37 h. ago At least 57 Palestinians killed as Israel escalates attack on last major population centre in Gaza City

At least 38 aid seekers among Palestinians killed on Sunday

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42 h. ago At least 17 aid seekers killed as Israel escalates attack on last major population centre in Gaza City

Israeli airstrike on Al-Ahli Arab Hospital kills at least seven Palestinians

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62 h. ago Scores of Palestinians killed and thousands flee after Israel launches fresh airstrikes and announces plans to capture Gaza's largest city

The Hamas-run municipality of Gaza City's southern Zeitoun district described the situation as 'catastrophic', with residents enduring almost constant explosions from Israeli air strikes.

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3 d. ago Western journalists are failing to stand up for their colleagues in Gaza | Mohamad Bazzi

This hypocrisy of western media has been laid bare by Israel’s targeting of journalists since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attackFor nearly two years, Israel has been systemically targeting and killing Palestinian journalists in Gaza. On Sunday night, the Israeli military brazenly killed another six journalists, who had been sheltering in a tent housing media workers in Gaza City. Among them was the 28-year-old Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif and the rest of the network’s team reporting from the besieged territory.Israel is able to kill Palestinian journalists with impunity not just because of the unconditional military and political support it receives from the US and other western powers, but also the failure of many western media organizations and journalists to stand up for their Palestinian colleagues. Western outlets are often willing to publicly criticize governments and campaign for journalists who are harassed or imprisoned by US adversaries like Russia, China or Iran. ...

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5 d. ago London vigil condemns Israel’s killing of Palestinian journalists

London vigil condemns Israel’s killing of Palestinian journalists  PressTV

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7 d. ago Israel intensifies bombing of Gaza, killing 89 Palestinians in 24 hours

At least 15 people queueing for food among the deaths, and five people reported to have died from starvationIsrael has stepped up bombing Gaza, killing at least 89 Palestinians in 24 hours, including at least 15 people queueing for food, despite global outcry over the deaths of six journalists in the territory the previous day.Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City had intensified in the three days after Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet approved plans to expand the war in the territory. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Killing Palestinian journalists in Gaza renders the world blind

As Palestinian journalists are targeted in Gaza, chief international correspondent Bel Trew, who has reported from the enclave multiple times, asks why Israel is so afraid of scrutiny

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last month Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 93 reported killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food

Israeli forces open fire on hungry Palestinians near Gaza City in one of bloodiest incidents involving aid seekersPope Leo XIV has condemned the “barbarity” of the war in Gaza and the “indiscriminate use of force” as Gaza’s civil defence agency said at least 93 Palestinians had been killed queueing for food and Israel issued fresh evacuation orders for areas packed with displaced people.Gaza’s health ministry said scores were killed by Israeli fire while waiting for UN aid trucks entering through the northern Zikim crossing with Israel. It was one of the highest reported death tolls among repeated recent cases in which aid seekers have been killed by Israeli fire. Continue reading...

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