UNICEF is outraged by the killing of two drivers of trucks contracted by UNICEF to provide clean water to families in the Gaza Strip.
The victims were killed by Israeli fire in an incident that took place early this morning at the Mansoura water filling point in northern Gaza. UNICEF extends our condolences to the families of the men killed.
Full statement: https://t.co/gFQLWpCcaP
🇩🇪 German Chancellor Merz is the most unpopular head of government in the world.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has the lowest approval rating among 24 democratically elected world leaders, with just 19% of Germans saying they are satisfied with his work, according to US-based opinion research institute Morning Consult.
Netanyahu:
“I will not allow the establishment of a Palestinian state. Rather, Israel will maintain security control from the Jordan River to the sea, and this also applies to the Gaza Strip.”
Netanyahu wants Israel “ from the river to the sea”. will those who criticized that slogan before impose sanctions on Israel now?
Israel’s demolition of UNRWA’s buildings in illegally occupied East Jerusalem yesterday, boastfully overseen by the National Security Minister, is yet another example of the Israeli authorities’ full-fledged assault on international law, the UN & humanitarian work.
At a time when Israel continues to flagrantly violates its obligations towards Palestine refugees, UNRWA has long served as a lifeline, offering indispensable humanitarian aid, education, employment and shelter.
States must end their acquiescence by unconditionally supporting UNRWA and pressuring Israel to comply with the International Court of Justice’s October 2025 advisory opinion.
Israel must facilitate humanitarian aid, immediately revoke its anti-UNRWA legislations, and lift its cruel & arbitrary restrictions on humanitarian organizations.
“A new level of open and deliberate defiance of international law, including of the privileges and immunities of the United Nations, by the State of Israel.
Early this morning, Israeli forces stormed the UNRWA Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem.
Bulldozers entered the compound and began demolishing buildings inside it under the watch of lawmakers and a member of the government.
This constitutes an unprecedented attack against a United Nations agency and its premises.
Like all UN Member States and countries committed to the international rule-based order, Israel is obliged to protect and respect the inviolability of UN premises.
This comes in the wake of other steps taken by Israeli authorities to erase the Palestine Refugee identity.
On January 14, Israeli forces stormed into an UNRWA health centre in East Jerusalem and ordered it to close.
Water and power supplies to UNRWA facilities - including health and education buildings - are also scheduled to be cut in the coming weeks.
This is a direct result of legislation passed by the Israeli parliament in December, which stepped up existing anti-UNRWA laws adopted in 2024.
These actions, together with previous arson attacks and a large-scale disinformation campaign, fly in the face of the ruling in October by the International Court of Justice, which restated that Israel is obliged under international law to facilitate UNRWA’s operations, not hinder or prevent them. The court also stressed that Israel has no jurisdiction over East Jerusalem.
There can be no exceptions.
This must be a wake-up call.
What happens today to UNRWA will happen tomorrow to any other international organisation or diplomatic mission, whether in the Occupied Palestinian Territory or anywhere around the world.
International law has come under increasing attack for too long and is risking irrelevancy in the absence of response by Member States.”
— @UNLazzarini
Famine is confirmed by @theIPCinfo in #Gaza City and the surrounding areas.
They project that famine will spread further south by the end of September.
This is man-made.
For almost 6 months the Israeli Authorities have critically restricted food and other essential goods—including water, medicine, shelter and fuel.
Read their report: https://t.co/WjXAMcq8iH
#CeasefireNow
Vor den Augen der Welt verübt #Israel in #Gaza einen Genozid an den Palästinensern. Und die Bundesregierung? Die schaut zu und liefert der rechtsextremen #Netanjahu-Regierung sogar weiter Waffen. Das darf so nicht weitergehen! Und wir wollen auch nicht, dass bei uns immer mehr Geld in Rüstung fließt, dass Krieg als das neue Normal gilt, das irgendwann auch zu uns nach Deutschland kommt.
Kommt alle zu unserer großen Friedenskundgebung am 13. September um 14 Uhr am Brandenburger Tor in Berlin. Gemeinsam fordern wir:
👉🏻 Stoppt den Völkermord in Gaza!
👉🏻 Keine Waffen in Kriegsgebiete!
👉🏻 Frieden statt Wettrüsten!
Lasst uns ein Zeichen setzen – gegen diese unerträgliche Doppelmoral und für den Frieden!
Alle Informationen zur Kundgebung gibt es hier: https://t.co/Ud41pxeIHL
Just when it seems there are no words left to describe the living hell in Gaza, a new one has been added: “famine”.
This is not a mystery — it is a man-made disaster, a moral indictment and a failure of humanity itself. Famine is not only about food; it is the deliberate collapse of the systems needed for human survival. People are starving. Children are dying. And those with the duty to act are failing. As the occupying power, Israel has unequivocal obligations under international law — including the duty of ensuring food and medical supplies of the population. We cannot allow this situation to continue with impunity.
No more excuses. The time for action is not tomorrow — it is now. We need an immediate ceasefire, the immediate release of all hostages and full, unfettered humanitarian access.
"It is a famine. The Gaza Famine.
It is a famine that we could have prevented, if we had been allowed. Yet food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel.
Everyone owns this. The #GazaFamine is the world’s famine."
- @UNReliefChief
Israelische Armeebeamte sagen, dass sie keine beweise hätten, dass die Hamas in Gaza regelmäßig Lebensmittel gestohlen hätten.
Aber Steinmeier, der Bundespräsident, Kiesewetter, Laschet etc. propagierten öffentlich immer wieder die falsche Behauptung von Netanjahu in Deutschland
"I want to take this cyclist down. Strike him."
Shaboura Refugee Camp, Rafah, November 24, 2024: Major Bezalel Batit, Deputy Commander of the 931st Battalion, orders the murder of a Palestinian riding a bicycle, on camera, during the filming of a Kan Digital "Docutime" episode.
This is one of the worst crimes in history, caught on camera.
They sent aid trucks to lure the starving and opened fire with machine guns and tanks while filming their crimes and making fun of it.