Category: 2023 Israel Gaza War

Facts & analysis on the events of Oct. 7 and since

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Nowhere left to live, nowhere left to bury the dead – Day 319

“They were trying to exterminate us”: Palestinian children in Gaza tortured by Israeli military; Israeli envoy calls for UN building in Jerusalem to be ‘erased from earth’; No space in Gaza “safe zones” for the living; No space left for the dead: Gaza’s cemeteries overflow; Fleeing Palestinians say death would be more merciful; ‘Torture by Electrocution’ – Israel Releases 25 Detainees from Gaza; Barack Obama makes no mention of Gaza war in DNC speech; more

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“Death is the only certainty” in Gaza – Day 318

Life hangs by a thread in Gaza, as Israel drops bombs, withholds polio vaccines, tortures Palestinian prisoners; illegal Israeli settlers, Israeli gov’t threaten Palestinians in West Bank, East Jerusalem; in the US: silencing pro-Palestine voices on social media, at DNC convention; Blinken is “selling a bridge to nowhere”; more.

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Israel kills quintuplets, as Biden insists “both sides” are dying – Day 317 Roundup

Gazan quintuplets murdered by Israeli bomb; another Palestinian journalist killed; babies need medical attention in hospitals that are about to shut down; doctor from Gaza speaks at DNC – a first; Israeli society supports gang rape of Palestinians; 413 humanitarian orgs call on UN to assure safety of humanitarian workers in Gaza; West Bank death; HRW: Israeli possible war crime against Yemen; Scottish gov’t not speaking to Israel; more.

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Gaza War Is one of the bloodiest this century – Day 316

Lives of patients at Al-Awda Hospital ‘hanging by a thread’; Israeli military claims ‘working’ on getting polio vaccines to Gaza; US-Israel spy network confessions expose embassy role in destabilizing Yemen; Israeli forces shoot Palestinian journalist while she was covering invasion; Civil defense in Gaza reports staggering losses; 273 fires set by Israeli army, settlers in West Bank since Oct 7; Mayor of Chicago calls Gaza war ‘genocidal’; Trump says Harris wants to ‘destroy Israel’; Netanyahu refuses meeting with UK foreign secretary during Israel visit; ‘Murder in Broad Daylight’ – Roger Waters Speaks Out; more

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Where to go when 89 percent of Gaza is a war zone? – Day 315

Doctor astounded by number of “eye amputations” he had to perform on children in Gaza; leaked documents indicate Israel knew it was breaking laws in US; attack kills 15 in one family during ceasefire talks; 11% of Gaza is “safe”; Israeli evacuation shuts off 10 wells, worsening water crisis; 2 Palestinians assassinated in West Bank; the murder of newborn twins; pro-Palestine campus activism plans for fall; protests in Chicago this week at DNC; more.

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Gaza records first polio case in 25 years – Day 314

Polio epidemic begins; new flyers about Gaza to distribute; just 11 percent of Gaza for Gazans; Israeli settlers carry out pogrom; Gaza Freedom Flotilla drawing near; Israeli leaders mull how to dodge ICC arrest warrants; German courts grapple with the meaning of “from the river to the sea”; Dems want ceasefire and arms embargo, but will Kamala listen?; senior UK diplomat resigns over Gaza; “Blue Vote Red Line” movement continues to gather signatures; more

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Violence against West Bank Palestinians intensifies, as Gaza’s “safe” space shrinks – Day 313

Gaza’s shrinking “humanitarian” zone; doctor says 80 percent of amputations he performed in Gaza were on children; Israeli forces shoot dead injured Palestinians at point-blank range, including a youth; Israeli drones, snipers, settlers wreak death, havoc across West Bank; Israel-imposed drought in East Jerusalem; Israeli gov’t preparing to “legalize” 35% of West Bank illegal outposts; US officials say Israel can do no more militarily in Gaza; Israeli economy on the brink; “Blue Vote Red Line” movement seeks commitment from Harris for Palestine justice; poll shows US arms embargo on Israel would attract voters; journalists call on Blinken to back arms embargo; UN rapporteur says 40,000 deaths in Gaza were preventable; more.

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