Food security experts warn Gaza at ‘critical risk of #famine’ amid #Israeli blockade

Report by #UN-backed consortium of specialists tells of ‘major deterioration’ since its last assessment in October

from #TheGuardian
Jason Burke
Mon 12 May 2025 12.51 EDT

"Aid workers in #Gaza told the #Guardian that prices for essentials had risen further in recent days, warehouses were empty and humanitarian teams treating malnourished children were being forced to divide rations designed for one between two patients to give both a chance of survival."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/12/food-security-experts-warn-gaza-critical-risk-famine-israeli-blockade?CMP=share_btn_url

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
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#WHO warns of permanent impact of hunger on a generation of #Gazans

Malnutrition rates are rising in #Gaza and hunger could have lasting impacts on "an entire generation", the #WorldHealthOrganisation's representative for the Occupied #Palestinian Territory said on Tuesday.

By #Reuters
May 13, 20255:51 AM EDT

""Without enough nutritious food, clean water and access to health care, an entire generation will be permanently affected," Peeperkorn told a press briefing by video link from Deir al-Balah, warning of poor health, stunting and impaired cognitive development."

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/who-warns-permanent-impact-hunger-generation-gazans-2025-05-13/

#FoodAsWeapon
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'Children Are Being Starved By Design': All of Gaza Faces Hunger Crisis Due to Israeli Siege

"This catastrophe did not unfold in the dark; it happened in plain sight."

From #CommonDreams
Jake Johnson
May 12, 2025

https://www.commondreams.org/news/ipc-report-gaza

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Oxfam: Starvation in #Gaza ‘deliberate, engineered’

from #MiddleEastMonitor
May 12, 2025 at 2:58 pm

"“For over two months, #Israel has enforced a total siege, blocking food, water, medicine and aid, while thousands of trucks filled with life-saving supplies ready for swift distribution, are waiting at the border, metres away, blocked from entering.”

He added that families are “wasting away from hunger”, while children are “malnourished” and “too weak to cry” as entire communities are surviving “without food or clean water”. #Oxfam’s field teams reported that in one displacement camp, only five of 500 families had any flour left to make bread."

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250512-oxfam-starvation-in-gaza-deliberate-engineered/

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Hamas to free Israeli-American soldier held in Gaza after talks with #US

Hamas agrees to release #Israeli-#American captive as part of US-mediated ceasefire efforts

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By MEE staff
Published date: 11 May 2025 21:07 BST

"In a statement issued on Sunday, senior #Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya announced the move following direct contact between the group and the United States in recent days. He said the decision came amid mediation efforts led by Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey.

“The movement affirms its readiness to immediately start intensive negotiations and make serious efforts to reach a final agreement to end the war, exchange prisoners in an agreed-upon manner,” al-Hayya said."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-free-israeli-american-soldier-held-gaza-after-direct-talks-us

#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
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#Hamas Says It Will Release Its Last American Hostage

The announcement, which did not say when the hostage, #EdanAlexander, would be set free, came as President #Trump planned to visit the region.

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

By Adam Rasgon and Aaron Boxerman
Reporting from Jerusalem
May 11, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/world/middleeast/hamas-hostage-edan-alexander.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Gk8.Xglp.Hri-0D7TRRJD&smid=em-share

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As Gaza Starves, Israel Attacked UNRWA Food Distribution Center

Israel is targeting #Palestinians’ slim means of accessing food, bombing two makeshift kitchens and #UNRWA’s distribution center in #Jabalia in the past few days

from #DropSiteNews
Hamza M.Salha
and Sharif Abdel Kouddous
May 11, 2025

"The May 9 attack on the UN distribution center came as part of Israel’s scorched-earth bombing campaign that resumed in full force on March 18 following a brief “ceasefire.” Since then, #Israel has targeted charity kitchens, displacement camps, schools, hospitals, so-called “humanitarian zones,” and other civilian gatherings on a regular basis. On Saturday alone, #Israeli airstrikes bombed two tents used for preparing food in Khan Younis and #Gaza City."

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-unrwa-food-distribution-bombed-jabaliya-israel?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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#Hamas in talks with #US about #Gaza ceasefire and aid, says senior #Palestinian official

By #Reuters
May 11, 2025 12:39 PM EDT

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-talks-with-us-about-ceasefire-aid-entry-gaza-says-senior-palestinian-2025-05-11/

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#Israel 'sending soldiers to commit war crimes in #Gaza', says former army chief

Moshe Yaalon, who also served as #BenjaminNetanyahu's defence minister, accuses the government of 'losing touch with #Jewish morality'

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By MEE staff
Published date: 9 May 2025 14:10 BST

"Yaalon attacked the current military chief of staff, Eyal Zamir, saying he was not stopping “clearly illegal orders” and was ordering “his soldiers to be war criminals”.

“Call it ethnic cleansing, call it transfer, call it deportation - it’s a war crime,” Yaalon said..."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-sending-soldiers-commit-war-crimes-gaza-says-former-army-chief

#EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
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Overwhelming Majority – #Norway’s Largest Trade Union Votes for Boycott of Israel

By #PalestineChronicle Staff
May 9, 2025

"The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), the country’s largest labor federation, has voted in favor of a comprehensive boycott of #Israel, including a ban on trade and investment with #Israeli companies.

The decision was passed with an overwhelming 88 percent majority during LO’s national congress, held in the #Norwegian capital, Oslo, from May 8 to 9, the official #Palestinian news agency WAFA reported."

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/overwhelming-majority-norways-largest-trade-union-votes-for-boycott-of-israel/

#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
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French pro-Palestinian group contests government decision to shut it down

from #Reuters
By Layli Foroudi
May 9, 202511:41 AM EDT

***Summary***

*France aims to shut down pro-#Palestinian protest group

*Group is contesting decision, says based on 'false' claims

*Lawyer says government move is part of wider crackdown

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-pro-palestinian-group-contests-government-decision-shut-it-down-2025-05-09/

#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
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Senior Palestinian Resistance Leader: “There may come a day when Israel finds itself longing for Hamas”

In an exclusive interview with Drop Site, Mohammed Al-Hindi of #PalestinianIslamicJihad said Israel is deluding itself into believing it can defeat the #Palestinian cause.

from #DropsiteNews
Jeremy Scahill
May 09, 2025

"Al-Hindi said that while #Hamas and #PIJ prefer a comprehensive “all for all” deal, they remain open to a framework that “could be implemented in phases—a comprehensive and clear deal, but implemented in phases, to accommodate some of the tensions within #Israel.”"

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/islamic-jihad-hamas-gaza-trump-middle-east-israel-ceasefire-saudi-humanitarian-aid?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
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#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
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#news #press #politics @palestine

Israeli Airstrikes Decimate the Last Restaurant in Gaza City in Nightmarish Bloodbath

Journalist Rasha Abou Jalal recounts horrific scenes from a massacre at a beloved restaurant and a bustling market—destroyed by a triple Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.

from #DropSiteNews
Rasha Abou jalal
May 07, 2025

"GAZA CITY—On Wednesday afternoon, two #Israeli airstrikes slammed into Thai Restaurant—the last restaurant still open in #Gaza City—turning a once bustling gathering place into a panorama of death. A third, near simultaneous, airstrike hit a nearby crowded market on al-Wahda street, sending body parts everywhere."

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/massacre-thai-restaurant-market-gaza-city-israeli-airstrikes?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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‘There is no life here’: #Palestinians say Israel is imposing its Gaza endgame

As #Israel’s aid blockade continues and humanitarian zones disappear, there is talk of a ‘second #Nakba’ being realised

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza
Tue 6 May 2025 06.48 EDT

"No food or medical supplies have entered #Gaza for nine weeks, and Israeli forces have now seized about 70% of the territory as military buffer or civilian no-go zones, pushing 2.3 million people and aid operations into ever-smaller areas – which are no longer designated as “humanitarian zones”."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/06/palestinians-fear-israel-imposing-gaza-endgame?CMP=share_btn_url

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‘Total paralysis’: Gaza municipalities overwhelmed by #Israeli destruction and blockade

Officials warn of health collapse as #Gaza’s infrastructure is bombed and fuel supplies run dry

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Ahmed Dremly in Gaza City, occupied Palestine
Published date: 5 May 2025 12:35 BST

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/total-paralysis-gaza-municipalities-overwhelmed-israeli-destruction-and-blockade

#EndBlockadeOfGaza
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How Hamas Sees the Current Moment: An Exclusive Interview With Osama Hamdan

In a wide-ranging interview with Drop Site, the senior #Hamas leader discusses negotiation strategy, why disarmament is a red line, his direct talks with U.S. officials, and more.

from #DropSiteNews
Jeremy Scahill
May 05, 2025

"In an exclusive interview with Drop Site News, a senior Hamas official said that the movement will not capitulate to any demands from Israel or the U.S. to lay down its weapons and vowed that Hamas will reject any temporary ceasefire deal that does not include a clear path to a total #Israeli withdrawal from #Gaza and an end to the genocide."

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/osama-hamdan-hamas-gaza-israel-trump?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Israel plans to capture all of Gaza under new plan, officials say

from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews
By TIA GOLDENBERG and SAM MEDNICK
Updated 5:25 AM EDT, May 5, 2025

["fierce international opposition"? Don't bet on it.]

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — #Israel approved plans on Monday to capture the entire #Gaza Strip and remain in the territory for an unspecified amount of time, two #Israeli officials said, in a move that if implemented would vastly expand Israel’s operations in the #Palestinian territory and likely bring fierce international opposition.

Israeli Cabinet ministers approved the plan in an early morning vote, hours after the Israeli military chief said the army was calling up tens of thousands of reserve soldiers.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-05-05-2025-d22caabfd2cf89e83fe06e649e6438ba?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

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Protesters want Morocco to sever ties with Israel, so they’re targeting strategic ports

from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews
By SAM METZ and AKRAM OUBACHIR
Updated 9:37 AM EDT, May 4, 2025

"TANGIER, Morocco (AP) — More than a year of protests over #Morocco’s decision to normalize ties with #Israel has emboldened activists and widened a gap between the decisions of the government and the sentiments of the governed. The fury has spilled into the country’s strategic ports.

Amid shipping cranes and stacked containers, 34-year-old agricultural engineer Ismail Lghazaoui marched recently through a sea of #Palestinian flags and joined protesters carrying signs that read “Reject the ship,” in reference to a vessel transporting fighter jet components from Houston, Texas."

https://apnews.com/article/morocco-protests-ports-israel-palestinians-0e16988c3d5e30233382f32d6adbbc03?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
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This is a #graphic that I came up with a few years ago. It has the slogan in 7 languages: #Spanish, #Arabic, #Hebrew, #English, #Esperanto, #Farsi, and #French.

To get a fuller resolution copy as a PDF, go to Wikimedia Commons at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palestinian_Lives_Matter_in_7_languages_(ES,_AR,_HE,_EN,_EO,_FA,_FR)_graphic_file_for_solidarity.pdf

#lang_EO #ARA #EO #EPO #ES #FAS #FRA #HEB #SPA #Español #Français

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Hamas executes looters in Gaza as food crisis worsens under Israeli blockade

from #Reuters
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi
May 4, 20259:03 AM EDT

"#Hamas officials have accused some of the looters of working in collaboration with #Israel, which has sealed off aid from entering #Gaza for the past two months. Israel has not commented on the allegation.

In one incident, the Hamas-run interior ministry said a police officer was killed and others were wounded when an #Israeli drone fired a missile at a police unit chasing criminals in Gaza City."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-executes-looters-gaza-food-crisis-worsens-under-israeli-blockade-2025-05-04/

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