An Israeli airstrike on the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in Lebanon killed 13 people amid escalating Israeli bombardment across Lebanon, threatening the ceasefire with Hezbollah – which Israel has already broken dozens of times.
Anti-Hamas protests this week in Gaza reflect widespread Palestinian desperation amid the Israeli genocide. The figures behind the protests might also indicate that external actors are now seeking to exploit Gaza’s pain for political gain.
As Israel’s genocidal war resumes in Gaza, entire families are being exterminated amid the bombardment, with family homes becoming family graves. Survivors tell Mondoweiss most of the dead are women and children.
The Israeli army targeted a press van in an airstrike outside a hospital, killing an entire crew from the Al-Quds TV network. One of the journalists was awaiting news from his wife inside the hospital, who was giving birth to their first child.
Israel bombed a number of schools and shelters for displaced Palestinians in Gaza over the weekend. Witnesses say that the Israeli attacks, which came without warning, caused the bodies of men, women and children to be burned and torn to shreds.
Hamas accepts Egypt’s proposal to form an independent Palestinian committee to run Gaza after the war, while Israel bombs another tent encampment for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis. Amnesty International declares Israel is committing genocide.
When the Gaza genocide began, I put my trust in God and dismissed fear altogether. But then, trapped under the rubble of my destroyed home, I felt true fear. And it hasn’t left me since.
Israel committed nine massacres in Gaza in just the first three days of September while the media’s attention shifts to regional developments.
Israel began its invasion of Rafah, ordering the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. “I do not feel safe in any place in Gaza,” Saadi Salem tells Mondoweiss as he attempts to flee Rafah. “The killing is in every corner around the Gaza Strip.”
WHO chief “appalled” at the destruction of al-Shifa Hospital. Domestic pressure on Netanyahu increases to strike a hostage deal with Hamas. The UN Human Rights Council considers an arms embargo against Israel.