On 30 September 2000, the world watched as Jamal al-Durrah tried to shield his 12 year old son, Muhammad, from Israeli occupation forces. Muhammad al-Durrah was killed that day, a child whose final moments, caught on camera, became one of the most searing images of the Second Intifada and of Palestinian history.
For Palestinians, this is not just footage preserved in history. It is a wound carried across generations. We recognize Jamal’s outstretched arm because it is every parent’s instinct, to shield, to sacrifice, to stand between their child and harm. We remember Muhammad not as an image, but as a boy with a name, a family, and a future that was stolen. His killing was not something we merely saw; it was something we absorbed, something that settled into our collective memory and never left.
Palestinian journalist Mohammed Abdel Aziz Al-Najjar was killed in an Israeli strike targeting a group of Palestinians in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.
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Twenty-six years ago, the Second Intifada began after Ariel Sharon’s visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
The uprising lasted more than four years and left thousands of Palestinians dead.
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On this day 26 years ago, the world watched, as Jamal al-Durrah tried to protect his 12-year-old son Muhammad from Israeli bullets that rained down on them in Gaza for 40 minutes. Despite pleads, Israeli soldiers intentionally shot Muhammad in the stomach- whose final moments of fear and horror were caught on camera and streamed by France TV, and injured his father.
Muhammad became the defining and haunting image of the Second Intifada.
BREAKING: At least nine Palestinians have been killed and 31 others wounded in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, says the enclave's health ministry.
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As the US Senate blocks a bill requiring stricter reporting on violations in the occupied West Bank violations, attention turns to young Palestinian-American citizens reportedly trapped in Israeli custody.
Here's what we know ⤵️
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Look at the unprecedented level of destruction the world has allowed Apartheid-Israel to get away with in Gaza.
Know that the killing machine in that devastated ghetto is still running full throttle.
What a shame.
BREAKING: An Israeli drone strike targets a residential apartment in Gaza City’s al-Nasr neighbourhood, with children among those severely injured, according to medical sources at al-Shifa Hospital.
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Google ha aggiornato le mappe di Gaza con nuove immagini satellitari ad alta risoluzione.
Guardatele.
Gaza è stata trasformata in un cimitero di rovine e macerie, devastazione apocalittica.
Quartieri spianati. Città ridotte in polvere. Ospedali, scuole, e università e librerie cancellati.
Non è una guerra: è la cancellazione deliberata di un popolo, vista dall’alto.
Questa è la geografia di un genocidio. Lo ha stabilito la Commissione d’inchiesta dell’ONU. Adesso lo mostrano anche le immagini.
E l’Italia è’ complice. Armi, componenti e forniture militari italiane hanno continuato ad arrivare a Israele mentre Gaza veniva rasa al suolo.
Fonte: immagini satellitari Google Maps / Google Earth https://t.co/hqIAjZU2JI
🚨🇬🇷 The #HindRajabFoundation appeals Greece decision to shield Israeli reservist Oran Rubin from war crimes accountability. Greek authorities refused to investigate despite clear evidence — claiming "lack of jurisdiction" instead of upholding international law.
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Israel has sealed the occupied West Bank for a week, tightening restrictions on Palestinian movement.
Here is where the 300 Israeli checkpoints are and how they work: https://t.co/GELodtAh1G
This footage is 35 years old.
It shows how Israel was treating Palestinians decades ago.
The oppression did not begin on October 7; it has been a reality for generations.