[Haaretz Israeli News source->http://www.haaretz.com/]
According to the Palestinian man’s testimony, he was held for several hours at an IDF base while handcuffed and blindfolded. He was later released onto the road, where he says he was forced to hobble several hundred meters with his crutches before reaching his family’s vehicle
Gazans claim the Israeli-controlled area, marked by the so-called Yellow Line, changes without warning, moving west. ‘We are not fighters,’ says one mother sheltering in central Gaza, who worries her children will get caught in the line of fire, ‘we are people trying to live’
In order to construct a 22-km long ‘barrier,’ the IDF will demolish homes, sheep pens and infrastructure that ‘constitute an operational vulnerability,’ according to a military document. One of the villages will be entirely surrounded by the fence. Residents of the area were only given a few days to file objections
Students claim the rules attack freedom of speech, while the University says it is just enforcing existing rules that require police permits for events and restrict participation to those affiliated with the University
Israeli settler militias, backed by soldiers, are laying waste to Palestinian communities – beating residents, torching crops, smashing cars, slaughtering animals. Jonathan Pollak, who accompanies Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest, recounts what he’s witnessed – and how he nearly paid for it with his life
Eyewitnesses say Muhammad al-Halaq stood with his arms folded, posing no threat, when a single, deadly shot was fired. The soldiers later appeared to celebrate. The IDF said the incident is under review
As of yesterday, Israel had returned 195 bodies to the Gaza Strip, but only 57 had been identified by their families. A doctor in Gaza described some bodies returning with their hands tied or shot in the head or chest at close range, while one had a rope around the neck
An open letter, signed by at least 460 Jewish and Israeli intellectuals, celebrities and political figures, calls on the UN and heads of state to address ‘the underlying conditions of occupation, apartheid and the denial of Palestinian rights’ that are absent from U.S. President Trump’s Gaza cease-fire agreement
An Israeli army unit storms a quiet Palestinian village in the West Bank. Jeeps tear through the streets as soldiers seize a family home. From a window, a sniper spots a student waiting for a shared taxi, and shoots him dead. IDF Spokesperson: ‘A terrorist threw an explosive device’
The entire system has always defended Jewish Israelis suspected of murdering Palestinians or Arab Israelis
