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Israeli security cabinet’s decision to resume land registration in Area C of the occupied West Bank is deeply troubling

Posted on May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 | UN Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territory

The UN human rights office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is alarmed by reports that the Israeli security cabinet on 11 May decided to resume land registration in Area C of the occupied West Bank. The registration, which was suspended in 1968, appears to be the latest tool used by Israel to acquire Palestinian land and consolidate the unlawful annexation of the West Bank.

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A grim lottery: as Israel bombs hospitals, some Gaza children are granted rare exit permits

Posted on May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 | Emma Graham-Harrison

The al Astal brothers are among the unlucky Palestinians who are fighting their own battle against cancer while stuck in a war zone

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As Gaza Starves, Israel Attacked UNRWA Food Distribution Center

Posted on May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 | Hamza M.Salha | Sharif Abdel Kouddous | Drop Site

Israel is targeting Palestinians’ slim means of accessing food, bombing two makeshift kitchens and UNRWA’s distribution center in Jabalia in the past few days

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Food security experts warn Gaza at ‘critical risk of famine’ amid Israeli blockade

Posted on May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 | Jason Burke | The Guardian

Report by UN-backed consortium of specialists tells of ‘major deterioration’ since its last assessment in October

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There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza

Posted on May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 | Julian Borger | Malak A Tantesh | The Guardian

Babies such as Siwar Ashour are suffering from malnutrition as crucial supplies run out amid Israel’s total blockade on aid

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Children so malnourished they’re losing their sight: Inside Israel’s aid blockade on Gaza

Posted on May 11, 2025May 12, 2025 | Bel Trew | Nedal Hamdouna | The Independent

The blockade has led to famine-like conditions for the two million people living on the Strip, and at least 9,000 children have been admitted for treatment of acute malnutrition since the start of the year

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Palestinians awoke to bulldozers. Their village was destroyed by noon

Posted on May 10, 2025May 11, 2025 | Basel Adraa | +972 Magazine

Within hours, Israeli forces demolished homes, wells, and even caves in the West Bank hamlet of Khilet al-Dabe’, leaving families with nowhere to shelter.

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Israel claims to care about Palestinian students — so it shuts down their schools

Posted on May 10, 2025May 15, 2025 | Gil Gertel | +972 Magazine

The Education Ministry ordered UNRWA-run schools in East Jerusalem to close, citing ‘student welfare.’ 800 may lose their classrooms this month.

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Knesset Debate Reveals Not Everyone Thinks Starving Gazan Children Is a Bad Thing

Posted on May 10, 2025May 10, 2025 | Nir Hasson | Haaretz

A seemingly trivial remark from an Israeli doctor was met with a barrage of fervor from MKs. ‘I’m not sure you’re speaking for us when you say we want to treat every child and every woman,’ said one

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‘We’ve killed so many children — it’s hard to argue with that’

Posted on May 10, 2025May 10, 2025 | Oren Ziv | +972 Magazine

Since March, hundreds of Israelis have joined silent vigils for slain Gazan children, holding up their photos to try to break through the wall of apathy.