Category: HUMANITARIAN
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Gaza: Evidence points to Israel’s continued use of starvation to inflict genocide against Palestinians
Evidence gathered by Amnesty International demonstrates how over a month since the introduction of its militarized aid distribution system, Israel has continued to use starvation of civilians as a weapon of war against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip and to deliberately impose conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction as part…
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Israel kills more than 300 in Gaza in 48 hours as focus intensifies on GHF
Gaza’s Government Media Office says Israel has committed ’26 bloody massacres’ in the last two days. More than 300 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the last 48 hours, according to the Gaza Government Media Office, which says Israel has “committed 26 bloody massacres” in that period. At least 118 Palestinians were killed…
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UN rapporteur accuses Israel of ‘one of cruelest genocides’ in modern history; urges arms embargo, global disengagement
Israel is responsible for “one of the cruelest genocides in modern history,” the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory said on Thursday, accusing Tel Aviv of weaponizing Gaza as a testing ground and calling for sweeping international action, including a full international arms embargo and the suspension of trade and investment ties. “The…
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Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal
The Israeli military used a 500lb (230kg) bomb – a powerful and indiscriminate weapon that generates a massive blast wave and scatters shrapnel over a wide area – when it attacked a target in a crowded beachfront cafe in Gaza on Monday, evidence seen by the Guardian has revealed. Experts in international law said the use of…
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Over 60 martyrs in Gaza camp massacre amid burial crisis
The Israeli occupation continues its deadly assault on Gaza, targeting civilians, displacement tents, and schools across the besieged Strip. In the latest wave of aggression on Thursday morning, 10 Palestinians, mostly women and children, were martyred in a strike on the Mustafa Hafiz School in the al-Rimal neighborhood of western Gaza City. Our correspondent reported that the…
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Israeli enemy commits massacre on Gaza beach, launches intensive bombing at civilians and displaced persons
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, accused the Israeli occupation, on Monday, of escalating its airstrikes on Gaza City in an unprecedented and brutal manner, confirming the commission of a new massacre that claimed the lives of dozens of civilians, including displaced persons fleeing the bombed areas. The movement said in a press statement that occupation…
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Nearly 100,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza amid Israeli war
Nearly 100,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, representing about 4% of the territory’s population, the Israeli daily Haaretz said on Friday. The death toll contradicts the number of fatalities given by Gaza’s Health Ministry, which stood at over 56,300 since October 2023. Haaretz said in addition to the high Palestinian…
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UNRWA chief warns of ‘project to separate Palestinians from Palestine’ amid deepening Gaza crisis
The head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees warned Thursday that Palestinians are facing a deliberate effort to strip them of their homeland as humanitarian conditions deteriorate across Gaza and the region. “We are witnessing the implementation of a project to separate Palestinians from Palestine,” Philippe Lazzarini said in a post on X, following…
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UN refugee agency warns Gaza residents face death from thirst amid water system collapse
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warned Wednesday that the Gazans face a severe water crisis threatening them with death from thirst, as Israeli strikes and fuel restrictions have crippled the enclave’s water infrastructure. In a statement posted on Facebook, UNRWA said families across Gaza are “on the brink of dying from thirst” as…
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Israeli forces kill, injure dozens in Gaza overnight
Israeli occupation forces carried out heavy aerial and artillery bombardments across the Gaza Strip at dawn on Thursday, targeting multiple areas from north to south and continuing attacks on Palestinians awaiting humanitarian aid. In the central Strip Gaza, at least three people were martyred and others wounded after Israeli forces targeted aid seekers along Salah al-Din Street,…