A "tragic mishap" ?

 "Israel deeply regrets the tragic mishap that occurred 

today at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza," 

the statement from Benjamin Netanyahu's office read.


"Israel values the work of journalists, medical staff, and all civilians."


"The military authorities are conducting a thorough investigation."


People and rescuers work to recover the body of Palestinian cameraman 
Hussam al-Masri after he was killed and contractor Hatem Khaled was wounded 
shortly afterwards in another strike while he was filming the site. 
(Reuters: Hatem Khaled)


Hussam Al-Masri, as a contractor for Reuters, was operating 
the camera Israeli forces appeared to target.

Journalists Mariam Abu Daqa, Moaz Abu Taha, Mohammed Salama, and 
Ahmad Abu Aziz were also killed in the attacks.

A second Reuters camera operator, Hatem Khaled, was injured.


 "Israel deeply regrets the tragic mishap that 
occurred today at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza," 

 

This is not a dusty dirty camera! 

This is a weapon of war which was pointed 

threateningly at Israeli Defense Force soldiers


These are not the remnants of a journalist's equipment 

They are the remains of insidious weapons 

which were used by journalists killed

 in the attack upon Nasser Hospital 


This "terrible mishap" was not a single terrible mishap, there were two separate attacks on the hospital.


It was not the first such "tragic mishap" which has been perpetrated by the pariah State of Israel upon the people of Gaza, and it will not be the last!


This is not a demolition site!


This is just one site in Gaza which has been reduced 
to rubble by the Israeli Defence Force, under orders 
from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.


But that was not a "tragic mishap"... it's just the sort 

of collateral damage you get in times of war, and this 

is not a process of vengeance conducted by Israel 

against Palestinians, it is a war in which

the people of Gaza have no weapons except

the cameras of journalists who risk their lives 

to take pictures and make videos of what 

the Israeli Defence force is doing in Gaza.




 pt


25.08.2025



Comments

  1. MR.GRIMAugust 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM

    It is all so tragic. There is no excuse. Just justification by monsters

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  2. ptAugust 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM

    But he seems such a nice guy, Alix, so well dressed and always has a ready smile for every occasion. How could such a well educated and nice looking guy be a monster?
    pt

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  3. AnonymousAugust 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM

    The biggest monsters are the 'nice guys'. (From DJK)

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  4. AnonymousAugust 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM

    I saw a great Palestinian film a couple of days back called Five Broken Cameras, I reckon it's as good as No Other Land. It's about an ordinary person, amateur videographer, and the five cameras he used over 5 years to film settlers taking over his village in the West Bank. It's quite clear the IDF targeted the cameras in his hand. He shows us all 5 broken cameras at the end. Amazingly, he didn't die. Bill M , can't sign in on mobile phone

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  5. ptAugust 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM

    Bill, you are right, they have been targeting cameras and journalists for the past two years. The numbers of murdered journalists is quite staggering:
    "The latest deaths brings the number of journalists killed in Gaza since the start of the war there in October 2023 to nearly 200. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a leading body which promotes press freedom, the war in Gaza has been the deadliest conflict for journalists ever documented." (BBC)
    Let's not forget the number of Aid organisation staffers or medicos!
    The count of the dead never seems to come to an end!
    pt

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