Israeli Court rejects pleas to resume aid to Gaza; Gazans at risk of malnutrition again; Palestinian Authority unable to pay salaries before Eid after Israel withholds funds; Marco Rubio vows to come after foreign student activists; more.
Israel’s decision to halt all humanitarian aid to Gaza as a means of pressuring Hamas to release the remaining hostages without any commitment from Israel to end the war — an action that amounts to the war crime of collective punishment — was widely condemned by international actors.
Notorious prison needs reform, so Israel just relocated detainees; Netanyahu, Defense Minister Katzthreaten to ‘seize territory’ in Gaza; Jenin refugee camp ‘uninhabitable’; Israel refuses to fully open Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque for prayer on holiest day of Ramadan; US embassy tells US doctor in Gaza ‘not our role’ to protect hem from Israeli bombings; crises at Tufts and Yale; Motion Picture Academy hangs Hamdan Ballal out to dry; more.
Many Palestinians fled their tents amid airstrikes & icy storms, but where will they go? Where is safety? I saw children selling the simplest of sweets, their faces marked by exhaustion, just to buy a little flour. I asked them, “Aren’t you scared?” They answered: “If we don’t die from the bombing, we’ll die from this cold & hunger.”
Israeli army admits to assassinating Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza; did Israel abduct 15 paramedics in Rafah?; waste piling up in Gaza City; Israeli court extends Dr Hussam Abu Safia’s detention; Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal released from Israeli jail; progressive groups urge Senate to reject Mike Huckabee as Israel envoy; Trump launches ‘October 7 Joint Task Force’; more.
Gaza’s child martyrs; Israel kills 2 prominent journalists, one leaves pre-written message; Palestinian Oscar winner missing after being severely beaten by Israeli settlers; UNRWA cutting staff after Israeli attacks on staff; Israel investigating officer who ordered destruction of cancer hospital; US deflects questions on Israeli killings of journalists in Gaza, blames Hamas
As rubble removal continues across Gaza, concerns are mounting over airborne dust that may carry asbestos fibers, posing health risks, including asbestosis, cancer, and chronic respiratory diseases, health officials in Gaza say.
Malnutrition alert; Israel attacks north and south; report: Israel reportedly planning more aggressive invasion of Gaza; teen dies in Israeli prison; a step forward for Trump’s Gaza plan; more.
Gaza population losing hope; over 5,000 settler violations in West Bank in 10 years; Trump admin distort truth about Hamas, hint at ethnic cleansing; Columbia University’s capitulation
Food supplies desperately low in Gaza; entire child population in Gaza needs mental health support: UNICEF; Israel blows up Gaza’s only cancer hospital; Israel ready to annex parts of Gaza; Israel withholding nearly $2B in Palestinian tax revenues for years; Columbia capitulates to Trump demands; Momodou Taal; more.