Summary
The February 29, 2024 deaths on Rashid Street in Gaza around an aid convoy, which Debunking the Genocide Allegations treats as the one incident in Lee Mordechai’s “Massacres” material that meets the common definition of a massacre, while disputing his account of responsibility (Debunking the Genocide Allegations: A Reexamination of the Israel-Hamas War from October 7, 2023 to June 1, 2025, PDF p.61-62, p.82).
Details
- Mordechai refers to the event as stemming from an Israeli attempt to supply and secure aid convoys “through a Gazan clan”; the work answers that the heads of the Daghmesh clan, who met Israeli representatives regarding aid shipments in March 2024, were subsequently murdered by Hamas, and that Palestinian Authority officials who came to northern Gaza to secure convoys were arrested and executed (PDF p.61-62).
- Mordechai is said to fail to distinguish individuals trampled “while fleeing Israeli fire” (a Wafa News Agency journalist at the scene), those killed by unknown gunmen (the IDF claim) and those killed by IDF fire (the GMOH claim) (PDF p.62).
- Following the event, Israel chose not to secure aid convoys, while Hamas prevented local actors and PA representatives from safeguarding aid, establishing Hamas’s monopoly over aid distribution on the authors’ account (PDF p.62).
Related pages
Debunking the Genocide Allegations: A Reexamination of the Israel-Hamas War from October 7, 2023 to June 1, 2025, Hamas, Lee Mordechai