torture Archives

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Corpse dump in Gaza, war crimes, Israel mulls possible preemptive strike on Iran – Day 303

[email protected] August 6, 2024 ceasefire, ethnic cleansing, hamas, Iran, iraq, Omer Dostri, palestinian state, smotrich, torture, unrwa, war crime, west bank deaths

Israel hands over bags of decomposed bodies; Amnesty: Israel committing war crimes against Palestinian prisoners; US reportedly signs off on indefinite war; Hamas is in better shape than Netanyahu claims; Israel may hit Iran again; Netanyahu makes Israeli ethnic cleansing proponent official spokesperson; Smotrich makes blatant pro-ethnic cleansing statements; update on UNRWA October 7th probe; US is in the middle of Middle East activities; more.

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Welcome to Hell

[email protected] August 5, 2024 administrative detention, btselem, itamar ben gvir, torture

Israeli prisons, in which every Palestinian inmate is intentionally condemned to severe, relentless pain and suffering, operate as de-facto torture camps. Report by B’Tselem, the Israeli information center for human rights in the Occupied Territories.

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Israel continues illegal practice of assassination – Day 298

[email protected] August 1, 2024 administrative detention, assassination, BDS, boycott, Fuad Shukr, home demolition, Ismail al-Ghoul, israeli settler violence, Mohammed Deif, Palestinian journalists, Rami al-Rifi, Sde Teiman, targeted killing, torture, us defense budget, Veterans For Peace, West Bank

Israel’s assassinations continue – with two more journalists; Palestinian sexual abuse victim returned to scene of the alleged crime; Hezbollah confirms Israel’s killing of military commander Fuah Shukr; Israeli military confirms its killing of Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif; Israeli soldiers, settlers continue terrorizing Palestinians in West Bank; Blinken, State Dept equivocate; US warships converge on Middle East; US “not ready for global war”; boycotts succeeding; UN report on Israeli abuse of Palestinian prisoners; Veterans For Peace have message for Kamala Harris; more.

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‘Disappeared, buried, detained’: The horrors of Gaza’s missing children

[email protected] July 30, 2024 Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, buried under rubble, calls for permanent ceasefire, child detainees, children, defense for children international palestine, halt weapons transfers to Israel, israeli prison, malnourishment, mass graves, Nuseirat refugee camp massacre, save the children, torture, trauma, unicef

Over 20,000 children in Gaza are lost, detained, disappeared, or buried in mass graves or under rubble amid Israel’s relentless war.

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Where to go? Only 14% of Gaza is not under evacuation orders – Day 295

[email protected] July 29, 2024 Belal Muhammad, children in war, evacuation orders, false flag, gaza water shortage, khan younis massacre, majdal shams, Ofer Prison, palestinian prisoners, prison death, rachel corrie, refusenik, Sde Teiman, torture, UFC champion

Khan Younis massacre; Netanyahu denies children medical evacuation from Gaza; only 14% of Gaza is NOT under evacuation orders; Israel destroys Rachel Corrie’s water facility in Rafah; Syria implies Majdal Shams attack may be a false flag incident; 256 Palestinian detainees have died in Israeli prisons since 1967; torture, starvation, suicide attempts in Israel’s Ofer prison; Israeli military raid Sde Teiman prison to arrest soldiers for torture – soldiers fight back; IDF redeployment refuseniks; more.

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Gaza child dies of malnutrition, baby has shrapnel removal surgery, and on and on – Day 293

[email protected] July 27, 2024 Censorship, false antisemitism, francesca albenese, humanitarian aid gaza, jewish national fund, jnf, malnutrition death, mass displacement, medical evacuation, Mustafa Abu Ara, ocha, rafah crossing, torture

Starvation, suffering, bombing, mass displacement, humanitarian vehicles under fire in Gaza; Palestinian prisoner death in West Bank; calls for medical evacuation from Rafah; JNF loses tax exempt status in Canada; Francesca Albanese under attack for “antisemitic” comment; Germany threatens Palestine activist for Zoom presentation; more.

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US medics: Gaza’s children are “maimed and mutilated by our weapons” – Day 292

[email protected] July 26, 2024 ben gvir, Gaza, lebanon war, netanyahu standing ovation, right to housing, safe zones, targeted killing, torture, unrwa

Calls to end the “unbearable cruelty” inflicted by Israel; death, crowding in Gaza’s shrinking “safe zones”; EU scolds Israel over UNRWA “terrorist” label; targeted killing of a 13-year-old Palestinian boy in West Bank; standing ovations for Netanyahu as bombs drop on “safe zones”; more Palestinians testify to torture; US reportedly green-lights expanded war on Lebanon; Ben Gvir handed more power to oppress Palestinians;

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New worries as polio virus detected in Gaza sewage – Day 285

[email protected] July 19, 2024 American Federation of Teachers, Amnesty International, democratic platform, gaza pier, healthcare in gaza, houthis, humanitarian aid, icc arrest warrant, itamar ben gvir, microsoft, mike johnson, Netanyahu, netanyahu speech, oxfam report, palestinian statehood, polio virus, republican national convention, torture

Polio risk added to long list of crises in Gaza; Amnesty speaks out on Israeli torture, Oxfam speaks out on Israeli water weaponization; LA may hire ex-IDF soldiers to patrol streets; 1,000+ attacks on Palestinian healthcare; Ben Gvir’s provocative prayer visit to Al Aqsa; Netanyahu nixes children’s hospital for Gaza kids; ICC arrest warrants expected soon; Republican and Democratic parties scramble to ingratiate with Israel; much more.

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Israel has killed over 2,500 Palestinians every month since ICJ ruling – Day 284

[email protected] July 18, 2024 Elor Azaria, FIFA, free speech, gaza pier, genocide, home demolition, humanitarian aid, Netanyahu, rafah crossing, torture, water shortage, West Bank

ICJ genocide ruling apparently meaningless to Israel, as Palestinian deaths, torture continue apace; Gaza pier debacle comes to an end; water crisis for Palestinian residents of Jerusalem; Israel demolishes high number of West Bank structures; Netanyahu says No to October 7th investigation; Israeli gov’t continues racist, anti-free speech actions; US sanctions one Israeli soldier for years-old crime; more.

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‘I have the prison inside me’: The emaciated Palestinian bodybuilder broken by Israel

[email protected] July 18, 2024 administrative detention, Israeli prisons, routine daily beatings, starvation, torture, uncharged prisoners

Muazzaz Abayat speaks to Middle East Eye from a hospital bed in his native Bethlehem after spending nearly nine months in Israeli administrative detention.

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