Dr Hussam Abu Safiya update; “thirst war”; no swimming for Gaza; Netanyahu’s waiting game; Palestinian killed, settlers destroy wells in West Bank; Freedom Flotilla ship Handala
Gaza hospital director’s lawyer says Palestinian prisoners are forced to take part in acts that would be ‘morally denounced worldwide’
The hope is that Abu Safiya will not suffer the fate of his colleague, the former head of orthopaedics at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital. After four months of abuse at Ofer prison, Bursh was dumped by guards in its yard, naked from the waist down, bleeding and unable to stand. He died a short time later.
Gazans freezing, homeless, sexually assaulted, gaslit; West Bankers face down Israeli and Palestinian Authority forces; a BDS win.