Totally understandable and timely call by BBC to downgrade Newsnight at the moment, especially on the type of geopolitical expertise someone like Mark Ubran has... after all there's very little global news or conflict happening these days.

🚨🧵The official IDF investigation is out, and and the crux pretty much confirms the leak to Haaretz on Tuesday: Forces “identified” a gunman on an unrelated truck, and then, although they never got another visual, ASSUMED that hypothetical gunman was on one of the WCK vehicles.

CPJ is extremely concerned about the disinformation and incitement campaigns targeting Palestinian journalist Younis Tirawi. We have documented several cases where journalists subjected to these campaigns have later been arrested or assaulted by Israeli law enforcement.

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The devastating Israeli airstrikes that killed World Central Kitchen personnel yesterday bring the number of aid workers killed in this conflict to 196 – including more than 175 members of our own United Nations staff.

This is unconscionable.

'In Gaza, everyone does as he pleases.' Despite official IDF response blaming attack on World Central Kitchen convoy for lack of coordination with aid orgs, intel officials say it is because certain troops do as they please. Damning report haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

🚨And here we go - several new military source speaks to Haaretz: The commanders (plural) and units (plural) acted IN CONTRAVENTION of both overall instructions *and orders*.
Says one IDF intelligence source: 'The General Staff know exactly why WCK were bombed -

So - a few follow-up points.
1. The stuff in my thread is NOT the official position of Israeli gov't and army. The official position, per Benjamin Netanyahu, is 'shit happens, war is hell.' The thread is a military source speaking, unauthorised, to Haaretz.

Humanitarians have spent SIX MONTHS telling anyone who would listen that deconfliction is broken. President Biden and his senior officials know it. But they've done little beyond scold the Israelis over it while continuing to send weapons.

This is the inevitable result.

The IDF's early explanation re the killing of the World Central Kitchen team is in - per 'security sources' speaking to Haaretz. Before we get to the putative pretext for the attack, they also disclose a harrowing detail - the drone bombed the convoy THREE TIMES in succession..

I have seen western peers discredit coverage from Gaza as biased. What a privileged stance.

Journos in #Gaza are not just reporting 'the story.' They are 'the story.' They have lost family, colleagues and their homes. They're live-streaming their survival and death in real time

The surroundings of Al-Shifa Hospital after the withdrawal of the Israeli army

'I don’t open my Facebook or Instagram, because all my friends from Gaza are there. I don’t want to know who is dead.' A series of conversations with a man in Gaza over the course of one week, on the particulars of everyday life during the war. bit.ly/48IKhvr

Civilians do not just have a moral right to aid, they have a legal right to aid.

I spoke with Ali Velshi about Israeli obstruction to humanitarian aid reaching Gaza.
msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

Starvation is on the rise in Gaza. This is not about rhetoric. This is not about politics. This is about survival. That's why it’s a failure of humanity.

My statement after seeing the Daily Mail Online article.

The Kate Middleton Photo Scandal has now got me seriously questioning this. 😒

New investigation: we explored Israel's ghost list of items that are being arbitrarily denied access to Gaza since October 7.

These include: Anesthesia machines, oxygen cylinders, crutches, solar panels, ventilators and water purification tablets.
cnn.com/2024/03/01/mid…

The caller is my mama 🥹🥹🥹