Israel-Palestine war

GENEVA (12 October 2023) – UN independent experts* today unequivocally condemned targeted and deadly violence directed at civilians in Israel and violent and indiscriminate attacks against Palestinian civilians in Gaza and a further tightening of the unlawful blockade, which will have devastating impacts on the whole civilian population.  “We strongly condemn the horrific crimes committed by Hamas, the deliberate and widespread killing and …

Palestinians wave their national flag and celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis on October 7, 2023 [Yousef Masoud/AP Photo]On October 7, Hamas launched a massive military operation into Israeli territory. The shooting of thousands of rockets into Israel was followed by an attack by land, air and sea, with fighters penetrating …

There is tremendous blame to go around for the ongoing violence and bloodshed in occupied Palestine. We must begin to acknowledge it. PALESTINIANS INSPECT THE DAMAGE FOLLOWING AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON THE EL-RIMAL AREA IN GAZA CITY ON OCTOBER 9, 2023. (PHOTO: NAAMAN OMAR / APA IMAGES) On October 7, 2023, the news flashed from the Gazan border and occupied …

Israel’s illegal creation and the culture of crimes What happened in the last three days in occupied Palestine, didn’t come out of the blue. Israel was fomenting such a volcanic explosion during its 75 years of illegal brutal occupation of Palestine. Israel was not on the map before 1948; it is an illegal entity by its own birth. And, it …

The focus on conflict in the Middle East has again returned to the Gaza Strip, with Israel’s defense minister ordering a “complete siege” of the Palestinian enclave. The military operation, which involves extensive bombing of residences, follows a surprise attack on Oct. 7, 2023, by Hamas militants who infiltrated Israel from Gaza and killed more than 900 Israelis. In reprisal airstrikes, the Israel military …

Who knows how many Palestinian civilians will be killed by the time this report is published? Among the bodies that cannot be taken to a hospital or a morgue, because there will be no petrol or electricity, will be large numbers of children. They will have hidden in their homes, listening to the sound of the Israeli F-16 bombers coming …