to have lied through their teeth to cover up yet another atrocity, slaughtering first responders, a number of whom doctors say had their wrists & ankles bound & had clearly been executed

#genocide #gaza #palestine

theguardian.com/world/2025/apr

The Guardian · Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medicsBy Bethan McKernan
Continued thread

2/2 "Israël beweerde eerder het konvooi onder vuur te hebben genomen omdat het zich "verdacht" verplaatste, zonder verlichting of herkenningstekens. Op de beelden, die een van de gedode hulpverleners met zijn telefoon maakte, is te zien dat de voertuigen wel met autoverlichting en zwaailichten reden en bedrukt waren met het logo van de hulporganisatie Rode Halve Maan."
nos.nl/artikel/2562486-door-is
#Israel #TerroristState #Netanyahu #IDF #warcriminals #ICC #ICJ #Gaza #warcrimes #genocide #executions

nos.nlDoor Israël gedode hulpverleners waren wel herkenbaar, blijkt uit videoIsraël beweerde eerder dat het konvooi zonder verlichting of herkenningstekens reed, maar de door The New York Times gepubliceerde video spreekt dat tegen.