I post about less noticeable bias and double standards by institutions that (shamefully) use passive voice to downplay (& deflect attention from) Israeli crimes
As media attention focuses on refugee camps north of the West Bank, using militants as a pretext, the rest of the West Bank endures escalating violence and systematic oppression. In one month—August, Israeli forces and settlers carried out over 1,200 attacks across the West Bank.
🚨 Please share widely
According to Palestinian Ministry of Health, no Jenin hospital or clinic received such a case.
Every relevant human rights organisation has doubted this story and expressed concern about the harm it is causing.
More on why this story is fake and dangerous:
🧵- The assassination of journalism
Journalists in Gaza are prime targets for the Israeli military. In the last 75 days:
95 (out of 1200) killed, 80 assassinated for being journalists; a majority killed at home, including all 10 female journalists.
#JournalismUnderAttack
As usual, the Israeli military bulldozers are destroying underground water pipes, cutting off the water supply to Nur Shams refugee camp. The deliberate destruction of vital infrastructure is collective punishment against
🚨The Israeli military admitted to targeting journalists Hamza al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuria.
A twitter post included a document that seems to be digitally altered, manipulated and most likely falsified to tarnish the reputation of journalism and justify their targeted killing
🧵
The false story sensationalises recent accounts about sexual, gender-based violence against Palestinian prisoners. Publishing fake stories (which are then widely shared) can put actual victims of such atrocities in an even more vulnerable position and undermines their experiences
CPJ documented 99 journalists and media workers killed worldwide in 2023 — more than three quarters of whom died in the Israel-Gaza war.
This 2023 global total is the highest since 2015 and an almost 44% increase from 2022.
Read more in our report:
The Israeli army and media are exploiting the attack on their forces in Kerem Shalom to justify the closure of the Kerem Shalom border crossing, crucial for humanitarian aid delivery, in Gaza. Despite the crossing being entirely separate & located 1.5km away from the attack site.
Fabricated stories harm the Palestinian cause. When exaggerated or false stories circulate, genuine accounts of Palestinian suffering lose credibility. Exposing the oppressive realities of apartheid and genocide is of the utmost importance. Fake stories undermine these efforts
Misinformation threatens the work of local journalists who look death in the eye and refuse to be silenced. Community notes are woefully insufficient for combating misinformation; we must deal with dangerous misinformation through community outreach.
There is no record of a minor under the age of 15 imprisoned in recent months (excluding short term detention without trial or charge). Our prisoners have families who care deeply about them, and HR orgs & journalists covering their stories.
If this fake story was true, sharing it in this manner is deeply reckless and unethical. Referral systems and specialised organisations in the West Bank have years of experience in handling cases of gender-based violence and protecting victims from harm related to publication.
The issue of minors in detention is well documented by Human Rights orgs. A recent Save the Children report stated that Palestinian children in the Israel military detention face physical and emotional abuse, and some report sexual violence.
The account that shared the fake story claims that the military threatened the victim and purports to have changed the details (name+picture) to protect the victim from possible retaliation. But changing minor details does not, in fact, give the victim any anonymity or protection
In the last hours
- Israel’s Supreme Court rejected a petition from the Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem to allow independent access for journalists to Gaza.
- The Israeli military killed journalist, Hiba AlAbadlah; and her mother & daughter, in a strike against her house
Of 109 Palestinian journalists killed since October 7, “at least 96 of those were deliberately and specifically targeted by surgical Israeli strikes against them, at home or in the line of duty” to "shut down the coverage"
Thank you
@democracynow
Administrative detention has always received a lot of attention from media and HR groups. In addition to this, at least 1500 journalists across the West Bank and thousands more community activists are working hard to get stories out, despite the risks.
The 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 case in which the Israeli army provided "evidence" against any of the 130 journalists killed by Israel in Gaza. 🧵WaPo investigates the assassination of Palestinian journalists Dahdouh & Thuraya, exposing Israel’s media manipulation tactics.
As these experts know well, handling cases of gender-based violence with care (espciallly in the context of military occupation) can be a matter of life or death for victims. The account that tweeted this false story disregarded all such norms and best practices.
Dozens of Israeli military vehicles are raiding
#Tulkarem
, with bulldozers already destroying roads, trees, & infrastructure.
The army has placed a tight siege on
#Tulkarem_RC
and the city's two main hospitals and is detaining journalists in one location to prevent news coverage.
The post offered this document, an “internal memo,” as “evidence”. So far, I found these of issues:
- The language, phrasing and wording, are absurd and uncommon.
- Day and date don't match.
- The post includes other claims with no evidence
- The currency is USD with fractions
Sudden, and unusually early, Israeli military incursion sparks panic in Tulkarem. At 8pm undercover forces operate across the city as military vehicles rush in. Flares light up the sky, gunshots and sirens ring out. Locals flee home, some to nearby villages on perilous roads
For authentic reports, on Dec 14,
@DCIPalestine
released a “Year-in-review” which states that “This year [2023] has no comparison in the history of Israeli forces’ efforts to exert total control over the Palestinian people and violate children’s rights.
NEW: We just published our year-in-review report.
This year has no comparison: Israeli forces killed Palestinian children at an unfathomable, unprecedented rate.
Read the report:
@abierkhatib
The video has just been classified to include sensitive material. This will severely limit reach.
I'm not educated enough on the criteria but the video doesn't include anything that require the extra choice/step users have to make in order to view the video.
Is this reversible?
While buying groceries today, I overhead someone mockingly call the Israeli military forces frequently attacking Tulkarem "terrorism recruitment units". It is not hard to see why. Here they are heading to
#Nur_Shams
RC. Bulldozers leading the line as usual
A drone strike in Tulkarem refugee camp 40 mins ago. Reports of two killed and others injured.
The Israel army rushed into the city at dawn. Before the strike, and for the last 6 hours, a large number of bulldozers have been doing most of the work.
The whole city is under curfew
The date and weekday mentioned on the document do not match on the calendar. The date, 15/06/2022, was a Wednesday whereas the document states it was a Saturday (-السبت-).
The language used is not at all consistent and is instead almost a satire of cliched Islamic wording.
نبرق اليكم اجمل تحياتنا ونثمن جهودكم عاليا في خدمة الاسلام العظيم
[We send the most beautiful of our wishes, and we highly value your efforts in services of Islam the great]
Has grammar issues, absurd phrasing and is not consistent previous materials.
I will + updates to this🧵
Had a great conversation with
@kthalps
&
@aaronjmate
on the unprecedented number of Palestinian journalists assassinated by Israel in Gaza, the latest Israeli atrocities in Tulkarem, and more. Thanks so much for having me on
@UsefulIdiotpod
, Katie and Aaron.
“They’re targeting journalists. These people represent a portal for hope for Gaza. They deliver their voices around the world. And targeting them is basically killing hope.”
Anan Quzmar
@InfoPJS
on Israel’s assassination of 97 journalists
Grifting is dehumanizing
There is no record of a 13 year old Layan arrested by the Israeli military in recent months.
Israeli violations are well documented by human rights orgs and journalists. No journalist reports like this. No: source, date, full name..
The heaviest bombardment since Jan hit around Al Shifa Hospital, with some of the shelling directly striking the hospital. The Israeli army besieged the compound and used loudspeakers to order the evacuation of the hospital, which has been serving as a makeshift shelter hospital.
🚨Breaking : Israeli tanks are currently besieging Al-Shifa Hospital in northern
#Gaza
and have attacked the facility, leading to casualties among Palestinians inside.
Today's violent settler attacks⭕ are a condensed version of everyday reality for many targeted communities west of the
#Jordan_Valley
.
These settlers, emboldened by the Israeli army and apparatus, disguise themselves as shepherds to control or confiscate large swaths of land.
Ah, just the CEO of THE
@pressfreedom
organization trying to hypnotize us into believing they're doing all they can despite the challenges. Nothing to see here, folks! 🎩💫
#CPJ
#PressFreedom
Please read. 👇
The fact
@pressfreedom
has documented fewer journalist deaths in
#Gaza
in the past few months should not be taken as evidence that the rate has fallen - we cannot say for definite. What we can say for sure is how much harder verification has become. 1/2
The struggle for accountability in the case of
#ShirinAbuAkleh
is a fight to end the impunity that led to her killing, & that of scores of journalists before. Instead, the Israeli army has been emboldened to blockade Gaza & deliberately eliminate journalists to conceal evidence.
More testimonies:
"The women were removed from their homes violently, in the middle of the night, blindfolded and painfully handcuffed. They were then transferred between several prisons. Every transfer came with beating, swearing, and threats"
Well, well, well, look who's back with their favorite graphic! Apparently, the CPJ heard our feedback loud and clear and decided to ignore it completely. Cheers to consistency, I guess! 🥂
#SameOldCPJ
#GraphicFail
CPJ documented 99 journalists and media workers killed worldwide in 2023—72 of whom were Palestinian journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war.
This 2023 global total is the highest since 2015 & an almost 44% increase from 2022.
Read more in our report:
UN Special Procedures calls out the deliberate strategy by
#Israel
to silence critical reporting.
Most of 116 journalists & media workers, killed by Israel in Gaza, were community leaders and were killed at home often along with their families.
The deliberate strategy is obvious.
Journalists killed in
#Gaza
despite wearing identifiable ‘press’ jackets & helmets indicate attacks are a deliberate strategy by
#Israel
to silence critical reporting - UN experts: “Rarely have journalists paid such a heavy price for just doing their job.”
Shock and horror: aid distribution centers are having to use armed guards during any Israeli-imposed famine!
As soon as
@HRW
released their report, I knew a new campaign of slander would be waged against aid distribution workers and organizations.
Palestinian gunmen are seen at a UNRWA logistics center in southern Gaza's Rafah and near United Nations vehicles, in IDF drone footage from over the weekend.
📢 Highlighting Mainstream Press Freedom Orgs' Problematic Stance on Palestine 🧵
Having experienced double standards and racism towards Palestine all my life, I'm not surprised by the bias prevalent in these organizations which has led to unimaginable suffering in Gaza. 1/5
Can you believe it's been FOUR weeks since CPJ posted this list misrepresenting Israel's role in the biggest assassination campaign against journalists? The outrage was real, but CPJ hasn't budged.
What more can we do to fix this and ensure accurate reporting? Share your ideas💡
CPJ documented 99 journalists and media workers killed worldwide in 2023 — more than three quarters of whom died in the Israel-Gaza war.
This 2023 global total is the highest since 2015 and an almost 44% increase from 2022.
Read more in our report:
The claim about Faiq Al-Mabhouh's activities is misleading. He's a senior figure in internal security who played a crucial role in coordinating recent successful aid efforts. Targeting aid coordinators exploits the Israeli-imposed famine as a weapon of war
🔴 Eliminated: Faiq Mabhouh, head of the Operations Directorate of Hamas' Internal Security.
Mabhouh was hiding in a compound at the Shifa hospital, from which he operated and advanced terrorist activity.
When you're unable to point to Israel, your advocacy rings hollow.
Blaming lack of access is not enough, efforts would be more meaningful if they didn't habitually -in recent months- resort to passive voice when addressing Israel's role.
#IsraelAvoidance
=
#MutedAccountability
With so many Palestinian journalists killed, in exile, or physically and psychologically depleted after months of reporting and living in a conflict zone, and no international media present within Gaza either, it has become exponentially harder to document the broader impact of
- The Israeli army claimed that a fire exchange took place in Ktaba, which led to the killing of the 3 Palestinians. Video says otherwise.
- Reports of Israeli military activity in Anabta, Ramon and Kofr Al Labad, East of Tulkarem.
- Drones are circling low all over the city.
In Gaza, journalists are targeted by the Israeli military campaign more than any other segment of Palestinian society: 8% of Palestinian journalists in Gaza have now been killed. By contrast, 1% of the total population in Gaza have been killed. This is not a coincidence:
The Israeli military forces heading towards Nur Shams refugee camp. Bulldozers first as usual. It is 10.50 local time so many people will have a tricky trip home, the roads are not safe
@jacksonhinklle
, like many other accounts, is an uninformed attention seeker at best
What is happening in Gaza beyond imagination and there is no need to sensationalize it with false claims. Unfollow them
There is no shortage of credible sources with integrity and local knowledge
Another surgical attack against journalists
The Israeli army killed 2 journalists by targeting their car in Khan Younis. Mustafa Abu Thraya and Hamzeh Dahdouh the son of AJ's Wael Dahdouh who lost in a previous Israeli airstrike 4 members of his family.
🔍As of Dec 19, at least 95 Palestinian journalists & media workers—nearly 8% of those based in Gaza at the start of the genocide—have been killed. Vast majority of these journalists and media workers were deliberately targeted, often in "surgical" attacks on their homes.
It's striking how José Andrés, within a few months of direct involvement, has taken a clear and principled stance, whereas mainstream media outlets, who have had direct access for decades, still obscure rather than expose the realities on the ground.
Crystal clear quote in the 🧵
Read World Central Kitchen's statement about the preliminary findings of IDF's investigation into their own strikes that killed seven members of our team on April 1, 2024:
The Israeli military raided
#Tulkarem
from different directions, with the majority of the force heading to
#Nur_Shams
, laying complete siege on the refugee camp.
The army occupied multiple buildings to use as sniper positions, and drones are encircling the skies across the city.
🧵This wouldn't happen without the mainstream media's complicity + hesitant efforts of human rights
@hrw
&
@pressfreedom
groups. Who cite lack of access impacting their work without highlighting Israeli responsibility, yet make little effort to address it.
Horrifying scenes document the moment of the Israeli army's bombardment of Al-Helu Hospital, which is only meters away from Al-Shifa Hospital in
#Gaza
this morning.
The wounded & patients emerge from the rubble after their rooms collapsed on top of them!
This validates the analysis that journalists and scholars were often targeted at home with families.
It speaks volumes on Israeli army's ruthless tactics; failure to recognize enabled the strategy to silence and control information.
🧵- The assassination of journalism
Journalists in Gaza are prime targets for the Israeli military. In the last 75 days:
95 (out of 1200) killed, 80 assassinated for being journalists; a majority killed at home, including all 10 female journalists.
#JournalismUnderAttack
The majority of journalists have received direct threats over the last 10 weeks. Sari Mansour and Saeed Al-Taweel were subjected to incitement, receiving direct threats before being targeted.
Anas Al-Sharif received threats to his life relating to his work in northern Gaza.
.
@jodieginsberg
's choice of words:
{After 50 words}, In addition, there are examples where journalists have been targeted. We know of at least 3
1. Systematic targeting is not just an addition!
2. Visit
Search 'home,' 'house,' and 'car', read the stories.
"The eyes and ears for us as the international community of this war in Gaza are local Palestinian journalists," CPJ's CEO
@jodieginsberg
tells
@BBCNews
.
"You have to worry about a country that entirely prevents the outside world from seeing in."
No international journalists
#Tulkarem
: A sudden wide-scale incursion from different directions in the city. Local residents rush home, while those heading towards the city turn back. Israeli forces attacked and besieged the
#Nur_Shams
refugee camp. Planes circled above the city for hours before the attack.
Deliberate & calculated should always be attached to "indiscriminate" for an accurate description.
The meaning in int. law: to strike military objectives & civilians or civilian objects without distinction, doesn't fully capture the conduct of the Israeli military; killing 4fun.
Israeli soldiers taking potshots at 3 sheep in Gaza for sport. You can see the poor animal suffering in the back.
What's the excuse this time? "The sheep are Khamas combatants gaurding a tunnel, we khave a liiiiist"
@NRivetz
@RaniaKhalek
The person who wrote this document bother to google and copy paste the opening line from any publicly available memo in Arabic, let alone consider context and relevance.
Show this to any native speaker of Arabic
نبرق اليكم اجمل تحياتنا ونثمن جهودكم عاليا في خدمة الاسلام العظيم 😅
Nine out of the 10 journalists killed in the last 10 days were targeted at home alongside family members: Adel Zorob, Abdullah Alwan, Haneen Al-Qatshan, Assem Moussa, Ahmad Abu Absa, Hanan Ayyad, Abdul Kareem Odeh, Salim Naffar, Abdallah Alwan. The only exception: Samer Abu Daqqa
In the last 6 months, the calculated and deliberate killing of around 130 journalists, along with hundreds of thinkers, writers, educators, and community leaders, has been at the heart of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza. What is happening in the West Bank pales in comparison.
“This is part of Israel’s strategy to control the flow of information and to dictate the narrative.”
@QuzmarAnan
and
@AssalRad
spoke with us about Israel’s war on journalism in the West Bank.
Watch the full report ⏩
The 20th Jenin incursion in 3 months
Like in Tulkarem, the Israeli military bulldozers are destroying infrastructure.
Massive forces stormed the city earlier two hours ago.
@Seriewoordenaar
We checked all the hospitals. You are looking more suspicious when you repeat this claim time and time again after being informed that all hospitals have been contacted. Thank you for the panic this has caused and the waste of time and effort
@Seriewoordenaar
@KuypersMarieke
@QuzmarAnan
Our volunteers had to call all the hospitals in the West Bank just in case this account shifts the goal posts again. This account has blocked all our volunteers.
Please read this if you are curious about the potentials harms this story can cause
They chose journalism to tell the story of Palestinians in their own voices. Those in Gaza are keeping that voice alive despite the constant threat to their lives so that next generations can build for a better reality. Their courage and integrity shine a light many will follow
Who remembers the main finding of the
@hrw
Al Ahli Hospital 'report', which was based entirely on the assumption that the 'impact site doesn't match the munitions Israel claims to use in Gaza'?
Paraphrasing, I know, but the full word puzzle is in the ALT.
According to sources within
#Israel
's military, the expired ammunition and antiquated weapon systems (the M109 Howitzer, in service since 1963) led to a "sharp increase in the risk of misfire and targeting errors."
You should have had a Palestinian voice or
@IFJGlobal
in the studio.
Airtime for a spox who had nothing to add, other than viral smears and hate, is an unfair opportunity not a challenged.
Fix it by verifying the document
@Channel4
& publishing ur findings
Shocking but not surprising, the Israeli media quoted army sources🧵and used ambiguous language to create non-existent links between the closure of the crossing and the attack.
The
@guardian
falsified the statement, & the
@BBC
simply reported the propaganda by the army as facts.
Journalists represent a portal of hope for the people in Gaza right now. Israel is blocking journalists from entering and is quickly neutralizing those inside Gaza with no safe place to go. Many journalists are avoiding loved ones out of fear they could be targeted at any moment.
A large military force is headed toward
#Nur_Shams
.
This is the first incursion of either of the refugee camps in the last 2 weeks. The Israeli army carried out several nightly raids in
#Tulkarem
over the past 2 weeks, resulting in arrests.
I report when bulldozers are involved.
1/5 The escalation in the West Bank began well before Oct 2023. Israeli attacks, settler violence, and brutal operations intensified, leaving Palestinian communities across the West Bank grappling with displacement, destruction, and unlivable conditions.
There's a fourth aspect to consider: the exceptionalization, sensationalization, exploitation, and misrepresentation of Palestinians and/or their cause and suffering.
These practices often overshadow the authentic narratives of Palestinians and occur among both friends and foes.
I broadly define Anti-Palestinian Racism (or Antipalestinianism) as discrimination directed at Palestinians which takes takes *three* forms. I then use my autobiographical experience to explain them. 3/
“an IAF aircraft.. targeted the operators of a drone”
Here the Israeli military substantiate a common conception, that Mostafa was targeted because of his work, as media drone operator, 4
@AJEnglish
showing extent of damage caused by the Israel's ongoing military campaign in Gaza
@democracynow
@InfoPJS
Thank you very much again. A few links:
The amicus brief:
The assassination of journalism:
Longest incursion in Tulkarem since 2006:
An Israeli military incursion in Tulkarem. This time it was a surprise; 1st report of gatherings west of Tulkarem = 18mins before this vid. I learnt to keep my walks close to home & think of a safe route back just in case.
What usual incursions look like🧵
Targeting journalists is part of a wider calculated attack on social infrastructure in Gaza.
Bilal Jadallah, a godfather of Palestinian journalists; Professor Adham Hassouna, a journalist and educator; Dr. Sufyan Tayeh, scientist; Refaat Alareer; Roshdi Sarraj; Saleem Al-Naffar
In an unusual move, the Israeli military initiated widescale operations simultaneously across the West Bank. There are reports of sudden incursions in major cities including
#Ramallah
#Nablus
#Hebron
#Bethlehem
and
#Tulkarem
. In several cities, snipers have taken over buildings.
Aayat Khadoora, Salam Mema, Ola Atallah, Shaima El-Gazzar, Amal Zahid, Rana Al-Ghafari, Duaa Sharaf were killed at home with members of their families in Israeli strikes.
Notably, Mohammad Abu Hatab was targeted as soon as he arrived home; he was killed along with his family.
9% of journalists in Gaza have been killed in surgical strikes by Israel.
*109* of them and we are still hearing calls for investigations to determined if they were targeted?
Why can't Israel be named? What is being done do to save the rest?
#Palestinian_lives_matter
#Hypocrisy
@CPJMENA
@Raminho
9% of journalists in Gaza have been killed in surgical strikes by Israel. **109** of them and we are still hearing calls for investigations to determined if they were targeted?
Why can't Israel be named? What is being done do to save the rest?
#Palestinian_lives_matter
For over 4 hours, the Israeli army has been destroying infrastructure, roads, homes, and other private properties in Tulkarem.
Bulldozers hit a water pipe, cutting off water across
#Tulkarem_RC
. The incursion has also resulted in a loss of power in most homes in the refugee camp.
At exactly 10am an undercover Israeli military unit was exposed in
#Tulkarem
.
A large military force rushed into the city, bulldozers were quick to follow and to start destroying infrastructure in
#Tulkarem_RC
.
A military helicopter has been circling above both refugee camps.
I'll be adding to this thread; showing how international media are working overtime, using all their creative skills to assist the Israel in justifying the closure of a vital crossing for humanitarian aid delivery in Gaza. Despite being completely separate and located 1.5km away.
Shocking but not surprising, the Israeli media quoted army sources🧵and used ambiguous language to create non-existent links between the closure of the crossing and the attack.
The
@guardian
falsified the statement, & the
@BBC
simply reported the propaganda by the army as facts.
An Israeli military incursion in Tulkarem. This time it was a surprise; 1st report of gatherings west of Tulkarem = 18mins before this vid. I learnt to keep my walks close to home & think of a safe route back just in case.
What usual incursions look like🧵
While buying groceries today, I overhead someone mockingly call the Israeli military forces frequently attacking Tulkarem "terrorism recruitment units". It is not hard to see why. Here they are heading to
#Nur_Shams
RC. Bulldozers leading the line as usual
Tulkarem to Ramallah used to take a little over 1hr, though
#Anabta
#Huwwara
.
For 6months, even prior to Oct 7, the trip often takes hrs more.
Over the last 14 weeks an important road between
#Sarra
&
#Huwwara
has been permanently closed. This alone adds 1hr average 2the journey.
Israel directly targeted a group of journalists in Tal Al-Zatar area,
#Jabalia
.
One of the journalists said that it was a lucky escape 4them; 1 journalist was injured, 1 civilian killed.
They were in the area for phone signal; making important calls, & to continue their coverage.
It's crucial to challenge the apartheid regime, the unconditional international support it receives, double-standards, and the weaponization of propaganda.
Netanyahu is just a player; pinning the blame on him -and not the enabling environment- helps Israel escape accountability.
The ultimate aim of this gang is "purging" the West Bank of Palestinians, cleansing the Temple Mount of Muslim worshippers and annexing the territories to Israel | Opinion | Ehud Olmert
Montaser Al Sawaf was killed along with family members after an earlier attempt injured him and killed 48 of his family, his father Mustafa, who is also a prominent journalist.
Momen Al-Sharafi lost 22 members of his family, including his parents, retired teachers, in one strike.
WaPo doubted the authenticity of the document claiming Dahdouh's militant affiliation. Regarding the 2nd document mentioned by Israel, allegedly naming Thurya, skilled media drone operator🧵, as a militant, WaPo reported receiving no response despite multiple requests for review.
- Local militants use light arms, IEDs and knowledge of the area to fight back against bulldozers and heavily fortified vehicles
- The soldiers rarely step out and mostly act as protection for slow moving bulldozers which destroy infrastructure and "open" paths deep inside the RC
Watch this receive a lot more attention than the targeting of aid distribution workers and medics from other local and international organizations still active in Gaza.
They too coordinate their every movement, ensuring the army is informed of the time, route, and destination.
We are aware of reports that members of the World Central Kitchen team have been killed in an IDF attack while working to support our humanitarian food delivery efforts in Gaza. This is a tragedy. Humanitarian aid workers and civilians should NEVER be a target. EVER.
- The military blocks the entrance of Tulkarem Gov Hospital. On Wed the army attacked a number of injured while in ambulances, stabbing one
- Large forces are still gathering West of Tulkarem
- Light flares were fired in the sky above Nur Shams RC, the name means: sun light RC
.
@amnesty
needs to catch up and acknowledge the grim reality. Deliberate targeting of journalists is not something you can sweep under the rug.
134 journalists were targeted and killed, often alongside their families, in Gaza -𝒃𝒚 𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍, over the last 7 months, not 92.
At least 92 Palestinian journalists have been killed in the occupied Gaza Strip over the last 6 months, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists no other war has taken so many journalists’ lives in such a short span over the course of the last 30 years.
Israeli military forces gathered west of
#Tulkarem
at 9pm. By 10.45 their bulldozers were destroying water pipes, other infrastructure and private property in
#Nur_Shams
.
Ambulances were prevented from reaching in the refugee camp.
The previous incursion🧵
A drone strike in Tulkarem refugee camp 40 mins ago. Reports of two killed and others injured.
The Israel army rushed into the city at dawn. Before the strike, and for the last 6 hours, a large number of bulldozers have been doing most of the work.
The whole city is under curfew
Instead of excuses, we need clear advocacy.
Pointing fingers at access issues won't cut it, especially when ignoring Israel's role!
Where are the strong statements condemning the targeting of journalists? The world needs CPJ to be a forceful voice, not just a passive observer.
#Gaza
: As the Israel-Gaza war enters its eighth month, CPJ is explaining why it has become exponentially harder to confirm information about the conflict’s devastating impact on Gaza’s media community.
The army's swift release of info on this incident?
No, it's not solely because of their nationalities – they'd still be alive if it were.
The Israeli army faces zero consequences for providing false information or failing to respond to Qs about incidents involving Palestinians.
The IDF's early explanation re the killing of the World Central Kitchen team is in - per "security sources" speaking to Haaretz. Before we get to the putative pretext for the attack, they also disclose a harrowing detail - the drone bombed the convoy THREE TIMES in succession..
🧵Translation- link 5/5
Local fact-checking group Kashif -كاشف- examined the story and labeled it as a false rumor
Key points:
-The Prisoners' Club: No record of the arrest of a female minor in the Jenin area, where we routinely monitor all arrests
- All hospitals were contacted
Grifting is dehumanizing
There is no record of a 13 year old Layan arrested by the Israeli military in recent months.
Israeli violations are well documented by human rights orgs and journalists. No journalist reports like this. No: source, date, full name..
A large military force headed towards
#Nur_Shams
. Bulldozers led (+slowed down) the forces, and they are already destroying infrastructure.
Two nights ago a military force, with no bulldozers, arrested 5 people from different locations across
#Tulkarem
during a brief incursion.
Israel claimed to have targeted a “terrorist” operating a drone posing a threat, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 the footage from the drone, obtained by WaPo, shows no Israeli military presence in the area. Additionally, both journalists had passed through Israeli checkpoints.
Exclusive: Footage recovered from the drone of an Al Jazeera team killed by the IDF in a targeted Jan. 7 missile strike raises critical questions about the Israeli justification for the attack.
In 2023, Gaza journalists had a knack for fatal accidents. Falling pianos, banana peels, you name it—making it particularly challenging for the CPJ to investigate.
But let's not dwell on who or what caused these tragic mishaps. Ignorance is bliss, after all.
In 2023, at least 78 journalists were killed in direct connection with their work.
13 media workers also were killed last year, and CPJ is investigating the motives for the killings of 8 other journalists to determine if they were work-related.
More:
1. Israel blocked independent investigation teams,
2. MSM intentionally & unethically carried dubious claims.
---
[The Israeli Forces] "assigned some of the work of collecting bodies & other evidence to Zaka, whose volunteers took advantage .. to film PR videos & to raise funds."
On Jan 7, the Israeli army targeted a car carrying Palestinian journalists near Khan Younis, killing Al Jazeera crew members Hamza Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya, along with their driver. Two freelance journalists were also seriously wounded. The killing received some MSM coverage.
I really admire The Palestine Red Crescent Society; the teams in Gaza for their heroinism and great sacrifices and also their teams rephrasing these calls countlessly, despite the fact that they continue to fall on deaf ears.
I'm amazed this account has only 80K followers!
The Palestine Red Crescent Society renews its calls to the international community to ensure the protection of its personnel and facilities and to provide a safe humanitarian space
The PRCS is devastated by the Occupation’s crime of killing 2 of our ambulance crews, Ahmad Al
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Correct. The testimony came from a well know account on X, one of the last still posting from Gaza City. We correlated the testimony with other reports of the Israeli military using civilians as human shields in the same in the same area, on the same day.
The usual routine;
- So far, 10 houses and flats across the city have been taken over by Israeli snipers.
- Drones are flying low, locals social media groups warn unarmed protestors against "gatherings". Such gatherings have become a target for drone attacks in recent incursions
For many years, governments worldwide have actively undermined all non-violent resistance and political representation for Palestinians, essentially pushing them to suffer quietly in the face of Israel's genocidal ambitions.
Today, this pattern continues amid an ongoing genocide.
🧵Listing government reactions to ICC prosecutor's application for arrest warrants against leaders of Israel and Hamas.
Scored on a 1-10 scale from the highest to the lowest support for the ICC.
Limited to European & Western govts.