Amid Israel denial, many recall Israeli response to killing of Abu Akleh

Many observers have highlighted parallels between Israel’s denial of the bombing of the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza and its response to the killing Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh last year.

After Israeli forces fatally shot Abu Akleh in May 2022, Israeli officials denied involvement in the incident and tried to blame it on armed Palestinians.

The office of then-Prime Minister Naftali Bennett released a video showing a Palestinian firing a weapon down an alleyway, claiming that the footage backed their theory.

“According to the information we have gathered, it appears likely that armed Palestinians — who were firing indiscriminately at the time — were responsible for the unfortunate death of the journalist,” the prime minister’s office said at that time.

The accompanying video was quickly debunked. Israel eventually admitted that one of its soldiers killed Abu Akleh but said the shooting was not intentional.




Israeli officials have ordered hospital evacuations, called for collective punishment of Gaza
Despite Israel’s denial that it does not target civilians or medical facilities after the bombing of the al-Ahli hospital, the country’s leaders have been suggesting that they are collectively punishing Palestinians in Gaza.

“I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed,” Defence Minister Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said early in the war. “We are fighting human animals.”

A day before the hospital bombing, Netanyahu said in a speech that the war was a struggle between “the children of light and the children of darkness”. His office reiterated that statement in now-deleted social media posts.

Moreover, Israel has ordered several hospitals in Gaza to evacuate, drawing condemnations from several medical and rights groups, including Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

Earlier this week, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said if Hamas does not release the captives it is holding, the only things that should be entering Gaza “are hundreds of tons of explosives from the Air Force, not an ounce of humanitarian aid”.


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