Thursday, 29 February 2024 4:43 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 29 February 2024 5:28 PM ]
A screen grab captured from a video shows Israeli forces targeting Palestinians, surrounding humanitarian aid trucks, in Gaza City on February 29, 2024.
Iran has lashed out the US and the Europeans for their silence over the “genocide” in Gaza, after Israeli forces fired on people on an aid convoy in Gaza City and killed more than 100 Palestinians on Thursday.
“More than 100 Palestinian citizens who were waiting in line to receive humanitarian aid on al-Rashid Street in Gaza were martyred, more than 800 people were injured due to the barbaric attack by the Zionist regime,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan’ani wrote on X.
“The wound of Gaza will not be erased from the memory of the free people of the world, and the shame of supporting and remaining silent towards the mass killing and genocide of Palestinians by the criminal Zionist regime will be evident on the foreheads of the false champions of human rights in the United States and Europe.”
More than 100 Palestinian citizens who were waiting in line to receive humanitarian aid on #Al_Rashid Street in #Gaza were martyred, more than 800 people were injured due to the barbaric attack by the #ZionistRegime.
The wound of Gaza will not be erased from the memory of the… pic.twitter.com/VwpWcLupbQ— Nasser Kanaani (@IRIMFA_SPOX) February 29, 2024
At least 104 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded when Israeli forces fired on the people, the Palestinian health ministry said, calling the incident a “massacre”.
Residents of Gaza City had gathered seeking food, with the area completely cut off from aid by Israeli forces. NGOs and UN experts have voiced fears of famine in northern Gaza and there have been reports of people, including babies, dying of hunger.
The United Nations humanitarian agency OCHA described the food security situation as “extremely critical across Gaza, particularly in northern Gaza.”
According to the World Food Programme (WFP), no humanitarian group had been able to deliver aid to the north for more than a month. The agency accused Israel of blocking access.
The Gaza City shooting adds to a Palestinian death toll from the Israeli war which the health ministry earlier Thursday said had topped 30,000.
It came after mediators said a truce deal between Israel and Hamas could be just days away.
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American veterans burn uniforms in tribute to Bushnell
Thursday, 29 February 2024 9:38 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 29 February 2024 9:43 PM ]
Footage circulating across the social media on February 29, 2024 shows several American war veterans burning their uniforms in tribute to Aaron Bushnell, a US airman, who recently died after setting himself on fire in protest at his country’s all-out support for the Israeli regime’s ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.
Footage circulating across the social media shows several American war veterans burning their uniforms in tribute to a US airman, who recently died after setting himself on fire in protest at his country’s all-out support for the Israeli regime’s ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.
The footage surfaced on Thursday. It showed the former troopers taking turns to drop their fatigues inside a burning trashcan. One is seen repeatedly stoking the flames, while leading the slogan, “Remember Aaron Bushnell, he’s not alone.”
The show of support for Bushnell is held in front of a large banner emblazoned with the words, “Veterans say: Free Palestine.”
Bushnell staged the act of self-immolation in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., on Sunday.
US airman protesting genocide in Gaza dies after setting himself on fire
Aaron Bushnell said he will no longer be complicit in genocide before setting himself alight.
The 25-year-old active duty airman was dressed in US military attire as he used a lighter to set himself on fire after dousing himself in a flammable liquid.
“I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I’m about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but compared to what people are experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at all,” he said in a video he made while walking in front of the embassy.
“This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal. Free Palestine.”
Hamas: Biden administration responsible for death of US airman protesting Israel’s Gaza war
The US has been contributing ample political, military, and intelligence support to the Israeli military onslaught that the regime began against Gaza on October 7, 2023 following al-Aqsa Storm, a surprise operation staged by the coastal sliver’s resistance movements.
US aircraft aiding Israeli war of genocide: Hamas
The American administration has so far vetoed three United Nations Security Council resolutions that have called for immediate cessation of the Israeli aggression.
Washington has also armed Tel Aviv with more than 10,000 tons of military hardware since the onset of the warfare.
The war has so far killed more than 30,000 people, mostly women and children.
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I watched the uncensored video of US airman Aaron Bushnell self-immolating in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington while screaming “Free Palestine”. I hesitated to watch it because I knew once I put it into my mind it’s there for the rest of my life, but I figured I owe him that much.
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