The Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs‘ Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners‘ Club accused Israeli authorities of not only killing detainees but also deliberately withholding information about the circumstances of their death and fabricating reports. Rights groups have extensively documented widespread abuses, including severe beatings, torture, food and medical deprivation, and sexual violence inside Israeli prisons.
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528,500 people killed in Syria since 2011
(January 2, 2025)
More than 528,500 people have been killed in the conflict in Syria since 2011, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported yesterday.
Unrwa chief condemns global inaction as Israeli ‚horrors‘ persist in Gaza
Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza on 7 October 2023, 258 staff members from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees have lost their lives, and at least 650 attacks on Unrwa facilities have been recorded. Additionally, 20 Unrwa workers have been abducted by Israel.
Lazzarini condemned the ongoing violence, stating, “This cannot become the new standard, and impunity cannot become the new norm.” His remarks highlight the growing frustration over the global community’s lack of action in halting Israel’s aggression which has been widely described by human rights organisation as genocidal.
Mayotte Cyclone: Aerial Footage Shows Extent of Devastation
Local officials in the French territory Mayotte fear as many as 1,000 people have died after Tropical Cyclone Chido hit the island off the coast of Mozambique on Saturday. Aerial footage released by the Gendarmerie Nationale shows entire neighborhoods flattened. (Source: Gendarmerie Nationale via Associated Press)
Mayotte authorities race to help survivors after deadly cyclone
Authorities in Mayotte were racing on Tuesday to get food and water to residents stricken by the weekend‘s devastating cyclone and fighting to stop hunger, disease and lawlessness spreading in the French overseas territory, officials said.
Hundreds or even thousands could be dead in the wreckage of Cyclone Chido, they said. The storm laid waste to large parts of the archipelago off east Africa, which is France‘s poorest overseas territory.
Syrian Observatory says war has killed more than half a million
(March 12, 2018)
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitor, said on Monday about 511,000 people had been killed in the Syrian war since it began seven years ago.
Ukraine is relying on drones to hold back Russian advances. Troops on the frontline are fearing the worst
Ukraine cannot match Moscow’s numbers, or a tolerance for casualties that Western officials claim is resulting in up to 1,200 dead or injured daily across the frontlines. Kyiv’s manpower crisis has been palpable in Pokrovsk for weeks, soldiers around the eastern front told CNN, and Moscow’s savage tactics are seeing persistent success.
“The situation is very critical,” said East, the callsign of a commander of a drone unit with Ukraine’s 15th National Guard working around Pokrovsk. “We lack infantry to fight and hold out for some time while the drones do their work. That’s why we often see situations where the enemy uncontrollably penetrates vulnerable areas.”
Israel is a rogue nation. It should be removed from the United Nations
(October 15, 2024)
One rogue nation cannot declare war on the UN itself and continue to get away with it
Libanon: Bisher 220 Minderjährige bei Angriffen Israels getötet
Insgesamt sind den Angaben zufolge im Libanon durch israelische Angriffe 3.386 Menschen getötet und 14.417 verletzt worden. Unter den Todesopfern waren demnach auch 658 Frauen.
Israel is a rogue nation. It should be removed from the United Nations
(October 15, 2024)
One rogue nation cannot declare war on the UN itself and continue to get away with it
One year and climbing: Israel responsible for record journalist death toll
One year in, Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza has exacted an unprecedented and horrific toll on Palestinian journalists and the region’s media landscape.
At least 128 journalists and media workers, all but five of them Palestinian, have been killed – more journalists than have died in the course of any year since CPJ began documenting journalist killings in 1992. All of the killings, except two, were carried out by Israeli forces.
Israel has killed more journalists in Gaza than in any conflict in 30 years
In 12 months, more journalists were killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza and Lebanon than in any similar recorded period since 1992, says the CPJ
Appendix to letter of October 2, 2024 re: American physicians observations from the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023
This appendix complements the letter sent to President Joseph R. Biden, Vice President Kamala D. Harris, and others on October 2, 2024 by 99 American healthcare workers who have served in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.
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In total it is likely that 62,413 people have died of starvation and its compilations in Gaza from October 7, 2023 to September 30, 2024. Most of these will have been young children.
As long as aid agencies and public health experts are denied entry to Gaza the true
numbers cannot be known. However, if these estimates are accurate they will approximately match the projected estimates of 85,750 total (direct and indirect) excess deaths in Gaza by August 2024 under the epidemics and military escalation scenarios published by a joint project from Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. This is the population-adjusted equivalent of 13.3 million deaths and 26.6 million injuries in the United States.
The Human Toll: Indirect Deaths from War in Gaza and the West Bank, October 7, 2023 Forward
Figure 1: Direct Deaths from Violence Reported in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank
(Oct. 7, 2023 – Oct. 1, 2024)
Israeli Fatalities in Israel 1,200
Israeli Fatalities in Gaza 34
Israeli Fatalities in West Bank 339
Palestinian Fatalities in Gaza 41,615
Palestinian Fatalities in West Bank 693
Palestinians Missing/Estimated Dead Underthe Rubble 10,000
Total > 53,887
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Figure 2: Estimates of Indirect Deaths in Gaza (Oct. 7, 2023 – Sept. 30, 2024)15
Estimated Deaths from Starvation 62,413
Estimated Deaths from Lack of Access to Care for Chronic Diseases 5,000
Estimated Deaths from Infectious Diseases, Maternal/Neonatal Deaths, and Others ?
Total > 67,413
Death toll across Gaza Strip surges to 41,615, over 96,359 injured
GAZA, September, 30, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces committed two massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 20 Palestinians and the injury of 108 others, according to medical sources.
Gaza health ministry reports at least 41,595 Palestinians killed, 96,251 injured since October 7
The Gaza health ministry reported that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli military offensive has surged to at least 41,595 Palestinians, with over 96,251 others injured since the conflict escalated on October 7.
Over thirty in Lebanon killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday
Around one million Lebanese have also been displaced, according to Nasser Yassin, the minister coordinating Lebanon‘s crisis response.
Lebanon has a total population of around 5.5 million people.
‘Not justifiable attacking densely populated areas – but world does nothing’
Commenting on the Israeli claims of killing Nasrallah, military and security analyst Elijah Magnier has told Al Jazeera that the focus should be “on the several buildings that all disappeared under the ground, with all their inhabitants,” as a result of the Israeli air attack on Friday.
“It’s absolutely considered a war crime and a crime against humanity – and it’s not in any way considered a collateral damage,” he told Al Jazeera.
“The percentage of the people who are killed in such a populated and dense area – it’s not justifiable,” Magnier said.
Forty-eight people killed in Israeli raids on Beqaa Valley and Mount Lebanon
The Lebanese health ministry has said that 48 people have been killed and 73 others wounded in Israeli air strikes in the areas of the Beqaa Valley and Mount Lebanon.
Israel sends scores of unidentified, decomposing bodies of Palestinians to Gaza
The Gaza health ministry has demanded that Israel provide details about their identities and how they were killed after Israel sent the bodies across the border loaded into a container.
Health officials at Khan Younis‘ Nasser Hospital urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to intervene and retrieve the information from Israel.
Gaza death toll reaches 41,534
The death toll of Palestinians killed in Gaza since 7 October has risen to 41,534, with another 96,092 injured, the enclave‘s health ministry has reported.
Israeli Airstrikes in Lebanon Kill at Least 569, Displace Tens of Thousands
The Israeli military is reportedly preparing to invade Lebanon while continuing to launch extensive airstrikes across the country, forcing tens of thousands to flee. Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports the death toll has reached at least 569 people, with more than 1,800 wounded. Israeli strikes have killed United Nations employees, medical workers, at least one journalist and 50 children over the past two days. Meanwhile, Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets at Israel, including a long-range missile fired toward Tel Aviv that was intercepted by Israeli air defense systems. “Lebanese civilians are paying the price,” says Aya Majzoub in Beirut, Amnesty International’s deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa, who calls Israel’s attacks “unprecedented” and “devastating.” “In a single day, on Monday, more than 500 people were killed. … It is one of the highest daily death tolls in recent global wars.”
Death toll rises to 41,495 in Gaza: health ministry
In a statement, the Palestinian health ministry said there had also been 96,006 injuries.
„A number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defence crews cannot reach them,“ it said.
Israel-Hezbollah War Live Updates: After 492 killed, Netanyahu urges Lebanese civilians to evacuate, says ‘Hezbollah using you as human shields’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a recorded message, urged Lebanese civilians to heed their calls to evacuate, ahead of its widening air campaign against Hezbollah, news agency AP reported. “Israel’s war is not with you. It’s with Hezbollah. For too long, Hezbollah has been using you as human shields… Starting this morning, the IDF has warned you to get out of harm’s way. I urge you, take this warning seriously. Don’t let Hezbollah endanger your lives and the lives of your loved ones… Once our operation is finished, you can come back safely to your homes,” Netanyahu said.
Live: Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill at least 356 people
Israel says it is preparing for next stages of Lebanon operation, as US sending additional troops to Middle East
WATCH: Biden-Harris Worked ‚Around the Clock‘ for Months on Gaza Ceasefire Deal That‘s Never Going to Happen
(September 20, 2024)
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have claimed for months to be working „around the clock“ on a Gaza ceasefire deal that is „close“ to happening. Spoiler alert: It‘s not going to happen because Hamas, the terrorist organization that massacred Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, doesn‘t want to release their hostages.
Despite their reportedly tireless efforts to negotiate with the terrorists, the Biden-Harris administration has privately conceded that a ceasefire deal won‘t happen before the end of Biden‘s term in January 2025. „No deal is imminent,“ a Biden-Harris official told the Wall Street Journal. „I‘m not sure it ever gets done.“
This Is Who Kamala Harris Fails
(August 28, 2024)
I appreciate Ms. Harris’s broken heart. What I’d appreciate more is a direct naming of who is killing and starving Palestinians, acts that are neither inevitable nor without a perpetrator. I’d appreciate the upholding of international law through sanctions and an arms embargo.
Death toll in Gaza rises to 41,391
Israel‘s war on Gaza has killed at least 41,391 Palestinians since 7 October, the Palestinian health ministry said on Saturday.
At least 95,760 others have been wounded in the enclave since then, the ministry added.
An Israeli strike on a school in the al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, sheltering thousands of displaced people, killed at least 13 children and six women.
The attack, in the southern part of Gaza City, left 30 others injured, with nine children among them suffering amputations.
MoPH: 37 martyrs in an update on the toll of Israeli raid on Beirut‘s suburb
The Public Health Ministry‘s Emergency Operations Center issued a new update on the outcome of the Israeli raid on the southern suburb of Beirut yesterday, in which the number of martyrs rose to thirty-seven people.
The Ministry indicated that efforts are still underway to remove the rubbles.
Fahrettin Altun: A shameful chapter for humanity is being written in Gaza
Fahrettin Altun, Head of Communications for the Turkish Presidency, expressed strong condemnation of the ongoing violence in Gaza, describing the situation as a „shameful chapter for humanity.“
In a statement shared via social media, Altun criticized the global silence in the face of what he labeled as genocide, calling for immediate international action.
Israel kills 20 more Gazans as death toll nears 41,300
(September 18, 2024)
At least 20 more Palestinians were killed in relentless Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, pushing up the overall death toll since last Oct. 7, to 41,272, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Wednesday.
Nearly two percent of Gaza’s population killed by US-Israel war machine
(August 12, 2024)
The bureau said in a statement that Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 39,000 Palestinians. “This constitutes around 1.8 percent of the total population in the territory,” PCBS said.
According to the data, approximately 24 percent of those killed by Israel in Gaza are youths.
In grim milestone, 1% of Gaza Strip population killed since Israel-Hamas war began
(January 10, 2024)
With 23,357 killed in Israel‘s military operation in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health, the Gaza Strip population has now lost 1% of its 2.3 million residents. More than 10,000 of those killed were children, and about 7,000 are reported to be still under the rubble, the health ministry said.
Israel violating global child rights treaty in Gaza, UN body rules
Israel‘s delegation argued in a series of UN hearings earlier this month that the treaty did not apply in Gaza or the occupied West Bank and claimed that it was committed to respecting international humanitarian law.
The four-member UN Committee monitors countries‘ compliance with the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child – a widely adopted treaty that protects under 18s from violence and other abuses.
Israel violated global child rights treaty in Gaza, UN committee says
Of those killed in Gaza, at least 11,355 are children, Palestinian data shows, and thousands more are injured.
„The outrageous death of children is almost historically unique. This is an extremely dark place in history,“ Bragi Gudbrandsson, vice chair of the committee, told reporters.
Israeli killings of Palestinian children unprecedented, says UN committee
„The outrageous death of children is almost historically unique. This is an extremely dark place in history,“ Bragi Gudbrandsson, vice chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), told reporters.
„I don‘t think we have seen before a violation that is so massive as we’ve seen in Gaza. These are extremely grave violations that we do not often see.“
The CRC, which monitors compliance of state parties to the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, on Thursday released its findings on six state parties to the treaty, including Israel, after a review during its latest session.
Gaza death toll surpasses 41,272 amid ongoing Israeli genocide
The death toll in Gaza from the ongoing Israeli genocidal aggression has exceeded 41,272, according to medical sources reported on Wednesday.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,206: health authorities
Meanwhile, Gaza-based media office said in a statement that the number of displaced people in the enclave has risen from 1.9 million to two million.
For now, a total of 543 shelters have been set up. However, about 74 percent of tents where displaced people live are already unusable. To be more specific, 100,000 out of 135,000 tents need to be replaced immediately.
Death toll across Gaza Strip surges to 41,182, over 95,280 injured
GAZA, September, 14, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 48 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 64 Palestinians and the injury of 155 others, according to medical reports.
Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 41,182 reported fatalities, with an additional 95,280 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.
How the war on Gaza exposed Israeli and western fascism
Just one example: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the Palestinians as “Amalek” – a reference to a biblical story well known to every Israeli schoolchild, in which the Israelites are ordered by God to wipe an entire people, including their children and livestock, off the face of the earth.
Anyone engaged on social media will have faced a battery of similarly genocidal statements from mostly anonymous supporters of Israel.
Those genocide cheerleaders recently gained a face – two, in fact. Video clips of two Israelis, podcasting in English under the name “Two Nice Jewish Boys”, have gone viral, showing the pair calling for the extermination of every last Palestinian man, woman and child.
One of the podcasters said that “zero people in Israel” care whether a polio outbreak caused by Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s water, sewage and heath facilities ends up killing babies, noting that Israel’s agreement to a vaccination campaign is driven purely by public relations needs.
In another clip, the podcasters agree that Palestinian hostages in Israeli prisons deserve to be “executed by shoving too large of an object up their butts”.
They also make clear that they would not hesitate to press a genocide button to wipe out the Palestinian people: “If you gave me a button to just erase Gaza – every single living being in Gaza would no longer be living tomorrow – I would press it in a second … And I think most Israelis would. They wouldn’t talk about it like I am, they wouldn’t say ‘I pressed it’, but they would press it.”
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri
112. The General Assembly should recognize that:
(a) Every instance of mass starvation is a form of genocide or extermination, and every instance of starving an individual is torture;
(b) The right to be free from hunger means the right to be free from oppression, exploitation and occupation;
(c) The Palestinian people’s right to return to Palestine is a precondition to fulfil their right to food and food sovereignty;
(d) Israel has engaged in an intentional starvation campaign against the Palestinian people which evidences genocide and extermination.
How was Isr. able to starve 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza at unprecedented speed and intensity? I answer this question in my new report. I‘ll be discussing my report with the @UN General Assembly on Friday, October 18.
Death toll in Gaza genocide rises to 41,118
In the past 24 hours, the occupying regime conducted three massacres, resulting in 34 deaths and 96 injuries. Additionally, bombings in the Nuseirat and Bureij camps resulted in 7 more deaths.
The ministry noted that the number of martyrs since October 7 has increased to 41,118, with the number of injured at 95,125.
Obama: `This War, Like All Wars, Must End`
(23. Mai 2013)
Now, the speech:
The president who dramatically expanded the CIA secret drone war, ordered a troop surge in Afghanistan and aggressively prosecuted leakers made a forceful defense of his actions and an even more forceful case for winding down the war on terrorism.
The key line: „This war, like all wars, must end. That‘s what history advises. That‘s what our democracy demands.“
Gazastreifen: Offenbar viele Tote bei Luftangriff in humanitärer Zone
Die israelische Luftwaffe hat im Gazastreifen nach eigenen Angaben eine Kommandozentrale der islamistischen Hamas angegriffen, die in einer humanitären Zone untergebracht war. Bei dem Beschuss in der humanitären Zone Al-Mawasi in Chan Yunis seien ranghohe Mitglieder der Terrororganisation Hamas getroffen worden, erklärte die Armee in der Nacht.
An Israeli strike on a tent camp in a Gaza humanitarian zone killed at least 19 people
The overnight strike occurred in Muwasi, a sprawl of crowded tent camps along the Gaza coast that Israel designated as a humanitarian zone for hundreds of thousands of civilians to seek shelter from the nearly year-old Israel-Hamas war.
Associated Press footage shows three large craters at the scene. First responders dug through the sand and rubble with garden tools and their bare hands, using mobile phone flashlights until the sun came up. They pulled body parts from the sand, including what appeared to be a human leg.
Wie das russische Establishment das Ende des Krieges wirklich sieht
In einem wichtigen Punkt war man sich einig: Dass es keinerlei Chance auf eine internationale formale und rechtliche Anerkennung der russischen Annexionen ukrainischen Territoriums gibt und dass Russland nicht darauf drängen wird. Es wurde eingräumt, dass dies nicht nur von der Ukraine und dem Westen abgelehnt würde, sondern auch von China, Indien und Südafrika, die die russische Annexion der Krim im Jahr 2014 nicht anerkannt haben.
Es besteht daher die Hoffnung, dass im Rahmen einer Friedensregelung die Frage des Status dieser Gebiete auf endlose zukünftige Verhandlungen verschoben wird (wie die ukrainische Regierung im März 2022 in Bezug auf die Krim vorschlug), bis sie schließlich von allen vergessen wird. Das Beispiel der (nicht anerkannten, aber praktisch unangefochtenen) Türkischen Republik Nordzypern wurde erwähnt. Das bedeutet, dass die Ukraine nicht öffentlich aufgefordert würde, diese Gebiete „aufzugeben“, sondern lediglich anzuerkennen, dass es unmöglich ist, sie mit Gewalt zurückzuerobern.
Israel calls Palestinians “human animals” before cutting off fuel, electricity, food and water to Gaza, an open air prison enslaving millions
(October 17, 2023)
In an announcement – watch below – Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told Channel 12 that starving the roughly two million people who live in the Gaza Strip is necessary to ensure Israel’s “existence in the region.”
“It will take many weeks,” Gallant said about the deprivation operation. “There will be steps here that have never been seen before.”
“There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel,” he further added. “We are fighting human animals and we will act accordingly.
Live Updates: Gaza death toll rises to 40,972
Sunday, September 8, 2024
1150 GMT — Death toll in Gaza from Israeli attacks rises to 40,972
At least 40,972 Palestinians have been killed and 94,761 others injured in Israel‘s military offensive on Gaza since October 7, the health ministry in the besieged enclave has said.
CIA and MI6 say agencies are ‚working tirelessly‘ towards ceasefire
In an opinion piece for the Financial Times, CIA director Bill Burns and MI6 chief Richard Moore said…
Kamala Harris Had Her Worst Week Since Joe Biden Stepped Aside
T.J. McCormack, a Republican communications specialist, said that after a „stratospheric liftoff“ to her campaign, any „less-than-stellar few days would constitute a bad week“ for the vice president.
„For a coddled candidate the real world can be a terrible thing, especially when that world has several multi-front wars, murdered hostages and polling firms carving up swing states with scalpels,“ McCormack told Newsweek. „Kamala loved the big stage, now she‘s in the trenches.“
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 40,939
Israel‘s military offensive in Gaza has killed at least 40,939 Palestinians since 7 October, the Palestinian health ministry said on Saturday.
Gaza death toll reaches 40,819
(September 2, 2024)
Gaza‘s health ministry said that 33 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours and 67 were injured.
Death toll across Gaza Strip surges to 40,819, over 94,291 injured
Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 33 Palestinians and the injury of 67 others, according to medical reports.
This Is Who Kamala Harris Fails
(August 28, 2024)
I appreciate Ms. Harris’s broken heart. What I’d appreciate more is a direct naming of who is killing and starving Palestinians, acts that are neither inevitable nor without a perpetrator. I’d appreciate the upholding of international law through sanctions and an arms embargo.
Gaza war death toll at 40,786
The health ministry in Gaza said Monday that at least 40,786 people have been killed in the war between Israel and Palestinian militants, now in its 11th month.
Death toll across Gaza surges to 40,691, over 94,060 wounded
GAZA, August 31, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces committed five massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 89 Palestinians and the injury of 205 others, according to medical reports.
Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 40,691 reported fatalities, with an additional 94,060 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.
Day 327 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 40,602 killed, 93,855 injured
The Israeli occupation continues its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, killing 68 Palestinians and injuring 77 others in a series of massacres over the past 24 hours.
Israeli strikes kill 30 Palestinians across Gaza in recent hours
Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 30 Palestinians so far on Tuesday morning, according to Palestinian media.
Gaza death toll rises to 40,435
Gaza‘s health ministry said that 40,435 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on the enclave since 7 October, 30 of them in the last 24 hours.
Gaza death toll rises to 34,844
(08.05.2024)
Additionally, 78,404 have been wounded since the start of the war.
Polizei räumt Protestcamp an FU Berlin
(07.05.2024)
Berlins Regierender Bürgermeister Kai Wegner (CDU) hat die FU-Besetzung durch pro-palästinensische Aktivisten verurteilt. „Wir dürfen auch an den Hochschulen nicht wegschauen, wenn antisemitische Parolen und Judenhass an den Universitäten verbreitet werden“, sagte der CDU-Politiker am Dienstag. Er sei der Universität für ihr Vorgehen sehr dankbar: „Ich finde dieses konsequente Vorgehen völlig richtig.“
Auch Wissenschaftssenatorin Ina Czyborra (SPD) verurteilte die Besetzung des FU-Hofes scharf.
Gaza death toll rises to 34,789 as Israeli onslaught continues
At least 34,789 Palestinians have so far been killed in Israel’s ongoing offensive on the Gaza Strip since last October, Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Death toll in Gaza surges to 34,622 as Israel‘s genocide goes on
(03.05.2024)
Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 26 Palestinians and the injury of 51 others, according to medical sources.
WHO warnt vor „Blutbad“ in Rafah
Israels Regierungschef Benjamin Netanyahu hatte kürzlich erklärt, die israelische Armee werde ungeachtet der internationalen Kritik und unabhängig von einer möglichen Einigung auf ein Abkommen über eine Waffenruhe im Gazastreifen ihre Pläne für eine Bodenoffensive in Rafah umsetzen.
Death toll in Gaza from ongoing Israeli aggression surpasses 34,596
Sources added that at least 77,816 others have also been injured in the onslaught.
At least 28 people were killed and 51 others were injured in Israeli attacks that took place in the last 24 hours, they added.
The sources said that many victims are still trapped under rubble and on the roads as rescuers are still unable to reach them.
Internationaler Gerichtshof weist Eilanträge Nicaraguas gegen Deutschland wegen Vorwurfs der Beihilfe zum Genozid im Gazastreifen zurück
(30.04.2024)
Nicaragua hatte als vorläufige Massnahmen den sofortigen Stopp deutscher Rüstungslieferungen an Israel gefordert. Das zentralamerikanische Land begründete dies damit, dass Deutschland durch Waffenlieferungen an Israel einen Genozid ermögliche und damit gegen internationales Recht verstosse. Nicaragua hatte zudem eine Wiederaufnahme von Zahlungen eingefrorener Beiträge für das Palästinenserhilfswerk UNRWA im Gazastreifen gefordert.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 34,535: Ministry
Gaza, May 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 34,535, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement.
Gaza death toll crosses 34,500 as Israel-Hamas war drags on
The tally includes at least 47 deaths in the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 77,704 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip
Stopping The Slaughter In Gaza Is More Important Than Your Feelings
Your feelings are not more important than Palestinian lives.
Your feelings are not more important than Palestinian displacement.
Your feelings are not even more important than Palestinian feelings.
Your feelings are not important. Stopping the ethnic cleansing and genocide of the people of Gaza is important.
It is a symptom of the cancerousness of western civilization that there are people living their whole lives under the entirely unquestioned assumption that their feelings are so important that it is fine and normal to expect that a limitless number of impoverished foreigners may be killed without any opposition whatsoever in order to promote the interests of their favorite ethnostate, and that anyone who does oppose it is persecuting them.
Death toll in Gaza surges to 34,388 as Israel‘s genocide carries on unabated
GAZA, Saturday, April 27, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 32 Palestinians and the injury of 69 others, according to medical sources.
Local health authorities reported that the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has resulted in 34,388 documented Palestinian fatalities so far, with the majority being children and women. In addition, 77,437 injuries have been documented since the start of the onslaught.
Day 202: 34,356 killed, 77,368 injured in Gaza
(26.04.2024)
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Friday that the number of Palestinians killed in the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Strip since October 7 has now reached 34,356, with 77,368 injured as the war reaches its 203rd day.
Additionally, the ministry stated that the Israeli occupation committed in the past 24 hours five massacres against families in the Strip, which resulted in the martyrdom of 51 people and the injury of 75.
Gaza death toll rises to 34,151
(22.04.2024)
Gaza‘s health ministry said that 54 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on the enclave in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 34,151 since 7 October.
Blinken Denies US Human Rights ‘Double Standard’ for Israel
“Do we have a double standard? The answer is no,” Blinken said in response to questions about the Biden administration’s handling of allegations of abuses by Israeli forces in Gaza, compared with those attributed to Hamas.
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‚Obvious Evidence of Genocide‘: Mass Grave Discovered in Gaza‘s Nasser Hospital
Al Jazeera reporter Hani Mahmoud said the bodies found in the Nasser grave included children, young men, and older women. Rescues said that some of the bodies they found had been buried with their hands tied behind their backs, according to Middle East Eye.
„Our teams continue their search and retrieval operations for the remaining martyrs in the coming days as there are still a significant number of them,“ Palestinian emergency services said in a statement shared with Al Jazeera.
War on Gaza: Hundreds of bodies unearthed in Khan Younis hospital mass graves
As the search continued, rescuers estimated there to be at least 400 bodies.
The Gaza government media office said some of bodies found had been decapitated, and had their skin and organs removed.
According to Al Jazeera, the bodies of children, elderly women and young men were among those found.
Day 198: 34,097 killed, 76,980 injured in Gaza
Today 15:04
On the 198th day since October 7, the IOF committed 5 new massacres against families in Gaza as the death toll continues to increase
Rafah raids death toll rises to 19, including 14 children
The death toll from Israeli air strikes targeting two Palestinian homes in densely populated Rafah, in the south of Gaza, has risen to 19, including 14 children
West Bank: Israeli forces kill 14 Palestinians in days-long refugee camp assault
Israeli forces withdrew from a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Saturday following a deadly two-day raid likened by Palestinians to the intensity of Second Intifada attacks.
The assault began late on Thursday with Israeli armoured vehicles and troops surrounding the Nur Shams refugee camp east of Tulkarm city.
For more than 50 hours, Israeli forces maintained a siege on the camp while they shot at residents, arrested scores of people and destroyed homes.
Israeli army says it killed 10 Palestinians in ongoing West Bank raid
The Israeli army said it killed 10 Palestinians in the ongoing raid on the Nur Sham refugee camp near Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, which started on Thursday evening.
Gaza death toll rises to 34,049, Ministry of Health says
The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to at least 34,049, following more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas, the Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Saturday.
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Death toll in Gaza reaches 33,970
CAIRO – 18 April 2024: The Palestinian Ministry of Health has announced a rise in the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip to 33,970 martyrs and 76,770 wounded since October 7th.
Germany launches new Ukraine air defense initiative, appeals to EU and NATO allies
Berlin has already appealed to EU and NATO partners as well as other unspecified countries, as Russia‘s intensifying aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities continue to highlight the growing shortage of sufficient air defense systems.
A Russian missile attack on the city of Chernihiv on the morning of April 17 killed at least 17 people.
„This would not have happened if Ukraine had received enough air defense equipment and if the world‘s determination to counter Russian terror was also sufficient,“ President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram.
Bundesregierung startet Initiative für mehr Flugabwehr
Die Bundesregierung startet eine neue Initiative, um der Ukraine weiteres Gerät zur Flugabwehr bereitzustellen. Dazu hätten sich Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock und Verteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius an Partner gewandt, teilten Sprecher beider Ministerien mit. Die Adressaten seien Partner bei NATO und Europäischer Union sowie auch Drittstaaten, sagt ein Sprecher des Auswärtigen Amts, ohne dabei konkreter werden zu wollen.
Gaza death toll from Israel‘s deadly aggression surpasses 33,843
GAZA, Tuesday, April 16, 2024 (WAFA) – The Palestinian death toll from Israel‘s deadly offensive against the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has now soared to 33,843, medical sources confirmed on Wednesday.
Sources added that at least 76,575 others have also been injured in the onslaught.
Israel presses on in Gaza as death toll reaches 33,797
The toll includes at least 68 deaths over the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 76,465 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began when Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7.
Death toll in Gaza since start of Israeli aggression on October 7 reaches 33,545
Sources added that 63 citizens were killed and 45 others were injured in the last 24 hours alone.
Thousands of citizens are still missing under the rubble or scattered on the roads, as the occupation continues to prevent ambulances and civil defense teams’ access.
For the defenders of Israel‘s war on Gaza, the game is up
Staunch allies calling themselves friends of Israel are beginning to realise they are also friends of the murderers of western aid workers, friends of genocide and friends of fascism
Death toll in Gaza rises to 33,360 as Israel goes ahead with its genocide
GAZA, Tuesday, April 9, 2024 (WAFA) – Medical sources announced today that the number of Palestinians killed as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7th last year has risen to 33,360.
Gaza death toll rises to 33,175 after six months of fighting
Local health officials said the death toll includes 34 recorded deaths in the last 24 hours.
Gaza death toll rises to 33,137
The toll includes at least 46 people killed in the last 24 hours, adding that at least 75,815 were wounded since the war on the strip began.
Gaza‘s death roll rises to 32,782
The toll includes 77 people killed and 108 wounded in the past 24 hours.
Could the US and other states be implicated in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel?
(16.02.2024)
In the case of South Africa v. Israel, two violations in particular have been raised: complicity in genocide and failure to prevent genocide. For complicity, the ICJ has explained that it includes “the provision of means to enable or facilitate the commission of the crime,” such as furnishing “aid or assistance.” The state needs at least to have acted knowing that the perpetrator of the genocide had a special intent, or dolus specialis, “to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such.” The ICJ left open the possibility that the complicit state would also need to share this special intent. However, courts have not required complicit parties to share the special intent in international criminal cases, suggesting that the ICJ might not require it.
South Africa to Sue US and UK as Complicit in Gaza Genocide
(January 15, 2024)
The United States must now be held accountable for the crimes it committed,‘ says Van Rensburg, who is leading the 47-lawyers team.
“We intend to bring legal proceedings against the U.S. Government based on overwhelming evidence that the U.S. Government has, and is, aiding, abetting and supporting, encouraging or providing material assistance and means to Israel and the Israeli Defense Forces. This conduct by the U.S. Government has enabled and continues to enable Israel to engage in international crimes against the Palestinian people,” the South African lawyers said in a letter sent to US President Joe Biden on January 2.
82 more Palestinians killed in Gaza, death toll climbs to 32,705
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that at least 82 Palestinians were killed and 98 others injured in the past 24 hours as Israel intensifies its attacks on the Gaza Strip. The ministry described eight massacres against families, resulting in numerous casualties, with many individuals still trapped under rubble.
Von der ethnischen Säuberung zum Völkermord. Die Bundesregierung macht mit.
Der israelische Historiker Ilan Pappe hat den Umgang Israels mit Palästina als ethnische Säuberung bezeichnet. Die Zustände sind nicht besser geworden. Sie sind schlimmer. Dazu und zur Rolle Deutschlands kam ein Leserbrief aus Kanada mit einer treffenden Collage. Siehe unten Abschnitt A. Außerdem in Abschnitt B. eine einschlägige Äußerung des UNICEF-Sprechers James Elder in Gaza.
Gaza death toll rises to 32,623
Gaza‘s health ministry said that 71 Palestinians were killed by Israel in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 32,623 since the war began on 7 October.
U.S. allows U.N. cease-fire vote, but it’s too late for many in Gaza
We are already halfway through Ramadan, a month-long holy period marked by pronounced grief and suffering in the Palestinian territories. The Israeli campaign in Gaza has killed more than 32,000 Palestinians, including many women and children, forced the overwhelming majority of people in Gaza to flee their homes and plunged more than half of Gaza’s population into a de facto famine. Small children are dying of malnutrition in what U.N. officials describe to be the broadest and most severe food crisis in the world.
Gaza death toll exceeds 32,400 amid Israeli offensive
At least 74,787 other Palestinians injured in Israeli attacks since last October, Health Ministry says
The World must ask: where is its Court? #ICJ #genocide #Palestine #totalitarism #arbitrariness #accountability
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) – The Republic of South Africa submits an urgent request for the indication of additional provisional measures and the modification of the Court’s prior provisional measures Order and decision
THE HAGUE, 6 March 2024. South Africa today filed an urgent request with the Court for the indication of additional provisional measures and the modification of the Court’s Order of 26 January 2024 and decision of 16 February 2024 in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel).
In its new request, South Africa states that it is “compelled to return to the Court in light of the new facts and changes in the situation in Gaza — particularly the situation of widespread starvation — brought about by the continuing egregious breaches of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide . . . by the State of Israel . . . and its ongoing manifest violations of the provisional measures indicated by this Court on 26 January 2024”. It requests the Court to indicate further provisional measures and/or to modify the provisional measures indicated it its Order of 26 January 2024, pursuant to Article 41 of the Statute of the Court and Article 75, paragraphs 1 and 3, and Article 76, paragraph 1, of the Rules of Court, respectively, “in order urgently to ensure the safety and security of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, including over a million children”. It urges the Court to do so without holding a hearing, in light of the “extreme urgency of the situation”.
Israel Not Complying with World Court Order in Genocide Case
(February 26, 2024)
“The Israeli government is starving Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians, putting them in even more peril than before the World Court’s binding order,” said Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch. “The Israeli government has simply ignored the court’s ruling, and in some ways even intensified its repression, including further blocking lifesaving aid.”
Other countries should use all forms of leverage, including sanctions and embargoes, to press the Israeli government to comply with the court’s binding orders in the genocide case, Human Rights Watch said.
Top UN court rejects South African request for urgent measures to safeguard Rafah
(February 16, 2024)
An estimated 1.4 million Palestinians, more than half of Gaza’s population, has crammed into the city, most of them displaced people who fled fighting elsewhere in Gaza.
Israel has said it will evacuate the civilians before attacking, though international aid officials have said there is nowhere to go due to the vast devastation left behind by the offensive.
World Court stops short of Gaza ceasefire order for Israel
(January 27, 2024)
It asked the court to grant emergency measures to halt the fighting, which Palestinian officials say has killed more than 26,000 Palestinians and displaced the majority of the population in a more than three-month campaign of intensive bombardment.
Death Toll in Gaza Soars to 32,226 as Israeli Aggression Continues
Israeli occupation forces “IOF” perpetrated eight massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 84 Palestinians and the injury of 106 others, according to medical sources.
Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 32,226 reported fatalities, with an additional 74,518 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.
Palestinians describe bodies and ambulances crushed in Israel’s ongoing raid around Gaza hospital
Israeli jets on Sunday launched several strikes near the Shifa Hospital, which largely stopped functioning following the November raid. After claiming that Hamas maintained an elaborate command center there, Israeli forces months ago exposed a single tunnel leading to a few underground rooms.
Hardly any aid has been delivered in recent weeks to northern Gaza and Gaza City, where Shifa is located.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 32,142: ministry
In a press statement sent to Xinhua, the ministry said the Israeli army killed 72 Palestinians and wounded 114 others during the past 24 hours.
Death toll in Moscow concert hall attack climbs to 133 – investigators
The death toll in the attack on the Crocus City Hall in Moscow Region has grown to 133, Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Saturday. Emergency services continue to dig through the rubble of the building, which was partially destroyed in a massive fire sparked by the attackers.
The tally had previously stood at 115 and is feared to grow even further, given the scale of destruction inflicted on the concert hall. Over 150 people were wounded in the attack.
Death toll since Israel‘s aggression on Gaza on October 7 rises to 31,988
“At least 65 people were killed and 92 others injured in Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours,” they added.
The sources noted that many victims are still trapped under rubble and on the roads and rescuers can’t reach them.
War on Gaza: I was buried alive beneath the rubble and awoke in a ‚graveyard‘
When we arrived at Yahya‘s house, I called out to him. He poked his head out a window, letting me know he would be down shortly. As we waited, we jumped to take cover behind Yahya‘s house to avoid the shelling nearby.
In a split second, the wall behind me crumbled, and dust billowed in the air. Before I could even react, I was buried under the rubble.
There was only darkness. Everything happened so quickly that I couldn‘t understand what had just happened.
I could feel the debris crushing my back. Each attempt to move felt like trying to lift a mountain, and every passing moment felt like an eternity.
Suffocating on dust and smoke, I realised the bombing scenes I had seen on TV were now my reality….
Death toll in Gaza rises to 31,923 following ongoing Israeli airstrikes
“At least 104 people were killed and 162 others injured in Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours,” they added.
“Many victims are still trapped under rubble and on the roads and rescuers can’t reach them,” the sources noted.
Alle wissen, wie der Krieg gegen die Ukraine beendet werden kann
(5. März 2022)
Was eine (weitere) verantwortliche, eine rationale, eine solidarische Maßnahme aus dem Weißen Haus wäre, ähnlich wie die Zurückhaltung was die Provokationen aus dem Kreml angeht: von sich aus auf eine N.A.T.O.-Mitgliedschaft der Ukraine zu verzichten. Neben der Lieferung von Defensivwaffen gäbe es nichts Besseres, was “der Westen” derzeit für die Ukraine tun kann. Man könnte vielleicht auch verkünden, man habe sich in den letzten 30 Jahren mit der N.A.T.O. genug gedehnt. Und zwanzig Jahre lang genug ruhmreichen Terrorkrieg geführt. Ein paar Millionen Tote würden nun reichen.
Das Ende des Afghanistan-Krieges, allein beendet durch den Befehl eines einzigen Mannes, Joe Biden, war diesbezüglich ein guter Anfang. Zur Erinnerung; die “Authorization for Use of Military Force” aus 2001, das entscheidende Kriegsermächtigungsgesetz was in Deutschland bis heute fast keiner kennt, ist vom Kongress immer noch nicht aufgehoben, obwohl dies bereits 2013 von Barack Obama angekündigt wurde.
Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen: Calculating the Millions-High Death Toll of America’s Post-9/11 Wars
(26.4.2018)
As Barbara Lee presciently warned her colleagues before she cast her lone dissenting vote in 2001, we have “become the evil we deplore.” But these wars have not been accompanied by fearsome military parades (not yet) or speeches about conquering the world. Instead they have been politically justified by “information warfare” to demonize enemies and fabricate crises, and then waged in a “disguised, quiet, media free” way, to hide their cost in human blood from the American public and the world.
After 16 years of war, about 6 million violent deaths, 6 countries utterly destroyed and many more destabilized, it is urgent that the American public come to terms with the true human cost of our country’s wars and how we have been manipulated and misled into turning a blind eye to them – before they go on even longer, destroy more countries, further undermine the rule of international law and kill millions more of our fellow human beings.
Lloyd Austin promised at Ramstein meeting that US and other allies will not allow Ukraine to fail
(19.03.2024)
US Secretary of Defenсe Lloyd Austin, opening the Ramstein meeting on Tuesday, promised that the United States will continue to support Ukraine‘s military efforts against Russia. In practice, however, the US Congress continues to obstruct funding for Kyiv.
In his opening remarks, Austin said Russia paid a staggering price for the war, echoing estimates that at least 315,000 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded during the war, which has cost Russia up to US$211 billion.
Israel-Palestine live: Israeli forces kill 50 Palestinians in al-Shifa hospital raid
Israeli forces killed 50 Palestinians and detained 180 people during a raid on Gaza‘s al-Shifa hospital on Monday, according to Israel‘s military.
The military said that those killed were fighters, and those arrested were suspected members of Hamas. It did not provide any evidence of those claims. Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of operating inside hospitals – a charge which the Palestinian group has consistently denied.
«Nur einen Schritt vom Dritten Weltkrieg entfernt» – Blick ordnet seine Drohung ein: Bläst Putin nach dem Wahlsieg zum grossen Angriff?
Das Problem allerdings sind die russischen Soldaten, von denen laut dem britischen Verteidigungsministerium schätzungsweise 70’000 getötet und 250’000 verwundet worden sind. Viele Russen befürchten daher eine neue Mobilmachung. «Putin weiss zwar um die gesellschaftlichen Risiken einer solch unpopulären Massnahme, dennoch ist eine neue Teilmobilmachung in den nächsten Monaten wahrscheinlich», meint Schmid. Hunderttausende von Reservisten könnten eingezogen und an die Front in der Ukraine geschickt werden.
Gaza death toll from ongoing Israeli aggression surpasses 31,726
GAZA, Monday, March 18, 2024 (WAFA) – The Palestinian death toll from Israel‘s deadly offensive against the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has now soared to 31,726, medical sources confirmed on Wednesday.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 31,553
At least 63 Palestinians were killed and 112 wounded by Israeli attacks over the past 24 hours, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Gaza war: Dozens killed in overnight strikes in Nuseirat, Rafah as first aid ship arrives
The worst-hit location was Nuseirat, where Israel targeted two family homes, killing at least 36 people, the Palestinian official news agency Wafa said.
Also on Saturday, a US charity said that its team in devastated Gaza had finished unloading the first maritime aid shipment to reach the enclave.
„All cargo was offloaded and is being readied for distribution in Gaza,“ World Central Kitchen said in a statement, noting that the aid was „almost 200 tonnes of food“.
Another Gaza Aid Convoy Ends in Violence, With at Least 20 Killed
For at least the second time in just over two weeks, a convoy bringing aid to hunger-stricken northern Gaza ended in bloodshed late Thursday when Palestinians were killed and wounded in an attack surrounding the trucks, according to Gazan health officials and the Israeli military, which offered divergent accounts of what happened.
The Billionaire Oligarch Who’s Enabling Haiti’s Murderous Gangs
(16.12.2022)
For years, Haitians have said Bigio and other oligarchs are complicit in the violence strangling the nation: This year 1,448 people have been killed, with another 1,005 kidnapped for ransom. Until now, however, the international community has stayed mostly silent about Haiti’s corrupt elite. (…)
Daniel Foote, the former U.S envoy to Haiti who resigned in September 2021 to protest against the disastrous American policy, told me that he thinks Canada and the U.S. State Department are working together to economically punish Bigio and the others. But he suspects that the United States cannot follow Canada’s example by imposing stiff sanctions, possibly because Bigio may be a U.S. citizen and thus entitled to due process. In theory, however, U.S. prosecutors could bring cases against Bigio and other oligarchs for funding the vicious gangs whether these defendants have U.S. citizenship or not. As things stand, inaction is much more likely.
Australia‘s foreign minister says Netanyahu hurting Israel with conduct of war
“I think the world is horrified with the current situation,” she said, adding that “unless Israel changes its course it will continue to lose support.”
„Palestinians have experienced October 7th 156 times,“ says Jordanian queen
Appearing on CNN for another interview with Christiane Amanpour, the monarch said that „Israel experienced October 7, and the Palestinians have experienced in 156 times.“
Speaking from the King Abdullah II Air Base, where the Royal Jordanian Air Force has been preparing airdrops of humanitarian aid in Gaza, the Queen said this year the Muslim world is welcoming the holy month of Ramadan with „heavy hearts.“
Gaza death toll rises to 31,272
Additionally, 73,024 people have been wounded.
‘Disgrace for civilisation’: China repeats call for Gaza ceasefire, peace talks on Middle East and Ukraine
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi repeated calls for international peace talks on Gaza and Ukraine, while reaffirming Beijing’s support for Palestine as he faced the press during the annual meeting of China’s top legislative and political advisory bodies.
Wang’s comments during the “two sessions” on Thursday came as the world closely watches how Beijing weighs in on the twin wars that have had international repercussions.
Gaza enters Ramadan amid Israeli strikes, siege
Israel has continued it‘s bombardment of Gaza on the first day of Ramadan, as hunger persists in the besieged enclave.
Israeli strikes against the Sabra neighbourhood in Gaza city has killed 16 people, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa. Strikes were also reported in Gaza‘s southern city of Rafah.
The strike comes amid low aid flows into the territory, with the situation in north Gaza putting hundreds of thousands on the brink of famine, at least 20 already having died from starvation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has doubled down on Israel‘s war effort, saying that he intends to press ahead with an invasion of Rafah following Biden‘s comments that such an invasion would be a „red line“.
Israel‘s war on Gaza, which has been ongoing since 7 October, has killed 31,112 Palestinians, injuring a further 72,760.
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) – The Republic of South Africa submits an urgent request for the indication of additional provisional measures and the modification of the Court’s prior provisional measures Order and decision
THE HAGUE, 6 March 2024. South Africa today filed an urgent request with the Court for the indication of additional provisional measures and the modification of the Court’s Order of 26 January 2024 and decision of 16 February 2024 in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel).
In its new request, South Africa states that it is “compelled to return to the Court in light of the new facts and changes in the situation in Gaza — particularly the situation of widespread starvation — brought about by the continuing egregious breaches of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide . . . by the State of Israel . . . and its ongoing manifest violations of the provisional measures indicated by this Court on 26 January 2024”. It requests the Court to indicate further provisional measures and/or to modify the provisional measures indicated it its Order of 26 January 2024, pursuant to Article 41 of the Statute of the Court and Article 75, paragraphs 1 and 3, and Article 76, paragraph 1, of the Rules of Court, respectively, “in order urgently to ensure the safety and security of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, including over a million children”. It urges the Court to do so without holding a hearing, in light of the “extreme urgency of the situation”.
South Africa Asks U.N. Court to Intervene to Avert ‘Genocidal Starvation’ in Gaza
(07.03.2024)
Israel has strenuously denied the genocide allegation, and on Thursday its foreign ministry called on the court to reject South Africa’s latest request.
“South Africa continues to act as the legal arm of Hamas in an attempt to undermine Israel’s inherent right to defend itself and its citizens, and to release all of the hostages,” Lior Haiat, a spokesman for Israel’s Foreign Ministry, said on social media.
It was not immediately clear when the court would respond to the request.
Netherlands Protest LIVE: Protest In Amsterdam Against Israeli President Herzog | Gaza War | IN18L
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is to attend the opening of the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam on Sunday amid a planned protest against Israel‘s killing of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza.
Never again is now: protest against Israeli president Herzog!
From Erev Rav:
„NEVER AGAIN IS NOW
We express our deep concern regarding the upcoming opening of the Dutch National Holocaust Museum, where Israeli president Yitzhak Herzog is scheduled to attend alongside Dutch king Willem-Alexander.
While we honor the memory of our ancestors who perished in the Holocaust and recognize the importance of preserving their memory, we cannot stand by silently while the genocide in Gaza continues to unfold.
We are organizing a peaceful protest moment during the opening ceremony of the National Holocaust Museum.
We as Jews deserve better than the instrumentalisation of our pain in order to justify an ongoing genocide!
Dutch pro-Palestinian group demands arrest of Isaac Herzog for ‚war crimes and genocide‘ in Gaza
(07.03.2024)
Ahead of president Isaac Herzog‘s scheduled visit to the Netherlands on Sunday, a local pro-Palestinian organization submitted a request to arrest him for war crimes in Gaza. The Foreign Affairs and Justice ministries are preparing to prevent embarrassment and to ensure that there will be no harm during the visit.
A statement on Gaza and Israel from the president of the ICRC
Five months into the escalation of hostilities, which began with the horrific events in Israel on 7 October, the situation in the Gaza Strip degenerates by the hour. There is nowhere safe for people to go. The civilian death toll and the ongoing captivity of hostages are shocking and unacceptable.
This brutal war has ruptured any sense of a shared humanity.
Gaza war has ‚ruptured any sense of a shared humanity‘ amid Israeli atrocities: ICRC
„As an occupying power, Israel must provide for the basic needs of the population or facilitate the safe and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian relief,“ Spoljaric said.
The war had „ruptured any sense of a shared humanity“, she said.
„The situation in the Gaza Strip degenerates by the hour. There is nowhere safe for people to go. The civilian death toll and the ongoing captivity of hostages are shocking and unacceptable,“ Spoljaric said.
Biden‘s „red line“ on Gaza: „Can’t have another 30,000 Palestinians dead“
President Biden said in an interview on MSNBC on Saturday that he has a „red line“ when it comes to the war in Gaza. „You can‘t have another 30,000 Palestinians dead as a consequence of going after (Hamas). There are other ways to deal with Hamas,“ he said.
Why it matters: This was the first time since the Hamas attack on October 7 that Biden said he has a „red line“ for the Israeli military operation in Gaza.
Biden, I want to see a cease-fire
Biden says Netanyahu is ‘hurting Israel more than helping Israel.’
“He has a right to defend Israel, a right to continue to pursue Hamas, but he must, he must, he must pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost as a consequence of the actions taken,” Mr. Biden said of Mr. Netanyahu in an interview with MSNBC.
“In my view, he’s hurting Israel more than helping Israel,” Mr. Biden said, appearing to refer to Mr. Netanyahu’s military strategy. “It’s contrary to what Israel stands for, and I think it’s a big mistake. So I want to see a cease-fire.”
85 Palestinians killed in Gaza in last 24 hours, death toll climbs to 31,045
“The death toll from malnutrition and dehydration rose to 25,” it noted, adding: “72% of victims of the Israeli aggression on Gaza are children and women.”
Flouting the provisional ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel continues its onslaught on the Gaza Strip where at least 31,045 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and 72,654 injured since 7 October, according to Palestinian health authorities.
Are Biden and the Democrats finally turning on Israel?
Biden’s new plan to build a pier on the Gaza coast seems to say yes. The continued military aid to Israel says otherwise.
Biden in a hot mic moment shows his growing frustration with Netanyahu over Gaza humanitarian crisis
In the exchange, Bennet congratulates Biden on his speech and urges the president to keep pressing Netanyahu on growing humanitarian concerns in Gaza. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg were also part of the brief conversation.
Biden then responds using Netanyahu’s nickname, saying, “I told him, Bibi, and don’t repeat this, but you and I are going to have a ‘come to Jesus’ meeting.”
Gaza death toll climbs to 30,878 with 78 more Palestinians killed
ANKARA Mar 08, 2024 – 12:05 pm GMT+3
In the last 24 hours, the Gaza Strip has witnessed devastating violence as Israeli forces carried out a relentless assault, resulting in the deaths of at least 78 Palestinians and injuries to 104 others.
Palestinian Authority Could Seek Full UN Membership This Year
(09.01.2024)
Mansour said the Palestinian Authority, with the backing of Arab states, would start mobilizing support to go to the U.N. Security Council, which holds the key to membership because it must back a request before it can go to the General Assembly for a final decision. That means at least nine council members must vote in favor of the move, and none of the permanent five members can veto it.
Gaza death toll from ongoing Israeli aggression surpasses 30,717
The Palestinian death toll from Israel‘s deadly offensive against the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has now soared to 30,717, medical sources confirmed on Wednesday.
They said that at least 72,156 other people have also been injured in the onslaught.
“At least 86 people were killed and 113 others injured in Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours,” they added.
US and EU Back UN Force in Postwar Gaza, Adding Pressure on Israel
(16.11.2023)
The people, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations, said US and European officials concede big questions remain about whether such an operation would be workable in Gaza, and recognize that Israel remains highly skeptical of such a plan. But they said even discussing the idea may help push Israel to think more about wrapping up the campaign and consider what might come next.
Pentagon chief says over 25,000 Palestinian women and children killed by Israel in Gaza
At a congressional hearing on Thursday, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said more than 25,000 Palestinian women and children had been killed by Israel since 7 October.
The remarks were in response to a question posed by Congressman Ro Khanna. The figure appears to be significantly higher than the death toll provided by the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza.
DemocracyNow!: Gaza Ceasefire Could Save 75,000 from Death: Report from London School of Hygiene & Johns Hopkins
Gaza death toll rises to 29,782
Gaza‘s health ministry said the death toll from Israel‘s war on the enclave has reached 29,782 on Monday, with another 70,043 injured.
Accountability Now: Palestinians Sue German Government officials for Enabling the Genocide in Gaza
Berlin – 23 February 2024
Today, a group of German lawyers – representing families of two Gazans – is filing a criminal complaint against German Government officials[1], for the crime of aiding and abetting genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza by providing Israel with weapons and issuing related export permissions. They are supported by civil society organisations ELSC (European Legal Support Center), PIPD (Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy) and Law for Palestine under the Justice and Accountability for Palestine Initiative. The charges are being filed at the Office of the Federal Prosecutor in Karlsruhe (‘Generalbundesanwaltschaft’).
In a historic ruling on 26 January 2024 in the case filed by South Africa against Israel for the crime of Genocide, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered provisional measures against the “serious risk” of genocide and stated that the latter is “plausibly taking place”.
German lawyers file genocide complicity case against German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
German lawyers representing Gaza Palestinian families have filed a criminal complaint against German officials – including Chancellor Olaf Scholz – for supplying Israel with weapons that they say aid and abet Israel‘s ongoing genocide in their homeland.
Prosecutors from the Federal Prosecutor‘s office in Karlsruhe will examine the case, and if it goes ahead will open an investigation and question government officials including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, and Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock, Minister of Finance Christian Lindner, and members of the Bundessicherheitsrat, the government body that authorizes Germany‘s arms export licenses.
Arms exports to Israel must stop immediately: UN experts
(23.02.2024)
“The need for an arms embargo on Israel is heightened by the International Court of Justice’s ruling on 26 January 2024 that there is a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza and the continuing serious harm to civilians since then”, the experts said. The Genocide Convention of 1948 requires States parties to employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent genocide in another state as far as possible. “This necessitates halting arms exports in the present circumstances”, the experts said.
The experts welcomed the suspension of arms transfers to Israel by Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the Japanese company Itochu Corporation. The European Union also recently discouraged arms exports to Israel.
The experts urged other States to immediately halt arms transfers to Israel, including export licenses and military aid. The United States and Germany are by far the largest arms exporters and shipments have increased since 7 October 2023.
MSF to UN Security Council: The people of Gaza need an immediate and sustained ceasefire now
„Meeting after meeting, resolution after resolution, this body has failed to effectively address this conflict,” Lockyear said. “We have watched members of this Council deliberate and delay while civilians die. This death, destruction, and forced displacement are the result of military and political choices that blatantly disregard civilian lives. These choices could have been—and still can be—made very differently.
The consequences of casting international humanitarian law to the wind will reverberate well beyond Gaza. It will be an enduring burden on our collective conscience. This is not just political inaction—it has become political complicity.“