West Bank

Posted by: John Phoenix Gazans in Jabalya camp, awaiting humanitarian aid, June 15, 2025. As all across Gaza, they are surrounded by demolished buildings, under which lie the remains of thousands of Palestinians. (Bashar Taleb/AFP) The death toll in Gaza, as reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry, understates the true scale of the crisis, researchers say.  Israel’s disproportionate violence with advanced weaponry has made the war in Gaza one of the bloodiest of the 21st century. by Nir Hasson, reposted from Ha’aretz, June 26, 2025 On Monday of this week, Hamas’ Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip published an updated list of those killed in the war, a 1,227-page chart, arranged from youngest to oldest. The Arabic-language document includes the decease...

Posted by: John Phoenix Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen in the Jabaliya area in the northern Gaza Strip on May 12, 2025 (Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu) The plan, rejected by the UN and other aid groups, is nothing more than a ‘sinister’ mechanism of control masquerading as aid. By Muhammad Shehada, Reposted from Zeteo, May 13, 2025  As starvation in Gaza reaches new catastrophic levels after Israel banned all food and aid from the enclave for now more than 70 days, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee proudly announced on Friday an imminent breakthrough: Israel and the US are finalizing a new mechanism to resume food supplies to the enclave. “President Trump has made clear that one of the most urgent things tha...

Posted by: John Phoenix 7-year-old Kayyed Al-Nezli’s mother, Sherihan Al-Nezli mourns after Israeli forces conducted an airstrike on the Sabra neighborhood, which resulted in the deaths of several individuals, including children, and left others injured at Al-Shifa Hospital on the second day of Eid al-Adha in Gaza City, Gaza on June 7, 2025. (Dawoud Abo Alkas – Anadolu Agency) Western media struggles to state reality plainly: Palestinians face a grim choice—die of hunger or die trying to get food aid amid deadly distribution attacks, both at the hands of Israel. By Belen Fernandez, Reposted from Fair, June 06, 2025 Israeli tanks opened fire last week on a crowd of thousands of starving Palestinians at an aid distribution center in the ci...

Posted by: John Phoenix Thousands of Palestinians walk along Al-Rashid Street carrying bags of flour after aid trucks entered through the Zikim area in northern Gaza city on June 17, 2025. Several of those seeking aid were shot by Israeli forces. ((Yousef Zaanoun /Activestills)) Near-daily Israeli massacres at food distribution sites have killed over 400 Palestinians in the past month alone. Survivors describe stepping over corpses to get their hands on a bag of flour: ‘What choice do we have?’ By Ahmed Ahmed & Ibtisam Mahdi, Reposted from +972 Magazine, June 20, 2025 In the early hours of June 11, before sunrise, 19-year-old Hatem Shaldan and his brother Hamza, 23, went to wait for aid trucks near the Netzarim Corridor in the central Gaza Strip. Th...

Posted by: John Phoenix Funeral ceremony of Palestinians, who lost their lives in Israeli attacks on Al Nasser neighborhood in Gaza, on 21 June 2025 (Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor) Israel’s day after plan in Gaza has been revealed by its so-called ‘aid’ regime: disaster capitalism and Shin Bet-organized crime, says Richard Silverstein. by Richard Silverstein, reposted from The New Arab, June 17, 2025 Another of Israel’s worst-kept secrets is out: Shin Bet is arming and funding 600 to 1,000 Palestinian mercenaries from the al-Shabab clan in Gaza to sow chaos and counter Hamas by proxy. These gunmen fire directly at starving Palestinians seeking the aid provided by Israeli-US disaster humanitarianism, with over 100 killed since the program began in...

Posted by: John Phoenix A funeral ceremony is being held in front of the Al Ahli Baptist Hospital for the 4 members of the Hamada family who lost their lives in an attack by the Israeli army on the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, Gaza on June 21, 2025. (Dawoud Abo Alkas – Anadolu Agency). Every time a warning siren goes off in Israel, I cannot help but think of my friends in Gaza, where there are no sirens, no shelters, no hospitals, no food, and no water. by Diana Buttu, reposted from Zeteo, June 17, 2025 “Diana, are you and your family ok?” This was the first text message I received from a friend after missiles landed in Haifa following Israel’s illegal attack on Iran. Many friends from around the world have since messaged and called, but it was that first mess...