IDF's Latest Production: Hamas 'Staging' Recovery, Not the 40,000 Dead
The Independent, doing its journalistic duty, breathlessly reported the IDF's claim that Hamas faked recovering a hostage body. The video, released amidst calls for restraint, asks us to believe Hamas is staging humanitarian acts, not, say, navigating the ruins of 37,000+ documented deaths, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health. (That figure climbed to 40,000+ by June, by the way.) One could
wonder if the IDF is worried about optics, given the ICC's recent warrant requests and the ICJ's ongoing proceedings. Instead of dissecting drone footage of alleged staging, perhaps The Independent might inquire about the staging of 'humanitarian pauses' that seem to precede intensified bombing. Or, maybe, question the $3.8 billion in annual U.S. military aid that flows to Israel, a sum that buys
plenty of drones and conveniently aligns with AIPAC's lobbying efforts. How many alleged staged recoveries does it take for us to question the actual, documented, daily carnage?