Palestinian children inspect the damage around charred fishing boats hit by an Israeli airsrike on the Mediterranean coast of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 22, 2024 [Eyad Baba/AFP]
Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli air attack in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, where an AFP team reported more air and artillery attacks early in the morning on May 22, 2024 [Eyad Al-Baba/AFP]
The United Nations has suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity.
It also said no aid trucks have entered the territory in the past two days via a floating pier set up by the US for sea deliveries, and warned that the $320m (£250m) project may fail unless Israel starts providing the conditions humanitarian groups need to operate safely.
Meanwhile..
"Individual members of Israel’s security forces are tipping off far-right activists and settlers to the location of aid trucks delivering vital supplies to Gaza, enabling the groups to block and vandalise the convoys, according to multiple sources"
UN stellen Lebensmittelverteilung in Rafah vorerst ein
Seit Monaten sind in Gaza die Lebensmittel knapp. Nun teilten die Vereinten Nationen mit, ihre Lieferungen nach Rafah vorerst einzustellen. Es fehle an Nachschub, zudem könnten die Hilfstruppen nicht sicher arbeiten.
Israel schränkt laut US-Kreisen Rafah-Pläne wohl ein
Seit Monaten warnen die USA Israel vor einer groß angelegten Bodenoffensive in Rafah im Süden Gazas. US-Regierungskreisen zufolge ist Israel nun auf viele der Bedenken eingegangen und passt die Angriffspläne an.
Malaysian Ministry of #ForeignAffairs in a press statement issued in Putrajaya, on Monday, May 20, 2024, said that it was aware &deeply concerned about the safety of the stranded Malaysian medical team from the #MercyMalaysia#Emergency#Medical Team. They are part of the #WorldHealthOrganization#WHO medical delegation to Rafah.
Beware of attempts to smear the ICC prosecution by claiming that ICC has "equated Israel & Hamas."
ICC has done no such thing. That's not how law works. The law works by comparing a person's behavior with what the law says is legal & illegal. That's what's happened here. Period.
25th May 7.30pm
vocal ensemble, #Eklektika, join Rita Woolhouse (Cello), Leaf Klevjer (Tanpura) & Matt Bourne (Middle Eastern Percussion) in a fusion mass that brings together #Sufi & #Gregorian chant with the words of Palestinian human rights award-winning poet, #MahmoudDarwish.
So many of the updates from gofundmes I’ve given to for people in #Gaza are heartbreaking. Loss of homes, loss of contact with family, people dying before the evacuations you were donating to fund. Horror upon horror upon horror. #palestine#Rafah#genocide