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The civilians were killed in retaliation for Hezbollah’s “attack on the Israeli Yardun barracks in the occupied Golan Heights”: Escalation with Hezbollah – Two Civilians Killed in Israeli Raid in South Lebanon (Palestine Chronicle) “Following the White House announcement, the ACLU confirmed it would sue, just as it had during the Trump administration”: Biden Uses…

As allegations of Israeli mistreatment of captives in Gaza mount … Israel Maintains a Shadowy Hospital in the Desert for Gaza Detainees. Critics Allege Mistreatment (AP) … the persecution in the West Bank also mounts: Nearly 9,000 Palestinians Have Been Arrested in West Bank (UPI) How Israel’s Raids on Jenin Only Fuel Palestinian Resistance (Aljazeera)…

U.S. claim that no red line has been crossed find few buyers in the face of atrocities: Disgust After Nikki Haley Writes ‘Finish Them’ Message on Israeli Shell (Middle East Eye) Outrage on Social Media: Israeli Figures Mock Rafah Massacre (Palestine Chronicle) Headless Child, Charred Bodies: Survivors Recount Israel’s Rafah Camp Massacre (Middle East Eye)…

Will Israel’s shocking massacre of civilians in the face of ICJ and ICC rulings be a watershed moment? An Israeli Airstrike Killed 45 Palestinians in an Encampment for Displaced People (NPR) In Pictures: Rafah Tent Camp Hit by Israeli Airstrike (Reuters) Israel’s War on Gaza Live News: Rafah Hospital Closes Due to Israeli Bombs (Aljazeera)…

“The sharply focused decision sent a three-pronged message to Israel, ordering a halt to the Rafah offensive, access to Gaza for war crimes investigators, and a big and immediate increase of humanitarian aid to the region” … Top UN Court Orders Israel to Halt Military Offensive in Rafah, Though Israel is Unlikely to Comply (AP)…

“The operations to destroy the infrastructure caused a power outage in communications and the Internet for large areas in the city and the camp. Jenin Governmental Hospital is still besieged”: Jenin: Israeli Forces Continue Assault Against West Bank City, Camp (Wafa) “We used to think that recognition would come at the end of a process.…

Raisi’s death will have little effect on the Presidential election, but may unleash a rivalry within hardliner ranks to succeed Khameini: Iran’s President and Foreign Minister Die in Helicopter Crash at Moment of High Tensions in Mideast (AP) Helicopter Crash Claims Life of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian (NIAC)…

“A rescue helicopter tried to reach the area where authorities believe Raisi’s helicopter was, but it couldn’t land due to the heavy mist”: Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Suffers a ‘Hard Landing,’ State TV Says, and Rescue Is Underway (AP) “Israel has defied every single provisional measure indicated by” the ICJ: South Africa’s Lawyer Breaks Down…

“Lily Greenberg Call condemned the administration’s “using Jews to justify aggressive US foreign policy and to ensure complicity in Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip”: Jewish Staffer Resigns from Biden Administration amid Ongoing US Support for Israel’s Gaza Offensive (Middle East Monitor) “The U.N. says at least 500 trucks a day of aid and commercial…

“We cannot have a clearer ask for the off-campus Jewish community: stay off our campus. Your actions are harming Jewish students” –Hillel open letter to off-campus Jewish community responsible for campus violence: Unmasking Counterprotesters Who Attacked UCLA’s Pro-Palestine Encampment (CNN) It’s not not just the students who are being harassed: University Professors Are Losing Their…