Gaza
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Guardian: "Israel-Hamas war" — (LINK)
Al Jazeera: "Israel-Hamas war live": now "Israel War on Gaza" — (LINK)
Ground News: "Israeli-Palestinian Conflict News"— (LINK)
Experts: ICC, UN blamed Israel for a famine that never happened in Gaza — exclusive: Columbia University professors: "We found that the food supply entering Gaza is more than sufficient to feed all 2.2 million Gazans". They note that it is "a myth that Israel is responsible for famine in Gaza" — jpost — 18 June 2024 (LINK)
— The ICC has claimed that Israel is "causing starvation as a method of war including the denial of humanitarian relief supplies [and] deliberately targeting civilians in conflict."
— They examined the "hard data, available from such sources as COGAT and the UN," they note. Federgruen and Kivetz's research and findings demonstrate that sufficient amounts of food are being supplied into Gaza. According to their research they "demonstrate that 250 truckloads suffice to feed the entire Gazan population, in accordance with a normal diet in North America." (see Gaza suffers famine-level shortages, mass death imminent, UN-backed monitor says (LINK))
Overnight Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 17 Palestinians, injure dozens — ground.news: 9 media reports — 18 June 2024 (LINK)
US-UK forces launch strikes on Yemen's Hodeidah and Kamaran Island, Houthi-run TV says — Reuters ● — 17 June 2024 (LINK)
Netanyahu disbands his inner war cabinet —Reuters ● — 17 June 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 165 media reports (LINK)
Israeli military announces 'tactical pause' in attempt to increase flow of aid into hard-hit Gaza — ground.news: 23 media reports — 16 June 2024 (LINK)
The United Nations has paused its work with the pier after a June 8 operation by Israeli security forces that rescued four Israeli hostages and killed more than 270 Palestinians — AP — 14 June 2024 (LINK)
WHO calls "for the immediate and active protection of civilians and health care in the West Bank" — AFP — 14 June 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 19 media reports (LINK)
Israeli jets strike targets in Lebanon after missile barrage hits northern areas — ground.news: 23 media reports — 14 June 2024 (LINK)
8 Israeli soldiers killed in southern Gaza in deadliest attack on Israeli forces in months — AP — 15 June 2024 (LINK)
Hamas responds to Gaza cease-fire plan seeking some changes. US says it's 'evaluating' the reply — AP — 11 June 2024 (LINK)
U.S. announces more than $400M in new humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza — ground.news: 31 media reports — 11 June 2024 (LINK)
UN says Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups may have committed war crimes in deadly 8 June raid — source — 11 June 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 36 media reports (LINK)
Israeli strike on south Lebanon kills senior Hezbollah commander, three fighters — ground.news: 24 media reports — 10 June 2024 (LINK)
How an Israeli raid freed 4 hostages and killed at least 274 Palestinians in Gaza — AP — 10 June 2024 (LINK)
Israel's centrist minister Benny Gantz quits Netanyahu government over lack of post-war Gaza plan: departure will not pose an immediate threat to the government while leaving Netanyahfhu reliant on hardliners — Reuters ● — 9 June 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 201 media reports (LINK)
A Gaza journalist who wrote for Al Jazeera was holding three hostages in his home with his family before he was killed by Israeli commandos during a rescue operation on 8 June, according to the Israeli military. — nypost — 9 June 2024 (LINK) — Israel extends Al Jazeera ban by 45 days, cites security threatground.news: 33 media reports (LINK)
13 Harvard graduating students denied their degrees over Palestine protest: the decision by Harvard to delay degrees for 13 students for one year has caused outrage at the university and a mass walkout from its graduation ceremony. — aljazeera — 9 June 2024 (LINK)
UN places Israel "on a list of shame" of countries that harm children in conflict zones — AP — 8 June 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 62 media reports (LINK)
Israel says 4 hostages, including 25-year-old Noa Argamani (whose motorbike abduction went viral), rescued in Gaza operation — ground.news: 11 media reports — 8 June 2024 (LINK)
More than 200 Palestinians killed in Israeli hostage raid in Gaza — washingtonpost — 8 June 2024 (LINK) — "'Horror movie' scenes"ground.news: 5 media reports (LINK)
US resumes maritime aid deliveries to Gaza after pier repair with nearly 500 metric tons — CNN — 8 June 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: media reports (LINK)
Israeli air strikes in central Gaza killed at least 18 people, including children, a day after 33 were killed at UNRWA-run school, according to HAMAS: Israeli military stated that Hamas militants were operating from the school. — AP — 7 June 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 23 media reports (LINK)
Gaza unemployment rate soars to nearly 80 percent amid war: ILO — thehill — 7 June 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 6 media reports (LINK)
Israel says jets strike school containing Hamas compound, Gaza media says 33 killed — ground.news: 265 media reports — 6 June 2024 (LINK)
Political commentator and former Bernie Sanders spokesperson Briahna Joy Gray, who previously denied allegations that Hamas carried out rapes on October 7, fired from The Hill days after rolling her eyes while interviewing the sister of a woman taken hostage who said she hoped Gray "specifically, would believe women when they say that they got hurt". — thepostmillennial.com — 6 June 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 13 media reports (LINK)
"Small group of country reps" storm out and others "joined them in solidarity" when Israel government representative and employer begin their speeches at International Labour Conference In Geneva — AA — 6 June 2024 (LINK)
— The incidents occurred during a special sitting on the situation of workers in the occupied Arab territories, where many countries voiced solidarity with Palestinian workers amid the ongoing war.
Netanyahu says Israel 'prepared for very intense operation' on Lebanon border — ground.news: 64 media reports — 5 June 2024 (LINK)
Israel reportedly used fake social media accounts to garner support from U.S. lawmakers on Gaza war — ground.news main source: NYTimes, 21 media reports — 5 June 2024 (LINK)
Slovenia becomes latest European country to recognise Palestinian state after parliamentary vote — ground.news: 118 media reports — 4 June 2024 (LINK)
More than half of Gaza structures destroyed or damaged: UN. Currently, no hospitals in Gaza are operating at full capacity — truthout.org — 3 June 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 13 media reports (LINK)
— Israel's attacks have also targeted educational centers, destroying all 12 of Gaza's colleges and universities. In total, Israel has severely damaged or destroyed 80 percent of schools in Gaza, conducting 212 "direct hits" on at least 53 of them, according to the U.N.
Israel confirms deaths of 4 more hostages, including 3 older men who appeared in video — ground.news: 151 media reports — 3 June 2024 (LINK)
How the UN got away with wildly inflating the casualty numbers in Gaza — and the media bought it — newsweek — 3 June 2024 (LINK)
Israeli airstrikes near city of Aleppo kills several people, Syrian state media say — ground.news: 53 media reports, with Ground News Article Assistance — 2 June 2024 (LINK)
Biden presents new Israel 3-phase ceasefire plan, calls on Hamas to accept: Hamas said it 'considers [it] positively' But Netanyahu insisted the army would continue fighting until it had 'eliminated' Hamas's capacity to rule Gaza and pose a military threat — france24 — 1 June 2024 (LINK)
— ground.news: 380 media reports (LINK)
— At least 36,284 Palestinians have been killed and 82,057 wounded in Israel's war in Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. Some 1,170 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks and 250 people were taken hostage, according to Israeli figures, with 132 still missing.
Israeli troops are in central Rafah, IDF confirms. IDF statement confirms presence of Hamas rocket launchers, terror tunnels, and weapons in central Rafah, as reported by CNN. Israeli military in central Rafah despite global concerns, dismantles Hamas weapons storage facility, as per IDF statement. Troops in central Rafah found Hamas weaponry, corroborating eyewitness reports of tanks in the area earlier this week. — AP — 1 June 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 118 media reports (LINK)
— Up to around 300,000 people are believed to remain in the Rafah area, with an unknown number still in the city itself. Most have flocked to rural areas on the Mediterranean coastline west of the city
Supermodels Bella, Gigi Hadid donate $1 million for Palestinians amid war — ground.news: 26 media reports, with Ground News Article Assistance — 1 June 2024 (LINK)