A shocking Associated Press investigation has uncovered disturbing footage showing security contractors firing live rounds and stun grenades at Palestinians, not in combat zones, but at food distribution centers in Gaza.
"This is not in any sense an equal partnership."
Israel’s attack on Iran is the latest example of Washington giving Israel the freedom to harm the US’ own interests, argues the Center for International Policy’s Matt Duss. #AJOPINION
Breaking | In the latest toll, 13 Palestinians were reported killed and others injured in Israeli occupation strikes on multiple residential apartments in Gaza City.
Mohammad Abu Afsh, the director of medical relief in Gaza, told Al Jazeera that the situation in the Strip is getting worse for children.
“We expect a large number of children to die from malnutrition unless a serious intervention occurs,” he warned.
A Palestinian child lost his brother while they were heading north in search of humanitarian aid for their family, as Israel continues to target and kill civilians desperately seeking aid, turning aid centers into daily death traps.
A 3-year-old boy, Mohammed Rushdi Zamel, was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Jabalia, Gaza. He was born after 15 years of his parents’ struggle to conceive, a symbol of hope and perseverance. His death shattered a dream that took a lifetime to achieve.
The #Madleen is nearing Gaza.
Israel is preparing to stop it, not because of the food or medicine it carries. Those supplies are a drop in the ocean compared to the scale of destruction and suffering in Gaza.
What truly worries Israel is the message these courageous men and women aboard the ship will carry back to the world — after witnessing, firsthand, the reality on the ground.
Israel wants to silence that message before it can be heard.
#FreedomFlotilla