Palestinians barred from returning to homes in northern Gaza; Israeli strike kills 25 – 13 of them children; Israel orders $5.2B worth of new fighter jets (paid for by US military aid); new criminal probe opened against Netanyahu; new Israeli deportation law targets Palestinians; UN signals: no UNRWA means Israel is on its own; 2 Palestinians killed in West Bank; what Rashida Tlaib’s re-election signifies; more.
Category: Daily Updates
Daily news updates after October 7, 2023
Gazans trapped alive under rubble, Israel blocks their rescue – Day 395
Israel’s cruelty on full display in northern Gaza; Israel killed 8 in West Bank; upset in Netanyahu’s war cabinet does not bode well for Gazans; global calls for arms embargo; more guns in the hands of illegal, often ideological settlers; Palestinian teachers in Israeli schools at risk; more.
Israel defies Biden’s demand to increase aid, or else – Day 394
Israeli attack leaves newborn babies injured in Gaza hospital; hospital staff fear they will be “executed”; Israel failing to bring in more aid to Gaza after Biden sends threatening letter; still no evidence against UNRWA; Israeli pogroms ravage West Bank towns; massive destruction in Lebanon; Holocaust survivors’ son arrested in London for pro-Palestine “hate speech”; more.
Catastrophic situation in northern Gaza, as Israel terminates UNRWA after 57 years – Day 393
Starvation, destruction in northern Gaza; UNRWA officially fired with no replacement in sight; Israeli military denies attack on Gaza vaccination clinic; West Bank killing; Israeli forces struggle in Lebanon; more.
Israel attacks polio vaccination site in northern Gaza, injuring children – Day 392
Israeli brutality continues; US sends reinforcements; Israeli minister seeks to criminalize Israeli calls for sanctions; more.
Save the Children: “How many times must children in Gaza face mass slaughter? What will it take for world powers to say ‘enough’?” – Day 391
More horrific massacres across Gaza, Lebanon; new Israeli bill seeks to bar Palestinians from running for legislature; US announces new Middle East military deployments; Congress members call out Biden’s deployment of US troops and assets without congressional authorization
UN: Israel committing “deliberate war crimes” against Gaza’s healthcare system – Day 390
Israel destroys medical supplies, blocks medics from entering Gaza; more reports of abuse in Israeli prison; Gaza aid at its lowest level yet; Israel using facial recognition technology in Gaza; Israel also decimating Lebanon and its healthcare workers; 3 Palestinians assassinated in West Bank; more.
“There’s nothing to sustain life” in northern Gaza city; Biden admin ignores illegal use of US weapons in genocide – Day 389
Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza is a “disaster area”; Biden administration sitting on 500 cases of US weapons used to harm civilians, as American money funds 70% of Israel’s war; latest ceasefire plan a non-starter for Hamas; West Bank Palestinian killed; Israel threatens to bomb ancient Roman ruins; more.
Horrific Israeli massacre kills over 100 in northern Gaza – Day 388
Massacre in Beit Lahiya; famine looms over Gaza; Israel refuses medical evacuations for Gaza’s children; calls for Israel to be ousted from UN; most of the world critical of Israel’s actions, US officials simply curious; more.
Israeli legislature votes to ban critical UN humanitarian aid group – Day 387
Urgent call for doctors in northern Gaza; Israel votes strongly in favor of UNRWA ban, US is disappointed; Marwan Barghouti beaten severely in prison; South Africa adds thousands more pages of evidence to Int’l Court of Justice genocide case against Israel; UN official calls for total weapons embargo on Israel; massive cultural boycott against Israel; more.