~39 Dead. "IL MIL: made improper use of a US-made bomb in a deadly airstrike Thurs on a UN school compound in Gaza -current & fmr US DEF officials. GBU-39 small-diameter bomb -same kind of bomb that IL used in an airstrike last month that killed dozens of displaced civilians at a tent camp -#Netanyahu called a “tragic mishap.”
#Netanyahu has escalated his attacks. He has no regard for Pres Biden, will continue the war through yearend, esp. if his wish comes true, that #TFG wins... The famine is worse, there's a lack of water, not enough #humanitarianaid, #warcrimes & #IHL violations are more frequent...
MSF: "MIL strikes continued last night in the Middle Area, Al-Aqsa hospital is barely coping with the influx of patients and dead people. “It’s a scene of devastation. This hospital is a sinking ship.”
UN: honored the 188 personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2023.
135 were women & men who worked for UNRWA, killed during Israeli MIL ops. in Gaza since #Oct7. Many were killed along with their families & within the comms. they served.
“By far the highest number of our personnel killed in a single conflict or nat. disaster since the creation of the UN -Sec-Gen Guterres reiterated his call for “full accountability” for the deaths. https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/06/1150736
Multiple news sites report that the Netanyahu govt, via its MIN of Diaspora Affairs, ran a multi-M$ AI-powered disinfo. campaign designed to generate support for their Gaza war among US elected officials & gen. public.
‘Months of extreme hunger have already killed many Palestinians in Gaza and caused permanent damage to children through malnutrition, two new food security reports have found, even before famine is officially declared’
‘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.’
“I’m now in Deir al-Balah, in al-Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital. And it’s super crowded here, because several bombings have happened in the last two hours. The hospital is super crowded, and many injured people are here.”
“We got our sister awake, but not aware. She was vomiting blood. We went to a near house, and we hid there. And unfortunately, my mother suffered from internal bleeding, and she didn’t make it.”
‘#Putin Will Do That For Me’: #Trump Drops Campaign Clip Claiming #Russia Will Release @WSJ Reporter Only If He’s Reelected
Trump released a campaign clip on Tues in which he doubled down on the wild claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin will release jailed WSJ reporter #EvanGershkovich if he’s reelected president.
“#EvanGershkovich, the reporter for The Wall Street Journal who is being held by #Russia, will be released almost immediately after the election,” #Trump said in the clip, adding:
“But definitely before I assume office, he will be home. He will be safe. Vladimir #Putin, president of Russia, will do that for me. And I don’t believe he’ll do it for anyone else. And we will be paying nothing. Biden likes to pay massive numbers. We will be paying nothing. Thank you very much.”
‘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’
Palestinian children suffering massive trauma, both physical and emotional as war drags on. Homes and schools destroyed, families killed, no hope… Is this what we’ve become? #Gaza#IsraelHamasWar#Palestine#War#Children#WarCrimes
🚨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.
Almost no facilities remain to treat the wounded in Gaza's southernmost city, as doctors fear a repeat of Israel's attacks on hospitals across the Strip.
“Why the hospitals? Why the primary health care system? Why do they kill the poets, the academic leaders?
Why do they kill the students? Why do they bomb the universities and the museums? Because this has nothing to do with the Hamas-Israeli war.”
Must listen, indepth and detailed interview & testimony from Norwegian anaesthesiologist & emergency medicine specialist Dr Mads Gilbert who’s involvement with Gaza & Palestine goes back to 1982
‘We end today’s show looking at Israel’s war on Gaza and its impact on Palestinian children. More than 15,000 Palestinian children have been killed over the past eight months, and Palestinian officials are warning over 3,500 children are at risk of death due to starvation.’
“And, Janti, when you spoke at the United Nations in April, you said that more children have been killed in this conflict than have been killed in all armed conflicts globally over the past four years.”