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01.02.2025 - 19:32 [ Common Dreams ]

Biden‘s Enduring Legacy: Awful. No Worse

If ever there was a searing, sanctimonious self-immolation in presidential politics, this was it and the costs are incalculable. The damage will reverberate for decades and might never be recovered.

It will be all but impossible for the Democratic Party to accept responsibility for the catastrophe it has inflicted on America, through its head, Joe Biden, and the complicity of all of the party’s upper echelon. It will, thus, ensure that nothing will change. We desperately need a new party that reflects the interest and needs of the American people, and not those of the party’s corporate owners. Change cannot come too soon.

29.01.2025 - 15:26 [ Middle East Eye ]

Death toll in Gaza climbs to 47,417 as more Palestinian bodies found under the rubble

The Gaza Health Ministry announced that hospitals received 63 bodies in the past 24 hours, with 59 recovered from the rubble and eight people wounded.

Since Israel’s offensive began on 7 October 2023, the death toll has soared to 47,417, with at least 111,571 wounded.

25.01.2025 - 18:32 [ Guardian ]

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

23.01.2025 - 22:18 [ +972 Magazine ]

Leaked documents expose deep ties between Israeli army and Microsoft

The documents reveal that dozens of units in the Israeli army have purchased services from Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, Azure, in recent months — including units in the air, ground, and naval forces, as well as the elite intelligence squad, Unit 8200. Microsoft has also provided the military with extensive access to OpenAI’s GPT-4 language model, the engine behind ChatGPT, thanks to the close partnership between the two companies.

These revelations are the product of an investigation by +972 Magazine and Local Call in collaboration with The Guardian.

19.01.2025 - 09:16 [ Khaleej Times ]

Gaza death toll climbs to nearly 47,000 on eve of ceasefire

Israel‘s military offensive on the Gaza Strip has killed at least 46,899 Palestinians and injured 110,725 since October 7, 2023, the Palestinian enclave‘s health ministry said in an update on Saturday.

23 Palestinians were killed and 83 were injured over the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said.

18.01.2025 - 15:26 [ Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator for Vermont ]

NEWS: With Gaza Ceasefire Near, Sanders Statement on What U.S. Must Learn from Its Role in the Horrific Tragedy

(January 17, 2025)

Finally, as Americans, we must grapple with our role in this dark chapter. The United States allowed this mass atrocity to continue by providing an endless supply of weapons to Netanyahu and failing to exert meaningful leverage. This blanket military support took place in clear violation of U.S. and international law. This must not happen again. Future political leaders should learn from this terrible lesson and restore respect for our own laws and moral principles.

18.01.2025 - 15:12 [ Common Dreams ]

No, Biden Wasn’t Unable to Stop the Gaza War—He Was in on It

The truth of the matter is that every day for the past year, Biden could have secured a cease-fire by using America’s vast leverage, and every day for the past year, from all the evidence we have today, Biden chose not to.

18.01.2025 - 14:35 [ Anadolu ]

Despite truce deal, Israel kills 88 more Gazans as death toll nears 47,000

(January 17, 2025)

Despite a cease-fire agreement, Israeli attacks killed at least 88 more Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since October 2023 to 46,876, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Friday.

18.01.2025 - 05:02 [ CBC.ca ]

Hope fades into anguish as deadly airstrikes hit Gaza after ceasefire news

Abdel Aal, who lost two children to airstrikes in the 15-month war, said he is not hopeful for an end to the killings in Gaza.

„The Palestinian people have not been able to take delight even just for a moment in the past 75 years while the death and destruction has taken place in these countries,“ he said.

There was no comment from the Israeli military on the latest strikes.

18.01.2025 - 03:55 [ Anadolu ]

Israel has killed over 117 Palestinians since announcement of cease-fire deal on Wednesday: Civil Defense

Israeli airstrikes have killed 117 Palestinians since the announcement of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas, according to an official tally on Friday.

According to Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for Gaza‘s Civil Defense service, the latest attacks include 32 women and 30 children.

16.01.2025 - 19:48 [ Propublica.org ]

A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza

In early November, a small group of senior U.S. human rights diplomats met with a top official in President Joe Biden’s State Department to make one final, emphatic plea: We must keep our word….

16.01.2025 - 19:45 [ Common Dreams ]

Report Says Biden‘s ‚Empty Threats‘ on Gaza Fed Israeli Impunity

New reporting published Wednesday details the impotence and insincerity of President Joe Biden‘s „multiple threats, warnings, and admonishments“ to Israel as it annihilated the Gaza Strip, killing tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians while receiving tens of billions of dollars in U.S. arms and unwavering diplomatic support.

Writing for ProPublica, Brett Murphy showed how multiple „red lines“ issued by Biden administration officials were ignored by Israel with impunity.

16.01.2025 - 19:38 [ Anadolu ]

Israel kills 81 more Gazans as death toll nears 46,800

Medical sources told Anadolu that most of the victims were killed in intensified Israeli attacks across Gaza following the announcement of a cease-fire deal Wednesday evening.

16.01.2025 - 19:33 [ Middle East Eye ]

At least 81 Palestinians killed in the past 24 hours: health ministry

At least 81 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in the past 24 hours, the health ministry announced on Thursday.

15.01.2025 - 20:40 [ YeniSafak.com ]

Gaza death toll tops 46,700 as Israeli attacks continue unabated

(7 hours ago)

At least 62 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, bringing the overall death toll since October 2023 to 46,707, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Wednesday.

A ministry statement added that some 110,265 others were injured in the ongoing assault.

14.01.2025 - 19:34 [ BMFC BREAKING NEWS / Youtube ]

Protests Erupt in Washington: Blinken Dubbed ‚Secretary of Genocide‘ by Activists!

On January 14, 2025, during a speech at the Atlantic Council in Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was interrupted by activists:

„you will forever be known as bloody blinken, secretary of genocide.“

14.01.2025 - 18:56 [ Middle East Eye ]

Gaza death toll reaches 46,645

Since the Israeli onslaught began on 7 October 2023, the death toll has risen to 46,645, with 110,012 people wounded, according to the ministry‘s latest figures.

14.01.2025 - 18:53 [ Middle East Eye ]

32 Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza since dawn

(14 January 2025 12:25 GMT)

Medical sources reported to Al Jazeera Arabic that Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed 32 Palestinians since dawn today, with 24 of the victims located in the central and southern regions of Gaza.

13.01.2025 - 12:48 [ Middle East Eye ]

Gaza death toll reaches 46,584

The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that the death toll from Israel’s ongoing military onslaught has climbed to 46,584, with 109,731 people wounded since Israel‘s war on Gaza began on 7 October 2023.

13.01.2025 - 09:25 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel kills 13 Palestinians in northern Gaza Strip since dawn

(13 January 2025 07:49 GMT)

At least 13 Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli air strikes on the northern Gaza Strip since the early hours of today, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.

12.01.2025 - 19:50 [ Middle East Eye ]

Biden and Netanyahu discusses ceasefire deal

(12 January 2025 17:39 GMT)

US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke over the phone on Sunday, according to several reports.

12.01.2025 - 19:46 [ Middle East Eye ]

Trump‘s incoming national security advisor urges ceasefire before 20 January

(12 January 2025 16:15 GMT)

Donald Trump‘s incoming national security adviser, Mike Waltz, spoke with ABC News on Sunday, where he called for a ceasefire deal in Gaza to happen before Trump‘s inauguration on 20 January.

„Hamas has nowhere else to go but enter some type of agreement. Let‘s have a ceasefire, let‘s allow our hostages to be set free. I want to see them walking across a tarmac. At a minimum, some type of agreement before inauguration,“ he said.

12.01.2025 - 19:18 [ Palestine Chronicle ]

Gaza Death Toll Reaches 46,565, 70 Children Killed in the Last 5 Days Alone

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday that two separate massacres committed by Israeli forces over the past 24 hours resulted in the deaths of 28 Palestinians, with 89 others injured.

The Civil Defense in Gaza further revealed that in the past five days, nearly 70 children have been killed due to relentless Israeli bombing across the strip.

11.01.2025 - 08:45 [ Al Jazeera ]

LIVE: Israeli air strikes hit Yemen, Lebanon as more than 20 killed in Gaza

Israel’s military said it attacked sites in Yemen controlled by Houthi fighters, including a power station near the capital Sanaa, and the ports of Hodeidah and Ras Isa.

Several people have been killed in an Israeli air strike in Lebanon’s south with Israel’s military saying later that it was still “committed to the understanding of the ceasefire” with Lebanon.

10.01.2025 - 15:36 [ United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Coordination Office (OCHA) ]

Humanitarian Situation Update #253 | Gaza Strip

Key Highlights

– Child Protection partners are facing severe challenges in bringing needed winter clothing kits into Gaza; only 19,000 kits have been distributed out of 220,000 procured.
– At least 369 aid workers, including 263 UNRWA staff, have been killed since October 2023, according to data received by the UN and its partners.
– Zero fuel reserves to operate electricity generators at hospitals across Gaza are placing the lives of patients and newborns at grave risk.
– The UN attempted to reach the besieged area in North Gaza 165 times between 6 October and 31 December 2024, of which 149 attempts were denied by the Israeli authorities and 16 faced impediments.
(…)
– Access to North Gaza governorate, which has been under intensified siege since 6 October 2024, continues to be largely denied by the Israeli authorities. From 6 October to 31 December 2024, the UN attempted to reach the area 165 times, of which 149 attempts were denied and 16 were allowed to proceed but faced impediments. Coordinated aid missions to areas in the Rafah governorate, where there has been an ongoing Israeli military operation since early May, have faced similar challenges. Overall, in 2024, the UN and its partners carried out 5,321 coordinated humanitarian movements across the Gaza Strip, including 3,707 in the south and 1,614 in the north. Of these, 48 per cent (North: 621, South: 1,936) were facilitated, 24 per cent (North: 398, South: 864) were denied, 19 per cent (North: 434, South: 567) were interfered with or initially agreed to but then faced impediments, and nine per cent (North: 161, South: 340) were cancelled by the organizers due to logistical and security challenges. Movements facing impediments were accomplished either partially or not at all.

10.01.2025 - 12:00 [ Lancet ]

Traumatic injury mortality in the Gaza Strip from Oct 7, 2023, to June 30, 2024: a capture–recapture analysis

Findings We estimated 64 260 deaths (95% CI 55 298–78 525) due to traumatic injury during the study period, suggesting the Palestinian MoH under-reported mortality by 41%. The annualised crude death rate was 39·3 per 1000 people (95% CI 35·7–49·4), representing a rate ratio of 14·0 (95% CI 12·8–17·6) compared with all-cause mortality in 2022, even when ignoring non-injury excess mortality. Women, children (aged <18 years), and older people (aged ≥65 years) accounted for 16 699 (59·1%) of the 28 257 deaths for which age and sex data were available. Interpretation Our findings show an exceptionally high mortality rate in the Gaza Strip during the period studied. These results underscore the urgent need for interventions to prevent further loss of life and illuminate important patterns in the conduct of the war.

10.01.2025 - 11:48 [ Antiwar.com ]

Lancet Study: Gaza Health Ministry Undercounted Death Toll By 41%

Explaining the methodology, the study said it used “capture-recapture methods to estimate total deaths from traumatic injury in the Gaza Strip from Oct 7, 2023, to June 30, 2024. By combining three data lists—official hospital lists, an MoH survey, and social media obituaries—we provide an estimate of mortality that accounts for under-reporting.”

The study only accounts for deaths caused by violence and not indirect deaths caused by the Israeli siege and the destruction of medical and other civilian infrastructure.

10.01.2025 - 11:05 [ DailySabah.com ]

46,006 and counting: Israel kills father, 3 sons in latest atrocities

The death toll in Israel‘s genocidal Gaza war crossed 46,006 on Thursday after at least 70 more Palestinians were killed in relentless Israeli attacks, the enclave‘s Health Ministry said.

A ministry statement added that some 109,378 others were injured in the ongoing assault.

09.01.2025 - 12:00 [ Lee Mordechai / Witnessing-the-Gaza-War.com ]

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09.01.2025 - 12:00 [ Lee Mordechai / Witnessing-the-Gaza-War.com ]

Bearing Witness to the Israel-Gaza War

Last updated:1 November 29, 2024

I, Lee Mordechai, a historian by profession and an Israeli citizen, bear witness in this document to the situation in Gaza as events are unfolding. The enormous amount of evidence I have seen, much of it referenced later in this document, has been enough for me to believe that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian population in Gaza. I explain why I chose to use the term below. Israel’s campaign is ostensibly its reaction to the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, 2023, in which war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed within the context of the longstanding conflict between Israelis and Palestinians that can be dated back to 1917 or 1948 (or other dates). In all cases, historical grievances and atrocities do not justify additional atrocities in the present. Therefore, I consider Israel’s response to Hamas’ actions on Oct. 7 utterly disproportionate and criminal.

(…)

Cases in which the IDF kills civilians almost never make the news in Israel and the United States. An exception happened in early April, when the IDF killed 7 workers of the international NGO World Central Kitchen (all foreign citizens) within their clearly marked vehicles operating in full coordination with the IDF. A source from the IDF stated that a drone attacked the convoy of three vehicles because a Hamas person was thought to be in it (later investigation stated this was uncertain and the person simply appeared armed). After the first vehicle was bombed, some NGO workers left their vehicle and evacuated to a second vehicle, immediately notifying the IDF. Despite this, the second vehicle was bombed as well, and the survivors evacuated it to a third vehicle that was also bombed, killing them all.

09.01.2025 - 12:00 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

Dokumentation der Hölle, des Genozids an der palästinensischen Bevölkerung in Gaza

Selbst wenn Gaza jetzt in deutschen Medien so gut wie keine Rolle mehr spielt … Der israelische Historiker Lee Mordechai hat die Abgründe dieser Hölle in einer ausführlichen Dokumentation bis inkl. Ende 2024 zusammengestellt. Dieses Grauen ist nicht zu ertragen. Aber es ist notwendig, dies zu dokumentieren. Siehe hier. Zu Ihrer Information unter Teil A. die Zusammenfassung des Textes, übersetzt von Susanne Hofmann, und unter Teil B. eine Dokumentation von Haaretz.

(…)

“Ich garantiere nicht, dass jede einzelne Zeugenaussage absolut zuverlässig ist. In der Tat weiß niemand genau, was in Gaza passiert – nicht die internationalen Medien, sicherlich nicht die Israelis und nicht einmal die IDF. In ‘Bearing Witness’ behaupte ich, dass das Verstummen der Stimmen aus dem Gazastreifen – die Einschränkung der Informationen, die von dort kommen – Teil der Arbeitsmethode ist, die den Krieg möglich macht. Ich stehe hinter der Synthese, die ich verwende, und ich wünschte, ich läge falsch. Aber von israelischer Seite gibt es nichts. Ich spreche von Beweisen – bringt mir Beweise!”

Ein Fall, der in dem Dokument beschrieben wird, auch wenn es vielen Israelis schwer fallen wird, dies zu glauben, bezieht sich auf den Einsatz einer Drohne durch die IDF, die Geräusche eines weinenden Säuglings abgab, um festzustellen, wo sich Zivilisten aufhielten und sie vielleicht aus ihrem Schutzraum herauszulocken. In dem Video, auf das Mordechai verweist, ist ein Weinen zu hören und die Lichter einer Drohne zu sehen.

“Wir wissen, dass es Drohnen mit Lautsprechern gibt, vielleicht macht sich ein gelangweilter Soldat einen Spaß daraus und die Palästinenser empfinden es als schrecklich”, sagt er. “Aber ist es wirklich so weit hergeholt, dass ein Soldat, anstatt sich mit Höschen und BHs filmen zu lassen oder die Sprengung einer Straße seiner Frau zu widmen, so etwas tut? Es mag erfunden sein, aber es passt zu dem, was ich sehe.” Diese Woche strahlte Al Jazeera einen investigativen Bericht über die so genannten weinenden Drohnen aus und behauptete, ihr Einsatz sei von einer Reihe von Augenzeugen bestätigt worden, die alle die gleiche Geschichte erzählten.

“Wir können immer noch über solche anekdotischen Berichte streiten, aber es ist schwieriger, dies zu tun, wenn wir mit Bergen von fundierteren Berichten konfrontiert werden”, bemerkt Mordechai. “Dutzende amerikanischer Ärzte, die als Freiwillige in Gaza arbeiteten, berichteten zum Beispiel, dass sie fast jeden Tag Kinder sahen, denen in den Kopf geschossen worden war – wie ist das zu erklären? Versuchen wir überhaupt, das zu erklären oder zu verkraften?”

09.01.2025 - 02:51 [ Middle East Eye ]

Jeremy Corbyn demands answers from UK government on arms exports to Israe1

Corbyn also demanded answers on whether or not the UK would suspend the licences of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel.

„I remain astounded by your government‘s admission that it is making an exception to the UK‘s legal obligations. The Foreign Secretary has accepted the fact that F-35 jets are being used in violation of international humanitarian law. By justifying the continued licencing of F-35 jet parts, your government is admitting its complicity in war crimes,“ the letter said.

09.01.2025 - 02:22 [ ilkha.com ]

Gaza death toll surpasses 45,936 as Israeli attacks intensify

The death toll from Israel‘s ongoing military aggression against the Gaza Strip has exceeded 45,936, with a significant number of casualties reported in the last 24 hours.

According to medical sources, the Israeli army has carried out six massacres targeting families, killing 51 civilians and injuring 78 others.

08.01.2025 - 09:35 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israeli air strikes kill 28 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn

Medical sources have told Al Jazeera Arabic that 28 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raids targeting multiple areas across the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

07.01.2025 - 17:46 [ Libertarianinstitute.org ]

Top Trump Official Claims Iran Is the Problem in the Middle East, Vows Crackdown on Pro-Palestinian Protesters

In an interview with Mark Levin, Waltz explained the “philosophy” of the incoming administration for the Middle East. “The problems in the Middle East by and large originate from Tehran, not from Tel Aviv. We’re going to stand by and support our greatest ally in the Middle East,” he said. “We’re aligned from a national security, intelligence and values standpoint.”

Waltz described this policy as instituting a “complete philosophical, wholesale national security shift.”

07.01.2025 - 17:26 [ Common Dreams ]

‚Morally Bankrupt‘ Biden Blasted for $8 Billion More in Arms to Israel Amid Gaza Genocide

Human rights advocates in the United States and around the world on Monday condemned outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden for continuing to fuel Israel‘s genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip with a pending $8 billion weapons package.

Since Axoisrevealed late Friday that his administration had notified Congress of the deal, Biden has faced a fresh flood of outrage, with critics calling the president „morally bankrupt“ and his decision to keep arming Israel „willful madness.“

07.01.2025 - 17:13 [ Middle East Eye ]

Gaza‘s death toll rises to 45,885

Since the onset of Israel‘s military onslaught on Gaza in October 2023, at least 45,885 Palestinians have been killed and 109,196 wounded, the Palestinian health ministry reported on Tuesday.

05.01.2025 - 13:35 [ Common Dreams ]

Biden Greenlights ‚Racist‘ and ‚Sociopathic‘ $8B Arms Sale to Israel

The administration of US President Joe Biden announced on Saturday an arms sale to Israel valued at $8 billion, just ahead of President-elect Donald Trump‘s return to the White House.

Biden has repeatedly rejected calls to suspend military backing for Israel because of the number of civilians killed during the war in Gaza. Israel has killed more than 45,000 people in Gaza, primarily women and children.

05.01.2025 - 11:36 [ Middle East Eye ]

45,717 Palestinians killed in Gaza since October 2023: Health ministry

The Palestinian health ministry reported that 59 people were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza in the past 24 hours, raising the total death toll to 45,717 killed since 7 October 2023.

05.01.2025 - 11:31 [ Middle East Eye ]

At least 66 people killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza: Report

4 January 2025 20:29 GMT

At least 66 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported, citing medical sources.

04.01.2025 - 13:59 [ Axios ]

Scoop: Biden notifies Congress of $8 billion arms sale to Israel

„The President has made clear Israel has a right to defend its citizens, consistent with international law and international humanitarian law, and to deter aggression from Iran and its proxy organizations. We will continue to provide the capabilities necessary for Israel‘s defense,“ a U.S. official said.

04.01.2025 - 13:51 [ Middle East Eye ]

Live: Israel kills dozens of Palestinians since dawn

Meanwhile, the US is preparing an $8bn arms package for Israel, including heavy bombs

04.01.2025 - 13:14 [ BastillePost.com ]

Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 45,658

The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 45,658, with 108,583 others injured, the Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Friday.

In the past 24 hours alone, at least 77 people were killed and 145 others were injured in Gaza, according to the statement.

03.01.2025 - 11:05 [ MenaFN.com ]

Gaza Death Toll Rises To 45,581 Over 108,000 Injured

(December 2, 2024, 2:44:12 PM)

Doha, Qatar: Palestinian health Ministry said today, January 2, that at least 45,581 people have been killed by Israeli Occupation forces in nearly 15 months of war on Gaza.

03.01.2025 - 10:52 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel’s relentless bombing kills 26 Palestinians in Gaza this morning

Over the past 24 hours, Israeli air strikes have left more than 70 Palestinians dead, with dozens more wounded, according to Gaza’s health authorities. The staggering death toll highlights the devastating impact of Israel’s military assault on the densely populated region, where civilians are bearing the brunt of the onslaught.

On Thursday alone, Gaza’s government media office reported 34 air strikes carried out by the Israeli army, many of which struck civilian areas already ravaged by war.

01.01.2025 - 17:39 [ Middle East Eye ]

Gaza death toll climbs to 45,553

At least 45,553 Palestinians have been killed and 108,379 wounded in Gaza since 7 October 2023, the Palestinian health ministry said on Wednesday.

01.01.2025 - 09:45 [ Louise Wateridge / United Nations ]

UN News Champion: ‘Are you keeping up with the death?’ The grinding toll of war in Gaza

(December 24, 2024)

If you have read this far, then you will know why I am here in Gaza. You will understand why my life has been on hold, to do what I can to spend time with my friends, and report on the continued horrors that have engulfed their lives. Report on the families who scream at us in despair, desperate for information on loved ones who have been detained for months. Report on the bodies we see of people around checkpoints, left to be eaten by packs of dogs. Report on toddlers in hospitals with missing limbs after strikes in “humanitarian zones”. Mona’s brother, killed. Hussein’s daughter, killed. Rajaa’s cousin, killed. Are you keeping up with the death? Because we’re not. Here, you’re considered lucky if you actually know if your family are alive.

The journalists on the ground – risking life and limb every day to show the world the horrors consuming their friends, their families, their neighbours. Is the world still looking?

01.01.2025 - 09:20 [ Al Jazeera ]

Gaza’s 2024: A year of war and misery

Israel’s war on the enclave continued into 2024, killing 23,842 people and wounding 51,925 during this year alone, driving the grisly official death toll to 46,376, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

31.12.2024 - 15:52 [ Guardian ]

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

31.12.2024 - 15:10 [ Middle East Eye ]

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.

31.12.2024 - 14:42 [ Middle East Eye ]

Gaza‘s population drops by 6 percent due to Israel‘s relentless attacks

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the war has left 45,541 Palestinians dead, some 11,000 are missing and believed to be under the rubble and at least 100,000 have been forced to flee Gaza as Israel’s campaign of destruction continues to devastate the enclave.

In the West Bank, Israeli attacks killed 835 Palestinians and injured 6,450 others.

31.12.2024 - 04:26 [ Hussam Abu Safiyia / New York Times ]

I’m One of the Last Doctors in This Hospital in Gaza. I’m Begging the World for Help.

(December 2, 2024)

We are working beyond our areas of specialization because we no longer have a qualified surgical team. We have called upon the world for protection for over 50 days but unfortunately there has been no response. I’m confounded by this world that claims to believe in humanity and democracy but does not respond. Not even the World Health Organization has any protection here.

The human mind cannot imagine all the death and body parts and blood that surround us around the clock…

31.12.2024 - 04:01 [ Middle East Eye ]

Amnesty International demands immediate release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya following Israeli abduction

Amnesty also highlighted the broader issue of Israeli detention practices, noting that since the onset of its military onslought in Gaza, Israel has detained hundreds of Palestinian healthcare workers without charge or trial. These workers, the organisation stated, have been subjected to torture, ill-treatment, and incommunicado detention.

„The international community, especially Israel’s allies, must act to end Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,“ Amnesty concluded, demanding the immediate release of all Palestinians arbitrarily detained, including healthcare workers. Hospitals and health workers, the organisation reiterated, are not legitimate targets.

31.12.2024 - 03:16 [ Huffington Post ]

A Doctor Vowed To Stand Against Israel’s War On Hospitals. Its Military Just Detained Him.

Kamal Adwan was the last functioning hospital in North Gaza, as Israel continues to wall the region off from the rest of the Palestinian territory and from any kind of outside humanitarian assistance. Still, despite the resulting lack of resources and the increasing casualties, Abu Safiya managed to keep the hospital in Beit Lahia at least partially running ― expanding its bed capacity from 120 to 200, and regularly posting updates online to show the world what Kamal Adwan, its patients and its staff were enduring at the hands of the Israeli military.

30.12.2024 - 10:12 [ Guardian ]

The world court will rule on Germany’s support for Israel. That shows how geopolitics has changed

(April 9, 2024)

Western governments could once be confident of protecting their friends. Nicaragua’s case shows those days are gone

30.12.2024 - 10:02 [ United Nations ]

Gaza: ‘Hunger is everywhere’, babies die from the cold, airstrike on unarmed journalists condemned

Meanwhile in the West Bank, OCHA reported that as of Thursday Israeli military operations have killed 20 Palestinians over a 10-day period, including 12 deaths from airstrikes.

In Tulkarm refugee camp, a military operation caused significant infrastructure damage, with OCHA raising concerns over the repeated use of lethal, war-like tactics exceeding law enforcement standards.

OCHA also reported that 2024 marked the highest displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank since records began nearly two decades ago.

As of Tuesday, 4,706 Palestinians, including 1,949 children, have been displaced,

30.12.2024 - 09:41 [ Middle East Eye ]

Grim statistics on Israel‘s genocide in Gaza

Here are some of the key figures:

– 1,413 Palestinian families wiped out, with 5,455 family members killed
– 17,818 children killed in Israeli attacks
– 12,287 women killed in Israeli strikes
– 238 newborns and 853 infants killed
– 35,060 children now living without one or both parents
– 44 people dead due to malnutrition and starvation
– Six deaths from extreme cold in displacement tents, including five babies
– 1,068 medical staff and 94 Civil Defence personnel killed
– 520 bodies retrieved from seven mass graves inside hospitals
– 216 shelter and displacement centres targeted

29.12.2024 - 18:34 [ Turkiye Today ]

Israel kills 45,514 people in Gaza over 450 days, more than 100 deaths daily

Timeline: The Israeli army’s offensive on Gaza, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, has stretched over 450 days since its latest escalation on Oct.7, 2023.
Rising casualties: The 30 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours push the overall death toll to 45,514, while injuries have surpassed 108,000.

28.12.2024 - 15:00 [ Tagesschau.de ]

WHO kritisiert Israels Militäreinsatz in Klinik scharf

Das Kamal-Adwan-Krankenhaus sei die letzte größere Gesundheitseinrichtung im Norden des Küstenstreifens gewesen und sei nun außer Betrieb, teilte die WHO auf X mit. Erste Berichte deuteten darauf hin, dass einige wichtige Abteilungen bei der Razzia stark verbrannt und zerstört worden seien.

Patienten in mittelschwerem bis schwerem Zustand seien ins zerstörte und nicht funktionstüchtige Indonesische Krankenhaus verlegt worden. Die Weltgesundheitsorganisation mache sich „große Sorgen um ihre Sicherheit“, hieß es.

28.12.2024 - 13:21 [ Associated Press ]

Israel detains director of one of last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, Palestinians say

Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday that Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was arrested by Israeli forces. The announcement comes a day after Israeli troops stormed the hospital, forcing many staff and patients outside to strip in winter weather, according to the ministry.

Israel’s army didn’t respond to questions about Dr. Abu Safiya.

28.12.2024 - 13:14 [ Middle East Eye ]

Medics burned alive after Israel set fire to Kamal Adwan: Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera is reporting, citing medical sources, that several medical staff members were burned to death in the fires set by Israel‘s military in the Kamal Adwan Hospital on Friday.

28.12.2024 - 13:07 [ Al Jazeera English / Youtube ]

Gaza hospital on fire: Israeli forces attack Kamal Adwan facility

Dec 28, 2024 #Gaza #GazaUnderAttack #FreeGaza
The Israeli military has stormed the last operating hospital in Northern Gaza – setting it on fire. Operating rooms in the Hospital and its emergency department were destroyed. 350 people – including all the patients and staff – have been forced to evacuate. Their location is unknown and contact with the facility has been lost.

Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reports.

28.12.2024 - 12:43 [ ABC News ]

Middle East latest: Israeli soldiers burn a hospital in Gaza

Israeli soldiers stormed and burned a hospital in isolated northern Gaza after forcibly removing staff and patients on Friday, Health Ministry officials said. The Israeli military said the hospital was being used by Hamas fighters as a base, although it did not provide evidence.

Gaza‘s Health Ministry said Israeli troops set fires in several parts of Kamal Adwan Hospital, including the lab and surgery department.

28.12.2024 - 12:40 [ PBS.org ]

Israeli troops burn northern Gaza hospital after forcibly removing staff and patients, officials say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops stormed one of the last hospitals operating in northern Gaza on Friday, igniting fires and forcing many staff and patients outside to strip in winter weather, the territory’s health ministry said.

27.12.2024 - 14:54 [ Anadolu ]

Gaza death toll tops 45,400 as Israel kills 37 more Palestinians

At least 37 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since last year to 45,436, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Friday.

27.12.2024 - 14:44 [ New York Times ]

Israeli Military Forces Patients and Staff to Leave Hospital in Northern Gaza

“The fate of everyone at the hospital is unknown to us,” said Yousef Abu al-Rish, the deputy health minister in the territory, who is based in southern Gaza. “We’ve tried to call them in every way possible and we haven’t been able to reach them.”

Mr. Abu al-Rish said that he last had phone contact with the hospital on Thursday night, when he was told that Israeli forces were bombarding the area and tanks were approaching the hospital.

27.12.2024 - 14:34 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israeli soldiers storm Gaza‘s Kamal Adwan hospital, force out semi-naked medics and patients

The assault on Kamal Adwan comes a day after 50 Palestinians were killed in an air strike on a building in the hospital‘s grounds. At least five medical staff were killed in Thursday‘s attack, along with their wives, parents and children.

Kamal Adwan has been under a suffocating Israeli siege for more than two months, receiving little to no aid, medicine, food or fuel since Israel intensified it blockade on northern parts of the enclave.

27.12.2024 - 14:26 [ Daily Sabah ]

50 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike near hospital in Gaza

Dec 27, 2024 – 12:06 am GMT+3

At least 50 Palestinians, including five staff, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza late Thursday.

Hossam Abu Safiya, head of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, said: „an Israeli strike resulted in five martyrs among the hospital staff.“

26.12.2024 - 17:31 [ Al Quds Today ]

Gaza: 5 journalists killed in Israeli bombing of Nuseirat camp

The sources reported that among the killed journalists was journalist Ayman Al-Hadi, who arrived at the hospital with his wife, who was about to give birth to their first child. However, he took advantage of the hours of waiting to check on his colleagues, who were at the hospital door in a television broadcast vehicle.

26.12.2024 - 16:14 [ omar_al_gedi / instagram ]

ايمن اخويه شهيد

26.12.2024 - 16:11 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel kills five journalists in clearly marked press vehicle in Gaza

Jadi had gone to al-Awda Hospital with his wife, who was giving birth to their first child.

According to the Wafa news agency, while waiting for his wife, he decided to check in on his colleagues who were outside the hospital in the vehicle.

His brother, photographer Omar al-Jadi, documented the moments after the Israeli strike hit the vehicle.

“Guys, Ayman is inside. Ayman, my brother, is martyred,” he shouted in the video as he helplessly filmed the burning van.

25.12.2024 - 16:12 [ Human Rights Watch ]

Extermination and Acts of Genocide

(December 19, 2024)

To All States

– Take all measures within their power to prevent genocide by Israeli authorities in Gaza by pressuring Israel to lift the blockade and comply with the orders of the International Court of Justice, including by discontinuing any military assistance and arms sales or transfers, imposing targeted sanctions, and reviewing bilateral deals and diplomatic relations.

– Publicly condemn war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and the genocide convention committed by the Israeli authorities, and urge them to immediately halt those violations and crimes and cooperate with international judicial bodies, investigative mechanisms, and UN special procedures.

– Increase public and private pressure on the Israeli government to comply with international humanitarian law in the conduct of hostilities, and ensure the entry and safe distribution at scale throughout Gaza of adequate aid and provision of basic services.

– Demand that Israel implement UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions on Israel and Palestine, including all provisions relating to humanitarian aid delivery to the residents of Gaza and compliance with international humanitarian law.

Review and possibly suspend bilateral agreements with Israel, such as the EU-Israel Association Agreement, whose review has been proposed by the Spanish and Irish governments.

– End all forms of support for and complicity in the atrocities being carried out by Israel, including suspending military assistance and arms transfers to the Israeli government so long as its forces commit serious rights abuses and war crimes against Palestinian civilians with impunity.

– Publicly support the ICJ’s work and its decisions as an independent judicial institution and press Israel to comply with the ICJ’s binding orders.

– Publicly support the work of the International Criminal Court across all situations under its jurisdiction, including the ongoing Palestine investigation, and render any assistance necessary to give effect to orders of the Court. Uphold the court’s independence and publicly condemn efforts to intimidate or interfere with its work, officials, and those cooperating with the institution.

– Support foreign domestic investigations and prosecutions under the principle of universal jurisdiction, as relevant and appropriate, of those credibly implicated in serious crimes in Gaza.

– The United States should immediately reverse its decisions to suspend funding to UNRWA and state clearly the intention to continue to fund the agency, and all states should urge Israeli authorities to reverse Israel‘s decisions to bar UNRWA from operating within Israel.

– Fund repairs of damaged and destroyed water and sanitation infrastructure, and press Israel to urgently allow the infrastructure to be repaired.

– Support the creation of an international mechanism to address reparation for Palestinians and an international register of damages.

– Call on Israeli authorities to allow water filtration systems, water tanks, and other materials needed to repair water infrastructure and to improve the water supply into Gaza.

– Support the United Nations to establish a plan that would ensure Palestinians have access to water at least equal to what Israel grants Israeli citizens, and pressure Israel to facilitate and contribute to the plan.

– Address long-standing impunity by Israeli authorities and Palestinian armed groups for serious crimes under international law.

To the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation

– Request access to Gaza in order to monitor and report publicly on the human rights situation regarding access to water and sanitation, including damage and destruction of water and sanitation infrastructure; obstruction of repairs and targeting of repair workers; restrictions on the entry of fuel; and the human rights impacts stemming from these actions.

To the International Criminal Court Prosecutor

– Investigate Israeli authorities’ actions and policies that have deprived the civilian population of Gaza of water, including as war crimes, as the crime against humanity of extermination, and as genocide.

25.12.2024 - 16:02 [ Amnesty International ]

‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza

(December 5, 2024)

To make a determination on genocide, Amnesty International first examined whether Palestinians in Gaza constitute part of a protected group under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention), that is a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. It then focused on three out of the five prohibited acts under the Genocide Convention: “killing members of the group”; “causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group”; and “deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part”. It finally examined whether Israel committed these acts with the specific “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, [the] group, as such”.

To this end, Amnesty International interviewed 212 people as part of its research. They included Palestinian victims, survivors and witnesses of air strikes, displacement, detention, the destruction of farms, homes and agricultural land, as well as individuals who faced the impact of Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian aid. Amnesty International also spoke with members of local authorities in Gaza, Palestinian healthcare workers and representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and UN agencies involved in the humanitarian response in Gaza.

Amnesty International complemented these interviews with its analysis of an extensive range of visual and digital evidence, including satellite imagery, video footage and photographs posted on social media or obtained directly by its researchers. It authenticated and, where possible, geolocated video footage and photographs. It reviewed an extensive collection of media reports, statements, reports and data sets published by UN agencies and humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza, as well as Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups. It reviewed statements by senior Israeli government and military officials and official Israeli bodies, including spokespersons of the Israeli military and the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), a unit within Israel’s Ministry of Defense tasked with administering civilian matters in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) . Amnesty International also examined submissions made to and decisions taken by the Israeli Supreme Court as well as publicly available material relating to South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Despite its repeated attempts to engage with the Israeli authorities through information and meeting requests, the organization received no substantive answer to any of its letters sent between 30 October 2023 and 16 October 2024.

25.12.2024 - 15:47 [ Middle East Eye ]

Opinion: Another expert report finds Israel is committing genocide. The West yawns

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) agree that Israel is striving for extermination. It has not hidden its intent, and that intent is confirmed by its actions on the ground.

25.12.2024 - 15:31 [ YeniSafak.com ]

Gaza death toll nears 45,400 as Israel kills 23 more Palestinians

At least 23 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, pushing up the overall death toll since last year to 45,361, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Wednesday.

25.12.2024 - 15:02 [ Forward.com ]

Netanyahu throws cold water on hostage deal prospects, and reminds us what a curse he is for Israel

(December 23, 2024)

From the beginning it was clear that the only feasible post-Hamas arrangement would be a return of the Palestinian Authority, which now runs the West Bank autonomy zones, back to Gaza, from which Hamas expelled it in 2007 by force. Israel itself once yearned for this, back when rational people governed the country. The proposals pushed by President Joe Biden for more than a year now envision versions of this, with the PA rejuvenated and assisted by Arab and perhaps other forces.

An Israel that wanted this would have ensured that Hamas is out of the way, publicly and persistently offering its remaining troops exile. Arab pressure on the group would have been overpowering. Israel would possibly get peace with Saudi Arabia as part of the bargain.

Instead, Netanyahu’s goons flooded the airwaves arguing that Israel cannot pull out of Gaza and end the war because Hamas would regain power.

23.12.2024 - 11:02 [ Middle East Eye ]

Cats feast on bodies in aftermath of Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat camp

Graphic video emerged late on Sunday showing the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat camp in Gaza, where cats gathered to feast on the bodies of those killed just hours earlier.

23.12.2024 - 09:49 [ Ilkha.com ]

Gaza death toll soars to 45,259 as Israeli forces conduct four more massacres

(December 22, 2024)

Health authorities in Gaza confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli onslaught since October 7, 2023, has now exceeded 45,259, with an additional 107,627 individuals reported injured. The majority of the victims are women and children, the authorities said.

22.12.2024 - 03:37 [ YeniSafak.com ]

Gaza death toll tops 45,220 as Israel kills 21 more Palestinians

At least 21 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since last year to 45,227, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Saturday.

A ministry statement added that some 107,573 others were injured in the ongoing assault.

20.12.2024 - 20:36 [ LBCI Lebanon ]

Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 45,206

The health ministry in Gaza said on Friday that at least 45,206 people have been killed during more than 14 months of war between Israel and Hamas.

The toll includes 77 deaths in the previous 24 hours, according to the ministry, which said 107,512 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began.

19.12.2024 - 23:50 [ Palestune Chronicle ]

‘Anyone who Enters is Shot’ – Israeli Army Officers Reveal ‘Kill Zone’ in Gaza

Israeli army officers have revealed that an area along the Netzarim corridor in the Gaza Strip was a designated “kill zone” where “anyone who enters is shot,” the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Wednesday.

A commander in Division 252 said that “forces in the field call it ‘the line of dead bodies,” because “after shootings, bodies are not collected, attracting packs of dogs who come to eat them.”

“In Gaza, people know that wherever you see these dogs, that’s where you must not go,” the commander is quoted as saying.

19.12.2024 - 21:36 [ Greg Casar, Member of US House of Representatives ]

Dear Secretary Blinken and Secretary Austin,

We believe continuing to transfer offensive weapons to the Israeli government prolongs the suffering of the Palestinian people and risks our own national security by sending a message to the world that the U.S. will apply its laws, policies, and international law selectively. Furthermore, a failure to act will put Israeli lives in danger by prolonging Netanyahu’s war, isolating Israel on the international stage, and creating further instability in the region.

19.12.2024 - 21:30 [ LibertarianInstitute.org ]

Dems Call for Blinken to Live Up to Admin’s Demands of Israel, Cut Weapon Transfers to Tel Aviv

A group of Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanding the administration follow through with threats to cut weapons transfers to Israel if Tel Aviv did not allow more aid into the Gaza Strip. Since early October, Northern Gaza has been under a total siege and deprived of nearly all aid deliveries.

19.12.2024 - 21:24 [ Human Rights Watch ]

Extermination and Acts of Genocide: Israel Deliberately Depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Water

To All States

– Take all measures within their power to prevent genocide by Israeli authorities in Gaza by pressuring Israel to lift the blockade and comply with the orders of the International Court of Justice, including by discontinuing any military assistance and arms sales or transfers, imposing targeted sanctions, and reviewing bilateral deals and diplomatic relations.

– Publicly condemn war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and the genocide convention committed by the Israeli authorities, and urge them to immediately halt those violations and crimes and cooperate with international judicial bodies, investigative mechanisms, and UN special procedures.

– Increase public and private pressure on the Israeli government to comply with international humanitarian law in the conduct of hostilities, and ensure the entry and safe distribution at scale throughout Gaza of adequate aid and provision of basic services.

– Demand that Israel implement UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions on Israel and Palestine, including all provisions relating to humanitarian aid delivery to the residents of Gaza and compliance with international humanitarian law.

Review and possibly suspend bilateral agreements with Israel, such as the EU-Israel Association Agreement, whose review has been proposed by the Spanish and Irish governments.

– End all forms of support for and complicity in the atrocities being carried out by Israel, including suspending military assistance and arms transfers to the Israeli government so long as its forces commit serious rights abuses and war crimes against Palestinian civilians with impunity.

– Publicly support the ICJ’s work and its decisions as an independent judicial institution and press Israel to comply with the ICJ’s binding orders.

– Publicly support the work of the International Criminal Court across all situations under its jurisdiction, including the ongoing Palestine investigation, and render any assistance necessary to give effect to orders of the Court. Uphold the court’s independence and publicly condemn efforts to intimidate or interfere with its work, officials, and those cooperating with the institution.

– Support foreign domestic investigations and prosecutions under the principle of universal jurisdiction, as relevant and appropriate, of those credibly implicated in serious crimes in Gaza.

– The United States should immediately reverse its decisions to suspend funding to UNRWA and state clearly the intention to continue to fund the agency, and all states should urge Israeli authorities to reverse Israel‘s decisions to bar UNRWA from operating within Israel.

– Fund repairs of damaged and destroyed water and sanitation infrastructure, and press Israel to urgently allow the infrastructure to be repaired.

– Support the creation of an international mechanism to address reparation for Palestinians and an international register of damages.

– Call on Israeli authorities to allow water filtration systems, water tanks, and other materials needed to repair water infrastructure and to improve the water supply into Gaza.

– Support the United Nations to establish a plan that would ensure Palestinians have access to water at least equal to what Israel grants Israeli citizens, and pressure Israel to facilitate and contribute to the plan.

– Address long-standing impunity by Israeli authorities and Palestinian armed groups for serious crimes under international law.

To the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation

– Request access to Gaza in order to monitor and report publicly on the human rights situation regarding access to water and sanitation, including damage and destruction of water and sanitation infrastructure; obstruction of repairs and targeting of repair workers; restrictions on the entry of fuel; and the human rights impacts stemming from these actions.

To the International Criminal Court Prosecutor

– Investigate Israeli authorities’ actions and policies that have deprived the civilian population of Gaza of water, including as war crimes, as the crime against humanity of extermination, and as genocide.

19.12.2024 - 21:22 [ Human Rights Watch ]

‫ה‬‫כחדה‬‫ומעשים‬ ‫הנכללים‬ ‫תחת‬ ‫הגדרת‬ ‫הפשע‬‫של‬ ‫רצח‬ ‫עם‬ ‫ישראל‬‫שוללת‬ ‫מים‬ ‫בכוונה‬ ‫תחילה‬ ‫מפלסטינים‬ ‫ברצועת‬ ‫עזה‬

‫תקציר‬
‫מאז‬‫אוקטובר‬ ‫‪2023‬‬ ‫‪,‬‬‫הרשויות‬ ‫הישראליות‬ ‫מונעות‬ ‫בכוונה‬ ‫תחילה‬ ‫מפלסטינים‬ ‫גישה‬ ‫לכמות‬ ‫ה‬ ‫מים‬
‫ה‬‫הולמת‬‫הנדרשת‬ ‫להישרדות‬ ‫ברצועת‬ ‫עזה‪.‬‬
‫על‬‫פי‬ ‫ארגון‬ ‫הבריאות‬ ‫העולמי‬ ‫)‬ ‫‪WHO‬‬‫(‪,‬‬‫אדם‬ ‫זקוק‬ ‫ל‬ ‫‪-‬‬‫‪50‬‬‫–‬‫‪100‬‬‫ליטר‬ ‫ים‬‫מים‬ ‫ביום‬ ‫כדי‬ ‫להבטיח‬ ‫ש“צרכיו‬
‫הבסיסיים‬‫ביותר‬ ‫יסופקו“‪.‬‬ ‫‪1‬‬‫במצבי‬ ‫חירום‬ ‫מתמשכים‪,‬‬ ‫כמות‬ ‫המים‬ ‫המינימלית‬ ‫הנדרשת‬ ‫היא‬ ‫‪15‬‬
‫ליטר‬‫ים‬‫לאדם‬ ‫ליום‬ ‫לשתייה‬ ‫ולרחצה‪.‬‬ ‫‪2‬‬‫ולמרות‬ ‫זאת‪,‬‬ ‫בין‬ ‫אוקטובר‬ ‫‪2023‬‬ ‫לספטמבר‬ ‫‪2024‬‬ ‫‪,‬‬‫פעולות‬
‫שביצעו‬‫הרשויות‬ ‫הישראליות‬ ‫מנעו‬ ‫מרובם‬ ‫של‬ ‫יותר‬ ‫מ‬ ‫שני‬‫מיליון‬ ‫הפלסטינים‬ ‫החיים‬ ‫ברצוע‬ ‫ת‬‫עז‬ ‫ה‬‫גישה‬
‫אפילו‬‫לכמות‬ ‫מינימלית‬ ‫זו‬ ‫של‬ ‫מים‪,‬‬ ‫והדבר‬ ‫תרם‬ ‫להתפשטות‬ ‫מחלות‬ ‫והביא‬ ‫למותם‬ ‫של‬ ‫בני‬ ‫אדם‬ ‫‪.‬‬
‫‪3‬‬
‫לרבים‬‫ברצועה‬ ‫הייתה‬ ‫גישה‬ ‫רק‬ ‫‪,‬‬‫או‬ ‫בעיקר‬ ‫‪,‬‬‫למים‬ ‫שאינם‬ ‫ראויים‬ ‫לשתייה‪.‬‬
‫“‬‫אם‬‫אנחנו‬ ‫לא‬ ‫מצליחים‬ ‫למצוא‬ ‫מים‬ ‫ראויים‬ ‫לשתייה‪,‬‬ ‫אנחנו‬ ‫שותים‬ ‫את‬ ‫מי‬ ‫ה‬ ‫ים“‪,‬‬‫אמר‬ ‫אב‬ ‫שנעקר‬
‫לבית‬‫ספר‬ ‫ברפיח‬ ‫לארגון‬ ‫‪Watch‬‬ ‫‪Rights‬‬ ‫‪Human‬‬ ‫בדצמבר‬ ‫‪2023.‬‬ ‫‪4‬‬‫“קרה‬ ‫לי‬ ‫הרבה‬ ‫פעמים‬ ‫שנאלצתי‬
‫לשתות‬‫מי‬ ‫ים‪.‬‬ ‫א‬ ‫י‬‫אפשר‬ ‫להבין‬ ‫כמה‬ ‫אנחנו‬ ‫סובלים“‪.‬‬

19.12.2024 - 21:20 [ Middle East Eye ]

Human Rights Watch: Israel is guilty of extermination and acts of genocide in Gaza

Israel is guilty of the crime of extermination and acts of genocide in Gaza, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has concluded in a new report published on Thursday.

The US-based human rights organisation found that Israel has inflicted conditions of life in Gaza calculated to destroy the enclave‘s Palestinian population. This amounts to extermination, which is a crime against humanity, and acts of genocide.

Coming two weeks after fellow rights group Amnesty International similarly concluded that Israel is guilty of genocide, the Human Rights Watch report is the latest sign of a growing consensus around Israel‘s actions in Gaza.

17.12.2024 - 09:10 [ Middle East Eye ]

UN food agency warns 2 million in Gaza face severe hunger

The head of the World Food Programme (WFP), Cindy McCain, has warned that two million people in Gaza are suffering from “acute hunger” as humanitarian aid struggles to reach those in need.

In a post on X, McCain highlighted the dire situation, noting that last month only one-third of trucks carrying WFP aid managed to enter the besieged enclave.

17.12.2024 - 07:42 [ United Nations ]

Gaza death toll passes 45,000 as UN school suffers new deadly strike

The development followed an update from the head of the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, that more than 14,500 youngsters have been reportedly killed in Gaza. Many thousands more are believed buried under the rubble.

Meanwhile, famine “continues to loom in the north” and humanitarian access remains “severely restricted”, said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, in a post on social media.

“Virtually all 1.1 million children in Gaza are in urgent need of protection and mental health support,” she added, amid media reports that Israeli military activity in the last 24 hours has left at least 69 Palestinians dead, from Beit Lahia in the north to Rafah in the south.

17.12.2024 - 07:38 [ Committee to Protect Journalists ]

Israeli forces kill at least 4 Gaza journalists in the past week

“At least 95 journalists and media workers have been killed worldwide in 2024,” CPJ’s CEO Jodie Ginsberg said in New York. “Israel is responsible for two thirds of those deaths and yet continues to act with total impunity when it comes to the killing of journalists and its attacks on the media. The international community has failed in its obligations to hold Israel accountable for its actions.”

16.12.2024 - 13:05 [ Middle East Eye ]

Gaza death toll approaches 45,000, with 46 killed in past day

(December 15, 2024)

At least 10,000 people are still missing, likely dead and buried under rubble.

14.12.2024 - 18:19 [ Middle East Eye ]

Gaza death toll reaches 44,930

The death toll of Palestinians killed in Gaza has risen to 44,930 with another 106,624 injured, the enclave‘s health ministry said today.

It added in a statement that Israeli forces killed 55 people and injured 170 hours in „four massacres“ in the last 24 hours.

13.12.2024 - 18:35 [ Al Jazeera ]

Gaza live news: Gaza City faces ‘horrific’ Israeli bombardment

Israel bombs the Nassr and Sabra neighbourhoods of Gaza City, killing several Palestinians in “horrific” attacks, our correspondent reports.

13.12.2024 - 18:15 [ AlArabiya.net ]

Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 44,875

The health ministry in Gaza said Friday that at least 44,875 people have been killed in more than 14 months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants.

12.12.2024 - 09:23 [ Middle East Eye ]

At least 35 Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes Gaza on Thursday morning

12 December 2024 06:53 GMT

At least 35 Palestinians were killed early on Thursday in Israeli bombings of various areas in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

12.12.2024 - 09:20 [ LBCgroup.tv ]

Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 44,805

The health ministry in Gaza said Wednesday that at least 44,805 people have been killed in more than 14 months of war between Israel and Hamas.

12.12.2024 - 09:16 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israeli raids on Gaza claim 40 Palestinian lives since dawn

11 December 2024 11:38 GMT

Medical sources reported to Al Jazeera Arabic that Israeli air strikes on Gaza since Wednesday morning have resulted in the deaths of 40 Palestinians

10.12.2024 - 20:15 [ LBCgroup.tv ]

Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 44,786

The health ministry in Gaza said Tuesday that at least 44,786 people have been killed in more than 14 months of war between Israel and Hamas.

10.12.2024 - 20:09 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israeli air strike wipes out 25 family members in northern Gaza

„The Israeli occupation forces targeted a multi-storey house in Beit Hanoun, this house belongs to the Kahlout family,“ said Basal.

„So far 16 people have been identified and they were taken from under the rubble. The rest remain under the rubble,“ said Basal adding that „until now civilians are trying to take them out. We’re talking about at least five children and five women“.

08.12.2024 - 05:42 [ AlArabiya.net ]

Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 44,664

The health ministry in Gaza said Saturday that at least 44,664 people have been killed in nearly 14 months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants.

08.12.2024 - 05:02 [ Voice of America ]

Israeli strikes kill 6 in Lebanon‘s south, 34 in Gaza

(December 7, 2024)

Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 34 Palestinians on Saturday, health officials in the enclave said, as Qatar voiced hope of fresh momentum in efforts to reach a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

The health officials said that an Israeli strike hit a house in Gaza City late Saturday, killing four women. The Israeli military did not provide an immediate comment on Saturday‘s strikes across Gaza

08.12.2024 - 04:38 [ Middle East Eye ]

Friday‘s death toll in Gaza was 63 Palestinians

Thirty-five of those killed were in northern Gaza, where Israel has launched several attacks on the Kamal Adwan Hospital and also forcibly displaced thousands from the Beit Lahiya neighbourhood in recent days.

08.12.2024 - 04:23 [ CNN ]

Israeli military kills four doctors in raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, eyewitnesses say

(December 6, 2024)

Members of an Indonesian medical delegation – the only team performing surgery at Kamal Adwan – were among those forced to leave and not allowed to return, according to Abu Saifya.

Hours later, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) withdrew from one of the last remaining functioning facilities in northern Gaza. Hospital staffers and patients left the facility to find hundreds of bodies and wounded people lining surrounding streets, Abu Saifya added.

A photo posted by Abu Saifya on social media showed at least 17 shrouded bodies laying on the hospital courtyard.

05.12.2024 - 06:31 [ Amnesty International ]

‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza

To make a determination on genocide, Amnesty International first examined whether Palestinians in Gaza constitute part of a protected group under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention), that is a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. It then focused on three out of the five prohibited acts under the Genocide Convention: “killing members of the group”; “causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group”; and “deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part”. It finally examined whether Israel committed these acts with the specific “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, [the] group, as such”.

To this end, Amnesty International interviewed 212 people as part of its research. They included Palestinian victims, survivors and witnesses of air strikes, displacement, detention, the destruction of farms, homes and agricultural land, as well as individuals who faced the impact of Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian aid. Amnesty International also spoke with members of local authorities in Gaza, Palestinian healthcare workers and representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and UN agencies involved in the humanitarian response in Gaza.

Amnesty International complemented these interviews with its analysis of an extensive range of visual and digital evidence, including satellite imagery, video footage and photographs posted on social media or obtained directly by its researchers. It authenticated and, where possible, geolocated video footage and photographs. It reviewed an extensive collection of media reports, statements, reports and data sets published by UN agencies and humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza, as well as Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups. It reviewed statements by senior Israeli government and military officials and official Israeli bodies, including spokespersons of the Israeli military and the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), a unit within Israel’s Ministry of Defense tasked with administering civilian matters in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) . Amnesty International also examined submissions made to and decisions taken by the Israeli Supreme Court as well as publicly available material relating to South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Despite its repeated attempts to engage with the Israeli authorities through information and meeting requests, the organization received no substantive answer to any of its letters sent between 30 October 2023 and 16 October 2024.

05.12.2024 - 06:22 [ Amnesty International ]

Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, the organization said in a landmark new report published today.

The report, ‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza, documents how, during its military offensive launched in the wake of the deadly Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel on 7 October 2023, Israel has unleashed hell and destruction on Palestinians in Gaza brazenly, continuously and with total impunity.

04.12.2024 - 19:55 [ Middle East Eye ]

Gaza death toll rises to 44,532

Gaza‘s health ministry said that 44,532 Palestinians have been killed and 105,538 injured in Israel‘s war on Gaza.

The ministry adds that Israeli forces killed 30 Palestinians and injured 84 in the last 24 hours.

03.12.2024 - 02:13 [ LBCgroup.tv ]

Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 44,466

The health ministry in Gaza said Monday that at least 44,466 people have been killed in more than 13 months of war between Israel and Hamas.

The toll includes 37 deaths in the previous 24 hours, according to the ministry, which said 105,358 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began on October 7, 2023.

01.12.2024 - 22:29 [ Middle East Eye ]

Gulf Cooperation Council summit‘s points on Gaza

– The council condemned Israel‘s aggression in Gaza, and said it reaffirmed its stance demanding an „immediate and permanent cessation of Israeli military operations“ and lifting the blockade on Gaza.

– The council said Israel bears „full responsibility“ for its targeting and assault on civilians in Gaza, and said these attacks were war crimes and crimes against humanity.

– The council welcomed the International Criminal Court‘s decision to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant.

– The council said Israel‘s ongoing war on Gaza is a part of „a genocide and ethnic cleansing agenda“, and condemned Israel‘s attacks on hospitals and on aid workers in Gaza.