2023 Israel Gaza War Archives

Category: 2023 Israel Gaza War

Facts & analysis on the events of Oct. 7 and since

Almost all of Gaza ‘totally and completely uninhabitable’ – Day 264

[email protected] June 27, 2024 AIPAC, BDS, caterpillar, destruction of gaza, home demolition, israel lobby, Jamaal Bowman, Lebanon, netanyahu speech to congress, palestinian prisoners, prisoner deaths

Israel deliberately bombs shelter centres, killing displaced people; 2,000 medical evacuations prevented by Rafah crossing closure; home demolition frenzy in West Bank; Palestinian prisoner deaths highest ever; Israel threatens could take Lebanon “back to the Stone Age”; Israeli VIPs urge Congress to “disinvite” Netanyahu; $25 milion buys an election for Israel; UC Berkeley pledges to expand antisemitism ed to all new students; Norwegian group divests from Caterpillar; more

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Is “Israel Has a Right to Defend Itself” Code for “We Are Killing the Geneva Conventions”?

[email protected] June 26, 2024 international law, right to self defense

Using insider speak, officials transmit one image to the public and a different one to their colleagues… Israel is asserting rights that may be consistent with colonial domination but do not exist under international law

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Starvation deepens as Israel makes excuses, US and Germany provide cover – Day 263

[email protected] June 26, 2024 amputation, Anti-Defamation League, famine, flour massacre, food insecurity, germany for israel, hind rajab, humanitarian aid, ismail haniyeh, israeli dog attack, israeli reservists, malnutrition, refuseniks, starvation, Wikipedia

Another child dies of malnutrition as 96% of Gazans face severe food insecurity; dozens killed in Israeli attacks; ten child leg amputations a day; medicine running out; Israeli military dog attacks Gazan woman; former Shin Bet leader calls for end to the occupation, criticizes Netanyahu on CNN; Jeffrey Epstein boasted about being a Mossad agent; 43 Jewish groups pressure Wikipedia; Israel lies about Hind Rajab, 6; Israeli reservist refusers; Netanyahu sweetens deal for reservists; more.

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The Missing Children of Gaza, the drones, the bombs (and US complicity) – Day 262

[email protected] June 25, 2024 banned items gaza, dual use items, healthcare gaza, international criminal court, israeli drones, khalida jarrar, Maha Hussaini, quadcopter, save the children, Sde Teiman, west bank children, white phosphorus

Save the Children’s heartbreaking new report; Israeli drones that “target anyone walking”; food poisoning; healthcare crisis; banned items that Gazans really need; 50,000 Israeli bombs (many made in US) have hit Gaza; US placates Netanyahu after his outburst; Israel has killed 54 children in West Bank in 2024, arrested 7 in 24 hours, re-arrested several Palestinian leaders; news on notorious Sde Teiman prison, ICC arrest warrants; Israel reportedly used white phosphorus in Lebanon; more.

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‘I heard all of my friends’ last breath’: Testimonies from the Nuseirat massacre

[email protected] June 24, 2024 hostage rescue, nuseirat massacre

The Israeli massacre in Gaza’s Nuseirat camp killed over 270 Palestinians and injured many more. Survivors say the horrors they witnessed will stay with them for the rest of their lives.

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Gaza peace talks have apparently reached a ‘dead end’ – Day 261

[email protected] June 24, 2024 al jazeera ban, cancer patients in gaza, ceasefire, Hezbollah, hind rajab, human shield, prison overcrowding, weapons to israel, West Bank

Israel rejects permanent ceasefire; war to go on, but “intense fighting” is ending; Israeli strikes kill 25 more Gazan civilians; Israeli soldier posed naked in Gaza; update on Israeli soldiers’ killing of Hind Rajab, 5; US military members say they can no longer be complicit in Israeli war crimes; children with disabilities suffer from Israeli targeting; Israel has arrested so many Palestinians there’s no room for more; US, Netanyahu disagree on level of US loyalty to Israel; EU leaders: crisis in Gaza has reached a breaking point; Hezbollah video shows Israeli security targets; more.

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Israeli-imposed mass starvation, airstrikes continue to kill in Gaza – Day 260

[email protected] June 23, 2024 Conscientious objector, cuba, famine, gaza pier, hind rajab, human shield, international court of justice, malnutrition, west bank death

Another child dies of malnutrition; dozens killed by Israeli airstrikes; US-built pier malfunctions; West Bank youth dies after soldiers shot him in stomach; Palestinian used as human shield; 2 US servicemen seek CO status over support of Israel; Military expert says US seen as taking orders from Netanyahu: Hind Rajab investigation; Cuba joins ICJ genocide case, more.

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Israel carries out another tent massacre in Rafah – Day 259

[email protected] June 22, 2024 Hezbollah, Israeli settlers, nuseirat, Rafah, state department resignation, student protest, west bank deaths

Israel continues to bring death and destruction to Gaza; no high school graduates this year; medical supplies running out; CNN War Reporter says Gaza worst Israel kills several in West Bank; Israel hands power to illegal settlers; Israel says no internet for Gaza; Netanyahu warns Israel will “turn Beirut into Gaza” if confllct escalates; Columbia U update; another high-level resignation from State Dept., more

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HRW: In Gaza, “the dead are the lucky ones” – Day 258

[email protected] June 21, 2024 armenia, Aziz Dweik, Courage in Journalism Award, friendly fire, hamas, International Women’s Media Foundation, Maha Hussaini, Netanyahu, october 7, palestinian detainees, prison deaths, refugee status, West Bank

More evidence indicates widespread Israeli friendly fire on Oct 7th; another Palestinian journalist killed; Israeli admission that Hamas isn’t going anywhere; teenager killed in West Bank; Israeli prison deaths, torture, re-arrests; Palestinian female journalist’s award rescinded after pressure; Israeli liberal groups blocking food to Gaza; some in US baffled by Netanyahu’s comments against Biden; more.

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