Risk of famine across all of Gaza; Hamas frees soldier Edan Alexander; Israeli settlers almost pulled off animal sacrifice in Al Aqsa; more land theft in West Bank; Shireen Abu Akleh; bill would enable Trump to denounce any nonprofit as a “terrorist-supporting organization,” lose tax-exempt status; Google saw Israel as uncontrollable; Gaza flotilla update
Since October 7, 2023, the treatment of Palestinian minors in Israeli prisons has reached new extremes, with children facing more suffering than ever before
To secure Alexander’s freedom, Trump had to defy Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who shattered the previous ceasefire agreement and resumed his assault on Gaza in March. Israel’s ongoing killing spree came after the US and Hamas came close to a side deal to free Alexander that same month, when Netanyahu also intervened to stop them.
Drop Site’s Jeremy Scahill sits down with a top leader of the Islamic resistance movement for a wide-ranging discussion on how Hamas views the current moment.
Israel refuses entry of medical teams to Gaza, releases 11 more Palestinian detainees, raids East Jerusalem schools; Trump ‘disappointed’ with Netanyahu
Israel’s “plan” for Gaza is “unworkable, dangerous, and potentially illegal”, aid distribution scheme sounds like a “military strategy,”; Gaza’s morgues overwhelmed; “gender reveal” home demolition; Trump says US will help ‘people of Gaza get some food’; campus protest news
Israeli drones open fire on rescuers; Popemobile in Gaza; another Palestinian dies in Israeli detention; Yemeni missile strikes Ben Gurion airport; Houthis declare aerial blockade; Ms. Rachel connects with Hind Rajab’s mom; Israel expanding war on Gaza
Int’l Court of Justice hearings against Israel continue; Israel deliberately spreads disease in prisons; Israel claims no evidence of humanitarian crisis in Gaza, bombs mosque, prepares to expand ground operation in Gaza; more.
David Hearst: The scale of the suffering that Israel has inflicted on all Palestinians within its reach has meant that Hamas’ fate is Palestine’s too
Daily Life and Shattered Dreams in Gaza—Writers Share Their Stories