November 14, 2019: Mohannad Rasmi Salem Nasser Sawarka, 12, was killed along with his parents and two little brothers, as well as his aunt and two cousins, by an Israeli missile strike that hit their family home on Thursday at dawn. The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reported that Israeli missiles targeted a Palestinian home…
November 14, 2019: Salem Rasmi Salem Sawarka, 3, was killed along with his parents and two older brothers, as well as his aunt and two cousins, by an Israeli missile strike that hit their family home on Thursday at dawn. His little sister, an infant, survived while shielded by her brother’s body. When the bodies…
November 14, 2019: Mariam Salem Nasser Sawarka, 45, was killed along with seven other family members in an Israeli missile strike that hit their family home on Thursday at dawn. The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reported that Israeli missiles targeted a Palestinian home in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, killing eight members of the…
November 14, 2019: Rasmi Salem Odah Sawarka, 45, was killed along with three of his children (ages 12, 3 and 2) and four other family members in an Israeli missile strike that hit their family home on Thursday before dawn. The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reported that Israeli missiles targeted a Palestinian home in…
November 13, 2019: Amir Rafat Mohammad Ayyad, 7, was one of 22 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday November 13th. He was killed by an Israeli missile along with his father and his 24-year old brother, while they were driving on a motorcycle near their home. The Palestinian Health Ministry…
November 13, 2019: Islam Rafat Mohammad Ayyad, 24, was one of 22 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday November 13th. He was killed by an Israeli missile along with his father and his 7-year old brother, while they were driving on a motorcycle near their home. The Palestinian Health Ministry…
At least 50 Israeli airstrikes & artillery shelling over the past 2 days have killed 23 Gazans, injured 69, and destroyed homes and farmland. Israeli peace group Gush Shalom opposes ‘a war that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is dragging Israel into… a war that will only bring death, suffering, and pain on both sides…’
50 Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling against besieged Gaza during the past 2 days have so far killed 23 people, including a father and his two sons, and injured 69. At least 48 Palestinians homes have been completely or partially damaged.
The Israeli forces commit 600 violations against journalists this year, remove residential Palestinian tents, Israeli soldiers abduct two teens & a cancer patient … Israeli soldiers abduct fishermen & two Palestinian siblings … Israel’s deportation of Human Rights worker upheld by Israeli Supreme Court , etc.
J Street asked several democratic candidates for president to comment on aid to Israel. Their responses reflect the growing movement in the US to condition aid on treatment of Palestinians – but don’t get too excited.