Aid site assassinations continue, at least 17 now dead – War on Gaza Day 603

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Aid site assassinations continue, at least 17 now dead – War on Gaza Day 603
The Shujayea neighborhood, located east of Gaza City, has been mostly destroyed as a result of Israeli military ground and air strikes (Hamza Z H Qraiqea/Anadolu Agency)

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff

At least 22 Palestinians were killed on Saturday as Israeli forces continued their genocidal war on Gaza, according to medical sources.

Among the dead were six killed in the Mawasi “safe zone.”

Three more Palestinians were shot dead while trying to reach a US-backed aid distribution point in western Rafah.

Also on Saturday, the Nasser Medical Complex confirmed the death of Dr. Hamdi al-Najjar, who succumbed to his injuries days after an Israeli airstrike targeted his home in Khan Younis, killing nine of his children.

At least 17 people have died, 86 have been injured, and five are missing due to the US-Israeli aid delivery mechanism, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Saturday.

Arab-Islamic delegation condemns Israel’s refusal to allow its visit to Ramallah, West Bank as ‘flagrant violation’

An Arab ministerial delegation on Gaza has condemned Israel’s refusal to allow their visit to Ramallah as a “flagrant violation” of its responsibilities as an occupying power under international law.

In an official statement issued on Saturday, the delegation said Israel’s decision to prevent their visit to Ramallah reflects “the extent of the Israeli government’s arrogance, its disregard for international law, and its continued implementation of illegal measures and policies that besiege the Palestinian people.”

The delegation of Arab foreign ministers intended to discuss support for the establishment of a Palestinian state, according to the daily Yedioth Ahronoth, and included the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. 

West Bank: Israeli military vehicle rams into bus carrying pilgrims in Jenin

An Israeli military vehicle rammed into a bus carrying Hajj pilgrims early Saturday morning in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, causing panic among the passengers, according to local sources.

Eyewitnesses and officials said the collision appeared to be deliberate. 

The bus was transporting elderly pilgrims. Although no injuries were reported, the bus sustained damage and the incident caused significant distress among the pilgrims.

MORE WEST BANK HEADLINES:

(For background on the West Bank, read this and this) 

Illegal Israeli settlers establish new outpost on ruins of demolished Palestinian home in south Hebron

Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian olive fields near Ramallah in occupied West Bank

Occupation Forces Abduct Three Palestinians in the West Bank

Israeli Army Jeep Rams Bus Carrying Palestinian Pilgrims In Jenin

 
Israeli military vehicles patrol on street during a raid on Salam Neighborhood in Nablus, West Bank on May 29, 2025.
Israeli military vehicles patrol on street during a raid on Salam Neighborhood in Nablus, West Bank on May 29, 2025. (Nedal Eshtayah – Anadolu Agency)

US NEWS ON PROTESTS, ETC:

(For background on the student protest movement, read this)

US group condemns MIT for barring anti-war student from graduation

Huckabee: Paris should ‘carve out piece of French Riviera’ if it wants Palestinian state

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee denounced France’s push for Palestinian statehood on Saturday, telling Fox News that Paris should instead “carve out a piece of the French Riviera” for the Palestinians.

“Oct. 7 changed a lot of things,” Huckabee said of Hamas’s 2023 murder spree that killed 1,200 people, primarily civilians.* “If France is really so determined to see a Palestinian state, I have a suggestion for them—carve out a piece of the French Riviera and create a Palestinian state,” he continued.

“They are welcome to do that, but they are not welcome to impose that kind of pressure on a sovereign nation. And I find it revolting that they think they have the right to do such a thing,” he said.

*NOTE: Israel’s claim that Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis on October 7th ignores a critical fact – one covered extensively in Israeli media, but meticulously overlooked in US mainstream media: many, if not most of the civilians killed that day were slaughtered by the overwhelming firepower the Israeli military deployed.

Go here for ongoing coverage of this and other October 7th myths. Also see this website dedicated to exposing the lies. 

Huckabee’s comments (pro-Israel talking points) imply that history began on October 7th, as though the Hamas fighters attacked Israel for no reason. In fact, Israel has been oppressing Palestinians since its creation in 1948, and even before that.

The people of Palestine have many legitimate grievances for which resistance is an appropriate response. Israel is, according to the International Court of Justice, plausibly committing genocide, illegal occupation, apartheid, extermination, and a targeted campaign of starvation – to name a few.

International law supports the efforts of resistance groups against an occupying power, even to the point of armed resistance.

 
 
 
 
 
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STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – MAY 31, 2025:

  • At least 55,230 Palestinians killed, 132,839 injured – including:
  • at least 55,362 killed in Gaza (~16,500 children) 
  • at least 981 killed in the West Bank (~199 children)
  • at least 124,054 injured in Gaza
  • at least 8,785 injured in the West Bank

According to Palestinian authorities, during the ceasefire Jan. 19 – March 18 2025, Israeli attacks killed at least 170 Gazans, and Israel committed at least 962 ceasefire violations.

Since the Israeli army resumed its assaults on Gaza on March 18, it has killed at least 4,117 people. 11 Israeli soldiers have been killed during the same time period.

Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 14,000 more are still buried under rubble.

Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – May 31, 2025: ~1,601 – including ~1,139 on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 416 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, 46 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel.

By one count, Israeli attacks have killed approximately 215 Palestinian journalists and media workers; Palestinians have killed 4 Israeli journalists (other groups have tallied between 180 and 274 Palestinian journalists killed – depending on the criteria used).

NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.

Hover over each bar for exact numbers. Source: IsraelPalestineTimeline.org

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