The Israeli military has lifted a ban on the sale of food to Gaza from Israel & the occupied #WestBank as its battlefield offensive chokes international aid, acc/to #Palestinian officials, businessmen (sic) & international aid workers.
The amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza has dropped by 67% since Israel launched a military offensive in the southern city of Rafah earlier this month, the United Nations has warned.
Of course it has. That was one of Israel’s aims in taking the Rafah crossing.
“I saw bodies everywhere. Children burning. I saw heads without bodies, the injured running around in pain, some alive but trapped inside burning tents.”
~ Zuhair, a lawyer sheltering in a tent in Rafah with his family, on the Israel attack on the tent camp
"Where is Joe Biden’s fury about decapitated Palestinian babies? Politicians parroted untrue rumors that Hamas had beheaded Israeli babies. When the children are Palestinian, they shrug."
The Royal Air Force is flying reconnaissance and intelligence gathering missions over #Gaza in support of the #IDF, and has been since the outset of the Israeli assault.
What does the RAF know about the attack on #Rafah at the weekend? Is the RAF complicit in war crimes?
"On Wednesday, the saying was once again trending, this time through what appears to be an #AI -generated image showing a field of refugee tents spelling out “All Eyes on #Rafah.” One version of the graphic has been shared more than 38 million times on #Instagram."
Displaced Palestinians inspect their tents destroyed by Israel’s bombardment, adjunct to a UNRWA facility west of Rafah city, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
« Trop peu, trop tard. On ne peut qualifier autrement la pudibonderie des mots d’Emmanuel #Macron face à la guerre génocidaire qui se poursuit dans la bande de #Gaza. »
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
Two Red Crescent paramedics were murdered by #IDF while they were working in #Rafah last night. Their ambulance was hit directly and intentionally.
Of course the usual excuse by IDF is that there were #Hamas fighters in the ambulances. Ignoring that injured fighters are not legitimate targets, specially if they are inside an ambulance receiving care.
Algeria’s UNSC resolution calls on Israel to halt Rafah offensive immediately
"The draft text demands a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the release of all captives held by Hamas, & essentially orders Israel to cease military its operations in Rafah:
"... that Israel, the occupying Power, shall immediately halt its military offensive, & any other action in Rafah”.
The US has "shielded Israel by vetoing 3 draft council resolutions".
“They are permanently, constantly, fleeing for their lives, from one danger zone to another. And they’re not fleeing randomly – they’re going to the areas that Israel directed them to go to ‘for their own safety’. Then they are being attacked.”
Xavier Joubert, Save the Children
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“For those who haven’t yet been hit by explosive weapons fired directly into civilian areas, they are suffering the slow, agonizing effects of starvation. Children’s mental and physical health is being pushed beyond breaking point, as they suffer unimaginable mental harm from the violence, serious physical injuries, including the loss of body parts, and the loss of families, homes, and their schools.”
Xavier Joubert, Save the Children
"The @LemkinInstitute reiterates our condemnation of the use of #starvation as a weapon, we are appalled by the current #famine occurring in #Gaza. As one of our recognized patterns of genocide, man-made famine that is used to weaken or destroy a group is known as #Genocide"
— Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (@LemkinInstitute) May 29, 2024