🎥 “You leave right now or you die.”
Israeli soldiers went door to door in the border village of Ain Arab, forcing residents from their homes at gunpoint, journalist Lylla Younes reports in her latest Drop Site investigation.
The forced expulsion of Ain Arab was a striking example of the Israeli military’s campaign to ethnically cleanse villages across southern Lebanon, with an estimated 60 villages completely destroyed south of the “Yellow Line” Israel declared on April 19, barring residents from ever returning.
Younes said it is emblematic of what Israel is doing across the south:
“There isn’t any sort of discernible calculus here besides mass destruction and mass instability really and mass punishment of a people.”
🔗 Read @LyllaYounes’s story for Drop Site at the link below.
"The open-fire instructions I was given were... Man, no matter what age, just immediately kill. They told us 'If it's a woman or a child, you make your own judgement... They even told us that about donkeys"
The Israeli soldier who shot Israeli captive Yotam Haim to death in Gaza in 2023 (in the incident where two more Israeli captives were murdered by the force), describes the rules of engagement ordered by the battalion commander Daniel Luria, who is currently busy blowing up villages in Lebanon.
The woman speaking with the soldier is Iris Haim, Yotam's mother and a genocide propagandist.
Aired on Channel 13 on May 8.
Every day Palestinians in Gaza think about where to get food from, where to find water - but few think about the men who wake up every day to clean the streets, remove garbage, and prevent disease from spreading in a place where the occupation has systematically destroyed sanitation infrastructure and waste management systems. Donate now: https://t.co/6l9JFjWInX
Their work is exhausting. The piles of waste grow larger, resources are scarce, and the conditions become more dangerous by the day. Yet they continue because they believe that cleanliness is part of faith, part of dignity, and part of caring for their community.
These sanitation workers are often unseen and rarely thanked. But Gaza would not function without them.
As part of our Eid meat distribution in Gaza City, Translating Falasteen x The Sameer Project made sure to visit and honor the sanitation crews who continue serving their people under impossible circumstances. Alongside the distribution of 200 kilograms of meat, we wanted to recognize the dedication, sacrifice, and humanity of those who work tirelessly to keep their neighborhoods clean and livable.
The full 200 kilograms of meat distributed cost $3,257 after fees and commissions. These workers preserve dignity, protecting public health, and continuing to serve our people despite all obstacles.
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🚨My latest:
The UN has now verified rapes of Palestinians by Israeli forces.
But almost three years after 7 October, it still cites no Israeli rape victims.
This exposes how atrocity propaganda was laundered through the UN to justify genocide
https://t.co/h0ZvRqabgY
Historian Ilan Pappé presented the opening lecture of the British International Studies Association conference in Brighton on Tuesday, attended by hundreds of academics.
Pappé presented his talk titled "Gaza as an Epicentre: the Breakdown of the International Order," addressing how dark this moment is for humanity, while arguing from a historian's perspective that it will trigger a change in how people across the world perceive themselves and their surroundings.
By @RabeeaEid
The UN is a useless organisation.
But this humiliation from weak nations for genocide supporting Germany should justify its continuity for a few more years.
The cartoonish Israel First German foreign minister having to announce result of the voting is icing on the cake.
⭕️ BREAKING: At least the 5th paramedic killed in Lebanon today.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry: One paramedic was killed and another wounded in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Zebdine, in the Nabatieh district of southern Lebanon.
Between the first time people were burned alive and today, what has changed in Gaza’s situation? Are the cries of people in the First World at demonstrations really that different from the suppressed anger in the Third World, or are we all bound by the same chains?.
"The message is unmistakable: a world that tolerated the assault on hospitals, ambulances and medical staff in Gaza should not be surprised when those practices spread beyond Gaza."
🔗 Read more in @middleeasteye ⤵️ https://t.co/JVknHCDiYl
Satellite imagery analysed by Al Jazeera shows Israel has built 40 military outposts in Gaza since the October 2025 ceasefire, including eight built after the announcement, despite agreeing to fully withdraw its forces.
🟥 Read more: https://t.co/tsxQueIYdS
Israel is attempting to manufacture consent for a deliberate attack on south Lebanon’s Tebnine Hospital, which is one of the south's largest and most vital medical facilities, by baselessly claiming Hezbollah has 'seized' it or is utilizing it in some way.
The hospital’s administration has fiercely denied these allegations in a statement released moments ago, warning that they are intended to justify an Israel attack. Despite the escalating danger posed by Israeli bombardment, the facility remains fully operational, currently housing approximately 70 staff members and 10 doctors who continue to provide critical care to active patients.
To completely refute these Israeli claims, the administration highlighted that the Lebanese Army maintains a continuous daily presence and an active dispensary directly on the hospital campus. Furthermore, teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) operate on-site. Labeling the unsubstantiated claims a direct violation of international law, the hospital has even invited global media and independent monitors for immediate field visits, while urgently appealing to the Lebanese government and international bodies to protect the facility and its workers.
"My lecture at the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting on trauma in Gaza was canceled after a pressure campaign by pro-Israel groups. Health professionals must be able to speak about Palestinian suffering without fear of punishment." https://t.co/jEfwhkLEHi