Susan Ville<p>cc <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deutschland</span></a> </p><p>🟦 Human Rights Watch <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>update</span></a> </p><p>🔹 Israeli Military <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/warcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warcrimes</span></a> while occupying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a>: Denial of care, deadly forced evacuations, destruction of medical facilities</p><p>🔹 Israeli authorities have not investigated ISR forces' horrific abuses - Those responsible, including senior Israeli officials, should be held to account</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/icc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/icj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icj</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genevaconventions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ihl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ihl</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> </p><p>📑 Report HRW 👇🏽 MAR-20 </p><p><a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/03/20/gaza-israeli-military-war-crimes-while-occupying-hospitals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hrw.org/news/2025/03/20/gaza-i</span><span class="invisible">sraeli-military-war-crimes-while-occupying-hospitals</span></a></p>
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Susan Ville<p>Head of the 🔵 UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA) in Palestine, Jonathan Whittall, shared a harrowing account of a mass grave uncovered in Gaza's southern city of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rafah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rafah</span></a>, where several emergency responders and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paramedics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paramedics</span></a>, still in their uniforms and gloves, were killed by ISR forces. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genevaconventions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/warcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warcrimes</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CrimesAgainstHumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimesAgainstHumanity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> </p><p>Source: OCHA <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/un" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>un</span></a> </p><p>📰 Report by MEMO 👇🏽 </p><p><a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250331-un-footage-shows-gaza-first-responders-retrieved-from-mass-graves-in-rafah/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">middleeastmonitor.com/20250331</span><span class="invisible">-un-footage-shows-gaza-first-responders-retrieved-from-mass-graves-in-rafah/</span></a></p>
Susan Ville<p>📢 "The International Committee of the Red Cross is appalled that eight medics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society were killed while carrying out their work, along with five first responders from the Civil Defence in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> and a staff member of the United Nations. Their bodies were identified today and have been recovered for dignified burial. (...)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/icrc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icrc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/warcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warcrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/icc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/icj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icj</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genevaconventions</span></a> </p><p>Read more:</p><p>📑 Statement ICRC 👇🏽 </p><p><a href="https://blogs.icrc.org/ilot/2025/03/30/icrc-appalled-by-killing-of-prcs-medics-and-first-responders/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.icrc.org/ilot/2025/03/30</span><span class="invisible">/icrc-appalled-by-killing-of-prcs-medics-and-first-responders/</span></a></p>
Jorro<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/kristinoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kristinoem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genevaconventions</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elsalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elsalvador</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> </p><p>So Kristi Noem violated the Geneva Conventions, what a surprise;</p><p>“The humanitarian laws included in the Geneva Convention mandate that “prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated and protected against acts of violence, intimidation, insults, and public curiosity,” wrote Secretary of the Navy John H. Chafee in 1971 during the height of the Vietnam War.</p><p>That means that “[p]risoners may not be publicly exploited for purposes of propaganda,” wrote Jonathan V. Last in a scathing column at The Bulwark that pointed out the grotesque nature of Noem’s photo op, with the prisoners dressed alike, “crammed into a cell,” unmoving, silent, and not making any facial expressions.”</p><p><a href="https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/kristi-noems-el-salvador-prison-photo-op-might-have-violated-the-geneva-convention/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mediaite.com/opinion/kristi-no</span><span class="invisible">ems-el-salvador-prison-photo-op-might-have-violated-the-geneva-convention/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But we don’t live there anymore. We live in a country where the fed govt allies itself w/Russian & South American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictators</span></a> while taking sides against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democratic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allies</span></a>. A country that threatens its neighbors w/annexation. A country that views the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenevaConventions</span></a> as namby-pamby suggestions that only apply to suckers & losers. A country that uses <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SecretPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecretPolice</span></a>.</p><p>And perhaps most importantly, a country where the regime no longer abides by rulings from the existing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> system.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The goal is always the same, though: To use <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prisoners</span></a>’ bodies as weapons of political war & to do so against their will.</p><p>This is what evil, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/illiberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illiberal</span></a> regimes do.</p><p>Liberal regimes have standards for the treatment of prisoners. These standards are codified under the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenevaConventions</span></a>, which the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> has signed & ratified.</p><p>Among the standards dictated by the Geneva Conventions is this: Prisoners may not be publicly exploited for purposes of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Susan Ville<p>📢 Israel continues to refuse to facilitate a rescue mission for nine Palestinian paramedics trapped in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rafah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rafah</span></a> in southern <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a>, the Red Crescent Society said on Tuesday.</p><p>For the third consecutive day, the fate of nine Palestine Red Crescent ambulance crew members remains unknown after they were besieged and targeted by ISR forces.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genevaconventions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/warcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warcrimes</span></a> </p><p>📰 Report: Anadolu 👇🏽 </p><p><a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-refuses-to-coordinate-rescue-mission-for-trapped-paramedics-in-gaza-s-rafah/3519391" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israe</span><span class="invisible">l-refuses-to-coordinate-rescue-mission-for-trapped-paramedics-in-gaza-s-rafah/3519391</span></a></p>
Susan Ville<p>📢 🕯️ Nine civilians, including two <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a>, killed by Israeli soldiers' live bullets in Beit Lahia, northern <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> * </p><p>*Violation of Truce (VoT) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ceasefire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ceasefire</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/warcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warcrimes</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genevaconventions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geneva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geneva</span></a> </p><p>📰 Source/report: WAFA 👇🏽 </p><p><a href="https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/155569" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/</span><span class="invisible">155569</span></a></p>
GLOSM/PARES<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/warcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warcrimes</span></a>.</p><p>Since <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/October7th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>October7th</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israelis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israelis</span></a> have violated the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GenevaConventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenevaConventions</span></a> hundreds of times, which is clear evidence that they don't recognize international law when it is against them. That is why <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> is making stampede over found <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocidal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocidal</span></a> crimes on reproduction healthcare in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>.</p>
Aurélien<p>It's not only the USA who are busy destroying the international order: <a href="https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-104408.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">admin.ch/gov/en/start/document</span><span class="invisible">ation/media-releases.msg-id-104408.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>switzerland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/intlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intlaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/internationallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internationallaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genevaconventions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/warcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warcrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a></p>
RememberUsAlways<p>Wow. <br>"<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> has informed states that it has canceled a conference on the application of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GenevaConventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenevaConventions</span></a> to the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> territories for want of participants, three diplomatic sources told Reuters on Thursday."<br><a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-845037" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jpost.com/breaking-news/articl</span><span class="invisible">e-845037</span></a></p>
Susan Ville<p>++ 📢 Al Mayadeen obtains the content of a letter from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC): "OIC member states, alongside Palestine, are inclined to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycott</span></a> the conference, which is set to take place in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geneva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geneva</span></a> tomorrow (MAR-07) - The conference is doomed to fail due to Switzerland’s decision, as the guardian state of the Geneva Conventions, to disregard its legal framework ++ </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genevaconventions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/westbank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>westbank</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> </p><p>Source: Al Mayadeen</p><p>🔔 w/updates </p><p><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/geneva-conference-on-occupied-palestinian-lands-at-risk-amid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.almayadeen.net/news/po</span><span class="invisible">litics/geneva-conference-on-occupied-palestinian-lands-at-risk-amid</span></a></p>
Opinion | The Guardian US<p>The Guardian view on Israel’s aid blockade: pushing Palestinians toward catastrophe | Editorial <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/05/the-guardian-view-on-israels-aid-blockade-pushing-palestinians-toward-catastrophe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/05/the-guardian-view-on-israels-aid-blockade-pushing-palestinians-toward-catastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Internationalcriminalcourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internationalcriminalcourt</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Palestinianterritories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinianterritories</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/BenjaminNetanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminNetanyahu</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genevaconventions</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Warcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Warcrimes</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a></p>
Susan Ville<p>📢 Es gibt keine Ausnahmeregelungen für Israelische Minister oder Mitglieder der ISR Streitkräfte! </p><p>Deutschland hat das Römische Statut am 11.DEZ 2000 ratifiziert - damit verpflichtet sich das Land, gesuchte Kriegsverbrecher an das Tribunal in Den Haag auszuliefern.</p><p>Tun Offizielle dies nicht, machen sie sich mitschuldig.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/v%C3%B6lkerrecht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>völkerrecht</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/learningbydoing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learningbydoing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternationaHumanitarianLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationaHumanitarianLaws</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genevaconventions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngo</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/presse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presse</span></a> </p><p>👇🏽 <a href="https://mastodon.social/@villebooks/114069839261020326" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@villebooks/11</span><span class="invisible">4069839261020326</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genevaconventions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br>Heather Cox Richardson </p><p>“So you are saying that the Geneva Convention should not be observed?” King asked. “We follow rules,” Hegseth said. “But we don't need burdensome rules of engagement that make it impossible for us to win these wars. And that's what President Trump understands.”</p><p>Hegseth refused to say he would abide by the Geneva Conventions. He refused to condemn torture.</p>
Susan Ville<p>📌 Families in northern <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> return to rubble and homes with no roofs. </p><p>Exhausted from the long journey, many are overwhelmed with hope, shock, and devastation.</p><p>The International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC is working to provide lifesaving support, but the road to recovery is long.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genevaconventions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ihl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ihl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emergencyresponse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emergencyresponse</span></a> </p><p>📲 Video credit: ICRC <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geneva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geneva</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zWKo1NG1aY&t=2s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=2zWKo1NG1a</span><span class="invisible">Y&t=2s</span></a></p>
RememberUsAlways<p>The United Nations human rights chief has condemned Hamas's handover of dead <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hostages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hostages</span></a> in southern Gaza, accusing the group of disrespecting the remains of the foreign Israelis and their families.<br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UnitedNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedNations</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> has no future.<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-21/un-condemns-hamas-for-parading-israeli-hostages-bodies-in-gaza/104963586" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-02-21/un-</span><span class="invisible">condemns-hamas-for-parading-israeli-hostages-bodies-in-gaza/104963586</span></a><br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hostage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hostage</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genevaconventions</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/iran" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iran</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/lebanon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lebanon</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/yemen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>yemen</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/syria" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>syria</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/ireland" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ireland</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/russia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>russia</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/uk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>uk</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/australia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>australia</span></a></span></p>
Susan Ville<p>📢 The director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, Doctor Hussam Abu Safiyah, is expected to be among those who'll be released on Saturday. </p><p>Israeli media has broadcast footage of the doctor chained and appearing weaker than when he was detained in northern <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> back in December. </p><p>Dr <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@drmadsgilbert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>drmadsgilbert</span></a></span> from the University of Tromso weighs on his release. </p><p>(Follow Dr Mads Gilbert on mastodon)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genevaconventions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> </p><p>📲 Video credit: TRT World</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd0IZsJViuc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Bd0IZsJViuc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Susan Ville<p>📢 ISR forces released a video showing Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, hospital director of Kamal Adwan in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a>, handcuffed and exhausted, after his arrest under the “unlawful combatant” law.*</p><p>*Local policies can not bend international laws: under the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genevaconventions</span></a> - the targeting and detaining of health care personnel constitutes to a violation of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ihl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ihl</span></a> and is therefore a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/warcrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warcrime</span></a>. </p><p>📰 Report by The Palestine Chronicle 👇🏽 </p><p><a href="https://www.palestinechronicle.com/video-shows-israeli-occupations-mistreatment-of-dr-hussam-abu-safiya/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">palestinechronicle.com/video-s</span><span class="invisible">hows-israeli-occupations-mistreatment-of-dr-hussam-abu-safiya/</span></a></p>
RememberUsAlways<p>"The Redheaded Bibas Children, the Youngest <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hostages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hostages</span></a> in Gaza, Aren’t Coming Home Alive<br>Israelis had hoped against hope that the family, taken when the youngest was just nine months old, had survived their captivity."<br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hostage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hostage</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/genevaconventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genevaconventions</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/the-redheaded-bibas-children-the-youngest-hostagesin-gaza-arent-coming-home-alive-685f127d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/world/middle-east/the-</span><span class="invisible">redheaded-bibas-children-the-youngest-hostagesin-gaza-arent-coming-home-alive-685f127d</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/iran" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iran</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/lebanon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lebanon</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/yemen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>yemen</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/syria" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>syria</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/ireland" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ireland</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/russia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>russia</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/uk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>uk</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/australia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>australia</span></a></span></p>
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