Israeli official says it "destroyed a five-storey apartment building with families living inside because there was a spotter on the roof."
perfectly normal.
Hello, spectators,
In a move that is as horrific as it is unsurprising, the IGF (Israeli Genocide Forces) has admitted to the BBC that the army levelled a five-storey residential building in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, after supposedly spotting a single individual on the roof with binoculars. The official says the strike was “not planned” (assumedly the rocket fired itself) and that they were unaware the building was housing hundreds displaced civilians. Over 90 Palestinians, including 25 children, are reported dead or missing beneath the rubble.
Video footage from the scene shows a horrific reality: bodies wrapped in blankets, survivors sifting through the wreckage for family members, and a destroyed home that was supposed to be a place of refuge.
Umm Malik Abu Nasr, a survivor, described her family’s experience. “At 4:00 a.m., the multi-storey house of the Abu Nasr family collapsed on top of us. They bombed the house, which was sheltering about 300 displaced people. My husband and other family members remain under the rubble.”
Ever the good friend, the U.S., called it a “horrifying incident” and demanded, as always, that Israel investigates itself properly, so there’s little hope for any accountability. UN envoy Tor Wennesland condemned the relentless civilian casualties as part of a recurring series of deadly incidents raising serious humanitarian law concerns. But, as usual, statements and condemnations fall silent amidst the deadly, brutal reality on the ground.
Another one for the Record of Shame I suppose:
Meanwhile, Gaza remains is just hanging on, with essential services crumbling under relentless attacks. Since the offensive began, over 43,000 people have died as entire neighbourhoods turn to rubble, and innocent lives become dust.
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And Blinken, Biden and all the rest will continue to bleat that this is OK.
Perhaps by now it should begin to dawn on people that that is because....this is exactly how the west has conducted its wars on brown people for the last 20 years in Aghanistan, Iraq, Libya etc:
https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-09-01/costsofwar