[News] After Denying Massacring Civilians Seeking Aid, Israel Routinely Massacres Civilians Seeking Aid
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At the beginning of this month, Israel and its apologists ferociously
denied
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that IDF troops had fired upon civilians seeking aid at a Gaza
Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) site, killing 31 people.
On the second of June, Israeli forces again opened fire
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civilians seeking aid in Gaza, killing three people and injuring more
than 30.
On June 3, Israeli forces again opened fire
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civilians seeking aid, reportedly killing at least 27 people.
The US/Israeli-backed GHF temporarily suspended operations
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this spate of mass shootings.
On June 8, Israeli forces again fired upon civilians
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aid at two separate distribution points in Gaza, killing twelve.
On June 9, Israel and Israeli-backed forces opened fire
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a crowd at an aid site in Gaza, killing 14.
And on June 10, at least 36 people were reported killed and 208 wounded
when Israeli forces again fired on crowds
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aid in Gaza.
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Since May 27, some 160 people
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reportedly been killed in massacres at these GHF sites, which people in
Gaza are reportedly beginning to refer to as a “death trap”.
Think about how desperate and starving you’d have to be before you’d go
seek food from people who you know will probably start spraying the
crowd with bullets at some point. This really gives you an idea of how
badly the people of Gaza have been suffering.
But, again, at the beginning of the month, Israel and its spinmeisters
were crying antisemitic blood libel at the very suggestion that IDF
troops would fire upon people trying to obtain food.
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a deceitful video clip
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it falsely claimed showed Hamas members, not the IDF, firing on the crowd.
Netanyahu advisor Caroline Glick
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Israel’s “Minister of Diaspora and Combating Antisemitism” Amichai
Chikli
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called the reporting on the June 1 massacre a “blood libel”.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt falsely accused the BBC of
peddling Hamas propaganda
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reporting on the June 1 massacre.
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https://x.com/naftalibennett/status/1929107070353080667
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Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennet shared a video clip
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people in Gaza not being shot at some point and claimed this proves
nobody was shot at the specified incident on June 1, saying “When it’s
about Israel, all slander works.”
The Jerusalem Post published an article titled “Media blood libel over
alleged Gaza aid shooting will have far-reaching repercussions
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Israel’s official Twitter account called
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reporting “Hamas propaganda”.
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the June 1 massacre, saying it didn’t “give proper weight to Israel’s
denial and gave improper certitude about what was known about any
Israeli role in the shootings.”
Then, a few days later, CNN published a report
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on extensive video analysis and eyewitness interviews which found that
all evidence, contrary to Israel’s claims, “points to the Israeli
military opening fire on crowds of Palestinians as they tried to make
their way to the fenced enclosure to get food.”
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Even without the CNN report, Israel’s own actions since June 1 have
proved that Israeli forces do indeed deliberately fire upon starving
civilians seeking humanitarian aid. Israel lied. Again.
Which should come as no surprise to anyone who’s been paying attention
to Israel’s mass atrocities in Gaza. This is after all the same
genocidal state which indignantly objected
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claims that it would ever bomb a medical facility after an explosion at
the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital in October 2023, only to bomb that
exact same hospital
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times
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while deliberately destroying
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entire healthcare infrastructure.
One of the craziest phrases you can possibly utter in the year 2025 is
“Let’s give Israel the benefit of the doubt on this one.” They’ve been
caught lying so many times that there is no reason to take any of their
denials seriously. You don’t get to ban journalists from Gaza
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getting caught lying about your actions over and over again and then
have people give any weight to your denials of reported atrocities.
That’s not a thing.
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