December 2023

GAZA WAR 2023 / DECEMBER

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DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

20231201	Palestinians celebrate release of prisoners from Israeli jails	ceasefire (end)	Bus carrying 30 Palestinian prisoners is welcomed in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.
20231201	Palestinian man criticises Israeli prison as 30 more freed	ceasefire (end)	A Palestinian man has described his time inside an Israeli prison as "not normal", after 30 more prisoners were released under the truce with Hamas.
20231201	Released Palestinians allege abuse in Israeli jails	ceasefire (end)	Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails say that guards carried out abuse and collective punishment in the weeks after the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October.

20231201	Netanyahu says Hamas broke truce by refusing to release more hostages	ceasefire (end)	In the last hour, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Hamas did not agree to release further hostages, which violated the terms of the truce. COMMENT In the last hour, Netanyahu said Hamas did not agree to release further hostages, which violated the terms of the truce. However, the resistance group appear to have send a list of names, Netanyahu discussed in his war cabinet around 06:00 am. The discussion included the handover by Hamas of the dead bodies of the Israeli woman and child killed by Israelis themselves. Netanyahu refused the dead bodies!. Then, Ben-Gvir threatens to dissolve Israel gov’t if bombing of Gaza stops

20231201	Israel announces strikes on Gaza after truce expires, clear sign that war has resumed in full force	ceasefire (end)	Israel accused Hamas of having violated the terms of the cease-fire, including by firing rockets toward Israel from Gaza.

20231201	Israel accuses Hamas of violating truce deal - military operations resume	ceasefire (end)	A spokesperson for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said: "Hamas violated the operational pause and in addition fired towards Israeli territory." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office added that Hamas did not agree to release all women hostages, infringing on the terms of the truce, and also launched rockets at Israel. COMMENT The resistance group appear to have send a list of names, Netanyahu discussed in his war cabinet around 06:00 am. The discussion included the handover by Hamas of the dead bodies of the Israeli woman and child killed by Israelis themselves. Netanyahu refused the dead bodies!. Then, Ben-Gvir threatens to dissolve Israel gov’t if bombing of Gaza stops

20231201	Netanyahu reaffirmed to Blinken Israel’s determination to eliminate Hamas	ceasefire (end)	Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that he told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel will not stop its war on the besieged Gaza Strip until Hamas is fully eliminated.

20231201	Analysis: Why Israel’s military wanted to end the Gaza truce, and what now?	ceasefire (end)	Israel has warned that the war will spread to the ‘whole’ of Gaza. That could force other nations to step in.
20231201	Netanyahu’s intention to continue war ‘clear since the beginning’: Analyst	ceasefire (end)	Luciano Zaccara, associate professor of Gulf politics at Qatar University, says it was always Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to restart military operations in Gaza.
20231201	Why has the Gaza ceasefire come to an end?	ceasefire (end)	Fighting resumed between Israel and Hamas on Friday morning, ending a seven-day ceasefire between the two sides that had seen hostages and prisoners released and much-needed humanitarian assistance reaching the Gaza Strip.
			Comment: The resistance group appear to have send a list of names, Netanyahu discussed in his war cabinet around 06:00 am. The discussion included the handover by Hamas of the dead bodies of the Israeli woman and child killed by Israelis themselves. Netanyahu refused the dead bodies!. Then, Ben-Gvir threatens to dissolve Israel gov’t if bombing of Gaza stops
20231201	What happened in Gaza when the truce ended	ceasefire (end)	Dozens of Palestinians were reportedly killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza after a seven-day truce ended on Friday morning.
20231201	Mediators push to renew truce as world recoils at reignited Israel-Gaza war	ceasefire (end)	Those in power have decided that the killing of children would recommence’, UN official says as ceasefire ends.
20231201	The Israel-Hamas truce has ended: What we know so far	ceasefire (end)	Israel resumed its deadly aerial bombardment on Gaza, minutes after the truce expired.
20231201	Israel raids destroy Khan Yunis mosque in southern Gaza	churches & mosques	Israeli warplanes, on Friday, bombed the Halima Mosque in the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, levelling it to the ground

20231201	U.S. Sends Israel 2,000-Pound Bunker Buster Bombs for Gaza War	collusion & complicity	After sending massive bombs, artillery shells, U.S. also urges Israel to limit civilian casualties.
			Comment: Haaretz on November 16, 2023: Revealed: The Munitions U.S. Supplied Israel for Gaza War

20231201	Israel informs Arab states it wants buffer zone in post-war Gaza - sources	day after politics	Israel has informed several Arab states that it wants to carve out a buffer zone on the Palestinian side of Gaza's border to prevent future attacks as part of proposals for the enclave after war ends, Egyptian and regional sources said.

20231201	Israel army publishes map it says advises Gazans of safe evacuation areas	dystopian war	The Israeli army said on Friday that with the resumption of fighting it had published a map to advise Gazans of safe areas for their evacuation.

20231201	Israel strikes Gaza as truce with Hamas ends	dystopian war	no description
20231201	Israeli air strikes pound Gaza as truce with Hamas ends	dystopian war	The Israeli military says its air defence intercepted a launch from Gaza.
20231201	Israel strikes Gaza after truce expires	dystopian war	Israel’s military has resumed its bombardment of Gaza as the temporary ceasefire expired with no agreement to extend it.
20231201	Israel launches strikes on Gaza as fighting resumes after truce expires	dystopian war	Israeli officials blame Hamas for breaking truce with barrage of rockets from Gaza aimed at southern Israel
20231201	IDF says 'combat' resumes in Gaza	dystopian war	Israel has said its fighter jets are "striking targets" in Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating a truce agreement. Earlier, the IDF said it had intercepted rocket fire from the territory
20231201	Israeli military resumes combat in Gaza after truce with Hamas expires	dystopian war	Israel's military on Friday said it had resumed combat against Hamas in the Gaza Strip and also accused the Palestinian group of violating terms of the truce and firing toward Israeli territory.
20231201	Gaza hospitals already overwhelmed as Israel Hamas truce shatters	dystopian war	The pause in fighting that began a week ago allowed hostages and prisoners to be freed, plus much-needed humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza.
20231201	UN spokesperson describes scene inside Gaza hospital after truce ends	dystopian war	UNICEF spokesperson describes the scenes at a hospital in Gaza as the ceasefire came to an end on Friday. James Elder in his video said "Inaction by those with influence is allowing the killing of children". The Palestine Heath Ministry said there are already dozens of Palestinians killed as Israel renewed its bombing campaign after talks to extend a truce had failed
20231201	Fighting resumes in Israel-Gaza war	dystopian war	Heavy gunfire and shelling have been reported in the north and east of the Gaza Strip.
20231201	Israel resumes Gaza assault after rockets fired, heavy fighting reported	dystopian war	Heavy fighting was reported in Gaza on Friday as Israel's military resumed combat operations against Hamas after accusing the Palestinian militant group of violating a temporary truce by firing towards Israeli territory.
20231201	Israel says they are committed to war goals	dystopian war	Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office released a statement in the morning, saying Hamas violated the outline of the truce – it did not commit to its duties to release all the kidnapped women and launched rockets at Israel today.
20231201	Khan Yunis hit by Israeli Strike as truce ends	dystopian war	Smoke rises after an Israeli strike hits Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip. The temporary truce between Israel and Hamas expired early Friday, with the Israeli army saying combat operations had resumed.
20231201	‘Tens of thousands’ seek refugee at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza	dystopian war	As Israel restarts its military campaign, resident Mansour Shouman in Khan Younis says he has been “surrounded by tens of thousands” of people who have come to Nasser Hospital to seek refugee.
20231201	Palestinian armed group says it attacked Israeli cities	dystopian war	The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group based in Gaza, says it attacked Israeli cities and towns earlier this morning. The attacks were in response to “the crimes of the Zionist enemy against our people this morning,” the group said on its Telegram channel. The announcement came as sirens were heard in the southern city of Ashkelon after rockets were fired.
20231201	Israeli warplanes hit targets in Gaza as it resumes offensive, warning of attacks to come in south	dystopian war	Israeli fighter jets hit targets in the Gaza Strip minutes after a weeklong truce expired on Friday, as the war with Hamas resumed in full force. Black smoke billowed from the besieged territory and Israel dropped leaflets over parts of southern Gaza urging people to leave their homes, suggesting it was preparing to widen its offensive.
20231201	Israel resumes strikes in Gaza after ceasefire ends	dystopian war	no description
20231201	War resumes in Gaza after truce expires	dystopian war	Israeli warplanes resumed the pounding of Gaza, Palestinian civilians fled for shelter and rocket sirens blared in southern Israel on Friday as war resumed after a week-long truce collapsed with no deal to extend it.
20231201	Gazans flee homes, dig through rubble as Israeli strikes resume	dystopian war	Gazans were fleeing their homes and rushing their dead and wounded to hospitals after fresh Israeli strikes on Friday, as combat resumed between Israel and Hamas following the expiry of a week-long truce
20231201	Israeli military bombs buildings in Gaza minutes after truce ends	dystopian war	Video shows smoke from Israeli air strikes on buildings in Gaza, minutes after the truce deal expired on Friday morning.
20231201	Minutes after the truce expired, Israeli fighter jets hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip	dystopian war	Israeli fighter jets hit targets in the Gaza Strip minutes after a weeklong truce expired, as the war with Hamas resumed in full force.
20231201	Khan Younis neighbourhood hit by Israeli attack	dystopian war	Al Jazeera journalist, Youmna ElSayed is at the site of a bombing in Khan Younis, targeted by Israeli shelling just hours after the truce beween Hamas and Israel expired.
20231201	Israel restarts genocidal war on Palestinians in Gaza on Friday	dystopian war	Israeli fighter jets pounded the Gaza Strip on Friday shortly after a week-long truce expired with no agreement to extend it. The number of Palestinians killed and injured is rising by the tens every hour. Israel and Hezbollah resume trading attacks
20231201	Fighting resumes in Gaza after cease-fire ends	dystopian war	Hostilities have restarted in Gaza after negotiators failed to extend a seven-day cease-fire. Officials from the Hamas-run Health Ministry said dozens have been killed on Friday.
20231201	Israel tells civilians to leave parts of south Gaza as fighting resumes	dystopian war	no decription
20231201	Israel hammers more than 200 'targets' in Gaza as truce ends	dystopian war	The pause in fighting that began a week ago had allowed hostages and prisoners to be freed, plus much-needed humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza.

20231201	Israeli strikes kill dozens across Gaza as cease-fire ends, health officials say	dystopian war	Israeli strikes on houses and buildings across the Gaza Strip have killed dozens of people, according to health officials there, as fighting resumed on Friday just minutes after a temporary cease-fire deal ended.

20231201	Israel resumes killing women and children in Gaza	dystopian war	photo gallery

20231201	More than 170 killed in Gaza since end of truce, says Hamas-run health ministry	dystopian war	More than 170 Palestinians, many of them women and children, have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Israel's military on Friday resumed its deadly combat against Hamas, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.

20231201	At least 178 killed in Gaza as Israel resumes bombing	dystopian war	live blog

20231201	More than 180 killed as Israel resumes Gaza assault after truce lapses	dystopian war	More than 180 people have been killed and hundreds of others wounded as Israeli forces resumed their bombardment of the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian officials, after a week-long truce expired.

20231201	Israel’s AI system for target selection has generated ‘mass assassination factory’ in Gaza	dystopian war	Israel has deployed an AI system to generate kill-targets which has turned Gaza into a “mass assassination factory,” according to a hard-hitting new investigative report published by Israeli media outlet +972 Magazine. The system differs significantly from previous military operations leading to indiscriminate killings and extremely high civilian fatalities during Israel’s current offensive in Gaza.

20231201	Israel’s new Gaza offensive: 'The goal is to destroy Hamas, not to save the hostages’	dystopian war	Fighting between Israel and Hamas resumed in the Gaza Strip after a truce agreement expired early Friday, dashing hopes of a prolonged ceasefire in the region. To better understand the rapidly evolving conflict in the region, FRANCE 24 spoke to Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.
20231201	Israel signals intent to launch ground invasion of southern Gaza	dystopian war	Israel orders Palestinians to evacuate southern city of Khan Younis, where it says Hamas leadership is based

20231201	Israel army publishes map it says advises Gazans of safe evacuation areas	dystopian war	The Israeli army said on Friday that with the resumption of fighting it had published a map to advise Gazans of safe areas for their evacuation.

20231201	Israel tells allied Arab states it wants 'buffer zone' in Gaza	dystopian war	Israel has told its Arab allies that it wants to create a buffer zone in the Gaza Strip after the current round of fighting ends, in order to prevent Hamas from reasserting control in the enclave.

20231201	Health situation in northern Gaza 'totally catastrophic': Health Ministry	eliminating health care system	The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, on Friday, said the health situation in the northern part of the blockaded enclave is “totally catastrophic” as the main hospitals are out of service due to the Israeli wa
20231201	Official: Israel controls medical aid entering Gaza Strip	eliminating health care system	Israel is controlling the entry of vital medical aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, the spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf Al-Qudra, said yesterday.
20231201	Official: Israel controls medical aid entering Gaza Strip	eliminating health care system	Israel is controlling the entry of vital medical aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, the spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf Al-Qudra, said yesterday.
20231201	UN: 1.8m Palestinians now displaced in Gaza	forced displacement	The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the number of displaced Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip has risen to 1.8 million people or about 80 per cent of the enclave’s population.
20231201	Apprehension in Malawi as government sends workers to Israel amid Gaza war	global effects	Opposition leader Kondwani Nankhumwa questions the secrecy of the deal and describes it as ‘an evil transaction’.
20231201	Southern France province bans pro-Palestine rally	global effects	A pro-Palestine rally that was scheduled to take place in France’s southern city of Nice has been banned by the local administration on Friday
20231201	Spanish PM says Israel “systematically” occupying Palestinian territories	global response	Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Thursday that Israel has been systematically occupying the Palestinian territories and called to recognise the Palestinian State
20231201	Brazil’s Lula: Biden has no ‘sensitivity’ to stop dystopian war	global response	Brazil’s leader faults US President Biden’s apathy towards Gaza ‘genocide’ despite influence on Israel.
20231201	At climate summit, Turkiye, South Africa hit out at Israel over Gaza war	global response	As the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas collapsed, some world leaders at the UN climate summit criticised Israel on Friday and called for the Gaza war to end, while US and UK officials held meetings on the conflict on the gathering’s sidelines
20231201	Impossible to stay silent on Israel attacks in Gaza, says famed Italy actor	global response	Italian actor, Antonio De Matteo, renowned for his advocacy for Palestinians, took aim at Israel’s recent attacks on the Gaza Strip as despicable and shameful, emphasising the impossibility of remaining silent in the face of such actions
20231201	Recruitment company cuts ties with Israel arms manufacturer in UK	global response	The sole recruitment company for the UK branch of Israel’s largest weapons company, Elbit Systems, has ended its association with the company, Palestine Action has said.
20231201	Activist on trial for damaging UK sites of Israeli arms maker says he was justified	global response	Palestine Action’s Richard Barnard and co-defendants say alleged actions against Elbit Systems were aimed at stopping bombings

20231201	New York Times report says Israel knew about Hamas attack over a year in advance	Hamas resistance attack	Israel’s military was aware of Hamas ' plan to launch an attack on Israeli soil over a year before the devastating Oct. 7 operation that killed hundreds of people, The New York Times reported Friday.

20231201	Hamas was aware of Israeli surveillance prior to 7 October attack, says report	Hamas resistance attack	The Hamas leadership in Gaza was aware of Israeli attempts to surveil them and took steps to keep their communication covert, a new report in the Jerusalem Post has suggested.

20231201	Report: Israel had blueprint of Hamas attack more than a year ago	Hamas resistance attack	Israeli officials obtained Hamas’s battle plan for 7 October more than a year before it happened, the New York Times has revealed in an explosive report citing documents, emails and interviews. But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.

20231201	New York Times: Israel knew Hamas's attack plan more than 1 year ago	Hamas resistance attack	An Israeli intelligence insider reveals that a year ago, they knew about Hamas' plans but failed to act. The report highlights a veteran analyst's warning about a daylong Hamas training exercise that matched a looming threat.

20231201	NYT reporter says Israel knew Hamas's attack plan over a year ago	Hamas resistance attack	New York Times Magazine staff writer Ronen Bergman discusses his stunning report that Israeli intelligence was aware of a blueprint for an attack from Hamas more than a year ago that was similar to the attack on October 7th.

20231201	Hamas leader Sinwar plotted Israel's most deadly day in plain sight	Hamas resistance attack	Last year, Yahya Sinwar told a rally in Gaza that Hamas would deploy fighters and rockets in a fierce strike on Israel, the nation that imprisoned him for 23 years before he was freed and rose to a leadership role in the militant group.

20231201	Gaza aid trucks stranded as Israel-Hamas war resumes	humanitarian aid	Egyptian security sources say aid and fuel trucks from Egypt have stopped, as UN officials say continuation of aid delivery in doubt.
20231201	Netanyahu says Hamas broke truce by refusing to release more hostages	Israelis	In the last hour, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Hamas did not agree to release further hostages, which violated the terms of the truce.
20231201	Netanyahu reaffirmed to Blinken Israel’s determination to eliminate Hamas	Israelis	Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that he told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel will not stop its war on the besieged Gaza Strip until Hamas is fully eliminated.

20231201	New York Times report says Israel knew about Hamas attack over a year in advance	Israelis	Israel’s military was aware of Hamas ' plan to launch an attack on Israeli soil over a year before the devastating Oct. 7 operation that killed hundreds of people, The New York Times reported Friday.

20231201	Report: Israel had blueprint of Hamas attack more than a year ago	Israelis	Israeli officials obtained Hamas’s battle plan for 7 October more than a year before it happened, the New York Times has revealed in an explosive report citing documents, emails and interviews. But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.

20231201	Israel’s Ben-Gvir calls for ‘immediate return with massive force’ to bombing of Gaza	Israelis	Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir yesterday called for an “immediate return with massive force” to the bombing of the besieged Gaza Strip in order to “completely destroy” Hamas.

20231201	Israel’s AI system for target selection has generated ‘mass assassination factory’ in Gaza	IOF	Israel has deployed an AI system to generate kill-targets which has turned Gaza into a “mass assassination factory,” according to a hard-hitting new investigative report published by Israeli media outlet +972 Magazine. The system differs significantly from previous military operations leading to indiscriminate killings and extremely high civilian fatalities during Israel’s current offensive in Gaza.

20231201	Israeli strike kills another Palestinian journalist in Gaza	journalists	An Israeli attack has killed another Palestinian journalist in Gaza, the third to die since the truce ended on Friday. Adham Hassouna, a journalist and university professor, was killed along with a number of family members after their home was struck by Israeli bombing. He is the third Palestinian journalist killed on Friday, following Montaser Mustafa al-Sawaf and Abdallah Darwish.
20231201	Palestinian journalist killed by Israeli air strike in Gaza	journalists	Montaser Mustafa al-Sawaf was a freelance photographer who worked for Turkey's state-backed Anadolu Agency, who confirmed the death on Friday.
20231201	Anadolu cameraman killed in Israel airstrikes on Gaza	journalists	Montaser Al-Sawaf, an Anadolu freelance cameraman reporting in Gaza on Friday, was killed in Israeli airstrikes, newly resumed after a one-week pause
20231201	Hamas was aware of Israeli surveillance prior to 7 October attack, says report	media / Israeli	The Hamas leadership in Gaza was aware of Israeli attempts to surveil them and took steps to keep their communication covert, a new report in the Jerusalem Post has suggested.

20231201	Former ICC chief prosecutor: Israel’s siege of Gaza is a ‘genocide’	opinion	Luis Moreno Ocampo discusses accusations of war crimes and genocide against both Hamas and Israel.

20231201	Is Israel meeting its obligations under the laws of war?	opinion	Questions raised about responsibility and accountability as Israel resumes bombardment of Gaza.

20231201	Israel-Gaza War: Can Hamas be defeated?	opinion	Discussion about Gaza’s future and whether Israel’s stated objective of eradicating Hamas is possible.
20231201	Hezbollah 'vigilant’ as Israeli bombing continues	regional effects	Lebanon's Hezbollah group said on Friday it was ‘vigilant and ready’ as a resumption of fighting between Hamas and Israel fuelled concern that clashes across the Lebanon Israel border could also restart.
20231201	Hezbollah and Israeli troops exchange fire along the border as 2 people are killed in Lebanon	regional effects	Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group attacked several Israeli army posts along the two countries’ border and Israel shelled a village in southern Lebanon on Friday, killing two Lebanese citizens, officials said.
20231201	Two Lebanese civilians killed in Israeli air strike, says Hezbollah-affiliated media	regional effects	Two Lebanese civilians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon, according to the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar news outlet.
20231201	2 Lebanese citizens killed in Israel airstrike on their home in southern Lebanon	regional effects	Two Lebanese citizens, on Friday, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their home near the border in southern Lebanon as fire was exchanged between the Israeli army and the Hezbollah group
20231201	At least three killed in south Lebanon as Israel, Hezbollah resume fighting	regional effects	Israeli shelling kills a woman and her son in Houla as Hezbollah says one of its fighters is also killed.
20231201	Syrian air defences repel Israeli attack on vicinity of Damascus -state media	regional effects	Syrian air defences repelled an Israeli rocket attack against targets in the vicinity of Damascus early on Saturday, Syrian state media reported, adding defences shot down most of the missiles.
20231201	Thousands march for Palestine as Israel and Hamas resume fighting	regional response	Rallies held in Yemen, Jordan and the occupied West Bank as Israel-Hamas war resumes after weeklong truce.
20231201	UN: 1.8m Palestinians now displaced in Gaza	United Nations	The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the number of displaced Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip has risen to 1.8 million people or about 80 per cent of the enclave’s population.

20231201	UNRWA hits back at 'unsubstantiated' claims against the organisation	United Nations	The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) has hit back at "unsubstantiated" accusations, after Israeli media claimed a captive had been held in the home of an employee of the organisation.

20231201	UN says Israel will not renew visa for top aid official	United Nations	Israel has told the United Nations it will not renew a visa for the top U.N. humanitarian aid official for the Palestinian Gaza Strip and West Bank, a U.N. spokesperson said on Friday.
20231201	UN says Israel will not renew visa for top aid official	United Nations	Israel has told the United Nations it will not renew a visa for the top UN humanitarian aid official for the Palestinian Gaza Strip and West Bank, a UN spokesperson said on Friday

20231201	U.S. Sends Israel 2,000-Pound Bunker Buster Bombs for Gaza War	United States	After sending massive bombs, artillery shells, U.S. also urges Israel to limit civilian casualties.
			Comment: Haaretz on November 16, 2023: Revealed: The Munitions U.S. Supplied Israel for Gaza War

20231201	Blinken sees goals largely unfulfilled in Mideast trip, even as Israel pledges to protect civilians	United States	U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to the Mideast this week pressing for agreements to extend the Gaza cease-fire, step up the release of hostages held by Hamas and limit Palestinian civilian casualties if fighting with Israel resumed. He left Friday with his goals largely unfulfilled.
20231201	U.S. to impose visa bans soon on Israeli extremist settlers for West Bank violence	United States	The Biden administration has informed Israel that Washington will impose visa bans in the next few weeks on Israeli extremist settlers engaged in violence against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, a senior State Department official said.
20231201	Hospital damage in Gaza during Israeli offensive – a visual investigation	war on hospitals	Study covering period in late October and early November shows damage to 10 hospitals and health facilities
20231201	At least 101 children killed in the West Bank this year	West Bank	An eight-year-old boy shot dead in the street is one of the most recent casualties of Israel’s continued raids and attacks in the occupied West Bank which have killed 101 Palestinian children so far this year, Save the Children has said.
20231201	U.S. to impose visa bans soon on Israeli extremist settlers for West Bank violence	West Bank	The Biden administration has informed Israel that Washington will impose visa bans in the next few weeks on Israeli extremist settlers engaged in violence against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, a senior State Department official said.

DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

20231202	Israel pulls Mossad negotiators from Qatar after ‘impasse’ over captives	ceasefire talks	Hamas says there will be no further prisoner exchange with Israel until the dystopian war is over.
20231202	France's Macron says he is going to Qatar to work on new Gaza truce	ceasefire talks	French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that France was "very concerned" by the resumption of violence in Gaza and that he was heading to Qatar to help in efforts to kickstart a new truce ahead of a ceasefire.
20231202	Hamas says no prisoner exchange without Gaza ceasefire	ceasefire talks	Deputy Hamas chief Saleh Al-Arouri told the pan-Arab Al Jazeera TV on Saturday that no more prisoners would be exchanged with Israel until there was a ceasefire in Gaza.
20231202	UNICEF: Gaza Strip most dangerous place in the world for children	children	The UN's children's agency is calling for a lasting humanitarian ceasefire: "To accept the sacrifice of the children in Gaza is humanity giving up."
20231202	Near Rafah border, baby dies and aid held up again	children	One of the 28 premature Gaza babies moved to Egypt from al-Shifa Hospital is dead. And trucks with aid for Gaza must wait again.
20231202	US sends ‘bunker buster’ bombs to Israel for dystopian war, report says	collusion & complicity	Apart from ground-penetrating munitions, US has also given Israel several other types of bombs and artillery shells.
			Comment: Haaretz on November 16, 2023: Revealed: The Munitions U.S. Supplied Israel for Gaza War
20231202	US Vice President Harris urges Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians	collusion & complicity	U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday reiterated Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas, but said international and humanitarian law must be respected, noting that too many Palestinians have been killed.
20231202	VP Harris urges Israel protect Gaza civilians, sketches post-conflict vision	collusion & complicity	U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday too many Palestinians are being killed in Gaza and urged Israel to do more to protect them as she sketched out a U.S. vision for post-conflict Gaza.
20231202	US VP Harris calls for restraint as Israel strikes southern Gaza	collusion & complicity	U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said too many innocent Palestinians had been killed in Gaza as Israeli war planes and artillery bombarded the enclave on Saturday following the collapse of a truce with Hamas militants.
20231202	Gaza fighting brings fear of constant death, Red Cross says	dystopian war	The resumption of fighting in the Gaza Strip has been intense, the director general of the Red Cross said on Saturday, as Israel air strikes and artillery bombarded the enclave a day after a week-long pause in hostilities there with Hamas collapsed.
20231202	Israel intensifies its assault on southern Gaza, causing renewed concern about civilian deaths	dystopian war	Israel pounded targets in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, intensifying a renewed offensive that followed a weeklong truce with Hamas and giving rise to renewed concerns about civilian casualties.
20231202	Israeli bombing of Gaza intensifies as truce comes to an end	dystopian war	Israel has been pounding targets in the southern Gaza Strip, intensifying a renewed offensive that followed a weeklong truce with Hamas and giving rise to renewed concerns about civilian casualties.
20231202	Renewed Gaza fighting stretches into second day after Israel-Hamas truce collapses	dystopian war	Renewed fighting in Gaza stretched into a second day on Saturday after talks to extend a week-old truce with Hamas collapsed and mediators said Israeli bombardments were complicating attempts to again pause hostilities.
20231202	Israel intensifies its assault on southern Gaza, concern about civilian deaths mounts	dystopian war	Israel pounded targets in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, intensifying a renewed attack that followed a weeklong truce with Hamas and giving rise to renewed concerns about civilian casualties.
20231202	Israel ramps up south Gaza strikes	dystopian war	The Israeli military said it launched dozens of airstrikes on targets in Khan Younis following a collapsed truce with Hamas
20231202	Aftermath of Israeli bombardment in Rafah	dystopian war	Photo gallery
20231202	Evacuated from the north, being bombed in the south	dystopian war	Israel is currently bombing all across the Gaza Strip. Since the truce ended, the focus is on the southern areas where, at the start of this war, Israel told people to evacuate to. Most of those who evacuated from the north can’t go back. Source have met people who have been displaced two to three times since the war began. They left the north without anything and now they are in the south being bombed.

20231202	Israel issues ‘evacuation map’ as it targets south Gaza	dystopian war	Israeli forces also published a map yesterday … asking people in Gaza to follow instructions and directions on evacuation and safe areas. However, people do not have electricity or internet to access the map. We are at a hospital where people have been asking us if we can connect to the internet for them so they can look up this map. The map is confusing for people and they don’t know how to deal with it. At the same time, people do not trust the Israeli forces. People feel like no place is safe [in Gaza]. COMMENT Israeli map of fragmented Gaza has nothing to do with safety but with this

20231202	Israeli grid maps make life in Gaza ‘macabre game of Battleships’, say aid workers	dystopian war	Online system designed to order precise evacuations inaccessible to those without power or network access COMMENT Israeli map of fragmented Gaza has nothing to do with safety but with this

20231202	Israel wants 'security envelope', no Hamas on border after war	dystopian war	Israel will seek a "security envelope" with special zones and arrangements that will prevent Hamas from being positioned on its border after the war in Gaza is over, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.

20231202	Israeli attacks on southern Gaza could force 1M refugees towards Egypt: UN	dystopian war	The head of the UN Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA) has warned that Israel’s attacks on the southern Gaza Strip could push 1 million Palestinian refugees towards the Egyptian border, the agency said Saturday on X

20231202	Europe’s reaction to Israel’s dystopian war	dystopian war	The Listening Post examines the discourse around the conflict in three EU countries: Germany, where shows of support for the Palestinians have been heavily suppressed; France, where television news channels have distorted the debate to suit their own agendas; and the outlier that is Ireland, where there has been probing criticism of Israel’s actions - from politicians and in the media.
20231202	Gazans being bombarded in south say there's nowhere to go	dystopian war	Under aerial bombardment from Israel, people sheltering in the south of the Gaza Strip after fleeing their homes earlier in the war said on Saturday they had nowhere safe to go now.
20231202	‘Hell on Earth’ in Gaza: Israel strikes hit Deir el-Balah	dystopian war	Nearly 200 people have been killed in less than two days since the resumption of Israel’s attacks on Gaza.
20231202	Hamas holds international community responsible for Israel resuming war crimes in Gaza	dystopian war	Hamas’s government in Gaza has held the international community responsible for “the continuous Israeli war crimes” in the besieged territory, after occupation forces resumed their offensive this week.
20231202	Is Israel criminalizing Palestinian thoughts too, amid Gaza war?	dystopian war	Following the October 7 Hamas attack, Israel has been clamping down on pro-Palestinian sentiment within its borders, including passing an amendment to its counterterrorism law that has been criticised for violating civil and human rights.

20231202	Israel responsible for November convoy attack in Gaza, says Doctors Without Borders	eliminating health care system	“All elements” indicate that the Israeli army is responsible for an attack targeting an evacuation convoy in the Gaza Strip last month, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

20231202	Displaced Palestinians live in fear: Bombing forces families back onto the streets	forced displacement	While the brief lull in the fighting enabled many to return home to collect belongings and, they are now terrified by more Israeli strikes. Where many residents have been displaced by the war, and many are forced to live in tents.
20231202	Q&A: UN expert on Australia citizenship-stripping plan and ‘legal fiction’	global effects	Al Jazeera spoke to UN expert Ben Saul about politicians’ powers to revoke citizenship in light of a recent Australian court ruling.
20231202	Europe’s reaction to Israel’s dystopian war	global response	The Listening Post examines the discourse around the conflict in three EU countries: Germany, where shows of support for the Palestinians have been heavily suppressed; France, where television news channels have distorted the debate to suit their own agendas; and the outlier that is Ireland, where there has been probing criticism of Israel’s actions - from politicians and in the media.
20231202	Belgian PM says he told Israeli president 'no more civilian killings' as fighting restarted in Gaza	global response	The Belgian prime minister on Saturday said that he had spoken with Israel's president following the resumption of fighting in Gaza and told him there could be no more killing of civilians.
20231202	Sisi and Japan PM reiterate full rejection of Palestinians’ displacement	global response	Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida emphasized their rejection of any forced displacement of Palestinians, stressing the need to work towards a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue based on the two-state solution.
20231202	Israel ‘using Hamas prisoners to track down terror chiefs’	Hamas resistance attack	As pressure grows on Israel to avoid civilian deaths, IDF believes killing leaders will collapse organisation
20231202	Burnett confronts top Israeli official about October 7 intelligence failure	Hamas resistance attack	Erin Burnett presses Mark Regev, a senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, about revelations that Israeli intelligence seemingly ignored warnings about the October 7 Hamas terror attack

20231202	New York Times report says Israel knew about Hamas attack over a year in advance	Hamas resistance attack	The Times said Israeli officials were in possession of a 40-page battle plan, code-named “Jericho Wall,” that detailed a hypothetical Hamas attack on southern Israeli communities.


20231202	Israel responsible for November convoy attack in Gaza, says Doctors Without Borders	humanitarian aid	“All elements” indicate that the Israeli army is responsible for an attack targeting an evacuation convoy in the Gaza Strip last month, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

20231202	First aid trucks enter Gaza since end of truce, renewed Israeli strikes	humanitarian aid	Aid organisations say they face difficulties operating as Israel resumes its bombardment of Palestinians in Gaza.
20231202	‘We will never forget’: Reliving the pain of the Nakba amid Israel’s war	opinion	Rain pours down in torrents on Jordan’s Baqa’a camp, turning the streets into rivers. The November storm’s harsh winds rattle the tin doors of thousands of homes in the largest Palestinian refugee camp in the country. But despite the heavy downpour and bone-chilling cold outside, it is warm inside the Nashwan family’s home.
20231202	Israel, Palestine and Canada's 'schizophrenic foreign policy'	opinion	More than a month into its bombardment of Gaza, the Israeli military issued a warning: Ground troops had surrounded the largest hospital in the Palestinian enclave, al-Shifa. A raid would be launched “in minutes”.
20231202	Palestine-Israel through three European lenses	opinion	Israel-Gaza as seen in Europe: examining how history has informed coverage in Germany, France and Ireland.
20231202	Who pays for the war damage in Gaza?	opinion	Israel’s dystopian war has wiped out entire neighbourhoods and reduced businesses to rubble.
20231202	Q&A: UN expert on Australia citizenship-stripping plan and ‘legal fiction’	opinion	Al Jazeera spoke to UN expert Ben Saul about politicians’ powers to revoke citizenship in light of a recent Australian court ruling.
20231202	On Palestine, the gap between the US right and left is huge	opinion	In this episode, host Steve Clemons gets two diametrically opposed takes on the Israel-Palestine conflict. The first is from former US National Security Advisor John Bolton. The second is from the former executive director of Human Rights Watch in the Middle East and North Africa, Sarah Leah Whitson.
20231202	Israel deserves every bit of the global public criticism it is receiving	opinion	Israel has only itself to blame for the the public outrage against its apartheid reality and the horrific dystopian war.
20231202	Analysis: As the ceasefire ends, a question from history lingers: will Israel win the battle but lose the war against Hamas?	opinion	One lesson from the 1982 Lebanon war is that Israel’s enemy only needs to survive against superior firepower to gain an advantage
20231202	Israel, Hezbollah trade fire for second day after Gaza truce ends	regional effects	Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants exchanged heavy fire across the Israel-Lebanon border throughout Saturday as hostilities intensified following the collapse of a truce in Gaza between Palestinian group Hamas and Israel.
20231202	Egypt condemns Gaza ceasefire collapse and renewed Israeli airstrikes	regional response	Egypt, in a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday, strongly condemned the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire and the resumption of intense Israeli airstrikes and military operations.
20231202	Palestinian rights groups snub ICC prosecutor	regional response	Palestinian human rights groups refused to meet the International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan on Saturday, accusing him of favouring Israeli accusations of rights abuses over longstanding Palestinian charges.
20231202	Turkey's Erdogan: chance for peace in Gaza conflict lost for now	regional response	Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said that the chance for peace in Gaza after the humanitarian pause was lost for now due to what he described as Israel's uncompromising approach, broadcaster NTV reported on Saturday.
20231202	Iran says two revolutionary guards killed in Israeli attack in Syria	Syria	Two Iranian Revolutionary Guards members who served as military advisers in Syria have been killed in an Israeli attack, Iranian state media reported on Saturday, in the first reported Iranian casualties during the ongoing war in Gaza. COMMENT This entry is not really about an regional effect because Israelis are attacking Iran in Syria at least since 2014
20231202	Two Revolutionary Guards members killed by Israeli strike in Syria, says Iran	Syria	Airstrikes near Damascus follow end to seven-day pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza Strip COMMENT This entry is not really about an regional effect because Israelis are attacking Iran in Syria at least since 2014
20231202	US sets clearer red lines for Israel as ceasefire ends	United States	In the end it was a diplomatic achievement that the ceasefire lasted as long as it did. Now, after a seven-day pause, Israel and Hamas are facing their greatest military and political challenges.

20231202	US sends ‘bunker buster’ bombs to Israel for dystopian war, report says	United States	Apart from ground-penetrating munitions, US has also given Israel several other types of bombs and artillery shells.
			Comment: Haaretz on November 16, 2023: Revealed: The Munitions U.S. Supplied Israel for Gaza War

20231202	On Palestine, the gap between the US right and left is huge	United States	In this episode, host Steve Clemons gets two diametrically opposed takes on the Israel-Palestine conflict. The first is from former US National Security Advisor John Bolton. The second is from the former executive director of Human Rights Watch in the Middle East and North Africa, Sarah Leah Whitson.
20231202	How Democrats are alienating their base by blasting a Gaza war ceasefire	United States	Advocates say Biden’s political party is committing a ‘major political error’ by vilifying calls for ceasefire in Gaza.
20231202	US Vice President Harris urges Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians	United States	U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday reiterated Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas, but said international and humanitarian law must be respected, noting that too many Palestinians have been killed.
20231202	VP Harris urges Israel protect Gaza civilians, sketches post-conflict vision	United States	U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday too many Palestinians are being killed in Gaza and urged Israel to do more to protect them as she sketched out a U.S. vision for post-conflict Gaza.
20231202	US VP Harris calls for restraint as Israel strikes southern Gaza	United States	U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said too many innocent Palestinians had been killed in Gaza as Israeli war planes and artillery bombarded the enclave on Saturday following the collapse of a truce with Hamas militants.

20231202	Israeli air strike in Gaza kills prominent scientist Sufyan Tayeh, Palestinian ministry says	targeting civilians	An Israeli air strike targeting the town of Al-Faluja, 30 km (18 miles) northeast of Gaza City, has killed prominent Palestinian scientist Sufyan Tayeh and his family, the Palestinian Higher Education ministry announced on Saturday. COMMENT There are many attacks on whole families by Israelis documented, considered to be acts amount to genocide

20231202	Over 100 Palestinians killed in Israeli missile strike on Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza	targeting forced displaced people	More than 100 Palestinians were killed and many more injured in an Israeli missile attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.

20231202	Israeli settlers ramp up attacks against Palestinians	West Bank	Palestinian Human Rights groups say Israeli settlers are taking advantage of increased military raids across the occupied West Bank to seize more land. They're also carrying out assaults against Palestinians. Settlers detained, then stripped and beat a team of monitors with the Palestinian Authority.

DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION
20231203	No more talks while Israel bombards Gaza: Hamas	ceasefire talks	The deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau, Saleh al-Arouri, tells Al Jazeera there will be no prisoner-captive exchange as long as the onslaught on Gaza continues. “There are no negotiations now on the truce. There will be no prisoner exchange until the aggression ends and there is a comprehensive and definitive ceasefire,” he said. “The occupation insists there are still women and children being held, but we said we have handed all of them over. The remaining prisoners in Gaza are soldiers and civilian men who served in the occupation army. “Our Zionist prisoners will not be liberated until all our prisoners are freed and a ceasefire takes hold. The resistance is ready for all Israeli military scenarios whether ground war, air or other.” Earlier, Israel pulled negotiators from its intelligence agency Mossad out of Qatar, which has been mediating ceasefire efforts.
20231203	Injuries and martyrs in an Israeli air strike near UNRWA in Khan Younis	churches & mosques	Footage filmed by Ahmed El-Madhoun, activist from Gaza, documented injuries and casualties as an Israeli air strike hit a house near an UNRWA school in Khan Younis. El-Madhoun’s footage shows the frightening atmosphere post bombing, with injuries all around and people looking for their children. He said he filmed the video while assisting at UNRWA with displaced communities, he however says: ‘Every moment here became scary.’
20231203	UK to start Gaza "surveillance flights" to locate captives held by Hamas	collusion & complicity	British officials say "unarmed and unmanned drones" will conduct surveillance flights in efforts to recover captives from Hamas.
			Comment: 20231102 - U.S. flying drones over Gaza in search of hostages
20231203	Analysis: Israel resumed bombing Gaza, what has happened since?	collusion & complicity	Do the latest US weapons shipments to Israel hold any clues to how the fighting will go?
20231203	White House says Gaza civilians are a priority	collusion & complicity	Israel and Washington have hit back at claims that too little is being done to minimize civilian casualties in Gaza.
20231203	Analysis: Israel resumed bombing Gaza, what has happened since?	dystopian war	Do the latest US weapons shipments to Israel hold any clues to how the fighting will go?
20231203	AJE LIVE BLOG	dystopian war	Director General of the Government Media Office in Gaza tells Al Jazeera that more than 700 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza during the last 24 hours. Hamas says captive-prisoner swap talks will not resume until Israeli onslaught in Gaza ends. Israel pulled back its negotiators from Qatar on Saturday, saying Hamas violated terms of truce agreement. At least 15,207 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7. In Israel, the official death toll stands at about 1,200.
20231203	Gaza residents seek shelter as Israeli bombing intensifies	dystopian war	Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip sought shelter in an ever-shrinking area of the south on Sunday as Israel stepped up its bombing from air, sea and land across the enclave.
20231203	Israel widens evacuation orders as it shifts its offensive to southern Gaza amid heavy bombardments	dystopian war	Israel’s military on Sunday ordered more areas in and around Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis to evacuate, as it shifted its offensive to the southern half of the territory where it says many Hamas leaders are hiding.
20231203	Israel widens evacuation in southern Gaza, kills 700 within 24 hours	dystopian war	Israel pounded crowded southern Gaza and ordered more neighbourhoods to evacuate, driving up the death toll as calls for protecting civilians went unheeded. Hopes for a ceasefire faded, with Israel withdrawing negotiators and Hamas deputy leader linked any detainee swap to ending the war.
20231203	Israel widens evacuation orders as offensive shifts to southern Gaza	dystopian war	Israel's military has ordered more areas in and around Gaza's second-largest city of Khan Younis to evacuate, as it shifted its offensive to the southern half of the territory where it says many Hamas leaders are hiding.
20231203	IDF expands evacuation call in south Gaza	dystopian war	Israel's military has widened evacuation orders in Khan Younis as it shifts its focus to southern Gaza.
20231203	UNICEF spokesperson describes scenes inside Gaza hospital as 'death zone'	dystopian war	In detailing the scenes within Khan Younis's al-Nassar Hospital in Gaza, James Elder, UNICEF's global spokesperson, paints a grim picture. He describes children with severe injuries, mothers grieving over critically ill children, and an overall atmosphere resembling a death zone. Elder emphasizes the dual threat faced by children: the immediate danger of Israeli air strikes and the looming risk of disease due to inadequate water, protection, and sanitation. He expresses concern about the potential for a significant number of children succumbing to these conditions. Since the conflict's onset, over 6,000 children have lost their lives in Israeli attacks in Gaza.
20231203	Wounded and dead overwhelm southern Gaza hospital	dystopian war
20231203	Israeli army calls on Khan Younis residents to flee certain zones	dystopian war	The Israeli army has called on residents from certain neighbourhoods in southern Khan Younis to evacuate to other areas. The warning came through the new evacuation system that Israel says was elaborated for civilians to avoid being targeted.
20231203	Israel bombs south Gaza: Air strikes on civilian areas intensify	dystopian war	Israel is expanding its bombing of Gaza, with dozens more Palestinians killed in strikes across the Strip. The new wave of attacks from land, sea and air began after a ceasefire with Hamas expired on Friday. Talks to reach a new ceasefire deal have collapsed, with Hamas saying there'll be no more negotiations on captives until the war ends.
20231203	Israel bombs Gaza as pressure mounts to protect civilians	dystopian war	Israel struck Gaza targets Sunday in its war on Hamas sparked by the October 7 attacks as international concern mounted over the spiralling civilian death toll on the third day of fighting after a truce ended.
20231203	Israel pushes Gaza's terrified residents from one refuge to another	dystopian war	With mattresses tied to the roof of their car, Aya Fehmi and her family returned to their first house of refuge in the central Gaza Strip.
20231203	How the AI 'Habsora' system masks random killing with maths	dystopian war	Newly revealed 'mass assassination factory' technology is likely being showcased for future international sales, experts say COMMENT 20231130 - ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza

20231203	‘Death corridor’: The al-Samounis recall terror of ‘safe passage’ in Gaza	dystopian war	Three brothers belonging to al-Samouni family were kidnapped by the Israeli army on ‘safe corridor’ leading south of Gaza City.

20231203	Israel orders more people in crowded southern Gaza to evacuate as heavy bombardment shifts there	dystopian war	Israel on Sunday ordered more evacuations in and around Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis, followed by heavy bombardment, as the military’s offensive shifted to the southern half of the territory where Israeli officials assert that leaders of the Hamas militant group are hiding.
20231203	Palestinian health ministry says 15,523 people killed in Gaza since start of Israel's war	dystopian war	The Palestinian health ministry on Sunday said 15,523 people had died in the Gaza since the start of the Israeli war against the strip.


20231203	Hundreds killed in strikes as offensive shifts to southern Gaza	dystopian war	The Palestinian Hamas Health Ministry announced on Sunday that Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip have left 15,523 dead since the war began on 7 October.

20231203	Over 700 killed in last 24 hours as Israel intensifies strikes	dystopian war	The Israeli army has ordered more people to evacuate from southern Gaza, which was earlier declared ‘safe zone’.

20231203	US says Israel 'making an effort' to minimise civilian deaths as death toll soars	dystopian war	The White House has said they believe Israel is "making efforts" to minimise civilian casualties in Gaza since the resumption of fighting after a seven-day truce, amid intensifying calls from the international community to protect Palestinian civilians
20231203	Thousands remain trapped under rubble in Gaza: Civil defense unit	dystopian war	Thousands of bodies remain under the debris of buildings destroyed by ongoing Israeli attacks, civil defense teams in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday, with equipment shortages preventing their retrieval.
20231203	Israel says military offensive in crowded southern Gaza will be ‘no less strength’ than in the north	dystopian war	The Israeli military said Sunday it had expanded its ground operations to every part of Gaza and ordered more evacuations in the crowded south, followed by heavy bombardment, as it vowed that operations there against Hamas would be “no less strength” than its earlier offensive in the north.
20231203	Israeli bombing of Gaza intensifies, clashes reported near southern city	dystopian war	Israeli forces bombed wide areas of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, as civilians in the besieged territory sought shelter in an ever-shrinking area of the south.
20231203	Chaos in south Gaza hospitals after new Israeli strikes	dystopian war	Patients lie on cold, bloodstained floors in hospitals filled to overflowing. Some scream in pain, but others lie silently, deathly white, too weak even to cry out.
20231203	Israeli military starts ground operation in Khan Younis	dystopian war	The Israeli occupation army radio said on Sunday that Israeli forces have launched a ground operation on northern Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
20231203	Israeli forces reported to be pushing into southern Gaza	dystopian war	Reports from Israeli army radio effectively confirmed Israel has launched a ground operation to the north of Khan Younis.
20231203	Almost 400,000 Palestinians have lost jobs due to war, report says	economy	Many have little or no income after the closure of crossings into Israel and restrictions on workers, according ILO
20231203	UNICEF spokesperson describes scenes inside Gaza hospital as 'death zone'	eliminating health care system	In detailing the scenes within Khan Younis's al-Nassar Hospital in Gaza, James Elder, UNICEF's global spokesperson, paints a grim picture. He describes children with severe injuries, mothers grieving over critically ill children, and an overall atmosphere resembling a death zone. Elder emphasizes the dual threat faced by children: the immediate danger of Israeli air strikes and the looming risk of disease due to inadequate water, protection, and sanitation. He expresses concern about the potential for a significant number of children succumbing to these conditions. Since the conflict's onset, over 6,000 children have lost their lives in Israeli attacks in Gaza.
20231203	AI fakes in Israel's war against Hamas	global effects	Images generated by artificial intelligence have become a disinformation tool in the Middle East conflict.
20231203	German tourist killed in stabbing near Eiffel Tower in Paris	global effects	A 26-year-old French citizen arrested in connection with the stabbing that killed one person and wounded two others.
20231203	French prosecutors open probe into ‘terrorist plot’ after deadly Paris knife attack	global effects	A man known to French authorities for radical Islamism and mental health troubles stabbed a tourist to death and wounded two other people in central Paris late Saturday night before being arrested, with prosecutors opening an investigation into a "terrorist plot".
20231203	Paris attack suspect had expressed 'hard-core Islamic State ideology'	global effects	Terrorism expert Wassim Nasr discusses the suspect, who was known to French authorities, in the deadly knife attack in Paris on December 2, 2023. "This is the same kind of case of what happened in Vienna in 2020: a national, who never went to Syria, tried to go there, went to prison, went through a deradicalization program, changed his mind on the way and committed the attack."
20231203	'No Thanks' app helps boycott of Israel-related products	global response	The app appears to work very simply: users can scan the barcode of a product or enter its name, and within seconds they are told to what extent the manufacturer "supports Israel." Then "No Thanks" is displayed — an appeal not to buy certain products. Videos on TikTok and X show that companies such as Coca-Cola and Nescafé are among those listed.
20231203	142 Turkish citizens, their family members evacuated from Gaza to Egypt	humanitarian	Some 142 Turkish citizens and their family members crossed from Gaza to Egypt on late Saturday, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry
20231203	Egypt to receive 1,500 wounded Palestinians from Gaza at Qatar's expense	humanitarian	Egypt will receive 1,500 wounded Palestinians from Gaza to be treated at the expense of Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Qatari government announced on Sunday.
20231203	ICC prosecutor vows to 'further intensify' Gaza probe	ICC	The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court vowed Sunday to step up efforts to investigate alleged war crimes, as he wrapped up a visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
20231203	ICC prosecutor urges Israel and Hamas to respect international law	ICC	The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Sunday called on both sides of the war between Israel and Hamas to adhere to international law, and to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered to the besieged Gaza Strip.
20231203	Israeli medical experts declare some Gaza hostages dead in absentia	Israelis	Even as it tries to recover hostages through indirect talks with Hamas and army operations in the Gaza Strip, Israel has been declaring some of the missing as dead in captivity, a measure designed to grant anxious relatives a measure of closure.
20231203	Israel says it "uncovered 800 shafts* to Hamas tunnels*" below Gaza	Israelis	Israeli forces have found 800 shafts leading to Hamas' vast subterranean network of tunnels and bunkers since a Gaza ground operation began on Oct 27, and have destroyed more than half of them, the military said on Sunday.

20231203	Israeli personnel gave false information about 7 October attack crimes - report	Israelis	Haaretz report claims stories of many alleged crimes committed by Palestinians, which were published around the world, were based on unverified and inaccurate accounts

20231203	Home of Al-Aqsa Mosque Imam Sheikh Sabri faces demolition as Israel attaches order to building's door	Jerusalem	Israeli forces on Sunday raided the Sawaneh neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, claiming that a residential building where the Imam or prayer leader of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, lives is an “unauthorized construction,”
20231203	Ships face Houthi-claimed attack in Red Sea as officials say a US warship also fires in self-defense	regional effects	Commercial ships came under attack Sunday by drones and missiles in the Red Sea and a U.S. warship there opened fire in self-defense as part of an hourslong assault claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said.
20231203	Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted two Israeli ships in Red Sea: Report	regional effects	Pentagon meanwhile says a US warship and multiple commercial ships also came under attack, potentially marking a major escalation.
20231203	Yemen's Houthis claim attacks on Red Sea ships over war in Gaza	regional effects	Houthi rebels claim two of ships targeted on Sunday were 'Israeli' while Washington says it's aware of 'reports regarding attacks' on a US Navy vessel
20231203	Pentagon aware of attacks claimed by Houthis on ships in Red Sea	regional effects	The Pentagon said it was aware of reports regarding attacks on an American warship and commercial vessels in the Red Sea on Sunday, as Yemen's Houthi group claimed drone and missile attacks on two Israeli vessels in the area.
20231203	Lebanon border tensions: Israeli military and Hezbollah exchange fire	regional effects	There has been an intense exchange of fire along the Israel-Lebanon border. The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has launched several attacks on Israeli military positions since hostilities resumed on Friday, following the end of the Gaza ceasefire. Israel has used white phosphorus shells and carried out raids targeting what it says are the sources of the attacks.
20231203	Israel says it targeted missile launch sites in Syria, Lebanon	regional effects	The Israeli military on Sunday said it targeted missile launch sites in Syria and Lebanon
20231203	Israel, Hezbollah trade fire across Israel-Lebanon border for third day	regional effects	Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants traded fire across the Israel-Lebanon border on Sunday for the third consecutive day and Israel said several if its soldiers were hurt, following the collapse of a truce between it and Hamas militants in Gaza.
20231203	Suspected U.S. strike in Iraq kills five militia members, sources say	regional effects	A suspected U.S. air strike killed five members of an Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group north of the city of Kirkuk as they were preparing to launch projectiles at U.S. forces in the country, three Iraqi security sources said.
20231203	Tears and tight restrictions in Gaza protest at COP28	regional response	Teary-eyed, keffiyeh-wearing activists protested Israel's bombardment of Gaza at the UN climate talks in the UAE Sunday -- a tame but rare display in a country where demonstrations are banned.

20231203	Qatar calls for international probe into ‘Israeli crimes’ in Gaza	regional response	Qatar’s prime minister says the country will continue efforts towards facilitating another truce and reaching a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

20231203	Jabalia refugee camp targeted again	targeting forced displaced people	Casualties are being reported in the Israeli air strike on the Jabalia refugee camp, north of the Gaza Strip. Footage from the ground shared by Palestinian journalists and tv crews show residents using their hands to pull out survivors from under the rubble, while others discover dead bodies, including a baby whose body appears to be torn into pieces. Some critically injured are being carried away on stretchers or even mattresses.
20231203	Fresh strike on Jabaliya refugee camp reported as Israel intensifies attacks on Gaza	targeting forced displaced people	Palestinian officials report hundreds of people killed over 24 hours as concerns grow for plight of refugees
20231203	UK to start Gaza "surveillance flights" to locate captives held by Hamas	United Kingdom	British officials say "unarmed and unmanned drones" will conduct surveillance flights in efforts to recover captives from Hamas.
			Comment: 20231102 - U.S. flying drones over Gaza in search of hostages
20231203	Reports of violent bombardment in Gaza ‘petrifying’: WHO chief	United Nations	The situation of the health sector in Gaza is “unimaginable,” the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Sunday
20231203	Analysis: Israel resumed bombing Gaza, what has happened since?	United States	Do the latest US weapons shipments to Israel hold any clues to how the fighting will go?
20231203	White House says Gaza civilians are a priority	United States	Israel and Washington have hit back at claims that too little is being done to minimize civilian casualties in Gaza.
20231203	US Muslims pledge to ditch Biden in 2024 over his stance on Israel-Gaza war	United States	Muslims in key states launch #AbandonBiden campaign over US president’s refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza
20231203	In US, some Muslim-Jewish interfaith initiatives are strained by Israel-Hamas war	United States	Shireen Quaizar was wracked with doubt. For years, the school psychologist has been active in Muslim-Jewish interfaith dialogue, but the Israel-Hamas war left her reeling.
20231203	What happens to arrested Palestinian women?	West Bank	After speaking to several women who had been arrested in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, Abdel-Hamid traced the phases of detention that female prisoners have to face: They are first brought to Ofer prison They are then taken to another location for interrogation for several days After that, they are moved to Demon, a prison for female Palestinian detainees in Israel
20231203	Israeli army has intensified its raids across the Occupied West Bank since October 7	West Bank	There've been more Israeli raids in the Occupied West Bank. Soldiers killed a 21-year-old Palestinian baker in the early hours of Sunday morning in the city of Qalqilya. Witnesses say soldiers indiscriminately opened fire as they entered the town. Israeli forces also raided homes in Nablus. At least 60 Palestinians have been arrested in the past 24 hours, including 5 girls. Elsewhere in the West Bank, ten masked Israeli settlers raided a Palestinian-owned restaurant in the village of Sawiya. Security camera footage captured the moment of the attack... which caused significant damage to the building.
20231203	How a Palestinian teen’s release exposed Israeli mistreatment of prisoners	West Bank	Israel claimed 18-year-old Mohammed Nazal was healthy when leaving prison, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
20231203	Palestinian man killed in West Bank in Israeli settler raid	West Bank	Israeli settlers attacked two Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank late on Saturday, killing one man and torching a car, Palestinian authorities said.
20231203	Israeli army detains 60 more Palestinians, including 5 women university students, in West Bank	West Bank	Israeli forces arrested approximately 60 Palestinians in the West Bank, including five women university students, during a crackdown that lasted from Saturday night to Sunday morning, bringing the total to 3,480 detainees since Oct. 7th.
20231203	Britain's maritime agency reports possible Red Sea blast	Yemen	Britain's Maritime Trade Operations agency (UKMTO) on Sunday said that it has received reports of drone activity and a possible explosion in the Red Sea's Bab al-Mandab strait.
20231203	British military reports an explosion off the coast of Yemen in the key Bab el-Mandeb Strait	Yemen	A “potential explosion” has struck a key shipping route off the coast of Yemen, the British military said Sunday.
20231203	Britain's maritime agency reports drone attack in Red Sea	Yemen	Britain's Maritime Trade Operations agency (UKMTO) on Sunday said that it has received reports of a drone attack in the Red Sea's Bab al-Mandab strait.
20231203	Two ships hit by drone attacks in Red Sea	Yemen	Maritime security sources on Sunday said that a bulk carrier ship had been hit by at least two drones while sailing in the Red Sea.
20231203	US warship and multiple commercial ships come under attack in Red Sea	Yemen	The Pentagon made the announcement as a British ship was reportedly hit by rocket fire in Red Sea off Yemen coast. Drone activity has also been reported in the area which separates East Africa from the Arabian Peninsula.

DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

20231204	Telecommunications, internet down in Gaza as Israeli strikes intensify	communication	Palestinian telecoms company Paltel says communications and internet services go down in the besieged Gaza Strip.
20231204	South Gaza’s Horror Scenario: 18,000 People per Square Km Without Water or Power	dystopian war	no introduction
20231204	IDF expands ground offensive in Gaza	dystopian war	Israel says it has intensified its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, as international concern grows over mounting civilian casualties.
20231204	Israel orders mass evacuations as it widens offensive; Palestinians are running out of places to go	dystopian war	The Israeli military on Monday renewed its calls for mass evacuations from the southern town of Khan Younis, where tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought refuge in recent weeks, as it widened its ground offensive and bombarded targets across the Gaza Strip.
20231204	Israel orders Gazans out of swathes of Khan Younis	dystopian war	Israel ordered people out of swathes of the main southern city in the Gaza Strip on Monday as it pressed its ground campaign deep into the south, sending desperate residents fleeing even as bombs fell on areas still described as safe.
20231204	Israel orders evacuations as it widens offensive but Palestinians are running out of places to go	dystopian war	Israel renewed calls Monday for mass evacuations from the southern town of Khan Younis, where tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought refuge in recent weeks, as the military widened its ground offensive and bombarded targets across the Gaza Strip.
20231204	Israel army pushes into refugee-crowded south Gaza	dystopian war	“Words fail me to describe the horrors that are hitting children here,” said Unicef spokesperson James Elder.
20231204	Dozens of Israeli tanks enter southern Gaza	dystopian war	Dozens of Israeli tanks on Monday entered the southern part of Gaza near Khan Younis, where residents of northern Gaza were forced to flee.

20231204	Live blog: Gaza hospitals ‘flooded with dead bodies’	dystopian war	Gaza Health Ministry official says hospitals “flooded with an influx of dead bodies”. Israel’s military widens its ground offensive in southern Gaza as Palestinian officials say more than 800 people killed since Saturday. At least 15,500 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7. In Israel, the official death toll stands at about 1,200.

20231204	In Pictures: No end to suffering of Gaza children as Israeli attacks rage on	dystopian war	Thousands of children and minors killed and missing under the rubble amid relentless Israeli bombardment.

20231204	Israel orders evacuations as onslaught on Gaza widens	dystopian war	The Israeli army’s assault is pushing further into the south of Gaza, leaving Palestinians little chance of safety.
20231204	Israel orders more Palestinians to flee, then bombs areas where it sends them	dystopian war	Israel ordered Palestinians out of swathes of the main southern city in the Gaza Strip on Monday as it pressed its ground campaign deep into the south, sending desperate residents fleeing even as it dropped bombs on areas where it told them to go.
20231204	What are the implications of Israel’s reported use of AI in Gaza war?	dystopian war	Israel is reportedly using artificial intelligence technology to select and expand potential targets. Israel’s war has devastated much of Gaza. The few days of calm under a temporary ceasefire with Hamas have all but disappeared now, with Israel resuming its air strikes and shelling.

20231204	After a strike in Gaza's Rafah, men struggle to pull out a toddler's body	dystopian war	A dead toddler’s legs and bare feet poked out from under layers of concrete in the ruins of a block hit by an Israeli air strike, and three men tried to release the top half of the body by pulling out chunks of debris with their bare hands.

20231204	Israel intensifies southern Gaza offensive; U.S., UN urge civilian protections	dystopian war	Israeli forces pressed ahead with their air and ground bombardment of southern Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, even as the United States and the United Nations repeatedly urged them to protect civilians.
20231204	Gaza siege leaves cancer patients without treatment	eliminating health care system	Palestinians with rare conditions are experiencing excruciating pain and deteriorating health due to the lack of treatment and medicine
20231204	Gaza government calls for end to international tolerance of Israel targeting hospitals	eliminating health care system	The government in Gaza, on Monday, called for an end to international tolerance of Israel targeting hospitals, a violation of both the rules of war and international law.

20231204	Official: 3 doctors, 2 paramedics killed in direct attack in Gaza	eliminating health care system	The director general of Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza said the Israeli occupation army killed three doctors and two paramedics in a direct attack on them.

20231204	WHO says it was forced to move medical supplies from southern Gaza warehouse	eliminating health care system	The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it had been forced to move supplies from a WHO medical warehouse in southern Gaza within a 24-hour period after a warning from the Israeli military that ground operations there would make it inaccessible.

20231204	WHO says it was forced to move medical supplies from southern Gaza warehouse	eliminating health care system	The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it had been forced to move supplies from a WHO medical warehouse in southern Gaza within a 24-hour period after a warning from the Israeli military that ground operations there would make it inaccessible.

20231204	South Gaza’s Horror Scenario: 18,000 People per Square Km Without Water or Power	food, water, fuel & electricty	no introduction
20231204	South Gaza’s Horror Scenario: 18,000 People per Square Km Without Water or Power	forced displacement	no introduction
20231204	Passenger accuses American Airlines of forcing him to remove Palestine top, threatening to remove him if he did not comply	global effects	A passenger on an American Airlines flight has condemned the company for forcing him to hide his top for displaying the word “Palestine”, in the latest move by an American or Western company discriminating against expression in support of Palestine.
20231204	German human rights group calls pro-Palestine demonstration ban ‘highly problematic’	global effects	A leading German human rights group, on Monday, termed the recent sporadic ban on pro-Palestinian demonstrations “highly problematic”.
20231204	Netherlands accused of war crimes complicity for Israeli military supplies	global response	Human rights groups say the Dutch state’s export of plane parts to Israel makes it complicit in Gaza war crimes.
20231204	Dutch rights groups take government to court over arms to Israel	global response	Challenge over delivery of jet components follows reports that Dutch officials approved export despite legal concerns
20231204	Judges to hear case against Dutch state over Israeli jet parts shipments	global response	The Netherlands faces a legal challenge on Monday over accusations that its role in the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel makes it complicit in alleged war crimes in Gaza.
20231204	Google reinstates app that helps boycott Israel-linked companies	global response	Google has reinstated a mobile app designed to help people boycott companies linked to Israel, days after it was removed from its Play store
20231204	Doctors Without Borders calls for pressuring Israel to stop attacks on Gaza	global response	Doctors Without Borders (MSF), on Monday, called for pressuring Israel to stop attacks on the people of Gaza
20231204	Militant Rocket Hit Base Linked to Israeli Nuclear Missile Program	Hamas resistance attack	A rocket most likely fired by Hamas militants during their Oct. 7 attack on Israel struck an Israeli military base where, experts say, many of the country's nuclear-capable missiles are based, according to a visual analysis of the attack's aftermath by The New York Times.
20231204	Report: Hamas rocket hit Israeli nuclear weapons base on October 7	Hamas resistance attack	The New York Times, quoting experts, reports that a rocket fired by Hamas hit the Sdot Micha military base in central Israel, where nuclear missiles are kept.
20231204	Israel investigates possible trading knowledge ahead of Hamas attack	Hamas resistance attack	The Israeli authorities are investigating claims by US researchers that some investors may have known in advance of the Hamas plan to attack Israel on 7 October and used that information to profit from trading in Israeli securities.
20231204	Hamas Took More Than 200 Hostages From Israel.	Hamas resistance attack	no introduction
20231204	Unknown traders appear to have anticipated October 7 Hamas attack, research finds	Hamas resistance attack	Bets against the value of Israeli companies spiked in the days before the October 7th Hamas attacks, suggesting some traders may have had advance knowledge of the looming terror attack and profited off it, according to new research released Monday.

20231204	Hamas: Rape claims aim to tarnish group's 'humane treatment of hostages'	Hamas resistance attack	Hamas, on Monday, dismissed Israeli rape accusations against its fighters as a “desperate attempt” to distort the group’s humane treatment of Israeli hostages

20231204	What are the implications of Israel’s reported use of AI in Gaza war?	IOF	Israel is reportedly using artificial intelligence technology to select and expand potential targets. Israel’s war has devastated much of Gaza. The few days of calm under a temporary ceasefire with Hamas have all but disappeared now, with Israel resuming its air strikes and shelling.
20231204	Israel Weighs Plan to Flood Gaza Tunnels With Seawater	IOF	The move could drive out Hamas fighters but threatens to foul Gaza’s freshwater supply and damage infrastructure.

Motive Netanyahu's war
20231204	Corruption trial of Israeli PM Netanyahu resumes	Israelis	An emergency order from Israel’s justice minister following the events of October 7 had put the case on pause.
20231204	Netanyahu's corruption trial resumes	Israelis	Netanyahu is facing charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery. He denies any wrongdoing.
20231204	Netanyahu corruption trial resumes in spite of Israel's ongoing war in Gaza	Israelis	The trial was suspended after the Palestinian militant group's "bloody" October 7 attack on southern Israel in which 1,200 people were killed and 240 more kidnapped according to Israeli officials.
end of Motive Netanyahu's war

20231204	Hamas planned sexual violence as weapon of war - Israeli campaigner	Israelis	Hamas had a premeditated plan to use sexual violence as a weapon of war, an Israeli women's rights campaigner and lawyer has said.
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20231204	Fact-check: Did Hamas create a website boasting about massacring Israeli civilians?	Israelis	According to multiple Israeli officials and social media users, the shocking website shows the true face of the military organisation governing Gaza.

20231204	Israel raises travel warning level to include 80 countries amid attacks on Gaza	Israelis	Israel, on Monday, raised the level of travel warning to include some 80 countries worldwide amid its ongoing onslaught on the Gaza Strip
20231204	Global journalist group says Israel-Hamas conflict is a war beyond compare for media deaths	journalists	With a journalist or media worker killed every day on average in the Israel-Hamas war, the head of the global organization representing the profession said Monday that it has become a conflict beyond compare.
20231204	Yara Eid describes losing home, best friend and 60 family members in Gaza	journalists	Palestinian journalist talks of 'losing everything' to Israeli bombardment, including hope in the application of international law
20231204	Israel-Palestine war: How the collapse of western moral values is fuelling genocide	opinion	Regrettably, most western European nations have aligned with an American-led imperialism that suppresses liberation movements and stifles global dissent
20231204	Will Israel heed US calls to protect civilians or risk ‘strategic failure’?	opinion	The administration of US President Joe Biden appears to be ramping up pressure on Israel to keep Palestinians safe. Israel’s military has resumed its assault on the besieged Gaza Strip after a seven-day truce collapsed. More than 15,000 people have been killed in Gaza since early October, according to Palestinian health authorities.
20231204	Fact or fiction? Israeli maps and AI do not save Palestinian lives	opinion	Israel’s narrative of ‘evacuation warnings’ and ‘precision strikes’ serves as a cover for its AI-assisted genocide in Gaza.
20231204	3 commercial ships hit by missiles in Houthi attack in Red Sea, US warship downs 3 drones	regional effects	Ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck three commercial ships Sunday in the Red Sea, while a U.S. warship shot down three drones in self-defense during the hourslong assault, the U.S. military said. The Iranian-backed Houthis claimed two of the attacks.
20231204	U.S. Destroyer, Commercial Vessels Attacked by Drones, Missiles in Red Sea	regional effects
20231204	Yemen’s Houthis target Israel-linked ships in Red Sea. Here’s what to know	regional effects	The Houthis seem to have made a strategic shift towards maritime operations to ramp up pressure on the US and Israel.
20231204	UK condemns attacks on commercial shipping in Red Sea	regional effects	Britain condemned the attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea on Monday, blaming Iran for its role in supporting the Houthi militants behind them, and stating that it was committed to ensuring safe shipping in the region.
20231204	Houthis may not be targeting US warships, Pentagon says	regional effects	Waves of attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen may not be targeting U.S. warships, even though the U.S. Navy has responded by shooting down drone aircraft and missiles in recent weeks, the Pentagon said on Monday
20231204	Turkey's Erdogan says Israel's Netanyahu 'will be tried as war criminal'	regional response	Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would eventually be tried as a war criminal over Israel's ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip, while slamming Western countries supporting Israel.
20231204	Turkiye informs Israel intelligence of serious consequences to any illegal operations on Turkish soil	regional response	Turkish authorities, Monday, said that they informed Israeli intelligence about any attempt by Israel to assassinate members of Palestinian group, Hamas, living in Turkiye – as claimed by media outlets – would result in serious consequences

20231204	Turkey warns Israel against targeting Hamas members within its borders	regional response	Warning comes after a senior Israeli intelligence official promised a 'Munich-like' response to 7 October attacks

20231204	Israeli strike on two north Gaza schools kills 50, injures hundreds	schools	Israeli jet fighters barbarously bombarded two schools providing shelter to displaced people in the al-Darraj neighbourhood of Gaza, killing at least 50 people and leaving hundreds wounded, according to sources on the ground.

20231204	Khan Younis hospital stretched by influx of patients as Israel bombs Gaza	targeting civilians	The number of displaced people arriving at Nasser Medical Complex continues to increase, with new shelters being set up in the facility’s car park and many people sleeping on the ground in the open.
20231204	Girl under Gaza rubble asks rescuers to help relatives first	targeting families in whole or in part	Trapped under the rubble of a 5-storey building in Gaza, a 13-year-old called Alma pleaded for rescuers to help free her relatives first. What happened to her family members is not known.
20231204	Yara Eid describes losing home, best friend and 60 family members in Gaza	targeting families in whole or in part	Palestinian journalist talks of 'losing everything' to Israeli bombardment, including hope in the application of international law
20231204	CNN Gaza reporter’s relatives killed and childhood home destroyed in two separate strikes	targeting families in whole or in part	For weeks, CNN producer Ibrahim Dahman reported from Gaza as Israeli airstrikes brought devastation and despair to the besieged strip in the wake of the Hamas terror attacks of October 7.
20231204	Gaza reporter’s relatives killed and childhood home destroyed in two separate strikes	targeting families in whole or in part	Dahman, 36, escaped to Egypt with his young family after nearly a month, but on Sunday he heard news that at least nine relatives trapped in northern Gaza had been killed in a strike on his aunt’s house.
20231204	Genocide is often preceded by warning signs and must be prevented: UN Rights chief	United Nations	The UN Human Rights chief said, Monday, the world must remember that genocide is often preceded or accompanied by statements from political leaders and other public figures that dehumanise and demonise people from targeted communities
20231204	WHO board to hold emergency session on Gaza health situation	United Nations	The World Health Organisation will hold an extraordinary session of its Executive Board on Sunday to discuss health conditions in the besieged Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, a document from the UN global health agency showed and Palestinian ambassador said

20231204	WHO says it was forced to move medical supplies from southern Gaza warehouse	United Nations	The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it had been forced to move supplies from a WHO medical warehouse in southern Gaza within a 24-hour period after a warning from the Israeli military that ground operations there would make it inaccessible.

20231204	US senator tries to justify Israel targeting civilians in Gaza	United States	US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has sought to justify Israel’s targeting of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, saying, “Did the American public worry about how many people were dying to destroy Tokyo and Berlin?”

20231204	In West Bank city of Hebron, violence soars between Israeli settlers and Palestinians	West Bank	Hebron is the richest and most populated city in the West Bank. Tensions between Israeli settlers and Palestinian locals have been on the rise there since the October 7 Hamas attacks and Israel's retaliatory air strikes on Gaza. Israeli soldiers multiply patrols in the Old City of Hebron to protect some 800 Israeli settlers who occupy houses around the Cave of the Patriarchs, a sacred shrine to both Jews and Muslims.
20231204	Jailed Nobel winner Mohammadi to continue protests, she says in smuggled letter	West Bank	Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi will continue her fight for human rights even if it leads to her death, she said in a letter smuggled out from prison and published by Swedish public broadcaster SVT today.

DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION


20231205	Biden says Hamas raped, mutilated women during Israel assault	collusion & complicity	U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that Hamas had repeatedly raped women and mutilated their bodies during its Oct.7 assault on southern Israel, citing survivors and witnesses of the attacks.
			Comment: 20231203 - Israeli personnel gave false information about 7 October attack crimes - report

20231205	Communications services cut across Gaza Strip again due to Israeli aggression, says telecoms firm	communication	The main telecom company in the Gaza Strip said Monday that mobile telephone services and internet connections had been cut across the Palestinian territory.
20231205	Israel, Hamas Engage in Some of Fiercest Fighting of War	dystopian war	Israel is looking to decisively finish its operations in and around Gaza City while launching its offensive in the south.
20231205	Thousands flee Khan Younis on the cusp of Israeli invasion	dystopian war	The last days have been the hardest we have experienced since the war began, here in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. Until last Friday, ...
20231205	Israel strikes in and around Gaza’s second largest city in an already bloody new phase of the war	dystopian war	Israel intensified its bombardment in and around Gaza’s second largest city early Tuesday, as ambulances and private cars came racing into a local hospital carrying people wounded in a bloody new phase of the war in Gaza.
20231205	Israeli forces launch storm of Gaza's Khan Younis, hospitals overrun	dystopian war	Israeli forces launched their storm of the main city in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, where hospitals were overrun with scores of Palestinian wounded and dead.
20231205	Israel storms Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing scores	dystopian war	Israeli forces stormed the main city in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday and hospitals struggled to cope with scores of Palestinian dead and wounded.
20231205	IDF strikes Khan Younis in southern Gaza	dystopian war	The Israeli army said it was taking action against Hamas around the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. United Nations officials said Palestinians in the city have nowhere to flee to
20231205	Israel launches devastating attack on Khan Younis in 'most intense' day of fighting	dystopian war	Israeli forces launched a devastating assault on the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Tuesday, in one of the most violent days since the military launched a ground offensive on the besieged enclave in October.
20231205	UN warns of ‘blatant disregard for basic humanity’	dystopian war	The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said its troops were operating in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis Tuesday as top officials at the United Nations warned of an “apocalyptic” situation in war-torn Gaza with “no place safe to go” for civilians.
20231205	Gaza families flee again to shrinking, overcrowded pocket of land	dystopian war	Fearful of being killed in an Israeli bombardment, families in Gaza were packing up and fleeing on Tuesday, heading for a pocket of land further south already crammed with displaced people without enough food, water or toilets

20231205	‘Gaza’s entrepreneurs are being killed by Israel’	economy	Entrepreneurial leaders are being killed, leaving a gaping hole in the world of startups and businesses.

20231205	Israel and WHO in online row over removal of medical supplies in Gaza	eliminating health care system	Israel denies ordering the UN health agency to remove medical supplies from its warehouse in southern Gaza.
20231205	Israel denies ordering WHO to move medical supplies in Gaza	eliminating health care system	The Israeli military refuted claims that it had instructed the World Health Organisation (WHO) to remove supplies from its warehouse in southern Gaza within 24 hours “as ground operations will put it beyond use”.
20231205	Northern Gaza hospital ‘overwhelmed by horror’ as Israeli army lays siege	eliminating health care system	Health official describes gunfire and artillery shells outside Kamal Adwan Hospital as hundreds are trapped inside.
20231205	Decomposing infants highlight cost of Israel’s dystopian war’s hospitals	eliminating health care system	Two weeks after the forced evacuation of the Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in north Gaza, a journalist stumbled on a grisly scene: the decomposing bodies of several infants who had been left behind, highlighting how the strip’s medical infrastructure has found itself firmly in the crosshairs of Israel’s war.
20231205	‘It’s chaos:’ Starving Gazans dig for food, supplies under the rubble	food, water, fuel & electricity	One man carries six jars of cooking oil as he struggles to walk across the rubble. Two little girls run as they each carry stacks of white paper, used to build fire for heat and cooking.
20231205	Thousands flee Khan Younis on the cusp of Israeli invasion	forced displacement	The last days have been the hardest we have experienced since the war began, here in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. Until last Friday, ...

20231205	Israel clearly committing three of five acts defined as genocide: Palestinian-American lawyer	genocide	Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip fall under the definition of genocide as it is “clearly committing three of the five genocidal acts under the international treaties,” according to Palestinian-American lawyer, Lara Elborno

20231205	UN special rapporteur warns of 'serious risk of genocide' in Gaza	genocide	The UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories has urged UN member states to intervene in the crisis in Gaza, accusing the international community of being "paralysed" in its reaction to the tragedy.

20231205	Germany on guard against terrorism	global effects	Against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war and one-off attacks closer to home, German authorities are confronting a "complex threat situation." Some observers warn against exaggerating the danger.
20231205	'Huge risk' of Christmas attacks, warns EU	global effects	There is a "huge risk of terrorist attacks in the European Union" over the coming holiday season, a senior EU official has said.
20231205	'Huge risk' of terrorist attacks in the European Union, home affairs chief warns	global effects	The European Union is facing a “huge risk” of terrorist attacks over the holiday period, the bloc’s home affairs chief warned on Tuesday.
20231205	French filmmakers warn that far-right cyber-raids are torpedoing their movies	global effects	French filmmaker Mehdi Fikri has accused far-right cyberactivists and TV pundits of scuppering the launch of his police violence drama “After the Fire”, reviving talk of the influence of online rating platforms and politicised commentators in shaping movies’ fortunes.
20231205	MeToo, for Israeli victims too: Gaza war drives wedge between French feminists	global effects	French feminist groups have come under fire for purportedly turning a blind eye to the sexual violence unleashed on Israeli women during the October 7 attacks by Hamas, echoing the anger levelled at rights organisations elsewhere.
20231205	US House to pass another resolution conflating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism	global effects	A week after US lawmakers expressed frustration in having to vote for yet another pro-Israel resolution, the House is expected to vote again this week to declare anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism, in a new bill which critics say will further undermine free speech protected by the US constitution.
20231205	Amid Israel’s onslaught of Gaza, Spain’s leader shows empathy for Palestine	global response	Spain, which has long supported Palestine in the ongoing conflict, has upset Israel with its consistent condemnation.
20231205	Arms sales to Israel land UK government in court	global response	Rights groups have taken the UK government to court over its arms exports to Israel amid the catastrophic war in Gaza.
20231205	Groups take UK government to court over arms exports to Israel	global response	Legal and human rights groups say continued arms exports to Israel are 'utterly untenable' given clear risk weapons could be used to violate international law
20231205	Former Spanish minister discusses three Israeli propaganda tactics	global response	no introduction
20231205	Trading on "terror": Investigation into Hamas-Israel attack profiteering	Hamas resistance attack	Israeli authorities are investigating unusual trading activity that took place just days before the 7 October Hamas attacks.
20231205	Israel investigates claims investors made millions short-selling before Hamas attacks	Hamas resistance attack	US professors detected unusual trading activity on Tel Aviv and US stock exchanges before 7 October
20231205	Hamas spies aided by ‘insider knowledge’ for 7 October attack	Hamas resistance attack	Hamas engaged in years of planning ahead of the 7 October attack, drafting detailed maps with the help of spies inside Israel, the Guardian has reported
20231205	‘This Massacre Should Have Been Prevented’ \| Despite Intel Warnings About a Hamas Attack, the Army Didn’t Evacuate the Nova Festival	Hamas resistance attack	no introduction
20231205	US official arrives in Egypt with aid for Gaza	humanitarian aid	U.S. aid chief Samantha Power arrived in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, where she is expected to announce more than $21 million in additional assistance for the Palestinian people.
20231205	UN warns of ‘blatant disregard for basic humanity’	humanitarian	The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said its troops were operating in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis Tuesday as top officials at the United Nations warned of an “apocalyptic” situation in war-torn Gaza with “no place safe to go” for civilians.
20231205	Gaza families flee again to shrinking, overcrowded pocket of land	forced displacement	Fearful of being killed in an Israeli bombardment, families in Gaza were packing up and fleeing on Tuesday, heading for a pocket of land further south already crammed with displaced people without enough food, water or toilets
20231205	Israeli army says engaged in 'intense' ground combat in southern Gaza's Khan Younis	IOF	The Israeli army said Tuesday that its troops were engaged in ground combat "in the heart of Khan Younis", the Gaza Strip's second-largest city, as it expands operations in its war on Hamas.
20231205	Israel Commander says forces in most intense day of fighting	IOF	Israeli forces, backed by warplanes that have dropped hundreds of bombs and other munitions, have been engaged in the heaviest day of fighting since the start of their invasion of Gaza, a senior commander said on Tuesday.
20231205	Israel expects difficult new stage in Gaza, sticks to war aims - spokesperson	IOF	Israel expects difficult fighting in the new phase of its war in Gaza but is open to "constructive feedback" on reducing harm to civilians as long as the advice is consistent with its aim of destroying Hamas, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday.
20231205	Israel says fighting in Gaza is most intense since start of ground offensive	IOF	IDF steps up attacks in north and south and says it has raided Hamas HQ, as increase in civilian deaths reported

20231205	Israeli minister calls for executing Palestinian prisoners	Israelis	Israeli Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu has called for the execution of Palestinian prisoners so that they are not released in any future negotiations with the Palestinian resistance.

20231205	Hamas raped and mutilated women on 7 October, BBC hears	Israelis	The BBC has seen and heard evidence of rape, sexual violence and mutilation of women during the 7 October Hamas attacks.
			Comment: 20231203 - Israeli personnel gave false information about 7 October attack crimes - report

20231205	First month of Gaza war deadliest on record for journalists	journalists	The 39 journalists and media workers killed during the first month of Israel’s dystopian war made it the deadliest month on record for the profession since the Committee to Protect Journalists began keeping records in 1992.
20231205	For Netanyahu and his political allies, peace is more dangerous than war	opinion	Israeli public opinion has turned against both Israel's prime minister and Bezalel Smotrich, his main coalition partner on the extreme right. But they won't give up on their dream of a new Nakba easily
20231205	How Israel uses AI genocide programme to obliterate Gaza	opinion	According to whistleblowers, Israel is using an AI system to generate targets so fast, based on inputs so broad, that everyone in Gaza is in the crosshairs
20231205	Analysis: Israel faces difficult second phase of war with fighting in north and south Gaza	opinion	Israeli forces pushing towards southern city of Khan Younis and engaged in battles for key urban areas in the north
20231205	Qatar emir calls on U.N. to force Israel into talks to end Hamas war	regional response	Qatar's emir on Tuesday called on the U.N. Security Council to force Israel to return to the negotiating table over the war in Gaza, saying the inaction by the international community in halting the conflict was "shameful".
20231205	Qatar emir slams 'shameful' inaction over Israel 'genocide' in Gaza	regional response	Qatar's ruler hit out at what he labeled "shameful" international inaction over the Israeli dystopian war as he opened a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Doha on Tuesday.
20231205	Qatar emir condemns ‘genocide’ in Gaza, urges ceasefire at GCC summit	regional response	Leaders of six Gulf countries and Turkey meet in Qatar, with Israel’s dystopian war at the top of the agenda.
20231205	Iran says it is not involved in any actions against US military forces -Tasnim	regional response	Iran's U.N. envoy Amir Saeid Iravani said his country has not been involved in any actions or attacks against U.S. military forces, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday

20231205	Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas. Yet the group remains largely intact.	resistance	At least 5,000 Hamas militants have been killed, according to three Israeli security officials, leaving the majority of its 30,000-strong military wing intact.

20231205	Civilian deaths in Gaza stain on Israel, allies: Norwegian Refugee Council	targeting civilians	The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), a major global rights group operating in Palestine, said Tuesday that civilian deaths in Gaza are a stain on Israel and its allies
20231205	UNICEF's message to 'fighting factions': 'Stop devastation across Gaza, get Israeli children home'	United Nations	The United Nations warned Tuesday that it was impossible to create so-called safe zones for civilians to flee to inside the Gaza Strip amid Israel's bombing campaign.
20231205	UN special rapporteur warns of 'serious risk of genocide' in Gaza	United Nations	The UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories has urged UN member states to intervene in the crisis in Gaza, accusing the international community of being "paralysed" in its reaction to the tragedy.
20231205	UN warns of ‘blatant disregard for basic humanity’	United Nations	The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said its troops were operating in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis Tuesday as top officials at the United Nations warned of an “apocalyptic” situation in war-torn Gaza with “no place safe to go” for civilians.
20231205	Israel and WHO in online row over removal of medical supplies in Gaza	United Nations	Israel denies ordering the UN health agency to remove medical supplies from its warehouse in southern Gaza.
20231205	Israel denies ordering WHO to move medical supplies in Gaza	United Nations	The Israeli military refuted claims that it had instructed the World Health Organisation (WHO) to remove supplies from its warehouse in southern Gaza within 24 hours “as ground operations will put it beyond use”.
20231205	US House to pass another resolution conflating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism	United States	A week after US lawmakers expressed frustration in having to vote for yet another pro-Israel resolution, the House is expected to vote again this week to declare anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism, in a new bill which critics say will further undermine free speech protected by the US constitution.

20231205	Biden says Hamas raped, mutilated women during Israel assault	United States	U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that Hamas had repeatedly raped women and mutilated their bodies during its Oct.7 assault on southern Israel, citing survivors and witnesses of the attacks.
			Comment: 20231203 - Israeli personnel gave false information about 7 October attack crimes - report

20231205	Biden decries Hamas sexual assaults and says they must be forcefully condemned	United States	President Joe Biden on Tuesday decried sexual assaults committed by Hamas during its October 7 terror attack on Israel and called on “all of us” to condemn the acts.

20231205	Israel not doing enough to allow fuel, aid into Gaza	United States	Israel needs to do more to allow fuel and other aid into Gaza, the United States said on Tuesday as Israel's offensive against Hamas in southern areas of the Palestinian enclave intensified.
20231205	‘Massacres await’: Palestinians in Nablus warn of deadly settler attacks	West Bank	The Palestinian villages south of Nablus face severe settler violence and warn the assaults will only increase.

20231205	Released Palestinians allege mistreatment in Israeli prisons	West Bank	Released under a prisoner-hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas, former Palestinian detainees have described beatings, deprivation and a radical deterioration in conditions in Israeli jails following Hamas's bloody October 7 attacks.

20231205	Israel shut down NGO for reporting rape of teenager, ex-US official says	West Bank	NGO Defense for Children International's offices were raided after they reported the sexual assault of a 15-year-old by an interrogator while in Israeli custody
20231205	Jewish settlers step up violent attacks on Palestinians in occupied West Bank	West Bank	Allies of Israel have condemned a sharp rise in attacks by armed Jewish settlers on Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.
20231205	US House to pass another resolution conflating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism	Zionism / US	A week after US lawmakers expressed frustration in having to vote for yet another pro-Israel resolution, the House is expected to vote again this week to declare anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism, in a new bill which critics say will further undermine free speech protected by the US constitution.

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bold date	= may possible related to war crime
bold date	= related to call for or inciting ethnic cleansing, genocide

Important:

The views as expressed in the content of the linked article are solely those of the source(s). They may not or they do not reflect the historical chronology of the more than 70 years old problem.

Sources are Western, Palestinian and Arabic media. Content produced by the Israelis are either not available or not linked as they where found written in (exaggerated) disseminated language (= hasbara) often containing misinformation

Please, take note that the list is exemplary

DATE

DEVELOPMENT

CONTEXT

DESCRIPTION

20231206

EU should consider sanctions on Hamas, Israeli settler violence -document

global effects

The European Union should consider toughening sanctions on Hamas and its finances, and imposing sanctions on Israeli settlers responsible for violence in the West Bank, the bloc's diplomatic service says in a paper prepared for EU foreign ministers.

20231206

Penn president vows to review 'genocide' policy in campus Israel-Gaza clash

global effects

University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill on Wednesday promised to review the university's code of conduct after she faced calls to resign for declining to say whether advocating genocide was a violation of the policy.

20231206

West Bank settler violence draws international condemnation

global response

While the world watches Israel's war with Hamas and the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza…

20231206

UK faces pressure to release guidance on Britons fighting in Gaza

global response

Rights groups have warned the Israeli army is perpetrating war crimes during its military campaign in the Gaza Strip

20231206

UK government faces legal challenge over arms exports to Israel

global response

Al-Haq and Global Legal Action Network argue sales of British weapons could breach international law

20231206

EU crisis management chief slams Israeli settler attack on West Bank school

global response

The European Union's commissioner in charge of the bloc's crisis management condemned on Wednesday an attack by Israeli settlers on a school in Zanuta, a Palestinian village situated in the Israeli military-occupied West Bank.

20231206

Israel: 'No unusual trading' before the 7 October Hamas attack

Hamas resistance attack

A previously published report found an unusual spike in bets against Israeli securities just before the attack.

20231206

Israel hostages in Gaza: We have evidence their health worsening, say families

Hamas resistance attack

Families of people being held captive in Gaza say they have "solid intelligence" that the health of several hostages has deteriorated.

20231206

Hamas raped and mutilated women on 7 October, BBC hears

Hamas resistance attack

The BBC has "seen and heard evidence" of rape, sexual violence and mutilation of women during the 7 October Hamas attacks.

20231206

Israeli forces battle Hamas in southern Gaza, humanitarian alarm grows

humanitarian

Israeli troops fought fierce battles with Hamas in south Gaza on Wednesday in the heart of the city of Khan Younis, forcing Palestinian civilians, many already displaced from the north, to search for refuge elsewhere with their options dwindling.

20231206

Israeli army surrounds southern city of Khan Younis

humanitarian

As attacks intensify in and around Gaza’s second-largest city, the UN warns of a catastrophic humanitarian situation.

20231206

Displaced Palestinians forced to fend for themselves in Gaza's south

humanitarian

A plastic sheet rigged up as a tent, branches gathered from here and there to make a fire -- at the southern tip of Gaza, displaced Palestinians are settling in as best they can.

20231206

'Only political solution' can bring end to violence ravaging Israel & Gaza since the 7th of October

ICRC

As Israeli troops battle Hamas militants in southern Gaza, International aid organisations have warned that civilians in the densely populated area are running out of places to flee to.

20231206

New signs emerge of ‘widespread’ sexual crimes by Hamas, as Netanyahu alleges global indifference

Israelis

A man hiding in a pit during the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on an outdoor music festival in Israel said he heard someone nearby screaming she was being raped. Elsewhere in the area, a combat paramedic saw the body of a young woman with her legs open, her pants pulled down, and what looked like semen on her lower back. An army reservist who was tasked with identifying those killed by the militants said some of the women were found wearing only bloodied underwear.

COMMENT

20231203 - Israeli personnel gave false information about 7 October attack crimes - report

20231206

UN condemnation of sexual violence by Hamas ‘too little, too late’, says Israel

Israelis

Israel says comments by Unicef chief were insufficient and came only as a result of international pressure

20231206

Leaked audio of heated meeting reveals hostages’ fury at Netanyahu

Israelis

Leaked audio recordings of a meeting between freed Israeli hostages and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have revealed considerable anger at the government’s conduct, as well as the enduring terror of captivity by Hamas in Gaza.

20231206

Israel claims to have discovered 'considerable weapons depots' in civilian area in Gaza

Israelis

As the plight of civilians deepens, the UN human rights chief has called for the international community to immediately push “with one voice” for a cease-fire.

20231206

CNN presses IDF spokesperson on the ratio of civilian casualties. Hear his response

Israelis

Erin Burnett asks Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces, about a report that for every Hamas militant that Israel has killed in Gaza, about two civilians have also been killed.

20231206

How does Israel compare to failed states?

opinion

Critics describe Israel as a political entity that can only survive with repression and state-sanctioned violence. Israel has been in a state of near-perpetual war for decades, receives billions of dollars a year in aid and weapons, and has consistently broken international law by expanding its occupation and settlements. Governments and international human rights organizations have called for war crimes investigations into Israel’s military offensive in Gaza.

20231206

Yemen's Houthis say they launched ballistic missiles at Israel

regional effects

Yemen's Houthi group launched several ballistic missiles at military posts in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, the group's military spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday.

20231206

How missiles from Yemen could escalate Israel-Gaza war

regional effects

It is well over 1,000 miles from the coast of Yemen to the Gaza Strip, and yet what happened last Sunday at the southern end of the Red Sea has the potential to dramatically escalate the war between Israel and Hamas.

20231206

Saudi Arabia urges US restraint as Houthis attack ships in Red Sea

regional effects

Saudi Arabia has asked the United States to show restraint in responding to attacks by Yemen's Houthis against ships in the Red Sea, two sources familiar with Saudi thinking said, as Riyadh seeks to contain spillover from the Hamas-Israel war.

20231206

Houthis pose 'serious threat': Rebel attacks can 'seriously damage free flow of commerce' in Red Sea

regional effects

On Sunday, ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck three commercial ships, while a U.S. warship shot down three drones in self-defense during an hours long assault, the U.S. military said.

20231206

Western officials privately warn Houthi attacks on shipping lanes will continue

regional effects

The Biden administration is reluctant to conduct direct strikes on the Houthis out of concern it will disrupt Saudi peace talks

20231206

Israel reviewing strike that harmed Lebanese troops, army says

regional effects

The Israeli army said on Wednesday it was reviewing a strike that harmed Lebanese troops in south Lebanon, an apparent reference to Israeli shelling that killed a Lebanese soldier and wounded three others the previous day

20231206

Israel vows to push Lebanon Hezbollah away from border

regional effects

Israel will push Lebanese group, Hezbollah, beyond the Litani River in southern Lebanon, Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, vowed on Wednesday.

20231206

Turkey rejects 'buffer zone' plan for Gaza, Erdogan says

regional response

Turkey rejects plans to establish a post-war buffer zone in Gaza because it would be disrespectful to Palestinians, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

COMMENT

20231206 - US would object to 'buffer zone' inside Gaza Strip -State Department

20231206

Arab Group preparing resolution for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

regional response

The permanent representative of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Palestine to the United Nations said on Wednesday the Arab Group is preparing a draft resolution to be submitted to the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

20231206

Why is Israel at war with the UN?

United Nations

Over the course of its war with Hamas in Gaza, Israel has repeatedly clashed with the United Nations.

20231206

UN rights chief warns of heightened risk of 'atrocity crimes' in Gaza

United Nations

United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk warned on Wednesday there was a heightened risk of "atrocity crimes" in Gaza, urging parties involved to refrain from committing such violations.

20231206

UN chief warns of ‘complete breakdown of public order’ as fighting rages across Gaza

United Nations

The head of the UN warned on Wednesday that he expects "public order to completely break down soon due to the desperate conditions" in Gaza, where Israeli forces have expanded their offensive to the southern city of Khan Younis.

20231206

Senior UN official denounces ‘blatant disregard’ in Israel-Hamas war after many UN sites are hit

United Nations

The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees told The Associated Press on Wednesday there is no safe haven in besieged Gaza for civilians — not even in U.N. shelters and so-called “safe zones” designated by Israel

20231206

Guterres invokes Article 99 of UN Charter

United Nations

The Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres wrote a letter to the president of the Security Council invoking Article 99 of the UN's charter, which states that "the Secretary-General may bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security."

20231206

'Nowhere is safe in Gaza,' UN chief warns

United Nations

The head of the UN warned public order could "completely break down soon due to the desperate conditions" in Gaza. Fighting in the city of Khan Younis intensified for a second day.

20231206

US lawmakers lag voters in support for Gaza ceasefire

United States

A new poll says more than 60% US voters want ceasefire, while only 11% of lawmakers support an end to Israel’s war.

20231206

‘Anti-Zionism is antisemitism,’ US House asserts in ‘dangerous’ resolution

United States

Palestinian rights advocates denounce a Republican-led measure as a push to smear Israel’s critics amid the war in Gaza.

20231206

Despite Gaza death toll soaring, U.S. unlikely to rethink weapons supplies to Israel

United States

Facing a soaring death toll from Israel's renewed offensive in southern Gaza, the Biden administration is trying to pressure its ally to minimize civilian deaths while stopping well short of the kind of measures that might force it to listen, such as threatening to restrict military aid.

20231206

White House interns pen letter demanding ceasefire in Gaza

United States

In letter sent to President Joe Biden, interns call for ceasefire in Gaza, end to Israeli apartheid and a free Palestine

20231206

US would object to 'buffer zone' inside Gaza Strip -State Department

United States

The US would object to any proposed buffer zone inside the Gaza Strip as it would violate Washington’s position that the size of the Palestinian enclave must not be reduced after the current conflict, State Department spokesperson, Matthew Miller, said on Wednesday.

COMMENT

20231206 - Turkey rejects 'buffer zone' plan for Gaza, Erdogan says

20231206

Analysis: The White House is changing its tune on Israel – but does it matter in practice?

United States

Biden’s rhetoric toward the Netanyahu government is toughening. But critics say his words aren’t backed up by the threat of action

20231206

Penn president vows to review 'genocide' policy in campus Israel-Gaza clash

United States

20231206

Israel army in most intense combat in Gaza war, no safe place to evacuate

dystopian war

Heaviest fighting in two months of conflict with non-stop attacks in enclave’s south and central areas.

20231206

How Israel is squeezing 1.8 million Palestinians into an airport-sized area

dystopian war

Israel has declared an area smaller than Heathrow Airport as a safe space for Gaza’s displaced people to move to.

Our comment

20231206

Palestinians forcibly displaced into Gaza scrubland

dystopian war

“We will die here because of hunger.” Palestinians say the Israeli army is forcibly displacing them to an area of barren scrubland in south Gaza with no water or electricity, where they face another fight for survival.

20231206

Nowhere to go: 'The whole population of Gaza is now squeezed into the south'

dystopian war

Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in Gaza's main southern city on Wednesday in some of the most intense combat of the two-month-old war sparked by the October 7 attacks.

20231206

Two Gaza brothers stripped, jeered at by Israeli army, one taken captive

dystopian war

Mohammed al-Saeedi, 18, who was detained with his older brother Khader, remains missing two months later.

20231206

Heavy fighting in Gaza halts most aid delivery and leaves civilians with few places to seek safety

dystopian war

Israeli forces battled Hamas militants across Gaza on Wednesday in intense fighting that has prevented the distribution of vital aid in much of the territory and brought some of the devastation and mass displacement seen in the north to the south.

20231206

Israeli forces battle Hamas in southern Gaza, humanitarian alarm grows

dystopian war

20231206

Israeli army surrounds southern city of Khan Younis

dystopian war

As attacks intensify in and around Gaza’s second-largest city, the UN warns of a catastrophic humanitarian situation.

20231206

Israel-Hamas War: Gazans Flee Fighting in the South as Airstrike Hits Packed Border Town

dystopian war

Tens of thousands of Gazans have been fleeing to areas west and south of the embattled city of Khan Younis, including to the nearby southern border town of Rafah, where an airstrike on Wednesday brought new bloodshed and chaos to an area overflowing with people displaced by the war

20231206

Israel Claims It Has Killed Five Hamas Commanders in Rare Photo

dystopian war

Israeli forces have targeted the Hamas leadership since the group launched an attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, the deadliest day in Israeli history.

COMMENT

We have seen the published photo on X yesterday but isn't evidence as it shows a group of men in a situation of a gathering. Some of these men are marked with a red circle only suggesting that they are targets.

20231206

Israel and Hamas fight house-to-house battles across Gaza

dystopian war

UN secretary general says situation ‘fast deteriorating into catastrophe with potentially irreversible implications’

20231206

Hospital sheltering thousands of people in Gaza is attacked

war on hospitals

Israeli air strike hit the gates of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, where Palestinians say a new massacre has taken place after days of attacks in the area.

20231206

Attacks on Jabalia refugee camp intensify

war on refugee camps

In the last 12 hours, the Israeli military has escalated attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp, an area subjected to repeated targeting throughout the war. Massive air strikes and continuous artillery shelling characterize the intensified assault, involving coordinated attacks by air, land, and sea in the densely populated region. Thousands remain stranded in Jabalia, unable to evacuate. Residential structures and public facilities have been entirely flattened. The current challenge lies in impaired communication, hindering the gathering of precise casualty figures, as several hospitals are non-operational.

20231206

Renewed air strikes on Jabalia camp kill dozens of Palestinians

war on refugee camps

Israeli air strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip killed dozens of Palestinians and wounded many others overnight and on Wednesday morning.

20231206

Family of Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent killed in Israeli attack

war on whole families

Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Gaza, Moamen Al Sharafi has found out his father, mother, and 20 other family members were killed in an Israeli bombing at the Jabalia camp. Just days before, his mother sent him a message, hoping they would see each other soon.

20231206

Video shows Israeli soldier shooting mentally disabled Palestinian in West Bank

West Bank

The Israel Defense Forces has launched an investigation after a video emerged of an Israeli soldier shooting and wounding a mentally disabled Palestinian near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.

COMMENT

20231207 - Israeli army shoots Palestinian street vendor

20231206

Israeli settler violence brings destruction and fear to West Bank as war rages

West Bank

A few nights ago, the school in Khirbet Zanuta, a small Palestinian village in the hills south of Hebron, was destroyed along with most of the houses, by a bulldozer.

20231206

Generation after generation, Israeli prison marks a rite of passage for Palestinian boys

West Bank

For all Palestinian parents, Marwan Tamimi said, there comes a moment they realize they’re powerless to protect their children.

20231206

EU crisis management chief slams Israeli settler attack on West Bank school

West Bank

20231206

German ruling party official urges EU to sanction violent Israeli settlers

West Bank

The European Union should echo the U.S. stance in imposing sanctions on a number of Israeli settlers over attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, a senior lawmaker in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats said on Wednesday.

COMMENT

'Echo' refers to US vis ban. But that won't work as many settlers also have the American citizenship

20231206

West Bank settler violence draws international condemnation

West Bank

While the world watches Israel's war with Hamas and the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza…

20231206

In Photos: West Bank family sees no hope of justice in Israeli settler killings

West Bank

Moussa is eight years old and really likes marbles. But for the past month, this Palestinian boy, living in the occupied West Bank, has a new game: "Pretend daddy isn't dead."

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bold date	= may possible related to war crime
bold date	= related to call for or inciting ethnic cleansing, genocide

Important:

The views as expressed in the content of the linked article are solely those of the source(s). They may not or they do not reflect the historical chronology of the more than 70 years old problem.

Please, take note that the list is exemplary

DATE

DEVELOPMENT

CONTEXT

DESCRIPTION

20231207

How are Harvard, Penn presidents responding to campus anti-Semitism row?

glohal effects

Harvard’s Claudine Gay and Elizabeth Magill at Penn released statements a day after their heated Congress hearing.

20231207

Israel should face war crimes probe over journalist death in Lebanon: NGOs

global response

Rights groups say attack that killed Reuters journalist and injured six others ‘likely a direct attack on civilians’.

20231207

Amnesty: Israeli attack that killed Reuters journalist, wounded others must be investigated as a war crime

global response

Amnesty International said on Thursday that Israeli strikes that killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six others in south Lebanon on Oct. 13 were likely a direct attack on civilians that must be investigated as a war crime.

20231207

French lawmaker calls for sanctions on Israel over Gaza war

global response

French MP Alma Dufour addressed the National Assembly, highlighting the distressing situation in Gaza as bombardments resume.

20231207

50 days in Hamas captivity - Thai man recalls beatings and bleakness

Hamas resistance attack

When Thai farm labourer Anucha Angkaew scrambled out of the bunker where he had been sheltering from rockets on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip around 7.30 am on Oct. 7, he expected to see Israeli soldiers.

20231207

CNN: "What we know about rape and sexual violence inflicted by Hamas during its terror attack on Israel"

Hamas resistance attack

Simchat Greyman had to pause several times when describing the evidence of sexual violence he saw when recovering bodies of victims of the October 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel.

20231207

Humanitarian conditions in Gaza near collapse as Israeli attacks intensify

humanitarian

Cholera and gastroenteritis are rapidly spreading due to the congested conditions in southern Gaza.

20231207

Egypt says it is pushing to accelerate aid delivery to Gaza

humanitarian

Egypt is striving to accelerate the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip, a senior official said on Thursday, after the amount of relief getting through to the Palestinian enclave dipped with the end of the Israel-Hamas truce on Dec. 1.

20231207

Many wars, but nothing like this: Gaza man describes hunger and rage

humanitarian

People so hungry they break into U.N. warehouses to take whatever they can find. Children terrified of the noise of air strikes. Families using sea water to wash. Men cutting down trees in cemeteries to use as fuel to bake bread.

20231207

Gaza near humanitarian 'collapse'; lasting cease-fire imperative: UN migration agency

humanitarian

The UN migration agency, on Thursday, called for a “lasting and immediate” ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, as the humanitarian situation is “near collapse” due to intense fighting and lack of access

20231207

Israel: channel monitors govt failure since start of dystopian war

Israelis

Israel’s Channel 13 has monitored manifestations of the failure by the Israeli occupation authorities to achieve any of their goals, 61 days after the start of the war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

20231207

Israeli tank fire killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in Lebanon

journalists

An Israeli tank crew killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six reporters in Lebanon on Oct. 13 by firing two shells in quick succession from Israel while the journalists were filming cross-border shelling, a Reuters investigation has found.

20231207

Reuters' Issam Abdallah covered world's biggest events with bravery and insight

journalists

Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah, 37, who was killed in Lebanon on Oct. 13 by what a Reuters investigation found was Israeli tank fire, brought courage, compassion and insight to his work covering some of the biggest news stories of the past decade.

20231207

Israel killed Reuters reporter, wounded others in deliberate attack : investigations

journalists

An Israeli tank crew killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six reporters in Lebanon on 13 October, by firing two shells in quick succession from Israel while the journalists were filming cross-border shelling, separate Reuters and AFP investigations have found.

20231207

Israel should face war crimes probe over journalist death in Lebanon: NGOs

journalists

Rights groups say attack that killed Reuters journalist and injured six others ‘likely a direct attack on civilians’.

20231207

Israeli killing of Lebanese journalist 'appears to be war crime'

journalists

Investigations by Reuters, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International show Issam Abdallah was likely deliberately targeted with a group of reporters earlier this year

20231207

Amnesty: Israeli attack that killed Reuters journalist, wounded others must be investigated as a war crime

journalists

20231207

Journalists should be allowed in and out of Gaza: RSF

journalists

Media rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Israeli and Egyptian authorities on Thursday to allow journalists to move freely across the Gaza Strip's southern border crossing into Egypt.

20231207

75 journalists killed by Israel in Gaza

journalists

At least 75 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed as a result of Israel’s bombing of Gaza over the past two months, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said yesterday.

20231207

Two months of Israel-Gaza war: How divided is the world?

opinion

The war has cleaved the world between those calling for a ceasefire, those backing Israel and some sitting on the fence.

20231207

Are Israel’s attempts to demoralise the Palestinians backfiring?

opinion

Middle East expert Steven Cook says US President Joe Biden made a mistake with his ‘bear hug’ embrace of Israel. Some US officials have talked about the need to protect innocent Palestinian lives, but US President Joe Biden has said almost nothing. Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Steven Cook says it was a mistake for Biden to have offered the “bear hug” – full, unconditional support for Israel. Now Biden is stuck in a position of supplying Israel with the means to kill more Palestinians while asking Israel to allow basic food and water into Gaza.

20231207

Israel’s massacre of Palestine is an assault on the Jewish faith

opinion

Resolution passed by the House of Representatives sets the stage for criminalising pro-Palestinian activism as a hate crime against Jewish people

20231207

Who are the Houthis and why hasn’t the US retaliated for their attacks on ships in the Middle East?

regional effects

When Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched missiles and hit three commercial ships in the southern Red Sea last weekend, it triggered an immediate question: Will the U.S. military strike back?

20231207

New drone attack targets US Base in Iraq

regional effects

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq yesterday announced that it had targeted the Ain Al-Asad Airbase in the western Anbar province where US forces are stationed.

20231207

The fishermen of Jaffa: 'Brothers' now afraid of each other

regional effects

Johny Saba, an amiable 58-year-old fisherman, longs for life in the ancient Mediterranean port to return to how it was before the war.

20231207

Egypt says will never allow Israel to expel Palestinians from Gaza as Israeli airstrikes continue & humanitarian crisis deepens

regional response

Live blog 18:00 - Israel has turned the entire Gaza Strip into a battlefield, leaving no safe place for citizens, while escalating its operations in the West Bank to displace Palestinians and liquidate the Palestinian cause, stated Diaa Rashwan, head of Egypt's State Information Service (SIS).

20231207

Egypt's FM to participate in three live events in Washington on Gaza war and its aftermath

regional response

Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry will participate in three events on Thursday during his ongoing visit to Washington, revolving around Egypt's stance and perspectives on regional challenges, with a special focus on the Gaza war and its aftermath.

20231207

Gaza conflict 'far beyond mutual fighting governed by war laws': Turkiye Parliament Speaker

regional response

The Gaza conflict is “far beyond a mutual fighting governed by war laws”, said the Turkish Parliament Speaker, as he hosted his Montenegrin counterpart at the Parliament on Thursday

20231207

UN secretary-general invokes Article 99 on Gaza

United Nations

Antonio Guterres warned of a deepening ‘catastrophe’ in Gaza as he called on the Security Council to act.

20231207

Can Guterres’s use of UN’s Article 99 bring peace?

United Nations

The rarely used rule will allow the UN secretary-general to make an appeal for peace to the Security Council.

20231207

UNSC to discuss Palestinian-Arab-Islamic draft resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza on Friday

United Nations

A Palestinian-Arab-Islamic draft resolution calling for a complete ceasefire in Gaza – not a humanitarian pause of hostilities – will be submitted for discussion in a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) session on Friday

20231206 - Arab Group preparing resolution for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

20231207

Gaza near humanitarian 'collapse'; lasting cease-fire imperative: UN migration agency

United Nations

20231207

How are Harvard, Penn presidents responding to campus anti-Semitism row?

United States

Harvard’s Claudine Gay and Elizabeth Magill at Penn released statements a day after their heated Congress hearing.

20231207

Palestinians seek slivers of safety as Israel battles Hamas in south Gaza city

dystopian war

Israel battled Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip's biggest cities on Thursday and said it had attacked dozens of targets, leaving Palestinians struggling to survive in a situation the United Nations described as "apocalyptic".

20231207

Israel advances in south Gaza city as civilians search for safety

dystopian war

Israeli troops battled Hamas in the heart of south Gaza's biggest city and said they had surrounded the militant leader's house as thousands of displaced civilians sought shelter near Egypt and in a desolate seaside area of the enclave.

20231207

Displacement, death, hunger as Israel’s dystopian war enters third month

dystopian war

Fighting rages as Israeli troops press further south with ‘carpet bombardment of entire neighbourhoods’.

20231207

Israel pushes with invasion in southern Gaza, blocking aid from population

dystopian war

Israeli troops on Thursday ratcheted up their attacks in the heart of the Gaza Strip's second-largest city, as Israel's ground invasion has sent tens of thousands of Palestinians fleeing to the territory's southernmost edge and prevented aid groups from delivering food, water and other supplies.

20231207

Strikes on Gaza’s southern edge sow fear in one of the last areas to which people can flee

dystopian war

Israeli forces struck the southern Gaza town of Rafah twice overnight, residents said Thursday, sowing fear in one of the last places where civilians could seek refuge after Israel widened its offensive against Hamas to areas already packed with displaced people.

20231207

‘No other land is home’: Amid Israel bombs, a Gaza City family won’t leave

dystopian war

Israel says it has given families a chance to flee Gaza City. But the Abu Shahla family won’t quit their city.

20231207

Israel arrests dozens of Palestinian civilians from UNRWA schools innorthern Gaza and tortures them

dystopian war

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor documented the arrest of dozens of Palestinian civilians by the Israeli army after severely abusing them and completely stripping them of their clothes as a result of their siege for days inside two shelter centers in the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.

Use Google Translate because article is in Arabic

20231207

Video: In scenes from Nazi Germany - Israeli army arrests, blindfolds and strips naked Palestinians on streets in Gaza

dystopian war

Videos have circulated of the Israeli army blindfolding and stripping naked tens of Palestinians in Gaza before rounding them up in trucks and leading them to unknown destinations.

20231207

Civilian Palestinian men stripped and detained by Israeli army

dystopian war

Israeli forces stripped dozens of civilian Palestinian men of their clothes before detaining them and taking them to an undisclosed location, footage published on Thursday showed.

20231207

62 days into Israel's genocidal dystopian war

dystopian war

Photo gallery

20231207

Israel strikes Gaza cities at 2-month mark

dystopian war

Israeli troops continued their ground offensive in Gaza's northern and southern cities, while Israelis at home remembered Hamas' deadly attacks at their two-month mark

20231207

Civilians flee fighting in Khan Younis

dystopian war

Fighting has intensified in and around Gaza's main southern city of Khan Younis. As the Israeli military expands its operations, thousands of civilians have been seeking refuge further south, where there's still no guarantee of safety.

20231207

'Tortured': Fear grips Palestinians in Europe as they wait for news from loved ones in Gaza

dystopian war

The last message Ahmad received from his loved ones was last Saturday, and since then he has heard nothing. Like him, thousands of Palestinians in Europe long to receive Whatsapp messages from Gaza.

20231207

Israel drops leaflets in Gaza with Quran verse warning of 'floods'

dystopian war

The verse from the story of Noah was dropped on Khan Younis, leading to speculation that Israel is planning to flood Gaza's tunnel networks.

20231207

Gaza war to end with Hamas surrender: Israel

dystopian war

Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip will end with the surrender of Hamas leaders and the return of hostages, an Israeli spokesman said on Thursday

20231207

Deadly air strike in Gaza area where Israel told people to go

war on whole families

18 members of one family were killed in Israeli air attacks in the southern city of Rafah, in a neighbourhood where Israeli forces had told people to go to avoid their assault elsewhere in south Gaza.

20231207

Israel intensifies daily raids on occupied West Bank

West Bank

At least four Palestinians, including three teenagers, were killed in 24 hours, while 60 people were arrested.

20231207

Israeli army shoots Palestinian street vendor

West Bank

The family of a Palestinian street vendor in Hebron say he was shot, point blank, by Israeli forces on his way home from work. Al Jazeera correspondent, Nida Ibrahim spoke to the family, and shared this video, capturing the moment he was shot.

COMMENT

202231206 - Video shows Israeli soldier shooting mentally disabled Palestinian in West Bank

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20231208

The first Intifada against Israel

editorial

A years-long uprising by Palestinians would end with a deal that some considered an outright surrender.

20231208

Germany cuts funding for anti-trafficking programme after chair calls for Gaza ceasefire

global effects

The award-winning head of an anti-human trafficking programme in Egypt has accused Germany of "double standards" after it withheld funding for the group after she condemned Israel's onslaught on Gaza in a joint letter.

20231208

MP chairing committee on policing of Palestine demos wanted protesters arrested

global effects

Diana Johnson previously called for police to arrest students who jeered and heckled Israeli ambassador at LSE protest in 2021

20231208

EU adds 2 Hamas commanders to its terrorist list

global effects

EU countries today put two Hamas commanders on the European Union’s terrorist list.

20231208

Destruction in Gaza 'comparable, if not higher,' to WWII Germany, says EU Foreign Policy chief

global response

The head of EU Foreign Policy, on Friday, compared widespread destruction caused by Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip to the devastation of German cities during World War II, saying it could be even “higher”

20231208

Canada Muslim group kills financial contributions to Liberal Party

global response

A Canadian Muslim group has stopped cash contributions to the governing Liberal Party because Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has failed to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine war, according to reports, Friday

20231208

UN, Israel signal progress in talks to open Gaza crossing

humanitarian

Israel and the United Nations signalled on Thursday that the Kerem Shalom crossing in Israel could soon be opened to help speed up delivery of humanitarian supplies into Gaza, where the Israel-Hamas war has left people desperately short of basic needs.

20231208

Israeli politician calls for captured Palestinians to be 'buried alive'

Israelis

Far-right deputy mayor of Jerusalem describes arrested Palestinians in Gaza as 'subhuman' and invokes biblical reference

20231208

Israel kills soldier held prisoner in Gaza

Israelis

The Al-Qassam Brigades said an Israeli soldier who had been held as a prisoner of war in Gaza was killed early today after an Israeli special forces unit struck the area he was being held

20231208

Hamas says it repelled Israeli rescue attempt in Gaza, hostage killed

Israelis

The armed wing of Hamas said on Friday it had repelled an attempted hostage rescue by Israeli special forces in the Gaza Strip, inflicting several military casualties, and that a captive also died in the incident.

20231208

Palestinians prevented from worshipping at Al Aqsa Mosque

Jerusalem

Every week, young worshippers heading to Al Aqsa Mosque are prevented from entering. They don’t even manage to get close enough because Israeli forces, every single Friday, push them back with tear gas and water spray. They only allow those who are older to get past. Usually, around 60,000 to 70,000 worshippers attend Friday prayer at Islam’s third holiest site. Last week, it was around 5,000. Israelis are (hasbarically) saying they’re doing this to prevent any tension because there’s a war and under an emergency law. But Palestinians see it as another excuse to prevent movement and to stop them from being able to go about their daily lives.

20231208

Israel forces arrest the Deputy Director of the Muslim Waqf in Occupied Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Israeli occupation forces this morning arrested Sheikh Najeh Bkerat, the Deputy Director of the Muslim Waqf in Occupied Jerusalem, after conducting a raid on his home in the village of Dar Salah, in the Occupied West Bank province of Bethlehem.

20231208

Blinken urges Israel to finish probe into killing of journalist in Lebanon

journalists

Blinken’s comments come after rights groups say Israel should be investigated over possible war crime.

20231208

Israel: Journalist killed in Lebanon was in ‘active combat zone’

journalists

Rights groups say the Israeli strike that killed a Reuters reporter and injured six others must be investigated as a war crime.

20231208

Israel says Reuters journalist Abdallah was in a combat zone when he was killed

journalists

The Israeli military, responding on Friday to a Reuters investigation that determined its forces killed a Reuters journalist in southern Lebanon on Oct. 13, said the incident took place in an active combat zone and was under review.

20231208

Journalists’ rights group counts 94 media workers killed worldwide, most at an alarming rate in Gaza

journalists

A leading organization representing journalists worldwide expressed deep concern Friday at the number of media professionals killed around the globe doing their jobs in 2023, with Israel’s war with Hamas claiming more journalists than any conflict in over 30 years.

20231208

Hamas says Israel destroyed historic Gaza Mosque

mosques, schools

Hamas said, on Friday, that Israel had bombed Gaza’s medieval Omari Mosque, causing widespread destruction to the building and calling it a “heinous, barbaric crime”

20231208

Israel targeting Gaza's history, destroying ancient mosques, churches

mosques, schools

Israel has deliberately destroyed dozens of archaeological sites and ancient sites in the besieged Gaza Strip since 7 October, in a blatant attempt to target Palestinian cultural heritage.

20231208

Images show major damage to Gaza's oldest mosque

mosques, schools

Footage has emerged showing extensive damage to Gaza's oldest mosque, with Hamas accusing the Israeli military for bombing the site.

20231208

Will Israel defy Washington and target Hezbollah?

opinion

Part of the logic of the war on Hamas is to ensure the permanent safety of kibbutzim in southern Israel — and now Israelis who’ve been evacuated from near the Lebanese border are demanding the same.

20231208

America's enemies are multiplying by the day

opinion

Even if regional war is avoided, US support for Israel has created huge anger and damage to its reputation. Only by calling for a permanent ceasefire can it claw back some credibility

20231208

Is it ‘anti-Semitic’ to acknowledge that Arabs are Semites too?

opinion

As with every, almost annual Israeli war against the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip, efforts to counter protests and dissent against the atrocities of the occupation state frequently resort to labelling such opposition as “anti-Semitism”.

20231208

Netanyahu warns Hezbollah after cross-border attack kills Israeli civilian

regional effects

Israeli PM says Hezbollah will turn Beirut, southern Lebanon into Gaza and Khan Younis if Iran-backed group’s attacks on Israel continue.

20231208

Rockets fired towards US embassy in Iraqi capital’s Green Zone

regional effects

US troops and installations have come under regular attack due to Washington’s support of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.

20231208

A rocket attack targets the US embassy in Baghdad, causing minor damage but no casualties

regional effects

A rocket attack at the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Friday morning caused minor material damage but no casualties, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

20231208

UAE asks UN Security Council to vote Friday on demand for Gaza ceasefire

regional response

The United Arab Emirates has asked for the U.N. Security Council to vote Friday morning on a draft resolution that demands an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip, diplomats said.

20231208

Egypt says will never allow Israel to expel Palestinians from Gaza

regional response

Cairo will never allow Israel to empty the besieged Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population, the head of Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS), Diaa Rashwan, said yesterday.

20231208

UNRWA on the verge of collapse, chief warns

United Nations

UNRWA “has become the primary platform for humanitarian assistance for over 2.2 million people in Gaza”, leaving it “on the verge of collapse”, Philippe Lazzarini has warned.

20231208

UAE asks UN Security Council to vote Friday on demand for Gaza ceasefire

United Nations

20231208

UN Security Council to consider vote on immediate Gaza ceasefire

United Nations

The UN Security Council meets on Gaza Friday under acute pressure from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and will vote on urging an immediate ceasefire as Israel's war on the Gaza Strip enters its third month.

20231208

Situation in Gaza 'beyond imaginable', warns WHO

United Nations

More than 17,000 people - mostly women and children - have been killed in the besieged Palestinian enclave.

20231208

UN-Israel relations at historic low as Secretary-General invokes rare diplomatic measure

United Nations

Israel’s relations with the United Nations have sunk to a historic low after a spat between the two escalated this week.

20231208

Hamas brutality can't justify 'collective punishment' of Palestinians: UN chief

United Nations

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that Hamas brutality could never justify "collective punishment" of Palestinians as Israel presses its campaign against Hamas in the Gaza strip.

20231208

UN Security Council to vote on cease-fire

United Nations

The vote comes after UN chief Antonio Guterres warned of an impending "humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel is expected to open the Kerem Shalom border crossing for aid.

20231208

UN Security Council to consider 'immediate humanitarian ceasefire' in Gaza

United Nations

The United Nations Security Council will meet Friday at 5:30 pm (11:30 pm CET) to discuss the war in Gaza, after its Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used a special measure to urge the organisation’s most powerful body to call for a ceasefire. Throughout the day, Israel pressed its offensive in and around the Gaza Strip's main cities. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments.

20231208

UN Security Council to vote on immediate ceasefire

United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday warned the Security Council at an emergency meeting that civil order is at risk of breakdown in Gaza where Israel pursues its offensive. The 15 Security Council members are set to vote on calling for an immediate ceasefire, Catherine Norris Trent said. The United Arab Emirates-tabled resolution would only be adopted if nine members voted in favour and no permanent members exercised their veto against it, Norris Trent said, adding that an US veto is expected

20231208

Gaza society ‘on brink of full-blown collapse’, says UN official

United Nations

Comment comes as UN delays security resolution vote after US and UK make clear they will block calls for a ceasefire

20231208

US vetoes truce resolution: Draft UN resolution to stop fighting shot down

United Nations

The United States has used its veto power to shoot down a draft resolution at the UN Security Council calling for an immediate end to Israel's dystopian war.
The vote was called after UN secretary general Antonio Guterres invoked the rarely-used Article 99 of the UN charter.

20231208

US raises criticism of Israel ahead of UNSC ceasefire meeting

United States

US officials urge Israel to protect Gaza civilians but are unlikely to back calls for permanent truce.

20231208

US vetoes truce resolution: Draft UN resolution to stop fighting shot down

United States

20231208

Elizabeth Magill: UPenn loses $100m donation after House antisemitism testimony

United States

A major University of Pennsylvania donor has withdrawn a $100m (£79.3m) grant after a controversial appearance in Congress by the school's president.

20231208

US criticizes Israel on Gaza as civilian death toll mounts

United States

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has voiced concern about the civilian casualties of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. On the humanitarian front, there is hope that opening a second checkpoint would allow more aid to reach the desperate population. But as Tania Krämer reports, even the distribution of what little aid arrives is quite limited.

20231208

Biden administration tells Israel it has until end of 2023 to finish war in Gaza, reports

United States

Citing three anonymous officials in Tel Aviv, Politico reports that US President Joe Biden’s administration has told Israel that it has until the end of 2023 to conclude the war in Gaza against Hamas.

20231208

Ex-US diplomat cites 'double standard' in Israel's treatment compared to Ukraine

United States

In an interview for Middle East Eye’s Big Picture series, Josh Paul explains how blanket support for Israel’s war in Gaza motivated him to resign

20231207 - Josh Paul quit the US State Department, now he’s speaking out

20231208

US to oppose Arab-backed resolution calling for urgent Gaza ceasefire

United States

White House says it favours more humanitarian pauses and time for diplomacy to work to improve flow of aid

20231208

No end in sight as death toll rises in Gaza and Israel escalates attacks

dystopian war

Humanitarian aid is trickling into southern Gaza but UN says it’s ‘erratic, undependable’ and not ‘sustainable’.

20231208

Palestinians crowd into ever-shrinking areas in Gaza as Israel’s war against Hamas enters 3rd month

dystopian war

Desperate Palestinians fleeing Israel’s expanding ground offensive crowded into an ever-shrinking area of the Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war entered its third month Friday. The United Nations warned that its aid operation is “in tatters” because no place in the besieged enclave is safe.

20231208

Will Netanyahu risk a tunnel conflict to ‘eradicate Hamas’, stay in power?

dystopian war

sraeli forces may risk a fight under Gaza as a politically embattled Netanyahu looks for a total defeat of Hamas.

20231208

Israel torturing forcibly disappeared Gaza detainees

dystopian war

The Commission for Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club and the Addameer Foundation for Prisoners Care and Human Rights have denounced Israel’s policy of enforced disappearance of Gaza detainees, more than two months after the beginning of the genocidal bombing campaign against the besieged enclave.

20231208

Israel designates a safe zone in Gaza. Palestinians and aid groups say it offers little relief

dystopian war

Israel has designated a small slice of mostly undeveloped land along Gaza’s Mediterranean coast as a safe zone — a place where waves of people fleeing the war can find protection from airstrikes and receive humanitarian supplies for their families.

20231208

Israel sharply ramps up Gaza strikes, U.S. alarmed

dystopian war

Israel sharply intensified its strikes on the Gaza Strip, pounding the length of the Palestinian enclave and killing hundreds in a new, expanded phase of the war that Washington said contradicted Israeli promises to do more to protect civilians.

20231208

Bloodshed, fear, hunger, desperation: Palestinians try to survive war’s new chapter in southern Gaza

dystopian war

The roads are so ravaged that the dead and wounded arrive by donkey cart. Desperate relatives rush bloodied and dust-covered people, many of them children, to the hospital.

20231208

Civilians flee as combat rages in Gaza's biggest cities

dystopian war

Palestinians fleeing heavy fighting have been heading to areas declared by Israel to be relatively safe. But with more than 80% of Gaza's population internally displaced, there are few places left where people can take shelter.

20231208

Israel killing civilians raising white flags, rights group says

dystopian war

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor stated that Israeli forces burned homes in Beit Lahia and killed civilians who were raising white flags.

20231208

Video shows stripped Palestinian men detained in Gaza

dystopian war

With fighting raging around Khan Younis and in the north of Gaza, a video has emerged on social media showing dozens of Palestinian men detained by Israel.

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20231208

Israel intensifies war in and around Gaza's main cities

dystopian war

On the 63rd day of the dystopian war, Israel pressed on with war in and around Gaza's main cities. The death toll in Gaza has risen to 17,000, mostly women and children, the Gaza health ministry said, with vast areas reduced to a rubble-strewn wasteland of bombed-out and bullet-scarred buildings.

20231208

350 Palestinians killed in Gaza in 24 hours

dystopian war

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf Al-Qudra, said in a press conference yesterday that 350 Palestinians had been killed and 900 had been injured over a 24-hour period.

20231208

Gaza toll surges to 17,487 as Israeli onslaught continues: Health Ministry

dystopian war

The number of Palestinians killed by Israel’s onslaught in the Gaza Strip has risen to 17,487, with over 46,480 injured, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave announced on Friday

20231208

Oxfam: Israel carrying out collective punishment in Gaza

dystopian war

Israel is carrying out a campaign of “collective punishment” against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip and this is leading to chaos, Oxfam warned on Wednesday.

20231208

Dozens injured in Israel bombing of Deir Al-Balah hospital area

war on hospitals

Dozens of Palestinians were injured yesterday when the Israeli army bombed the vicinity of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the city of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip

20231208

Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer killed in Gaza

war on whole families

Tributes pour in for one of the leaders of a young generation of writers in Gaza who chose to tell their stories in English

20231208

Palestinians mourn controversial writer killed in air strike

war on whole families

Palestinians are mourning the death of well-known writer and literary scholar Refaat Alareer, who was killed in an air strike in Gaza City on Wednesday.

20231208

Occupied West Bank faces growing Israeli aggression amid Gaza war

West Bank

Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed and thousands injured and detained in occupied West Bank since October 7.

20231208

Playing with friends, shot dead by Israel: A Jenin boy’s final moments

West Bank

Basil Abu al-Waf’s father, a doctor, raced to the spot near Jenin refugee camp. It was too late.

20231208

Six Palestinians are killed in the Israeli military’s latest West Bank raid, health officials say

West Bank

Israeli forces stormed into a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Friday to arrest suspected Palestinian militants, unleashing fighting with local gunmen in which six Palestinians were killed, health officials said.

20231208

‘It would’ve been better if they shot us’: Palestinians recount prison abuse

West Bank

Newly released inmates detail cases of humiliation, torture, rape threats, and a prisoner beaten to death by Israeli forces in the weeks since October 7.

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DATE

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20231209

Did this Palestinian prisoner ‘fake’ his injuries? No, it’s two different people

global effects

A viral post claiming Mohammed Nazzal, a Palestinian prisoner recently released by Israel was ‘staging’ his injuries that he claims he received at the hands of Israeli authorities in jail.

20231209

London calling! Another mass protest for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza war

global response

photo gallery

20231209

‘Double standards’: World reacts to US veto on Gaza truce resolution at UN

global response

International rights groups say US ‘risks complicity in war crimes’, has ‘callous disregard for civilian suffering’.

20231209

Protestor throws red powder at Iceland’s Foreign Minister over Gaza

global response

A woman protesting the bombings in Gaza threw red powder at the Foreign Minister of Iceland. This act was a form of protest against Iceland’s diplomatic relations with Israel during its military operations in Gaza, which have resulted in a high number of civilian casualties, including women and children.

20231209

Did Israel’s overreliance on tech cause October 7 intelligence failure?

Hamas resistance attack

A dependence on ‘high-tech’ tools resulted in complacency that led to the failings of October 7, say analysts.

20231209

Hamas says Israel shows no concern for lives of its prisoners in Gaza

Hamas resistance attack

The Palestinian movement Hamas said on Saturday that Israel shows no concern about the lives of its captives in Gaza, following a failed attempt by the army to free a captive soldier, which led to his death.

20231209

Gaza aid checks at Kerem Shalom being tested, crossing not open - UN official

humanitarian

A new process for inspecting aid for Gaza at the Kerem Shalom crossing is being tested, but efforts to get permission for trucks to enter through the crossing and ramp up relief are still ongoing, a senior U.N. official told Reuters on Saturday.

20231209

Alarm raised as indiscriminate carnage, apocalyptic conditions grip Gaza

humanitarian

Aid charities have sounded the alarm about an "apocalyptic" situation in Gaza after more than two months of Israeli dystopian war, warning of starvation and an outbreak of disease.

20231209

Half of Gaza's population is starving, warns UN

humanitarian

A senior UN aid official has warned that half of Gaza's population is starving, as fighting there continues.

20231209

500,000 Palestinians face hunger, thirst in Gaza: Municipality

humanitarian

Half a million Palestinians are at risk of hunger and thirst in cities where Israeli attacks continue, the Gaza Municipality said on Saturday, describing the humanitarian situation as “disastrous” as the Israeli army deliberately targeted food and water infrastructure

20231209

Zionist rabbis' edicts fuel Gaza genocide: Al-Azhar Observatory

Israelis

The Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism expressed outrage over the religious decrees of Zionist rabbis, attributing them as a key factor in reigniting the genocide against Palestinians after after the four-day humanitarian truce, according to a statement on Thursday.

20231209

Outrage over Israeli soldier vandalising Gaza gift shop

Israelis

The emergence of a video showing Israeli soldier vandalising a gift shop in Gaza has sparked widespread outrage. This act of vandalism adds to the already grave situation in Gaza, marked by significant destruction and the reported killing or expulsion of local residents

20231209

Former Israel army deputy chief of staff: ‘We will not succeed in eliminating Hamas’

Israelis

Former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, Yair Golan, expressed his view that Israel will not be able to eliminate Hamas nor Hezbollah in the war against Gaza

20231209

Israeli drone strike in Syria killed three Hezbollah members

regional effects

Three members of the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah were killed in an Israeli drone strike in southwest Syria on Friday, according to two regional sources close to Damascus.

20231209

IDF strikes Lebanon after failed UN vote

regional effects

The Israel Defense Forces said they had hit Hezbollah targets in Lebanon overnight. The strikes come after the US vetoed a UN Security Council call for a cease-fire

20231209

Iraq's Kataeb Hezbollah vows more attacks on US forces

regional effects

Attacks by Iraq's Kataeb Hezbollah militia against U.S. interests on Friday are the start of "new rules of engagement," a security official from the group said in a social media post.

20231209

Palestinian Authority president says US veto makes it complicit in Israeli 'war crimes'

regional response

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the United States' veto of a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza made it complicit in what he described as war crimes against Palestinians.

20231209

Turkey's Erdogan: The UN Security Council needs to be reformed

regional response

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called for the United Nations Security Council to be reformed, decrying the fact that the United States could veto a ceasefire proposal for Gaza despite huge support from other countries.

20231209

U.S. is left alone on Gaza issue after veto at UN - Turkey's FM

regional response

The United States' veto of a proposed United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza was a "complete disappointment," Turkey's ministry of foreign affairs has said.

20231209

Labour steps up criticism of ‘intolerable’ killings in Gaza

United Kingdom

The Labour party today delivers its strongest criticism of Israel over its attacks on Palestinians, describing the death and destruction in Gaza over the past two months as “intolerable” and attacking two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers for “totally unacceptable” support of illegal settlements in the West Bank.

20231209

‘Double standards’: World reacts to US veto on Gaza truce resolution at UN

United Nations

International rights groups say US ‘risks complicity in war crimes’, has ‘callous disregard for civilian suffering’.

20231209

‘Alarming’: Palestinians accuse ICC prosecutor of bias after Israel visit

United Nations

While the ICC offers an alternative to Israeli courts, no arrest warrants have been issued against Israeli officials and commanders.

20231209

Cop28: Critics of Israel's Gaza mass killings face 'unprecedented' UN policing

United Nations

Civil society groups on Friday accused the UN climate secretariat (UNFCCC) of "unprecedented" policing of their actions and expressions of solidarity with Palestine at the Cop28 climate summit in Dubai.

20231209

US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

United States

The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution Friday backed by almost all other Security Council members and dozens of other nations demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza. Supporters called it a terrible day and warned of more civilian deaths and destruction as the war goes into its third month.

20231209

‘Double standards’: World reacts to US veto on Gaza truce resolution at UN

United States

International rights groups say US ‘risks complicity in war crimes’, has ‘callous disregard for civilian suffering’.

20231209

Analysis: US 'practising doublespeak' by opposing ceasefire and distancing itself from Gaza toll

United States

The United States is "seeing the extent of the massacre (in Gaza) ... and therefore, they want to dissociate themselves in some way from (it)," said Gilbert Achar, a professor of development studies and international relations at SOAS

20231209

US skips congressional review to approve emergency sale of tank shells to Israel

United States

The Biden administration has used an emergency authority to allow the sale of about 14,000 tank shells to Israel without congressional review, the Pentagon said on Saturday.

20231209

Biden administration uses emergency authority to sell tank shells to Israel

United States

The state department used an emergency declaration to sell $106.5m worth of ammo for Israel’s Merkava tanks

20231209

Israel strikes Gaza after failed UN ceasefire bid

dystopian war

Israel pressed its offensive in Gaza on Saturday after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid to call for a ceasefire in the two-month of genocidal war against the Palestinians.

20231209

‘We are dying here’: Terror in Gaza amid Israeli communications blackouts

dystopian war

A writer stuck inside Gaza tells Al Jazeera of the terror and frustration of life under internet shutdown.

20231209

Israel presses on with Gaza bombardments, including in areas where it told civilians to flee

dystopian war

Israeli warplanes struck parts of the Gaza Strip overnight into Saturday in relentless bombardments, including some of the dwindling slivers of land Palestinians had been told to evacuate to in the territory’s south.

20231209

Intensified fighting across Gaza as U.S. vetoes ceasefire

dystopian war

Israel pounded the Gaza Strip from north to south on Saturday in an expanded phase of its two-month-old war against Hamas, after the United States wielded its U.N. Security Council veto to shield its ally from a global demand for a ceasefire.

20231209

Israel orders more evacuations in Khan Younis after US blocks Gaza ceasefire call

dystopian war

Israel ordered residents out of the centre of Gaza's main southern city Khan Younis on Saturday and pounded the length of the enclave, after the United States wielded its U.N. Security Council veto to shield its ally from a demand for a ceasefire.

20231209

5,000 Israeli soldiers wounded since start of war in Gaza: Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot

dystopian war

The Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot reported that 5,000 Israeli soldiers have been wounded since the start of the war in Gaza, describing the figure as unprecedented in Israeli wars.

20231209

Alarm raised as indiscriminate carnage, apocalyptic conditions grip Gaza

dystopian war

Aid charities have sounded the alarm about an "apocalyptic" situation in Gaza after more than two months of Israeli dystopian war, warning of starvation and an outbreak of disease.

20231209

Israel continues to strike northern and southern Gaza

dystopian war

Large areas of Gaza have been reduced to rubble and the UN says about 80 percent of the population has been displaced, with dire shortages of food, fuel, water and medicine reported.

20231209

Fierce fighting rages across Gaza between Israel and Hamas

dystopian war

Savage fighting continued in the Gaza Strip between Hamas and Israel on Thursday, with Palestinian civilians caught in the crossfire.

20231209

Palestinian factions claim striking Israeli military targets in Gaza

dystopian war

The Palestinian resistance factions in the Gaza Strip said on Saturday that they targeted several Israeli military targets

COMMENT

It's not said but showed as videos about the attacks has been collected and archived.

20231209

Families of Palestinians stripped and detained recall ‘humiliating’ Israeli arrests

dystopian war

Israeli forces rounded up residents from homes and schools in northern Gaza, before taking some to an undisclosed location

20231209

Civilians make up 61% of Gaza deaths from airstrikes, Israeli study finds

dystopian war

Civilian proportion of deaths is higher than that in all world conflicts in 20th century, data suggests

20231209

A British Palestinian surgeon gave testimony to a UK war crimes unit after returning from Gaza

war on hospitals

A British Palestinian surgeon who spent weeks in the Gaza Strip during the current Israel-Hamas war as part of a Doctors Without Borders medical team said he has given testimony to a British war crimes investigation unit.

20231209

(Palestinian) German family of 6 killed in Israel's attack on Gaza

war on whole families

According to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, Yousuf Abujadallah, who worked as a doctor in Germany, his wife Ayah, and their children Salahuddin (10), Mohammed (9), Abdulrahman (3) and Omar, who was an infant, were killed in Gaza as a result of Israeli bombing.

20231209

Over 10,000 infants and children killed in Israel’s Gaza genocide, hundreds of whom are trapped beneath debris

war on whole families

Israel has killed more than 10,000 infants and children since the start of its attack on the Gaza Strip on 7 October, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor reported in a statement issued Saturday.

20231209

Teenager killed, 15 detained in Israeli raids in occupied West Bank

West Bank

The Israeli military has carried out multiple raids in the occupied West Bank as heavy fighting continued across the Gaza Strip a day after the United States used its veto power in the United Nations Security Council to block overwhelming demands for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.

20231209

Israel kills 2 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

West Bank

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man in the West Bank on Saturday and another succumbed to his wounds from an Israeli raid the day before, health officials said.

20231209

Meet the Palestinian teens held and abused in Israeli prisons

West Bank

Held for months without charge, these Palestinian minors endured beatings, humiliation and maltreatment until being freed during last month's prisoner exchange

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DEVELOPMENT

CONTEXT

DESCRIPTION

20231210

Palestinians call for global strike on Monday to demand Gaza ceasefire

new cease fire talks

Trade union activists and international influencers join call for global strike on December 11 as Israel pummels Gaza.

20231210

UNRWA chief says dehumanization of Palestinians enable Israeli attacks

global effects

The head of UNRWA, the U.N. aid agency for Palestinians, on Sunday said that dehumanization of Palestinians has allowed the international community to bear continued Israeli attacks in Gaza.

20231210

Calls to reform UN Security Council after US vetoes Gaza ceasefire

global response

Calls are growing for the UN Security Council to be reformed after the US became the only member to use its veto power to block a Gaza ceasefire resolution, a move welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The UN chief says he will keep pushing for peace.

20231210

Gaza 'catastrophic' health situation almost impossible to improve- WHO

humanitarian

The World Health Organization chief said on Sunday it will be all but impossible to improve the "catastrophic" health situation in Gaza even as the board passed an emergency WHO motion by consensus to secure more medical access.

20231210

'Living hell' in the ruins of Gaza's largest hospital

humanitarian

Hundreds of makeshift tents stand in a desolate landscape at the foot of Gaza City's ruined Al-Shifa hospital.

20231210

Israeli army fires on 6 Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances escorted by UN vehicles

humanitarian

The Israeli army opened fire on six ambulances of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, escorted by UN vehicles, carrying 11 patients with critical injuries, including amputations and head wounds, in Gaza, the Red Crescent said on Sunday

20231210

Israeli army accused of staging video showing surrender of 'Hamas fighters'

Israelis

Israel is being accused of staging a video - purporting to show the surrender of Hamas soldiers. The footage on social media, shows several dozen men stripped to their underwear. Israeli media say these are Hamas fighters arrested at the Jabalia refugee camp.

COMMENT

20231210

Video shows Gaza detainees allegedly 'surrendering guns'

Israelis

Images of detained and stripped Palestinians apparently surrendering some weapons to Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip have prompted speculation about the circumstances of the events and the filming.

COMMENT

20231210

Israeli soldiers set fire to Gazan supplies in Shujaiya Neighborhood

Israelis

Israeli soldiers set fire to crucial food and water supplies in Gaza's Shujaiya in what they called a celebration of ‘Hanukkah’.

20231210

Palestinians speak of being stripped and abused by Israeli forces in Gaza

Israelis

Palestinians who were rounded up by Israeli forces in Gaza City have described being stripped, blindfolded, numbered and tortured while detained. This group of detainees has been released and is now receiving medical treatment.

20231210

Mariam Barghouti: The media is complicit in Israel’s dystopian war

journalists

As the world is focused on the events unfolding in Gaza, Israel has also escalated its attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank, where Hamas has no authority or military presence.

20231210

How international law is used to cover up Israeli settler-colonialism

opinion

Israel’s ‘right to self-defence’ is wrongly evoked within the context of its occupation of Palestinian territories.

COMMENT

Article may be inspired by the speech of UN Special Reporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese who spoke at the Australian National Press Club a few days ago.

20231210

Jordan’s foreign minister says Israel aiming ‘to empty Gaza of its people’

Jordan/Israelis

Addressing the Doha Forum, Ayman Safadi says Israel’s operation in Gaza meets the ‘legal definition of genocide’.

20231210

Jordan says Israel aims to expel Palestinians from Gaza

Jordan/Israelis

Jordan's foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, on Sunday said that Israel was implementing a policy of pushing Palestinians out of Gaza through a war that he said meets the "legal definition of genocide", allegations that Israel rejected as "outrageous"

20231210

Israeli army attacks southern Lebanon after claiming to have shot down 2 'suspicious air targets'

Lebanon/Israelis

The Israeli army launched attacks on southern Lebanese border areas on Sunday after claiming to have shot down “two suspicious air targets” in the Western Galilee region

20231210

Violence escalates between Israel, Lebanon's Hezbollah

Lebanon/Israelis

Violence escalated at Lebanon's border with Israel on Sunday as Hezbollah launched explosive drones and powerful missiles at Israeli positions and Israeli air strikes rocked several towns and villages in south Lebanon.

20231210

Moroccans, angry at attacks on Gaza, demand halt to ties with Israel

Morocco/Israelis

Moroccans waving Palestinian flags took to the streets of the capital Rabat on Sunday calling on the government to cut ties with Israel in protest against continued Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip which have killed thousands of civilians.

reference ties with Israelis: the fake peace agreement, Abraham Accord from 2020, mastermind by Netanyahu with the orthodox Jews Jared Kushner, David Freedman, and Jason Greenblatt.

20231210

Palestinian resistance praises Houthi decision to block Israel-bound ships

Red Sea

Palestinian resistance factions Hamas and Islamic Jihad (PIJ) have lauded Yemen’s Houthi-led government over its decision to impose a ban on the passage of all ships bound for Israel, via the Red Sea.

20231210

France says one of its warships was targeted by drones from direction of Yemen. Both were shot down

Red Sea

France said Sunday that one of its warships in the Red Sea was targeted by drones coming from Yemen. Both were intercepted and shot down.

20231210

French warship shoots down two drones coming from Yemen

Red Sea

A French warship operating in the Red Sea has shot down two drones that were launched at it from the Yemen coast, the defence ministry said on Sunday.

20231210

US should also be held responsible for Israeli attacks on Gaza -Palestinian PM

PA/US

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Sunday the United States should also be held responsible for Israeli attacks on Gaza and the loss of Palestinian lives.

20231210

Oppression in Palestine did not start on Oct. 7, but 106 years ago: Palestinian envoy to UK

PA/UK

Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot said that Israel’s oppression in his country did not start on Oct. 7 but 106 years ago.

20231210

Gaza ceasefire ‘not the main priority’ amongst international community, Saudi FM says

Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan said that they are seeing a position viewing ‘Ceasefire’ as a dirty word, expressing his disappointment with the US decision to veto the Security Council resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza.

20231210

UNRWA chief says dehumanization of Palestinians enable Israeli attacks

United Nations

The head of UNRWA, the U.N. aid agency for Palestinians, on Sunday said that dehumanization of Palestinians has allowed the international community to bear continued Israeli attacks in Gaza.

20231210

UN warns aid in Gaza on verge of collapse

United Nations

The UNRWA head has described the current conditions in Gaza as the worst he's ever seen.

20231210

Gaza 'catastrophic' health situation almost impossible to improve- WHO

United Nations

20231210

UN chief says he will not give up appeals for ceasefire in Gaza

United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday he will not give up appealing for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, adding that the war undermined the credibility and authority of the Security Council.

20231210

WHO confirms more than 449 attacks on health services in Gaza, West Bank since Oct. 7

United Nations

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday confirmed more than 449 attacks on health services in Gaza and the West Bank since Oct. 7, saying “now the work of the health workers is impossible.”

20231210

University of Pennsylvania president quits after anti-Semitism uproar

United States

Elizabeth Magill faced backlash after failing to say that calling for genocide against Jews would violate university policy.

20231210

Elizabeth Magill: UPenn president quits in antisemitism row

United States

A US university president has quit after her comments about antisemitism on campus during a Congressional hearing triggered a major backlash.

20231210

Blinken: Palestinian civilian safety imperative, envisions durable peace

United States

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Sunday it is "imperative" that Israeli military operations in Gaza protect Palestinian civilians, adding that the fighting should be followed by a durable peace leading to a Palestinian state.

20231210

Biden seeks to dismiss lawsuit that says he is failing to prevent genocide of Palestinians

United States

Rights group says president's team evading legal culpability for Israel's actions in Gaza while boasting close US-Israel coordination

20231210

Biden under scrutiny after bypassing Congress to supply tank shells to Israel

United States

Administration reportedly not carrying out continual assessments on whether war crimes being committed in Gaza

20231210

US imposes media restrictions on Palestine FM as visa condition, Saudi FM confirms

United States

The United States imposed restrictions on Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki’s communication with the media as a precondition for his visa to the country, according to reports seemingly confirmed by his Saudi counterpart.

20231210

Heavy fighting across Gaza as Israel presses ahead with renewed US military and diplomatic support

dystopian war

Heavy fighting raged Sunday across Gaza, including in the devastated north, as Israel pressed ahead with its offensive after the U.S. blocked the latest international push for a cease-fire and rushed more munitions to its close ally.

20231210

Israeli tanks reach centre of Khan Younis in new storm of southern Gaza

dystopian war

Israeli tanks battled their way to the heart of Khan Younis on Sunday in a major new push into the main city of the southern Gaza Strip, as health authorities in Hamas-run Gaza said about 18,000 Palestinians had been killed in the war.

20231210

Gaza war puts entire generation at risk of 'radicalisation' -Qatar PM

dystopian war

Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Sunday that an entire generation in the Middle East is at risk of becoming radicalised because of the war in Gaza.

20231210

Palestinian Health ministry says 17,997 killed in the Israeli dystopian war

dystopian war

The Palestinian health ministry in the Gaza Strip on Sunday said the death toll from the Israeli war in the Palestinian territory had risen to at least 17,997.

20231210

About 18,000 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since october 7 - Gaza health ministry

dystopian war

About 18,000 Palestinians have been killed and 49,500 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, the Gaza health ministry spokesman said on Sunday.

20231210

Hamas armed wing: Israel cannot recover its hostages without negotiations

dystopian war

Hamas' armed wing said on Sunday Israel will not be able to recover any of its hostages unless it engages in talks over conditional swap deals.

20231210

Hamas says no captive will leave alive unless demands met

dystopian war

Palestinian resistant group Hamas warned Sunday that no captive would leave the territory alive unless the group's demands were met.

20231210

Ceasefire in Gaza chances shrinking, Qatar says

dystopian war

Israel's bombardment of Gaza is "narrowing the window" for a new truce, the Qatari prime minister has said.

20231210

Israeli tanks reach centre of Gaza's main southern city Khan Younis

dystopian war

Israeli tanks battled their way to the centre of Khan Younis on Sunday in a major new push into the heart of the main city in the southern Gaza Strip.

20231210

Khan Younis emerges as latest Israel-Hamas front line in Gaza

dystopian war

Israel is currently focusing its military operation on Khan Younis, an area formerly designated as 'safe' for Palestinians fleeing the north

20231210

'Living hell' in the ruins of Gaza's largest hospital

war on hospitals

Hundreds of makeshift tents stand in a desolate landscape at the foot of Gaza City's ruined Al-Shifa hospital.

20231210

Palestinian families kept apart by Israeli ‘rules’ mourn loved ones in Gaza

West Bank/Gaza

Palestinians in the West Bank can barely visit family in Gaza, now they fear loved ones will die before they see them.

COMMENT

In violation with the Protocols to the 4th Geneva Conventions

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bold date	= may possible related to war crime
bold date	= related to call for or inciting ethnic cleansing, genocide

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CONTEXT

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20231211

Gaza ceasefire negotiations unlikely to restart for weeks, diplomats say

ceasefire talks

Second pause may rely upon Israel proving it has captured or killed some of Hamas’s senior operatives

20231211

France, Italy and Germany call on EU to impose sanctions on Hamas

global effects

France, Italy and Germany on Monday called on the European Union to impose ad hoc sanctions against Hamas and its supporters, the foreign ministers of the three nations wrote in a joint letter to the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

20231211

France, Germany, Italy back EU sanctions to target Hamas

global effects

France, Germany and Italy called for the European Union to set up a special sanctions scheme to target Hamas as EU foreign ministers met on Monday to consider possible next steps in response to the Middle East crisis.

20231211

The Hague court wants to probe war crimes in Israel and Gaza. Where does Europe stand?

global effects

Hopes that war crimes committed in Israel and Gaza can be prosecuted rest on the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) and its prosecutor, Karim Khan

COMMENT

Our X-post

20231211

Germany shifts to slightly more critical stance on ally Israel

global response

Germany expects Israel to adapt its military strategy to better prevent suffering among Palestinian civilians, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Monday, marking a slight shift in Berlin towards a more critical stance of its ally.

20231211

What is the global strike demanding an end to Israeli dystopian war?

global response

Activists and grassroot organisations worldwide are striking on Monday to protest Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.

20231210 Palestinians call for global strike on Monday to demand Gaza ceasefire

20231211

World condemns Israel’s dystopian war as it marches for Palestine

global response

Protests demanding an end to the war held around the globe on World Human Rights Day.

20231211

Zara pulls advert from website front page after Gaza boycott calls

global response

Zara pulled an advertising campaign featuring mannequins with missing limbs and statues wrapped in white from the front page of its website and app on Monday after it prompted calls by some pro-Palestine activists for a boycott of the fashion retailer.

20231211

Gazans say hunger is causing social breakdown, fuelling fears of exodus into Egypt

humanitarian

Hamas said it was striking back against Israeli forces across Gaza on Monday and Palestinians and international relief agencies said public order was disintegrating as hunger spread, fuelling fears of a mass exodus to Egypt.

20231211

Israel-Palestine war: What it's like giving birth at home in Gaza

humanitarian

Without electricity and equipment, a nurse delivers her sister's baby to the sound of intense Israeli bombardment

20231211

Menstrual periods an ordeal, health risk for Gaza women and girls

humanitarian

Women and girls getting their periods in Gaza face humiliating conditions and infections, forced to use diapers or scraps of cloth after more than two months of war.

20231211

Explainer: Why Palestinian displacement in Gaza war alarms the UN and Arabs

humanitarian

Israel's orders to Gaza's residents to move ever further south towards the Egyptian border during its offensive and the dire humanitarian situation have sparked Arab and U.N. concerns that Palestinians may eventually be driven over the border.

20231211

Israeli soldier makes video vandalising Palestinian shop in Gaza

Israelis

An Israeli soldier has made a video that shows him vandalising a Palestinian-owned shop in Gaza and mocking its contents.

20231211

Hostages were drugged, abused in Gaza: Israeli doctor

Israelis

Hostages hauled into Gaza during Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel were drugged to keep them docile in captivity and subjected to psychological and sexual abuse, a specialist said Monday.

20231211

Israel ‘re-enacting same crimes' committed during 1948 Nakba: Rights monitor

Israelis

“Israeli army forces are re-enacting the same crimes committed by Zionist gangs during the 1948 Nakba, which resulted in the collective displacement of Palestinians,” the Geneva-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement.

20231211

Israel accused of staging footage of Palestinian man surrendering weapons

Israelis

Video showing aluminium workshop owner in Gaza handing over guns called into question by disinformation expert

COMMENT

Our X-post

20231211

Mocking their army, Israel commentators call out fake ‘Hamas surrender images’

Israelis

Ori Goldberg, researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre- Herzliya, said in a series of posts on X yesterday: “After reports of terrorists who turned themselves in, it turned out that these were groups of men who were arrested and taken from compounds where hundreds of Gazans were seeking refuge, together” to escape the bombing by the occupation army.

20231211

Israeli journalist says Israel’s actions in Gaza are ‘appalling beyond words’

Israelis

Israeli journalist Amira Hass, usually based in Ramallah, shares her experience at an anti-occupation protest in Washington, DC last month, organised by American Jewish peace groups.

20231211

Tibi: Netanyahu’s son calls for displacement of Palestinians to Jordan

Israelis

Palestinian-Israeli Member of the Knesset, Ahmad Tibi, warned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s family is calling for the displacement of Palestinians to Jordan.

20231211

Israel rejects claims it is trying to force Palestinians out of Gaza

Israelis

Israel has rejected suggestions it is trying to force Palestinians out of Gaza as Arab leaders and aid officials warn its intensifying ground offensive could leave civilians with few other options.

20231211

UN-run school shelters in Gaza are under attack by Israeli forces

mosques, schools

UN-run schools in north Gaza have been bombed and stormed by Israeli forces, leaving behind widespread destruction. Thousands of Palestinians who were sheltering there have been forced to flee again.

20231211

Report: Israel destroyed 192 mosques in Gaza Strip

mosques, schools

The Israeli occupation army has destroyed 192 mosques in the besieged Gaza Strip since 7 October, Israeli media outlets reported.

20231211

Could an Israeli designated safe zone in Gaza become another ‘death zone’?

opinion

Rights groups criticise Israeli move to displace Palestinians to a tiny and barren area. Another wave of Palestinians were forced from their homes in Gaza. This time, to a small slice of land in the south designated by Israel as a “safe zone”. But conditions in al-Mawasi are bleak, and for those living in its makeshift camps, bitterly cold.

20231211

Israel-Palestine war: This is not a war for survival, but to preserve Zionist apartheid

opinion

It's not the Jewish people facing an existential threat but the apartheid settler-colonial project. Its demise would benefit Jews, Palestinians and humanity as a whole.

20231211

American Muslims will not sign our ballots in blood

opinion

Former US President, George Bush, launched the War on Terror and invaded Iraq under false pretences. Barack Obama launched over 500 known drone strikes, killing over 300 civilians. Donald Trump escalated these strikes in his first two years in office and then revoked reporting mechanisms. And, now, President Joe Biden green-lights and funds a genocide in Palestine.

20231211

What’s UN Resolution 377A, can it help in efforts to stop Israel-Gaza war?

Egypt,Mauritania/Israelis

Egypt and Mauritania on Monday invoked Resolution 377A (V) to call for an emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday.

20231211

Iraq scrambles to contain fighting between US troops and Iran-backed groups, fearing Gaza spillover

Iraq/US

Dozens of attacks on U.S. military facilities by Iran-backed factions in Iraq over the past two months have forced the government in Baghdad to perform a balancing act that is becoming more difficult by the day.

20231211

Israel used white phosphorus supplied by US in attacks on south Lebanon: Washington Post

Lebanon/Israelis

Israel used US-supplied white phosphorus munitions in an October attack on southern Lebanon in what a rights group says should be investigated as a war crime, according to The Washington Post analysis of shell fragments found in a small village.

20231211

Palestine PM: Hamas an ‘essential part’ of Palestine political map

PA/Israelis

Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said yesterday that Hamas is an essential part of the Palestinian political map, adding that Israel’s talk about eliminating it “is not possible and the Palestinian Authority will not accept it”.

20231211

Erdogan renews UN reform call after US veto to ceasefire in Gaza

Turkey/US

The Turkish leader reiterated a call for peace and ceasefire in Gaza as he addressed a World Human Rights Day event in Istanbul over the weekend

20231211

WHO calls for immediate passage of humanitarian relief into Gaza

United Nations

Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he hopes resolution will be starting point for further UN action on crisis.

20231211

Israel trying to clear Palestinians from Gaza, claims UN agency head

United Nations

Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said Israel appears to be trying to clear Gaza of its Palestinian population through its military offensive and evacuation orders.

20231211

Israel rejects claims it is trying to force Palestinians out of Gaza

United Nations

Israel has rejected suggestions it is trying to force Palestinians out of Gaza as Arab leaders and aid officials warn its intensifying ground offensive could leave civilians with few other options.

20231211

U.N. envoys say 'enough' on trip to Gaza border

United Nations

U.N. Security Council envoys spoke of unimaginable suffering and urged an end to the war in the Gaza Strip on Monday as they headed across Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to the Rafah crossing, the besieged Palestinian enclave's only entry point for aid.

20231211

Harvard staff defend embattled head Claudine Gay amid anti-Semitism row

United States

Petition warns that bowing to pressure to fire Gay would be ‘at odds with Harvard’s commitment to academic freedom’.

20231211

White House 'concerned' at reports Israel used white phosphorus in Lebanon attack

United States

The United States is concerned about reports Israel used U.S.-supplied white phosphorus munitions in an October attack in southern Lebanon, White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday.

20231211

US ‘concerned’ over reports Israel used white phosphorus munitions in Lebanon

United States

The United States is "concerned" about reports Israel used US-supplied white phosphorus munitions in an October attack in southern Lebanon, White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday.

20231211

Health ministry in Gaza says death toll at 18,205

dystopian war

The Palestinian health ministry said Monday the death toll of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has risen to 18,205.

20231211

Israel intensifies fight in southern Gaza

dystopian war

Israel's military said it struck more than 250 targets in 24 hours across Gaza, with fierce fighting in Khan Younis. Meanwhile, the UN is preparing another vote on a humanitarian cease-fire resolution.

20231211

Israel continues to pound Gaza as it warns war could continue for ‘months’

dystopian war

Israeli air strikes and tanks continue to hammer all areas of Gaza, offering Palestinians no haven from the violence.

20231211

Israel battles militants in Gaza’s main cities, with civilians trapped in the fighting

dystopian war

Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants in Gaza’s two largest cities on Monday, with civilians still trapped in the fighting even after hundreds of thousands have fled to other parts of the besieged territory.

20231211

Battles rage across Gaza as Israel indicates it’s willing to fight for months or more to beat Hamas

dystopian war

Battles raged across Gaza on Sunday as Israel indicated it was prepared to fight for months or longer to defeat the territory’s Hamas rulers, and a key mediator said willingness to discuss a cease-fire was fading.

20231211

Analysis: Has the approach to tunnel warfare changed for Israel and Hamas?

dystopian war

Both sides seem to be even more cautious about the tunnels than they were at the beginning of the conflict.

20231211

Relentless fighting in Gaza shatters hopes to find refuge

dystopian war

Battles are raging across the Gaza Strip as Israel is pressing ahead with its campaign to eliminate Hamas. The humanitarian situation in the territory is described as apocalyptic. Hospitals are on the verge of collapse and residents say there are no safe places left.

COMMENT

Our X-post

20231211

Israel ‘re-enacting same crimes' committed during 1948 Nakba: Rights monitor

dystopian war

20231211

Qassam Brigades: We destroyed 180 Israel military vehicles in 10 days

dystopian war

The spokesperson for Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida, said that the resistance destroyed 180 military vehicles in ten days.

20231211

Explainer: Why Palestinian displacement in Gaza war alarms the UN and Arabs

dystopian war

20231211

Israeli army 'arbitrarily' detains Palestinian women and girls from Gaza

war on whole families

The Israeli army has arbitrarily detained dozens of women and girls from Gaza without disclosing their whereabouts or the charges they face, Palestinian groups and families have said.

20231211

Video: Fourth Al Jazeera reporter loses family in an Israeli airstrike on Jabalia

war on whole families

The father of Anas Al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera reporter who has been covering the Israeli dystopian war since day 1, was killed after an Israeli airstrike targeted the family home in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza on Monday.

20231211

Report: Nearly 25,000 children in Gaza now orphans

war on whole families

Initial figures from Gaza indicate that 24,000-25,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have become orphans as a result of Israel’s genocidal bombing campaign on the besieged enclave, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said.

20231211

Family's heartbreaking loss: eight children murdered while hungry

war on refugee camps

Eight children were killed in an Israeli air strike on Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza.

20231211

Video shows Israel soldiers executing injured Palestinian in West Bank

war on refugee camps

The video clip shows a group of unarmed Palestinians coming under Israeli fire in Al-Far’a refugee camp near the city of Tubas in the north-eastern West Bank on Friday.

COMMENT

Video is on our X-handler

20231211

'Painful testimony' of female Palestinians beaten in Israel jails

West Bank

Female Palestinian prisoners being held by Israel are being beaten and abused by guards, the Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs reported yesterday.

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bold date	= may possible related to war crime
bold date	= related to call for or inciting ethnic cleansing, genocide

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DATE

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20231212

Australia, Canada, New Zealand back efforts towards Gaza ceasefire -statement

ceasefire talks

Canada, Australia and New Zealand support urgent international efforts towards a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza, the prime ministers of the three countries said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

20231212

Israeli, Arab media report ongoing negotiations for ceasefire in Gaza

ceasefire talks

Irris Makler said negotiations for a ceasefire in exchange for the remaining hostages may be ongoing between Israel and Hamas.

20231212

France to end contract with biggest Muslim high school amid fears of wider crackdown

global effects

France is to end funding for its biggest Muslim high school on the grounds of administrative failures and questionable teaching practices, a local official said on Monday, the latest in what some rights groups say is a wider crackdown on Muslims.

20231212

Dutch counter terror agency raises national threat alert to second-highest level

global effects

The ongoing conflict in Israel, Quran desecrations in Europe, and increased threats from jihadism, along with recent attacks in nearby countries, have made the Netherlands counterterrorism agency raise its security level.

20231212

German state: Citizenship applicants must support Israel

global effects

The state of Saxony-Anhalt has said people who do not recognize Israel's right to exist cannot become naturalized citizens. The eastern state's interior minister said Germany's other 15 states should take similar steps.

20231212

Germany: Thousands rally in Berlin against antisemitism

global effects

Germany has recorded a 300% increase in crimes against Jewish people since the Israel-Hamas conflict erupted in October. A similar protest in the Belgian capital also drew thousands of people.

20231212

‘Everyone is going hungry in Gaza’ UN envoys learn on visit to Rafah border

humanitarian

UN Security Council envoys have visited Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt to see just how dire the humanitarian situation is in the besieged territory as Israel continues its all-out assault.

20231212

New Israeli border inspection point for Gaza aid won’t solve Rafah backlog

humanitarian

With only the Rafah crossing open for transit, extra screenings are unlikely to affect the actual volume of aid entering Gaza.

20231212

Israel announces additional checkpoint for aid deliveries to Gaza

humanitarian

According to Israeli authorities, the Kerem Shalom crossing will be used to carry out inspections before sending the trucks through Rafah.

COMMENT

This move is found being an obstruction as it creates more delay

20231212

Accuses of starving Gazans, Israel approves opening new crossing

humanitarian

The Palestinian foreign minister today accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war against Gaza’s 2.3 million population, a charge an Israeli official rejected as “obscene”

20231212

Hamas hostages suffered severe abuse: psychiatrist

Israelis

Several former hostages and many wounded Israeli soldiers are being treated at a large hospital complex in Tel Aviv. Doctors and psychiatrists there are working to help them recover from the physical and mental trauma they have suffered.

20231212

Israeli captives were drugged and abused, doctor says

Israelis

Hostages hauled into Gaza during Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel were drugged to keep them docile in captivity and subjected to psychological and sexual abuse, a specialist said Monday.

20231212

Netanyahu: Planning for a buffer zone between Gaza and Israel

Israelis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his government’s plan for the day after the war includes establishing a buffer zone between the Gaza envelope and the Gaza Strip and controlling the Philadelphi (Salah Al-Din) axis between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

20231212

Racist social media account run by Israeli military exposed

Israelis

A recent investigation by Israeli newspaper Haaretz has brought to light a controversial Telegram account, allegedly linked to the Israeli military, that has been sharing graphic content depicting the killing of Hamas members and the destruction of the Gaza Strip.

20231212

Biden says Israel is losing global support

Israelis

The US president ramped up pressure on PM Benjamin Netanyahu and advised him to change his hardline government.

20231212

US President Biden warns Israel losing support over 'indiscriminate bombing' of Gaza

Israelis

President Biden renewed his warnings that Israel should not make the same mistakes of overreaction that the US did following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

20231212

Al Jazeera journalist’s father killed in Israeli strike on his Gaza home

journalists

Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif bids farewell to his father who was killed when an Israeli air strike hit their family home in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

20231212

Palestinian journalist criticises Western media's coverage of the war in Gaza

journalists

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Barghouti pointed out what she perceives as a vicious and lethal framing of Palestinians by international journalists

20231212

US universities must resist this pro-Israel frenzy of censorship

opinion

From slandering pro-Palestine students as antisemitic to calling for employment blacklists, the pro-Israel lobby must not be allowed to shut down debate.

20231212

Censoring Israeli violence: Western media outlets capitulate

opinion

The cathedral of censorship is a vast, airy one. In its embrace, texts are abridged, images removed, ideas scrubbed. Historical inconveniences are filed and rendered inaccessible. The only sermons tolerated will be those satisfying and serving the dictates of power.

20231212

Netanyahu hints at expanding colonial violence to the Occupied West Bank

opinion

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, made an erroneous but revealing statement during Monday’s Knesset meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee.

20231212

Iranian foreign minister says Israel, US cannot wipe out Hamas

Iran/US/Israelis

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Tuesday that Israel and the United States will never be able to wipe out Hamas and that Israel could only secure the release of hostages held in Gaza with a political solution to the conflict.

20231212

Israel rejects peace and Hamas is not just militant group: Omani scholar

Oman/Israelis

An Omani scholar of Islamic area studies said the Israeli government is closed to any kind of peace proposal in Palestine, stressing that Israel does not want a single-state solution where Palestinians would be accepted as part of Israel

20231212

Oman FM: Future generations will look at the world's betrayal of Gaza with disgust

Oman/Israelis

Oman’s Foreign Minister, Badr Al-Busaidi, said yesterday that “generations will look back at the betrayal of the people of Gaza with astonishment and disgust,” according to his statement on X.

20231212

Palestinian minister accuses Israel of starving Gazans; Israel says charge 'obscene'

PA/Israelis

The Palestinian foreign minister on Tuesday accused Israel of starving Gaza, a charge swiftly rejected by an Israeli official, as the U.N. human rights chief said the battered enclave was on the verge of finding itself "well beyond breakdown".

20231212

A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels strikes a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea

Red Sea

A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels slammed into a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen near a key maritime chokepoint, the rebels and authorities said Tuesday.

20231212

Yemen's Houthis claim missile attack on Norwegian tanker in tense Middle East

Red Sea

Yemen's Houthis said on Tuesday they hit a Norwegian commercial tanker with a missile in their latest protest against Israel's bombardment of Gaza, underlining the risks of a conflict that has shaken the Middle East.

20231212

MK Strinda: Yemen's rebel Houthis hit Norwegian tanker with missile

Red Sea

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have hit a Norwegian tanker with at least one missile, causing a fire.

20231212

French warship intercepts Huthis aerial attack on Norwegian tanker near Red Sea

Red Sea

Yemen's Huthi rebels claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a missile strike on a Norwegian-flagged tanker, an attack the Iran-backed group said was part of its military campaign against Israel.

20231212

Red Sea shipping costs rising after Houthis target more commercial vessels

Red Sea

The cost of shipping goods through the Red Sea is rising as Yemen’s Houthis step up attacks on ships they deem connected to Israel with fears of a spill-over that could disrupt global supplies sailing through the region, industry sources said.

20231212

Israel threatens to use force against Yemen's Houthi rebels

Red Sea/Israelis

Israel threatened, on Tuesday, to use force in dealing with Houthi rebels in Yemen amid threats against ships sailing to Israeli ports

20231212

Arms sales to Israel land UK government in court

United Kingdom

Nearly 16,000 people - mostly women and children - have been killed in Gaza so far, with the UN warning of an "even more hellish scenario" yet to come.

20231212

Palestinians hope a vote in the UN General Assembly will show wide support for a Gaza cease-fire

United Nations

The Palestinians are hoping that a vote Tuesday in the U.N. General Assembly on a nonbinding resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire will demonstrate widespread global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war, now in its third month.

20231212

UN General Assembly set to demand Gaza ceasefire

United Nations

The U.N. General Assembly appeared set to demand on Tuesday an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the two-month long conflict between Israel and Hamas after the United States vetoed such a move in the Security Council.

20231212

UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly in favour of Gaza ceasefire

United Nations

The US and Israel were among the few votes against the non-binding resolution calling for an end to the fighting.

20231212

Nearly a fifth of Gaza's buildings destroyed or damaged, UN says

United Nations

Nearly 40,000 buildings, or about 18% of all pre-conflict structures, have been damaged or destroyed in the Gaza Strip since the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7, a UN assessment showed on Tuesday.

20231212

Claudine Gay: Harvard president won't lose job over Congress row

United States

Harvard University says its president, Claudine Gay, will keep her job despite mounting controversy over her appearance before Congress last week.

20231211 - Harvard staff defend embattled head Claudine Gay amid anti-Semitism row

20231212

Harvard Board keeps president amid uproar over testimony

United States

Republican congresswoman vows to continue pressure on Harvard after genocide testimony sparked uproar

20231212

US President Joe Biden pledges to continue supplying arms to Israel

United States

US President, Joe Biden, pledged to continue supplying arms to Israel in its war against Gaza during a Hanukkah reception at the White House last night, the Israelis claim

20231212

The US refuses to condemn images of stripped Palestinian men before Israeli investigation

United States

Sky News correspondent Mark Stone challenges US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on America's response to Israeli forces detaining a number of Palestinian men who were stripped to their underwear and blindfolded.

20231212

Biden says Israel is losing global support

United States

The US president ramped up pressure on PM Benjamin Netanyahu and advised him to change his hardline government.

20231212

US President Biden warns Israel losing support over 'indiscriminate bombing' of Gaza

United States

President Biden renewed his warnings that Israel should not make the same mistakes of overreaction that the US did following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

20231212

What is the situation in Gaza’s Khan Younis as Israel intensifies attacks?

dystopian war

Israel has intensified attacks on Khan Younis, which it dubbed a ‘safe zone’ in the initial days of the war.

20231212

Born and killed in Gaza war: grandmother weeps for one-month-old Idres

dystopian war

Baby Idres was wrapped in a white shroud and a light blue blanket with dots, his grandmother holding his tiny body close to her chest and weeping uncontrollably as she knelt next to a row of corpses lined up on the floor of a Gaza hospital.

20231212

‘Like we were lesser humans’: Gaza boys, men recall Israeli arrest, torture

dystopian war

Rounded up by Israeli forces in Gaza City, Palestinians describe being stripped, blindfolded, numbered and tortured while detained.

20231212

Israel strikes across Gaza as the offensive leaves both it and the US increasingly isolated

dystopian war

Israeli forces carried out strikes across Gaza overnight and into Tuesday as they pressed ahead with an offensive that officials say could go on for weeks or months, even as global calls for a cease-fire left both Israel and its main ally, the United States, increasingly isolated.

20231212

Israel assaults southern Gaza as hunger tightens grip

dystopian war

Israeli tanks and warplanes struck at southern Gaza on Tuesday, while the United Nations said aid supplies to desperate Palestinians had largely dried up because of the intensity of fighting in the Israel-Hamas war, now in its third month.

20231212

Netanyahu says Israel, U.S. differ about post-war Gaza rule

dystopian war

Israel enjoys U.S. support for its goals of destroying Hamas and recovering hostages held by the Palestinian militants, but the allies differ about what might follow the Gaza war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.

20231212

Nearly a fifth of Gaza's buildings destroyed or damaged, UN says

dystopian war

20231212

Hamas denies its battalions have been significantly degrade

dystopian war

Sources say most of Qassam Brigades' fighting forces are still intact and engaging in guerrilla-style fighting reminiscent of battle of Fallujah.

20231212

Woman who lost fiance to Israeli air strike last year killed in Gaza

dystopian war

Abeer Harb killed during Israeli bombing of homes in Rafah 14 months after her partner was killed during three-day assault on enclave

20231212

Over 18,200 Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza

dystopian war

The death toll in Gaza has risen to over 18,200 Palestinians, while the number of those injured now stands at 50,000, the Ministry of Health in Gaza said yesterday.

20231212

Netanyahu: Planning for a buffer zone between Gaza and Israel

dystopian war

20231212

Israeli forces launch deadly West Bank raids, pound Gaza ahead of UN vote

war on hospitals

Four Palestinians killed in Jenin and 22 in southern Gaza, while Kamal Adwan Hospital raided in the north.

20231212

Israel army detains Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza Strip

war on hospitals

The Israeli army has detained Ahmed Al-Kahlout, the Director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, along with all medical staff inside the facility, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Tuesday

20231212

Israeli forces raid Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital after days of strikes

war on hospitals

Dozens of patients and about 3,000 displaced people are inside, UN says, as Gaza Health Ministry calls for international help.

20231212

Israeli forces launch deadly West Bank raids, pound Gaza ahead of UN vote

West Bank

Four Palestinians killed in Jenin and 22 in southern Gaza, while Kamal Adwan Hospital raided in the north.

20231212

Israeli army raids Jenin, kills several Palestinians

West Bank

Some 270 people have been killed by Israeli fire across the occupied West Bank since October 7.

20231212

Drone strike kills four men during raid on Jenin

West Bank

Israeli forces prevent medical teams in the West Bank city from reaching the dead and wounded

20231212

West Bank fighters say Israel dystopian war inspires more resistance

West Bank

Al Jazeera speaks to Palestinian resistance fighters in the northern city of Tulkarem amid Israel’s dystopian war.

20231212

Know their names

West Bank

Hundreds of Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2023.

20231212

Netanyahu hints at expanding colonial violence to the Occupied West Bank

West Bank

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, made an erroneous but revealing statement during Monday’s Knesset meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee.

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20231213

Artists decry Bristol venue's 'censorship of Palestinian culture'

global effects

Portishead’s Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley, Massive Attack’s Robert del Naja, writers Alice Oswald, Nikesh Shukla, Shon Faye, Travis Alabanza and Rachel Holmes are among many of Bristol’s artists who have written an open letter accusing the iconic Arnolfini International Centre for Contemporary Arts of “censorship of Palestinian culture”.

20231213

US, Britain impose more sanctions on Hamas officials

global effects

The United States and Britain on Wednesday imposed an additional round of sanctions on people in Turkey and elsewhere who are linked to the Palestinian Hamas militant group, the U.S. Treasury Department said.

20231213

Allies raising pressure on Israel to halt Gaza bombardment

global response

Calls for a ceasefire are growing after the UN passed a resolution and the US warned of deteriorating support.

20231213

Australia, Canada, New Zealand express ‘alarm’ at Israel killing of Gaza civilians

global response

Australia, Canada and New Zealand have expressed alarm at Israel’s ongoing relentless bombardment of Gaza and its killing of civilians, emphasising that Tel Aviv must respect international law in a rare acknowledgement of the Occupation State’s crimes against humanity.

20231213

Israel actions against Palestinians 'remind us of apartheid': Ex-South African Minister

global response

The conditions that Israel has imposed in Palestinian Territories and on Palestinians are very similar to what South Africans experienced under apartheid, according to the leading figure of the country’s anti-apartheid movement

20231213

UN: Gaza ‘catastrophe’ threatens to raise record global displacement

humanitarian

Death, suffering and displacement threatens to spill out across the Middle East, said Filippo Grandi.

20231213

Harsh weather adds to hardships for Palestinians displaced by war

humanitarian

Strong winds, torrential rain, and flooding have further complicated the lives of displaced people

20231213

Packed hospitals, treacherous roads, harried parents: Newborns in Gaza face steeper odds of survival

humanitarian

The birth of their daughter should have marked the beginning of a joyful chapter for the young Palestinian couple.

20231213

Tents flooded as Gaza rain worsens misery of displaced families

humanitarian

Strong wind and heavy rain in Gaza overnight on Wednesday brought even worse misery to displaced families, tearing and flooding flimsy tents, drenching clothes and blankets and making everyone cold.

20231213

Gaza faces public health disaster, UN humanitarian office says

humanitarian

The U.N. humanitarian office said on Wednesday that Gaza faced a public health disaster due to the collapse of its health system and the spread of disease amid an offensive by Israel that has hit hospitals and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

20231213

Palestinian health ministry in Gaza says run out of children's vaccines

humanitarian

The Palestinian health ministry in the Gaza Strip said Wednesday it had exhausted its supply of children's vaccines, warning of "catastrophic health repercussions".

20231213

Amid outcry over Gaza tactics, videos of soldiers acting maliciously create new headache for Israel

Israelis

Israeli soldiers rummaging through private homes in Gaza. Forces destroying plastic figurines in a toy store, or trying to burn food and water supplies in the back of an abandoned truck.

20231213

Videos show Israeli soldiers acting ‘maliciously’ in Gaza

Israelis

Footage of IDF troops' behaviour on the ground, which has been independently verified, has drawn outrage and calls for accountability in Palestine, Israel and beyond.

20231213

Israel MK calls for allocating Palestinian tax funds to treat Israelis affected by 'attacks'

Israelis

An Israeli member of the Likud Party in the Knesset, Osher Shekalim, has introduced a proposed legislation mandating that frozen Palestinian tax funds be used by the Israeli government for the treatment and compensation of Israelis impacted by “attacks” carried out by Palestinians.

20231213

Israel considers creating 'safe passage' for Palestinians wanting to leave Gaza

Israelis

Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, revealed yesterday that Tel Aviv is considering the possibility of encouraging voluntary migration from the Gaza Strip.

20231213

Smotrich: Biden’s call for two-state solution is ‘suicide’

Israelis

Smotrich criticised that the US has been “pushing Israel towards suicide for years” by promoting a “two-state solution”, according to Israel’s Channel 14.

20231213

Evidence mounts of sexual crimes perpetrated by Hamas during Oct. 7 attack in Israel

Israelis

Two months after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, evidence is mounting of the sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas that day.

COMMENT

Israelis have a reputation of making claims without allowing their claims to be investigated independently.

20231213

Graphic Videos and Incitement: How the IDF Is Misleading Israelis on Telegram

Israelis

The IDF unit responsible for psychological warfare operations operates a Telegram channel called '72 Virgins – Uncensored,' which targets local audiences with 'exclusive content from the Gaza Strip'

20231213

Racist social media account run by Israeli military exposed

Israelis

Telegram channel has more than 700 posts featuring disturbing, denigratory content toward Palestinians
Senior military official confirmed channel is operated by IDF psychological warfare unit

20231213

Most Israelis want Hamas crushed despite Gaza casualties, UN rebuke

Israelis

Israeli citizens said on Wednesday the army should not back off its unrelenting offensive to crush Hamas, despite the U.N. General Assembly's ceasefire call, the growing list of troop casualties and a spiralling Palestinian death toll in Gaza.

20231213

Israel army operates channel to share gruesome killing of Palestinians

Israelis

The Israeli military is operating a Telegram channel named “72 Virgins – Uncensored”, where soldiers of the apartheid state share gruesome killing of Palestinians to over 5,300 followers with captions like “Burning their mother”, a Haaretz investigation has found.

20231213

Benjamin Netanyahu accused of ‘evil’ campaigning at time of war

Israelis

Members of his own party among those critical of Israeli PM’s efforts to improve his dire ratings

20231213

Palestinians killed as Israel strikes UNRWA school housing refugees

mosques, schools

An unknown number of Palestinians have been killed after Israel struck an UNRWA school which is being used as a shelter for civilians forced out of their homes as a result of Israel’s bombing of Gaza.

20231213

Civilians sheltering inside a Gaza school killed execution-style

mosques, schools

“They were all killed, executed at gunpoint.” In exclusive testimonies obtained by Al Jazeera, witnesses describe the horrific sights they encountered inside a school in northern Gaza following an Israeli attack.

20231213

Displaced people ‘killed point-blank’ in Gaza school

mosques, schools

Al Jazeera has obtained footage of bodies piled up in a school in northern Gaza, witnesses tell us they were executed by the Israeli military. The dead include women and children. The Shadia Abu Ghazala School is a UN-run facility that has become a shelter during the war, but may now be the scene of a war crime.

20231213

It’s not shocking to see Israeli children celebrate the Gaza genocide

opinion

Israel has long been indoctrinating its children to believe Palestinians are less than human, and thus not worthy of empathy or compassion.

20231213

Gulf states press for two-state roadmap after UN vote on Israel-Gaza war

GCC/Israelis

UAE and Qatar say they will not again fund Gaza reconstruction without Israeli concession, as US isolation grows

20231213

Wartime Palestinian poll shows surge in Hamas support, close to 90% want US-backed Abbas to resign

Hamas/Fatah

A wartime opinion poll among Palestinians published Wednesday shows a rise in support for Hamas, even in the devastated Gaza Strip, and an overwhelming rejection of Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas, with nearly 90% saying he must resign.

20231213

Support for Hamas grows among Palestinians in West Bank

Hamas/Fatah

Since the war in Gaza began, Israel's military operations in the occupied West Bank have become more frequent, and more forceful.

20231213

Missiles from Houthi-controlled Yemen target commercial tanker, report says

Red Sea

Another tanker reports ‘exchange of fire’ with speedboat off Yemen’s coastal city of Hodeidah.

20231213

Missiles from rebel-held Yemen miss a ship loaded with jet fuel near the key Bab el-Mandeb Strait

Red Sea

Two missiles fired from territory held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels missed a commercial tanker loaded with Indian-manufactured jet fuel near the key Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Wednesday, two U.S. officials said. It is the first time they target an energy shipment heading to the Suez Canal

20231213

Tanker in Red Sea targeted by speedboat gunfire and missiles -sources

Red Sea

A tanker in the Red Sea off Yemen's coast was fired on by gunmen in a speedboat and targeted with missiles, maritime sources said on Wednesday, the latest incident to threaten the shipping lane after Yemeni Houthi forces warned ships not to travel to Israel.

20231213

Analysis: Is the Houthi threat to world order worse than the dystopian war?

Red Sea

In economic and security calcualtions, the world is pragmatically less concerned with dystopian war than it is with shipping.

20231213

Pentagon: The targeting of ships in Red Sea requires int’l solution

Red Sea

The Pentagon said that the Houthis’ targeting of ships off the coast of Yemen is a violation of international law and requires an international solution.

20231213

Yemen’s Houthis declare readiness to confront strikes from Israel

Red Sea

The Yemeni Houthi group yesterday announced that it had raised its level of preparedness to confront all possibilities against Israel, following the latter’s threat to use force against the group.

20231213

Yemen’s Houthis warn ships in Red Sea to avoid Israel or face attack

Red Sea

Attacks on vessels close to Yemen have led to a rise in the cost of shipping and fears that supply chains could be disrupted

20231213

Letting British Israelis fight in Gaza is a threat to the UK’s rule of law

United Kingdom

British nationals who are part of Israel’s military machine that commits war crimes should be open to prosecution on return to the UK. But will this ever happen?

20231213

Artists decry Bristol venue's 'censorship of Palestinian culture'

United Kingdom

20231213

MPs call on UK government to halt arms exports to Israel over war crimes

United Kingdom

Lawmakers ask whether government knows how Israel is using British weapons, as they fear UK complicity in atrocities

20231213

Gaza faces public health disaster, UN humanitarian office says

United Nations

20231213

Applause at UN as General Assembly votes to back Gaza ceasefire

United Nations

The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a ceasefire in Gaza, but as a non-binding resolution the vote is mainly symbolic.

20231213

UNGA demands ceasefire in Israel’s dystopian war: How your country voted

United Nations

The non-binding, symbolic resolution passed with 153 votes in favour, 10 against, and 23 abstentions.

20231213

UN: Gaza ‘catastrophe’ threatens to raise record global displacement

United Nations

Death, suffering and displacement threatens to spill out across the Middle East, said Filippo Grandi.

20231213

UN agency for Palestine refugees urges partners 'not to act on distorted facts'

United Nations

The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), on Wednesday, urged partners “not to act on distorted facts,” saying he is “horrified” at the smear campaigns that not only target Palestinians but also those who assist them.

20231213

Israel-Gaza war on US campuses: Why are top university leaders under fire?

United States

A congressional hearing on anti-Semitism has shone a spotlight on the tensions between free speech and campus safety.

20231213

Biden points to Gaza hostages when asked about Israeli tunnel flooding reports

United States

U.S. President Joe Biden declined to directly answer a question on reports that Israel was pumping seawater into Hamas' Gaza tunnel complex, referring only to assertions that there were no hostages in the areas targeted.

20231213

Israel is becoming isolated because of ‘indiscriminate bombing’ Biden warns Netanyahu

United States

Israel’s “indiscriminate bombing” in Gaza risked leaving the country isolated, US President Joe Biden has said to Benjamin Netanyahu, in one of the harshest criticisms of the far-right Israeli Prime Minister by his closest ally.

20231213

Biden comments show rising tensions between US and Israel over Gaza war

United States

Israel was facing mounting international pressure Wednesday over its war in Gaza, with even key backer the United States warning Israel of losing support.

20231213 - Israel says it will continue Gaza war 'with or without international support'

20231213

Pentagon: The targeting of ships in Red Sea requires int’l solution

United States

The Pentagon said that the Houthis’ targeting of ships off the coast of Yemen is a violation of international law and requires an international solution.

20231213

US Homeland Security staff accuse leadership of turning ‘blind eye’ to Gaza

United States

An open letter from Homeland Security employees blasts agency heads for ‘minimising the ongoing atrocities’ in Gaza.

20231213

US delays sale of assault rifles to Israel over settler violence - sources

United States

The Biden administration is delaying the sale of more than 20,000 U.S.-made rifles to Israel over concerns about attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

20231213

Israel begins flooding ‘Resistance’s tunnels’ in Gaza

dystopian war

Israeli occupation forces have begun flooding the tunnels constructed under the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian resistance with seawater from the Mediterranean.

COMMENT

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), considers certain environmental offenses, such as intentionally launching an attack that causes widespread, long-term, and severe damage to the natural environment, as war crimes.

20231213

Ambush kills 9 Israeli soldiers in Gaza City, where battles rage weeks into devastating offensive

dystopian war

Palestinian militants ambushed Israeli troops in a dense Gaza City neighborhood, killing at least nine of them, the military said Wednesday, as Hamas put up stiff resistance in areas that Israel has isolated and pounded with airstrikes for over two months.

20231213

Israel suffers worst combat losses since October, diplomatic isolation

dystopian war

Israel announced its worst combat losses for more than a month on Wednesday after an ambush in the ruins of Gaza City, and faced growing diplomatic isolation as civilian deaths mounted and a humanitarian catastrophe worsened.

20231213

Ten Israeli soldiers, including senior colonel, killed in Gaza ambush

dystopian war

Ten Israeli soldiers, including a senior colonel who commanded a forward base of an elite infantry unit, were killed Tuesday in an ambush in northern Gaza, the army announced on Wednesday.

20231213

Hamas claims to ambush 15 Israeli soldiers in Gaza Strip

dystopian war

Palestinian group, Hamas, claimed Wednesday to have ambushed 15 Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip

20231213

Israa Jaabis on her release from Israeli prison

West Bank

Israa Jaabis was accused of attempted murder when her car caught fire near an Israeli checkpoint in 2015.

20231213

12-year-old Palestinian detained and interrogated by Israeli forces

West Bank

This 12-year-old Palestinian was taken to an Israeli interrogation centre without a lawyer or parent, after being accused of throwing stones at Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank.

20231213

US delays sale of assault rifles to Israel over settler violence - sources

West Bank

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bold date	= related to call for or inciting ethnic cleansing, genocide

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DATE

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20231214

Israeli war cabinet 'blocks Mossad chief' restarting talks in Qatar

ceasefire talks

David Barnea offered to kick off negotiations over hostages but ministers don't want Israel to make first move, according to Channel 13

20231214

Israeli ministers block Mossad head’s effort to restart Gaza hostage talks

ceasefire talks

Relatives of the abductees say they are shocked, as reports say David Barnea was stopped from visiting Qatar

20231214

What is the price of peace?

editorial

Just getting to the end of the day and surviving the night must feel like a miracle in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians "plead for safety", wrote Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA, the main UN relief agency in Gaza, in an "endless, deepening tragedy… hell on earth".

20231214

Palestinian prime minister says political horizon needed for peace

day after politics

International pressure on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to overhaul its leadership and step up reforms are a distraction from the need for a political horizon to lay the basis for peace after the Gaza war, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said.

20231214

Four arrested in Denmark, the Netherlands over suspected terrorism plot

global effects

Three people were arrested in Denmark and one in the Netherlands on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, Danish police said on Thursday, adding the moves followed a coordinated cross-border police effort.

20231214

Germany: 4 Hamas members arrested in Berlin, Netherlands

global effects

Public prosecutors say four members of the militant Islamist Hamas group were detained, three in Berlin and one in the Netherlands. They were arrested on suspicion of planning attacks on Jewish institutions in Europe.

20231214

Four arrested in Europe over alleged cross-border Hamas terrorism plot

global effects

Three held in Germany and one in Netherlands over plans for possible attacks on Jewish institutions, prosecutor says

20231214

U.N. Palestinian refugee agency decries Swiss move to cut funding

global effects

The head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) denounced a move by Switzerland to cut aid as the Gaza Strip faces a humanitarian crisis described as apocalyptic by the United Nations.

20231214

UK sanctions Iranians linked to Quds Force, Palestinian militant groups

global effects

Britain said it had adopted a new sanctions regime against Iran on Thursday as it announced measures against seven individuals, including the head of Tehran's Quds Force, for threatening or planning the destabilisation of Israel.

20231214

Cage director banned from entering Switzerland to address meeting at UN

global effects

Muhammad Rabbani held overnight after being stopped at Geneva Airport in latest incident which he says is a consequence of France adding his name to a European no-entry database

20231214

US, Israel seen as ‘evil in eyes of the world’ over Gaza war: Analysis

global response

Rami Khouri, the director of global engagement at the American University of Beirut, said the US and Israel have backed themselves into a corner over the dystopian war and are now seen “as evil people in the eyes of most of the world”.

20231214

Young Kenyans begin boycott of Israeli brands as Gaza war goes on

global response

In Nairobi, advocacy efforts are on the rise in solidarity with Palestine as the war in Gaza continues.

20231214

European Union has 'lost credibility' on Israel and Palestine, says Ireland's PM

global response

Varadkar urged other EU leaders to call for a complete halt in the fighting, rather than a limited pause to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid.

20231214

Google staff at vigil for slain Palestinian intern hit out at firm's Israel ties

global response

Google staff protested the firm's involvement in providing technology to Israel during a vigil in London on Wednesday for a Palestinian colleague killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza.

20231214

Dutch mayor refuses pictures with Israel envoy during Hanukkah event

global response

Dutch Mayor, Roelof Bleker, refused to be photographed in close proximity to the Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands after receiving an invitation to a Hanukkah celebration in Enschede.

20231214

Gaza faces 'perfect storm' of deadly diseases

humanitarian

For the besieged residents of Gaza who have so far survived Israel's bombs and bullets, a silent, invisible killer is now stalking them: disease.

20231214

Gaza: 327,000 cases of infectious diseases detected in shelters

humanitarian

A spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf Al-Qudra, has warned that the health and humanitarian situation in shelters is “deadly due to the spread of epidemics, infectious diseases, malnutrition and the lack of clean drinking water and personal hygiene.”

20231214

Qatar pledges $50m in humanitarian aid for Gaza

humanitarian

The State of Qatar said that it pledges to provide $50 million as an initial humanitarian aid package to Gaza, which is witnessing an ongoing genocidal war waged by the Israeli occupation army.

20231214

Israeli official says no statehood for Palestinians

Israelis

Israel’s ambassador to the UK has said her country will no longer accept a ‘two-state solution’ after their dystopian war ends.

20231214

Israel ambassador to UK says ‘absolutely no’ to two-state solution, Palestine statehood

Israelis

Israel’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has rejected the idea of an independent Palestinian State and the two-state solution, as a whole, in comments which further shed light on the Occupation’s intentions to avert Palestinian statehood.

20231214

Israel using Gaza as a ‘testing ground’ for weapons

Israelis

Antony Loewenstein, author of the Palestine Laboratory, says that Israel is using Gaza as “a key testing ground for new weapons”.

20231214

How an Israeli Telegram channel is used to incite violence against Palestinians

Israelis

Human rights experts say publicising abuses against Palestinians and praising the destruction of Gaza only serve to perpetuate atrocities

20231214

Israeli soldiers sing Hanukkah song in Jenin mosque

Israelis

Footage appears to show Israeli soldiers using a mosque loudspeaker to mock the call to prayer

20231214

‘If not for Hamas we could live with Palestinians’: Conversations in Israel

Israelis

Within hours, Israel had launched a relentless aerial bombardment of Gaza. Within days, hundreds of thousands of reservists had been called up for service. Within weeks, a ground operation of the enclave was under way.

20231214

OIC condemns Israel's decision to seize properties in Jerusalem

Jerusalem

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation strongly condemned the decision of the Israeli occupation authorities to seize Palestinian homes and land in the town of Silwan in the occupied city of Jerusalem, under the pretext a cable car is being built in the area.

20231214

Journalists’ deaths surge in Gaza but global 2023 toll drops, watchdog says

journalists

Reporters Without Borders says journalists paying ‘heavy price’ in Gaza, where 13 have been killed on the job this year.

20231214

Deaths, injuries reported in Israeli strike on Jabalia mosque

mosques, schools

Rescuers assisting injured people and carrying a stretcher while walking through the rubble following an Israeli strike on al-Minbar Mosque in the Jabalia refugee camp.

20231214

Israeli strike on Rafah kills 27 as Jenin raid continues

mosques, schools

A 17-year-old boy killed inside a hospital becomes the 12th fatality in the Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank

20231214

Biden, Kirby and dead, ungrateful Palestinians

opinion

The Biden administration and its smug surrogates remain determined to disfigure reality to obscure their complicity in Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.

20231214

How racist discourse fuels Israel's settler colonial genocide

opinion

To provide cover for its mass slaughter in Gaza, Israel has waged a rhetorical war of racist dehumanisation of Palestinians, exposing its settler colonial foundation

20231214

Why is Qatar the go-to mediator for Israel and Hamas?

opinion

A tiny Persian Gulf state that has no official relations with Israel has become a major player in the Israel-Hamas war.

20231214

Israel considers deploying security personnel on Egypt’s Rafah crossing

Egypt/Israelis

Israeli authorities are looking into the possibility of deploying Israeli security personnel on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, under the pretext of ensuring that members of the Hamas movement do not “escape” or “smuggle” Israeli prisoners of war out of Gaza.

20231214

Poll shows Palestinians back Oct. 7 attack on Israel, support for Hamas rises

Hamas/Fatah

Almost three in four Palestinians believe the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel was correct, and the ensuing Gaza war has lifted support for the Islamist group both there and in the West Bank, a survey from a respected Palestinian polling institute found.

20231214

Iraq links Baghdad US embassy attackers to security services

Iraq/US

Many alleged assailants arrested, search continues to ‘reach all those involved’ in December 7 incident.

20231214

Iraq links some US embassy attackers to security services

Iraq/US

Iraq has identified links between several of the perpetrators of a Dec. 7 multiple rocket attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and some of the country's security services, a spokesperson for Iraq's prime minister said in a statement.

20231214

Australia considers US request to send warship to Red Sea as Houthis target shipping lanes

Red Sea

US navy request comes as Iran-aligned militia wade into the Israel-Hamas conflict, attacking vessels in commercial shipping lanes

20231214

Who are Yemen's Houthis? Iran-allied group threatens Red Sea shipping

Red Sea

The Iran-aligned Houthis of Yemen are playing an escalating role in the conflict in the Middle East, attacking shipping in the Red Sea and firing drones and missiles at Israel in a campaign they say aims to support Palestinians in the Gaza war.

20231214

Missile fired from rebel-controlled Yemen misses a container ship in Bab el-Mandeb Strait

Red Sea

A missile fired from territory controlled by Houthi rebels in Yemen missed a container ship traveling through the crucial Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Thursday, a U.S. defense official said, the latest attack threatening shipping in the crucial maritime chokepoint.

20231214

Who are Yemen's Houthis? Iran-allied group threatens Red Sea shipping

Red Sea

20231214

U.S. seeks 'broadest possible' Red Sea maritime coalition against Houthi attacks

Red Sea

The United States wants to form the "broadest possible" maritime coalition to protect ships in the Red Sea and send an "important signal" to Yemen's Houthis that further attacks will not be tolerated, the U.S. envoy for Yemen told Reuters.

20231214

Iran warns against proposed U.S.-backed Red Sea force - ISNA

Red Sea

Iran's Defence Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani warned that a proposed U.S.-backed multinational task force to protect shipping in the Red Sea would face "extraordinary problems", official Iranian media reported on Thursday.

20231214

Palestine FM: Biden must act to restore peace

US/Israelis/PA

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the statements of US President Joe Biden regarding the two-state solution, demanding that they be translated into binding actions that end the cycle of wars and violence and achieve peace.

20231214

UK sanctions Iranians linked to Quds Force, Palestinian militant groups

United Kingdom

20231214

U.N. Palestinian refugee agency decries Swiss move to cut funding

United Nations

The head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) denounced a move by Switzerland to cut aid as the Gaza Strip faces a humanitarian crisis described as apocalyptic by the United Nations.

20231214

US security official discusses Gaza war with Saudi’s MBS before Israel trip

United States

White House national security adviser tours Middle East after Biden warned Israel about ‘indiscriminate’ bombing of Gaza.

20231214

Harvard caught in the crossfire: Israel-Hamas war roils Ivy League campus

United States

America's prestigious Ivy League universities have found themselves embroiled in controversy since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s ensuing bombardment of Gaza.

20231214

Biden administration staffers call for ceasefire in Gaza

United States

A number of US President Joe Biden’s administration staffers gathered in front of the White House to protest the indiscriminate Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip and to call for an immediate ceasefire.

20231214

Nearly half of the Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise ‘dumb bombs,’ US intelligence assessment finds

United States

Nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions that Israel has used in Gaza in its war with Hamas since October 7 have been unguided, otherwise known as “dumb bombs,” according to a new US intelligence assessment.

20231214

People trapped under rubble in deadly Israeli air attack in Rafah

dystopian war

In the border city of Rafah, relatives are mourning the deaths of at least 27 Palestinians killed in Israeli military strikes on two houses. Rescuers have spent hours trying to find as many as four people trapped under the rubble.

20231214

Israel using Gaza as a ‘testing ground’ for weapons

dystopian war

Antony Loewenstein, author of the Palestine Laboratory, says that Israel is using Gaza as “a key testing ground for new weapons”.

20231214

Israel demolishes Gaza cemeteries, confiscates dead bodies of Palestinians

dystopian war

The Israeli army has repeatedly targeted several cemeteries in the Gaza Strip, leaving widespread destruction, vandalising some graves, and stealing dead bodies, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said on Thursday.

20231214

Nearly half of the Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise ‘dumb bombs,’ US intelligence assessment finds

dystopian war

20231214

FM: Israel will continue dystopian war with or without int’l support

dystopian war

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said yesterday that agreeing to a ceasefire in Gaza at this stage would be a “mistake”, adding that Israel will continue its war on the besieged enclave with or without the international community’s support.

20231214

Israel vows to fight on in Gaza despite deadly ambush and rising international pressure

dystopian war

Israel vowed to keep fighting in Gaza until it crushes Hamas after one of the deadliest single battles of the war for its soldiers, even as it faces mounting international calls for a cease-fire and unease on the part of its closest ally, the United States.

20231214

Israel tells US it needs ‘months’ to defeat Hamas

dystopian war

Defence minister addresses US national security adviser as Biden administration presses for end to war

20231214

Israel strikes length of Gaza as US urges more accurate targeting

dystopian war

Israel pounded the length of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing families in their homes even as Washington dispatched an envoy to encourage its ally to be more precise in its war against Hamas militants.

20231214

Israel announces pause in Rafah operations

dystopian war

Israel says a pause in military operations in Rafah is meant to allow in aid.

20231214

Israel needs 'several months’ to win Gaza war, defence minister says

dystopian war

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told visiting White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday that it will take several months to defeat the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

20231214

Israel military company purchases robot dogs for use in Gaza war

dystopian war

An Israeli military reserves organisation has purchased three robot dogs for occupation forces, reportedly to be used in the ongoing invasion of the Gaza Strip.

20231214

Casualties mount in occupied West Bank as Israeli forces extend raid

West Bank

At least eight Palestinians have been killed in the Jenin refugee camp alone in an operation that started on Tuesday.

20231214

Eleven killed in days-long Israeli raid in West Bank -Palestinian health ministry

West Bank

At least 11 Palestinians have been killed during a days-long raid by Israeli soldiers in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health authorities said on Thursday, amid reports of gunfire, hundreds of arrests and restricted hospital access.

20231214

Multi-day Israeli raid kills 11 in West Bank: ministry

West Bank

Israeli forces killed 11 people in a multi-day raid in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said Thursday.

20231214

Israeli strike on Rafah kills 27 as Jenin raid continues

dystopian war/West Bank

A 17-year-old boy killed inside a hospital becomes the 12th fatality in the Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank

20231214

Report: Israel arrested 4,000 Palestinians in West Bank since 7 October

West Bank

The Israeli occupation army has arrested 4,000 Palestinians since 7 October in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, Palestinian prisoners’ rights organisations said in a joint statement yesterday

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20231215

No EU call for Gaza ceasefire despite Belgium and Ireland's pleas

ceasefire talks

EU leaders failed to sharpen their stance on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza during talks on Friday, despite Belgium and Ireland's leaders advocating for a ceasefire.

20231215

Denmark widens terror investigation that coincides with arrests of alleged Hamas members in Germany

global effects

Denmark is holding two people in custody and four others are the target of a terrorism investigation, a prosecutor said Friday, in a case that coincided with an arrest in the Netherlands and several in Germany of alleged Hamas members.

20231215

Denmark stepping up terror probe amid suspicion of Hamas links

global effects

Two detentions coincide with arrests in Germany, where three people allegedly linked to Hamas have been detained.

20231215

UK terror threat level under close review after foiled alleged attack plot in Europe

global effects

Arrests in Germany and the Netherlands increase fears that Jewish institutions in the UK could be targeted by Hamas

20231215

French publisher stops printing Ilan Pappe’s 'Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine' despite surge in sales

global effects

Fayard publishing house claims the Israeli author’s contract has expired, but pro-Palestine activists raise concerns about censorship of voices critical of Israel

20231215

China, Saudi Arabia, Iran call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

global response

China, Saudi Arabia and Iran, on Friday, urged for the “immediate cessation of military operations in Gaza” and the flow of “sustainable relief” to Palestinians in the tiny enclave.

20231215

Colombia president calls on Biden to stop ‘genocide’ in Gaza

global response

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro yesterday once again criticised Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip and called for the US to stop the “genocide”.

20231215

Australia denounces Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in occupied West Bank

global response

Government joins more than a dozen countries to say settlers are ‘terrorising’ Palestinians in ‘unacceptable’ violence

20231215

Protesters storm office of Australia defence minister over Israel support

global response

Peace activists yesterday stormed Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles’ office, chaining themselves to ladders and calling for to “end the genocide” in Gaza.

20231215

Boycotts and protests – how are people around the world defying Israel?

global response

Al Jazeera takes a look at the movements against Israel and illegal settlements in Palestine.

20231215

Diseases spread in Gaza amid health system collapse, Israeli strikes

humanitarian

WHO says diarrhoea cases surged 66 percent among children. Meningitis, chickenpox, jaundice also reported.

20231215

Israel approves aid through Gaza crossing

humanitarian

The "temporary" opening of the Kerem Shalom crossing would facilitate further aid into Gaza.

20231215

Israel to open Karm Abu Salem crossing following US pressure

humanitarian

Israel approved the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip through the Karm Abu Salem crossing, the Israeli prime minister’s office said on Friday.

20231215

Israel says it will open new aid crossing into Gaza Strip

humanitarian

Announcement follows pressure from allies in US to alleviate humanitarian crisis in besieged territory

20231215

135 UNRWA workers killed in Gaza

humanitarian

Some 135 UNRWA workers have been killed in Gaza since 7 October, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, announced yesterday.

20231215

What do Israelis think of the dystopian war?

Israelis

For the Israelis who oppose the dystopian war, the consequences are steep.

20231215

'Psychological warfare': Israeli troops go on looting and vandalism spree across Gaza

Israelis

Footage shows soldiers in besieged enclave stealing makeup and necklaces, setting fire to food supplies and installing Jewish symbols in Palestinian neighbourhoods

20231215

The longstanding anti-Palestine views of Israel's envoy to the UK

Israelis

The Israeli ambassador has long campaigned against a Palestinian state, the 7 October Hamas assault isn't the turning point she claims it is

20231215

Far-right Minister: Israel 'should fully occupy the Gaza Strip'

Israelis

Israeli Minister of Heritage, Amichai Eliyahu, claimed today that Israel “should fully occupy the Gaza Strip.” “Anyone who is today selling the idea that the Palestinians can go back to running things doesn’t remember what happened on October 7,” the far-right Minister from the extremist Otzma Yehudit party told Kan public radio.

20231215

Israeli army says it mistakenly killed three captives held in Gaza

Israelis

The captives were killed during combat with Palestinian fighters after they were erroneously identified as a threat.

20231215

Two Al Jazeera journalists wounded in Israeli attack in southern Gaza

journalists

Wael Dahdouh and Samer Abudaqa were injured while covering an Israeli attack that targeted a school in Khan Younis.

20231215

Two Al Jazeera journalists wounded in Gaza missile strike - reporter

journalists

Two Al Jazeera journalists were wounded on Friday by a missile fired from a drone in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the broadcaster reported.

20231215

Israeli strike kills Al Jazeera cameraman, injures Gaza bureau chief

journalists

An Al Jazeera journalist was killed and another injured by Israeli missiles in southern Gaza. Cameraman Samer Abudaqa, who had been critically injured, died after paramedics were prevented from rescuing him. Gaza bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh was wounded in the same strike. The network deems this incident a deliberate attempt to target its correspondents and their families in the Gaza Strip.

20231215

Al Jazeera condemns Israeli forces killing of cameraman Samer Abudaqa

journalists

Media network says it holds Israel accountable for systematically targeting and killing journalists and their families.

20231215

Global journalists’ body condemns Israel attack on Anadolu photojournalist Mustafa Alkharouf

journalists

The head of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Friday condemned the “violent and aggressive” attack on Anadolu photojournalist, Mustafa Alkharouf, by Israeli forces.

20231215

Strike on Gaza school kills 33

mosques, schools

Bombing of Gaza school and near hospital kills dozens of civilians

20231215

5 killed, dozens wounded as Israel army hits southern Gaza school

mosques, schools

At least five Palestinians were killed, and dozens of others injured on Friday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a school sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis, Palestinian media reports.

20231215

Why is the media ignoring evidence of Israel’s own actions on 7 October?

opinion

The BBC and others keep revisiting Hamas crimes that day, but fail to report on growing evidence that Israel killed its own citizens

20231215

Is the US administration divorced from reality?

opinion

Hanan Ashrawi talks to Marc Lamont Hill about the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and the US’s position.

20231215

Does Islamophobia play a part in US foreign policy?

opinion

Criticism has been raised of Washington’s approach to Palestinian victims. Is there a double standard when it comes to Palestine? And why do some in the US seem to conflate solidarity with Palestinians with anti-Semitism?

20231215

How are Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea affecting global trade?

opinion

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have escalated attacks on ships passing through the Red Sea during the Israel-Hamas war, raising concerns about the impact on the flow of oil, grain and consumer goods through a major global trade artery.

20231215

The legal team pursuing justice in Gaza

opinion

Can western leaders be held to account for their role in the Gaza war?

20231215

US national security adviser says a negotiated outcome is the best way to end Lebanon-Israel tension

Lebanon/Israelis

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Friday that he has discussed with Israeli officials the volatile situation along the Lebanon-Israel border, adding that a “negotiated outcome” is the best way to reassure residents of northern Israel.

20231215

Maersk denies Houthi claim container ship hit by Yemeni militia

Red Sea

Danish shipping company Maersk on Friday denied a claim by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement that the militia carried out a drone strike on a Maersk vessel sailing towards Israel.

20231215

2 attacks launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels strike container ships in vital Red Sea corridor

Red Sea

A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels slammed into a cargo ship Friday in the Red Sea near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, following another attack only hours earlier that struck a separate vessel, authorities said.

20231215

Attacks from Houthi-controlled Yemen hit two ships -US official

Red Sea

Attacks from Houthi-controlled Yemen struck two Liberian-flagged ships in the Bab al-Mandab Strait on Friday, a U.S. defence official said, underlining the threat to vessels in shipping lanes being targeted by the Iran-aligned group.

20231215

Attack launched from Houthi-held Yemen hits cargo ship in Red Sea

Red Sea

Liberia-flagged vessel caught fire in Red Sea after being hit by a projectile from Yemen, US sources say.

20231215

How are Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea affecting global trade?

Red Sea

20231215

Maersk to pause all container ship traffic through the Red Sea

Red Sea

Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk will pause all container shipments through the Red Sea until further notice, a spokesperson for the company told Reuters on Friday.

20231215

Maersk halts Red Sea shipping after another attack

Red Sea

Maersk has paused Red Sea container shipments after two incidents in as many days, the first involving one of its vessels. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have intensified attacks on ships in the area in recent weeks.

20231215

World’s largest shipping firm Maersk 'pause' vessels Red Sea passage after Houthi attacks

Red Sea

A ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels slammed into a cargo ship Friday in the Red Sea near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, following another attack only hours earlier that struck a separate vessel, authorities said.

20231215

Houthis seize cargo ship, force it to head to Yemen

Red Sea

The British Maritime Trade Authority has reported that a group identifying themselves as the Yemeni Navy informed them that they had diverted a ship towards the Yemeni coast.

20231215

Shipping firm pauses Red Sea journeys over attacks

Red Sea

Danish shipping company Maersk has said it is pausing all journeys through the Red Sea.

20231215

135 UNRWA workers killed in Gaza

United Nations

20231215

US and Israel discuss when to scale back Gaza combat but agree fight will take months, envoy says

United States

The U.S. and Israel have discussed a timetable for scaling back intense combat operations in the war against Hamas, even though they agree the overall fight will take months, an envoy said Friday, amid growing American unease about the mounting death toll in Gaza.

20231215

White House in 'intensive' talks with Israel on timing of next phase of Gaza war

United States

Washington is pushing Israel to focus the war in Gaza on precise targeting of Hamas leaders rather than widespread bombing and ground operations, the White House national security adviser said on Friday, amid signs of differences over timing.

20231215

US presses Israel on civilian deaths, move to ‘lower intensity’ war in Gaza

United States

US President Joe Biden says Israel should be ‘more careful’ in order to protect civilians in Gaza.

20231215

Hamas turns Gaza streets into deadly maze for Israeli troops

United States

The Israeli army's death toll in Gaza is already almost twice as high as during a ground offensive in 2014, a reflection of how far it has pushed into the enclave and of Hamas' effective use of guerrilla tactics and an expanded arsenal

20231215

'Washington wants to see more targeted attacks on Hamas leaders'

United States

US national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the besieged enclave's postwar future.

20231215

Does Islamophobia play a part in US foreign policy?

United States

20231215

Israel continues Gaza onslaught despite US envoy’s ‘new phase of war’

United States

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to meet Palestine’s Mahmud Abbas after talks with Israeli officials.

20231215

US senator tries to force debate on 'humanitarian cataclysm' in Gaza

United States

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a resolution on Friday seeking a report from President Joe Biden's administration and debate on Israel's bombing of Gaza, citing the heavy toll on non-combatants.

20231215

Bernie Sanders demands answers on Israel’s ‘indiscriminate’ Gaza bombing

United States

Senator proposes resolution to investigate ‘humanitarian cataclysm … being done with American bombs and money’

20231215

US Defense Secretary to visit Middle East to discuss peace: Pentagon Spox to Egypt’s Al-Qahera News

United States

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit the Middle East next week to discuss ways to promote peace with regional counterparts, Pentagon spokesperson General Patrick S. Ryder told Al-Qahera News TV on Friday.

20231215

More than 100 Homeland Security staff denounce US leadership over Gaza genocide

United States

More than 100 staff members at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have put their names to an explosive letter denouncing agency leadership for “turning a blind eye” to Israel’s brutal bombardment of Gaza that has now killed over 18,000 Palestinians.

20231215

Top US official says not 'right' for Israel to occupy Gaza long-term

United States

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Friday it is not appropriate for Israel to occupy Gaza in the long-term, as speculation mounts over the post-war future of the territory.

20231215

Zionist lobby funded lawmakers slammed ‘traitors’ for inserting Israel purity test in hearing

United States

Americans were given a glimpse into the chilling Israel purity test this week during questioning of Muslim judicial nominee Adeel A Mangi.

20231215

Analysis: Biden in a bind as Netanhayu ready to flout any US attempt to rein in Israel

United States

Israel PM has defied US calls for restraint in Gaza and told domestic audience he will not compromise

20231215

This is what 24 hours of our lives in Gaza look like

dystopian war

Close Up reached out to Palestinians in Gaza in November and asked them to record whatever they could over the course of a day, on any devices that still worked.

20231215

Israel-Hamas fighting convulses Gaza as US seeks protection of civilians

dystopian war

The United States hinted on Friday at disagreement with Israel over how quickly to scale down the war in Gaza, with President Joe Biden's national security adviser saying such timing was now the subject of "intensive discussion" between the allies.

20231215

US and Israel agree conflict will take months to reach conclusion

dystopian war

The United States national security adviser and the Palestinian president have met to discuss post-war arrangements for Gaza.

20231215

Israel continues Gaza onslaught despite US envoy’s ‘new phase of war’

dystopian war

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to meet Palestine’s Mahmud Abbas after talks with Israeli officials.

20231215

Report: Israel sets end of January to end ‘intense phase’ of Gaza war

dystopian war

Israel intends to end the “intense phase” of its dystopian war by the end of January, a “timetable” which was presented to US National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, during his visit to Tel Aviv yesterday, showed, according to Channel 12 (= N12)

20231215

Palestinian says soldiers sent him into Hamas tunnel strapped with bombs

dystopian war

Gaza City resident says he was one of the Palestinians seen stripped and bound after being detained by Israel

20231215

Hungry, thirsty and humiliated: Israel’s mass arrest campaign sows fear in northern Gaza

dystopian war

The Israeli military has rounded up hundreds of Palestinians across the northern Gaza Strip, separating families and forcing men to strip to their underwear before trucking some to a detention camp on the beach, where they spent hours, in some cases days, subjected to hunger and cold, according to human rights activists, distraught relatives and released detainees themselves.

20231215

Gazans say they fear a fate worse than bombs: permanent exile

dystopian war

With Israeli bombs pounding the length of the Gaza Strip, Gazans have been squeezed up against the border with Egypt's Sinai Peninsula at the town of Rafah and say they have practically nowhere left to flee.

20231215

What will be the impact of flooding Gaza’s tunnels with seawater?

dystopian war

Pumping seawater into tunnel networks will damage water supplies and agriculture - and could breach international law.

20231215

'Psychological warfare': Israeli troops go on looting and vandalism spree across Gaza

dystopian war

Footage shows soldiers in besieged enclave stealing makeup and necklaces, setting fire to food supplies and installing Jewish symbols in Palestinian neighbourhoods

20231215

Hamas turns Gaza streets into deadly maze for Israeli troops

dystopian war

20231215

'Hellfire' and chaos in Rafah tests Biden's opposition to displacement

dystopian war

Biden administration pushes for 'low intensity' conflict as displacement out of desperation becomes a greater reality for Palestinians

20231215

6 Gaza cemeteries destroyed by Israel, report reveals

dystopian war

The Israeli military occupation forces have damaged or completely destroyed at least six cemeteries in the northern Gaza Strip during their recent ground invasion advancements.

20231215

Video said to show Palestinian detainees being paraded

West Bank

Video shared on social media appears to show blindfolded Palestinian detainees being paraded by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, to a soundtrack of an Israeli children’s song. The Israeli military has been contacted for comment.

20231215

Britain, partners call on Israel to tackle settler violence

West Bank

Britain, the European Union and more than a dozen partner countries including Australia and Canada, called on Israel to take immediate and concrete steps to tackle settler violence in the occupied West Bank.

20231215

How Israel jails hundreds of Palestinians without charge

West Bank

In a family home in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, Yazen Alhasnat was sitting next to his mother rubbing sleep from his eyes.

20231215

The polls are clear: While at war with Israel, Hamas defeated Abbas and Fatah

West Bank

The challenge to Gaza’s future governance is clear: Israelis are set on destroying Hamas militarily and politically while Palestinians are set on elevating it, Stephan Miller writes.

20231215

Battle for the West Bank: Israeli settlers step up attacks on Palestinians

West Bank

While the world's attention is focused on Israel's devastating war in Gaza, violence is also taking place every day in the occupied West Bank.

20231215

Israeli forces detain and assault Palestinian artists after raid on Jenin theatre

West Bank

The Freedom Theatre staff say Israeli soldiers treated them 'like animals' and beat them during arrest, prompting an outpouring of solidarity by artists and theatres around the world

20231215

Australia denounces Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in occupied West Bank

West Bank

Government joins more than a dozen countries to say settlers are ‘terrorising’ Palestinians in ‘unacceptable’ violence

20231215

Released Palestinian prisoners: Israel prison guards accused of torture, abuse

West Bank

Three Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails on Thursday say Israeli guards tortured and abused them in prison. They say their treatment got worse after Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7. Thousands of Palestinians have since been imprisoned as Israel intensified its raids and detentions across the Palestinian territories.

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bold date	= may possible related to war crime
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DATE

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20231216

Netanyahu hints new negotiations under way to recover Gaza hostages

ceasefire talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared on Saturday to hint that new negotiations were under way to recover hostages held by Hamas, after his chief of Mossad intelligence met the prime minister of Qatar, a country mediating in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

20231216

Israel keeps the pressure on Gaza as Qatar confirms truce talks

ceasefire talks

Attacks on Saturday heavily targeted Khan Younis in the south, where thousands have been forced to flee.

20231216

Israeli envoy meets Qatari PM amid hopes for fresh truce talks

ceasefire talks

A senior Israeli envoy has met the prime minister of Qatar, a key mediator in the conflict in Gaza, a source said on Saturday, while sources from Egypt suggested Israel appeared to be more open to a new deal with Hamas.

20231216

Mother, daughter killed by Israel army in Gaza church grounds: patriarchate

churches, mosques, schools

A Christian mother and daughter were shot dead by an Israeli soldier on the grounds of a Catholic church in Gaza City on Saturday, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said.

20231216

MP Layla Moran’s family trapped inside Catholic church in Gaza City

churches, mosques, schools

‘Beyond desperate and terrified’ relatives among hundreds inside compound amid bombing by Israeli forces

20231216

Israel bombs a school housing displaced people in southern Gaza

churches, mosques, schools

Israel targeted a school housing displaced Palestinians in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. on Friday

20231216

Will oil prices rise after Red Sea shipping curbs amid Houthi attacks?

global effects

Energy markets are beginning to take notice of non-stop assaults on Israeli-linked shipping.

20231216

Germany deports Iraqi over 'terror' suspicion

global effects

The 20-year-old was suspected of planning a "terrorist attack" targeting a Christmas market in eastern Germany. He has been permanently banned from reentering the country.

20231216

No clear Gaza message from EU, despite cease-fire calls

global response

Some EU politicians see growing momentum for issuing a shared cease-fire call in Gaza. Nevertheless, it did not become an official policy position at this week's EU summit in Brussels.

20231216

USAID contractor killed in Gaza in November Israeli air strike, employer says

humanitarian

A contractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Gaza was killed with his wife and two daughters aged four and two in an Israeli air strike in November, his employer said on Saturday.

20231216

Save the Children loses contact with its Gaza team amid Israeli airstrikes

humanitarian

The UK-based charity Save the Children announced on Saturday that it has lost contact with its team in Gaza amid heavy Israeli army bombardment

20231216

Israeli captives mistakenly killed in Gaza held white flag, official says

Israelis

Rules of engagement breached in incident that resulted in death of three hostages, all in their 20s.

20231216

3 hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli troops had been holding a white flag, military official says

Israelis

Three Israeli hostages who were mistakenly shot by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip had been waving a white flag and were shirtless when they were killed, military officials said Saturday, in Israel’s first such acknowledgement of harming any hostages in its war against Hamas.

20231216

Israeli military says it mistakenly killed 3 Israeli hostages in battle-torn part of Gaza

Israelis

Israeli troops mistakenly shot three hostages to death Friday in a battle-torn neighborhood of Gaza City, and an Israeli strike killed a Palestinian journalist in the south of the besieged territory, underscoring the ferocity of Israel’s ongoing onslaught.

20231216

Israeli hostages killed in Gaza were holding white flag, official says

Israelis

Three Israeli hostages killed mistakenly in Gaza by Israeli forces had been holding up a white flag, a military official said on Saturday, citing an initial inquiry into the incident that has shaken the country.

20231216

Hostages were carrying white cloth when shot, IDF says

Israelis

Three Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza were shot dead while holding a white cloth, an Israeli military official says.

20231216

Killed hostages were 'holding white flag'

Israelis

The three hostages who were mistakenly shot dead by the IDF in the Gaza Strip were carrying a stick with a makeshift white flag, according to the Israeli military

20231216

Hostages killed 'by mistake' were waving white flag when IDF shot them

Israelis

Summary of the day

20231216

'There was a lot of criticism of Netanyahu across Israeli politics'

Israelis

no description

20231216

Haaretz to Biden: ‘Netanyahu the main problem in Israel’

Israelis

Israel’s Haaretz newspaper attacked the head of the occupation government, Benjamin Netanyahu, pointing the finger at him as the main problem in the current situation.

20231216

Israeli settlers seek to take over Armenian Quarter by force

Jerusalem

Armed settlers, backed by Israeli security forces, attempt to occupy almost 25 percent of Armenian Quarter in 'existential threat' to centuries-old community

20231216

Israeli strike on school kills Al Jazeera cameraman in southern Gaza, network says

journalists

An Israeli strike killed a Palestinian cameraman for the TV network Al Jazeera and wounded its chief Gaza correspondent Friday as they reported at a school in the south of the besieged territory, the network said.

20231216

Al Jazeera journalist Samer Abudaqa laid to rest in southern Gaza

journalists

Family, friends, colleagues attend funeral of cameraman who was killed in Israeli drone attack in Khan Younis.

20231216

Samer Abudaqa: Al Jazeera cameraman killed in Gaza drone strike

journalists

The funeral has been held of an Al Jazeera cameraman who was killed by an Israeli drone strike on Gaza.

20231216

Al Jazeera to refer journalist Samer Abudaqa’s killing to ICC

journalists

The Al Jazeera Arabic cameraman was killed by a drone attack while reporting on the bombing of a school in southern Gaza Strip

20231216

Moment Israeli police attack journalist

journalists

This is the moment Israeli police attacked an Anadolu Agency journalist in Occupied East Jerusalem, hospitalising him. Two officers have been suspended from duty as the force says it has launched an investigation into the incident.

20231216

Is Israel deliberately targeting journalists in Gaza?

journalists

The dystopian war has been the deadliest for media workers ever recorded. Israel’s dystopian war is the deadliest for media workers ever recorded, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. At least 90 journalists and staff have been killed since the conflict began on October 7.

20231216

Trauma and terror: What we are seeing from Gaza

journalists

Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza is being witnessed in real time, with Palestinian civilians broadcasting their own bombardment; Israeli soldiers streaming sadistic acts of humiliation – proof of an historic crime. The question Palestinians are asking – urgently – is whether it will make any difference.

20231216

Israel’s attack on the Freedom Theatre in Jenin camp is part of a cultural genocide

opinion

The destruction and arrests of theatre staff are part of a wider attempt to break Palestinians in the West Bank psychologically and emotionally

20231216

Israel-Palestine war: How Israel has tried and failed to divide Palestinians

opinion

Israel's decades-old classification policy to control and divide Palestinians is proving to fail as it wages a genocidal war in Gaza

20231216

Gantz vows to remove Hezbollah from border with Israel

Lebanon/Israelis

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz warned on Friday: “If the world doesn’t get Hezbollah away from the border, Israel will do it.”

20231216

Hezbollah targets 3 Israeli military sites

Lebanon/Israelis

Hezbollah announced on Saturday that its fighters had targeted three Israeli military sites along Lebanon’s southern border, resulting in “many casualties and injuries among Israeli soldiers”

20231216

Iran-aligned Houthis warn Israel, US against attacking Yemen

Red Sea

Threat comes as Israel, Western allies bolster presence in Red Sea as rebels target shipping.

20231216

Any hostile move against Yemen will have dire consequences -Houthi official on Al Mayadeen TV

Red Sea

Any hostile move against Yemen will have dire consequences and great costs, Ali al-Qahoum, a member of the Houthi group's Ansarullah politburo, told Al Mayadeen TV late on Friday.

20231216

Yemen's Houthis in Oman-mediated talks over Red Sea 'operations'

Red Sea

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement has engaged in Oman-mediated talks with "international parties" about its operations in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea, a Houthi spokesman said on Saturday, following a series of attacks on ships by the militia group.

20231216

More shipping giants suspend passage via Red Sea after attacks

Red Sea

Two more major shipping firms, Mediterranean Shipping Company and CMA CGM, said on Saturday they were suspending passage through a Red Sea strait vital for global trade, after Yemeni rebel attacks in the area.

20231216

More big shipping firms stop Red Sea routes after attacks

Red Sea

The world's largest shipping group, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has announced it is diverting its ships away from the Red Sea because of an increased threat of attacks.

20231216

HMS Diamond: British warship shoots down suspected attack drone in Red Sea

Red Sea

A British warship has shot down a suspected attack drone in the Red Sea, the defence secretary has said.

20231216

Shipping companies abandon Red Sea routes over Houthi attacks

Red Sea

The decision comes as a British destroyer shoots down a 'suspected attack drone' in the ocean which lies between Asia and Africa.

20231216

More shipping giants suspend passage via Red Sea after attacks

Red Sea

20231216

Egypt forces intercept, down flying object off Dahab coast

Red Sea

Egyptian forces intercepted a flying object that crashed early Saturday into Egyptian territorial waters approximately one and a half kilometres off the coast of Dahab city, eyewitnesses reported to Al-Qahera News TV

20231216

US military leaders head to Israel and will offer advice on shifting to the war’s next phase in Gaza

United States

The top two U.S. military leaders are traveling to Tel Aviv to advise the Israeli government on how to transition from major combat operations against Hamas in Gaza to a more limited and precise campaign — the kind of strategic shift they both have considerable expertise in.

20231216

US wants shakeup of Palestinian Authority to run Gaza after Hamas

United States

A succession of top U.S. officials have travelled to the West Bank in recent weeks to meet with Mahmoud Abbas in the hope the 88-year-old – a spectator in the war between Israel and Hamas – can overhaul his unpopular Palestinian Authority enough to run Gaza after the conflict.

20231216

Israel occupation of Gaza after war makes ‘no sense’, says US National Security Adviser

United States

Israel’s re-occupation of the Gaza Strip would neither “make sense” nor be “right”, the United States’ National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has told the Israeli government, as Washington and Tel Aviv continue to differ on the future of Gaza’s governance.

COMMENT

Even "re-occupation" is incorrect as Gaza is designated by the United Nations as part of the occupied Palestinian Territory (oPT)

20231216

Palestinians appalled by Israeli razing of Gaza cemeteries

dystopian war

Satellite imagery and video footage show the Israeli military turning gravesites into ruins

20231216

Israeli air attack on residential home in Rafah kills four Palestinians

dystopian war

Dozens of Palestinians were wounded, and 15 others were missing after the strike in Rafah governorate.

20231216

Communications blackout and spiraling hunger compound misery in Gaza as war enters 11th week

dystopian war

A prolonged communications blackout that severed telephone and internet connections compounded the misery Saturday in the besieged Gaza Strip, where a United Nations agency said hunger levels had spiraled in recent days.

20231216

Hamas turns Gaza streets into deadly maze for Israeli troops

dystopian war

20231216

Three brothers in the West Bank, kept apart by Israel’s war

West Bank

Three brothers swap stories of life under military occupation in three different parts of the West Bank.

20231216

Number of Palestinians killed in West Bank since Oct. 7 stands at 288 as Israeli army kills young man

West Bank

With the overnight killing of a young man by the Israeli army, the Palestinian death toll in the West Bank since the start of the ongoing conflict on Oct. 7 has risen to 288, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Saturday

20231216

B’Tselem documents Israel army execution of 2 West Bank Palestinians

West Bank

The Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, on Friday published videos documenting the Israeli army’s execution of two Palestinians at close range in the West Bank.

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20231217

Pope Francis deplores Israeli killings of civilians in Gaza church

churches, mosques, schools

Pope Francis on Sunday again suggested Israel was using "terrorism" tactics in Gaza, deploring the reported killing by the Israeli military of two Christian women who had taken refuge in a church complex.

20231217

UK MP says family trapped in church area amid sniper fire

churches, mosques, schools

UK MP Layla Moran says she has several relatives who are trapped in a church in Gaza as Israeli forces operate nearby.

20231217

MP Layla Moran fears family trapped in Gaza church ‘will not survive until Christmas’

churches, mosques, schools

Oxford and Abingdon MP’s extended family among those sheltering in besieged Holy Family church in Gaza City

20231217

Israeli forces kill two Christian women in ‘cold blood’ inside Gaza church

churches, mosques, schools

A Christian woman and her daughter were shot in Gaza’s Holy Family Church by an Israeli soldier.

20231217

UberEats Canada faces backlash for recategorising Palestinian restaurants as Israeli

global response

no description

20231217

France condemns killing of its worker in Israeli strike in Gaza’s Rafah

global response

The killing comes as French top diplomat Catherine Colonna in Israel to appeal for truce and lasting peace.

20231217

France calls for 'immediate and durable' Gaza truce

global response

France has called for an "immediate and durable truce" in the Israel-Hamas war, saying that it is deeply concerned about the situation in Gaza.

20231217

Lord Cameron supports 'sustainable ceasefire' and warns over deaths

global response

The foreign secretary has said he would like to see a "sustainable ceasefire" in the Israel-Gaza conflict.

20231217

UK’s David Cameron, Germany’s Annalena Baerbock back ‘sustainable ceasefire’ in Gaza

global response

UK’s David Cameron, Germany’s Annalena Baerbock back ‘sustainable ceasefire’ in Gaza

20231217

Israel faces new calls for truce after killing of hostages raises alarm about its conduct in Gaza

global response

Israel’s government faced calls for a cease-fire from some of its closest European allies and from protesters at home on Sunday after a series of shootings, including of three hostages who waved a white flag, added to mounting concerns about its conduct in the 10-week-old war in Gaza.

20231217

Top European diplomats step up calls for Gaza ceasefire

global response

The level of pressure on Israel is increasing as the death toll in Gaza has been reported as up to 19,000.

20231217

Israel presses on amid calls for Gaza cease-fire

global response

Mounting civilian deaths and hardship in Gaza have prompted renewed calls for a cease-fire. The latest appeals come from France, Germany and the United Kingdom, but Israel says a cease-fire would be a gift to Hamas.

20231217

Netanyahu vows to fight to 'very end' as aid enters Gaza & truce demands increase

global response

from live blog

20231217

Israeli airstrikes kill dozens as calls for Gaza ceasefire and hostage talks grow

global response

Fatalities in last 24 hours come amid public anger over mistaken killing of three hostages by Israel’s army

20231217

Crowds strip aid trucks of food and supplies at Gaza's Rafah crossing

humanitarian

no description

COMMENT

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20231217

Gaza’s hungry, thirsty and traumatised residents ‘in survival mode’

humanitarian

Desperate crowds have been scrambling for aid at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt. Palestinians tried to stop aid trucks, searching for food and other supplies. The crossing is the main route for relief deliveries.

COMMENT

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20231217

WHO says al-Shifa hospital a 'bloodbath'

humanitarian

A WHO team visited the northern Gaza hospital and found patients being treated on the floor.

20231217

Al-Shifa hospital 'completely overwhelmed': Sean Casey, WHO

humanitarian

no description

20231217

Aid enters Gaza through Israel's Kerem Shalom crossing for first time in war

humanitarian

The Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza opened on Sunday for aid trucks for the first time since the outbreak of war, officials said, a move intended to double the amount of food and medicine reaching the enclave.

20231217

‘The hostages weren’t our top priority’: How Israel’s bombing frenzy endangered captives in Gaza

Israelis

The IDF Spokesperson’s announcement on Friday that Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip had “mistakenly shot dead” three Israeli hostages, who had been abducted by Hamas during its October 7 assault, has shocked Israeli society.

20231217

Outrage after Israeli forces kill Israeli captives in Gaza

Israelis

Thousands of people have protested in Tel Aviv after Israeli forces killed three Israeli captives in Gaza who were shirtless, waving a white flag and calling for help in Hebrew. Demonstrators are demanding the gov’t reach a deal for the safe return of remaining captives.

20231217

Killed Israeli hostage's brother says army 'murdered' him

Israelis

An Israeli hostage who was mistakenly killed by soldiers in the Gaza Strip this week was buried on Sunday, with his brother slamming the army for having "abandoned and murdered" him.

20231217

Growing concerns over 'culture of impunity' within Israel’s military

Israelis

"We are, first of all, supporting these soldiers in every way possible," Lt. Col. Richard Hecht said in an interview following revelations that Israeli troops were responsible for the killing of all three unarmed men, adding that they did act outside the rules of engagement. "I can tell you; we are going to hug them."

20231217

Two-state solution would mean relocating 200,000 settlers, says Israeli lawyer who has David Cameron’s ear

Israelis

Lawyer who has advised foreign secretary says Israel has the capacity, but not the will, to relocate even one settler

20231217

92 journalists killed in Israeli attacks since Oct. 7: Gaza government

journalists

At least 92 journalists have been killed in the ongoing Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the government media office in the besieged Palestinian enclave said on Sunday

20231217

Union of Journalists in Israel condemns assault on Anadolu photojournalist in East Jerusalem

journalists

The Union of Journalists in Israel expressed support Saturday for Anadolu photojournalist Mustafa Alkharouf, who was assaulted by Israeli forces while on duty in occupied East Jerusalem

20231217

Israeli minister promises support for police officer who assaulted Anadolu photojournalist

journalists

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir talked to a police officer Saturday who assaulted Anadolu photojournalist Mustafa Alkharouf and promised his return to duty “as soon as possible”

20231217

Al Jazeera to file complaint with ICC on cameraman's death in Gaza

journalists

Al Jazeera announced Saturday announced it will file a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding the death of its cameraman Samer Abu Dhaka, who was killed in Israeli attacks against Gaza

20231217

How Israel's genocide in Gaza sparked a protest movement in the UK

opinion

The scale of Palestinian bloodshed has galvanised a new community of activists in the UK and widened the gap between the will of the public and that of their political representatives

20231217

Israel says it struck Hezbollah sites after attacks from Lebanon

Lebanon/Israelis

Israel said on Sunday it had hit weapons launch sites and facilities belonging to Hezbollah in Lebanon in response to cross-border fire, while the Iran-backed group said it had attacked Israeli army targets.

20231217

Fears grow of all-out Israel-Hezbollah war as fighting escalates

Lebanon/Israelis

Many in Israel see Hezbollah as a greater threat than Hamas and consider a new war in Lebanon to be inevitable.

20231217

55 ships divert to Cape of Good Hope and 2,128 cross Suez Canal since 19 Nov: SCA

Red Sea

Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie stated on Sunday that 55 ships diverted from the Suez Canal route to the Cape of Good Hope route since 19 November, considering it a small percentage compared to the crossing of 2,128 ships during the same period.

20231217

Jordan denies existence of Gulf ‘land bridge’ to Israel to bypass Houthis

Red Sea

Jordan’s Ministries of Transport and Industry and Trade yesterday denied reports that a land route has been established from the UAE to the Hashemite Kingdom via Saudi Arabia, in an effort to bypass the growing threats from Yemen’s Houthi-aligned armed forces.

20231217

Houthis disrupt Israeli trade, inflict multi-billion dollar blow

Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi forces are strategically targeting Israeli-owned ships, seizing them and disrupting key trade routes.

20231217

US to announce expanded protection force for Red Sea shipping

Red Sea

Response to Houthi attacks from Yemen seeks to reassure commercial shipping companies avoiding use of Red Sea

20231217

Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan calls on US to use influence over Israel to stop attacks on Gaza

Turkey/Israelis

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday called on the US to use its influence over Israel to stop the attacks on the Gaza Strip during his talks with his American counterpart Antony Blinken

20231217

Analysis: Why Israel will continue its deadly push into Gaza city centres

dystopian war

A long, grinding urban war appears likely now, if Israel is to negate the effects of Hamas tunnels. But keeping public support intact won’t be easy.

20231217

Hamas's rising popularity in the West Bank

dystopian war

The Israeli government says its aim in Gaza is to degrade Hamas so completely that it can never again pose a threat to Israel.

20231217

Israeli Supreme Court Justices to Visit Prisons Following Deaths of 6 Palestinian Inmates

dystopian war

Testimonies of violence and neglect and a general worsening of Palestinian prisoners' living conditions in Israeli jails have accumulated in recent weeks, leading to the decision to resume judicial visits. Some of the changes, however, are as result of an official policy instituted following the start of the war, which the Supreme Court signed off on

20231217

Israel plans to build anti-tunnel wall on Egypt-Gaza border: Report

dystopian war

Israel is planning to build an underground anti-tunnel wall near the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, according to local media on Sunday

20231217

Israeli army bulldozed and killed 20 displaced Palestinians at Kamal Adwan Hospital in North Gaza: Eyewitnesses

war on hospitals

Israeli forces bulldozed injured and displaced Palestinians who were sheltering on the grounds of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in north Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 20 and injuring more, according to eyewitnesses

20231217

Gazan hospital damaged in Israel raid, army says weapons seized

war on hospitals

Israeli soldiers raided a hospital in northern Gaza over several days this week, leaving a trail of rubble and upturned earth in the hospital grounds and outside the shattered entrance, video images show, amid conflicting accounts of the events.

20231217

PA health minister seeks probe into deadly Israeli raid on Gaza hospital

war on hospitals

Israeli forces accused of crushing Palestinians using bulldozers in the courtyard of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital.

20231217

Nur Shams refugee camp in West Bank reels from deadly Israeli raids

war on refugee camps

Israel raids refugee camp in the occupied West Bank’s Tulkarem, killing at least five Palestinians.

20231217

Israeli air raids on Jabalia have killed at least 20 people

war on whole families

At least 20 people have been killed and some 100 others injured following an Israeli air raid on a residential block in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. The attack targeted the home of the Shehab family, causing extensive damage to neighbouring houses.

20231217

Israeli air raids on Jabalia have killed at least 20 people

war on refugee camps

At least 20 people have been killed and some 100 others injured following an Israeli air raid on a residential block in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. The attack targeted the home of the Shehab family, causing extensive damage to neighbouring houses.

20231217

Israeli military uses drones to kill Palestinians in West Bank’s Tulkarem

West Bank

Israeli forces reportedly prevented ambulances from reaching the camp and arrested one paramedic as it intensifies raids.

20231217

Israel raids in the occupied West Bank: Dozens of military vehicles enter Tulkarem

West Bank

Israeli forces have killed six Palestinians in overnight raids in the occupied West Bank. The latest operation took place near a refugee camp in Tulkarem. Neighbours say dozens of Israeli vehicles stormed the refugee camp.

20231217

Nur Shams refugee camp in West Bank reels from deadly Israeli raids

West Bank

Israel raids refugee camp in the occupied West Bank’s Tulkarem, killing at least five Palestinians.

20231217

Hamas's rising popularity in the West Bank

West Bank

The Israeli government says its aim in Gaza is to degrade Hamas so completely that it can never again pose a threat to Israel.

20231217

505 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in West Bank this year

West Bank

At least 505 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank this year, the Health Ministry said Sunday

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bold date	= may possible related to war crime
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DATE

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20231218

Israel snipers kill two Christian women in siege of Catholic Church in Gaza

churches, mosques, schools

Israel has killed two Christian women at a Catholic Church in the Gaza Strip, as Occupation forces continue to impose a siege on the building and shoot anyone who leaves, even to use the lavatory.

20231218

Gaza church killings at odds with war on Hamas, Italy tells Israel

churches, mosques, schools

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani criticised Israeli forces on Monday for allegedly shooting and killing people in a Christian compound in the Gaza Strip, saying such actions would not help in its war to defeat Hamas.

20231218

Cardinal condemns ‘cold–blooded’ killing of two women in Gaza church

churches, mosques, schools

Vincent Nichols says shooting of mother and daughter did nothing to further Israel’s right to defend itself

20231218

Author Masha Gessen receives German prize despite comments comparing Gaza to Nazi-era ghettos

global effects

The Russian-American journalist, author and activist Masha Gessen received a German literary prize on Saturday (16 December) in a ceremony that was delayed and scaled down in reaction to an article comparing Gaza to Nazi German ghettos.

20231218

Jewish man expelled by Labour claims discrimination over antisemitism accusation

global effects

Stephen Marks, a Labour member for more than 40 years, says accusation of antisemitism is 'repellent' and ignored his Jewishness and anti-Zionist beliefs

20231218

EU launches 'illegal content' probe into Elon Musk's X over Israel-Hamas war disinformation

global effects

The EU announced "formal infringement proceedings" against Elon Musk's X platform on Monday, under a law cracking down on illegal online content, after identifying disinformation related to Hamas's October 7 attack in Israel.

20231218

EU's Borrell slams Israel's 'appalling lack of distinction' in Gaza

global response

Israel's military is showing "an appalling lack of distinction" in its targeting in Gaza, the EU's top diplomat said Monday, highlighting the deaths of Israeli hostages, worshippers and other Palestinian civilians.

20231218

France parliamentarians demand sanctions against Israel amid killing of Foreign Ministry staffer in Gaza

global response

Left-wing prosecutors in Paris, on Monday, blasted Tel Aviv over the killing of a French Foreign Ministry staffer in Gaza during an airstrike and demanded sanctions against Israel

20231218

Cuba: America's ‘complicity’ prolongs the genocide in Gaza

global response

America’s use of its “shameful veto” power at the UN is prolonging “the genocide in Gaza,” Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said yesterday.

20231218

Unwashed and underfed, babies born into Gaza war face hardship in tents

humanitarian

The grandmother has a simple wish for her twin baby granddaughters, Alma and Salma: they should be in a clean, safe room where they can be bathed.

20231218

Israel accused of wielding starvation as a weapon of war against Gaza

humanitarian

Human Rights Watch urges world leaders to speak out against ‘abhorrent war crime’.

20231218

Report indicates starvation used as a weapon by Israel in Gaza occupation

humanitarian

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes, alleging the use of starvation as a method of warfare in Gaza, obstructing essential resources, and urging international intervention to address the deepening humanitarian crisis.

20231218

UN warns 1000s of pregnant women and nursing mothers in Gaza face risk of death

humanitarian

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) warned on Sunday that 45,000 pregnant women in the Gaza Strip and another 68,000 who are breastfeeding are at risk of anaemia, bleeding and death.

20231218

Captives mistakenly killed by Israeli troops left SOS signs in Hebrew

Israelis

The killing of the three men sparks an intense outcry in Israel and raises concerns about its military’s wartime conduct.

20231218

Hostages shot by IDF put out 'SOS' sign written with leftover food

Israelis

Three Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by soldiers in Gaza on Friday had used leftover food to write signs pleading for help, Israel says.

20231218

Israel should 'level Gaza and make it look like Auschwitz', says official

Israelis

David Azoulay, head of northern Israeli town, calls for besieged enclave to become a museum that 'should resemble' the extermination camp in Poland

20231218

As genocide unfolds, Israel settlers plan ‘dream’ beach house in Gaza

Israelis

In a shocking development, a coalition of Israeli settler groups, reportedly funded by the apartheid state, has convened to discuss a “practical” plan to build the first settlements in Gaza.

20231218

In Israel’s killing of 3 hostages, some see the same excessive force directed at Palestinians

Israelis

Israelis were left stunned and speechless when three hostages held by Hamas were killed by Israeli forces in the middle of an active war zone after they waved a white flag and screamed out in Hebrew to show they did not pose a threat.

20231218

Palestine journalist killed in an Israel bombing in central Gaza

journalists

The government media office in Gaza announced the death of a journalist after an Israeli bombing of the Strip, bringing the total number of journalists killed to 95 since 7 October.

20231218

How Israel's genocidal war against Palestinians is a colonial tradition

opinion

Palestinian resistance must always be situated within the history of anti-colonial struggle just as Israel’s genocidal war should be recognised as a continuation of this colonial lineage

20231218

Egypt rejects deployment of joint forces with Israel on Gaza border

Egypt/Israelis

Egypt has rejected the deployment of a joint Egyptian-Israeli force on the Philadelphia axis near the border with the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media on Monday

20231218

Hamas is now recruiting in Lebanon. What will that mean for Hezbollah?

Lebanon/Hamas

Mainstream Lebanese politicians have criticised the Hamas move. But it will likely help Hezbollah as tensions with Israel escalate.

20231218

Pentagon chief in Tel Aviv calls on Hezbollah to avoid provoking wider conflict

Lebanon/US

US Defence Minister Lloyd Austin called on the Iran-backed movement Hezbollah to avoid provoking a wider conflict amid near-daily skirmishes along the Israel-Lebanon border since Israel's war with Hamas during a joint press conference with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv on Monday.

COMMENT

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20231218

Fears of Houthi attacks are rerouting commercial ships away from the Red Sea

Red Sea

The attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have scared off some of the world’s top shipping companies and oil giants, effectively rerouting global trade away from a crucial artery for consumer goods and energy supplies that is expected to trigger delays and rising prices.

20231218

Red Sea attacks force rerouting of vessels, disrupting supply chains

Red Sea

Mounting attacks by the Iran-aligned Yemeni Houthi militant group on ships in the Red Sea are disrupting maritime trade as leading global freight firms reroute around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the Suez Canal.

20231218

Yemen’s Houthis say they attack two more vessels in the Red Sea

Red Sea

Owner of Swan Atlantic says ship struck by unidentified object but none of the crew hurt. Panama-flagged vessel also targeted.

20231218

Vessel attacked in Red Sea off Yemen coast, US blames Houthis

Red Sea

Yemen's Houthi movement attacked two commercial ships in the Red Sea with naval drones on Monday, the Iran-backed group said, the latest in a surge of attacks over Israel's military campaign in Gaza.

20231218

Houthis claim attacks on two more ships in Red Sea

Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi movement has attacked two more merchant ships in the Red Sea with naval drones today, the group has confirmed. This is the latest in a surge of attacks because of Israel’s genocidal military offensive in Gaza.

20231218

Houthis respond to plans by US to establish new maritime protection force in the Red Sea

Red Sea

Houthis in Yemen have released a new statement, after reports the US is planning to establish a new maritime protection force in the Red Sea.

20231218

Yemen's Houthi rebels attack Red Sea tankers as shipping firms suspend traffic

Red Sea

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Monday they had attacked two "Israeli-linked" vessels in the Red Sea in solidarity with Gaza, as more companies halt transit through the troubled but vital waterway.

20231218

London marine insurers widen high risk zone in Red Sea as attacks surge

Red Sea

London’s marine insurance market has widened the area in the Red Sea it deems as high risk after a surge in attacks on commercial ships, according to a statement issued on Monday

20231218

Shipping firms avoid Red Sea after Houthi attacks

Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthis Yemen’s warnings that ships transporting goods to Israel or which have ties to the occupation state will be targeted in the Red Sea have led shipping firms to re-route vessels to avoid the area.

20231218

BP pauses oil cargo on Red Sea as missile attacks affect global trade

Red Sea

Oil giant British Petrol (BP) announced on Monday that it had temporarily halted all transits via the Red Sea after recent attacks carried out by the Yemeni Houthi rebel movement, an ally of Iran.

20231218

Turkiye urges EU for more fair, prudent ties

Turkey/EU

Turkiye’s Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, held a phone call with European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, to adopt a more fair and prudent attitude toward Turkiye

20231218

Too many civilians killed in Israel-Hamas conflict, UK PM says

United Kingdom

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday too many civilian lives had been lost in the Israel-Hamas conflict and he repeated his call for a "sustainable ceasefire" to allow the release of hostages.

20231218

Jewish man expelled by Labour claims discrimination over antisemitism accusation

United Kingdom

Stephen Marks, a Labour member for more than 40 years, says accusation of antisemitism is 'repellent' and ignored his Jewishness and anti-Zionist beliefs

20231218

Israel has gone beyond self-defence in Gaza, Tory MP Alicia Kearns says

United Kingdom

Israel has "gone beyond self-defence" in the Gaza war and lost its moral authority, senior Conservative MP Alicia Kearns has said.

20231218

Keir Starmer joins Rishi Sunak in calling for sustainable ceasefire in Gaza

United Kingdom

Labour leader also reiterates support for ‘two-stage solution’ as ‘the only way this is going to be resolved’

20231218

UN warns 1000s of pregnant women and nursing mothers in Gaza face risk of death

United Nations

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) warned on Sunday that 45,000 pregnant women in the Gaza Strip and another 68,000 who are breastfeeding are at risk of anaemia, bleeding and death.

20231218

In Israel, US defence chief to look to next phase of Gaza war

United States

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Israel on Monday for talks expected to focus on Israel's eventual end to high intensity war in Gaza and its transition to a more limited, focused conflict, officials say.

20231218

In Israel, the US defense secretary is expected to press for a more targeted approach in Gaza

United States

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was expected to press Israel to wind down major combat operations in Gaza on a visit Monday, aiming to leverage Washington’s strong support for the war against Hamas militants for action to blunt its devastating impact on civilians.

20231218

U.S. defence chief in Israel in push to ease intensity of Gaza offensive

United States

Israel faced pressure from the visiting U.S. defence chief and censure from a global rights group on Monday over the intensity of its war with Hamas in Gaza due to spiralling civilian deaths and hunger among Palestinians.

20231218

US defense chief visits amid truce calls

United States

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin will meet Israeli leaders to discuss Gaza operations, amid fresh calls for a cease-fire.

20231218

US defence secretary reasserts support but urges Israel to change tactics in Gaza

United States

Lloyd Austin discusses shift towards more precise targeting of Hamas leaders in meeting with Israeli PM and defence minister

20231218

Austin says US support for Israel unshakeable as Gaza ceasefire calls grow

United States

Lloyd Austin says US support ‘unshakeable’, urges Israel to do more to protect civilians and increase aid supplies.

20231218

CIA chief to meet Israeli, Qatari officials for hostage deal talks - US source

United States

CIA chief Bill Burns will meet Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and the head of Israel's Mossad spy agency in Warsaw on Monday to discuss a potential new deal to secure the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza

20231218

US pledges unwavering support for Israel's military operation in Gaza

United States

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Monday pledged the US's "unshakable support" for Israel's military operation in Gaza as he addressed a joint presser with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant.

20231218

Attacks by extremist settlers against Palestinians in West Bank must stop: US

United States

Attacks by “extremist settlers” against Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank “must stop,” US Secretary of Defines, Lloyd Austin, said on Monday

20231218

US, PA discuss redeployment of Palestinian security forces in Gaza

United States

US President Joe Biden’s administration is holding talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas regarding the possibility of deploying members of the PA’s security services to the Gaza Strip the “day after” the Israeli bombing campaign.

20231218

Israeli attacks continue as calls for a ceasefire in Gaza grow

dystopian war

At least 90 people, including women and children, were killed in Israeli attacks on Jabalia refugee camp.

20231218

Palestinian detainees from Gaza die in Israeli custody, says report

dystopian war

Hundreds held in Israeli prison compound without beds and lights switched on all night long, according to Haaretz

20231218

Palestinian health ministry says 19,453 killed in the Israeli dystopian war

dystopian war

The Palestinian health ministry said Monday the death toll of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has risen to 19,453.

20231218

Israel kills 26 at al-Shifa hospital as shipping giants swerve Red Sea

war on hospitals

More than 170 killed as Israeli forces attack medical facilities and refugee camp, as ships re-route to avoid attacks by Yemen's Houthis

20231218

People ‘buried alive’ outside Gaza hospital during Israeli raid

war on hospitals

Israeli forces are accused of using bulldozers to crush and bury Palestinians alive as they raided Kamal Adwan Hospital.

20231218

People ‘buried alive’ during Israeli raid on Gaza hospital

war on hospitals

Israeli bulldozers are accused of crushing Palestinians and burying them alive as the military carried out a raid on a hospital in northern Gaza.

20231218

Calls for probe into claims Israel ‘burying people alive’ in Gaza

war on hospitals

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med) has called for an independent international investigation into mounting evidence and reports to Israeli occupation forces using bulldozers to bury sick and wounded Palestinian civilians alive in the courtyard of Kamal Adwan Hospital, in the town of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip.

20231218

‘Bloodbath’: Israel continues to target Gaza hospitals and civilians

war on hospitals

No let up in Israel’s onslaught despite mounting calls for a truce and aid deliveries.

20231218

Attacks by extremist settlers against Palestinians in West Bank must stop: US

West Bank

Attacks by “extremist settlers” against Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank “must stop,” US Secretary of Defines, Lloyd Austin, said on Monday

20231218

3 Palestine women among 35 arrested overnight, rights group reveal

West Bank

Three Palestinian women were among the 35 Palestinians detained overnight and this morning by the Israeli occupation forces in the Occupied West Bank.

20231218

Israel demolishes Palestinian homes, electricity network in Occupied West Bank

West Bank

The Israeli occupation forces today demolished a Palestinian home under construction and dismantled an electricity network in the village of Majdal Bani Fadel, based south of Nablus.

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20231219

Qatar, Israel hostage talks positive but deal not imminent - source

new ceasefire talks

A meeting between Qatar’s prime minister and the heads of Israel’s Mossad spy agency and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Warsaw on Monday about hostages held by Hamas was positive but there is no expectation of an imminent deal, according to a source briefed on the diplomatic efforts.

20231219

Israel ready for new humanitarian pause in Gaza for hostage release: President

new ceasefire talks

Israel is ready for a second humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas, President Isaac Herzog said Tuesday

20231219

Meta Oversight Board says Israel-Hamas videos should not have been removed

global effect

Meta Platform's Oversight Board said on Tuesday that the social media company erred in removing two videos depicting hostages and injured people in the Israel-Hamas conflict, saying the videos were valuable to understanding human suffering in the war.

20231219

‘We have a duty’: US doctor says ceasefire an ‘ethical imperative’ in Gaza

humanitarian

Doctors continue to weigh calls for ceasefire in Gaza, with some some saying doing so is a professional responsibility.

20231219

Is the US complicit in the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza?

humanitarian

Should the United States, a staunch ally of Israel, be doing more to help the Palestinians? And how complicit is Washington in the humanitarian catastrophe that has unfolded?

20231219

Humanitarian crisis worsens despite more aid

humanitarian

Israel has opened a new border crossing and allowed more humanitarian supplies to enter Gaza. But aid agencies continue to warn of insufficient aid amid what the UN has called a "humanitarian catastrophe."

20231219

Gaza war is world's 'moral failure', Red Cross chief says

ICRC

The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Tuesday deplored the conflict in Gaza as a "moral failure" of the international community and urged Israel and Hamas to reach a new deal to halt the fighting.

20231219

Israeli real estate firm pushes settlement building in Gaza

Israelis

An Israeli real estate firm is pushing to build settlements for Israelis in Gaza, in areas where the army’s bombardment has left Palestinian homes in ruins.

20231219

Former French army officer says Israel’s shooting of its three hostages was not accidental, Netanyahu deceiving public

Israelis

A former French army officer, Guillaume Ancel, says the shooting of the three Israeli hostages by Israeli forces was not accidental.

COMMENT

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20231219

Kill a detained Hamas members each day Israeli hostages are held, Ben-Gvir says

Israelis

Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the execution of imprisoned members of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, for each day Israeli prisoners of war are held by the movement in the besieged Gaza Strip.

20231219

Israeli professor says Zionist project more important than saving hostages

Israelis

Israeli political science professor Avraham Diskin says if he was in a decision-making role, he would prioritise the Zionist project over saving the hostages.

20231219

Hamas has ‘endless army’, Israel’s dream of destroying it an ‘illusion’, analyst says

Israelis

Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said yesterday that more than two months since Tel Aviv launched its brutal bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip, it has become clear that Hamas has an “endless army” and Israel’s dream of destroying it is nothing but an “illusion”.

20231219

Poverty rate in Israel skyrockets following military offensive in Gaza

Israelis

Israel’s military offensive in Gaza is having a profoundly negative impact on the country’s economy according to findings by the Alternative Poverty Report.

20231219

A Palestinian student briefly deleted her social media. Israel revoked her permit

Israelis

H., who cannot be named for legal reasons, is a 31-year-old Palestinian medical student from the occupied West Bank. Until a month ago, she had been doing her residency in one of Israel’s largest hospitals.

20231219

Israel-Hamas war emboldens East Jerusalem settlers eyeing Palestinian homes

Jerusalem

In East Jerusalem, tensions between Israeli settlers and the Palestinians they are trying to dislodge have been rising in the context of the war in Gaza.

20231219

Israel is conducting its own ‘Final Solution’ in Gaza

opinion

The unfathomable scope of Israel’s actions in Gaza against Palestinian civilians amounts to war crimes devoid of any humanity. We bear a moral responsibility to demand an immediate end to these atrocities, and accountability and justice for these crimes.

20231219

Shoukry, Blinken stress rejection of any displacement of Palestinians

Egypt/Israelis

Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the latest developments in the war-torn Gaza Strip, agreeing to continue rejecting and preventing any displacement of Palestinians from their lands.

20231219

Iran: Revolutionary Guards establish Basij naval force

Iran

The navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has established a Basij naval force. Basij volunteers form the internal militia of the IRGC.

20231219

Israel shells 2 Lebanon towns with incendiary munitions

Lebanon/Israel

Israeli forces fired incendiary phosphorus shells at two border towns in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, according to Lebanese media

20231219

'Mahmoud Abbas needs to leave,' says Nasser al Qudwa, Yasser Arafat’s nephew

Nasser al Qudwa, a Palestinian former foreign minister, told FRANCE 24 that Mahmoud Abbas's 18 years at the head of the Palestinian Authority “has to end”, adding that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians agree.

20231219

Pentagon announces new international mission to counter attacks on commercial vessels in Red Sea

Red Sea

The U.S. and a host of other nations are creating a new force to protect ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Tuesday in Bahrain.

20231219

U.S. launches Red Sea force as ships reroute to avoid attacks

Red Sea

The United States on Tuesday launched a multinational operation to safeguard commerce in the Red Sea as attacks by Iran-backed Yemeni militants forced major shipping companies to reroute, fuelling concern over sustained disruptions to global trade.

20231219

US launches Red Sea force against attacks by Yemen's Houthis

Red Sea

A multinational naval force will be deployed in the Red Sea to defend against attacks from Houthis that have disrupted international shipping routes, United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Tuesday.

20231219

US announces 10-nation force to counter Houthi attacks in Red Sea

Red Sea

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says coalition will include Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, UK and other countries.

20231219

US announces multinational force to secure Red Sea shipping against Houthi attacks

Red Sea

The US and a host of other nations are creating a new force to protect ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced early Tuesday in Bahrain.

20231219

US escalates Israel aggression on Gaza with naval plan against Houthi attacks on Red Sea

Red Sea

In a further sign of regional escalation, the US has rallied more than half a dozen allies to join a strengthened naval task force to protect Red Sea shipping from attacks by the Houthis.

20231219

US announces naval coalition to defend Red Sea shipping from Houthi attacks

Red Sea

Egypt and Saudi Arabia notably absent from Operation Prosperity Guardian as more shipping companies forgo route

20231219

‘Any country’ acting against Houthis will be targeted: Official

Red Sea

Earlier on Tuesday, the rebels pledged to continue the attacks in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a vital shipping lane between Asia and Europe, after the US said it is building a maritime coalition to prevent Red Sea attacks on commercial vessels.

20231219

Yemen’s Houthis ‘will not stop’ Red Sea attacks until Israel ends Gaza war

Red Sea

US launches maritime coalition to counter attacks the rebel group says are a response to Israeli ‘crimes’ in Gaza Strip.

20231219

UK warns of deteriorating security in Red Sea, Royal Navy ship joins taskforce

Red Sea

Britain warned that the security situation in the Red Sea was deteriorating and ballistic missile and drone attacks were an increased threat, as it agreed for a Royal Navy Destroyer to join a U.S.-led operation to safeguard commerce in the region.

20231219

Shippers mask positions, weigh options amid Red Sea attacks

Red Sea

A number of container ships are anchored in the Red Sea and others have turned off tracking systems as traders adjust routes and prices in response to maritime attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on the world's main East-West trade route.

20231219

Israel keeps pounding Gaza, Houthis vow more Red Sea attacks

Red Sea

Israel kept pounding the shattered Gaza Strip on Tuesday while Yemen's pro-Palestinian Houthi movement vowed to defy a U.S.-led naval mission and keep hitting Israeli targets in the Red Sea.

20231219

Can the US-led maritime force stop Yemen’s Houthi attacks during Gaza war?

Red Sea

The Houthis say they won’t stop attacking ships unless Israel stops its attacks on Gaza. So far, the shipping industry doesn’t appear convinced the task force can halt them.

20231219

Challenges facing a Red Sea anti-rebel naval task force

Red Sea

A multinational naval task force to protect a key global shipping lane from Yemen's Houthi rebels would face severe challenges in a difficult strategic and military context, experts say

20231219

Fears of higher oil prices after Red Sea attacks

Red Sea

Attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea risk pushing up the price of oil and other goods, analysts have warned.

20231219

What do Red Sea assaults mean for global trade?

Red Sea

Global supply chains could face severe disruption as a result of the world's biggest shipping companies diverting journeys away from the Red Sea.

20231219

How will global trade be impacted by Red Sea avoidance?

Red Sea

After a rise in attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis, the world's largest shipping firms are staying away from the Red Sea and Suez Canal. Could the world see a repeat of the post-COVID supply chain crisis?

20231219

Companies rush to avert disruption from Red Sea attacks

Red Sea

Sweden’s Electrolux has set up a task force to find alternative routes or identify priority deliveries, as companies scramble to avoid any disruption from the attacks by the Yemeni Houthi group on ships in the Red Sea

20231219

Senior UK Conservative MPs call on government to push for Gaza ceasefire amid Israel atrocities

United Kingdom

Senior MPs from the United Kingdom’s ruling Conservative party have called on the country’s leadership to support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, acknowledging Israel’s role in carrying out the “brutalisation of the civilian Palestinian population” in the besieged territory.

20231219

MPs clash in Commons as government urged to back instant Gaza ceasefire

United Kingdom

Lib Dem MP Layla Moran describes desperate plight of relatives in Gaza after she was granted urgent question on situation

20231219

Labour Muslim Network pressures Starmer to cut ties with Israeli ambassador

United Kingdom

Starmer urged to take 'no further engagements' with Tzipi Hotovely, after she said her country would not accept a two-state solution when the war in Gaza ends

20231219

Britain's first MP of Palestinian descent presses government for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

United Kingdom

Layla Moran, the UK’s first MP of Palestinian descent, on Tuesday raised the alarm over the dire circumstances faced by her extended family trapped in a Gaza Church

20231219

A collection of UK Labour Party members refusing to call for a ceasefire in Gaza

United Kingdom

A video collates footage of several UK Labour Party refusing to endorse an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, citing ongoing threats from Hamas and the need to secure the release of hostages. Since 7 October, Israel has destroyed thousands of homes, killing over 18,000 people including over 8,000 children in Gaza.

20231219

UN Security Council in intense negotiations on Gaza humanitarian resolution, trying to avoid US veto

United Nations

U.N. Security Council members were in intense negotiations Tuesday on an Arab-sponsored resolution to spur desperately needed humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza during some kind of a halt in the fighting, trying to avoid another veto by the United States.

20231219

UNSC due to vote on Israel-Hamas truce after repeated US vetoes

United Nations

Diplomats say draft text may be watered down from ‘lasting cessation’ to ‘suspension’ of hostilities to appease US and avoid another veto.

20231219

UN Security Council delays Gaza vote

United Nations

The vote on a new resolution calling for a halt to hostilities in Gaza was reportedly delayed due to ongoing negotiations to avoid a US veto

20231219

UN agencies voice anger at Gaza hospital attacks, deprivation

United Nations

U.N. officials voiced anger and disbelief on Tuesday about the situation in Gaza hospitals, where injured people do not have basic supplies and children recovering from amputations are being killed in the ongoing conflict.

20231219

Death, destruction in Gaza 'unprecedented and unbearable' to witness: UN Mideast envoy

United Nations

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace process voiced concern, Tuesday, about the scope of death and destruction in the Gaza Strip

20231219

Is the US complicit in the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza?

United States

Should the United States, a staunch ally of Israel, be doing more to help the Palestinians? And how complicit is Washington in the humanitarian catastrophe that has unfolded?

20231219

The US encourages targeted assassinations to bolster Israel’s impunity

United States

Israel has long made it a mission to use targeted assassinations to kill Hamas leaders in Gaza and abroad.

20231219

Half of young Americans think Israel intentionally kills civilians, survey says

United States

Three-quarters of Americans aged 18-29 say Israel not doing enough to prevent civilian casualties, according to New York Times poll

20231219

US poll: most Americans disapprove of Biden's management of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza

United States

A majority of Americans disapprove of US President Joe Biden’s management of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, according to a poll released today. The New York Times/Siena College poll reveals that 57 per cent of respondents disapprove, while 33 per cent approve, with the remainder undecided.

20231219

Israeli attack on residential area in south Gaza kills at least 29 people

dystopian war

Three buildings are destroyed in the attack in Rafah, and separate strike in Jabalia refugee camp kills at least 13 people.

20231219

Israel delivers deadly airstrikes in south Gaza and raids a hospital in the north

dystopian war

Israeli forces raided one of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza’s north and bombarded the south with airstrikes that killed at least 28 Palestinians, pressing ahead with their offensive Tuesday with renewed backing from the United States, despite rising international alarm.

20231219

Important archaeological site 'mostly destroyed' by Israeli invasion

dystopian war

New report suggests excavations of discoveries dating back to the Iron Age have been seriously harmed by Israeli actions in Gaza

20231219

Israel keeps pounding Gaza, Houthis vow more Red Sea attacks

dystopian war

Israel kept pounding the shattered Gaza Strip on Tuesday while Yemen's pro-Palestinian Houthi movement vowed to defy a U.S.-led naval mission and keep hitting Israeli targets in the Red Sea.

20231219

Hamas video shows elderly Israeli captives pleading for release

dystopian war

The Qassam Brigades releases the one-minute video, titled Don’t Let Us Grow Old Here, on its Telegram account.

20231219

Shocking testimonies of Israeli killings and field executions of Palestinians in Gaza

dystopian war

Israeli army forces have carried out field executions against civilians during raids on Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip, according to shocking testimonies received by the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.

COMMENT

Report is based on a video report from Al Jazeera Arabic,

20231219

Gaza detainees died in Israel detention facility

dystopian war

Several Palestinians are reported to have died in a detention facility where they were held near Israel’s Be’er Sheva. They were detained in the Gaza Strip in recent weeks, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

20231219

Palestinian casualties in Gaza near 20,000 with nearly 2m people displaced

dystopian war

UK and Germany demand ‘sustainable ceasefire’ as Israel’s military campaign enters 11th week

20231219

UN agencies voice anger at Gaza hospital attacks, deprivation

war on hospitals

20231219

Hamas calls on UN, int'l groups to protect health facilities in Gaza

war on hospitals

Hamas has called on the United Nations and international organisations to fulfill their responsibilities and protect health facilities in the Gaza Strip.

20231219

Israel settlers attack Palestinian worshippers in Ibrahimi Mosque with pepper spray

West Bank

Palestinian worshippers at the flashpoint Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron were assaulted by Israeli settlers yesterday during the evening prayer, reported Wafa news agency.

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20231220

Hamas head in Cairo as momentum builds towards new Israel-Hamas truce talks

new ceasefire talks

The visit comes as Israel’s government signals it is open to another truce, but key sticking points remain.

20231220

Hamas leader visits Cairo as talks over another Gaza cease-fire gather pace

new ceasefire talks

Hamas’ top leader traveled to Cairo on Wednesday for talks on the war in Gaza, part of a flurry of diplomacy aimed at securing another cease-fire and swap of hostages for Palestinian prisoners at a moment when Israel’s offensive shows no signs of slowing.

20231220

Hamas leader visits Egypt amid intensive talks on new ceasefire

new ceasefire talks

The leader of Hamas paid his first visit to Egypt for more than a month on Wednesday, a rare personal intervention in diplomacy amid what a source described as intensive talks on a new ceasefire to let aid reach Gaza and get more hostages freed.

20231220

Talks on new pause in Gaza war gain urgency as Hamas chief visits Cairo

new ceasefire talks

While a full ceasefire in the Gaza Strip still looks a long way off, there are fresh signs that a new pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas could be possible.

20231220

Ceasefire talks renewed as Gaza comes under heavy bombardment

new ceasefire talks

Talks over a week-long ceasefire and release of dozens of captives reportedly under way as Hamas leader lands in Cairo

20231220

German cultural institutions turn on pro-Palestinian voices

global effect

Since the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel, which sparked the current Gaza offensive by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), pro-Palestine voices in Germany’s culture sector have been silenced.

20231220

Malaysia bans Israel-flagged ships from its ports in response to Gaza war

global response

PM says Israel’s actions ‘violate international law through the ongoing massacre and brutality against Palestinians’.

20231220

Malaysia prevents Israeli shipping company from using ports

global response

Malaysia is banning Israeli shipping company ZIM from using its ports, due to the Zionist state’s military offensive against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced today.

20231220

Israeli tank 'fired at building housing Israelis on 7 October'

Hamas resistance attack

Israeli media show footage of tank firing at house in Kibbutz Be'eri during the Hamas attack, claiming hostages and Palestinian fighters were inside

20231220

‘Barely a drop’: UN warns water shortages a deadly risk for Gaza children

humanitarian

Water and sanitation services are at the point of collapse with large-scale disease outbreaks looming, UNICEF warns.

20231220

Gaza children dizzy from hunger as war impedes food deliveries

humanitarian

The children displaced to south Gaza were craving chicken, but all their mother had left to feed the family for the day was a tin of peas donated by a man who took pity on her when he saw her crying.

20231220

Israel bombs charity building in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp

humanitarian

This is the aftermath of an Israeli air strike on the Al Salam Charitable Society building in northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, which killed and injured dozens of Palestinians. Civilians are searching under the rubble for survivors.

20231220

'I don't want to be a number': Gazans live in fear of dying

humanitarian

The children at al-Aqsa hospital do not think of the dead of Gaza in figures of thousands. Theirs is a more intimate reckoning. It is counted in beloved faces that have vanished into the fire and rubble of the war.

20231220

Gaza conflict: Humanitarian crisis worsens despite more aid

humanitarian

Israel has opened a new border crossing allowing more humanitarian supplies to enter Gaza. But aid agencies warn of insufficient aid amid a dire humanitarian crisis.

20231220

Only 440 injured Palestinians have left Gaza for treatment, the rest need global intervention

humanitarian

While 440 injured people have been transferred abroad for treatment, over 5,000 patients in urgent need of treatment and critical surgeries have yet to be allowed to travel out of Gaza for vital medical care.

20231220

Israel wants to fast-track humanitarian aid to Gaza via Cyprus says foreign minister

humanitarian

“Cyprus and Israel, together with other partners in the region, are promoting the initiative for a secure maritime corridor to facilitate the transfer of humanitarian assistance to Gaza in an organized and well inspected manner,” Cohen said.

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20231220

Reports: Five days prior to Israeli army killing Israeli captives, it killed their Hamas captors

Israelis

Israeli newspaper, Haaretz is reporting that five days prior to the army mistakenly killing three Israeli captives, it had killed their Hamas captors.

20231220

Netanyahu rules out Gaza ceasefire before 'elimination' of Hamas

Israelis

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday there will be no ceasefire in Gaza until the "elimination" of Hamas, as the civilian death toll mounts in the Palestinian territory.

20231220

Netanyahu rules out Gaza ceasefire until 'elimination' of Hamas

Israelis

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that there would be no ceasefire in the Gaza Strip until the "elimination" of the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

20231220

Israel wants to fast-track humanitarian aid to Gaza via Cyprus says foreign minister

Israelis

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20231220

Israeli journalist says army should have killed 100,000 Palestinians

Israelis

Zvi Yehezkeli, Channel 13's Arab affairs correspondent, said Israel should have pushed a more 'fatal' assault after 7 October

20231220

Israel: shocking video emerges of analyst calling for ‘100,000’ Palestinians to be killed

Israelis

A shocking video has emerged of an Israeli analyst saying that the Israel Defence Forces should have killed 100,000 Palestinians since the beginning of the war in Gaza. Zvi Yehezkeli made his comment on Israel’s Channel 13 TV.

20231220

Israeli army officer vows to turn entire Gaza Strip into rubble like Beit Hanoun

Israelis

“Israel suffered a painful blow on Oct. 7. They attacked the dignity of our people,” Yair Ben David, a commander in the 2908th Battalion, told his soldiers in a video shared on social media platforms.

20231220

Injured Israel soldiers refuse to meet PM Netanyahu

Israelis

Israel’s Channel 13 reported that injured Israeli soldiers have refused a visit from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Sheba Hospital in Ramat Gan.

20231220

Israeli captives tell Netanyahu, ‘You want us to return as corpses’

Israelis

An Israeli captive held by the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip has told Benjamin Netanyahu, “You want us to return as corpses.”

20231220

Netanyahu seeks to postpone his trial due to dystopian war, claims TV channel

Israelis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to postpone his trial on corruption charges due to him being busy with the war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to Israel’s Channel 13 on Tuesday. Netanyahu faces charges of accepting bribes, fraud and breach of trust, explained the Hebrew-language channel.

20231220

DAWN submits to ICC Prosecutor List of 40 Israeli Commanding Officers Executing and Planning Gaza Assault

Israelis

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor should investigate as suspects for war crimes and crimes against humanity the senior Israeli commanders ("Prime Suspects: Who's Running Israel's War in Gaza") identified by Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN).

20231220

Why the dystopian war is not making Israel safer

opinion

Political scientist Ian Bremmer says the human carnage of Israel’s dystopian war is strengthening Hamas.

20231220

Tensions rising between Egypt, Israel over bombing of border area

Egypt/Israelis

There has been a sharp increase in tension between Egypt and Israel after the latter bombed the Salah Al-Din Axis, known as the Philadelphia Axis, between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, a national security expert has said.

20231220

Israel strikes southern Lebanon; Hezbollah announces fatalities

Lebanon/Israelis

Israel has launched air strikes on several positions in southern Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah. The Lebanese armed group says six fighters were killed in the past 24 hours.

20231220

Arab attitudes are hardening against Israel

Middle East/Israelis

The prospect of normalized relations between Israel and Arab nations is fading as public anger at Israel's ongoing bombardment of Gaza grows.

20231220

‘Fed up with war’: Yemenis fear new conflict after Houthi Red Sea attacks

Red Sea

Many Yemenis worry that the Houthi attacks on Red Sea vessels will spark a Western or Israeli response, dragging their war-battered nation into a new conflict.

20231220

Houthi leader threatens to attack US warships if Washington targets Yemen

Red Sea

The leader of Yemen's Houthis warned on Wednesday they would strike U.S. warships if the Iranian-backed militia was targeted by Washington, which this week set up a multinational force to counter Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea.

20231220

U.S. Red Sea taskforce gets limited backing from some allies

Red Sea

Several U.S. allies have said they support efforts to protect shipping in the Red Sea after attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi group, but some have said they would not join a naval coalition that Washington said it was building for the task.

20231220

More than 100 container ships rerouted from Suez canal to avoid Houthi attacks

Red Sea

Cape of Good Hope diversion adds 6,000 nautical miles and three or four weeks to delivery times and has driven up oil prices

20231220

Why Arab states are steering clear of anti-Houthi naval task force

Red Sea

Bahrain is the only regional country to join US-led operations against vessel seizures, as Saudi Arabia and UAE hedge bets amid threat of Yemeni group's reprisal

20231220

Saudi, UAE divided over US efforts to counter Houthi Red Sea threat

Red Sea

Disagreements between Saudi Arabia and the UAE are hindering US efforts to counter the threat from Yemen’s Houthi-aligned armed forces as they continue to target Israeli-linked and Israel-bound cargo vessels in the Red Sea

20231220

EU, Egypt coordinate over Houthi attacks on Red Sea: EU’s delegation head

Red Sea

The European Union (EU) is coordinating with Egypt regarding protecting the shipments crossing the Red Sea against the Houthi attacks, the Head of the EU Delegation in Egypt, Ambassador Christian Berger, stated on Wednesday.

20231220

More than 100 container ships rerouted from Suez canal to avoid Houthi attacks

Red Sea

Cape of Good Hope diversion adds 6,000 nautical miles and three or four weeks to delivery times and has driven up oil prices

20231220

Greece advises vessels to avoid Yemeni waters after Red Sea attacks

Red Sea

Greece has advised commercial vessels sailing in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to avoid Yemeni waters, keep only the necessary crew on the bridge and follow alerts issued by maritime authorities to avoid attacks in the area.

20231220

New risk to inflation? Cost of the Red Sea attacks on global trade

Red Sea

Higher shipping costs and longer delivery times bring a new risk to global inflation.

20231220

‘Barely a drop’: UN warns water shortages a deadly risk for Gaza children

United Nations

Water and sanitation services are at the point of collapse with large-scale disease outbreaks looming, UNICEF warns.

20231220

Nearly 66 percent of jobs lost in Gaza since Israel-Hamas war broke out

United Nations

UN labour agency, Palestinian bureau note major spillover effect in occupied West Bank with one-third jobs wiped out.

20231220

UN resolution on Gaza hampered by issues important to US: cessation of hostilities and aid monitors

United Nations

The Security Council’s adoption of a new U.N. resolution to spur desperately needed aid to Gaza has been bogged down by two issues important to the United States: a reference to a cessation of hostilities and putting the U.N. in charge of inspecting trucks to ensure they are actually carrying humanitarian goods.

20231220

Biden administration policy differences reportedly behind delay in Gaza ceasefire vote at UN

United Nations

Work continues on UN security council text of resolution that the US could at least abstain on, as Qatar says hostage talks have been ‘positive’

20231220

Biden administration policy differences reportedly behind delay in Gaza ceasefire vote at UN

United States

Work continues on UN security council text of resolution that the US could at least abstain on, as Qatar says hostage talks have been ‘positive’

20231220

Dozens killed in air strikes on Rafah, scores more trapped under the rubble

dystopian war

Israeli attacks across the besieged Gaza strip have killed at least 100 Palestinians in the last day - that's according to the Health Ministry in Gaza. In the south, air strikes have reduced residential areas to rubble. At least 30 people have been killed in Rafah in the latest attacks. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing.

20231220

Nearly 66 percent of jobs lost in Gaza since Israel-Hamas war broke out

dystopian war

UN labour agency, Palestinian bureau note major spillover effect in occupied West Bank with one-third jobs wiped out.

20231220

Ongoing Israeli aggression have wiped out at least 66% of employment in the Gaza Strip: ILO

dystopian war

At least 66 % of employment has been lost in the Gaza Strip and around 32% in the occupied West Bank, since the war began, according to the estimation of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).

20231220

Women and children among dead in Israeli attacks in south Gaza

dystopian war

Dozens of people including women, children and a journalist have been reported killed in Israeli attacks on residential homes in Rafah in south Gaza, where Israel told people to flee to in recent weeks.

20231220

Netanyahu rules out Gaza ceasefire before 'elimination' of Hamas

dystopian war

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday there will be no ceasefire in Gaza until the "elimination" of Hamas, as the civilian death toll mounts in the Palestinian territory.

20231220

Israeli army officer vows to turn entire Gaza Strip into rubble like Beit Hanoun

dystopian war

20231220

Tensions rising between Egypt, Israel over bombing of border area

dystopian war

20231220

Air attack on Rafah caught live on air

war on hospitals

The explosion sent a massive plume of smoke into the sky and panicked residents running for cover. “People are running from the site of the explosion … right near the vicinity of the Kuwaiti Hospital,” said Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, who was just a few meters away from the scene of the attack.

20231220

Israel continues to target hospitals in northern and southern Gaza

war on hospitals

The Israeli army renewed its attacks on hospitals located in the northern part of the Gaza Strip yesterday, turning one in Jabalia into a military barracks, while another hospital in Gaza City was taken out of service, endangering the lives of patients and the seriously wounded.

20231220

Israel bombs charity building in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp

war on refugee camps

20231220

Palestinian statues torn down by Israeli forces

West Bank

Israeli forces are destroying statues and monuments of Palestinian resistance during raids in the occupied West Bank.

20231220

‘No safe place’: Jenin’s Freedom Theatre raided, daubed with Star of David

West Bank

Landmark that provided healing for traumatised children in the West Bank has been ransacked, directors arrested.

COMMENT

includes evidence of Anti-Semitism by Israelis themselves

20231220

Israel confiscates Palestinian-owned land to build settler-only road near Bethlehem

West Bank

The Israeli occupation forces confiscated Palestinian-owned land today to construct a new road for illegal Israeli settlers in the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem, reported Wafa news agency.

20231220

France to sanction extremist Israeli settlers for ‘unacceptable’ violence against Palestinians

West Bank

France will impose sanctions on specific extremist Israeli settlers, announced French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna yesterday after she condemned the “unacceptable” violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

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20231221

UAE foreign minister meets with Palestinian official in Abu Dhabi

new ceasefire talks

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreign minister has met a senior Palestinian Authority (PA) official in Abu Dhabi where they discussed international efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza, the Emirati state news agency reported on Thursday.

20231221

Hamas: No talks on hostage swap deal before complete ceasefire in Gaza

new ceasefire talks

Hamas today announced that Palestinian resistance groups have taken a “national decision” ruling out talks with Israel on a prisoner exchange deal before a comprehensive ceasefire

20231221

Hamas rejects hostage talks

new ceasefire talks

Hamas says no talks without halt to Israeli onslaught, after Netanyahu appeared to dismiss prospect of another truce

20231221

Meta ‘stifling’ pro-Palestine voices on social media, rights group says

global effects

‘Censorship’ of hundreds of posts on Facebook, Instagram during Gaza war furthers ‘erasure of Palestinians’ suffering’

20231221

Meta accused of ‘systemic censorship’ of pro-Palestine content

global effects

Meta’s oversight board declared on Tuesday that the social media giant, formerly known as Facebook, made an error in removing two videos depicting hostages and casualties during Israel’s military onslaught against Palestinians in Gaza. The decision comes as Meta is accused by Human Rights Watch of “systemic censorship of Palestine content.”

20231221

Meta censors pro-Palestinian views on a global scale, report claims

global effects

Rights group says Facebook and Instagram routinely engage in ‘six key patterns of undue censorship’ of content supporting Palestine

20231221

‘Seen as less human’: Why has Islamophobia surged amid Israel’s Gaza war?

global effects

Hate crimes against Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim in the United Kingdom are up by 140 percent compared with this time last year, according to British police.

20231221

UK primary school threatened Prevent referrals over Palestine symbols

global effects

Parents of children at London school who dressed in Palestinian colours or wore badges or stickers for 'Children in Need' Day were told they could be 'deemed offensive'

20231221

BBC urged to drop UK Eurovision entrant Olly Alexander who called Israel an ‘apartheid state’

global effects

The UK entrant for next year's Eurovision endorsed a statement by an LGBTQ+ “direct action” pressure group accusing Israel of genocide. Now, several groups are demanding the BBC drop Olly Alexander.

20231221

Australian protesters on kayaks confront Israel-linked ship

global response

Pro-Palestinian protesters on kayaks are trying to block an Israel-linked cargo ship in Melbourne, Australia.

20231221

Fontaines D.C., Massive Attack & Young Fathers announce Gaza benefit single

global response

100 per cent of the profits from the single will be donated to the charity Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders to help their emergency operations in Gaza and the West Bank.

20231221

Spain calls on Europe to speak ‘clearly’ on Gaza to stop human suffering

global response

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said yesterday that “the time has come for Europeans to speak clearly and with one voice” on Israel’s brutal attacks on the Gaza Strip

20231221

Israeli attack kills Palestinian border crossing chief: Gaza officials

humanitarian

Bassem Ghaben, director of Israeli-controlled Karem Abu Salem crossing, was working to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza.

20231221

UN report says more than 570,000 people in Gaza are now ‘starving’ due to fallout from war

humanitarian

More than half a million people in Gaza — a quarter of the population — are starving due to “woefully insufficient” quantities of food entering the territory ever since Israel’s military responded to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, according to a report released Thursday by the U.N. and other agencies.

20231221

Entire Gaza population facing hunger crisis, famine risk -U.N.-backed report

humanitarian

The entire 2.3 million population of Gaza is facing crisis levels of hunger and the risk of famine is increasing each day, a U.N.-backed body said in a report published on Thursday.

20231221

Parched Gaza residents praise water tasting 'like sugar' from Egypt

humanitarian

For Gaza resident Zaki Abu Sleyma the water now flowing into the devastated enclave from a desalination project in Egypt tastes "like sugar" after weeks of Israel's bombardment and siege left him and many others drinking unclean, brackish water.

20231221

UN relief workers visiting Gaza hospitals describe 'unbearable' scenes

humanitarian

U.N. relief workers on Thursday reported “unbearable” scenes in two hospitals in northern Gaza, where bedridden patients with untreated wounds cry out for water, the few remaining doctors and nurses have no supplies, and bodies are lined up in the courtyard — signs of the worsening humanitarian crisis after 10 weeks of the Israeli dystopian war.

20231221

Analysis: Why is Israel’s military killing so many of its own?

Israelis

The perils of urban warfare, coupled with operational issues within the army, appear to be hobbling Israel’s advance.

20231221

US rights group calls on ICC to probe Israeli commanders for war crimes

Israelis

Democracy for the Arab World Now accuses 40 senior Israeli commanders of violating international law in Gaza military campaign

20231221

Former Israeli Prime Minister says Netanyahu is causing 'direct harm' to Israel

Israelis

Ehud Olmert, former Israeli Prime Minister says current prime minister Netanyahu should resign and that he threatens the very existence of the state of Israel. Olmert describes Netanyahu's government as a 'reckless, corrupt dictatorship, led by thugs lacking internal balance!

20231221

Israeli military accused of targeting journalists and their families in Gaza

journalists

Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 68 journalists and media workers killed since 7 October

20231221

The anatomy of Zionist genocide

opinion

What are the motivations behind Israel’s genocidal acts in Gaza, and what is the way forward?

20231221

Arab League: Israel's crimes shame it and those that support it

Arab League

The Arab League has affirmed that the crime in Gaza committed by the Israeli occupation is not only a shame to Israel, but also to those who supported, endorsed, or remained silent about these crimes.

20231221

World Bank projects that Israel-Hamas war could push Lebanon back into recession

Lebanon/Israelis

The ripple effects of the war in Gaza are likely to knock Lebanon’s fragile economy, which had begun making a tepid recovery after years of crisis, back into recession, the World Bank said in a report released Thursday.

20231221

Israeli strike kills elderly woman in south Lebanon: State media

Lebanon/Israelis

Israeli strikes killed a woman in her eighties in a south Lebanon village on Thursday, Lebanese media and rescuers said, with Hezbollah retaliatory attacks wounding two civilians, according to Israel's military.

20231221

Israeli strike kills elderly woman in southern Lebanon

Lebanon/Israelis

An Israeli strike killed an elderly woman and wounded her husband in their home in southern Lebanon early today, Lebanon’s state news agency and a security source said

20231221

5 rockets struck Israeli military site: Israeli media

Lebanon/Israelis

Five rockets were launched at an Israeli army site, triggering sirens in northern settlements near the Lebanon border, an Israeli broadcaster reported on Thursday.

20231221

UPDATE 2: Egypt coordinating to secure navigation in Red Sea: FM Shoukry

Red Sea

Egypt is currently coordinating with the countries bordering the Red Sea to secure maritime navigation, the country’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Thursday, as Houthi attacks against ships passing the Red Sea continue, leading to the establishment of an international US-led coalition.

20231221

Red Sea: Why Arab nations won't join new naval coalition

Red Sea

The US announced a naval coalition to protect shipping from Houthi attacks. But only one Middle Eastern country has joined. Speculation abounds as to why others, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt, did not.

20231221

What is U.S.-led Red Sea coalition and which countries are backing it?

Red Sea

20231221

Greece to join US-led coalition to protect Red Sea shipping from Houthis

Red Sea

The maritime alliance wants to counter threats that the Yemeni rebel group says are a response to Israeli ‘crimes’ in Gaza.

20231221

Greece to send a frigate to Red Sea to protect shipping

Red Sea

Greece said on Thursday it would send a naval frigate to the Red Sea to protect shipping after attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi group.

20231221

Greece joins US-led naval coalition to protect Red Sea shipping

Red Sea

Greece has announced that it is to join the United States-led naval coalition to protect global shipping in the Red Sea from attacks by the Houthis in Yemen. The coalition aims to expand its growth and support.

20231221

Australia to send military personnel to help protect Red Sea shipping but no warship

Red Sea

Australia will send 11 military personnel to support a U.S.-led mission to protect cargo shipping in the Red Sea, but it won’t send a warship or plane, the defense minister said Thursday.

20231221

Riyadh reluctant to derail Iran detente over U.S. Red Sea taskforce

Red Sea

Saudi Arabia's name was conspicuously - perhaps surprisingly - absent from a list of countries the United States announced as part of its new naval coalition protecting Red Sea shipping from Yemen's Houthi group.

20231221

Ikea warns Red Sea attacks could disrupt supplies and deliveries

Red Sea

Firm says it is weighing up options to secure product availability amid Yemeni rebel attacks on shipping

20231221

UK primary school threatened Prevent referrals over Palestine symbols

United Kingdom

Parents of children at London school who dressed in Palestinian colours or wore badges or stickers for 'Children in Need' Day were told they could be 'deemed offensive'

20231221

BBC urged to drop UK Eurovision entrant Olly Alexander who called Israel an ‘apartheid state’

United Kingdom

20231221

UK committed to alleviating suffering of people in Gaza, foreign secretary says

United Kingdom

Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Thursday said the UK is committed to alleviating the suffering of Palestinians, as he visited the town of Al Alrish, near the Egypt-Gaza border, to see the impact of UK aid being sent to the besieged enclave

20231221

UN calls for probe as Israeli army accused of killing unarmed Palestinians

United Nations

UN rights office calls for investigation into ‘possible war crime’ amid reports Israeli forces allegedly ‘executed’ 11 Palestinian men in Gaza.

20231221

Israel ‘summarily’ killed 11 men in front of their families, says UN

United Nations

Reports of Israel “summarily” killing Palestinian men in front of their families has been reported by the UN. As many as 11 unarmed Palestinian men are said to have been killed in front of their family members in the Remal neighbourhood of Gaza City, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

20231221

US is engaging in high-level diplomacy to avoid vetoing a UN resolution on critical aid for Gaza

United Nations

The United States, key allies and Arab nations engaged in high-level diplomacy in hopes of avoiding another U.S. veto of a new U.N. resolution on desperately needed aid to Gaza.

20231221

UNSC struggles with Gaza truce vote delays, Israel orders mass evacuations

United Nations

Palestinians await long-delayed UN Security Council vote on aid delivery as death toll in besieged Gaza exceeds 20,000.

20231221

Ahead of UN vote, US says bid to boost Gaza aid could slow deliveries

United Nations

Ahead of a likely vote on Thursday, the United States said there are "serious and widespread concerns" that the current draft of a U.N. Security Council proposal that aims to boost humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip could actually slow down deliveries.

20231221

No functional hospital left in northern Gaza, WHO says

United Nations

The UN agency describes the situation as ‘beyond catastrophic’ with patients begging for food and water.

20231221

Gaza no longer has a functional hospital in the north, says WHO

United Nations

The north of Gaza no longer has a functional hospital due to a lack of fuel, staff and supplies, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said today. Only nine out of 36 health facilities are partially functional in the whole of Gaza, added the organisation, and all of these facilities are concentrated in the south of the enclave

20231221

US is engaging in high-level diplomacy to avoid vetoing a UN resolution on critical aid for Gaza

United States

The United States, key allies and Arab nations engaged in high-level diplomacy in hopes of avoiding another U.S. veto of a new U.N. resolution on desperately needed aid to Gaza.

20231221

Will the US again veto the UNSC resolution on Gaza?

United States

Intense negotiations have dragged on to ensure the US does not veto the UAE-led humanitarian resolution.

20231221

Ahead of UN vote, US says bid to boost Gaza aid could slow deliveries

United States

20231221

US rights group calls on ICC to probe Israeli commanders for war crimes

United States

Democracy for the Arab World Now accuses 40 senior Israeli commanders of violating international law in Gaza military campaign

20231221

Israeli attack kills Palestinian border crossing chief: Gaza officials

dystopian war

Bassem Ghaben, director of Israeli-controlled Karem Abu Salem crossing, was working to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza.

20231221

Israel continues deadly attacks on Gaza amid hopes for another truce

dystopian war

More than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7.

20231221

UNSC struggles with Gaza truce vote delays, Israel orders mass evacuations

dystopian war

Palestinians await long-delayed UN Security Council vote on aid delivery as death toll in besieged Gaza exceeds 20,000.

20231221

Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, Hamas fires rockets amid truce talks

dystopian war

Fighting in the Gaza Strip escalated on Thursday with some of the most intense Israeli bombardment of the war and Hamas demonstrated its ability to rocket Tel Aviv, even as the foes engaged in the most serious talks for weeks on a new truce.

20231221

Israeli commander vows to flatten 'entire' Gaza Strip

dystopian war

Israeli commander says the rest of Gaza will be reduced to rubble like the northern city of Beit Hanoun

20231221

New crime against humanity: Israeli army summarily executed 11 unarmed Palestinians in Gaza City on 19 December - Survivors

dystopian war

Palestinians described to Al Jazeera the grisly details of how the Israeli army summarily executed 11 unarmed Palestinian men in the Al-Remal neighbourhood in Gaza City in the early evening hours on 19 December.

20231221

Israel ‘summarily’ killed 11 men in front of their families, says UN

dystopian war

20231221

Amnesty urges probe into Israel 'disappearing Palestinians' in Gaza

dystopian war

As the war reaches its 75th day, Israeli attacks in Gaza killed about 100 Palestinians and injured many. Intense assaults struck Khan Younis, with airstrikes near Deir Al-Balah and shelling in northern the strip. Further injuries and arrests occurred in the West Bank, while the UN Security Council's vote to halt the war has been delayed to Wednesday.

20231221

France: investigate 4,000 French soldiers for ‘war crimes’ in Palestine, says MP

dystopian war

A member of the French Parliament from the opposition La France Insoumise party has called on the government to investigate the extent of the involvement of 4,185 French-origin soldiers serving in the Israeli army in committing war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories.

20231221

Gaza death toll reaches 20,000 as UN ceasefire vote postponed

dystopian war

Around 300 Palestinians have died each day on average since the conflict began, excluding the seven-day ceasefire, according to Gaza's health ministry.

20231221

Netanyahu vows to continue dystopian war until all Israeli goals achieved

dystopian war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday reiterated his government position that the Israeli dystopian war will not stop until the Israeli goals are achieved

20231221

Israel has no plan for the day after the dystopian war

dystopian war

An end to the conflict means an end to Netanyahu. That means no one is talking about what to do next

20231221

Israeli army claims to establish 'operational control' over Hamas stronghold in Gaza City

dystopian war

The Israeli army on Thursday claimed its forces established full “operational control” over Shejaiya neighborhood, a Hamas stronghold, in eastern Gaza City

20231221

Al-Qassam Brigades boobytraps tunnel entrance, killing Israeli soldiers

dystopian war

Al-Qassam Brigades said yesterday that they had detonated a tunnel entrance where several Israeli occupation soldiers were positioned, killing and injuring a number of them in southern Gaza.

20231221

No functional hospital left in northern Gaza, WHO says

war on hospitals

The UN agency describes the situation as ‘beyond catastrophic’ with patients begging for food and water.

20231221

Northern Gaza no longer has a functional hospital, WHO says

war on hospitals

The World Health Organization said on Thursday that northern Gaza has been left without a functional hospital due to a lack of fuel, staff and supplies.

20231221

Israeli forces target Palestinian paramedics

war on hospitals

Israel’s army is preventing Palestinian medics from transporting the wounded in Jenin, a city in the occupied West Bank which has faced the biggest Israeli raids since the Gaza war began. Ambulance staff say their own lives are at risk as they try to save the lives of others.

20231221

UN relief workers visiting Gaza hospitals describe 'unbearable' scenes

war on hospitals

20231221

Israeli military accused of targeting journalists and their families in Gaza

war on whole families

Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 68 journalists and media workers killed since 7 October

20231221

Israeli forces target Palestinian paramedics

West Bank

20231221

Israeli police are investigating 19 prison guards in the death of a 38-year-old Palestinian prisoner

West Bank

Nineteen Israeli prison guards are under investigation in the death of a 38-year-old Palestinian security prisoner in their custody, police said Thursday.

20231221

Israeli prison guards suspected of abuse in death of Palestinian prisoner

West Bank

19 guards under investigation for physically abusing Thaer Abu Asab, who died in Ketziot Prison last month

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DATE

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20231222

Christian community fears extinction as ‘genocidal campaign’ continues

churches, mosques, schools

Palestinian Christians say there are only 800 of them left in Gaza due to Israel’s intensive bombing campaign which has killed more than 19,000 since 7 October

20231222

Hamas says no more hostage releases until war ends

new ceasefire talks

Hamas, the group which controls the Gaza Strip, has ruled out any more hostage releases until Israel agrees to a "full cessation of aggression".

COMMENT

20231202 - Hamas says no prisoner exchange without Gaza ceasefire

20231222

No more hostage freed until Israel stops attacking Gaza

new ceasefire talks

Hamas will not release more hostages until Israel stops its military operation in Gaza, said Ghazi Hamad, senior leader of the Palestinian militant group.

COMMENT

20231202 - Hamas says no prisoner exchange without Gaza ceasefire

20231222

Qassam Brigades: No prisoner exchange deal before Israel stops war

new ceasefire talks

The official spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obaida, said yesterday that the movement refuses to engage in any prisoner exchange talks before Israel stops its war on the besieged Gaza Strip.

20231222

Reports: Hamas seeks release of Marwan Barghouti in any hostage deal

new ceasefire talks

Hamas has demanded the release of three top Palestinian leaders in any hostage swap deal with Israel, Israeli media reports revealed yesterday.

20231222

Pro-Palestine activists plan global 'day of action' as ceasefire calls grow

global response

UK-based organisations, who spearheaded anti-Iraq war protests in 2003, announce global day of action on 13 January

20231222

Int’l Trade Union Confederation urges prompt ceasefire in Gaza, recognition of Palestinian State

global response

Attendees at the Central Council session of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have called for an urgent and lasting ceasefire in Gaza, emphasising its critical importance for the global community.

20231222

U.S. dual citizen taken hostage dies in Gaza, Israeli forum says

Hamas resistance attack

A U.S. dual national who was among some 240 people seized during the Oct 7 cross-border rampage by Hamas in southern Israel has died in captivity in the Gaza Strip, a group representing hostages' families said on Friday.

20231222

Entire Gaza at ‘risk of famine’ as fighting rages between Israel, Hamas

humanitarian

New report says at least 576,600 people have exhausted food supplies and face catastrophic hunger and starvation.

20231222

UN warns of Gaza famine risk as Security Council resolution faces vote

humanitarian

The United Nations warned the Israeli dystopian war was pushing the strip towards famine, ahead of an expected Security Council vote Friday on a resolution to boost aid to the Palestinian territory but not call for a ceasefire.

20231222

UN says half a million people starving in Gaza

humanitarian

A new UN report finds one in four people are facing extreme starvation amid the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. The report warns of a risk of famine within the next six months, if the intense conflict and restricted humanitarian access persist.

20231222

Gaza facing famine if fighting continues, UN says

humanitarian

The United Nations says Gaza is at risk of famine if the war between Israel and Hamas continues.

20231222

Besieged strip on the verge of 'famine', UN says

humanitarian

The Gaza Strip is facing the 'highest ever' levels of food insecurity, outstripping Sudan and Afghanistan

20231222

Israel pushing Gaza towards famine, rights group warns

humanitarian

Israel’s military actions are pushing children and families in Gaza towards famine, Save the Children warned yesterday, as newly released data from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) showed one in four households in Gaza now face catastrophic food insecurity, including starvation.

20231222

Arish received 340 flights and 6 ships bearing aid to Gaza so far: North Sinai Governor

humanitarian

Arish Airport and Seaport have received, so far, 340 flights, four cargo ships, and two field hospital ships, all bearing relief aid to Gaza, North Sinai Governor Abdel-Fadil Shousha announced on Thursday.

20231222

Ex-Israel PM: Netanyahu is ‘untrustworthy’ and must be overthrown

Israelis

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has renewed his criticism of incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing him as “untrustworthy” and saying he “only cares about his own interests”.

20231222

Invoking the Holocaust to justify Israeli war crimes dishonours its victims

opinion

The memory of the Holocaust and the legitimate struggle against antisemitism should not be weaponised to shield Israel from accountability for its crimes against Palestinians

20231222

Watching the watchdogs: Why the West misinterprets Middle East power shifts

opinion

Western media, leaders are unable to assess accurately the growing power of the Middle East ‘Axis of Resistance’ due to their deeply held prejudices.

20231222

Israel’s AI-powered ‘mass assassination factory’

opinion

The system, called Habsora, or the Gospel in English, uses advanced technology to get targeting recommendations faster than a team of human beings.

20231222

Netanyahu wanted to 'collapse' Hamas. This war could collapse Israel

opinion

The Gaza war has been a huge miscalculation for Israel. As well as being a moral and military disaster, it is fuelling resistance and reigniting the embers of anger across the Arab world

20231222

Lebanon ready to apply UN resolution on border if Israel complies: PM

Lebanon/Israelis

Lebanon's prime minister said his country is ready to implement a UN resolution that would help end Hezbollah's cross-border attacks on Israel if Israel also complies and withdraws from disputed territory,

20231222

Yemen's Houthis urges OIC countries to ban Israel ships

Red Sea

A spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi group, Mohammed Abdul Salam, yesterday called on members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to follow Malaysia’s example by banning Israeli cargo ships from docking in their ports in rejection of Israel’s genocidal bombing campaign in Gaza.

20231222

More than 20 countries join US-led coalition to protect Red Sea shipping

Red Sea

More than 20 countries have joined the US-led coalition to protect Red Sea shipping from attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

20231222

More than 20 countries join US-led coalition to protect Red Sea shipping: Pentagon

Red Sea

More than 20 countries have joined the US-led coalition to protect Red Sea shipping from attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels, the Pentagon said late Thursday.

20231222

Stock prices of shipping companies are soaring because of Houthi attacks

Red Sea

The Houthis are driving a surge in shipping company stock prices and boosting profitability for vessel owners

20231222

Saudis overwhelmingly say Arab nations should cut ties with Israel

Saudi Arabia/Israelis

Survey finds that 96 percent of Saudis oppose ties with Israel and that Hamas has gained popularity since Israel launched assault on Gaza

20231222

US ready to back diluted resolution on more aid to Gaza as UN vote delayed

United Nations

UN Security Council vote is expected on Friday after four postponements, countries’ disagreements over language of text.

20231222

UN Security Council vote again delayed

United Nations

A UN Security Council vote on a Gaza resolution has been postponed again, even after Council members made fundamental changes to the text. Meanwhile, the death toll has climbed above 20,000. DW has the latest.

20231222

What’s the latest UN Gaza resolution that the US has agreed to?

United Nations

The US has heavily amended the UAE-led UN draft resolution on Gaza as casualties and hunger rise in the enclave.

20231222

UN again delays vote on watered-down Gaza aid resolution. The US backs it, others want stronger text

United Nations

The U.N. Security Council on Thursday again delayed a vote on a watered-down resolution to deliver desperately needed aid to Gaza — a revision backed by the United States, while other countries support a stronger text that would include the now eliminated call for the urgent suspension of hostilities between Israel and Hamas.

20231222

UN Security Council resolution calls for more aid to Gaza, not end to hostilities

United Nations

A UN Security Council resolution on Friday called for increased humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip amid reports of widespread hunger but stopped short of calling for a cessation in hostilities.

20231222

UN warns of Gaza famine risk as Security Council resolution faces vote

United Nations

20231222

UN says half a million people starving in Gaza

United Nations

20231222

Gaza facing famine if fighting continues, UN says

United Nations

The United Nations says Gaza is at risk of famine if the war between Israel and Hamas continues.

20231222

Besieged strip on the verge of 'famine', UN says

United Nations

The Gaza Strip is facing the 'highest ever' levels of food insecurity, outstripping Sudan and Afghanistan

20231222

UN Security Council passes resolution on increased Gaza aid delivery

United Nations

The US abstains on resolution that it lobbied to weaken over the course of several days, allowing it to pass

20231222

UN Security Council passes resolution calling for immediate increase in humanitarian aid into Gaza

United Nations

The UN Security Council on Friday passed a resolution calling for “urgent steps” to immediately allow “safe, unhindered, and expanded” humanitarian access to Gaza amid the ongoing Israeli offensive on the strip

20231222

UN security council backs resolution on large-scale aid to Gaza but not ceasefire

United Nations

US opposes making demand for suspension of hostilities, lack of which International Rescue Committee calls ‘unjustifiable’

20231222

Lebanon ready to apply UN resolution on border if Israel complies: PM

see regional effects

20231222

US ready to back diluted resolution on more aid to Gaza as UN vote delayed

United States

UN Security Council vote is expected on Friday after four postponements, countries’ disagreements over language of text.

20231222

What’s the latest UN Gaza resolution that the US has agreed to?

United States

The US has heavily amended the UAE-led UN draft resolution on Gaza as casualties and hunger rise in the enclave.

20231222

A Biden-Netanyahu rift? ‘Distraction’, Palestinian rights advocates say

United States

Palestinian rights supporters dismiss reports of US-Israel disagreements as Biden maintains staunch backing of Gaza war.

20231222

These numbers show the staggering losses in the Israel-Hamas war as Gaza deaths surpass 20,000

dystopian war

The latest conflict between Israel and Hamas is by far the deadliest and most destructive of their five wars since the militant group seized the Gaza Strip in 2007.

20231222

Gaza death toll exceeds 20,000 as Israel expands ground war against Hamas

dystopian war

More than 20,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza during Israel’s war against Hamas, health officials said Friday, the latest indication of the staggering cost of the conflict as Israel expands its ground offensive and orders tens of thousands more people to leave their homes

20231222

U.S.-funded infrastructure in Gaza largely unscathed as death toll soars

dystopian war

Less than a year before a Hamas attack out of Gaza sparked a war, one of the oldest and largest sports complexes in the Palestinian territories got a much-needed overhaul: brand-new basketball, volleyball and tennis courts, a soccer field, a running track and, for the first time, accessible bathrooms. It was a $519,000 upgrade, funded by United States taxpayers.

20231222

Israel’s military campaign in Gaza seen as among the most destructive in recent history, experts say

dystopian war

The Israeli military campaign in Gaza, experts say, now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in recent history.

20231222

Israel broadens Gaza assault ahead of Security Council aid vote

dystopian war

Israeli forces signalled they were widening their ground offensive with a new push into central Gaza on Friday, as the U.N. Security Council was expected to vote on a resolution to increase humanitarian aid to stave off the threat of famine

20231222

Israel widens ground offensive in Gaza as UN aid resolution talks continue

dystopian war

More evacuations ordered in west of strip, 11 weeks into war that has now killed nearly 1% of people in Gaza

20231222

Israel issues new displacement orders ahead of diluted aid resolution vote

dystopian war

Areas previously designated as safe in Gaza are now being forcefully evacuated by Israel as it continues heavy bombardment

20231222

Gaza death toll: why counting the dead has become a daily struggle

dystopian war

In the morgue of the Nasser Hospital, in southern Gaza, workers wrap the corpses of people killed in Israeli airstrikes in white cloth amid the stench of death. They record whatever basic facts they can about the dead: name, identity card number, age, sex.

20231222

Israel using 'dumb bombs' in Gaza: US intel

dystopian war

Israel's military has said it tries to minimize civilian casualties in its bombing of the Gaza Strip. However, new US intelligence estimates that more than 40% of the 29,000 munitions dropped on the densely populated area are unguided.

COMMENT

First reported by CNN on December 14, 2023

20231222

Hamas' credibility growing in Palestine and globally

dystopian war

US intelligence analysis states that since ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ was launched by the Palestinian resistance on 7 October, Hamas’ credibility and influence have dramatically grown.

20231222

Israelis dig in for unprecedentedly long war, with some doubts

dystopian war

As the war in Gaza enters an 11th week, Israelis appear resigned to a long road before the military achieves its stated aim of destroying Hamas and bringing more than 100 hostages back home.

20231222

‘Without work and hope’: Bethlehem’s Christmas economy bleeds from Gaza war

West Bank

The West Bank city loses Christmas tourism amid daily Israeli raids and the continuing assault on the Gaza Strip.

20231222

Grieving and often overlooked, Palestinian Christians prepare for a somber Christmas amid war

West Bank

It’s normally a moment of pure joy for the Rev. Khader Khalilia: the excitement, the giggles, the kisses, as his young daughters — in their Christmas pajamas — open their gifts. But this year, just the thought of it fills Khalilia with guilt.

20231222

EU adopts 118 million euros aid plan for Palestinian Authority

West Bank

The European Commission on Friday said it had adopted a 118 million euros ($130 million) aid package to support the Palestinian Authority.

20231222

Israeli settlers vandalize Palestinian farms, olive trees in Nablus

West Bank

Dozens of Israeli settlers on Friday attacked Palestinian farms and olive trees in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus in occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reported.

20231222

Israel forces destroy Palestinians village’s water network in Bethlehem

West Bank

Israeli occupation forces closed and destroyed the water network in the Palestinian village of Al-Minya, based southeast of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.

20231222

Israel military vehicles storm central Ramallah

West Bank

Israeli occupation forces yesterday raided the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank.

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20231223

London protest calls for Gaza ceasefire and boycott of Israel-linked brands

global response

Demonstrators in and around Oxford Street campaign against retailers including Puma, Hewlett-Packard and Axa

20231223

Hamas says lost contact with group responsible for five Israeli hostages

Hamas resistance attack

Hamas said on Saturday it has lost contact with a group responsible for five Israeli hostages being held captive in the Gaza Strip due to Israeli bombardment.

20231223

First American Israeli hostage reportedly dies in captivity in Gaza

Hamas resistance attack

The first American Israeli hostage has died while being held as a hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Missing Persons Families Forum said Friday

20231223

Gadi Haggai: White House says US-Israeli hostage dead in Gaza

Hamas resistance attack

A dual US-Israeli citizen believed to have been abducted by Hamas was killed during the 7 October raid in Israel, the White House said on Friday.

20231223

Famine by February: How bad is Gaza’s hunger crisis under Israeli attacks?

humanitarian

A UN-backed report has recorded mounting starvation in Gaza while aid remains restricted.

20231223

UN: Gaza is besieged by famine

humanitarian

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) expressed its deep concern about the deterioration of food security in the Gaza Strip, where approximately 2.2 million Palestinians face the risk of famine, according to a report issued by the United Nations (UN) on Friday about the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).

20231223

Rafah crossing receives 21 wounded Palestinians, evacuates 132 foreigners

humanitarian

The Rafah Border Crossing received Saturday 21 wounded Palestinians and their companions coming from hospitals in the Gaza Strip for treatment in Egyptian hospitals, a reliable medical source told Egyptian state news agency MENA.

20231223

Conflict strands chronic disease patients without access to treatment

humanitarian

Palestinian families lose loved-ones as war interrupts treatments and robs terminal patients of dignified deaths

20231223

Food aid failing to reach Gaza residents despite ‘catastrophic’ hunger crisis

humanitarian

People vent their frustration on social media as many given just beans and biscuits to eat, and donated food is found for sale in markets

20231223

Israel says Gaza war is like WWII. Experts say it’s ‘justifying brutality’

Israelis

Netanyahu has compared the Gaza war with World War II. But this narrative is ahistorical, ignores the roots of the conflict and dehumanises Palestinians, say experts.

20231223

Olmert: ‘Elimination of Hamas will not be achieved, Netanyahu is waging a personal war’

Israelis

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert commented that the goal of the dystopian war to “destroy the Hamas movement will not be achieved,” stressing that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledges in this regard are “boastful” and that he is fighting a war for his personal gains.

20231223

Israel says it has arrested hundreds of Hamas and Islamic Jihad members

Israelis

Israel says it has arrested 200 members of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups in the past week and taken them into its territory for questioning.

COMMENT

Israeli army directive: "Treat everyone and everything in Gaza as Hamas" on which the pro-Israeli conflation "anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism" is based; source is pro-Israel.

20231223

Israel says it holds hundreds of Palestinian militants

Israelis

The Israeli military on Saturday said it had arrested hundreds of alleged militants in Gaza over the past week and transferred more than 200 of them to Israel for further interrogation.

COMMENT

Israeli army directive: "Treat everyone and everything in Gaza as Hamas" on which the pro-Israeli conflation "anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism" is based; source is pro-Israel.

20231223

Revealed: how US residents are funding illegal settlements in the West Bank

Israelis

An Israeli crowdfunding platform, IsraelGives, has allowed US residents to donate millions of dollars since 7 October to causes including illegal West Bank settlements, paramilitary groups, and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) units currently operating in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

COMMENT

We came across the reported persons and their entities in 2012

20231223

Palestine accuses Israel of exploiting dystopian war 'to seize control of the Al-Aqsa Mosque'

Jerusalem

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry accused the Israeli government on Friday of exploiting the world’s preoccupation with the Israeli dystopian war ‘to seize control of the Al-Aqsa Mosque’ in occupied East Jerusalem

20231223

Jordan, Vatican discuss Israel’s restrictions on freedom of worship in Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Jordan and the Vatican discussed on Friday the Israeli restrictions imposed on freedom of worship in Jerusalem and the “disastrous” repercussions of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

20231223

Gaza media office says 100 journalists killed since Israeli attacks began

journalists

Palestinian journalist Muhammed Abu Hweidy latest to be killed in Israeli attack on his home in the east of Gaza City.

20231223

RSF files second war crimes complaint with ICC over Gaza journalists killed

journalists

Latest complaint by Paris-based press freedom group asks the court in the Hague to probe the deaths of seven Palestinian journalists.

20231223

Gaza’s journalists: ‘Targets’ or ‘casualties’ of Israel’s war?

journalists

According to Gaza’s government media office, Israel’s military has now killed 97 journalists in the Strip. Israel has barred international media from entering Gaza, firsthand reporting on the onslaught there has been left to Palestinians already locked into the occupied territory – documenting their own genocide.

20231223

Israel-affiliated merchant vessel hit by aerial vehicle off India

Arabian Sea

An Israel-affiliated merchant vessel was struck by an uncrewed aerial vehicle off India's west coast, British maritime security firm Ambrey said on Saturday, in the first such known attack so far away from the Red Sea since the Gaza war.

20231223

Drone strike hits ship linked to Israel off India's coast: Maritime agencies

Arabian Sea

An Israel-affiliated merchant vessel in the Arabian Sea off India’s west coast was struck by an unmanned aerial vehicle, causing a fire, two maritime agencies said.

20231223

India drone strike: Cargo ship attacked off Gujarat coast

Arabian Sea

The Liberia-flagged chemical products tanker was linked to Israel, according to maritime security firm Ambrey, and was heading from Saudi Arabia to India.

20231223

Iran threatens Mediterranean closure over Gaza, without saying how

Iran

An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said the Mediterranean Sea could be closed if the United States and its allies continued to commit "crimes" in Gaza, Iranian media reported on Saturday, without explaining how that would happen.

20231223

Maersk announces increase in container transportation fees between Asia, Europe

Red Sea

Danish shipping company Maersk announced the imposition of additional fees on container shipments between Asia and Europe after changing the course of its ships from the Suez Canal via the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

20231223

Poll: 96% of Saudis oppose normalisation with Israel

Saudi Arabia/Israelis

A recent opinion poll revealed that 96 per cent of Saudis believe that Arab countries should cut all ties with Israel in protest against the Israeli forces’ aggression against the Gaza Strip

20231223

UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities

United Nations

The U.N. Security Council adopted a watered-down resolution Friday calling for immediately speeding aid deliveries to hungry and desperate civilians in Gaza but without the original plea for an “urgent suspension of hostilities” between Israel and Hamas.

20231223

The UN Security Council adopts a watered down version of resolution

United Nations

After many delays, the UN Security Council adopted a watered-down resolution Friday calling for immediately speeding up aid deliveries to desperate civilians in Gaza.

20231223

UN resolution on Gaza aid criticised as ‘insufficient’, ‘meaningless’

United Nations

The US negotiated for days to weaken the language of the resolution to ensure there is no call for an immediate ceasefire.

20231223

UN resolution on Gaza aid criticised as ‘insufficient’, ‘meaningless’

United Nations

The US negotiated for days to weaken the language of the resolution to ensure there is no call for an immediate ceasefire.

COMMENT

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20231223

UN: Gaza is besieged by famine

United Nations

20231223

UNRWA says an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza is a must

United Nations

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has urgently called for an immediate and humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, emphasizing the need for aid flow without preconditions for political negotiations.

20231223

136 UN staff killed in Gaza, says Guterres

United Nations

The secretary-general of the United Nations says no conflict has ever taken such a toll on UN workers.

20231223

US accuses Iran of being ‘deeply involved’ in Houthi attacks in Red Sea

United States

White House says Tehran is providing Yemeni rebel group with weapons and tactical intelligence.

20231223

UN resolution on Gaza aid criticised as ‘insufficient’, ‘meaningless’

United States

The US negotiated for days to weaken the language of the resolution to ensure there is no call for an immediate ceasefire.

COMMENT

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20231223

US accuses Iran of being ‘deeply involved’ in Houthi attacks in Red Sea

United States

White House says Tehran is providing Yemeni rebel group with weapons and tactical intelligence.

20231223

Israel says Gaza war is like WWII. Experts say it’s ‘justifying brutality’

dystopian war

Netanyahu has compared the Gaza war with World War II. But this narrative is ahistorical, ignores the roots of the conflict and dehumanises Palestinians, say experts.

20231223

Fighting rages in northern Gaza after U.N. stops short of ceasefire call

dystopian war

Israel battled Hamas militants on Saturday in pursuit of its elusive goal of full control of northern Gaza, after the U.N. Security Council appealed for more aid for the Palestinian enclave but stopped short of demanding a ceasefire.

20231223

Fighting in Gaza continues amid criticism of "watered down" UNSC resolution

dystopian war

Israeli strikes and ground fighting continued on Saturday in the Gaza Strip following the UN Security Council resolution that approved aid without an appeal for a ceasefire

20231223

Israel strikes 2 homes, killing more than 90 Palestinians while hundreds have been detained

dystopian war

This is a summary report of this day

20231223

Nowhere safe in Gaza, UN says after Israeli evacuation order

dystopian war

Israel's latest evacuation order for civilians in the central Gaza Strip would force them to relocate to areas "where there are ongoing air strikes", the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Saturday.

20231223

Israel's dystopian war the deadliest in recent history, experts say

dystopian war

The Israeli war in Gaza, experts say, now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in recent history, outpacing Allied bombings of Germany during World War II, and turning "earth to liquid".

20231223

Toll climbs as Israeli strikes on Gaza continue

dystopian war

Just hours after the UN resolution boosting aid deliveries into Gaza, the Israeli offensive keeps leveling the densely populated southern city of Khan Younis.

20231223

Israel planning to end ground operation in Gaza in '3rd phase of war': Media

dystopian war

Tel Aviv is preparing to end its military ground operation in the Gaza Strip as part of the third stage of its war in the coming weeks, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation reported on Friday

20231223

Gaza death toll from Israeli attacks since Oct. 7 rises to 20,258: Health Ministry

dystopian war

The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 has risen to 20,258, with 53,688 injuries, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave said on Friday

20231223

Al-Qassam Brigades hit Israeli forces, vehicles across Gaza Strip

dystopian war

The armed wing of the Hamas group said Friday that its fighters targeted Israeli forces and vehicles across the Gaza Strip, and achieved direct hits

20231223

Thousands of Palestinians flee areas in central Gaza after warnings from Israeli army

dystopian war

Thousands of Palestinians have forcibly left their homes in the Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip after the Israeli army warned them to immediately vacate the areas

20231223

Israel bombs Gaza with one-tonne bombs where civilians were sent to take refuge

dystopian war

During the first six weeks of the dystopian war, Israel routinely used one of the largest and most destructive bombs supplied by the US in areas it deemed safe zones for civilians

20231223

Doctors accuse Israeli troops of desecrating bodies and shooting civilians at hospital Israel says was Hamas ‘command center’

war on hospitals

Israeli soldiers raiding a hospital in northern Gaza desecrated the bodies of dead patients with bulldozers, let a military dog maul a man in a wheelchair, and shot multiple doctors even after vetting them for terror links, according to allegations by staff and patients.

COMMENT

The utmost dehumanizing war crime is reported at the Kamal Adwan Hospital and matches the collected videos in our archive on the Israeli genocide.

20231223

Israeli airstrikes in Jabalia, Bureij claim dozens of innocent lives

war on refugee camps

Dozens of civilians were killed and several others sustained injuries today following a series of Israeli airstrike in the Al-Bureij refugee camp, located in the central Gaza Strip, and in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

20231223

Israeli strike kills 76 members in one Gaza family: rescue officials

war on whole families

An Israeli airstrike killed 76 members of an extended family, rescue officials said Saturday, a day after the U.N. chief warned again that nowhere is safe in Gaza and that Israel's ongoing dystopian war is creating “massive obstacles” to the distribution of humanitarian aid.

20231223

Israeli airstrike kills 76 members of one Gaza family, rescue officials say

war on whole families

An Israeli airstrike killed 76 members of an extended family, rescue officials said Saturday, a day after the UN chief warned again that nowhere is safe in Gaza and that Israel's ongoing offensive is creating "massive obstacles" to the distribution of humanitarian aid.

20231223

Hamas: Israel shoots entire families in Gaza

war on whole families

The Hamas movement announced on Friday that the Israeli army committed multiple executions by shooting entire families in several areas inside Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip, with support from Washington.

20231223

Israeli airstrike kills Gaza aid worker and 70 of his extended family, UN says

war on whole families

Call to protect civilians and humanitarian staff after UNDP’s Issam al-Mughrabi, his wife, children and scores of relatives killed

20231223

Sombre Bethlehem marks Christmas with vigil as bombs rain on Gaza

West Bank

Palestinian Christians held a sombre Christmas vigil in Bethlehem on Saturday, with candle-lit hymns and prayers for peace in Gaza instead of the usual festive celebrations at the spot where they believe Jesus Christ was born.

20231223

Bethlehem: Gaza war mars Christmas festivities

West Bank

Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, the supposed birthplace of Jesus, is usually busy during Christmastime. This year, most festivities have been canceled because of the Gaza conflict.

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DATE

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20231224

Biden avoids seeking ceasefire in Gaza in call with Netanyahu

new ceasefire talks

US President Joe Biden, in a conversation, late Saturday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, refrained from asking for a ceasefire or to stop the ongoing war in Gaza.

20231224

Anguish grows for families of Gaza's Christians

churches, mosques, schools

Khalil Sayegh lives in the United States and for days he anxiously awaited news of his family who had taken refuge in Gaza churches to escape Israel's war on the strip.

20231224

German police warn of possible attack at Cologne Cathedral

global effects

German authorities said they have received information about a possible attack at the Cologne Cathedral and have stepped up security.

20231224

Germany won't be 'intimidated' by terror threats — Faeser

global effects

With Austria arresting four suspected Islamists and German police deploying to secure the Cologne Cathedral, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said officials were "extremely vigilant" and took any threats seriously.

20231224

World condemns Israel’s dystopian war as it marches for Palestine

global response

The war in Gaza has sparked global protests both for and against Israel and Palestine for more than two months.
But as the world continues to witness a spiralling death toll, Israel's military operation against Hamas is losing public support.

20231224

Thousands march in Rabat demanding end to Morocco-Israel ties

global response

Thousands of protesters staged one of the largest pro-Palestinian marches in Rabat on Sunday since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, demanding an end to Morocco's ties with Israel.

20231224

Hundreds gather in Paris to show support to Palestinians

global response

Hundreds gathered in Paris under the slogan: “No Christmas in Gaza” to denounce the ongoing war in the besieged enclave and demand an immediate ceasefire

20231224

‘No Xmas as usual’: pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate in US cities

global response

Organizers focus on second-most popular shopping day in cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles

20231224

Israel preventing UN Security Council's resolution on aid for Gaza from being implemented: Palestine

humanitarian

Palestine accused the Israeli government on Saturday of attempting to obstruct the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2720 concerning the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip

20231224

50,000 women pregnant in Gaza amid ‘decimation’ of its health system

humanitarian

WHO chief says the enclave’s infrastructure is being destroyed as UN agency warns of soaring healthcare needs.

20231224

‘Israel preferring the war over releasing the hostages’: Analyst

Israelis

Gideon Levy, a columnist for Israeli Haaretz newspaper, says the rise in Israeli soldiers’ death toll in Gaza has not made much of an impact on Israeli public opinion, the majority of which support continuing the war.

20231224

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel paying 'heavy price'

Israelis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Gaza war has come at a "very heavy price" for his side.

20231224

Netanyahu: Israel paying "heavy price" for war

Israelis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his side have paid a "heavy price" for the war in Gaza; following one of its deadliest weekends of fighting so far.

20231224

Gaza war exacting ‘very heavy price’ on Israeli army, Netanyahu says

Israelis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday to continue the Gaza war despite its “very heavy price” on the army

20231224

Netanyahu denies US convinced Israel not to expand military operations

Israelis

Israeli premier says his country's actions 'not dictated by external pressures' following Wall Street Journal report

20231224

Thousands rally in Tel Aviv in protest against Israeli government

Israelis

Thousands attended a rally at Habima Square in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest against the Israeli government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

20231224

Families of Israeli hostages in Gaza protest in Tel Aviv

Israelis

Hundreds of relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza protested Saturday in the centre of Tel Aviv to demand their return

20231224

Number of journalists killed in Gaza rises to 101: Government media office

Israelis

One more journalist was killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli attacks, the government media office said in a statement published Sunday, bringing the total number of journalists killed in the Palestinian enclave since 7 October to 101

20231224

After Palestinians, Zionism's next victim is the Jewish faith

opinion

Israel's use of religious symbols in its genocide of Palestinians is an affront to Judaism and has robbed Jews of a faith practice divorced from nationalist barbarism

20231224

How can aid get to Palestinians as Israel bombs Gaza?

opinion

What practical impact will the resolution have? And how can aid get to 2.3 million people living under constant attack among destroyed infrastructure – in a live battle zone?

20231224

Syrians cancel Christmas festivities in solidarity with Gaza

Christmas

Christmas cheer has deserted the streets of Syria's cities, where the main churches have limited celebrations to prayers in solidarity with Palestinians suffering Israel's brutal war on the Gaza Strip.

20231224

Tanker hit off India coast by drone from Iran, says US

US/Iran

A chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean was hit by a drone launched from Iran on Saturday, the US military says.

20231224

Pentagon says Iranian drone 'attack' hit chemical tanker near India

US/Iran

A drone launched from Iran struck a chemical tanker in the Indian ocean early on Saturday, the U.S. Department of Defense said.

20231224

Pentagon: Drone launched from Iran strikes tanker in Indian Ocean

US/Iran

A drone launched from Iran struck a chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean early on Saturday, in what appears to be the first attack on a commercial vessel outside the Red Sea since a recent flurry in the area.

20231224

Top Fatah leader calls on Turkiye to mediate for unity between PLO, Hamas

PA/Turkey

A senior leader of the ruling Fatah party in the occupied West Bank has recommended that Turkiye mediate between itself and Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, in an effort to revive reconciliation efforts to unify rival Palestinian factions amid Israel’s ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

20231224

US says it shot down four drones in southern Red Sea launched from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen

Red Sea

Drone attack follows the Pentagon openly accusing Iran of directly targeting ships for the first time since the start of Gaza war

20231224

US says Houthi drones shot down, as UK brands Iran ‘malign influence’

Red Sea

The United States has announced that it shot down four drones launched by Yemen’s Houthis, as the United Kingdom’s top diplomat branded the rebel group’s ally Iran a “malign influence”

20231224

US says Houthi drones shot down, as UK brands Iran ‘malign influence’

Red Sea

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron says escalating attacks by Iran-backed groups cannot be tolerated.

COMMENT

Our X-post

20231224

Iran dismisses US claims it is involved in Houthi ship attacks

Red Sea

Iran's deputy foreign minister on Saturday dismissed US accusations that Tehran was involved in attacks by Yemeni rebels on commercial ships, saying the group was acting on its own.

20231224

Foreign ministers of Turkiye, UAE discuss situation in Gaza

Turkey/UAE

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) spoke over the phone and discussed the situation in Gaza, according to Turkish diplomatic sources on Saturday

20231224

Israeli strikes kill UN staff, more than 70 of his extended family in Gaza

United Nations

A United Nations official has been killed along with more than 70 members of his extended family in an Israeli air strike near Gaza City, as hundreds of people have been killed in intensified bombardment since Friday’s UN Security Council resolution that has been criticised as “woefully insufficient”.

20231224

Israeli airstrike kills Gaza aid worker and 70 of his extended family, UN says

United Nations

Call to protect civilians and humanitarian staff after UNDP’s Issam al-Mughrabi, his wife, children and scores of relatives killed

20231224

50,000 women pregnant in Gaza amid ‘decimation’ of its health system

United Nations

WHO chief says the enclave’s infrastructure is being destroyed as UN agency warns of soaring healthcare needs.

20231224

A weekend of combat in Gaza kills 14 Israeli soldiers in a sign of Hamas’ entrenchment

dystopian war

Fourteen Israeli soldiers were killed in combat in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, the Israeli military said Sunday, in some of the bloodiest days of battle since the start of the ground offensive and a sign that Hamas is still putting up a fight despite weeks of brutal war.

20231224

Mounting Israeli army death toll highlights Hamas' resistance

dystopian war

More than a dozen Israeli soldiers were killed in combat in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, the Israeli military said Sunday, in some of the bloodiest days of battle since the start of Israel’s ground invasion in late October and a sign that Hamas is still putting up a fight despite weeks of brutal war.

20231224

Israeli occupation army executes 137 civilians in Gaza

dystopian war

The Government Media Office (GMO) revealed that the Israeli occupation army committed field execution crimes against 137 Palestinian civilians in the governorates of Gaza and the north.

20231224

At least 200 Palestinians killed in 24 hours of Israeli strikes on Gaza camps: Health Ministry

dystopian war

At least 201 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 370 wounded by Israeli forces in the past 24 hours in Gaza as the assault on the besieged enclave nears its 12th week.

20231224

Israeli army ‘executed’ dozens of elderly people in Gaza: Rights monitor

dystopian war

The Israeli army has “executed” dozens of elderly people in Gaza in “direct shooting operations” since 7 October, a human rights watchdog said

20231224

Israeli army ‘executed’ dozens of elderly people in Gaza: Rights monitor

dystopian war

The Israeli army has “executed” dozens of elderly people in Gaza in “direct shooting operations” since 7 October, a human rights watchdog said

20231224

'Carpet bombing' in Jabalia: Dozens buried under debris after Israeli attacks

dystopian war

The Israeli military has repeatedly targeted Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. On Friday, dozens of Palestinians were killed during air strikes on a residential area.

20231224

Israel bombs northern Gaza; Palestinians say 166 killed in 24 hours

dystopian war

Israel bombed areas of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip overnight, with fighting throughout Sunday morning, residents and Palestinian media said, as Gaza health authorities and the Israeli military both announced mounting death tolls.

20231224

Gaza workers wrap bodies in shrouds in bombed-out northern Gaza

dystopian war

On a patch of sandy ground between collapsed masonry, burnt out buildings and damaged cars, civil defence workers move from body to body, wrapping white shrouds around a group of people killed in Gaza's 11-week-old war.

20231224

Palestinians flee homes in central Gaza after Israeli evacuation order

dystopian war

Most of those being forced to leave have already been displaced multiple times – with no safe destination in sight.

COMMENT

Any violation in time of war is a crime committed during time of war, so a war crime which ethnic cleansing of targeted areas is.

20231224

Israel expands ground operations in Gaza

dystopian war

The Israeli military said it was involved in "complex battles in densely-populated areas" of southern Gaza.

20231224

Israel presses ahead with offensive in Gaza

dystopian war

Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected calls for a cease-fire amid fresh casualties among Israeli troops.

20231224

Israel kills over 200 Palestinians; 8 Israeli soldiers die in heavy fighting with the resistance

dystopian war

As Israel's brutal dystopian war enters its 79th day, more than 200 Palestinians were killed in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, the Palestinian resistance intensified its battle with the occupation forces in the northern strip, killing at least 8 Israeli soldiers across the strip.

20231224

Palestinians bury civilians killed by Israeli army in mass grave

dystopian war

Palestinians buried dozens of civilians Saturday who were killed by the Israeli army in recent days in the northern Gaza Strip after Israeli vehicles withdrew from areas

20231224

Deadly 24 hours of fighting across Gaza Strip kills scores of Palestinians

dystopian war

Worries mount for desperate civilians as Israel expands its operations in the southern half of territory

20231224

Israeli strikes kill UN staff, more than 70 of his extended family in Gaza

war on whole families

20231224

On Christmas Eve, Bethlehem resembles a ghost town. Celebrations are halted due to Israel-Hamas war

West Bank

The normally bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town on Sunday, as Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war.

20231224

Israeli raids continue across the occupied West Bank

West Bank

Several Israeli raids unfolded across the occupied West Bank, including Bethlehem, Nablus, Hebron, and Tulkarem, the largest of the evening.

20231224

Israel arrests 10 more Palestinians in West Bank as tally nears 4,700 since 7 October

West Bank

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DATE

DEVELOPMENT

CONTEXT

DESCRIPTION

20231225

Jordanian army airdrops humanitarian aid for Palestinians trapped in Gaza church

churches, mosques, schools

The Jordanian army airdropped humanitarian aid on Sunday for hundreds of Palestinians besieged within a church in the Gaza Strip

20231225

Egypt sets out ambitious Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan

new ceasefire talks

Israel’s divided war cabinet to discuss proposal. Hamas reported to reject suggestion of sharing power in Gaza.

20231225

Egypt floats ambitious plan to end Israel-Hamas war as death toll in an Israeli strike rises to 106

new ceasefire talks

Egypt has put forward an ambitious, initial proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war with a cease-fire, a phased hostage release and the creation of a Palestinian government of experts who would administer the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank, a senior Egyptian official and a European diplomat said Monday.

20231225

Hamas, Islamic Jihad reject Gaza gov. overhaul for permanent ceasefire, Egyptian sources say

new ceasefire talks

Hamas and the allied Islamic Jihad have rejected an Egyptian proposal that they relinquish power in the Gaza Strip in return for a permanent ceasefire.

20231225

How language used by media outlets downplays Palestinian suffering

global effects

Linguists say that media's use of the passive voice and choice of terminology is being weaponised by Israel while downplaying crimes in Gaza

20231225

Irish member of European Parliament calls von der Leyen 'Frau Genocide' over Gaza

global response

Irish Member of the European Parliament Clare Daly has once again criticized the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over her stance on relentless Israeli attacks on Gaza, calling her “Frau Genocide”

20231225

Interfaith commemoration takes places in London to mourn Gaza victims

global response

In a display of solidarity, people from three Abrahamic religions gathered at Gasholder Park in London to commemorate and offer prayers for the lives lost in the Israeli attacks on Gaza

20231225

Ex-Israeli opposition leader demands probe into killing of 12 hostages by Israeli army on 7 October

Hamas resistance attack

A former Israeli opposition leader has demanded an investigation into the Israeli army’s attack on a house near the Gaza Strip, which killed all 12 hostages, saying they were killed under the “Hannibal Protocol” that says a dead Israeli is preferable to enemy-held captives

20231225

Kidney patient, 10, separated from family in Gaza, fears he won't see them again

humanitarian

Nassem Mohra, a 10-year-old kidney patient, fears he may never see his family again after Israeli forces arrested his father while he was taking the boy to a hospital in southern Gaza for urgent dialysis treatment.

20231225

'The bitter cold is approaching': Gazans face tougher times in winter amid ongoing war

humanitarian

Displaced Gazans in the besieged Palestinian enclave grapple with cold weather and a lack of basic necessities.

20231225

Jordanian army airdrops humanitarian aid for Palestinians trapped in Gaza church

humanitarian

The Jordanian army airdropped humanitarian aid on Sunday for hundreds of Palestinians besieged within a church in the Gaza Strip

20231225

UNRWA struggles to provide care for 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza amid Israeli attacks

humanitarian

The UN Palestinian refugee agency is struggling to provide care for at least 50,000 pregnant women in the Gaza Strip amid relentless Israeli attacks

20231225

Former Israeli negotiator believes Palestinians have a right to return to their land

Israelis

Daniel Levy, a former Israeli negotiator, acknowledged the Palestinians' right to return to their homeland after their displacement during the Nakba in 1948.

20231225

The key issues that will define Middle East politics in 2024

opinion

Wars, shifting geopolitics, climate change and economic headwinds have all had profound effects on the region in 2023 and will dominate the agenda of its leaders in 2024

20231225

Iran dismisses US accusations of tanker attack off India

Iran/US

The US accusations are meant to ‘distract’ from Washington’s complicity in Israel’s ‘crimes in Gaza’, Iran’s FM says.

20231225

Israeli airstrike in Syria kills a high-ranking Iranian general

Israelis/Syria/Iran

An Israeli airstrike Monday in a Damascus neighborhood killed a high-ranking Iranian general, Iranian state media said.

20231225

Jordanian army airdrops humanitarian aid for Palestinians trapped in Gaza church

Jordan

The Jordanian army airdropped humanitarian aid on Sunday for hundreds of Palestinians besieged within a church in the Gaza Strip

20231225

Analysis: Has the US-led Red Sea force calmed shippers amid Houthi attacks?

Red Sea

Maersk will resume shipping through the Red Sea but concerns remain. Meanwhile, France, Spain and Italy have dropped out of the force.

20231225

Shipping firm Maersk says it’s preparing for resumption of Red Sea voyages after attacks from Yemen

Red Sea

Shipping firm Maersk says that it’s preparing to allow vessels to resume sailing through the Red Sea, thanks to the start of a U.S.-led multinational naval operation to protect shipping from attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen.

20231225

Maersk says it will resume shipping in the Red Sea

Red Sea

Global shipping giant Maersk will restart operations in the Red Sea after suspending activity there following attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on commercial vessels.

20231225

Why did Saudi Arabia ban Palestine scarf at the Red Sea International Film Festival?

Saudi Arabia

Film-makers based in the region and beyond were dismayed by policies at the event, including a crackdown on the keffiyeh

20231225

Bethlehem pastor's Christmas sermon condemns those 'complicit in Gaza genocide'

Christmas

Reverend Munther Isaac says Christian Palestinians are resilient and would not accept 'delayed remorse' from complicit people

20231225

‘Sorrow and silence’ in Bethlehem as Christmas festivities are cancelled

Christmas

The streets are usually thronged with tourists and pilgrims but this year the town is mourning the dead of the Gaza war

20231225

Hamas commends Palestinian Christians' decision to limit Christmas celebrations amid Gaza war

Christmas

Hamas on Sunday commended the Palestinian Christians’ decision to limit their Christmas celebrations to religious rituals amid the Israeli dystopian war

20231225

UNRWA struggles to provide care for 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza amid Israeli attacks

United Nations

The UN Palestinian refugee agency is struggling to provide care for at least 50,000 pregnant women in the Gaza Strip amid relentless Israeli attacks

20231225

UN refugee agency says 142 employees killed in Gaza since 7 October

United Nations

The UN Palestinian refugee agency said Sunday that 142 employees had been killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip since 7 October

20231225

Netanyahu vows to intensify campaign

dystopian war

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will intensify its fight against Hamas in the coming days.

20231225

Hamas leader Sinwar says its fighters are 'smashing' Israeli army, will not surrender

dystopian war

In a letter to the group's leadership abroad, Sinwar claims nearly 1,600 Israeli soldiers have been killed

20231225

Israel forcibly displaces Palestinians to 'camps inside refugee camps'

dystopian war

Going from displacement into homelessness, Palestinians fear Israel's plan will eventually push them into Egypt

20231225

Netanyahu laments Israel's 'heavy price' as death toll mounts

dystopian war

Israel's military says at least 14 of its soldiers were killed in Gaza over weekend, bringing confirmed toll to 154 since invasion of Gaza began

20231225

Israel ‘terrorising’ Gaza civilians over its military defeat: Hamas

dystopian war

Palestinian group Hamas on Monday accused Israel of terrorizing civilians in the Gaza Strip over its military defeat in the enclave

20231225

Israeli airstrikes kill more than 100 as assault on Gaza widens

dystopian war

‘Safe’ evacuation zone of Deir al-Balah is hit amid some of the deadliest fighting in the war

20231225

Israeli bombardment devastates Maghazi refugee camp

war on refugee camps

Israeli air strikes have killed at least 70 people, including a two-week-old baby, as they hit housing in the Maghazi refugee camp, in one of the deadliest attacks in Gaza since the start of the war on October 7.

20231225

Dozens killed in refugee camp strike

war on refugee camps

The Hamas-run Health Ministry said an Israeli strike on the Maghazi refugee camp killed 70 people.

20231225

At least 70 killed in Israeli airstrike on refugee camp in Gaza

war on refugee camps

At least 70 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike when it hit a residential area of the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza on Sunday, according to Palestinian health officials.

20231225

At least 70 Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on Gaza refugee camp

war on refugee camps

The Maghazi camp in central Gaza, which Palestinian officials say was 'completely residential', was targeted overnight on Sunday

20231225

Israeli airstrike kills 70 at refugee camp in Gaza: Health ministry

war on refugee camps

An Israeli airstrike on Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza has killed at least 70 people, a spokesman for the health ministry in the enclave said Sunday

20231225

At least 70 killed in Israeli strike on refugee camp in central Gaza, health ministry says

war on refugee camps

Palestinian health officials say death toll after attack on Maghazi camp likely to rise

20231225

'There has been no let up in the fighting over Christmas'

war on refugee camps

"Palestinian authorities said over a hundred peope have now been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in central Gaza." The night between Sunday and Monday was one of the dealiest in over 80 days of warfare.

20231225

Israeli airstrikes kill 100 in one of war's deadliest nights, Gaza officials say

war on refugee camps

At a funeral in Gaza on Monday a line of Palestinians touched white shrouds containing the bodies of at least 70 people who Palestinian health officials said were killed by an Israeli airstrike targeting Maghazi in the centre of the besieged strip.

20231225

Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, killing 250 Palestinians in 24 hours

war on refugee camps

More than 100 people have been killed in an Israeli strike on the Maghazi refugee camp with families still trapped in rubble.

20231225

Israel hits Bethlehem in Christmas raids on occupied West Bank

West Bank

Dozens have been arrested as Israeli forces stormed Jenin and areas around Nablus.

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bold date	= may possible related to war crime
bold date	= related to call for or inciting ethnic cleansing, genocide

Important:

The views as expressed in the content of the linked article are solely those of the source(s). They may not or they do not reflect the historical chronology of the more than 70 years old problem.

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DATE

DEVELOPMENT

CONTEXT

DESCRIPTION

20231226

Hamas rejects any temporary cease-fire

new ceasefire talks

The militant Islamist group Hamas has reiterated that it will not negotiate without a complete end to fighting with Israel. Both sides reacted coolly to an Egyptian plan to halt the conflict.

20231226

Egypt presents Gaza ceasefire plan, WHO worried about hospitals

new ceasefire talks

Israel and Hamas on Monday gave cool public receptions to an Egyptian proposal to end their bitter war. But the longstanding enemies stopped short of rejecting the plan altogether, raising the possibility of a new round of diplomacy to halt a devastating Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.

20231226

Classroom massacre: Survivors say Israel executed innocents in Gaza school

churches, mosques, schools

At least seven bodies of displaced Palestinians, including women, children and babies ‘shot point-blank’ were recovered at the Shadia Abu Ghazala School.

20231226

Japan announces sanctions against three senior Hamas figures

global effect

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa says three individuals believed to have participated in October 7 attacks.

20231226

‘We cry for Palestine’: Indonesian homemakers mobilise support for ‘family’

global response

They’re raising funds for Gaza, rallying against the war and educating the next generation of Indonesians about the Israel-Palestine conflict.

20231226

Forced displacement of Palestinians would constitute 'serious breach of international law': Norwegian NGO

global response

The Norwegian Refugee Council warned on Tuesday that forced displacement of Palestinians would constitute a “serious breach of international law”

20231226

Lose a limb or risk death? Growing numbers among Gaza’s thousands of war-wounded face hard decisions

humanitarian

The doctors gave Shaimaa Nabahin an impossible choice: lose your left leg or risk death.

20231226

Gaza's rising number of war-wounded face grim choice: Lose a limb or risk death?

humanitarian

The World Health Organization (WHO) says amputations have become commonplace during the war between Israel and Hamas. More than 54,500 war wounded in Gaza have to face heart-wrenching choices.

20231226

Palestinian Red Crescent Society headquarters hit in Khan Younis

humanitarian

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society headquarters in the al-Amal district, western Khan Younis – an area that’s supposed to be safe for Palestinians – was targeted.

20231226

Israeli strikes hit the headquarters of the Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza

humanitarian

Israeli strikes have hit the headquarters of the Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza. Thousands were sheltering there. Some of the injured have been transported to hospitals in carts pulled by donkeys because there aren't enough ambulances.

20231226

Palestine urges UN to declare famine in Gaza amid Israeli onslaught

humanitarian

Palestine on Tuesday called on the United Nations to officially declare famine in the Gaza Strip, which has been under relentless Israeli attacks since Oct. 7

20231226

Former Israeli ambassador to US discusses Biden's stance on Gaza

Israelis

The former Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, says US President Joe Biden is strategically ‘walking a very fine line’ on Israel’s war in Gaza

20231226

Why do evangelical Christians support Israel?

opinion

Palestinian human rights activist Jonathan Kuttab explains how Christian Zionism affects US policy in the Middle East.

20231226

Israel's mass murder of Palestinians in Gaza began seven decades ago

opinion

Israel's ongoing genocidal assault on Palestinian civilians in Gaza is part of a long and brutal history that goes back to 1951

20231226

Iran's Raisi to visit Turkey on Jan. 4 for talks focused on Gaza -Turkish official

Iran/Turkey

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Ankara on Jan. 4 to meet his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan for talks likely to focus on the situations in Gaza and Syria as well as bilateral ties, a Turkish official said on Tuesday.

20231226

Iran says Israel to face 'tough countdown' after killing of its military adviser in Syria

Iran/Israelis

Iran has threatened Israel with a “tough countdown” following the killing of an Iranian top military adviser in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), accusing Tel Aviv of being behind the Monday airstrike outside the Syrian capital Damascus

20231226

Could Israel’s Gaza war drag Iraq into another conflict?

Iraq/Israelis

Iraq has increasingly become a scene for strikes between Iran-backed forces and the United States amid Israel’s brutal dystopian war, with concerns mounting about a serious escalation.

20231226

Fears of regional escalation as Israel warns of ‘multi-front’ war

Israelis/Middle East

Defence minister tells Knesset that country under attack from Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank, Iraq, Yemen and Iran

COMMENT

Our X-post

20231226

Intense fighting continues along Israel-Lebanon border

Lebanon/Israelis

There have been several Israeli air raids, and several Hezbollah attacks today. Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for at least eight attacks on Israeli targets.

20231226

Biden orders strikes on an Iranian-aligned group after 3 US troops wounded in drone attack in Iraq

US/Iraq

U.S. President Joe Biden ordered the United States military to carry out retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia groups after three U.S. service members were injured in a drone attack in northern Iraq.

20231226

US hits Iran-backed militias in Iraq after attack

US/Iraq

The US military has attacked Iranian-backed militant groups in Iraq, hours after US personnel were injured in a drone strike on a US airbase there.

20231226

US strikes pro-Iran militants in Iraq after attack on base

US/Iraq

The US struck what it called an Iran-aligned base in Iraq after three soldiers were wounded at a US base in Erbil. The government in Baghdad condemned the strike, calling it a "clear hostile act."

20231226

US carries out air strikes on sites used by Iran-backed forces in Iraq

US/Iraq

The US military carried out strikes on three sites used by Iran-backed forces in Iraq on Monday after an attack wounded three American personnel earlier in the day, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.

20231226

Baghdad condemns U.S strike on Iraqi military positions

US/Iraq

Iraq's government on Tuesday condemned overnight U.S. air strikes on Iraqi military positions that it said killed one serviceman and wounded 18 people, calling them a "clear hostile act".

20231226

'Clear hostile act': Iraq condemns US attacks on its military sites

US/Iraq

The Iraqi government on Tuesday condemned the US targeting of its military sites, labelling it a “clear hostile act”

20231226

Explosions reported in Red Sea shipping lane off Yemen coast

Red Sea

Explosions in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen were reported on Tuesday after sightings of unmanned aircraft and missiles in two separate incidents, a British maritime authority said.

20231226

Shipping giant Maersk prepares to restart operations in Red Sea

Red Sea

Denmark's Maersk, like several other shipping companies, had paused Red Sea journeys due to Houthi attacks in the area.

20231226

India’s navy deploys warships to Arabian Sea after tanker attack

Red Sea

Guided missile destroyers to ‘maintain deterrent presence’ after Israel-linked vessel hit off Indian coast.

20231226

Indian navy to deploy guided missile destroyer ships after strike off its coast

Red Sea

The Indian navy will deploy guided missile destroyer ships in the Arabian Sea as a deterrent after an Israel-affiliated merchant vessel was struck off the Indian coast over the weekend.

20231226

Houthis say they carried out drone attack on Israeli port of Eilat

Red Sea

Houthis claim responsibility for drone attack on Israeli port city of Eilat, Red Sea commercial vessel.

20231226

UN alarmed by ongoing Israeli strikes in central Gaza that kill scores

United Nations

Israel launched fresh airstrikes on Tuesday against central Gaza, where the United Nations voiced alarm over an escalation of attacks that have killed more than 100 Palestinians over two days in one part of the enclave.

20231226

Gaza's rising number of war-wounded face grim choice: Lose a limb or risk death?

United Nations

The World Health Organization (WHO) says amputations have become commonplace during the war between Israel and Hamas. More than 54,500 war wounded in Gaza have to face heart-wrenching choices.

20231226

'Moral cowardice': UN special rapporteur slams Israel's visa threat to staffers

United Nations

The UN special rapporteur on Palestine slammed Tuesday Israel’s decision to deny visa to UN staff, saying “baseless attacks” on the organization prove “moral cowardice”

20231226

US rejects Israeli request for Apache attack helicopters amid Gaza war

United States

The United States has rejected an Israeli request to acquire new Apache attack helicopters, according to Israeli media on Tuesday

20231226

US rejects Israeli request for Apache attack helicopters amid Gaza war

dystopian war

The United States has rejected an Israeli request to acquire new Apache attack helicopters, according to Israeli media on Tuesday

20231226

UN alarmed by ongoing Israeli strikes in central Gaza that kill scores

dystopian war

20231226

Gaza war will go on for months, Israel's military chief says

dystopian war

Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza will likely go on for many months, the country's military chief said on Tuesday.

20231226

Israel-Gaza war will continue for months, IDF chief warns

dystopian war

Israel's war with Hamas militants in Gaza will continue for "many more months", Israel's army chief has said.

20231226

Gaza war 'will last many more months', says Israel army chief

dystopian war

Israel's war with Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip will last "for many more months", Israel's army chief Herzi Halevi said on Tuesday.

20231226

New video shows detainees stripped in Gaza

dystopian war

New video show Palestinians stripped and detained in Gaza by the Israeli army, as other freed detainees allege abuse and mistreatment.

20231226

Palestinian detainees describe horrific torture by Israeli forces

dystopian war

A warning that some of the footage may be distressing to viewers. Israel has arrested more than 2,600 Palestinians from Gaza including doctors and journalists since it began its war. The fate of those detained and their whereabouts remain largely unknown.

20231226

Israeli forces round up stripped Palestinian men and children at stadium

dystopian war

Video recorded by Israeli journalist shows men, children and elderly Palestinians with their hands tied behind their backs at a stadium in the war-ravaged territory

20231226

Israeli forces bombard central Gaza in apparent move to expand ground offensive. Telecoms out again

dystopian war

Israeli forces bombarded Palestinian refugee camps Tuesday in central Gaza and issued orders telling residents to evacuate, signs that the military plans to expand its ground offensive into another part of the besieged territory.

20231226

The Palestinian family 'executed' in their home by Israeli forces

dystopian war

Witnesses increasingly report deliberate and indiscriminate Israeli shooting of civilians, including pregnant women

20231226

Euro-Med submits findings on Israeli army executions in Gaza to ICC, UN, calling them 'genocide'

dystopian war

An international rights organisation on Tuesday submitted a report with the International Criminal Court (ICC) and UN rapporteurs, documenting human rights violations by the Israeli army in its attacks on the Gaza Strip, describing the Palestinian killings as genocide and demanding investigations into the ongoing onslaught

20231226

Top Netanyahu adviser due in Washington after Israel rejects US post-war plan

dystopian war

Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer expected to discuss new phase of Israeli offensive and arms shipments

20231226

Netanyahu pushes for 'voluntary migration' for Palestinians in Gaza: Israeli media

dystopian war

Israeli media on Monday said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for plans to implement “voluntary migration” of the Palestinians in Gaza to other countries

20231226

Netanyahu looking for countries 'to absorb' ethnically cleansed Palestinians

dystopian war

Local media reported the Israeli prime minister discussed the idea at a meeting of his Likud party, plus other stories

20231226

Palestine condemns Netanyahu's plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza

dystopian war

Palestine on Monday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to encourage Palestinians to voluntarily leave Gaza, calling for an international stand against it

20231226

Israeli army says mistakenly killed 2 soldiers in Gaza last month

dystopian war

The Israeli army on Tuesday said it mistakenly killed two of its soldiers during a military operation in the Gaza Strip last month

20231226

Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp in ruins after deadly Israeli attack

war on refugee camps

More than 100 Palestinians killed in one of the deadliest attacks in two and a half months of war.

20231226

What message do Palestinian Christians send by cancelling Christmas?

West Bank

What is the significance of cancelling this year’s festivities in Bethlehem?

20231226

Israel detains senior Palestinian leader Khalida Jarrar

West Bank

Israel detained early Tuesday senior Palestinian politician Khalida Jarrar from her home in occupied West Bank

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bold date	= may possible related to war crime
bold date	= related to call for or inciting ethnic cleansing, genocide

Important:

The views as expressed in the content of the linked article are solely those of the source(s). They may not or they do not reflect the historical chronology of the more than 70 years old problem.

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DATE

DEVELOPMENT

CONTEXT

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20231227

What is Egypt's proposal for Gaza?

new ceasefire talks

Egypt has held talks between Hamas and its allied Islamic Jihad to try and broker a permanent ceasefire in Israel's war in the Gaza Strip, which has killed tens of thousands, laid waste to the Hamas-governed territory, and displaced the majority of the 2.3 million Palestinian residents.

20231227

President Sisi and King Abdullah reject all attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause

new ceasefire talks

17:00 Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II discussed on Wednesday the latest developments in the region, especially in the Gaza Strip, stressing the need to refrain from expanding the conflict, which threatens security and stability both regionally and globally.

20231227

End to Gaza war still distant amid tough negotiations on Egypt proposal

new ceasefire talks

Negotiations mediated by Egypt and Qatar to end the Israeli war in Gaza grapple with mounting complexities as recent media leaks purporting a three-phased proposal from Cairo appear to be somewhat detached from the actual core of the discussions, according to sources close to the negotiations.

20231227

African countries assert their role in global politics

global effect

African countries are assuming an increasingly individualistic approach to foreign policy, acting in ways that are sometimes at odds with international powers.

20231227

Lose a limb or risk death? Growing numbers among Gaza’s thousands of war-wounded face hard decisions

humanitarian

The doctors gave Shaimaa Nabahin an impossible choice: lose your left leg or risk death.

20231227

Gaza: Palestinian woman gives birth to quadruplets prematurely

humanitarian

A young Palestinian woman has given birth prematurely to quadruplets in the besieged and heavily bombarded city of Deir Al-Balah in Gaza.

20231227

Displaced Palestinians wary of epidemics

humanitarian

Displaced civilians sheltering at the European Hospital and and adjacent UN school are caught between ferocious Israeli bombardment and fatal health conditions

20231227

Doctors Without Borders: No longer have words to describe the 'horror' in Gaza

humanitarian

The “horror” being witnessed in the Gaza Strip has reached a point where there are no longer words to describe it, Doctors Without Borders’ Medical Coordinator in Palestine, Guillemette Thomas, said.

20231227

Who are the Israeli refuseniks picking jail over the Gaza war?

Israelis

Tel Aviv teen Tal Mitnick is the latest Israeli to refuse to fight against Palestinians, and he is willing to pay a price.

20231227

Netanyahu hits back at Erdogan over Hitler comparison

Israelis

Netanyahu has strongly rejected the comments of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the latter compared him to Adolf Hitler. Netanyahu also accused the Turkish leader of "committing genocide against the Kurds."

COMMENT

Our X-post

20231227

Gaza war threatens social cohesion in Israel's multicultural city of Haifa

Israelis

In Haifa, Israel’s multicultural city where Jews, Muslims and Christians have peacefully lived side by side for decades, the war has left an uncomfortable mark.

20231227

Israeli settlers hang donkey’s head in Muslim cemetery in East Jerusalem

Israelis

“A settler stormed the Bab Al-Rahma cemetery and hung a donkey’s head on a grave there,” the Jerusalem governor’s office said in a statement.

20231227

Palestinian journalist: Israeli intelligence threatened to bomb my house – then did

journalists

Hossam Shabat, a Journalist in Northern Gaza, has reportedly received received threats from Israeli forces to either discontinue coverage of events taking place in Gaza and delete the content he has already published or face "prosecution"

20231227

President Sisi and King Abdullah reject all attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause

Egypt/Jordan

20231227

Israeli strikes kill Hezbollah fighter as violence on Lebanon border grows

Lebanon/Israelis

War planes attacked a house in Bint Jbeil, killing three people, Lebanon’s state media says.

20231227

Lebanese-Australian, his wife and Hezbollah brother killed in Israeli air strike -sources

Lebanon/Israelis

An Israeli air strike on a residence in south Lebanon has killed a Lebanese-Australian man, his wife, and his brother, who was a member of armed group Hezbollah, security and local sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

20231227

Israel reports drone attacks from southern Lebanon as tension soars

Lebanon/Israelis

The Israeli army said Wednesday that three explosives-laden drones had been fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel,

20231227

Shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd will continue to avoid Red Sea amid Houthi attacks

Red Sea

US naval task force shot down twelve attack drones and five missiles fired by Houthis in 10 hours

20231227

Analysis: In the Red Sea, the US has no good options against the Houthis

Red Sea

The US-led maritime force is a half measure that the Houthis will test. But it can’t do more without escalating tensions.

20231227

Spanish PM open to creation of new EU mission to protect vessels in Red Sea

Red Sea

Spain opposes using the European Union's anti-piracy naval force to protect merchant ships in the Red Sea from the Yemeni Houthi militia, but it is willing to consider the creation of a different mission to tackle the problem, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday.

20231227

Maersk schedules dozens of vessels to travel via Suez Canal

Red Sea

Denmark's Maersk has scheduled several dozen container vessels to travel via the Suez Canal and the Red Sea in the coming days and weeks, it said on Wednesday, in a further sign that global shipping firms are returning to the route.

20231227

Houthi rebels claim responsibility for Red Sea container ship attack

Red Sea

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia claimed responsibility for a missile attack on Tuesday on a container ship in the Red Sea, and for an attempt to attack Israel with drones.

20231227

Houthis claim responsibility for container ship attack in Red Sea

Red Sea

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia claimed responsibility for a missile attack on a container ship in the Red Sea on Tuesday and for an attempt to attack Israel with drones,

20231227

Turkey's Erdogan says Israeli PM Netanyahu no different from Hitler

Turkey/Israelis

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was no different from Adolf Hitler and likened Israel's attacks on Gaza to the treatment of Jewish people by the Nazis.

20231227

Erdogan: There's no difference between actions of Hitler and Netanyahu

Turkey/Israelis

There is “no difference” between what Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu is doing in the months-long attacks on Gaza and what Nazi leader Adolf Hitler did decades ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today.

20231227

Turkiye’s communications director says Israeli premier should be 'last person' to talk about genocide

Turkey/Israelis

Turkiye’s Communications Director Fahrettin Altun on Wednesday said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be the “last person” to talk about genocide, terrorism and morality.

COMMENT

Our X-post

20231227

UAE's Sharjah bans New Year's Eve fireworks over Gaza war

UAE/Israelis

An emirate in the United Arab Emirates, one of few Arab states that has official ties with Israel, has banned New Year's Eve fireworks this year as an expression of solidarity with the people of Gaza.

20231227

UK: radical Zionist group behind controversial alternative Xmas message on Channel 4

United Kingdom

Britain’s Channel 4 TV station has been criticised strongly for airing its latest “alternative Christmas message” reportedly produced by members of a Zionist youth group, B’nei Akiva, an organisation that funnels young people into the Israeli military.

20231227

UN appoints a former Dutch deputy premier and Mideast expert as its Gaza humanitarian coordinator

United Nations

Sigrid Kaag, the Netherlands’ former deputy prime minister and a Mideast expert, was appointed the U.N. coordinator for humanitarian aid to war-torn Gaza, the United Nations chief announced Tuesday.

20231227

UN appoints aid coordinator to Gaza

United Nations

The United Nations has appointed a humanitarian coordinator to boost aid to the war-torn Gaza Strip following a resolution by the Security Council. Sigrid Kaag, a former Dutch deputy premier and Mideast expert, is expected to start on January 8. Since Israel began its siege of Gaza, its over 2 million residents have faced severe shortages of water, food, fuel and medicine.

20231227

1,000 children have undergone amputations without anaesthesia in Gaza

United Nations

Some 1,000 children have had limbs amputated without anaesthesia in the Gaza Strip since Israel began its brutal bombing campaign on 7 October, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said.

20231227

Dozens more relatives displaced, injured, killed since Palestinians filed suit against Biden

United States

Palestinian plaintiffs say they are losing hope for justice, and US is 'not even pretending' to care about Gaza's residents

20231227

Harvard professor's wife harassed another pro-Palestine student days before viral video

United States

Eve Gerber stands accused of harassing another student who was wearing the kefiyyeh just days before a video of her hounding a female student went viral

20231227

Israel army chief says Gaza war to last 'many more months'

dystopian war

Israel again pounded Gaza with air strikes and shelling on Wednesday after its armed forces chief warned the war raging with Hamas since the October 7 attacks will last "many more months".

20231227

Israel launches heavy strikes across central and southern Gaza after widening its offensive

dystopian war

Israel launched heavy strikes across central and southern Gaza overnight and into Wednesday after broadening its offensive against Hamas to more areas where the military had told Palestinians to seek shelter earlier in the war.

20231227

Israel pounds central Gaza, dozens more Palestinians killed

dystopian war

Israeli forces pounded central Gaza by land, sea and air on Wednesday and Palestinian authorities reported dozens more deaths, including 20 in one attack.

20231227

Israel expanding ground offensive into central Gaza refugee camps

dystopian war

Israel is expanding its ground offensive into Palestinian refugee camps in central Gaza, as it warns the war with Hamas will last for months.

20231227

Israel launches heavy strikes across central and southern Gaza

dystopian war

Israel launched heavy strikes across central and southern Gaza overnight and into Wednesday after broadening its offensive against Hamas.

20231227

Israel returns 80 bodies to Gaza after "confirming they're not hostages"

dystopian war

Israel has returned the bodies of 80 Palestinians killed in the Israeli-Hamas conflict in Gaza, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Wednesday.

20231227

Israel harvesting organs from Palestinians it killed in Gaza, authorities say

dystopian war

Authorities in Gaza have accused Israel of harvesting organs from the bodies of Palestinians it has killed in the besieged enclave and demanded an international probe

20231227

Health ministry in Gaza says death toll at 21,110

dystopian war

The Palestinian health ministry said Wednesday that the death toll of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has risen to 21,110.

20231227

More than 240 killed in Gaza in last 24 hours - Hamas

dystopian war

Two hundred and forty-one Palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours in Israeli shelling of Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health.

20231227

Evidence of Israeli violations engraved on bodies of Palestinians, activist says

dystopian war

Renowned Palestinian journalist and human rights activist, Mohammed El-Kurd, has said evidence of Israel’s long history of violating against Palestinian rights are engraved on their bodies.

20231227

US, Israel discuss 'different phase' of war in Gaza.

dystopian war

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met Tuesday to discuss shifting "to a different phase" of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip with Israel's Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, a White House official said.

20231227

Prospect of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza to Sinai ‘grows’

dystopian war

A recent opinion piece in the Jerusalem Post has sparked concerns and criticism over its proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to the Sinai Peninsula.

20231227

Israeli army says 164 soldiers killed in Gaza war

dystopian war

The Israeli army said that the Israeli soldiers' death toll in the ongoing ground operation in the besieged Gaza Strip had risen to 164.

20231227

Israel could never ‘eliminate’ Hamas, Palestinian professor says

dystopian war

A Palestinian-American historian of the Middle East and the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, Rashid Khalidi, said it is “impossible” for Israel to eliminate the Islamic resistance movement Hamas.

20231227

At least 20 killed near hospital in Khan Younis

war on hospitals

Gaza Health Ministry says at least 20 people killed and many more injured in a deadly Israeli army attack near El Amal City Hospital in Khan Younis.

20231227

Israeli forces pummel Khan Younis, killing 20 outside al-Amal hospital

war on hospitals

Graphic video shows lifeless bodies in pools of blood, as Israel steps up relentless bombardment of southern Gaza city

20231227

1,000 children have undergone amputations without anaesthesia in Gaza

war on hospitals

Some 1,000 children have had limbs amputated without anaesthesia in the Gaza Strip since Israel began its brutal bombing campaign on 7 October, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said.

20231227

Gaza: Palestinian woman gives birth to quadruplets prematurely

war on hospitals

A young Palestinian woman has given birth prematurely to quadruplets in the besieged and heavily bombarded city of Deir Al-Balah in Gaza.

20231227

Six killed in Israeli strike on refugee camp in occupied West Bank

West Bank

Ambulances say they were blocked by Israeli forces after attack on Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem.

20231227

Tensions simmer in West Bank following Israeli raid of refugee camp

West Bank

Tensions continue to simmer on Tuesday in the West Bank where Israeli forces raided a refugee camp, killing several Palestinians. Israeli forces seized rockets and other weapons during the raid and arrested Palestinians linked to militant group Hamas

20231227

Six Palestinians killed during Israeli operation in West Bank

West Bank

Minor among those killed after Israeli drone strike targets Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm

20231227

Israel kills 6 more Palestinians in occupied West Bank refugee camp

West Bank

Israel has killed six more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The six were targeted by an Israeli drone in Nour Shams Camp, located east of Tulkarm. They were confirmed dead at the Martyr Thabet Thabet Government Hospital in the city.

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20231228

Israel offers new prisoner exchange deal: Report

new ceasefire talks

Israel, via the United States, has proposed a new prisoner exchange deal to mediator Qatar, according to Israel’s Channel 13.

20231228

Egypt puts forward framework proposal to end bloodshed in Gaza

new ceasefire talks

Egypt has put forward a framework proposal aimed at ending the bloodshed in Gaza, including a three-stage plan for a ceasefire, according to the head of the country’s media body.

20231228

Egypt says it is awaiting responses on plan to end Gaza war

new ceasefire talks

Egypt confirmed on Thursday that it had put forward a framework proposal to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip that includes three stages ending with a ceasefire, and said it was awaiting responses on the plan.

20231228

Netanyahu says ‘in contact’ to release hostages held by Hamas

new ceasefire talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he is holding “contacts” to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip

20231228

Hamas delegation to discuss Egypt's Gaza ceasefire plan

new ceasefire talks

A Hamas delegation is due in Cairo Friday to give its "observations" about an Egyptian plan for a ceasefire that would end the war in Gaza, a Hamas official said.

20231228

Hamas 'open to any ideas or proposals for a complete and final cessation of aggression in Gaza'

new ceasefire talks

As Gaza enters its 83rd day of Israel's brutal war, seven Palestinians were killed in an attack on Nuseirat camp, Israel expanded its ground operation into the center and continued artillery shelling in Khan Younis, while its forces raided the occupied West Bank cities, killing at least one Palestinian and injuring 15, while seizing $2.5 million from exchange shops.

20231228

Hamas to discuss Egypt's Gaza ceasefire plan as Israeli strikes continue

new ceasefire talks

A Hamas delegation is due in Cairo Friday to give its "observations" about an Egyptian plan for a ceasefire that would end the war in Gaza, a Hamas official said.

20231228

Israel expands offensive as Hamas warns only permanent ceasefire will free hostages

new ceasefire talks

"They are so thin. It's cold, it's windy," said one Palestinian woman who gave birth to quadruplets in a refugee camp bombed by Israel.

20231228

Dozens arrested in pro-Palestinian protests at two major US airports

global response

Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked morning traffic on Wednesday around Los Angeles International Airport and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport - two of the nation's busiest - in coast-to-coast demonstrations that ended with dozens of arrests.

20231228

Macron urges Netanyahu for lasting ceasefire in Gaza

global response

French President Emmanuel Macron demanded a "lasting ceasefire" in Gaza during a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, his office said, as an escalating humanitarian crisis grips the Palestinian territory.

20231228

Italy ‘concerned’ by Israel's choice of settler leader as ambassador

global response

The Italian government has expressed “concern” over Israel’s choice of its next ambassador to Rome because of his close ties to the settler movement in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.

20231228

India releases $2.5m contribution to UNRWA

humanitarian

India has released the second tranche of a $2.5m contribution to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, according to a statement released by the Representative Office of India in Palestine.

20231228

Israeli troops killed hostages, mistaking their cries for help as ambush -military

Hamas resistance attack

Israeli troops killed three Israeli hostages in Gaza on Dec. 15 when it mistook their cries for help as a ruse by Hamas militants to draw them into an ambush, the military said on Thursday, concluding that the soldiers acted rightly to the best of their understanding.

20231228

Freed hostage recalls fight to save children, fears for women still held in Gaza

Hamas resistance attack

To survive the 51 days she and three of her children spent as hostages in Gaza, Chen Almog-Goldstein had to stifle the tears over the killing of her husband and daughter when Hamas gunmen burst into their home in Israel on Oct. 7.

20231228

On foot and by donkey cart, thousands flee widening Israeli assault in central Gaza

humanitarian

Thousands of Palestinian families fled Wednesday from the brunt of Israel’s expanding ground offensive into Gaza’s few remaining, overcrowded refuges, as the military launched heavy strikes across the center and south of the territory, killing dozens, Palestinian health officials said.

20231228

Israeli tanks advance deep into Gaza town after strikes cause new mass exodus

humanitarian

Israeli tanks advanced deep into a town in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday after days of relentless bombardment that forced tens of thousands of already displaced Palestinian families to flee in a new exodus.

20231228

Israel "gives" Cyprus preliminary OK for aid to Gaza by sea

"humanitarian"

"Israel has given preliminary approval to Cyprus for a maritime humanitarian corridor to ship aid to the besieged and war-torn Gaza Strip, the foreign ministry said on Thursday."

COMMENT

Description as quotation. Israelis are seeking to divert the flow of humanitarian aid away from Eygpt to have control over all aid by creating a bypass between Lanarca, Cyprus and the Israeli port Haifa.

20231228

WHO urgently calls on global community to address critical threat to Gaza's population

humanitarian

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has urged the global community to take immediate actions to address the serious threat facing the population of Gaza.

20231228

UN agency says 40 percent of Gaza’s population ‘at risk of famine’

humanitarian

UNRWA warned the besieged enclave is ‘grappling with catastrophic hunger’ as Israel continues to bomb from north to the south.

20231228

Israeli youths hold rally in West Jerusalem to push for release of Hamas captives

Israelis

Israeli youths have gathered outside the Israeli Knesset … We know they have been amassing throughout Jerusalem.

20231228

Israel: government faces internal crisis with threat of dissolution

Israelis

Israeli media outlets have exposed a political crisis that may shake the Israeli government, as far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir plans to extend the term of service for some officials in the Israeli security apparatus and dismiss others.

20231228

Retired general praises Hamas ‘resilience’ in Gaza

Israelis

A retired major general and former head of Israel’s National Security Council, Giora Eiland, has praised the Islamic Resistance Movement, which has “demonstrated [its] ability” to replace commanders who are killed with others equally capable and equally devoted.

20231228

Rabbi incites against Palestinian doctors in hospitals

Israelis

An Israeli rabbi has sparked outrage after claiming that medical staff who are Palestinian citizens of Israel want to “kill every Jew”.

20231228

Israeli embassy removes video of imaginary ‘Hamas’ attack on Seoul

Israelis

The Israeli embassy in South Korea has been pressured to delete a self-produced video showing an imaginary attack on Seoul by masked assailants it likened to Hamas. South Korea’s foreign ministry called the video “inappropriate”.

20231228

UNICEF: 2023 deadliest year on record for children in West Bank, East Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Adele Khodr, UNICEF’s regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, has said 124 Palestinian and six Israeli children were killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since the start of this year.

20231228

Global leaders must find the courage to hit Israel and the US where it hurts

opinion

Non-binding UN votes will never stop the Gaza genocide. Only boycotts, banning weapons sales and severing diplomatic ties will force Israel and the US to heed the clamour for peace

20231228

Iran releases animation of Netanyahu assassination after Israel kills senior army officer

Iran/Israelis

The Iranian military has released an animated video depicting the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after Tehran accused his government of killing one of the most senior Iranian military advisors in Syria.

COMMENT

English translated video

20231228

Hezbollah, Israel trade fire across Lebanon border

Lebanon/Israelis

The Israeli artillery had struck Shebaa Farms as well as the areas surrounding the towns of Rashaya al-Fakhar and al-Khiam in southern Lebanon.

20231228

Israel Gaza war: Israel warns Hezbollah and Lebanon over border fighting

Lebanon/Israelis

Israel will act to remove Hezbollah from the border with Lebanon if the militia group's attacks continue, an Israeli minister has warned.

20231228

Hezbollah launches most rockets ever towards Israel in single day since latest unrest started

Lebanon/Israelis

Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia has launched the most rockets in a single day since it started to exchange fire with the occupation state of Israel in support of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, international media have reported.

20231228

Fears Israel Hamas war could 'expand' amid strikes on central Gaza

Lebanon/Israelis

Israel's army has warned of a possible "expansion" of operations on its border with Lebanon.

20231228

Israel says time running out to reach diplomatic solution in Lebanon

Lebanon/Israelis

Officials’ warning echoes those of two ministers, as fighting with Hezbollah intensifies on boundary

20231228

Lebanon’s leader Najib Mikati calls for end to Israel’s aggression

Lebanon/Israelis

Speaking in a meeting with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called for an end to the Israeli aggression against Gaza and southern Lebanon

20231228

Australia checks Hezbollah claim of citizen killed in Israeli strike

Lebanon/Israelis/Australia

Australia on Thursday confirmed two of its citizens were killed in an Israeli air strike in south Lebanon and said it was looking at Hezbollah's claims that one of the Australian citizens killed had links to the militant group.

20231228

Lebanon residents wound UN peacekeeper, block convoy twice

Lebanon//UN

A U.N. peacekeeper in southern Lebanon was hurt when a group of young men attacked a patrol and tried to stop it from moving through their village, the U.N. mission said on Thursday

20231228

US allies reluctant on Red Sea task force

Red Sea

U.S. President Joe Biden hoped to present a firm international response to Yemen's Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping by launching a new maritime force, but a week after its launch many allies don't want to be associated with it, publicly, or at all.

20231228

Germany in talks with EU partners on Red Sea maritime mission

Red Sea

Germany and its European Union partners are examining whether they could mount a new maritime mission to protect commercial vessels under threat of attack in the Red Sea, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.

20231228

Sanchez: Spain reluctant to join EU anti-piracy Red Sea task force

Red Sea

Spain is not in favour of using the European Union (EU)’s anti-piracy naval force, known as Operation Atalanta, to protect Israel-bound merchant ships from Yemen’s Houthi militia in the Red Sea, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez shared on Wednesday

20231228

Palestinian surgeon says UK political parties defying the will of the people

United Kingdom

Ghassan Abu Sittah, a surgeon who recently returned to the UK from Gaza, says the ruling Conservative and opposition Labour Party are silencing voices critical of the conflict

20231228

UNICEF: 2023 deadliest year on record for children in West Bank, East Jerusalem

United Nations

20231228

WHO urgently calls on global community to address critical threat to Gaza's population

United Nations

20231228

UN agency says 40 percent of Gaza’s population ‘at risk of famine’

United Nations

UNRWA warned the besieged enclave is ‘grappling with catastrophic hunger’ as Israel continues to bomb from north to the south.

20231228

50 killed in Gaza during morning attacks – Ministry

dystopian war

Fifty Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, Khan Younis and Maghazi areas on Thursday, the Gaza Health Ministry said

20231228

No safe place for Palestinians in Gaza as Israel widens offensive

dystopian war

Casualties rise as Israeli forces pound central, southern areas of the enclave, including overcrowded refugee camps.

20231228

Under the rubble: The missing in Gaza

dystopian war

Every morning, 51-year-old Yasser Abu Shamala goes to the place where his family’s house once stood in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

20231228

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens of Palestinians, even in largely emptied north

dystopian war

Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across Gaza overnight and into Thursday, killing dozens of people in a widening air and ground offensive against Hamas that has forced thousands more to flee from homes and shelters in recent days.

20231228

Israel expands offensive as Hamas warns only permanent ceasefire will free hostages

dystopian war

"They are so thin. It's cold, it's windy," said one Palestinian woman who gave birth to quadruplets in a refugee camp bombed by Israel.

20231228

Israeli bombs hit north, south and central Gaza during brutal 24 hours

dystopian war

At least 210 Palestinians killed in a day, as relentless bombardment leaves survivors with scarce supplies of food, water and resources

20231228

The number of wounded Israeli soldiers is mounting, representing a hidden cost of war

dystopian war

Igor Tudoran spent just 12 hours inside the Gaza Strip before a missile slammed into his tank, leaving him with a life-altering injury.

20231228

On foot and by donkey cart, thousands flee widening Israeli assault in central Gaza

dystopian war

20231228

Israeli tanks advance deep into Gaza town after strikes cause new mass exodus

dystopian war

20231228

Gaza in 2024: Signs of more devastation, open-ended occupation

dystopian war

The war aims of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gaza's Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar look unattainable in 2024, and their fight may consign the Palestinian territory to yet more devastation and an open-ended Israeli occupation.

20231228

Fears Israel Hamas war could 'expand' amid strikes on central Gaza

dystopian war

20231228

The ordeal of two Palestinian children detained by Israeli forces

dystopian war

A girl, 10, and her brother, six, were detained on Israel’s so-called ‘safe corridor’. They were interrogated about Hamas

20231228

Gaza death toll surpasses 21,300 amid Israeli attacks

dystopian war

The Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks surged to 21,320 since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the enclave said Thursday

20231228

Israeli army has killed 8,800 Palestinian children in 82 days: Gaza media office

dystopian war

Israel has killed 8,800 children alongside 6,300 women since the offensive on Gaza started on 7 October, the Gaza media office said Wednesday

20231228

Red Crescent condemns attacks near al-Amal hospital in Khan Younis

war on hospitals

The Palestinian Red Cresent Society (PRCS) has condemned the Israeli targeting of al-Amal Hospital in Gaza that killed 10 people and injured 21 others.

20231228

Israeli strike hits residential area near Kuwaiti hospital in Rafah

war on hospitals

“It was a very terrifying scene.“ Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum was reporting near the scene of an explosion where at least 20 people have been killed, many more injured in Rafah

20231228

‘Piles of body parts’: Gaza’s Maghazi residents find families ‘in pieces’

war on refugees camps

After devastating Israeli attack on refugee camp, relatives return to dig up many victims who are under the rubble.

20231228

Israel admits it killed dozens in Christmas 'massacre'

war on refugees camps

Army spokesperson says they 'regret' casualties sustained alongside intended target in a refugee camp on Sunday

20231228

Palestinian drama teacher killed amid ‘deadliest’ assault on refugee camp

war on refugees camps

Artist Ahed Abu Hamda was among the estimated 90 victims of devastating air raids on the camp over Christmas

20231228

Israel says improper munitions cause of high death toll in Maghazi attack

war on refugees camps

The admission by an Israeli official to Kan public broadcaster comes as Israel has been accused of using ‘dirty’ bombs on Gaza.

20231228

‘Unparalleled’: Israeli army raids Ramallah, more occupied West Bank cities

West Bank

Israeli forces also ‘seize $2.5m’ from money exchange shops in largest operations in area since October.

20231228

UNICEF: 2023 deadliest year on record for children in West Bank, East Jerusalem

West Bank

20231228

Analysis: Israeli raids aim to fully ‘reoccupy’ the West Bank

West Bank

Mustafa Barghouti, the general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, has said the growing raids in the West Bank is Israel’s attempt to reoccupy the territory “completely”.

COMMENT

One cannot occupy twice when the West Bank is part of occupied Palestinian Territory (oPT)

20231228

Israeli raids in West Bank target "Hamas funding"

West Bank

Israeli forces raided foreign exchange and money transfer agencies in Ramallah and other cities in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, seizing millions of dollars suspected of being intended to fund the Islamist group Hamas, the military said.

20231228

UN report deplores 'rapid deterioration' of rights in West Bank

West Bank

A United Nations report published on Thursday deplored what it called a "rapid deterioration" of human rights in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and urged Israeli authorities to end violence against the Palestinian population there.

20231228

Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Ramallah as UN urges Israel to end 'unlawful killings' in West Bank

West Bank

Israeli forces killed at least one Palestinian man during an overnight raid on Ramallah, seat of the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said Thursday, as the UN issued a human rights report urging Israel to end its"unlawful killings" in the occupied territory.

20231228

West Bank Palestinians more supportive of Hamas: poll

West Bank

As the death toll from Israel's military offensive in Gaza rises and settler violence increases, Palestinian opinion polls show increased support for the militant Hamas group in the occupied West Bank. At the same time, the Palestinian Authority, which rules the West Bank, is losing popularity.

20231228

West Bank theatre raided by Israel vows to resume 'resistance'

West Bank

The Palestinian Freedom Theatre in the occupied West Bank will welcome actors back this weekend, just over a fortnight after an Israeli raid on the centre sparked an international outcry.

20231228

Israeli settlers pour nitric acid on Palestinian tent in occupied West Bank

West Bank

A Palestinian family of nine escaped unharmed on Wednesday after Israeli settlers poured nitric acid on their tent in the wild area of Al-Rashayida, to the east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.

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20231229

Israel bombs Gaza as Egypt hosts Hamas to discuss truce proposal

new ceasefire talks

Israel pounded Gaza on Friday (December 29), nearly 12 weeks into the war started by the October 7 attacks, as Egypt was to host a Hamas delegation for talks aimed at ending the conflict.

20231229

Israel bombs Gaza as Egypt hosts Hamas to discuss truce proposal

new ceasefire talks

Israel pounded Gaza on Friday, nearly 12 weeks into the war started by the October 7 attacks, as Egypt hosted a Hamas delegation for talks aimed at ending the conflict that has devastated much of the besieged Palestinian territory

20231229

Hamas leaders attend Egypt talks as Israeli attacks push deeper into Gaza

new ceasefire talks

A delegation of high-level Hamas leaders is visiting Egypt for talks aimed at bringing the devastating war in Gaza to an end, even as the Israeli military pushes deeper into the centre and south of the strip, displacing tens of thousands of people.

20231229

Palestine factions reject external scenarios for Gaza future

new ceasefire talks

The Palestinian resistance factions have categorically rejected all “external” solutions and scenarios for the so-called “future of the besieged Gaza Strip”, stressing that only a Palestinian national solution will be presented based on the formation of a national unity government which emerges from a comprehensive national consensus.

20231229

Israel's ambassador to Germany warns of soaring antisemitism

global effect

Since the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, antisemitic crimes in Germany have increased dramatically. Israel's ambassador has warned of "fear" among Jews in Germany.

20231229

How a Swiss diplomat lost his career to pro-Israeli smears about his private life

global effect

It was on 15 September when Viola Amherd, head of the Swiss Defence Department, introduced ambassador Jean-Daniel Ruch to the public as the incoming state secretary for security policy, a brand-new position created in the face of the Ukraine conflict.

20231229

Police in UK record rise in hate crimes since start of war

global effect

Campaigners against anti-Muslim abuse have described the trend as 'deeply worrying', while antisemitic hate crimes have also gone up

20231229

France heightens security for New Year’s Eve, with 90,000 police officers to be mobilized

global effect

Security will be tight across France on New Year’s Eve, with 90,000 law enforcement officers set to be deployed, domestic intelligence chief Céline Berthon said Friday.

20231229

South Africa launches case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza

South Africa/Israelis

South Africa launched a case Friday at the United Nations’ top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks.

20231229

S. Africa launches case at UN's top court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza

South Africa/Israelis

South Africa has begun proceedings at the International Court of Justice, alleging violations of the Genocide Convention in relation to Israeli attacks on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the court said in a statement on Friday.

20231229

Freed Israeli hostage Mia Schem speaks about captivity

Hamas resistance attack

A former hostage held in Gaza by Hamas, Mia Schem, has given her first interview to Israeli media, since she was released a month ago.

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20231229

UN deplores aid barriers as Israel’s Gaza onslaught steps up

humanitarian

Dire humanitarian crisis worsens, as at least 30 people reported killed in air strikes on refugee camps in central Gaza.

20231229

Palestinians stream into a southern Gaza town as Israel expands its offensive in the center

humanitarian

Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed into an already crowded town at the southernmost end of Gaza in recent days, according to the United Nations, fleeing Israel’s bombardment of the center of the strip, where hospital officials said dozens were killed Friday.

20231229

Thousands of Palestinians flee central Gaza as Israeli troops advance

humanitarian

An estimated 150,000 Palestinians are being forced to flee areas of central Gaza, the UN has said, as Israeli forces advance on refugee camps there.

20231229

Al-Azhar sends 50 more trucks in fourth relief convoy to Gaza

humanitarian

Al-Azhar announced on Friday that the fourth aid convoy organized by its Zakat and Charity House set off to the Rafah border crossing to deliver much-needed relief to Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

20231229

Freed Israeli hostage Mia Schem speaks about captivity

Israelis

A former hostage held in Gaza by Hamas, Mia Schem, has given her first interview to Israeli media, since she was released a month ago.

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20231229

Pressure on Netanyahu amid row over Israel’s plan for ‘day after’ Gaza war

Israelis

As Israeli military pounds Gaza and conducts raids in occupied West Bank, Hamas says no deal on captives until ‘aggression’ stops.

20231229

Israel's ambassador to Germany warns of soaring antisemitism

Israelis

Since the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, antisemitic crimes in Germany have increased dramatically. Israel's ambassador has warned of "fear" among Jews in Germany.

20231229

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett calls on US to bring down Iran

Israelis

In the Wall Street Journal op-ed, the former leader also admits Israel was behind an assassination and sabotage operations in Iran

20231229

Ex-Mossad chief: Hamas is more prepared for war than we expected

Israelis

Former Mossad Chief, Yossi Cohen, said if Israel wants to continue its war in Gaza, it must listen to the United States and ensure the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged Strip.

20231229

Report: number of wounded Israeli soldiers approaching 20,000

Israelis

The number of wounded Israeli soldiers is likely to reach approximately 20,000 once those diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder are included, AP reported citing an Israeli activist.

20231229

Israel’s ‘unprecedented’ censorship regime targets Western media

journalists

The Israeli army issued an unprecedented English-language censorship order banning media agencies from reporting without the prior approval of its propaganda unit in the military known as the Israeli Military Censor.

20231229

US citizen inspired by Hamas sought to wage jihad against ‘No. 1 enemy’ America, prosecutors say

Hamas/US

A U.S. citizen living in Egypt sought to join the al Shabaab terrorist organization and wage violent jihad against America and its allies in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, federal prosecutors said Friday.

20231229

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett calls on US to bring down Iran

Israelis/US/Iran

In the Wall Street Journal op-ed, the former leader also admits Israel was behind an assassination and sabotage operations in Iran

20231229

As Gaza war grinds on, tensions soar along Israel’s volatile northern border with Lebanon

Lebanon/Israelis

Israeli officials are stepping up threats against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, warning that Israel is running out of patience as the two sides continue to trade fire along Israel’s volatile northern border.

20231229

More than 75% of southern Lebanon's population displaced due to Israeli air strikes

Lebanon/Israelis

Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon have forced the majority of residents to flee to other areas over the past two days, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported.

20231229

US warship shoots down drone and missile in Red Sea

Red Sea

The Red Sea has come under sustained attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, prompting the US to create a new force to protect vessels in the major shipping route amid the Israel-Hamas war.

20231229

US sanctions money network tied to the Yemen Houthi rebels blamed for shipping vessel attacks

Red Sea

The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on a group of money exchange services from Yemen and Turkey alleged to help provide funding to Iranian-backed Houthi rebels who have been launching attacks on commercial shipping vessels in the southern Red Sea — including a drone and a missile that were shot down Thursday by the U.S. military.

20231229

Denmark to send frigate to U.S.-led task force in Red Sea

Red Sea

Denmark will send a frigate to participate in the U.S.-led Red Sea operation next month, the Danish Defence Minister said on Friday.

20231229

US allies abandoning Red Sea alliance

Red Sea

Two of America’s European allies who were listed as contributors to Operation Prosperity Guardian – Italy and Spain – issued statements appearing to distance themselves from the maritime force.

20231229

Saudi Arabia 'denied Turkish teams from flying Gaza anti-war banner'

Saudi/Turkey

Match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce in Riyadh cancelled after request to display Mustafa Kemal Ataturk t-shirt and slogan rejected

20231229

Police in UK record rise in hate crimes since start of war

United Kingdom

Campaigners against anti-Muslim abuse have described the trend as 'deeply worrying', while antisemitic hate crimes have also gone up

20231229

UN deplores aid barriers as Israel’s Gaza onslaught steps up

United Nations

Dire humanitarian crisis worsens, as at least 30 people reported killed in air strikes on refugee camps in central Gaza.

20231229

UN chief 'gravely concerned' about further spillover of Gaza conflict

United Nations

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “gravely concerned” about the spillover of the Gaza conflict, and urges all parties to exercise “maximum restraint” for regional peace, his spokesman said on Friday

20231229

UN calls on Israel to halt killing in West Bank

United Nations

A UN report has called on Israel to put an end to “unlawful killings and settler violence against the Palestinian population” in the occupied West Bank, according to a UN press release issued yesterday.

20231229

US Congresswoman Tlaib slams Netanyahu as ‘genocidal maniac’

United States

US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “genocidal maniac” and condemned members of Congress who choose to engage in meetings with him in a post shared on her Instagram profile on Wednesday night.

20231229

UN deplores aid barriers as Israel’s Gaza onslaught steps up

dystopian war

Dire humanitarian crisis worsens, as at least 30 people reported killed in air strikes on refugee camps in central Gaza.

20231229

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens of Palestinians, even in largely emptied north

dystopian war

Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across Gaza on Thursday, killing dozens of people in a widening air and ground offensive against Hamas that has forced thousands more to flee from homes and shelters in recent days.

20231229

Israel expands air and ground offensive in central Gaza

dystopian war

At least 23 people were killed on Thursday when a missile struck a residential building in Rafah, southern Gaza.

20231229

Israel bombs Gaza as Egypt hosts Hamas to discuss truce proposal

dystopian war

Israel pounded Gaza on Friday (December 29), nearly 12 weeks into the war started by the October 7 attacks, as Egypt was to host a Hamas delegation for talks aimed at ending the conflict.

20231229

In Gaza, rows of white shrouds symbolise mounting civilian deaths

dystopian war

"My life, my eyes, my soul," a husband writes on the white shroud wrapped around his wife after the war devastating Gaza took her life.

20231229

Baby saved from Gaza rubble after mother killed in Israeli strike

dystopian war

The rescuers in orange vests shouted as they reached a baby girl still alive in the rubble of an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip's Rafah city after yet another night of bombardment of the Palestinian enclave.

20231229

Three Gaza brothers say they were beaten, mistreated in Israeli detention

dystopian war

Three Palestinian brothers rounded up by Israel in the Gaza Strip said they and fellow detainees were beaten, stripped to their underwear, burnt with cigarettes and subjected to other forms of mistreatment during their detention.

20231229

Nearly 200 more Palestinians killed as Israel forges on with Gaza assault

dystopian war

Tens of thousands of fleeing Palestinians sought shelter on Friday as Israeli tanks pushed through the central Gaza Strip, with nearly 200 people reported killed in the past 24 hours of air strikes and artillery barrages on the shattered enclave.

20231229

Four percent of Palestinians in Gaza dead, wounded or missing since war began

dystopian war

Israeli bombardment kills at least 187 in besieged enclave over past day, including scores killed by air strike on Nuseirat refugee camp

20231229

South Africa launches case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza

dystopian war

South Africa launched a case Friday at the United Nations’ top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks.

20231229

S. Africa launches case at UN's top court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza

dystopian war

20231229

South Africa initiates legal action against Israel at International Court of Justice

dystopian war

South Africa on Friday filed an application instituting proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), requesting the court to indicate provisional measures.

20231229

Israel extends mandatory military service for reservists

dystopian war

The Knesset on Wednesday approved an emergency bill which extends the mandatory service period for army reservists.

20231229

Ex-Mossad chief: Hamas is more prepared for war than we expected

dystopian war

Former Mossad Chief, Yossi Cohen, said if Israel wants to continue its war in Gaza, it must listen to the United States and ensure the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged Strip.

20231229

Report: number of wounded Israeli soldiers approaching 20,000

dystopian war

The number of wounded Israeli soldiers is likely to reach approximately 20,000 once those diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder are included, AP reported citing an Israeli activist.

20231229

We made a ‘regrettable mistake’, says Israel after killing 86 Palestinians in refugee camp

war on refugee camps

Israel has characterised the killing of 86 Palestinians in Gaza’s Maghazi Refugee Camp as a “regrettable mistake.” The massacre, which took place on Christmas Eve, was a result of “incorrect munition”, Israeli officials claimed, while acknowledging that it “should not have happened.”

20231229

Beyond Maghazi: What controversial weapons has Israel used in Gaza war?

war on refugee camps

From dumb bombs and bunker busters to white phosphorus, the register of allegations against Israel is growing.

20231229

Bombed, then stabbed: West Bank doctors recall horrors of refugee camp raid

West Bank

The Israeli raids on the Nur Shams and Fawwar refugee camps followed a pattern of deadly assaults that have killed more than 300 people in the West Bank since October 7, say doctors and politicians.

20231229

Israeli army kills Palestinian after accusing him of running his car over Israeli settlers in Occupied West Bank

West Bank

The Israeli army shot and killed a young Palestinian man on Friday after accusing him of running his car over Israeli settlers near Hebron city in the southern occupied West Bank

20231229

UN calls on Israel to halt killing in West Bank

West Bank

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bold date	= may possible related to war crime
bold date	= related to call for or inciting ethnic cleansing, genocide

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20231230

Police in Berlin ban pro-Palestinian New Year rally

global effects

Authorities in Berlin have said the planned pro-Palestinian rally would carry a risk of "crimes," including displays of antisemitism and glorification of violence.

20231230

Pro-Palestine rally planned for New Year's Eve in Berlin banned

global effects

Police on Saturday banned a planned pro-Palestine march on New Year’s eve in the German capital

20231230

Jordanian king, Canadian premier agree to put pressure on Israel to implement cease-fire

global response

Jordanian King Abdullah II and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed on Friday to put international pressure on Israel to implement a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, which is currently besieged by its army and conducting ground offensives.

20231230

Israeli-French hostage recounts harrowing experience in captivity

Hamas resistance attack

An Israeli woman who recently returned from captivity in the Gaza Strip says she was groped by her Palestinian kidnapper and lived in constant fear throughout the weeks she was held hostage.

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20231230

Israeli ex-hostage says she feared being raped by Gaza captor

Hamas resistance attack

An Israeli-French woman who was among scores of people taken hostage by Hamas militants has described how she feared being raped by the gunman who watched over her around the clock in the home where he lived with his wife and children in Gaza.

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20231230

Four fuel trucks enter Gaza through Rafah crossing: Al-Qahera News

humanitarian

A total of 50 aid trucks, including four fuel trucks, entered the Gaza Strip on Saturday through the Rafah crossing, Egyptian news outlet Al-Qahera News reported.

20231230

Request of the UN General Assembly on Israeli occupation.

ICJ

document

20231230

Israeli assault kills 106 Gaza journalists in 84 days

journalists

The Israeli army has killed 106 Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip in 84 days of continued intense attacks

20231230

Genocide in Gaza: The coverage of Israel’s war

media

In this special edition, we compile our reporting on Israel’s dystopian war – documenting the information war as it has played out since October 7. In 17 years of The Listening Post, we have never seen a story anything like Israel’s dystopian war. It has been a turning point for the world order as we know it and its media ecosystem – which is why, since October 7, we have covered nothing else.

20231230

19 pro-Iran fighters killed in Israeli strikes on Syria: Monitor

Syria/Israelis

Air strikes in eastern Syria "likely" launched by Israel on Saturday killed at least 19 pro-Iran fighters, a war monitor said, updating an earlier toll.

20231230

Air raids over eastern Syria near Iraqi border kill 6 Iran-backed militants

Syria/Israelis

Three overnight airstrikes on eastern Syria Saturday near a strategic border crossing with Iraq killed six Iran-backed militants.

20231230

Air strikes hit Iran-backed militia facilities, truck convoy in Syria

Syria/Israelis

Unidentified jets hit buildings and trucks being used by Iran-aligned militia groups in the Syrian town of Albukamal along a strategic border crossing with Iraq late on Friday.

20231230

Israeli air raids target Syrian city of Aleppo as regional tensions rise

Syria/Israelis

Syrian defence ministry says the ‘aerial aggression’ came from the Mediterranean and hit a number of places.

20231230

Hamas condemns US approval of weapons sales to Israel as Gaza death toll rises

US/Israelis

The Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday condemned the US approval of a $147.5 million sale of artillery munitions and related equipment to Israel as Israeli tanks pushed deeper into districts in central and southern Gaza and heavy air and artillery fire bombarded the enclave.

20231230

Biden administration bypasses Congress on weapons sales to Israel

US/Israelis

For the second time in a month, the US approves munitions for Israel while calling for an end to mass civilian deaths.

20231230

Airstrikes hit camps in central Gaza as Biden administration approves new weapons sales to Israel

US/Israelis

Israeli warplanes struck two urban refugee camps in central Gaza on Saturday, as the Biden administration approved a new emergency weapons sale to Israel despite persistent international cease-fire calls over mounting civilian deaths, hunger and mass displacement in the enclave

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20231230

The Biden administration once again bypasses Congress on an emergency weapons sale to Israel

US/Israelis

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20231230

Palestinians in Gaza worried about Israel stealing organs from bodies

dystopian war

A Palestinian woman, Rasmia Kodeih, has been demanding the release of her deceased son’s body from Israeli authorities for almost three months

20231230

Israeli tanks advance deeper into Gaza districts, 12 weeks into war

dystopian war

Israeli tanks pushed deeper into central and southern Gaza on Saturday under heavy air and artillery fire, residents said, pressing a deadly offensive that has razed much of the enclave and that Israel has said may last months more.

20231230

Palestinian group says captive Israeli soldier killed in Gaza by Israeli air strike

dystopian war

The armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said on Saturday that an Israeli soldier being held captive by the group in Gaza had been killed in an Israeli air strike that had also wounded some of his captors.

20231230

Exhausted Palestinians desperate for war to end as Israel presses attacks on Gaza

dystopian war

After nearly three months of deadly strikes, incessant displacements and sputtering humanitarian aid, "exhausted" the Palestinians in Gaza say they are desperate for an end to the fighting as Israel's war looks set to grind on into the new year.

20231230

Israel's military forges on with Gaza offensive

dystopian war

Gaza residents appeared to have fewer places left to go as Israel widened its air and ground offensive against Hamas, which is classified as a terror group by Germany, the EU, US and others. Dozens of people have been killed in a new wave of Israeli airstrikes.

20231230

Gaza death toll climbs amid fierce fighting in south

dystopian war

At least 100 people were killed and 158 injured in central Gaza over the past 24 hours, a Palestinian health official said on Saturday.

20231230

As Gaza death toll mounts, Israelis look in vain for any sign of victory

dystopian war

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20231230

Analysis: Has Israel weakened Hamas enough to win the dystopian war?

dystopian war

As 2023 draws to a close, how strong is Hamas after nearly three months of bombardment and ground invasion?

20231230

Israeli airstrikes hit Nuseirat and Bureij camps in central Gaza

war on refugee camps

Residents in the urban refugee camps of Nuseirat and Bureij, two recent hot spots of combat, reported Israeli airstrikes overnight and into Saturday.

20231230

‘We can’t tell her the truth’: Gaza’s hospitals filling with lone orphans

war on whole families

The number of children with no one to care for them is mounting fast amid Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.

20231230

For Palestinians arrested under occupation, a childhood disrupted

West Bank

Fourteen-year-old Abdelrahman al-Zaghal was one of the youngest Palestinians released by Israel in exchange for hostages seized during the Oct. 7 Hamas-led raid on Israel.

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bold date	= may possible related to war crime
bold date	= related to call for or inciting ethnic cleansing, genocide

Important:

The views as expressed in the content of the linked article are solely those of the source(s). They may not or they do not reflect the historical chronology of the more than 70 years old problem.

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20231231

Walkout over weapons: British school students battle Gaza protest curbs

global effects

Luton Sixth Form College suspended its student council after a walkout, amid scrutiny of links to an arms major that supplies critical weapons to Israel.

20231231

Europe celebrates New Year amid heightened security

global effects

Ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and tensions in parts of the world, have affected this year's New Year's Eve celebrations in a myriad of ways.

20231231

German police arrest three over Cologne cathedral plot

global effects

Police in Cologne said the perpetrators may have planned to use a car as a weapon for the alleged terror plot.

20231231

Arrests in Germany over 'Cologne cathedral attack plot'

global effects

German police arrested three people on Sunday over an alleged attack plot targeting the cathedral in Cologne on New Year's Eve.

20231231

Pro-Palestine campaigners call for Gaza ceasefire on New Year’s Eve

global response

Activists are asking people to turn the New Year’s countdown in their countries into a countdown for a ceasefire in Gaza.

20231231

US Muslims expand campaign launched against Biden over Gaza conflict

global response

American Muslim leaders on Saturday expanded a campaign launched earlier this month against President Joe Biden over his handling of the Gaza conflict

20231231

Pro-Palestine rally held in Paris during holiday season

global response

Demonstrators in the French capital held another rally Saturday in solidarity with Palestinians while the Christmas and holiday season continues.

20231231

Hamas condemns New York Times allegations on sexual violence on 7 October

Hamas resistance attack

Hamas condemned on Sunday a misleading report by the New York Times that alleges Hamas fighters carried out rape and sexual violence during the 7 October Al-Aqsa Flood operation, according to member of Hamas political bureau.

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20231231

Humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza as Israeli war intensifies

humanitarian

On the 86th day of the Israeli war, the Palestinian health ministry reported numerous deaths in overnight strikes on central Gaza's Zawayda and the nearby Al-Mughazi refugee camp, while the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of the growing threat of infectious diseases and the UN says Gaza is "just weeks away" from famine.

20231231

Israeli minister repeats call for Palestinians to leave Gaza

Israelis

One of the senior figures in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition called on Sunday for Palestinian residents of Gaza to leave the besieged enclave, making way for Israelis who could "make the desert bloom".

20231231

Israeli far-right minister calls for return of settlers to Gaza

Israelis

Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday called for the return of Israeli settlers to the Gaza Strip after Israel's brutal war on the territory and said its Palestinian population should be encouraged to emigrate.

20231231

Israeli minister calls for 'voluntary migration' of Gazans

Israelis

Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday called for encouraging the “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

20231231

Israeli War Cabinet members refuse to attend news conference with Netanyahu

Israelis

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz refused to attend a news conference by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Saturday.

20231231

Historian Raz Segal blasts Israel’s ‘genocidal incitement’ against Gazans

Israelis

Israeli historian Raz Segal blasted Israel’s aggression against the people of Gaza on Saturday and said that it amounts to “incitement to genocide”

20231231

Tony Blair reportedly tapped to relocate Palestinian refugees from Gaza

Israelis

According to Israel's Channel 12 news, the former British prime minister met with Netanyahu and Gantz to discuss Blair's role in finding countries to receive refugees from Gaza

20231231

OIC and Arab League must back South Africa's ICJ case on Israel

opinion

The OIC and the Arab League have an opportunity to join a historic process that could redefine how international law works and uphold justice

20231231

Armed drone shot down near US base in northern Iraq

Iraq/US

Defence systems shot down an armed drone on Sunday over Erbil airport in northern Iraq where U.S. and other international forces are stationed, Iraqi Kurdistan's counter-terrorism service said in a statement.

20231231

Analysis: Middle East is sliding closer to the edge of a wider regional conflict

Israelis/Iran/US

An escalation could spark a conflagration that would bring Israel into open confrontation with Iran, and suck in the US too

20231231

1 more Hezbollah fighter killed in clashes with Israeli army

Lebanon/Israelis

Hezbollah announced on Sunday that another of its fighters was killed in clashes with the Israeli army along the border between Lebanon and Israel

20231231

US shoots down 2 anti-ship ballistic missiles fired by Houthi group in Red Sea: CENTCOM

Red Sea

The US said Saturday it shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles in the Red Sea in response to a Houthi attack on a merchant vessel

20231231

US Navy downs missiles in Red Sea after ship attacked by Houthi rebels

Red Sea

Warships responded after container vessel came under fire from Houthi rebel-held part of Yemen, says US

20231231

Houthi militants attack container ship, Maersk halts Red Sea sailing

Red Sea

Iranian-backed Houthi militants attacked a Maersk container vessel with missiles and small boats, prompting the company to pause all sailing through the Red Sea for 48 hours, Maersk said on Sunday.

20231231

US forces sink ‘Houthi’ boats in Red Sea after attack on Maersk vessel

Red Sea

Global shipping giant Maersk is suspending operations in the Red Sea for 48 hours after the attack

20231231

US sinks Houthi boats used to attack merchant vessel in the Red Sea

Red Sea

US Navy helicopters sank three small boats used by Iran-backed Houthi militants to attack a Maersk merchant vessel in the Red Sea, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday.

20231231

US Navy helicopters fire at Yemen’s Houthi rebels and kill several in latest Red Sea shipping attack

Red Sea

The U.S. military said Sunday that its forces opened fire on Houthi rebels after they attacked a cargo ship in the Red Sea, killing several of them in an escalation of the maritime conflict linked to the war in Gaza.

20231231

US forces shoot down Houthi missiles in Red Sea

Red Sea

A US spokesperson says their forces also killed several gunmen during the attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels.

20231231

US Navy helicopters destroy Houthi boats in Red Sea after attempted hijack

Red Sea

The US Navy has destroyed Houthi "small boats" whose crew attempted to board a container ship in the Red Sea.

20231231

UK's Cameron: Iran shares responsibility for preventing Red Sea attacks

Red Sea/UK/Iraan

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Sunday he had made clear in a call with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian that Iran shared responsibility for preventing Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

20231231

Houthis show no sign of ending ‘reckless’ Red Sea attacks as trade traffic picks up, commander says

Red Sea?US

emen’s Houthi rebels show no signs of ending their “reckless” attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea, the top commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East says, even as more nations join the international maritime mission to protect vessels in the vital waterway and trade traffic begins to pick up.

20231231

Drone attack on Iraqi Kurdistan military base

US/Iraq

Authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan said Sunday two drones struck a military base used by the autonomous region's security forces, blaming the attack on "outlaws" funded by Baghdad.

20231231

Walkout over weapons: British school students battle Gaza protest curbs

United Kingdom

Luton Sixth Form College suspended its student council after a walkout, amid scrutiny of links to an arms major that supplies critical weapons to Israel.

20231231

Tony Blair reportedly tapped to relocate Palestinian refugees from Gaza

United Kingdom

According to Israel's Channel 12 news, the former British prime minister met with Netanyahu and Gantz to discuss Blair's role in finding countries to receive refugees from Gaza

20231231

US Muslims expand campaign launched against Biden over Gaza conflict

United States

American Muslim leaders on Saturday expanded a campaign launched earlier this month against President Joe Biden over his handling of the Gaza conflict

20231231

More than 20 Israeli soldiers killed, injured in Gaza: Al-Qassam Brigades

dystopian war

Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, said Saturday that more than 20 Israeli soldiers were killed and injured during clashes in Gaza City

20231231

Netanyahu says Israel should control Gaza-Egypt border zone

dystopian war

The border zone between the Gaza Strip and Egypt should be under Israel's control, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday as he predicted the war in the Palestinian enclave and on other regional fronts would last many more months.

20231231

Netanyahu says Gaza-Egypt border zone should be under Israeli control

dystopian war

The Israeli prime minister also predicts the war in Gaza and on other regional fronts would last many months.

20231231

Netanyahu says Israel must control Egypt-Gaza border zone

dystopian war

Palestinian officials accuse Israeli premier of intending to reoccupy Gaza and 'destroy agreements with Egypt'

20231231

Israel says it's ready to let ships bring aid to Gaza

dystopian war

Israel is prepared to let ships deliver aid to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip "immediately" as part of a proposed sea corridor from Cyprus, the Israeli foreign minister said on Sunday, naming four European countries as potential participants.

20231231

Ending rocket fire from Gaza unlikely, say unnamed Israeli army officials

dystopian war

Israel’s ongoing dystopian war is unlikely to end rocket attacks from the Palestinian enclave into the country, unnamed military officials said Sunday

20231231

150 Palestinians killed, 286 injured as Israeli forces continue onslaught on Gaza: Health Ministry

dystopian war

At least 150 Palestinians have been killed and another 286 injured as the Israeli forces continued their ongoing onslaught against them in the besieged Gaza Strip, with 12 families becoming the latest victims in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave said on Sunday

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Israeli jets pound central Gaza as Netanyahu indicates longer war

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Israeli jets intensified attacks on central Gaza on Sunday, residents and medics said, as battles raged through the rubble of towns and refugee camps in a war that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said would take "many more months" to end.

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Israeli strikes in central Gaza kill at least 35 as Netanyahu says war will continue for months

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Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least 35 people Sunday, hospital officials said, as fighting raged across the tiny enclave a day after Israel’s prime minister said the war will continue for “many more months,” resisting international calls for a cease-fire.

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Israeli bombardment destroyed over 70% of Gaza homes: Report

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Experts say the besieged strip is unrecognisable and its bombing is the most destructive in modern history.

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Gazans pray new year can bring peace after 'wreckage'

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As they turn from a year that could barely have brought more bitter hardship after 12 weeks of a pulverising Israeli assault, people in Gaza have little hope that 2024 will bring much relief.

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Young Gazans hope for peace in new year as war with Israel goes on

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Young Palestinians want a return to normal lives in 2024. They said they want the war with Israel, which began after the Hamas attack on 7 October, to end.

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What’s the Philadelphi Corridor border zone that Israel wants to control?

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Israeli control over the corridor between Gaza and Egypt – as its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought — would mean the de facto full reoccupation of the Gaza Strip.

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Israeli airstrikes kill dozens in Gaza as war enters a new year

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Heavy bombing continues, while Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has shown unparalleled ‘morality’ in its conduct in Gaza

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Israel detains Palestinians in renewed West Bank incursions

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At least four Palestinians detained and 17 others injured from Israeli drone strikes on Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem

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Israeli army storms 5 Palestinian camps in occupied West Bank, destroys infrastructure with bulldozers

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Israeli forces stormed five Palestinian camps in the occupied West Bank in pre-dawn raids to arrest people that lasted until Sunday morning, destroying infrastructure with bulldozers and clashing with locals, injuring two people

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