The journalist and his family were among the noncombatants the Israelis humiliated and false accused of being Hamas fighters:
As the massacres in Gaza continue, UN employees die and a second front with Lebanon looms:
- Scores of Palestinians Killed, Wounded in New Israeli Massacres Across Gaza (Palestine Chronicle)
- Palestinians Starve as Gaza War Rages amid Fears of Exodus into Egypt (Reuters)
- UNRWA Says 133 of Its Employees Killed in Gaza, Many with Their Families (New Arab)
- Israel-Palestine War: Fighting Intensifies Across Gaza as Tensions on Lebanon Border Rise (Middle East Eye)
The Biden administration closes it eyes to Israel’s use of white phosphorus, admitting that it “is not conducting real-time assessments of Israel’s adherence to the laws of war”:
- Israel Used U.S.-supplied White Phosphorus in Lebanon Attack (Washington Post)
An Israeli soldier openly flaunts Israel’s contempt for the rule of law or human decency:
“[T]he Muslim-majority region is now run by unelected government officials and has lost its flag, criminal code and constitution”:
- India’s Supreme Court upholds government’s decision to remove disputed Kashmir’s special status (AP News)
“Civilian proportion of deaths is higher than the average in all world conflicts in 20th century, data suggests” …
… and “55 scholars of the Holocaust, genocide, and mass violence” note such an attack on civilians fits the definition of a “crime against humanity” under the Rome Statute:
- Statement of Scholars in Holocaust and Genocide Studies on Mass Violence in Israel and Palestine Since 7 October (Notre Dame Keough School of Global Affairs)
“[T]he school is caving to the pressure of right-wing politicians to discipline peaceful pro-Palestinian speech and protest on Harvard’s campus by targeting outspoken pro-Palestinian voices”:
- Four Harvard Undergrads Face Disciplinary Action Surrounding Pro-Palestine ‘Week of Action’ (Harvard Crimson)
“[A]t least 142 females – including senior women and infants – are currently held in Israeli jails” where “”horrific crimes’ have been carried out against the female prisoners”:
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