'FINISH THEM,' scribbles Nikki Haley on Israeli artillery shell

Haley’s scrawl drew immediate blowback from human rights watchdogs, as Israel’s months-long assault on Gaza continues.

“Nikki Haley shows who she is,” said former Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth. “As Israeli bombardment has killed far more Palestinian civilians than combatants, she signs a bomb, ‘Finish them.’ Why not just sign, ‘I favor Israeli war crimes.'”

Haley visited the northern border of Israel, a day after an Israeli airstrike killed at least 45 civilians, including children, at a Palestinian refugee camp in Rafah in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Israel’s military said it had attacked a Hamas compound, killing two senior militants. After further details emerged, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu characterized the strike as “a tragic mistake” and announced an investigation.

The strike drew international condemnation with French President Emmanuel Macron calling for a halt to Israel’s Rafah operation, adding there were “no safe areas in Rafah for Palestinian civilians.”

According to estimates from Gaza, Israel has killed more than 35,000 people in its retaliatory assault, after Palestinian Hamas militants killed 1,200 Israelis and took hundreds of hostages during a violent attack on October 7 last year.