The Deadliest Period in History for Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Detention

After October 7, 2023, prisoners' conditions and abuse inside all Israeli detention centers have rapidly deteriorated, resulting in at least 70 deaths.

from #DropSiteNews
Mariam Barghouti
Jun 01, 2025

"Following October 7, 2023, prisoners’ conditions inside #Israeli detention centers have rapidly deteriorated. The last 19 months have seen a dramatic escalation in the number of #Palestinians behind bars, alongside increasing prisoner abuse and mistreatment by Israeli authorities.

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinian-prisoners-israeli-detention-abuse-starvation-death?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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#Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in #Gaza, hospital says

Witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire on people near distribution point run by #Israel-backed foundation

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and agencies
Sun 1 Jun 2025 06.04 EDT

"Thousands of people headed toward the distribution site hours before dawn. As they approached the site, #Israeli forces ordered them to disperse and come back later, witnesses said. When the crowds reached the Flag Roundabout, about 1km away, at about 3am, Israeli forces opened fire, the witnesses said."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/01/palestinians-gunned-down-while-trying-to-reach-food-aid-site-in-gaza-hospital-says?CMP=share_btn_url

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Opposition to Gaza war grows among Israeli soldiers as strikes ramp up

“I refuse to commit war crimes,” Yuval Ben Ari told NBC News earlier this month. “The patriotic thing to do is to say no.”

from #NBCNews #NBC
May 31, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT
By Hala Gorani and Shira Pinson

"TEL AVIV — Barely noticeable only a few months ago, opposition is growing about fresh #Israeli operations in #Gaza even among the country’s military reservists, some of whom have publicly called out the government for what they say is an immoral and politically motivated decision to continue the war."

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/israel-gaza-war-soldiers-opposition-strikes-military-operations-rcna209053

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Why Jerusalem will outlive #Zionism's march of hate

No matter how brutal they become, #Israel's far-right agitators cannot erase what history, geography and faith have forged

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
Soumaya Ghannoushi
29 May 2025 12:04 BST

"...#Israeli youths marched through the Muslim Quarter chanting “Death to Arabs”, “Flatten Gaza” and “There’s no school in #Gaza, there’s no children left”. Flagpoles were slammed against ancient doors, while marchers cursed the Prophet Muhammad and mocked the memory of #Palestine.

Not a single person was arrested for incitement."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/zionism-march-hate-will-never-crush-jerusalem-soul

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Children in Gaza Are Starving. Let the #UN Do Its Job.

May 29, 2025
By Catherine Russell

Ms. Russell is the executive director of UNICEF.

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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"Before hostilities resumed, the #UnitedNations operated a vast and effective aid delivery system inside #Gaza. During the recent cease-fire, we were delivering assistance like essential vaccines and medicine, lifesaving nutrition services and access to clean water through more than 400 distribution points, including in sites close to shelters for displaced families. #UNICEF and our partners went even further, delivering aid door-to-door, reaching malnourished children and pregnant women directly in their places of refuge."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/opinion/gaza-aid-unicef-un.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE8._QQg.PnUZ2BFG-5By&smid=url-share

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#Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s calls war in Gaza a ‘genocide’

from #MiddleEastMonitor
May 30, 2025 at 2:23 pm

"“Ben & Jerry’s believes in human rights and advocates for peace, and we join with those around the world who denounce the #genocide in #Gaza,” the board said in a statement viewed by Reuters. “We stand with all who raise their voices against genocide in Gaza – from petition-signers to street marchers to those risking arrest.”"

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250530-unilevers-ben-jerrys-calls-war-in-gaza-a-genocide/

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Hamas says US ceasefire plan accepted by Israel does not meet demands to end war in Gaza

Draft reportedly includes release of 28 hostages in first week, a 60-day ceasefire and aid for Gaza as soon as deal signed off

by #Reuters
Fri 30 May 2025 03.30 EDT

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Reuters
Fri 30 May 2025 03.30 EDT

"#Israel has agreed to a #US ceasefire proposal for #Gaza, the White House has said, and #Hamas said it was reviewing the plan although its terms did not meet the group’s demands."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/30/hamas-us-ceasefire-plan-accepted-israel-does-not-meet-demands-end-war-gaza?CMP=share_btn_url

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EXCLUSIVE: Inside #Trump’s New Gaza "Ceasefire" Proposal

Drop Site obtained the “term sheet” circulated by Steve Witkoff. It would allow Israel to resume war after 60 days.

from #DropSiteNews
Jeremy Scahill, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, and Jawa Ahmad
May 29, 2025

"A new proposal for a #Gaza ceasefire spearheaded by #DonaldTrump’s special envoy, #SteveWitkoff, includes a 60-day initial truce, a “redeployment” of some #Israeli occupation forces, and an exchange of captives, including ten living Israelis held in Gaza. It would also require the “immediate” delivery of humanitarian aid, including by the #UnitedNations and the #RedCrescent."

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-gaza-ceasefire-proposal-hamas-israel-witkoff?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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A family digs through trash for bits of food, showing Gaza’s growing desperation

from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
Updated 2:07 AM EDT, May 27, 2025

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — With flies buzzing all around them, the woman and her daughter picked through the pile of garbage bags for scraps of food at the foot of a destroyed building in #Gaza City. She found a small pile of cooked rice, a few scraps of bread, a box with some smears of white cheese still inside.

Islam Abu Taeima picked soggy bits from a piece of bread and put the dry part in her sack. She will take what she found back to the school where she and hundreds of other families live, boil it and serve it to her five children, she said.

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-palestinians-hunger-israel-blockade-fa0ec6052f0c8f358db5e4c1935963ce?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

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Four people killed after starving #Palestinians burst into #UN food warehouse in Gaza

Deaths from crushing and gunshot wounds come a day after #Israeli forces opened fire at a food distribution point

Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and Manisha Ganguly
Wed 28 May 2025 16.44 EDT

“Hordes of hungry people broke into WFP’s al-Ghafari warehouse in Deir al-Balah, central #Gaza, in search of food supplies that were pre-positioned for distribution,” #WFP said in a statement, which warned of “alarming and deteriorating conditions on the ground”.

“Humanitarian needs have spiralled out of control after 80 days of complete blockade of all food assistance and other aid into Gaza,” the statement said. “Gaza needs an immediate scale-up of food assistance. This is the only way to reassure people that they will not starve.”

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