Facts & analysis on the events of Oct. 7 and since
US officials and lobbyists say the push to ban the Chinese-owned application Tik Tok gained momentum during the genocide in Gaza upon finding out that a majority of users were supporting a free Palestine.
Medical, humanitarian crisis unending in Gaza; Israel forms new agency for ethnic cleansing; West Bank displacement is “largest since 1967”; Israel steals Palestinian land and money
Israeli soldiers put an explosive cord around a elderly man’s neck and forced him to scout buildings for eight hours as a human shield. After his release, another division shot him dead.
A picture is worth a thousand words: Hundreds of Palestinian detainees and prisoners who were released on Saturday are seen on their knees, in prison, wearing white T-shirts bearing a blue Star of David and the words “we will not forget nor forgive.” Gideon Levy suggests that Israel’s revenge against Palestinians has gone on long enough, and it is time to see them as human beings, capable of feeling pain – and anger.
“Really, it’s an across-the-board attempt to silence and take away the First Amendment right of people simply because they don’t agree with them. It’s a very dangerous precedent.” Abed Ayoub, executive director of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Up to 10% of munitions fired by Israel into Gaza have failed to detonate, leaving behind deadly hazards for years to come
Palestinian prisoners show signs of torture, medical neglect; Israel attacks bulldozer crew retrieving bodies in Gaza; bakeries reopen; West Bank violence; Israel violates Lebanon ceasefire
Gazans retrieve bodies with bare hands; in West Bank, Israeli forces continue killing, dispossessing Palestinians; Western leaders use threats in attempt to impose ethnic cleansing plan on Egypt; church leaders in Jerusalem react to Trump’s plan; more.
Amid Gaza’s destruction, I walked alongside displaced families returning home, observing their suffering, profound loss, and indomitable strength – Ahmed Abu Artema
Israel’s assault on Gaza has been the first genocide live-streamed for the world to see. What more pressing task could journalists have than to accurately report on a genocide? Yet Western media often unnecessarily cast doubt on Gaza’s death toll.