#israeli-military

#israeli-military

It's not uncommon in Israel today for a young man in his early 20s to be spotted on the streets with an amputated leg or serious wound. More than 500 Israeli soldiers have survived serious injuries fighting in Gaza, according to the military. Many of them endured catastrophic wounds that would have killed or maimed them in Israel's past wars, Israeli combat medics and surgeons say.

"It is horrifying what Israel is doing, what the State of Israel is doing, that's why I am here, we got to try to stop it. They have no strategy, no goal what should come after, and there are all the casualties, hundreds of soldiers that got killed, and every other day another soldier is killed, and I am not even talking about the hostages,"

Hamas has said that none of the 21 people killed in an Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital was a member of the Palestinian movement, after the Israeli military claimed it had targeted a Hamas surveillance camera and killed six fighters in its attack on the medical facility. In a statement reported by the Reuters news agency on Wednesday, Hamas challenged the Israeli government's account that claimed to name six fighters killed in the attack, which has drawn global condemnation for targeting journalists, medics, rescue workers and civilians.

Chris Smalls joined the July mission of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, aiming to deliver aid to Gaza and highlight the connection between American labor struggles and Palestinian rights.