Thread by @CherylWroteIt

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This will be a first raw 🧵 to unravel the Hamas accusations of IDF troops firing at and killing civilians during a recent aid mission in to Northern Gaza. I’ve never put together a thread like this so hopefully it will work.

On the 29th of February, Al Jazeera (aka HTN or Hamas Television Network) reported on what they and the Hamas Ministry called a massacre that took place in Northern Gaza as a convoy of aid trucks went in from Egypt.

With many previous convoys being hit by Hamas where aid was forcefully looted and stolen by armed terrorists (anyone can feel free to add to this thread with the many videos showing Hamas attacking aid trucks), it was claimed by Gazans that gunfire was indeed heard as the aid convoy entered the North. What was not confirmed was who was behind the gunfire.

Two days ago I analyzed a video and showed evidence clearly seen in the video that Hamas terrorists armed with AK47s were firing at civilians and stealing the aid by looting the trucks and beating civilians who tried to take food aid.

The IDF have given a few statements about the incident, stating that their troops did NOT open fire on the aid convoy. They stated that at a later point further north, a group of civilians approached the IDF and the troops fired warning shots in the air.

The BBC reported in their BBC Verified article that they based their findings mostly off the Al Jazeera footage and testimony report (surprise surprise). So basically they may as well have just taken a statement directly from Hamas. In fact, all the mainstream media that covered this story (and there weren’t that many, published their articles based on the Al Jazeera story.

As you will see in the article by the BBC here, they use the Al Jazeera story and reference it frequently. The BBC clearly states that their verification is also based on witness testimony, so the following parts of this thread will look at these in more depth.



I will add the full Al Jazeera video report, which I will breakdown in this thread, at the end of the thread so everybody can reference each point. This Al Jazeera report, as I will show, makes up the single predominant source for all other MSM worldwide covering this incident.bbc.com/news/world-mid…

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Like the BBC, most other MSM sites used the Al Jazeera report as their sole or main source for their own reporting. CNN, CBS, SKY, and even Reuters make reference to the same video and stating that they themselves could not verify it.

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Over the past few months, there have been dozens of reports of Hamas firing at and killing their own people, as well as looting aid trucks and stealing the aid, both for their own use as well as to sell at exorbitant prices.

Here is one example of Hamas firing at their own civilians

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Here are a few examples many have already seen of Hamas looting aid trucks and stealing aid.

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And some examples of Hamas firing at and/or killing their own people

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Now let’s examine some of the testimony from the Gazans as per the Al Jazeera video report.

At around 00:52 in the video, the anchor makes the claim that the IDF shot and killed the civilians before it cuts to the first witness. This witness states that the IDF opened fire on the civilians with “tanks and war planes”. Now this is key to unraveling the truth of what really happened because it’s a claim stated by all the witnesses.

A second witness in this Al Jazeera story is featured at 02:27. He too claims that there was “sniper fire, tanks shelling, and drones”.

One of the most telling testimonies features at 03:03 in this video. It’s from a doctor at the Al Shifa Hospital.

Now for those who will remember, there was another hospital, Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, where Hamas and Al Jazeera claimed another “massacre” had occurred 4 months ago where the IDF was alleged to have launched air strikes at the hospital killing 500 people. That claim sent shockwaves around the world and was broadcast on BBC and other mainstream media as “verified”. However as we all now know, this was a fabricated story and was in fact a misfired rocket launched from nearby the hospital by PIJ which hit a parking lot and killed 20.

But just listen to this interview by the doctor. Within the first 10 seconds he immediately references the incident 4 months ago and still claims it was an IDF air strike and that 500 were killed (you can see the theme here by now)

All 3 video clips are attached here.

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Now aside from the “credible witnesses”, another major feature you’ll find in abundance in this Al Jazeera video is… Pallywood. That’s right, our favorite “dead come to life then dead again” Gazans we’ve seen exposed over the last 3 days all claimed their fame from this Al Jazeera video.

#Pallywood

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Also I’m sure everybody remembers that just two weeks ago, the United Nations claimed that the Israeli Navy had hit an aid convoy with mortar shells, and the only image shown as “evidence” was a single truck stopped on the side of the road with a small section of its canvas ripped and torn and aid lay on the side of the road. No burn marks on the truck or canvas whatsoever.

Now having gone through dozens of articles. I came across one that mentioned testimony from the truck drivers of these convoys, usually Egyptian drivers. And here is one I found that is relevant and interesting in its description. This was reported by French Media France 24.

Furthermore, here is a video as well with testimony from the Egyptian drivers about how the civilians attacked their convoy.

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Now going back to the testimony by civilians stating that IDF tanks and war planes opened fire on civilians, it’s important to note what tanks or armored vehicles opening fire really means. IDF tanks, mainly Merkava 4 and 5 tanks, have the main 120mm gun, a 60mm anti aircraft gun, two .50 caliber Browning M2 automatic machine guns and two 762 MAG automatic machine guns. To truly understand what this firepower would do to a human body, let’s examine this carefully. Here is a video of actual footage of allied forces firing a Browning M2 at an Isis terrorist in a real conflict zone. You will see how the sheer power of this gun lifts the body of the terrorist off the ground and rips his body to pieces, as well as destroys the walls of the building.

🚨🚨WARNING🚨🚨
EXTREMELY GRAPHIC AND SENSITIVE FOOTAGE

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When one just runs a search for videos on YouTube of what a .50 caliber rifle can do to a ballistic torso, and similarly the high power 762, you’d see that there wouldn’t be carts carrying injured people or dead with small bullet holes, but rather just whatever remains of limbs and chunks of meat. Reports claim dozens of people were shot in the head by these weapons… so it’s important to note that the munitions used in the smaller caliber weapons create a small hole on entry, but a fist sized hole as the bullet exists. The fire was allegedly done at close range, which would have dismembered bodies.

Snipers usually use 0.50 rifles, which would just rip half a head off, if not worse.

Then when we look at war planes, the larger UAVs carry 0.50 caliber rifles, sometimes even 60mm, which would rip bodies apart. Some reports claimed gunfire came from fighter jets. These planes use 20mm explosive rounds that would leave no bodies left to collect.

Lastly, witnesses such as one further up this thread claimed tanks “shelled” civilians. So I’ve added a video of tank shells hitting a ballistic torso simply so everyone understands how ridiculous these claims are.



All the above simply make it implausible that the IDF opened fire with tanks or planes as claimed by witnesses. And it’s important to note that these were the testimonies used by Al Jazeera and the BBC and others as “evidence”.

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The final piece I’ll add is enormously important and telling, and yet equally surprising. In the most recent press Q&A by the UN, the UN refused to assign blame or point a finger at Israel for this incident. The spokesman openly stated that the UN was NOT there to witness anything and so refused to simply take the word of Hamas. That in itself is a huge thing, especially since the UN and Hamas have pretty much been synonymous with one another throughout.

Here’s the video

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And to end, here is the full Al Jazeera video report that was used to spark almost every anti Israel protest reaction because of this incident around the world.

Based on all the evidence and testimony from the Palestinian side and the IDF, if one was to be objective, it is the IDF version of events that are not only most plausible, but also match up with the actual evidence known. There is simply too much that is clearly fabricated from the Hamas side.

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