Saturday, June 28

A new report from a local Israeli newspaper has confirmed that Israeli forces were ordered to fire into unarmed crowds of Palestinians waiting for aid, but Israel has strongly denied these allegations.

Haaretz, a local Israeli newspaper, recently published a report confirming that Israeli forces had been ordered to fire into crowds of Palestinians waiting for aid, which matched countless recent reports from locals. The report cited statements from several Israeli soldiers, who acknowledged that they had thrown grenades and fired machine guns at unarmed civilians in Gaza.

Almost 550 Palestinians have been killed over the past month while waiting for aid near trucks across Israel, primarily due to gunfire, and thousands of others have been injured. Locals have reported standing in crowds for hours before Israeli forces launched shells and opened fire on the crowds. Most of the episodes occurred at aid sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which is primarily funded by the United States.

Israel admitted that they had fired several warning shots to keep the crowds in check, but they have strongly denied various reports, including the latest one, that their forces purposely killed Palestinians waiting for aid. Several countries have expressed horror at the incidents, labeling them as major war crimes, and Israel has launched investigations into the deaths.

Israel claims that they order soldiers to fire around crowds during specific situations, helping to control the masses and prevent them from swarming a particular aid site. However, Palestinians have contradicted these statements, arguing that the forces had instead shot straight into the crowds.

Fact of the Day (The Fact Site): If a polar bear and a grizzly bear mate, their offspring is known as a "pizzly bear" or a "groler bear." If the father is a polar bear, then it is known as a pizzly bear, but if the father is a grizzly bear, then it is known as a grolar bear.

Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): Do not be embarrassed by your failures; learn from them and start again. (Thomas Rowe Price Jr.)

Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Oblige (verb, uh-BLYJE) - To oblige a person or entity to do something is to require or force them to do it, either because of a law or rule, or because it is necessary. To simply oblige someone is to do them a favor.

In a Sentence: The law obliges the government to release certain documents to the public.