Report today that #Israel's military (#IDF) just murdered 5 [edit: SEVEN] #WorldCentralKitchen volunteers who were providing nourishing meals in #Palestine.

#ChefAndres's humanitarian organization feeds starving people in crisis all around the world.

The larger point is critical: What she (@seachanger) said >>>

House & Senate switchboard:
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#WhiteHouse Comments:
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#Gaza #IsraelPalestine

"Andres said that he is "heartbroken & grieving" for the workers & driver who Israel killed: "The Israeli government needs to stop this indiscriminate killing. It needs to stop restricting humanitarian aid, stop killing civilians & aid workers, and stop using food as a weapon," he said.

WTF are "deconfliction mechanisms to avoid targeting aid convoys"? Is that kinda like "having a policy not to attack aid workers"?/s/

"U.S., the UN & many aid organizations have been urging Israel's government for months to do more to improve its deconfliction mechanisms to avoid targeting aid convoys.

The Biden administration raised this issue on a very high level with the Israeli government several times, but there was little change on the ground, U.S. officials say"

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/02/gaza-aid-workers-killed-strike-world-central-kitchen

"Unforgivable": José Andrés' NGO says 7 aid workers killed in Gaza strike

"It happens during war and we are thoroughly investigating this," Netanyahu said.

Axios

"A military word used since the 1970s to mean preventing “friendly fire” between allied armies[, d]econfliction is now being applied to attempts to stop aid clinics, hospitals, & schools from being bombed by warring parties."

"At best, both NGOs & armies share the same deconfliction objective: to protect civilians & patients. At worst,…armies use it to limit bad publicity & accusations of war crimes."

Ah yes. Now I see. Used by US to "limit bad publicity."

https://newhumanitarian.medium.com/what-is-humanitarian-deconfliction-cce0d672db3e

What is humanitarian deconfliction? - The New Humanitarian - Medium

A military word used since the 1970s to mean preventing “friendly fire” between allied armies has crept into the humanitarian lexicon. Deconfliction is now being applied to attempts to stop aid…

Medium

The whole idea of deconfliction originated among people who share the same interests (law enforcement, allied armed forces).

It completely breaks down when the warring party is the one that is intentionally & methodically targeting every institution of civil society, like schools, hospitals, universities, news org HQs, doctors' & journalists' families & homes, etc.

We've seen multiple instances already where the civil org shared coordinates, & Israel used that info to bomb them.

Bel Trew (@Beltrew) on X

This looks like a direct hit, if this video is verified 👇🏼 WCK said they had coordinated their movements with the Israeli military.

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Vida Jaugelis (she, her)🇺🇦🇱🇹🇨🇦 (@Vida_Jay) on X

Médecins Sans Frontières Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan : the IDF are targeting water wells, food supply, medicine - everything that is indispensable to life #GazaGenocide | CNN https://t.co/tS7RFYQo0H

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IDF "executed tens of people point blank, including one of our colleagues, Dr. Ahmed al-Maqadmeh…& his mother, who's also a physician…to say that this is a strategic targeting of Hamas, is an insult to our intellect & our humanity."

"This is a direct targeting of health care workers…when they leave the hospital, civilians give them civilian clothing, b/c wearing scrubs is sticking a target…on their back. That is how systematically health care has been targeted" #alShifa
https://twitter.com/tparsi/status/1774893057374052558

Trita Parsi (@tparsi) on X

OMG! Dr. @Tanyaalih says Israel executed doctors in Al-Shifa hospital and that the targeting of healthcare workers is so systematic that when they leave the hospitals, they put on civilian clothes because they are more likely to be assassinated by Israel if they wear scrubs.

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@chargrille I wonder if any Western powers are going to withhold arms sales to those responsible for the alleged breech of the Geneva conventions, and invite the ICJ to issue arrest warrants for the perpetrators and their commanders...
@epistatacadam @chargrille it's probably too little and definitely too late, but Canada is stopping arms sales.