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Israeli military promises thorough investigation into aid convoy deaths | World News

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The Israeli military on Saturday promised an exhaustive and truthful investigation into the deaths of Palestinians queuing for aid in Gaza this week, an incident that has drawn condemnations and calls for an international inquiry. This image grab from a handout video released by the Israeli army on February 29, 2024, shows what the army says are Gazans around aid trucks in Gaza City.(AFP) Gaza Health authorities said 118 people were killed in Thursday’s incident, attributing the deaths to Israeli fire and calling it a massacre. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. Israel disputed those figures and said most victims were trampled or run over as crowds swarmed aid trucks. An Israeli official also said troops had “in a limited response” later fired on crowds they felt had posed a threat. “We are investigating this incident, we have all the documentation that we need in order to carry out an exhaustive, truthful investigation into the facts of this incident and we will present our findings,” spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari …

Back from war, reserve soldiers set their sights on Israel’s politics as usual

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Gathered this month around a campfire on the edge of a forest in central Israel, the soldiers planned their next mission: saving their deeply divided country from itself. Like many of the thousands of Israeli reservists called to fight in the Gaza Strip, the soldiers left for war amid a sudden surge of national unity after the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel. But as the military has withdrawn soldiers from Gaza in recent weeks and the troops have returned home, they have found their country less like it was after Oct. 7 and more like it was before: torn by divisive politics and culture clashes. Now, as these bitter divisions reemerge, disillusioned reservists are at the vanguard of movements demanding a political reset, seeking unity and repudiating what many view as extreme polarization. “I first came out in December and was shocked to see that nothing had changed,” said David Sherez, a special forces commander and startup entrepreneur, on leaving his base near Gaza. Sherez, one of the soldiers who gathered around the campfire …

Israel-Hamas war ‘most dangerous ever’ for journalists: Rights group | World News

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The first 10 weeks of the Israel-Gaza war have been the deadliest recorded for journalists, with the most journalists killed in a single year in one location, the U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Thursday. Damaged buildings during a military operation in the north of the Gaza Strip amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (AFP) Most of the journalists and media workers killed in the war – 61 out of 68 – were Palestinian. The report said it was “particularly concerned about an apparent pattern of targeting of journalists and their families by the Israeli military.” Stay tuned with breaking news on HT Channel on Facebook. Join Now A spokesperson for Israel’s military has said the forces don’t target journalists. Four Israeli and three Lebanese journalists, including Reuters visuals journalist Issam Abdallah, were also killed between Oct. 7 and Dec. 20, CPJ data showed. The group, a nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide, said it was further investigating the circumstances of all journalist deaths. It said such …