As the conflict drags on, and the bodies on the other side pile ever higher, Israel feels the world is reacting more to the horrific images of bombed out Gaza and dead, desperate and starving Palestinians.
The death toll from Israeli reprisal raids has this week passed 5000, almost half of whom, Palestinian authorities said, were children. As of Tuesday, an estimated 800 people lay buried under rubble. There were not enough people or machines to dig them out.As Israel weighs up whether to launch a full ground war to try to take Hamas out, it wants to bolster support for its campaign so far, and for any further escalation.
“As we work to defeat the terror organisation that brutalised our people, we are witnessing a Holocaust-denial-like phenomenon evolving in real time, as people are casting doubt on the magnitude of the atrocities that Hamas committed against our people and, in fact, recorded in order to glorify that violence,” he said.on Tuesday added his voice to warnings around the globe the world was watching Israel closely and any military strategy “that ignores the human costs could ultimately backfire”.
This week’s presentation to media included the release of captured documents, including an abduction manual, translated from Arabic.“Bind the wrists or ankles and blindfold; separate and isolate ,” one part reads.“Kill the problematic and those who pose a threat; collect as much food and drinks as possible.
“Her body was lying on the floor; I shot her. The commander yelled at me, said I was wasting bullets on a corpse,” they told their captors. is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence.
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