Gaza Old Video archives
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Here the tanks are shown flattening trees, but the tank has here also shot a woman's
head off. A boy has fallen off his bike. The tall flats have moved almost off the picture, and
the Mosque is center stage
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In this very detailed drawing, the Tank Commander's goggles can be seen, as can the
ringlets of hair hanging down from under his helmet: his is an Orthodox Jew. Other well
observed details are the water tank on the top of the block of flats, and the bright sun. The
event took place in bright sunlight - many of the pictures have a bright sun in them, an
odd detail if you think about it. The daylight means that the tank commander cannot be
mistaken when he shoots the man in camouflage: a soldier, but he has also shot the
woman in the stomach. Overhead, a helicopter drops white phosphorus.
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In this image we see a large battle being fought by tanks and planes in a very densely
populated area, with Tall Flats. This area can be identified near Zeitoun. The picture is
accurately drawn, and shows a helicopter dropping white phosphorus over the tall flats.
It also shows a bulldozer demolishing trees, important because these Bulldozers are D9s
made by Caterpillar in the UK.
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This is the same scene, with the Mosque in the background, the boy fallen off his bike
with blood making it clear that he has been injured, and a woman having her head blown
off by a tank. Other people are in pieces too.
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In this very complicated drawing the bright sun is drawn with a frown. A tank attacks
some buildings in which a masked fighter is hiding, and other resistance troops can be
seen center front. A UN truck, right brings aid, some of it labeled UNICEF. At the top right a
boat is shelling the area, while helicopters also fire rockets or missiles. One is aimed at a
Mosque in which people can be seen huddled together. In the left foreground people have
been lined up against a wall. They have their heads covered with bags or hoods and they
have their hands in the air, but at least one of them has been shot while another lies dead
on the floor. I spoke to several people who told me that the Israelis took people out of
their houses and shot them in cold blood.
The same battle for the tall flats, with the Mosque damaged and a collapsed building
with people trapped under it still being bombed. Once again bodies are being shown with
severed limbs, and a new atrocity, an ambulance is targeted by gun fire from a helicopter,
while in the background another explodes.
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Reduced to essentials: A helicopter bombs a block of flats with a missile and with
white phosphorus, dead lie on the ground with body parts severed, and another helicopter
targets an ambulance with a missile.
The internal consistency of these pictures should be enough to convince us that they are
telling the truth, and more like this must prove beyond doubt that Israeli soldiers
deliberately targeted civilians, and used white phosphorus on civilian targets
deliberately. Is it any wonder that Israel will not allow these pictures out, especially now
that the International Criminal Court has allowed Children's paintings as evidence of war
crimes? Even more important is that the 12 year old children who painted these images
witnessed them first hand. They must have been terrified, and the images will stay with
them for a long time. All very well having an intellectual discussion about it, but to see all
those dismembered bodies, and then to have the world turn its back on you, and not have
a word to say against Israel even when it stops anyone from sharing the horror with you
so your only solace is others similarly affected and just as spitting angry. Does Israel
really believe that its actions will turn people away from armed resistance? A Donkey can
see that the population is becoming more radicalized. But worse than this, is the damage
the unrequited anger is doing to those children who do not want to vent it through arms
and will turn the resentment inward, and even though the United Nations Schools
department has appointed 172 School socio-psychological Counselors since the war, the
UNWRA Head of Education, Mahmoud Himdiat says that it is far from enough, and the
effects will not even begin to show until the shock has worn off in several months time
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Palestine as this artist wishes it was, or else as it was, below. Even the trees are smiling!
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