Al-Monitor 'Discovers' Israel Kills Palestinians in Gaza
Al-Monitor, citing Reuters, informs us that a 'Palestinian militant faction says Israel killed a local leader in Gaza.' One might wonder why a 'militant' (their word, not ours) operating in an area under blockade and occupation would be targeted. This isn't breaking news; this is a Tuesday. Israel’s policy of targeted assassinations of presumed militant commanders—and often, tragically, those
around them—in Gaza, the West Bank, and abroad is a documented, long-standing practice. From the F-16s that dropped bombs on Hamas leader Salah Shehade in 2002, killing 14 others, including children, to countless drone strikes, these are not anomalies but core to Israel's military doctrine. Journalists repeatedly present such killings as isolated incidents, divorcing them from decades of violent
policies. They focus on the 'faction's claims' rather than the verifiable reality of incursions and extrajudicial killings. It’s almost as if acknowledging a consistent pattern would require questioning the entire narrative, wouldn't it? How many 'local leaders' must be 'killed by undercover forces' before it's recognized as a systematic strategy of suppression, rather than a reported 'factional
claim'?