The evacuation of Rafah, in preparation for invasion (long forecast to be a bloodbath, and denounced by the US) – is underway; UNRWA chief Lazzarini’s accusations against Israel; US may have delayed an arms shipment to Israel; top int’l relations scholar says Israel Lobby is why Biden doesn’t reign in Israel; Netanyahu reportedly doesn’t want a ceasefire; reactions to the abrupt (but expected) closure of Al Jazeera-Israel; Palestinian journalist killed; campus protest news… By IAK staff, from reports BREAKING: HAMAS LEADER INFORMS MEDIATORS OF CEASEFIRE ACCEPTANCE – NEGOTIATORS TO MEET IN CAIRO FOR FURTHER TALKS A leading Hamas source reports that the … Continue reading The long-dreaded evacuation of Rafah has begun – Day 212

On Thursday, Day 146 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the army continued to target densely-populated civilian areas, and Palestinians awaiting aid trucks, killing and wounding hundreds, including many children and women. In Gaza City, the Israeli army fired many missiles and shells at entire residential blocs, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, while medics and Civil Defense teams remain unable to reach bombarded areas due to massive destruction and the intensity of the bombing. Media sources said the army fired bursts of live rounds at thousands of Palestinians in northern Gaza, especially Jabalia … Continue reading Day 146 Update: “Israeli Army Kills And Injures Hundreds In Gaza”

IsraelPalestineNews: As Palestinians starve, at least 1,000 aid trucks wait for permission to enter Gaza; more reported white flag deaths; flour shipment is back on again; potential public health impact of the current conflict in the Gaza Strip; US investigation finds “low confidence” about allegations for which Secy of State Blinken found “highly, highly credible”; Doctors Without Borders and UNRWA take on Israeli bullying tactics; another Palestinian prisoner dies; story comes to light about Israeli killing an Israeli on October 7th; Thursday’s ICJ summary; By IAK staff, from reports Al Jazeera reports: Israeli air strikes on residential homes in Deir al-Balah, … Continue reading 40 Gazans killed in Rafah, as UNRWA and MSF recount Israeli atrocities – Day 139

Israeli forces abducted, on Monday, thirty-seven Palestinian civilians in Ramallah and occupied Jerusalem, in the central West Bank, and Bethlehem in the southern part of the West Bank. The army also abducted eleven from the Jenin governorate in the north, ten from the Jericho governorate in the Jordan Valley, and one from Qalqilia in the northwestern part of the West Bank. Tulkarem On Monday evening Israeli forces stormed the city of Tulkarem in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank. Soldiers roamed the city in their military vehicles and on foot, firing live rounds, without making any arrests. Ramallah Israeli forces invaded and searched the … Continue reading Israeli Army Abducts 37 Palestinians From Ramallah, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted five young men from their homes in the Jenin governorate, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Qabatia town, south of Jenin, searched homes, and abducted three young men, Jawad Al-Kazaha, his brother Magdi, and Abu Mo’men Abu Zeid. The sources added that the soldiers also invaded Arraba town, southwest of Jenin, and abducted a former political prisoner, Shaddad Abdullah Al-‘Arda, the brother of Mahmoud, one of six Palestinian detainees who escaped from the heavily fortified Gilboa prison in September 2021 before being captured. Also, the soldiers abducted Mahmoud Ahmad Areedi from Jilqamous … Continue reading Israeli Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians From Jenin

On Friday, Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia, in the occupied West Bank’s northwestern part. The Palestinians marched from the center of the town carrying Palestinian flags and chanting for ongoing resistance until liberation and independence. Israeli soldiers attacked the protesters with gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets. Medical sources said the soldiers shot three Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets and caused dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation. Last Saturday, Israeli soldiers shot two Palestinians and caused many Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation in Kufur Qaddoum. Last … Continue reading Israeli Army Injures Three Palestinians In Kufur Qaddoum

“In the first six months of 2023, the UN has recorded 591 settler-related incidents resulting in Palestinian casualties, property damage or both. That’s a monthly average of 99 incidents this year.” “Palestinian herding communities are particularly vulnerable to these and other settlement activities. This year and last, OCHA has documented the displacement of at least 399 people from settler violence, from seven Palestinian herding communities across the occupied Palestinian territory. Three of these communities are now completely empty.” “The reason for the herders leaving, what they cite most often, is settler activities, including violence and settlement expansion, which results in the … Continue reading OCHA: “Increase in Settler Violence | Remarks Provided to the Press”

Israeli forces attacked, on Friday, the peaceful anti-settlement protest, and injured several Palestinians in the village of Beit Dajan, southeast of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to medical sources. Palestinians gathered for the weekly march in Beit Dajan village, southeast of Nablus city, to express their rejection of the Israeli occupation’s continued illegal colonial schemes in the West Bank. Israeli soldiers attacked the non-violent demonstrators by firing rubber-coated steel rounds, tear gas canisters, and concussion grenades at the unarmed civilians. According to medical sources at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Nablus, several Palestinians sustained inhalation injuries from exposure … Continue reading Israeli Forces Injure Palestinians at Weekly Anti-Settlement March, Near Nablus

Israeli Naval ships attacked, on Saturday morning, Palestinian fishermen in two separate areas off the coast of the Gaza Strip, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, local sources reported. Occupation Navy ships opened fire with live rounds and high velocity water cannons at Palestinian fishing boats that were sailing in the “Al-Sudaniyya area” northwest of Gaza City in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported, however the fishermen were forced to go to shore, abandoning a day of work, the main livelihood for many Palestinians in Gaza. Meanwhile, off the coast of Rafah, in southern Gaza, Navy … Continue reading Israeli Navy Opens Fire at Fishermen off the Northern and Southern Coast of Gaza

On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers injured several Palestinians in Rommana village, west of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said several army vehicles invaded the village from the direction of the Salem military base built on stolen Palestinian lands, leading to protests. They added that the soldiers fired many concussion grenades and gas bombs at the protesters, the surrounding homes, and a clinic, causing many Palestinians, including patients, to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation. Rommana is subject to repeated Israeli invasions and violations, including breaking into homes, abducting many Palestinians, and installing … Continue reading Israeli Soldiers Injure Several Palestinians Near Jenin