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| Dozens of Palestinians 'are captured by IDF, stripped and paraded around Gaza' |
| 2023-12-08 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Dozens of Palestinians have been pictured stripped to their underwear, bound and lined up on their knees, after reportedly being captured by Israeli soldiers in northern Gaza. prepare for a lot of handwringing Footage shared by Israeli media appears to show Israel Defence Forces (IDF) troops rounding up scores of men and transporting them on the back of trucks. The men are believed to have surrendered in the Jabalia refugee camp and other areas around northern Gaza, with Israeli outlet Walla saying they were stripped 'to rule out the possibility that they were carrying weapons'. Dozens of captives are reported to have been paraded through Palestine Square in Gaza City, with shoes and sandals strewn across the street in one image. When asked about the images, IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari seemed to confirm that the men had been taken prisoner but did not clarify whether those pictured were members of Hamas or civilians. Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said Israeli troops have detained and interrogated hundreds of people in Gaza suspected of militant links. Hagari told reporters: 'Jabalia and Shejaiya are 'centres of gravity'... for terrorists, and we are fighting them. 'They are hiding underground and come out and we fight them. Whoever is left in those areas, they come out from tunnel shafts, and some from buildings, and we investigate who is linked to Hamas, and who isn't. We arrest them all and interrogate them.' Walla outlet claimed on Wednesday afternoon that Israeli soldiers from the 261st Reserve Brigade had arrested those pictured and were 'investigating' them. The news site reported that those arrested were not expected to be moved to Israel but investigated in Gaza 'since there is a likelihood that the suspects are innocent people living in a humanitarian likelihood = not a chance There have been unconfirmed reports that the men were captured from UN-run schools in the north of the territory. The Al-Araby Al-Jadeed news outlet said its correspondent Diaa Al-Kahlout was among those detained and had been taken to an unknown location. Israeli forces have encircled major urban centres as they seek to destroy Hamas over its unprecedented attack on October 7, when terrorists broke through Gaza's militarised border to kill around 1,200 people and seize hostages, 138 of whom remain captive, according to Israeli figures. Since Israel began bombarding the small enclave in response, more than 17,170 Palestinians have been killed and 46,000 wounded, according to the Gaza health ministry. It comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in his strongest public criticism of Israel's conduct of the war on Hamas in south Gaza, said there was a gap between the government's declared intentions to protect civilians and the casualties. 'As we stand here almost a week into this campaign into the south, it remains imperative that Israel put a premium on civilian protection,' Blinken said after meeting British Foreign Secretary David Cameron in Washington. 'And there does remain a gap between... the intent to protect civilians and the actual results that we're seeing on the ground.' It emerged last night that Blinken had told the Israeli government that he expects it to end the war in Gaza within the next month amid concerns over the growing death toll there. During meetings last week, sources who were present told The Times that Blinken made it clear that Israel would have until January to finish its ground operation against Hamas terrorists. Blinken stressed that while the US supports Israel's campaign to destroy Hamas, the heavy death toll in Gaza means that President Joe Biden expects the war to end three months after it began. Meanwhile, Biden spoke separately by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jordan's King Abdullah on Thursday. Biden 'emphasized the critical need to protect civilians and to separate the civilian population from Hamas including through corridors that allow people to move safely from defined areas of hostilities,' the White House said. But despite the US warnings, Israel pressed on with its offensive in and around Gaza's main cities today as the death toll rose to more than 17,000 according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. Early Friday, the health ministry reported another 40 dead in strikes near Gaza City, and 'dozens' more in Jabalia and Khan Yunis. Backed by air power, tanks and armoured bulldozers, Israeli troops are fighting in Khan Yunis, the biggest city in southern Gaza, as well as in Gaza City and Jabalia district in the north. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday troops had closed in on the Khan Yunis home of Hamas's Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar, 61, vowing 'it is only a matter of time until we find him'. It comes as the armed wing of Hamas said on Friday it had repelled an an attempted hostage rescue by Israeli special forces in the Gaza Strip, inflicting several military casualties, and that a captive also died in the incident. Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades said its fighters discovered a special forces unit mounting a rescue attempt and attacked it, killing and wounding several soldiers. It did specify the location of the incident. It said a captive Israeli soldier was killed, naming him as Sa'ar Baruch, 25. Lists of the hostages published by Israel identify one of them as Sahar Baruch, a civilian student who was 24 when he was seized from his home during the deadly Oct 7 cross-border Hamas rampage that sparked the war. The Israeli military, which freed a captive soldier in Gaza in late October and is waging a Gaza offensive designed in part to recover 138 remaining hostages, had no immediate comment. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #12 That's a lot of gorditas. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-12-08 16:02 |
| #11 Who wants to see Pals in the buff? Appalling Iranian stuff Is found UNDERGROUND! Thus was Israel bound To seek counsel and get really rough. [cue ICC billy goats Gruff] |
| Posted by: Shons Grundy1855 2023-12-08 15:20 |
| #10 I think the very mention of underwear was a propaganda effort to make people think of Abu Ghraib. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-12-08 14:46 |
| #9 Feed them and care for them properly. Just make sure there's enough polonium 210 in the food. Watch their families watch them waste away. Undertake a study about the tunnel networks exposing them to radioactive metals and shit. Stripping and parading? What good does that do? What's next? Put them in dresses and fcuk them? I'll bet there's a Geneva convention for that too. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2023-12-08 14:31 |
| #8 We did the same thing with Japanese prisoners. Some were known to carry grenades and booby traps hidden in their clothing. It's a prudent precaution. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2023-12-08 12:46 |
| #7 #2 I would be a lot happier if these unlawful combatants were drained of any useful information and than given a Chechen burial. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-12-08 10:03 |
| #6 prepare for a lot of handwringing "Oh, dear!," he said, nearly fainting from apathy. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-12-08 09:57 |
| #5 Hamas accuses Israel of a 'heinous crime against innocent civilians' after images of Palestinian prisoners stripped to their underwear in Gaza go viral |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-12-08 08:56 |
| #4 ^ That's different, because...reasons |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-12-08 08:55 |
| #3 This as opposed to the Hamas actions when taking prisoners? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-12-08 08:35 |
| #2 ...Let me make a suggestion to the Israeli Government: Take mugshots of every one of these goons, along with DNA samples. Then publish the pics and the names - so no one worries, of course, that their little Mahmood is missing - along with a note remarking on their cooperation with the Israeli authorities. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-12-08 08:17 |
| #1 ..and your point is? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-12-08 07:06 |