Occupation soldiers’ video exposes Israel’s lie about destruction of Gaza’s only cancer hospital

IOF claimed Turkish hospital destroyed because being used by Hamas – but ‘joke’ video exposes this as nonsense

When the Israeli occupation army demolished Gaza’s only cancer hospital last week in a massive detonation, the Israeli regime claimed this was done because Hamas was using the hospital – even though in reality Israel had been using it as a military base for more than a year.

So Israel’s lie was already obvious – but a video published by one of its genocide troops and posted by ‘Decolonising Health’ (DH) puts a stake through the lie’s heart, as two Israeli troops lark about misusing the hospital’s equipment intended to help Palestinians suffering from cancer in what they appear to think is a ‘joke’:

If Hamas had any presence in the hospital, the Israelis would certainly not be relaxed enough for such criminal nonsense. And as DH explained, this behaviour is also criminal on a number of levels:

1) War crimes (grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions)

🏥 Attacking medical facilities (Article 8(2)(b)(ix) of the Rome Statute):

Destroying a hospital is a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Medical facilities are protected under International Humanitarian Law, and their deliberate targeting constitutes a war crime.

🏥 Pillage and destruction of civilian property (Article 8(2)(b)(xvi)):

Using and mocking hospital equipment, particularly one meant for cancer patients, falls under pillage, which is explicitly prohibited.

🏥 Inhuman and degrading treatment (Article 8(2)(b)(xxi)):

The mockery and use of medical equipment as a joke is considered inhumane treatment towards the occupied.

2) Genocide (Article 6 of the Rome Statute)

🏥 Destruction of essential life infrastructure:

The destruction of medical institutions as part of a broader attack on the health and survival of a people constitutes genocide, as it contributes to conditions intended to bring about their destruction as a group.

🏥 Deliberate infliction of conditions of life to destroy a population (Article 6(c)):

The bombing of a hospital is part of a broader act to deny access to healthcare, contributing to inhumane living conditions leading to mass deaths.

3) Crimes against humanity (Article 7 of the Rome Statute)

🏥 Persecution (Article 7(1)(h)):

The targeted destruction of medical facilities essential for survival of a specific ethnic/national group is part of wider systematic persecution.

🏥 Other inhumane acts (Article 7(1)(k)):

The mockery of suffering and use of life-saving equipment for amusement falls under humiliating and degrading treatment, which is prohibited under international law.

4) Violations of the hague regulations (1907)

🏥 Destruction of civilian and medical property:

The Hague Regulations prohibit the destruction or seizure of enemy property unless imperatively demanded by war necessities. Hospitals are never legitimate targets.

The occupation regime is built on lies and lies habitually. But it can’t help exposing those lies almost as fast as it tells them.

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