Brief summary of Israel’s defense against allegations of genocide (with citations); another Gaza hospital crisis; West Bank deaths; Houthis attacked, their message ignored
Israel has now killed over 24,000 Palestinians – Day 97
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Israel has killed over 10,000 Gazan children – Day 96
Oxfam says Israel is killing 250 Gazans a day; importance of the Int’l Court of Justice hearing on genocide; US and UK strike Houthi targets in Yemen; Israeli media reports: Israeli army ordered mass Hannibal Directive on 7 Oct; calls for investigation of Israel’s killing of journalists
Mandela: “our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians” – Day 95
A special bond between Palestine and South Africa; OCHA reports on Israel’s antagonism over humanitarian aid; deadly airstrike in Deir Al Balah; white-flag-waving grandmother killed; Israel’s bombing and climate change; Blinken claims don’t pass the smell test; ADL number-crunching; Palestinian prisoner annual report
Israel is pushing the West Bank toward a “Third Intifada” – Day 94
Israel is “obligated” to bring food into the Gaza Strip; Gazan journalist killed; Israel approves 700 East Jerusalem housing units; Israeli Pres Herzog in genocide denial; Netanyahu wants cash from Emirates – the reply: “Ask Zelensky for money,”
Israel denies WHO’s request to deliver medical supplies – Day 93
Two more Palestinian journalists killed; Ha’aretz calls for probe into Israeli “friendly fire” on October 7th; humanitarian aid dismally slow; ignoring the whole point of Houthi resistance; South Africa’s genocide campaign picks up speed – except in Knesset; West Bank deaths; Israel top court says No to foreign journalists in Gaza; AIPAC news; Hezbollah leader killed
Winter will bring “an unbearable avalanche of human suffering” to Gaza – Day 90
Hunger, cold, and lack of basic necessities – plus Israeli bombardment put Gazans at risk; another journalist killed; Israel’s search for a place to send ethnically cleansed Gazans – and other post-war possibilities; West Bank death; Palestinian prisoners; MacDonalds boycott
“A generation of child amputees is emerging” in Gaza – Day 89
In 89 days, Israel has dropped more than 45,000 bombs on Gaza weighing more than 71,000 tons; perspectives on South Africa’s genocide accusations at the Int’l Court of Justice; widespread condemnation of Israeli ministers’ “transfer” rhetoric
John Mearsheimer: Genocide in Gaza
in the future Israel will be widely regarded as principally responsible for one of the canonical cases of genocide… The Biden administration is complicit in Israel’s genocide, which is also a punishable act according to the Genocide Convention…
US State Dept: “We have not at this point seen acts that constitute genocide” – Day 88
US in denial about genocide; HRW report on torture of Palestinian captives; another Biden appointee quits over Gaza; explosions in Iran kill over 100; Israel killed another Israeli hostage; Netanyahu mulls sending Gazans to Congo; refugee camp in West Bank under siege
Israel is taking its genocide to “a whole new level of brutality” – Day 87
Deputy Hamas chief assassinated in Beirut; kidnapped Palestinian babies and children; sound of prayer calls disappearing; Israel partially withdrawing from northern Gaza; vaccines in Gaza; 5 killed in West Bank; US deviates from script, criticizes Israeli leaders