A person may feel great sadness following the Gaza war on television and social media, but experiencing the genocide first hand, researching it, knowing its victims, and listening to their stories, is something else entirely.
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.”
The Palestinian Red Crescent accused the Israeli army of preventing medical teams from reaching the injured. Human Rights Watch said Israeli soldiers are participating in West Bank settler attacks.
Germany, France and the UK called upon Israel “not to escalate” after Iran’s strike on Saturday. Israel killed 43 Palestinians attempting to return home to north Gaza as Hamas presents a new counter-proposal for a ceasefire.
Negotiations are set to continue in Cairo between Hamas and Israel, as Hamas holds to demands of a permanent ceasefire and the return of Palestinians to north Gaza. Meanwhile, Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah.
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.
The International Court of Justice imposed new provisional measures in South Africa’s case against Israel for its genocide in Gaza, ordering Israel to ensure the entry of food and other supplies in order to stop the spreading famine.
The UN Security Council finally passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, with the U.S. abstaining. But Netanyahu vowed to continue the war, with Israeli forces currently attacking two major hospitals in Gaza.
Netanyahu has vowed to invade Rafah despite the international red line. Meanwhile, the U.S. has sanctioned two illegal settler outposts in the West Bank for the first time.
The U.S. is putting pressure on the PA to reform itself so it can take on a local governance role in a “postwar” Gaza Strip. But analysts say the resignation of the prime minister “won’t change the ways” of the massively unpopular PA.