Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are returning to rubble, devastation and the skeletal remains of loved ones where their homes and communities once stood in the Gaza Strip. The Lancet, one of the highest-impact academic journals in the world, estimates that Israel has killed more than , Palestinians since October Carpet bombings, deliberate starvation, destruction of health facilities and snipering of children have compelled Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the ICJ to accuse Israel of committing genocide.
And thousands of Palestinians who survived this genocide face torture and sexual abuse in Israeli prisons where systemic assaults by soldiers are well-doucmented , just as they were decades earlier. UNRWA was created in to provide life-saving aid for Palestinians who were forcibly removed from their homeland by the creation of Israel. They have never provided proof of these claims , and an international investigation in April found no evidence of terrorism with UNRWA workers.
Survivor Carol DaRonch in an undated photo. Carol DaRonch survived an attack from one of the most dangerous serial killers in American history when she fought back against Ted Bundy.
Though her older sister typically drove her through town, DaRonch had recently gotten her own car, a maroon Camaro with a black top. Teenager Carol DaRonch in a family photograph taken in the late s. While shopping at a bookstore inside the mall, a man approached DaRonch. He introduced himself as Officer Roseland , and told the teen that someone had been caught trying to break into her car in the mall parking lot.
She confirmed the Camaro belonged to her. He asked if she would follow him back to the parking lot to see if anything was stolen from her vehicle. Trying to be helpful, DaRonch agreed. However, Officer Roseland was not a police officer at all. The man was Ted Bundy, a year-old serial killer who had murdered at least 11 others before targeting DaRonch.
