‘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.’
‘Israel has killed at least 75 Palestinians in Gaza over the past 24 hours as Israeli forces attack the Bureij and al-Maghazi refugee camps in central Gaza’
🚨MSF: ‘Insane escalation of hostilities’ across the Gaza Strip over the last 24-48 hours: ‘apocalyptic’.
We need to have a #ceasefire.
MED teams at Al-Aqsa Hospital are currently trying to deal with a huge influx of patients, many of whom arrived with severe burns, shrapnel wounds, fractures, and other traumatic injuries.
~70 dead & 300 wounded -majority: women & children—have been brought to Al-Aqsa hospital since yesterday.
‘Israel continues to pummel the Gaza Strip, where the official death toll has topped 36,500, with over 82,000 injured. Israel has killed at least 15,000 Palestinian children since October 7’
Biden scrambles to make concessions as 'Israel' collapses from within
"Though Biden said “Israel” had “devastated” Hamas forces over the last 8 months, the US President’s haste and urgency in urging a ceasefire was motivated by the reality of the opposite"
What follows is a scathing analysis of where Israel is at.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Abu Hamza: "...it is “the horror of attrition that will drive the enemy out of Gaza.”"
At the Assemblée Nationale in France, MPs are not allowed to wave the Palestinian flag (one of them was expelled for doing so). Some left-wing MPs have found a solution …👌
Democrats are anticipating a large chunk of their caucus to sit out Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu'saddress to a #joint#session Congress.
Why it matters:
It would represent a significant repudiation of the Israeli prime minister amid persistent Democratic objections to how he has conducted the war in Gaza.
Netanyahu's 2015 speech to Congress, which was a major snub of the Obama administration, was skippedby 58 Democratic lawmakers.
Many Democrats this year argued against inviting Netanyahu in the first place, accusing Republicans of attempting to divide their party with the speech.
Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) told Axios the #boycott "will be large" and that there are "a lot of people who are extremely upset he is coming here."
Jayapal said she has spoken to several lawmakers who went to Netanyahu's 2015 speech but said they will not attend this time.
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the progressive ranking member of the House Rules Committee, told Axios he will not attend and said: "I wish it wasn't [happening]."
Several other progressives previously told Axios when the speech was first floated in March that they would sit it out.
Some Democrats who have tried to balance their support for Israel and their discomfort with how the war has been prosecuted are struggling with whether to attend, as Axios previously reported.
One House Democrat, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said a lot of members will "wait up until the very end to decide" whether they will attend, calling it a "very fluid, unpredictable situation."
The lawmaker said that whether there is a #ceasefire in Gaza by the time Netanyahu speaks will be the key factor, predicting anywhere from 50 to 100 Democrats will skip the speech if the war is still raging.
Another, senior House Democrat said it is "all being discussed" and that "a number [of Democrats] are going and #disrupting" the speech.
The other side: Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.), a senior Progressive Caucus member, told Axios he is "hoping to have a conversation about it."
Israel’s Seizure of #Gaza Border Zone Strains Ties With Egypt
Israel defied ominous Egyptian warnings & took control of the #PhiladelphiCorridor, but the reaction from #Egypt, which wants to maintain its #security cooperation with #Israel, has been muted.
“My husband's siblings and their children now need urgent medical care. In order to achieve this, they need to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment, including the fitting of prosthetic limbs for my brother-in-law.”
“The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, views positively the contents of President Joe Biden's speech today, 31/05/2024, in which he called for a permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of occupation forces from the Gaza Strip, reconstruction, and the exchange of prisoners. 1/
"Biden says proposal: 1st phase would last for 6 weeks -incl. -full & complete #ceasefire. Withdrawal of IL forces from all pop. areas of Gaza -release of a number of hostages, incl. women, the elderly, the wounded & in exchange the release of 100s of PA prisoners. PA civilians would return to their homes & neighborhoods in Gaza. Humanitarian assistance would surge, 600 trucks/day -aid safely/effectively distributed -100s of 1000s of temp. shelters..."
-L Rozan
“Little did I know that in the blink of an eye, my beloved house, filled with cherished memories for me and my family, would be reduced to ruins along with the entire neighborhood I called home.”
“We … managed, through your donations, to purchase 181 tents and deliver them to families in need. However, with the looming Rafah invasion and the increase in bombardment, the demand is at an all time high”
People have packed #Austin City Council chambers today for the council meeting, speaking in favor of the #Palestine Ceasefire Resolution and on a variety of community development and rezoning topics.
Two more #US officials resign over #Biden administration’s #genocide in #Gaza, accusing the administration of lying about Israel’s obstruction of aid to Palestinians
“I lost my brother Hamdan & his two-year-old daughter, Nour, & my brother’s wife & three children continue to suffer from the war and the loss, so please help me get them out of the war & build a better future & life for them.”