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UNICEF vehicle targeted, Hamas leader’s family members assassinated – Day 187

[email protected] April 11, 2024 centcom, Erez Crossing, Erik Kurilla, humanitarian aid, Iran, ismail haniyeh, unicef, water in gaza

UNICEF says its vehicle hit by live fire while waiting to enter northern Gaza; Israeli airstrike kills 3 sons, 4 grandchildren of Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ top political leader; 13,000 Palestinians reportedly missing in the Gaza Strip; Israel’s dubious plan to ‘flood Gaza with aid’; Israel allows Gaza authorities to restore water pipeline that Israel damaged; Senior U.S. general to visit Israel to coordinate on Iran attack threat

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Israel shoots first, asks questions later – Day 183

[email protected] April 7, 2024 al-aqsa mosque, Biden, blinken, Erez Crossing, famine, genocide, humanitarian aid, Israel, leon panetta, white house correspondents dinner, world central kitchen

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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Six months on, Gaza is a “betrayal of humanity” – Day 182

[email protected] April 6, 2024 arms embargo, Erez Crossing, famine, gaza children, genocide, germany, humanitarian aid, Israel, unhrc, world central kitchen

UN leaders reflect on 6 months of slaughter; Israel admits to “grave mistake” in targeting of World Kitchen; US on high alert for possible attack by Iran; Israel claims it’s opening another crossing into Gaza; childhood in Gaza; UN calls for arms embargo…

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Israel closes Gaza crossings; possible serious deterioration of humanitarian conditions

[email protected] May 10, 2023 Erez Crossing, gaza blockade, kerem shalom crossing

Closure of the crossings would affect fuel supplies, power plants, and access to drinking water and medicine. Should the complete closure of Gaza by Israel continue, this would exacerbate the already grim living and humanitarian conditions of more than two million Palestinian living in the Strip.

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Israeli airstrikes on Gaza continue, hundreds now homeless

[email protected] May 11, 2021 collective punishment, Erez Crossing, Gaza, israeli airstrike, kerem shalom crossing, war crime

Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza on are the worst the enclave has seen since 2014, when Israeli forces killed 2,200 Palestinians, and Palestinian resistance fighters killed 72 Israelis. One recent Israeli strike alone made about 80 families homeless. As the deaths, injuries, and damage climb, Palestinian resistance groups launch rockets into Israel.

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Israeli authorities arrest cancer patient traveling to hospital

[email protected] September 16, 2020 Augusta Victoria Hospital, cancer, Erez Crossing, Gaza, human rights, Israel, Mohammed Tayseer Sawali, Palestinian

Israel arrests Palestinian cancer patient at the crossing from Gaza into Israel, even though he had a travel permit. Israeli authorities continue to use the crossing as a means of entrapment and attempted coercion of Palestinians residing in Gaza, particularly of those in urgent need of medical exit permits, which are only granted for pressing humanitarian needs…

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