Israeli drone chases and kills Gaza woman and son – Western media ignores it

An Israeli drone pursued an older woman and her son through the rubble of Gaza yesterday, and then killed them both, along with at least five others. As Al Jazeera reported:

The Israeli military said it killed three people in separate incidents, claiming they had crossed the “yellow line” – an unmarked boundary where the Israeli military repositioned itself when the ceasefire with Hamas came into effect on October 10.

However, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City, said the woman and her son were chased by a quadcopter drone about one kilometre [half a mile] from the yellow line and “left there to bleed to death” as the aircraft continued hovering overhead, preventing anyone from reaching them.

Israeli drone kills; Western media silent

Some Israeli media reported the attack, but Western media have ignored it entirely:

The pair were among at least seven Palestinians murdered by Israel on the same day, in Beit Lahiya, Jabalia, and Zeitoun.

The occupation continues to starve Gaza, while also blocking essential food, medicines, medical equipment, shelters, and building materials as the Palestinian winter bites. Israeli human rights group B’Tselem said the blockade, which has left more than a million people in flooded tents, makeshift shelters and wrecked buildings with no winter clothing or even shoes, is:

a direct result of Israeli policy and international silence.

One in four households is eating only at best a single meal a day, while one in ten are frequently going without food entirely. Almost the whole surviving population of Gaza – around 1.7 million according to Israeli military data – has been displaced, while approaching 700,000 have been murdered, either by bombs and bullets or by the starvation blockade.

Such atrocities have been met with silence from the UK and other Western media. Failing that, at best, these mainstream outlets have provided a regurgitation of Israeli narratives and an attempt at sanitisation to remove Israel’s guilt.

Featured image via YouTube screenshot/Middle East Eye