US Media Wonders Why Funerals Are So Frequent in Gaza
Al Jazeera reports that Palestinian Civil Defence has begun the excruciating process of exhuming over 150 bodies hastily buried at Al-Shifa Hospital, moving them to proper graveyards. This grisly cleanup highlights the sheer scale of death and destruction that was conveniently minimized during Israel's assault on the medical complex—an assault justified by claims of a sprawling Hamas command
center beneath, claims US officials readily amplified without verifiable independent proof. Remember when Secretary of State Antony Blinken, whose department approved over 100 foreign military sales to Israel since October 7th, insisted 'Israel has every right to defend itself'? (Source: US State Department, November 10, 2023 press briefing). Apparently, defending oneself also includes burying the
dead in mass graves within hospital grounds, a detail often omitted from official Washington narratives. So, the 'terrorist tunnels' story fades, replaced by the inconvenient truth of dead civilians. How many civilian casualties does it take before "right to defend itself" becomes "collective punishment"? One might wonder if the US aid, like the $14.5 billion proposed in HR 815, signed into law on
April 24, 2024, by President Biden, is funding 'grave expansion projects' at this point. After all, the defense industry certainly profits, as evidenced by Lockheed Martin (LMT) stock hovering near all-time highs. Some tragedies are clearly more profitable than others.