Since the Gaza ceasefire went into effect on January 19, Israeli forces have killed more than 80 Palestinians across the Strip, Drop Site News reported on Wednesday.
Dr. Zaher al-Wahaidi, director of information for Gaza’s Health Ministry, told Drop Site that 49 of the dead were killed by Israeli troops in the southern city of Rafah, where many bodies remain buried under the rubble.
Al-Wahaidi also said that since January 19, 470 bodies have been recovered from the rubble, including 150 in Rafah. “We need caterpillars and bulldozers to clear up the wreckage and recover these corpses. People are getting back to literally nothing. Rafah is destroyed, and the killing and bombing continue there,” he said.
The Health Ministry said Wednesday in its daily update that Gaza hospitals received another 63 bodies over the previous 24-hour period. Fifty-nine of the bodies were recovered from the rubble, two Palestinians died of previously sustained wounds, and two were killed by Israeli forces in the past day.
In several instances, the Israeli military has claimed it opened fire on Palestinians who posed a “threat” to Israeli troops on the ground. But the IDF also shot and killed an unarmed Israeli contractor who was dressed in civilian clothes simply because he was walking toward Israeli troops, demonstrating the free rein Israeli soldiers have to fire on civilians.
Throughout the genocidal war in Gaza, Israeli troops have killed unarmed civilians and counted them as “terrorists,” a practice exposed by Israeli media reports.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said that the latest violence and the recovered bodies have brought the death toll since October 2023 to 47,417, a number that’s considered a significant undercount. A study published by The Lancet said the true death toll as of October 2024 was likely over 70,000, which only includes Palestinians killed by violence, not indirect deaths caused by the US-backed Israeli siege.
If there had been 80 Israelis killed since the end of the ceasefire, the slaughter would have resumed 79 deaths ago.
CEASEFIRE!!!
"Ceasefire" = letting Israel continue its onslaught while its victims' hands are tied. If Israel NEVER respects international laws, why would it respect the USA's dictates?
Joe Biden's legacy.
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He should be arrested, prosecuted and put in prison…!
By whom? Trump and his pro Israel coalition would give him a medal instead when it comes to Israel.
Doesn't matter…! If a long official justice not possible then a quick one should be done…!
"Al-Wahaidi also said … 'We need caterpillars and bulldozers to…'"
{sigh}
Caterpillar is a BRAND of heavy equipment, like Hitachi/Deere (same company for equipment) or Link-Belt. What he MEANS is "we need excavators and bulldozers…", because in effect what he DID say is "in order to transport people, we need chevrolets and cars."
They can't clear demolished buildings and infrastructure by their bare hands.
You can – it just takes waaaay longer.
From Caitlin Johnstone:
And the liberals shriek about Donald Trump while the sky rains blackened skeletons
And the capitalists surf on collapse like raptors on an updraft
And we scurry back and forth between toil and distraction with pythons around our stomachs and mollusks in our mouths
And we search achingly for our pilfered hearts inside bottles of pills and TED Talks
And the amputated limbs of Ukrainian men and Palestinian children are draped about the fast food restaurants like Christmas tinsel
And the billionaires turn the oceans into plastic so they can pay strangers to pretend to love them
And men with rusty nail teeth push needles into babies to open up markets in the global south
And the talking heads tell us the news but won’t tell us why the flesh is melting from their faces as they die of radiation poisoning
And we cackle at parties and act like everything isn’t covered in oil and the bones of birds and fish
And we beat back the revolution within ourselves with a chair and a whip for no other reason than because that’s how we were raised
And the rotting corpse of the middle eastern woman in the corner is beginning to make you uncomfortable
And the floorboards creak as something green and ancient moves below them
And the platypus with mirror eyes is gazing at you from the dawn of the universe
And your consciousness is consumed with the words “THERE ARE FATHOMS OF PEACE BENEATH THE WARS, AND A VAST WISDOM WINKS FROM BEHIND THE MADNESS”
And you come at long last to stillness
And you turn and face the world, palms open.
_______________ https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/01/30/fathoms/
This killing of Palestinians has not received much coverage in mainstream western media. If the Palestinians get fed and respond, the western politicians and media will scream the loudest about Palestinians starting the war and breaking the so called relative peace.