The Genocide in Gaza
At least two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City on Wednesday, and Israeli tanks fired on Palestinians in the town of Bani Suheila and the Sheikh Nasser neighborhood, east of Khan Younis—despite the ongoing ceasefire—according to Al Jazeera. Israeli forces also arrested 15 people in the town of Nassr, northeast of Rafah in southern Gaza, Al Jazeera reported.
The bodies of 25 Palestinians, including 16 recovered from under the rubble and one who died of their wounds, arrived at hospitals in Gaza over the past 24 hours, according to the ministry of health.8 Palestinians were confirmed killed by Israel over the past day, despite the ceasefire. At least 35 Palestinians were wounded. The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023 is now 67,938 killed, with 170,169 injured.
Forensic authorities in Gaza on Wednesday started the identification process of 45 bodies of Palestinians that Israel released on Tuesday, according to the health ministry. Under the ceasefire deal, Israel is to hand over 15 bodies of Palestinians for each deceased Israeli captive. Israel handed over the bodies through the Red Cross without identification. It was not immediately known if they were Palestinians who died in Israeli prisons or bodies taken from Gaza by Israeli troops. Health officials in Gaza reportedly said the bodies arrived with signs of gunshot wounds and their hands and legs cuffed, and some still had blindfolds on. Several of the bodies bore signs of field executions and others were found with tank tracks on them, according to Al Jazeera. The Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons urged Israel on Tuesday to provide all available information on bodies returned to Gaza, including “names of the victims and details about the circumstances of their deaths.” The health ministry said it didn’t add the 45 bodies that Israel transferred to Gaza on Tuesday to its tally.
An additional 45 bodies of dead Palestinians were handed over by Israel on Wednesday, according to the health ministry, bringing the total number handed over to 90. Footage obtained by Drop Site on Wednesday showed refrigerated trucks and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vehicles waiting at the Kissufim crossing to transport the bodies of dozens of Palestinians to Gaza.
The Israeli military said Wednesday that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas on Tuesday is not that of an Israeli captive who was held in Gaza. Four bodies were handed over by Hamas on Tuesday following a previous four handed over on Monday. The Israeli military said that after the “examinations at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, the fourth body handed over to Israel by Hamas does not match any of the hostages.” Al Jazeera cited an unnamed source in the leadership of the resistance who claimed the body was, in fact, that of a captured Israeli soldier.
Sheikh Husni al-Mughni, head of the Supreme Committee for Palestinian Tribal Affairs, defended Hamas’s recent executions of men accused of collaborating with Israel and looting during the war, saying Gaza’s security forces imposed “field justice” on gangs that had terrorized civilians. In an interview with Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hadath, al-Mughni said the accused were long known to their communities and had ignored repeated warnings to surrender, adding that “when someone murders a ten-year-old child for a bag of flour, he deserves death and worse.”
Addressing the issue from the White House on Tuesday, President Trump said Hamas “did take out a couple of gangs that were very bad… and killed a number of gang members,” and added, “that didn’t bother me much, to be honest with you—that’s okay.” Trump compared the Gaza executions to his administration’s crackdowns on violent gangs in the U.S., claiming the approach helped make Washington, D.C., “safe” again.
Source: Drop Site News
The bodies of 25 Palestinians, including 16 recovered from under the rubble and one who died of their wounds, arrived at hospitals in Gaza over the past 24 hours, according to the ministry of health.8 Palestinians were confirmed killed by Israel over the past day, despite the ceasefire. At least 35 Palestinians were wounded. The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023 is now 67,938 killed, with 170,169 injured.
Forensic authorities in Gaza on Wednesday started the identification process of 45 bodies of Palestinians that Israel released on Tuesday, according to the health ministry. Under the ceasefire deal, Israel is to hand over 15 bodies of Palestinians for each deceased Israeli captive. Israel handed over the bodies through the Red Cross without identification. It was not immediately known if they were Palestinians who died in Israeli prisons or bodies taken from Gaza by Israeli troops. Health officials in Gaza reportedly said the bodies arrived with signs of gunshot wounds and their hands and legs cuffed, and some still had blindfolds on. Several of the bodies bore signs of field executions and others were found with tank tracks on them, according to Al Jazeera. The Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons urged Israel on Tuesday to provide all available information on bodies returned to Gaza, including “names of the victims and details about the circumstances of their deaths.” The health ministry said it didn’t add the 45 bodies that Israel transferred to Gaza on Tuesday to its tally.
An additional 45 bodies of dead Palestinians were handed over by Israel on Wednesday, according to the health ministry, bringing the total number handed over to 90. Footage obtained by Drop Site on Wednesday showed refrigerated trucks and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vehicles waiting at the Kissufim crossing to transport the bodies of dozens of Palestinians to Gaza.
The Israeli military said Wednesday that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas on Tuesday is not that of an Israeli captive who was held in Gaza. Four bodies were handed over by Hamas on Tuesday following a previous four handed over on Monday. The Israeli military said that after the “examinations at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, the fourth body handed over to Israel by Hamas does not match any of the hostages.” Al Jazeera cited an unnamed source in the leadership of the resistance who claimed the body was, in fact, that of a captured Israeli soldier.
Sheikh Husni al-Mughni, head of the Supreme Committee for Palestinian Tribal Affairs, defended Hamas’s recent executions of men accused of collaborating with Israel and looting during the war, saying Gaza’s security forces imposed “field justice” on gangs that had terrorized civilians. In an interview with Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hadath, al-Mughni said the accused were long known to their communities and had ignored repeated warnings to surrender, adding that “when someone murders a ten-year-old child for a bag of flour, he deserves death and worse.”
Addressing the issue from the White House on Tuesday, President Trump said Hamas “did take out a couple of gangs that were very bad… and killed a number of gang members,” and added, “that didn’t bother me much, to be honest with you—that’s okay.” Trump compared the Gaza executions to his administration’s crackdowns on violent gangs in the U.S., claiming the approach helped make Washington, D.C., “safe” again.
Source: Drop Site News
