More than 420 children killed or injured in Gaza every day, says Unicef
The head of the UN’s children agency (Unicef) said the “true cost” of the latest escalation in Gaza will be measured in children’s lives.
The head of the UN’s children agency (Unicef) said the “true cost” of the latest escalation in Gaza will be measured in children’s lives.
“Do we risk losing our careers over an ephemeral social post that doesn’t save a single life in Palestine?”
As Israeli forces continue to intensify their cataclysmic assault on the occupied Gaza Strip, Amnesty International has documented unlawful Israeli attacks, including indiscriminate attacks, which caused mass civilian casualties and must be investigated as war crimes.
We, the undersigned human rights and civil society NGOs in Israel, call on the international community to act urgently to stop the state-backed wave of settler violence which has led, and is leading to, the forcible transfer of Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
A grave and harrowing crisis is unfolding in the South Hebron Hills, demanding the utmost urgency and gravity. Settlers, masquerading as a military force, have launched a barbaric assault on Susyiah village. They have subjected the inhabitants, including innocent children, to brutal and violent attacks. These aggressors have issued a menacing ultimatum: if the villagers do not vacate within 24 hours, they vow to return and perpetrate murder.
Palestinians whose permits to work in Israel were revoked are believed to be held in detention camps, but Israel has so far refused to release information about them, human rights groups say.
As entire families are killed by Israeli bombs, parents adopt desperate measures so that children — or at least their memories — survive.
The following appeal was issued by a group of Japanese researchers (specialized in Middle Eastern Studies) on the present situation in Gaza. The appeal, which was initially published in Japanese on 17 October, has since been approved and signed by more than 4, 000 persons (academics and citizens), expressing the deep concern of Japanese civil society about the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Gaza and their support for a peaceful solution of the crisis.
Amnesty International is issuing an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel to prevent further loss of civilian lives and to ensure access to life-saving aid for people in Gaza amidst an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.
People search for survivors and the bodies of victims through the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli bombardment, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 26, 2023. (Photo: Mahmud Hams / AFP)