As the world focuses on Lebanon, Israel’s deadly war on Gaza continues; the truth is a casualty of Israeli aggression, as military forcibly shuts down Al Jazeera office in West Bank; Israel continues to pound Lebanon, amid Biden admin’s hand-wringing; Israel prepares healthcare sector for war casualties, as Gaza never could; South Africa’s president declares “UN Security Council is no longer fit” to do its job; UK Labour Party self-censors on Palestine; Greta Thunberg speaks out; more.
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Gazans have an average of one meal every other day – Day 346
Lebanon in crisis after thousands of pagers explode in Israeli op; Israel blocks 83% of aid into Gaza; Israeli massacre in Al Bureij refugee camp using US-made bombs kills at least 23, dozens still buried; Israel is denying visas to Gaza-bound aid groups; Israel has killed an average of 2 babies, 3 health workers every day; in West Bank, 5 children are killed or injured every day; State of Palestine asks UN to consider calling for end to Israeli occupation; Wikipedia defines Zionism as colonialism; more.
UN: damage inflicted by famine will be “carried by Palestinians for several generations in the future” – Day 343
At least 26 Gazans killed Saturday; starvation as a weapon of state; Israel issues another evacuation order; UN calls for another round of polio vaccine pauses; Gazan medic killed in Israeli prison; Gaza calls for help as cold weather approaches; Israeli settlers + soldiers storm Hebron’s Old City; Netanyahu signals readiness to expand military efforts in Lebanon; UK’s Jewish Chronicle admits it was duped; UAE calls for Palestinian State on “day after”; South African minister calls for global solidarity with Palestine; on Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and Matt Nelson
“Palestinian lives are cheap”; so are pro-Palestinian American lives – Day 336
Official death toll in Gaza approaches 41,000; Biden-Harris fail to condemn killing of US citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli forces; poll shows Harris would benefit from arms embargo on Israel; global hunger has doubled in 2024, thanks in great part to Biden-backed Israeli assault; the “Wild West Bank,” where Palestinian lives are cheap; Netanyahu misleading the world about Philadelphi Corridor to avoid ceasefire; Israeli forces mutilate Palestinian child’s body; Israeli settler violence; southern Lebanon; BDS win in Maine; more.
Israel does not protect the disabled in Gaza, but creates them – Day 267
10,000 more disabled people in Gaza than before war, as death and destruction continue; Israel threatens to destroy Iran; report: Israeli army not ready for a war in Lebanon; Canada is “antisemitic”; national uncommitted movement demands that Biden change course on Gaza; Amal Clooney “is the one that needs to be prosecuted,” not Netanyahu; more.
Chaos in Gaza, West Bank, and spreading – Day 266
Israel impedes Gaza emergency services, hygiene and trash disposal; Israeli forces killed with their own (repurposed) bomb; US has sent Israel tens of thousands of bombs; debate notes; updates on Lebanon, ICC arrest warrants; Israel is starving Palestinian prisoners, approving new settlements; Gaza pier shutting down again; more.
Almost all of Gaza ‘totally and completely uninhabitable’ – Day 264
Israel deliberately bombs shelter centres, killing displaced people; 2,000 medical evacuations prevented by Rafah crossing closure; home demolition frenzy in West Bank; Palestinian prisoner deaths highest ever; Israel threatens could take Lebanon “back to the Stone Age”; Israeli VIPs urge Congress to “disinvite” Netanyahu; $25 milion buys an election for Israel; UC Berkeley pledges to expand antisemitism ed to all new students; Norwegian group divests from Caterpillar; more
As Israel commits yet another war crime in Gaza, Biden still won’t acknowledge it’s happening –Day 242
Children going without food, bathrooms; in a bid for total lawlessness, Israel kills 8 Gaza police officers; thousands desperately need medical evacuation; Slovenia recognizes Palestinian state; Israel purchases F-35 fighter jets; Israel uses white phosphorous in Lebanon; Biden opines on Netanyahu’s war “strategy,” still can’t say “war crime”; US House passes bill calling to sanction ICC; more.
Rafah’s displaced: ‘We read our last prayers every night’ – Day 131
Israeli protesters continue to block aid to Gaza; Khan Younis hospital in chaos; State of Palestine to present to ICJ report on Israel’s actions since genocide ruling; Gaza fishermen attacked; popular Gaza political analyst & family killed day after he appears on Al Jazeera; US investigating white phosphorus and 1-ton bombs used in Israel; US State Dept claims it expects a “quick, thorough, and transparent investigation” into the killing of 2nd American citizen in West Bank; Israel accuses South Africa of representing interests of the “Hamas terrorist organization”; Israel reportedly preparing for war with Lebanon; Pope’s 2nd in command condemns Israel’s actions – Israel calls his words “deplorable”; Church of England says Israel’s actions “can not be morally justified”; and more
Israel denied 95% of fuel, medicine deliveries to north Gaza – Day 105
Shortages put infants, children at heightened risk; evidence of arbitrary field executions, torture of Gazans; UK Labor leader supports “inalienable right of Palestinian people”; American teen killed in West Bank; possible escalation in Lebanon in the offing; another strike on Houthis; Biden’s unrealistic expectations, Swiss investigating criminal complaint against Israeli president