On my way to the funeral of a young Brazilian woman murdered at the music festival. A message went out urging strangers to attend, because she has barely any family here. There’s a 2km line snaking out of the entrance of the cemetery and I doubt we’ll make it.
The funeral was scheduled for 20min ago. We thought we were early. Still 1.4km just to reach the entrance of the cemetery. Israelis are amazing at responding to calls to attend funerals. Such strong social solidarity here in the absolute darkest of circumstances.
Parked by the side of the highway and we’ll leg it. There’s a whole column of incredible citizens walking down the hard shoulder, past a kilometer of parked cars, to attend the funeral of a total stranger murdered in cold blood.
People have abandoned their cars on the highway and are just legging it, to the funeral of a total stranger because they want to give her family a hug.
All under threat of rockets.
Humanity can be despicably evil, but it can also be wonderful.
The whole country is here.
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💥 British Foreign Secretary David Lammy misled Parliament by making up a Netanyahu quote
Lammy addressed Parliament last week about Gaza aid. He quoted Netanyahu saying Israel would let in “just enough to prevent hunger.”
There's only one problem:
❌ Netanyahu never said it.
So where did this made-up quote come from?
I Googled “just enough to prevent hunger."
It appears in a BBC story, which quotes a video from Netanyahu, explaining to his domestic audience why Israel was letting aid into Gaza again.
So naturally, I went to the video...
In a video, Netanyahu explained Israel was setting up a new aid distribution system to bypass Hamas, which is hijacking aid to fund its war. This will take time. So Israel will let in aid through the current mechanism "so that there will not be hunger". Hebrew: כדי שלא יהיה רעב.
Ilana Gritzewski survived Hamas captivity. Her boyfriend Matan Zangauker is still trapped in Gaza.
She shared chilling details with the House Foreign Affairs Commitee 🧵
1/ “On the way to Gaza, they kept beating me because, for them, I was a prize. They also started touching me everywhere and at that point on the motorcycle, I passed out. Physically and mentally, I couldn't handle it anymore. I guess my body preferred to shut down.”
2/ “They took us to a filthy house infested with cockroaches. We slept on the floor with a thin mattress that wasn't really a mattress. We spent about 40 days there – with barely any food, almost no water, constant psychological terror. In 55 days in captivity, I lost 24 pounds.”
UNRWA is a Hamas front, whose staff took part in the October 7 Massacre.
Since then, @UNLazzarini has been on a frenzied campaign to cover up his UN agency’s links to Hamas.
Let’s demolish his lies one by one 🧵
❌ LIE 1: "All allegations have been thoroughly investigated."
✅ The Truth:
Israel provided raw intelligence on UNRWA's takeover by Hamas and Islamic Jihad to the United Nations.
But the UN hasn't ordered an independent investigation.
The two UN bodies looking into UNRWA (OIOS & Colonna) say it's none of their business.
UNRWA can't investigate itself, because it's spent the last year whitewashing its collusion with Hamas.
❌ LIE 2: "UNRWA's neutrality framework is robust"
✅ The Truth:
The UN's Colonna Report admitted UNRWA isn't stopping Hamas from taking over UN facilities for military purposes, its inspections are insufficient, and its staff vetting to screen out terrorists is "insufficient".
This autocratic regime's state-controlled media is spinning the war as a "crushing historic victory" for Hamas. A new @MEMRIReports report lays out how 🧵
1. First, let's be clear: Qatar is Hamas' state sponsor. It condemned ISRAEL for the October 7 Massacre as its citizens were still being slaughtered in their safe rooms. Qatar has never condemned Hamas for massacring and abducting innocent Israelis on October 7, 2023.
2. As soon as the ceasefire took effect, Qatari PM @MBA_AlThani_ met a delegation of terrorist leaders from Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and PFLP (and not the "moderate" Fatah). He pledged to deliver another 12.5 million liters of fuel to Hamas-run Gaza.
🚨 Israel has submitted a report to the UN about Hamas’ torture and abuse of hostages in the Gaza Terror Dungeons.
It’s worse than you think 🧵
1. Hostages (including children!) were purposely branded with a hot object
2. One hostage described being sexually assaulted at gunpoint, others also reported sexual assault
3. Women were forced to undress in front of captors and tied to beds as they stared
4. One female hostage was held—bound!—in dark isolation for a month
5. Hostages were forced to defecate on themselves
6. Hostages were denied medical treatment for injuries from October 7, including fractures, shrapnel wounds, and burns. Any treatment was without anesthesia
🧵It has been six months since the darkest moment in Jewish history since the Holocaust: the October 7 Massacre. Six months on, here are the key @IDF figures:
Israel's military response:
🫡 Israel called up 300,000 reservists (3.1% of the population) to fight Hamas.
🕯️600 soldiers killed since 10/7, including 256 since the start of the ground operation (Oct. 27)
🚀🇵🇸 9,100 rockets from Gaza crossed into Israeli territory (many more misfired and landed on Gazans, causing untold damage maliciously blamed on Israel)