Forensic Architecture: The IOF Killing of Luai Kahil and Amir A-Nimrah in Gaza

On the 14 July 2018, in Gaza City, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, two Palestinian teenagers climbed onto the rooftop of the al-Katibah building. A short time later the pair, Luai Kahil and Amir a-Nimrah, were killed by a missile fired from an Israeli aircraft.

The missile was one of a series of four to hit the building in short order, before a series of much larger strikes arrived shortly after, substantially damaging the building and its surroundings.

The series of four were part of a process known as ‘roof knocking’, whereby a series of ‘warning strikes’—inaccurately characterised by the IOF as loud but non-lethal munitions—is intended to communicate to civilians in the area that they should evacuate, as a larger series of strikes is incoming.

After the attack, the IOF published, through its Twitter account, a video of the attack. As FA studied that video sequence, however, FA noticed that the footage had been manipulated, and that footage of the fatal warning strike had been replaced by footage of a later strike, from a different angle.

Using available open source material, and material from local CCTV cameras, FA established a precise timeline of the incident, in order to demonstrate which of the strikes had killed Kahil and a-Nimrah, and to expose the IOF’s manipulation of its own video footage.

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https://www.forensic-architecture.org/case/killing-luai-kahil-amir-nimrah/#toggle-id-3

B'Tselem: Lethal “warning”: 2 Palestinian teens killed on rooftop in Gaza by Israeli “warning missile”
https://www.btselem.org/video/201812_lethal_warning#full

IOF edited out key footage of deadly Gaza missile strike, researchers say
https://972mag.com/deadly-gaza-strike-idf-edited-footage/139316/

Electronic Intifada: Israel doctored video to hide killing of Gaza boys
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/israel-doctored-video-hide-killing-gaza-boys

The Intercept: Israel Tampered With Video of Strike That Killed Two Palestinian Boys, Investigators Say
https://theintercept.com/2018/12/19/israel-airstrike-gaza-two-boys/

Middle East Eye: 'Non-lethal' Israeli weaponry killed two teens in Gaza in July
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/non-lethal-israeli-weaponry-killed-two-boys-gaza-july-report-150486778

NY Times: Israeli ‘Warning’ Shot Killed Two Boys in Gaza, Rights Groups Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/17/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-roof-knocking.html