Photos point to Israeli tank fire in deadly strike on U.N. guest house

Experts say images obtained by The Washington Post show blast patterns and shell fragments that are consistent with two #Israeli tank shells. The #IDF has denied responsibility for the strike, which killed a European aid worker.

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Israeli Airstrike in #Gaza City Leaves Many Dead, Health Officials There Say

The strike on a home left other bodies buried under the rubble, according to the Gazan authorities. The #Israeli military said it had been targeting a #Hamas operative.

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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By Vivian Yee and Ameera Harouda
Photographs by Saher Alghorra

Vivian Yee reported from Cairo and Ameera Harouda from Doha, Qatar. Saher Alghorra photographed and reported from Gaza City.
Published April 9, 2025Updated April 10, 2025, 3:40 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-city-strike-hamas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-k4.wsRf.x0Sk6BsWHb3-&smid=url-share

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Majority of Americans hold unfavourable view of Israel, Pew poll finds

Even among traditionally pro-Israel Republicans, there have been large shifts in negative sentiment amid Israel's war on #Gaza

From #MiddleEastEye
By #MEE staff
Published date: 9 April 2025 19:22 BST

"According to a Pew Research poll published on Tuesday, 53 percent of Americans now express an unfavourable opinion of #Israel, up from 42 percent in March 2022 - before the 7 October 2023 #Hamas-led attack on southern Israel and Israel’s decimation of the enclave."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/majority-americans-hold-unfavourable-view-israel-pew-poll-finds

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Witness to media tent bombing [in Gaza]: 'We did everything to save Mansour'

MEE contributor Ahmed Aziz was next to the targeted tent. He recalls a scene of chaos and confusion as flames engulfed the journalists inside

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Ahmed Aziz in Khan Younis, occupied Palestine
Published date: 8 April 2025 13:59 BST

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/chaos-and-confusion-gaza-journalists-recall-inferno-after-israeli-strike

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#Gaza paramedics shot in upper body ‘with intent to kill’, #RedCrescent says

PRCS calls for international investigation after postmortem results add to evidence contradicting Israel’s account

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Peter Beaumont
Mon 7 Apr 2025 13.01 EDT

"The results of the postmortems join a growing body of evidence that sharply contradicts #Israel’s account of the incident, including video footage that shows the vehicles were travelling with headlights and flashing red lights that identified them, with personnel wearing hi-vis vests, at the time they were fired on."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/07/gaza-paramedics-shot-in-upper-body-with-intent-to-kill-red-crescent-says?CMP=share_btn_url

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Eyewitnesses Recount Deadly Israeli Attack on Medics in #Gaza

The New York Times interviewed two people who described being detained by #Israeli soldiers and looking on as they opened fire on ambulances and a fire truck, killing 15.

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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By Vivian Yee and Bilal Shbair
Vivian Yee reported from Cairo, and Bilal Shbair from al-Mawasi, Gaza, where he interviewed both witnesses.
April 6, 2025 Updated 8:59 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/world/middleeast/gaza-medics-killed-israel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.904.uDa9.dDkT46yoKe8s&smid=em-share

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‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over #IDF killing of #Gaza paramedics

Relatives who waited agonising week before bodies were found speak of passion that drove #RedCrescent workers

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Malak A Tantesh in Gaza and Julian Borger
Sat 5 Apr 2025 02.00 EDT

“I raised my children to love goodness and to do good deeds,” Sobhi said. “We had a principle in our home: do good without expecting thanks or praise. Mohammad [Bahloul] lived by this principle.

“We never expected this to happen – not even in our worst nightmares,” Sobhi added. “They went to save lives, only to become victims themselves.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/05/families-tell-of-shock-over-idf-killing-of-gaza-paramedics?CMP=share_btn_url

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What We Know About the Case of #Gaza Aid Workers Killed by #Israeli Gunfire

The Israeli military, confronted with video evidence contradicting its initial account, now says it was “mistaken.”

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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by Isabel Kershner
Reporting from Jerusalem
April 6, 2025, 1:29 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/world/middleeast/gaza-aid-workers-killed-israel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9k4.qnB9.tbg-5wIwG0vn&smid=url-share

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#Palestinian paramedic says he saw #Israeli troops firing on emergency vehicles

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi
April 5, 202510:43 AM EDT Updated 3 hours ago [14:30 EDT]

Summary
*#RedCrescent and UN accuse Israeli forces of killing aid workers
*Paramedic's account corresponds with assertions by Red Crescent and #UN officials
*#Israeli military investigating deadly incident
*Video shows marked ambulances under fire near #Rafah

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-paramedic-says-he-saw-israeli-troops-firing-emergency-vehicles-2025-04-05/

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‘I Want to Be Martyred,’ a #Palestinian Boy Declares

By Nicholas Kristof
April 5, 2025

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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"Without attracting much notice or protest, Israel increasingly is using the tools of war familiar in #Gaza — tanks, airstrikes and massive destruction and displacement — here in the #WestBank. Human rights groups like B’Tselem call this the “Gazafication” of the West Bank."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/opinion/palestinian-west-bank-refugee-israel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U4.FcIp.2mDD7H6bNr47&smid=url-share

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New video evidence disputes Israeli army's account of medic killings

Footage shows rescue workers, with ambulance lights on, killed in barrage of #Israeli gunfire

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By MEE staff
Published date: 5 April 2025 15:08 BST

"New video evidence relating to the killing of 15 #Palestinian rescue workers by Israeli forces has emerged, contradicting the Israeli account of the attack on a medical convoy in #Rafah last week.

The footage, which was retrieved from a phone belonging to one of the medics who was killed, shows the Israeli army attacking clearly marked #RedCrescent ambulances that had their emergency signal lights on, and emergency medical workers wearing reflective vests."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/new-video-evidence-disputes-israeli-armys-account-medic-killings

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Red Crescent Worker Who Survived Israeli Massacre Recounts Horror

In one of the deadliest attacks on emergency workers in the world in years, #Israeli troops killed 15 #Palestinian first responders and buried them in a mass grave.

from #DropSiteNews
Kavitha Chekuru
Apr 04, 2025

"Amid what the United Nations has described as a “concerted policy to destroy #Gaza’s healthcare system,” the #RedCross and #RedCrescent said it was the single deadliest attack on their workers anywhere in the world since 2017. Gaza’s Civil Defense, likewise, called it “one of the most heinous massacres” they have witnessed. "

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/red-crescent-massacre-gaza-israel?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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‘Morag axis’: What we know

Netanyahu reveals plan to divide Gaza, part of a strategy to ethnically cleanse #Palestinians from the besieged enclave, according to #Israeli media

By MEE staff
Published date: 3 April 2025 12:15 BST

"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu announced on Wednesday the capture of an area that he referred to as the "Morag axis" in the southern #Gaza Strip.

This area consists mainly of agricultural land located between #KhanYounis and #Rafah, stretching from east to west across the Gaza Strip."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/morag-axis-what-we-know

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The Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline

On 23 March contact was lost with a team of #Palestinian rescue workers and medics in southern #Gaza. A week later their bodies were recovered from a mass grave

from #TheGuardian #Guardian

By Lorenzo Tondo and Malak A Tantesh in Jerusalem, and Julian Borger. Videos and graphics by Bryony Moore and Tural Ahmedzade
Thu 3 Apr 2025 07.32 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/03/the-gaza-paramedic-killings-a-visual-timeline?CMP=share_btn_url

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#Netanyahu Promises the “Final Stage” of Gaza Genocide Will Lead to Implementation of “#Trump’s Plan"

Soon after #Hamas announced it had accepted a ceasefire proposal, #Israel responded by heavily bombing #Gaza, killing children dressed for the Eid holiday, and preparing further ground invasions.

[article contains some details on recent negotiations]

from #DropSiteNews
Jeremy Scahill
Mar 31, 2025

"Hamas’s chief negotiator, Dr. Khalil al-Hayya, announced that Hamas had accepted a deal on Saturday put forward by Qatar and Egypt, the two main regional mediators. "

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/netanyahu-trump-final-stage-gaza-genocide?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Marked for Assassination: #Gaza Journalists on #Israeli Hit List Refuse to Stop Reporting

#Israel singled out six journalists. After it killed #HossamShabat, the others discuss reporting in the crosshairs.

from #DropSiteNews

Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Mar 31, 2025

"The day after the assassination of Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat, the Israeli military openly celebrated his killing...Shabat was killed on March 24 when the Israeli military targeted him as he was driving in his car in Beit Lahia...

Earlier that day, journalist Mohamed Mansour of Palestine Today was killed, along with his wife and son..."

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-journalists-hit-list-hossam-shabat?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Israeli air strikes kill nine #Palestinians as #Gaza prepares for Eid al-Fitr

Relatives of the victims told #MEE that children as young as three were among those killed

from #MiddleEastEye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-air-strikes-kill-nine-palestinians-gaza-prepares-eid-al-fitr

By Ahmed Aziz in Khan Younis, occupied Palestine and Nader Durgham in Beirut
Published date: 30 March 2025 12:37 BST

“At around 1.30am, we were surprised by bombings that shook the entire area,” he said. “We went to social media, Telegram, Facebook and were shocked to see that the strikes hit my sister, her son, her husband and my two cousins. [The #Israelis] targeted their tent with what I believe was a drone strike, and my sister, her son and my two cousins were martyred.”"

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How Israel Ceased Negotiations and Resumed Firing on #Gaza

There are indications #Israel may return to the negotiating table, but #Netanyahu is still operating from his well-worn sabotage playbook to maintain his war of annihilation

from #DropSiteNews
Jeremy Scahill
Mar 28, 2025

[article contains quotes and viewpoints of #Hamas, #Qatar, and #Egypt.]

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-ceasefire-negotiations-witkoff-gaza-hamas?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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#Gaza Journalist Fadi al-Wahidi Avoided Israel’s “Red” Zone. #Israel Shot Him Anyway.

Investigative journalists working as part of the #GazaProject used reporting, geolocation, and forensic analysis to reconstruct the shooting of #FadiAlWahidi.

Hoda Osman, Farah Jallad, Sofía Álvarez Jurado
March 27 2025, 3:00 am

"Al-Wahidi and his colleagues weren’t the only journalists attacked in Jabalia that day. A kilometer way, about half an hour earlier, Mohammed al-Tanani, a cameraman for Al Aqsa TV, was killed in an airstrike. Tamer Lubbad, the channel’s correspondent, was injured in the same attack. They, too, were in the “yellow” zone designated by the #Israeli military, according to Lubbad.

“It’s clear to everyone that we are journalists,” Lubbard said, noting that they were wearing press gear. “We were targeted.”"

https://theintercept.com/2025/03/27/israel-target-palestinian-journalists-gaza/

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#Israel Leveled Gaza — Then Killed the Drone Journalists Who Showed it to the World

Only drones can begin to capture the scale of destruction in the Gaza Strip. The journalists doing it were targeted again and again.

Hoda Osman, Youssr Youssef
March 27 2025, 3:00 a.m.

"According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ, the war is the deadliest conflict for journalists since the group began keeping records. At least 165 #Palestinian journalists have been killed — more than the number of journalists killed during six years of World War II.

As the toll on journalists grew, #drone journalists suffered a proportionately huge loss.
...around 10 drone journalists were working in #Gaza at the outset of the war. Five have been killed..."

https://theintercept.com/2025/03/27/israel-palestinian-drone-journalists-killed-gaza/

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