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A bloody start to the Eid holiday – war on Gaza Day 541

Bodies of 14 crew members executed by Israeli forces recovered in Rafah; Gazans perform Eid prayers under bombardment, atop ruins of mosques; Israel makes counter-offer to Hamas for 50-day ceasefire; Israel blocks access to Ibrahimi Mosque during Eid; Trump threatens Iran with ‘bombing’; Israel’s connection to ‘Signalgate’

Israel’s reckless policies across Palestine – war on Gaza Day 537

Notorious prison needs reform, so Israel just relocated detainees; Netanyahu, Defense Minister Katzthreaten to ‘seize territory’ in Gaza; Jenin refugee camp ‘uninhabitable’; Israel refuses to fully open Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque for prayer on holiest day of Ramadan; US embassy tells US doctor in Gaza ‘not our role’ to protect hem from Israeli bombings; crises at Tufts and Yale; Motion Picture Academy hangs Hamdan Ballal out to dry; more.

25 years after an Israeli massacred 29 Palestinians, victims are still being punished

Today marks the 25th anniversary of Israeli settler Baruch Goldstein’s massacre of 29 Palestinians as they prayed. Israeli soldiers blocked Palestinians who tried to flee and who wanted to enter to help the victims. The repercussions of the attack are still felt by Palestinians in Hebron, who have seen their rights eroded and their formerly bustling city centre turn into a ghost town.