geneva_convenienceNov 4

‘Israel’ booby-traps children’s toys in Gaza leaving behind several casualties: health ministry

https://lemmy.ml/post/38495123

‘Israel’ booby-traps children’s toys in Gaza leaving behind several casualties: health ministry - Lemmy

Children in the Gaza Strip are facing a lethal, hidden threat from the remnants of war, including unexploded ordnance and devices intentionally disguised as toys, according to Gaza’s Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Muneer Alboursh. Alboursh issued a powerful condemnation of the practice, stating that the deliberate placement of these devices poses an acute and ongoing danger to the youngest residents of the territory. According to the Ministry of Health, items such as dolls, teddy bears, and colorful balls are being used to lure and injure children. “When a child reaches for the ‘pretty toy,’ the horrific truth explodes in their face,” he wrote.

Show threadZerushNov 4
I believe that Israel soldiers are perfectly capable of this atrocities, as they have shown in the past and also reported by several humanitary organisations. But we have to take this news with a grain of salt, since there is no other news that confirms it.
What did Al Jazeera’s investigation into Israeli war crimes in Gaza reveal?

The I-Unit investigated thousands of videos and photos posted to social media by Israeli soldiers.

Al Jazeera
Show threadBakerBagel
Probably because Israel kills more journalists than any other country
Nov 4 at 2:55pmWeb
Show threadZerushNov 4
Show threadBakerBagelNov 4
Literally more journalists died in Gaza after October 7 than in 4 years of war in Ukraine. Israel has been intentionally targeting any journalists they can find in Palestine.
Targeted killing of journalists in Gaza sends chilling message

The targeted killing of an Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza over the weekend was a notable moment even for a war that has been remarkably blood-soaked for journalists.

PBS News
Show threadSexMachineStalin [he/him, comrade/them]Nov 5

Even more than major conflicts including the US Civil War, both World Wars, Korean War, Vietnam War, Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, Ukraine War combined

All in a span of two years in a city-state of now well below 2 million people and an area formerly the size of Johannesburg’s Inner City (130-140km², down from 365km²)

News Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World

Journalist Nick Turse (Fellow, Type Media Center) examines how, since the 2000s, national governments and terrorist groups – from Israel, Syria’s Assad regime and the United States to the Islamic State – have found ways to curtail conflict coverage through myriad means, from repressive policies to armed attack. All have killed journalists and helped to foster a culture of impunity, turning conflict zones like Syria and Gaza into “news graveyards.” 

Costs of War | Brown University
Show threadcomfyNov 4

The World Press Freedom Index only uses safety as one part of their score. It’s not a refutation of the statement you’re replying to.

But since you brought them up, here’s their breakdown of:

"In 2024, Palestine became the most dangerous country in the world for journalists. Close to 200 reporters were killed by the Israeli army in Gaza in the first 18 months of war, including at least 42 slain while doing their job, and dozens more detained in Israeli prisons. Trapped in the enclave, journalists in Gaza have no shelter and lack everything, including food and water. In the West Bank, journalists are routinely harassed and attacked by both settlers and Israeli forces, but repression reached new heights with a wave of arrests after 7 October, when impunity for crimes committed against journalists became a new rule. "

Israel

Reporters sans frontières assure la promotion et la défense de la liberté d'informer et d'être informé partout dans le monde. L'organisation, basée à Paris, compte des bureaux à l'international (Berlin, Bruxelles, Genève, Madrid, Stockholm, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienne et Washington DC) et plus de 150 correspondants répartis sur les cinq continents.

Show threadZerushNov 5
I don’t doubt it, this why I sais, that I believe the Israel solders capable to do any atrocity, even capable to leve bomb traps to childrens. But I also don’t like fake news, even not from Palestine, these are damage more than it helps, because Israel can use it against them. Because of this is specally in this notice to prove that it is true, only believing it isn’t enough.
Show threadPolandIsAStateOfMindNov 5
Oh, it’s the same map
Show threadShinkanTrainNov 5
Show threadcheesoristNov 8
love the propaganda map west = freedom non west = dictatorship fucking Iran has more freedom than the united states and Israel combined
Show threadZerushNov 8
The Map is from pre-Trump ballroom and ICE Gestapo times.
Show threadcheesoristNov 8
man, were you born yesterday? america never had real freedom
Show threadZerushNov 8
I know, but press freedom was good in 50% before this year, now it’s converging to zero. In the US since ever, people had only freedom when they are rich