Introduction

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2024-02-15

Update 1

🚨 STORMING NASSER HOSPITAL

This morning Israeli forces stormed Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, a terrifying escalation after a 25-day siege. Soldiers are INSIDE while heavy tank + machine gunfire continues on. Echoing the al-Shifa hospital attack, Israel claims hostages are held in the hospital, based on so-called “credible intel” but no proof. Hamas fully refutes this claim.

Storming the biggest hospital in the south is a critical point in Israel’s attacks on healthcare.

300 medical staff, 450 patients & 10,000+ displaced are in the complex. Soldiers handcuffed all medical staff, preventing treatment and abducting many young Palestinians.

The hospital’s barely functioning; no food or water, limited medical supplies & electricity to run out in 48 hours.

Some managed to escape snipers while fleeing; but there’s nowhere safe to go. Israel continues bombing areas across the Strip as Palestinians are fleeing Rafah to other besieged areas in fear of the looming Rafah invasion.

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-02-14

Update 1

• 103 Palestinian killed, 145 injured in Gaza in past 24 hours

🇱🇧 Biggest escalation of Israeli strikes on Lebanon after Hezbollah attack killed 1 soldier + wounded 8 Israelis. Israel retaliated w/ “extensive wave of attacks” going deeper in Lebanon reaching Nabatieh; killing 9+ civilians incl. 4 kids. Israeli army chief says they’re preparing for a war

🇪🇸🇮🇪 Spain & Ireland push EU to “urgently” examine Israel’s human rights violations in Gaza + compliance to EU/Israel Association Agreement; drawing attention to critical situation in Rafah

🇨🇦 Canadian parliament committee unanimously adopts motion to investigate arms export permits to Israel; allowing scrutiny & transparency of Canada-Israel arms trade history

• West Bank: 18+ abducted in night raids, incl. 2 women + 13-year-old

🏥 Israeli bombardment of Khan Younis intensifies; weeks long siege of al-Amal & Nasser hospital threatens hundreds wounded & displaced — more detailed update on the situation tomorrow

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-02-14

Update 1

• 133 Palestinians killed, 162 injured in Gaza in past 24 hours

🇺🇸 Senate passed $95bn foreign aid bill, with$14bn to Israel + to ban UNRWA funding. But the House of Representatives is unlikely to pass it as Republicans oppose Ukraine aid + Mexico border issues

🇫🇷 France sanctioned 28 Israeli settlers for violence against Palestinians in West Bank

⚖️ South Africa made urgent request to the ICJ for additional measures after Rafah massacre to prevent the looming Israeli invasion of Rafah

• Israeli drone attack targeted Al Jazeera journalist Ismail Abu Omar & photojournalist Ahmad Matar in Rafah causing serious injuries; since Oct. 7 Israel killed 126+ journalists

🏥 Israeli snipers killed 3 at Nasser Hospital (Khan Younis); Israel ordered an evacuation but medical staff have stayed to treat the injured

• West Bank: Israeli forces killed Palestinian in Qalqilya + abducted 22 across West Bank + Settlers shot 2 Palestinians, burned a car & threw Molotov cocktail at a home

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-02-13

Update 1

• 164 Palestinians killed, 200 injured in Gaza in past 24 hours

• Israel continues severe attacks on Khan Yunis as snipers killed 7, wounded 14 in Nasser Hospital

🔻 Hamas says 10 Israeli soldiers killed in Khan Yunis

🇳🇱 Dutch court ordered the Netherlands to halt export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel by 7 days due to clear risk of use in Israeli war crimes; Dutch gov’t will appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court

• Israel using Gaza as distraction to accelerate settlements in West Bank + expanding settlements in occupied Jerusalem; since 7 Oct, 17 colonies were fast tracked + 4 approved (3700 housing units)

🇬🇧 UK sanctioned 4 Israeli settlers, 1 was from the 4 the US sanctioned earlier this month

• Israel claims it freed 2 hostages in Rafah during last night’s massacre. But Hamas hasn’t confirmed if they were even in its custody. But Netanyahu likely to use this to justify more massacres, despite Hamas reports that 5 hostages killed from Israeli strikes yesterday

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-02-12

Update 1

February 12, 2024 at 6:18 PM (Gaza time): Day 129 of the Gaza Genocide:

• Israel killed more than 28,730 Palestinians, in the last 129 days alone.

Source: Aljazeera.com

2024-02-09

Update 1

February 9, 2024 at 6:16 PM (Gaza time): Day 126 of the Gaza Genocide:

• Israel killed more than 28,337 Palestinians, in the last 126 days alone.

Source: Aljazeera.com

2024-02-06

Update 1

🇪🇬 Anonymous Egyptian official says Egypt threatened Israel w/ suspending its normalization deal if Israel displaces any Palestinian from Gaza into Egypt (Israel Hayom)

🇨🇦 British Columbia minister Selina Robinson, who said Palestine was a “crappy piece of land” before Zionist colonization, resigns after backlash & public pressure against her party (the New Democratic Party)

🏦⁠ ⁠2 Israeli banks have now blocked accounts of 2 settlers targeted by the new US sanctions

🇺🇳⁠ Algerian draft UNSC resolution calling for ceasefire was vetoed by the US, claiming it’d derail current efforts for the truce deal

🇬🇧 UK Labour Party MPs risk deselection from standing in next election over Palestine stance – current suspended MPs likely won’t be reinstated. This comes as Muslim Labour vote drops from 86% to 43% since 2019 w/ 85% citing Gaza for their decision

🇯🇴 HRW: Jordan has arrested hundreds of citizens who engaged in pro-Palestinian protests or online advocacy in recent months

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-02-05

Update 1

• Heavy bombardment of Khan Yunis continues as Israel destroys many residential neighborhoods; approx. 8000 Palestinians trapped in al-Amal hospital were given “safe passage” to Rafah — 40 elderly + 80 injured remain, unable to flee

• Israeli forces in West Bank shot & killed 14-year-old Palestinian boy; causing him to bleed to death after soldiers blocked ambulances

🇯🇵 Reuters: Japan trade company Itochu Corp to end cooperation w/ Israeli weapons maker, Elbit systems – citing ICJ’s ruling for its decision

🇺🇸 Biden urges US Congress to pass $118.3 billion foreign assistance bill, allocating$14.1 billion to Israel – unclear how much humanitarian assistance will go to Gaza but clarifies none will go to UNRWA

• Financial times: Israel’s intelligence report on allegations against UNRWA employees “provides no evidence;” claims were based on smartphone intercepts + captured identity cards

🇪🇸🇵🇹 Spain to send $3.8 million +$1.08 million from Portugal in extra funding to UNRWA

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-02-04

Update 1

• Massacre in “safe area” Deir el-Balah (central Gaza) killed 30+ people after Israel targeted residential buildings & a mosque; while Israel continues targeting Rafah killing 92 Palestinians overnight & shelling in Khan Younis with 2 killed in drone attack

• The WHO estimates 100,000 Palestinians have been injured, lost or killed since Oct. 7

🏦 Haaretz: Israeli Bank Luemi told UNRWA that it’s blocking their bank account due to “tangible suspicions it’s transferring funds to terror groups in Gaza.” UNRWA has already lost $440 million in funding, despite Israel not producing any evidence

🔻 Hamas says it killed 15 Israeli soldiers + destroyed 43 military vehicles in the past days; attacks from northern Gaza continue despite Israel’s claim it dismantled Hamas’s operations in the north

• Haaretz: Netanyahu coordinated w/ Israeli ministers to oppose a hostage deal; by using internal disagreements as justification for failing to reach a deal, Netanyahu can deflect US pressure

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-02-03

Update 1

• 107 Palestinians killed and 165 wounded in the past 24 hours

• More than 2 dozen Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli air raids in eastern & central Rafah, Israel’s “safe zone”

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia willing to accept a political commitment from Israel to recognize a Palestinian state, not anything more binding — in exchange to resume US plans of normalizing Saudi-Israeli relations

• Senior Hamas official says claims about internal disagreements are “misleading”; the group is still studying deal to pause fighting. Note many sources are reporting conflicting facts on the deal – no single report should be assumed immediately true as it’s a rapidly evolving issue w/ many ambiguities & divided stakeholders

🇪🇬 Israel seeks to reach agreement w/ Egypt to move Palestinians from Rafah to the north away from Gaza-Egypt border, so Israel can maintain border control. The agreement would ensure Palestinians don’t seek refuge in Egypt, a move aimed to pressure Egypt to accept

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-01-30

Update 1

January 30, 2024 at 6:16 PM (Gaza time): Day 116 of the Gaza Genocide:

• Israel killed more than 27,121 Palestinians, in the last 116 days alone.

This data was last updated on 30 Janury 2024.

Source: Aljazeera.com

2024-01-28

Update 4

🇺🇸 Drone attack killed 3 US troops & injured 30+ near the Jordan-Syria border — US blames Iran-backed groups. This marks the first US soldier casaulties since the start of the genocide, indicating further regional escalation which is guaranteed as long as Israel’s onslaught continues. Note that this attack is also tied to pre-existing tensions involving Iran, US, Syria & Iraq.

• Israeli protests on the Karem Abu Salem border crossing (only open Israel-Gaza crossing) intentionally halted the entry of aid trucks w/ flour, food & hygiene items into Gaza since Wednesday. Israel shut down the crossing as a “closed military zone” which should interrupt the protests & allow passage of more aid trucks.

• Wall Street Journal: Israel is failing to destroy or infiltrate Hamas’s underground tunnel network, 80% remain intact.

🇬🇧 UK Labor party suspends MP Kate Osamor for her Holocaust memorial day tribute, which called for the recognition of all genocide victims, including Gaza.

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

Update 3

🚨Bombardment of Khan Younis continues to intensify as the siege of Nasser & al-Amal hospitals creates a dire situation for displaced Palestinians.

Nasser Hospital, the largest medical facility in Khan Younis, is in a complete electricity blackout; out of water & food; and lacking medicine, anesthesia & blood. Al-Amal Hospital can no longer operate in any surgical capacity as PRCS reports oxygen supplies have run out.

Forces have been opening fire at the vicinity of the hospitals - endangering the medical staff, patients, and the approx 7,000 displaced Palestinians seeking shelter.

Israel “justifies” this endangerment of civilians by the unsubstantiated claim that Khan Younis is now the HQ for Hamas. The IOF continues to issue orders of evacuation, including the hospitals, ignoring the hundreds of wounded who are unable to move. While those who are able are forced to walk towards Rafah through flooding and facing attacks from tanks, artillery shells & Israeli attack drones.

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

Update 2

• US, UK, Germany, Canada, Italy, Finland & Australia suspended funding from UNRWA, the UN agency formed to support Palestinian refugees. Criticized by UN personnel as “shocking” + “collective punishment”. Allegations against the 12 employees came from interrogations by Israeli authorities who are proven to elicit false confessions via torture & blackmail

• Yesterday the DCIP v Biden case accusing Biden, Blinken, & Sec. of Defence of complicity in genocide, began in US courts – seeking an emergency court order to halt US support for Israel, incl. weapon transfers & unconditional backing

• Biden’s decreasing popularity is ever apparent as he’s consistently confronted by protestors at public events – Barak Ravid notes Biden wants less coverage of Gaza as elections near, as it hurts him “especially among young voters”

• Harsh weather has worsened living conditions for 1.3 million Gazans living in tents that are flooding & falling +  many are without any warm clothes

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

Update 1

January 28, 2024 at 6:14 PM (Gaza time):

Day 114 of the Gaza Genocide:

Israel killed more than 26,792 Palestinians, in the last 114 days alone.

Source: Aljazeera.com

2024-01-27

Update 2

January 27, 2024 at 6:15 PM (Gaza time):

Day 113 of the Gaza Genocide:

Israel killed more than 26,453 Palestinians, in the last 113 days alone.

This data was last updated: 26 Jan 2024.

Source: Aljazeera.com

Update 1

• Israeli forces have opened fire on Palestinians fleeing Al Dahra neighborhood of Khan Yunis after an order to evacuate. The bombardment of Khan Yunis is intensifying, forces are destroying residential buildings, they’ve encircled Nasser and al-Amal hospitals, & enforced a curfew stopping ambulances from moving. Nasser hospital, which is sheltering 5000 Palestinians, has been under siege for 5 days – they’re in a complete power outage + have run out of food, anesthetics, & painkillers.

• Israel continues its raids in the West Bank — storming Deir Abu Darif (near Jenin) + Qalqilya, reports of gunfire & critical injuries.

• Hamas welcomes the ICJ’s ruling, adding the international community must hold Israel accountable to the ICJ’s orders.

🇺🇸 US says it’s temporarily pausing UNRWA funding while they review the allegations that 12 of its employees may have been involved in Oct. 7.

🔻 Hamas claims an ambush of 7 IOF soldiers in central Gaza, leaving soldiers dead and wounded.

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-01-26

Update 2

• Gaza Health Ministry: 200 Palestinians killed and 370 injured in the last 24 hours

• Israeli forces committed a massacre against thousands of Palestinians who were waiting for aid in Gaza, killing at least 20 and wounding 150

🇮🇪 Irish Parliament voted down a motion to back South Africa's ICJ case; but passed a counter-motion that they'll ‘strongly consider’ intervening after the preliminary order. PM Varadkar stated the government agrees South Africa’s case is valid, but will wait until the main case is filed

🇳🇱 A document leaked by civil servants contains a request from the office of the Dutch Prime Minister to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs quoting: “What can we say to make it look like Israel hasn’t committed any war crimes?"⁠ (NRC news)

• According to the Economist/YouGov poll, 35% of Americans believe Israel is committing genocide

• UN’s hunger monitoring agency: “This is the highest share of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity ever classified”

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

Update 1

Good morning community

The ICJ will issue its provisional measures in 2 hours. It will be announced in a live hearing you can watch at tinyurl.com/watchicj 📺

We will send updates throughout and summarize after. In the meantime, brush up on your knowledge of the case via our post.

There are several scenarios for today. Al-Jazeera outlined them here: tinyurl.com/icjscenarios

Despite not being party to the proceedings (because it’s not a state), Hamas yesterday said it’d abide by a ceasefire ordered by the ICJ, if Israel does as well.

Israel is unlikely to accept an order for a ceasefire, but may follow orders regarding aid, safe zones, etc. Or at least it may claim that it will 🙄

The US won’t say if Israel should abide by an ICJ order (which is legally binding), indicating that the US will wait to see if it agrees with the verdict.

Remember that we’ll also be sending updates on our 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸 channels! See you in a bit.

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-01-25

Update 1

• Gaza Health Ministry: 200 Palestinians killed and 370 injured in the last 24 hours

• Israeli forces committed a massacre against thousands of Palestinians who were waiting for aid in Gaza, killing at least 20 and wounding 150

🇮🇪 Irish Parliament voted down a motion to back South Africa’s ICJ case; but passed a counter-motion that they’ll ‘strongly consider’ intervening after the preliminary order. PM Varadkar stated the government agrees South Africa’s case is valid, but will wait until the main case is filed

🇳🇱 A document leaked by civil servants contains a request from the office of the Dutch Prime Minister to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs quoting: “What can we say to make it look like Israel hasn’t committed any war crimes?”⁠ (NRC news)

• According to the Economist/YouGov poll, 35% of Americans believe Israel is committing genocide

• UN’s hunger monitoring agency: “This is the highest share of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity ever classified”

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-01-24

Update 1

🚨 An Israeli attack on an UNRWA shelter west of Khan Younis housing tens of thousands of displaced people has caused “mass casualties”.

The artillery shelling set ablaze to parts of the center, with fire engulfing a building and several tents of displaced Palestinians. Several people are trapped inside, currently unable to escape the flames.

UNRWA spokesman Abu Hasna says “We have not been able to get in and from the compound in the last 48 hours because the Israeli tanks actually [were] very close to the compound”.

“We tried to coordinate the exit of the [people] there but did not succeed”.

Abu Hasna said this was far from the first time that an UNWA facility in Gaza had been hit but noted that it was “maybe the first time that we see such a huge fire”.

“People are screaming, crying, asking for help. We hope that we will not find so many people to have been killed”.

We don’t have many details; only reports that “dozens” have been killed and injured.

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-01-23

Update 2

• Hamas rejected Israel’s proposal of a temporary 2-month truce for the release of all Israeli hostages. Hamas insists on a permanent ceasefire & Israeli withdrawal.

🏥 Israel ordered the evacuation of Nasser Hospital (Khan Yunis) but bombing and heavy gunfire make it too dangerous for staff, patients and displaced people to leave.

⚖️ Several human rights orgs, including @dcipalestine & Al-Haq, are suing Biden, Blinken, & Austin for aiding and abetting genocide.

⚖️ The Justice and Accountability For Palestine Initiative issued a warning of intention to prosecute to some European officials for providing military, economic, and political support to Israel.

• The UN special rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri: “We’ve never seen 2.2 million civilians made to go hungry within weeks. We have never seen this degree of hunger used as a weapon so quickly and so completely, ever.”

🇱🇧 Hezbollah struck Israel’s Meron airbase, causing infrastructural damage. Israel retaliates.

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

Update 1

🇾🇪 Saudi Arabia launched artillery strikes on northern Yemen (Yemeni SABA news agency).

• Of the 600,000 people globally facing starvation, 95% are in Gaza (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification).

• About 22 officers and soldiers were killed and injured by the Israeli forces bombing of two buildings and collapse of a third in Khan Yunis (Israeli sources).

• Israeli newspaper Maariv reports that the extent of military manufacturing in Gaza has ‘astonished’ the IOF, highlighting that Al-Qassam Brigades have an infinite capacity to strengthen their forces.

🇪🇺 The EU has urged its member states to impose ‘consequences’ on Israel if Netanyahu continues to oppose Palestinian statehood.

• Israel’s Ministry of Defence reports that they will soon expand their military operations in Khan Yunis into other areas.

• The Israeli military reports that their operation in Khan Yunis is due to last several more days.

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-01-22

Update 2

Today’s updates are important ‼️

🚨 IOF advanced for the 1st time into the Mawasi district in western Khan Yunis & stormed the Al-Khair hospital, abducting medical staff.

🚨 IOF surround & besiege Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis. “The troops are all around, and the only roads for evacuation are filled with dead bodies.”

🚨 Al-Amal Hospital (Khan Yunis) is besieged by Israel, and soldiers are “targeting anyone who tries to move in the area.” Palestine Red Crescent lost all contact with their crews in Khan Yunis.

🇱🇧 Israeli war cabinet member Gantz told French Defense Minister that Israel is close to moving on a large scale deep into Lebanon ‼️

• 190+ murdered by Israel in last 24 hours in Gaza.

• Axios: Israel proposed to Hamas a 2-month ceasefire + releasing some Palestinian hostages in exchange for all Israeli hostages. Egyptian reports say Hamas is flexible on a multi-phase ceasefire but insists on full Israeli withdrawal + freeing all 🇵🇸 hostages

More updates later; lots has happened

Update 1

• 178 Palestinians killed in the last 24 hours, with Khan Younis and the area around Nasser Hospital specifically under severe bombing and witnessing intense clashes.

• Health Ministry’s death toll surpasses 25,000. This doesn’t include bodies still under the rubble. 3,000 of the victims were murdered in January.

• Netanyahu rejects Hamas’s offer for a ceasefire and release of hostages, a move condemned by his political opponents.

• Israeli newspaper Maariv & Channel 12 reported that Hamas’s demands include a complete ceasefire, Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, international guarantees to preserve Hamas’s rule & immunity from prosecution for Hamas leaders.

🔻 US intelligence estimates that Hamas still possesses sufficient capabilities to strike Israel for “several months”.

🇸🇦 Saudi Foreign Minister says that without an “irreversible” path for the establishment of a Palestinian state, there’d be no Saudi-Israeli normalization

🇱🇧 Israel killed 2 Lebanese, Hezbollah responds with rockets

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-01-21

Update 2

🇮🇹 Italy’s Foreign Minister revealed that Italy has halted all arms sales to Israel since October 7th!

“It’s all blocked.”

His remarks suggested that the suspension of sales will remain until a permanent ceasefire is reached. This means this decision was a welcome and necessary step, but arms sales cannot continue as ‘normal’ to an apartheid state once the bombing ends.

Update 1

⚖️ A member of South Africa’s consultation team said they expect an ICJ verdict in a week!

🇧🇪 The Belgian Minister of Development Cooperation says Belgium would fully support ICJ rulings for a ceasefire.

• Israeli Defense Minister Gallant stormed Netanyahu’s office; it nearly escalated into a “fistfight” as it becomes increasingly likely that the cabinet will splinter.

• Western-Israel tensions increase after Netanyahu fully rejected any 2-state “solution”, with Western politicians enraged that he said the most obvious thing ever.

• Israeli attacks continue across Gaza, focused on the south, on Khan Younis and Rafah, several killed. Hamas claims recent attack on Israeli soldiers in central Gaza.

• Arab states are reportedly working on a plan to normalize relations with Israel in exchange for a ceasefire + establishment of a Palestinian state in West Bank & Gaza. Very unlikely to succeed.

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-01-20

Update 2

‼️ Israeli missile hit Damascus, Syria, killing 4 Iranian military officials - another sign that a nascent regional war has already begun.

🇱🇧 Israel is preparing food supply chains in case of war with Lebanon. Israel’s latest attack killed two men 25km deep into Lebanon, much deeper than usual.

• Israel admitted that its soldiers dug up Palestinian corpses from graves allegedly in search of Israeli hostages’ bodies.⁠ But Palestinian bodies have been left out, desecrated.

🇨🇭 A criminal complaint against Israeli president Herzog was filed to the federal Swiss prosecutor as he attended Davos 2024 for crimes against humanity in Gaza.

🇮🇩 Indonesia will join Slovenia in the ICJ for an advisory opinion on the illegality of the Israeli occupation. This case began in 2022 and is separate from South Africa’s. Hearings start next month.

🦠 400,000 cases of infectious diseases in Gaza, including 8,000 cases of Hepatitis A. Small correction to our last broadcast: It’s 8,000 cases of Hepatitis A. 🔗 Source.

📳 Telecoms partially restored to the Gaza Strip.

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

Update 1

• Day 106 of the Gaza Genocide:

  • Israel killed more than 25,296 Palestinians, in the last 106 days alone.

• This data was last updated: 3 hours ago. Source: Aljazeera.com

2024-01-19

Update 1

🇺🇸 US Foreign Sec Blinken urged Israel to recognize that Hamas can’t be militarily dismantled.

• 170+ Palestinians killed in the last 24 hours in Gaza, as the south especially is heavily bombarded

📳 Gaza’s telecoms blackout enters its 7th day

• Israel’s Labor Party + Yesh Atid party are proposing a vote of no confidence in Netanyahu’s govt for its inability to return Israeli captives + budget disputes. The motion is unlikely to pass due to Netanyahu’s coalition’s parliamentary majority.

🇸🇮 Slovenia will join ICJ proceedings for an advisory opinion on the legality of the Israeli occupation, becoming the first European country to do so. *This ongoing case started in 2022 and is separate from South Africa’s BUT Slovenia said it will also consider joining South Africa’s case.

🇾🇪 The Houthis directly struck another US ship with missiles.

🇪🇺 The EU parliament passed a symbolic resolution calling for a ceasefire, but also called for the full dismantlement of Hamas. This makes the call for a ceasefire useless, as Israel would need years to even come close to dismantling the Qassam Brigades (Hamas’s military wing).

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-01-18

Update 2

January 18, 2024 at 10:27 AM (Gaza time):

••• Israel killed more than 24,987 Palestinians, in the last 3 months alone.

Source: Aljazeera.com

Update 1

• Ongoing 26-hour Israeli raid on Tulkarem (West Bank); 6 Palestinians killed, fierce battles between resistance fighters & IOF soldiers. Israel launched air strikes on the city - a rare action in the West Bank marking an escalation.

🇨🇦 Canada said on Monday that it’ll abide by whatever the ICJ rules on the genocide case

• Israel released the body of Ruqaya Jahalin, a 4-year old girl who Israeli soldiers murdered a few days ago in the West Bank.

🇺🇸 Sanders’ bill to condition military aid to Israel on human rights was killed in the Senate 72-11. But it broke new ground: “The status quo in the Senate for decades has been 100% support for Israel’s military, 100% of the time from 100% of the Senate,” said Andrew O’Neill, an NGO leader. The fact that only 72% of senators opposed the bill marks a shift

🇾🇪 US re-designated the Houthis as a terrorist org. Houthis responded by striking a US ship. US bombed Yemen an last night

📳 Gaza telecoms blackout now ongoing for 6 days; longest one so far.

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-01-17

Update 1

🚨‼️ Displaced Palestinians flee the area of Al-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after Israeli bombing, as Israeli troops close in. @wizard_bisan1 reports Israel is planning on invading the hospital, one of the last functioning facilities in Gaza, as patients and refugees have nowhere to go. Watch @wizard_bisan1 ‘s videos on instagram ‼️

• Israeli Broadcasting Authority quoted Netanyahu as suggesting the genocide may continue until 2025.

• Israel and Hamas agreed to bring medicines and aid into Gaza in exchange for delivering medicines to Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

• Palestinian journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh is now in Egypt for medical treatment

🇬🇧 The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians filed a criminal complaint to the Met Police’s War Crimes Unit against UK officials for complicity in Israeli war crimes

🇱🇧 Hezbollah launched 6 attacks today on Israeli troops & military bases

🇾🇪 US seems that it will re-list the Houthis as a “terrorist group” after removing them from the list in 2021

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

2024-01-16

Update 2

🇪🇬 Last night, ~20 militants from Egypt exchanged fire with Israeli soldiers near Al-Awja crossing (not in Gaza). Egypt & Israel claimed they were “drug traffickers” but experts think such a well-coordinated op points to a large militant group, and that it was done in solidarity with Gaza.

🇾🇪 The Houthis will expand their targeting to include all American ships.

🔻 Some of the resistance’s recent rockets were launched from areas in Gaza where Israeli forces were present, showing their inability to stop Palestinian operations. Today, Hamas launched rockets from an area in north Gaza in response to Israeli claims that it “destroyed” Hamas capabilities there.

🇺🇸 Washington Post reported that the US believes there’s no point currently in urging Israel to move to a less intense phase in Gaza, and that it must accept the status quo for the coming month.

🇬🇧 UK Labour Party — the main opposition — retracted its position to unilaterally recognize Palestine, according to leader Keir Starmer.

• 25 people killed overnight in Israeli attacks in Gaza, including on a house north of Rafah and Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.

• 132 people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza over the past 24 hours.

🇮🇷 Iran claims responsibility for the missile attack on Erbil, Iraq, saying it destroyed the “espionage headquarters” of Israel’s Mossad. This is a clear escalation of regional tensions, which experts have been warning would be the inevitable spillover from the war on Gaza.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh announces its intent to intervene in the South Africa v Israel case, a welcomed decision in light of Germany’s plan to intervene in support of Israel. 👉 Interventions are a rarity in the ICJ courts history, yet an unprecedented 33 states intervened in the Russia v Ukraine case.

🇺🇸 US Secretary of State Blinken marked 100 days of Israel's war on Gaza by only expressing sympathy with Israeli detainees, adding that the US "will not rest" until all Israeli detainees are united with their families.

Source: Let's Talk Palestine

Update 1

••• Israel killed more than 24,447 Palestinians, in different Palestinian territories, in the last 3 months alone.

Source: Aljazeera.com

2024-01-15

Update 1

••• Israel killed more than 24,447 Palestinians, , in different Palestinian territories, in the last 3 months alone.

Source: Aljazeera.com

2024-01-14

Update 1

••• Israel killed more than 24,190 Palestinians, , in different Palestinian territories, in the last 3 months alone.

Source: Aljazeera.com

2024-01-13

Update 1

••• Israel killed more than 23,910 Palestinians, , in different Palestinian territories, in the last 3 months alone.

Source: Aljazeera.com