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In reply to the discussion: "WATCH: GHF proves IDF did not shoot at innocent Gazans at aid distribution sites" [View all]Beastly Boy
(13,283 posts)64. And further into the article:
None of the videos definitively show who fired shots outside of the aid camp. However, CNNs review of audiovisual material sheds fresh light on how the pursuit of aid turned chaotic and then dangerous, on the actions of Israeli forces and the consequences of the new aid mechanism, which has been mired in controversy.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) initially said on Sunday that its forces did not fire at civilians while they were near or within the aid site. An Israeli military source later acknowledged that troops had fired warning shots at suspects about 1 kilometer (1,093 yards) away.
The Israeli military declined to answer questions about CNNs findings.
During a press conference on Tuesday, IDF spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said the military investigated and found its troops played no role in any mass casualty event. Defrin said: This week, it was claimed that the IDF fired at civilians in an aid distribution area. This report is entirely false and echoes the propaganda of the terrorist organization Hamas Regarding the incident on Sunday it simply didnt happen!
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) initially said on Sunday that its forces did not fire at civilians while they were near or within the aid site. An Israeli military source later acknowledged that troops had fired warning shots at suspects about 1 kilometer (1,093 yards) away.
The Israeli military declined to answer questions about CNNs findings.
During a press conference on Tuesday, IDF spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said the military investigated and found its troops played no role in any mass casualty event. Defrin said: This week, it was claimed that the IDF fired at civilians in an aid distribution area. This report is entirely false and echoes the propaganda of the terrorist organization Hamas Regarding the incident on Sunday it simply didnt happen!
CNN adds nothing to previously reached conclusions, yet claims to "shed fresh light on how the pursuit of aid turned chaotic and then dangerous"
And what do they "shed"? Unidentified eyewitnesses with no apparent basis to their claims. Israeli forces operating "in the area". No shit, it's a friggin war zone! How far from the shooting was that area? Crickets. Multiple geolocated videos identify the site of the gunfire, which was already identified previously, but no source of the gunfire. Witnesses seeing gunfire emanating from the tanks, but no signs of tanks in the area that CNN could find. Unidentified weapons experts, apparently not present at the scene, finding the sounds they hear and the bullets they see to be "consistent with" but not traced to, certain weapons.
And then, in contradiction to their sensationalized header, the punchline: "However, CNNs review of audiovisual material sheds fresh light on how the pursuit of aid turned chaotic and then dangerous, on the actions of Israeli forces and the consequences of the new aid mechanism", after presenting an article's full of nothing but unsubstantiated speculations which shed no fresh light on anything, and not a single action of Israeli forces tied to the consequences of the new aid mechanism.
What a friggin incompetent and lazy excuse for investigative journalism!
And this garbage is being accepted by CNN editors for print. Disgraceful!
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"WATCH: GHF proves IDF did not shoot at innocent Gazans at aid distribution sites" [View all]
madaboutharry
Jun 2025
OP
So how do you describe what's going on in Gaza? IMO there does seem to be some inhumane dying and...
brush
Jun 2025
#1
There does. But not at the food distribution center today. Reports of violence there, as the OP shows, were fake.
Beastly Boy
Jun 2025
#6
Your deflection notwithstanding, my post was very explicit and specific. It has to do with the OP and not
Beastly Boy
Jun 2025
#24
That was a rhetorical question. Of course I don't expect you to come up with any proof.
Beastly Boy
Jun 2025
#12
Yes I did. I literally asked you that question. And I expected you to have no answer to it.
Beastly Boy
Jun 2025
#15
Just want to remind you that your rhetorical question was of a position I had not taken.
Eko
Jun 2025
#16
The most likely cause of the bullet-riddled corpses is an attack by Hamas after the aid was distributed
NickB79
Jun 2025
#8
So the IDF gunned down dozens of Palestinians at 4am, but then gave out food at 6am?
NickB79
Jun 2025
#37
The thought of a well-fed hamas terrorist ordering about and shooting and stealing from his own people
Beastly Boy
Jun 2025
#46
Additionally, a Google news search shows only WaPo and AL Jazeera claiming the shooters were Israeli
iemanja
Jun 2025
#11
Only if you ignore 70-80 or a hundred Palestinian deaths...then it was peachy.
AloeVera
Jun 2025
#47
The GHF..... has the backing of the Trump administration and the Israeli government. ....
Ping Tung
Jun 2025
#33
Neither one of your statements makes a dent in contesting the accuracy of the OP.
Beastly Boy
Jun 2025
#39
My post says that the Trump administration and the Israeli government back the GHF.
Ping Tung
Jun 2025
#42
The source for the OP's observation is the security camera recording the event as it happened.
Beastly Boy
Jun 2025
#45