Gaza aid operations may halt as Israeli bombings intensify, charities warn
"The latest Israeli assault, more than seven months into the war, has cut off access to some areas and left aid crossings either closed or operating at a limited capacity"
"Human Rights Watch charged this week that Israeli forces had repeatedly targeted known aid worker locations,"
"Israeli Forces Attack Known Aid Worker Locations in Gaza"
"A new Human Rights Watch Report finds Israeli forces have attacked humanitarian aid convoys and facilities at least eight times since October 7.
"More than 250 aid workers have been killed in Gaza over the past seven months.... What’s really unique is the high number in such a short period of time.”
Interview to a Jewish human rights lawyer who documented the settlers blocking and destroying aid bound to Gaza. She even tried to stop them, risking her own life. Settlers get the information and backing from the government. IOF and police just watch them.
So this is the Israeli government preventing aid to get into Gaza and blaming vandals. How convenient.
"We are not going to desist. No state that is on the right side of history, that is a custodian of the United Nations charter, should feel they have a privileged position to play fast and loose with the UN Charter, or with the international work of the ICC."
A testimony from volunteer doctors who have worked in Gaza recently. They talk about the cases they've seen.
This is Prof Nick Maynard:
"I spent some time a while ago looking up the definition of genocide in a variety of dictionaries and what is going on in Gaza fulfils every single definition of genocide that I have read. So there's no doubt in my mind that's what's going on"
Israeli forces have knowingly struck "at least eight aid workers’ convoys & premises in Gaza since October 2023, which "killed or injured at least 31 aid workers & those with them.
"More than 250 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since Oct 7.
"Aid workers have also been unable to leave Gaza, since Israeli forces seized control of and closed the Rafah Crossing on May 7"
Israeli forces have knowingly struck "at least eight aid workers’ convoys & premises in Gaza since October 2023, which "killed or injured at least 31 aid workers & those with them.
"More than 250 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since Oct 7.
"Aid workers have also been unable to leave Gaza, since Israeli forces seized control of and closed the Rafah Crossing on May 7"
Israeli forces have knowingly struck "at least eight aid workers’ convoys & premises in Gaza since October 2023, which "killed or injured at least 31 aid workers & those with them.
"More than 250 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since Oct 7.
"Aid workers have also been unable to leave Gaza, since Israeli forces seized control of and closed the Rafah Crossing on May 7"
This time is not the IOF but Israelis citizens halting and destroying aid bound for Gaza and it's not the first time.
Evil, criminal and unpunished:
"Police had arrested four people for taking part in the illegal activity before leaving the area, allowing the far-right activists to return and torch the trucks"
"“The direct and deliberate Israeli targeting of civil defense crews prevents us from reaching some of the targeted places in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City,” spokesman Mahmoud Basal told Anadolu.
He said the teams were unable to reach 16 members of a family who were trapped under the rubble of a house in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood."
"Whistleblowers Further Expose Israel's Torture of Detained Palestinians: Barbaric"
Three Israeli whistleblowers gave accounts of the treatment of Palestinians: "doctors have amputated limbs due to handcuffing injuries, allowed detainees' wounds to rot, & carried out vicious beatings."
Palestinian detainees are stripped "of anything that resembles human beings". The harassment & torture are done "out of revenge" for Oct 7.
"Gaza’s mass graves: Is the truth being uncovered?"
Calls for an independent inquiry are mounting as more mass graves are found in & around three hospitals in Gaza.
More than 500 bodies have been recovered so far, with Palestinian officials saying several bodies showed signs of mutilation & torture amounting to war crimes.
"Whistleblowers Further Expose Israel's Torture of Detained Palestinians: Barbaric"
Three Israeli whistleblowers gave accounts of the treatment of Palestinians: "doctors have amputated limbs due to handcuffing injuries, allowed detainees' wounds to rot, & carried out vicious beatings."
Palestinian detainees are stripped "of anything that resembles human beings". The harassment & torture are done "out of revenge" for Oct 7.
"Gaza’s mass graves: Is the truth being uncovered?"
Calls for an independent inquiry are mounting as more mass graves are found in & around three hospitals in Gaza.
More than 500 bodies have been recovered so far, with Palestinian officials saying several bodies showed signs of mutilation & torture amounting to war crimes.
Mandela’s grandson calls Lammy ‘apologist for genocide’
Shadow Foreign Secretary blasted after claiming anti-apartheid hero would have condemned student pro-Gaza campus protests, as Mandela’s grandson calls for students worldwide to join protests.
"With no universities left in Gaza, student protests bring hope"
"Student protests worldwide are resonating with Palestinians, who face the destruction of all universities in Gaza. Palestinian university presidents signed an open letter saying the protests serve as a “beacon of hope”.
"Gaza’s mass graves: Is the truth being uncovered?"
Calls for an independent inquiry are mounting as more mass graves are found in & around three hospitals in Gaza.
More than 500 bodies have been recovered so far, with Palestinian officials saying several bodies showed signs of mutilation & torture amounting to war crimes.
~100 educators in Berlin have stated their support of protesting students: "We stand with our students & defend their right to peaceful protest.”
Germany’s Education Minister called the statement "staggering. Instead of taking a clear stand against hatred of Israel & Jews, university occupiers are being turned into the victims."
Police said 79 protestors were arrested & 80 criminal investigations initiated.
"With no universities left in Gaza, student protests bring hope"
"Student protests worldwide are resonating with Palestinians, who face the destruction of all universities in Gaza. Palestinian university presidents signed an open letter saying the protests serve as a “beacon of hope”.