“Giving a general order to kill any survivors constitutes a war crime,” wrote Reps. Jamie Raskin and Ted Lieu. “Outside of war, the killing of unarmed, helpless men clinging to wreckage in open water is simply murder.” Making clear that the Trump administration’s “entire Caribbean operation,” which has killed more than 100 people in boats […]
“Just this week, two prisoners had their legs amputated due to handcuff injuries, which unfortunately is a routine event.” A doctor at an Israeli field hospital inside a notorious detention center where hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are temporarily held is sounding the alarm about torture and horrific conditions at what some human rights defenders—including Israelis—are calling “Israel’s […]
“There is no way they could have been considered combatants,” said one writer and analyst. “This is unreal.” Adding to the mountain of evidence that Israel is engaged in a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera on Thursday aired footage of what the news outlet reported was an Israeli drone targeting four Palestinians in Khan Younis last […]
Amnesty International accused Israel of committing war crimes with two recent bombings of a church and a home in a refugee camp. Palestinians in Gaza and human rights advocates on Monday pleaded with the international community to see the ongoing killing of thousands of people in the blockaded enclave for what it is—a massacre in […]