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Normal Island News.
#RealNews about #Gaza and #IDF #Genocide

"Since 7 October '23, #Israel has embarked on a noble mission to ensure the full truth about Gaza can never be made public. It has painstakingly located #Palestinians #journalists with the kind help of tech companies like #Meta and #Google (who store everyone's #locationdata for non-sinister purposes)." @palestine

"Israel says it cannot withdraw from Gaza until it has successfully eliminated all journalists"
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Normal Island News · Israel says it cannot withdraw from Gaza until it has successfully eliminated all journalistsBy Laura

"The Israeli officer spoke clearly. He was not in the heat of combat. He explained in calm, calculated detail what had been done to the Palestinian town of Beit Hanoun, once home to 65,000 people—and what would continue to be done.

“Beit Hanoun is completely destroyed,” he said. “There’s still a lot of work to do, but the destruction is total. And we will continue working there until it is completely destroyed.”

On July 14, 2025, Israel’s public broadcasting channel, Kan Reshet Bet, aired a Hebrew-language radio interview with an “anonymous” Israeli lieutenant colonel identified only by his first initial—“A.”—and by his unit, the 646th Brigade, which is currently operating in northern Gaza.

The destruction of Beit Hanoun—located on the northeastern edge of Gaza, close to the Erez crossing—is publicly and proudly touted by Israeli military authorities. Last month, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz shared an aerial photo showing the crushed ruins of Beit Hanoun, and declared that its fate will be the same as that of Rafah, the southern city the IDF is in the process of grinding into fine dust.

Last week, Col. Netanel Shamaka, the commander of the Givati Infantry Brigade, took reporters to visit Beit Hanoun to show the military's work there. “I believe that within a week we can finish, and what I mean by finish is that there are no more tunnels,” said Col. Netanel Shamaka said. “The mission isn’t to destroy buildings for the sake of it; the mission is to destroy Hamas infrastructure… Maybe 10 buildings will remain standing, which belong to civilians and there are no tunnel entrances in their homes.”

Haaretz military correspondent Yaniv Kubovich, who joined the tour, reported that as Shamaka spoke, “two officers standing nearby used their radios. Trying not to draw the journalists’ attention, instructed field units to fire so there would be ‘some gunfire in the background for the video footage.’”"

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#Israel #IDF #Netanyahu #Palestine #Gaza

Drop Site News · Senior Israeli Commanders Openly Contradict Netanyahu Claim On Gaza DestructionBy Younis Tirawi

"On the morning of Thursday, July 31, Israeli military forces, accompanied by bulldozers, arrived at the site of one of the two propagation units of the Palestinian National Seed Bank in the West Bank city of Hebron. The bank, established in 2010, is dedicated to collecting, multiplying and preserving local plant seeds, with an emphasis on heirloom varieties of crops and plants of economic importance.

Seeds stored in the bank's units, in which research is also conducted, are grown seasonally, in cycles, with an aim of keeping them viable for future generations. Each year, the Palestinian bank provides free seeds to hundreds of agricultural workers, in an effort to encourage the preservation of the genetic diversity of some 80 traditional varieties.

The main propagation unit, south of Hebron, included four dunams (about an acre) of cultivated land – this time of year, the plots were overflowing with tomatoes, cucumbers, okra, gourds and other summer crops – as well as a 50-square-meter metal structure that included a control room and space for storing equipment.

But at 9 A.M. on that recent Thursday, according to Palestinian reports, Israeli Defense Forces soldiers arrived at the site, forcibly removed a Palestinian agricultural engineer from the premises and then used bulldozers to demolish the structure along with its contents: irrigation and monitoring systems, tools for cleaning and drying seeds and important documents relating to the agricultural research conducted there."

haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-0

Media advocacy group the Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday slammed an #Israeli strike that killed several #AlJazeera staff in #Gaza overnight, saying journalists should never be targeted in war. The CPJ in July called for the protection of Anas al-Sharif, one of the journalists killed in the Israeli strike, after an Israeli military spokesman claimed he was a militant. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks to Sara Qudah, Regional Director, MENA, at the CPJ.
#IDF #Israel
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"Hij vertelde vorige maand tegen het Comité ter Bescherming van Journalisten (CPJ) dat hij met het gevoel leefde dat hij elk moment gebombardeerd kon worden. De organisatie spreekt van een lastercampagne en zegt dat #Israël journalisten bestempelt als militanten zonder geloofwaardig bewijs.
De aanval staat niet op zichzelf, Israël kent een lange geschiedenis van het uitschakelen van Palestijnse journalisten en activisten."
nos.nl/artikel/2578312-met-de- #TerroristState #IDF #warcriminals #AnasAlSharif

nos.nlMet de dood van journalist Anas al-Sharif verliezen Palestijnen hun 'stem in Gaza'Het Israëlische leger viel de bekende Al Jazeera-journalist aan terwijl hij met collega's in een perstent verbleef. Anas al-Sharif is de zoveelste journalist die gedood is in Gaza.

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza: theguardian.com/world/2025/aug

'“Israel’s pattern of labeling journalists as militants without providing credible evidence raises serious questions about its intent and respect for press freedom,” said Sara Qudah, CPJ’s director for the Middle East and North Africa.

Last month Israeli IDF spokesperson Avichai Adraee shared a video of al-Sharif on X and accused him of being a member of Hamas’ military wing. At the time the UN special rapporteur on freedom of expression, Irene Khan, called it “an unsubstantiated claim” and a “blatant assault on journalists”.'

The Guardian · Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on GazaBy Lorenzo Tondo
#israel#idf#murder

Murdered by Israel Death Force.
"Less than two weeks ago, the Committee to Protect Journalists had warned that his life was in “acute” danger due to repeated threats from an Israeli military spokesperson."
#IOF #IDF #Gaza

The #IDF has just murdered some of the last on-the-ground journalists in #Gaza. Of course they’re saying he was Hamas, because everything that moves in Gaza is Hamas to the IDF. Keep in mind that the Israelis will not allow foreign journalists inside the enclave. No cnn, no bbc, nothing. They want to be able to genocide without too many pictures causing fundraising problems for the war machine.

Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif has been killed alongside four colleagues in a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists in Gaza City.

Seven people were killed in the attack on the tent located outside the main gate of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital late on Sunday evening. They include Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa.

aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/10/a

Al Jazeera · Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera staff killed by Israel in GazaBy Al Jazeera Staff
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2/2 "Israel takes responsibility for attack on journalists ‘as if it’s bragging’
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Israeli military admits to deliberately killing Al Jazeera journalist
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Israel bombed journalist tent hours after Netanyahu said he would let some foreign media into Gaza
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#Israel #TerroristState #warcrimes
#killing #journalists #IDF #warcriminals #JournalistsUnderFire #Gaza
#AnasAlSharif #MohammedQreiqa
#Palestine #StopIsrael #SanctionsNow