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Israel’s policy of starvation as a weapon is not only monstrous and illegal, it could lead to a famine like that experienced “in South Sudan in 2017 and Somalia in 2011”: Unless Israel Changes Course, It Could Be Legally Culpable for Mass Starvation (The Guardian) Policy Paper: Israel’s Policy of Starvation in Gaza Will Have…

Israel continues its war on medical care … Nasser Hospital Patients Die After Troop Raid (Aljazeera) … and Netanyahu rejects a Biden administration peace plan even before it has been finalized: Netanyahu: Israel Rejects International Diktats on Final-status Solution with the Palestinians (Haaretz) Mosque officials were told to distribute and many residents were approached  by…

The facts on the ground maker it clear that rescuing hostages and fighting terrorists is just an excuse for genocide: Israeli Forces Rescue 2 Hostages in Dramatic Gaza Raid that Killed at Least 67 Palestinians (AP) Palestinians in Rafah Describe ‘Night Full of Horror’ During Israeli Hostage Rescue (NY Times) ‘Unbelievable Fear’: Hundreds Flee Gaza’s…

The wounded girl  called her uncle to send an ambulance to rescue her. The IDF then killed the medics in the ambulance crew: ‘They Are Shooting at Us.’ A Fleeing Gaza Family Is Killed Along with the Medics Sent to Find Them (AP) After “an unprecedented stoppage of all mobile phone services” during a parliamentary…

Israel expands its genocide into the zone it pretended to be a refuge for civilians: Israel Kills 13 in Rafah, Southern Gaza Town Where Many Palestinians Have Fled (PBS News Hour) Netanyahu Orders Military to Make Plans to Evacuate Civilians in Rafah (NY Times) Israel-Gaza War: Palestinians Who Fled to Rafah Fear Israeli Assault (BBC)…

Is the other shoe about to drop? Japanese Trading Giant Itochu to Cut Ties with Israeli Defense Firm over Gaza War (CNN) Belgian Region Follows Japan – No More Munitions to Israel (Palestine Chronicle) Nicaragua, South Africa Pressure Gov’ts Through International Courts (Democracy Now) Her son says that “Samaher Esmail, raised in New Orleans” has…

A federal judge noted that “statements made by various officers of the Israeli government indicate that the ongoing military siege in Gaza is intended to eradicate a whole people”: War on Gaza: The Tide Is Turning on Biden and Israel (Middle East Eye) “We are seeing mounting evidence that Israel appears to be rendering large…

The war expands … US, Britain Strike Yemen’s Houthis in a New Wave, Retaliating for Attacks by Iran-backed Militants (AP) US Intends Further Strikes on Iran-backed Groups, National Security Adviser Says (Reuters) Iran Says US Strikes Are a ‘Strategic Mistake’ (BBC) US Declines to Rule Out Hitting Targets in Iran, Jake Sullivan Says (Politico) How…

“The bodies were removed from graves created by citizens in the shelter center [school], and they were abused and searched [by Israeli forces]”: War on Gaza: Dozens of Palestinians Found Dead at Elementary School in Zip-tied Body Bags (Middle East Eye) As Iran and the U.S. continue to teeter at the brink of war ……

Thousands of Israelis including at least 12 Israeli ministers attended a conference that “could be used as evidence in future ICJ hearings”: Israeli Ministers Attend ‘Return to Gaza Conference’, Speak in Support of Resettlement (Middle East Eye) Rising Middle East violence brings Iran and US to the brink of war: Iran Threatens to ‘Decisively Respond’…