An Israeli spokesman claims this is not the official ground invasion, but Palestinians say it’s more intense than anything they’ve experienced so far.
Ground operations expanding in Gaza, Israel announces
“Please, if you can hear us, tell the world that we are isolated now in Gaza”
Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporter for Al Jazeera in Gaza, sends out a plea, “Tell the world. The situation is catastrophic. We can only hear bombardments everywhere. We are isolated.”
October 27: Today’s news on Palestine & Israel
Latest: Food, housing crises in Gaza; more US troops head to Middle East; settler attacks in WB; Richmond CA stands with Gaza.
Essential facts and stats about the Hamas-Gaza-Israel war
The current situation in Gaza and Israel did not come out of the blue. Read critical background left out of breaking news alerts…
Sec’y Blinken (indirectly) calls Israel’s treatment of Gazans “barbaric”
“Heat, water, electricity for children, for the elderly, for the sick – these are President Putin’s new targets. He’s hitting them hard. This brutalization of Ukraine’s people is barbaric.”
It’s not just Gaza – Israel is also killing scores in the West Bank
While Gaza has been in the spotlight for two weeks, the West Bank has also been experiencing a major spike in Israeli violence
Palestinian-American child killed in Illinois: this is what media reports left out
The killing of a Palestinian-American boy on Friday was neither a random occurrence nor a simple act of Islamophobia. It happened because many media reports misinformed Americans, and politicians, including the President, repeated Israeli spin and disinformation
Gideon Levy: Israel Can’t Imprison Two Million Gazans Without Paying a Cruel Price
Israeli journalist Gideon Levy reflects on the Israeli arrogance that allowed it to think it could ignore horrible injustices toward Gazans forever, and get away with it.
Why you’re not seeing Palestinian suffering
The media generally has a strong pro-Israel bias, and rarely talks to or about Palestinians. Consumers of content need to be vigilant: notice what is said and what isn’t said.
In Gaza, she now inhabits a solitary space between life and death
When bombs are dropping all around you, do you embrace your wretched life, or pray for death? From Gaza, Horea shared her heart.