(July 23, 2025)
At least 59,219 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
A ministry statement said that 113 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours, while 534 people were injured, taking the number of injuries to 143,045 in the Israeli onslaught.
(July 23, 2025)
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Israeli attacks across Gaza killed at least 77 people, including 25 aid seekers, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
More than 100 aid agencies have warned of “mass starvation” of Palestinians in Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire and all restrictions on humanitarian aid.
The Israeli government rejected the letter from the aid agencies, referring to them as echoing “Hamas propaganda”.
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Deir el-Balah in Gaza, said: “Hunger has become as deadly as the bombs; families are no longer asking for enough, they are asking for anything.”
Israeli forces have shot and killed a teenager in the town of Arrabeh, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reported.
Palestinians describe dizzy spells, collapsed elderly and daily hunger as Israeli siege pushes malnutrition to deadly levels
Governments must stop waiting for permission to act. We cannot continue to hope that
current arrangements will work. It is time to take decisive action: demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire; lift all bureaucratic and administrative restrictions; open all land crossings; ensure access to everyone in all of Gaza; reject military-controlled distribution models; restore a principled, UN-led humanitarian response and continue to fund principled and impartial humanitarian organisations. States must pursue concrete measures to end the siege, such as halting the transfer of weapons and ammunition.
Piecemeal arrangements and symbolic gestures, like airdrops or flawed aid deals, serve as a smokescreen for inaction. They cannot replace states’ legal and moral obligations to protect Palestinian civilians and ensure meaningful access at scale. States can and must save lives before there are none left to save.
Signatories:
1. American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
2. A.M. Qattan Foundation
3. A New Policy
4. ACT Alliance
5. Action Against Hunger (ACF)
6. Action for Humanity
7. ActionAid International
8. American Baptist Churches Palestine Justice Network
9. Amnesty International
10. Asamblea de Cooperación por la Paz
11. Associazione Cooperazione e Solidarietà (ACS)
12. Bystanders No More
13. Campain
14. CARE
15. Caritas Germany
16. Caritas Internationalis
17. Caritas Jerusalem
18. Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
19. Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM)
20. CESVI Fondazione
21. Children Not Numbers
22. Christian Aid
23. Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)
24. CIDSE- International Family of Catholic Social Justice Organisations
25. Cooperazione Internazionale Sud Sud (CISS)
26. Council for Arab‑British Understanding (CAABU)
27. DanChurchAid (DCA)
28. Danish Refugee Council (DRC)
29. Development and Peace – Caritas Canada
30. Doctors against Genocide
31. Episcopal Peace Fellowship
32. EuroMed Rights
33. Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
34. Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst e.V.
35. Gender Action for Peace and Security
36. Glia
37. Global Legal Action Network (GLAN)
38. Global Witness
39. Health Workers 4 Palestine
40. HelpAge International
41. Human Concern International
42. Humanity & Inclusion (HI)
43. Humanity First UK
44. Indiana Center for Middle East Peace
45. Insecurity Insight
46. International Media Support
47. International NGO Safety Organisation
48. Islamic Relief
49. Jahalin Solidarity
50. Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC)
51. Justice for All
52. Kenya Association of Muslim Medical Professionals (KAMMP)
53. Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation
54. MedGlobal
55. Medico International
56. Medico International Switzerland (medico international schweiz)
57. Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
58. Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
59. Medicine for the People – Belgium (MPLP/GVHV)
60. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
61. Médecins du Monde France
62. Médecins du Monde Spain
63. Médecins du Monde Switzerland
64. Mercy Corps
65. Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
66. Movement for Peace (MPDL)
67. Muslim Aid
68. National Justice and Peace Network in England and Wales
69. Nonviolence International
70. Norwegian Aid Committee (NORWAC)
71. Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
72. Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA)
73. Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
74. Oxfam International
75. Pax Christi England and Wales
76. Pax Christi International
77. Pax Christi Merseyside
78. Pax Christi USA
79. Pal Law Commission
80. Palestinian American Medical Association
81. Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF)
82. Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS)
83. Peace Direct
84. Peace Winds
85. Pediatricians for Palestine
86. People in Need
87. Plan International
88. Première Urgence Internationale (PUI)
89. Progettomondo
90. Project HOPE
91. Quaker Palestine Israel Network
92. Rebuilding Alliance
93. Refugees International
94. Saferworld
95. Sabeel‑Kairos UK
96. Save the Children (SCI)
97. Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund
98. Solidarités International
99. Støtteforeningen Det Danske Hus i Palæstina
100. Swiss Church Aid (HEKS/EPER)
101. Terre des Hommes Italia
102. Terre des Hommes Lausanne
103. Terre des Hommes Nederland
104. The Borgen Project
105. The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM)
106. The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P)
107. The International Development and Relief Foundation
108. The Institute for the Understanding of Anti‑Palestinian Racism
109. Un Ponte Per (UPP)
110. United Against Inhumanity (UAI)
111. War Child Alliance
112. War Child UK
113. War on Want
114. Weltfriedensdienst e.V.
115. Welthungerhilfe (WHH)
„Regierungen dürfen nicht mehr auf die Erlaubnis zu handeln warten“, heißt es in dem Appell weiter. Nötig seien ein sofortiger und dauerhafter Waffenstillstand, ein ungehinderter Zugang sowie eine von den UN geführte Hilfsmission, die nicht vom Militär kontrolliert wird.
„Das UN-geführte humanitäre System hat nicht versagt, es wird daran gehindert, zu funktionieren“, erklären die Organisationen und mahnen Israel: „Zivilisten als Kriegswaffe verhungern zu lassen, ist ein Kriegsverbrechen.“
The organizations called for governments to demand that all bureaucratic and administrative restrictions be lifted, all land crossings be opened, access to everyone across Gaza to be ensured and for the rejection of military-controlled distribution and a restoration of a „principled, UN-led humanitarian response.“
„States must pursue concrete measures to end the siege, such as halting the transfer of weapons and ammunition.“
Hilton said the Western governments’ “empty words” of condemnation of Israel’s actions are “simply not good enough”.
“Without actual material action, without holding Israel accountable, they will continue to be complicit in this genocide and starvation of Palestinians in Gaza.”
She continued: “The only hope I have at this time is how much the public seems to be completely outraged by what Israel is doing and continues to speak up, despite the complicity of our governments in the West to aid and abet the genocide.”
“There can frankly be very little doubt that we are seeing starvation and hunger as an instrument of the war,” he told MEE.
“There is no prior experience in my five decades of humanitarian experience that can come close to comparison to the horror we are all seeing in Gaza,” he said.
“The UN announcement, based on serious hospital data, that people are fainting in the street from hunger and malnutrition, tells us all we need to know.
“It is a historic fact that children die first in these circumstances. Our humanity cannot believe our eyes.”
Israel’s siege on Gaza since 2 March has blocked the entry of humanitarian supplies by the UN and its partner organisations to the enclave, bringing the 2.1 million population to the brink of famine.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Wednesday that 10 more Palestinians have died over the past 24 hours due to famine and severe malnutrition, as Israel’s blockade continues to choke humanitarian access.
The latest fatalities bring the total number of deaths linked to hunger and undernourishment in Gaza to 111, according to the health ministry.
GAZA, June 26, 2025 (WAFA) – The death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 59,219, the majority of whom were women and children, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in October 2023. At least 143,045 others have also been injured.
Medical sources confirmed that of the total casualties, 8,363 civilians have been killed and 31,004 have been injured since March 18, 2025, when the Israeli occupation resumed its aggression on the Gaza Strip after breaking the ceasefire agreement.
Sources stated that 113 bodies, including 13 bodies that were covered from under rubble, and 534 injured individuals were brought to hospitals in Gaza during the past 24 hours.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health is reporting that Israeli attacks have killed 113 and wounded 534 in the last 24 hours. Thirteen of the dead were recovered from beneath rubble after buildings were destroyed by Israeli strikes.
(today)
28 Staaten fordern Israel zur Beendigung des Gaza-Krieges und der Blockade von Hilfe für die hungernde Bevölkerung auf – Deutschland unterzeichnet die Erklärung bislang nicht.
(July 3, 2025)
“In just one month, U.S. mercenaries have killed 550 Palestinians who were trying to get food at the distribution points designated by the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. This is horrifying, yet the @EU_Commission and @EUCouncil still haven’t taken any action against these criminal acts,” Borrell wrote in a post on X.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GFH) — a food aid organization backed by the U.S. and Israel — has drawn criticism over shootings of civilians seeking aid, with 170 NGOs recently urging its closure.
(July 4, 2025)
“In 1 month 550 starving Palestinians have been killed by US mercenaries while trying to get food at the points indicated by the so called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,” Borrell stated on X on Thursday.
“This is horrendous but the EU Commission and EU Council remain unwilling to take any action against these crimes,” he added.
Borrell, who concluded his term as the EU’s top diplomat in 2024, has been a vocal critic of Israel’s ongoing military operation in the Strip and previously called for a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
“The pendulum has swung back to [support for] Israel.“
“It’s unlikely the EU will suspend EU-Israel agreement due to Iran Israel war,” one of the sources said.
Israel is conditioning aid delivery to force Gazans south into ‘concentration zones.’ This scheme has begun to stall, but that only portends greater brutality.
(June 13, 2025)
French President Emmanuel Macron, who on Friday defended Israel’s right to protect itself, spoke by phone to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following a spike in diplomatic tensions, the Elysee said.
The French presidency said the phone conversation took place but did not specify the content of the exchange with the Israeli leader.
RÉSUMÉ ANALYTIQUE
Ce rapport documente des livraisons régulières et continues d’armes par voie aérienne et maritime de la France vers Israël depuis le début du génocide. Cela comprend notamment plus de 15 millions d’articles dans la catégorie “bombes, grenades, torpilles, mi-plus de 15 millions d’articles dans la catégorie “bombes, grenades, torpilles, mines, missiles et autres munitions de guerre”, d’une valeur de plus de 7 millions d’euros,nes, missiles et autres munitions de guerre”, d’une valeur de plus de 7 millions d’euros, ainsi que 1868 articles dans la catégorie “pièces et accessoires de lance-roquettes,ainsi que 1868 articles dans la catégorie “pièces et accessoires de lance-roquettes, grenades, lance-flammes, artillerie, fusils militaires et fusils de chasse”, d’une va-grenades, lance-flammes, artillerie, fusils militaires et fusils de chasse”, d’une valeur de plus de 2 millions d’eurosleur de plus de 2 millions d’euros. Une vague d’envois après octobre 2023 comprend un envoi unique en novembre 2023 de 15 milliards d’articles dans la catégorie “bombes,
grenades, torpilles, mines, missiles et autres munitions de guerre”. Nos recherches nous ont permis de documenter des vols entre l’aéroport de Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle et l’aéroport Ben Gourion en Israël sur des compagnies aériennes dont il a été démontré qu’elles transportaient du fret militaire vers Israël. Nous avons également documenté des livraisons de pièces d’avions de combat F-35 des États-Unis vers Israël via la France, par l’intermédiaire de l’aéroport de Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle. Les données suggèrent que ces expéditions aériennes et maritimes se poursuivent encore aujourd’hui.
(June 10, 2025)
Une coalition d’organisations regroupant Progressive International, le Palestinian Youth Movement, le conseil francilien du Mouvement de la Paix, l’AFPS, l’UJFP, Droit-solidarité, Attac, BDS France, The Ditch et Stop Arming Israel France publie ce mardi 10 juin un rapport détaillé basé sur les données d’importation des douanes israéliennes, qui démontre que contrairement aux affirmations d’Emmanuel Macron, du ministre des Armées Sébastien Lecornu et du ministre des Affaires étrangères Jean-Noël Barrot, la France a livré des composants militaires à Israël de façon continue et massive pendant toute la durée du génocide à Gaza.
Mois après mois, depuis octobre 2023 et jusqu’à aujourd’hui, les livraisons se succèdent, par la mer comme par avion. Cela comprend notamment plus de 15 millions d’articles dans la catégorie “bombes, grenades, torpilles, mines, missiles et autres munitions de guerre” d’une valeur de plus de 7 millions d’euros, ainsi que 1868 articles dans la catégorie “pièces et accessoires de lance-roquettes, grenades, lance-flammes, artillerie, fusils militaires et fusils de chasse” d’une valeur de plus de 2 millions d’euros.
(June 11, 2025)
The report, titled Un flux ininterrompu, documents how between October 2023 and April 2025, French companies exported millions of military components, including bombs, missiles, grenade parts, and machine gun accessories, amid Israel‘s devastating assault on the besieged enclave.
Among the exports were over 15 million items classified under customs code 93069090, covering „bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles, and other munitions of war“.
„Frankreich hat das laufende iranische Programm mehrfach verurteilt und alle diplomatischen Maßnahmen in diesem Sinne ergriffen“, sagte Macron. „In diesem Zusammenhang bekräftigt Frankreich das Recht Israels, sich selbst zu schützen und seine Sicherheit zu gewährleisten.“
Writing in a post on social media platform X, Macron says France has “repeatedly condemned Iran’s ongoing nuclear program and has taken all appropriate diplomatic measures in response.”
“France reaffirms Israel’s right to defend itself and ensure its security,” he writes.
(March 4, 2025)
In Großbritannien ist mit dem Investigatory Powers Act schon länger ein solches Gesetz in Kraft. Auf Grundlage des Gesetzes forderte die Regierung Anfang Februar von Apple, weltweit Hintertüren in seine iCloud-Verschlüsselung einzubauen.
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In Frankreich hat jüngst ein Gesetz gegen den Drogenhandel den Senat passiert und soll schon im März in Parlament und Ausschüssen weiter behandelt werden. Dieses „hoch politisierte“ Gesetzespaket enthält eine Reihe an Verschärfungen, etwa eine heimliche Fernüberwachung über Mikrofone und Kameras von Endgeräten.
Der Menschenrechtsorganisation la Quadrature du Net bereitet aber wohl ein Gesetzeszusatz die größten Sorgen, der sich gezielt gegen verschlüsselte Kommunikation richtet. Der Passus soll Online-Dienste wie Signal oder WhatsApp verpflichten, Kommunikationsdaten in lesbarer Form herauszugeben und bedroht die Nichtbeachtung mit Strafen von bis zu 1,5 Millionen Euro für natürliche Personen oder zwei Prozent des Jahresumsatzes von juristischen Personen wie Unternehmen oder Stiftungen.
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In Schweden ist ein geplantes Gesetz gegen illegale Online-Inhalte noch nicht ganz so weit. Es soll voraussichtlich erst im kommenden Jahr in den schwedischen Reichstag kommen. Die Initiative sieht laut SVT Nyheter vor, dass Messenger die Kommunikationen ihrer Nutzer:innen speichern müssen. Es sei „absolut entscheidend“, dass Ermittlungsbehörden Zugang zu digitaler Kommunikation erhalten, forderte der schwedische Justizminister.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron expressed their willingness to engage with Syria‘s new leadership, following the ousting of Bashar al-Assad, under certain conditions, a statement from the German government revealed after a call between the two leaders.
The vote would be a response to the prime minister’s decision to use Article 49.3 of the constitution – sometimes known in France as the “nuclear option” – to push his government’s sweeping social security budget bill through parliament without a vote.
The article has been used in the past, most recently in 2023 to push through Macron’s deeply unpopular reforms raising the retirement age. But using it can trigger a no-confidence vote in parliament, where a simple majority is enough to topple a government.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said in an interview published Saturday that Ukraine could fire French-provided long-range missiles into Russian territory following US and British authorization of such strikes.
France has provided Ukraine with its version of the British Storm Shadow missiles, known as SCALP missiles, which have a range of about 155 miles. Barrot told BBC that there are no “red lines” when it comes to France’s support of Ukraine and that Ukrainian forces could fire the missiles into Russia “in the logics of self-defense.”
Amid cries of “Macron Out!, Resign Macron!” leftist demonstrators gathered in the autumn sun in their thousands to protest against French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to appoint the veteran conservative prime minister, rather than a candidate from among their ranks.
While falling short of an absolute majority, the left-wing coalition the New Popular Front (NFP) (made up of the Greens, the Socialists, the Communists and the hard-left France Unbowed) won the most votes in the July 7 snap poll.
Scholz fügte hinzu, dass es auch keine Beteiligung von Soldaten aus der Ferne am Kriegsgeschehen geben dürfe. Man habe sich auch darauf verständigt, „dass auch die Soldaten, die in unseren Ländern tätig sind, sich nicht selber etwa aktiv an dem Kriegsgeschehen beteiligen“, sagte er. Eine Beteiligung aus der Ferne wäre zum Beispiel über die Programmierung von Zieldaten für Flugkörper möglich. Der Kanzler betonte, dass diese Verständigung in Paris „ein ganz, ganz guter und ganz wichtiger Fortschritt“, sei. „Es war auch sehr einhellig, was diese Frage betrifft.“
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, accused by critics of being too cosy with Moscow, said after the meeting that there was disunity on the issue among European leaders.
„There are countries that are ready to send their own soldiers to Ukraine, there are countries that say never – Slovakia is among them – and there are countries that say that this proposal should be considered,“ he said.
rench President Emmanuel Macron has openly discussed the possibility of sending European troops to Ukraine to help Kyiv win the war against Russia, a potential major escalation to the largest ground war Europe has seen since World War II.
With lawmakers poised to discuss on June 8 a draft bill proposed by the opposition Liot party to cancel the retirement age reform, the unions said in a joint statement that the day of industrial action on June 6 was meant to “allow all workers to make themselves heard by the MPs.”
(14.04.2023)
The French constitutional court on Friday approved the key elements of President Emmanuel Macron‘s controversial pension reform while rejecting certain parts of the legislation. Pushing the legal age for drawing a full pension from 62 to 64, the legislation is deeply unpopular in France and has triggered months of mass protests. Follow our blog to see how the day‘s events unfolded
French protesters downed their tools and marched once again in Paris and other cities on Thursday, galvanised by President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to ram his deeply unpopular pension reform through parliament without a vote, in what critics have branded a “denial of democracy”.