{"id":294859,"date":"2024-09-15T07:26:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T07:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=294859"},"modified":"2024-09-17T06:56:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T06:56:54","slug":"why-is-israel-bulldozing-cemeteries-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=294859","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Israel Bulldozing Cemeteries in Gaza?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike Whitney \u2013 The Unz Review Sept 13, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

According to CNN<\/em>:<\/p>\n

The Israeli military has desecrated at least 16 cemeteries in its ground offensive in Gaza,\u2026 leaving gravestones ruined, soil upturned, and, in some cases, bodies unearthed\u2026<\/p>\n

In Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, where fighting escalated earlier this week, Israeli forces destroyed a cemetery, removing bodies in what the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told CNN<\/em> was part of a search for the remains of hostages seized by Hamas during the October 7 terror attacks. CNN<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Why are they doing this?<\/p>\n

The IDF has produced no evidence of hostages, land mines, tunnels, weapons-caches or Hamas militants. It\u2019s all an excuse to destroy the plots of land where people bury their loved ones. But, why? These graveyards pose no security threat to the IDF or to the Israeli state. They\u2019re just cemeteries.<\/p>\n

CNN<\/em> has reviewed satellite imagery and social media footage showing the destruction of cemeteries and witnessed it firsthand while traveling with the IDF in a convoy. Together the evidence reveals a systemic practice where Israeli ground forces have advanced across the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

The intentional destruction of religious sites, such as cemeteries, violates international law, except under narrow circumstances relating to that site becoming a military objective, and legal experts told CNN that Israel\u2019s acts could amount to war crimes. CNN<\/em><\/p>\n

You can tell that the journalist covering this story is disturbed by what he\u2019s seen. He\u2019s disturbed because plowing up the withered remains of loved ones \u2013and leaving them to rot in the sun among clods of dirt and broken headstones\u2013 is a shockingly callous and evil thing to do. We don\u2019t expect humans to behave this way. We expect them to show some small amount of respect for the dead. But, here, we see the exact opposite. Here, we see corpses treated like garbage that must be disposed of so the settlement project can move ahead.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s CNN<\/em>\u2018s televised report:<\/p>\n

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The israelis have destroyed 16 cemeteries in Gaza, & unearthed dozens of bodies, under the pretext they were looking for the remains of israelis pic.twitter.com\/1LZMxyE4oy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) January 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n