Israel steadfastly starves Gaza; horror in Beit Hanoun; Israeli settlers displace entire communities of Palestinians; Executing Palestinian detainees best way to combat prison overcrowding – Israeli minister; Biden op-ed begs for more money for Israel…
Tags: humanitarian aid
Mass graves in Gaza reveal mass executions – Day 192
Mass graves containing Palestinian bodies found in multiple Gaza locations; released Gazan prisoners report abuse by Israeli forces; humanitarians face “hostile” environment, Israel breaking promise to increase aid; “unprecedented” levels of contamination in northern Gaza; Israel announces tents to be built ahead of attack on Rafah; Israel obstructing UN probe, Israelis obstructing aid; Israel and Iran violated int’l law; West Bank deaths as Israeli settlers and military team up, more
Israel and US deliberately gutting international law in Gaza
Over the past six months in Gaza, Israel has killed civilians on an industrial scale, turned hospitals into strategic military targets and food into a weapon of war.
Aid workers risk their lives to deliver food in Gaza: the need is “so great” – Day 189
Risking life to feed the hungry in Gaza; journalists reportedly targeted; Khan Younis in ruins; Hamas apparently running out of living hostages, as Netanyahu continues to delay deal; Biden stands with Israel against Iran as Israel tries to drag the US into a war with Iran; rash of attacks in West Bank by illegal Israeli settlers; Germany “silences a witness to genocide”; France, Germany face legal action over arming Israel
A first: US official acknowledges “famine is underway” in Gaza – Day 188
US official finally uses the f-word (famine); Iran retaliation for provocative Israeli attack possibly this weekend; Wash Post lists Gaza aid items Israel has rejected; Israel assassinates head of police in Gaza; Israelis block aid trucks to Gaza; Palestinian journalists targeted; Israel kills 2 in West Bank; Israel steals record amount of WB land in 2024 (and the year is still young)
UNICEF vehicle targeted, Hamas leader’s family members assassinated – Day 187
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
Israel boasts of humanitarian aid flooding in to Gaza – so, where is it? – Day 186
Human Rights Watch calls for sanctions on Israel; young Christian woman kidnapped by Israeli forces in West Bank, her whereabouts unknown; Tucker Carlson interviews Bethlehem pastor about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians; Israel mulls hostage-for-prisoner exchange; Turkey initiates restrictions on exports to Israel; Australia may recognize Palestinian state; “What crime is Israel hiding?” asks Foreign Press Association; US pier may cost up to $200 million…
AIPAC Talking Points Revealed
Documents show that AIPAC is calling for unconditional military aid to Israel and hyping up threats from Iran.
UNICEF: “Children dying of infections”; Israel claims to be opening bakeries, allowing more aid in – Day 185
Israel is making big promises to the people of Gaza; State of Palestine UN application; “it will happen,” Netanyahu says of Rafah invasion; 400 bodies recovered so far around Al Shifa Hospital; 84 so far in Khan Younis; raid on mourning tent of Walid Daqqa; Germany denies aiding Gaza genocide at ICJ; academics accuse Israel of “scholasticide,” more
Freedom Flotilla Coalition to bring aid, international observers to Gaza this month
Peace activists from around the world will accompany the Gaza Freedom Flotilla once again as it brings desperately-needed humanitarian aid to the Strip. Historically, Israel has blocked the vessels and arrested or killed activists.