Israel has declared war on peacekeeping; Washington joins Israel in war on truth – Day 370
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Israel has declared war on peacekeeping; Washington joins Israel in war on truth – Day 370
Palestinian residents of the northern Gaza Jabalia Refugee Camp flee to other areas with the belongings they could carry, following Israeli attacks on the camp in Gaza City, Gaza on October 1, 2024 (Mahmoud İssa/Anadolu Agency)
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff

At least 56 people have been killed in Gaza in several Israeli strikes, including at least 20 in Jabalia refugee camp.

Israel blocks World Health Org evacuation of sick children in northern Gaza: Health Ministry

Anadolu Agency reports:

The Israeli army blocked a World Health Organization (WHO) delegation from evacuating sick children from hospitals in northern Gaza amid the worsening situation due to ongoing military operations in the area, now in their sixth day, a senior Gaza health official said Friday.

A health ministry spokesperson said, “The army turned back the WHO delegation tasked with evacuating intensive care patients and children from northern hospitals.”

He added that Israeli attacks and blocking of fuel trucks are putting the hospitals at risk of halting operations.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society also revealed on Friday that all its ambulances in northern Gaza were forced to stop over the lack of fuel due to the Israeli army’s incursion and siege for the sixth consecutive day.

Dozens of ambulances are destroyed during the Israeli raids on Nasser Hospital as the repairmen try to provide parts from ambulances that are out of use and put them into use again as the Israeli attacks continue in Khan Yunis, Gaza on October 9, 2024
Dozens of ambulances are destroyed during the Israeli raids on Nasser Hospital as the repairmen try to provide parts from ambulances that are out of use and put them into use again as the Israeli attacks continue in Khan Yunis, Gaza on October 9, 2024 (Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu Agency])
World Food Program warns of famine threat in Gaza as winter approaches

Anadolu Agency reports:

The World Food Program (WFP) warned Thursday that the threat of famine persists in Gaza amid tragedy and suffering in the Palestinian enclave.

There are around 100,000 tons of food waiting to enter Gaza – enough to feed over a million people for five months – but according to WFP, the closure of crossing points, security issues and route disruptions at crossings are limiting aid delivery.

WFP warned that one million people risk losing vital support if the flow of assistance does not resume.

“As another winter approaches, every day is a struggle for survival. Hunger remains rampant and the threat of famine persists,” the UN agency said on X.



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Four Days in Gaza: Five Journalists Killed or Wounded

The Intercept reports:

On Wednesday, a group of journalists were covering the siege in northern Gaza, when they were attacked. Witnesses said the journalists were targeted.

Like other Palestinian journalists who have been killed and injured in Gaza, Fadi al-Hawidi, a cameraman for Al Jazeera Arabic, was wearing a flak jacket with the word “PRESS” clearly visible on it.

In his last post on Instagram before he was shot, al-Hawidi filmed himself as he reported on civilians being shot at by Israeli forces while attempting to leave the area in compliance with the military’s orders. Unarmed people can be seen running as gunfire rings in the background.

One of the other journalists described what happened: “Suddenly a quadcopter drone appeared above the broadcast vehicle and the place where we were, and it started firing directly at us.

“The drone started chasing us and the entire crew, firing directly at us. A bullet hit my colleague Fadi’s neck and he immediately passed out and fell to the ground.”

According to his colleagues, Fadi is now permanently paralyzed due to his injuries.

A spokesman for the Israeli military told The Intercept, “The IDF is not aware of the incident referred to. The IDF has never, and will never, deliberately target journalists.”

(Read the full story here.)

Below is a short video of one of the first Israeli attacks on journalists in this war: Dylan Collins’ video testimony of the targeted IDF attack on October 13, 2023.



WATCH: American Journalist Could Face Death Penalty for Reporting in Israel




UPDATE: According to The Intercept, Jeremy Loffredo was released from prison Friday morning by Israeli authorities after four days in Israeli detention, but was ordered to remain in the country until October 20, allowing investigators more time to bring additional allegations or to further interrogate him.

Israeli police had held Loffredo, an independent journalist from New York, on suspicion of assisting an enemy in war, a serious allegation that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment or death, his attorney said.

In his reporting, he showed the locations of several Iranian missiles that had landed inside Israel earlier this month. As was the case with other media outlets, some of Loffredo’s footage was shot near sensitive Israeli sites.

Israeli forces again attack UNIFIL in southern Lebanon, peacekeepers injured

Anadolu Agency reports:

Israeli forces on Friday launched another attack on the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) headquarters in southern Lebanon, injuring several Sri Lankan peacekeepers stationed there.

An Israeli Merkava tank reportedly targeted one of UNIFIL’s observation towers on a main road, in front of a Lebanese Army checkpoint, injuring the Sri Lankan contingent stationed there.

Israeli artillery fired a shell that struck the main entrance of the UNIFIL command center, causing damage to the site. This was the second attack on the location in three days.

According to legal experts, recent Israeli attacks on the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) constitute a serious violation of international law.

AL JAZEERA ADDS: The Israeli military says it is “conducting a thorough review” to determine details of attacks on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon: “The [Israeli military] expresses deep concern over incidents of this kind and is currently conducting a thorough review at the highest levels of command to determine the details,” the army said in a statement.

NOTE: Israel’s self-investigations consistently whitewash its crimes and fail to appropriately punish the perpetrators. Israeli sources, including the government itself, have a long track record of lying (for example, this and this and this.)

Headquarters of the UN Interim Force (UNIFIL) in southern Lebanon’s Naqoura
Headquarters of the UN Interim Force (UNIFIL) in southern Lebanon’s Naqoura (Ali Abdo - Anadolu Agency )
WATCH: 254 days after Hind Rajab’s murder, Biden admin says Israel can investigate itself

From Middle East Monitor:

Zeteo News’ Prem Thakker asked US Secretary of State spokesperson Matthew Miller how Washington can continue to arm Israel when its investigations into misconduct by its soldiers keep being closed without anyone being held to account.

Miller said it’s not for the US ‘to adjudicate’ over what information Tel Aviv issues is accurate.



US officials continue to see Israel’s operation across Lebanese border as ‘limited’: Pentagon

Anadolu Agency reports:

Israel is conducting a “limited” operation across the Lebanese border to remove the Hezbollah group’s infrastructure, the Pentagon said Thursday.

“All indications that we have right now are that Israel continues to conduct limited ground operations across the border to remove Hezbollah attack infrastructure,” Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters.

Israel has been mounting massive airstrikes across Lebanon against what it claims are Hezbollah targets since Sept. 23 that have killed more than 1,323 people and injured nearly 3,700.



US expands sanctions against Iran following attack on Israel


In the context of Israel’s siege on northern Gaza, shooting civilians and journalists, blocking healthcare for critically ill children, attacking peacekeeping forces, and other actions – the US has chosen to sanction Iran.

Anadolu Agency reports:

The US expanded sanctions on Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical sectors in response to Iran’s Oct. 1 attack on Israel, the Treasury Department said on Friday.

“This action intensifies financial pressure on Iran, limiting the regime’s ability to earn critical energy revenues to undermine stability in the region and attack U.S. partners and allies,” the department said in a statement.

“As long as Iran devotes its energy revenues to funding attacks on our allies, supporting terrorism around the world, and pursuing other destabilizing actions, we will continue to use all the tools at our disposal to hold it accountable.

“These measures will be reinforced by ongoing close coordination with partners and allies to address and counter Iran’s actions,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.

US military veteran arrested by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank

Middle East Eye reports:

United States citizen and military veteran, Michael Jacobsen, was arrested Thursday by Israeli forces while accompanying a Palestinian farmer in a village in the West Bank, according to the International Solidarity Movement (ISM).

The ISM said the farmer was facing “daily harassment, attacks, and invasions of his private land by Israeli settlers and occupation forces”.

Israeli police arrested Jacobsen and took him into custody at the interrogation center created by Israeli Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. ISM explained that Israel has a policy of silencing international activists, who often raise awareness of the plight of Palestinians.

Police said Jacobsen was “endangering the public due to provocation of disturbances” and accused him of entering the country illegally because they suspected him of supporting the Palestinian-led Boycott, Sanctions, and Divestment (BDS) movement – which is forbidden in Israel.

Jacobsen was threatened with “imprisonment and deportation if he did not leave the country immediately”, according to the ISM, and he chose to leave for Jordan.

The moments before Israeli police arrest Michael Jacobsen in Masafer Yatta in occupied West Bank, on 10 October 2024
The moments before Israeli police arrest Michael Jacobsen in Masafer Yatta in occupied West Bank, on 10 October 2024 (International Solidarity Movement)

The US won’t run for another term on UN human rights council. Israel is likely why.

Kenneth Roth writes for the Guardian:

Something unusual happened this week at the UN: the US government decided not to run for a second term on the human rights council.

Various rationales are circulating, but one, in my view, looms large: Israel. Or more to the point, Joe Biden’s refusal to suspend or condition the massive US arms sales and military aid to Israel as its military bombs and starves the Palestinian civilians of Gaza.

The election for the 47-member human rights council in Geneva is conducted by the UN general assembly in New York.

It is rare that the UN general assembly has the chance to vote on the US government’s conduct. Given widespread outrage at Israeli war crimes in Gaza – and at Biden’s refusal to use the enormous leverage of US arms sales and military aid to stop it – that vote could easily have resulted in an overwhelming repudiation of the Biden administration. Rather than face the possibility of a humiliating reprimand, the US government withdrew its candidacy.

By virtue of its diplomatic and economic power, the US government can be an important force for human rights. Other than on Israel, its presence on the council has generally helped the defense of human rights.

But US credibility, already compromised by Washington’s close alliances with the repressive likes of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, has been profoundly undermined by Biden’s aiding and abetting of Israeli war crimes in Gaza. With Biden seemingly constitutionally unable to change, the defense of human rights is taking a hit.

Germany to supply Israel with new arms shipments

Middle East Monitor reports:

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that Berlin will deliver new shipments of weapons to Israel.

This is in contrast to French President Emmanuel Macron who has called for a halt to any arms supplies to the occupation state if they are to be used in Gaza.

Speaking before the Bundestag during discussions marking the first anniversary of 7 October 2023, Scholz said: “We in the government have made decisions that will ensure the delivery of more weapons soon.”

“We have not decided to cease arms deliveries,” Scholz added, addressing claims from the opposition that the government paused weapons shipments to Tel Aviv for months, causing a “breach in German solidarity” with Israel.

The German chancellor further stated, “We have delivered weapons and will continue to deliver weapons,” without specifying their type, quantity, or intended purpose.

Iraqi resistance warns of crippling oil shortages worldwide if Israel begins ‘energy war’

The Cradle reports:

A leader of a major faction in the Islamic Resistance in Iraq has warned that if Israel begins a war that involves the energy sector, the world will lose 12 million barrels per day, “and this is what we will make sure of.”

Abu Ali al-Askari, the head of the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades Security Bureau, stated: “This is what we will be taking care of, but only God knows what our brethren in Yemen will do in Bab al-Mandab and our brethren in Iran will do in the Strait of Hormuz,” referring to important shipping routes for oil tankers.

Israeli leaders have threatened to launch a massive attack against Iran, including against nuclear power and oil infrastructure.

Askari warned further that the resistance’s response “will not be limited to Israel, but will extend to Washington’s bases and interests in Iraq and the region.”

Some analysts believe that oil prices, currently around $80 per barrel, could reach more than $300 per barrel in the case of a full blockade of the Gulf of Hormuz.

MORE NEWS:

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Common Dreams: Gaza Doctor Corrects CNN Anchor: ‘This Is Not a Humanitarian Crisis… This Is Genocide’

Middle East Eye: How western lies about the ‘Sunni-Shia divide’ have set the region ablaze

Middle East Monitor: Trump Organization resumes plans to set up luxury hotel in occupied East Jerusalem


STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – OCTOBER 11, 2024:

Palestinian death toll from October 7, 2023 – October 11, 2024: at least 42,926* ( 42,175 in Gaza* – 69% are women and children, according to Gaza’s Media Office). [The Ministry’s figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.]

This is expected to be a significant undercount since thousands of those killed have yet to be identified – and at least 751 in the West Bank (~164 children). This does not include an estimated 10,000 more in Gaza still buried under rubble (4,900 women and children). Euro-Med Monitor reports 49,032 Palestinian deaths.

Lancet: “Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death9 to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186,000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza.

Ralph Nader earlier estimated 300,000 Palestinians may have been killed in Gaza.

At least 45 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons (27 from Gaza, 25 from West Bank).
At least 41 Palestinians have died due to malnutrition (at least 37 of them children)**.
About 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are currently displaced.
Almost 500,000 Gazans are currently experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity.
Palestinian injuries from October 7 – October 11, 2024: at least 104,536 (including at least 98,336 in Gaza and 6,200 in the West Bank, including 830 children). [It remains unknown how many Americans are among the casualties in Gaza.]

Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – October 11, 2024: ~1,457 (~1,139 on October 7, 2023, of which ~32 were Americans, and ~36 were children); 293*** military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza; 25 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel) and~10,000 injured.

The death toll in Lebanon since October 8, 2023 is at least 2,169 and 10,212 injuries. An estimated 1.2 million have been displaced.

NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.

*Previously, IAK did not include 471 Gazans killed in the Al Ahli hospital blast since the source of the projectile was being disputed. However, given that much evidence points to Israel as the culprit, Israel had previously bombed the hospital and has attacked many others, Israel is prohibiting outside experts from investigating the scene, and since the UN and other agencies are including the deaths from the attack in their cumulative totals, if Americans knew is now also doing so.

**Euro-Med Monitor reports that Gaza’s elderly are dying at an alarmingly high rate. The majority die at home and are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves dispersed across the Strip. There are currently more than 140 such cemeteries. Additionally, according to Euromed, thousands have died from starvation, malnourishment, and inadequate medical care; these are considered indirect victims as they were not registered in hospitals.

***The figure does not include the reportedly 56 Israeli soldiers – nearly 16% of the total Israeli military deaths – killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents.

† For most of the conflict, women and children accounted for about 70% of deaths in Gaza, with children making up a little over 40% of those killed, according to official statistics.

Find previous daily casualty figures and daily news updates here.

Hover over each bar for exact numbers.
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HIS WORD ABOVE HIS NAME (PS.138:2)

DOES GOD REALLY MAKE WORLDLY PROSPERITY A PRIORITY IN A WORLD HE ALLOWS SATAN TO CONTROL?

For those in our various families and groups, we have heard a lot about this subject, from which I received many expletives including jealous and envious.

This morning,I listened to Bishop Oyedepo asking us to be humble to learn from Christ Jesus as everyone is still learning. It was followed by his most faithful Abioye declaring at Paul Enenche's dome, apparently on invitation to LIVE PROSPERITY PREACHERS ALONE.

I'm not obligated to be believed that hot tears rolled down my cheeks. I don't stand here to say I'm as good as anyone,how much more than them. After all, I literally beg to survive (a beggar) *BUT HAVING EQUAL RIGHTS AS CUSTODIANS OF GOD'S WORD,I FELT THE URGE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AGAIN.*

Are the bishops actually humbling themselves to learn from our Lord and Savior or Christ Jesus, the rightful Owner of the WORK humbling Himself to learn from them, HIS OWN MESSENGERS. For instance, Christ Jesus NEVER for ONCE referred to His Birth nor any record of Him attending a birthday party. But on His Death,He gave specifics...DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME. The only two birthdays recorded in the Bible ended in gruesome deaths, and if you read of the practice in those ages,you will understand why. The wisest and richest human ever said;
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. (Ecc 7: 1) Let's not talk about those that cursed the day of their birth, lest we digress.
NOW,IS CHRIST JESUS HUMBLING HIMSELF TO LEARN FROM THEM ...I SHOULD THINK SO, EXCEPT THEY REVERSED THE TREND.

*WE SHOULDN'T DIGRESS FROM THE CAUSE OF MY PAINS AND PAST INSULTS*


What does the Bible say about needs and wants?Are we truly discerning essentials from desires?
WHERE IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE DOES GOD'S WORD PRIORITIZE PROSPERITY ABOVE SAVING OF LOST SOULS?

The Bible guides us in distinguishing NEEDS from WANTS, urging TRUST in GOD for ESSENTIALS and CAUTIONING AGAINST GREED. It's a CALL to PRIORITIZE SPIRITUAL OVER MATERIAL WEALTH.
I am of the view that till today, many (ESPECIALLY PROSPERITY PREACHERS) do not know why *Archbishop Benson Idahosa* suddenly left the scene without the fulfillment of his God given mandate. I will end that one there until required.

The Bible differentiates between needs and wants by emphasizing trust in God to provide for our needs. Philippians 4:19 says, "And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus," encouraging reliance on God rather than pursuing excessive desires.

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for He has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Hebrews 13:5

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START OR HOW LONG THIS WILL TAKE. BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS APPOINTED ONE OF HIS FALLEN ANGELS (DEMON CALLED MAMMON) TO USE THE LOVE OF MONEY TO DISTRACT MANY PREACHERS AND HEARERS FROM GOD'S TRUE WORD.

The Bible emphasizes God’s provision for our needs and advises discernment regarding our wants.
Prayer is highlighted as a means to communicate with God about our true necessities.
Scriptures encourage contentment and warn against the love of money.
offering biblical insights into recognizing God's hand in meeting our needs and guiding us to let go of unnecessary wants.

A preacher once challenged listeners to consider what they truly need, encouraging a lifestyle that reflects BIBLICAL values of STEWARDSHIP and SIMPLICITY over CONSUMERISM and ACCUMULATION OF MATERIAL WANTS.

UNDERSTANDING NEEDS AND WANTS IN BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ! (MATT.6:19-

The distinction between NEEDS and WANTS is addressed in biblical texts. The Scriptures guide believers to differentiate between essential needs and less critical wants.

Biblically, needs refer to essential requirements for survival and well-being, such as food, clothing, and shelter. BUT, FIRST OF ALL, WE MUST HAVE THE MINDSET THAT GOD TOOK HIS MIND AWAY FROM THIS WORLD AFTER THE GREAT FALL OF MAN. ALSO KNOW THE EARTH IS STILL GOD'S OWN, BUT THE WORLD (SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT) IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE DEVIL.

And that God has rejected,and because He knows it would happen immediately switched over to the provisions He has made for it;
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (Gen 3: 15)

AND THIS IS WHERE MOST OF US ARE GETTING WRONG. SOME OF US THINK ALL THE PROMISES GOD MADE WERE FOR THIS WORLD THAT GOD HAS REJECTED....NO,NO AND NO AGAIN;
1. Now faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2. For by it the elders obtained a good report. (Heb 11: 1-2)

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. (Heb 11: 13)

BY THE TIME WE'RE THROUGH WITH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NEEDS AND WANTS, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT ABRAHAM AND THE REST SURVIVED ON*NEEDS*, NOT THE FORM OF PROSPERITY,WE HAVE MADE OUR MESSAGE AND gODs TODAY.

Having said that, WANTS may include items or experiences that are desired but not essential. The Bible discerns that WANTS can lead to DISSATISFACTION and UNREST, as reflected in the Psalm of David, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want" (Psalm 23:1).

Without the need of quoting many scriptures,we saw how Abraham,had his NEEDS met and how a WANT (Ishmael) became a thorn in the flesh of the world today,as orchestrated by the devil. Or is Isaac who WANTED bush meat and Rebecca using it to put division between two twins and Jacob paying heavily for it,or Lot greedily choosing Sodom and Gomorrah. WANTS has always been a chain that the devil had continuously used in setting traps throughout the Old Testament. Imagine David and Bathsheba, Solomon's adventure into more knowledge and wisdom and more women.ALL NEEDS WERE MET,BUT THEY WANTED MORE. AND AT APPROPRIATE TIME, CHRIST CAME TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.We shall return with more on this
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Dr. Robert Malone @RWMaloneMD: "I just came back from Tokyo where they had a 30,000 person rally because they're about to deploy self-replicating RNA vaccines. Japan is being used as the guinea pigs for the world for this new technology. The Japanese people are calling this the third atomic bomb. This is being deployed in a cooperative agreement between a US company, Arcturus, a Canadian company, I'm sorry, a Australian company called CSL and a Japanese company.
Now the CEO of the Japanese company recently gave a press conference. What did he say? He said anybody that is spreading misinformation, we're going to go after him legally, we're going to try to have them jailed. If you say anything against their self-replicating RNA vaccine technology that's never been rigorously tested, we don't know if it's going to infect other people. We don't know if it's going to spread.
We know it's going to replicate. We don't know if it's going to get into the brain of the elders in Japan. But we do know that if we say anything about these concerns, the CEO is going to come after us and try to put us in jail. That's the new world order. That's what we're coming into. That's what they want to implement on us.
They want to shut us down. They want to prevent us from speaking. They want to completely control the narrative and they want to be able to deploy psychological warfare on all of you to control you, to train you, to respond to the fear narratives about avian influenza and monkeypox and whatever it is they want to deploy next in order to control you, in order to teach you to shut up, sit down, stay in your homes, and do what you're told. Now I'm not okay with that, I don't think you're okay with that, and I hope that you join all of us in fighting this new tyranny."

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New Israeli atrocities coming to light – Day 368
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At least 10 Gazans were killed in a horrific Israeli massacre targeting displaced people’s tents in the yard of Al-Yemen Al-Saeed Hospital in the heart of Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza. (Hossam Shabat)
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff

At least 45 Palestinians were killed and 130 were injured in three massacres of families in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry in Gaza said on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, at least 10 Palestinians were killed when Israeli forces bombed the tents of displaced people in Jabaliya.
Gaza has become a sea of rubble and a graveyard for tens of thousands of people
Gaza has become a sea of rubble and a graveyard for tens of thousands of people (Image: Getty)
The reality in northern Gaza: witnesses report a bloodbath

From Mondoweiss:

The following are some eyewitness reports from residents of Jabaliya, where the Israeli army surrounded the area and launched a surprise invasion on Sunday morning, coinciding with the first anniversary of October 7. Roughly 200,000 Palestinians are under siege; the hospitals in the vicinity are under evacuation orders.

Most residents could not [or would not] evacuate and were locked in their homes with very little available for them to survive.

One family that evacuated carrying a white flag found themselves under fire from quadcopter attack drones. The father and one son were killed; the rest of the family took shelter. What they saw was “like a horror movie.”

The road was filled with dead bodies, and “dismembered bodies strewn across the streets.”

“My cousin came the second night and joined us in the shelter,” Raneem explains. “They said that people lay dead at their homes’ front doors and in the street,” killed as they tried to follow evacuation orders.

The Civil Defense in Gaza has reported several massacres perpetrated by the Israeli army during the ongoing invasion of Jabalia, although rescue workers have been unable to tally an exact number of casualties due to difficulties accessing the area.

(Read the full report here.)

Local journalist Hossam Shabat, living and working in northern Gaza, confirmed the above descriptions:

Israeli occupation forces have asked all residents of northern Gaza (300k+) to evacuate as a means of ethnically cleansing North Gaza .

However, they then besieged Jabalia refugee camp, and when people tried to leave, they were shot at by snipers.

Many residents are on the streets, bleeding, as Israeli forces have destroyed ambulances and are targeting anyone who tries to help.

The situation in the north is horrific and very dangerous; there are currently hundreds of thousands trapped, and the shelling is nonstop.

RECOMMENDED READING: Ex-US diplomat calls ‘red lines’ meaningless as Israel orders 400,000 to leave Gaza’s north



US: former White House advisor urges Israel to ‘carpet bomb’ Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon

Middle East Monitor reports:

Former White House advisor Matthew Brodsky has urged Israel to drop napalm on Irish peacekeepers in South Lebanon, sparking outrage and concern over the ideological stance of individuals advising the US administration on Israel and Palestine.

UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon) has some 10,000 peacekeepers in south Lebanon, including members of the Irish Defense Forces. All UNIFIL personnel are distinguishable by their blue helmets and white vehicles.

Brodsky, a Senior Fellow at the Gold Institute for International Strategy and former Director of Policy at the Jewish Policy Centre, posted a shocking tweet on X stating: “Israel should carpet bomb the Irish area and then drop napalm over it.”

The tweet, which has since been deleted, included a map showing the deployment of Ireland’s peacekeeping force in Southern Lebanon.

The comment has been condemned widely, with many questioning the appropriateness of having individuals with such extreme views in advisory roles within the US government.

Brodsky’s comments come at a time of heightened tensions in the region and have raised concerns about the influence of hard-line Zionist ideologues on US foreign policy.

Critics have accused Brodsky, who has lived and studied in Israel, of promoting Jewish supremacism. This incident has reignited debates about the prevalence of extremist ideologies within US political circles and their potential impact on diplomatic efforts in the Middle East.

(Read more here.)

NOTE: According to his website, Matthew Brodsky has worked for over two decades in U.S. foreign policy and national security. He has briefed members of Congress, Department of State, Department of Defense, and the National Security Council on Iran, Syria, and Palestinian-Israeli issues.

New York Times: American doctors who volunteered in Gaza report massive number of children shot in the head

Some eyewitness accounts from the New York Times:

At least 44 doctors, nurses and paramedics saw multiple cases of preteen children who had been shot in the head or chest in Gaza.

Dr. Mohamad Rassoul Abu-Nuwar, General, bariatric and foregut surgeon, 36 years old, Pittsburgh, Pa.

“One night in the emergency department, over the course of four hours, I saw six children between the ages of 5 and 12, all with single gunshot wounds to the skull.”

Rania Afaneh, Paramedic, 23 years old, Savannah, Ga.

“I saw a child who had been shot in the jaw. No other part of his body was affected. He was fully awake and aware of what was going on. He stared at me while he choked on his own blood as I tried to suction the blood out with a broken suction unit.”

Dr. Khawaja Ikram, Orthopedic surgeon, 53 years old, Dallas, Texas

“One day, while in the E.R., I saw a 3-year-old and 5-year-old, each with a single bullet hole to their head. When asked what happened, their father and brother said they had been told that Israel was backing out of Khan Younis. So they returned to see if anything was left of their house. There was, they said, a sniper waiting who shot both children.”

Dr. Ahlia Kattan, Anesthesiologist and critical care doctor, 37 years old, Costa Mesa, Calif.

“I saw an 18-month-old little girl with a gunshot wound to the head.”

Dr. Nidal Farah, Anesthesiologist, 42 years old, Toledo, Ohio

“I saw many children. In my experience the gunshot wound was often to the head. Many had non-curable, permanent brain damage. It was almost a daily occurrence to have children arrive at the hospital with gunshot wounds to the head.”

Times Opinion sent questions about the experiences of these American health care workers to the Israel Defense Forces. A spokesperson for the I.D.F. responded with a statement that did not directly answer whether or not the military had investigated reports of shootings of preteen children, or if any disciplinary action had been taken against soldiers for firing at children.

The statement began, “The I.D.F. is committed to mitigating civilian harm during operational activity. In that spirit, the I.D.F. makes great efforts to estimate and consider potential civilian collateral damage in its strikes. The I.D.F. is fully committed to respecting all applicable international legal obligations, including the Law of Armed Conflict.”

NOTE: Israeli sources, including the government itself, have a long track record of lying (for example, this and this and this.)

Israel’s self-investigations consistently whitewash its crimes and fail to appropriately punish the perpetrators.

These photographs of X-rays were provided by Dr. Mimi Syed, who worked in Khan Younis from Aug. 8 to Sept. 5. She said: “I had multiple pediatric patients, mostly under the age of 12, who were shot in the head or the left side of the chest. Usually, these were single shots. The patients came in either dead or critical, and died shortly after arriving.”
These photographs of X-rays were provided by Dr. Mimi Syed, who worked in Khan Younis from Aug. 8 to Sept. 5. She said: “I had multiple pediatric patients, mostly under the age of 12, who were shot in the head or the left side of the chest. Usually, these were single shots. The patients came in either dead or critical, and died shortly after arriving.” (Dr. Mimi Syed)


Israel detains US journalist reporting on damage to its military bases

Middle East Monitor reports:

Israel has detained American Grayzone journalist Jeremy Loffredo while he was on assignment in Israel.

According to social media posts, Loffredo was detained on Tuesday along with four other journalists who were “beaten, blindfolded, and taken to an Israeli military base.” They also had their phones confiscated.

Loffredo remains in custody, while the others, including Andrey X, were released 11 hours later.

Loffredo’s last video posted on X reported the damage caused by the Iranian missile strikes on Israel’s military sites on 1 October.

Social media users believe this is the reason for his detention as no local news organisations have covered the damage from the attack.


Netanyahu says it will be Lebanese civilians’ fault if Israel destroys Lebanon

Various agencies report:

Once again, Israel is setting the stage for massive civilian casualties – this time in Lebanon – and placing the blame for it squarely on the civilians’ shoulders. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu released a video statement Tuesday, calling on the people of Lebanon to “free [their] country from Hezbollah,” threatening them with “destruction and suffering” if they refused to do so.

“You have an opportunity to save Lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that will lead to destruction and suffering like we see in Gaza. It doesn’t have to be that way,” Netanyahu said, as his country’s air force continued to launch non-stop raids across Lebanon.

Israeli officials have been saying they’re going to destroy Lebanon like they destroyed Gaza for months.

Back in December Israel’s defense minister Yoav Gallant said, “Every person in Lebanon can take the map, the aerial photograph of Gaza, place it on an aerial photograph of Beirut, and ask themselves if this is what they want to happen there.”

Now Netanyahu himself is saying this.

Notably, Netanyahu’s statement was delivered in English, with English subtitles. This wasn’t actually a plea made to the people of Lebanon, it was propaganda made for western consumption.

Netanyahu does not actually believe the Lebanese people are going to take up arms against Hezbollah to stop their country from being destroyed, he’s just creating a narrative to justify what he already plans on doing to Lebanon.

And the US is encouraging Israel to move forward. On Tuesday State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller told the press that the Biden administration no longer supports a ceasefire with Hezbollah, saying “We support Israel’s efforts to degrade Hezbollah’s capability” instead.

Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s threats toward Lebanon, the US on Wednesday warned that the situation there must not turn into something resembling the situation the Gaza Strip, where more than 42,000 people have been killed in the last year.

“We cannot and must not see the situation in Lebanon turn into anything like the situation in Gaza. That would, of course, not be acceptable,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.


Ben Gvir oversees violent raid against Palestinians inside Ofer Prison

Palestine Chronicle reports:

A pre-dawn raid on Ofer prison on Monday saw police officers using stun grenades and dogs. In the footage shared by Ben-Gvir on X, detainees are seen handcuffed, and being violently moved around inside the prison, and several are seen laying face down on the ground with their hands tied behind their backs.

“With zero tolerance and a heavy hand – this is how the prison fighters work with the animals of prey from the Nohba terrorists. I back them up!” Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said alongside the footage.

He claimed detainees whom he called “human scum” were “planning to riot inside the prison to mark the anniversary” of the October 7 resistance operation.


Historic Int’l Criminal Court War Crimes Complaint Names 1,000 Israeli Soldiers

Common Dreams reports:

A Belgium-based advocacy group on Tuesday announced it “filed an unprecedented and historic complaint with the International Criminal Court against 1,000 Israeli occupation forces soldiers for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Gaza,” where more than 150,000 Palestinians have been killed or wounded and millions more displaced, starved, and sickened by Israel’s yearlong onslaught.

The Hind Rajab Foundation—named after the 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed in January along with half a dozen relatives and rescue workers by Israeli troops invading Gaza in retaliation for the October 2023 Hamas-led attack—said that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel identified by name in the International Criminal Court (ICC) complaint “are accused of participating in systematic attacks against civilians during the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”

“This complaint, supported by over 8,000 pieces of verifiable evidence—including videos, audio recordings, forensic reports, and social media documentation—demonstrates the soldiers’ direct involvement in these atrocities,” the group explained.

“All of the named soldiers were located in Gaza during the genocidal assault, and the evidence reveals their participation in violations of international law.”

“This complaint is not only the largest ever submitted to the ICC, but it is also a milestone in documenting Israeli war crimes for future generations,” the Hind Rajab Foundation said.

“By meticulously identifying the perpetrators and detailing their crimes, we are establishing a historical record that will ensure the individuals responsible are remembered and held accountable.”

(Read more about the case here.)

Bodies of Palestinians are brought to al-Awda Hospital after an Israeli attack on northern Gaza City.
Bodies of Palestinians are brought to al-Awda Hospital after an Israeli attack on northern Gaza City. (Ali Jadallah/Anadolu)
West Bank: Israeli Soldiers Kill Five Palestinians

IMEMC reports:

On Wednesday, Israeli special forces assassinated four Palestinian young men, and injured one, after targeting their vehicle in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the slain men as Issam Mohammad Suleiman Salaj, 30, Abdul Halim Mohammad Nasser, 43, Salim Izz al-Din Mahmoud Abu Saada, 40, and Naim Mohammad Raji Abdul Hadi, 32.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said their ambulance crews transported the bodies of the slain men to the Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus, in addition to a young man who sustained injuries to the head and chest as a result of shrapnel from live rounds.

Media sources said that an undercover Israeli unit (Musta’ribeen) infiltrated the eastern area of Nablus city, on Wednesday afternoon, and fired many live rounds at a vehicle, executing all four men inside.

Issam Mohammad Suleiman Salaj, 30, Abdul Halim Mohammad Nasser, 43, Salim Izz al-Din Mahmoud Abu Saada, 40, and Naim Mohammad Raji Abdul Hadi, 32.
Issam Mohammad Suleiman Salaj, 30, Abdul Halim Mohammad Nasser, 43, Salim Izz al-Din Mahmoud Abu Saada, 40, and Naim Mohammad Raji Abdul Hadi, 32. (photo)
On Tuesday night, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian man, after surrounding his home, in Aqaba town, north of Tubas in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank, and took his corpse before withdrawing.

Media sources said Israeli undercover forces infiltrated the town and surrounded a house, before additional military vehicles invaded it.

Media sources in the town, said the soldiers fired an Energa shells at the home, killing the Palestinian.

Sources from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said their crews received a report of an injury inside the besieged house, but Israeli forces detained the injured young man, abducted him, and withdrew.

The army later confirmed the death of the slain Palestinian, identified Abdul-Rauf Rajeh Hamed Al-Masri, 37, but refused to allow the release of his corpse.

In West Bank, Palestinian olive harvest terrorized by Israeli settlers, blocked by Israeli restrictions

Anadolu Agency reports:

Palestinians are unable to harvest olives in their orchards due to restrictions imposed by the Israeli army since Oct. 7, 2023, and attacks by Israeli settlers.

Palestinian Minister of Agriculture Rezq Basheer-Selimia told the press that the ongoing restrictions imposed by the Israeli army and attacks by the Israelis are affecting Palestinian farmers, noting that at least 100,000 acres (approximately 404.69 sq km) of olive groves in the West Bank are not available for harvesting.

For example, Palestinians in Madma, a town of 2,500 inhabitants in the northern part of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, are unable to harvest their 5,000 acres (around 20.23 sq km) of olive groves.

Israeli settlers attacked the town of Madma, beat and threatened the Palestinian residents, damaged their homes, and stole agricultural tools.

A town spokesman said, “A group of Israeli settlers attacked residents of the town who were harvesting olives the other day. The settlers opened fire at the farmers and drove them away from the olive groves.”

The Israeli army responds by protecting the attackers and imposing restrictions on Palestinians.

NOTE: According to Bethlehem Bible College, the olive tree in Palestine has essential economic, cultural, social, and national significance, and symbolizes the Palestinian attachment to their land – olive trees resist the tough conditions of drought and poor soil conditions and remain attached to their place.

Many Palestinian families inherited olive trees over many generations. Families gather every year in October to harvest the olive trees. They feel proud, bearing in mind their ancestors who were taking care of these trees before.

Olive fruit compromises the income of 80,000 Palestinian families. Almost half of the West Bank and Gaza Strip (48%) is planted with olive trees. 70% of food production in Palestine is accounted for by olive trees, and economically olive trees contribute to 14% of the Palestinian economy. Most olive harvesting (90%) is used for oil production, while the rest (10%) is used for olive soap and pickling.

A group of Jewish settlers under the protection of Israeli soldiers raids the Old City area of Hebron, West Bank on September 14, 2024 [Mamoun Wazwaz/Anadolu Agency]
A group of Jewish settlers under the protection of Israeli soldiers raids the Old City area of Hebron, West Bank on September 14, 2024 (Mamoun Wazwaz/Anadolu Agency)
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STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – OCTOBER 9, 2024:

Palestinian death toll from October 7, 2023 – October 9, 2024: at least 42,814* ( 42,065 in Gaza* – 69% are women and children, according to Gaza’s Media Office). [The Ministry’s figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.]

This is expected to be a significant undercount since thousands of those killed have yet to be identified – and at least 749 in the West Bank (~164 children). This does not include an estimated 10,000 more in Gaza still buried under rubble (4,900 women and children). Euro-Med Monitor reports 49,032 Palestinian deaths.

Lancet: “Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death9 to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza.

Ralph Nader earlier estimated 300,000 Palestinians may have been killed in Gaza.

At least 45 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons (27 from Gaza, 25 from West Bank).
At least 41 Palestinians have died due to malnutrition (at least 37 of them children)**.
About 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are currently displaced.
Almost 500,000 Gazans are currently experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity.
Palestinian injuries from October 7 – October 9, 2024: at least 104,086 (including at least 97,886 in Gaza and 6,200 in the West Bank, including 830 children). [It remains unknown how many Americans are among the casualties in Gaza.]

Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – October 9, 2024: ~1,457 (~1,139 on October 7, 2023, of which ~32 were Americans, and ~36 were children); 293*** military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza; 25 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel) and~10,000 injured.

The death toll in Lebanon since October 8, 2023 is at least 2,141 and 10,099 injuries. An estimated 1.2 million have been displaced.

NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.

*Previously, IAK did not include 471 Gazans killed in the Al Ahli hospital blast since the source of the projectile was being disputed. However, given that much evidence points to Israel as the culprit, Israel had previously bombed the hospital and has attacked many others, Israel is prohibiting outside experts from investigating the scene, and since the UN and other agencies are including the deaths from the attack in their cumulative totals, if Americans knew is now also doing so.

**Euro-Med Monitor reports that Gaza’s elderly are dying at an alarmingly high rate. The majority die at home and are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves dispersed across the Strip. There are currently more than 140 such cemeteries. Additionally, according to Euromed, thousands have died from starvation, malnourishment, and inadequate medical care; these are considered indirect victims as they were not registered in hospitals.

***The figure does not include the reportedly 56 Israeli soldiers – nearly 16% of the total Israeli military deaths – killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents.

† For most of the conflict, women and children accounted for about 70% of deaths in Gaza, with children making up a little over 40% of those killed, according to official statistics.

Find previous daily casualty figures and daily news updates here.

Hover over each bar for exact numbers.
Source: IsraelPalestineTimeline.org

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https://israelpalestinenews.org/new-israeli-atrocities-coming-to-light-day-368/

Neglect, abuse, torture: The West is ignoring the fate of Palestinians stuck in Israeli jails
Eva BartlettApril 28, 2024

April 27, 2024, RT.com

-Eva Karene Bartlett

For over six months, the world has watched the devastating Israeli campaign against Palestinians in Gaza, which has killed over 34,000 people so far (including over 16,000 children).

Fewer are aware, however, of the nearly 10,000 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, many of whom have been repeatedly arrested and held for prolonged, indefinite periods. These include children, university students, medics, doctors, and journalists, among others.

While these numbers have increased dramatically in just over half a year, media coverage is scant, with the exception of some reporting on Layan Naser, one of the Christian university students re-imprisoned earlier this month. She was taken by Israeli troops from her family’s home in the early morning, with her parents held at gunpoint. But this is not an isolated phenomenon, she’s just one of many Palestinian students similarly abducted, ostensibly in the name of security, for taking part in campus activism.

On April 7, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs condemned the latest kidnappings of Layan Kayed and Layan Naser, two young women who have previously been targeted and imprisoned, along with multiple others.

Justifying endless incarceration

The greater issue is that, as of April 17, which is Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, over 9,500 Palestinians are being held in Israeli prisons – roughly one third of whom are imprisoned under what is termed ”administrative detention” – a procedure that allows the Israeli military to hold people based on secret evidence, indefinitely and without trial.

Some 3,000 Gazan Palestinians have been detained by Israel since the current war on Gaza started last October – a number revealed by an investigation by Palestinian NGO Al Mezan Center for Human Rights. According to Al Mezan, this includes “women, children, elderly people, as well as professionals such as doctors, nurses, teachers and journalists.”

Out of the estimated 3,000 detainees, 1,650 Gazans are held under the Unlawful Combatants Law – a draconian law similar to administrative detention but specific to Gazan Palestinians. They are also imprisoned without charge or legal representation, suspected of being “unlawful combatants.” They are, Al Mezan notes, “held in total isolation from the outside world” and “are neither granted the status of prisoners of war under the Third Geneva Convention, nor afforded the protections of civilian detainees under the Fourth Geneva Convention.” Another 300 (including ten children) not currently detained under the Unlawful Combatants Law are being imprisoned pending investigation.

Meanwhile, in the West Bank, according to the Commission of Detainees Affairs, as of April 16 8,270 Palestinians have been arrested, including 275 women, 520 children, 66 journalists (with 45 still in custody, 23 of whom are in administrative detention).

Of these, 80 women (not including women from Gaza) and over 200 minors are imprisoned. The total number held under administrative detention is more than 3,660, including more than 40 children.

Since last October 7, 16 West Bank Palestinian captives have died in Israeli prison due to ”systematic measures of torture, medical crimes, the policy of starvation and many other violations and assaults conducted against male and female detainees, minors and elderly detainees,” according to a report by NGO the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society.

Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports 27 Palestinians from Gaza have died since October 7: “The detainees died at the Sde Teiman and Anatot facilities or during questioning in Israeli territory.” The same article refers to a UNRWA report published by The New York Times recently, which states that detainees released to Gaza testified that they were beaten, robbed, stripped and sexually assaulted, and had access to doctors and lawyers denied.

Israeli Guantanamos

Reports of torture of incarcerated Palestinians (including children) have been published over the years, with more emerging in recent months. Israeli rights group B’Tselem notes that “Every year, Israel arrests and detains hundreds of Palestinian minors, while routinely and systemically violating their rights: during the arrest [and] under interrogation.”

In March, the executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) expressed extreme concern, stating that the nearly 10,000 imprisoned Palestinians is, “a 200% increase from any normal year” and that, since last October, at least 27 Palestinians have died in Israeli prison camps inside Gaza. Prisoners include children and the elderly, including an 82-year-old grandmother.


These detention camps, from what I saw in January 2009 in Gaza, are large areas bulldozed flat, without tents or shelter. Former inmates describe them as “open-air cages,” where prisoners are “handcuffed and blindfolded 24 hours a day.”

There are numerous new testimonies of Palestinians mistreated in Israeli detention. Examples include one elderly man from southern Gaza alleged to have been tortured so badly that his leg became infected and after seven days of medical negligence, had to be amputated. Another 60-year-old man is said to have been held for over 50 days, and beaten severely during that time. Human-rights groups continue to document such accounts and to speak out.

Sufian Abu Salah (H.A.) from Khan Younis. He was arrested and abducted by the 'Israeli' occupation forces – this morning he was released by his jailers, having had one of his legs amputated. #israeliterror #Torture pic.twitter.com/3NVQUKh3nS
— Brutally Remastered (@DannysInferno) April 15, 2024

Already in February, organizations like Adalah, HaMoked, Physicians for Human Rights Israel, and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, submitted a plea to the UN Special Rapporteur (SR) on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, “urging the SR to take immediate action to halt the systematic abuse, torture, and ill-treatment of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons and detention facilities.”

Al Mezan reports visiting 40 Palestinian detainees in Ashkelon and Ofer prisons, whose testimonies include being brutally beaten and deliberately starved as a form of torture and collective punishment. One 19-year-old told Al Mezan that “three of his fingernails were removed with pliers during interrogation” and he was, “handcuffed and bound in stress positions for long periods – three times over three days of interrogation.”

Al Mezan reports all detainees “suffer from acute emaciation, fatigue and back curvature due to being forced to bend their backs and heads while walking,” and that the NGO’s lawyer who spoke with these prisoners stated he had never seen such poor prison conditions in 20 years of working with detainees.

More recently, Haaretz reported on a doctor’s treatment of Palestinians in a field hospital in Israel and of horrific conditions: “Just this week, two prisoners had their legs amputated due to handcuff injuries, which unfortunately is a routine event.” According to him, all patients have all four limbs cuffed and are blindfolded and fed through a straw, meaning “even young and healthy patients lose weight after a week or two of hospitalization.”

Now, compare this situation to cases when similar reports or claims come from a state targeted by Washington for regime change or designated as “rogue” or as an “adversary.” In such cases, the claims are often taken at face value, extrapolated, amplified and widely broadcast. For example, in 2017 Western media latched onto claims of a “slaughterhouse” in the town of Saydnaya, Syria, where there were supposed “mass hangings” by the Syrian government. These accusations were uncritically endorsed by legacy media, despite having numerous fallacies and not being based on primary sources.

As noted at the time, Amnesty International admits that since no photos, videos or concrete testimony exist of Saydnaya Prison, they were forced to devise “unique ways with interactive 3D models and digital technology, animations and audio software” and liaised with West-based NGOs that support efforts to overthrow the Syrian government to craft their report, which gained media traction because it supported the NATO narrative on Syria.

When it comes to Palestinian prisoners and their reports of being tortured, starved, and denied urgently-needed medical care while in Israeli detention or prisons, such level of effort and media coverage is nowhere to be seen – likely because of the political inconvenience this would cause to Washington and its allies.

My Related:

-In the 8 months I spent in hard-hit areas of the West Bank in 2007, I saw many instances of Israeli soldiers abducting, attempting to abduct Palestinian civilians. I detailed some of these in a 2017 article, Abduct, imprison, repeat: Israel systematically imprisons Palestinians on false or no charges

Excerpt: “Being ripped out of your sleep and home by the Israeli Army is a norm. In 2007, in a village under constant lockdown and invasion by the Israeli Army, I experienced these night raids. In darkness, Israeli soldiers fired flares in the street and at homes, tear gas, sound bombs, and of course live ammunition at and inside Palestinian homes. The psychological terror the village residents felt would have been immense, and endless. The day raids are equally brutal. One youth’s spleen was destroyed by the bullet which narrowly missed his heart, as invading Israeli soldiers shot him outside his grandmother’s home.”

-(From 2007) Nablus After the Israeli Military Invasion

“…on Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers took captive a Palestinian Medical Relief (PRM) volunteer who had been part of a group escorting civilians to their old city homes. Initially detaining the medic by asking for his ID, the soldiers further detained him by keeping the ID. Soldiers took the medic into the home they were occupying, holding him inside for over 30 minutes before he reappeared blindfolded and handcuffed at the door of the building. He was then made to squat in front of the building for approximately another 20 to 30 minutes while soldiers changed shifts.

The targeted arrest and detention of medics is common and is a form of collective punishment for these volunteers providing essential emergency services to wounded Palestinians. Volunteer medics typically are young Palestinian men, who the IOF routinely accuse of having involvement with militant groups. When not arrested, medics and ambulances are still routinely denied access to emergency areas, denying the wounded emergency attention, a tactic which can result in the deaths of the injured. On Friday morning, one paramedic, age 23, was shot in the shoulder while on duty…”

–Deconstructing the NATO Narrative on Syria

https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2024/04/28/neglect-abuse-torture-the-west-is-ignoring-the-fate-of-palestinians-stuck-in-israeli-jails/

Northern Gaza has become a killing field – Day 367
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In the first four months of the attacks, Israel dropped 70,000 tons of bombs on the region, including phosphorus bombs, which are prohibited under the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), the government in Gaza announced. (Anadolu Agency)
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff

Gaza’s Health Ministry said Tuesday that Israeli forces killed at least 56 Palestinians and wounded another 278 in the previous 24-hour period as Israel continues to launch strikes across the Strip.

The Lebanese Health Ministry said in a statement that during the past 24 hours 36 people were killed and 150 others injured.

In Syria, at least seven people, including women and children, have been killed by an Israeli strike on a residential building in Damascus.

Israel has dropped more than 85,000 tonnes (94,000 tons) of explosives on Gaza; about 17 percent of these ordnances remain unexploded,” according to Gaza’s civil defense.

Bodies of Palestinians are brought to al-Awda Hospital after an Israeli attack on northern Gaza City.
Bodies of Palestinians are brought to al-Awda Hospital after an Israeli attack on northern Gaza City. (Ali Jadallah/Anadolu)
‘Humanitarian situation in northern Gaza becoming more dangerous’

Al Jazeera reports:

The Palestinian Civil Defense said the humanitarian situation in northern Gaza is becoming more dangerous following a large-scale Israeli military attack on Beit Hanoon, Beit Lahiya and Jabalia that has been ongoing for four days.

“Israeli forces have imposed a tight siege on these areas and are preventing the entry of water, food and medical supplies. The occupation has committed massacres against civilians, killing dozens and injuring hundreds. People’s bodies are strewn in the streets and it is difficult to reach them because soldiers are targeting ambulance and civil defense crews,” it said in a statement.

The Palestinian Civil Defense added that the Israeli military is forcing the more than 200,000 citizens in these areas to evacuate their homes and medical staff and patients to leave hospitals in the northern Gaza.

Palestinians in the north say the Israeli forces are wiping everything out: agricultural land, houses, water plants. Any source of life is being wiped from the Israeli forces.

A Palestinian child at Ibn Rushd school in Al-Zawaida following an Israeli airstrike, Gaza, 6 October 2024.
A Palestinian child at Ibn Rushd school in Al-Zawaida following an Israeli airstrike, Gaza, 6 October 2024. (Anadolu/Getty Images)
Israel orders 3 hospitals to be evacuated in northern Gaza: Health Ministry

Anadolu Agency reports:

The Israeli army ordered the evacuation of patients and staff at three hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip, the enclave’s Health Ministry said Tuesday.

Israel “demands the evacuation of Kamal Adwan Hospital, the Indonesian Hospital, and Al-Awda Hospital from patients and health personnel,” it said in a statement.

Israeli troops arrested “a paramedic who accompanied a critical care patient during their transfer from Kamal Adwan Hospital despite prior coordination,” according to the statement, that noted the army is besieging the Kamal Adwan Hospital and firing at its administrative headquarters.

The army threatened the hospitals with “destruction, killing, and arrest” if they did not evacuate.

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, Israeli forces threatened Kamal Adwan Hospital staff and opened fire at the administration office.

The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital stated,

It is evident that there is a new plan to displace our people in northern Gaza by dismantling the healthcare system across all its sectors in this region. We urge the world to intervene to stop this terrifying decision, which does not serve the people of northern Gaza.

We have informed everyone that the northern region is densely populated with a significant number of residents. We have the right to continue providing services to these people.

We will remain steadfast, we will stay and we will continue to offer medical services no matter the cost.

On Monday, the Jerusalem Post reported that the IDF has was providing “expanded” services in northern Gaza, including field hospitals, tent compounds, and supplies of food, water, and medicine.

Local Palestinians in Jabaliya report that there is nowhere to receive healthcare, nowhere to live, as buildings have been turned to rubble, As has been reported for 12 months, Israel has destroyed hospitals, schools and residential areas.

Tuesday’s evacuation orders are a continuation of this policy. The Jerusalem Post report appears to be fictional.

NOTE: Israel’s attacks are wreaking havoc on healthcare in Lebanon too.

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Al-Shifa Medical Complex is currently out of service due to the Israeli army bombing and setting fire to every one of its buildings, including the mortuary and all internal and external courtyards and corridors.
Al-Shifa Medical Complex is currently out of service due to the Israeli army bombing and setting fire to every one of its buildings, including the mortuary and all internal and external courtyards and corridors. (photo)
Gaza faces one of largest cases of ecocide in recent history, including contamination from “depleted uranium bombs”

Various agencies report:

Israel’s attacks in Gaza, in addition to causing massive loss of life and shelter, have brought about ecocide – “the destruction and devastation of the environment at any cost.”

Ecocide is recognized as a crime under the category of war crimes in the Rome Statute.

In the first four months of the attacks, Israel dropped 70,000 tons of bombs on the region.

Various analyses have concluded that bombings, damage caused by heavy vehicles, airstrikes, and other elements of conflict have severely impacted agricultural areas.

Approximately 75% of the agricultural land in northern Gaza has suffered damage.

According to the Environmental Quality Authority affiliated with the Palestinian Authority, Israeli attacks are putting Gaza’s biodiversity at risk, including between 150 and 200 bird species, around 20 mammal species, and 20 rare and endangered reptile species.

Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh, head of the Biodiversity and Sustainability Center at Bethlehem University, told Anadolu that some of the environmental damage in the region is now irreversible.

He noted that the water aquifers in the region have suffered significant damage and may not recover; if they do, it could take decades.

The president of the Lebanese Association of Social Medicine, Raif Reda, said Israel has been using banned bombs with uranium warheads in south Beirut. and called for an international investigation.

Warheads made with depleted uranium casings are designed to penetrate deep fortifications, causing significant destruction and releasing toxic gases. They are also radioactive and have been linked to massive increases in cancer rates in Iraq following the US wars on that country in 1991 and 2003.

Israeli air forces may have used depleted uranium bombs on at least four residential buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs on September 27 to kill Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

The Israeli air force has already been known to use these bombs in Gaza. A UN Human Rights report documented airstrikes by the Israeli air force carried out on residential buildings, a school, refugee camps, and a market between October 9 and December 2, 2023.

Depleted uranium munitions pose a risk to civilians years after a site is bombed because they release radioactive particles upon impact and contaminate the soil and surrounding environment.

Radioactive dust emitted by depleted uranium munitions has been linked to rises in cancer and congenital defects in babies following the US bombing of Iraq.

RELATED READING: ‘Death sentence’: Asbestos released by Israel’s bombs will kill for decades

Residents check the damaged in the aftermath of overnight Israeli bombardment in Beirut’s southern suburbs, on September 28, 2024.
Residents check the damaged in the aftermath of overnight Israeli bombardment in Beirut’s southern suburbs, on September 28, 2024. (Anwar Amro | Afp | Getty Images)
‘Undeniable’ – Probe Confirms Israeli Army Presence when Hind Rajab was Killed in Gaza

Sky News reports:

Even though the Israeli military denies being in the area on the day that six-year-old Hind Rajab and six members of her family were killed in Gaza, a Sky News investigation has found that the army’s presence in the area was “undeniable.” Two paramedics who were trying to rescue her were also killed.

The channel analyzed satellite imagery, Israeli military press materials, and interviewed weapons and forensics experts.

(Read the full analysis here.)

RECOMMENDED READING: You need to meet this little girl named Hind

FOR HIND’S STORY, ALSO WATCH: The Night Won’t End: Biden’t War on Gaza

Hezbollah says Israel using UN troops as ‘human shields’ in south Lebanon, as Israel expands ground operation

Various agencies report:

Hezbollah has ordered its fighters not to attack Israeli forces who established a forward operating base behind UN peacekeeping troops (UNIFIL) near a Lebanese border village: “the Israeli enemy is attempting to use UNIFIL forces as human shields,” a statement issued by the Islamic resistance movement on 7 October said.

“The operations room of the Islamic Resistance instructed the fighters to hold back and not engage with the movement to protect the lives of international soldiers,” the statement added, just a day after UNIFIL warned Israel’s operations near their position at Maroun al-Ras were an “extremely dangerous development.”

“It is unacceptable to compromise the safety of UN peacekeepers carrying out their Security Council-mandated tasks,” UNIFIL stated while reminding all actors in the conflict of their obligations to protect UN personnel and property.

NOTE: Israel has blatantly used Palestinians as human shields on many occasions (see this, this, this, this, this for example.)

RECOMMENDED READING: Every accusation a confession: Israel and the double lie of ‘human shields’

Israel has said it is expanding its ground operation in Lebanon with the deployment of a fourth division after another night of intense airstrikes across the south and east of the country.

Launching what it has called Operation Northern Arrows last week, the Israeli army said the ground offensive would involve “limited, localized and targeted raids” to remove Hezbollah infrastructure along the disputed de facto border between the two countries, known as the blue line.

The rapid deployment of four divisions operating across south Lebanon, alongside evacuation orders for Lebanese villages upwards of 20 miles from the blue line and the intensive bombing of the country’s south, east and the capital, suggests however that Israel is preparing for a wider offensive against the Lebanese militia.

Since 1978 a series of Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon, including a years-long occupation, have failed to bring security and calm to northern Israel.

RECOMMENDED READING: How does Israel’s Lebanon invasion compare with its previous operations?

Israeli air strikes on Beirut on Sunday were the heaviest yet
Israeli air strikes on Beirut on Sunday, Oct 6 were the heaviest yet (Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty)
Support for Israel Has Cost US Taxpayers At Least $22.76 Billion in One Year

Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University reports:

U.S. spending on Israel’s military operations and related U.S operations in the region total at least $22.76 billion and counting. This estimate is conservative; while it includes approved security assistance funding since October 7, 2023, supplemental funding for regional operations, and an estimated additional cost of operations, it does not include any other economic costs.

This figure includes the $17.9 billion the U.S. government has approved in security assistance for Israeli military operations in Gaza and elsewhere since October 7 – substantially more than in any other year since the U.S. began granting military aid to Israel in 1959. Yet the report describes how this is only a partial amount of the U.S. financial support provided during this war.

Related U.S. military operations in the broader region since October 7 are part of the fuller picture. In particular, the U.S. Navy has significantly scaled up its defensive and offensive operations against Houthi militants in Yemen, which the Houthis claim is related to Israel’s war in Gaza. Hostilities have escalated to become the most sustained military campaign by U.S. forces since the 2016-2019 air war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. U.S. operations in the region, including in Yemen, have already cost the U.S. government $4.86 billion (included in the overall figure, above, of $22.76 billion).

(Access the full report here.)

NOTE: US voters strongly favor ceasefire and de-escalation. This military spending goes against the will and priorities of Americans.

Nearly all the publicly available information on U.S. arms transfers to Israel comes from leaks reported by the media. The Biden administration says very little about the weapons it delivers to Israel or how the Israeli military uses them.
Nearly all the publicly available information on U.S. arms transfers to Israel comes from leaks reported by the media. The Biden administration says very little about the weapons it delivers to Israel or how the Israeli military uses them. (photo)
Report: US Considers Launching Airstrikes Against Iran To Support Israeli Attack

NBC News reports:

American military officials have discussed possibly supporting Israeli retaliation with intelligence or airstrikes of their own, according to two U.S. officials.

The U.S. has long supported Israel with intelligence and that support could continue during Israel’s retaliatory strikes against Iran, the two officials said.

NOTE: Characterizing Israel’s strikes against Iran as “retaliatory” de-contextualizes the conflict, which began when Israel attacked the Iranian consulate in Syria on April 1, then killed Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran on July 31; Israel also assassinated Hezbollah leader Nasrallah on September 27th.

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi correctly declared that Iran’s missile attack was an act of “self-defense” that only targeted military and security sites used for attacks on Gaza and Lebanon. He pointed out that Iran’s measured attack came “after exercising tremendous restraint for almost two months [after the attack inside Iran], to give space for a ceasefire in Gaza.”

The foreign minister added that Iran’s action was “concluded” unless Israel “decides to invite further retaliation” – words that indicate that Western leaders who want an end to the conflict ought to counsel Israel to let the matter drop.

NBC continues: Senior U.S. military officials have also discussed conducting very limited strikes against Iranian targets, the two officials said. Strikes inside Iran have been discussed, as have strikes on targets outside Iran, though strikes of any kind are less likely than intelligence sharing, the officials said.

The U.S. could target Iranian assets at sea, the officials said, or try to disrupt Iran’s military assistance to proxies in the region by hitting Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps sites that support militia groups in Yemen or Syria.

A U.S. strike on an Iranian target could be considered defensive if it eliminates a possible threat to the U.S. or allies, like previous American strikes on Iran-linked targets inside Yemen, Iraq, and Syria.

NOTE: Iran has already declared that Israel’s allies ought to “part ways with the [Israeli] regime,” suggesting that an attack on Iran by the US would not go unanswered – that is, while some players might consider a US strike on Iran to be “defensive,” Iran would not.

ALSO NOTE: The US has offered Israel a “compensation package” if it avoids hitting certain targets in its planned attack on Iran, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday, citing the Israeli TV channel Kan 11.

USS Abraham Lincoln
USS Abraham Lincoln, currently stationed in the Middle East (Wikimedia Commons)
The Guardian: Rashid Khalidi, America’s foremost scholar of Palestine, is retiring: ‘I don’t want to be a cog in the machine any more’

The Cradle: Israel looking at $66bn war bill as economic woes deepen

Anadolu Agency: UN official warns about ‘use of reproductive violence in unfolding genocide in Gaza’

Jonathan Cook: Why is the ‘liberal’ media peddling the vilest genocide apologism?

Sky News investigation: ‘Undeniable’ – Probe Confirms Israeli Army Presence when Hind Rajab was Killed in Gaza



STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – OCTOBER 8, 2024:

Palestinian death toll from October 7, 2023 – October 8, 2024: at least 42,753* ( 42,010 in Gaza* – 69% are women and children, according to Gaza’s Media Office). [The Ministry’s figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.]

This is expected to be a significant undercount since thousands of those killed have yet to be identified – and at least 743 in the West Bank (~160 children). This does not include an estimated 10,000 more still buried under rubble (4,900 women and children). Euro-Med Monitor reports 49,032 Palestinian deaths.

Lancet: “Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death9 to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza.

Ralph Nader earlier estimated 300,000 Palestinians may have been killed in Gaza.

At least 45 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons (27 from Gaza, 25 from West Bank).
At least 41 Palestinians have died due to malnutrition (at least 37 of them children)**.
About 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are currently displaced.
Almost 500,000 Gazans are currently experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity.
Palestinian injuries from October 7 – October 8, 2024: at least 103,920 (including at least 97,720 in Gaza and 6,200 in the West Bank, including 830 children). [It remains unknown how many Americans are among the casualties in Gaza.]

Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – October 8, 2024: ~1,457 (~1,139 on October 7, 2023, of which ~32 were Americans, and ~36 were children); 293*** military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza; 25 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel) and~10,000 injured.

The death toll in Lebanon since October 8, 2023 is at least 2,119 and 10,019 injuries. An estimated 1.2 million have been displaced.

NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.

*Previously, IAK did not include 471 Gazans killed in the Al Ahli hospital blast since the source of the projectile was being disputed. However, given that much evidence points to Israel as the culprit, Israel had previously bombed the hospital and has attacked many others, Israel is prohibiting outside experts from investigating the scene, and since the UN and other agencies are including the deaths from the attack in their cumulative totals, if Americans knew is now also doing so.

**Euro-Med Monitor reports that Gaza’s elderly are dying at an alarmingly high rate. The majority die at home and are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves dispersed across the Strip. There are currently more than 140 such cemeteries. Additionally, according to Euromed, thousands have died from starvation, malnourishment, and inadequate medical care; these are considered indirect victims as they were not registered in hospitals.

***The figure does not include the reportedly 56 Israeli soldiers – nearly 16% of the total Israeli military deaths – killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents.

† For most of the conflict, women and children accounted for about 70% of deaths in Gaza, with children making up a little over 40% of those killed, according to official statistics.

Find previous daily casualty figures and daily news updates here.

Hover over each bar for exact numbers.
Source: IsraelPalestineTimeline.org
Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated)
How Israel killed hundreds of its own people on October 7
The most precarious place in the world to be a child: Israel’s year of war on children
Every accusation a confession: Israel and the double lie of ‘human shields’
Most Americans want to stop arming Israel. Politicians don’t care.
Happy 100th birthday, Jimmy Carter – loved by many, smeared by some
You can’t arm a genocidal state into moderation. So why does the West keep trying?
How Does Israel Justify Mass Killings? It Starts in the Schools.
From the Americas to Gaza: Spreading disease has long been used by colonizers to commit genocide
Contrived charges of antisemitism are the new ‘Red Scare’
How Israel’s quadcopters traumatize, maim and kill Palestinians in Gaza
Israeli society’s dehumanization of Palestinians is now absolute
The unpublished genocide diaries of Refaat Alareer
An arms embargo on Israel is not a radical idea — it’s the law
Israel is redrawing the West Bank, cutting into a prospective Palestinian state
Gaza breakdown: 20 times Israel used US arms in likely war crimes
U.S. universities spent the summer strategizing to suppress student activism. Here is their plan.
‘Words like Slaughter:’ A comparative study of The New York Times reporting in Ukraine and Gaza
Cracks in the Dome: Israel’s security mirage
Israel Suddenly Has A Problem With Attacks On Population Centers
Americans are always the last to know…about Israel’s crimes

https://israelpalestinenews.org/northern-gaza-killing-field-day-367/

South Korea’s Excess Deaths Skyrocket Among Vaccinated Population
Frank BergmanOctober 9, 2024 - 12:54 pm

South Korea’s almost universally Covid-vaccinated population has suffered a staggering five-fold surge in excess deaths since Covid mRNA shots were rolled out for public use.

Prominent Korean researchers are raising the alarm after obtaining official data that exposes the massive spike.

A trio of researchers from the city of Daegu located in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea published their findings in a report on excess death data during the Covid pandemic from 2020 to 2022.

The report was published in the Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health.

The study was led by Dr. Duk-Hee Lee, a professor of preventive medicine at Kyungpook National University School of Medicine.

The researchers obtained the official cause-of-death statistics covering 2015 to 2022 from the government’s Statistics Korea.

The dataset includes information such as age, gender, cause of death, and place of death.

The data included a total of 2,431,753 deaths recorded from January 2015 to December 2022.

The investigators excluded 308 deaths because they lacked age information.

The researchers focused on the total all-cause mortality rates to eliminate any misreporting from the cause of death statistics.

By analyzing all-cause mortality, the researchers were able to establish excess death numbers – the total that is above or below expected rates.

Excess deaths only spike above average during an unusual event such as a war or major natural disaster.

The researchers’ investigational quest was to better understand comprehensively the pandemic’s impact on excess deaths in South Korea.

During their study, they compared total mortality rates before and during a pandemic.

The aim was to compare excess deaths in Korea during the pandemic using three methods and to analyze patterns using the most appropriate method.

Those methods include:

Simple average
Age-adjusted average
Age-adjusted linear regression
The study authors also presented excess deaths by age, gender, and cause of death.

The Daegu-based trio of study authors found excess deaths remained at average levels throughout 2020, the first year of the pandemic.

Excess deaths rose to be above average during 2021.

However, excess death rates surged dramatically from January through May 2022.

The data shows a soaring rate of young adults dying early on.

This was followed by mass deaths among the elderly during the intensive surge in 2022.

In June 2022, the excess death rates fell from the severe spike.

However, excess deaths remained way above average and continued to climb for the rest of 2022.

The study didn’t examine the data for 2023.

Interestingly, however, the researchers did not mention Covid “vaccines” once in their report, despite the previous correlation.

The link should be investigated.

It will not, however, due to insidious pandemic politics involving government, academia, and industry.

A fear of a backlash from promoting “vaccine hesitancy” possibly superseded credible, and urgently needed scientific inquiry.

Excess Deaths South Korea—note mass vaccination occurred a year prior
Excess Deaths South Korea—note mass vaccination occurred a year prior
Excess death figures changed, based on the estimation method, reaching the apex with the simple average and its lowest with the age-adjusted average.

Age-adjusted linear regression, which accounts for both the aging population and declining mortality rates, was considered most appropriate, according to Professor Duk-Hee Lee and colleagues.

Based on this latter model, the authors estimated excess deaths at 0.3% for 2020, 4.0% for 2021, and 20.7% for 2022.

Why did excess deaths increase five-fold after the mass vaccination of the Korean population?

This point is not even raised by the authors.

Throughout the pandemic, excess deaths surged among young people and adolescents.

Yet, these age groups faced very little impact from COVID-19 due to a very low risk from the virus.

80 percent of South Korea’s population was deemed fully vaccinated, surpassing the World Health Organization (WHO) target of 70%.

Nevertheless, the coronavirus continues its spread, with reports that Covid “vaccines” are not effective in tackling the virus.

Yet, South Korea is still administering booster shots despite concerns about the effectiveness of the existing vaccine, as reported in the Journal of Korean Medical Science.

Most South Koreans received their COVID-19 vaccinations in 2021.

The majority of the population was vaccinated between July and October 2021.

The vaccination campaign started earlier in the year, focusing on high-priority groups like healthcare workers and the elderly.

In mid-2021, as more vaccine supplies became available, the country ramped up its efforts to vaccinate the general public.

South Korea had vaccinated about 70% of its population with at least one dose by October 2021.

By November, over 80% of the population had been fully vaccinated.

Shortly after, excess deaths skyrocketed.

In the first half of 2022, disturbing surges in pandemic-related deaths emerged across heavily vaccinated nations including South Korea.

Gaslighting health officials argue that these spikes were caused by Covid.

However, there was no increase in excess deaths until after the “vaccines” were rolled out.

In addition, if the “vaccines” were supposed to stop the virus, “Covid deaths” should have fallen, not increased.

Possibly due to the politics of COVID-19 and the fear that any critical findings could trigger vaccine hesitancy, reporting on such matters appears taboo among governments and academic researchers worldwide.

Scientists and medical doctors who raise concerns about vaccines are frequently smeared and discredited and, in many cases, lose their careers.

So technically, Korea’s healthcare systems have not reported on an extraordinary surge in deaths linked to Covid “vaccines.”

However, the official data shows the fact that excess deaths surged after Covid shots were rolled out and not before.

After the massive vaccination campaign in 2021, a five-fold increase in excess deaths occurred several months later.

Yet, there is no study correlating these data points and the authors even avoid the mere mention of the word “vaccine” in the body of the text.

Regardless, Dr. Duk-Hee Lee and his team found “sharp increases in deaths” after people were vaccinated.

READ MORE – Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed Kids

https://slaynews.com/news/south-korea-excess-deaths-skyrocket-vaccinated-population/

Japan Warns New Covid ‘Replicon Vaccines’ Are ‘Third Atomic Bomb’
Frank BergmanOctober 8, 2024 - 12:54 pm

Leading experts in Japan are issuing unprecedented warnings about the new Covid self-amplifying “replicon” mRNA “vaccines.”

Some of Japan’s most prominent scientists, doctors, immunologists, and academics are sounding the alarm over the new injections.

They are warning that the “self-replicating RNA vaccines” are the “third atomic bomb.”

Dr. Robert Malone, the inventor of mRNA technology, has just returned from Japan where he met with experts to discuss the new injections.

As Slay News previously reported, the “replicon vaccines,” named ARCT-154, were recently approved for public use by the Japanese government and will be deployed later this month.

Malone revealed that there is an uprising emerging among the people of Japan.

Citizens had already been taking to the streets in protest over the previous Covid mRNA “vaccine” campaign.

Japanese protesters are also pushing back against interference in the nation’s public health from outside globalist forces such as the United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Economic Forum (WEF).

During the recent “Rescue the Republic” event in Washington D.C., Malone relayed the warnings from the top Japanese experts who he met with.

Malone shared the details of the Japanese rally he attended that saw 30,000 people speak out against replicon injections.

“I just came back from Tokyo where they had a 30,000-person rally because they’re about to deploy self-replicating RNA vaccines,” Malone said.

“Japan is being used as the guinea pig for the world for this new technology.

“The Japanese people are calling this the third atomic bomb.”

Malone said the replicon “vaccine” was the product of the collaboration between three shadowy companies.

San Diego-based Arcturus Therapeutics, Melbourne-based CSL, and Tokyo-based Meiji Seika Pharma (MSP) joined forces to produce the new “vaccine.”

Last November, the sa-mRNA COVID-19 shot won approval from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare.

Malone noted that the CEO of MSP threatened to “go after” critics of the experimental “replicon vaccine.”

However, the Japanese drug maker doesn’t appear to have any data showing how its Covid mRNA “vaccine” will replicate.

“Now the CEO of the Japanese company recently gave a press conference,” Malone said.

“What did he say? He said anybody that is spreading misinformation, we’re going to go after [them] legally, we’re going to try to have them jailed if [the critics] say anything against their [sa-mRNA] vaccine technology that’s never been rigorously tested.

“We don’t know if it’s going to infect other people.

“We don’t know if it’s going to spread.

“We know it’s going to replicate.

“We don’t know if it’s going to get into the brain of the elders in Japan.

“But we do know that if we say anything about these concerns, the CEO is going to come after us and try to put us in jail.

“That’s the new world order. That’s what we’re coming into.

“That’s what they want to implement on us.

“They want to shut us down,” Malone noted.

“They want to prevent us from speaking.

“They want to completely control the narrative and they want to be able to deploy psychological warfare on all of you to control you, to train you, to respond to the fear narratives about avian influenza and monkeypox and whatever it is they want to deploy next in order to control you, in order to teach you to shut up, sit down, stay in your homes, and do what you’re told.

“Now I’m not OK with that, I don’t think you’re OK with that and I hope that you join all of us in fighting this new tyranny.”

WATCH:

The warning comes after a group of top Japanese experts recently held a press conference to sound the alarm about the new vaccines.

As Slay News reported, a group of scientists and a top Japanese lawmaker warned the new “vaccines” will “trigger a worldwide disaster.”

WATCH:

READ MORE – Japan Links Covid Shots to 201 Dangerous Diseases

https://slaynews.com/news/japan-warns-new-covid-replicon-vaccines-third-atomic-bomb/

Palestinian pain and outrage are being ignored, but will not be erased – Day 366
[email protected] October 8, 2024 biden biography, genocide, Iran, iran earthquake, northern Gaza, palestinian diaspora, pope francis, south africa, West Bank
Palestinian families arrive in Gaza City after evacuating their homes in the Jabalia area after the Israeli army ordered people to evacuate the area north of Gaza, on October 6, 2024. (OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff

On the first anniversary of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued its deadly strikes on Monday, killing 42 Palestinians across the devastated enclave.

The health ministry in Lebanon said that Israeli airstrikes killed 22 people and injured 110 others in southern Lebanon on Sunday.

During a lull in Israeli air strikes, a Palestinian child can be seen eating bread in Gaza City on 7 April 2024
During a lull in Israeli air strikes, a Palestinian child can be seen eating bread in Gaza City on 7 April 2024 (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar)
On October 7th, top US politicians focus on crime against Israel, barely nod to Palestinian pain, ignore US complicity

President Biden: On this day last year, the sun rose on what was supposed to be a joyous Jewish holiday. By sunset, October 7 had become the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust…We will not stop working to achieve a ceasefire deal in Gaza that brings the hostages home, allows for a surge in humanitarian aid to ease the suffering on the ground, assures Israel’s security, and ends this war.

VP Kamala Harris: We must uphold the commitment to repair the world, an idea that has been passed on throughout generations of the Jewish people and across many faiths. And to that end, we must work to relieve the immense suffering of innocent Palestinians in Gaza who have experienced so much pain and loss over the year.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump commemorated the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attack by lighting a memorial candle at his resort in Florida. In his comments, he said, “I will not allow the Jewish state to be threatened with destruction, I will not allow another Holocaust of the Jewish people, I will not allow a jihad to be waged on America or its allies, and I will support Israel’s right to win its war on terror.”

Trump also spoke about antisemitism, claiming it is only a problem within the Democratic Party: “The Republican Party has not been infected by this horrible disease, and hopefully it won’t be. It won’t be as long I’m in charge.”

The armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas resistance group on Monday added historical context when it said the Al-Aqsa Flood operation on Oct. 7 last year “was preemptive as the (Israeli) occupation aggression reached a dangerous level.”

The spokesperson added, “A year has passed and we are still fighting in an asymmetrical battle a criminal enemy that doesn’t hesitate to commit all crimes.”

A Palestinian boy sits atop the rubble of a destroyed building in the Jabalia refugee camp on 30 May 2024
A Palestinian boy sits atop the rubble of a destroyed building in the Jabalia refugee camp on 30 May 2024 (MEE/Enas Rami)
Israel has killed 146 doctors in Gaza: Ministry

Anadolu Agency reports:

Israel has killed 146 doctors from various specialties in Gaza, while most medicines and medical supplies have been depleted amid the Israeli military’s genocide in the enclave, the Gaza Health Ministry announced Sunday.

In a statement marking one year since the start of the Israeli genocide, the ministry said that 83% of medical supplies and 60% of medications are unavailable in hospitals and health centers.

The ministry also noted that there are 25,000 patients and injured people in need of treatment outside the besieged territory.

A few of the many children wounded by shrapnel – some also severely burned – in the course of Israel's now nine-month-long attack on Gaza. The weapons create small pieces of shrapnel that leave barely discernible entry wounds but create extensive destruction inside the body.
A few of the many children wounded by shrapnel – some also severely burned – in the course of Israel’s now nine-month-long attack on Gaza. The weapons create small pieces of shrapnel that leave barely discernible entry wounds but create extensive destruction inside the body. (collage)
Israeli Army Reservist Shown Reading Talmud Passage to Cuffed Palestinians in Viral Video – is this even legal?

Ha’aretz reports:

A video circulated on social media shows an IDF reservist soldier reading a passage from the Talmud to three cuffed Palestinians in the West Bank.

In the footage, which was filmed in recent weeks, the soldier is seen reciting the passage while the three Palestinians lie on the ground, blindfolded. Another soldier, who filmed the incident, can be heard laughing and encouraging the reservist. The social media post has been removed.

In response, the IDF announced that both soldiers involved have been suspended from their duties and will face disciplinary action. The Israeli army added, “The soldier’s behavior in the video is serious and does not align with the values of the IDF or the standards expected of its soldiers.”



Something is happening in northern Gaza – who is telling the truth?

Various agencies report:

The Jerusalem Post reports: The IDF has expanded the humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi in northern Gaza [to accommodate Palestinians it has expelled from Jabaliya and other locations in the north], it announced Sunday morning.

This expansion included field hospitals established since the outbreak of the war, tent compounds, and supplies of food, water, and medicine.

Local Palestinians in Jabaliya report that there is nowhere to receive healthcare, nowhere to live, as buildings have been turned to rubble, As has been reported for 12 months, Israel has destroyed hospitals, schools and residential areas

According to Refugees International: In some areas of Gaza, prolonged food scarcity has driven families to desperate measures. Lacking access to food for extended periods, some Gaza residents told Refugees International that they resorted to consuming whatever was available, including non-food items.

A resident from northern Gaza reported that his family went without food for 17 days during the early months of the war, with the scarcity lasting nearly four months. To survive, the family ate animal feed, local weeds, and tree leaves. He recounted, “For four months, the north had no food supplies, and people ate tree leaves.”

One UN official told Refugees International that Gaza was “always two weeks away from a famine” due to the IDF’s refusal to normalize free-flowing aid. UN health officials have reported a significant surge in documented malnutrition cases, with a 170 percent increase across Gaza and a staggering 300 percent rise in the northern region.

Far from providing food, water, and medicine to the people of Gaza, Israel is preventing it – and has been for the last year.



From Anas Alsharif, journalist for Al Jazeera Arabic: “The Israeli occupation forces are committing a series of massacres against civilians in Jabalia camp and Jabalia al-Balad city, where the bodies of martyrs and wounded are spread in the streets, while ambulance and emergency teams are unable to evacuate them due to repeated targeting by drones.”

Here the charred hulk of an Unrwa clinic in the Jabalia refugee camp can be seen after it was torched by Israeli forces before they left on 30 May 2024
Here the charred hulk of an UNRWA medical clinic in the Jabalia refugee camp can be seen after it was torched by Israeli forces before they left on 30 May 2024 (MEE/Enas Rami)
Israel’s year of war on the West Bank

Mondoweiss reports:

For a year now in the West Bank, Israel has launched a war against Palestinians. While the genocidal assault on Gaza has claimed the lives of tens of thousands, and according to some estimates, hundreds of thousands, the onslaught in the West Bank has ramped up in the form of displacement, the unprecedented expansion of settlements, rampant settler violence and pogroms, economic warfare, mass incarceration, and the launching of a military offensive on centers of resistance across the West Bank.

As of this writing, Israeli forces and settlers have killed 743 Palestinians, wounded 5,250, and displaced 5,947. But underlying these numbers is a far deeper reality of Israeli settler encroachment and creeping annexation in the West Bank.

The Israeli offensive in the West Bank is nothing random, nor is it detached from Israel’s policies in Gaza. It follows a strategy in line with Israel’s stated plans to annex the West Bank and undermine any possibilities for a future Palestinian state.

Although these Israeli policies have been employed by Israel for decades of occupation in the West Bank, observers argue that Israel’s strategy in the West Bank after October 7 has aimed to create a new political reality, heading towards achieving definitive Israeli control over the West Bank.

(Read the full article here.)

Israeli forces intervene in the protest held by Palestinians against illegal Israeli settlers who set up encampments at Umm Safa village, north of Ramallah, West Bank on September 14, 2024. [ Issam Rimawi – Anadolu Agency]
Israeli forces intervene in the protest held by Palestinians against illegal Israeli settlers who set up encampments at Umm Safa village, north of Ramallah, West Bank on September 14, 2024. (Issam Rimawi – Anadolu Agency])
“It’s like being in an abusive relationship with the world”: Palestinians in the diaspora grapple with collective grief

Middle East Eye reports:

“We have no map to understand the depth, the breadth, the transgenerational component to it, the multi-generational component to it, the persistence of it, and the impact that it’s going to have on our current generation and generations to follow,” psychiatry professor at the University of California San Francisco, Jess Ghannam told viewers of an online webcast, just weeks into the war.

“In the Palestinian context, there is no ‘post’ in post-traumatic stress disorder,” Ghannam said.

Aside from the week-long ceasefire and prisoner swap in November, there has not been a day in the last 365, when air strikes, sniper fire or the threat of famine and disease have not targeted Palestinians in Gaza.

“I’m watching this happen to my people. And I’m looking at these faces, and they look like me, and they sound like me, and they speak like me, and they have the same names as us, and they eat the same foods as us,” Safa Soueissi, a Palestinian American in Tulsa, Oklahoma, told Middle East Eye.

“So if my children were on the street and they were hit by a car and they were bleeding out on the streets, nobody’s gonna care, because they’re Palestinian children?”

“I’ve never personally experienced this amount of grief in my life,” Nada al-Hanooti, a Palestinian American from Dearborn, Michigan, said in January. “It’s like being in an abusive relationship with the world. So it also makes me kind of go crazy with rage.”

(Read the full article here.)

Rashida Tlaib, speaking before the House on June 27: "It’s disgusting that my colleagues would support legislation to prohibit U.S. officials from even citing the Palestinian death toll. They want to erase the Palestinians who are living, and now they are trying to erase the Palestinians who are dead. This is genocide denial."
Rashida Tlaib, speaking before the House on June 27: “It’s disgusting that my colleagues would support legislation to prohibit U.S. officials from even citing the Palestinian death toll. They want to erase the Palestinians who are living, and now they are trying to erase the Palestinians who are dead. This is genocide denial.” (screenshots)

Israeli forces beat renowned Palestinian activist to death, kill a 12-year-old child

Various agencies report:

Middle East Eye: Israeli forces on Monday beat to death a renowned 66-year-old Palestinian activist after raiding his home in the occupied West Bank.

Ziad Abu Helaiel was a popular tribal figure in the West Bank, famous for peacefully confronting Israeli soldiers during demonstrations and standing between them and protesters.

Abu Helaiel’s son, Murad, told AFP that around 3am on Monday, a group of Israeli forces stormed their home in Dura, south of Hebron, trying to arrest one of their relatives.

“My father tried to stop them, so they struck him twice on the chest, then pushed him, causing his chest to collide with the door, which led to his martyrdom,” Murad said.

The soldiers then withdrew from the house, leaving Abu Helaiel unconscious on the floor. The activist was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

IMEMC: On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, fatally shot a Palestinian child in the abdomen, shot seven other Palestinians, including three children, and abducted twenty citizens.

In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that the soldiers killed a child, identified as Hatem Sami Hisham Gheith, 12.

Ziad Abu Helaiel (L) and Hatem Sami Hisham Gheith
Ziad Abu Helaiel (L) and Hatem Sami Hisham Gheith (social media)
South Africa to present new evidence of Israel’s genocide in Gaza to ICJ

Middle East Monitor reports:

South Africa intends to present new evidence in the genocide case filed against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday.

In a statement on the first anniversary of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Ramaphosa said the memorandum that his country will submit this month contains “detailed evidence” proving that Israel committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

He called on Israel to implement the provisional measures issued by the court in January, March and May.

South Africa filed a lawsuit against Israel before the World Court in December 2023 on the grounds that it violated the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention of Genocide.

White House ‘continuing’ to advise Israel on response to Iranian attack

Anadolu Agency reports:

White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Monday that the Biden administration is “continuing to have discussions with the Israelis about their response, obviously responding to Iran’s attack, almost 200 missiles right that went flying into Israel. Our commitment continues to be very clear on Israel’s security, and that’s ironclad.”

US President Joe Biden suggested last week that Israel should not strike Iran’s oil or nuclear facilities.

NOTE: The Israeli paper Jerusalem Post reported Sunday that the US has offered Israel a “compensation package” if it avoids hitting certain targets in its planned attack on Iran.

The package would include military aid and a guarantee that the US would provide total diplomatic support.

“Israeli officials reportedly answered, ‘We consider the United States and listen to them. But we will do anything and everything we can to protect the citizens and the security of the State of Israel.’”

ALSO NOTE: Mainstream media and pro-Israel leaders ignore the context of Iran’s attack, framing it instead as somehow unprovoked. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, however, correctly declared that Iran’s missile attack was an act of “self-defense” that only targeted military and security sites used for attacks on Gaza and Lebanon.

He pointed out that Iran’s measured attack came “after exercising tremendous restraint for almost two months, to give space for a ceasefire in Gaza.”

The foreign minister added that Iran’s action was “concluded” unless Israel “decides to invite further retaliation” – words that indicate that Western leaders who want an end to the conflict ought to counsel Israel to let the matter drop.

Israeli soldiers and a woman walk past a damaged vehicle in the aftermath of an Iranian missile attack on Israel, on October 2, 2024 in Tel Aviv.
Israeli soldiers and a woman walk past a damaged vehicle in the aftermath of an Iranian missile attack on Israel, on October 2, 2024 in Tel Aviv. No major damage was reported. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
Pope Francis slams world’s ‘shameful inability’ to stop Israel-Palestine war

Reuters reports:

Pope Francis criticized, on Monday, what he called the “shameful inability” of the international community to end the war in the Middle East, one year after Hamas’s devastating attack on Israel, Reuters reports.

“It seems that few people care about what is most needed and what is most desired: dialogue and peace,” he wrote. “Violence never brings peace. History proves this, yet years and years of conflict seem to have taught us nothing.”

Francis has recently become more vocal in his criticism of Israel’s military campaign.

On 29 September, the 87-year-old Pontiff criticized Israeli air strikes in Lebanon that killed Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, as well as non-combatants, suggesting the air strikes went “beyond morality”.

Earlier in September, the Pope called Israel’s actions in Lebanon “unacceptable” and urged the international community to do everything possible to halt the fighting.

In his letter on Monday, Francis directly addressed Gazans:

I am with you, the people of Gaza, long embattled and in dire straits. You are in my thoughts and prayers daily.

I am with you, who have been forced to leave your homes, to abandon schooling and work and to find a place of refuge from the bombing. …

I am with you, who are afraid to look up for fear of fire raining down from the skies.

Earthquake in Iranian desert – could it be a covert nuclear weapons test?

The Cradle reports:

On 5 October 2024, a 4.5-magnitude seismic event occurred in Iran’s Semnan province, sparking speculation that Iran has tested a nuclear weapon for the first time.

Such a seismic event is typically the result of an earthquake, but speculation has arisen on social media suggesting the event was instead an underground nuclear test carried out by the Islamic Republic in response to Israeli threats to bomb Tehran’s nuclear energy and oil facilities.

The speculation that Iran carried out a nuclear test comes just days after the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank in the US, published a report stating that “Iran can produce nuclear weapons far more rapidly than expected.”

Members of Israel’s home front inspect a crater created by an Iranian missile at a school in Gedera.
Members of Israel’s home front inspect a crater created by an Iranian missile at a school in Gedera. (Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
‘A f***ing liar’ and ‘a bad guy’: Quotes from new Bob Woodward book show Biden’s growing frustration with Benjamin Netanyahu

CNN reports:

CNN reported on quotes U.S. President Joe Biden said to and about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that appeared in a new book by veteran journalist Bob Woodward. According to the book, Biden said of Netanyahu privately earlier in the year: “That son of a bitch, Bibi Netanyahu, he’s a bad guy. He’s a bad fucking guy!”

In another interaction, Biden asked Netnayhu: What’s your strategy, man?” in an April phone call. The Israeli prime minister answered, “We have to go into Rafah,” to which Biden responded, “Bibi, you’ve got no strategy.”

“I know he’s going to do something, but the way I limit it is tell him to ‘do nothing,'” Biden told his advisers, according to Woodward, but his frustration with Netanyahu boiled over as the war continued to escalate.

“He’s a fucking liar,” Biden said privately of Netanyahu, after Israel went into Rafah, Woodward writes. “Bibi, what the fuck?” Biden yelled at Netanyahu in July after an Israeli airstrike killed a top Hezbollah military commander and three civilians in Beirut, according to Woodward.

“You know the perception of Israel around the world increasingly is that you’re a rogue state, a rogue actor,” Biden said to Netanyahu, who responded that the target was “one of the leading terrorists.”

“We saw an opportunity and took it,” Netanyahu said. “The harder you hit, the more successful you’re going to be in the negotiation.”

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US President Joe Biden responded to the ICC arrest warrant request for Israel's leaders by condemning it.
US President Joe Biden responded to the ICC arrest warrant request for Israel’s leaders by condemning it. (photo)
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STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – OCTOBER 7, 2024:

Palestinian death toll from October 7, 2023 – October 7, 2024: at least 42,708* ( 41,965 in Gaza* – 11,308 women (30%), 16,859 children as of September 5. [The Ministry’s figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.]

This is expected to be a significant undercount since thousands of those killed have yet to be identified – and at least 743 in the West Bank (~160 children). This does not include an estimated 10,000 more still buried under rubble (4,900 women and children). Euro-Med Monitor reports 49,032 Palestinian deaths.

Lancet: “Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death9 to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza.

Ralph Nader earlier estimated 300,000 Palestinians may have been killed in Gaza.

At least 45 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons (27 from Gaza, 25 from West Bank).
At least 41 Palestinians have died due to malnutrition (at least 37 of them children)**.
About 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are currently displaced.
Almost 500,000 Gazans are currently experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity.
Palestinian injuries from October 7 – October 7, 2024: at least 103,790 (including at least 97,590 in Gaza and 6,200 in the West Bank, including 830 children). [It remains unknown how many Americans are among the casualties in Gaza.]

Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – October 7, 2024: ~1,457 (~1,139 on October 7, 2023, of which ~32 were Americans, and ~36 were children); 293*** military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza; 25 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel) and~10,000 injured.

The death toll in Lebanon since October 8, 2023 is at least 2,083 (at least 127 children, 194 women) and 9,869 injuries (690 of them children). An estimated 1.2 million have been displaced.

NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.

*Previously, IAK did not include 471 Gazans killed in the Al Ahli hospital blast since the source of the projectile was being disputed. However, given that much evidence points to Israel as the culprit, Israel had previously bombed the hospital and has attacked many others, Israel is prohibiting outside experts from investigating the scene, and since the UN and other agencies are including the deaths from the attack in their cumulative totals, if Americans knew is now also doing so.

**Euro-Med Monitor reports that Gaza’s elderly are dying at an alarmingly high rate. The majority die at home and are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves dispersed across the Strip. There are currently more than 140 such cemeteries. Additionally, according to Euromed, thousands have died from starvation, malnourishment, and inadequate medical care; these are considered indirect victims as they were not registered in hospitals.

***The figure does not include the reportedly 56 Israeli soldiers – nearly 16% of the total Israeli military deaths – killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents.

† For most of the conflict, women and children accounted for about 70% of deaths in Gaza, with children making up a little over 40% of those killed, according to official statistics.

Find previous daily casualty figures and daily news updates here.

Hover over each bar for exact numbers.
Source: IsraelPalestineTimeline.org

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The beginnings of ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza, as Year Two of the revolution begins – Day 365
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“If you look at Gaza really through the eyes of a child, it is a hellscape,” UNICEF’s executive director Catherine Russell told CBS News’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday, noting the toll of family deaths and displacements, as well as ongoing lack of food and clean water. “They are so traumatized by what’s happening,” Russell said of the kids. “Even if we can get more supplies in there, the trauma that these children are suffering is going to have lifetime and even post-generational challenges for them.” (Dawoud Abo Alkas – Anadolu Agency)
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff

LATEST STATISTICS: The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that 68 people have been killed in Gaza in a series of deadly attacks on Sunday

The Government Media Office in Gaza said that Israeli forces have committed 3,654 massacres in the Gaza Strip since 7 October.
Israeli strikes across Lebanon Saturday killed 23 people and injured 93 others, the country’s health ministry said on Sunday.

Around 40 per cent of Lebanon’s 1.25 million schoolchildren have been displaced by ongoing Israeli airstrikes, according to Imad Achkar, the director general of education.
FLASHBACK 2023: Day 1

If Americans Knew reported:

(October 7th, 2023) Palestinian resistance launches surprise attack on Israel

After decades of Israeli occupation and human rights abuses, and after a 20-month-long mass nonviolent effort, Palestinians in Gaza launched a surprise operation against Israel on early Saturday morning, October 7th. Its scale is unprecedented, involving aerial, sea and ground operations. Details are only beginning to emerge.

Israel immediately began bombing Gaza and has turned off electricity to the enclave, leaving most of its two million inhabitants in the dark and hospitals dangerously impacted. There are now 200 Israelis dead, 9000 injured, and an unknown number captured; and 232 Palestinians dead and 1,600 injured.

Israeli forces, partly funded by the $13 million dollars per day that U.S. politicians have voted for them, are one of the world’s most powerful militaries, their weaponry vastly dwarfing Palestinians’. Today’s Palestinian land incursions largely consisted of individuals riding motorcycles and pickup trucks.

WHY DID THEY DO IT? Hamas spokesperson Khaled Qadomi told Al Jazeera that the group’s military operation is in “response to all the atrocities the Palestinians have faced over the decades,” and the Hamas deputy chief said the group is engaged “in a battle for freedom.” Hamas military chief Muhammad Deif explained: “We have decided to put an end to all of the occupation’s crimes”; senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh indicated that recent provocations at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem were a major reason for the surprise attack.

Other Israeli provocations include increased violence against Palestinians by illegal Israeli settlers, Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners, and a spike in killings of Palestinians by the Israeli military. 2023 was the deadliest year on record for Palestinians in the West Bank, including for children.

Hamas fighters broke down the barrier wall that imprisons Gaza and entered several Israeli communities near the border. They took over 200 prisoners, which they hope to exchange for Palestinian prisoners, and also captured a number of Israeli military vehicles.

After being surprised by the scope of the Palestinian offensive, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced, “Citizens of Israel, we are at war [and will] fight back on a scale and intensity that the enemy has so far not experienced. The enemy will pay an unprecedented price.”

In Gaza, Israeli warplanes reportedly destroyed a 5-story residential building, hit a hospital, and targeted an ambulance.

Some media outlets refer to the Palestinian resistance fighters as “terrorists” – but under international law, armed resistance is the right of occupied people.

Israel's war has left the Gaza Strip in ruins and killed over 40,000 Palestinians, including 16,000 children.
Israel’s war has left the Gaza Strip in ruins and killed over 40,000 Palestinians, including 16,000 children. (Getty)
Israeli troops bombard, besiege northern Gaza as ethnic cleansing unfolds

AntiWar reports:

The Israeli military has launched a fresh assault on northern Gaza and ordered all Palestinian civilians living in the north to head south, signaling Israel may be enacting an ethnic cleansing plan that has been reviewed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Known as the “general’s plan” since it was drawn up by retired IDF generals, the plan would result in the complete ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from areas in Gaza north of the Netzarim Corridor, a strip of land controlled by the Israeli military that separates Gaza City and other parts of the north from the south.

Itsik Zuaret, a reporter for Israel’s public broadcaster Kan, said the general’s plan was underway. “In the future, the entire northern area of ​​the Gaza Strip will be cleansed according to the general’s plan,” he wrote on X.

The first step of the plan is to transfer the estimated 300,000 Palestinian civilians out of northern Gaza, then impose a full siege on the north to starve out remaining Hamas fighters and other Palestinians who remain. Northern Gaza would be declared a “closed military zone,” meaning anyone who remains will be targeted by the IDF.

Palestinian leaders are encouraging residents of the north to stay, reminding them there is no safe place in Gaza.

ANADOLU AGENCY ADDS: At least 30 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in Israeli airstrikes on northern Gaza early Sunday, marking the deadliest Israeli escalation since May.

Palestinian medics reported that 30 bodies and several injured people were transported to hospitals in northern Gaza following Israeli airstrikes that struck Jabalia and Beit Lahia.

NOTE: In 1948, Israel dispossessed 750,000 Palestinian people and exiled them permanently to Gaza and other locations in what Palestinians refer to as the Nakba (“catastrophe”). Many Palestinians see the current situation as another Nakba – already 75% of the population of Gaza has been internally displaced – and fear that they will never be allowed to return to their homes.

Forced transfer of a people group is a crime against humanity.

Palestinians, carrying what belongings they can, migrate toward areas they believe to be safer as the Israeli army intensifies its attacks in Jabalia, Gaza on October 6, 2024.
Palestinians, carrying what belongings they can, migrate toward areas they believe to be safer as the Israeli army intensifies its attacks in Jabaliya, Gaza on October 6, 2024. (Hasan N. H. Alzaanin – Anadolu Agency])
Report: US To Give Israel ‘Compensation’ If It Hits Only US-Approved Targets in Iran

AntiWar reports:

The US has offered Israel a “compensation package” if it avoids hitting certain targets in its planned attack on Iran, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday, citing the Israeli TV channel Kan 11.

Amichai Stein, a correspondent for Kan 11, said the package would include military aid and a guarantee that the US would provide total diplomatic support.

“An American official said, ‘If you don’t hit targets A, B, C, we will provide you with diplomatic protection and an arms package,” Chair said. “Israeli officials responded saying, ‘We consider the United States and listen to them. But we will do anything and everything we can to protect the citizens and the security of the State of Israel.’”

The US is coordinating with Israel on its plans to respond to the Iranian missile barrage that hit Israel last week, which came in response to several Israeli escalations throughout the region, including the July 31 assassination of Hamas’s political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran.

The US has said it will ensure Iran faces “severe consequences” but has warned against certain types of attacks, including attacks on Iran’s civilian nuclear facilities. President Biden said the US and Israel were discussing the idea of strikes on Iranian oil sites, but later said if he was in Israel’s shoes, he would be thinking about “other alternatives than striking oil fields.”

NOTE: Mainstream media and pro-Israel leaders ignore the context of Iran’s attack, framing it instead as somehow unprovoked. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, however, correctly declared that Iran’s missile attack was an act of “self-defense” that only targeted military and security sites used for attacks on Gaza and Lebanon.

He pointed out that Iran’s measured attack came “after exercising tremendous restraint for almost two months, to give space for a ceasefire in Gaza.”

The foreign minister added that Iran’s action was “concluded” unless Israel “decides to invite further retaliation” – words that indicate that Western leaders who want an end to the conflict ought to counsel Israel to let the matter drop.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Joe Biden meet in New York on Sept. 20.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Joe Biden meet in New York on Sept. 20, 2023 (photo)
Report: Israel’s year-long attacks on religious freedom

Anadolu Agency reports:

Israel destroyed 611 mosques, eight cemeteries and three churches and caused the partial destruction of 214 mosques during its year-long aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip which began on 7 October 2023, the Palestinian Ministry of Endowments has said.

In a report issued Sunday, the ministry pointed out that over the past year, Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank have stormed and desecrated Al-Aqsa Mosque 262 times, performing Jewish prayers in the Muslim holy site.

According to the report, Israeli National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque along with ministers of his far-right government six times, and threatened to establish a Jewish synagogue on the site. Ben-Gvir has relentlessly worked to intensify the Jewish presence at the mosque through government support and by giving it a legal cover, it added.

The report indicated that “extremist Jewish religious groups have attacked and spat on Christians and Christian pilgrims in the occupied city of Jerusalem, specifically around ​​the Church of the Prison of Christ, and restricted them during Christian holidays, and prevented them from reaching the Nativity Church in Bethlehem in southern occupied West Bank and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in East Jerusalem.”

Gaza’s Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs also said that 19 of 60 cemeteries were targeted, with bodies exhumed and desecrated.

The ministry also reported that 238 of its staff members were killed and 19 were detained by Israeli forces.

Palestinians at the site of a mosque destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, near the Shaboura refugee camp in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, April 26, 2024.
Palestinians at the site of a mosque destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, near the Shaboura refugee camp in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, April 26, 2024. (photo)
Israel issues new evacuation orders for 26 towns in southern Lebanon

Various agencies report:

The Israeli army ordered civilians in 26 border towns in southern Lebanon on Sunday to evacuate immediately amid air and ground attacks on the country.

Military spokesman Avichay Adraee asked the Lebanese residents to leave their homes and move north of the Awali River.

A key ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed the creation of an “empty” buffer zone in southern Lebanon.

Writing in Israel Hayom, an outlet traditionally supportive of Netanyahu, former national security advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat said that emptying the border area in Lebanon of people would be one way to ensure that residents in northern Israel can return home without facing attacks.

“The advantage of this alternative is the relatively low costs of enforcement and the fact that it can be made possible on a routine basis without serious dilemmas,” he wrote.

“Another advantage of it is in the message it conveys: that terrorism against Israel causes a loss of territory.”

NOTE: Forced transfer of a people group is a crime against humanity.

Dozens of families were seen leaving the border village of Wazzani in southern Lebanon, after the Israeli army dropped leaflets ordering the evacuation of the village, September
Dozens of families were seen leaving the border village of Wazzani in southern Lebanon, after the Israeli army dropped leaflets ordering the evacuation of the village, September (Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu])
Palestinian journalist killed in Israeli bombing after threats against his life

Middle East Eye reports:

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian journalist on Sunday, weeks after he received threatening messages instructing him to stop filming Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip.

Hassan Hamad, 19, died when his home in Jabalia refugee camp was struck by artillery fire.

Hamad was reporting on the new Israeli incursion just moments before he was killed.

A colleague with access to his account on X said that Hamad had been sending videos about the assault late into the night.

During their last phone call at 6am (3am GMT), Hamad said: “There they are. There they are. It’s over.”

A few months before his killing, Hamad shared a screenshot with his colleagues of a threatening WhatsApp message he received from an Israeli number.

The message read: “Listen… If you continue spreading lies about Israel, we’ll come for you next and turn your family into… This is your last warning.”

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Lebanon calls for international pressure to end brutal Israeli attacks on medics, hospitals

Anadolu Agency reports:

Lebanese authorities called on Sunday for piling pressure on Israel to halt its attacks against the health sector in Lebanon amid air and ground attacks on the country.

In a statement, the Lebanese Order of Nurses (ONS) accused Israel of deliberately targeting hospitals, doctors, nurses, and paramedics “in a blatant defiance of international laws and conventions,” and called on international groups to pressure Israel to cease.

Israel has launched massive airstrikes on Lebanon against what it calls Hezbollah targets, killing more than 2,011 victims since Sept. 23, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

At least 97 medical and emergency personnel have been killed and more than 10 hospitals damaged in the attacks.

RELATED: Israeli airstrikes targeted areas in a southern suburb of Beirut on Sunday following Israeli army warnings to evacuate two areas.

Israeli aircraft carried out strikes on three different locations in the southern suburbs of Beirut, an Anadolu correspondent said.

RELATED: Israel has killed more than 100 children in Lebanon over the past 11 days, while 690 others have been wounded during the last six weeks of the Israeli onslaught, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced.

RELATED: The Syndicate of Chemists in Lebanon (SCL) has warned that the extent of destruction and the depth of damage to buildings and the ground confirms the use of internationally banned bombs containing depleted uranium by Israeli forces, warning of the risk of contracting many diseases as a result of inhaling the dust caused by the bombing.

Israeli air strikes on Beirut on Sunday were the heaviest yet
Israeli air strikes on Beirut on Sunday were the heaviest yet (Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty)
On 1st anniversary of Oct. 7, Israel imposing complete lockdown on West Bank

Anadolu Agency reports:

Israel has announced a complete lockdown on the occupied West Bank for Monday, marking the first anniversary of the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023 and the start of Israel’s offensive on Gaza.

The official broadcasting authority reported Sunday that Israeli authorities have decided to enforce a full security perimeter around the West Bank, closing the crossings that connect it to Israel and preventing the entry of Palestinian workers.

In the occupied West Bank, at least 742 Palestinians, including children, have since been killed, nearly 6,200 others injured, and more than 10,900 arrested, according to Palestinian figures.

Israeli forces raid Jenin refugee camp in Jenin, West Bank, on November 29, 2023
Israeli forces raid Jenin refugee camp in Jenin, West Bank, on November 29, 2023 (photo)
Man attempts self-immolation at pro-Palestine protest near White House

Anadolu Agency reports:

A man attempted to self-immolate Saturday during a pro-Palestine protest near the White House, according to footage on social media.

The man, who claimed to be a journalist, was seen in the video with burns to his left arm as those around him poured water on it. He raised his left arm high with flames engulfing it.

The man is heard screaming that he is a journalist. “We spread the misinformation,” he screams at one point. “I’m a journalist and I said it was okay.”

Police detained the man and established a perimeter around the area; one report said he was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Witnesses said the man is a CBS-affiliated journalist and he was accusing the network of “spreading misinformation.”

Four people so far have staged self-immolations in the US to protest Washington’s support of the war in the Gaza Strip.

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A man attempted to self-immolate Saturday during a pro-Palestine protest near the White House, according to footage on social media.
A man attempted to self-immolate Saturday during a pro-Palestine protest near the White House, according to footage on social media. (social media)
Remembering Archbishop Desmond Tutu, defender of Palestine

Middle East Monitor looks back:

When the world lost Archbishop Desmond Tutu on 26 December 2021, it lost more than just a Nobel Peace Prize laureate or the former Archbishop of Cape Town. It lost a moral compass, a voice that refused to be silenced in the face of injustice, whether in the townships of South Africa or Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine.

Tutu displayed a rare foresight that was lacking in most public figures. As early as 2002, in an article for the Guardian titled ‘Apartheid in the Holy Land’ he described Israel as an apartheid state, a stance taken at a time when such comparisons were still relatively rare.

The former US President Jimmy Carter was the only other global figure to describe Israel as such in a 2006 book titled ‘Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid’. Many have followed since, and over the past few years, a wall-to-wall consensus has formed within the international human rights community about Israel’s practice of apartheid.

Talking to South African media, Tutu would say: “I have witnessed the systemic humiliation of Palestinian men, women and children by members of the Israeli security forces. Their humiliation is familiar to all black South Africans who were corralled and harassed and insulted and assaulted by the security forces of the apartheid government.”

Often he’d describe the racism perpetrated by Israel as being worse than the racism in South Africa. “In many instances [Israeli apartheid] is worse” than South Africa under white minority rule, said Tutu in a 2012 interview with David Frost.

Tutu’s journey to becoming a leading voice for Palestine began in the townships of South Africa, where he witnessed the daily indignities and injustices of apartheid. As Tutu rose to prominence in the Anglican Church and the anti-apartheid movement, he developed a theology that emphasised what he would describe as God’s concern for justice and human dignity.

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor,” Tutu would say. “If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”

In this 2012 interview with Sir David Frost he talks about how Israel’s occupation of the West Bank is ‘in many ways worse than apartheid in South Africa’:

NOTE: Multiple human rights organizations have documented and reported on Israeli apartheid, including: Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the Israeli human rights groups B’Tselem, and Yesh Din , the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic.



Iranian missiles ‘overwhelmed’ Israel’s air defenses: Wall St. Journal

The Cradle reports:

Satellite imagery shows that Iran’s barrage of ballistic missiles earlier this week was successful in overwhelming Israel’s air defenses, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on 6 October.

The Iranian attack on Israel demonstrated Iran’s advanced missile capabilities and caused major damage to three Israeli airbases, where as many as 32 of the roughly 180 Iranian missiles (18 percent) successfully hit within the bases’ perimeters, according to experts.

WSJ concluded that future Iranian strikes “could have much more serious consequences if they target civilian infrastructure or heavily populated residential areas.”

Iran fired the ballistic missiles at Israel on 1 October in response to a series of aggressions committed by Israel, including the assassination of high-level Hamas and Hezbollah leaders.

The Iranian armed forces’ general staff has promised that, if Israel retaliates, Iran will answer with “widespread and comprehensive destruction” of infrastructure within Israel.

Many rockets, fired from Iran, are seen over Jerusalem from Hebron, West Bank on October 01, 2024 [Wisam Hashlamoun – Anadolu Agency]
Many rockets, fired from Iran, are seen over Jerusalem from Hebron, West Bank on October 01, 2024 (Wisam Hashlamoun – Anadolu Agency)
Israeli Airstrikes Target Aid Trucks in Central Syria

AntiWar reports:

Israeli attacks against Syria continued apace over the weekend, with strikes reported against humanitarian aid trucks in the Homs Province of Central Syria. The trucks were carrying food and blankets, along with medical aid, from the Iraqi Red Crescent for those fleeing Israel’s attacks in Lebanon.

Details are still emerging. The attacks reportedly took place in an industrial area, near a car factory. Three members of the relief teams sent from Iraq were reported wounded in the strikes, and their condition is not at present clear.

Israel has reportedly been attacking Syria almost daily since its ground invasion of Lebanon started.

Shooting operation kills one Israeli officer, injures several in Beersheba

The Cradle reports:

One female Israeli officer was killed and ten people wounded, two of them critically, in a shooting operation at the central bus station in the city of Beersheba in southern Israel, Israeli media reported on 6 October.

The attacker was identified as Ahmed Saeed al-Uqbi, an Israeli citizen and resident of Hura, a Bedouin village in the Negev Desert.

Uqbi, who wore a bulletproof vest and was armed with a gun and a knife, opened fire at Beersheba’s central bus station, authorities reported, before being shot and killed by police.

RECOMMENDED READING: Cleansing the Negev: Israel plans to evict “tens of thousands” of Palestinian Bedouin

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Axios: Harris won’t say whether the U.S. has “a real close ally” in Netanyahu

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STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – OCTOBER 6, 2024:

Palestinian death toll from October 7, 2023 – October 6, 2024: at least 42,650* ( 41,909 in Gaza* – 11,308 women (30%), 16,859 children as of September 5. [The Ministry’s figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.]

This is expected to be a significant undercount since thousands of those killed have yet to be identified – and at least 741 in the West Bank (~160 children). This does not include an estimated 10,000 more still buried under rubble (4,900 women and children). Euro-Med Monitor reports 49,032 Palestinian deaths.

Lancet: “Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death9 to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza.

Ralph Nader earlier estimated 300,000 Palestinians may have been killed in Gaza.

At least 45 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons (27 from Gaza, 25 from West Bank).
At least 41 Palestinians have died due to malnutrition (at least 37 of them children)**.
About 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are currently displaced.
Almost 500,000 Gazans are currently experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity.
Palestinian injuries from October 7 – October 6, 2024: at least 103,503 (including at least 97,303 in Gaza and 6,200 in the West Bank, including 830 children). [It remains unknown how many Americans are among the casualties in Gaza.]

Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – October 6, 2024: ~1,457 (~1,139 on October 7, 2023, of which ~32 were Americans, and ~36 were children); 293*** military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza; 25 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel) and~10,000 injured.

The death toll in Lebanon since October 8, 2023 is at least 2,011 (at least 127 children, 194 women) and 9,535 injuries (690 of them children). An estimated 1.2 million have been displaced.

NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.

*Previously, IAK did not include 471 Gazans killed in the Al Ahli hospital blast since the source of the projectile was being disputed. However, given that much evidence points to Israel as the culprit, Israel had previously bombed the hospital and has attacked many others, Israel is prohibiting outside experts from investigating the scene, and since the UN and other agencies are including the deaths from the attack in their cumulative totals, if Americans knew is now also doing so.

**Euro-Med Monitor reports that Gaza’s elderly are dying at an alarmingly high rate. The majority die at home and are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves dispersed across the Strip. There are currently more than 140 such cemeteries. Additionally, according to Euromed, thousands have died from starvation, malnourishment, and inadequate medical care; these are considered indirect victims as they were not registered in hospitals.

***The figure does not include the reportedly 56 Israeli soldiers – nearly 16% of the total Israeli military deaths – killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents.

† For most of the conflict, women and children accounted for about 70% of deaths in Gaza, with children making up a little over 40% of those killed, according to official statistics.

Find previous daily casualty figures and daily news updates here.

Hover over each bar for exact numbers.
Source: IsraelPalestineTimeline.org

Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated)
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Contrived charges of antisemitism are the new ‘Red Scare’
How Israel’s quadcopters traumatize, maim and kill Palestinians in Gaza
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The unpublished genocide diaries of Refaat Alareer
An arms embargo on Israel is not a radical idea — it’s the law
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Gaza breakdown: 20 times Israel used US arms in likely war crimes
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‘Words like Slaughter:’ A comparative study of The New York Times reporting in Ukraine and Gaza
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Israel Suddenly Has A Problem With Attacks On Population Centers
Americans are always the last to know…about Israel’s crimes

https://israelpalestinenews.org/the-beginnings-of-ethnic-cleansing-in-northern-gaza-as-year-two-of-the-revolution-begins-day-365/

Israeli attacks intensify on Gaza, Lebanon, with no end in sight – Day 364
[email protected] October 6, 2024 Emmanuel Macron, Gaza, Lebanon, massacre, West Bank
Palestinians inspect the rubble of mosque, which was damaged in Israeli attack in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on October 6, 2024. (Anadolu Agency)
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff

The Israeli army killed 23 more Palestinians and injured 66 in attacks on the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Saturday.

These figures do not include the death toll from the overnight bombardment across Gaza.
Israeli strikes across Lebanon Saturday killed 23 people and injured 93 others, according to the country’s health ministry.

Anadolu Agency reports:

NORTHERN GAZA: Israel carried out more than 100 airstrikes in northern Gaza overnight, killing at least 30 Palestinians and injuring dozens, marking the deadliest Israeli escalation since May.

Following the attack, the Israeli military ordered residents to evacuate their homes and relocate to the Al-Mawasi “safe” zone in Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis, claiming “the region remains an active combat zone.” (WATCH How safe is Gaza’s al-Mawasi ‘safe zone’?)

CENTRAL GAZA: At least 24 Palestinians, including children, were killed, and 93 others injured early Sunday morning in two separate Israeli airstrikes targeting a mosque and a school that were sheltering displaced civilians in central Gaza.

BEIRUT: Israeli warplanes carried out more than 30 overnight airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburb, marking the “heaviest night” of attacks since Israel expanded its military offensive against Lebanon on Sept. 23.

Israeli officials claimed that the strikes were based on “precise intelligence,” and targeted Hezbollah infrastructure, as well as weapons caches, which Israel alleges are stored in residential buildings.

Palestinians flee to safety with whatever belongings they can take with them after the Israeli army’s heavy air and artillery attacks in Gaza City, Gaza on October 06, 2024.
Palestinians flee to safety with whatever belongings they can take with them after the Israeli army’s heavy air and artillery attacks in Gaza City, Gaza on October 06, 2024. (Hamza Z. H. Qraiqea – Anadolu Agency)
Israeli military claims bombed mosque was Hamas command center

Al Jazeera reports:

The Israeli military has claimed, without providing evidence, that the “Shahada al-Aqsa mosque” it bombed in Deir el-Balah was being used as a “command and control complex”.

Posting on X, the Israeli military also claimed that “many steps were taken to reduce the chance of harming civilians” before bombing the mosque, which was housing displaced Palestinians.

At least 18 people have been confirmed killed so far. Footage of the aftermath of the attack, verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency, shows rescue crews scrambling to pull bodies from under the rubble.

NOTE: Israel justifies every strike with essentially the same words, “the site was a Hamas command and control center”; it makes the same claims, “many steps were taken to reduce the chance of harming civilians,” often adding that it used “precise” munitions.

The bombing sites consistently show no evidence of Hamas use, attacks are often carried out without warning to civilians to evacuate, and cause massive damage and loss of life. (More here.)

The occupation launched a bombardment on the Al-Wasifi family's house in Al-Nuseirat camp (Anadolu)
Site of an Israeli bombing of the home of the Al-Wasifi extended family, Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, in September (Anadolu)
Israeli army admits to targeting mosque in southern Lebanon

Anadolu Agency reports:

The Israeli army admitted on Saturday that it targeted a mosque in southern Lebanon, claiming that Hezbollah members were present and using it as an operations base.

The Israeli army claimed in a statement that its airforce carried out a “precise strike late Friday night on Hezbollah fighters operating from a command center located within the mosque near Salah Ghandoor Hospital in Bint Jbeil.”

The Israeli army claimed that Hezbollah members were using the mosque for “planning and executing attacks against Israeli forces.”

This is the same pretext that the Israeli army used to destroy mosques and churches in the Gaza Strip.

Lebanese Red Cross teams conducted search and rescue operations in the rubble of collapsed buildings following an Israeli army attack in Nabatieh province of southern Lebanon, on September 27, 2024.[Ramiz Dallah – Anadolu Agency]
Lebanese Red Cross teams conducted search and rescue operations in the rubble of collapsed buildings following an Israeli army attack in Nabatieh province of southern Lebanon, on September 27, 2024. (Ramiz Dallah – Anadolu Agency)
West Bank: Israeli Forces Kill a Former Prisoner Near Tubas

IMEMC reports:

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian young man, on Saturday, after abducting him in the village of Wadi al-Far’a, southwest of Tubas in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank.

Kamal Bani Oda, the director of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) in Tubas, reported that Israeli forces shot Ahmad Mustafa Ahmad Awaisa, 30, with several live rounds, before abducting him.

He added that the slain young man was a former prisoner who was released in September 2024, after spending two years in occupation prisons.

Media sources said that a large army force stormed Wadi al-Far’a village, on Saturday morning, and surrounded the home of the Awaisa family, before invading the home, shooting the former prisoner with several live rounds, and abducting him.

NOTE: The entire West Bank has been under Israeli occupation since 1967; all its official entrances and exits are controlled by Israeli soldiers, making its Palestinian inhabitants virtual prisoners. Many are families that were ethnically cleansed from Israel during Israel’s founding war (see this and this and this) and its 1967 war. Israeli forces often invade them; one example is here.

In a landmark advisory opinion on July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land “illegal” and demanded the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Two senior Hamas commanders killed in Lebanon strikes


Middle East Eye reports:

Two senior Hamas commanders were reportedly killed in Israeli strikes in northern Lebanon.

Field commander Saeed Atallah Ali was reportedly killed in a strike targeting the Beddawi camp for Palestinian refugees near the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.

Mohammed Hussein al-Lawis was killed in another strike targeting the Beqaa Valley town of Saadnayel.

Hamas confirmed both deaths.

NOTE: These men are just the latest in a string of Israeli assassinations of resistance leaders, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian officials. Analysts suggest Israel is leaving itself no one to negotiate a ceasefire with.

Global leaders denounce Israel’s latest escalations

Anadolu Agency reports:

Irish foreign minister expresses ‘deep’ concern over escalation in Lebanon

Spain’s king calls for end to ‘indescribable destruction’ in Gaza

UK foreign secretary condemns Israeli strikes on Lebanese health facilities

German foreign ministry deplores deadly Israeli attack on West Bank refugee camp

French president buckles under pressure from Netanyahu

Various agencies report:

Anadolu Agency: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday called for halting arms shipments to Israel over its operations in Gaza, stressing the need to prioritize a political solution in the region.

Macron claimed that France was not sending weapons to Israel for use in Gaza, and insisted that Israel should adhere to international and humanitarian law.

AFP continues the story: Hours later, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed French President Emmanuel Macron for calling for a halt to arms supplies to Israel, which is fighting wars in Gaza and Lebanon.

“As Israel fights the forces of barbarism led by Iran, all civilized countries should be standing firmly by Israel’s side.

“Yet, President Macron and other Western leaders are now calling for arms embargoes against Israel. Shame on them,” Netanyahu said in a statement issued by his office.

“Israel will win with or without their support, but their shame will continue long after the war is won”, Netanyahu added.

Then. from Middle East Eye: Macron’s office walked back his statement, emphasizing that he “supports Israel’s security and demonstrates it,” that he mobilized France’s military to aid Israel twice, and that he “personally told the Iranian president of France’s commitment to Israel’s security.”

“It is in this context that the president calls for an end to arms exports intended for use in Gaza,” the statement continued. “We must return to diplomatic solutions.”

“France is Israel’s steadfast friend,” the Elysee concluded.


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IMEMC Daily Reports.

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STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – OCTOBER 5, 2024:

Palestinian death toll from October 7, 2023 – October 5, 2024: at least 42,611* ( 41,870 in Gaza* – 11,308 women (30%), 16,859 children as of September 5. [The Ministry’s figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.]

This is expected to be a significant undercount since thousands of those killed have yet to be identified – and at least 741 in the West Bank (~160 children). This does not include an estimated 10,000 more still buried under rubble (4,900 women and children). Euro-Med Monitor reports 49,032 Palestinian deaths.

Lancet: “Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death9 to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza.

Ralph Nader earlier estimated 300,000 Palestinians may have been killed in Gaza.

At least 45 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons (27 from Gaza, 25 from West Bank).
At least 41 Palestinians have died due to malnutrition (at least 37 of them children)**.
About 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are currently displaced.
Almost 500,000 Gazans are currently experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity.
Palestinian injuries from October 7 – October 5, 2024: at least 103,366 (including at least 97,166 in Gaza and 6,200 in the West Bank, including 830 children). [It remains unknown how many Americans are among the casualties in Gaza.]

Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – October 5, 2024: ~1,457 (~1,139 on October 7, 2023, of which ~32 were Americans, and ~36 were children); 293*** military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza; 25 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel) and~10,000 injured.

The death toll in Lebanon since October 8, 2023 is at least 2,011 (at least 127 children, 194 women) and 9,535 injuries (690 of them children). An estimated 1.2 million have been displaced.

The death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon has reached 2,011, with 9,535 wounded since Oct. 8, 2023, according to local authorities on Friday.

NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.

*Previously, IAK did not include 471 Gazans killed in the Al Ahli hospital blast since the source of the projectile was being disputed. However, given that much evidence points to Israel as the culprit, Israel had previously bombed the hospital and has attacked many others, Israel is prohibiting outside experts from investigating the scene, and since the UN and other agencies are including the deaths from the attack in their cumulative totals, if Americans knew is now also doing so.

**Euro-Med Monitor reports that Gaza’s elderly are dying at an alarmingly high rate. The majority die at home and are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves dispersed across the Strip. There are currently more than 140 such cemeteries. Additionally, according to Euromed, thousands have died from starvation, malnourishment, and inadequate medical care; these are considered indirect victims as they were not registered in hospitals.

***The figure does not include the reportedly 56 Israeli soldiers – nearly 16% of the total Israeli military deaths – killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents.

† For most of the conflict, women and children accounted for about 70% of deaths in Gaza, with children making up a little over 40% of those killed, according to official statistics.

Find previous daily casualty figures and daily news updates here.

Hover over each bar for exact numbers.
Source: IsraelPalestineTimeline.org

Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated)
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https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-attacks-intensify-gaza-lebanon-no-end-in-sight-day-364/

Massive Israeli airstrike kills at least 18 in West Bank; Gaza and Lebanon battered – Day 362
[email protected] October 4, 2024 assassination, Beirut, education in gaza, Hashem Safieddine, Hezbollah, Iran, Lebanon, military spending, Tulkarm, white phosphorus
Israeli fighter jets bomb West Bank coffee shop, killing 18 Palestinians

Middle East Eye reports:

Israeli forces killed 18 Palestinians on Thursday after bombing a coffee shop in the occupied West Bank using fighter jets, in the first such attack since the Second Intifada during the early 2000s.

At least one missile reportedly hit a busy cafe in the crowded Tulkarm refugee camp late at night as citizens gathered there. Ambulances and first responders rushed to the scene after the raid.

Video from the site posted on social media showed what appeared to be a corpse suspended in the air and rubble spewed across the street with cries in the background.

A source within the Palestinian security services said this was the deadliest single attack in the occupied West Bank since 2000.

The Israeli army confirmed the strike and said it was a joint operation carried out by the Shin Bet internal security service and the air force, according to a brief statement by the military.

AL JAZEERA ADDS: The Israeli military said that it killed Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi, an alleged Hamas leader in the occupied West Bank, following a deadly strike in the Tulkarem refugee camp.

IMEMC ADDS: Volunteer paramedic at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Diala Hadaida, said: “We witnessed difficult scenes after the bombing, with the remains of children and elderly people scattered and hanging on power lines, in addition to several Palestinians being trapped under the rubble.”

Since October 7, 2023, the Tulkarem governorate has been subject to serious Israeli military escalation, leading to the death of 152 Palestinians, including twenty-one children and four women, bringing the number of slain Palestinians in the West Bank, to 741 including more than 160 children, 11 women and two medics.

AL JAZEERA ADDS: Journalist Abed Abu Shehadeh says Israel used a fighter jet in its attack on the occupied West Bank that killed 18 Palestinians, something that had not happened since the second Intifada.

He noted that the Israeli military used an Apache helicopter gunship in its massive raid on the Jenin refugee camp in June 2023, also for the first time in 20 years, suggesting that there is “a wider Israeli plan concerning the West Bank”.

A mother and her two children were among 18 killed in Israeli fighter jet strike on Tulkarem.

The Palestinian health ministry stated that the strike led to a total of 18 people being killed by Israeli strikes.

Elsewhere, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian young man, on Thursday, after an alleged stabbing attempt at a military roadblock, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Salah Ziad Issa Shawahin, 23, died after Israeli soldiers shot him with live ammunition near Hebron.

Israeli attacks have killed 50 Palestinians in 15 days in the West Bank.

IDF and IAF Joint Operation kills at least 18 in Tulkarm, West Bank
IDF and IAF Joint Operation kills at least 18 in Tulkarm, West Bank (screengrabs)
Your Money: Another $1.2 billion tax dollars goes toward Israel – to maintain ships in the Red Sea

​Middle East Eye reports:

The US Department of Defense plans to allocate around $1.2 billion for the upkeep of military vessels stationed in the Red Sea, according to recently released budget documents.

This funding will also be used to replenish missile stockpiles, which are essential for protecting Israel as it continues its war on Gaza.

The spending is linked to “costs incurred by the Department of Defense within the US Central Command region in responding to the situation in Israel or to hostile actions in the region as a direct result of the situation in Israel,” one of the documents says.

NOTE: The US continues to provide Israel with tens of millions of dollars a day in military aid (plus billions in emergency supplies) – while it commits genocide.

The Abraham Lincoln and its carrier strike group are currently operating in the Persian Gulf, ready to defend Israel.
The Abraham Lincoln and its carrier strike group are currently operating in the Persian Gulf, ready to defend Israel. (US Navy)

https://israelpalestinenews.org/massive-israeli-airstrike-kills-at-least-18-in-west-bank-gaza-and-lebanon-battered-day-362/

THAT I MAY KNOW HIM!(PHP.3:10)
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"BROTHER'S KEEPER"; GOD'S EXPLICIT REQUIREMENT FOR ETERNAL SECURITY! [MAT.25:31-46,PHP.2:2-5]
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Let's begin by saying that,BEING OUR BROTHER'S KEEPER,IS ACTUALLY LIVING OUT THE GOD EXPECTED PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN LIFE!

Though, by worldly concerns it's perceptibly complicated,yet it doesn't change the fact that,being our brother's keeper is a key requirement for the confirmation and completion of our Salvation project.

Indeed, it's the second most explicit requirement of God from us. For the avoidance of doubt,the latter part of God's Law(No.7-10),is hinged on it...its summarised message being,*our need to be very mindful of fellow man,*to treat others like we desire to be treated. The FIRST REQUIREMENT of course,(No.1-6),is our avowed unsolicited obligatory duties to our awesomely Jealous FATHER *JEHOVAH*

God's dealing with Man right from the onset,is replete with His apparently unwavering determination that we must be on the lookout for one another. In Genesis 4:9,where the term *Brother's keeper* has its foundation,God asked Cain of his brother, Abel's whereabouts. And Cain while shelving responsibility begat the now popular phrase "Am I my brother's keeper?" And to emphasize HIS DISPLEASURE, God placed a curse on Cain in the vs 10-11,for failing to lookout for his brother.

In Eze.22:30,God was apparently dissatisfied when He sought for a Man [Brother's keeper] to stand in the gap for Israel, and finding none,was compelled to spit the consequences of His wroth on them. HE cares so much about our being responsible for one another,(the only way we can significantly shut devil up,in his campaign against Man's well being).

Consider this incident between our Lord Christ Jesus and fiery Peter.

31. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32. But I have prayed for thee, THAT THY FAITH FAIL NOT: and when thou art converted, STRENGTHEN THY BRETHREN. (Luk 22: 31-32)

I hope you picked up a thing from that scripture...simply put, Christ Jesus is telling Peter,*lookout for your brothers wellbeing*... won't they in turn lookout for Peter... certainly!

Throughout the Bible,God again and again demonstrated His Resolve that we have a duty to be there for one another always, and in whatever situation and condition...THIS IS WHAT WE GOT WRONG, THAT'S GIVING THE DEVIL UNDESERVED VICTORY WITHIN OUR MIDST...MAY GOD REVERSE THAT TREND TODAY IN CHRIST JESUS NAME,AMEN

In Numbers 12:1-16, we read of Moses elder siblings,who instead of helping to quell the rebellion brewing oftentimes in the camp of the Israelites against Moses, resorted to fuelling it, by joining the Israelites to plot against their younger brother...we are told of how great God's wroth was,to the effect that Miriam was stricken with leprosy;

9. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them; and he departed.

10. And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. (Num 12: 9-10)THOSE WHO BLASPHEME GOD'S SERVANTS (THE GOD CALLED ONES)...TAKE NOTE ALSO.

Okay,in John 9,Christ Jesus personally and firmly confirmed His desire that we lookout for one another. After He restored the sight of the Man born blind,the scribes cast him out. When Christ saw this,HE sought him out... notice this... HE DIDN'T SEND ANYONE...HE LOOKED FOR THE MAN HIMSELF,and having found him,encouraged and comforted him, and in the process,wiping any seed of doubt and fear that his being cast out by the Religious Leaders may have initiated;

24. Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

25. He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no , I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. (Joh 9: 24-25)

34. They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

35. Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

36. He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?

37. And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.

38. And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. (Joh 9: 34-38)

In Php.2:2-5, Apostle Paul confirmed the dictates of Christ Jesus;

2. Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

3. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

4. LOOK NOT EVERY MAN ON HIS OWN THINGS, BUT EVERY MAN ALSO ON THE THINGS OF OTHERS.

5. Let THIS MIND BE IN YOU, WHICH WAS ALSO IN CHRIST JESUS: (Php 2: 2-5)

Then let's take some verses from our anchor scripture;

35. For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36. Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee ? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38. When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee ?

39. Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40. And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

42. For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: (Mat 25: 35-42)

It's essentially from 31-46...read it through if you can...infact,I encourage you to.

You see, from the verses above,here this;

Being wealthy or rich isn't a prerequisite for brotherly keeping...there are many around you and me that we can *brother keep* in several ways.
That person who's always poorly dressed(tattered or worn-out clothes and shoes),while in your wardrobe,there sit arrays of clothes and shoes that you don't really need or that you can afford to spare. It won't take anything from you,if you relinquish them for the sake of the aforementioned... without having to be begged first.

In your environment,there are those finding it difficult to afford just a meal a day. Meanwhile,your trashcan is a faithful *Keeper of throwaway food*. It will not cost you a thing to deny or relieve your trashcan off its duties and put a smile on some persons faces. You don't even have to wait until you get what to throw away.

How about the *many homeless* because of house rents inaffordability, either those you saw yourself or those you were told of, you may not have an estate,but you know in your heart of hearts,that you can do something,if you choose to...why are you waiting...go ahead and do it.

Haven't you seen school age and older children hawking through our towns and cities, because of school fees and poor parentage? What prevents you from taking a closer interest when you know you can pull one or two strings!

Mr CEO,what about some cars in your garage,that haven't been touched for years,except *regular warming* and yet, you scold your poorly paid staff,and probably deduct from the peanuts you pay them, because they came to work late because they have to trek ...as there's no workable transport allowance.

Of course the less privileged are always suppressed and oppressed,subjected to daily humiliations, because there's none to plead their CAUSE. Perhaps, you are an elite,in a position to right THINGS... what's keeping you from being their voice...is it the *It's not my business* academy? You can choose to come out and do something. There is so much we can do, as *our brother's keeper* Let's do it!

THE BEAUTY OF IT ALL IS THAT, WHATEVER WE DO FOR OTHERS,(GOOD OR EVIL), CHRIST JESUS CONFIRMED AND DECLARED THAT,WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING THEM TO HIM;
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch AS YE HAVE DONE it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have DONE IT UNTO ME. (Mat 25: 40)

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch AS YE DID IT NOT to one of the least of these, YE DID it NOT TO ME. (Mat 25: 45)

Conclusively,it all begins and ends with love... without love,we can't be a brother's keeper... without love, being a brother's keeper becomes a lucrative market,as we see all day and night on social media and TV, where every little offer of help is recorded and published,even before the help is received.

3. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

4. That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. (Mat 6: 3-4)

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. (1Jn 2: 9)

7. Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

8. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. (1Jn 4: 7-8)

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? (1Jn 4: 20)

May the MERCY and GRACE of God continue to speak for us, AMEN !

Kevin De Bruyne: The Maestro of Modern Football
Kevin De Bruyne has established himself as one of the most exceptional midfielders in football history, renowned for his unparalleled vision, incisive passing, and tactical intelligence. Playing for Manchester City and the Belgian national team, De Bruyne's ability to dictate the pace and flow of a match has earned him a reputation as a modern football maestro.
Early Life and Career Beginnings
Born on June 28, 1991, in Drongen, Belgium, De Bruyne showcased remarkable talent from an early age. He began his professional career at K.R.C. Genk, where his performances in the Belgian Pro League drew attention from top European clubs. His time at Genk culminated in winning the Belgian Cup and laying the groundwork for his transition to a more prominent stage.
In 2012, De Bruyne signed with Chelsea FC in the English Premier League. However, his initial stint at the club was marked by limited playing time, leading to a loan spell at Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga. It was in Germany that De Bruyne truly began to flourish, displaying his incredible passing range and vision, ultimately catching the eye of scouts across Europe.
Rise to Prominence at Manchester City
In January 2015, Kevin De Bruyne made a pivotal move to Manchester City for a then-club-record fee. This transfer would mark the beginning of a transformative era, both for De Bruyne and the club. Under the management of Pep Guardiola, he evolved into a central figure in City’s midfield, contributing to the team’s attacking prowess with his exceptional ability to read the game and create scoring opportunities.
De Bruyne's playing style is characterized by his exceptional passing accuracy, ability to deliver pinpoint crosses, and an innate understanding of space. His vision allows him to execute ambitious through balls that split defenses, often leaving forwards in ideal positions to score. This combination of skills has made him not only a prolific playmaker but also a critical goal-scoring threat.
Throughout his tenure at Manchester City, De Bruyne has been instrumental in the club's domestic and European successes, including multiple Premier League titles and EFL Cups. His standout performances in crucial matches have solidified his status as one of the best midfielders in the game, and he has earned several individual accolades, including multiple PFA Players’ Player of the Year awards.
International Success with Belgium
De Bruyne’s impact is not limited to club football. As a key player for the Belgian national team, he has been pivotal in Belgium’s recent successes on the international stage. His leadership and creativity were crucial during the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where Belgium finished in third place, marking their best-ever performance in the tournament. De Bruyne’s stunning goals and assists throughout the competition showcased his ability to perform under pressure and cemented his reputation as a world-class player.
His contributions to the national team extend beyond mere statistics; De Bruyne’s tactical awareness and ability to control the midfield have made him a cornerstone of Belgium’s so-called "Golden Generation." As the team continues to compete in major tournaments, De Bruyne remains an essential figure, inspiring his teammates with his relentless work ethic and commitment to excellence.
Legacy and Future Outlook
As Kevin De Bruyne continues to dazzle fans and analysts alike, his legacy as one of football's greats is assured. His unique blend of technical ability, footballing intelligence, and leadership sets him apart in a sport increasingly defined by pace and power. De Bruyne’s influence transcends mere statistics; he embodies the artistry of football, turning matches into displays of skill and creativity.
Looking ahead, De Bruyne shows no signs of slowing down. His commitment to continuous improvement and his relentless pursuit of perfection make him a formidable force on the pitch. Whether leading Manchester City to further glory or guiding Belgium in international competitions, Kevin De Bruyne will undoubtedly continue to leave an indelible mark on the world of football for years to come.

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Yes, American-made bombs killed Hezbollah leader Nasrallah (and thousands more) – Day 358
[email protected] September 30, 2024 ecocide, farming in gaza, Gaza, genocide, Jared Kushner, Lebanon, pope francis, us weapons to israel
Palestinians living in makeshift tents in the Hamad area of Khan Younis, Gaza migrate with their belongings following Israel’s evacuation warning on August 16, 2024 [Doaa Albaz – Anadolu Agency] (photo)
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff

Israel killed at least 28 people in the Gaza Strip Sunday.

At least four Palestinians were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Umm al-Fahm School in the town of Beit Lahia, which serves to shelter displaced civilians in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Lebanese health ministry has reported that Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed at least 109 individuals and left 364 others wounded across the country.

An entire family of 17 members was wiped out by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday in the town of Zboud, in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, Lebanese media said.
In Yemen, at least four people were killed and 49 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on the western city of Al Hudaydah on Sunday, the Houthi group said.

Around 17,000 children killed in Israeli war on Gaza, Palestinian authorities say

Anadolu Agency reports:

Around 17,000 Palestinian children have been killed in Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip since last October, according to local authorities on Sunday.

“Around 25,973 Palestinian children now live in Gaza without one or both parents due to the Israeli aggression,” Ismail al-Thawabta, who heads Gaza’s government media office, told Anadolu.

He said at least 16,859 children, including 171 infants, have been killed in Israeli attacks since Oct. 7, 2023.

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has repeatedly warned that “Gaza’s children have endured unimaginable horrors” under relentless Israeli attacks.

A child holds a doll among the rubble of a heavily damaged house as nine people, including three children, were killed in an attack by the Israeli army on the house of Akram al-Najjar, a lecturer at University of Jerusalem in the Jabalia Refugee Camp in Jabalia, Gaza, on September 11, 2024. Mahmoud ssa / Anadolu via Getty Images
A child holds a doll among the rubble of a heavily damaged house as nine people, including three children, were killed in an attack by the Israeli army on the house of Akram al-Najjar, a lecturer at University of Jerusalem in the Jabalia Refugee Camp in Jabalia, Gaza, on September 11, 2024.
Mahmoud ssa / Anadolu via Getty Images (photo)
Gaza: Israel’s destruction of agricultural land is expression of its insistence on committing genocide

Euro Med Monitor reports:

Israel has once again destroyed hundreds of dunams of agricultural land, depriving Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip of agricultural land and resources vital to survival, all in support of its illegal blockade of the Strip and tight restrictions on the entry of food supplies for almost a full year. This is an expression of Israel’s insistence on committing genocide against Palestinians in the enclave.

Israel has forced over 75% of agricultural land in the Gaza Strip from the Palestinian people’s hands, either by isolating it in preparation for illegally annexing it to its military “buffer zone” or by bulldozing or otherwise damaging it, thereby destroying the Strip’s supply of fruits, vegetables, and meat.

This destruction is part of a larger Israeli plan that dates back to last October. Under this plan, Israeli forces have worked to eliminate almost 80% of the agricultural land in the Gaza Strip from use by Palestinians. Israel has done this either by isolating it in preparation for its forcible annexation to the so-called “buffer zone” or by bulldozing or destroying it by other means, such as bombardment—all of which are in violation of international law.

According to the Euro-Med Monitor field team, Israeli forces stormed the area of Al-Shimaa in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, early on Tuesday morning (25 September 2024). Accompanied by military bulldozers, the forces began their bulldozing operations, destroying more than 500 dunums of newly replanted agricultural land, which was supposed to sustain the needs of the people living in northern Gaza, who are subject to an arbitrary siege and systematic starvation by Israel.

The Israeli destruction of these agricultural lands, the majority of which were filled with eggplants, reflects Israel’s insistence on preventing the Palestinian people from depending on the region’s agricultural food basket during a period when sufficient supplies of vegetables and other foods are being kept out of the northern Gaza Strip. This has led to a severe famine, to the point where a significant portion of the people in the north have been forced to eat tree leaves and bake ground-up animal feed instead of flour.

(Read the full report here.)



Palestinian security in Gaza says spying devices found in displacement camps

Middle East Monitor reports:

The Palestinian security services in Gaza have in recent days seized Israeli spying equipment planted in a shelter for displaced families in the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian resistance media platform reported on its Telegram channel yesterday.

The platform quoted a security officer as saying that “the [Israeli] occupation intelligence had disguised the seized spying devices with different shapes, so they appear as part of the surrounding and natural environment including in the form of a rock.”

The officer suggested the Israeli intelligence planted the spying devices via Quadcopter drones, calling on everyone “not to tamper with any suspicious devices and to contact the security officers immediately.”

Tent camp near Al-Aqsa Hospital that was hit by a deadly Israeli air attack [Abdallah FS Alattar/Anadolu]
Tent camp near Al-Aqsa Hospital that was hit by a recent deadly Israeli air attack [Abdallah FS Alattar/Anadolu] (photo)
From Gaza to Lebanon: Israel’s Bombing Campaign Backed by Media Propaganda

MintPress News reports:

Western corporate media outlets, including the BBC, CNN, and The New York Times, have been working overtime to justify Israel’s recent assault on Lebanon, which claimed the lives of approximately 600 people in a single day. These reports have repeatedly claimed that the Israeli strikes were targeting “Hezbollah positions,” an assertion that has been widely echoed without substantial scrutiny.

Israel’s large-scale onslaught against civilian areas throughout Lebanon, which began on Monday, was covered by Western corporate media as “strikes on Hezbollah.”

CNN’s story on the first day of the assault, after around 500 people had been killed across Lebanon, was titled, “Israeli Strikes Targeting Hezbollah Kill Hundreds Across Lebanon.” The New York Times set up a live events feed labeled “Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon.” Even Reuters and the Associated Press, two of the most reputable Western news providers, framed the events as an escalation from “both sides,” covering Israel’s attack on Hezbollah.


A Reuters article published Tuesday opens with a telling lede: “An Israeli airstrike on Beirut killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Tuesday as cross-border rocket attacks by both sides increased fears of a full-fledged war in the Middle East, and Lebanon said only Washington could help end the fighting.”

Israel has made no secret of the fact that it is targeting civilians, as demonstrated by its release of a CGI video showing mockups of Lebanese villages, where missiles are allegedly stored in homes. Despite this, much of the Western media has yet to acknowledge these admissions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispelled any remaining doubt when he delivered a message in English to the people of Lebanon in which he claimed, “Hezbollah has been using you as human shields.” He further stated, “They’ve placed rockets in your living rooms” and “missiles in your garage.”

(Read the full analysis here.)


Garbage situation in Gaza is catastrophic

Various agencies report:

UNRWA, the United Nations group serving Palestinian refugees, says: Mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza middle areas as sewage leaks onto streets. Families have no choice but to live beside the accumulated waste, exposed to the reek and the threat of a looming health disaster. Sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane.

According to ReliefWeb, the waste management system in Gaza, already limited before the war, has now completely collapsed as collection vehicles have been destroyed and access to official landfills is refused by the Israeli military.

Waste attracts rodents and insects resulting in the spread of infectious diseases such as cholera or skin diseases, while waste burning, a disposal method that locals use to manage the current emergency, worsens air pollution which in turn can result in further respiratory problems. People, many of whom are children, scavenging waste for food and sustenance, face additional risks from hazardous materials, which include medical waste and industrial chemicals.

There are also growing indications that conflict pollution is risked with the spread of antimicrobial resistance, a development that can deepen the medical health crisis.

Large waste dumps are also a threat to the soil and groundwater, as leachate, a toxic mix that spills from the waste, seeps into the land and affects groundwater, while in the long-term, increased methane release from landfills contributes to an increase of greenhouse gas emissions.

Mountains of garbage in Gaza
Mountains of garbage in Gaza (photo)
Mountains of garbage in Gaza
Mountains of garbage in Gaza (photo)
Lebanon says around 1 million people displaced due to Israeli attacks

Anadolu Agency reports:

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Sunday that around one million people have been displaced due to Israeli attacks, marking the largest wave of displacement in the country’s history.

“Lebanon is experiencing the largest wave of displacement in its history,” he told a press conference following a meeting of the government’s emergency committee in Beirut.

“Our priority is to stop the ongoing Israeli aggression through continued diplomatic efforts. We have no other choice,” he noted.

Mikati also reaffirmed Lebanon’s commitment to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which calls for a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.

Thousands of Lebanese and Syrian people fled to Syria, many through the al-Masnaa border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, 45 km from the Syrian capital Damascus
Tens of thousands of Lebanese and Syrian people fled to Syria, many through the al-Masnaa border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, 45 km from the Syrian capital Damascus (photo)
Israel’s state comptroller accuses army of obstructing investigations into Oct. 7 failures

Anadolu Agency reports:

Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman accused the military on Sunday of hindering investigations into the failures that led to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

“No external body has shown objectivity in examining the failures,” Englman said during a conference by Israeli media outlets The Jerusalem Post, Maariv and Walla.

He said his office is conducting a series of investigations related to the failures that led to the Oct. 7 attack.

“We are nearing completion of this report, but to finalize it, we need to meet with three individuals in the military,” Englman added.

He emphasized that Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi believes that the State Comptroller’s office should not intervene in military issues, declaring him “wrong.”

The State Comptroller’s office is Israel’s central institution for overseeing various state agencies to ensure public financial accountability.

View of the damage after Israeli forces targeted the Ibn al-Haytham School east of Gaza City. [Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu]
View of the damage after Israeli forces targeted the Ibn al-Haytham School east of Gaza City, mid September. [Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu] (photo)
US senator confirms Israel used US one ton bombs in Nasrallah strike

Reuters reports:

The bomb that Israel used to kill Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut last week was an American-made guided weapon, a U.S. senator said on Sunday.

Mark Kelly, chair of the Senate Armed Services Airland Subcommittee, said Israel used a 2,000-lb (900-kg) Mark 84 series bomb, during an interview with NBC. His statement marks the first U.S. indication of what weapon had been used.

“We see more use of guided munitions, JDAMs, and we continue to provide those weapons,” Kelly said, using an abbreviation that stands for Joint Direct Attack Munitions. “That 2,000-pound bomb that was used, that’s a Mark 84 series bomb, to take out Nasrallah,” he said.

The Israeli military said on Saturday it had eliminated Nasrallah in a strike on the group’s central command headquarters in Beirut’s southern suburbs.

The Israeli military has declined to comment on what weapons were used in the attack. The Pentagon was not immediately available for comment.

JDAMs convert a standard unguided bomb using fins and a GPS guidance system into a guided weapon.

AL JAZEERA ADDS: Israel media says about 85 so-called “bunker-buster” bombs were used in the attack on Hasan Nasrallah.

Also known as “ground penetration munition”, these missiles burrow deep into the ground before they detonate.

They have the power to destroy underground facilities and reinforced concrete buildings.

The crater left by the IDF's strike on Nasrallah's underground bunker in Dahieh, Beirut | Photo: Arab media
The crater left by the IDF’s strike on Nasrallah’s underground bunker in Dahieh, Beirut | Photo: Arab media (photo)
Washington’s failure to condemn Israel’s pager terrorism “can only be called racist”

Ralph Nader writes in Common Dreams:

Furtively booby-trapping a consumer product like a pager or two-way radio opens a new phase of warfare. This savagery prompted Leon Panetta, former director of the CIA and former secretary of defense, in an interview on the CBS “Sunday Morning” news show to charge Israel with “terrorism.” No prominent national security figure has ever assailed Israel this way. Herewith his words:

The ability to be able to place an explosive in technology that is very prevalent these days. And turn it into a war of terror. Really, a war of terror. This is something new.

I don’t think there’s any question that it’s a form of terrorism…This is going right into the supply chain, right into the supply chain. And when you have terror going into the supply chain, it makes people ask the question, what the hell is next?

Panetta would never have uttered these words without the concurrence of the CIA and the Department of Defense. Still no consequences for Netanyahu by the U.S. government.

Netanyahu has made the push button a trigger for mayhem and murder—acts of large-scale terrorism. He and his predecessors have always characterized offensive acts violating the laws of war as “acceptable” defensive tactics.

The supine Congress and White House regularly rubber-stamp their violations of several U.S. laws on behalf of the Israeli government. (See the letter sent to John Kirby on September 12, 2024).

Consider the aftermath. No denunciation by U.S. President Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, or Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Alarmingly, there were no editorials in the following week criticizing Netanyahu in The Washington Post and The New York Times.

Imagine if Hezbollah did this to Israeli society. The devaluation of Palestinian and Lebanese lives can only be called racist.

U.S. blowback analysts are apprehensive about the spread of Israeli-style “red button” explosives and the ingenious, and ever-cheaper armed drones. They see such technologies as potential threats within the U.S.

Such is the peril of nations whose leaders wage constant profitable, preventable wars and decline to wage muscular peace with comparable determination.

Ambulances are being dispatched to the area in Beirut, Lebanon while security forces take precautions after at least eight people, including a child, were killed in a mass explosion of wireless communication devices known as pagers on September 17, 2024 [Houssam Shbaro – Anadolu Agency]
Ambulances are being dispatched to the area in Beirut, Lebanon while security forces take precautions after at least eight people, including a child, were killed in a mass explosion of pagers on September 17, 2024 [Houssam Shbaro – Anadolu Agency] (photo)
Pope says Israel’s bombings in Lebanon, Gaza ‘immoral’

Anadolu Agency reports:

On Sunday, the pope was asked about Israel’s targeted killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Friday’s strike on Beirut, which led to many casualties and reduced several buildings to rubble.

“Every day I call the parish of Gaza. More than 600 people are there, inside the parish and the college, and they tell me about the things that are happening, including the cruelties that are occurring there,” he told journalists.

“[D]efense must always be proportionate to the attack,” he added.

“When there is something disproportionate, a domineering tendency that goes beyond morality is evident,” the pope said.

“A country that, with its forces, does these things—I’m talking about any country—that does these things in such a “superlative” way, these are immoral actions,” he added.

“Even in war, there is morality to be safe-guarded. War is immoral, but the rules of war indicate some morality. But when this is not respected, you can see—as we say in Argentina—the “bad blood” of these things.”

Jared Kushner says Israel must ‘finish the job’ in Lebanon

Al Jazeera reports:

Jared Kushner, who served as a senior adviser during former US President Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House, has said calling for a ceasefire in Lebanon is “wrong”.

In a post on X, Kushner said Israel “cannot afford now to not finish the job” and dismantle Hezbollah completely.“They will never get another chance. After the brilliant, rapid-fire tactical successes of the pagers, radios, and targeting of leadership, Hezbollah’s massive weapon cache is unguarded and unmanned,” said Kushner, who is also the Republican candidate’s son-in-law.
He added that the “right move” for the US is to allow Israel to “finish the job. It’s long overdue”.

In March, Kushner sparked controversy when he publicly praised the “very valuable potential” of “waterfront property” in Gaza, in comments that gave a window into what Trump’s policy on Palestine could be during his second term.

During Trump’s presidency, Kushner played a major role in negotiating the “Abraham Accords”: normalization deals between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. Palestinians slammed the agreements as “a stab in the back of the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people”.

At one point, Trump’s son-in-law described Gaza as having no historical context – “It was the result of a war – you had tribes that went different places and then Gaza became a thing.”

Before leading in the creation of Trump’s so-called Deal of the Century, Kushner claimed his expertise on the subject came from reading 25 books about Palestine.

Russian foreign minister urges Israel to abandon ‘essentially terrorist methods of settling political scores’

Anadolu Agency reports:

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urged Israel on Saturday to abandon “essentially terrorist methods of settling political scores” as he commented on the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Lavrov said at a news conference in New York that he had the impression that Israel is trying to provoke Iran and the Lebanese resistance group, Hezbollah, to push the US into direct involvement in the conflict in the Middle East.

The Russian diplomat noted that Nasrallah’s murder was not the first provocative step by Israel. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in July in the Iranian capital of Tehran where he went to take part in the funeral of President Ebrahim Raisi. Before that, Israel attacked the Iranian diplomatic mission in the Syrian capital of Damascus.

“Apparently, Israel wants to create a reason for the US to get involved in this war. And in order to create this reason, it has been provoking both Iran and Hezbollah. In this situation, Iranian leadership is behaving extremely responsibly,” he said. “I don’t think this is the right course, I am convinced that the bloodshed must be stopped.”

Asked about Israel’s willingness to implement UN Security Council resolutions, Lavrov said: “I do not see Israel’s desire to carry out any peace plans.”

Lebanese Red Cross teams conducted search and rescue operations in the rubble of collapsed buildings following an Israeli army attack in Nabatieh province of southern Lebanon, on September 27, 2024. [Ramiz Dallah – Anadolu Agency]
Lebanese Red Cross teams conducted search and rescue operations in the rubble of collapsed buildings following an Israeli army attack in Nabatieh province of southern Lebanon, on September 27, 2024. [Ramiz Dallah – Anadolu Agency] (photo)
IMEMC Daily Reports.

Foreign Affairs: America Needs a New Strategy to Avert Even Greater Catastrophe in the Middle East

Palestine Chronicle: ‘Only the People Save the People’ – Spain Goes on General Strike against Genocide in Gaza

Anadolu Agency: Germany to deny citizenship to those using pro-Palestinian slogan on social media

Anadolu Agency: Thousands rally across Australia calling for cease-fire in Gaza, Lebanon



STATISTICS OCTOBER 7 – SEPTEMBER 29:

Palestinian death toll from October 7, 2023 – September 29, 2024: at least 42,334* (41,615 in Gaza* – 11,308 women (30%), 16,859 children as of September 5. [The Ministry’s figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.]

This is expected to be a significant undercount since thousands of those killed have yet to be identified – and at least 719 in the West Bank (~148 children). This does not include an estimated 10,000 more still buried under rubble (4,900 women and children). Euro-Med Monitor reports 49,032 Palestinian deaths.

Lancet: “Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death9 to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza.

Ralph Nader earlier estimated 300,000 Palestinians may have been killed in Gaza.

At least 45 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons (27 from Gaza, 25 from West Bank).
At least 41 Palestinians have died due to malnutrition (at least 37 of them children)**.
About 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are currently displaced.
Almost 500,000 Gazans are currently experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity.
Palestinian injuries from October 7 – September 29: at least 102,059 (including at least 96,359 in Gaza and 5,700 in the West Bank, including 830 children). [It remains unknown how many Americans are among the casualties in Gaza.]

Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – September 29, 2024: ~1,457 (~1,139 on October 7, 2023, of which ~32 were Americans, and ~36 were children); 293*** military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza; 25 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel) and~10,000 injured.

The death toll in Lebanon since October 8, 2023 is 1,640 (104 children, 194 women) and 8,408 injuries. More recently, since September 16, 1,030 have been killed, 6,352 have been injured., with 6,352 injuries, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Saturday, September 28.

NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.

*Previously, IAK did not include 471 Gazans killed in the Al Ahli hospital blast since the source of the projectile was being disputed. However, given that much evidence points to Israel as the culprit, Israel had previously bombed the hospital and has attacked many others, Israel is prohibiting outside experts from investigating the scene, and since the UN and other agencies are including the deaths from the attack in their cumulative totals, if Americans knew is now also doing so.

**Euro-Med Monitor reports that Gaza’s elderly are dying at an alarmingly high rate. The majority die at home and are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves dispersed across the Strip. There are currently more than 140 such cemeteries. Additionally, according to Euromed, thousands have died from starvation, malnourishment, and inadequate medical care; these are considered indirect victims as they were not registered in hospitals.

***The figure does not include the reportedly 53 Israeli soldiers – nearly 16% of the total Israeli military deaths – killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents.

† For most of the conflict, women and children accounted for about 70% of deaths in Gaza, with children making up a little over 40% of those killed, according to official statistics.

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Source: IsraelPalestineTimeline.org

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