Episode 119 - The Massacre at Al Shifa

To consult the sources used in the preparation of this episode, please see:

Background/Contextualizing Sources

• IV Geneva Convention_Civilian Protections (UN.org)

• Rome-Statute.pdf  

• FactSheet10rev.1en.pdf (ohchr.org)

• Convention on the Rights of the Child | OHCHR

• Right to Health_Barriers to health and attacks on health care in the OPT (2022 WHO report)

• ICJ Order for Provisional Measures_26 January 2024 (icj-cij.org)

• ICJ Ruling Reaffirming Order for Provisional Measures_16 February 2024 (icj-cij.org)  

• ICJ Order upon Request to Modify Provisions_28 March 2024 (icj-cij.org)

• 500+ Instances of Israeli Incitement to Genocide (Law for Palestine)

• Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: crime against humanity (Amnesty International)

• A regime of Jewish supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid (B'Tselem)

• A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution (HRW)

• Israel’s 55-year occupation of Palestinian Territory is Apartheid (OHCHR) 

• Quick Facts: The Palestinian Nakba ("Catastrophe") (IMEU)

• Noura Erakat_The Sovereign Right to Kill (Academia.edu)

• Mariam Barghouti_The ongoing Nakba means ongoing resistance (Mondoweiss)

• Rabea Eghbariah_The ongoing Nakba: Towards a legal framework for Palestine (The Nation)

• Noura Erakat_Nakba Peace (palestine-studies.org)

• ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza (972Mag)

• ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza (972Mag)

• Anatomy of a Genocide_Francesca Albanese_March 25, 2024 (OHCHR)

• My family survived the Deir Yassin massacre. 75 years later, we still demand justice. (Mondoweiss)

• The Deir Yassin massacre: Why it still matters 75 years later (Al Jazeera)

Videos

• مستشفى الشفاء.. جرائم مدفونة - Al Shifa Hospital: The Crimes They Tried To Bury (YouTube)

• Al-Shifa Hospital completely destroyed by Israel following 2-week raid (YouTube)

• The Palestine Pod_Ep. 106  (YouTube)

• Dr. Amira Al-Safadi testimony_Al Shifa Hospital (Reel on Facebook)

• Middle East Eye interview_March 29, 2024 

• Bayan Abusultan's account of al-Shifa Hospital siege (VLOG)

• A Palestinian father tells the story of how his family was stuck in the basement for 12 days in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City : r/Palestine (reddit.com)

• The Walls of Al-Shifa Hospital (The Cradle Media on X)

• Summary of Diplomatic Sanctions (@nouraerakat on Instagram)

• @gazangirl on Instagram 

• ‎@joegaza93 on Instagram

• @mohammedharar2 on Instagram

• @wizard_bisan1 on Instagram

• @hindkhoudary on Instagram

• @motaz_azaiza on Instagram

• @plestia.alaqad on Instagram

• @eid_yara on Instagram

• @dr.ghassan.as on Instagram

• ‎@mariambarghouti on Instagram

• @nida_aljazeera on Instagram

• @eye.on.palestine on Instagram

Articles/References

• Apr 12, 2024_Flash Update #152 (OCHA)

• Apr 8, 2024_Flash Update #151_Al Shifa Hospital (OCHA)

• Apr 1, 2024_Flash Update #150_Number of Palestinians held captive_Updates on Children (OCHA)

• ‘Come out, you animals’: how the massacre at al-Shifa Hospital happened (Mondoweiss)

• Gaza: Shifa Medical Complex witnesses one of the largest massacres in Palestinian history (EuroMedMonitor)

• Gaza: Al-Shifa Medical Complex massacre provides proof that the Israeli army engaged in full-fledged crimes (EuroMedMonitor)

• Al-Shifa Hospital in ruins (The Electronic Intifada)

• Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital (Al Jazeera)

• Report_Six months of war leave Al-Shifa hospital in ruins (WHO)

• Six months of war in Gaza (Doctors Without Borders)

• ‘Systematic dismantling of healthcare must end’ says WHO (UN News)

• UN experts deplore attacks on Al-Shifa Hospital, urge States to stop the massacre (OHCHR)

• “Genocidal Machine”: Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah on Israel’s Destruction of Gaza’s Hospitals (Democracy Now!)

• How Israeli soldiers assaulted Palestinians during the raid on al-Shifa hospital (Middle East Eye)

• Palestinians recover bodies left by Israeli army during al-Shifa raid (Middle East Eye)

• Ex-Israeli prime minister suggests Gaza's Shifa hospital a target (Middle East Eye)

• 100 Israeli doctors call for Gaza hospitals to be bombed (Middle East Eye)

• Israel’s raid on Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital: Here’s what you need to know (Al Jazeera)

• Israeli attack that killed WCK aid workers consistent with multiple precision strikes, analysis shows (CNN)

• How World Central Kitchen serves Israel's genocidal agenda (The Electronic Intifada)

• October 7 testimonies reveal Israel’s military ‘shelling’ Israeli citizens with tanks, missiles (The Grayzone)

• ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza (972Mag)

• Despite war crimes, Israel insists on selling arms to Myanmar (972Mag)

• Israel maintains robust arms trade with rogue regimes (Al Jazeera)

• Dirty secret of Israel’s weapons exports: They’re tested on Palestinians (Al Jazeera)

• Israel Approves 99.8 Percent of All Weapon Export Requests - Israel News - Haaretz.com

• 'Irony' as Herzog marks Rwanda genocide amid Israel-Gaza war (NewArab)

• The Billionaire Oligarch Who’s Enabling Haiti’s Murderous Gangs (The New Republic)

• Zionism in Haiti: Israel Exporting an Apartheid State (WordPress)

• Canada will honour resolution blocking military exports to Israel (The National News)

• Canada stops arms sales to Israel: Who else has blocked weapons exports? (Al Jazeera)

• Majority in U.S. Now Disapprove of Israeli Action in Gaza (gallup.com)

• Biden 'outraged' by Israeli airstrike that killed aid workers in Gaza (Reuters)

• Biden administration approves more weapons for Israel (The Washington Post)

• US reportedly sending Israel fighter jets, thousands of 900-kilogram bombs in new weapons transfer (ABC News)