#PopeFrancis remembered as ‘dear friend’ by the people of Gaza

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By MEE staff
Published date: 21 April 2025 20:28 BST

"Thousands of pro-Palestinian social media users, as well as many from Gaza, paid tributes to Pope Francis, remembering him for his support for the Palestinian people during Israel’s 15-month ongoing onslaught in the besieged enclave.

In his final address on Easter Sunday, Pope Francis, 88, called for a ceasefire in #Gaza from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica as an aide read out a benediction in which the pope condemned the "deplorable humanitarian situation" caused by #Israel’s war on Gaza, which many on social media praised."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/pope-francis-remembered-dear-friend-people-gaza

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Report "US cargo planes supplied heavy weapons to Israel amid Gaza offensive"

Dozens have arrived in Israel since the end of January, with the US operating regular cargo flights.

Some also arrived from seven European countries.

The Israeli Broadcasting Authority has described the recent movement as an “unprecedented airlift” for military supplies.

https://aje.io/mj72bq?update=3656014

#stoparmingisrael #GazaGenocideNotWar #usenablement #uspol #bds .

Israel has ‘no choice’ but to continue fighting in Gaza, says Netanyahu

PM vows not to end war before destroying Hamas, as Israeli strikes kill more than 90 people in 48 hours

from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews via #TheGuardian
Sat 19 Apr 2025 17.14 EDT

"#BenjaminNetanyahu said again Saturday that #srael had “no choice” but to continue fighting in #Gaza and will not end the war before destroying #Hamas and freeing the hostages."

"#Netanyahu is under growing pressure at home, not only from families of hostages and their supporters but also from reservist and retired #Israeli soldiers who question the continuation of the war."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/19/israel-has-no-choice-but-to-continue-fighting-in-gaza-says-netanyahu?CMP=share_btn_url

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Report "US cargo planes supplied heavy weapons to Israel amid Gaza offensive"

Dozens have arrived in Israel since the end of January, with the US operating regular cargo flights.

Some also arrived from seven European countries.

The Israeli Broadcasting Authority has described the recent movement as an “unprecedented airlift” for military supplies.

https://aje.io/mj72bq?update=3656014

#stoparmingisrael #GazaGenocideNotWar #usenablement #uspol #bds .

Despair in Gaza as #Israeli aid blockade creates crisis ‘unmatched in severity’

Palestinians pushed into new misery as supplies of food, fuel and medicine run out in seven-week siege

from #TheGuardian
Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem
Sat 19 Apr 2025 12.54 EDT

"...Israel appears confident that it can maintain the siege with little international pushback.

It is also moving ahead with large-scale seizures of #Palestinian land for security buffer zones, and plans to shift control of aid delivery to the army and private contractors, exacerbating fears in #Gaza that #Israel intends to maintain boots on the ground in the territory long-term and permanently displace its residents."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/19/gaza-palestinians-israeli-aid-blockade?CMP=share_btn_url

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#HussamAbuSafiya's 'inhumane conditions' in #Israeli detention worsening #Gaza hospital director's lawyer says

#Palestinian prisoners are forced to take part in acts that would be 'morally denounced worldwide'

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Mera Aladam
Published date: 18 April 2025 15:22 BST

""As rights advocates and lawyers, we are ashamed to even talk about the levels of torture happening," she said, citing stomping on faces, humiliation and forced consumption of sewage water as some of the lighter treatment Palestinians face.

"Their honour is stepped on every day, every minute. Their mistreatment is incredibly horrible.""

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hussam-abu-safiya-inhumane-conditions-israeli-detention

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Gaza mourns beloved photojournalist #FatimaHassouna killed by #Israel

The photographer was looking forward to her wedding when she was killed alongside five siblings in an attack on her family home in #Gaza City

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Ahmed Dremly in Gaza City, occupied Palestine and Mera Aladam
Published date: 18 April 2025 11:35 BST

[article contains much detail about #Hassouna's life, tragically cut short by #Israeli strike]

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-photojournalist-fatima-hassouna-killed-israeli-strike-mourns

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#Palestinian Photojournalist & Protagonist Of Cannes-Selected Doc Killed In #Israeli Gaza Strike

#FatimaHoussana and 9 of her family members murdered 24 hours after film accepted in #Cannes festival

from #Deadline [USA]
By Melanie Goodfellow
Senior International Film Correspondent
April 17, 2025 5:11am

[heartbreaking story. Still hard to believe how murderous and cruel Israel is.]

https://deadline.com/2025/04/gaza-photojournalist-cannes-doc-killed-israeli-strike-1236370699/

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#Israeli airstrike hits hospital entrance in #Gaza, killing medic and wounding 9 other people

from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
Updated 9:27 PM EDT, April 15, 2025

"The strike hit the Kuwaiti Field Hospital in the Muwasi area, where hundreds of thousands have sought shelter in sprawling tent camps. The wounded were all patients and medics, and two of the patients were in critical condition after the strike, said Saber Mohammed, a hospital spokesman. "

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-ceasefire-hostages-04-15-2025-24a021daf95ee5e90007cc7205506b7f?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

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#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #USA #Germany #UN #ICJ #StopGazaGenocide #StopArmingIsrael #donate #news

"The #genocide in Gaza is escalating, so our campaign to stop it must escalate, too.
...
We must stop the flow of weapons to Israel — immediately.

Over the past 500 days, the #ProgressiveInternational has dedicated our efforts to that task: tracking, tracing, disrupting, blocking, and breaking the supply chains that deliver weapons of war to Israel..."

https://act.progressive.international/blockthebombs/

Terrible. Les sionistes utilisent entre autre des bombes à l'uranium, ce qui est totalement proscrit par les lois internationales.

The nature of the new Israeli Uranium bombs: Evidence from Beirut

https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/the-nature-of-the-new-israeli-uranium-bombs--evidence-from-b

> Dr. Chris Busby presents evidence that Israel used a Uranium-based bomb in the 2024 Beirut attack that assassinated Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, revealing airborne radioactive particles that pose long-term public health risks.

#stopArmingIsrael
#stopColonisation
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Mobilisations ouvrières contre le génocide à Gaza

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://contre-attaque.net/2025/04/15/mobilisations-ouvrieres-contre-le-genocide-a-gaza/

Israeli Policies and Settler Violence Are Driving Palestinians from the #JordanValley

In the occupied #WestBank, Israeli restrictions on movement for #Palestinians, denial of access to resources, and settlement expansion have all ramped up over the past 18 months.

From #DropSiteNews
Apr 14, 2025

'"We live in constant anxiety, day and night, due to #settler attacks," Bsharat told Drop Site. His family of 12 relies primarily on their flock of sheep for a living. In recent months, they have been repeatedly threatened by #Israeli settlers, who warn they will be shot if they cross onto the nearby land. "They raid our communities with tractors, provoke residents, and prevent us from accessing grazing areas. The army and settlers have seized the land for settler cattle farms."'

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/west-bank-jordan-valley-settler-violence-palestinians?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2510348&post_id=161250844&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=2y9nd&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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Photos point to Israeli tank fire in deadly strike on U.N. guest house

Experts say images obtained by The Washington Post show blast patterns and shell fragments that are consistent with two #Israeli tank shells. The #IDF has denied responsibility for the strike, which killed a European aid worker.

from #WashingtonPost [gift article]
[Bias alert - #WaPo usually favors Israel]

Today at 5:00 a.m. EDT

https://wapo.st/4jv2uCI

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Hello everyone. #SocialistSunday time again. Thoughts, as ever, go out to anyone affected by the horrific events in the Middle East. Will follow back like-minded people. #FreePalestine #PeaceForPalestine #PeaceForGaza #GazaFamine #StopArmingIsrael #NetanyahuWarCriminal

La France s’apprête à accueillir un navire transporteur d’armes pour Israël !

https://europalestine.com/2025/04/12/la-france-sapprete-a-accueillir-un-navire-de-guerre-israelien/

> Le même Emmanuel Macron, qui parle d'une éventuelle reconnaissance d'un Etat palestinien laisserait accoster le Navire Maersk dans le port de Fos sur Mer, nous alerte Thomas Portes, député LFI ! CAPJPO-Europalestine
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"Amid escalating horror, #UN experts urge States to take concrete action to end impunity for #Israel"

"More States must join the #HagueGroup, a bloc of states that is coordinating efforts to ensure #accountability for Israeli breaches of #international #law and uphold decisions by the International Court of Justice (#ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (#ICC), a group of independent #human #rights experts* said today."

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/04/amid-escalating-horror-un-experts-urge-states-take-concrete-action-end

Israeli Airstrike in #Gaza City Leaves Many Dead, Health Officials There Say

The strike on a home left other bodies buried under the rubble, according to the Gazan authorities. The #Israeli military said it had been targeting a #Hamas operative.

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[gift article - link can be shared. Expires in 30 days.]
[Bias alert - #NYT usually favors Israel]

By Vivian Yee and Ameera Harouda
Photographs by Saher Alghorra

Vivian Yee reported from Cairo and Ameera Harouda from Doha, Qatar. Saher Alghorra photographed and reported from Gaza City.
Published April 9, 2025Updated April 10, 2025, 3:40 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-city-strike-hamas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-k4.wsRf.x0Sk6BsWHb3-&smid=url-share

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