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Divided Israel faces internal unrest amid escalating Gaza conflict​


As Israel’s devastating war on Gaza grinds on, pushed forward by a prime minister insistent that a goal of total military victory be met, the divisions within Israeli society are growing increasingly deeper.

In the last few weeks, as Israeli peace activists and antiwar groups have stepped up their campaign against the conflict, supporters of the war have also increased their pressure to continue, whatever its humanitarian, political or diplomatic cost.

Members of the military have published open letters protesting the political motivations for continuing the war on Gaza, or claiming that the latest offensive, which is systematically razing Gaza, risks the remaining Israeli captives held in the Palestinian territory.

Another open letter has come from within Israel’s universities and colleges, with its signatories doing a rare thing within Israel since the war began in October 2023: focusing on Palestinian suffering.

Elsewhere, campaigns of protest and refusal of military service have spread – a result of a mixture of pro-peace sentiment and more prevalent anger at the government’s handling of the war – posing a risk to Israel’s war effort, which is reliant upon the active participation of the country’s youth.

The war’s critics say that the man they oppose, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has become reliant upon the extreme right to maintain his coalition, and an opposition too cowardly to confront him in the face of mounting international accusations of genocide.

Growing dissent
Alongside the intensifying of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, which has now killed more than 54,000 Palestinians, voices of dissent have grown louder. In April, more than 1,000 serving and retired pilots issued an open letter protesting a war they said served “political and personal interests” rather than security ones. Further letters, as well as an organised campaign encouraging young Israelis to refuse to show up for military service, have followed.

Perhaps sensing the direction the wind was blowing, the leader of Israel’s left-wing Democrats Party, Yair Golan – who initially supported the war and took a hardline position on allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza – launched a stark broadside against the conflict earlier this month, claiming that Israel risked becoming a “pariah state” that killed “babies as a hobby” while giving itself the aim of “expelling populations”.

While welcomed by some, the comments of the former army major-general were rounded upon by others. Speaking at a conference in southern Israel alongside noted antiwar lawmaker Ofer Cassif, Golan was heckled and called a traitor by far-right members of the audience, before he had to be escorted off the premises by security.

Cassif, who refers to himself as an anti-Zionist, has long attracted the outrage of mainstream Israeli society for his loud denunciation of the way Israel treats Palestinians.

“There have always been threats against me,” Cassif, who has been alone among Israeli lawmakers in opposing the war from its onset, told Al Jazeera. “I can’t walk down my own street. I was attacked twice before October 7 and it’s gotten much worse since.

“But it’s not just me. All the peace activists risk being physically attacked or threatened, even the families of the hostages are at risk of attack by these bigots,” he said.

“Many people are coming to realise that this government and even the mainstream opposition aren’t fighting a war for security reasons, or even to recover the hostages, but are carrying out the kind of genocidal mission advocated by Smotrich and the other messianic bigots,” Cassif said of the finance minister and his supporters.

“This has been allowed by people like [Benny] Gantz, [Yair] Lapid and [Yoav] Gallant,” he said, citing prominent politicians opposed to the prime minister, “who didn’t dare criticise it [the war] and Netanyahu, who has manipulated it for his own ends.”

Cassif’s comments were echoed by one of the signatories to the academics’ open letter criticising the war, Ayelet Ben-Yishai, an associate professor at the University of Haifa.

“The opposition has nothing,” she told Al Jazeera. “I get that it’s hard to argue for a complicated future, but they do and say nothing. All they’ve left us with is a choice between managing the war and the occupation and Smotrich and his followers. That’s it. What kind of future is that?”

Source: Al Jazeera
 
Hamas makes hostage pledge but demands changes to US Gaza ceasefire plan

Hamas responded to a US ceasefire proposal by saying it is prepared to release 10 living Israeli hostages and 18 dead hostages in exchange for a number of Palestinian prisoners, while requesting some amendments to the plan.

The group repeated its demands for a permanent truce, a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and guarantees for the continuous flow of humanitarian aid. None of these are in the deal on the table.

It was neither an explicit rejection nor a clear acceptance of the US terms, which Washington says Israel has accepted.

Hamas said it had submitted its response to the US draft proposed by Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump's special envoy for the Middle East.

In a statement, Witkoff said: "I received the Hamas response to the United States' proposal. It is totally unacceptable and only takes us backward. Hamas should accept the framework proposal we put forward as the basis for proximity talks, which we can begin immediately this coming week.

"That is the only way we can close a 60-day ceasefire deal in the coming days."

A statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said: "While Israel has agreed to the updated Witkoff outline for the release of our hostages, Hamas continues to adhere to its refusal."

Hamas, a proscribed terror group in the US, UK and EU, said it was insisting on a "permanent ceasefire" and "complete withdrawal" of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.

The group demanded a sustained flow of aid for Palestinians living in the enclave, and said it would release 10 living hostages and the bodies of 18 dead hostages in exchange for "an agreed upon number" of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.

But Hamas now finds itself in the most complex and difficult position it has faced since the war began.

Under intense pressure from 2.2 million people living in the worst conditions in their history and from the mediators, the movement is unable to accept an American proposal that is, by all accounts, less generous than previous offers it has rejected multiple times, the most recent being in March.

At that time, senior Hamas official and head negotiator Khalil al-Hayya stated unequivocally that the movement would not agree to partial deals that fail to secure a complete and permanent end to the war.

Yet, Hamas also finds itself unable to reject the latest US offer outright, fully aware that Israel is preparing to escalate its ground offensive in Gaza.

The movement lacks the military capacity to prevent or even seriously resist such an assault.

Caught between these two realities, Hamas, in effect, responded to the US proposal not with an answer - but with an entirely new counterproposal.

The full details of the US plan have not been made public and are unconfirmed, but these key points are reportedly included:

  • A 60-day pause in fighting
  • The release of 28 Israeli hostages - alive and dead - in the first week, and the release of 30 more once a permanent ceasefire is in place
  • The release of 1,236 Palestinian prisoners and the remains of 180 dead Palestinians
  • The sending of humanitarian aid to Gaza via the UN and other agencies
The terms on offer were the ones Israel could accept - the White House made sure of that by getting Israel's approval before passing the proposal to Hamas.

It is unlikely that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be willing to negotiate the changes Hamas wants.

He is under pressure to bring the hostages home and has said he is willing to accept a temporary ceasefire to do so.

But the Israeli government has always insisted on the right to return to hostilities, despite Hamas's core demand for guarantees that the temporary truce be a path to ending the war.

Netanyahu has said the war will end when Hamas "lays down its arms, is no longer in government [and] its leaders are exiled from the Gaza Strip".

Defence Minister Israel Katz was more blunt this week. "The Hamas murderers will now be forced to choose: accept the terms of the 'Witkoff Deal' for the release of the hostages - or be annihilated," he said.

Responding to Witkoff's latest comments, Hamas official Basem Naim told the BBC the group had last week come to an agreement with him on a proposal "which he deemed acceptable for negotiation" - but that the Israeli response "disagreed with all the provisions we had agreed upon".

"Why, each time, is the Israeli response considered the only response for negotiation?" he said.

"This violates the integrity and fairness of mediation and constitutes a complete bias towards the other side."

Earlier on Saturday, the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said 60 people were killed and another 284 injured in the past 24-hours in Israeli strikes.

That does not include numbers from hospitals located in the North Gaza Strip Governorate because of the difficulty of accessing the area, it adds.

Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas's cross-border attack on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

At least 54,381 people have been killed in Gaza since then, including 4,117 since Israel resumed its offensive on 18 March, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

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26 killed in Israeli tank fire near Gaza aid centre, medics and residents say

Twenty-six Palestinians have been killed and 150 injured in Israeli tank shelling and gunfire near an aid distribution centre in Rafah, southern Gaza, according to medics and local residents.

Mohammed Ghareeb, a local journalist in Rafah, told the BBC that thousands of Palestinians had gathered near a US-backed humanitarian aid distribution centre when Israeli tanks approached and opened fire on the crowd.

Local journalists and activists shared harrowing footage of bodies and wounded individuals being transported on donkey carts to the Red Cross field hospital in the al-Mawasi area of Rafah, as rescue teams were reportedly unable to reach the scene.

The BBC has contacted the IDF for a response.

Mr Ghareeb said the crowd of Palestinians had gathered near Al-Alam roundabout around 04:30 local time (02:30 BST), close to the aid centre run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, shortly before Israeli tanks appeared and opened fire.

"The dead and wounded lay on the ground for a long time," Mr Ghareeb said.

"Rescue crews could not access the area, which is under Israeli control. This forced residents to use donkey carts to transport victims to the field hospital."

The Red Cross field hospital said 26 people had been killed and 150 injured.

Efforts were under way to transfer the casualties to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis for further treatment, the doctor added.

Civil Defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told the AFP news agency that more than 100 people were wounded "due to gunfire from Israeli vehicles towards thousands of citizens".

The incident underscores the dire humanitarian conditions in Rafah, where recent Israeli military operations have severely limited access to aid and emergency services.

On Saturday, crowds of civilians rushed aid trucks in Gaza, the World Food Programme has said, as hunger and desperation create chaotic scenes.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a new US and Israel-backed organisation that has been distributing food at designated sites across Gaza. Israel set up the plan after accusing Hamas of stealing aid, which the group denies.

The GHF said it distributed two million meals this week, which the BBC has not been able to independently verify.

This comes as the US attempts to broker a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

Hamas responded to the US ceasefire proposal by saying it is prepared to release 10 living Israeli hostages and 18 dead hostages in exchange for a number of Palestinian prisoners.

However, the group also repeated its demands for a permanent truce, a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and guarantees for the continuous flow of humanitarian aid. None of these are in the deal on the table.

Hamas said it had submitted its response to the US draft proposed by Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump's special envoy for the Middle East.

Witkoff said the proposal was "unacceptable and only takes us backward" and insisted the US deal was "the only way we can close a 60-day ceasefire deal in the coming

BBC
 

Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza aimed at breaking Israel’s blockade​


CATANIA, Italy (AP) — Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and other 11 activists set sail on Sunday afternoon for Gaza on a ship aimed at “breaking Israel’s siege” of the devastated territory, organizers said.

The sailing boat Madleen – operated by activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition — departed from the Sicilian port of Catania, in southern Italy.

It will try to reach the shores of the Gaza Strip in an effort to bring in some aid and raise “international awareness” over the ongoing humanitarian crisis, the activists said at a press conference on Sunday, ahead of departure.

“We are doing this because, no matter what odds we are against, we have to keep trying,” Thunberg said, bursting into tears during her speech.

Source: https://apnews.com/article/greta-th...lla-ship-aid-51729fb2b549e55547907a3b1623b515.
 

At least 9 Palestinians killed, dozens injured by Israeli army fire in Gaza​


Israeli army killed at least nine Palestinians and injured dozens in fresh attacks in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip on Monday, medics said.

A medical source said three people lost their lives and 35 others were injured by Israeli fire while heading to receive aid from an Israeli-American-established aid distribution site in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Four more Palestinians were killed and several others injured in an airstrike targeting a group of civilians near Abu Sharekh Roundabout in northern Gaza, medics said.

A municipal worker was also killed, and two others were injured in Israeli shelling of their vehicle in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, a medical source said.

Two Palestinian fishermen were wounded by Israeli army fire off the coast of Gaza City, the same source said.

In western Rafah, another Palestinian died of wounds sustained from an earlier Israeli strike while heading toward an aid distribution point.

According to Gaza’s government media office, at least 52 Palestinians have been killed and 340 others injured since the Israel-introduced aid mechanism came into force on May 27.

Israel has crafted a plan to establish four aid distribution points in southern and central Gaza, which Israeli media say aims to evacuate Palestinians from northern Gaza into the south.

According to Israel’s Army Radio, Israel’s aid distribution plan seeks to turn the territory’s north into a “completely depopulated area.”

The mechanism was opposed by the international community and the UN, which came as an alternative attempt by Israel to bypass the aid distribution through UN channels.

Since March 2, Israel has kept all border crossings shut, cutting off the entry of food, medicine, fuel, and other essential supplies for Gaza’s 2.4 million residents.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army continued to blow up homes and buildings in eastern Gaza City and eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza, witnesses said.

Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, Israel has pursued a devastating offensive in Gaza since October 2023, killing nearly 55,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children. Aid agencies have warned about the risk of famine among the enclave's more than 2 million.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war crimes against civilians in the enclave.

Source: Anadolu Agency
 
UN calls for investigation into killings near Gaza aid distribution site

The UN secretary-general has called for an independent investigation into the killing of Palestinians near an aid distribution centre in Gaza on Sunday, amid disputed reports that Israeli forces had opened fire.

Witnesses reported being shot at while waiting for food from the centre in Rafah run by the US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

The Red Cross said its hospital received 179 casualties, 21 of whom were dead. The Hamas-run Civil Defence agency put the death toll at 31.

On Sunday, the Israeli military denied its troops fired at civilians near or within the site and said reports to this effect were false.


 
At least 27 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire while waiting for aid, Gaza authorities say

At least 27 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire as they attempted to collect aid near a distribution site in Gaza, local officials say.

Civilians were fired upon by tanks, quadcopter drones, and helicopters near the al-Alam roundabout, about 1km (0.6 miles) from the aid distribution centre, a spokesman for Gaza's Hamas-run Civil Defence agency, Mahmoud Basal, said.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its troops fired shots after identifying suspects who moved towards them "deviating from the designated access routes".

Israel previously denied shooting Palestinians in a similar incident on Sunday which the Hamas-run health ministry said killed 31 people and injured nearly 200.

Source: BBC
 
And the idiots still hell bent on atrocities
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Gazans face water shortages as well as food scarcity​


As we've been reporting throughout the day, there have been chaotic scenes at aid distribution points in Gaza as Palestinians facing acute food insecurity queue for food.

Water shortages are also a daily problem for many Gazans, with access to clean water limited and desalination plants and wells affected by fuel shortages.

United Nations humanitarian agency Ocha said last week, external that 72% of Gaza's water, sanitation and hygiene assets now fall within Israel's militarised zones, or areas under displacement orders since 18 March.

The agency says this has severely disrupted access to water.

The UN recommends every person has at least 7.5 litres of water per day for drinking, food and personal hygiene. It says 2.5 litres is needed simply to maintain proper bodily function.

However, estimates suggest the amount of daily water the average person in Gaza has access to is far lower:

A graphic depicting how Gaza no longer has enough clean water


Source: Al Jazeera
 

Killings near Gaza aid centre will deepen criticism of Israel's new distribution system​


Witnesses and international medical teams report terrible scenes of killing as Israeli troops opened fire in the hours of Tuesday before dawn on Palestinians who were converging on the new aid distribution site in southern Gaza. It was "total carnage" according to a foreign witness.

An official statement from the Israeli military describes a very different picture. It said "several suspects" moved towards Israeli forces "deviating from the designated access routes". Troops "carried out warning fire… additional shots were directed near a few individual suspects who advanced towards the troops".

The killing of civilians who came looking for food aid will redouble criticism of the controversial new system of distributing aid in Gaza.

The new aid hubs in Gaza are a scheme conceived by Israel with the support of the United States to replace the operation run by United Nations agencies and other experienced international aid groups. A new private body, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) employs armed security teams provided by an American company at its hubs, which are so far in areas of southern Gaza under full Israeli military control.

The GHF started after a total Israeli ban on shipments of food and other aid into Gaza left the entire population at the risk of famine, according to the agency that collates data on food emergencies on behalf of countries and the UN.

Israel claims that UN staff stood by while Hamas stole most of the aid coming into Gaza. The UN denies the allegations, insisting it can account for all the aid it distributes. It refuses to cooperate with the GHF.

It is clear that the GHF system has fundamental flaws, bearing out the worst fears of aid professionals.

Jake Wood, the head of the GHF resigned just over a week ago, saying it would not be able to fulfil the principles of "humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence".

The UN had a wide network of aid distribution points and supplied ingredients to communal kitchens and bakeries that fed hundreds of thousands.

The GHF system means that the people must travel through a war zone in the ruins of southern Gaza to collect a box of rations. Distribution seems to be chaotic, and so far has repeatedly broken down into a free for all. Stronger young men can grab boxes of aid for their families. The weakest get nothing. There is not enough to go around.

To get closer to the front of the queue Palestinians walk throughout the night. Large gatherings of Palestinians, desperate to get food rations are inherently hard to manage. It seems that this morning Israeli troops opened fire with deadly consequences.

Source: BBC
 
Gaza’s humanitarian crisis has reached catastrophic levels, with the president of the Red Cross calling it "worse than hell on Earth" and warning that international humanitarian law is being hollowed out. Aid distribution centres have shut down amid deadly violence, with at least 27 Palestinians killed near an aid point and 12 more in a school strike.

Israel’s military claims it fired at suspects deviating from access routes, but witnesses say the shootings were direct. Hospitals are overwhelmed, blood supplies are critically low, and displaced pregnant women face dire conditions with rising cases of premature births and miscarriages.
 
US vetoes UN Security Council demand for Gaza ceasefire

The United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council demand on Wednesday for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas in Gaza and unhindered aid access across the enclave.

"The United States has been clear we would not support any measure that fails to condemn Hamas and does not call for Hamas to disarm and leave Gaza," Acting U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Dorothy Shea told the council before the vote.

"This resolution would undermine diplomatic efforts to reach a ceasefire that reflects the realities on the ground, and embolden Hamas," she said of the text that was put forward by 10 countries on the 15-member council.

The remaining 14 council members voted in favor of the draft resolution.

Israel has rejected calls for an unconditional or permanent ceasefire, saying Hamas cannot stay in Gaza. It has renewed its military offensive in Gaza - also seeking to free hostages held by Hamas - since ending a two-month ceasefire in March.

Gaza health officials said Israeli strikes killed 45 Palestinians on Wednesday and Israel said a soldier died in fighting. A humanitarian crisis also grips the enclave of more than 2 million people: Famine looms and aid has only trickled in since Israel lifted an 11-week blockade on May 19.



 
Israeli military recovers two hostages' bodies in southern Gaza

Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of two Israeli Americans taken back to Gaza as hostages during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, the Israeli military says.

Judi Weinstein Haggai, 70, who was also a Canadian citizen, and her husband Gadi Haggai, 72, were murdered by gunmen from the Mujahideen Brigades group when they attacked Kibbutz Nir Oz, a statement said.

Their bodies were recovered from the southern Khan Younis area of Gaza and brought back to Israel for forensic identification.

There are now 56 hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza, at least 20 of whom are believed to be alive.

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Brazil’s president accuses Israel of ‘premeditated genocide’ in Gaza

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made these comments during his trip to France.

“It’s a premeditated genocide from a far-right government that is waging a war against the interests of its own people,” he said at a joint news conference with France’s President Emmanuel Macron.

While Lula has previously used the term “genocide” to characterise Israel’s actions in Gaza, Macron has refused to, saying last month it was not for a “political leader to use the term but up to historians to do so when the time comes”.

Source: Al Jazeera
 
At the least, this will put an end to your complicity.

Moreover, your actions are to then align with your words.

Else you come across as hypocritical.
 
Truth stings hard.

Let know once you are deported. Back to native pind.

haram paisa only lasts so long for me.
 
At the least, this will put an end to your complicity.

Moreover, your actions are to then align with your words.

Else you come across as hypocritical.
Nah, that’s not hypocrisy.

Real hypocrisy is lecturing others for calling out genocide, no matter where they live, while doing mental gymnastics to shield those actually committing it.

You’re recycling talking points that already fell flat the first dozen times. Might be time to head back to that so-called madrassa you claim to have spent 14 years in, and pick up some new material.

Because this script? It’s tired, and overused.
 
Instead of criticising the genocide and the perpetrators, this bright spark believes the answer is for a poster to dump their passport. Genius solution, don't know why no one else thought of that.
He’s not just running out of talking points, he’s recycling decade old propaganda, and hoping no one notices the intellectual bankruptcy.
 
THREAD IS ABOUT GENOCIDE IN GAZA...

TAKE YOUR PERSONAL FIGHT SOMEWHERE ELSE
 
Gaza health workers say four killed by Israeli gunfire near aid centre

Israeli fire as they were heading to an aid distribution centre, health workers in Gaza have said.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said troops had directed warning shots after issuing a verbal challenge at a group that was moving towards them and was deemed a threat.

It is the latest deadly incident to occur near aid distribution points in Gaza that have been set up by a new organisation, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which is backed by Israel and the US.

The IDF said it was aware of reports that people had been injured, adding: "The number... does not align with the information currently held by the IDF."

The latest incident occurred before dawn near an aid distribution site close to Rafah in the south of Gaza.

Palestinian paramedics said they had evacuated four people who were killed, as crowds gathered in the hope the aid centre would open and they could get food.

One woman said her husband was shot in the head as he was waiting to collect food for their family.

The Israeli army has declared that Palestinians should only move to and from the GHF distribution sites between 06:00 and 18:00 local time - and that at all other times it should be considered an "active combat zone".

The GHF has said it opened three sites on Sunday - one in central Gaza at 06:00 and then two more in Rafah at noon.

Israel recently began to allow limited aid into Gaza after a three-month blockade, prioritising distribution through the GHF.

But the foundation has been mired in controversy, after several deadly incidents took place during its first week of operation.

More than 60 Palestinians were killed by gunfire over the foundation's first three days distributing aid, according to reports from medics and local health authorities.

Multiple witnesses blamed Israeli soldiers for the killings.

The IDF said it had fired warning shots on the first two days and shot near to Palestinian suspects advancing towards their positions on the third, adding that it is investigating the incidents.

On Saturday, six Palestinians were killed and several others were wounded by Israeli gunfire, the Hamas-run Civil Defence agency said.

The Israeli military again said it fired warning shots at suspects who approached them in a threatening manner.

Source: BBC
 
Palestinians say local gunmen and Israeli forces opened fire near Gaza aid site

Palestinians in Gaza say they were fired on once again as they headed to one of the aid distribution centres run by the Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Monday.

Witnesses said that for the first time they were fired on by Palestinian gunmen near the GHF site in the Tal al-Sultan area of Rafah, in the south. They also said Israeli troops fired on them.

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said six people were killed and 99 injured from areas designated for aid collection.

The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.

The GHF said the Tal al-Sultan site did not open on Monday and that there were no incidents at two other sites which did hand out aid.


 
Greta Thunberg is an attention seeking narcissist who drove past a boat of genuine Sudanese refugees facing worse situation than Palestinians in Sudan but apparently they didn't fit her attention seeking agenda so her boat ignored them as if they didn't exist.
 
The number of Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli attacks since Israel began its war on Gaza has risen to 227 after Moamen Mohammed Abu Al-Auf was killed in a recent strike on Gaza City.

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And the rabidness continues by savages​

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Israeli gunfire kills 17 people near Gaza aid site, health officials say​


Israeli gunfire killed at least 17 Palestinians and wounded dozens as thousands of displaced people approached an aid distribution site of a U.S.-backed humanitarian group in central Gaza on Tuesday, local health authorities said.

Medics said the casualties were rushed to two hospitals, the Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, and the Al-Quds in Gaza City, in the north.

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The Israeli military said its forces had fired warning shots at "suspects who were advancing in the area of Wadi Gaza and posed a threat to the troops".

It added that it was aware of reports that several were injured, but said numbers released by local health authorities did not align with the information it had collected.

"The warning shots were fired hundreds of meters from the aid distribution site, prior to its opening hours and toward the suspects who posed a threat to the troops," the military added.

It has previously accused Hamas militants of deliberately disrupting aid distribution.

Last week the army warned Palestinians not to approach routes leading to sites of the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. local time, describing these roads as closed military zones.
There was no immediate GHF comment on Tuesday's incident.

The GHF began distributing food packages in Gaza at the end of May, overseeing a new model of aid distribution which the United Nations says is neither impartial nor neutral.

"Day after day, casualties & scores of injured are reported at distribution points manned by Israel & private security companies," Philippe Lazzarini, the chief of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), wrote on X.

"This humiliating system continues to force thousands of hungry & desperate people to walk for tens of miles excluding the most vulnerable & those living too far," he said.

ROCKET INTERCEPTION
While the GHF has said there have been no incidents at its distribution sites, Palestinians seeking aid have described disorder, and access routes to the sites have been beset by chaos and deadly violence.

Source: Reuters
 
UK sanctions far-right Israeli ministers for 'inciting violence' against Palestinians

The UK has sanctioned two far-right Israeli ministers over "repeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities" in the occupied West Bank.

Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich will both be banned from entering the UK and will have any assets in the UK frozen as part of the measures announced by the foreign secretary.

David Lammy said Finance Minister Smotrich and National Security Minister Ben-Gvir had "incited extremist violence and serious abuses of Palestinian human rights".

In response, Israel said: "It is outrageous that elected representatives and members of the government are subjected to these kind of measures."


 
In the past 24 hours, Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have resulted in the deaths of at least 120 Palestinians and left nearly 500 injured, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. Among those killed were 57 civilians seeking aid at distribution centres, underscoring the growing toll on desperate residents struggling to access food and humanitarian supplies. The total number of fatalities at such centres has now climbed to 224, with nearly 1,900 others wounded.

Despite these grim figures, Israel’s Foreign Ministry has described the current US- and Israeli-backed aid delivery model—criticized by humanitarian groups for being chaotic and unsafe—as a “dramatic success,” a claim sharply contradicted by scenes of bloodshed and desperation in the enclave.

Meanwhile, growing international concern is mounting over Israel’s treatment of detained humanitarian activists and the wider conduct of the war. Human rights groups have condemned the solitary confinement of Gaza flotilla members, including European and Brazilian volunteers, as retaliatory and inhumane. Simultaneously, Israeli far-right ministers are facing targeted sanctions abroad, though critics argue much stronger measures are needed to halt alleged war crimes and systemic abuses.

Voices from Gaza—such as a man who lost his brother while trying to collect food—reflect the anguish of civilians trapped between starvation and bombardment, while analysts warn that the humanitarian crisis is not incidental but the result of a deliberate policy that weaponizes aid in pursuit of military goals.

Source: Al Jazeera
 
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says Hamas killed five workers in bus attack

The new group backed by Israel and the US for aid distribution in Gaza says Hamas attacked a bus transporting some of its Palestinian workers, killing at least five people.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said the attack happened on Wednesday night as the bus carrying more than two-dozen workers travelled to a distribution centre in southern Gaza, and that it came after days of threats from Hamas.

The BBC cannot independently verify the statement, and Hamas has not commented but it previously denied it had threatened the foundation's staff.

The system started operating on 26 May, to bypass the United Nations (UN) and other established organisations to distribute aid in Gaza.

Since then, its work has been marred by controversy and violence, with deadly incidents happening near its hubs almost every day.

The UN, which has refused to co-operate with the system, and aid organisations say it contravenes the humanitarian principles of neutrality, impartiality, and independence.

On Wednesday, local doctors said dozens more Palestinians were killed or injured by Israeli soldiers as they tried to access food at the foundation's distribution centres.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said the attack followed days of threats from Hamas - and that they feared some workers had been "taken hostage".

"We condemn this heinous and deliberate attack in the strongest possible terms," it said in a statement.

The Israeli military did not immediately corroborate the allegation, but shared part of the GHF's statement, adding: "Hamas will stop at nothing to maintain control and prevent the effective delivery of aid".

On Saturday, the GHF accused Hamas of making threats that "made it impossible" to operate in Gaza. Hamas denied this and said the GHF operation had "utterly failed on all levels".

The GHF's mechanism has been criticised as insufficient, as a limited amount of supplies is being handed out, and inhumane, as it requires people to travel to crowded distribution hubs, at great risk.

Almost every day since it began operating, there have been deadly shootings near one or other of the four centres it has opened, by Israeli soldiers and armed Palestinians.

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says more than 200 people have been killed and nearly 2,000 others injured while trying to reach areas designated for aid distribution during that time.

On Wednesday, at least 25 people were killed near a GHF convoy in Gaza's Netzarim corridor, according to two hospitals in Gaza City.

The GHF had earlier said that 43,000 food parcels were handed out "without incident" across Gaza.

The US and Israel say delivering aid through the GHF will prevent it being stolen by Hamas. The UN says this is not a widespread issue, while Hamas denies doing it.

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Israel set to deport eight activists, including French MEP, over Gaza boat

Eight pro-Palestinian activists including a French member of the European Parliament will soon be forcibly deported from Israel, three days after the Israeli navy prevented them from sailing into Gaza, their legal advisers said on Thursday.

Four other members of the 12-strong crew aboard the charity vessel, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, agreed to leave Israel voluntarily on Tuesday, hours after the navy had brought them ashore.

The other eight crew refused to leave, accusing Israel of acting illegally, and have been held in a detention centre while an Israeli court reviewed their legal status.

However, Israeli rights group Adalah, which has provided the activists with legal assistance, said the group had lost their battle against repatriation.

French MEP Rima Hassan and five other activists have been taken to Tel Aviv airport and will be flown out of the country in the next 24 hours, Adalah said in a statement. The remaining two crew members will be expelled on Friday afternoon.

"Their continued detention and forced deportation are unlawful and a part of Israel's ongoing violations of international law," Adalah said in a statement.


 
These killers have spilled blood of 55,000 innocent people so far since all this started.

Will pay for every single one of them. Allah is forgiving and gives time to repent even to the oppressors. But once that clock hits zero be ready oh Yahud.
 
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Slowly but surely, the Ummah of Rasullulah peace and blessings be upon him will reunite and rise again. In Sha Allah. 🌙 ☝️
 
Palestinians killed in shooting near Gaza aid site, reports say

Palestinians are reported to have been killed and wounded in another shooting as they gathered near an aid distribution site in central Gaza.

According to Palestinian journalists, those killed were fired on by Israeli troops. Information on Saturday's incident is scarce as the internet has been down in Gaza for more than two days.

There has been no comment from the IDF as yet. In previous incidents, the Israeli military said troops opened fire when suspects approached them in what they deemed a threatening manner.

Many of those waiting to pick up aid may not know that the distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - backed by Israel and the US - are closed until Sunday.

The organisation posts updates on its Facebook page, which only those with e-sim cards on their phones are able to access, because of the internet blackout.

This has only added to the confusion that has increasingly surrounded the delivery of aid in Gaza, with each day seeing incidents in which people are shot at by Israeli troops or local gunmen.

Aid supplies and the internet are vital for people in Gaza - the current lack of both lifelines is rendering their plight even more desperate.

Large numbers of Palestinians appear to be staying near the aid distribution sites - one in the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza and three others further south - so that they will be ready to get hold of food parcels when and if they are opened.

There is also increasing concern being expressed by aid groups and medics that Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza may lose its ability to provide essential treatment for those with injuries from shootings near distribution points in Rafah.

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Fifteen killed by Israeli fire near Gaza aid site, hospitals say

At least 15 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire as they gathered near an aid distribution centre in central Gaza, hospitals say.

Officials at al-Aqsa and al-Awda hospitals said people were shot by troops near a site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is backed by Israel and the US. It is inside the Israeli military's Netzarim Corridor.

The Israeli military said troops fired warning shots at a group they believed posed a potential threat. An aircraft also struck one person who advanced rapidly towards them, it added.

The IDF noted the GHF site was closed until Sunday. The GHF posts updates on Facebook, but Gaza has been without internet for more than two days.

This has only added to the confusion that has increasingly surrounded the delivery of aid, with each day seeing incidents in which people are shot at by Israeli troops or local gunmen.

Aid supplies and the internet are vital for people in Gaza - the current lack of both lifelines is rendering their plight even more desperate.

Large numbers of Palestinians appear to be staying near the aid distribution sites - one in the Netzarim Corridor and three others further south - so that they will be ready to get hold of food parcels when and if they are opened.

In another incident on Saturday, al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City said 12 people were killed by Israeli fire as they waited for a convoy of aid lorries on the coastal road.

The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said at least 29 people had been killed across the territory while seeking aid over the past two days, bringing the total killed since the GHF began operations two weeks ago to 274.

Nasser hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis meanwhile reported that at least 16 people had been killed by Israeli air strikes in the area overnight.

The Israeli military has not commented, but it earlier warned residents of Khan Younis and the nearby towns of Abasan, Bani Suhaila and al-Jadida to evacuate immediately because it was "working with extreme force to destroy terrorist organisations" there.

Nasser hospital is within one of the city blocks covered by the evacuation orders, and there is increasing concern being expressed by aid groups and medics it may lose its ability to provide essential treatment for those with injuries from shootings near distribution points in Rafah.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned that Nasser Hospital is struggling to function.

An ICRC source initially suggested most of Nasser Hospital's healthcare workers had left following the expansion of evacuation orders, but they later clarified that the hospital had lost around 10% of its staff.

One of the doctors who has recently been working at Nasser Hospital, Dr Feroze Sidwa, has called for international support to keep it going.

"If international law has any remaining relevance, Nasser must be protected and resupplied, and its staff must be protected immediately," Dr Sidwa said.

Dr Victoria Rose, who was working at Nasser hospital in May, issued an even more urgent warning: "This is the only hospital in the south of Gaza. Nowhere else has ITU beds, a CT scanner, oxygen generating capability, haemodialysis or a blood bank.

"Hundreds of patients will instantly die and all surgery will now have to take place in tents."

Israel does not allow international news organisations, including the BBC, into Gaza, making verifying what is happening in the territory difficult.

It has been 20 months since Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led cross-border attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

At least 55,297 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's health ministry.

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I hope people pause to remember there are also many Jews who've spoken up against this slaughter. We know Israel strategically conflates anti-Israel criticism with anti-Semitism. However I see too many Muslims online who tar all Jews with one brush.

Have a read of the sub-reddit Jews of Conscience. There's many heartening comments that shows a willingness to change deeply ingrained views once they put in the time to research the history of the conflict - a history many of them weren't even aware of.


Same here, I’m from New Zealand and was planning to make Aliyah after graduation. I never questioned what was happening and assumed it was just the usual 'religious fanatics on both sides' causing the constant fighting.

After October 7th, the more I read and explored the region’s history, the clearer it became why this is happening. Essentially, I’ve come to understand that Palestinians are being forced into concentrated areas and are fighting back against their oppressors, which is comparable to resisting oppressive Nazis during the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
I have disliked Israel since I went there almost 40 years ago and saw how racist it was. Obviously it’s only gotten worse. I didn’t know just how bad the Palestinians have had it until 10/7 though or how much propaganda and selective history I had learned at synagogue and in my family growing up and how many people I know who otherwise seem progressive are just flat out racist when it comes to Palestinians. I also didn’t understand that the US is totally invested in keeping Israel going and why. Or that other western countries would be fine with genocide too. And the democrats. 10/7 completely radicalized me. I ended up leaving the Democratic Party after 40 years of loyalty, I lost many friends and relatives due to my outspoken stance on Palestine and Israel, and I understand now that the US is not a good player at all on the world stage. I came to despise Biden who I voted for, probably more than any other president, and can never go back to when I saw less of the reality.
What I have learned since October 7 is that Israel can and will do everything every time to test the norms of humanity. And if not forced to stop by others, its leaders and the majority will not stop.

I have always known that the military industry prioritizes profits over human lives, including Jewish lives. I had some hope that enough Israelis had compassion enough to minimize its war crimes and apartheid attitudes. I had more faith in my fellow Jews in Israel than they have shown.

I am very disappointed, to the point that I believe Israel is irreversibly damaged and is a dishonor to Judaism. I am also disappointed by the enablers and fear their motivations include long term harm to Jews and Judaism.

For Palestinian rights, there must be an international coalition linking Muslims, Jews, Christians, people of other faiths and no faith. Never forget that.
 
Yes, it’s usually Jews at the forefront of demonstrations and media appearances.
 
Thousands join ‘red line’ protest in The Hague against Israel’s genocide in Gaza

Tens of thousands of people dressed in red attended a pro-Palestine demonstration called by rights groups, including Amnesty International and Oxfam, in The Hague, Netherlands, on Sunday, urging stronger action from the Dutch government against Israel’s devastating military campaign in Palestine over the past 20 months and the ongoing humanitarian blockade on Gaza.

“People in Gaza cannot wait, and the Netherlands has a duty to do everything it can to stop the genocide,” they said in their action call.

The Hague witnessed a similar massive demonstration last month, which organisers described as the largest in the country in two decades, and reports suggest that the turnout was even larger this time.

Similar to last time, protesters of all ages, including children, youth, and the elderly, dressed in red, created a symbolic ‘red line’ as they marched past the International Court of Justice, chanting slogans like “Free Palestine” and “Stop genocide.”



Protesters held Palestine flags and banners in their hands reading “Stop Dutch complicity”, and “Be silent when kids sleep, not when they die”.

More than 150,000 people attended the protest calling for “concrete sanctions to stop the genocide in Gaza”, said Michiel Servaes, director of Oxfam Novib.

The protesters also called for an end to the recent military action of Israel in Iran.

“The Netherlands remains committed to stopping the violence and ending the humanitarian blockade. We are constantly looking at how we can be most effective with our efforts, both in front of and behind the scenes, to improve the situation on the ground,” Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof wrote on X.

Schoof is the leader of the caretaker government after the Dutch government collapsed on June 3, 2025, after far-right leader Geert Wilders withdrew his Party for Freedom (PVV) from the four-party coalition due to disagreements over migration policy, further said, “So that a ceasefire can be achieved, so that the suffering population receives more humanitarian aid on a massive scale and so that the terrorist organization Hamas releases the hostages.”

“To all those people in The Hague I say: we see you and we hear you. Our goal is ultimately the same: to end the suffering in Gaza as soon as possible,” he said.

Earlier, Schoof had faced criticism from human rights organisations and protesters for not taking a stronger stance against Israel’s actions. He was criticised for his double standard, as the Netherlands readily condemned war crimes by other nations like Russia but not Israel and his refusal to impose a “red line” or impose consequences, such as sanctions, for Israel’s alleged violations of international law, including blocking humanitarian aid.

As of June 11, since Israel’s siege on Gaza began on 7 October 2023, at least 55,104 Palestinians have reportedly been killed and 127,394 have been injured, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza.

Source: https://maktoobmedia.com/gaza-genoc...n-the-hague-against-israels-genocide-in-gaza/.
 
Dozens killed by Israeli fire near Gaza aid sites, Hamas-run ministry says

At least 30 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire near aid distribution sites operated by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told the BBC that its troops fired warning shots at suspects approaching them and posing a threat.

Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed trying to get food from the GHF sites, opened by Israel after it partially lifted a three-month blockade that the UN said had pushed the Gazan population to the brink of starvation.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said: "Israel's means and methods of warfare are inflicting horrifying, unconscionable suffering on Palestinians in Gaza."

Addressing the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, he accused Israel of weaponising food and repeated his call for a full investigation into the attacks near the sites. UN agencies have refused to work with the GHF.

On several previous occasions the IDF has acknowledged that its troops opened fire near aid sites.

The GHF begun re-opening its distribution sites on Sunday after closing them briefly due to security concerns.

The health ministry said 28 were killed on Monday at the GHF centre at al-Alam in the southern city of Rafah, while rescuers reported two killed at a GHF site in the central Netzarim corridor.

Many of those killed and injured at al-Alam were taken to Nasser hospital in nearby Khan Younis, where relatives gathered. Many were buried in the hours after their arrival, in line with Islamic tradition.

Ahmed Alfara, a doctor at the hospital, told the Reuters news agency that the distribution system had failed "100%".

"No one can get that distribution, that aid, no one can get it," he said.

"We have to recognise that [UN humanitarian agency] Unrwa and NGOs must again get that distribution and try to redistribute it for the Palestinian people."

He reported that many of the casualties on Monday had suffered gunshot wounds, including to the head.

Ahmed Fayad, who attempted to get food from the GHF site on Monday, described the GHF operation as a "trap".

"We went there thinking we would get aid to feed our children, but it turned out to be a trap, a killing. I advise everyone: don't go there," he told Reuters.

Al-Alam has been the scene of several similar deadly incidents since the new Israeli-backed food distribution system began operating.

Before Monday's incident, the health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said that at least 300 people had been killed and more than 2,600 wounded near aid distribution sites since the GHF began operations in Gaza on 26 May.

The IDF has contested the death toll and said Hamas had caused much of the violence.

Israel does not allow international news organisations including the BBC into Gaza, making verifying what is happening in the territory difficult.

It has been 20 months since Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led cross-border attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

At least 55,297 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's health ministry.

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Israeli forces kill 51 Palestinians waiting for flour at Gaza aid site, witnesses and rescuers say​


Israeli forces have killed more than 51 Palestinians and wounded many more after opening fire near an aid distribution site in southern Gaza, witnesses and rescuers say.

The Hamas-run civil defence agency said Israeli troops fired on crowds near the aid site in Khan Younis. More than 200 people were reportedly injured.

The Israeli military has told the BBC it is looking into the reports.

It is the latest, and potentially the deadliest, of the almost daily shootings that have been taking place recently near aid distribution sites in Gaza.

Witnesses say that Israeli forces opened fire and shelled an area near a junction to the east of Khan Younis, where thousands of Palestinians had been gathering in the hope of getting flour from a World Food Programme (WFP) site, which also includes a community kitchen nearby.

A local journalist and eyewitnesses said Israeli drones fired two missiles, followed shortly after by a shell from an Israeli tank positioned between 400 and 500m away from the crowd. The explosions caused many casualties.

The crowd had assembled near a key road leading to the town of Bani Suheila, an area that has seen weeks of ongoing Israeli military operations.

Nasser Hospital, the main functioning medical facility in the area, has been overwhelmed by the number of casualties. It is so overcrowded that the many wounded are lying on the floor as medical staff treat their injuries.

In a statement the IDF said "a gathering was identified adjacent to an aid distribution truck that got stuck in the area of Khan Younis, and in proximity to IDF troops operating in the area."

It said it was "aware of reports regarding a number of injured individuals from IDF fire following the crowd's approach" and the incident was under review.

On Monday, the UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Israel was weaponising food and called for an investigation into the shootings near aid sites.

Addressing the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, he said: "Israel's means and methods of warfare are inflicting horrifying, unconscionable suffering on Palestinians in Gaza."

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US Supreme Court upholds law allowing Palestinian authorities to be sued over attacks

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld on Friday a statute passed by Congress to facilitate lawsuits against Palestinian authorities by Americans killed or injured in attacks abroad as plaintiffs pursue monetary damages for violence years ago in Israel and the West Bank.

The 9-0 ruling overturned a lower court's decision that the 2019 law, the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, violated the rights of the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization to due process under the U.S. Constitution.

Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, who authored the ruling, said the 2019 jurisdictional law comported with due process rights enshrined in the Constitution's Fifth Amendment.

"It is permissible for the federal government to craft a narrow jurisdictional provision that ensures, as part of a broader foreign policy agenda, that Americans injured or killed by acts of terror have an adequate forum in which to vindicate their right" to compensation under a federal law known as the Antiterrorism Act of 1990, Roberts wrote.

The U.S. government and a group of American victims and their families had appealed the lower court's decision that struck down a provision of the law.

Among the plaintiffs are families who in 2015 won a \$655 million judgment in a civil case alleging that the Palestinian organizations were responsible for a series of shootings and bombings around Jerusalem from 2002 to 2004. They also include relatives of Ari Fuld, a Jewish settler in the Israel-occupied West Bank who was fatally stabbed by a Palestinian in 2018.

"The plaintiffs, U.S. families who had loved ones maimed or murdered in PLO-sponsored terror attacks, have been waiting for justice for many years," said Kent Yalowitz, a lawyer for the plaintiffs.

"I am very hopeful that the case will soon be resolved without subjecting these families to further protracted and unnecessary litigation," Yalowitz added.

The ongoing violence involving Israel and the Palestinians served as a backdrop to the case.

U.S. courts for years have grappled over whether they have jurisdiction in cases involving the Palestinian Authority and PLO for actions taken abroad.

Under the language at issue in the 2019 law, the PLO and Palestinian Authority automatically "consent" to jurisdiction if they conduct certain activities in the United States or make payments to people who attack Americans.

Roberts in Friday's ruling wrote that Congress and the president enacted the jurisdictional law based on their "considered judgment to subject the PLO and PA (Palestinian Authority) to liability in U.S. courts as part of a comprehensive legal response to 'halt, deter and disrupt' acts of international terrorism that threaten the life and limb of American citizens."

New York-based U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman ruled in 2022 that the law violated the due process rights of the PLO and Palestinian Authority. The New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling.

President Joe Biden's administration initiated the government's appeal, which subsequently was taken up by President Donald Trump's administration. The Supreme Court heard arguments in the case on April 1.

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The savages need to be more punished by Iran
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At least 30 killed in Gaza as more starving Palestinians gunned down

As the day progresses the death toll keeps increasing by the hour. One attack killed five family members in the northwestern part of Gaza City with 13 critically injured in al-Shifa Hospital.

The hospital is unable to accommodate the large number of wounded people who keep streaming in.

Israel is engaged with missile fire in Iran while at the same time it continues the killing of Palestinians across the Gaza Strip with deadly air strikes on tents or residential homes.

Hungry crowds gather a food distribution centres in Rafah or the Netzarim Corridor. So far, 13 aid-seekers have been shot dead today. They are among 30 people killed by Israel’s military since the early hours.

Netzarim was built by Israeli forces on what used to be a vibrant Palestinian neighbourhood with vast agricultural land. It is now a field of rubble for the Israeli “security corridor”.

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Israeli attack kills at least 24 Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza

At least 24 Palestinians desperately seeking food aid amid widespread hunger in Gaza have been killed in an Israeli attack in the besieged territory’s central area, according to Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit Sanad.

According to the report, the victims were killed while waiting for food at Salah al-Din Street just south of Wadi Gaza in the centre of the Strip.

Footage obtained by Sanad showed the bodies of the victims piling up at Gaza’s Nasser Medical Complex and Al Awda Hospital in Gaza.

Israeli attacks on Palestinians near aid centres have killed more than 400 people and wounded about 1,000 since the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began aid distribution on May 27.

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Gaza health authorities say Israel kills 44 waiting for aid as war’s death toll passes 56,000

Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of Palestinians waiting for aid in separate incidents in southern and central Gaza early Tuesday, killing at least 44, witnesses and hospitals said, as health authorities announced the number of Palestinians killed in the war has risen above 56,000.

Palestinian witnesses and health officials say Israeli forces have repeatedly opened fire on crowds heading toward desperately needed food, killing hundreds in recent weeks. The military says it has fired warning shots at people it said approached its forces in a suspicious manner.

In central Gaza, three witnesses told The Associated Press that Israeli forces opened fire as people advanced east toward aid trucks south of Wadi Gaza.

“It was a massacre,” said Ahmed Halawa. He said tanks and drones fired at people, “even as we were fleeing. Many people were either martyred or wounded.”

Hossam Abu Shahada said drones were flying over the area, watching the crowds, then there was gunfire from tanks and drones as people were moving eastward. He described a “chaotic and bloody” scene as people tried to escape.

He said he saw at least three people lying motionless and many others wounded.

Israel’s military said it was reviewing the incident, which took place near the Netzarim corridor, a road that separates northern and southern Gaza.

The Awda hospital in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp, which received the victims, confirmed 25 deaths and said 146 others were wounded. It said 62 were in critical condition and transferred to other hospitals.

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In the central town of Deir al-Balah, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital said it received the bodies of six people from the same incident.

In the southernmost city of Rafah, witnesses said Israeli troops opened fire as crowds tried to reach a food distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. At least 19 were killed and 50 others wounded, according to Nasser hospital and Gaza’s Health Ministry.

The new distribution sites run by an American contractor, with U.S. and Israeli government support, have been plagued by scenes of violence and chaos since opening last month. The GHF sites are in Israeli military zones where independent media have no access.

The Trump administration has authorized providing $30 million to the GHF, a U.S. official said Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive diplomatic issue involving a controversial aid program.

Two witnesses said Israeli troops started firing as thousands of Palestinians massed at the Shakoush area, several hundred meters (yards) from the distribution site.

The Israeli military did not immediately return a request for comment.

Salem Ismail was in the crowd and was shot in a leg. He said he saw forces firing towards the crowd who were moving north toward the site.

Ayman Abu Joda said he saw heavy gunfire from Israeli tanks and that many people were shot. He said he helped evacuate three wounded people, one hit in the chest and two in the legs.

“It was the same tragedy every day: We seek food and the occupation opens fire and kills many,” he said.

The casualty toll was confirmed to The Associated Press by Zaher al-Waheidi, head of the Health Ministry’s records department.

The GHF said on social media its hub there opened Tuesday at 10 a.m. and closed after finishing food distribution. It called on people not to head to the hub.

Israel wants the GHF to replace a system coordinated by the United Nations and international aid groups. Along with the United States, it accuses Hamas of stealing aid, without offering evidence. The U.N. denies there is systematic diversion of aid.

Death toll in Gaza over 56,000

Meanwhile, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Israel’s 21-month military operation in Gaza has killed 56,077 people. The war was sparked by Hamas’ surprise attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, that killed around 1,200 people dead, mostly civilians, and took 251 others hostage. Many have been released by ceasefire or other agreements.

The death toll is by far the highest in any round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting.

The ministry said the dead include 5,759 who have been killed since Israel resumed fighting on March 18, shattering a two-month ceasefire.

The ministry doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants but says more than half of the dead were women and children.

Israel says it only targets militants and blames civilian deaths on Hamas, which operates in heavily populated areas. Israel says over 20,000 Hamas militants have been killed, though it has provided no evidence to support that claim. Hamas has not commented on its casualties.

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The Ministry of Health in Gaza reports that at least 79 people were killed and almost 400 injured in Israeli attacks across the enclave in the past 24 hours and reports of more deaths continue.

At least three Palestinians were killed and several injured in an attack by Israeli settlers on Kafr Malek, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.


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Gaza mediators intensifying ceasefire efforts, Hamas official says

A senior Hamas official has told the BBC that mediators have intensified their efforts to broker a new ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza, but that negotiations with Israel remain stalled.

The comments came as US President Donald Trump said "great progress" was being made since Israel and Iran ended their 12-day war on Tuesday, and that his envoy Steve Witkoff thought an agreement between Israel and Hamas was "very close".

Israeli attacks across Gaza on Wednesday killed at least 45 Palestinians, including some who were seeking aid, the Hamas-run health ministry said.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military announced that seven soldiers were killed in a bomb attack on Tuesday claimed by Hamas.

"I think great progress is being made on Gaza, I think because of this attack that we made," President Trump told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday, referring to the US air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities carried out at the weekend amid the conflict between Israel and Iran.

"I think we're going to have some very good news. I was talking to Steve Witkoff... [and] he did tell me that Gaza's very close," he added.

Shortly after Trump spoke, the senior Hamas official told the BBC that mediators were "engaged in intensive contacts aimed at reaching a ceasefire agreement".

However, he added that the group had "not received any new proposal so far".

An Israeli official also told the Haaretz newspaper that there has been no progress in the negotiations, and that major disagreements remained unresolved.

Efforts by the US, Qatar and Egypt to broker a deal stalled at the end of May, when Witkoff said Hamas had sought "totally unacceptable" amendments to a US proposal backed by Israel for a 60-day truce, during which half the living Israeli hostages and half of those who have died would be released.

Israel resumed its military offensive in Gaza on 18 March, collapsing a two-month ceasefire. It said it wanted to put pressure on Hamas to release its hostages. Fifty are still in Gaza, at least 20 of whom are believed to be alive.

Israel also imposed a total blockade on humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza at the start of March, which it partially eased after 11 weeks following pressure from US allies and warnings from global experts that half a million people were facing starvation.

At the same time, Israel and the US backed the establishment of a new aid distribution mechanism run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which is intended to bypass the UN as the main supplier of aid to Palestinians. They said the GHF's system would prevent aid being stolen by Hamas, which the group denies doing.

The GHF, which uses US private security contractors, says it has distributed food packages containing more than 44 million meals since it began operating on 26 May, with more than 2.4 million handed out at three sites on Wednesday.

However, the UN and other aid groups have refused to co-operate with the GHF, accusing it of co-operating with Israel's goals in a way that violates fundamental humanitarian principles.

They have also expressed alarm at the near-daily reports of Palestinians being killed near the group's sites, which are inside Israeli military zones.

According to Gaza's health ministry, at least 549 people have been killed and 4,000 injured while trying to collect aid since the GHF began distributing aid on 26 May.

On Wednesday morning, a spokesman for the Hamas-run Civil Defence agency said six people were killed when Israeli forces opened fire at crowds waiting near one of the GHF's food distribution centre in central Gaza.

Three others were killed near a GHF site in the southern city of Rafah, he added.

However, the Israeli military said it was "not aware of any incidents with casualties in those areas", while the GHF said the reports of any such incidents near its sites were false.

In Gaza City, funerals were held for some of the 33 people who the health ministry said had been killed over the previous day while waiting for aid.

"I say and repeat a million times," Abu Mohammed told Reuters news agency. "These aid points are not aid points, these are death points."

Unicef spokesman James Elder, who has just visited Gaza, said: "So long as a population is denied food, people are being offered this lethal choice and, unfortunately, because it's in a combat zone, it cannot improve."

The Civil Defence spokesman also said another six people, including a child, were killed in an air strike on a house early on Wednesday in Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza.

Five others were killed when homes in the nearby town of Deir al-Balah, he said.

More than 860 Palestinians were reported killed by Israeli forces in Gaza during the Israel-Iran conflict, which began when Israel launched an air campaign targeting Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. Iran launched barrages of missiles towards Israel in response.

People in Gaza were divided in their assessments of what the ceasefire meant for the territory.

Some viewed the weakening of Iran, Hamas's key regional backer, as a potentially positive step towards achieving a truce in Gaza because it might force the group to ease its demands.

Others, however, feared the end of the conflict would allow Israel to redirect its military focus back on Gaza and intensify its air and ground operations.

One man in Khan Younis, Nader Ramadan, told the BBC that it felt like "everything got worse" in Gaza during the conflict.

"The [Israeli] bombing intensified, the damage increased, and the incursion expanded in certain areas… We only felt the destruction," he said.

Adel Abu Reda said the most difficult thing was the lack of access to aid. He said items were being looted and sold for inflated prices, and civilians were coming under Israeli fire when trying to get food.

"What are we supposed to do?" he asked. "We feel the shooting and the killing all the time."

In Israel, the military announced that seven of its soldiers had been killed in combat in southern Gaza on Tuesday - the deadliest such incident since the ceasefire collapsed.

Spokesman Brig-Gen Effie Defrin said an explosive device was attached to an armoured vehicle in the Khan Younis area, and that the blast caused the vehicle to catch fire. Helicopters and rescue forces made several unsuccessful attempts to rescue them, he added.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was "a difficult day for the people of Israel".

The deaths renewed pressure on Netanyahu to agree a ceasefire, with the leader of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish party in his governing coalition saying Israel should end the war and bring home all the hostages.

"I don't understand what we're fighting for and for what purpose... when soldiers are being killed all the time?" Moshe Gafni of United Torah Judaism told the Israeli parliament.

The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas's 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

At least 56,157 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's health ministry.

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Israel halts aid into northern Gaza, officials say, clans deny Hamas is stealing it

Israel has stopped aid from entering northern Gaza but is still allowing it to enter from the south, two officials said on Thursday after images circulated of masked men on aid trucks who clan leaders said were protecting aid, not Hamas stealing it.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a joint statement with Defense Minister Israel Katz, said late on Wednesday that he had ordered the military to present a plan within two days to prevent Hamas from taking control of aid.

They cited new unspecified information indicating that Hamas was seizing aid intended for civilians in northern Gaza. A video circulating on Wednesday showed dozens of masked men, some armed with rifles but most carrying sticks, riding on aid trucks.

Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer told reporters that aid was continuing to enter from the south but did not specify whether any supplies were entering in the north.

The U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which operates aid distribution sites in southern and central Gaza, said on X that it was the only humanitarian organization permitted on Thursday to distribute food in Gaza.


 
Gaza Crisis Deepens Amid Rising Death Toll and Global Condemnation

Hospitals in Gaza have reported at least 72 Palestinians killed in the past 24 hours, as Israeli attacks continue across the besieged territory. Of those, 36 were killed since dawn, with six dying near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid centre in Rafah and 10—including a journalist—killed in a drone strike in Gaza City’s Tuffah neighbourhood. These incidents add to the alarming statistic released by Gaza’s Government Media Office, which says at least 549 people have been killed and over 4,000 injured near US- and Israeli-backed GHF distribution sites in the past four weeks. Reports from Israeli soldiers, published by Haaretz, confirm that they were ordered to fire at unarmed Palestinians seeking aid, raising serious war crimes concerns. Human rights lawyer Kate Mackintosh warned that GHF staff may be held criminally liable for complicity in these killings.

Meanwhile, violence has escalated in southern Lebanon, where Israeli air raids killed one woman and wounded 20, drawing condemnation from Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. The attacks, which violated a previous ceasefire agreement, targeted what Israel claims were Hezbollah facilities, including a site in Nabatieh. Footage from the strikes showed heavy bombardment and plumes of smoke rising from targeted areas. As tensions rise across multiple fronts, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov described the Israel–US strikes on Iran as a “severe blow” to global nuclear non-proliferation, and added that talk of Iran’s nuclear programme being “destroyed” was “wishful thinking” by politicians in Washington and Tel Aviv.

Source: Al Jazeera
 
GHF boss defends Gaza aid operation after hundreds of Palestinians killed near sites

The head of a controversial US and Israeli-backed aid group has defended its work after repeated incidents of killings and injuries of Palestinians seeking aid.

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) boss Johnnie Moore told the BBC World Service's Newshour he was not denying deaths near aid sites, but said "100% of those casualties are being attributed to close proximity to GHF" and that was "not true".

He accused the UN and other international organisations of spreading information they could not verify.

The GHF aid system has been condemned by UN agencies, and on Friday UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres branded it "inherently unsafe".

"Any operation that channels desperate civilians into militarized zones is inherently unsafe. The search for food must never be a death sentence," the UN chief said.

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed and 4,000 injured on their way to get aid since GHF took over aid distribution.

Within days of GHF operations starting in late May, dozens of Palestinians were killed in separate incidents on 1 and 3 June, sparking international condemnation.

Since then, the UN and aid groups have expressed alarm at the near-daily reports of Palestinians being killed near the GHF's sites, which are inside Israeli military zones.

Eyewitnesses and medics have on several occasions described Israeli forces opening fire on crowds near aid points.

Israeli newspaper Haaretz published a story on Friday in which unnamed IDF soldiers said they were ordered to shoot at unarmed civilians near aid distribution sites, to drive them away or disperse them.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly rejected the report calling the allegations "malicious falsehoods".

In a statement to the BBC, the IDF said it "did not instruct the forces to deliberately shoot at civilians, including those approaching the distribution centres".

It added it was looking to improve "the operational response" in the aid areas and had recently added new fencing and signage, and opened new routes to reach the handout zones.

For his part, the head of the GHF said "100% of the casualties are being attributed to the IDF - as best as we can tell that's also not true".

In statements over the past month, the IDF have several times said they fired "warning shots" at individuals who they described as "suspects" or claimed posed a threat.

"We spend an extended period of time trying to understand what actually happened, if anything actually happened and whether there's a way that we can make it less likely to happen," Mr Moore said.

"In most circumstances we haven't been able to identify anything happening."

"People need to understand that it is disinformation that people going to GHF sites are being killed, we have no evidence of that happening in proximity to our sites," he added.

Israel does not allow international news organisations, including the BBC, to send journalists into Gaza, which limits our ability to verify what is happening on the ground in the territory.

Mr Moore alleged that prior to GHF's operations the majority of UN aid trucks were being hijacked at gunpoint.

The UN has said there is no evidence for a large-scale hijacking of its aid trucks. When told this, Mr Moore said the "UN is not being honest".

The volume of aid entering Gaza is still considered inadequate, despite Israel last month partially easing an 11-week blockade introduced in March. Experts have warned the territory remains on the brink of famine.

The GHF is hoping to reach the milestone of providing 50 million meals in Gaza, which would equate to less than a meal a day per person since operations began.

When pushed on whether food was really getting to the people who needed it most, Mr Moore admitted the operation was "insufficient", but said 50 million meals was more than had been available a month ago.

He said the GHF needs to scale up and hopefully work with organisations such as the UN.

"The mission is clear. We just want to feed Gazans," he added.

On Thursday, the US State Department announced $30m (£22m; €26m) in funding for the GHF, which is its first known direct contribution to the group.

The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas's 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

More than 56,000 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.

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Insanity continues because Palestinians can't defend themselves like Iran​

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Israel bombs heavily populated Gaza City area, at least 20 killed​

  • Israeli air attacks on al-Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City have killed at least 20 people, including nine children, according to medical sources.
  • In its latest daily update, the Health Ministry in Gaza says Israeli attacks over the latest 24-hour reporting period have killed at least 81 people and wounded 422 others.
  • The killings come a day after US President Donald Trump said a ceasefire in Gaza could be reached “within the next week”.
  • Gaza’s Government Media Office says revelations in the Israeli media that soldiers were ordered to “deliberately shoot” starving Palestinians seeking aid supplies are further evidence of “war crimes” in Gaza.
  • Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 56,412 people and wounded 133,054, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7 attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.
Source: Al Jazeera
 

Insanity continues because Palestinians can't defend themselves like Iran​

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Israel bombs heavily populated Gaza City area, at least 20 killed​

  • Israeli air attacks on al-Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City have killed at least 20 people, including nine children, according to medical sources.
  • In its latest daily update, the Health Ministry in Gaza says Israeli attacks over the latest 24-hour reporting period have killed at least 81 people and wounded 422 others.
  • The killings come a day after US President Donald Trump said a ceasefire in Gaza could be reached “within the next week”.
  • Gaza’s Government Media Office says revelations in the Israeli media that soldiers were ordered to “deliberately shoot” starving Palestinians seeking aid supplies are further evidence of “war crimes” in Gaza.
  • Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 56,412 people and wounded 133,054, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7 attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.
Source: Al Jazeera

I think Netanyahu wants to kill all Gaza residents. That's what it seems like. In other words, it is a deliberate genocide.
 
At least 81 people killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, Hamas-run health ministry says

At least 81 Palestinians have been killed and more than 400 injured in Israeli strikes across Gaza in the 24 hours until midday on Saturday, the Hamas-run health ministry said.

In one incident, at least 11 people, including children, were killed after a strike near a stadium in Gaza City, Al-Shifa hospital staff and witnesses told news agencies. The stadium was being used to house displaced people, living in tents.

Footage verified by the BBC shows people digging through the sand with their bare hands and spades to find bodies.

The BBC has contacted the Israeli military for comment.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said he was hopeful a ceasefire could be agreed in the next week.

Qatari mediators said they hoped US pressure could achieve a deal, following a truce between Israel and Iran that ended the 12-day conflict between the countries.

In March, a two-month ceasefire collapsed when Israel launched fresh strikes on Gaza. The ceasefire deal - which started on 19 January - was set up to have three stages, but did not make it past the first stage.

Stage two included establishing a permanent ceasefire, the return of remaining living hostages in Gaza in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

On Thursday, a senior Hamas official told the BBC mediators have intensified their efforts to broker a new ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza, but that negotiations with Israel remain stalled.

A rally was organised on Saturday evening in Tel Aviv calling for a deal to free the remaining Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Organisers said "the time has come to end the fighting and bring everyone home in one phase".

Meanwhile, Israeli attacks in Gaza continue. Friday evening's strike near the Palestine Stadium in Gaza City killed at least 11 people, hospital staff and witnesses said.

One witness said they were sitting when they "suddenly heard a huge explosion" after a road was hit.

"This area was packed with tents - now the tents are under the sand. We spent hours digging with our bare hands," Ahmed Qishawi told the Reuters news agency.

He said there are "no wanted people here, nor any terrorists as they [Israelis] claim... [there are] only civilian residents, children, who were targeted with no mercy," he said.

The BBC has verified footage showing civilians and emergency services digging through the sandy ground with their hands and spades to find bodies.

Fourteen more people were reported killed, some of them children, in strikes on an apartment block and a tent in the al-Mawasi area.

The strike in al-Mawasi killed three children and their parents, who died while they were asleep, relatives told the Associated Press.

"What did these children do to them? What is their fault?" the children's grandmother, Suad Abu Teima, told the news agency.

More people were reported killed on Saturday afternoon after an air strike on the Tuffah neighbourhood near Jaffa School, where hundreds of displaced Gazans were sheltering.

The strike killed at least eight people, including five children, the Palestinian health ministry said.

One witness Mohammed Haboub told Reuters that his nephews, father and the children of his neighbours were killed in the strike.

"We didn't do anything to them, why do they harm us? Did we harm them? We are civilians," he told the news agency.

The health ministry said ambulance and civil defence crews were facing difficulties in reaching a number of victims trapped under the rubble and on the roads, due to the impossibility of movement in some of the affected areas.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has not yet commented on these reported strikes.

The IDF released a statement on Saturday evening saying it had killed Hakham Muhammad Issa al-Issa, a senior figure in Hamas's military wing, in the area of Sabra in Gaza City on Friday.

The IDF said he was one of the founding members of Hamas's military wing, a member of Hamas's general security council, and played a "significant role in the planning and execution" of Hamas's 7 October 2023 attack on Israel.

The Israeli military launched its bombardment of Gaza in response to the attack, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

More than 56,000 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry

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Israel orders evacuations in northern Gaza as Trump pushes for ceasefire​

Israel has ordered Palestinians to evacuate from parts of northern Gaza ahead of increased military action, as US President Donald Trump pushes for a ceasefire deal.

People in neighbourhoods across Gaza City and Jabalia have been told to move south towards the coastal area of al-Mawasi as Israeli military operations "intensify and expand westward".

At least 86 people were killed as the result of Israeli attacks in the 24 hours before midday on Sunday, the Hamas-run health ministry said.

Three children were among those killed in a strike on the so-called "safe zone" of al-Mawasi, their parents said.

Trump on Sunday reiterated calls to "make the deal in Gaza" and "get the hostages back".

On Saturday, Trump had said on Truth Social that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in the process of negotiating a deal with Hamas "right now".

Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Avichay Adraee said on Sunday that the Israeli military was operating in north Gaza "to eliminate terrorists and terrorist infrastructure".

Medics and residents told Reuters that military bombardments increased in Gaza in the early hours of Sunday, destroying several houses.

Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence agency told news outlets that at least 23 people had been killed on Sunday alone.

Medics said five people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a tent housing displaced people in al-Mawasi near the southern city of Khan Younis - an area where people in the north had been told to evacuate to.

Five members of the Maarouf family, including three children, were killed.

"They bombed us while we were sleeping on the ground," their mother Iman Abu Maarouf said. "We didn't do anything wrong. My children were killed, and the rest are in intensive care."

Their father Zeyad Abu Maarouf told Reuters that the family had arrived in the "safe zone" a month ago after Israel told them to go to al-Mawasi.

The BBC has contacted the Israeli military for comment.

The increased military action comes as mediators begin new efforts to end the war and release the remaining hostages held by Hamas.

On Thursday, a senior Hamas official told the BBC mediators have intensified their efforts to broker a new ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza, but that negotiations with Israel remain stalled.

Qatari mediators have said they hope US pressure could help to achieve a deal, following a truce between Israel and Iran that ended the 12-day conflict between the countries.

Trump previously said he was hopeful a ceasefire in Gaza could be agreed in the next week.

In March, a two-month ceasefire collapsed when Israel launched fresh strikes on Gaza. It said it wanted to put pressure on Hamas to release its hostages.

Israel also imposed a total blockade on humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza at the start of March, which it partially eased after 11 weeks following pressure from US allies and warnings from global experts that half a million people were facing starvation.

That partial easing included the creation of a US and Israeli-backed aid group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), after Israel accused Hamas of stealing aid. Hamas has denied this.

GHF's aid system has been condemned by UN agencies. There have been repeated incidents of killings and injuries of Palestinians seeking aid.

Juliette Touma, communications director for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, told the BBC that the new mechanism was "a killing field". She said the distribution of aid in an orderly way could only be done through the UN and other humanitarian organisations.

GHF boss Johnnie Moore previously told the BBC World Service's Newshour he did not deny deaths near aid sites, but said "100% of those casualties are being attributed to close proximity to GHF" and that was "not true".
The previous ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas - which started on 19 January - was set up to have three stages, but did not make it past the first stage.

Stage two included establishing a permanent ceasefire, the return of remaining living hostages in Gaza in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

Trump has called for ongoing corruption charges against Netanyahu to be dropped, describing proceedings as a "political witch hunt" delaying ceasefire negotiations.

On Sunday, an Israeli court accepted a request by the Israeli prime minister to delay his scheduled testimony for a week, due to diplomatic and security issues.

Netanyahu was charged in 2019 with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, all of which he denies.

Earlier in the week, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said Trump should not "intervene in a legal process of an independent state".

Israel launched its military campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas's 7 October 2023 attack, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

Since then, 56,500 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.

Source: BBC
 
Israel-Palestine conflict: Key updates

Israel has intensified its aerial campaign over Gaza, launching over 50 airstrikes, primarily targeting eastern Gaza City. At least 68 Palestinians were killed on Sunday alone, including 47 in Gaza City and the northern parts of the strip. Among the casualties were 10 civilians seeking aid at a warehouse and two others near a distribution point in Rafah. One of the most tragic attacks obliterated Gaza City’s Yafa School in the Tuffah neighbourhood, displacing dozens. Hospitals remain overwhelmed, lacking essentials like painkillers, staff, and medical specialists, leaving children with explosive injuries untreated and forcing patients to lie on the floor.

Despite international calls for de-escalation, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s recent security meeting produced no breakthrough on a ceasefire. Israel continues to push for a temporary pause that would allow a return to war after 60 days, while Hamas demands a complete end to hostilities—keeping both sides at a long-standing impasse. Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis worsens, especially for Gaza’s elderly, as the healthcare system collapses. On the global front, protests continue: an Australian pro-Palestine demonstrator may lose vision in one eye after a police crackdown, while Iran reiterates its demand that the U.S. halt attacks before any nuclear negotiations resume.

Source: Al Jazeera
 
Israel steps up Gaza bombardment ahead of White House talks on ceasefire

Amid one of the heaviest nights of bombardment in recent weeks, Israel intensified its air and ground assault across northern Gaza, striking schools and homes following fresh evacuation orders. At least 25 Palestinians were killed on Monday, including 10 in the Zeitoun suburb, as tanks advanced and airstrikes targeted UN shelters. On the diplomatic front, Israeli Minister Ron Dermer headed to Washington for ceasefire and regional diplomacy talks after President Trump urged both sides to “make the deal” and recover hostages.


Despite U.S.-led efforts to end the 20-month war, conditions on the ground continue to worsen, with over 56,000 Palestinians killed and 80% of Gaza under militarised control or evacuation. Hamas insists on a permanent end to the war, while Israel demands the group’s disarmament. Ceasefire talks mediated by Egypt and Qatar remain stalled, and the humanitarian toll continues to mount as international pressure builds for an end to the crisis.

Source: Reuters
 
Israel steps up Gaza bombardment ahead of White House talks on ceasefire

Amid one of the heaviest nights of bombardment in recent weeks, Israel intensified its air and ground assault across northern Gaza, striking schools and homes following fresh evacuation orders. At least 25 Palestinians were killed on Monday, including 10 in the Zeitoun suburb, as tanks advanced and airstrikes targeted UN shelters. On the diplomatic front, Israeli Minister Ron Dermer headed to Washington for ceasefire and regional diplomacy talks after President Trump urged both sides to “make the deal” and recover hostages.


Despite U.S.-led efforts to end the 20-month war, conditions on the ground continue to worsen, with over 56,000 Palestinians killed and 80% of Gaza under militarised control or evacuation. Hamas insists on a permanent end to the war, while Israel demands the group’s disarmament. Ceasefire talks mediated by Egypt and Qatar remain stalled, and the humanitarian toll continues to mount as international pressure builds for an end to the crisis.

Source: Reuters

Complete evil.

These are the people sanghis support. Shame on them.
 

Rabidness of Idiots continues​

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Israel kills nearly 600 hungry Palestinians at aid centres​

Since May 27, at least 583 Palestinians have been killed and 4,186 injured while waiting for food at aid distribution sites operated by the Israeli- and United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

The killings have occurred daily as famine looms over the besieged enclave. International organisations have warned for weeks that Gaza’s 2.1 million residents face catastrophic food shortages with markets emptied, clean water scarce, and aid deliveries sporadic and dangerous.


Israel kills nearly 600 hungry Palestinians at aid centres

Since May 27, at least 583 Palestinians have been killed and 4,186 injured while waiting for food at aid distribution sites operated by the Israeli- and United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
The killings have occurred daily as famine looms over the besieged enclave. International organisations have warned for weeks that Gaza’s 2.1 million residents face catastrophic food shortages with markets emptied, clean water scarce, and aid deliveries sporadic and dangerous.
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US-Israeli backed Gaza aid group must be shut down, say 130 charities

More than 130 charities and other NGOs are calling for the controversial Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) to be shut down.

Over 500 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid since the GHF started operating in late May, following Israel's three-month blockade of Gaza, the organisations said. Almost 4,000 have been injured.

The organisations, including Oxfam, Save the Children and Amnesty, say Israeli forces and armed groups "routinely" open fire on Palestinians seeking aid.

Israel denies its soldiers deliberately shoot at aid recipients, and has defended the GHF system, saying it provides direct assistance to people who need it, bypassing Hamas interference.

Tuesday's joint statement from some of the world's biggest charities says the foundation is violating all norms of humanitarian work, including by forcing two million people into overcrowded and militarized zones where they face daily gunfire.

Since the GHF started operating in Gaza, there have been almost daily reports of Israeli forces killing people seeking aid at these sites, from medics, eyewitnesses and the Hamas-run health ministry.

The GHF aid distribution system replaced 400 aid distribution points that were operating during the temporary Israel-Hamas ceasefire with just four military-controlled distribution sites, three in the far south-west of Gaza and one in central Gaza.

"Today, Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice: starve or risk being shot while trying desperately to reach food to feed their families," the statement says.

"Orphaned children and caregivers are among the dead, with children harmed in over half of the attacks on civilians at these sites."

The GHF aid system has been condemned by UN agencies. On Friday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called it "inherently unsafe".

From the start the UN condemned the plan, saying it would "militarise" aid, bypass the existing distribution network and force Gazans to make long journeys through dangerous territory to get food.

The Israeli military has said it is examining reports of civilians being "harmed" while approaching GHF aid distribution centres.

According to a report by Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Friday, unnamed Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers said they were ordered to shoot at unarmed civilians near aid distribution sites to drive them away or disperse them.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly rejected the report, calling the allegations "malicious falsehoods".

The Israeli military also denied allegations of deliberately firing at Palestinians waiting to collect humanitarian aid.

In a statement on Monday, the IDF said it was reorganising access to the sites and this would include new "fencing" and signposting, including directional and warning signs in order to improve the operational response.

But the 130-plus aid organisations said GHF "is not a humanitarian response" for the Gazans.

"Amidst severe hunger and famine-like conditions, many families tell us they are now too weak to compete for food rations," the groups said.

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But you can't use your tongue to address this humanity crisis because other humans came to a music festival to have a good time.
 

Israeli strike on Gaza seafront cafe kills at least 20 Palestinians, witnesses and rescuers say​


At least 20 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike that hit a popular seafront cafe frequently used by activists, journalists, and local residents in western Gaza City on Monday, according to medics and eyewitnesses.

Rescue teams evacuated 20 bodies and dozens wounded from Al-Baqa Cafeteria, an outdoor venue which consisted of tents along the beach, a spokesperson for Gaza's Hamas-run Civil Defence told the BBC.

He added that emergency crews were still searching through a deep crater left by the explosion.

The Israeli military later said it struck "several Hamas terrorists" in northern Gaza and that it was reviewing the incident.

"I was on my way to the café to use the internet just a few meters away when a massive explosion hit," said Aziz Al-Afifi, a cameraman with a local production company, told the BBC.

"I ran to the scene. My colleagues were there, people I meet every day. The scene was horrific - bodies, blood, screaming everywhere."

Videos posted by activists on social media appeared to show the moment a missile, reportedly fired from an Israeli warplane, struck the area. Footage captured the aftermath of the attack, with bodies scattered across the ground.

Al-Baqa Cafeteria had become a well-known space for journalists, activists, and remote workers, offering internet access, seating, and workspace along Gaza's Mediterranean coast.

The Israeli military said in a statement that the strike targeted Hamas operatives, but it did not identify them.

"Prior to the strike, steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians using aerial surveillance," it added. "The incident is under review."

The attack came after Israel carried out a wave of air strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight, triggering the mass displacement of hundreds of Palestinian families, witnesses said.

Rescue teams recovered the bodies of five people, while dozens of injured civilians were evacuated to Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, according to local reports.

The bombardment follows one of the largest evacuation orders issued since the war resumed in March.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62884y1pl5o
 
Over 165 aid groups call for end to US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

More than 165 major international charities and non-governmental organisations have called for an immediate end to the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the secretive entity set up by the US and Israel to push aside the UN and established international aid groups.

“Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice: starve or risk being shot while trying desperately to reach food to feed their families. The weeks following the launch of the Israeli distribution scheme have been some of the deadliest and most violent since October 2023,” the group said in a joint news release, adding that GHF brings “nothing but starvation and gunfire to the people of Gaza”.

The UN and other aid groups have repeatedly emphasised that they are capable of delivering sustainable aid to the people of Gaza, if Israel lifts its blockade that has brought over two million Palestinians to the brink of famine.

Around 600 Palestinians have been killed in or near the GHF aid sites since they started in late March.

The GHF responded in a statement, saying that established aid groups should stop “bickering and throwing insults from the sidelines” and join the group headed by an evangelical leader who is a close ally of Donald Trump.

Palestinian children line up to receive a hot meal at a food distribution point in Nuseirat on June 30, 2025.

Source: Al Jazeera
 
Israeli military investigates 'reports of harm to civilians' after hundreds killed near Gaza aid sites

The Israeli military has said it is examining reports of civilians being "harmed" while approaching aid distribution centres in Gaza run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Since GHF operations began in late May, following a three-month Israeli blockade on Gaza, there have been almost daily reports from medics, eyewitnesses and the Hamas-run health ministry of Israeli fire killing people seeking aid at these sites.

The UN says more than 400 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid.

The Israeli military said on Monday instructions had been issued to forces after "lessons learned", but did not specify what these lessons were.


 
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