The current situation in Gaza and Israel did not come out of the blue. Read critical background left out of breaking news alerts…
Essential facts and stats about the Hamas-Gaza-Israel war
Northern Gaza has become a killing field – Day 367
Humanitarian catastrophe in northern Gaza amid violent ethnic cleansing and ecocide; update on little Hind Rajab; Israel is using human shields (again); US has spent nearly $23 billion on Israel’s genocide; US considers attacking Iran in tandem with Israel; more.
Palestinian pain and outrage are being ignored, but will not be erased – Day 366
Politicians focus on Israel; Israeli soldier makes Palestinian captives listen to Torah; the truth about northern Gaza; war on the West Bank; Palestinian diaspora rage; more evidence for genocide case at ICJ; US helps Israel with “how to,” not “whether to” attack Iran; Pope Francis on Gaza; earthquake in Iran?; Biden’s expletive-ridden opinion about Netanyahu
The most precarious place in the world to be a child: Israel’s year of war on children
Israel’s onslaught against the Palestinian people has systematically targeted children in both Gaza and the West Bank. The result is a war against an entire generation.
The beginnings of ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza, as Year Two of the revolution begins – Day 365
On one-year anniversary of Gaza’s prison break: forced population transfer (ethnic cleansing) is underway in Gaza; US wants to pay Israel to be selective in bombing Iran; journalist stalked, killed; calls to end Israel’s attack on healthcare in Lebanon, much more.
How Israel killed hundreds of its own people on October 7
A year’s worth of The Electronic Intifada’s investigative reporting, extensive monitoring and translation of the Hebrew-language Israeli media, and more has revealed that during the 7th offensive, Israel expanded the use of its murderous “Hannibal Directive” – designed to prevent soldiers from being taken alive as prisoners of war – by killing many of its own civilians… In fact, “Hannibal” began less than an hour after the Palestinian offensive began…
Israeli attacks intensify on Gaza, Lebanon, with no end in sight – Day 364
Israel pummels civilian sites in Gaza, Lebanon, using alleged “precise munitions” to kill alleged “terrorists”; Netanyahu denounces Macron’s call for arms embargo.
Every accusation a confession: Israel and the double lie of ‘human shields’
Multiple human rights reports show that Palestinian armed groups do not use human shields, but Israel does. Israel’s false claims about Palestinian human shields are just attempts to justify its own targeting of civilians.
Israel’s game plan for Lebanon looks a lot like Gaza, and that’s not good news – Day 363
Evacuations, blockades, attacks on healthcare facilities – even aid from the US – show that Lebanon is on a path similar to Gaza’s; Pentagon is having second thoughts about American presence in Middle East
Massive Israeli airstrike kills at least 18 in West Bank; Gaza and Lebanon battered – Day 362
Gaza schools under Israeli fire again, as education sector suffers untold losses; major Israeli attack in the West Bank kills at least 18; lavish government spending on behalf of Israel; disproportionate number of healthcare workers killed in Lebanon; Israel allegedly uses white phosphorus (again); Israel assassinates (more) prominent Hezbollah and Iranian figures; Israel tells Lebanese residents to get out and stay out; more.
Israel has wiped out 902 Palestinian families in Gaza over past year – Day 361
The decimation of Gaza’s families; Nasrallah and ceasefire; massacres, including a journalist and his family; a first: bill to block weapons to Israel; white phosphorus (again); damage to Israel’s military bases; Biden admin makes Israel the victim, encourages attack on Iran; Arab world offers Israel peace; evacuating Americans from Lebanon