Evidence points to Israel’s continued use of starvation to inflict genocide: Amnesty
Amnesty International has accused Israel of deliberately using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, citing it as part of a broader policy of genocide.
“While the eyes of the world were diverted to the recent hostilities between Israel and Iran, Israel’s genocide has continued unabated in Gaza, including through the infliction of conditions of life that have created a deadly mix of hunger and disease pushing the population past breaking point,” said Agnes Callamard, Amnesty International’s chief, in a statement.
The human rights organisation documented severe malnutrition among children, with 66 deaths since October 2023 and thousands more hospitalised.
It also accused Israeli authorities of weaponising aid by imposing an “unlawful blockade on the entry of aid and commercial supplies” into Gaza, as hundreds of aid trucks remain stuck outside the Palestinian enclave, waiting for an Israeli permit to enter.
Israeli forces use drugs to recruit collaborators in the Gaza Strip: Hamas
A Hamas security official has told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that the Israeli forces are working to create and prolong issues that will lead to the emergence of criminal gangs, as it directs them to destabilise security in the Palestinian enclave.
The official also said the group had prevented an attempt by Israel to smuggle spying equipment and modern phones to collaborators in the Gaza Strip so they could carry out missions.
The official stated that drugs are often used to “ensnare young people, bring them down, and assign them to security and espionage missions” and that agents had been smuggling large quantities of drugs from intelligence officers assigned to the aid teams that have access to the aid distribution points.
Israeli intelligence officers use the aid distribution points as a recruiting ground, the Hamas official said.
It is being widely reported that oxycodone pills were found in flour bags distributed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Gaza. We tell you what we know about these allegations in this edition of Truth or Fake.
