DaysofPal- The Hamas Movement has described a CNN investigation as further documented evidence of Israeli deliberate transformation of humanitarian aid into deadly traps.
In a statement issued Thursday, Hamas said the CNN report revealed that the Israeli military had bulldozed the bodies of Palestinians who were killed while seeking aid, leaving dozens of corpses exposed and preventing their retrieval.
The Movement called these actions part of a systematic campaign of extermination against the Palestinian people.
Hamas emphasized that these atrocities are not isolated incidents but constitute war crimes and deliberate attacks carried out openly, in defiance of international law and basic human rights principles.
The Movement also criticized the U.S. administration and certain Western capitals for allegedly facilitating this genocide and obstructing international legal accountability for Israeli war crimes, particularly those involving former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Movement called on the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, and relevant national courts to investigate the reported crimes and include them in ongoing documentation efforts to hold Israeli leaders accountable for their actions in Gaza.
CNN’s investigation found that the Israeli forces had used bulldozers to move the bodies of Palestinian victims into shallow, unmarked graves near the Zikim crossing in northern Gaza.
In other cases, corpses were left exposed to the elements and decomposition.
The investigation relied on hundreds of photos and videos from the Zikim crossing area, eyewitness accounts, and interviews with local aid truck drivers. It reported that Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid were killed by indiscriminate Israeli gunfire near the crossing.
Satellite imagery released by CNN showed Israeli bulldozer activity throughout the summer in areas where aid-seekers had been killed.
The Israeli military reportedly justified the bulldozing as routine operational measures, such as dealing with explosive threats or routine engineering needs.
Eyewitnesses recounted that on June 15, Israeli forces fired on crowds of starving Palestinians approaching aid trucks, injuring many and preventing ambulances from reaching the scene for several days.
A rescue worker told CNN that recovered bodies were decomposed, with some parts eaten by dogs. Aid drivers also reported regularly seeing corpses being buried by Israeli bulldozers.
Satellite and photographic evidence confirmed bulldozer activity from late July to early August, with some operations appearing unrelated to operational needs, including moving soil and debris near overturned aid trucks.
Eyewitness Adil Mansour described finding bodies alongside aid boxes buried by bulldozers while searching for his 17-year-old son. Similar practices were reported in multiple areas of Gaza during Israeli military operations.
Former Israeli soldiers also confirmed instances of corpses being left to decompose or bulldozed into roadside pits.
Since the outbreak of the large-scale Israeli genocidal war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, more than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed and around 171,000 injured, most of them women and children.
Despite a ceasefire agreement taking effect on October 10, 2025, Israel is violating it, causing ongoing casualties and restricting food and medical aid to the 2.4 million people living in Gaza.
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