Category: Human Interest

Jon Mroz – Correspondent – IMEMC News: Save the Children reported on October 10, 2024, that 14,100 children have been confirmed dead in Gaza since October 2023. Unofficial estimates are far…

Report By Maan News (Arabic): In Gaza, hunger has become a devastating weapon as the ongoing Israeli blockade continues to obstruct the entry of essential goods and humanitarian supplies into…

EuroMed Human Rights Monitor – Palestinian Territory – More than 70 Palestinian civilians were killed in an Israeli massacre last November, the majority of whom were women, children, and elderly individuals…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Surge in State-Backed Settler Violence: PCHR Condemns Settler Attack on Two Villages and Burning of 19 Vehicles in Ramallah The Palestinian Centre for Human…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Neveen Mohammed al-Dawawsah (21), a female paramedic and resident of Beit Lahia, north Gaza. Date of Testimony: 23 October 2024 When the Israeli war…

A Report by Rami Samara – Translated From WAFA News: The Israeli Knesset is expected to vote within hours on the second and third readings of two bills that threaten…

Joint Statement: Standing with the UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese in Face of Israeli-Led, Western-Backed, Intensified Attacks Amid Ongoing Genocide – PCHR While Israel continues its relentless genocidal campaign in…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff  Tuesday was the eighteenth consecutive day of the Israeli occupation forces’ aerial, ground, and naval bombardment of northern Gaza. The siege has included blocking supplies of…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff  Gaza’s health ministry stated, “The Israeli occupation committed two massacres of families in Gaza, resulting in 29 deaths and 93 injuries in the past 24…

Compilation by IAK staff of news reports: Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill 10-Year-Old Quintuplets Associated Press reports: The latest Israeli bombardment included a strike on a home in Deir al-Balah that…

Food aid in southern Gaza next to zero; Israel has killed over 2,000 Palestinian babies; Israel’s intensifying attacks on Gaza’s schools; West Bank violence; Israel approves new, punitive settlement –…

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor: Palestinian Territory – The Israeli army has killed 2,100 Palestinian infants and toddlers under the age of two, out of the about 17,000 children it has killed…

Israel’s claims about the school massacre refuted; Germany condones massacre as “self-defense”; 75th anniversary of Geneva Conventions – the Rules of War that no one follows; West Bank deaths; 1,000…

In Gaza, airstrikes continue, food rations drop, polio threat grows; in Israel, calls to punish not the rapists, but the one who filmed them, to make rape of Palestinian prisoners…

Report By B’Tselem: “Welcome to Hell” is a report on the abuse and inhuman treatment of Palestinians held in Israeli custody since 7 October 2023. The Israeli Information Center In…

Israel rains death and destruction on Gaza and West Bank; UNRWA gradually resumes educational activities; anti-Zionist rabbis attend Haniyeh’s funeral; Israeli-American soldier posted videos of Gaza homes, mosque being detonated;…

Israel’s assassinations continue – with two more journalists; Palestinian sexual abuse victim returned to scene of the alleged crime; Hezbollah commander, children killed in Israeli airstrike on Beirut; Israeli military…

IsraelPalestineNews: Israeli airstrikes continue to kill in Gaza, Israeli soldiers torture two more Palestinian prisoners to death; Israel falsely accuses assassinated journalist of being in Hamas; Israel perpetrates over 3,400…

Washington 7-24-2024 WAFA – American doctor, Mark Perlmutter said that Israeli snipers “deliberately” targeted Palestinian children during the recent attacks on the Gaza Strip. Perlmutter, who spent 30 years in…

IsraelPalestineNews: The International Court of Justice just handed down a momentous ruling about Israeli occupation and Palestinian rights. Here are the highlights, some helpful analysis, and reactions from key players.…

Palestinian territory, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor – During its four-day incursion into the western parts of Gaza City, the Israeli army committed horrific atrocities against Palestinian civilians, including willful killings,…

Palestinian Territory – Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor:  As talks resume to reach a truce to end Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, ongoing since 7 October 2023, the Israeli military…

A Palestinian detainee from the Jenin governorate, in the northern West Bank, has died inside an Israeli prison, exhibiting evidence of torture and abuse. Media sources reported on Thursday, that…

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor: Palestinian Territory – A compound crime: Israeli army hits Gaza family, uses them as human shields, and runs over their mother The Israeli army continues to use…

Damning evidence of possible widespread Israeli friendly fire on October 7th; another Palestinian journalist killed; Israeli admission that Hamas isn’t going anywhere; teenager killed in West Bank; Israeli prison deaths,…

On the night of March 2 Israel wiped out four generations of my family. I barely survived the slaughter. It is now my responsibility to tell their story. by Reem…

EuroMed Human Rights Monitor: Palestinian Territory – As part of its genocide that has been ongoing since 7 October 2023, Israel has been ramping up its use of small drones, or quadcopters, to drop explosive bombs and “shoot to kill” more Palestinians. The Israeli army…

More than anything else, the story of Palestine is the story of family. Read these accounts of life (and death) in Gaza from the Electronic Intifada. IsraelPalestineNews Israel kidnapped my…

Rafah is rubble, essentially without food and medical services; child dies of starvation; Jabalia in ruins; Israeli forces kill Palestinian journalist in Gaza, teenager in West Bank; ceasefire deal is…

The following are updates from international human rights observers from the US and Europe who are in the West Bank right now: Content warning: torture 5/4/24 We’ve done a few…

Gruesome discoveries on Gaza hospital grounds; Israeli airstrike kills Belgian aid worker and son, 7; premature baby girl Sabreen has died; another US State Dept employee resigns over Gaza policy;…

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…

Outlier US says No to Palestinian statehood; Biden mulls massive arms sale to Israel; Dems vote to advance $26 billion for Israel to House floor; Israeli “limited” strike in Iran…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The sun’s rays are burning in Palestine. My name is Shams [Sunshine]. I am 56 years old. I work as the director of an integrated kindergarten with disabled children. I…

Israeli forces open fire on Gazan aid-seekers, killing over 100, then blame everyone but themselves; US vetoes UN Security Council condemnation of massacre; US mulls air dropping aid – a…

IsraelPalestineNews.org: Massacre as Gazans try to reach aid truck; Palestinian journalist’s wife, 3-yr-old son, 20 others killed in Israeli bombing of residential compound; Israeli forces kill youth in West Bank; six…

70-80% of Gaza civilian infrastructure in ruins; another massacre of men, women & children; prisoner negotiations are reportedly progressing; UN calls for an arms embargo on Israel; West Bank violence;…

IsraelPalestineNews:  Reports of ongoing acts of genocide, war crimes, and despair; end of UNRWA aid to northern Gaza; West Bank restriction of movement; Blinken is “disappointed” about new settlement plans;…

IsraelPalestineNews: As Palestinians starve, at least 1,000 aid trucks wait for permission to enter Gaza; more reported white flag deaths; flour shipment is back on again; potential public health impact…

IsraelPalestineNews: Israeli forces killed Hind Rajab, 6, and her rescuers; Israeli snipers are killing dozens; Israeli military arrests Canadian citizens; West Bank death; Netanyahu orders Rafah attack plan that includes…

Stories of loss and grief: At least 17,000 children are estimated to be unaccompanied or separated from their parents in the Gaza Strip – Report By UNICEF This is a…

In Gaza, starvation has become a reality, not just a risk – still, Israel withholds aid; Khan Younis under intense bombardment as refugees try to flee; UN’s Francesca Albanese says…

IsraelPalestineNews – If Americans Knew: Israel kills yet another journalist, destroys yet another university; Bosnian genocide survivors take up Gaza cause at ICJ; communication still down in Gaza after almost a…

If Americans Knew – IsraelPalestineNews: Devastation in Gaza meets denial from Israel; Israeli refusal to cooperate with UN inquiry; deal brokered: medicine for Israeli hostages in exchange for more aid…

In the first six weeks of the Israel-Gaza conflict, major U.S. newspapers disproportionately emphasized Israeli deaths; used emotive language to describe the killings of Israelis, but not Palestinians; and offered…

If Americans Knew – IsraelPalestine News: Israel reportedly targeting random civilians, stealing 1,100 Gazan corpses from cemeteries; US senators critical of border policy for aid; 39 UPenn profs take propaganda…

The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society published, on Thursday the names of fifty-one female prisoners from Gaza in the Israeli “Damoun” prison. The organizations…

by: The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children in Gaza are at risk of famine and preventable death from disease as the world’s observant retreat into…

If Americans New – IsraelPalestinNews – Published December 24, 2023: The little town of Bethlehem is quiet this Christmas, as more and more deaths are reported in Gaza. An Israeli…

If Americans Knew – IsraelPalestineTimeline.org: Torture allegations; executions; possible pause in hostilities; new developments on the escape and killing by Israel of Israeli hostages; more evidence of Israeli culpability in…

If Americans Knew – IsraelPalestineNews.Org: Warning: contains some graphic footage. While Israel is causing starvation in Gaza, Israeli soldiers are cheerfully filming themselves destroying food, looting, and vandalizing Palestinian property.…

If Americans Knew – IsraelPalestineNews: Israel still targeting journalists, lying about it; Israel forces killed Israelis with white flags – then Israeli military chief claims “Israeli forces don’t kill people…

by: Yousef al-Jamal It is hard to write about Refaat Alareer, the person who instilled in me and so many other young people in Gaza, the love of the written…

If Americans Knew – IsraelPalestineTimeline: Gaza hospitals in crisis amid devastation, journalists at risk; Jenin in shambles; Israeli forces brutally attack CNN photojournalist on camera; Israel says “intense phase” of…

IsraelPalesineNews.org: Worsening humanitarian disaster, bombing of northern Gaza approaching scale of WWII, Israel bombs 800-year-old mosque, UN chief hits “panic button,” more guns in Israeli civilian hands, West Bank struggles,…

GENEVA (3 December 2023) – The brutal resumption of hostilities in Gaza and its terrifying impact on civilians underscore once again the need for the violence to end, and for…

Video message from Bethlehem Municipality, delivered by its Mayor, Mr. Hanna Hanania: As Christmas approaches, Bethlehem remains sad, just like all other Palestinian cities; we at Bethlehem Municipality, along with…

Christians in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and all parts of occupied Palestine have decided that Christmas this year will only focus on the religious aspect of this important advent in Christian and…

by Yousef Aljamal Reposted from Politics Today with permission from author. On Sunday, October 15, Israeli warplanes targeted a residential building in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp where dozens of my family…

Violation of Right to Life and Bodily Integrity

Latest Developments (after the reporting period) [This section is based on initial information from different sources. Further confirmed details will be provided in the next report.] On 5 September, Israeli…

Israeli bulldozers demolished, on Monday, the Arab Bedouin village of Al-Arakib, in the Negev region of Israel, for the 221st time. Since 2010, Israeli authorities have demolished the residential structures,…

Violation of Right to Life and Bodily Integrity Four Palestinians, including 2 civilians, were killed, and 37 others, including 4 children and 2 female and male foreign solidarity activists, were…

Violation of Right to Life and Bodily Integrity A child was killed and another Palestinian succumbed to his injury, while 9 others, including a woman, were wounded, and dozens of…

Latest Developments (after the reporting period) [This section is based on initial information from different sources. Further confirmed details will be provided in the next report.] On 22 August, Israeli…

Violation of Right to Life and Bodily Integrity Two Palestinians, including a child, were killed, and 2 others succumbed to their injuries, while 42 other Palestinians, including 9 children, were…

Violation of Right to Life and Bodily Integrity Four Palestinians, including a child, were killed, and 20 others, including 2 children, were wounded, while dozens of others suffocated and sustained…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, August 13, 2023 (WAFA) Rabbi Tzvi Kostiner, the head of the Israeli Midbara K’Eden Yeshiva, has called for the release of an extremist Israeli terrorist convicted in the…

Latest Developments (after the reporting period) [This section is based on initial information from different sources. Further confirmed details will be provided in the next report.] On 10 August, undercover…

Violation of Right to Life and Bodily Integrity 2 Palestinians, including a child, were killed, and 11 others, including 3 children, were wounded, while dozens of others suffocated and sustained…

Ramallah 7-30-2023 WAFA – The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said today, Sunday, that minor prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers suffer from harsh and inhuman conditions of…

The Palestinian community of Al Baqa’a is on the brink of vanishing, and not by choice. On 10 July 2023, following the establishment of an Israeli settlement within the community…

Latest Developments (after the reporting period) [This section is based on initial information from different sources. Further confirmed details will be provided in the next report.]

Violation of Right to Life and Bodily Integrity 6 Palestinians, including 3 civilians, amongst them a child, were killed, and 13 others were injured, while dozens of others suffocated and…

Violation of Right to Life and Bodily Integrity 5 Palestinians, including a child, were wounded, while dozens of others suffocated and sustained bruises in Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) attacks in…

RAMALLAH, Saturday, July 15, 2023 (WAFA) – The Israeli national water company Mekorot has reduced the daily amount of water supply to the provinces of Hebron and Bethlehem in the…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday evening, a peaceful sit-in against Israel’s policy of forced eviction, in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, local sources reported. Participants demonstrated non-violently,…

Peace Now: Report | July 13, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the Israeli government promoted 12,855 housing units in the West Bank, of which 9,805 were for…

Violation of Right to Life and Bodily Integrity 5 Palestinians, including a civilian, were killed, and 17 others, including a child and a woman, were injured, while dozens of others…

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR): Press Release | July 10, 2023 “Israel’s military occupation has morphed the entire occupied Palestinian territory into an open-air…

Violation of Right to Life and Bodily Integrity 2 Palestinians, including a Palestinian with disability, were killed, and 31 others, including 4 children and a fisherman, were wounded, while dozens…

Violation of Right to Life and Bodily Integrity