Palestine

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5457337

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US security contractors for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) say they are firing live ammunition, stun grenades, and pepper spray against Palestinian civilians attempting to collect food in Gaza, according to testimonies and video evidence reviewed by AP.

“There are innocent people being hurt. Badly. Needlessly,” one contractor said, describing unqualified, unvetted, and heavily armed guards hired to manage crowd control at US-funded aid distribution sites.

Speaking anonymously due to fears of retaliation, two contractors said lethal force is used routinely, even when no threat is present. “Bullets were fired in all directions – in the air, into the ground and at times toward the Palestinians,” one said, recalling at least one instance where a person was likely hit.

US authorities pledged $30 million to support the aid scheme's operations in May, bypassing UN mechanisms. Journalists have been barred from accessing the sites, located inside Israeli military-controlled zones.

Bob Vylan's performance at Glastonbury has sparked condemnation, but UK guilt for complicity in genocide is driving this hysteria about punk bands

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Haifa police brutally assault a protest against the genocide in Gaza. Arresting 4.
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Surveillance footage from a security camera recorded what happened outside the barbershop around 1:00 P.M. (DST): Rami al-Kukhun and the other young man are seen conversing calmly when suddenly a burst of gunfire is directed at them. The young man is shot in the leg but manages to escape. Al-Kukhun falls to the ground with his hands raised, and then an undercover officer dressed in a galabiyeh approaches him and fires several more bullets at him, the last at point-blank range.

A new Associated Press (AP) report detailing how American contractors guarding aid distribution sites used live ammunition, stun grenades and pepper spray against starving Palestinians seeking food has sparked fierce criticism online.

UN report lists companies complicit in Israel’s ‘genocide’: Who are they? | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera (2025-07-01)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/1/un-report-lists-companies-complicit-in-israels-genocide-who-are-they
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Attached graphic is merely representative.

👋 Is there a complete yet simple list of companies named in this report somewhere, anywhere?

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Abdel Qader Sabbah, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, and Jeremy Scahill
Jun 30, 2025

The outdoor cafe became a scene of carnage: all broken concrete and shredded wood, bodies strewn on the ground, plastic chairs torn apart, and blood soaked on the floor. A large crater in the ground in the cafe showed the missile impact. At al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, fresh corpses in body bags were lined up outside."

Insane that people still pretend the 60,000 figure has any relevance outside demonstrating the destruction of record keeping and hospitals

The operation reportedly began with the detonation of a concealed minefield, forcing Israeli forces to seek shelter in nearby civilian homes.

Homes raided, people approached on the street, called from unknown numbers, arrested without warning: how British police are cracking down on activists