(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Israeli Snipers Target Children in Gaza [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-04-02 Dr Vanita Gupta is an intensive care doctor at a New York City hospital. She volunteered at Gaza’s European hospital in January and described three 4-6 year old little girls brought in with head shot wounds. No adults were brought in, as there had been no fighting in the area. All the girls died. This is a regular occurrence according to foreign doctors volunteering in Gaza hospitals. The high-caliber bullets used in sniper rifles do horrendous damage to young bodies. Survivors usually require a limb to be amputated as the bullet destroys the little limbs of small children. The Guardian article recounts numerous stories of children killed by sniper fire. In Gaza City, three-year-old Emad Abu al-Qura was shot outside his home as he went to buy fruit with his cousin, Hadeel, a 20-year-old medical student, who was also killed. The family said they were targeted by an Israeli sniper. A video of the pair lying together in the street shows Emad still alive after he is first hit and trying to lift his head. More shots hit the ground close by including one that strikes a plank next to Emad. The boy’s mother said he was then hit again and this time killed. In the West Bank, one child has been killed each week on average for the last year by the IDF or settlers. In one of the most notorious cases of soldiers shooting young children in the occupied territories, an army captain fired the entire magazine of his automatic rifle into a 13-year-old Palestinian girl, Iman al-Hams, in 2004 after she crossed into a security zone even though she posed no immediate threat and his own soldiers told him she was “a little girl” who was “scared to death”. The captain was cleared of wrongdoing by a military court. IDF soldiers can violate the already permissive rules of engagement with impunity. They know they will be protected, and violations will be covered up. Judging from the language used by Israelis on TV and social media, there are more than a few who are happy to kill any Arab, child, woman, or old person. They march through the streets chanting and with banners that say “Death to Arabs”. They are announcing their intentions, and the IDF enables them when they are in uniform. Israel targets children, old people, aid workers, journalists, and their families, families walking with white flags, and even 3 Israeli hostages hoping to be rescued who were shirtless, waving a white flag to show they were unarmed. All three were shot dead. The IDF targeted 3 World Central Kitchen cars with precision strikes on a route that was provided in advance to the IDF murdering seven aid workers. Why? After the murder of the aid workers, charities announced that all aid would end as it was too dangerous. Mission accomplished, message received. Netanyahu can’t starve the population of Gaza if aid is getting through. He couldn’t take a chance on UNRWA being replaced by another organization that might prevent a catastrophic famine. Meanwhile, Israelis take to social media to make fun of Palestinian suffering and clamor for more dead civilians. TV presenters, government ministers, and settler leaders call for the total destruction of the Palestinian people. There is no amount of gaslighting, hasbara, and lies that can cover this level of atrocities and evil. This is a genocide out in the open and televised. What the hell, Mr. President! You're a practicing Catholic; how are you going to explain this to St Peter when you get to the pearly gates? [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/2/2233112/-Israeli-Snipers-Target-Children-in-Gaza?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/