Biden’s weapon transfers to Israel under scrutiny; Netanyahu wants to “change the Middle East”; Lebanese diplomat warns of “great explosion” in the region if Israel isn’t stopped; more.
Choose-Your-Own Update – Day 349
Category: Daily Updates
Daily news updates after October 7, 2023
“This is an extremely dark place in history” – Day 348
UN Child Rights Committee condemns Israel’s treatment of Palestinian children; Rashida Tlaib: “Palestinians are human beings”; electricity blackout as a tool of genocide; West Bank deaths; Israeli Supreme Court orders Sde Teiman prison to stay open after rape scandal; Hezbollah leader vows “just retribution” for Israel’s pager explosions; exploding electronics might be war crimes; no ceasefire expected while Biden in office; UVA refuses to divest after student referendum
Israel employs terror as Palestine engages in UN diplomacy – Day 347
As Gazans die, Israel launches a second deadly strike across Lebanon; overwhelming majority in UN General Assembly support Palestine’s call for an end to Israel’s illegal occupation; another Palestinian death in Israeli prison, 2 in West Bank; Israel’s pager attack was culmination of years-long scheme; Israeli leader announces “new phase of war” focusing on north, Lebanon; Saudi Arabia vows no normalization with Israel without Palestinian state; more.
Gazans have an average of one meal every other day – Day 346
Lebanon in crisis after thousands of pagers explode in Israeli op; Israel blocks 83% of aid into Gaza; Israeli massacre in Al Bureij refugee camp using US-made bombs kills at least 23, dozens still buried; Israel is denying visas to Gaza-bound aid groups; Israel has killed an average of 2 babies, 3 health workers every day; in West Bank, 5 children are killed or injured every day; State of Palestine asks UN to consider calling for end to Israeli occupation; Wikipedia defines Zionism as colonialism; more.
Gaza’s book of genocide: 649 pages of victims’ names – Day 345
The first 14 pages of Gaza’s book of the dead contain the names of babies killed before their first birthday; Gaza’s much-needed medical rehab sector is decimated; water apartheid; West Bank deaths; remembering the Sabra and Shatila massacre; US ambassador to UN gives surprising criticism of Israel; mainstreaming Israel’s deadly AI;
Israel abuses prisoners, asylum seekers, as it continues to pound Gaza – Day 344
Another Palestinian among 26 Gazans killed; Israeli keeps missing its target – a civil defense officer – but kills his entire family; famine, heavy rains, high tides threaten the besieged population of Gaza; the elderly are disproportionately dying in Gazan genocide; more detainees released in bad condition; Israel admits it likely killed 3 hostages whose deaths it blamed on Hamas; Palestinian Authority will take Israel to ICC over killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi; Israeli settler attack caught on video; Israel exploits African asylum seekers; Yemen missile reaches outskirts of Tel Aviv, survives interception; Israel’s latest “oopsie-daisy”; CodePink has plans for Netanyahu; more.
UN: damage inflicted by famine will be “carried by Palestinians for several generations in the future” – Day 343
At least 26 Gazans killed Saturday; starvation as a weapon of state; Israel issues another evacuation order; UN calls for another round of polio vaccine pauses; Gazan medic killed in Israeli prison; Gaza calls for help as cold weather approaches; Israeli settlers + soldiers storm Hebron’s Old City; Netanyahu signals readiness to expand military efforts in Lebanon; UK’s Jewish Chronicle admits it was duped; UAE calls for Palestinian State on “day after”; South African minister calls for global solidarity with Palestine; on Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and Matt Nelson
Biden administration coddles human rights abusers as Gazans die, Americans protest – Day 342
An American self-immolates outside Israeli consulate in Boston; US students protest for Gaza in spite of restrictions; US shelling out big bucks for goodies for Israel and aid for Egypt; State Dept spox prefers Israeli whitewashing over Washington Post investigation; EU leader called antisemitic for talking about two-state solution; Pope declares Israel’s actions in Gaza “ugly”; more.
UN estimates “over a million Gazans will go without food in September”; US approves massive arms sale to Israel – Day 341
US approves $164.6M military equipment sale to Israel; Israel continues to block aid to Gaza; WaPo investigation: Israel lied about Aysenur Eygi’s death; Netanyahu tried to fool ICC; EU Foreign Policy chief Borrell blocked from visiting Israel; WHO: 22,000 wounded in Gaza have life-changing injuries; Israel admits it killed at least 2,300 Palestinians in Rafah assault; another Palestinian killed in West Bank; more.
In West Bank, Israel has killed over 700 Palestinians; massacres in Gaza ongoing – Day 340
Ongoing massacres in Gaza schools, homes; the struggle of being a Gazan journalist (as foreign journalists remain banned); 100 medical evacuations from Gaza are a drop in the bucket; Gaza’s massive reconstruction challenge; West Bank: Israel kills 8 Palestinians in Tubas, Tulkarem; “historic” seating of State of Palestine in UN General Assembly; Israel uses white phosphorus in Lebanon again; Biden and Harris change their tune on assassination of Aysenur Eygi; more.