Israel Strikes Gaza As Search for Bodies Resumes – Their Own
Israel resumes striking Gaza, according to The New Arab, just as Hamas is reportedly preparing to search for their own deceased captives' bodies. The framing here is critical: a 'pause' for body retrieval now demands immediate reciprocal action – airstrikes – rather than an understanding of a shared, gruesome task. This isn't newfound Israeli compassion; it's a transactional horror, where even the
dead are leveraged. One might recall the hundreds of Palestinian bodies Israel still holds, often released in piecemeal exchanges. The selective morality is jarring: a brief ceasefire for Israeli dead, but a relentless bombing campaign during which international bodies have pleaded for access to thousands of Palestinian dead under rubble. The world watches as the narrative flips: 'humanitarian'
pauses are not for human beings, but for specific, geopolitically useful human beings.