Category: International Law

A newly released analysis hosted on the Harvard Dataverse has brought troubling clarity to Gaza’s humanitarian crisis. The report, authored by Israeli academic Yaakov Garb, estimates that nearly 377,000 Palestinians…

United Nations June 24, 2025 – At least 410 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while trying to fetch scraps of food from controversial new aid hubs in…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff:  At least 41 Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip since dawn today, according to hospital sources in the enclave speaking to Al…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Saturday that the plight of Palestinian refugees remains “the world’s longest-running unresolved refugee crisis,” calling on the…

From Quds News: Global shipping giant Maersk has temporarily stopped operations at Israeli-occupied Haifa port due to growing security threats tied to the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict. The Danish company made…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff At least 92 people were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Thursday, Palestinian health officials say, including at least 16 aid-seekers. In…

On Thursday, Israeli authorities forced Palestinian citizens to demolish their homes in Beit Hanina town, north of Jerusalem. Occupation bulldozers also demolished a citizen’s home in the village of Einabus,…

As the people of Gaza face the 21st month of daily bombing, shelling, starvation and siege by Israeli forces, hundreds of thousands of people in cities around the world held…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Bodies of at least 103 Palestinians were brought to hospitals in Gaza in the last 24 hours, while 427 people were injured, according…

The Israeli military launched a major attack, launching over 300 airstrikes in Iran on Thursday night. Iran, Israel, Iraq, and Jordan have announced the closure of their airspace until further…

The UN General Assembly is set to vote on Thursday on a resolution calling for an immediate, unconditional, and lasting ceasefire in Gaza. This follows the UN Security Council’s failure…

From Quds News: In a bold move to challenge Israel’s suffocating blockade on Gaza, tens of thousands of participants from around the world are preparing to join the “March of…

As it kills Gazans, Israel kidnaps int’l humanitarians including Greta Thunberg – War on Gaza Day 611 – IsraelPalestineNews.org Compilation of news reports – IAK staff At least 108 Palestinian…

The humanitarian vessel Madeleine arrived at Israel’s Ashdod port on Monday evening after being intercepted by Israeli forces, preventing it from delivering urgently needed humanitarian aid to Gaza. Israeli authorities…

By freedomflotilla,org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: FFC Press Officer Hay Sha Wiyamedia@freedomflotilla.org WhatsApp: +1 210-834-8155 Catania, Sicily, Italy- The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) confirms that its civilian ship, Madleen, carrying humanitarian…

Quds News Network reports:The Israeli military has released a new video claiming it shows a Hamas tunnel beneath the European Hospital in southern Gaza, where it says top Hamas figures…

As the boat ‘Madleen’ approaches the Gaza Strip with 12 human rights activists and several tons of humanitarian aid, the Israeli navy has blocked the communication channels of the boat…

A group of European activists sailing to Gaza to bring humanitarian aid to the starving Palestinian population encountered a sinking boat of Libyan migrants, and rescued the migrants from drowning.…

Israeli forces continued their relentless assault on the entire population of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, killing at least 35 civilians and wounding dozens more, and ordering thousands of Palestinians…

June 5, 2025 – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)– The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the assassination of three journalists and the injury of three others…

Thursday, June 5, 2025 – The Israeli military continued its aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip for the 80th consecutive day since its breach of the ceasefire agreement on March…

In an attack that occurred Tuesday, illegal Israeli colonizers stormed the Armenian Quarter in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, attacking the Armenian Monastery and desecrating Christian holy symbols. Footage…

On Wednesday, Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian-owned home in the town of Beit Hanina, north of occupied Jerusalem, leaving a family of five homeless. Media sources said that occupation forces…

The Swiss government has committed 20 million Swiss francs (approximately 24.25 million US dollars) this year to support humanitarian efforts for Palestinians. Of this amount, 11 million francs will be…

The Israeli assault on Gaza continued non-stop throughout the day and night Wednesday, with Palestinians continue to flee for their lives and suffer under a crushing blockade that has caused…

By Abdul-Qader Badawi – Madar Center: After Google and Amazon: Microsoft Deploys Open Ai’s GPT-4 in Service of the Israeli Military in the War on Gaza! Over the years, Israel…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff NOTE: The Gaza Health Ministry’s daily casualty figures are based on the number of dead and wounded Palestinians brought to hospitals, and does not include…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff NOTE: The Gaza Health Ministry’s daily casualty figures are based on the number of dead and wounded Palestinians brought to hospitals, and does not include…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff NOTE: The Gaza Health Ministry’s daily casualty figures are based on the number of dead and wounded Palestinians brought to hospitals, and does not include…

May 15, 2025, marks the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, a pivotal historical event that resulted in the large-scale displacement of approximately 957,000 Palestinians from their homes. Prior to 1948,…

The UN Security Council convened on Tuesday to address the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, alongside broader discussions on the Middle East and the Palestinian issue. The session was chaired…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff: NOTE: The Gaza Health Ministry’s daily casualty figures are based on the number of dead and wounded Palestinians brought to hospitals, and does not include…

On Sunday, Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defense, Simon Harris, called for a review of the European Union-Israel Association Agreement, citing concerns over human rights violations.…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff NOTE: The Gaza Health Ministry’s daily casualty figures are based on the number of dead and wounded Palestinians brought to hospitals, and does not include…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PRCH: “We Will Leave Them Nothing”: New PCHR Report Reveals Israeli Destruction of Gaza’s Agricultural Sector and Food Systems Aims to Erase Palestinian…

The Arab League has called for international protection for Palestinian journalists facing deadly violations and crimes committed by Israeli occupation forces. These crimes have resulted in the deaths of approximately…

Agnès Callamard, Secretary-General of Amnesty International, has urged the international community, particularly the European Union, to take decisive steps to stop Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. She condemned…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff NOTE: The Gaza Health Ministry’s daily casualty figures are based on the number of dead and wounded Palestinians brought to hospitals, and does not include…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the repeated attacks by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on community kitchens that have become the final lifeline for…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff NOTE: The Gaza Health Ministry’s daily casualty figures are based on the number of dead and wounded Palestinians brought to hospitals, and does not include…

Public hearings continue at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague for the fifth consecutive day as the ICJ deliberates on Israel’s obligations toward the United Nations and…

A humanitarian vessel affiliated with the “Freedom Flotilla” heading to deliver humanitarian supplies to Gaza was attacked by an Israeli drone in international waters off the coast of Malta early…

By the United Nations: The education of 800 students in occupied East Jerusalem is at risk as Israel moves to close their schools next week, a senior official with the…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff At least 53 people were killed in Israeli attacks in the enclave in the last 24 hours, according to medical sources. The ministry…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Ongoing Israeli Bombing Kills And Injures Many In Gaza – Friday  The Israeli army killed at least 57 Palestinians in new strikes Thursday…

Israeli forces ordered a Palestinian citizen to demolish his home under threat, on Friday evening, in the town of Kafr ‘Aqab, north of occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said that occupation…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Israeli missiles killed at least 42 Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, including several bombings of tents that resulted in Palestinians being burned alive in…

On Tuesday, UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reaffirmed that the United Nations has no intention of modifying the mandate granted to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees…

On Friday, illegal Israeli colonizers uprooted hundreds of olive trees and razed lands in the village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank. Marwan Sabah,…

Illegal Israeli colonizers assaulted, on Friday, several Palestinians in the Salfit and Ramallah governorates, in the central part of the occupied West Bank, while occupation soldiers detained others. WAFA correspondent…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the Israeli Occupation Forces’ (IOF) bloody military offensive on the Gaza Strip, including targeting tents for displaced civilians in “humanitarian zones” designated by IOF…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the heinous crime committed by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) today, 13 April 2025, in the early morning…

On Wednesday, during its 221st session held in Paris, UNESCO’s Executive Board unanimously adopted two resolutions concerning Palestine: “Occupied Palestine” and “Cultural and Educational Institutions.” These resolutions are pivotal in…

An elderly Palestinian man died of a heart attack on Tuesday, while Israeli forces carried out a demolition operation in the village of Wadi Fukin, west of Bethlehem in the…

April 7, 2025 – Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) – The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the Israeli Occupation Forces’ (IOF) targeting of…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 86 Palestinians, the Health Ministry said on Friday. Among the dead were at least…

On Wednesday, Jewish students at Columbia University in New York having chained themselves to the university gates in protest against the detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. Meanwhile, at Harvard…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (If Americans Knew) At least 26 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, the Health…

According to local sources in Gaza, 62 Palestinians were killed and 296 injured people arrived at hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours. In addition, Israeli occupation…

On Monday, the Israeli army continued bombing and shelling various parts of the devastated Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including two journalists, children, and women. Media sources…

IsraelPalestineNews: Gaza deaths pass 50,000 (Israeli war deaths about 400): War on Gaza Day 533 Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Israeli airstrikes killed at least 130 Gazans and wounded…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff The ministry of health in Gaza said in a statement that on Wednesday 30 bodies were retrieved from under the rubble, one person…

IsraelPalestineNews Notes: To read about how Israel partisans such as Alan Dershowitz and the Zionist Organization of America worked to censor the Al Jazeera exposé film The Lobby USA: IAKN.org/TheLobbyCensored…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in central Gaza Tuesday, while a toddler died of hypothermia. Also on Tuesday, Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians,…

On Wednesday, Israeli forces demolished the home of a Palestinian detainee, in the village of Rafat, north of occupied Jerusalem, and wounded a Palestinian journalist. Media sources said that a…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Palestinian medics and rescue teams recovered 23 more bodies from the rubble in the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. The…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff An 18-year-old Palestinian was killed Friday in an Israeli drone strike in the central Rafah in southern Gaza Strip. Extent of systematic torture,…

Ramallah, 27-2-2025, WAFA – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the Israeli occupation’s seizure of lands belonging to the town of Tamoun, south of Tubas, under the pretext…

In response to the US President’s statements regarding the future of the Gaza Strip, worldwide condemnation has been expressed by leaders in Palestine, France, Jordan, Egypt, and others. The United…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Rescue teams Tuesday announced the removal of the remains of 19 bodies from an informal cemetery on Ath-Thawra Street, west of Gaza City.…

BRUSSELS, February 4, 2025 (WAFA) – Over 160 NGOs and trade unions Tuesday called on the European Union (EU) to ban trade and business with Israeli colonies in the occupied…

Occupation forces killed two Palestinians, including a child, and injured others, on Monday, near the Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The United Nations reported that the onslaught on the Gaza Strip has been especially devastating for children, with more than 13,000 Palestinian children killed. The UN agency’s official website, last…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 339 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Friday. According to…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff At least 21 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Friday, according to medical sources. RECOMMENDED READING: Oxfam director: Conditions in…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff At least 70 Palestinians were killed Thursday in relentless Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry in the enclave said. Newborns…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Israeli attacks across Gaza killed at least 50 people on Wednesday, while UNICEF said at least 74 Palestinian children have been killed during…

On Thursday, January 2, 2025, Day 454 of its brutal and protracted military onslaught against the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military continued its genocidal bombing campaign in various regions, killing…

“The Gaza Strip is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. And day after day, that brutal reality is reinforced. “Over the past 48 hours, the…

The Palestinian Government Media Office published an update on the most important statistics. The Israeli occupation forces (with US tax money and munitions) did this: – Dropped 88,000 tons of…

On Monday, December 30, 2024, Day 451 of its brutal and protracted military onslaught against the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military continued its genocidal bombing campaign in various regions, killing…

The Commission of Prisoners Affairs issued a report on Sunday that detainees in the Israeli “Manashe” prison live a catastrophic daily reality and harsh and painful conditions around the clock,…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Nearly 50 Palestinians were killed Thursday in an Israeli airstrike on a building opposite the headquarters of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern…

More than 57 years after the attack, the FOIA lawsuit revealed new details and, more importantly, it made it clear that the US government is still refusing to release hundreds…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff: At least 21 Palestinians have been killed and 61 others injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the Health…

The BBC is the most-visited news site on the internet today, and calls itself “the world’s most trusted international news provider.”  But can we count on it to tell the…

UN officials have warned of horrific conditions in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli onslaught, adding that a million Palestinians remain trapped, without access to basic aid and…

By If Americans Knew The seven countries that the U.S. continues to meddle with and antagonize have a shared history and connection: For decades Israel and the Zionists who pushed…

United Nations spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, announced that Secretary-General António Guterres will participate in the Palestinian conflict resolution conference next June, and said that a resolution must be achieves to end…

The United Nations Human Rights Office reported that Israel is accelerating actions to entrench its illegal annexation of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. These actions include seizing Palestinian…

  Monday, December 16, 2024, marks day 437 of the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip by air, land, and sea. Since October 7, 2023, 45,028 citizens have been killed…

By Alison Weir, If Americans Knew On November 12th I received a sudden visit at my home from two FBI agents. As I posted in a tweet. FBI agents suddenly…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society issued a report on Friday documenting the fact that thousands of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli occupation prisons, in addition to Gaza detainees in the…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, condemn in the strongest terms as a deliberate and egregious…