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Israel has killed or wounded a “staggering” 5% of Gaza’s population – Day 152

[email protected] March 7, 2024 famine, Gaza, genocide, icj, israeli settlement, palestinian prisoners, south africa, starvation, stillbirth, us flour shipment, weapons to israel, West Bank

Israel kills Gazans by every method: airstrike, starvation, imprisonment, shooting, stillbirth; South Africa calls for stronger language from ICJ to end the famine in Gaza; flour shipment from US still sitting in port after nearly 7 weeks – enough to feed 1.5 million Gazans for five months; West Bank violence and illegal construction; WaPo says the US has “quietly approved and delivered more than 100 separate foreign military sales to Israel since the Gaza war began”; poll: majority of Americans want weapons shipments to stop, more

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Israel is holding over 9,000 Palestinian political prisoners – Day 144

[email protected] February 28, 2024 al-aqsa mosque, Biden, ceasefire, famine, friendly fire, humanitarian aid, michigan voters, palestinian prisoners, ramadan, starvation, West Bank

Palestinian prisoner crisis; children dying of starvation, malnutrition; journalist under fire; West Bank deaths; Israeli security worries about Ramadan restrictions at Al Aqsa Mosque; Israeli “friendly fire”; Biden awaits “”credible and reliable written assurances” of proper use of US weapons from Netanyahu; mixed messages on Israel-Hamas-Biden agreement; US voters want a permanent ceasefire; Michiganders don’t want Biden; more

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13,000+ Gazans killed since US vetoed last ceasefire; another veto expected this week – Day 135

[email protected] February 19, 2024 al-aqsa mosque, genocide, hamas, humanitarian aid, icj, Israeli snipers, occupation, palestinian state, pope, ramadan, starvation, UN Security Council, West Bank

UN Security Council to vote on ceasefire; Israeli snipers fire on Gazans congregating for food aid; hospital sinking deeper; Pope declines to pray for Israel; Israel plans 4-hour pauses in fighting so Gazans can stock up on food – but there isn’t any; Israel’s cabinet refuses a Palestinian state; ICJ case starts on Israeli occupation; estimate of how many Hamas fighters have been killed; plans to limit Muslim attendance at Al Aqsa Mosque; record hunger levels in Gaza…

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A month’s supply of food aid sits in Israeli port; just miles away, Gazans starve –Day 128

[email protected] February 12, 2024 ambush in gaza, gaza civil society, genocide, israeli hostages, Israeli settlers, israeli sniper, palestinian prisoners, Rafah, starvation, unrwa, wastewater, West Bank

UNRWA can’t access aid for Gaza, where the need is “beyond catastrophic”; Israeli snipers kill scores of Palestinians; Super Bowl ads for Israel; Gaza civil society in danger of collapse; Israeli soldiers rob Gaza bank; Gaza patients die without oxygen promised by Israel; Israeli military kills 67 Gazans to rescue 2 prisoners; testimonies from female prisoners; Israeli settlements growing 3% per year; Palestinian deaths in West Bank…

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Gazan detainees report “torture like we never saw before” – Day 118

Kathryn Shihadah February 2, 2024 Biden, children in gaza, controlled demolitions, genocide, houthis, humanitarian pause, IDF, Israeli settlers, Netanyahu, Rafah, sanctions, starvation, unrwa, water

17,000 Gazan children alone, many are freezing, all are hungry and thirsty; Israel’s massive number of “controlled demolitions”; Israeli military ready to head south to Rafah, Gazans are terrified; humanitarian pause may be “weeks” away; Netanyahu’s incendiary remarks about UNRWA; the West is ignoring Houthis’ message; Biden sanctions 4 Israeli settlers; US judge can’t rule on Biden’s complicity in Israel’s genocide, but calls on him to “reconsider his position”

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Gazans have begun starving to death, as US withholds funding to UNRWA – Day 114

[email protected] January 29, 2024 arab americans, Biden, francesca albanese, Gaza, genocide, Gideon Levy, humanitarian aid, Iran, Israel, khan younis, nancy pelosi, palestine protest, starvation, unrwa

In Gaza, starvation has become a reality, not just a risk – still Israel withholds aid; Khan Younis under intense bombardment as refugees try to flee; UN’s Francesca Albanese says withholding funding from UNRWA aids and abets genocide; Gideon Levy describes West Bank shepherds going bankrupt; Israelis hold conference about resettling Gaza; Arab Americans don’t want to talk politics with Biden “while there’s a genocide unfolding”; Nancy Pelosi goes full McCarthy, alleging a link between Palestine protesters and Putin; US leaders blame Iran for deaths of 3 American troops in Jordan – Iran begs to differ

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Israeli snipers, tanks, drones positioned to fire on any signs of life in Khan Younis – Day 109

[email protected] January 24, 2024 famine, houthi, israeli settlement, israeli soldiers killed, khan younis, starvation, Supreme Court, uscpr, West Bank

Khan Younis the site of intense fighting, peril; info on US teen Tawfiq Ajaq killed by Israel; starvation; Israelis in US to buy weapons; 24 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza; West Bank death; Israeli settlements in Gaza?; Houthi update; US Supreme Court dismisses case against Palestine advocacy organization

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Winter will bring “an unbearable avalanche of human suffering” to Gaza – Day 90

[email protected] January 5, 2024 ethnic cleansing, Gaza, genocide, houthi, Israel, macdonalds, palestinian prisoners, refugee, starvation

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

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US abstains in UNSC vote; NYTimes, Wash Post on Israeli 1-ton bombs, Hamas-hospital fiction – Day 76

Kathryn Shihadah December 22, 2023 Gaza, humanitarian aid, Israel, security council, starvation

UN Security Council resolution; major newspapers criticize Israel’s bombing campaign and Hamas narrative; Gazans face “crisis levels of hunger”; another Gazan Christian dies on church compound.

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Reports of mass disappearances & torture; death toll reaches 20,000 – Day 74

[email protected] December 20, 2023 ceasefire, Gaza, hostages, humanitarian aid, Israel, october 7, starvation, war crime, West Bank

Torture allegations; possible war crime; possible pause in hostilities; new developments on the escape and killing by Israel of Israeli hostages; more evidence of Israeli culpability in October 7th killings; West Bank continues to spiral

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