TikTok Genocide
"In honor of our beloved journalist Moaz Abu Taha who was killed while reporting in Nasser hospital, the Translating Falasteen x The Sameer Project @sameerproject team and Moaz’s colleagues did an initiative providing fortified biscuits for 37 days for the pediatric department. These biscuits are full of vitamins and minerals, and are high in calories. 12,000 packs will be given over 37 days at the cost of $26,038. Moaz spent most of his days filming appeals for sick children in Nasser, and supporting the Sameer Project in distributions in the hospital. From providing fans to formula, Moaz was daily working on providing sick children and their families with relief. With broken hearts, we bid farewell to a hero, a selfless soul, and we will continue to provide aid to the children in Nasser in his honour for as long as we can. God chose Moaz as a martyr because he is the best of us and despite our grief over his loss, we know that he’s with us every single day and smiling at us. May Moaz rest in power. Make dua’a for him and his family, and thank you for allowing us to do this in his honor." - Source
Around 10:10 am, an Israeli strike targeted the upper floors of the Al-Yasin buildings at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis where several journalists were gathered to access internet to perform their work.
As rescue teams arrived at the scene around 10 minutes later, Israel struck them. The massacre led to the killing of 5 journalists who were important sources of documentation in Khan Younis, one doctor, one Civil Defense members, in addition to several others inside the hospital.
Three other journalists were wounded, including Reuter's Hatem Omar, Jamal Badah who lost his right leg and sustained shrapnel throughout his whole body, and Mohammed Fayq who requires medical evacuation for treatment outside Gaza.
In addition, at least 7 members of the Civil Defense were injured.
Israeli spin: Israeli media sources reported that there was a camera on the hospital roof that Hamas used to film IDF troops. After initially deciding to carry out a drone airstrike, the IDF's artillery shelled the hospital twice.
In stark contrast, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed the massacre was a "tragic mishap". This elicited outrage from the Golani Brigade who demanded an pology for misrepresenting their strongly coordinated assault auhtorized by their chain of command.
Investigation: Invetsigative journalist Younis Tirawi uncovered that the IDF perpetrated the massacred after being informed by a an Israeli OSINT enthusiast named Rafael Hayun about his suspicion of a camera being installed on the 4th floor of the hospital.
The Sayeret Golani unit received the information which was taken by IDF Lt. Col. Bar Veakart to order a tank from the 36th Division to shell the hospital twice.
However, the suspicous object was in fact a camera apparently used by Reuters and other media teams for live broadcasts from Khan Younis.
Younis found that Reuters had aired live coverage only four days prior from the exact spot. It was simply covered in white to protect the equipment from heat. Investigative journalist Aric Toler from the New York Times also confirmed that not only Reuters but also the Associate Press streamed from the same staircase location
Foreign medical staff warned: American nurse Amanda Nasser who was volunteering at the hospital, as well as Dr. Mimy Sayed who previously volunteered multiple times in Gaza's hospitals both confirmed that international volunteers were pulled out from the hospital by the WHO prior to the Israeli massacre to attend a mandatory training. Given that the training was about gender-based violence, they deemed the timing to be peculiar noting this is training they would typically receive before their arrival, rather than in the latter half of their mission. Even volunteers whose mission was ending the next day were also pulled out to attend the same training.
WHO pulled out foreign volunteers from Nasser hospital just before Israel's strike
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