The Long War on Gaza
Over fifty-six years, Israel has transformed Gaza from a functional economy to a dysfunctional one, from a productive society to an impoverished one.
Author: Abbes
Mathematician, Director of research in Paris, Secretary of AURDIP
‘Not seen since Vietnam’: Israel dropped hundreds of 2,000-pound bombs on Gaza, analysis shows
In the first month of its war in Gaza, Israel dropped hundreds of massive bombs, many of them capable of killing or wounding people more than 1,000 feet away, analysis by CNN and artificial intelligence company Synthetaic suggests.
Satellite imagery from those early days of the war reveals more than 500 impact craters over 12 meters (40 feet) in diameter, consistent with those left behind by 2,000-pound bombs. Those are four times heavier than the largest bombs the United States dropped on ISIS in Mosul, Iraq, during the war against the extremist group there.
Weapons and warfare experts blame the extensive use of heavy munitions such as the 2,000-pound bomb for the soaring death toll. The population of Gaza is packed together much more tightly than almost anywhere else on earth, so the use of such heavy munitions has a profound effect.
“The use of 2,000-pound bombs in an area as densely populated as Gaza means it will take decades for communities to recover,” said John Chappell, advocacy and legal fellow at CIVIC, a DC-based group focused on minimizing civilian harm in conflict.
Gaza grapples with catastrophic hunger as new report predicts famine if conflict continues
ROME – More than one in four households in Gaza currently face extreme hunger, and there is a risk of famine unless access to adequate food, clean water, health and sanitation services is restored, according to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report released today. IPC is a multi-stakeholder platform that analyses data to determine the severity and magnitude of hunger crises, according to internationally-recognized scientific standards.
The UN says more than 1 in 4 people in Gaza are starving because of war
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than half a million people in Gaza — a quarter of the population — are starving, according to a report Thursday by the United Nations and other agencies, highlighting the humanitarian crisis caused by Israel’s bombardment and siege on the territory in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.
Gaza Strip: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for 24 November – 7 December 2023 and Projection for 8 December 2023 – 7 February 2024
Hostilities leave the entire population highly food insecure and at risk of Famine
srael’s military campaign in Gaza is among the most destructive in history, experts say
The Israeli military campaign in Gaza, experts say, now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in history. In just over two months, the offensive has wreaked more destruction than the razing of Syria’s Aleppo between 2012 and 2016, Ukraine’s Mariupol or, proportionally, the Allied bombing of Germany in World War II. It has killed more civilians than the U.S.-led coalition did in its three-year campaign against the Islamic State group.
UN Human Rights Office – OPT: Unlawful killings in Gaza City
OHCHR OPT has received disturbing information alleging that Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) summarily killed at least 11 unarmed Palestinian men in front of their family members in Al Remal neighbourhood, Gaza City, which raises alarm about the possible commission of a war crime. This comes in the wake of earlier allegations concerning the deliberate targeting and killing of civilians at the hands of Israeli forces.
International Criminal Court: Investigate These Israeli Suspects in War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity Probe
DAWN submits to ICC Prosecutor List of 40 Israeli Commanding Officers Executing and Planning Gaza Assault
War on Gaza: If we must die, our stories must live
As we witness the unfolding tragedy, each death becomes a call for the living to become storytellers, to bear witness to a pain that transcends generations
Dr. Tarek Loubani mourns Dr. Hani Al-Haitham, head of Shifa’s Emergency Room
Dr. Tarek Loubani is a professor at the University of Western Ontario (London, Canada) and an emergency physician who has provided care on the front lines and in hospitals in Gaza, particularly at al-Shifa Hospital. During the Great March of Return in 2018, he was injured in the leg. He published a post this morning to pay tribute to his colleague Dr. Hani Al-Haitham, head of Shifa’s Emergency Room, killed with his family by the Israeli army