🧵New HRW "report" claiming Israel committed crime of “forcible transfer” is a work of fantasy and fake law. HRW ridiculously claims Israel has no “military imperative” to evacuate Gazans by pretending IDF is not battling Hamas and has other options—but offers none. Analysis: 1/
First, HRW's entire 176-page analysis assumes Gaza is occupied thus Geneva Article 49 (below) applies to Israel’s evacuation actions—otherwise entire report falls apart. We’ll assume for this thread Gaza is occupied (it’s not); even so, Israel’s actions are still 100% legal. 2/
HRW’s thesis relies entirely on claiming Israel has no legitimate “military imperative” to evacuate Gazans—thus a crime. HRW does this by effectively pretending Hamas was/is not in active combat in Gaza, is not embedded in civilian areas & poses no threat to IDF or Israel. 3/
HRW claims presence of Hamas does not justify displacement of civilians, but does not explain why. HRW just claims IDF had other options but does not say what those are. Is it: 1) attacking Hamas with civilians in place? or 2) granting Hamas permanent immunity? HRW wants #2. 4/
Later in report HRW even says it is “impossible” to fully understand Israel’s strategy (so admitting entire report is based on fake analysis) but again declares presence of Hamas does not justify evacuating citizens. HRW offers no analysis or other option to defeat Hamas. 5/
In a total & deliberate erasure HRW omits Hamas: 500km of tunnels, non-stop rocket fire no nation on earth would tolerate, 1000s of buildings booby-trapped, Hamas dressed as civilian, combat from apartments & hospitals. Total removal to claim IDF has no “military imperative.” 6/
Not one section of report (all sections below) discusses Hamas, analyzes war, discusses other “options” for Israel, discusses option of not evacuating Gazans, assesses Hamas threat to Israel, consults military experts. Hamas is a total non-player in HRW’s fantasy narrative. 7/
HRW fabricates int’l law claiming Israel must “guarantee protection of displaced persons” & guarantee “safe areas.” But Geneva does not require this; the word "guarantee" is not even written in Article 49. It only says obligations required to "greatest practicable extent." 8/
In an active war zone, with many 1,000s of Hamas dressed as civilians in tunnels, IEDs & booby-trapping buildings, snipers, etc. causing >5,000 IDF casualties (5 killed in north Gaza last week), perfect evacuations are not "practicable." But HRW pretends Hamas does not exist. 9/
HRW deliberately makes no mention of Geneva Protocol I.58 which requires evacuation of civilians in combat zone. If Israel DID NOT evacuate Gazans it is 100% certain HRW would write report how Israel violated Article 58. For Israel it's a crime if you do, crime if you don’t. 10/
HRW demands perfection of Israel’s evacuation otherwise it’s criminal, devoting many pages to how orders were confusing, disabled people had trouble and many other hardships. Geneva again understands it's war: evacuations are to “extent feasible” as analysis below explains: 11/
HRW also claims Israel is unlawful by not allowing population to return after "threat is no longer present.” HRW ignores that Hamas remains a deadly threat all over Gaza, constantly returning to places IDF clears like north Gaza. HRW's "I don't see Hamas" fantasy continues. 12/
HRW devotes many pages to IDF attacks in humanitarian zones, thus claiming Israel's evacuations were not intended to move Gazans for their safety, but won't say why: Hamas embedded in these zones. Mohammed Deif was killed inside the Mawasi safe zone. No mention by HRW. 13/
Another core claim of HRW is that IDF attacked main evacuation routes, such as Salah al-Din Road. But the only evidence are news reports & Hamas statements where it’s not clear at all what happened – in fact evidence shows Hamas attacked the evacuees, but HRW omits this. 14/
HRW's fantasy of Hamas not existing is affirmed in “Recommendations” section. Israel must do just about everything. Hamas is free & clear, no obligations, no fault. They don’t even have to release hostages. They freely can attack Israel and promise publicly to do 10/7 again. 15/
HRW reveals true goal of report: dismantle Israel as a Jewish state in favor of a Palestinian state that enshrines Islam & Sharia law in its constitution (Remember: dozens of Muslim states OK; one Jewish not OK). HRW brings up fake “right” of return several times in report. 16/
Conclusion: This long report is another in an endless series of anti-Israel propaganda masking as "reports" and "research" by a formerly respected NGO. In HRW’s warped world view, Israel is solely responsible for the perfect well being of Gazans while Hamas has zero responsibility, zero fault. In fact, the report is an incredibly weaved fairy tale where Hamas does not exist. Other than a brief mention by HRW that they committed crimes on 10/7, Hamas is in the clear. Hamas can freely spend billions building a 30,000 strong military, firing rockets (even just a few days ago), attacking from tunnels, booby-trapping 1000s of buildings, holding & killing hostages, causing 5,000 IDF casualties (even yesterday an IDF soldier was killed in north Gaza where supposedly there is no justification to move civilians) and keep doing this now and in the future. Hamas can publicly boast that they will do 10/7 again, refuse to surrender, but to HRW, this is not relevant, not mentioned, not analyzed. Thus Israeli still cannot claim a "military imperative" to justify evacuating civilians. HRW claims instead that Israel has other "options," but does not say what these options are. There is no analysis of the war, and certainly no consultation with military experts (of course: none would agree with HRW). One can be sure that if Israel did not evacuate civilians they'd also be guilty of crimes, a 176-page report on how Israel violated Protocol I.58 and the horror of attacking Hamas without moving out civilians first. To HRW, the laws of war are written in such a way that Hamas has permanent immunity, and literally any action Israel takes is always criminal. END
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đź§µSTUNNING new statistic from Hamas' Ministry of Health shows adult males were killed at SIX TIMES the rate of adult women versus official lists showing only a 3x ratio. Huge gap exposes 1000s of male combatants removed from record but inadvertently revealed in this new data. 1/
This data corroborates my analysis below that estimated 7,000 male combatants were not placed on ANY LIST by Hamas, to hide their losses. It may be even greater than that. Trump recently confirmed that 25,000 Hamas combatants were killed. 2/
Prior analysis of Hamas fatality data showed that even they acknowledged that 73% of fatalities of combat age were male. But it appears now it's even higher than that. Proving a highly targeted war against male combatants conducted by the IDF. 3/
🧵Hamas’ human shield strategy is well documented but still denied & downplayed. Israeli hostages provide key confirmation — held in homes (some with tunnel shafts), children’s rooms, hospitals, mosques and watched by “civilians.” See 10 examples; first from Aloni Cunio. 1/
Eli Sharabi recounted his captivity in detail. His “first stop” into Gaza was to a mosque with a tunnel shaft leading to Hamas’ network. Also to apartment in an “ordinary children’s bedroom.” All detailed in this article and his new book “Hostage.” 2/ thefp.com/p/i-was-a-host…
Doron Katz Asher recounted to CNN how she and her daughters were kept in what she called a “so-called hospital” in Khan Younes because a hospital is “a place that is supposed to take care of people, but instead it was taken over by Hamas and they used it to hide hostages.” 3/
🧵Israel DID NOT kill 31 journalists in Yemen. It killed “Yemeni army staff" as article admits—specifically Houthi media operatives at Houthi sites. Houthis are a US-designated terrorist group. Geneva & US War Manual are clear: media personnel in the military are COMBATANTS. 1/
Houthis are a US-designated terrorist group. These were not independent journalists—they were part of the Houthi propaganda arm. No one called ISIS or Al-Qaeda media operatives “journalists.” But with Israel, different rules apply. 2/
Geneva Article 79 commentary makes clear that members of armed forces that are “connected with information"— like “staff of the Yemeni army’s official news outlet” (i.e. Houthi terrorists) are NOT protected as journalists. US War Manual agrees, see both key sections below: 3/
🧵Reuters photo of Al-Basma IVF clinic reveals UN fabricated “evidence” to accuse Israel of striking it to “prevent births." UN argues IDF must have intentionally targeted it since nearby buildings were less damaged—but buried photo showing the opposite. UN lied. More detail: 1/
Reuters photo shows there was active combat here—perhaps a Hamas RPG cell in high rise. UN’s entire thesis collapses with this photo. There is no evidence clinic was hit by IDF. Media reports only cite clinic director who says it was an IDF shell but he was not even there! 2/
Here is a closeup of clinic. Other photos show damage inside. Bullet holes and high rise damage proves there was active combat in area. Clinic building is intact thus “targeted strike” claim is false. High rise blast indicates THAT was the likely target. UN knowingly ignores. 3/
🧵UN's fake "genocide report" accuses Israel of intentionally striking Gaza Al-Basma IVF clinic to destroy embryos to “prevent births” and "destroy future of Palestinians." This claimed attack is a key aspect of the claim. But there is ZERO evidence for any of it. Analysis: 1/
The entire evidence comes from ABC News media report from Apr 2024 regarding this incident that apparently happened in December 2023—4 months earlier. Clinic director said an Israeli shell hit the clinic but he was not there and does not even know the exact date of incident. 2/
The UN Report does not have any more information than this yet make sweeping claims! They say they looked at photos (shown in the ABC report) and claim it “most probably” was an IDF tank shell. They cite the ABC report that the IDF said it was unaware of this incident. 3/
🧵I wrote a rebuttal of UN's new "report" accusing Israel of genocide for @UNWatch It is filled with fake data, fake intent, fake evidence. It erases Hamas. 10/7 is presented as something Israel did—including taking hostages (really!). See more below 1/ unwatch.org/un-watch-rebut…
10/7 is erased. Entire incident is presented as an Israeli attack, the reader won't know what happened. Hamas is erased too. They do not exist in the report. They are only even mentioned first 8 pages deep, and only and always in the context of Israeli claims & statements. 2/
Even more evil: there is no mention that Hamas took hostages. The report deliberately erases the event and weaponizes the word to accuse ISRAEL of taking the Palestinians people "hostage." The first mention of the word is buried 27 pages deep. This is Orwellian inversion. 3/