An expose in Politico last week revealed that Congressional staffers, on behalf of Catholic Relief Services, had reached out to the Israeli military to get a commitment to not bomb a particular church and convent in Gaza. Here is what the effort looked like:
The emails, which are dated Oct. 14 through Oct. 26, show that Catholic Relief Services sent the coordinates of a number of buildings to Senate staffers, who forwarded them to the Israeli military. The congressional aides confirm in the messages that Israel received the list of coordinates for four buildings, including the two that were later struck, but the Israeli officials told them they “can’t guarantee” the safety of the dozens of civilians inside.
Hm…. surely, Senate staffers know a little about Israel, right?
Like, this is the same government that has a long and storied history in specifically targeting civilians who wave white flags (and only got in trouble recently when those civilians were Israelis). And relishes in going after disabled civilians?
Fifty-seven-year-old Kamal Zghair, a wheelchair-bound man who was shot and then run over by IDF tanks on April 10 as he was moving in his wheelchair equipped with a white flag down a major road in Jenin;
Thirty-seven-year-old Jamal Fayid, a paralyzed man, who was crushed in the rubble of his home on April 7 after IDF soldiers refused to allow his family the time to remove him from their home before a bulldozer destroyed it;
So. guess, what happened after Israel was informed about the location of the Christian religious sites in Gaza? The convent was bombed. As for the church, an Israeli sniper located a mother and daughter there, and killed them.
Apparently, Hamas was near the buildings.
