SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues 1.23.2024
Israel continues to destroy the infrastructure of Gaza as it continues its campaign against the children, women and men of Palestine.
Over 25,000 have been killed so far by the American supplied Israeli Defense Forces.
Attached is a clip of Associated Press reporter Matt Lee putting the tough questions to a State Department spokesperson. Who completely evades and dissembles. Regarding the Israeli destruction of Gaza University.
Excerpted from Al Jazeera 1.23.2024
Israeli officials have suggested that the 21 Israeli soldiers killed in a single attack yesterday were demolishing buildings to secure a “buffer zone” in central Gaza that would push Palestinian residents away from Israeli communities.
“They fell in battle near the border fence, during a defence operation in the buffer zone between the Israeli communities and Gaza. This is a task whose entire purpose is to create the security conditions for the safe return of [Israeli] residents to their homes,” said Israeli army chief Herzi Halevi.
There is ample footage online of Israeli soldiers blowing up buildings in Gaza in apparent controlled demolitions.
If Israel is trying to raze Palestinian neighbourhoods in vacant areas of Gaza in the name of safety, the effort would defy US policy and may be in violation of international law.
Washington says it opposes the permanent displacement of Palestinians as well as any “reduction in the territory of Gaza”.
Moreover, the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits “any destruction” of property by the occupying power except when it’s deemed “absolutely necessary by military operations”.
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