Tags: military aid to israel

Israel dropped over 85,000 tons of bombs on Gaza since start of genocide – Day 396

Palestinians barred from returning to homes in northern Gaza; Israeli strike kills 25 – 13 of them children; Israel orders $5.2B worth of new fighter jets (paid for by US military aid); new criminal probe opened against Netanyahu; new Israeli deportation law targets Palestinians; UN signals: no UNRWA means Israel is on its own; 2 Palestinians killed in West Bank; what Rashida Tlaib’s re-election signifies; more.

“There’s nothing to sustain life” in northern Gaza city; Biden admin ignores illegal use of US weapons in genocide – Day 389

Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza is a “disaster area”; Biden administration sitting on 500 cases of US weapons used to harm civilians, as American money funds 70% of Israel’s war; latest ceasefire plan a non-starter for Hamas; West Bank Palestinian killed; Israel threatens to bomb ancient Roman ruins; more.

Biden administration coddles human rights abusers as Gazans die, Americans protest – Day 342

An American self-immolates outside Israeli consulate in Boston; US students protest for Gaza in spite of restrictions; US shelling out big bucks for goodies for Israel and aid for Egypt; State Dept spox prefers Israeli whitewashing over Washington Post investigation; EU leader called antisemitic for talking about two-state solution; Pope declares Israel’s actions in Gaza “ugly”; more.

Israeli strike on Gaza school kills more than 100 people as they pray – Day 307

Israel drops 6,000 lbs of bombs on Gaza school; US poised to send Israel $3.5 billion, including to extremist battalion; 2 more journalists killed; waiting for “inevitable” polio outbreak as Israel blocks vaccines; new possible war crime; water & sanitation systems in shambles; more on Israeli torture of Palestinian prisoners – as Biden admin shrugs; Israeli alleged rapist calls for support; yet another anti-boycott bill introduced in Senate; more.

Israel orders complete evacuation of Gaza’s largest city; streets are strewn with bodies – Day 277

Devastation and death in Gaza City; Israeli soldiers reportedly allowed to do whatever they want; calls for investigation of Israeli soldiers’ behavior; from bodybuilder to feeble and frightened – one prisoner’s story; Israel bulldozes cemetery; Netanyahu trip to US planned to avoid stops where he could be arrested; US: 500-lb bombs ok; 2000-lb bombs not yet; more.

In Rafah, 83% of refugees report no access to food – Day 265

Yet another malnutrition death; Gazans surrounded by sewage, garbage, insects; starvation setting in; out of 10,000+ medical evacuations needed, 19 permitted to leave; Gaza’s ambulance rescue service about to stop due to lack of fuel; Biden admin about to release part of suspended bomb shipment; Israeli soldiers’ actions; Congress votes to conceal Gaza death toll; much more.

US Congress just approved billions more in military aid to Israel, as Gazans die – Day 200

More weapons to Israel as it plans a potentially genocidal invasion (that US opposes); aid orgs shocked by the recklessness of the plan; Israel holds highest ever number of Palestinians in administrative detention – no charges, no trial; Israel reportedly about to invade Beit Lahiya, denies burying Gazans in mass graves; Israeli forces kill Palestinian woman near Hebron; Google fires more employees over its provision of tech to Israeli gov’t; updates on Freedom Flotilla, campus protests, more

Israeli strike kills American & aid workers with US charity from all over the world, and other atrocities – Day 178

US citizen & 6 other US nonprofit aid workers killed by Israel; nothing left of Al Shifa Hospital but debris & horror stories; journalist, West Banker killed; Rafah; Biden mulls $18 billion weapons transfer to Israel; new Israeli law targets Al Jazeera for shut-down; Israel bombs Iranian embassy in Syria, killing 7; Israeli land grab; Spain to recognize Palestine

“Doctors are stepping over bodies of dead children to treat other children who will die anyway” –Day 73

Sanders resolution could begin the march toward accountability in Israel; devastating Gaza hospital news; another journalist killed; what really happened on October 7th – in Israelis’ words; widespread starvation; blood money for Israel, and more