Senator Van Hollen said that “the scene is horrific,” referring to the pictures broadcast by Al Jazeera showing the bombing of an Israeli march on civilians in Khan Yunis (Reuters - Archive)
US Senator Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen, commenting on scenes broadcast by Al Jazeera of an Israeli march showing the targeting of four young men in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, said that an independent review should be conducted and there should be no confidence in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government should be subject to investigation.
Van Hollen's statements came during an interview with the American channel NBC, during which it showed a video broadcast by Al Jazeera showing the killing of young men in Khan Yunis, where Van Hollen, commenting on the pictures, said that "the scene is horrific" and stresses the need to investigate the Netanyahu government's management of the war, and a review should be conducted. Independent and distrustful of Netanyahu.
Van Hollen said that this video was disturbing and disturbing and shows that the United States should look more closely into the claims of the Netanyahu government. He added, “In my opinion, we should conduct independent investigations and not accept what the Netanyahu government said about what happened.”
The Senator believes that for this reason they have been demanding for some time the implementation of Memorandum No. 20 from the National Security Office, stipulating that in order for military aid to be provided to countries like Israel, they must submit written declarations of their commitment to international law and that there should not be random provision of this aid in this way.
NBC also quoted the Israeli army as investigating the circumstances of the video published by Al Jazeera, and said that the area shown in the video is an active operations area.
The Israeli Broadcasting Authority said that after examining scenes broadcast by Al Jazeera targeting 4 young men in Khan Yunis, it was found that they were from a terrorist cell.
The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation report did not provide any evidence that the four young men were armed or linked to military activity.
Al Jazeera had obtained scenes from an Israeli drone showing the targeting of Palestinian civilians in the Al-Sika area in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
The scenes were taken from a drone that was shot down in Khan Yunis at the beginning of last February. The exclusive scenes show an Israeli drone pursuing 4 young civilians and targeting them with several missiles, then targeting those who survived the initial bombing with other missiles.
Source: Al Jazeera