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SvennoJ on 16 March 2024
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Euro-Med Monitor refutes Israeli account of ‘flour massacre’ in Gaza

The Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor released a report that refutes Israel’s account of the latest “flour massacre” at the Kuwaiti Roundabout where dozens of Palestinian aid seekers were killed.

The Israeli military claimed Palestinian gunmen initiated the carnage and released drone footage of a man shooting. But the rights group says it has evidence that goes against the allegations. It said the shooting video appears to have taken place close to the Dawla Roundabout, which is roughly 2km (1.2 miles) away from the attack on Thursday.

Bullets found in the bodies of the dead and wounded were NATO-issued and discharged from Israeli weapons. The evidence is consistent with a similar event in late February in which 110 Palestinians were killed, the group said.



Combat continuing between Israel and Palestinian fighters across Gaza

The latest report by the Critical Threats Project think tank documents continuing ground fighting across the Gaza Strip. The Nahal Brigade of the Israeli military continues to conduct operations in the northern and central parts of the besieged enclave, it said.

Israeli forces launched raids from a corridor they built in the middle of Gaza to support operations in the strip, which also restricts movement to the north. The report said satellite imagery showed flattened terrain north of the Hamad neighbourhood of residential buildings, indicating Israeli tanks and bulldozers operated in the area.

Fatah’s military wing, Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, detonated an explosive device targeting Israeli forces in Hamad.



Qassam Brigades claims attacks on Israel military vehicles

The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, released a video showing attacks on multiple Israeli military vehicles. It shows Palestinian fighters attacking tanks and troop carriers in what Hamas said was the al-Zahra area of central Gaza.

Israel has promised to destroy Hamas but after five months of war, its fighters continue to battle troops throughout the Gaza Strip.


Palestinian medics save lives with limited resources

This video from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society shows how medics work to save a young injured girl despite limited resources in Gaza. Jabalia, in the northern part of the besieged enclave where the girl was injured, has been repeatedly targeted by the Israeli military during six months of war.

Israel only allows limited amounts of aid, including medical supplies and medicine, into northern Gaza where the humanitarian crisis unfolding is most severe.




Just no words

Israeli air attack kills 36 family members in central Gaza

Displaced by Israeli bombardment, the Tabatibi family gathered to eat during the first Friday night of Ramadan – a reunion that soon turned into a bloodbath. An air attack hit the building where they stayed as women prepared their fast-breaking meal, killing 36 members of the family.

Mohammed al-Tabatibi, 19, stood in the courtyard of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in nearby Deir el-Balah where the bodies of his relatives were spread out. “This is my mother, this is my father, this is my aunt and these are my brothers,” Tabatibi said in tears.

Asked about the attack, the Israeli military said it targeted two “terror operatives” in the Nuseirat refugee camp “throughout the night”. “The circumstances of the incident are still being reviewed,” it said.