Israel is carrying out a deliberate campaign of starvation in the occupied Gaza Strip, systematically destroying the health, well-being and social fabric of Palestinian life.
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📍CHICAGO | The family of Khamis Ayyad, a 40-year-old Palestinian-American father of five, is demanding a U.S. investigation after he was killed in a settler attack in Silwad, near Ramallah on Thursday.
Ayyad lived in the Chicago area for 13 years, raising his kids in Cicero and Hammond, Indiana. He returned to occupied Palestine so they could learn Arabic and connect with their roots, as he continued working remotely for a U.S. company.
The attack that killed Khamis Ayyad took place at dawn on July 31, 2025, when Israeli settlers torched cars outside his home in Silwad. Ayyad rushed out to stop the flames from reaching a nearby building — saving lives — but Israeli soldiers arrived and fired tear gas at residents attempting to extinguish fires. His family believes his death was caused by inhaling both gas and smoke.
At a press conference with CAIR-Chicago, Ayyad’s brother was too emotional to speak. Family members say no U.S. officials — including Ambassador Huckabee or any Senators — have reached out. A State Department spokesperson told the Miami Herald they “offer condolences” and are “providing consular assistance” to the family, adding: “We condemn criminal violence by any party in the West Bank.”
Ayyad is the second U.S. citizen killed by extremist Israeli settlers in the West Bank this month.
🎥 Drop Site contributor Taha Syed (@MSyedt) filmed the event and interviewed Ayyad’s relatives.
Amnesty International: Israel is deliberately starving Gaza
Human Rights Watch: Israel is using starvation as weapon of war
Save the Children: Israel’s siege is starving the people of Gaza
Doctors Without Borders: Israel is destroying conditions of life in Gaza
The Atlantic:
This is not just a Palestinian or Arab issue—it is a moral crisis for all of humanity. When the world turns a blind eye to such blatant war crimes and upholds a system of apartheid and genocide, it undermines the very foundations of international law, human rights, and global peace. Zionism, in its current implementation, threatens justice everywhere by normalizing ethnic supremacy, military occupation, and state violence. Its unchecked expansionism is a danger to regional stability and global conscience, and it must be confronted for the sake of a just and humane world.
🇮🇱: Committing genocide in Gaza
🇮🇱: Annexing West Bank
🇮🇱: Occupying parts of Lebanon and Syria
🇮🇱: Bombs neighbors at will
🇮🇱: Has nuclear weapons
🇮🇱: Bombs Iran killing civilians
🌎: Does nothing
🇮🇷: Retaliates
🇮🇱: The world must not be silent
🇺🇸🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧: We condemn Iran
Yes, this is right. Israel has rejected the ceasefire terms and unilaterally produced a new set of terms, and is now blaming Hamas for insisting on the original terms. And the US and EU are backing Israel.
It's like June 2024 all over again.
Israeli captives' families are 100% clear that Netanyahu is the one violating the ceasefire agreement &blaming Hamas for it
Rather than listening to Yehuda Cohen or Einav Zangauker, the US/EU refuse to condemn Netanyahu. They instead condemned Gazans for their starvation & death