LANGFITT: Well, I think they are listening, and they say they're doing what they can. has been trying to put more pressure on Israelis to reduce civilian casualties. Since then, Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 17,000 people in Gaza, according to the health ministry there. SIMON: Frank, of course, the war began with Hamas killing about 1,200 people in southern Israel in a surprise attack on October 7. And this is the images that communicate that we are defeated people. This is just a much bigger war on our own existence, our own identity. LANGFITT: Hani says he found the images revealing, and he also thinks they contain a political message.ĪLMADHOUN: I'm beginning to understand this war is not just on Hamas. You know, he's just a shopkeeper in Gaza. He can't run two meters, let alone to be a fighter. HANI ALMADHOUN: I mean, I know my brother. And he said there's no way his brother could be working with Hamas. Hani said he recognized his brother Mahmoud in the back of an Israeli army truck. And he actually recognized some of his own family members in the images. And our colleague Leila Fadel, she spoke with the United Nations aid administrator in the United States. NPR's confirmed that one person shown is in fact a journalist for a media outlet close to Qatar. But it's clear already that some of the people in these images are not from Hamas. You know, Israel has, effectively, a ban on journalists going to Gaza. SIMON: Is there any way to verify if they are, in fact, Hamas fighters? And we still don't know exactly where these images came from. LANGFITT: And, Scott, I have to emphasize, Brom is just speaking for himself, not the military. LANGFITT: And why do you think someone might have put them out?īROM: They might think that it is good to raise morale in Israel or maybe it is good as a kind of psychological war against Hamas. ![]() SHLOMO BROM: These pictures should not be publicized because they are humiliating. ![]() And I asked him about these images, and this is what he told me. He's a retired brigadier general with the Israeli army. But I was talking to a man named Shlomo Brom. ![]() And they say it's to make sure there are no bomb vests or weapons. Particularly, you see this in the West Bank. LANGFITT: Well, this is a common practice by Israeli military forces. SIMON: Why would soldiers order them to strip down? Now, a Gaza resident did tell a news organization that these men were sheltering with others in a school in northern Gaza, and Israeli forces just rounded them up and then forced them to strip to their underwear. Israeli TV aired the footage, which is thought to have been taken by soldiers, but it's not entirely clear. LANGFITT: Well, the army here, they're saying they discovered these guys in an area where civilians were supposed to have been evacuated weeks ago, and they're now saying they were checking to see, you know, who of them might actually be Hamas fighters. And the International Committee of the Red Cross also expressed a lot of concern. And Egypt's foreign minister called the images catastrophic and said they degraded the men. And there're Israeli soldiers milling about on the sidewalk. They're sitting on a street, and their heads are bowed. LANGFITT: I think one of the most striking ones was this video panning dozens of men. SIMON: Please, for those who haven't seen them, describe these images and what the reaction has been. Frank, thanks for being with us.įRANK LANGFITT, BYLINE: It's good to be with you, Scott. For more, we turn now to NPR's Frank Langfitt in Tel Aviv. Meanwhile, the United States is being criticized for vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. Thanks, Shary T.Palestinian and Arab officials say they are outraged over images of scores of Palestinian men stripped to their underwear under the guard of Israeli soldiers. If you can still correct oversight, that I would be most appreciative. ![]() Secondly, I bought this big expensive game on one of the 9 days of the Christmas sale and was above the purchase price limit for the offer, but I did NOT get the FREE game. However, This latest purchase of Oath Slayers, which was a very big box game, has very high shipping costs! I was surprised by the weight of the board game and wish that Zatu would have had that detail more front and center in the Ad. They have a good selection of Board Games and arrival, even though I am in the States, is quick.
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