Category: Human rights

Another shameless moment for Blinken, even as he reveals a long list of Israeli human rights abuses; over 300 Gazan bodies discovered in mass graves; Israel prepping for invasion of…

Today, Tuesday April 23rd, 2024, marks 200 days of the Israeli invasion of Gaza. Over 15,000 children have been killed – they are among the more than 34,000 Palestinians who…

Dozens of Israelis, including some refuseniks, who have refused to serve in the Israeli military, as well as former Israeli soldiers who expressed regret at having taken part in the…

Following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the al-Shifa Hospital in central Gaza, and the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, Palestinian rescue crews have gone in to…

A new report by Human Rights Watch investigated dozens of Israeli paramilitary settler attacks on Palestinian civilians over the past six months, and found that the Israeli military stood by…

On Monday, Day 199 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, the army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the Gaza…

At least 16 Palestinians, including 9 children, were killed before dawn today, Sunday April 21, as a result of raids carried out by Israeli warplanes and artillery that targeted many…

A family of three: father, toddler and pregnant mother were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the Shaboura camp in the center of the city of…

The Israeli occupation forces detained, on Saturday evening, the emergency crew of the Red Crescent Society, and another medical staff, in front of the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem.…

The Israeli invasion of the West Bank district of Tulkarem continued Saturday for the third straight day, with Israeli tanks and armored vehicles invading Nur Shams refugee camp, destroying streets…

GENEVA, Friday, April 19, 2024 (WAFA) – UN independent human rights experts have raised alarm over the “systematic destruction” of the Palestinian education system in the Gaza Strip as Israel’s…

On Friday, day 196 of the Israeli invasion of Gaza, Israeli attacks continued on Palestinian civilians in northern, central and southern Gaza, beginning before dawn and continuing throughout the day…

On Thursday, Day 195 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people in the destroyed Gaza Strip, the army continued the bombing of various parts of the coastal enclave,…

RAMALLAH, Thursday, April 18, 2024 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Presidency has strongly condemned the United States’ use of its veto power in the UN Security Council, effectively preventing Palestine from…

On Wednesday, day 194 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed and famished Gaza Strip, the Israeli army killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including women…

On Wednesday, Day 194 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in various parts of the destroyed, devastated, and isolated Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and…

The Palestinian people in Palestine and the diaspora commemorate the Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, April 17 of each year, after the day was adopted by the Palestinian National Council in the…

By Sami Abu Salem, GAZA, Tuesday, April 16, 2024 (WAFA) – As news spread of some displaced individuals successfully crossing the Israeli army barrier on the coastal Al-Rashid Road in…

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) has confirmed that the Israeli army abducted at least 100 Palestinian journalists in occupied Palestine since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza…

If Americans Knew – IsraelPalestineNews: Mass graves containing Palestinian bodies found in multiple Gaza locations; released Gazan prisoners report abuse by Israeli forces; humanitarians face “hostile” environment, Israel breaking promise to…

Tuesday marks day 193 of the ongoing relentless Israeli assault on the 2.4 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip, who are being collectively punished for an attack in southern…

Comprehensive West Bank Violation Update: On Monday fanatic paramilitary Israeli colonizers and soldiers continued the pogroms and violations, killing three Palestinians, including a child, injuring many, and causing serious damage…

Updated: In just three days, Israeli colonizers killed three Palestinians, and shot 45, including 5 who suffered serious wounds, in the occupied West Bank. Also, a Palestinian detainee from Qalqilia…

On Sunday, day 191 of the Israeli assault on Gaza that has killed over 33,000 and wounded over 76,000 civilians, Israeli forces bombarded different parts of the Gaza Strip, killing…

The Ministry of Health announced on Saturday evening that three Palestinian civilians had been killed in the West Bank, since dawn on Friday, bringing the number of civilians killed in…

In the course of just one month of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army killed sixty Palestinians, mostly children and women, from…

QALQILIIA, Saturday, April 13, 2024 (WAFA) – A Palestinian father-of-seven died, Saturday evening, an Israeli detention center, , according to the Prisoners’ Affairs Commission (PAC) and the Palestine Prisoner’s Society…

Day 190 Update: According to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, Israeli troops committed 4 massacres against families in Gaza, killing 43 Palestinian civilians, and injuring 62 others in the…

US official finally uses the f-word (famine); Iran retaliation for provocative Israeli attack possibly this weekend; Washington Post lists Gaza aid items Israel has rejected; Israel assassinates head of police…

On Friday, Day 188 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the destroyed and…

On Thursday, Day 187 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed and starved Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, including many women and…

Beginning before dawn on Thursday, day 188 of the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip, Israeli warplanes intensified their air raids on Gaza City and Nuseirat camp in the central…

The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) issued the following statement Tuesday, warning that Palestinians in Gaza are currently experiencing catastrophic hunger, and are on the verge of a completely…

UNICEF: “Children dying of infections”; Israel is making big promises to the people of Gaza; State of Palestine UN application; “it will happen,” Netanyahu says of Rafah invasion; 400 bodies…

On Tuesday, Day 186 of the Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed hundreds of Palestinians, including women…

On Monday, medical sources said the army killed and injured dozens of Palestinians in a series of bombings and air strikes targeting various parts of the devastated and starved Gaza…

Human rights officials have never seen anything like Gaza; Israel’s AI killer, “Lavender”; Israeli army withdraws from part of Khan Younis; WCK founder says Israel is in a “war against…

RAMALLAH, Monday, April 6, 2024 (WAFA) –Israeli police today raided the funeral tent of the slain Palestinian prisoner Waleed Daqqa and his family’s home in the city of Baqa al-Gharbiya…

After 38 years in Israeli occupation prisons, Palestinian prisoner Waleed Daqqa has died due to years of medical neglect while in Israeli jails. Abu Daqqa was scheduled to be released…

Update: A number of Palestinian civilians were killed and many more were injured, on Sunday evening, when the Israeli occupation forces targeted various areas in Nuseirat camp and in Rafah…

UN leaders reflect on 6 months of slaughter; US on high alert for possible attack by Iran; Israel admits to “grave mistake” in targeting of World Central Kitchen vehicles; Israel…

Israel should be held accountable for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated in Gaza, according to the UN Human Rights Council. The resolution, passed on 5 April 2024.…

Thousands of worshippers were forced to dive for cover during dawn Ramadan prayers today when Israeli police used stun grenades and tear gas at the Al Aqsa mosque in occupied…

On Thursday, Day 181 of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds, including many women and children, across…

Palestinian Territory – A new Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor report titled “Killing starving Palestinians and targeting aid trucks: A deliberate Israeli policy to reinforce famine in the Gaza Strip” reveals…

On Wednesday, Day 180 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, Israel’s missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds, including many…

Charity staff from Australia, the UK, Palestine, Palestine, the US and Canada were killed Monday in what eyewitnesses say were intentional drone strikes by the Israeli military. World Central Kitchen…

Palestinian Territory – Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor:  The Israeli army carried out a massive, shockingly horrific military operation in Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City over the course of the…

On Tuesday, Day 179 of the genocidal Israeli offensive on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds, in various parts…

On Tuesday, Day 179 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells struck various parts of the destroyed and besieged coastal…

On Land Day, Palestinians control less of their land than ever; 400 Palestinians reportedly dead in hospital siege; US-Israel intel sharing may be contributing to civilian deaths in Gaza; Israel…

On Monday, Day 178 of the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing of various parts of the devastated Gaza Strip, killing dozens, including international…

The following is a statement from the Israeli peace group Gush Shalom: In January, South Africa appealed to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and charged Israel with state-led acts…

On Monday, day 178 of the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, Israeli troops finally withdrew from Gaza’s largest hospital, al-Shifa Hospital, after occupying the hospital for 14 days. The…

On Sunday, Israeli colonizers assaulted several Palestinian citizens in various regions of the occupied West Bank. Illegal Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinian-owned vehicles near the town of Madama, south of Nablus…

On Saturday, Day 176 of the ongoing Israeli genocidal attacks on the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, the Israeli army killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including many who…

RAFAH, Saturday, March 30, 2024 (WAFA) – In the displacement camps nestled within the heart of Rafah, in the farthest south of the Gaza Strip, displaced families find themselves locked…

GENEVA, Saturday, March 30, 2024 (WAFA) – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, said today that with only 10 hospitals minimally functional across the whole of…

On Saturday, Day 176 of the ongoing genocide, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the destroyed, besieged, and starved Gaza Strip, killing dozens of…

On Friday, the Israeli occupation army continued its bombing of various parts of the destroyed and devastated Gaza Strip, firing missiles and shells at homes, streets, and alleys, killing and…

On Thursday, the Israeli army continued bombing and shelling various parts of the devastated Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including many women and children. In Jabalia, in…

Egos, assumptions, denialism accompany passage of UN Security Council resolution; meanwhile, another confirmation of genocide by Israel; German support for UNRWA; air drop deaths; hospitals under siege; Israel’s “compliance” with…

On Tuesday, Day 172 of the Gaza Genocide, the Israeli army continued its bombing and shelling of various parts of the densely populated and devastated Gaza Strip, killing dozens of…

NEW YORK, Monday, March 25, 2024 (WAFA) – The UN Security Council passed today a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the holy month of Ramadan and the…

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, Geneva – Over the course of the two months that followed the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling, Israel did not abide by the order and…

IsraelPalestineNews: Now three hospitals in Gaza under siege, with horrific stories coming out; Israel bans all UNRWA aid deliveries in northern Gaza, as famine draws closer; sexual violence against Gazan…

Israeli troops continued their bombardment of civilian areas in northern, central and southern Gaza on Monday for the 171st straight day of what many world leaders and the International Court…

Palestinian Territory- EuroMed Human Rights Monitor:  Israeli army uses Palestinian civilians as human shields in its operation in Shifa Medical Complex and its vicinity. The Israeli military continues to use…

On Saturday, Day 169 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinian civilians in the destroyed and constantly bombarded Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of…

RAFAH, Saturday, March 23, 2024 (WAFA) – UN chief Antonio Guterres, on a visit to the doorstep of Gaza, said today that the world has seen enough of the war’s…

On Friday, Day 168 of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the devastated Gaza…

On Thursday, Day 168 of the ongoing ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing of various parts of the devastated…

The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA): Halt the war now to save children from dying of imminent famine, UN Committee warns. GENEVA, Thursday, March 21, 2024 (WAFA) – The…

On Thursday, Day 167 of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army bombarded many homes, and buildings in various parts of the devastated coastal…

Netanyahu’s ethnic cleansing scheme: aid workers killed; Israel won’t coordinate rescue for injured; new film on October 7th; multiple Palestinians killed in West Bank; Netanyahu + Congress; Jack Lew’s laughable…

On Thursday, Day 167 of the ongoing Gaza genocide, the Israeli army intensified its bombing of various parts of the Gaza Strip, especially Gaza City, and the attacks on the…

Defense For Children International – Palestine- Ramallah, March 20, 2024: Two children have been shot by Israeli forces and left paralyzed in the northern occupied West Bank. 17-year-old Amr Sweidan…

On Tuesday, the Israeli army continued the firing of missiles and shells at various parts of the destroyed and devastated Gaza Strip, including at Palestinians seeking food and aid, killing…

IsraelPalestineNews – If Americans Knew: Rafah incursion begins under the radar; famine has begun, will spread quickly without ceasefire; Al Shifa hospital attack, US State Dept’s non-response; Marwan Barghouti in danger;…

On Tuesday, Day 165, the Israeli army continued its genocidal war on the Palestinians in the devastated, starved, and destroyed Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of residents, including women…

On Monday, Day 164 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, the Israeli army invaded the Shifa Medical Center, and bombarded various parts of…

Welcome shipment of flour & other staples arrives in northern Gaza; malnourished babies too weak to cry; Oxfam publishes damning report on Israel’s lethal obstinacy; NYT: 26 attacks on aid-seekers…

Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) said on its X account that the situation of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is “catastrophic and words cannot describe it.” Citing its…

Geneva – EuroMed– “Do not let my family die in vain,” said Euro-Med Monitor’s advocacy officer, Ahmed al-Naouq, in an oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 55th…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has confirmed, Sunday, the death of a detainee from the Negev shortly after he was moved from the Eshil Israeli prison to an Israeli hospital. The…

On Thursday, Day 160 of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, the Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including many women…

If Americans Knew – IsraelPalestineNews: Israel suddenly seems capable of moving massive quantities of aid – to Gazans being further displaced; American in Gaza pulled from rubble; Israel targets UN aid…

RAMALLAH, Thursday, March 14, 2024 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Authority stated today that 320 Palestinian detainees in the Israeli prison of Galboa are currently ‘living in a deadly…

On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinians awaiting aid trucks at the Kuwait Junction in Gaza City, killing at least six and wounding dozens. Media sources said the…

On Wednesday, Day 159, the Israeli army continued the indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas in various parts of the devastated and destroyed Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians, including many…

On Wednesday, Day 159 of the ongoing Israeli onslaught and genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed and devastated Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and…

Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, stated that Israel has killed more Palestinian children in Gaza in just four months than all children killed in wars globally over the last four…

Netanyahu in denial about famine in Gaza, as more die of starvation; Israeli forces again opened fire on aid-seekers, killing at least 11; Israel will self-investigate assassination of elderly, deaf…

As Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip entered its 158th day, the Israeli army continued the indiscriminate bombing of various parts of the coastal region…

Updated: On Monday Day 157 of the Israeli genocide of the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds, in several parts of the devastated…

In full view of the world, the US is facilitating “some of the worst crimes of our age,” an action that could ultimately cause America’s downfall… Why is this happening…

Ramadan is off to rough start; Children being starved at fastest rate; 200,000 Gazans dead? Rafah invasion will happen, but not imminent; Israeli sniper drone killed a Gazan boy, zoomed…

On Monday, Palestinian medical sources confirmed the death of three children due to hunger and malnutrition in the devastated Gaza Strip, bringing the number of Palestinians who died from malnutrition…