Daily news updates after October 7, 2023
241 killed in Gaza in 24 hours; Gazan prisoners of Israel report horrific torture; Israeli military leader would not hesitate to attack “safe zones” if needed; Palestinian organs said to be stolen; 6 killed by drone attack in West Bank
Bodies of Palestinians stolen by Israel, returned, reportedly show signs of organ harvesting; 2 killed, 50 made homeless in West Bank; US gives Israel a tentative “No” to request for helicopters; Israel admits to killing 2 more of its own; Netanyahu floats idea of “voluntary transfer” of Gazans
Pope Francis speaks about Palestine on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day; deadly airstrikes in Gaza, raids in West Bank; another video released of stripped Palestinian hostages
The little town of Bethlehem is quiet this Christmas, as more and more deaths are reported in Gaza. An Israeli former hostage discusses her captivity.
Evacuation ordered in areas of central Gaza; evidence of execution of civilians – some of them pregnant – holding white flags; more evidence of Israel’s assault on Catholic church; another journalist dead; British activists for Palestine paying a price
UN Security Council resolution; major newspapers criticize Israel’s bombing campaign and Hamas narrative; Gazans face “crisis levels of hunger”; another Gazan Christian dies on church compound.
US reportedly working to prevent conference on Geneva Convention violations; Israeli prison guards beat Palestinian prisoner to death; ongoing devastation, starvation in Gaza
Torture allegations; possible war crime; possible pause in hostilities; new developments on the escape and killing by Israel of Israeli hostages; more evidence of Israeli culpability in October 7th killings; West Bank continues to spiral
Sanders resolution could begin the march toward accountability in Israel; devastating Gaza hospital news; another journalist killed; what really happened on October 7th – in Israelis’ words; widespread starvation; blood money for Israel, and more
Palestinian journalists under fire; Archbishop of Westminster weighs in on “cold-blooded killing” of Catholic women in Gaza; Gaza detainees’ situation looks dire; Gaza hospitals struggling; starvation as a “weapon”; environmental disaster; declaration on genocide