Photos point to Israeli tank fire in deadly strike on U.N. guest house

Experts say images obtained by The Washington Post show blast patterns and shell fragments that are consistent with two #Israeli tank shells. The #IDF has denied responsibility for the strike, which killed a European aid worker.

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Death of Palestinian American Boy in West Bank Sparks Outcry

Amer Rabee, 14, was fatally shot by Israeli forces in the West Bank, according to his family. Community leaders gathered in New Jersey to demand justice.

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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By Shayla Colon
April 8, 2025

"The boy, Amer Rabee, 14, was shot and killed in the town of Turmus Aya on Sunday, his family said. Two other Palestinian American teenagers who were with Amer at the time were shot and injured by the soldiers, the family said."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/nyregion/nj-amer-rabee-killed-west-bank.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-k4.RyrY.FcykBTeQ238I&smid=url-share

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Majority of Americans hold unfavourable view of Israel, Pew poll finds

Even among traditionally pro-Israel Republicans, there have been large shifts in negative sentiment amid Israel's war on #Gaza

From #MiddleEastEye
By #MEE staff
Published date: 9 April 2025 19:22 BST

"According to a Pew Research poll published on Tuesday, 53 percent of Americans now express an unfavourable opinion of #Israel, up from 42 percent in March 2022 - before the 7 October 2023 #Hamas-led attack on southern Israel and Israel’s decimation of the enclave."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/majority-americans-hold-unfavourable-view-israel-pew-poll-finds

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Witness to media tent bombing [in Gaza]: 'We did everything to save Mansour'

MEE contributor Ahmed Aziz was next to the targeted tent. He recalls a scene of chaos and confusion as flames engulfed the journalists inside

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Ahmed Aziz in Khan Younis, occupied Palestine
Published date: 8 April 2025 13:59 BST

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/chaos-and-confusion-gaza-journalists-recall-inferno-after-israeli-strike

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#Gaza paramedics shot in upper body ‘with intent to kill’, #RedCrescent says

PRCS calls for international investigation after postmortem results add to evidence contradicting Israel’s account

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Peter Beaumont
Mon 7 Apr 2025 13.01 EDT

"The results of the postmortems join a growing body of evidence that sharply contradicts #Israel’s account of the incident, including video footage that shows the vehicles were travelling with headlights and flashing red lights that identified them, with personnel wearing hi-vis vests, at the time they were fired on."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/07/gaza-paramedics-shot-in-upper-body-with-intent-to-kill-red-crescent-says?CMP=share_btn_url

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Eyewitnesses Recount Deadly Israeli Attack on Medics in #Gaza

The New York Times interviewed two people who described being detained by #Israeli soldiers and looking on as they opened fire on ambulances and a fire truck, killing 15.

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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By Vivian Yee and Bilal Shbair
Vivian Yee reported from Cairo, and Bilal Shbair from al-Mawasi, Gaza, where he interviewed both witnesses.
April 6, 2025 Updated 8:59 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/world/middleeast/gaza-medics-killed-israel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.904.uDa9.dDkT46yoKe8s&smid=em-share

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‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over #IDF killing of #Gaza paramedics

Relatives who waited agonising week before bodies were found speak of passion that drove #RedCrescent workers

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Malak A Tantesh in Gaza and Julian Borger
Sat 5 Apr 2025 02.00 EDT

“I raised my children to love goodness and to do good deeds,” Sobhi said. “We had a principle in our home: do good without expecting thanks or praise. Mohammad [Bahloul] lived by this principle.

“We never expected this to happen – not even in our worst nightmares,” Sobhi added. “They went to save lives, only to become victims themselves.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/05/families-tell-of-shock-over-idf-killing-of-gaza-paramedics?CMP=share_btn_url

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What We Know About the Case of #Gaza Aid Workers Killed by #Israeli Gunfire

The Israeli military, confronted with video evidence contradicting its initial account, now says it was “mistaken.”

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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by Isabel Kershner
Reporting from Jerusalem
April 6, 2025, 1:29 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/world/middleeast/gaza-aid-workers-killed-israel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9k4.qnB9.tbg-5wIwG0vn&smid=url-share

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#Palestinian paramedic says he saw #Israeli troops firing on emergency vehicles

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi
April 5, 202510:43 AM EDT Updated 3 hours ago [14:30 EDT]

Summary
*#RedCrescent and UN accuse Israeli forces of killing aid workers
*Paramedic's account corresponds with assertions by Red Crescent and #UN officials
*#Israeli military investigating deadly incident
*Video shows marked ambulances under fire near #Rafah

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-paramedic-says-he-saw-israeli-troops-firing-emergency-vehicles-2025-04-05/

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‘I Want to Be Martyred,’ a #Palestinian Boy Declares

By Nicholas Kristof
April 5, 2025

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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"Without attracting much notice or protest, Israel increasingly is using the tools of war familiar in #Gaza — tanks, airstrikes and massive destruction and displacement — here in the #WestBank. Human rights groups like B’Tselem call this the “Gazafication” of the West Bank."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/opinion/palestinian-west-bank-refugee-israel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U4.FcIp.2mDD7H6bNr47&smid=url-share

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Red Crescent Worker Who Survived Israeli Massacre Recounts Horror

In one of the deadliest attacks on emergency workers in the world in years, #Israeli troops killed 15 #Palestinian first responders and buried them in a mass grave.

from #DropSiteNews
Kavitha Chekuru
Apr 04, 2025

"Amid what the United Nations has described as a “concerted policy to destroy #Gaza’s healthcare system,” the #RedCross and #RedCrescent said it was the single deadliest attack on their workers anywhere in the world since 2017. Gaza’s Civil Defense, likewise, called it “one of the most heinous massacres” they have witnessed. "

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/red-crescent-massacre-gaza-israel?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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‘Morag axis’: What we know

Netanyahu reveals plan to divide Gaza, part of a strategy to ethnically cleanse #Palestinians from the besieged enclave, according to #Israeli media

By MEE staff
Published date: 3 April 2025 12:15 BST

"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu announced on Wednesday the capture of an area that he referred to as the "Morag axis" in the southern #Gaza Strip.

This area consists mainly of agricultural land located between #KhanYounis and #Rafah, stretching from east to west across the Gaza Strip."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/morag-axis-what-we-know

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The Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline

On 23 March contact was lost with a team of #Palestinian rescue workers and medics in southern #Gaza. A week later their bodies were recovered from a mass grave

from #TheGuardian #Guardian

By Lorenzo Tondo and Malak A Tantesh in Jerusalem, and Julian Borger. Videos and graphics by Bryony Moore and Tural Ahmedzade
Thu 3 Apr 2025 07.32 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/03/the-gaza-paramedic-killings-a-visual-timeline?CMP=share_btn_url

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#Palestinian paramedics shot by #Israeli forces had hands tied, eyewitnesses say

Senior doctor who saw bodies says men appeared to have been ‘executed’, adding to evidence of potential war crime

from #TheGuardian #Guardian

Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem, Malak A Tantesh in Gaza and Julian Borger
Tue 1 Apr 2025 14.17 EDT

"Dr Ahmed al-Farra, a senior doctor at the Nasser medical complex in Khan Younis, witnessed the arrival of some of the remains.

“I was able to see three bodies when they were transferred to the Nasser hospital. They had bullets in their chest and head. They were executed. They had their hands tied,’’ Farra said. “They tied them so they were unable to move and then they killed them.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/01/palestinian-paramedics-shot-by-israeli-forces-had-hands-tied-eyewitnesses-say?CMP=share_btn_url

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#Netanyahu Promises the “Final Stage” of Gaza Genocide Will Lead to Implementation of “#Trump’s Plan"

Soon after #Hamas announced it had accepted a ceasefire proposal, #Israel responded by heavily bombing #Gaza, killing children dressed for the Eid holiday, and preparing further ground invasions.

[article contains some details on recent negotiations]

from #DropSiteNews
Jeremy Scahill
Mar 31, 2025

"Hamas’s chief negotiator, Dr. Khalil al-Hayya, announced that Hamas had accepted a deal on Saturday put forward by Qatar and Egypt, the two main regional mediators. "

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/netanyahu-trump-final-stage-gaza-genocide?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Marked for Assassination: #Gaza Journalists on #Israeli Hit List Refuse to Stop Reporting

#Israel singled out six journalists. After it killed #HossamShabat, the others discuss reporting in the crosshairs.

from #DropSiteNews

Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Mar 31, 2025

"The day after the assassination of Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat, the Israeli military openly celebrated his killing...Shabat was killed on March 24 when the Israeli military targeted him as he was driving in his car in Beit Lahia...

Earlier that day, journalist Mohamed Mansour of Palestine Today was killed, along with his wife and son..."

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-journalists-hit-list-hossam-shabat?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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#Israel seeks to erase refugee camps from Jenin and Tulkarm

Israeli military has started implementing plans to change architectural structure of camps

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Fayha Shalash in Ramallah, Palestine
Published date: 30 March 2025 10:20 BST

"The plans aim to completely wipe out the #Jenin, #Tulkarm, and #NurShams refugee camps, transforming them into neighbourhoods within the two cities, with the goal of preventing them from serving as "incubators for terrorist organisations," the military was quoted as saying by #Israeli media."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-seeks-erase-refugee-camps-jenin-and-tulkarm

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Israeli settlers raid #MasaferYatta following days of increased attacks

The #WestBank community spotlighted in an #Oscar-winning documentary has been attacked by settlers and soldiers

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Nader Durgham and Alex MacDonald
Published date: 29 March 2025 16:36 GMT

Locals were arrested, vehicles were damaged and the gates to animal pens were breached, allowing sheep to escape.

The attack follows another major one on Friday, during which settlers beat Palestinians with iron bars, resulting in at least two major head injuries.

#Israeli forces arrested 22 #Palestinians - but no settlers.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-settlers-raid-masasfer-yatta-following-days-increased-attacks

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#Hamas defiant after #Israeli air strike kills another high profile figure in #Gaza

After the death of spokesperson Abdel Latif al-Qanoua, the #Palestinian movement says targeted killings 'will only increase our determination'

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By MEE staff
Published date: 27 March 2025 11:46 GMT

"The Palestinian movement confirmed the death and said that the attack would only strengthen its resistance. "

"Qanoua is the latest high profile Hamas figure to be killed since Israel resumed the war last week, in what appears to be a targeted assassination campaign. "

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-defiant-israel-air-strike-kills-spokesperson

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Palestinian Oscar winner missing after being severely beaten by Israeli settlers

Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning 'No Other Land', returned from Los Angeles three weeks ago

From #MiddleEastEye #MME

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-oscar-winner-severely-beaten-israeli-settlers

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