Simon Hart

Write stuff, including 'The Man Who Bled Blue', 'World In Motion' & 'Here We Go' @Toffeebooks. Views my own.

[Simon Hart @simon22ph]

Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible, including @xxfrancescax @EvertonHeritage @Toffeebooks #efc

[Feroze Sidhwa @FerozeSidhwa]

My colleague and friend Dr. Rizk Abu Shaaira was killed yesterday at work when Israel, backed by the US as always, bombed the surgical recovery room at Nasser Medical Complex. Two of his colleagues were badly injured, and many patients were hurt and killed. Dr. Rizk is featured on the original poster for the documentary American Doctor, standing to my right as we did a redo laparotomy on a disaster abdomen.

Dr. Rizk was one of those surgeons we describe as "super enthusiastic". On rounds he would jump at the opportunity to change a dressing, clean a wound, or pull a drain. He always had an answer to any question anyone asked. He embodied the surgical wisdom that "a chance to cut is a chance to cure."

Dr. Rizk's shocking murder is yet another reminder of why we must get control of our country. Our government has no right to force us to subsidize the mass murder of doctors and children, not in Palestine and not anywhere.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

It’s just one word.

[Max Blumenthal @MaxBlumenthal]

Israel just bombed the surgical ward of Nasser Hospital, a medical center it bombed and shelled numerous times during its war in Gaza

It murdered a doctor and his medical team

[State of Palestine @Palestine_UN]

🇵🇸 🏎️@LewisHamilton:

[Becky Tallentire @Bluestocking63]

No intelligent species destroys its own home in the name of ‘development’.

Please help 🙌🏼

#Southport #heritage #history

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[Everton Howard's Way @HowardsWayFilm]

Seven years ago OTD we released Howard’s Way @lcabbabeh @KeithMullin Seven years since an amazing night at St George’s Hall. Were you there?

[Howard Beckett @HowardRBeckett]

Lewis Hamilton visits the Rafah border 🇪🇬 to inspect aid meant for Gaza 🇵🇸

Lewis is forcing media to cover aid blocked from reaching Gaza 🇵🇸

Standing for the oppressed

There are those with elevated positions who are silent to genocide

Then there is Lewis

Shining a light.

👏

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

No more delays. No more excuses. We must open all the crossings, mobilize the whole humanitarian community, and get our full Winter plan delivered for Gaza.

[Simon Hart @simon22ph]

"With Mahmoud’s killing, the number of Palestinian sports figures killed by the Israeli occupation has risen to 1,017." @Palestine_fa
https://t.co/6RUjYvHU3W

[Palestine Football Association @Palestine_fa]

The Israeli army killed Mahmoud Kamal Abdel-Malek (20), goalkeeper of the first team at Gaza Sports Club, on Tuesday, in an Israeli airstrike targeting him on Al-Maghribi Street in the Al-Sabra neighbourhood, south of Gaza City.

Gaza Sports Club mourned its player, who had recently participated in the Thousand Martyrs Cup tournament, where the team finished as runners-up in the Gaza and Northern Gaza division.

With Mahmoud’s killing, the number of Palestinian sports figures killed by the Israeli occupation has risen to 1,017.

This comes just days after Israeli occupation forces killed 15-year-old Mohammad Nidal Barbak on Friday, 6 November 2026, shooting him while he was playing football with his friends in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis.

ل الجيش الإسرائيلي، اليوم الثلاثاء، حارس مرمى الفريق الأول في نادي غزة الرياضي محمود كمال عبد المالك (20 عاماً)، إثر استهدافه بقصف إسرائيلي في شارع المغربي بحي الصبرة جنوبي مدينة غزة.
ونعى نادي غزة الرياضي لاعبه الشهيد، الذي شارك مؤخراً مع الفريق في بطولة كأس الألف شهيد، والتي حلّ فيها النادي وصيفاً في فرع غزة والشمال.
وباستشهاد محمود، يرتفع عدد شهداء الحركة الرياضية الفلسطينية الذين قتلهم الاحتلال الإسرائيلي إلى 1017 شهيداً.
ويأتي ذلك بعد أيام من قتل قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي الفتى محمد نضال بربخ (15 عاماً)، يوم الجمعة الماضي (6 تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر 2026)، برصاصها أثناء لعبه كرة القدم مع أصدقائه في منطقة مواصي خان يونس.

[Francesca Lyons @xxfrancescax]

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[UNRWA.es @UNRWAes]

GAZA NO SOLO SE AHOGA. LA AHOGAN.

🌧️ La lluvia es un fenómeno natural. Que miles de familias en Gaza no tengan un lugar seguro donde protegerse, no.

La violencia militar les arrebató sus hogares. Ahora, el agua inunda las tiendas donde sobreviven.

https://t.co/P04cL21QQq

[Alex Crawford @AlexCrawfordSky]

The Israeli authorities continue to restrict vital goods into Gaza which would ease the suffering of those living in the most desperate conditions - limiting the entry of ‘tents, tarpaulins, plastic sheeting, insulation materials, blankets, fuel, cooking gas, heating equipment, and construction materials needed to repair damaged shelters’ - @save_children

https://t.co/lsPZA8RBIm

[Everton FC Heritage Society @EvertonHeritage]

Colin Harvey: Everton supporter, player, coach, manager and icon.
We hope that you enjoy our recent interview with this wonderful man:
https://t.co/DS8uTnd5cj

[Jan Egeland @NRC_Egeland]

This weekend, a massive winter storm battered Gaza. Our teams report that thousands of tents were damaged or destroyed.

Strong winds tore away makeshift shelters, while families waded through centimetres-deep floodwaters as rain soaked their few remaining belongings. People were left cold and wet, with nowhere else to go.

This is the fourth winter that displaced Palestinians have been forced to endure these conditions.

Nearly 13 months after the ceasefire agreement, 2.1 million Palestinians are confined to just 30% of Gaza. Nearly one million people are living in areas at medium to high risk of flooding.

Yesterday’s storm exposed the consequences of years of restrictions and shortages. There is not enough heavy machinery in Gaza to prepare sites and mitigate flooding. Even the machinery that is available cannot operate properly because of shortages of engine oil.

Those organisations who support with shelter are mobilising to deliver tents and essential household items to families who have lost what little they had. But there are not enough tents and supplies to meet the scale of the need, let alone replace those damaged by the storm.

And tents and tarpaulins are not the answer to Gaza’s winter. They cannot withstand heavy rain and strong winds, and many are already worn out after months of use far beyond their intended lifespan.

In August, the NRC-led Palestine Shelter Cluster reported that 1.98 million people – 94% of Gaza’s population – needed shelter assistance. Since then, only a fraction of the required supplies have entered, while severe funding gaps are forcing humanitarian agencies to do more with less.

We must move beyond repeatedly replacing inadequate tents and scale up transitional shelters that offer families more durable protection.

We urgently need heavy machinery, equipment and supplies to enter Gaza to support flood mitigation, clear rubble and prepare safer sites.

Palestinians have the right to receive the assistance they need. States must press Israeli authorities to uphold their obligations and facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid and essential materials.

Palestinians must not face another winter without adequate shelter. They cannot wait.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

For last 24 hours I’ve seen footage of horrific scenes from Gaza, just absolute human misery. Yet..it’s not there on any news outlet’s home pages, not discussed on our witless political shows. We’re just going to ignore it? Is that the plan?

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

Has the the human race not invented secure, portable, quickly constructed housing?

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

Gaza is under water.

The people of Gaza are enduring their fourth winter under harsh conditions. All while aid is in sight but being blocked from entering Gaza by Israel.

We must not become desensitised to such catastrophic human suffering happening in front of our very eyes.

[Paddy Heron 🇺🇦 @ChildrenInRead]

The Largest Auction of Signed & Dedicated Books in the Whole Wide World 👇
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[Husam Zomlot @hzomlot]

It is shameful that the world failed to prevent genocide, failed to shelter Gaza's civilians from Israel's bombs, and is now failing even to lift the blockade on basic supplies that would protect children and their families as rain floods the camps of displaced people across Gaza.