The Gaza Strip: Four UNRWA shelters damaged in less than 24 hours
“In the past 24 hours alone, four UNRWA shelters were damaged in the Gaza Strip. “Today, a school-turned shelter was damaged at the Jabalia Refugee Camp, the largest in the….
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As settler violence surges, West Bank Palestinians fear new displacement
SAWIYA, West Bank — Settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank has reached record levels in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, according to rights groups, which warn that the radical settler movement is seeking to further entrench its presence across the occupied territory.
Impeding relief aid to Gaza may be a crime under ICC jurisdiction, prosecutor says
CAIRO Oct 29 (Reuters) – Impeding relief supplies to Gaza’s population may constitute a crime under the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) jurisdiction, the court’s top prosecutor told a news conference in Egypt on Sunday.
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 Senate Condemns Student Groups as Backlash to Pro-Palestinian Speech Grows
“Do we risk losing our careers over an ephemeral social post that doesn’t save a single life in Palestine?”
Urgent Message From Umm al-Khair
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.
Thousands of Gaza workers go ‘missing’ in Israel amid wartime mass arrests
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.
‘So world knows’: Gaza parents mark children’s names on bodies amid bombing
As entire families are killed by Israeli bombs, parents adopt desperate measures so that children — or at least their memories — survive.
An Appeal by Japanese Researchers Specialized in Middle Eastern Studies Calling for Immediate Ceasefire and Humanitarian Support for Gaza
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.
2,913 Palestinian children killed in Gaza with U.S. approval
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)