The Deadliest Period in History for Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Detention

After October 7, 2023, prisoners' conditions and abuse inside all Israeli detention centers have rapidly deteriorated, resulting in at least 70 deaths.

from #DropSiteNews
Mariam Barghouti
Jun 01, 2025

"Following October 7, 2023, prisoners’ conditions inside #Israeli detention centers have rapidly deteriorated. The last 19 months have seen a dramatic escalation in the number of #Palestinians behind bars, alongside increasing prisoner abuse and mistreatment by Israeli authorities.

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinian-prisoners-israeli-detention-abuse-starvation-death?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza aimed at breaking Israel’s blockade

By GIADA ZAMPANO and SALVATORE CAVALLI
Updated 11:18 AM EDT, June 1, 2025

"CATANIA, Italy (AP) — Climate campaigner #GretaThunberg and other 11 activists set sail on Sunday afternoon for #Gaza on a ship aimed at “breaking #Israel’s siege” of the devastated territory, organizers said.

The sailing boat Madleen – operated by activist group #FreedomFlotillaCoalition — departed from the Sicilian port of Catania, in southern Italy.

It will try to reach the shores of the Gaza Strip in an effort to bring in some aid and raise “international awareness” over the ongoing humanitarian crisis, the activists said at a press conference on Sunday, ahead of departure. "

https://apnews.com/article/greta-thunberg-gaza-freedom-flotilla-ship-aid-51729fb2b549e55547907a3b1623b515?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

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Opposition to Gaza war grows among Israeli soldiers as strikes ramp up

“I refuse to commit war crimes,” Yuval Ben Ari told NBC News earlier this month. “The patriotic thing to do is to say no.”

from #NBCNews #NBC
May 31, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT
By Hala Gorani and Shira Pinson

"TEL AVIV — Barely noticeable only a few months ago, opposition is growing about fresh #Israeli operations in #Gaza even among the country’s military reservists, some of whom have publicly called out the government for what they say is an immoral and politically motivated decision to continue the war."

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/israel-gaza-war-soldiers-opposition-strikes-military-operations-rcna209053

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Opposition to Gaza war grows among Israeli soldiers as strikes ramp up

“I refuse to commit war crimes,” Yuval Ben Ari told NBC News earlier this month. “The patriotic thing to do is to say no.”

from #NBCNews #NBC
May 31, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT
By Hala Gorani and Shira Pinson

"TEL AVIV — Barely noticeable only a few months ago, opposition is growing about fresh #Israeli operations in #Gaza even among the country’s military reservists, some of whom have publicly called out the government for what they say is an immoral and politically motivated decision to continue the war."

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/israel-gaza-war-soldiers-opposition-strikes-military-operations-rcna209053

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#Gaza El enviado de Trump, Witkoff -- empresario inmobiliario y amigo del presidente, ese es su cv -- acuerda y garantiza unos términos con Hamás, que luego cambia tras discutirlos con Israel y envía de vuelta a Hamás que dados los cambios, no los puede aceptar.
Así es negociar con trileros criminales de guerra.
Eso he entendido leyendo Drop Site News esta tarde.
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There is no excuse for genocide.
#CeasefireNOW
#FreeGaza #FreePalestine
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#SolidarityWithGaza

from Charlie Herbert （@Charlie533080　X/Twitter）
【　As an Army officer we studied often the concept of war amongst the people. But Israel’s actions in Gaza have coined a new concept - war against the people. At odds with every norm of international humanitarian law.

Barbaric, immoral, illegal.　】
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https://x.com/charlie533080/status/1927637453122265198?s=46

Children in Gaza Are Starving. Let the #UN Do Its Job.

May 29, 2025
By Catherine Russell

Ms. Russell is the executive director of UNICEF.

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[gift article - link can be shared. Expires in 30 days.]

"Before hostilities resumed, the #UnitedNations operated a vast and effective aid delivery system inside #Gaza. During the recent cease-fire, we were delivering assistance like essential vaccines and medicine, lifesaving nutrition services and access to clean water through more than 400 distribution points, including in sites close to shelters for displaced families. #UNICEF and our partners went even further, delivering aid door-to-door, reaching malnourished children and pregnant women directly in their places of refuge."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/opinion/gaza-aid-unicef-un.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE8._QQg.PnUZ2BFG-5By&smid=url-share

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#Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s calls war in Gaza a ‘genocide’

from #MiddleEastMonitor
May 30, 2025 at 2:23 pm

"“Ben & Jerry’s believes in human rights and advocates for peace, and we join with those around the world who denounce the #genocide in #Gaza,” the board said in a statement viewed by Reuters. “We stand with all who raise their voices against genocide in Gaza – from petition-signers to street marchers to those risking arrest.”"

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250530-unilevers-ben-jerrys-calls-war-in-gaza-a-genocide/

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Four people killed after starving #Palestinians burst into #UN food warehouse in Gaza

Deaths from crushing and gunshot wounds come a day after #Israeli forces opened fire at a food distribution point

Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and Manisha Ganguly
Wed 28 May 2025 16.44 EDT

“Hordes of hungry people broke into WFP’s al-Ghafari warehouse in Deir al-Balah, central #Gaza, in search of food supplies that were pre-positioned for distribution,” #WFP said in a statement, which warned of “alarming and deteriorating conditions on the ground”.

“Humanitarian needs have spiralled out of control after 80 days of complete blockade of all food assistance and other aid into Gaza,” the statement said. “Gaza needs an immediate scale-up of food assistance. This is the only way to reassure people that they will not starve.”

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Chaos and killings: Israeli army kills three during #Rafah aid distribution

#Palestinians express outrage over latest #US-#Israeli initiative designed to bypass #UN's infrastructure for aid delivery in #Gaza

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Ahmed Aziz in Khan Younis, occupied Palestine and Mera Aladam
Published date: 28 May 2025 15:53 BST

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/chaos-and-killings-israeli-army-fires-palestinians-kills-three-during-aid-distribution-rafah

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‘Dehumanisation by design’: US-Israeli #Gaza aid operation descends into chaos

The #US-#Israeli aid distribution operation in Gaza was widely condemned on social media

from #MiddleEastEye
By #MEE staff
Published date: 27 May 2025 20:22 BST

"The Israeli military denied firing on the crowds, but the Associated Press reported tank and gunfire at the distribution site, possibly due to warning shots fired by American mercenaries securing the facility. "

https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/dehumanisation-design-us-israeli-gaza-aid-operation-descends-chaos

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#Gaza vía The Cradle 22:30h:

"Israel ha asesinado al menos a 81 palestinos en ataques a Gaza desde el amanecer de hoy."
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Israel has killed at least 81 Palestinians in attacks on the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

(Medical sources to Al Jazeera)

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Hamas and U.S. Reach #Gaza Ceasefire “Understanding”—Israel Rejects It, U.S. Envoy Publicly Blames Hamas

Drop Site has been shown the full text of the document. Here are the details.

from #DropSiteNews
Jeremy Scahill
May 26, 2025

"But before the deal could advance, #Israeli officials rushed to the media to kill it. Soon after, #Witkoff publicly accused #Hamas of misrepresenting the proposal—directly contradicting what sources told Drop Site had been agreed to in private discussions.

The negotiations are ongoing."

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hamas-united-states-ceasefire-israel-rejects?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Palestinian official says Hamas agrees to Gaza proposal, #Israel dismisses it

By #Reuters
May 26, 20251:04 PM EDT

"CAIRO, May 26 (Reuters) - A #Palestinian official said on Monday that #Hamas has agreed to a proposal by U.S. special envoy #SteveWitkoff for a #Gaza ceasefire, only for an Israeli official to deny that the proposal was Washington's and add that no #Israeli government could accept it.

Witkoff also rejected the notion that Hamas had accepted his offer for a hostage deal and a ceasefire in Gaza, telling Reuters that what he had seen was "completely unacceptable" and the proposal being discussed was not the same as his."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-agrees-us-proposal-gaza-ceasefire-palestinian-official-says-2025-05-26/

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The turning point that wasn’t: the way the world talks about Israel’s war has changed. Nothing else has

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Nesrine Malik - Opinion
Mon 26 May 2025 01.00 EDT

"But there is a disconnect between condemnation and outrage, and what happens on the ground. When it comes to Israel, the levers of international censure are broken. Throughout the war, international organisations, humanitarian missions and courts of justice have been rendered powerless by their inability to translate their findings into action. Words alone mean nothing. They simply bounce off #Israel’s iron dome of impunity. Every day, the world wakes up and is confronted with an #Israeli leadership that violates every law of morality and logic. Victims are aggressors, humanitarians are biased, an army that kills unarmed medics is the most moral army in the world. Up is down."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/26/israel-gaza-war-turning-point-uk-eu-changed/

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#Australian PM Albanese says Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza is ‘an outrage’

#AnthonyAlbanese says #Netanyahu government ‘excuses’ for stopping critical food and medical supplies are ‘completely untenable’

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Josh Butler
Sun 25 May 2025 21.56 EDT

"In a press conference on Monday morning, Albanese said: “#Israel’s actions are completely unacceptable.”

“It is outrageous that there be a blockade of food and supplies to people who are in need in #Gaza … People are starving. The idea that a democratic state withholds supply is an outrage.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/26/australian-pm-anthony-albanese-israel-gaza-aid-blockade-outrage?CMP=share_btn_url

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#Israeli strikes kill 30 in Gaza, including rescue service official and local journalist

from #Reuters
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi
May 25, 2025 3:59 PM EDT

"In Jabalia, they said local journalist Hassan Majdi Abu Warda and several family members were killed by an airstrike that hit his house earlier on Sunday.

Another airstrike in Nuseirat killed Ashraf Abu Nar, a senior official in the territory's civil emergency service, and his wife in their house, medics added.

The Hamas-run Gaza government media office said that Abu Warda's death raised the number of #Palestinian journalists killed in #Gaza since October 2023 to 220."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-kill-20-gaza-including-journalist-rescue-service-official-2025-05-25/

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Evening soul food

As intended, this afternoon I took another walk up to the castle, this time with camera and in better light, to photograph my message in stones #StopGazaGenocide

I was disappointed, but unsurprised, to find it had been obliterated letter by letter in under 24 hours. This bank holiday weekend 4/5ths of people up there were visitors. Just saying

So I did it again, in front of the tourists, and got warm smiles. This time I took *many* photographs for posterity #Cymru

#Irish pro-#Palestine activists embrace ‘#Paddystinian’ term as badge of honour

Believed to have originated as an insult by #Israel supporters, neologism is now used to campaign against war in #Gaza

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
Sun 25 May 2025 03.00 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/25/irish-pro-palestine-activists-embrace-paddystinian-term-as-badge-of-honour?CMP=share_btn_url

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