'The First Live-Streamed Genocide': Al Jazeera Documentary Exposes Israeli War Crimes in Gaza

This feature length investigation by Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit exposes Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip through the medium of photos and videos posted online by Israeli soldiers themselves during the year long conflict.

The I-Unit has built up a database of thousands of videos, photos and social media posts. Where possible it has identified the posters and those who appear.

The material reveals a range of illegal activities, from wanton destruction and looting to the demolition of entire neighbourhoods and murder.

The film also tells the story of the war through the eyes of Palestinian journalists, human rights workers and ordinary residents of the Gaza Strip. And it exposes the complicity of Western governments -- in particular the use of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus as a base for British surveillance flights over Gaza.

"The west cannot hide, they cannot claim ignorance. Nobody can say they didn't know," says Palestinian writer, Susan Abulhawa.This is "the first livestream genocide in history ... If people are ignorant they are wilfully ignorant," she says.

65 doctors, nurses, and paramedics told the New York Times what they saw in Gaza. What they saw was a pattern of children being shot in the head. pic.twitter.com/DSsrkmA350

— Paul Graham (@paulg) October 9, 2024

Surgeon, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, on what he witnessed in his first month in Gaza. On @CBSSunday

“No toddler gets shot twice by mistake by the world’s best sniper.” pic.twitter.com/wAoRWaNngo

— Samira Mohyeddin سمیرا (@SMohyeddin) July 22, 2024

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“Do not spare them. Put to de*** men, women, children and infants.”

This is the directive issued by Lt. Col. Adi Bekore, deputy commander of the 749 Battalion, one of the main battalions currently fighting in Gaza that has already blown up dozens of homes… pic.twitter.com/hf1p0zlNol

— Younis Tirawi | يونس (@ytirawi) October 11, 2024