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‘I witnessed war crimes’ in Gaza – former worker at GHF aid site [video]

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Did the air dropping of food not work out?

Didn't last long at all. The whole problem is Hamas is taking the aid, not that it's not getting in.

No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un...

https://archive.is/1bllc

Re: ‘I witnessed war crimes’ in Gaza – former worker at GHF aid site [video]

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I look up the first of those “human rights groups” and see that it’s explicitly a Palestine advocacy group with 38 employees. How’s this anywhere near objective?

PHRI was founded by an Israeli who served in the IDF, among other Israeli physicians. There's nearly 200 citations in their report, citing a wide variety of Israeli and international media, medical journals, statements by the IDF, etc. https://www.phr.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Genocide-i...

They must have been referring to B'Tselem since they have 38 employees, but it's an Israeli organization headed by an Israeli human rights lawyer, Yuli Novak.

I assume the person you're responding to is not Israeli and has not been following this conflict very closely if they've never heard of B'Tselem.

Re: ‘I witnessed war crimes’ in Gaza – former worker at GHF aid site [video]

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There are numerous clips of Rabbis openly promoting the extermination of Palestinians. They use the story of Amalek from the Torah. One of the Rabbis I watched recently said "when you kill the first child it breaks your heart [...] then you start to enjoy it." _Many_ Rabbis are demanding that animals, children, women and unarmed males be "erased." IDF soldiers are bragging about killing and raping civilians on social…

Evidence please!

I don't know what specific rabbis the parent referring to, but Israel's PM has referenced the Amalek story:

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/07/1211133201/netanyahus-referen...

Re: ‘I witnessed war crimes’ in Gaza – former worker at GHF aid site [video]

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Criticizing Israel is in vogue but what's the solution? Gazans still hold Israeli hostages, Hamas has publicly stated that more civilian deaths helps their cause [1], they're still fighting, the UN refused to distribute aid because they were getting attacked [2], and Israel unilaterally pulling out of Gaza and leaving them to govern themselves is literally what led to October 7th... 1 - https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/11…

> Hamas has publicly stated that more civilian deaths helps their cause The fact that Israel has no problem creating these civilian deaths is part of the problem. If you claim "human shields" you lose all credibly when you shoot nonetheless. It genuinely horrifying that you accept "well they made us kill all those kids". This would be easy to see if you accepted the Palestinian people as, well, people . > Again, what…

> Two states, stop holding a people in a perpetual refugee camp and you might be surprised and how much less they fight you. And, if you really have two states, then there's a framework for retaliation if it comes to that.

This was Israel's solution, its the other side that keeps rejecting this solution and has been rejecting it for many generations now.

So after 70 years of that it makes sense Israel are fed up with trying to ask for two state solution, because the other side will never agree that wont work, they have to solve it in another way.

Re: ‘I witnessed war crimes’ in Gaza – former worker at GHF aid site [video]

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How can both be true? 1. Israel's 18 year blockade of Gaza is an effective mechanism to prevent weapons coming into Gaza 2. Hamas has been launching rockets into Israel for 18 years

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Re: ‘I witnessed war crimes’ in Gaza – former worker at GHF aid site [video]

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Criticizing Israel is in vogue but what's the solution? Gazans still hold Israeli hostages, Hamas has publicly stated that more civilian deaths helps their cause [1], they're still fighting, the UN refused to distribute aid because they were getting attacked [2], and Israel unilaterally pulling out of Gaza and leaving them to govern themselves is literally what led to October 7th... 1 - https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/11…

> Hamas has publicly stated that more civilian deaths helps their cause The fact that Israel has no problem creating these civilian deaths is part of the problem. If you claim "human shields" you lose all credibly when you shoot nonetheless. It genuinely horrifying that you accept "well they made us kill all those kids". This would be easy to see if you accepted the Palestinian people as, well, people . > Again, what…

Gaza doesn't want two states. It's in their charter. They don't accept the Israeli people as, well, people.

Re: ‘I witnessed war crimes’ in Gaza – former worker at GHF aid site [video]

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Oh wait, except that's not true. Retired Maj Gen Yoav Har-Even described how the IDF's drone operators mistook an aid worker carrying a bag for a gunman, and then targeted one of the World Central Kitchen vehicles with a missile. The IDF then described how two people escaped that vehicle and got into a second car, which was hit by another missile from a drone. The military confirmed that there were survivors from the…

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-01/israel-claims-targets... In Dec 1 in 8 WCK workers were fired for Hamas ties https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/12/11/aid-group-fires-doze... Even your link calls out that one of the vehicles that split from the convoy was carrying armed gunmen.

Sorry but there's zero point in providing justification for this. Even the IDF said "it was a mistake that followed a misidentification" and that it "it shouldn’t have happened" [1]. Everyone's in agreement on this point.

[1] https://x.com/IDF/status/1775290147426152931

Re: ‘I witnessed war crimes’ in Gaza – former worker at GHF aid site [video]

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Does anyone still need testimonies like these to be convinced that Israel is systematically exterminating the Palestinians using kinetic force and starvation? We're past that point now. Making Gaza unlivable by carpet-bombing the strip, telegraphing mass murder in unambiguous statements at the highest levels of government, dehumanizing the Palestinians and silencing anyone who dares to speak up? I, for one, am thankf…

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Re: ‘I witnessed war crimes’ in Gaza – former worker at GHF aid site [video]

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You're confusing hatred for Palestinians with hatred for Gazans. Most Israelis do not hate Palestinians. There might be some. There's definitely a lot of hate to Gazans after Oct 7th which is understandable. As to the "what are we supposed to do" part- What are they supposed to do? How would you navigate this better after Oct 7th given the setup/hostages etc.? Israel has officially said many times they are not target…

> Most Israelis do not hate Palestinians.

LOL 51% of Israelis gave Palestinians a 0 out of 100 score rating of their humanity, according to PCPSR and the Times of Israel poll: https://pcpsr.org/en/node/989

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