“The strike happened around 2 a.m. And from what we understand, there are between 35 & 45 people killed. Many of them are children.
We also remind that this being an UNRWA shelter, up to 6,000 people had sought refuge & safety inside that school”
“Since the beginning of this war, Gazans have been issued what the Israeli government calls evacuation orders. In reality, these are orders for forced displacement.”
“A ceasefire is what everyone in Gaza needs right now, just to take a breath and have some respite. But in addition to the ceasefire, there has to be a much increased flow of humanitarian assistance going in”
‘We turn now to that new film, that explores the struggle of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation through themes of loss, trauma and the fight for justice. It’s called Where Olive Trees Weep.’
“this whole Western theory about balanced reporting. If you’re being balanced in a situation of a genocide, then you’re complicit in genocide. There’s no white and black in this.”
‘ the U.N. food agency has issued a dire warning, stating, “Over one million people — half the population of Gaza — are expected to face death and starvation by mid-July” if Israel’s war on Gaza does not end’
‘Karin Huster, a medical adviser with Doctors Without Borders in Gaza, said there has been an “insane escalation of hostilities” across the Gaza Strip over the last two days.’
Israeli media report that Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan informed his US counterpart Linda Thomas-Greenfield that the occupation state opposes the Security Council resolution, advanced by the US, which expresses support for Biden's ceasefire proposal.
Israel objected an updated version of the resolution refers to the exchange deal as one that will bring about a “ceasefire,” as opposed to the original version that referred to a “cessation of hostilities, which Israel reads as less permanent in nature.
Israel also opposed a new clause in the draft that “rejects any attempt at demographic or territorial change in the Gaza Strip, including actions that reduce the territory of Gaza, such as through the permanent establishment officially or unofficially of so-called buffer zones.”
According to a spokesperson for the international #NGO#Oxfam, "It is a disgrace that a ceasefire is still not in place and that [International Humanitarian Law] is broken by Israel time and again with full impunity."
The United States stands as a partner in genocide with Israel by arming Israel with munitions and missiles that have killed tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians in the Strip. The latest massacre was at a #UN school where displaced Palestinians sheltered, killing at least 40, including children and women.
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Inside the Base Where #Israel Has Detained Thousands of Gazans
Since Israel invaded #Gaza, the #SdeTeiman military base has filled with blindfolded, handcuffed detainees, held without charge or legal representation.
⭕ The Israeli occupation army killed 40 displaced people in the Nusseirat massacre, including 14 children and 9 women, and injured 74 others, including 23 children and 18 women.
⭕ We have documented the Israeli occupation army’s bombing of dozens of peaceful civilian displaced people in the mentioned school with at least three missiles from fighter jets.
⭕ The displacement center targeted by the occupation last night is the 149th such center bombed with missiles or tank shells.
⭕ The Israeli occupation has repeatedly committed these massacres brutally despite knowing that tens of thousands are present there.
⭕ We hold the Israeli occupation and the U.S. administration fully responsible for these crimes against humanity and international law.
"I knew that as long as I stayed, I'd be contributing to this campaign that had already demonstrated basically it was going to be indiscriminately killing civilians..."
‘14 members of his family were killed in an airstrike on his home in Gaza City. When he & his parents & siblings moved to Rafah, they were bombed & buried beneath the rubble, & his mother was killed.’
“We now live in a tent, which is super hard for me and my family. Because al-Mawasi and Rafah city has kind of a desert climate, because we are near to Sinai Desert, it is super hot. And living in a tent is exactly like living in an oven.”
“Before the war, you and your twin brother were students. Could you talk to us about what you were studying and what your hopes were for your own future before the war?”