John Chapman, James Henderson and James Kirby - three British men who were killed in Gaza on Monday. They were working for The World Central Kitchen (WCK) which has served thousands of meals to the desperately needy and beleaguered citizens of Gaza. They were killed in a targeted Israeli Defence Force (IDF) attack as they travelled in clearly marked white aid vehicles.
"This happens in war", said Israel's compassionate political leader - Benjamin Netanyahu. I guess he meant they were collateral damage.
There has been far too much "collateral damage" in Gaza. 33,000 Palestinians have now died - including 11,000 innocent children and a further 200 aid workers. The IDF seem to see HAMAS in every apartment block, every hospital, every rudimentary refugee shelter, every face. There is a convenient excuse for every atrocity they commit.
And the truth remains as it was at the start of this brutal revenge, they can never eliminate HAMAS for you simply cannot obliterate an idea. When the IDF went into the Al-Shifa hospital seeking members of HAMAS, how did they interview suspects? Were they carrying membership cards? Were international observers present to monitor the assassinations? Some of those victims were lying injured in hospital beds.
But shhh! I have probably said too much for there are some out there who still chant - "Israel good! Gaza bad!" and see none of the blurriness between.
I suspect that John Chapman and the two Jameses shown above were not the kind of aid workers we might imagine - saintly people voluntarily risking their lives to give help to the needy. The three men were probably very well paid to give the WCK vital security protection for they each had a lot of military experience. Sadly it did not save them.
The horror goes on.
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