Revealed: Israel used US weapons in strike that killed journalists
Killing of journalists in Israeli strike could be war crime, legal experts say after Guardian investigation
Killing of journalists in Israeli strike could be war crime, legal experts say after Guardian investigation
When war in Gaza erupted last year, Dr Adnan Al-Bursh worked around the clock while documenting the horror unfolding around him. Then he was detained. Now, Sky News has spoken to people who claim to have witnessed the circumstances leading to his death.
Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices* said in a new report released today.
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The Forensic Architecture Cartography of Genocide platform documents in unprecedented detail the extent and character of Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip since October 2023.
Without lifting economic restrictions, enabling recovery, and investing in development, the Palestinian economy may not be able to restore pre-war levels and advance forward by relying on humanitarian aid alone.
The assessment suggests that a comprehensive recovery and reconstruction plan, combining humanitarian aid with strategic investments in recovery and reconstruction along with lifting economic restrictions and promoting recovery-enabling conditions, could help put the Palestinian economy on a restorative track to realign with Palestinian development plans by 2034. But this scenario can only play out if recovery efforts are unrestricted.
“The data released by the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate shows that the crimes of the occupation also included the arrest of 125 journalists in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem. However, the terror goes beyond the number of those detained— the methods of physical torture and psychological terror they have endured are indescribable. Testimonies from released journalists and their lawyers, documented by the Syndicate, speak of unprecedented torture in history.
Israeli forces gather on a road during a raid at the al-Fara’a camp for Palestinian refugees north of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank on October 10, 2024. (Photo: Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP)
The authors examine Israel’s use of international humanitarian law (IHL) to justify actions in Gaza that amount to genocide. They contend that Israel’s settler-colonial agenda systematically strips Palestinians of their rights, transforming Gaza into a site of extreme violence, segregation, and mass annihilation.