An Israeli strike on Beirut killed a Hezbollah official handling Palestinian affairs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/world/hezbollah-official-dead-israel-beirut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #iran #lebanon #hezbollah
How Hungary Will Defy An ICC Arrest Warrant When Netanyahu Visits
#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.”"
#PermanentCeasfireNow
#IsraelWarCrimes
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
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In other words, a #SharpevilleMassacre every day for nearly 18 months.
The #apartheid regime was one of the most brutal states of its time. & yet #Israel dwarfs it in terms of the sheer scale & #barbarism of its violence.
That's 142 killed per-day during the study period. An underestimate, because this ignores all the non-elderly adult male civilians killed.
Even if we ignore all deaths that have occurred since June 2024, & divide the figure by all days through today, that's 71 civilian deaths per day.
The Lancet estimates 64,260 #Palestinians were killed from October 2023 through June 2024. The study indicates ~59.1% of these were #women, #children & #elderly (37,978).
https://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02678-3/fulltext
We can take this as a minimum measure of civilians killed by #Israel.
During #apartheid, South African armed forces killed 69 civilians in the #SharpevilleMassacre. The world was shocked. This event is still taught in #history classes.
On average, #Israel massacred more than 70 #Palestinian civilians every day for the past 18 months.
U.S. B-2 Bombers from Diego Garcia Bomb Houthi Base: Rehearsal for Iran Attack?
April marks Arab-American heritage month. Arab Americans are a diverse community that come from 22 Arabic speaking countries and according to the https://arabamericanmuseum.org, they are as American as they are Arab.
#qatar #uae #usa #greece #israel : #military / #middleeast / ##foreignpolicy
„Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have joined Israeli and U.S. forces to participate in the ongoing multinational air exercise Iniochos 2025 at the Andravida Air Base, Greece.
Newsweek has reached out to the Hellenic Air Force, the Israel Defense Force, and the governments of Qatar and the U.A.E. for comment.“
https://www.newsweek.com/arabs-israel-trump-uae-qatar-iran-aircraft-2053399
The White House has said that U.S. strikes in Yemen in March killed the top Houthi missile expert, but the U.S. military has so far declined to confirm the death, and the individual's identity remains unclear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/world/politics/us-houthi-missile-expert/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #houthis #yemen #redsea #middleeast
The Israeli army has told Palestinians to leave areas in southern Gaza ahead of what it said would be "intense fighting” with Hamas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/world/israel-gazan-south-intense-fight/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
Fifteen emergency and aid workers from the Red Crescent, Palestinian Civil Defense and the United Nations have been recovered from a grave in the Gaza Strip, U.N. officials have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/world/rescue-workers-grave-gaza-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #un
Escalating threats from Trump show he is unstable. Remember, top General said Trump was unable and wanted to bomb Iran in 2020.
Via Ian Masters :
We are joined by CIA veteran Paul Pillar to discuss Trump’s threats that he will bomb Iran unless they come to the negotiating table and whether reports that there were nuclear weapons aboard B2 bombers in Diego Garcia are meant to put pressure on the Ayatollahs
"If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing…It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before,"
Trump said, "bad, bad things are going to happen to Iran" -felon #potus
Iranian armed forces have called for a preemptive strike on the US military base before America uses it to target the Islamic Republic. Iranian official said military commanders have been asked to target the base in an attempt to deter Trump from striking #Iran.
The Iranian official who spoke with The Telegraph said: “The response to Trump’s threats should be action, not words - every base in the region is within range of our missiles.
“The missiles are locked and loaded, ready to target any area from which Iran could be threatened” ... “Commanders have been instructed to ensure that all missile launchers are prepared and that nuclear sites are well protected. They are bracing for an all-out war, with everything in place for when Trump attacks.”
#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. "
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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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#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
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Erdogan bashes Israel at the end of Ramadan, calling on God to destroy Zionist Israel. Concerns grow over Turkey's role in Syria as Ankara and Damascus explore closer ties. Could Israeli airstrikes backfire? 
Read more: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-848276 #Erdogan #Israel #Turkey #Syria #MiddleEast #newz
#Israel killed 15 #Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says #UN
Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern #Gaza, says humanitarian office
Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem, Malak A Tantesh in Gaza, and Julian Borger
Mon 31 Mar 2025 10.24 EDT
"According to the UN humanitarian affairs office (Ocha), the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRCS) and civil defence workers were on a mission to rescue colleagues who had been shot at earlier in the day, when their clearly marked vehicles came under heavy Israeli fire in Rafah city’s Tel al-Sultan district. A Red Crescent official in Gaza said that there was evidence of at least one person being detained and killed, as the body of one of the dead had been found with his hands tied."
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
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