#Karem Abu Salem

[vyorei]

Tired of asking for someone to make it stop

It shouldn't have gotten this far

Link in the article:

[mirkobloom77]

‼️🇵🇸🇮🇱🇪🇬UNRWA hails Egypt decision to send aid to Gaza via Karem Abu Salem crossing

[Plain text: UNRWA hails Egypt decision to send aid to Gaza via Karem Abu Salem crossing]

🔸 Source: Al Jazeera

⬇️ More on Egypt agreeing in sending aid through Karem Abu Salem crossing as Rafah crossing is invaded

⬇️ UNRWA donation link

[queenpinkireellylikethisname]

Israelis set up a jumping castle and organized a picnic with popcorn and cotton candy at Karem Abu Salem border crossing to prevent trucks of humanitarian aid from entering Gaza.

Meanwhile, more reports have been surfacing regarding deaths from starvation in Gaza, especially among children and infants.

Source: Quds News Network.

[magz]

Lets Talk Palestine (Instagram channel)

February 24, 2024

• 92 Palestinians killed, 121 injured in Gaza in past 24 hours

• Mass anti-government protests across Tel Aviv as Israeli’s have grown impatient to lack of a hostage deal and are calling for an election to see Netanyahu leave, showing mounting disdain for the government. Police have arrested 21 people and reports show the use of water cannons to disperse protestors

• Israeli air raid hits home housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah, killing 7 incl. 1 child

• Gaza ceasefire talks in Paris seems to be the most serious push in weeks; Israel’s war cabinet will convene to vote on the proposed outline & framework, indicating that something “tangible” was produced, especially as Israeli negotiators will be sent to to Qatar to continue talks. This doesn’t mean a ceasefire is close or that Israel has halted its plan to invade Rafah — these talks are unpredictable & subject to change

• Armed Israeli settlers assault 2 Palestinians at a make-shift checkpoint in Hebron (West Bank)

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February 25, 2024

• 86 Palestinians killed, 142 injured in Gaza in past 24 hours

• Palestinians in northern Gaza are being starved as they’ve been cut off from aid as Israel’s relentless bombardment has prevented aid transport from southern Gaza; UNRWA hasn’t delivered any aid since Jan 23. Kamal Adwan Hospital (north) reports increased malnutrition: 1 in 6 kids are “severely malnourished” + hospitals struggling due to lack of fuel, medicine & ambulances

👆 Almost all aid in Gaza goes through Rafah crossing (Egypt) in the south but in recent weeks it has been almost totally halted, dropping from 200 trucks/day to 57, some days less than 20. 2,000+ trucks with enough to feed the entire population have piled up outside the crossing, prevented from entering by Israel. Meanwhile, Israelis have been protesting for weeks at Karem Abu Salem crossing, blocking aid trucks

• Netanyahu affirms Rafah ground invasion, saying a hostage deal would only somewhat delay the invasion

[taviamoth]

Day 275

‼️ Israel orders evacuation of 3 Gaza City neighborhoods amid current IOF invasion & fierce clashes w/ resistance groups in nearby Shujayea. IOF bombed & fired at Palestinians fleeing, while they have nowhere safe to go

🇵🇸 55 Palestinians killed, 123 injured in Gaza yesterday

🇵🇸 Israel executed 3 Palestinian hostages upon release to Gaza near Karem Abu Salem crossing, their bodies found with hands cuffed

🇵🇸 Hamas official says they’re willing to discuss hostage deal without requiring a “permanent ceasefire”

🔻 Israel says 1 IOF soldier killed in Rafah. Resistance groups report multiple attacks on IOF troops & tanks in Rafah & Gaza City

🇵🇸 North Gaza: 12+ killed incl. Hamas government official in Gaza City; 10 Palestinians killed in Jabalia

🇵🇸 Central Gaza: Israel bombed home in az-Zawayda killing 6; 3 killed in Nuseirat

🇱🇧 Hezbollah says IOF soldiers killed & injured in attack on IOF military site near border

🇵🇸 West Bank: IOF abducted 104+ Palestinians in past week

[capybaracorn]

US airdrops food into Gaza in move criticised by aid groups

US plan has been criticised as inefficient while Israel continues blocking most aid trucks from entering Gaza by land.

(2 Mar 2024)

United States military cargo planes have air-dropped food into Gaza, in the first of series of aid drops as humanitarian groups criticise Israel for blocking access to the besieged and bombarded strip.

The US, together with Jordan’s air force, “conducted a combined humanitarian assistance airdrop into Gaza … to provide essential relief to civilians affected by the ongoing conflict”, US Central Command said in a statement on Saturday.

The C-130 planes “dropped over 38,000 meals along the coastline of Gaza allowing for civilian access to the critical aid”, it added, as the enclave faces a humanitarian crisis after almost five months of war.

US President Joe Biden had announced a day earlier that the US would airdrop aid there after more than 100 Palestinians were killed on Thursday in northern Gaza while queuing for aid.

US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Friday that the US will carry out multiple airdrops in the next few weeks, which will be coordinated with Jordan.

Kirby said the airdrops have an advantage over trucks because planes can move aid to a particular area quickly. However, in terms of volume, the airdrops will be “a supplement to, not a replacement for moving things in by ground”, he added.

The Biden administration is also considering shipping aid by sea from Cyprus, according to a US official.

Since Israel’s war began on October 7 following Hamas’s attack, Israel has barred the entry of food, water, medicine and other supplies, except for a tiny trickle of aid entering the south from Egypt at the Rafah crossing and Israel’s Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing.

‘The US is weak’

The US’s move has been criticised as inefficient and simply a public relations move by members of international aid organisations.

“The airdrops are symbolic and designed in ways to appease the domestic base,” Dave Harden, former USAID director to the West Bank, told Al Jazeera. “Really what needs to happen is more crossings [opening] and more trucks going in every day.”

“I think the United States is weak and that’s really disappointing to me,” Harden added. “The US has the ability to compel Israel to open up more aid and by not doing that we’re putting our assets and our people at risks and potentially creating more chaos in Gaza.”

UK-based charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) echoed Harden’s statement, telling Al Jazeera in a statement that the US, the UK and others should instead work to “ensure that Israel immediately opens all crossings into Gaza for aid.”

Oxfam also blasted the Biden administration’s plans, labelling the effort an attempt to assuage the guilty consciences of US officials.

“While Palestinians in Gaza have been pushed to the absolute brink, dropping a paltry, symbolic amount of aid into Gaza with no plan for its safe distribution would not help and be deeply degrading to Palestinians,” Scott Paul, who leads Oxfam’s US government advocacy work, said in a statement on X.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry also criticised the US for acting as a “weak, marginal state” unable to secure aid to Palestinians.

US Senator Bernie Sanders, however, welcomed the US’s move.

“I applaud President Biden for understanding that there is a dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” Sanders said on X.

Mahjoob Zweiri, the director of the Gulf Study Centre in Doha, told Al Jazeera the international community is not putting enough pressure on Israel to allow the waiting aid trucks to enter Gaza by land.

“Why not send food in through Karem Abu Salem?” Zweiri said. “There are 2,000 trucks waiting to get into Gaza” at border crossings, he said, while food and medicines pile up for months past their expiry dates.

“Why isn’t the international community not putting enough effort into delivering aid in an organised manner?” he asked.

[See article for embedded videos and tweet]

[opencommunion]

"The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced on Thursday that its fighters conducted a top-tier operation 'behind enemy lines' as the Israeli genocide in Gaza nears its ninth consecutive month. The group revealed that its fighters managed to breach the Israeli 'fence' separating Rafah from Israeli settlements in the southern Gaza Strip and attack the Israeli headquarters of the division responsible for the invasion of the city."

"Israeli Army Radio revealed on Thursday morning what it described as a 'serious security incident' on the Gaza Strip border. Al-Qassam Brigades later revealed that the Resistance fighters carried out an operation and successfully breached the Karem Abu Salem crossing, attacking the headquarters of the Israeli division operating in Rafah. Before al-Qassam released its statement, the Israeli radio's military correspondent confirmed reports of armed men successfully breaching the crossing located in the Rafah area, south of the Gaza Strip, and advancing toward the occupied Palestinian territories surrounding the Gaza Strip."

6 June 24

[lughatul-qurania]

Israel’s war on Gaza, now in its 215th day, has killed nearly 35,000 Palestinians 🇵🇸💔

● 3rd mass grave found at al-Shifa Hospital

● Israel says Karem Abu Salem border crossing reopened, but the UN says no aid entered

● Israel will not agree to end war and “leave Hamas in power” — Israeli spokesperson

[good-old-gossip]

Israel is STARVING Palestinians in Gaza just like Nazi Germany

Displaced Palestinians in central and southern Gaza have less than a week's worth of food left, after Israel seized the Rafah border crossing last week.

On 6 May, the Israeli military took "operational control" of the Palestinian side of the crossing between southern Gaza and Egypt, essentially cutting off aid into the coastal enclave.

Since then, just six trucks of food have entered Gaza through the Karem Abu Salem crossing with Israel, Juliette Touma, spokesperson for the United Nations' Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa), told Middle East Eye.

With so little coming in, food supplies are dwindling and prices soaring. Palestinians have been forced to leave Rafah, and head a few kilometres north to Khan Younis or further on to Deir al-Balah.

Both are still being bombarded by Israel, and are unable to cope with the huge influx of refugees. Goods have disappeared from the markets. Potatoes and other vegetables have not been available for a week. "A few vegetables, such as tomatoes, onions, cucumbers and garlic, are all that's left," Eman Mhmd, a maths teacher in Deir al-Balah, told MEE.

"There's no chicken, no eggs, no tissues." Ahmed Abu Aziz, a Palestinian journalist in Khan Younis, said that one kilogram of sugar, which used to cost 12-13 shekels ($3.20), is now priced at 95 shekels ($25.50). He said that fresh water had become "very rare and very expensive".

Agriculture accounted for nearly half of Gaza's total land area before the war, according to Unosat, the United Nations' satellite centre. 45% of that land has now been damaged.

On Friday, Matthew Hollingworth, the WFP's Palestine country director, said that the organisation's main warehouse was "now inaccessible".

On Sunday, the Sinai for Human Rights group reported that the closure of the border crossings had led to "large quantities of food" going bad.

Meanwhile, Israelis have been filmed destroying aid at the crossings in recent days, while the Israeli navy has been seen firing on fishing boats off the Gaza coast.

In this landscape, displaced Palestinians wait, while the borders stay shut.

[the-secret-garden1]

PALESTINE UPDATES 🇵🇸

Rafah is under attack by the IOF

Summary

Israel is now in full control of every border crossing into Gaza. They have cut off access to two of the most essential, Rafah and Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom). Aid groups say Rafah's closure is especially devastating. The closure of the crossing since Sunday is having catastrophic impacts on everyone in Gaza.

Since October this has been the main point of entry for goods/aid coming into Gaza. Equally importantly, Rafah and Kerem Shalom are the only entry points for fuel in Gaza. Without fuel there's no ability for the trucks to move around. There's no ability for desalination plants to operate and provide safe water. There's no electricity.

Israeli military control of the Rafah checkpoint means it can decide fully which goods/aid can get in, and who can get out. Aid trucks are now stuck on the Egyptian side of the border. If we continue to see what we're seeing, it will lead to an even more catastrophic situation.

Alexandra Saieh Save the Children "We will likely see an acceleration in the rate of starvation. Even more people will die of malnutrition, dehydration and disease and a lack of medical assistance."

Israel is also moving forward with an assault/attack on other parts of Rafah, and has ordered about 100,000 people to leave the area. Fears are growing that an even larger operation is coming.

Alexandra Saieh Save the Children "There are hundreds of children who are maimed, who have lost one or more of their limbs. Many children who are malnourished. They're suffering from chronic illnesses. These people cannot flee by foot to another area."

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From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

[vyorei]

Thank goodness something got in, much more is needed.

[starlightshadowsworld]

The identity of the man leading Israeli protesters to block aid trucks coming into Gaza, has been revealed.

His name is Andy Green. He's an American and a suspect in the 1985 assassination of Palestinian-American activist, Alexander Odeh.

Subtitles aren't the best so I've transcribed the video:

[It turns out that the guy leading Israeli protesters to block humanitarian aid into Gaza is an American.

The story goes that Andy Green fled to Israel because he's suspected of murdering a major Palestinian-American figure named Alexander Odeh.

Alexander Odeh was a Palestinian activist and the West Coast regional director of the American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee. He was assassinsted in a bombing in 1985.

Israeli Frey, an Israeli journalist who previously went into hiding after his house was attacked by a radical Israeli mob over his solidarity with Palestinians just exposed Andys identity.

A couple of days ago, Frey posted that one of the groups organising protesters to block humanitarian aid trucks, published an appeal for donations.

And the address in the register of associations is the same office of Andy Green. In the late 80's, Green was widely reported as a suspect in Odeh's assassination.

Instead of being held accountable, he moved to Israel, changed his name to Baroh Ben Yosef, became a lawyer and is now publically involved in Israel's thriving extremist political movements.

In fact it seems as though he's spearheading racist anti Palestinians actions as we speak. Since late January, Israeli protesters have been stopping aid trucks at the Karem Abu Salem crossing between Israel and Egypt.

As Gaza faces a famine.

A growing number of Palestinians especially children have died of starvation. ABC National Executive Director Abed Ayoub says:.

"The involvement of a suspect in the assassination of Alex Odeh in current events, particularly in actions in actions that hinder humanitarian aid, is a stark reminder of the unresolved injustices faced by the Arab American community.

We call upon the Department of Justice to intensify its investigation into Green and end the impunity that let's him continue his commitment to anti Palestinian terror."

My question is, why hasn't Biden or any other President ever extradited this suspected terrorist. If we want to get aid into Gaza, then Andy Green should be bought to justice right now.

End transcript.]

[magz]

Palestine Summary May 25 to June 6, 2024. From LetsTalkPalestine.

Related Helpful Links: [LetsTalkPalestine Links (including vetted information sources)] [gazafunds.com] [eSims for Gaza] [UNRWA] [Decolonize Palestine, learning basics and debunking myths]

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May 25, 2024.

Day 232

‼️🔻 Hamas announces it took new Israeli soldiers as prisoners after a battle in Jabalia camp which left several soldiers dead and injured — a clear sign that the resistance’s capabilities are still intact

•⁠ 46 Palestinians killed, 130 injured in Gaza in last 24 hours

🩺 20,000+ Palestinians in Gaza w/ severe diseases blocked from receiving treatment abroad since Israel seized Rafah crossing

•⁠ @ euromedhr documented 42 forms of torture by Israeli forces against Palestinian captives since Oct 7 incl. breaking bones, threats of rape, electric shocks & forced nudity

🏫 Israeli forces massacre 10+ people & injure 17 in attack on elementary school in Jabalia sheltering hundreds. They were bombed as people were filling up water & kids playing outside. Invasion of Jabalia has blocked water & food for 17 days & attacks on north Gaza have escalated

•⁠ Israeli forces bombed home in Beit Hanoon (north Gaza) killing 10 people incl. 5 kids

🇮🇹 Italy to resume @ unrwa funding of $5.4m

May 26, 2024.

[Instagram news video post link]

🚨 RAFAH MASSACRE 🚨

A couple of hours ago, the Israeli military massacred at least 35 Palestinians, mostly women & children, injuring dozens more causing amputations & severe burns. Death toll likely to rise. Israel targeted tents housing displaced people in designated safe area of northwest Rafah with seven 2,000-pound bombs that engulfed the area in flames, burning people alive. These are Palestinians already displaced, under siege and deprived of water, food, medicine & electricity

Horrifying footage and images have emerged of beheaded children and charred bodies burned beyond recognition. One survivor testified that “the tents are melting and the people’s bodies are also melting”

Gaza’s health systems are on the verge of collapse with limited medical supplies & fuel due to Israel’s aid blockade. Rafah's only operating hospital, Kuwaiti Hospital, has no ICU unit & faces fuel shortage + no fuel for ambulances to transfer the injured to field hospitals

Israel bombed Rafah 60+ times in the last 48 hours since the ICJ ordered it halt its invasion of Rafah. With no bounds to its impunity, Israel has made it clear there's no 'red line' on what horrors it will inflict on Palestinians. Our ruling class has deemed the massacre of Palestinians acceptable.

Israel is burning Palestinians alive.

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May 26 part 2.

Day 233

‼️ Israel has already bombed shelters housing displaced Palestinians in other areas incl. Jabalia, Nuseirat & Gaza City, killing at least 160 in past weeks

•⁠ ⁠81 Palestinians killed, 223 injured in Gaza in last 24 hours

🔻 Hamas launched 8 rockets at Tel Aviv yesterday for 1st time in 6 months from Rafah. Its capacity to launch long-range projectiles after 7 months of genocide shocked Israel as many assumed Hamas’ capabilities were degraded

•⁠ Israel attacked homes, killing several & injuring many in north Gaza. 12+ Palestinians killed in attack on Jabalia amid ongoing invasion

🚚 200 aid trucks, 4 w/ fuel, meant to enter Gaza via Karem Abu Salem crossing from Egypt but none came in

•⁠ ⁠Israeli forces raid Jenin days after the raid that killed 12 Palestinians, this time abducting 2 Palestinians. Israeli bulldozers demolish infrastructure & IOF snipers on rooftops. Clashes w/ local resistance fighters as they strike Israeli tanks w/ homemade explosives

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May 27

Day 234

‼️ Total Gaza death toll surpasses 36,000, not including an estimated 10,000 buried under rubble

🇳🇴🇪🇸🇮🇪 Norway says recognition of Palestinian state is part of “Oslo Accords 2.0”, a ‘neutral’ ‘both sides’ approach to ‘conflict in the Middle East’. For context on Oslo Accords, see our post: (instagram post link)

🏥 Rafah Kuwaiti Hospital forced to shut down due to Israel targeted & killed 2 medical staff & expanding Rafah invasion that’s overwhelming health facilities

• Israel continues bombing Rafah after last night tent massacre that killed 45, today targeting a home killing & injuring several in south Rafah + a residence in west Rafah

🇪🇬 Firing between Egyptian soldiers & IOF soldiers at Rafah crossing killed 1 Egyptian soldier, details unclear. Likely to escalate ongoing tense political relations

• Israeli strike on Gaza City killed 5+ incl. pregnant mom & her kid

• IOF shot & killed 14 y/o Palestinian boy in Hebron (West Bank) after blocking ambulance

May 28, 2024.

Image: map of Rafah, "designated safe area", and blocked passages.

Day 235

🇵🇸 Rafah updates:

‼️ Israeli invasion expands, tanks reach central Rafah after flattening east Rafah where invasion began

‼️ Another tent massacre in “safe area” al-Mawasi which Israel told people in Rafah to flee to, killing 21 people

‼️ Israel bombs western Rafah, forcing Indonesian field hospital, Kuwaiti Hospital & Emirati field hospital to shut down. Heavy shelling of Tal as-Sultan area kills 16+ including an attack on tents that killed 7

Other updates:

•⁠ 46 Palestinians killed, 110 injured in Gaza in last 24 hours

🇺🇸 After Rafah massacre, Biden admin insists Israeli invasion is just a limited operation + Israel is “investigating” the massacre + Biden won’t change policies

•⁠ North Gaza: Israel bombs al-Faluja area despite troop withdrawal & people starting to return to homes. Israeli airstrikes kill 6 including a doctor near Kamal Adwan Hospital

🇮🇪🇳🇴🇪🇸 Ireland, Norway & Spain recognize Palestine (limited to West Bank & Gaza). Israel condemns

•⁠ Israeli settlers stab a Palestinian father & son near Hebron (West Bank)

🔻 Israel: 13 IOF soldiers injured in Gaza in past 24 hours

May 29

Day 236

‼️ Israel escalated Rafah invasion by taking “operational control” of the buffer zone along Gaza-Egypt border + tanks push into central Rafah & Tal as-Sultan (west of Rafah)

•⁠ 75 Palestinians killed, 284 Palestinians injured in Gaza in the last 24 hours

•⁠ Israeli bombardment across Rafah & “safe zone” al-Mawasi, killing 21 today, incl. 2 paramedics in targeted bombing of ambulance

•⁠ @ wckitchen halts food distribution in Rafah due to Israeli attacks

⚖️ For 9 years, ex-head of Israel’s Mossad pressured ICC to abandon investigation into Israeli crimes via blackmail, intimidation, stalking & threatening ICC prosecutors & their families

•⁠ Internal IOF probe reveals 2 Palestinian hostages from Gaza killed by Israeli soldiers beating them to death

🇺🇸 US-made bombs were used in Israel’s Rafah tent massacre that killed 45

🔻 3 IOF soldiers killed, 3 injured in south Gaza by detonated explosive

🇲🇽⚖️ Mexico submits request to join South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel

May 30

(Instagram news video post)

Day 237

‼️ Israeli forces raid Ramallah (West Bank) firing live ammunition & tear gas at vegetable market erupting in fire & spread to nearby shopping mall, destroying hundreds of stalls & businesses, causing $2m+ losses. Israeli forces shot & injured 5 Palestinians, killed 1

•⁠ ⁠53 Palestinians killed, 357 Palestinians injured in Gaza in last 24 hours

•⁠ Palestinians return to mass destruction of Jabalia in north Gaza (🎥👆) after 20-day brutal invasion as Israeli forces withdraw to east

•⁠ Rafah: Israeli bombing kills 12 Palestinians + causes telecoms blackout

🔻 Clashes between Hamas & IOF in Beit Lahiya (north) & southern Rafah. Hamas struck 5 IOF tanks & killed 1 soldier, injured 3

•⁠ North Gaza: Israeli airstrike on shelter killed 7; attack on home in Beit Hanoon killed 9; Israeli snipers executed 3 in Gaza City

🔻 2 Israeli soldiers killed by car ramming resistance operation near Nablus (West Bank)

•⁠ Israeli forces raid Jenin (West Bank) injuring 6 Palestinians by gunfire as bulldozers demolish roads & property

May 31

Image: Map of Gaza, "A Third of Gaza has been made uninhabitable".

Day 238

🔻 IOF withdraws from areas in north Gaza: Israeli forces withdraw from Tall az-Zaatar, Beit Lahiya & Beit Hanoon, and 2/3 brigades withdraw from Jabalia as Hamas continues “most intense” fighting so far in all of Gaza w/ 1 IOF brigade. Hamas expected to rebuild in Jabalia after withdrawal

🔻 2 IOF soldiers killed in Gaza, 1 seriously injured

•⁠ 60 Palestinians killed, 280 injured in Gaza in last 24 hours

•⁠ 70 bodies found after 20-day Jabalia invasion incl. 30 from 1 family. Many still under rubble. 70% of infrastructure & 1,000 homes completely destroyed

🇺🇸 Biden endorsed 3-phase plan that would lead to ‘permanent ceasefire’, said Israel agreed to it despite being very similar to deals it rejected. Earlier Hamas said it wont partake in any more negotiations during the genocide but now ready for a complete agreement & to ‘engage positively’

🇫🇷 France’s arms fair bans Israeli companies from partaking

🇱🇧 Israeli attack on south Lebanon killed medic

•⁠ Israel taking over 32% of Gaza’s land by demolishing neighborhoods to create buffer zone & axis dividing Gaza in half (📸👆). Which doesn’t include its control of Gaza-Egypt border region

June 1.

Day 239

•⁠ 95 Palestinians killed, 350 injured in Gaza in last 24 hours

•⁠ Netanyahu insists “Hamas destruction” is Israel’s main objective, undermining Biden’s ceasefire plan. Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir & Smotrich agree, threaten to topple Netanyahu’s gov’t if he accepts Biden’s deal

🏥 Only 1 partially functioning field hospital in Rafah, providing only basic services; Israel’s invasion forced all other hospitals to shut

•⁠ 13 y/o killed by malnutrition & dehydration, total death toll by malnutrition rises to 37. Israel’s aid blockade to soon subject south Gaza to levels of forced starvation in north Gaza

•⁠ Gaza City (north): Heavy Israeli shelling all day; journalist Ola al-Dahdouh killed by airstrike; attack on school turned shelter killed 2

🇨🇱⚖️ Chile to join South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel

•⁠ West Bank: IOF clashes w/ Palestinian resistance fighters while raiding Jenin, Balata & Kafr Dan. IOF abducted several, bulldozed infrastructure + shot & injured 3 in Balata

June 2.

Day 240

•⁠ 60 Palestinians killed, 220 injured in Gaza in last 24 hours

•⁠ 50 more bodies found in Jabalia after 20-day Israeli invasion, total number found 120, as dozens remain missing under rubble

🇲🇻 Maldives first to ban Israeli passport holders entry

•⁠ West Bank: 15-year- old Palestinian shot & killed during Israeli raid near Jericho

•⁠ Israeli forces continue shelling of Rafah killing 2 in East Rafah & causing severe destruction

🔻 Hamas attacked IOF bulldozer in Rafah

🇱🇧⁠ Israeli airstrike killed 2 in south Lebanon. Hezbollah recently heavily damaged IOF army base + shot down IOF drone + rockets cause fires in settlement in Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

•⁠ Israeli attacks on car in central Gaza killed 7. Another attack killed 3+, incl. a woman & her infant

🇳🇱 Netherlands hasn’t transferred F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel since Feb court ruling banning transfers; Dutch gov’t is appealing

•⁠ West Bank: IOF abducts 81 Palestinians in past week

June 3.

Day 241

•⁠ 40 Palestinians killed, 150 injured in Gaza in past 24 hours

‼️ Israeli forces & tanks advance into eastern Khan Younis (south) & Gaza City (north) w/ heavy gunfire & shelling. Khan Younis now a ‘hub’ for displaced Palestinians after Rafah invasion forcibly displaced 1m+

🇵🇸⚖️ Palestinian Authority to join South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel

•⁠ West Bank: IOF shot & killed 3 Palestinians, injured 6 amid raid of Nablus. 2 Palestinians shot & killed near Tulkarem

•⁠ 22 killed in overnight Israeli attacks on homes in Khan Younis & Rafah. Tents in Khan Younis flooded by sewage after pipeline burst

🇺🇸 2 US officials resigned against US policy on Gaza Genocide last week

•⁠ Israeli strikes on Bureij camp (central Gaza) killed 14+ today, incl. 3 kids

🇺🇸 Pro-Palestine protestors occupied Israeli consulate in San Francisco, police arrested 70+

•⁠ About 55% of Gaza’s buildings destroyed, damaged or possibly damaged + north Gaza’s Deir Balah & Gaza City most destroyed

June 4.

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Day 242

‼️⁠ Israel launches re-invasion of central Gaza, housing 1.7m displaced Palestinians who mostly fled Rafah. Israeli troops & tanks push into Bureij camp (in Deir el-Balah) trapping Palestinians & blocking ambulances. Relentless shelling & bombardment of central Gaza, killing 16+ people in Bureij & Maghazi camps

•⁠ 71 Palestinians killed, 182 injured in Gaza in last 24 hours

🔻 Hamas attacks on IOF: targeting command center & troops in central Gaza. Fired 100+ rockets at IOF soldiers in Rafah + targeted 2 tanks. Ambushed 12+ IOF soldiers in Gaza City (north Gaza)

🇸🇮⁠ Slovenia officially recognizes State of Palestine as part of 2-state solution vision; for context + analysis read 👆

•⁠ West Bank: Israeli forces close off Jericho for 2nd day, blocking only crossing to Jordan w/ military checkpoints & barricades + stopping Palestinians from leaving & entering the city

🇱🇧⁠ Tensions rise as Hezbollah strikes spark fires near Israeli colonies near Lebanon. Israeli strikes escalate, killing 1 Hezbollah fighter today + injuring 16 kids over the weekend

June 5.

Day 243

‼️ 1m+ Palestinians in Gaza may face severe famine by mid-July due to Israel blocking aid; increase from estimated 677,000 in March

•⁠ 36 Palestinians killed, 115 injured in Gaza yesterday

🇺🇸 NYT: Israel launched $2m social media campaign w/ fake accounts to influence US (esp Black) lawmakers to support genocide

‼️ Central Gaza: Amid IOF re-invasion of overcrowded Bureij camp in Deir el-Balah, IOF abducted many Palestinians incl. women from home. Heavy bombing of central Gaza today killed 70+ & injured 300, mostly women & kids. Many flee to overcrowded Al-Aqsa Hospital which is under Israeli aid blockade

🇺🇸 US House passed bill to sanction ICC officials who investigate/prosecute Israelis. Backed by 42 Dems

•⁠ Escalation of bombing of Gaza City (north): attack on Remal neighborhood killed 4 + shelling of nearby Tal al-Hawa, Sheikh Ijlin & injured 7 in Zeitoun

🔻 10 IOF soldiers injured in Gaza in past 24 hours

•⁠ IOF shot 3 Palestinians + abducted 9 in Jenin (West Bank)

June 6.

Day 244

🚨 Central Gaza: Large massacre in UNRWA school shelter in Nuseirat killing 40+ incl. 9 kids + injured 74+ Happened as ongoing invasion of nearby al-Bureij & bombing of region, killing/injuring several in AlZawayda & Deir el-Balah

•⁠ 68 Palestinians killed, 235 injured in Gaza in past 24 hours

‼️🔻⁠ Hamas fighters break out of Gaza via Karem Abu Salem crossing near Rafah, drop behind enemy lines, attack IOF command HQ

🔻 Hamas: 5 IOF soldiers killed in Rafah tunnel explosion. 24 IOF soldiers injured in past 24 hours (16 in Gaza)

🇪🇸 Spain to join South Africa ICJ genocide case

🇺🇸 US sanctions Lion’s Den (local West Bank resistance group) likely balancing sanctions on Israeli settlers/groups

•⁠ IOF abduct 60 Palestinians in 1 of largest 2024 West Bank abductions

🇱🇧⁠ Israeli strike kills 1, injures 1 in Lebanon. Hezbollah strike kills 1 IOF soldier

•⁠ Jenin: IOF kill 3 Palestinians, injure 16 & fire at paramedics

•⁠ ⁠IOF demolish 7 homes near Hebron (West Bank) displacing 50+

[taviamoth]

Day 260

‼️ israeli forces heavily bombarded north Gaza; massacring 42+ Palestinians majority women & kids in 2 attacks targeting residential blocks in Shati & Tuffah (Gaza City). Later attacks on Gaza City killed 3 in a home + 2 killed in Zeitoun

• 101 Palestinians killed, 169 injured in Gaza yesterday

• 4 kids killed by malnutrition in 1 week in Kamal Adwan Hospital as israels aid blockade is starving north Gaza

🇹🇷 Turkish goods being shipped to israel despite Turkey's claim of banning exports to israel

🔻 israel says 1 IOF soldier killed. Resistance fighters fired rockets at IOF troops in Rafah, Karem Abu Salem crossing & israeli corridor separating north & south Gaza

🇨🇺 Cuba says will join South Africa's ICJ genocide case

🇺🇸 Top US State Dept. official on israeli-Palestinian affairs resigns

West Bank:

• IOF used an injured Palestinian as a human shield by strapping him to an armored truck (🎥👆) amid raid of Jenin, 2 others injured

• IOF shot & killed 12 y/o Palestinian in Ramallah

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Israel promised ‘limited’ operation. Two months on, Rafah turned to rubble

The Israeli military invites reporters into Rafah, the first time international media visit the city since it was invaded.

Israeli army vehicles transport a group of soldiers and journalists inside southern Gaza. [Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]

(July 8th 2024)

Israel invaded Rafah on May 6 promising a “limited” operation against Hamas fighters, but two months on, the southern-most city has been turned into a dust-covered ghost town.

The Associated Press photojournalist was among the first foreign journalists allowed into the Palestinian city, which sheltered most of Gaza’s more than two million people displaced by Israel’s devastating war. Israel has barred international journalists from entering Gaza independently.

More than 150 Palestinian journalists, who have been reporting from the ground, have been killed in Israeli attacks, making it one of the deadliest conflicts for journalists.

Abandoned, bullet-ridden apartment buildings have blasted out walls and shattered windows. Bedrooms and kitchens are visible from roads dotted with rubble piles that tower over the Israeli military vehicles passing by. Very few civilians remain.

Israel, which has been accused of disproportionate use of force in Gaza, says it aimed for a complete defeat of Hamas. More than 70 percent of the enclave’s houses have been destroyed in Israeli air and ground offensive since October 7, 2023.

In the last week of May, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to “immediately” halt its military assault on Rafah, which faced a humanitarian crisis due to the blocking of aid. In January, the top UN court had ordered Israel to prevent acts of genocide.

Nearly 40,000 people have been killed, half of them children and women.

Rafah, an area of about 65sq km (25sq miles) bordering Egypt, was considered a safe zone where most Palestinians fleeing from Israeli bombardment took shelter. But Israel invaded the southern city despite international concerns, saying Hamas fighters had moved to the area. It provided no proof for its claims. Israel has repeatedly targeted areas designated as safe zones since the war began nine months ago.

An estimated 1.4 million Palestinians crammed into Rafah after fleeing Israeli bombardment elsewhere in Gaza. The UN estimates that about 50,000 remain in Rafah, which had a pre-war population of about 275,000. Last week, the United Nations said most of Gaza’s 2.4 million people are now displaced.

Most people are clustering in squalid tent camps along the beach with scant access to clean water, food, toilets and medical care.

Efforts to bring aid into southern Gaza have stalled as Israel closed down Rafah, one of two important crossings into the south of Gaza. The UN says little aid can enter from the other main crossing – Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) – because Israeli settlers have attacked aid trucks.

On Wednesday, a line of trucks on the Gaza side of Karem Abu Salem was visible, but the trucks were hardly moving – a sign of how Israel’s pledge to keep the route safe to facilitate the delivery of aid inside Gaza has fallen flat.

UN officials say some commercial trucks have braved the route into Rafah, but not without hired armed guards riding atop their convoys.

Israel says it is close to dismantling the group as an organised military force in Rafah. In a reflection of that confidence, soldiers brought journalists in open-air military vehicles down the road that leads into the heart of the city.

Along the way, debris lying by the side of the road made clear the perils of aid delivery: carcasses of trucks baking in the hot sun; dashboards covered in fencing meant to protect drivers; and aid pallets lying empty.

The longer the aid delivery is frozen, humanitarian groups say, the closer Gaza comes to running out of fuel, which is needed for hospitals, water desalination plants and vehicles. Most of the hospitals have been crippled by repeated Israeli attacks.

“The hospitals are once again short on fuel, risking disruption of critical services,” said Dr Hanan Balkhy, the World Health Organization’s regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean. “Injured people are dying because the ambulance services are facing delays due to fuel shortages.”

As the humanitarian situation worsens, Israel is pushing ahead with its offensive. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated that any potential ceasefire deal should allow Israel to resume its operation in Gaza. The Hamas group wants an end to the war as part of any deal.

After journalists heard nearby gunshots on Wednesday, the soldiers told the group they would not be visiting the beach as planned.

The group departed the city soon after, with clouds of dust kicked up by vehicles temporarily obscuring the mass of destruction behind them.

The Israeli military invited reporters for a tour of Rafah, which has witnessed widespread destruction since the invasion on May 6. [Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]

Before invading Rafah, Israel said Hamas fighters had retreated there, though it provided no proof for its claims. [Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]

Israel says it has nearly defeated Hamas in Rafah. But most of the city's population is displaced. [Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]

Israeli tanks are seen next to destroyed buildings. [Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]

Israeli army vehicles transport a group of soldiers and journalists. It has barred international journalists from entering Gaza independently. [Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]

Israel says it is close to dismantling Hamas as an organised military force in Rafah. [Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]

Soldiers brought journalists in open-air military vehicles down the road that leads into the heart of Rafah. [Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]

The UN estimates that about 50,000 Palestinians remain in Rafah, which sheltered more than 1.5 people displaced in the earlier phase of the war. [Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]

As the humanitarian situation worsens, Israel is pushing ahead with its attacks. Combat in Rafah is ongoing. [Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]

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[Gaza City is a death trap right now, with bodies littering the streets after Israeli Occupation Forces targeted the evacuation of civilians]

🇮🇱🇵🇸🚨 ISRAELI AUTHORITIES RELEASE THOUSANDS OF DETAINED PALESTINIANS INTO THE GAZA STRIP AS ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE CONTINUES

According to reporting, the Israeli Occupation authorities released 7'000 detained Palestinian workers back into the Gaza Strip Friday.

Thousands of Palestinian civilians who work in occupied Palestine with special permits to pass through the Erez Crossing into Israeli territory were detained on October 7th after the Palestinian Resistance launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, breaking through the Gaza border fence and assaulting Israeli settlements lining the Gaza Strip.

At the time, according to the detained Palestinians, they were rounded up by the Israeli Occupation authorities and transferred to the "Ofer" prison, known as the Israeli Incarceration Facility 385 located in the West Bank.

Detained Palestinians said they were held at the incarceration facility for 25 consecutive days as Israel's assault on Gaza raged.

According to the Israeli media agency Galgalatz Radio, the workers were initially transported to Karem Abu Salem commercial crossing before being transferred to Incarceration Facility 385 and a negotiated settlement led to their release Friday.

No word from reports on where the 7'000 Palestinian workers are expected to shelter during the Israeli siege and blockade of the Gaza Strip.

According to the Ministry of Health of Gaza, more than 9'000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, including 3'760 children and 2'326 women.

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, at least 45% of all of Gaza's housing units have been destroyed or damaged in Israeli shelling, with 246 educational facilities damaged, 11 bakeries destroyed, 25 ambulances damaged and another 16 hospitals and 32 healthcare centers out of service.

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