Israel has carried out thousands of massacres; Gaza pier in trouble again; Blinken pledges $400m in aid; US intelligence-sharing with Israel may be getting out of control; UN acknowledges Israel’s use of Hannibal Directive; Israel on the “list of shame”; Israel’s war on food suppliers, journalists, West Bank economy and people; more
Category: Daily Updates
Daily news updates after October 7, 2023
Milestone in Israeli war on Gaza: 15,694 kids killed, 17,000 without parents – Day 250
Catastrophic famine; MSF says latest massacres illustrate disregard for Palestinian lives; ceasefire proposal confusion; bodies as bargaining chips; shooting in Jerusalem’s Old City; Israel says “no innocent civilians” in Gaza; the Day After; Hezbollah; Gideon Levy on Israel’s lost conscience…
UN: Israel committed crime of “extermination”; US defense commander was in Israel during Nuseirat massacre – Day 249
US presence in Israel during Nuseirat attack; 3,000 at-risk children could die “before their families’ eyes” without aid; 6 killed in West Bank again; House proposes millions more to Israel; US experts say “policies should be America first, not Israel first; US Congress members have an “AIPAC guy”…
Alarm over unexploded ordnance, depleted uranium in Gaza – Day 248
Gaza pier: futile – or worse?; Questions about Gazan journalist; Americans reject arming Israel; the dangers of unexploded ordnance & depleted uranium in Gaza; US’s support for a ceasefire; Israeli prisoners, like Gazans, are malnourished; Israeli forces kill 6 Palestinians in West Bank; more on Briahna Joy Gray firing…
64 children, 57 women, 37 elderly, 3 hostages killed in Israel’s Nuseirat attack – day 247
Saturday’s attack on Nuseirat in central Gaza: horrific stories of terror and destruction; war crime; Biden administration culpability; US assistance in attack makes US a party, places U.S. forces at risk; 85% of Jewish Americans say it’s important for the US to continue to support Israel; holocaust miniseries; more
Nuseirat “a bloodbath, a slaughterhouse” – Day 246
As Nuseirat tries to recover from Saturday’s massacre, some pieces fit together: possible US complicity in the attack, possible use of the Gaza pier, war crimes; horrific descriptions from the ground; reactions from key stakeholders; a look at the math of hostage rescue; US diplomat calls Gaza a holocaust; more.
“Most moral army in the world” added to UN Hall of Shame for child endangerment – Day 245
Israeli bombing of Gaza surpasses that of WW2; Israel’s military added to a global list of entities that commit violations against children; surge in Israeli attacks on “safe zones”;
Israel partisans call Briahna Joy Gray “N word”, she describes Hill censorship; West Bank Israeli thuggery; more…
Israeli “precision strike” with US-made weaponry kills 40 Gazans, US assumes good intentions – Day 244
Another Israeli attack on sheltering Gazans in Nuseirat, another US assumption that Israel was trying its best – reportedly with US-made weaponry; Israel assassinates mayor of Nuseirat; Briahna Joy Gray fired; ceasefire proposal in limbo; a peek inside Israel’s notorious prison for Gaza detainees; 4 Palestinians killed in West Bank, as Israeli forces shoot at first responders; Israel carries out home demolitions; Netanyahu to speak to Congress July 24; NAACP’s “historic” demand to Biden to end arms transfers to Israel; most young people in UK reportedly don’t think Israel should exist; free course on Palestine from SFSU professor, more
“The situation is apocalyptic,” as Israel bombs another UN school – Day 243
Israel bombs UN school, strips children of their clothes, pushes a million Gazans toward famine, kills civilians with drones; Israelis stage provocative Flag March; Israel targets US lawmakers with fake news; mysterious files on Netanyahu; “disinfo” Israeli company; much more…
As Israel commits yet another war crime in Gaza, Biden still won’t acknowledge it’s happening –Day 242
Children going without food, bathrooms; in a bid for total lawlessness, Israel kills 8 Gaza police officers; thousands desperately need medical evacuation; Slovenia recognizes Palestinian state; Israel purchases F-35 fighter jets; Israel uses white phosphorous in Lebanon; Biden opines on Netanyahu’s war “strategy,” still can’t say “war crime”; US House passes bill calling to sanction ICC; more.