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Bulldozers and Bureaucracy: The Systematic Erasure of Palestinian Humanity

We have become numb to the numbers. The rising death tolls in Gaza scroll past us, a horrific but abstract ledger of loss. To break this numbness, to pierce the veil of statistics, we must focus on the specific, the documented, and the grotesquely tangible. A recent CNN investigation does precisely that, offering not just a number, but a method. It documents a practice so chilling it strips away any pretense of "collateral damage" and reveals a stark contempt for human dignity, alive or dead. The report is a meticulous piece of journalism. It employs geolocation, satellite imagery, and witness testimony to allege that Israeli military bulldozers were used near the Zikim crossing to bury Palestinian bodies in shallow, unmarked graves or leave them exposed to the elements. Separately, it documents instances of Palestinians being shot near aid distribution points, their bodies left to decompose in "hazardous conditions" deemed too dangerous for recovery. This is not a ...