Do you remember the killing of Hind Rajab? That was way back in January. Forensic Architecture has recently published their findings on the attack. It's really not surprising - everybody has known since it happened that it was an IDF tank that opened fire on the car. Still, the US is pretending that Israel is not just wallowing in genocidal war crimes bent on eradicating any Palestinian presence in Gaza. They insist that incidents are being credibly investigated and there will be accountability if anyone is found to have done anything wrong. It's like they are talking about a completely different State of Israel.
Anyways, with specific regard to Hind Rajab, Prem Thakker has been persistent on nailing Matt Miller on this incident. Miller's latest answer on June 5th is particularly hilarious. Thakker's been asking for updates on the Hind Rajab investigation since Valentine's Day and forcing Miller to say "we don't have any updates". It's slightly different now - the latest answer is "let me get you an answer to that and come back to you". This is at least the fifth time Prem Thakker has asked that question - I guess Miller was expecting him to have forgotten or just moved on.
Another thing I'd like to note is the work of the Airwars crew, sifting through the information on the tens of thousands of people that Israel has slaughtered with their air strikes. Here's a snippet from a recent AJ+ documentary. It really lays out the sheer scope and speed of this genocidal onslaught. We've been reaching for other examples of facts that highlight how barbarous and murderous the State of Israel has been with their military campaign - and these latest facts are undeniably powerful.
This is the conflict where we have counted more children killed in a single strike than we have in any other conflict - multiple times.
Looking at that - one might think that Israel is going out of their way to target children. That's not true. Israel does not preferentially kill children - they kill Palestinians indiscriminately, whether or not they are children. The reason that many of the massacres with the highest death count of children are committed by Israel is because so very many of the massacres of civilians committed have been by Israel.
Here's an interview with Airwars Director Emily Tripp from back in April:
So so far we've identified more than three thousand individual incidents that we have yet to process through our methodology - that's more incidents than we've found for the entirety of the war against ISIS.
To be clear - there are some additional aspects of Israel's bombing campaign that increase its lethality. Israel's military technology is the highest that's ever been used on this sort of thing. A combination of both the support from Biden and the USA and also that this campaign is happening now - with access to the most recent developments in the technology of killing civilians. The other huge aspect of course is the size of Gaza and the fact that there is no escape. The Gaza fence keeps everyone rounded up into a tiny area. It's like shooting fish in a barrel.
And to close out this post, just a reminder that these people directly killed by Israeli military action are only part of the genocide. Gaza is still facing famine - insufficient food and water is reaching the population, one that was stretched to its breaking point ages ago. There's no public order or civil infrastructure remaining and people are literally starving to death and there is no plan whatsoever to slow down, let alone reverse this situation.
IOW, it is going to get worse.
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