Gaza death toll hits 200, including 59 children, as the Biden administration blocks a UN security council statement calling for “respect for international humanitarian law” for the third time.
The Gaza death toll reaches 181 (and counting), including 52 children and 1,225 injuries. Israel shells residential neighborhood close to al-Shifa hospital overnight; two doctors among the dead; first responders still pulling people out of the rubble. US President Joe Biden reaffirms “strong support for Israel’s right to defend itself” in phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Gaza death toll reaches 139, including 39 children, as the Israeli attack on Gaza continues, which has included targeting international media offices. Protests in the West Bank are expected to continue, as Palestinians mark 73rd anniversary of the Nakba.
An update from Palestine as Israeli attacks continue and Norman Finkelstein talks about Human Rights Watch’s new apartheid report.
Ordinarily, we dedicate this newsletter to the latest updates around the pandemic with an emphasis on distilling data to our readers. This week, because Israel is engaged in the most intense escalation across the occupied Palestinian territory in seven years, we’re shifting gears but still using our same approach.
Gaza’s death toll has reached 129, including 31 children and 900 injuries, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. Israel reports seven casualties, including one child. US State Department Hady Amr was set to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders today.
The Israeli military is threatening a ground invasion of Gaza as the territory is attacked from air and sea.
UNICEF’s Executive Director Henrietta Fore warned today of escalations between Israel and Gaza reaching a “full-scale war,” in a statement that noted already 16 children have been killed and 95 injured over the past few days.
Photos from the last day in Gaza, where 28 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli airstrikes.
The death toll in the Gaza Strip reached 26, nine of them children, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday, following a night of Israeli airstrikes on the besieged territory. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said, “For every day that they shoot at Israeli citizens, we will send them back years.”