Massacre of World Central Kitchen staff continues to haunt Israel; no noticeable improvement in entry of aid; trash is a serious problem in Gaza; 6-month reports on situation in Gaza; Israel drops tear gas on worshipers in Al Aqsa Mosque; Palestinian journalists call for boycott of White House Correspondents Dinner; Congress members pressure Biden, Blinken; Biden approval rating tanks over Israel, more
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Israeli forces massacre Gazans, attack Palestinian worshipers as Ramadan begins – Day 156
Children being starved at fastest rate; 200,000 Gazans dead?; Rafah invasion will happen, but is not imminent; Israeli sniper drone killed a Gazan boy, zoomed in for a close-up; Israel has decimated education, infrastructure in Gaza; over 1/4 of Gazans face catastrophic hunger; Netanyahu says “make room in the prisons – many new inmates expected
Israel is holding over 9,000 Palestinian political prisoners – Day 144
Palestinian prisoner crisis; children dying of starvation, malnutrition; journalist under fire; West Bank deaths; Israeli security worries about Ramadan restrictions at Al Aqsa Mosque; Israeli “friendly fire”; Biden awaits “”credible and reliable written assurances” of proper use of US weapons from Netanyahu; mixed messages on Israel-Hamas-Biden agreement; US voters want a permanent ceasefire; Michiganders don’t want Biden; more
Palestinian ex-detainees heard “screams around the clock” from fellow prisoners – Day 136
Reports that Israeli forces killed, raped Palestinian women & girls; Israeli torture, grotesque humiliation of Palestinian prisoners; humanitarian aid at “lowest level”; UNICEF expects “explosion in preventable child deaths”; Netanyahu rejects Palestinian state; ICJ hearing against Israel’s occupation; settler attacks in West Bank jumped 200%; US offers resolution at UNSC; Pelosi’s delusional statement; fears for Marwan Barghouti’s life
13,000+ Gazans killed since US vetoed last ceasefire; another veto expected this week – Day 135
UN Security Council to vote on ceasefire; Israeli snipers fire on Gazans congregating for food aid; hospital sinking deeper; Pope declines to pray for Israel; Israel plans 4-hour pauses in fighting so Gazans can stock up on food – but there isn’t any; Israel’s cabinet refuses a Palestinian state; ICJ case starts on Israeli occupation; estimate of how many Hamas fighters have been killed; plans to limit Muslim attendance at Al Aqsa Mosque; record hunger levels in Gaza…
Friday: Israel raids Al-Aqsa Mosque, wounds 150+ Palestinians, detains 400
Israeli forces invaded the Al-Aqsa mosque compound during Friday dawn worship, injuring and arresting hundreds of Palestinians, and causing damage inside the Muslim holy place.
Resisting occupation: Palestinian killed, 1 Israeli Dead in Jerusalem
A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli police after he allegedly shot and killed an Israeli. The Palestinian’s refugee camp was then invaded, his home ransacked, his wife & daughter arrested, and his 8-year-old son interrogated…
WITNESS: Israel is provoking Hamas, putting ceasefire at risk
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is in its sixth day. Will it hold? That may depend on Israel (and it doesn’t look promising).
Mass arrests of Palestinians in Israel’s Operation Law & Order is “a war declaration”
Operation Law and Order: Israeli police launch a wave of arrests targeting Palestinian citizens of Israel who rallied in support of Sheikh Jarrah, Al-Aqsa, and Gaza.
Israel police storm al Aqsa Mosque following Gaza ceasefire
Within hours after a ceasefire with Gaza begins, Israeli security forces raided the al Aqsa mosque after Friday prayers, claiming they were responding to stone-throwing. Meanwhile, Gaza digs out of the rubble left after 11 days of Israeli airstrikes.