UN Calls for INQUIRY on Israeli TORTURE vs Palestinians after IDF Soldiers Raping Detained and “EXECUTING” two Civilians – 3 VIDEOs
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio
VIDEO – Christian Town on Fire in Holy Land, Pro-Pal Old Woman and Blind Man arrested in UK
Three footages collected in one video highlight the global contradiction on the genocide in Palestine:
- Footage 1 – Israeli settlers are burning the Christian town of Taybeh in the West Bank, attacking cars, land, and homes in violent assaults aimed at uprooting the Palestinian community there.
- Footage 2 – Pat is 85. She’s been arrested under section 13 of the Terrorism Act in Manchester for holding & refusing to put away a sign that reads “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine action.”
- Footage 3 – British police arrested a blind man under the Terrorism Act for holding a placard that stated, “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action”
“Torture” against Palestinians: UN Committee Calls for Inquiry
The UN Committee against Torture called on Israel on Friday to establish a commission of inquiry to investigate “all allegations of torture” committed in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In order to prosecute “those responsible, including senior officials,” the UN body called on Israel to establish “an independent, impartial, and effective ad hoc commission of inquiry to examine and investigate all allegations of torture and ill-treatment committed during the current armed conflict,” the Committee said in a statement.
While unequivocally condemning “the attack perpetrated by Hamas and other groups against Israel on 7 October 2023,” the Committee “also expressed its deep concern about the disproportionate nature of the Israeli response to these attacks.”
During his review of the situation in Israel in mid-November, the Committee’s rapporteur, Peter Vedel Kessing, stated that its members were “appalled by the descriptions (…) of what appear to be systematic and widespread acts of torture inflicted on Palestinians” detained by Israel.
Among the tortures documented in reports by various UN bodies and NGOs are “severe beatings, including genital beatings, electric shocks, forced restraint in prolonged stress positions, deliberately inhumane conditions of detention, and food deprivation,” or waterboarding.
The document, published as part of the Committee’s periodic monitoring of countries signatory to the UN Convention against Torture, further refers to “insults to personal dignity and humiliation” against detainees, who were “forced to behave like animals or urinated on,” “systematically denied medical care,” and “excessive use of restraints, in some cases resulting in amputation.”
On Friday, the Committee also expressed concern about “settler violence” and “the use of administrative detention,” which “reportedly reached unprecedented levels.” It also expressed concern about the continued authorization of the use of undisclosed “special means” as a method of coercion during interrogations.
In this regard, the Committee urged Israel to promulgate “a separate criminal offence for torture incorporating a definition consistent with the Convention,” to provide information on the precise nature of the “special means” employed, and to ensure that “no exceptional circumstances are invoked to justify torture or ill-treatment.”
In mid-November, before the Committee, the co-head of the Israeli delegation and Ambassador to the United Nations, Daniel Meron, rejected the accusations against his country, stating that Israel was “committed to upholding its obligations under international law (…) even in the face of challenges posed by a terrorist organization that does not hesitate to openly declare its intention to inflict maximum suffering on civilians in Gaza.”
Children killed by drone in Gaza “were collecting firewood”
The two Palestinian children killed by a drone in the southern Gaza Strip were collecting firewood to keep warm.
The Civil Defense of the Palestinian territory reported the incident, citing the family of the two children—aged eight and ten—who the Israeli army targeted because, the IDF says, they posed a threat. Israeli soldiers claim to have “identified two suspects who had crossed the Yellow Line,” which marks the area from which the army withdrew following the ceasefire.
“They approached troops operating in the southern Gaza Strip, posing an immediate threat,” the IDF said in a statement. “The Israeli Air Force eliminated the suspects to eliminate the threat.”
A spokesperson for the Gaza Civil Defense, a humanitarian organization affiliated with Hamas, confirmed that the two brothers, Fadi and Joumaa Tamer Abu Assi, were killed around 8:30 a.m. local time by Israeli drones in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis.
Egyptian President writes letter of support for Palestinian cause
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi sent a letter to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, reaffirming Egypt’s “unwavering support for the Palestinian cause and its people.”
“The suffering of the Palestinian people is not limited to what is happening in Gaza, despite the atrocities witnessed by the world,” the letter states, “but extends to the West Bank and Jerusalem, where Palestinians are subjected daily to systematic practices, including restrictions on movement, land confiscation, protection from settler attacks on unarmed civilians, and other violations that have not deterred them from continuing to live despite the difficult circumstances.”
“This ongoing humanitarian tragedy, which has persisted for over seven decades,” he adds, “imposes on the international community a humanitarian and moral obligation to support the Palestinian people by all possible means.”
UN: “Brazen killing of two Palestinian men by Israeli forces West Bank as an apparent summary execution”
Video appears to show members of the IDF “executing” two Palestinians in the West Bank.
The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Government Communication Centre labels it “an outright extrajudicial killing”.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli Police acknowledged the incident but made no concessions.
The UN says it’s ‘appalled’ by what it called the ‘brazen killing’ of two Palestinian men by Israeli forces in the Occupied West Bank, describing it as an “apparent summary execution’.
The incident – which Israel says is being investigated – comes amid widening Israeli military operations across the Palestinian territories and neighbouring countries in recent days.
An IDF raid on the Syrian village of Beit Jinn overnight killed at least 13 people.
The IDF say they were targeting terror suspects, but Syria’s government labelled it a ‘war crime’.
Israel has also continued to strike Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
While in Gaza – strikes have been reported in Rafah, with Israel and Hamas accusing each other of repeated ceasefire violations.
Albanese, UN: “Ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, truce in Gaza is an empty word”
“It is incredible that, despite the many alarms, warning signs, and the advancement of the annexation plan, which amounts to aggression under international law, no one disputes what Israel is doing in the West Bank, which is ethnic cleansing at a different speed than what is happening in the Gaza Strip.”
This was stated by the UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, speaking via video link during a conference at the European Parliament.
“Twenty, thirty years ago, Benjamin Netanyahu was already fully opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state and was able, with his accomplices, to advance and prepare the plan that allows for the final phase of the destruction of the Palestinian people,” Albanese continues.
“What will happen to the Palestinians under Israeli rule is clear: look at what is happening in Gaza, where the complete destruction of the Strip has led to the devastation of the survivors, in addition to the estimated 200,000 killed or presumed killed and those seriously injured who will bear lifelong scars for what they have endured.”
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“The ceasefire is just an empty word, because in just over a month since the ceasefire, Israel has killed nearly 300 people. One hundred in a single day, a week ago, 50 children killed in a single day.”
IDF Chief Zamyr: “Israel needs leadership that admits failure and leads change.”
Israel “needs leadership that admits failure and has the courage to lead change.” This was stated by Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, speaking at a ceremony commemorating the 52nd anniversary of the death of David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister.
“It is now clear to us, beyond any shadow of a doubt: an explanation is not enough, criticism is not enough. Israel needs leadership that can acknowledge failure and dare to change: not leadership that frightens and overwhelms, but leadership that elevates, not leadership that evades responsibility, but leadership that looks the truth in the eye,” Zamir stated.
UN: “Lebanon, Israel has killed 127 civilians in 106 attacks in a year of ceasefire”
Despite the ceasefire in effect for a year, Israeli airstrikes continue in southern Lebanon. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric reported that 106 Israeli airstrikes have been recorded since November 27 of last year. Last Saturday alone, UNIFIL peacekeepers documented four attacks in three areas within the UN area of responsibility. These actions constitute a violation of Lebanon’s territorial sovereignty and of Security Council Resolution 1701 of 2006, which established the “Blue Line” as a buffer zone.
The spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Thameen Al-Kheetan, added that since the ceasefire came into effect (November 27, 2024), at least 127 civilians have been killed by Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
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Among the deadliest incidents, he cited an attack last week on the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, near Sidon, which killed at least thirteen civilians, including eleven children, and injured six others.
Although Israel claimed it had struck a “Hamas training site,” the UN spokesperson emphasized that all documented victims were civilians.
Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio – Gospa News director
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