Shiri, Ariel and Kfira Bibasa, Israeli Mother and her two young sons renounce 7. October, should be buried on the private price of funeral on Wednesday. Their return rightly caused the spill of international grief and anger, with public landmarks in Israel illuminated in its memory and international honors, including two days of mourning in Argentina. The circumstances of their deaths remain disputed-Israel claims Hamas brutally killed them in captivity, while Hamas claims they were killed in the Israeli air center. The conflicting narratives that surround their fate strengthen the urgent need for an independent investigation to reveal the truth.
The death of the bibas family are a deep tragedy, and their abduction was an unauthorized war crime. The family should never be taken hostage, and should be unconditionally released.
But their suffering – and hundreds of other Israeli languages - does not justify mass killing thousands of other children, older, females and men in Gaza. It does not approve the deletion of the entire communities, destruction of hospitals, schools and civil society institutions.
Still, that just happened.
For decades, the Israeli government held the policy of retaining the body of Palestinians killed in conflict, using them as negotiating chips. The bodies of hundreds of late Palestinians remain in Israeli custody, and some stored in refrigerators since the 1960s, others buried in secret cemeteries, and many have recently been killed. Their families continue to sue, denied even the basic dignity of the funeral.
Where is the concern for them?
The world is mourning the tragedy of Israeli families, as you should. But it cannot continue to ignore Palestinian grief. The denial of funeral is a violation of basic human rights. Expands suffering and dehumanize the dead. It is a form of collective punishment, the practice convicted under international law.
Mass killing civilians, the retention of the body and deleting the entire communities are not the works of self-defense. These are war crimes, not an essential justification in the name of previous crimes can’t change that reality.
War crimes and crimes against humanity do not justify more war crimes and crimes against humanity. Many international organizations warned that forced displacement and mass killing civilians world witnesses from 7. October 2023. year, the amount for genocide.
While Israel accused Hamas killing the Bibas family, Hamas claims that they were killed by Israeli air apparations. The conflict between these narratives strengthens the urgent need for an independent investigation. The public deserves the truth – not selectively indignation with political practicality.
Furthermore, Israel refused to take over the bibasia’s bodies in November 2023. year, referring to strategic military reasons. If their death were exclusively the result of Hamas actions, why would Israel refuse to return them? The implications of this decision must be reviewed.
Chaotic first hours 7. October included Israeli air measures aimed at areas in which they were hostages. Reports Indicate that the Israeli defensive force has implemented Hannibal Directive, a controversial Israeli military policy designed to prevent the capture of Israeli soldiers – even at the price of their lives. Can this policy play a role in the death of the Bibas family? Only an independent investigation can determine the truth.
Without a full, independent investigation, selective framing of these deaths risk that weapons are in order to justify further escalations – with catastrophic consequences.
Israeli leaders and most of the Western media rightly highlighted the tragic death of Israeli children like Kfir and Ariel Bibas. But what about Palestinian children? Where is the rage for them?
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Consider the last Rajab, a five-year Palestinian girl whose last moments should persecute everything.
29. January 2024. Year, Hind was captured in a car in the city of Gaza, surrounded by the bodies of her murdered family members. She spent the hours on the phone with rescuers, whispering in terror as well as Israeli tanks nearby. She begged for help.
Rescue workers tried to get her to her. And they were killed.
The days later, when the vehicle was finally reached, the last body could be lifeless, itself, its objection without an answer.
This was not an accident. The deliberate targeting of civilians, including children, was well documented during this war.
The Gazan Child Dection Death Count surpasses 13,000 – with many more unguarded for ruins. They weren’t fighters. These were not a human shield.
They were children – just like Kfir and Ariel.
Selective bitter fuels of eternal cycles of violence. It allows war crimes to continue under the guise of retaliation, and are released into force of responsibility.
If we must support the universal principles of justice, then the same rage in the name of Israeli civilians must be applied to Palestinian civilians. The same responsibility requirements for Hamas crimes must be applied to Israeli war crimes.
To oblige one child and ignore other is not justice.
Reset the freedom for one nation as they use the territory for another is not justice.
Relax the tragedy to justify further atrocities is not justice.
Use dead to achieve propaganda victories or maintenance of conflict. Human dignity is not conditional.
Selective condemnation of war crimes allows crimes to bloom. Justice cannot be sought for some victims, but they forgave for others. It must be applied universal, without exception – regardless of nationality, religion or political loyalty.
If we talk only for lives that match a particular narrative, we do not ask for justice – we are looking for revenge.
The real test of our humanity is whether we support the principle that all lives are worth it – even when it is politically uncomfortable.
Faisal Kutty is a lawyer, professor of law and regular contribution to the tooroto Star.
Attitudes expressed in this article are their own writer.
2025-02-25 22:01:00
