civilian deaths

Mourners fill the mosque during the funeral for 24 members of the Abu Jame' family, who were killed the previous day during an Israeli attack over the Bani Suhaila neighborhood of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, July 21, 2014. Reports indicate that 15 of the 24 killed were children of the Abu Jame' family.

PHOTOS: A Gaza funeral for 26 members of one family

In just one example of the ongoing Israeli tactic of targeting civilian homes, 26 members of the Abu Jame’ family, including 18 children, were killed in a single strike. Photos by: Anne Paq and Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org Text by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler Israeli attacks in Gaza have now killed more than 566 Palestinians as the death…

By Activestills July 21, 2014

A Palestinian child plays among the ruins of buildings destroyed by Israeli air strikes in the 2008-2009 war known as Operation Cast Lead, July 4, 2012. (Photo by RyanRodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

What ‘no country in the world’ should tolerate

Israel says that ‘no country in the world’ would agree to live under the threat of Gaza’s rockets, but ignores its own culpability in its 100-eyes-for-an eye spiral of violence. Text and photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org One of the common talking points used to defend Israel’s pummeling of Gaza is that “no country in the…

By Activestills July 13, 2014

Palestinians mourn the death of Ibrahim Nabil Hamada, 23, who was killed during an Israeli attack, Al Shaja'ia cemetery, Gaza City, July 12, 2014. (Photo: Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org)

Shock, not awe, among ‘battle-hardened’ Gazans

Netanyahu might have taken his ‘gloves off,’ but Palestinians in Gaza have long since been hardened by their bare-knuckle existence. In the three days beginning on March 19, 2003, Baghdad endured just over a thousand bombing runs, all aimed at cowing the Iraqi capital — a city of nearly four million people — through what…

By Samer Badawi July 13, 2014

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A Palestinian child injured in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip arrives at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on the night of July 8, 2014.

Blame Israel and Hamas both for Gaza’s civilian deaths

Sorting through the propaganda war. The main outrage now, in the fourth day (Friday) of Operation Protective Edge, as Israel calls it, is the rising number of killings of Palestinian civilians by Israeli airstrikes, mainly as a result of attacks on residential buildings where militants live or are thought to live. Haaretz reported that the…

By Larry Derfner July 11, 2014

Relatives grieve over the body of 26-year-old Ahmed Fahmawi, who was killed by Israeli soldiers at Al Ein Refugee Camp during a night raid, Nablus, West Bank, June 22, 2014. According to Palestinian medical sources, Israeli soldiers killed Fahmawi near his home after they raided the refugee camp in search of three Israeli settlers. (Activestills.org)

When Israeli soldiers ‘provoke and react,’ Palestinians die

Despite Netanyahu’s claims of ‘self-defense,’ testimony by Israeli soldiers suggests that mounting Palestinian casualties are the result of intentionally provocative tactics. Text by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler Photos by: Ahmad Al-Bazz and Oren Ziv/Activestills.org In response to the mounting numbers of Palestinian deaths, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered the excuse that Israeli military action in the…

By Activestills June 22, 2014

A girl holds a candle next to a photo of 3-year-old Ranan Yousef Arafat, who was killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, as Palestinians gathered in Bethlehem's Manger Square to mourn the victims of Israeli military strikes and to call for an end to the escalation of violence, November 17, 2012.

Searching for meaning in the deaths of innocents

Using cold logic to explain the killings of civilians is an attempt to deaden our emotions and detach us from inexplicable tragedy. By Jake Meth When I was younger, I always hoped that my older self would have a great explanation for why innocent civilians kept getting killed in violent conflicts. But as Israel began…

By +972 Magazine November 21, 2012