The decimation of Gaza’s judicial system has left hundreds of thousands of women unable to claim inheritance, get a divorce, or retain custody of their children. “That is the reality of women in Gaza. We are abandoned,” says Maysoun, a mother of two.
Israel’s continued restriction of aid into Gaza has cut bread production by half as hospitals run out of baby formula and water supplies run low. Doctors warn that surging malnutrition cases among children may irreversibly harm an entire generation.
Donald Trump’s naked threats to target Iran’s civilian infrastructure are the culmination of a strand of neoconservative thought that has defined U.S. war-making over three decades, from the Iraq war to Obama’s drone campaigns to the Gaza genocide.
Israel has stated it does not plan to leave Lebanon even if the current ‘war’ ends. If the Gaza model is any guide, Israel appears to be moving toward expanding its border into Lebanon.
The residents of crowded tent encampments in Gaza now suffer from an infestation of rodents that bite people in their sleep. This week, a one-month-old baby was mauled in the cheek, leaving him in “critical condition,” doctors say.
An 18-month-old toddler in Gaza was returned by the Israeli army to his family with burn marks and puncture wounds on his legs. Doctors say the wounds are clearly the result of torture while the child was detained with his father.
Every year since 1953, the Irish Prime Minister has visited the United States on St. Patrick’s Day. This year, a chorus of Irish citizens and opposition parties called on the PM to boycott this year’s visit over Trump’s actions in Gaza and Iran.
Israel is waging a campaign of psychological warfare in Beirut by projecting godlike power from the skies, raining down bombs that mete out death and dropping leaflets vowing that Beirut and Gaza will share in the same fate.
Israel’s tightened restrictions on the entry of aid into Gaza since the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran have led to shortages of basic necessities and an astronomical rise in prices, raising fears of a return to famine.
The dehumanization of Israeli society itself reaches yet another nadir, as the soldiers who gang-raped a Palestinian prisoner from Gaza are not only freed, but celebrated and recommended to return to military service.