Four in Gaza killed by sound-bombs
The wierd intimidation tactic of sound bombs and sonic booms that the Israeli miltary has been using since the Gaza pullout via lowflying jets has a death toll. “Disengagement” seems to be more about how to attack a people without having to do it in person.
The General Director of Reception and Emergency in the Palestinian Health Ministry, Dr Mauia Hassanin, declared that four sick Palestinians died on Sunday 18the December due to Israeli sound-bombs and shelling in Southern Gaza. … Some 77 people, especially children and elderly women, rushed to the hospital after the attack, suffering from nausea and confusion, some of whom were transferred to a specialist care centre for treatment of the nervous system.
— Palestine Monitor (Via Scoop)
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[...] the use of sound as a structuring technology- a sonic architecture, if you will- from night-time sound bombs used to create an environment of paranoia and fear among the colonized, to high-pitched frequencies [...]