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BERICHTEN NA 31-05-2025 STAAN HIER

29 juni 2025

Over the past month, we’ve brought you inside the growing infrastructure of resistance we’ve built, together, in the heart of a militarized state.

The Israeli government is afraid. They are arresting, fining, and jailing public refusers at a level we haven’t seen in decades. But the cracks are already there, and they’re widening. Refusal is not just spreading. It’s becoming contagious.

In solidarity,
Mattan Helman

1526.

29 juni 2025

Today's headlines

How Britain’s designation of Hamas and Palestine Action as ‘terrorist’ groups silences free speech

Asim Qureshi 

The UK’s designation of Hamas, and possibly Palestine Action, as “terrorist” organizations shows that the proscription regime is not about preventing terrorism but silencing political views and free expression.

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28 juni 2025

From the very first days of this war, we documented testimonies. We listened to civilians—men, women, and children—who walked the “Path of Pain” from northern Gaza to the south, crossing the infamous Nitzarim checkpoint. They told us of families executed, civilians buried in mass graves, people entombed alive beneath rubble. We didn’t report these stories to shock, but to witness—because truth must not be buried.

We don’t want readers to scroll and move on. We want them to feel what it means to survive a bombing, to lose a child, to sleep in fear, to flee with nothing but their name. We want you to sit across from the victims—to hear them speak as if you are their last audience, their last hope, their only remaining defense.

Gazans don’t speak to us for sympathy. They want the world to know they are oppressed, displaced, and dehumanized by an occupation that does not stop killing, starving, or erasing them.

This is our mission: not just to report, but to reveal; not just to publish, but to preserve memory. To expose the distortion of facts and manipulation of narratives.We are there.

With gratitude,

Tareq Hajjaj, Gaza Correspondent

P.O. Box 442380, Detroit

Michigan, United States of America

1524.

28 juni 2025

Today's headlines

What comes next following the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran?

The 12 days of fighting between Iran and Israel, along with the U.S. intervention, left a deep impact on all three countries. Where do each stand now that the fighting has stopped, and what comes next?

Mamdani’s victory also repudiated the Islamophobia of U.S. politics

Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York not only upended the political establishment, but it also repudiated the Islamophobia of U.S. politics since 9/11.

Thousands protest at Paris Air Show over Israeli participation

Demonstrators marched against the arms trade on the final days of the 55th edition of the major aerospace exhibition. The protests called for a boycott of Israel and an end to the arms trade.

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27 juni 2025

As it appears that a cautious ceasefire between Israel and Iran may hold, we want you to remember the millions of Palestinians caught in this conflict. In times of war, the situation on the ground in the West Bank escalates, and so does violence from Israeli soldiers and settlers.

Soldiers Hiding In Palestinian Houses

During a wave of rocket fire from Iran, Israeli soldiers left their military bases in Hebron to hide among civilian houses and neighborhoods. Some Palestinians were also temporarily evicted to pave the way for soldiers. Such an act clearly puts Palestinian civilians at risk and may well constitute using human shields. Meanwhile, Palestinians in the West Bank were placed under long curfews. This act also meant that ambulances were prevented from operating, endangering ordinary Palestinian lives.

Tours and Delegations

We have been giving tours to international visitors showing them the reality on the ground. We show visitors the checkpoints, fences, settlements and closures and explain the situation.

With peace,

Friends of Hebron

1522.

27 juni 2025

Israel’s propaganda machine is flooding the media.

Today's headlines

Mask off Maersk campaign pressures shipping giant to drop Israeli settlements

Palestinian Youth Movement

In a watershed moment in the fight to hold corporations accountable for complicity in Israel’s war crimes, A.P. Møller Maersk has become the first global shipping company to halt the transport of goods to and from Israeli settlements.

General strike in Ramallah after Israeli settler rampage kills three Palestinians

Qassam Muaddi

Mask off Maersk campaign pressures shipping giant to drop Israeli settlements

Palestinian Youth Movement

In a watershed moment in the fight to hold corporations accountable for complicity in Israel’s war crimes, A.P. Møller Maersk has become the first global shipping company to halt the transport of goods to and from Israeli settlements.

General strike in Ramallah after Israeli settler rampage kills three Palestinians

Qassam Muaddi

Israeli settlers went on a rampage in the town of Kufr Malek, northeast of Ramallah, killing three Palestinians. The attack is the latest in an escalating wave of settler pogroms against Palestinian communities between the Jordan Valley and Ramallah.

World Council of Churches denounces Israel’s apartheid and occupation, calls for divestment and sanctions

In a landmark announcement, the WCC’s Central Committee calls for targeted sanctions, divestment, and arms embargoes on Israel. Palestinian Christians are calling it "a turning point in the moral and theological witness of the global church.”

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Major Palestinian Bedouin village faces expulsion by Israeli army and settlers

The Palestinians of Ras Ain al-Ouja are the latest Bedouin community targeted for expulsion by Israel. They are being forced out through violent settler harassment as part of Israel’s plan to annex most of the West Bank.

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26 juni 2025

The Hind Rajab Foundation has issued a formal statement condemning the continued impunity of Colonel Moshe Tetro, former head of Israel’s Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza, now serving as military attaché in Brussels. Tetro is accused of playing a key role in the starvation of Gaza’s population and in the targeting of hospitals—acts that amount to genocide and war crimes under international law. Despite a detailed complaint submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Tetro enjoys full diplomatic immunity in Belgium. The Foundation urges the ICC to issue an arrest warrant and calls on the Belgian government to revoke his accreditation and expel him immediately, warning that continued protection of such individuals risks making Belgium complicit in international crimes.

Read the full press release below.

Official Statement – Hind Rajab Foundation

Brussels, 26 June 2025

The Hind Rajab Foundation expresses deep concern over the confirmed presence of Colonel Moshe Tetro, former head of the Coordination and Liaison Administration (CLA) for the Gaza Strip, in the EUCOM building on Rue de la Loi in Brussels, where he is currently serving as Israel’s military attaché to Belgium. Tetro is one of the architects of Gaza’s starvation and hospital assaults.

Colonel Tetro is the subject of a detailed complaint submitted by our Foundation to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). He is accused of individual criminal responsibility for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, under Articles 6, 7, and 8 of the Rome Statute.

As head of the CLA, Colonel Tetro played a central role in implementing policies that:

Systematically deprived the civilian population of Gaza of access to food, water, fuel, and medical supplies, contributing directly to a man-made famine now classified as catastrophic by multiple UN agencies;

Facilitated and coordinated military attacks on medical facilities, including Naser Hospital in Khan Yunis and Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, in violation of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I.

These actions fall within the same factual and legal context outlined in the ICC arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, particularly with respect to the weaponization of starvation and attacks on protected civilian infrastructure.

Despite this, Colonel Tetro is currently enjoying diplomatic immunity as part of his official assignment in Belgium. This raises serious concerns regarding Belgium’s adherence to its obligations under international humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions, and customary international law related to non-cooperation with individuals accused of core international crimes.

Moreover, this development must be viewed in conjunction with recent reports confirming that Belgium has allowed the transfer of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel via Liège Airport, thereby facilitating Israel’s continued use of military force against the civilian population in Gaza. These actions, taken together, significantly aggravate the legal and moral responsibility of the current Belgian government, which risks complicity in the commission of international crimes.

In light of the above, the Hind Rajab Foundation reiterates its formal demands:

• That the International Criminal Court issue an arrest warrant for Colonel Moshe Tetro, in line with its current jurisprudence and mandate under the Rome Statute;

• That the Government of Belgium immediately revoke Colonel Tetro’s diplomatic accreditation and declare him persona non grata, pursuant to Article 9 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

Failure to act decisively in this matter would not only constitute a breach of Belgium’s international obligations, but would also place the Belgian state in the position of harbouring an individual credibly accused of genocide and war crimes.

History will judge the choices made today. Continued political protection for individuals implicated in mass atrocity crimes risks permanently associating the Belgian state with one of the gravest humanitarian crises of the 21st century.

We urge Belgian authorities, European institutions, and civil society to act in accordance with international law and to uphold the principles of justice, accountability, and human dignity.

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AVAAZ

26 juni 2025

1519.

26 juni 2025

See the NMM report                                                       Contribute to the fight

The NMM was packed: We held 85 workshops and dozens more informal gatherings, many led by JVP members, from students to local leaders to those who have been in the movement for more than half a century.

Many of our Palestinian partners were in attendance, physically and virtually, grounding us in the dire urgency of Israel’s genocide and starvation of Gaza and offering insights from their decades of struggle against Zionism.

During our featured panels, five banner plenary sessions, and skill-building workshops, we received guidance from veterans of the work: movement leaders, organizers, cultural workers, scholars, and those on the front lines of the fight, from Palestine to the U.S.

Leaving the four-day meeting, we’re clear on the work that lies ahead.

We're continuing the fight to stop the genocide, running strategic divestment campaigns, growing a united front against Trump that has Palestine in the center, and working to fully make obvious the lie that mass murder of Palestinians and crackdowns on free speech have any relationship to keeping Jews safe.

1518.

26 juni 2025

Today's headlines

Breaking down Zohran Mamdani’s stunning New York victory

Peter Feld: "It's proven that Zionism is a paper tiger in Democratic politics and that the emperor has no clothes."

Zohran Mamdani’s victory marks the end of Israel’s central place in U.S. politics

Abdaljawad Omar

Zohran Mamdani's victory over Andrew Cuomo is a historic turning point for Palestine in U.S. politics. It reflects a growing fatigue with Israel’s role in American life and the slow implosion of Zionism under the weight of its own excess.

‘It’s proven that Zionism is a paper tiger in Democratic politics’: breaking down Zohran Mamdani’s stunning New York victory

Michael Arria

Mondoweiss talks to political consultant Peter Feld to break down Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York City: "It's proven that Zionism is a paper tiger in Democratic politics and that the emperor has no clothes."

The Iran crisis and the crisis of Jewish identity

The Iran crisis has shown yet again how Israel dominates U.S. politics. It also made clear that Zionism is an ideology based on nothing but brutal violence. The urgent task before American Jews is to dissociate themselves from this rogue state.

Mamdani stuns Democratic Party establishment, declares victory in NYC mayoral primary

Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani shocked the Democratic Party establishment by defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo in a New York City Democratic mayoral primary that often focused on Mamdani's support for Palestinian rights and the BDS movement.

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26 juni 2025

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= Israel kills more than 90 in Gaza; 3 killed in Israeli settler attack (Al Jazeera)  

1516.

26 juni 2025

As Israel launched and ended its war on Iran, the world’s focus shifted. But the genocide in Gaza never paused.

During those twelve days, Israeli forces killed up to 100 Palestinians every day. Many were gunned down at so-called U.S.-backed aid sites after families walked for hours just to get enough food for one or two days.

I report these stories for Mondoweiss.

In the West Bank, the campaign to uproot Palestinians has escalated. In Jenin, the army has occupied the refugee camp for nearly 200 days, destroying over 2,000 homes. In Tulkarem, 5,000 families were expelled this week as demolitions resumed.

I recently visited one of the Bedouin communities displaced by this violence. After being uprooted three times—1948, 1967, and now—some families ended up living in tents beside a dump and a factory in Ramallah’s industrial zone. Since October 2023, Israeli settlers and forces have expelled 12,000 Bedouins from 62 Bedouin communities, out of the 200 communities existing in the West Bank. There is no more space left for Palestinian life to grow.

At the same time, Israel is working to collapse the Palestinian economy, revoking work permits, blocking movement between cities, and cutting off banks. These moves are not hidden. Israeli leaders openly say the goal is to make life impossible so Palestinians will leave or submit.

Mondoweiss lets us tell our stories with dignity and depth. But we need your support to keep doing it.

Qassam Muaddi, Palestine Staff Writer

1515.

25 juni 2025

Humanitarian Situation Update #299
West Bank

25 June 2025

A Palestinian woman in front of her demolished home in Jabal al Mukabbir area of East Jerusalem. Photo by OCHA

Key Highlights

• A new military notice in Firing Zone 918 in Masafer Yatta threatens to destroy all structures across 13 Palestinian communities, placing at least 1,200 people, including over 500 children, at risk of forced displacement.
• Between 17 and 23 June, Israeli settlers shot and killed one Palestinian man and injured eight others.
• Between 13 and 23 June, OCHA documented at least 32 incidents in which Israeli soldiers temporarily took over 240 inhabited or uninhabited Palestinian homes, forcibly evicted or detained the residents and used their homes as military outposts and interrogation centres.
• The right to education of nearly 13,000 students, including more than 6,500 girls, is at threat should the Israeli authorities execute pending demolition orders against 84 schools across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, warns the Education Cluster.
• Since 6 June, Israeli forces have demolished about 100 structures, mostly homes, in Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps during their operations.
• Over the past two weeks, nearly 320 residents in three Palestinian communities in East Jerusalem have faced renewed threats of displacement by demolitions and forced evictions.

Humanitarian Developments

• Between 17 and 23 June, Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including one child, and injured more than 66 others, including at least six children. The following are details of the incidents that resulted in fatalities:
  • On 18 June, Israeli forces shot, killed and withheld the body a Palestinian man during an operation in Al Walaja, in Bethlehem governorate. Israeli forces raided the village, searched at least 12 houses and damaged property, according to the village council. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli soldiers entered an under-construction apartment, handcuffed and blindfolded three Palestinians who were present, and then shots of live ammunition were heard. According to the Israeli military, their forces shot a man after he attempted to stab their forces and steal their weapons.
  • On 23 June, Israeli forces shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy on the southern outskirts of Kufur Malek village, in Ramallah governorate. According to the affected family, the boy was picnicking with his friend in an area near the village when an Israeli military jeep opened fire on them with live ammunition. The context of the incident remains unclear. Israeli forces then sealed off all access roads to the area and prevented a Palestinian ambulance from reaching the wounded for about an hour and a half. An ambulance managed to take a long detour and transport the boy to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
• Between 17 and 23 June, OCHA documented at least 23 settler attacks that resulted in casualties, property damage, or both. As a result, one Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli settlers, 14 Palestinians (all adults) were injured – of whom 10 were injured by settlers and four by Israeli forces – while over 50 Palestinian-owned trees and saplings (mostly olive) were vandalized. Key incidents include:
  • On 18 June, video footage shows Israeli settlers setting fire to and destroying residential structures belonging to four Palestinian herding families, who were displaced from the outskirts of Kobar village on 11 June, due to settler violence and access restrictions. The displaced families had been unable to take the property during their displacement and have been unable to assess the damage. They reported that settlers fired live ammunition at them during prior attempts to approach the area on foot to retrieve their belongings.
  • On 19 June, Israeli settlers, believed to be from Beit Ayin settlement, shot and killed a Palestinian man and injured three others during a raid on Surif village, in Hebron governorate. The settlers raided a house and physically assaulted and injured a Palestinian elderly man with a stick. As his sons approached them, the settlers fired live ammunition, killing one of them and injuring another. Later, Israeli forces arrived at the scene, and Palestinians threw stones at the forces, who fired live ammunition at the Palestinians, but no additional casualties were reported.
  • On 20 June, Israeli settlers shot and injured two Palestinians during a settler attack in Jabal Qammas area of Beita village, in Nablus governorate. According to Beita Municipality, Israeli settlers from a nearby outpost shot at Palestinians while they were working on their agricultural lands.
• Between 17 and 23 June, OCHA documented the demolition of 10 Palestinian-owned structures, including eight in Area C and two in East Jerusalem, for lacking Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible to obtain. Two people, including a child, were displaced and around 20 were otherwise affected. Among those structures was a house in the Jabal al Mukabbir area of East Jerusalem, which was demolished by its owner, displacing a mother and her child. In one incident in Area C on 18 June, Israeli authorities demolished eight structures in Silwad village, in Ramallah governorate. The structures, built on a plot of agricultural land, comprised three agriculture rooms, three latrines, and two water cisterns, affecting three households comprising 16 people, including six children. Since the beginning of 2025, 804 structures, including 196 inhabited homes, have been demolished, seized or sealed in Area C and East Jerusalem, for lacking Israeli-issued building permits, displacing 961 Palestinians, including 509 children. This marks a sharp increase compared to the corresponding period in 2024, when 489 structures were demolished and 523 people were displaced.
• During the reporting period, Israeli forces demolished two residential buildings in Area B on punitive grounds, displacing 19 people, including 13 children. On 17 June, a residential building was demolished in Beit ‘Awwa village, in Hebron governorate. The house belonged to a Palestinian who has been imprisoned for carrying out a shooting on 11 December 2024 towards an Israeli settlers’ bus driving on Road 60, west of Bethlehem city, killing an Israeli child and injuring three others. The demolition displaced 11 people, including eight children. On 18 June, Israeli forces demolished a two-storey residential building surrounded by a 700-metre-long wall in Einabus village, in Nablus governorate, displacing eight people, including five children. The house belonged to a Palestinian who was killed after shooting four Israeli settlers and four soldiers at a bus station near Ariel settlement on 29 November 2024. The ground floor of the house had livestock, and the upper floor was the family's residential house, displacing eight people, including five children. So far in 2025, 22 structures have been punitively demolished across the West Bank, of which 21 were in Areas A and B and one was in Area C, resulting in the displacement of 25 households comprising 109 people, including 43 children. This is an average of 18 people displaced by punitive demolitions per month, the highest monthly average since OCHA began documenting such demolitions in 2009.
• On 17 June, the Israeli military issued a notice that the so-called “Firing Zone 918” in Hebron governorate, which was designated as a firing zone in the 1980s, would be used for large-scale military training due to the regional escalation with Iran, according to the communities’ lawyer. In conjunction with this announcement, the Israeli Civil Administration issued a directive that will allow Israeli authorities to retroactively dismiss building planning applications and may accelerate the demolition of Palestinian structures. The area encompasses 13 Palestinian communities in Masafer Yatta that are among the most vulnerable in the West Bank; they have over decades been subjected to a range of policies and practices, including a discriminatory planning regime, by the Israeli authorities and attacks by Israeli settlers; these policies and practices have triggered repetitive waves of demolitions and displacement, undermined living conditions, placed them at risk of forcible transfer and rendered the residents dependent on humanitarian aid. The residents of many of the communities were forcibly evicted by the Israeli military in the late 1990s. The recent announcements place the communities’ homes, schools, clinics, water and sanitation, livelihood and other structures at critical risk of mass demolition, which would amount to the complete destruction of these communities, generate severe humanitarian needs, and result in the forcible displacement of about 200 households comprising 1,200 people, including over 500 children.

• Since January 2009, OCHA documented more than 100 demolition incidents in this area of Masafer Yatta, entailing the demolition of over 300 structures of which more than 60 per cent were provided as humanitarian assistance. The affected communities have also continued to face violent attacks by Israeli settlers, who have attacked herders, blocked roads, and set haystacks and grazing areas on fire, among others. These incidents have undermined residents’ physical security, negatively affected mental and psycho-social health, and heightened dependence on humanitarian aid. Since January 2021, OCHA has documented 132 settler attacks against Palestinians in the area, which have resulted in casualties or property damage. As a result, 77 Palestinians (including 10 children) were injured, including 57 by Israeli settlers and 20 by Israeli soldiers, and over 2,500 trees and 34 vehicles sustained damage. So far in 2025, 22 settler attacks resulting in casualties or property damage have been documented in eight communities in Masafer Yatta, resulting in injury to 17 Palestinians (including six children), all by settlers, and damage to 50 trees and two vehicles.
• Israeli forces continue to demolish buildings in Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps. Between 22 and 23 June 2025, local sources in Jenin reported a marked escalation in the demolition of structures by Israeli forces within the camp. The demolitions were concentrated primarily in the neighbourhoods of Abdallah Azzam and Al Hadaf. Residents from nearby areas reported being able to observe the demolitions from a distance, particularly in these two locations. It is estimated that more than 20 structures, homes to over 60 families who had been displaced from the camp, were demolished in June. In Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, over 100 residential buildings have already been demolished. In Tulkarm camp, demolitions took place between 6 and 18 June 2025 and concluded on 18 June, with nearly 85 structures demolished to date. In Nur Shams refugee camp, demolitions began earlier, on 5 May, and remain ongoing; between 20 and 22 June alone, at least 22 buildings comprising 56 housing units were demolished. All camps remain inaccessible to residents and humanitarian actors, and Israeli forces fire at residents who are attempting to return to their homes.
• Over the past two weeks, nearly 320 residents in three Palestinian communities in East Jerusalem have faced renewed threats of displacement:
  • On 10 June, the Jerusalem Municipality issued notices demanding the immediate demolition of all residential buildings in Khallet an Nu'man village, in Bethlehem governorate, placing 150 residents at risk of imminent displacement. The village is located within the Israeli-defined East Jerusalem boundaries, but its residents continued to hold West Bank identification cards and have been unable to freely access other parts of East Jerusalem. Concurrently, the construction of the Barrier has physically separated the village from service centres in other parts of the West Bank, which residents can only access via the Mazmouriya checkpoint.
  • On June 11, the Israel Land Authority issued notices demanding that families vacate, within 30 days, 18 residential buildings that house about 150 residents in Umm Tuba, in East Jerusalem, claiming that they were built on land belonging to the Jewish National Fund.
  • On 16 June, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected the request of three families in the Batn al Hawa area of Silwan to file an appeal against their pending eviction from their homes and ruled in favour of the Ateret Cohanim settler group, which are set to take over the families’ properties and displace at least 19 people. Consequently, on 19 and 21 June, the final eviction order was given to the three families, giving them one month to vacate their homes.
• Following the start of the military escalation between Israel and Iran on 13 June, Israeli forces have closed most of the checkpoints in and around the West Bank, and added new closures, including earthmounds and road gates and blocks at the entrances of villages. While most of the closures have been gradually lifted, some of the checkpoints continue to restrict access by only operating during limited hours, and other closures have remained in place. These closures have negatively impacted the daily life of Palestinians, including access to livelihoods and essential services. At checkpoints, heavy traffic congestions have been reported around the main access arteries across the West Bank. Some examples include Jaba’ checkpoint, which controls movements out of Ramallah and the northern parts of Jerusalem governorate, only operates from 09:00 to 16:00 and from 19:00 to 06:00, affecting thousands of Palestinians, particularly holders of East Jerusalem IDs attempting to access East Jerusalem via that major route. Another checkpoint that remains restricted is the DCO checkpoint, in Ramallah governorate, which only operates between 09:00 and 16:00. In addition, Enav checkpoint, in Tulkarm governorate, has operated from 9:00 to noon and from 14:00 to 19:00; and in the Hebron governorate, the gates at the entrances of Al Aroub Camp and Sa’ir town are only open between 7:00 to 17:00.

• On 24 June 2025, the Education Cluster, along with UNICEF and Save the Children, published a report on the geopolitical and legal vulnerabilities of schools in the West Bank. The report found that 84 schools across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are currently subject to pending demolition orders issued by Israeli authorities. Among the affected schools, 54 are under threat of full demolition, while 30 face partial demolitions. Ten of the 84 schools are located within the Israeli-defined municipal boundaries of East Jerusalem, while the remaining 74 schools are in Area C. The potential demolition of these educational facilities, which are supported by 1,076 teachers, poses a serious threat to the right to education of 12,855 students, including 6,557 girls. Since January 2010, most school demolition incidents have occurred in Jerusalem and Hebron governorates, with 16 and 15 cases respectively, while others took place in Nablus and Bethlehem (four incidents each), Ramallah and Tubas (three each), and a single incident in Jenin and Jericho. The report notes that one of the most significant developments that is increasing the risk on schools has been the reactivation of older demolition orders that had been dormant. The report concludes: “All children have the right to safely access education, which is enshrined in international humanitarian and human rights law, including the Convention of the Rights of the Child. Israel bears the primary obligation to meet the needs of the protected population and has in particular the obligation to facilitate the proper working of all institutions devoted to the care and education of children.”
• For key figures and additional breakdowns of casualties, displacement and settler violence between January 2005 and April 2025, please refer to the OCHA West Bank April 2025 Snapshot.

Israeli Forces’ Operations and Take-over of Homes

• Israeli forces have intensified their operations and presence within Palestinian cities, towns and villages, particularly in the northern West Bank. As part of the operations, Israeli forces have increasingly taken over Palestinian-owned buildings to be used as temporary military outposts and interrogation centres. Israeli forces have broken into homes without giving prior warning to residents and in some cases did not allow them to collect personal belongings before they were forced to leave. Between 13 and 23 June, OCHA documented at least 32 incidents in which Israeli soldiers took an estimated 243 Palestinian homes (inhabited or uninhabited housing units) and the rooftop of a school for periods ranging from several hours to a few days. In a few cases, the families were allowed to stay, but in many cases, they were forcibly evacuated and could only return once the soldiers left. This has affected at least 1,300 people who in most cases returned to their homes to find their property vandalized. During the reporting period, 22 residential units were turned into military posts in Hebron, displacing 144 people and eight in Ramallah, displacing at least 14 people. In the northern West Bank (see below for more details), six houses were turned into military posts in Tubas, displacing 30 people; 29 in Nablus, displacing 145 people, 30 in Tulkarm, displacing 193 people; and 148 in Jenin, displacing 785 people.
• On 16 June, in Al Jalazun refugee camp, in Ramallah governorate, Israeli forces took over two residential buildings and forcibly evacuated four families comprising 10 people. According to the families, the soldiers left after three days but initially told the families that they could not return for 10 days. A couple who reside in one of the buildings refused to leave and were detained in one room of their house until the soldiers left.
• In four incidents in the H2 area of Hebron city on 14 and 17 June, Israeli forces took over a four-storey residential building, a three-storey residential building, an apartment on the fourth floor of another building and the rooftop of a school, forcing over 160 people, including around 90 children to leave for two days without taking any belongings.
• Between 18 and 19 June, Israeli forces launched an operation that lasted about 43 hours in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus city, where Israeli forces physically assaulted and injured 16 Palestinians. According to local sources, Israeli military vehicles surrounded the camp, blocked all entrances and exits, and deployed snipers on rooftops. Israeli forces conducted house-to-house searches, damaged property, and turned several homes into military posts and temporary field interrogation centres, displacing at least 14 families. Movement in and out of the camp was heavily restricted, with entrances blocked and snipers positioned on rooftops. During the operation, medical teams coordinated the evacuation of seven urgent medical cases, including kidney and cancer patients, to nearby hospitals. Additionally, Israeli forces detonated a metal workshop near the camp and first responders, including fire trucks, were denied access to the scene, and residents had to extinguish the fire themselves.
• Between 20 and 25 June, Israeli forces launched operations in the Jenin, Tubas, and Tulkarm governorates, that have lasted between one and four days or are still ongoing. In these operations, Israeli forces forcibly evacuated at least 90 households from their homes as they took over their property to be used as temporary military outposts. In Jenin, Israeli forces raided Sanur, Az Zababida, ‘Anza, ‘Arraba, Merka, and Qabatiya, where more than 120 families were forced to evacuate their homes, which were subsequently converted into military outposts. In Qabatiya, Israeli bulldozers damaged about 800 metres of roads and sections of the water network, resulting in a complete water outage affecting over 28,000 residents. In Jaba’, the four-day operation led to the temporary displacement of nearly 40 families and the imposition of strict movement restrictions. In Tubas, Israeli forces forcibly evacuated six families from their homes, which were turned into military outposts. A curfew was imposed on the city, and Israeli forces raided the municipality building, reportedly seizing all surveillance camera recordings. In Tulkarm, Israeli forces operated in Deir al Ghusun, Bal’a, Al Jarushiya and Attil. Nearly 20 families were forcibly evacuated, and their homes were turned into military posts. In Deir al Ghusun, military bulldozers damaged roads and water infrastructure, leading to partial water service disruptions that affected approximately 5,000 residents. On 21 June, Israeli forces raided Sanur village, in Jenin governorate and took over 45 homes.
• Since 22 June and as of the time of reporting, Israeli forces intensified their presence in Jenin city, establishing flying checkpoints and searching residents at three key locations within the city: An Nasra Street, Al Askari, and the road leading to Al Jalama checkpoint. On 23 June, it was reported that Israeli forces forcibly evacuated three Palestinian families from their homes on An Nasra Street, in northern Jenin, and used their homes as temporary military outposts. The families returned after the forces withdrew.

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25 juni 2025

AJP Action Demands Trump End His Unconstitutional Attacks on Iran and Urges Congress to Pass War Powers Resolution to Block Unauthorized War

[WASHINGTON D.C., JUNE 23, 2025] — Trump’s reckless actions are risking igniting another war in the Middle East and are threatening to drag the United States into an unnecessary war! A war desired by no one but Israel, and one that benefits no one but Netanyahu. The President bears primary responsibility for any consequences that may endanger U.S. national security and the safety of the American people. Congress, too, will share the blame if it fails to reclaim its constitutional authority, restrain the president, and prevent him from violating the Constitution by entangling the United States in a war that serves no American interest. It's Congress's responsibility to declare war, not the President!

The solution forward is not to widen wars and conflict, but to adopt a firm American stance that compels Israel to halt its destructive regional policies, end its genocidal assault on Gaza, and stop spreading chaos across the Middle East and the world.

We call on the President to immediately cease all military coordination with Israel, withdraw U.S. forces from this illegal war, and focus American power on diplomacy, de-escalation, and peace. We further demand that Congress act swiftly to pass the War Powers Resolution and block any unauthorized use of military force.

The American people did not choose this war. We refuse to be complicit in it.

In solidarity,
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action

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25 juni 2025

Israel’s propaganda machine is flooding the media.

We fight it with facts, front-line reporting, and fearless analysis. If we don’t publish the truth, no one will.

Today's headlines

The ceasefire with Iran reveals the limits of Israel’s power — and its dependence on the U.S.

Abdaljawad Omar

Israel has been exposed as a dependent colony that relies on the West for its military adventures. And even still, it has failed to turn this advantage over Iran into strategic success. The Israel doctrine appears to be meeting its limits.

Trump blasts Israel as it threatens fragile ceasefire with Iran

Qassam Muaddi

"I'm not happy with Israel,” Trump told reporters, after Israeli fire threatened a fragile ceasefire with Iran. "They don’t know what the fuck they’re doing," the president continued, referring to both of the countries.

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24 juni 2025

Gaza Humanitarian Response Update

8-21 June 2025

The distribution of nutrition items for children in Gaza. Photo by UNICEF/Nateel

Food Security Sector (FSS)

Response

• As of 22 June, 209,000 meals were prepared and delivered by 12 partners through 45 kitchens, which represents an 80 per cent reduction from the 1.07 million meals distributed daily by 180 kitchens at the end of April. On 21 June, one partner was able to resume operations at one of their main kitchens in Deir al Balah after receiving some truckloads of food commodities a day earlier. The kitchen had been closed since 12 May. Initial cooking started with limited quantities, prioritizing healthcare workers in hospitals and medical points, as well as nearby communities adjacent to the facility. The gradual scale-up of meal production will depend on the continued availability of both food supplies and fuel.
• FSS partners are working with the Protection Cluster and other relevant stakeholders to engage with community members on how aid is distributed and communicate about humanitarian aid deliveries.
• Since the partial resumption of aid entry on 19 May, following a 78-day blockade, partners have managed to bring in nearly 9,000 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat flour, or about 360,000 25-kilogramme (kg) bags. Most of this has been offloaded by people in desperate need of humanitarian assistance en route, and in some cases by armed criminals, before reaching their final destinations.

Challenges

• The current volume and pace of deliveries remain critically insufficient to meet the needs of Gaza's entire population, which is facing high levels of acute food insecurity. Consistent, frequent, large-scale deliveries through crossings are urgently needed to meet needs and stabilize availability, pricing, and affordability of wheat flour and other basic staples as well as reduce tensions and rebuild trust within communities. All UN-supported bakeries remain closed.
• Israeli authorities continue to prohibit humanitarian organizations from carrying out food parcel distributions within the Gaza Strip, further hampering efforts to meet needs and ensure the safe and equitable delivery of food assistance.
• Attacks on people attempting to collect food supplies along established humanitarian aid convoy routes or from militarized distribution sites continue to be reported, resulting in mass casualties.
• Fuel is urgently required to support partners’ cargo collection from Kerem Shalom and Zikim crossings and to enable the expansion of kitchen operations.
• Between 21 April and 21 June 2025, within two months, the scale of operations gradually decreased due to a combination of access restrictions, insecurity, and resource constraints. By mid-May, the number of kitchens had decreased by around 60 per cent, to about 70 kitchens, with daily meal distributions falling by over 70 per cent to approximately 300,000 meals per day. This level of activity was maintained for about two weeks before it further declined. By mid to late June, the number of operational kitchens had decreased by roughly 76 per cent, with only 42–45 kitchens operating, and daily meal distributions were reduced by nearly 83 per cent, to approximately 185,000 meals per day.

Nutrition

Response

• As of 15 June, a total of 18,741 children have been admitted for treatment of acute malnutrition since the beginning of the year, representing 31 per cent of the 60,000 estimated by the cluster to be in need of treatment for acute malnutrition in 2025. During the first two weeks of June, 1,648 new admissions of children with moderate or severe acute malnutrition were reported by 12 partners (although ongoing internet connectivity challenges have affected reporting by partners). Of these, 17 children suffer from complications and have been admitted to stabilization centers at hospitals.
• Currently, only four stabilization centres are operational in the Gaza strip: two in Khan Younis, one in Deir al Balah, and one serving both Northern Gaza and Gaza governorates. The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently working to establish an additional stabilization centre at the Rantisi Specialized Pediatric Hospital in Gaza city; placing a stabilization centre within a pediatric hospital enables closer follow up of the nutritional status of hospitalized children and the identification and treatment of secondary malnutrition.
• During the first two weeks of June, Nutrition Cluster partners distributed small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS-SQ) to about 90,000 children under five, including 72,000 reached through UNRWA activities in shelters and health centres. These figures do not include the number of children reached by WFP partners as connectivity issues prevented timely reporting; WFP partners have been distributing monthly, instead of 15-day, rations of LNS-SQ to protect both staff and families by minimizing movements amid deteriorating security conditions and recurrent displacement orders.
• During the first two weeks of June, nearly 15,000 children between six and 23 months received ready-to-use complementary food (baby jar food), including 4,330 in Gaza city and nearly 2,000 in North Gaza.
• During the first two weeks of June, more than 9,500 pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) were screened, and at least 200 were enrolled in the targeted supplementary feeding programme. In addition, nearly 3,000 women received LNS-SQ or high-energy biscuits, although comprehensive data remains unavailable due to connectivity challenges.
• Nutrition Cluster partners continue to provide one-on-one support to address the specific needs of caregivers. Between 1 and 15 June, 766 women received individual lactation support, and 472 caregivers received individual guidance on infant and young child feeding practices. Since the start of the year, these efforts have enabled 326 women to start lactation.

Challenges

• Connectivity issues have slowed down both activities and reporting of partners. For example, it has hindered follow-up on individual cases, such as children who missed scheduled appointments for continued treatment.
• Although limited supplies are entering, ongoing restrictions on the entry of aid continue to severely limit the availability of supplies required to implement nutrition programmes at the necessary scale, especially for PBW, where coverage remains low. Only 17,000 PBW were reached in May out of the Nutrition Cluster's monthly target of 149,000.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Response

• During the reporting period, WASH partners continued to distribute water through trucking, albeit at reduced volumes. Between 8 and 22 June, based on available data, 33 WASH Cluster partners distributed 22,000 cubic metres of drinking water to 1,914 water collection points. Overall, WASH actors are now only able to produce 50 per cent of the water produced during the ceasefire period, marking one of the lowest levels since October 2023.
• According to the WASH Cluster's fourth light-touch monitoring survey covering the period of 9 to 12 June, 93 per cent of households experienced water insecurity in the Gaza Strip.
• Since the partial resumption of aid entry on 19 May, WASH partners have used the water treatment chemicals at water production points, in water trucks and with private sector suppliers. A training is planned for WASH partners on water treatment dosing.

Challenges

• Water supply from Mekorot pipelines in Gaza city and southern Khan Younis, remains erratic, unreliable, and limited due to recurrent damage associated with military activity and significant water losses (estimated at 50 to 60 per cent depending on the location) through networks that are dilapidated or damaged by bombing. As a result, WASH partners estimate that most of the population is receiving less than emergency standard of 15 litres per person per day, particularly considering the unequal water distributions through damaged pipelines and vulnerabilities of many families.
• Repairing the Mekorot water pipelines in Gaza city and Khan Younis requires mobilizing staff and equipment to enter militarized zones following coordination with Israeli authorities and to conduct heavy engineering work, such as laying 600mm High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipes, in high-risk locations. However, coordination efforts face repeated denials by the Israeli authorities, and the pipelines are often broken or damaged again within days, making this an ongoing challenge.
• Ongoing fuel shortages have forced several water wells to cease operations and desalination plants to operate at minimal capacity, resulting in reduced volumes of water available for distribution by WASH partners. Trucked water must travel greater distances from fewer production points, delivering lower volumes of water at each location. This has heightened desperation among communities, leading to a noted increase in attempts to divert water trucks from established routes to their own communities. In other words, the safe passage of trucked water, sustained daily for the past 20 months through the efforts of over 30 partners, is now at risk.
• Access restrictions and fuel shortages have been hindering solid waste collection efforts and the operation of sewage pumping stations. As a result, sanitation is worsening, with sewage overflowing in the streets and people left to live among mounts of garbage, pests and rodents.
  • In southern Gaza, the two temporary solid waste dumping sites in Deir al Balah (including for medical waste) remain inaccessible – one (Al Amal) in a militarized zone and the other (Al Berka 2) is under a displacement order. Since 19 June, the temporary dumping site in Al Qarara, in Khan Younis, has been utilized as an interim measure for solid waste disposal but it has limited capacity.
  • In northern Gaza, the final clearance and lease agreement for a temporary dump site to replace Al Feraa and Yarmouk, which have become inaccessible, is still pending, resulting in continued waste accumulation and heightened public health risks. Moreover, since 18 June, all sewage pumping stations in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates have been non-operational due to fuel shortages, posing serious environmental and public health risks.
• As of 24 June, 80 per cent of WASH assets and facilities now fall within the Israeli-militarized zone or in areas that have been placed under displacement orders since 18 March. These include 36 out of 46 desalination plants (78 per cent), 46 out of 52 water reservoirs (88 per cent), 54 out of 72 dumpsites (75 per cent), 250 out of 336 water wells (74 per cent), and 53 out of 70 wastewater pumping stations (76 per cent).
• Ongoing connectivity outages have limited the ability of WASH partners to verify and report data, including solid waste collection.

Health

Response

• During the reporting period, over 187,100 medical treatments, consultations and interventions were conducted by 69 Health Cluster partners across the Gaa Strip, providing primary and secondary health services related to trauma response, general clinical services, mental health trauma, rehabilitation, non-communicable diseases, sexual and reproductive health, and communicable disease control.
• During the reporting period, WHO successfully delivered medicines and surgical consumables to hospitals and primary health care centres (PHCs) across Gaza, sufficient to support approximately 200,000 consultations and interventions.
• Since 4 June, 3,182 people are estimated to have been served through the distribution of four types of reproductive health kits to hospitals in Khan Younis and Deir al Balah and five PHCs in four governorates.
• UNICEF has procured an 88 KVA generator for Al-Aqsa Hospital and is renting a temporary warehouse to store medical supplies evacuated from Nasser Medical Complex. Additionally, two solar direct-drive refrigerators are being installed at Al Aqsa Hospital and a medical point in Khan Younis, to support the storage of vaccines and other medicines.
• On 11 June, WHO facilitated the evacuation of 33 patients (all children, including 13 girls and 20 boys), alongside 100 companions, to receive urgent medical treatment outside Gaza.

Challenges

• Mass casualty incidents among people attempting to access food supplies at militarized distribution points in Deir al Balah or Rafah or while waiting for trucks carrying UN aid supplies have placed further strain on an already overwhelmed healthcare system. Hospitals are inundated with injured patients and continue to face severe shortages of medical supplies. Intensive Care Units (ICUs), as well as inpatient and outpatient departments, are operating at above full capacity. Field hospitals in Khan Younis are experiencing a three-fold increase in inpatient admissions, particularly in maternity departments, largely due to restricted access to Nasser Hospital. There is an urgent need to scale up equipment and bed capacity at these facilities to meet growing demand for trauma care. On 16 June, more than 200 patients had arrived at the ICRC field hospital, the highest number received by the facility in one single mass casualty incident. These include 28 patients who were reportedly declared dead.
• Resource shortages continue to hamper efforts to mitigate the impact of the spread of waterborne diseases, which are linked to contaminated or insufficient water supplies. Between 8 and 14 June, there were 19,277 reported cases of acute watery diarrhoea, 219 cases of acute jaundice syndrome, and 203 cases of bloody diarrhoea; compared with the number of cases reported between 11 and 17 June, cases of acute watery diarrhoea increased from 33 to 37 per cent of all reportable diseases, cases of bloody diarrhoea increased from 0.2 to 0.4 per cent, and cases of acute jaundice syndrome increased 0.3 to 0.4 per cent. This alarming trend underscores the urgent need for increased resource allocation, including fuel, medical supplies and WASH interventions, to prevent a further deterioration in public health conditions.
• As of 24 June, only 36 per cent (197 out of 566) of health facilities remain functional (all partially except one field hospital that is fully functional). These include 17 out of 36 hospitals, 9 out of 15 field hospitals, 65 out of 163 PHCs, and 106 out of 351 medical points/mobile clinics. Between 8 and 22 June, 32 health service points stopped functioning, including 28 medical points and four PHCs.
• There is an extremely limited availability of medicines and medical supplies across health partners' warehouses, with most essential items at zero stock. Rotavirus vaccine and diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine are currently out of stock at central cold chain facilities, while stocks of the bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) for children are running out. Blood supplies remain critically low and rely solely on daily collections to meet high demand.
• The denial rate for international Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) entering Gaza is currently 44 per cent, impeding the delivery of critical life-saving support to patients and denying relief to overstretched and exhausted medical teams who have been working under extreme pressure for 20 months to address devastating humanitarian needs. Meanwhile, transportation for medical staff to and from hospitals is increasingly constrained, while ongoing fuel shortages and insecurity further limit their mobility.
• Although some fuel has been secured for distribution, supplies remain severely limited and can only support prioritized facilities for short durations.

Protection

Response

• Child Protection- Between 8 and 20 June, over 5,000 children and caregivers received critical support, including structured psychosocial support (PSS) such as theatre-based psychological interventions, case management, individual consultations, and psychological first aid (PFA), primarily in displacement sites and shelters. These services were delivered across 10 central locations in Gaza city, Deir al Balah, and Khan Younis. Additionally, more than 3,000 children participated in child safety awareness and explosive ordnance risk education (EORE). Community-based child protection committees and caseworkers continue to deliver child safety messages during aid distributions and facilitate caregiver awareness sessions on preventing exploitation, family separation, and gender-based violence (GBV). Between 10 and 12 June, the CP AoR conducted a three-day CP information management training (CPIMS+) to strengthen service quality, including case tracking and data collection, reaching 165 case workers across Gaza. Due to internet disruptions, some participants were unable to complete the final session; however, a follow-up refresher training is planned once connectivity stabilizes.
• Mine Action – During the reporting period, Mine Action (MA) actors delivered Explosive Ordnance Risk Education–Conflict Preparedness and Protection (EORE-CPP) sessions to host community members and internally displaced people [IDPs]. Two explosive ordnance (EO) incidents were recorded during the reporting period, resulting in two people injured. A total of 95 backdated EO-related incidents have been documented since October 2023, resulting in 34 fatalities and 198 injuries, 52 of whom are children. Mine Action operators remain restricted to priority category 1 (PC1) missions only. However, to support humanitarian operations and mitigate safety risks within communities, Mine Action teams conducted three inter-agency missions during the reporting period, providing technical expertise and contributing to safety during humanitarian operations.
• Housing, Land and Property Technical Working Group (HLP TWG) finalized a unified HLP Assessment Tool and initiated the development of a guidance note on addressing the linkages between HLP and mine action, in collaboration with MA Area of Responsibility (AoR). Service Mapping Verification is ongoing to update and confirm legal aid and HLP service providers operating inside Gaza, with the aim of strengthening coordination and referral pathways.
• Between 31 May and 12 June, UNRWA's protection teams:
  • Carried out 34 protection monitoring visits, 25 key informant interviews and 15 focus group discussions in Khan Younis (including Mawasi), Deir al Balah and Gaza city. The objective of these interventions was to identify protection risks, document patterns of harm, and inform targeted protection responses, particularly for vulnerable groups residing in UNRWA shelters and displacement sites.
  • Facilitated referrals to specialized services and distributed in-kind assistance to 236 people (down from 306 in the previous reporting period and 1,257 between 13 and 26 April). The assistance primarily included dignity kits provided by WHO, along with a limited number of bedding kits, children’s diapers and sanitary pads.
  • Conducted 42 awareness-raising sessions on child protection, EORE, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), reaching 1,143 people.
  • On 8 June, 12 Gazan detainees were released to Gaza from Israeli detention centres; UNRWA's protection team have been following up on their short-term needs, such as shelter and food (noting that stocks are currently mostly depleted) as well as the long-term needs, such as MHPSS and support with documentation.
• During the reporting period, the Protection Cluster rolled-out an updated Protection Monitoring System (PMS) data collection toolkit and dashboard, aligning protection risk analysis and tracking in Gaza to the Global Protection Cluster (GPC) Protection Analytical Framework. This is enabling a more robust analysis, which is needed for a more effective and impactful response. Between 8 and 21 June, the Protection Cluster conducted three online and one in-person technical trainings, reaching a total of 44 persons (30 female and 14 male). This brings the total number of Emergency Protection Responders (ERPs) trained since October 2023 to 284 people (189 women and 95 men).

Challenges

• Community members face heightened insecurity, repeated displacement, and widespread food shortages, compounded by inadequate shelter, shortages of medications and essential items, and limited healthcare access. Protection monitoring reveal that psychological distress is pervasive, with parents increasingly reporting concerns for their children's mental health, citing withdrawal fear and distress caused by displacement, overcrowding and hunger. Women and girls face heightened risks of GBV, children are increasingly exposed to child labour (especially in the 12-14 age group), family separation, neglect, and other forms of harm. Older persons and people with disabilities who struggle with mobility, face additional barriers in accessing aid. PMS data indicate increasing severity of protection risks associated with attacks on civilians, widespread presence of unexploded ordnance (UXO), psychosocial distress, access to information, and discrimination in access to services and assistance.
• There is a high risk of injury or death when approaching aid points, water trucking stations, and during chaotic flour truck lootings. During the reporting period, mass casualties and stampede incidents were reported among those trying to access aid, including burns from boiling meals in overcrowded conditions. While these risks affect everyone, they disproportionately exclude the most vulnerable groups, including unaccompanied and separated children (UASC), child-headed households, families with large numbers of children, and people with disabilities, who often cannot access humanitarian aid and face increasing exploitation.
• Operational challenges for CP partners remain severe. No new assistive devices or repair parts for children with disabilities have entered Gaza in months, and large tents for Child-Friendly Spaces left by evacuated partners have not been replaced, limiting safe space availability.
• The lack of fuel has critically reduced mobility for case managers and outreach teams, while prolonged internet blackouts disrupted communication, coordination, and reporting for several days, delaying or cancelling life-saving missions. These constraints significantly hinder the ability to provide comprehensive care and link children with essential multisectoral services.
• Access remains severely restricted for humanitarian organizations. For instance, during the reporting period, MA actors reported that 12 interagency missions that they have taken part in were denied, and three were canceled.

Education

Response

• During the reporting period, 276 temporary learning spaces (TLS) were operational, serving 11,851 learners supported by 3,278 teachers across the Gaza Strip. The number of functional TLS and learner enrollment continues to fluctuate due to the volatile security situation. This is compared with 570 TLS that were operational during the ceasefire in February, serving 249,000 learners. While 51 TLS have been shut down or suspended in the past two weeks (see below), efforts to establish new TLS are progressing. Four TLS have been set up during the reporting period, with enrolment currently underway. These include two sites in Gaza city, a school in Khan Younis, and a school in Deir al Balah.
• During the reporting period, one Education Cluster member, who had pre-positioned supplies prior to the collapse of the ceasefire, has now distributed 26 high-performance tents, 639 stationery kits, and four adolescent care kits in Gaza city, Khan Younis and Deir al Balah.
• Education Cluster partners continue to implement innovative approaches to engage children, including outside formal learning spaces, to help restore a sense of routine. As part of MHPSS efforts, partners have reached more than 3,000 learners during the reporting period through structured recreational activities across Gaza; these activities aim to provide children with moments of relief and joy, nurture hope, and reinforce their resilience amid ongoing adversity.
• To mark World Refugee Day, the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) and the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) organized a public online webinar attended by over 200 participants, including representatives from diplomatic missions, journalists, and global education practitioners. The event highlighted challenges facing education programming and access to education in Gaza as well as support from the international community for partners’ critical efforts on the ground. Panelists included representatives from UNRWA, the Education Cluster, and other key partners.

Challenges

• The continued issuance of displacement orders, ongoing bombardment and insecurity have severely undermined efforts during the ceasefire to re-open schools, support in-person learning and expand alternative learning spaces.
• Between 8 and 21 June, at least 51 TLSs serving 12,000 learners and supported by 603 teachers, alongside 21 public schools were placed under displacement orders, forcing partners to temporarily suspend operations. These included: 36 TLS in Khan Younis, seven in Gaza city, seven in North Gaza, and one in Deir al Balah; and 13 public schools in Gaza city, six in Khan Younis, and two in Deir al Balah. The closure of TLS and public schools has disrupted learning, eliminated all in-person learning opportunities for children, and halted children's access to critical services, including MHPSS, social and emotional learning and structured recreational activities that help mitigate the effects of repeated trauma endured by children. In total since 18 March, a total of 171 TLS serving more than 67,000 learners with the support of 2,346 teachers shut down or were suspended.
• The ongoing critical fuel shortages continue to disrupt education in emergency response across the Gaza Strip. Partners are unable to transport mobile assets, such as tents, from displacement-affected locations. Staff movement for monitoring and supervision of TLS has also been significantly limited. Group activities that require powered equipment, including group sessions using loudspeakers, have been suspended. Even basic operational tasks, like printing, have come to a halt due to the inability to run generators. Fuel shortages have also resulted in lower volumes of water being trucked or pumped from accessible water wells, access to clean water and hygiene and sanitation conditions at TLS have also been compromised, increasing the risk of communicable disease outbreaks.
• Due to soaring temperatures, particularly after midday, and the lack of adequate ventilation or cooling systems in the tents, partners are considering a reduction in shifts at TLS, which are currently operating in three shifts between 7:00 and 15:00. While this adjustment would prioritize the health and well-being of children and teachers, it would also result in decreased enrolment and attendance and further hamper access to education for thousands of children.
• As of 17 June, the Ministry of Education (MoE) reports that at least 15,379 students and 691 education personnel have been killed, while 23,105 students and 2,926 education staff have been injured, many with lifelong physical or psychological impacts. These figures underscore the devastating impact of the ongoing crisis on the education sector, including students and staff, severely undermining all efforts to maintain and restore safe learning environments for children.
• Between 1 and 21 June, at least six reported attacks on schools have been reported. These incidents have resulted in civilian casualties, including children who were sheltering in school buildings, and caused further damage to the already fragile education infrastructure. In addition to the physical destruction, the attacks have intensified fear among parents, children, and teachers, eroding confidence in the safety of school environments and discouraging participation in education in emergency activities.

Cash Working Group (CWG)

Response

• Between 8 and 21 June, partners distributed multi-purpose cash assistance (MPC) to 22,500 households, prioritizing newly displaced households or those identified as being highly vulnerable through existing programme databases.

Challenges

• The entry of only limited supplies into Gaza have resulted in alarmingly low stock levels in markets, with some supplies, such as meat and dairy products, completely out of stock and other items being scarce and only available at prohibitively high prices, such as sugar which is being sold at 250-280 NIS per kilogramme (kg) compared with 3.9NIS prior to October 2023. Overall, the entry of commercial supplies into Gaza was officially banned by Israeli authorities in October 2024 and such supplies have mainly entered during the ceasefire.
• The ongoing lack of liquidity continues to restrict the ability of people to access markets and afford the very limited, often expensive items available. Cash-out commission rates are now above 40 per cent. This financial strain disrupts markets, further shrinking people’s purchasing power and hampering the ability of retailers to replenish stocks from the limited supplies already inside Gaza.
• Since 10 June, repeated fiber optic cable cuts following heavy military activity have resulted in recurrent internet connectivity outages in both northern and southern Gaza (see ETC). These disruptions have hindered vendors' ability to connect equipment and operate online payment systems, further complicating market transactions.

Site Management Cluster (SMC)

Response

• Between 11 and 24 June, SMC partners recorded the displacement of over 15,000 people, bringing the total number since 18 March to 682,240 IDPs. This was determined with the support of SMC partners that use a self-reporting system and real time communication platforms (such as telegram) to assist site focal points in tracking the displacement to and from sites.
• During the reporting period, SMC partners established management committees at displacement sites throughout the Gaza Strip, with some formed remotely due to access constraints. These committees, play a critical role in community engagement within displacement sites, ensuring that marginalised and vulnerable groups are represented and reached with supplies and services. The formation of committees is often incentivised by SMC partners to ensure that vulnerable groups, including women, girls and the disabled, have an active voice in decision-making related to the running of the sites. SMC partners also continue to conduct on-site visits across all areas that remain accessible in Gaza, Deir al Balah and Khan Younis governorates, engaging with existing community committees to maintain participation and oversight.
• Site Committee Mapping and Safety Audit tools were piloted by SMC partners to assess the composition of site committees, service provision, and access to services - particularly for persons with specific needs. The Safety Audit Tool is tailored to identify site-related protection concerns and provide actionable recommendations for improvement.

Challenges

• SMC partners face movement restrictions due to ongoing hostilities, insecurity, displacement orders, and fuel shortages. As a result, some partners have shifted to remote modalities, such as phone calls and messaging applications, which restrict direct engagement and timely response. However, the effectiveness of remote coordination has been further undermined by disrupted communication networks.
• The lack of fuel restricts movement and has prevented regular site visits, forcing some SMC partners to recruit daily workers from within or near displacement sites to implement activities, maintain a presence, and reply to phone calls to engage existing site committees.
• Incidents of carjackings, looting, and direct threats to NGO partners have been reported, heightening operational risks and limiting humanitarian access.
• The number of IDPs continues to rise sharply given the continued issuance of displacement orders, strikes on IDP sites, and ongoing hostilities. For example, the displacement order issued for Khan Younis on 17 June affected 12 sites and more than 6,000 people, resulting in a large influx of IDPs into other already overcrowded IDP sites. This has further aggravated access to water and sanitation facilities at these sites. Subsequent displacement orders have continued to deteriorate the situation further. Rapid and repeated displacement has led to the frequent relocation or replacement of site committees, focal points, and trained community members, requiring continuous training and follow-up by partners to maintain community engagement and ensure operational continuity.
• Local market constraints, including rising prices and scarcity of supplies (such as equipment for shelter improvements), are hampering project implementation, particularly for care and maintenance activities. At the same time, the current focus of SMC partners on data collection and their general inability to distribute aid due to the limited entry of humanitarian assistance into Gaza is beginning to erode community trust and acceptance.

Shelter

Response

• Between 8 and 21 June, several Shelter partners pooled available items to jointly distribute emergency shelter kits (ESKs) to approximately 300 families in Gaza city. One partner also distributed clothing vouchers to help about 1,530 families in Gaza city in purchasing children's clothing available in local shops, and one partner secured funding to distribute a total of 9,300 clothing kits through Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA). Distributions are mainly prioritizing newly displaced households who were forced to flee without their essential belongings.
• Maintenance and rehabilitation of temporary shelters using basic materials, such as tapes and ropes, remains a priority. During the reporting period, rehabilitation work has been completed for 100 temporary shelters across three displacement sites in Gaza city. Meanwhile, partners are currently working to provide wooden pallets to support the rehabilitation and maintenance of temporary shelters and sites in Khan Younis.
• During the reporting period, a partner’s assessment conducted across 32 displacement sites, covering 13,000 families, identified the urgent need for: 4,000 temporary shelters (tents) for families with no form of shelter or living in severely overcrowded conditions; 6,000 plastic sheets (tarpaulins) to reinforce existing shelters; and 3,000 temporary shelters requiring maintenance and rehabilitation to improve current environmental and living conditions.
• During the reporting period, Shelter Cluster published two position papers: one outlining the prioritization of shelter materials for transportation on trucks when feasible, and the other providing guidance on rental assistance to IDPs in displacement settings.

Challenges

• Most of the shelter items distributed in Gaza, such as tents, have a short lifespan of only three to six months, creating a repetitive cycle of demand for shelter assistance. This is further compounded by repeated waves of forced displacement, often resulting in the loss or abandonment of essential shelter items. As a result, and despite previous aid distributions, unmet shelter needs remain widespread across the Gaza Strip. An estimated 1.1 million people require emergency shelter items, while around 1.1 million people are estimated to require household items, according to the most recent assessment by the Shelter Cluster conducted in June.
• Ongoing displacement continues to drive growing needs for shelter assistance and non-food items (NFI) while available resources remain scarce. Many people have been forced to flee without their belongings and have sought shelter in every possible space, including in already overcrowded displacement camps, damaged buildings, streets and open areas, leaving their shelter needs largely unmet.
• The inability to bring in shelter items and NFIs through crossings since 2 March, prohibitively expensive shelter items that remain available in limited quantities on the market, and overcrowded displacement settlings are further constraining response efforts. This is exacerbated by ongoing airstrikes targeting displacement sites, repeated displacement orders, social tensions and unrest, and the displacement of many aid workers. Movement restrictions and insecurity are also limiting the ability of partners to access people in need in some areas.
• The immense needs far outweigh available resources, complicating prioritization efforts during aid distributions and contributing to tensions within communities.

• Very limited volumes of aid are currently moving through the Jordan route on Back-to-Back (B2B) convoys, due to the very limited types of aid permitted, the very few organisations authorised by Israeli authorities, and constraints on organisations’ ability to process customs clearances. B2B transport is facilitated by the Logistics Cluster at no-cost to users until 31 July.
• Although the Israeli authorities have indicated that some health items located in the West Bank could be authorised for entry into Gaza, significant restrictions are imposed, such as limiting authorisation only for medical cargo procured internationally and stored in UN warehouses. The first planned truck movement from the West Bank on 19 June was denied by Israeli authorities due to the reported closure of Tarqumiya crossing, previously indicated as viable.
• Cargo positioned in the Egypt corridor is still denied entry into Gaza. As of 16 June, 852 trucks for UN and International NGOs (60 per cent of which carry food supplies) are waiting in Al Arish, ready to be dispatched to the Gaza Strip.
• On 10 June, one of the previously evacuated Cluster warehouses in northern Gaza was hit. No personnel or cargo were affected as it had not been accessible for several weeks following a displacement order by the Israeli authorities. Although the two Cluster common warehouses (one in Deir al Balah and one in Gaza city are accessible, storage services have been hampered by insecurity, preventing convoys from reaching the storage facilities.
• The disruptions to internet connectivity inside Gaza resulting from military operations have severely hindered humanitarian logistics operations, including coordination activities and information sharing.

1511.

24 juni 2025

13 juli actiebijeenkomst BDS-campagne tegen Albert Heijn

Meer dan honderdduizend mensen gingen op 18 mei de straat op om een rode lijn te trekken in solidariteit met de Palestijnen. Op 15 juni waren het er zelfs 150.000. Het waren de grootste demonstraties in meer dan twintig jaar, maar het demissionaire kabinet weigert te handelen.

Dit terwijl het al lang duidelijk is wat er moet gebeuren. Niet alleen om de genocide te stoppen, maar ook om de steeds verdere kolonisatie van Palestina een halt toe te roepen. Met boycot, desinvesteringen en sancties kunnen we Israël isoleren. Net zoals we eerder Apartheid in Zuid-Afrika hebben bestreden.

Met de campagne Albert Heijn Apartheidvrij voeren we acties in supermarkten door het land. Onze eis: stop met het inkopen van Israëlische producten.

Tijdens onze open bijeenkomst op zondagmiddag 13 juli gaan we het hebben over het verleden en het heden van de boycot-beweging.

Wat kunnen we leren uit de jaren zeventig en tachtig?

Wat kunnen we doen om de grootste Nederlandse supermarkt apartheidvrij te maken?

Hoe kun jij meedoen?

De bijeenkomst vindt van 13.30 – 16.30 plaats in Utrecht. Geef je op voor de bijeenkomst via dit formulier op onze website. Dan sturen we je de locatie en het programma toe.

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1510.

24 juni 2025

Post-Coup Conscripted Child Soldiers

“The list of shame” part of the United Nation’s annual report on children in armed conflict was published last week.

The only state actor listed for a horrendous number of the five types of violations against children in armed conflict is the Myanmar junta. Other non-state actors in the country are also on the list.

To be exact, 2,138 grave violations against children have been documented and verified by the UN. Over a thousand are pending verification.

The Myanmar junta is recruiting and using child soldiers, killing and maiming children, committing sexual violence against children, attacking schools and hospitals, and abducting children.

Since the coup in 2021, the Myanmar military’s recruitment and use of child soldiers has surged. A significant number of children have been recruited since the junta enacted a conscription law in February 2024.

Although excluded under the law, children have been increasingly swept up in conscription drives as the junta has faced growing losses of troops and territory in their ongoing conflict with anti-junta and ethnic armed groups. 

The abusive conscription tactics vary: the junta’s methods include abducting young men and boys or detaining family members of missing conscripts as hostages. 

Two recent military defectors told HRW that children have been recruited in growing numbers due to rising pressure from senior leaders to meet conscription quotas. A 17-year-old boy told  local media that he was abducted late at night and issued a fake ID card saying he was 19.

Recruiting methods by the Myanmar military have disproportionately targeted the urban poor, displaced people, people without documentation, and ethnic and religious minorities, including Rohingya Muslims.

Since the coup, the military has recruited children across all 14 states and regions, compared with only 4 previously.

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AJP Action Demands Trump End His Unconstitutional Attacks on Iran and Urges Congress to Pass War Powers Resolution to Block Unauthorized War

[WASHINGTON D.C., JUNE 23, 2025] — Trump’s reckless actions are risking igniting another war in the Middle East and are threatening to drag the United States into an unnecessary war! A war desired by no one but Israel, and one that benefits no one but Netanyahu. The President bears primary responsibility for any consequences that may endanger U.S. national security and the safety of the American people. Congress, too, will share the blame if it fails to reclaim its constitutional authority, restrain the president, and prevent him from violating the Constitution by entangling the United States in a war that serves no American interest. It's Congress's responsibility to declare war, not the President!

The solution forward is not to widen wars and conflict, but to adopt a firm American stance that compels Israel to halt its destructive regional policies, end its genocidal assault on Gaza, and stop spreading chaos across the Middle East and the world.

We call on the President to immediately cease all military coordination with Israel, withdraw U.S. forces from this illegal war, and focus American power on diplomacy, de-escalation, and peace. We further demand that Congress act swiftly to pass the War Powers Resolution and block any unauthorized use of military force.

The American people did not choose this war. We refuse to be complicit in it.

In solidarity,
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action

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U.S. enters war on Iran, strikes nuclear facilities

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22 juni 2025

AJP Action Condemns Trump’s Reckless Strikes on Iran and Calls for an End to U.S. Military Support for Israeli Aggression

[WASHINGTON D.C., JUNE 21, 2025] — Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) unequivocally condemns President Donald Trump’s decision to launch military strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities, a reckless act of aggression that threatens to plunge the entire Middle East into an uncontrollable war. These strikes risk starting a dangerous new phase for the Middle East and Americans everywhere.

The U.S. military, using B-2 stealth bombers and precision munitions, struck Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear sites, reportedly killing multiple scientists and military personnel. While the Trump administration claims these attacks are preemptive, they are in fact a direct escalation that serves the political interests of the genocidal Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, not the safety or well-being of the American people.

This is not about non-proliferation. This is about expanding empire and hegemony.

“Netanyahu’s war on Iran is a disaster,” said Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid, Executive Director of AJP Action. “Donald Trump has drawn the United States into a conflict that serves neither American interests nor the will of its people—one championed solely by Israel. This escalation flies in the face of repeated assessments by the U.S. intelligence community, which has consistently concluded that Iran is not pursuing a nuclear weapon. Yet Trump rejected these conclusions in favor of Israeli disinformation. Even more troubling, he has initiated hostilities without seeking congressional authorization, in direct defiance of constitutional requirements.”

Across the country, thousands of Americans are mobilizing in opposition to Trump’s war. On Saturday night, over 200 protesters rallied outside the White House, chanting “No new war in the Middle East”. Veterans, students, and activists demanded an immediate halt to U.S. arms transfers to Israel and an end to this proxy war.

According to new polling, 60% of Americans across political lines oppose U.S. involvement in a war with Iran as people are seeing stories of civilian casualties and destroyed residential areas due to this needless war. 

Trump’s military escalation is not only illegal under international law, but unconstitutional since he did not seek Congressional authorization, which violates the War Powers Resolution. Members of Congress must act immediately to block further military actions and invoke the War Powers Resolution to stop U.S. involvement in this war. 

“This is not a war of necessity, but a war of choice for Trump. It is not America’s war—it is a favor to Israel’s aggression and madness. Trump must bear the consequences of his disastrous decision,” said Abu Irshaid.

In solidarity,
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action

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21 juni 2025

A Victory for Free Speech & Palestinian Solidarity

Today’s ruling brings a long-overdue sliver of justice for Mahmoud Khalil. But he should have been released when the first ruling was made. Every day he remained behind bars and denied the chance to be with his wife and newborn son was a failure of justice and a stain on the rights this country claims to uphold. Mahmoud shouldn’t have been detained to begin with. Nobody, student, activist, researcher, immigrant, etc., should fear being disappeared simply for exercising their First Amendment rights — rights that are meant to protect everyone in this country, regardless of citizenship status.

Mahmoud’s case is a chilling reminder of how quickly this country can be led down the path to abandoning its own principles in order to shield a foreign regime committing full-fledged genocide and instigating wars across the Middle East  (with U.S. support).

While we welcome Mahmoud home and wish his family healing, we must continue to confront the dangerous precedent his arrest and detainment have set. The erosion of our so-called democracy is on full display when criticizing a foreign government leads to incarceration, while that same government’s war crimes are met with U.S. financial backing and impunity. We live in a country willing to silence its own people and bend its laws to defend a foreign entity, even if it means implicating itself in the worst of crimes against humanity and undermining our nation and its people.

Mahmoud’s release is a hard-fought victory for his family and for the movement that refused to stay silent. The fact that Mahmoud was ever detained for exercising his rights is an indictment of a system that punishes dissent and weaponizes immigration status. The fight is far from over. We will keep pushing until Mahmoud is entirely free from every threat, and until no one in this country is targeted for their political beliefs. We’re not backing down.

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21 juni 2025

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Het is zaterdag 21 juni 2025 en onze wereld staat in brand.

Baby’s die gebombardeerd worden in Gaza. De rakettenregen in Iran. We bevinden ons op een kantelpunt voor het leven op aarde. Maar er brandt ook een vuur in óns. We zijn niet machteloos. Kom tesamen!

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21 juni 2025

We have incredible news to share: Mahmoud Khalil is being freed.

After more than three harrowing months of imprisonment, a federal judge just ordered that Mahmoud Khalil be released on bail today pending a decision on his immigration case.

During the hearing, the judge refuted the U.S. government’s claims that Mahmoud was a flight risk or dangerous to the public, and rejected the government’s request for a stay that would have kept Mahmoud imprisoned for at least another week.

Today, Mahmoud will walk out of detention and return to New York while his case proceeds, back into the arms of his wife, Noor, and their newborn child.

Judge Farbiarz’s decision is not just a victory for Mahmoud and his family – it’s an important victory for our movements. The ruling is a strong rebuke to the Trump administration’s dangerous campaign to criminalize Palestinian solidarity under the false guise of “national security”, and exploit obscure immigration laws to silence activists.

This win would not have happened without our movements. You - and hundreds of thousands of others across the country and the world - hit the streets, called your legislators, emailed hundreds of university executives, and organized your own networks to make Mahmoud Khalil a household name. You made sure his abduction was a top headline in every outlet and sent a crystal clear message to Donald Trump: come for one, come for us all.

We celebrate this win, but we know the fight is far from over. While Mahmoud returns to his family on bail, his case proceeds in immigration court.

Mahmoud’s abduction and imprisonment are part of a broader, deeply troubling campaign by the administration to silence dissent and weaponize immigration law to target and punish activists, in violation of their first amendment rights.

We have long known that immigrants, Palestinians, Black and Brown people, and Indigenous communities are the first targets of state violence. This decision comes at a time when federal agents in full military gear and armored vehicles are sweeping through our neighborhoods, schools, hospitals, and workplaces in Los Angeles and cities across the country to kidnap our immigrant neighbors and loved ones, ripping parents from the arms of their sobbing children.

It is no coincidence that local police and federal agents executing these orders have engaged in exchange programs with the Israeli military, learning their deadly tactics and employing the same racist surveillance as used against Palestinians for decades. Our struggles are connected, because our oppressors are one in the same.

Now is the time to raise our voices even louder. For Mahmoud, for Noor, and their child, and for every Palestinian activist facing threats, surveillance, or worse. For every immigrant that is being unjustly targeted, abducted, and ripped away from their homes and loved ones. And for every Palestinian being starved and still living under Israel’s genocide and occupation in Palestine.

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In deep gratitude and continued resistance,

Alia El-Assar
Director of Media Organizing
Adalah Justice Project

P.S. Whether you are a citizen or non-citizen, out on the streets protesting or not, make sure you know your rights! Use these resources from the ACLU to learn more about your rights and how to protect yourself and your community.

Adalah Justice Project is a Palestinian-led advocacy organization based in the U.S. that builds cross-movement coalitions to achieve collective liberation. Our work is rooted in the conviction that drawing the linkages between US policy abroad and repressive state practices at home is crucial to shifting the balance of power.

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20 juni 2025

Join the Global Day of Action Against Spyware on June 21!

Israel’s ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, enabled by western powers led by the US, UK and Germany, is a demonstration of how dangerous spyware can become.
 

The Israeli military uses spyware to weaponize phones in Gaza and turn them into tools of surveillance, coupled with facial-recognition technology, AI, and voice-recognition technology to generate “targets” for the Israeli artillery and airforce – killing tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians in the process.

This proves that spyware is a weapon of war, and that it threatens not only the Palestinians in Gaza, but all of humanity.

Israeli companies like NSO Group, Candiru, Intellexa, Paragon and others have created military-grade spyware, such as Pegasus, Predator and Graphite, which can infiltrate phones, extract private data, and even turn devices into surveillance tools. These technologies were reportedly field-tested on Palestinians by Israeli intelligence units before being commodified and marketed globally.

Share our call to join the Global Day of Action Against Spyware!

This June 21st—the longest day of the year for most of us—join the global day of action:
 Demand bans on spyware
 Hold companies accountable
 Expose government surveillance
 Fight for a world where tech protects, not persecutes

Israel is the only country which allows its private companies to sell military-grade spyware.

Israeli companies test this weapon on Palestinians.
 

If we don’t stop the spyware trade, it will continue to empower repression and systems of oppression, endangering those who stand up for justice everywhere, including in “democratic” states. Let’s fight for a world where technology protects—not persecutes—people.

The time to act is now.

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The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed an official complaint against the European Investment Bank for channeling over €1 billion to Israeli companies blacklisted by the UN for illegal settlement activities. This funding directly supports Israel’s ongoing land theft and apartheid regime, in clear violation of the ICJ ruling of 19 July 2024. As EU leaders review the Association Agreement with Israel this week, we demand an immediate end to this complicity and call on the EIB to align its operations with international law and basic human rights.

Read the full press release below.

Brussels, 20 June 2025 — The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has today filed an urgent and damning complaint with the European Investment Bank’s Complaints Mechanism (EIB‑CM), demanding an immediate end to the Bank’s blatant complicity in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people.

Despite the binding International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling of 19 July 2024, which orders all States and international organisations to “prevent trade or investment relations that assist in the maintenance of the illegal situation created by Israel,” the EIB continues to funnel over €1 billion in European public funds to Israeli companies blacklisted by the United Nations for their direct role in illegal settlement expansion and apartheid policies.

This betrayal occurs as EU leaders meet today and tomorrow to review the Association Agreement with Israel — the main treaty governing the EU’s political and economic ties with a state that stands accused of grave breaches of international law, including genocide, apartheid and ethnic cleansing.

“The EIB is financing Israel’s land theft, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid — with European taxpayers’ money,” said Dyab Abou Jahjah, The Foundation's Chairman. “This is not oversight, this is complicity. As Europe claims to champion human rights, its own bank bankrolls the bulldozers and bulldozes the law.”

EIB Money, Israeli Crimes

The Hind Rajab Foundation’s complaint exposes how four flagship EIB operations enable blacklisted actors to build and sustain the settlements that shred Palestinian lives and land:

€500 million channeled through Bank Leumi, notorious for underwriting settlement housing, industrial zones, and local councils in stolen Palestinian territory.

€250 million for the Tel Aviv Light Rail Green Line, awarded to Electra, which expands settler connectivity and cements de facto annexation.

Further “green transition” and “financial inclusion” facilities worth €250 million and €96 million, again handed to Bank Leumi, a bank that signs decades-long pledge agreements with illegal settlement municipalities.

These funds directly prop up a regime of forced evictions, land grabs, and settler violence. According to the UN, 2025 has seen a surge in attacks and mass displacement — yet the EIB continues to supply the financial oxygen that sustains the apartheid system.

A Moment of Reckoning for the EU

This complaint lands at a critical moment: the EU is right now reviewing its Association Agreement with Israel, which binds the relationship to respect for human rights and international law. The Hind Rajab Foundation warns that the EU’s credibility is at stake: it cannot pretend to uphold international law while its own financial arm empowers Israel’s colonization machine.

“Either Europe enforces the ICJ ruling and halts this complicity, or it admits its treaties and human rights talk are worthless when it comes to Palestinian lives,” said Abou Jahjah.

Demands

The Hind Rajab Foundation demands:

Immediate suspension of all EIB funding to UN-blacklisted Israeli companies and settlement-related projects.

A full independent compliance review, not the EIB’s cosmetic box-ticking, but a real audit with public disclosure.

EU leaders, in their Association Agreement review this week, must condition any further cooperation on verifiable compliance with international law, and sanction financial actors who fuel Israel’s illegal settlements. This must logically lead to a direct halt of all the effects of the association agreement.

No More Excuses — Stop Funding Apartheid Now                                                  

 ​It is no longer acceptable for European leaders to preach about human rights while signing blank cheques for banks and corporations that profit from stolen land and shattered lives.Every euro that flows through the EIB into Israel’s occupation machine is a betrayal of the Palestinian people and a stain on Europe’s conscience.There is only one honest choice: Stop the money, end the complicity, and stand on the right side of history.

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De oorlog van Israël tegen Iran domineert al een week het wereldnieuws, maar ondertussen gaat Israëls vernietigingscampagne van Palestijnen in Gaza en op de Westelijke Jordaanoever genadeloos door.

Dagelijks openen Israëlische troepen het vuur op uitgehongerde mensen die in de rij staan voor voedsel. De afgelopen tijd betekende dat voor honderden Palestijnse burgers hun dood  of levenslange zeer ernstige verwondingen. De volstrekte beestachtigheid waarmee deze Israëlische beestmensen op die manier dag op dag gewone Palestijnse burgers zonder blikken of blozen zondermeer tot schietschijven maken - mannen, vrouwen en kinderen gelijkelijk –, dwingt nochtans hen deson-danks naar de voedseluitdeelpunten te blijven komen. Waar een totaal gebrek aan eten en drinken  wordt opgelegd. Zij hebben geen andere optie. De beelden, van mensen die bij de uitdeelpunten voor rondvliegende kogels wegrennen, en van jongens die doodgeschoten over een zak bloem liggen, staan op ons netvlies gebrand. 

Palestijnen rouwen om hun naasten, die bij een voedselhulppunt gedood werden door het Israëlische leger. Imago / Alamy Stock PhotoDe ontruiming en verwoesting van steden en dorpen in Gaza gaat ook door. Vorig weekeinde beval het Israëlische leger Palestijnen om nog meer wijken van Khan Younis in het zuiden van de Gazastrook te ontruimen. Het nabijgelegen Khuza’a is vorige maand volledig met de grond gelijkgemaakt door Israël. ‘Verder bewijs van Israëls moedwillige vernietiging en genocide in Gaza’, stelt Amnesty. De bevolking van de Gazastrook is inmiddels bijeengedreven in kampen in een gebied dat iets meer dan 15 procent van de enclave beslaat.

Westoever
Intussen blijven Israëlische kolonisten op de bezette Westelijke Jordaanoever op dagelijkse basis Palestijnen en hun bezittingen aanvallen. Het Israëlische leger biedt de kolonisten bescherming, sloopt zelf olijfgaarden en huizen, en neemt steeds meer Palestijnen gevangen.

Afleidingsmanoeuvre
Voor deze doden, etnische zuivering en verwoestingen is sinds het begin van de Israëlische aanvallen op Iran veel minder aandacht in de media. Datzelfde geldt voor de wereldpolitiek. En dit is precies de bedoeling, zegt de Israëlische analist Ori Goldberg op X. ‘De illegale aanval tegen Iran is een excuus om de wereld Gaza en de Westelijke Jordaanoever te laten vergeten.'

Aan ons de taak om dit niet te laten gebeuren.
Don't stop talking about Palestine.

Wij strijden tegen oorlogsmisdaden, annexatie, bezetting en onderdrukking. Helpt u mee?

Nee, ik steun The Rights Forum niet. TRF heeft mooie praatjes, maar heult met Israël door het opleggen van sancties tot op heden te saboteren.

Tweede Kamer debatteert over Gaza, Israël en wapenleveranties

Deze week vonden twee Kamerdebatten plaats waarin de Nederlandse Israëlpolitiek en de situatie in Gaza uitgebreid aan bod kwamen. De debatten maakten pijnlijk duidelijk hoe diep Nederland vastzit in een verlammende diplomatieke reflex als het om Israël gaat.

Terwijl op straat 150 duizend mensen meeliepen in de Rode Lijn-demonstratie om hun afschuw te uiten over de genocide in Gaza, bleek de Kamer verdeeld, ontwijkend en ronduit laf op cruciale punten.

Demissionair minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Caspar Veldkamp en demissionair premier Dick Schoof tijdens een Tweede Kamerdebat, 12 juni 2025. © ANP / Alamy Stock Photo

GroenLinks-PvdA wil einde aan levering van alle wapenonderdelen naar Israël
Er was één lichtpuntje: GroenLinks-PvdA wil de levering van onderdelen voor de Israëlische luchtafweerverdediging – de zogeheten Iron Dome – stopzetten en vindt het tijd voor een algeheel wapenembargo. Dat zei Tweede Kamerlid Kati Piri tijdens het commissiedebat. Eerder was GL-PvdA alleen voor het stopzetten van de export van offensieve wapens naar Israël, maar niet die van defensieve.

Hoewel het voorstel van Piri het niet haalde, is het een belangrijke koerswijziging van GL-PvdA die past bij de realiteit op de grond.

Wil je meer weten over het voorstel van GroenLinks-PvdA en de reactie daarop van minister Veldkamp? Lees dan dit artikel. 

Campagne | Israël heeft nog drie maanden om zich uit Palestina terug te trekken

Over drie maanden, op 18 september, loopt de deadline af die door de Verenigde Naties is gesteld voor het beëindigen van de Israëlische bezetting van Palestina. Die eis komt voort uit het meest recente oordeel van het Internationaal Gerechtshof in Den Haag. Een oordeel dat glashelder stelt: de bezetting is illegaal en moet stoppen.

Toch gaat Nederland door met (wapen)handel en met diplomatieke steun aan Israël. Nederland is hiermee medeplichtig aan zeer ernstige mensenrechtenschendingen. Dat moet stoppen.

Voor The Rights Forum is dit het moment om in actie te komen. Wij eisen dat de Nederlandse regering aan haar juridische verplichtingen voldoet om de bezetting te beëindigen. Om die eis op weg naar de deadline van 18 september kracht bij te zetten, roepen wij iedereen op zich daar als ‘mede-eiser’ bij aan te sluiten. Dat kan op de speciale website die we daarvoor hebben opgezet.

Word mede-eiser van een einde aan de bezetting. Ga naar stopdebezetting.org voor meer info en steun de eis uit het Vredespaleis! 

Deze week op onze website

Podcast | Het militair recht versus de militaire acties van Israël en Hamas

Verder uit onze agenda
zaterdag 21 juni t/m zaterdag 28 juni

Demonstraties en wakes
• Wake op zaterdag 21 juni in Groningen, Waagplein (13.00 uur)
• Wake voor Palestina op zaterdag 21 juni in Den Bosch, Burgemeester Loeffplein (12.00 uur)
• Stil protest van gate48 - de organisatie van kritische Israëli's in Nederland op zondag 22 juni in Amsterdam, 't Spui (17.00 uur)
• Protest ‘Gaza Beach’ tijdens NAVO-top op dinsdag 24 juni in Den Haag, Zuiderstrand, strandslag 10, bij het einde van tramlijn 12 (19.00 uur)
• A12 blokkade tijdens NAVO-top: Stop genocide in Gaza op woensdag 25 juni in Den Haag (12.00 uur)
• Sit-in rijksambtenaren op donderdag 26 juni in Den Haag, Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijnstraat 8 (12.00 uur)
• Wake op zaterdag 28 juni in Nijmegen, Koningsplein - Marienburg (14.00 uur)
• National Protest: No to Apartheid Profiteering, Stop the Genocide op zaterdag 28 juni in Eindhoven, 18 Septemberplein (13.00 uur)

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Today's headlines

‘We’ve turned into monsters’: Famine and genocide are changing society in Gaza

Tareq S. Hajjaj

Ahmad, a 16-year-old boy in Gaza, leaves his home at 3 a.m., armed with an iron hammer and a utility knife. But Ahmad is not a soldier, nor a fighter. He seeks only one thing: to obtain a sack of flour. And to do so, he must be prepared to die.

Don’t blame it on Netanyahu, Israelis across the political spectrum support the illegal attack on Iran

Polling shows Israel's aggression in Iran has the overwhelming support of Israeli voters. This is due in part to the decades of groundwork that has been laid by liberal Israeli leaders who have called for attacking Iran to maintain Israeli dominance.

House Dems push to ‘Block the Bombs’ amid Israel’s widening war

As Israel pushes for full U.S. intervention in its attacks on Iran, two dozen progressive House members are pushing a bill that would block the U.S. from sending Israel offensive weapons.

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Support War Refusers

Then Israel attacked Iran… I want to be clear: The new war with Iran has nothing to do with the security and safety of the Israeli people. It is about remobilising Israelis to the army and helping the prime minister to stay in power by avoiding elections. It is about continuing the genocide without resistance from Israelis and the world. All eyes are on the war with Iran while people forget about Gaza.

Our partners on the ground know that. “The goal of the war is to help the government to continue eliminating our hostages and continue with war crimes in Gaza. I am calling to everyone who can to refuse,” said Asaf Yakir, a reserve soldier who refuses to fight in Gaza or Iran.

Support War Refusers

The goal of the war is to halt the resistance against the genocide in Gaza.  We will not let the government stop us. We will not take part in this war, we refuse! We will resist until we end the genocide and the occupation, and all regional wars of aggression. The Israeli government has found a base of support among the general public for this new front, even among those that began to oppose the genocide in Gaza. But the reality is more complicated: many people, especially those who oppose the prime minister, see the war as inevitable. This is an oppentunity, fo the long time this new war can make Israeli resiste even more. Right now, we are working hard to shift the general public to resist the war. This war is not inevitable, it will not make anyone safer, and it is only an extension of the criminal genocide in Gaza. We need to stop the war, both in Gaza and in Iran, for the sake of the Palestinian people and our own futures.

In solidarity,
Mattan Helman
Executive Director
Refuser Solidarity Network

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1490.

19 juni 2025

Humanitarian Situation Update #298
West Bank

18 June 2025

Israeli demolition in Tulkarm refugee camp, 10 June 2025. Photo curtesy of community members.

Key Highlights

• Israeli forces have intensified operations across Nablus and Jenin governorates, tightening movement restrictions and causing widespread damage. 
• Israeli settlers injured 58 Palestinians and launched attacks that displaced 67 Palestinians in the past two weeks. Since 1 January, more than 300 Palestinians were injured by settlers, more than double the corresponding period in 2024.
• Israeli authorities carried out a mass demolition in Khallet Athaba’ community in Hebron governorate, the fourth such incident in 2025; of the 78 structures demolished in the community this year, 62 per cent had been provided as humanitarian assistance. 
• More than 680 Palestinians have been displaced in 2025 by the demolition of their homes for lacking Israeli-issued building permits in Area C, more than double the corresponding period in 2024 when about 300 people were displaced.
• Israeli forces continue to carry out mass demolitions as part of the ongoing operation in Tulkarm, Nur Shams and Jenin camps. 
• Since hostilities escalated between Israel and Iran on 13 June, Israeli forces intensified movement restrictions across the West Bank, particularly in the first few days.

Humanitarian Developments

• Between 3 and 16 June, Israeli forces killed five Palestinians (all adults) and injured more than 140 others, including at least 25 children. More than half of those injured were in Nablus city (see below). The following are details of the incidents that resulted in fatalities: 
  • On 7 June, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man and injured two others while they were trying to enter Israel through an opening in the Barrier south of Hebron city.
  • On 10 June, Israeli forces shot, killed and withheld the body of a Palestinian man and injured another in Tammun town, in Tubas governorate. According to local sources, undercover Israeli forces besieged a house and opened fire at three Palestinian as they exited, killing one man and injuring another. They also raided several homes and bulldozed a main road. Two Palestinians were arrested, including the injured man.
  • On 10 June, Israeli forces shot, killed and withheld the body of two Palestinian brothers, and injured 73 others, during a 30-hour operation in Nablus city, mainly in the Old City and its surrounding neighbourhoods. Of the injured, seven were shot with live ammunition, seven were physical assaulted by Israeli forces and military dogs, one was hit by a military jeep, and the rest suffered from tear gas inhalation that required medical intervention. According to video footage and local sources, a man was trying to gain access to the Old City, which was under curfew, when an Israeli soldier assaulted him. He began to scuffle with the soldier, after which he was shot and killed. When his brother approached the area, he was also shot and killed. According to the Israeli military, the two brothers attempted to seize the soldiers’ weapons and an accidental discharge from the weapon injured four Israeli soldiers.
  • On 12 June, Israeli forces shot, killed and withheld the body of a Palestinian man after he opened fire at them at Harmesh checkpoint, located southwest of Jenin. According to the Israeli military, no Israeli injuries were reported.
• On 13 June, the General Authority for Civil Affairs, the Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club reported that a Palestinian man from ‘Allar town, Tulkarm, died in Israeli custody. The man was arrested on 17 May 2025 and was transferred to a hospital in Israel on 9 June. According to the Commission, 70 Palestinians, including 45 from the Gaza Strip and 25 from the West Bank, have died in Israeli custody since 7 October 2023, in addition to two Palestinian citizens of Israel. As of June 2025, according to data provided by the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to Hamoked, an Israeli human rights NGO, there are 10,397 Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip in Israeli custody, including 1,447 sentenced prisoners, 3,174 remand detainees, 3,562 administrative detainees held without charge or trial, and 2,214 people held as “unlawful combatants.” These figures do not include Palestinians from Gaza who have been detained by the Israeli military since 7 October 2023 and information about whom the Israeli authorities have not released.
• Between 3 and 16 June, OCHA documented at least 36 settler attacks that resulted in casualties, property damage, or both. As a result, 63 Palestinians, including two children, were injured – of whom 58 were injured by settlers and five by Israeli forces – while some 235 Palestinian-owned trees, mostly olive, and 32 vehicles were vandalized. Key incidents include: 
  • On 4 June, Israeli settlers injured 30 Palestinians, including two children, during a raid in which they threw stones at Palestinian homes on the outskirts of Deir Dibwan town, in Ramallah governorate. Settlers also set fire to five vehicles and damaged two others with stones. A family of eight, including four children, was displaced as they fled with their livestock immediately after the settlers attacked the community. Subsequently, the settlers set fire to the displaced family's house, destroying all their belongings, including a solar panel system, fodder, water tanks, wooden pallets, and personal items. During the incident, Israeli settlers and Palestinians threw stones at each other until the settlers withdrew and Israeli forces arrived. The forces closed the main entrance to the town, fired tear gas canisters, and obstructed the access of medical teams. No injuries among the Israeli settlers were reported.
  • On 6 June, Israeli settlers physically assaulted, with metal poles, and pepper sprayed three Palestinian shepherds in Humsa al Bqai'a herding community in the northern Jordan Valley, in Tubas governorate. The Palestinians had been grazing their livestock near the community when settlers approached them and confrontations erupted between them. The shepherds then fled with their livestock toward their shelters and a group of armed Israeli settlers followed them, broke into their homes, and assaulted the three men. Israeli forces then arrived, detained two Palestinians, and obstructed the access of an ambulance as it attempted to enter the community and obstructed it again while it was transporting two of the injured to the hospital. No injuries among Israeli settlers were reported.
  • On 11 June, four Palestinian families, comprising 29 people including 19 children, were forcibly displaced from their herding community near Kobar village, in Ramallah governorate, citing repeated settler violence and access restrictions. Israeli settlers attacked the families while they were leaving the area and stole some of their property. According to the affected families, the situation escalated after Israeli settlers established a new outpost just 10 metres away from their homes in March 2025. Since then, Palestinian residents and farmers in the area have been subjected to frequent settler attacks, resulting in injuries and property damage. In April 2025, one Palestinian family was displaced, and two farmers had to relocate their livestock out of fear of further settler violence. Reported acts of intimidation included breaking into or throwing stones at homes and demanding at gunpoint that families leave the area. In late May 2025, the settlers installed a road gate that blocked the families’ access from and to their homes, forcing them to carry water on foot or using a donkey and forcing children to walk long distances to reach nearby schools.

• • On 14 June, Israeli settlers from a newly established outpost, set up just two days earlier, injured 10 Palestinians with stones and set fire to two vehicles, a forklift and a caravan in Al Mazra'a ash Sharqiya town, in Ramallah governorate. Palestinians gathered in an attempt to push the settlers out and Israeli forces later intervened, fired live ammunition and sound canisters to disperse the Palestinians, pushing them back as Israeli settlers retreated to the outpost.
  • On 14 June, Israeli settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, raided and attacked the Palestinian Bedouin community of Ma’azi Jaba’, in Area C of the Jerusalem governorate. As a result, nine Palestinians were injured and six households comprising 30 people, including 12 children and seven women, were displaced. The settlers attacked the community with stones and flammable materials, while Israeli forces accompanying them fired rubber bullets at Palestinians. Israeli settlers injured four Palestinians with stones and Israeli forces injured five Palestinians with rubber-coated metal bullets. In addition, at least ten Palestinian families fled their homes in fear for their safety, staying with nearby relatives and neighbours. Settlers destroyed three homes, rendering them uninhabitable, and set fire to several structures, including an outdoor kitchen, a mobile latrine, and an animal shelter. They also destroyed at least four solar panel systems, tore plastic sheeting off two residential tents, damaged personal belongings and stole money from residents. 
• Since the beginning of 2025, 303 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli settlers directly, in such attacks, which is more than double the number of Palestinians injured by Israeli settlers within the same context (148 Palestinians) during the corresponding period in 2024. At the same time, the frequency of settler incidents resulting in casualties or property damage has largely stayed the same, at about four incidents per day.
• Between 3 and 16 June, OCHA documented 10 demolition incidents, including four in Area C and six in East Jerusalem. In total, 28 Palestinian-owned structures, over half of which were homes (13), were demolished for lacking Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible to obtain. These included 20 structures in Area C and eight in East Jerusalem, resulting in the displacement of 72 people, including 42 children, and otherwise affecting about 80 others. More than 60 per cent of those displaced were in Area C, the majority (38 out of 45 people) in Khallet Athaba’ community, in Hebron governorate (see below) and the remaining seven people were displaced in Kafr ad Dik town, in Salfit governorate, when Israeli authorities demolished a two-storey house. In East Jerusalem, 27 people, including 16 children, were displaced due to the demolition of six homes, of which four were demolished by their owners in Jabal al Mukabbir, Sur Bahir and At Tur and two were demolished by Israeli authorities in Al Bustan area of Silwan. Also, in Silwan, the community was forced to demolish a hall that had been built in 2024 on the second floor of a community mosque and was used for cultural and educational activities; it had received a demolition order in early May 2025. Since the beginning of 2025, displacement in Area C due to the demolition of homes for lacking Israeli-issued building permits has more than doubled compared with the corresponding period in 2024 (686 vs 305 people displaced); between 1 January 2025 and 16 June 2025, 696 structures were demolished, seized or sealed for lacking building permits in Area C, of which 143 (20 per cent) were inhabited residential structures while in the corresponding period in 2024, 385 structures were demolished, of which 66 (17 per cent) were inhabited residential structures.  
• On 11 June, Israeli authorities carried out a mass demolition in the Palestinian herding community of Khallet Athaba’ in Masafer Yatta, in Area C of Hebron governorate, the fourth such incident affecting the community since the beginning of 2025. Over the four incidents, 78 structures have been demolished in the community, of which 48 (about 62 per cent) were provided as humanitarian assistance. These include 13 structures recently demolished on 11 June, of which 12 had been provided as humanitarian assistance in response to previous demolitions, comprising eight residential structures, three latrines and a water cistern. Only five per cent of the community’s structures are estimated to be still standing, leaving the community with little access to adequate shelter. In addition, Israeli forces destroyed solar batteries, and internet connection devices, leaving the community without electricity or internet. In total, 38 Palestinians were displaced again, including 21 children. Since the beginning of the year, Khallet Athaba’ has also been subjected to Israeli settler attacks and intimidation, including most recently on 30 May, when Israeli settlers, believed to be from a nearby settlement outpost and who had previously occupied a cave in the community, broke into another inhabited cave, physically assaulted a pregnant Palestinian woman and stole most of the family’s belongings. The woman was transported to hospital by the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS). The residents of Masafer Yatta are among the most vulnerable in the West Bank, are dependent on humanitarian aid and are at risk of forcible transfer. 
• For key figures and additional breakdowns of casualties, displacement and settler violence between January 2005 and March 2025, please refer to the OCHA West Bank April 2025 Snapshot. 

Developments in the northern West Bank

• Israeli forces continue to carry out mass demolitions in Tulkarm, Nur Shams and Jenin camps. Since 1 June, Israeli forces demolished at least 37 buildings out of the 58 slated for demolition in Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, according to estimations by partners based on community sources. Both camps remain inaccessible to residents and humanitarian actors, making assessments of the precise damage impossible. On 9 June, the Israeli authorities issued an order to demolish nearly 96 structures – mostly residential – in Jenin camp. Over 280 families who would be affected were given 72 hours to coordinate, through the Palestinian authorities, the retrieval of their personal belongings from their homes ahead of their demolition. According to Palestinian sources, at least 400 requests were submitted to Israeli authorities for families to retrieve their belongings from the camp, but since then, none of the families were able to access their homes as of the time of reporting. Since 15 June, local sources reported that Israeli forces and bulldozers began demolishing buildings in the camp, particularly near Jenin Governmental Hospital, Dawar al Hussein, and Abdullah Azzam neighbourhoods. 
• Since 10 June, Israeli forces have intensified their operations across the northern West Bank, particularly in Nablus and Jenin cities and Askar and Balata refugee camps in Nablus, imposing movement restrictions and causing widespread damage. Two people were killed, and dozens were injured or arrested. Key incidents include:  
  • Between 10 and 11 June, Israeli forces carried out a 30-hour operation in Nablus city, imposed curfew, mainly on the Old City and its surroundings, and conducted house-to-house searches of at least 250 homes, causing damage to homes and other structures. According to local sources, Israeli forces also used a boys’ school in the Old City as an interrogation centre and detained 32 Palestinians. The operation resulted in the killing of two Palestinians and the injury of at least 73 others (see above).
  • On 15 June, Israeli forces conducted an operation in Azzun town, in Qalqilya governorate, imposed curfew for 36 hours, and closed off the town's entrances. Israeli forces searched several homes, interrogated residents, and caused damage to furniture. About eight houses were also temporarily turned into military observation points. 
  • On 15 June, Israeli forces raided at least 10 homes in the Al Hadaf neighbourhood of Jenin city, causing damage to property. 
  • On 16 June, Israeli forces shot and injured two 15-year-old Palestinian boys during a raid in Al Yamun town, west of Jenin. According to the municipality, Palestinians threw stones at the forces, who fired live ammunition at them. 
  • Between 16 and 17 June, Israeli forces launched an operation in Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus city. The operation involved widespread house-to-house searches and arrests. At least 15 residential buildings were ordered to evacuate by Israeli forces, temporarily displacing at least 75 people, according to estimations by partners based on community sources. Two Palestinians were physically assaulted by Israeli forces during the operation and were transferred to hospital for treatment.
  • On 18 June, Israeli forces raided Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus city, after they withdrew from Askar refugee camp. According to local sources, Israeli military vehicles encircled Balata, sealing all entrances and exits. Snipers were reportedly deployed on rooftops, and troops carried out extensive house-to-house searches, causing property damage and converting several homes into military posts and interrogation centres. The operation remains ongoing as of the time of reporting.

Intensification of Attacks by Israeli Settlers

• Since the military escalation between Israel and Iran began on 13 June, Israeli forces intensified movement restrictions into and within the West Bank, particularly in the first few days. Main checkpoints on major road arteries were completely shut; examples include Jaba’ checkpoint in northern Jerusalem and Sarra checkpoint in Nablus governorate. Israeli forces also closed all the road gates at the entrances to Hebron city for four days. The access of most Palestinian towns to Road 60, the main north-south artery in the West Bank, was cut off. Meanwhile, the movement of Israeli settlers on the main roads remained uninterrupted. While most of the closures have been gradually lifted, previously closed checkpoints now open for limited hours during the day. For example, Enav checkpoint, in Tulkarm governorate, now operates only from 9:00 to noon and from 14:00 to 19:00 and is otherwise closed. In addition, several road gates have been newly installed at the entrances of Palestinian towns and villages (e.g. Hizma village), previously installed gates have been closed (e.g. Sinjil town), and some villages and towns had their access to the governorate’s main city closed with roadblocks or earthmounds, such as the road that connects Rawabi and Ajjul towns to Ramallah city via Road 465. In the Israeli controlled area of H2 in Hebron city, about 7,000 people remain isolated as all the checkpoints controlling access from and to the area remain closed to the residents. A main road gate in Beit Jala town that leads to the Tunnels checkpoint, which controls access between Bethlehem governorate and East Jerusalem, has also remained closed. 
• Rockets that have been fired from Iran toward Israel have been intercepted over the West Bank, causing shrapnel to fall on Palestinian communities. The Palestinian Civil Defence said that since 13 June, they have received over 130 calls from West Bank communities regarding falling shrapnel, which resulted in at least seven injuries, including six Palestinian children that were injured on 13 June, five of whom as debris from a rocket struck a stone wall in Sa’ir town, north of Hebron city, and one in Saffa village, in Ramallah governorate.

1490.

19 juni 2025

Humanitarian Situation Update #297
Gaza Strip

18 June 2025

Palestinian children in a displacement site established in Gaza city, 18 June 2025. Photo by OCHA/Olga Cherevko

Key Highlights

• Amid starvation and a growing likelihood of famine, attacks on civilians attempting to access food supplies continue, resulting in mass casualties.
• Hospitals in Gaza are overstretched, facing critical shortages of essential medicines and supplies, mass casualty events and fuel shortages while medical teams are experiencing fainting episodes due to exhaustion and lack of food.
• An estimated 55,000 pregnant women in Gaza are facing growing health risks, such as miscarriage, stillbirth, and undernourished newborns.
• Three months since hostilities re-escalated on 18 March, over 680,000 people have been newly displaced and less than 18 per cent of Gaza remains outside of Israeli-militarized zones or displacement orders.
• Humanitarian organizations warn that without the immediate entry of fuel into Gaza or access to fuel reserves within Gaza, access to lifesaving and life-sustaining services are at risk of shutting down imminently, including 80 per cent of critical care units essential for births and medical emergencies.

Humanitarian Developments

• Since 18 March 2025, Israeli forces have escalated bombardment from the air, land and sea across the Gaza Strip and expanded ground operations. This has resulted in hundreds of casualties, continued destruction of civilian infrastructure, and large-scale displacement. According to the Site Management Cluster (SMC), more than 680,000 Palestinians in Gaza were displaced between 18 March and 17 June. With no safe place to go, many people have sought refuge in every available space, including overcrowded displacement sites, makeshift shelters, damaged buildings, streets and open areas. People have been confined to ever-shrinking spaces, with 82.4 per cent of the Gaza Strip now within Israeli-militarized zones or placed under displacement orders since 18 March. Fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups has been reported.
• According to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, between 11 and 18 June, 531 Palestinians were killed, and 2,486 were injured. Between 7 October 2023 and 18 June 2025, the MoH in Gaza reported that at least 55,637 Palestinians were killed, and 129,880 Palestinians were injured. This includes 5,334 people killed and 17,839 injured since the re-escalation of hostilities on 18 March 2025, according to MoH.
• Mass casualties among people attempting to access food supplies continue to be reported, including as they approached or gathered at militarized distribution points in Rafah and Deir al Balah or waited for trucks carrying UN aid supplies. According to the head of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency programmes, on 11 and 12 June, most of the 285 casualties received at the MSF-supported primary health clinic (PHC) in Al Mawasi, in Khan Younis, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) field hospital, in Rafah, were seeking urgent assistance at non-UN distribution sites. These included 14 people who were declared dead upon arrival or shortly after, according to MSF, which also warned that the “delivery of supplies by private logistics and security firms, as well as local armed actors under the guise of aid,” combined with access restrictions, constant displacement and ongoing bombardment, “is pushing Gaza’s fragile social order to the brink of collapse.” On 15 and 16 June, the ICRC field hospital treated over 170 and 200 patients, respectively, many with gunshot wounds, who reported they were trying to access food aid. On 17 June, MSF reported that a mass casualty influx into Nasser Medical Complex, in Khan Younis, forced medical teams to turn delivery rooms into emergency operating theatres, with many of the injured requiring amputations to save their lives. The casualties were attempting to collect flour rations in Khan Younis, MSF added. According to MoH, on 17 June, 59 people were killed and over 200 were injured among people trying to access food supplies, bringing the overall casualty count within this context to 397 fatalities and more than 3,031 injuries.
• On 12 June, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, warned: “Without immediate and massively scaled-up access to the basic means of survival, we risk a descent into famine, further chaos, and the loss of more lives.” He stated that “United Nations convoys carrying humanitarian aid have been intercepted by armed Palestinian gangs, who endangered our staff and drivers. Civilians in desperate need of the food we're able to bring in have not been spared; some have been shot by Israeli forces, and others crushed by trucks or stabbed while trying to retrieve food.” He underscored: “Hunger must never be met with bullets. Humanitarians must be allowed to do their work. Lifesaving aid must reach people in need, in line with humanitarian principles.”
• Between 11 and 17 June, other incidents resulting in fatalities included the following:
  • On 11 June, at about 15:00, seven Palestinians were reportedly killed when a group of people was hit in At Tuffah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza city.
  • On 14 June, at about 17:30, seven Palestinians were reportedly killed when a group of Palestinians was hit in western Deir al Balah.
  • On 15 June, at about 18:30, at least 11 Palestinians were reportedly killed and others injured when a residential building was hit in eastern An Nuseirat refugee camp, in Deir al Balah.
  • On 15 June, at about 22:00, at least five Palestinians were reportedly killed when a residential building was hit in eastern Deir al Balah.
  • On 16 June, at about 10:00, one fisher was reportedly killed, another one injured and a third one went missing when fire erupted on a fishing boat off the coast of Gaza city.
  • On 17 June, at about 04:05, five Palestinians, including a woman and her three children, were reportedly killed when a tent for internally displaced people (IDP) was hit in Al Mawasi area western Khan Younis.
• Between 11 and 18 June, three Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza, according to the Israeli military. Between 7 October 2023 and 18 June 2025, according to Israeli forces and official Israeli sources cited in the media, more than 1,627 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed, the majority on 7 October 2023 and its immediate aftermath. This includes 427 soldiers killed, in addition to 2,735 soldiers injured, in Gaza or along the border in Israel since the beginning of the ground operation in October 2023. Of these, 20 soldiers were killed and 151 injured since the re-escalation of hostilities on 18 March 2025. As of 18 June, it is estimated that 53 Israelis and foreign nationals remain captive in Gaza, including hostages who have been declared dead and whose bodies are being withheld.

Shrinking Humanitarian Space

• On 16 June, for the first time since the resumption of the limited aid entry on 19 May, 28 World Food Programme (WFP) trucks coming from Ashdod Port were directly sent to Zikim crossing in northern Gaza, instead of being first offloaded at Kerem Shalom crossing. WFP is the only organization so far authorized by the Israeli authorities to use Zikim crossing. Collections from Zikim have faced serious security incidents and all the transported cargo was taken by desperate crowds. Since 19 May, among the limited number of trucks that were collected from crossing points for distribution inside Gaza, only a small fraction was delivered to the intended destinations due to obstacles to humanitarian aid delivery (see below).
• Since 8 June, when the Logistics Cluster was allowed to resume the facilitation of humanitarian aid transport from Jordan through the back-to-back (B2B) modality, only about two dozen trucks have arrived at Kerem Shalom from Jordan as of 17 June. This is due to heavy restrictions on aid types permitted for entry and the very small number of organizations authorized by Israeli authorities to bring cargo to Gaza, in addition to constraints related to an organization's ability to process customs clearances. Of the total three-month inter-agency pipeline (about 423,000 pallets), 34 per cent is in Egypt, 30 per cent in Jordan, 20 per cent in Ashdod, less than two per cent in the West Bank and the remainder is in Israel.
• Since 19 May, the entry of aid into Gaza, following 78 days of a full blockade on the entry of aid and any other supplies, has remained limited and challenging. The Israeli authorities have allowed only a select number of UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to resume the delivery of aid into Gaza and have authorized the entry of only very limited types of supplies, including certain food items, nutrition supplies, some health supplies, and water purification items. On 15 June, personal hygiene items were also approved for entry into Gaza from Israel and Jordan. Cargo dispatch is limited to Ashdod, broader Israel, and to a very limited extent to Jordan, while the Egypt route remains blocked. Israeli authorities have indicated that aid located in the West Bank would be authorized for entry into Gaza, only if it was internationally procured, and would be limited to medical items stored in UN warehouses. No such cargo transfers have so far taken place. Both sides of Kerem Shalom crossing are tightly controlled by the Israeli authorities, and the UN has not been permitted to deploy monitors at the site, significantly limiting visibility over the incoming aid. Inside Gaza, collections are frequently cancelled, re-routed, or significantly delayed, aid deliveries have become largely unsafe, unpredictable and inefficient, and the limited assistance that comes through is often being offloaded directly from trucks by hungry civilians and, in some cases, intercepted by armed gangs. Although the “Fence Road” has been operational since 27 May following authorization by the Israeli authorities, transport capacity has remained limited due to the insufficient number of Palestinian drivers who have been vetted by the Israeli authorities to drive trucks along this route.
• In vast areas across the Gaza Strip, humanitarian teams are required to coordinate their movements with the Israeli authorities. Between 11 and 17 June, out of 100 attempts to coordinate planned aid movements across the Gaza Strip, nearly 51 per cent were denied by Israeli authorities, 12 per cent were initially accepted but faced impediments, including blocks or delays on the ground potentially resulting in missions being aborted or partially accomplished, 23 per cent were fully facilitated, and 14 per cent were withdrawn by the organizers for logistical, operational, or security reasons. These include 52 attempts to coordinate aid movements in or to northern Gaza, of which 31 per cent (16) were facilitated, 48 per cent (25) were denied, 10 per cent (five) faced impediments, and 11 per cent (six) were withdrawn. In southern Gaza, out of 48 attempts, 15 per cent (seven) were facilitated, 54 per cent (26) were denied, 15 per cent (seven) faced impediments and 16 per cent (eight) were withdrawn.
• Between 12 and 18 June, the Israeli military issued three displacement orders for parts of Khan Younis, North Gaza and Gaza governorates. Combined, the orders cover 7.4 square kilometres. Since 18 March, the Israeli military issued 42 displacement orders, placing about 279.5 square kilometres under displacement orders (76 per cent of the Gaza Strip). As of 18 June, 82.4 per cent of the Gaza Strip’s territory is within Israeli-militarized zones or have been placed under displacement orders (they largely overlap). During the reporting period, the Israeli military issued three announcements indicating that specific areas that had been placed under displacement orders are still a combat zone where people should not return to, including one announcement on 13 June that covers large segments of all five governorates in the Gaza Strip.
• On 16 and 17 June, a fiber optic cable cut along the Khan Yunis route caused a complete internet connectivity outage and the disruption of mobile services in southern and central Gaza. Although repairs on 16 June enabled the temporary restoration of connectivity services in the area, data speed remained limited. Another subsequent fiber optic cable cut on 17 June, which is yet to be repaired, has left Khan Younis and Deir al Balah without access to mobile, landline and internet services. This followed an earlier total blackout that began in Gaza city on 10 June, following fiber optic cable cuts and heavy military activity, which extended to the entire Strip by 12 June, with only limited-service restoration achieved by 14 June. The restoration of services was enabled by the repair of three fiber optic cable lines by service providers, which was facilitated by the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) and humanitarian partners through coordination with the Israeli authorities. The telecommunications service providers warn that without the immediate supply of fuel and engine oil to operate generators of key infrastructure, communications services are expected to shut down imminently. This could lead to a complete collapse of telecommunications and internet services across Gaza. Such a collapse would severely impact humanitarian coordination, operational continuity, staff safety, and the ability of affected populations to access life-saving information and services.

Worsening Access to Health Care

• On 12 June, a displacement order affected the area surrounding Nasser Medical Complex, the last major functioning hospital in southern Gaza. On the same day, Medical Aid Palestine (MAP) reported that Israeli tanks and troops were in close proximity to the hospital, warning that if the hospital is forced to shut down, hundreds of thousands of people would lose access to critical care and the outcome would be “beyond catastrophic.” The hospital has 540 beds, including 51 patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), and is operating at 150 per cent of its bed capacity, MAP reported. Describing the harrowing conditions, Dr. Mohammad Saqr, Director of Nursing at Nasser, told MAP that they “are resorting to placing patients in corridors and on balconies as a last resort, because [they] cannot turn our backs on them,” adding that most of the received patients have been injured by direct sniper fire to the head or chest and that 95 per cent of incoming patients are acutely malnourished.
• On 17 June, MSF emergency coordinator similarly warned that “[i]n this horrific situation, nothing can replace Nasser, the last remaining lifeline in the South,” adding that the hospital is “dangerously close to breaking point.” Due to challenging access to Nasser Medical Complex, the Health Cluster reported that field hospitals in Khan Younis are experiencing a three-fold increase in inpatient admission, specifically in maternity departments, stressing that there is an immediate need to increase equipment and bed capacity at these facilities to cope with the high number of patients and provide the needed medical treatment. As hospitals are overstretched, staff have become overwhelmed. According to the Health Cluster, there is also an urgent need to provide food for emergency department workers, as medical teams are experiencing fainting episodes (syncopal events) due to food shortages, especially during high workload periods such as mass casualty incidents. Meanwhile, the health system in Gaza continues to face a critical shortage of essential medicines and medical supplies, severely limiting the ability of health workers to respond to growing needs.
• On 16 June, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) announced the opening of Al-Mawasi Field Hospital, in western Khan Younis, to provide urgent medical care for hundreds of thousands of displaced people in one of Gaza’s most densely populated areas. The hospital was established to help mitigate the impact of displacement orders and address growing health needs of people who have been displaced from Rafah, Khan Younis and northern Gaza. It includes 60 beds, two operating rooms, a laboratory, and an X-ray unit, with plans in place to add ICU beds in the next phase. According to PRCS, the field hospital will handle all medical emergencies, while complex surgeries or specialized care will be referred to Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis, which remains operational despite the displacement orders.
• The Rehabilitation Task Force reports that rehabilitation service capacity is extremely limited across the Strip, with an estimated 30,000 trauma cases already in need of long-term rehabilitation support and only 85 rehabilitation beds remaining functional. The pediatric caseload is overwhelming; Health Cluster partners data indicate that children account for 23 per cent of amputations, 26 per cent of spinal cord injuries, 33 per cent of traumatic brain injuries, and 70 per cent of surgical burn cases. Yet, there are no specialized pediatric rehabilitation services available in all of Gaza. This is resulting in great suffering among patients and deteriorating health conditions, including mental health. A recent World Health Organization (WHO) visit to Hamad Rehabilitation Hospital noted that children awaiting hearing services are exhibiting significant psychological distress. Early intervention for non-traumatic cases is also absent. The number of amputees in need of prosthetic services has surged to 6,000 people – comprising 4,000 new and 2,000 pre-existing cases. At least 292 patients, including 57 children, are awaiting stump revision surgery. Essential rehabilitation materials have reached critically low levels, and some health facilities have already run out. Meanwhile, thousands of assistive devices remain stuck at crossings, including over 3,330 wheelchairs. Overwhelmed services and insufficient materials are leading to severe secondary complications. It is estimated that 30 per cent of inpatient beds in Gaza’s one remaining specialist rehabilitation hospital (Al Wafaa Rehabilitation Hospital) are occupied by people suffering from advanced pressure sores. The Health Cluster warns that “all persons with pre-existing disabilities, older adults, and individuals with impairments related to chronic pain or non-communicable diseases are at risk of deterioration, contributing to long-term disability and increasing the long-term costs of and demand for rehabilitation.”
• The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) warns of a maternal health crisis in Gaza, where “women are starving, giving birth without clean water, hygiene, or medical care.” Half of essential maternal health medicines have been exhausted, and no UNFPA’s supplies, including life-saving maternal health medicines, have entered Gaza for more than three months, while 190 truckloads of UNFPA supplies were denied entry at the border during the blockade. This crisis is being compounded by the drastic depletion of fuel. Without fuel, 80 per cent of critical care units essential for births and medical emergencies will shut down, and newborns in incubators and intensive care units risk suffocating as life-saving machines fail, warns UNFPA. UNFPA reports that one in three pregnancies is high-risk, and one in five newborns is born preterm or underweight, requiring specialist care that is increasingly unavailable. Only five hospitals are still providing maternity care across the entire Gaza Strip.

An Alarming Deterioration in Dietary Diversity

• Since the partial resumption of aid entry on 19 May, following 78 days of a full blockade, partners have managed to bring in around 9,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat flour into Gaza as of 16 June, equivalent to 360,000 25-kilogramme bags. However, most of this aid has been offloaded by civilians in desperate need of humanitarian assistance, and, in some cases, seized by armed actors, before reaching their intended destinations. In addition, partners have brought in around 50 trucks of mixed food items, including food supplies for community kitchens, but all these supplies were offloaded from the open trucks by crowds before reaching warehouses due to the high levels of acute hunger affecting the population and the scarcity of essential food items on the markets. Overall, the current delivery volume and pace remain critically insufficient. As of 18 June, 185,000 meals continued to be prepared and distributed daily through 42 kitchens across the Strip, which represents an 83 per cent reduction from the 1.07 million meals distributed daily by 180 kitchens at the end of April. Meanwhile, Israeli authorities continue to prohibit humanitarian partners from carrying out food parcel distributions within Gaza, further obstructing humanitarian efforts to reach households with life-saving assistance. According to the Food Security Sector (FSS), consistent, frequent, large-scale deliveries through multiple crossing points are urgently needed to address the acute food needs and stabilize wheat flour availability, pricing, and affordability.
• WFP’s latest market monitor warned of an alarming deterioration in dietary diversity across Gaza, with the population’s food intake considered dangerously imbalanced and severely deficient in essential nutrients, reaching the worst levels since October 2023. The report highlighted that despite the lifting of the total blockade on Gaza by Israeli authorities on 19 May, the number of commercial and aid trucks remains minimal and persistent looting makes it difficult for most convoys to reach their intended destinations inside Gaza. As a result, the availability and affordability of essential food items on the local market has not improved, as detailed below, and “basic survival [has become] increasingly out of reach for much of the population,” concludes the report.
  • Consumption of dairy products and fruit remains virtually absent, while vegetable intake has dropped to just half a day per week, down from six days before the crisis. Protein-rich foods, such as meat, poultry and eggs, have completely disappeared from household diets, compared with an average of three days per week prior to the escalation of hostilities in October 2023. Only pulses and bread are somewhat accessible: pulses are still consumed about four days per week, consistent with pre-crisis patterns, but bread consumption has dropped from seven to just four days per week.
  • Food prices continued to soar, increasing by 350 to as much as 4,567 per cent compared to pre-closure levels, and by 456 to 7,079 per cent compared to levels before October 2023. By 10 June 2025, 96 per cent of households in North Gaza, 81 per cent in Gaza city, 68 per cent in Deir al Balah, and 82 per cent in Khan Younis reported severe obstacles in reaching markets. At the same time, over 95 per cent of households are experiencing severe financial hardship, with widespread cash shortages making it nearly impossible to purchase food. Additionally, the fee for receiving foreign remittances or making payments using credit cards has risen to 40 per cent, adding yet another burden for an already financially exhausted population.
• The latest FAO-WFP Hunger Hotspots Report warns that the likelihood of famine in the Gaza Strip is growing. This is due to protracted and large-scale military operations that continue to cause widespread destruction, mass displacement and the near total collapse of the food system, coupled with inadequate plans for delivering food and non-food items (NFIs) amid extreme humanitarian access constraints. The report further highlights that the devastating crisis is exacerbated by growing critical funding shortfalls. Noting that the report is a “red alert,” WFP Executive Director, Cindy McCain said: “We have the tools and experience to respond, but without funding and access, we cannot save lives."

A Continued Increase in Malnutrition Rates

• The latest available data indicate a continued deterioration in the nutrition situation in the Gaza Strip. According to analysis by the Nutrition Cluster of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) screenings of children aged 6 to 59 months, rates of acute malnutrition have sharply increased across all governorates. Between March and May, proxy rates of acute malnutrition have more than doubled: in Gaza city the rates multiplied by 1.7, in Khan Younis by 2.2, in Deir al Balah by 2.8, and in North Gaza by 2. No data is currently available for Rafah, which remains fully under displacement orders. This worsening trend is further reflected in the number of newly identified cases of acute malnutrition, which increased from 2,068 in February to 5,452 in May. Furthermore, the severity of detected cases has also increased; in May, 13 per cent of newly identified cases suffered from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), compared to 11.5 per cent in March. The health risks are likewise escalating for an estimated 55,000 pregnant women, for whom each missed meal increases the risk of miscarriage, stillbirth, and undernourished newborns, warns UNFPA. According to the Nutrition Cluster data analysis from May, between 15 and 20 per cent of pregnant women are acutely malnourished.
• Most children and pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) identified to be suffering from acute malnutrition are detected and treated through outpatient care, which requires weekly visits to health and nutrition facilities for monitoring and treatment. However, the recurrent closure or relocation of the 80 to 100 outpatient nutrition sites, due to displacement orders, insecurity and lack of fuel for transportation, has severely disrupted continuity of care and delayed recovery. Similarly affected are the growing number of children who require hospitalization in stabilization centres. Since the beginning of June, 17 children have been admitted to hospital-based stabilization centres for treatment of acute malnutrition with complications. Currently, only four stabilization centers are operational in the Gaza Strip: two in Khan Younis, one in Deir al Balah and only one for North Gaza and Gaza city. The Nutrition Cluster, in collaboration with WHO, is planning to open a new stabilization center in Al Rantisi Specialized Pediatric Hospital in Gaza city. Integrating stabilization services within pediatric hospitals also enables the identification and treatment of secondary malnutrition among other hospitalized children.
• Meanwhile, critical shortages in supplies for preventive nutrition services remain a major concern in running the Blanket Supplementary Feeding Programme (BSFP) for children and PBW and the complementary feeding programme for children between six to 23 months. All specialized nutrition products for these programmes are depleted, and the entry of these preventive supplies is an urgent priority to avert further deterioration of the nutrition situation. Due to ongoing hostilities and repeated displacement orders, the number of functional BSFP sites fluctuates between 125 and 145, and partners have to regularly postpone or relocate for the distribution. In the current context, where general food distributions remain insufficient, the BSFP alone cannot meet the nutritional needs of vulnerable groups. The Nutrition Cluster underscores that a full resumption of large-scale food distribution is urgently needed to prevent a further deterioration of the nutrition situation.

Fuel Crisis is Placing Life-Sustaining Services at Severe Risk

• The ongoing fuel blockade, now entering in its fourth month, and multiple denials by Israeli authorities of humanitarian missions seeking to access fuel reserves within Gaza have resulted in a drastic depletion of fuel supplies, placing life-sustaining services at severe risk. While humanitarian partners have implemented strict rationing measures, critical health and water and sanitation services are at risk of imminently closing if the entry of fuel is not urgently restored or if access to existing reserves within Gaza is not facilitated.
• On 16 June, the Director-General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stressed that no fuel has entered Gaza for more than 100 days, and that attempts to retrieve fuel stocks from evacuation zones have been denied. Dr. Ghebreyesus added that critical medical equipment, field hospitals, medical evacuations and the delivery of essential medicines and supplies will all be halted without fuel. According to the Health Cluster, 67 health facilities providing lifesaving services, including 17 hospitals, seven field hospitals and 43 PHCs, are at imminent risk of shutting down due to the lack of fuel. This will lead to an immediate loss of life, particularly among patients in intensive care, neonatal units, and other electricity-dependent wards. In this regard, UNFPA warned that without fuel, 80 per cent of critical care units essential for births and medical emergencies will shut down and newborns dependent on ICU machines will suffocate. Additionally, haemodialysis treatments will stop, ambulance services and patient referrals will cease, and vaccination programmes will be disrupted due to cold chain failures, further worsening public health conditions.
• The WASH Cluster reported that hundreds of water and sanitation facilities are at risk of shutting down, severely restricting people’s access to clean water and sanitation and increasing the risk of disease outbreaks. Many groundwater wells have already reduced their operating hours, with several expected to shut down soon if fuel is not replenished. The two main seawater desalination plants in Deir al Balah, serving Al Mawasi and surrounding communities, are also operating on reduced schedules where partners are trying to ration the available fuel as much as possible. Without additional fuel, these plants may be forced to halt operations entirely, risking irreversible damage to the desalination membranes. Solid waste management services have likewise been severely impacted, with operations significantly scaled back and at risk of complete suspension. This halt could lead to further waste accumulation and an increase in pests and rodents, posing serious public health risks. In Gaza city, one WASH Cluster partner has already ceased solid waste collection due to fuel shortages, while others are operating at minimal capacity.
• Additionally, the fuel crisis has severely disrupted the operations of municipal services in Gaza. On 15 June, An Nuseirat Municipality in Deir al Balah announced that it would soon completely suspend basic services due to the depletion of fuel needed to operate water wells and sewage stations and for waste collection. On 17 June, Khan Younis municipality announced the suspension of its services in the water, wastewater, and desalination plants due to the lack of fuel needed to operate water and sanitation facilities, which has not been supplied for ten consecutive days. On the same day, Gaza municipality announced a forced reduction of essential services due to the ongoing fuel shortage, caused by the inability to bring in new fuel supplies. As a result, water wells are now operating at minimal capacity, sanitation services have been reduced, and waste collection and street cleaning operations have been suspended.

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No War on Iran, Stop Arming Israel
TODAY, Wednesday June 18 at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT

We’ll be joined by anti-war activists and expert analysts to break down the latest developments and explore how we can strengthen our collective demands: stop arming Israel, end the siege on Gaza, and prevent another catastrophic war in the Middle East.

RSVP to hear from Alex Shams, an Iranian-American journalist and Brittany DeBarros, Organizing Director of About Face: Veterans Against the War about the urgency of making our voices heard now.

Don’t miss this urgent conversation and this moment to act.

RSVP

In Solidarity,

Sandra Tamari
Executive Director
Adalah Justice Project

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Het is óók tijd om iedereen ter verantwoording te roepen die bijdraagt – of heeft bijgedragen – aan de illegale bezetting van Palestina en de genocide in Gaza. 

Bedrijven. Organisaties. Pensioenfondsen. Politici. Iedereen die meewerkt aan bezetting en genocide, handelt niet alleen moreel verwerpelijk, maar ook illegaal. 

Help ons dit afdwingen
The Rights Forum zal die verantwoording afdwingen. Desnoods bij de rechter. Zoals we nu al rechtszaken voeren tegen de Nederlandse staat en Booking.com (en er meer in voorbereiding hebben).

Daarbij hebben we uw steun nodig. Word mede-eiser van een einde aan de bezetting. Ga naar stopdebezetting.org voor meer info en steun de eis uit het Vredespaleis! 

Ja, ik word mede-eiser!

Met vriendelijke groet, 
Team The Rights Forum 

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18 juni 2025

Today's headlines

Zionism is the root of violence from Palestine to Iran

Rameen Javadian

Iranians know the logic of Zionism, underwritten by the American empire, is what has naturally led to the devastation they are now experiencing. Palestinian liberation from Zionism can bring the entire region, including Iran, closer to freedom.

Democrat and Republican lawmakers push to limit Trump’s war powers on Iran

Amid Israel’s continued attacks on Iran, U.S. lawmakers from across the political spectrum are pushing efforts to curb Donald Trump’s war powers as U.S. involvement in the war threatens to fracture Trump's political coalition.

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Readers’ Recommendations

• Israeli warplanes hammer Iran’s capital as retaliatory missile barrages diminish (AP)
• Israel kills at least 70 Palestinians in Gaza’s deadliest day at aid sites (Al Jazeera)

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17 juni 2025

As people who have tirelessly demanded an end to Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza, we now face another critical and urgent front in our struggle.

Israel’s recent large-scale airstrikes inside Iran have brought the region to the edge of a full-blown war. Iran has already begun retaliating. The risk of widespread, devastating conflict is real and rising by the hour.

President Trump is barreling toward another illegal and catastrophic U.S. military entanglement. But we still have a chance to stop it.

CALL CONGRESS NOW: No War on Iran

A bipartisan group in Congress is demanding that Trump seek authorization under the War Powers Act before taking any military action against Iran. Among the leaders of this push are Senator Tim Kaine and Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie. Their efforts could be the difference between diplomacy and disaster.

This all comes as Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues. This morning, Israeli forces killed at least 70 Palestinians and wounded over 300 in Khan Younis as they gathered for aid. Nearly 400 have died in similar incidents since the U.S.- and Israeli-backed distribution system began in late May.

At the root of this crisis is the same unchecked militarism we've been fighting: Israel's apartheid regime and its campaign of destruction, from Gaza to Tehran. U.S. weapons and unconditional support have enabled this violence for far too long. It must end.
 

Take Action Now: Demand members of Congress and demand they sign onto Sen. Kaine's and Rep. Massie's resolutions.

Demand them:

• End the starvation of Gaza.

• No more weapons for genocidal Israel.

• No war on Iran
  
  We’ll be joined by anti-war activists and expert analysts to break down the latest developments and explore how we can strengthen our collective demands: stop arming Israel and prevent another catastrophic war in the Middle East.
  
  We’ll hear from Alex Shams, an Iranian-American journalist and Brittany DeBarros, Organizing Director of About Face: Veterans Against the War about the urgency of making our voices heard now.
  
  Don’t miss this urgent conversation and this moment to act.

In Solidarity,

Sandra Tamari
Executive Director
Adalah Justice Project

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17 juni 2025

In Gaza, there is no Home Front Command application, nor bomb shelters. We’ve been here many times before. We know what comes next. Sirens. Rockets. Destruction. And deep fear for our people. And then, almost like clockwork, this fear, our fear, is used. Weaponized to erase any kind of criticism about what’s happening in Gaza and about our bloodthirsty government. All to throw us all into another bloody cycle of violence with zero diplomatic efforts.

We will not stay silent while every news panel in Israel is busy dissecting Mossad operations and analyzing Israeli Air Force strikes in Iran, all the while pushing Gaza, the hostages, and the West Bank further out of sight.

Now we’re asking you, wherever you are, to raise your voice and to not let this reality be forgotten:

Don’t look away from the hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans. From those being killed on their way to the so-called “aid centers.” From starving people being shot dead as they try to bring food home to their families.

Don’t look away from the constant bombings in Khan Younis, Jabalia, and supposed “humanitarian safe zones” like Al-Mawasi. From the more than 5,000 Palestinians killed since Israel broke the ceasefire and the razing of entire towns and cities.

Don’t look away from the ethnic cleansing unfolding in the West Bank—at the hands of settlers, backed by the army and the state. From Masafer Yatta and Hebron to the refugee camps in Tulkarm and Jenin.

Don’t stay silent while the drums of war with Iran grow louder.

Wars save failing governments. Agreements save lives.

Further reading: Soldiers׳ testimonies from Gaza

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17 juni 2025

Today's headlines

UC San Francisco fired me for speaking out against genocide, but as a physician I could not remain silent

After 23 years of service, I was fired from my position as a Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, for being critical of Israel’s violence in Gaza and speaking out against the racism that leads to genocide.

As confrontation with Iran escalates, Israel continues attacks on Gaza and West Bank

Qassam Muaddi

FOTO NIET MEER BESCHIKBAAR

Four days after Israel attacked Iran, both countries are widening their attacks. Meanwhile, Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza continue to be gunned down, while Israel shuts down the West Bank.

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16 juni 2025

• Israel and Iran trade strikes for a fourth day and threaten more to come. Over 230 are reported dead (AP)
• Gaza: Getting food shouldn’t be deadly (EU Observer)
• G7 should prioritize action to end Israeli atrocities (HRW)
• US: Trump orders ICE to expand deportations in Democratic cities (DW)
• US: Protester shot and killed at ‘No Kings’ rally in Utah, police say (Politico)

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15 juni 2025

Today's headlines

Israel started a war with Iran, but it doesn’t know how it ends

Abdaljawad Omar

Israel's attack on Iran began as a campaign against its nuclear program but has already begun to morph into something far riskier: regime change. It is staking its strategy on deep US involvement, but fault lines between the two are already visible.

Israel’s war on Iran: Day 2

Qassam Muaddi

After Iran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles into Israel in retaliation for Israel's unprecedented attack, Israel said it would "burn Tehran" if Iran continued to retaliate.

Columbia student forced into exile over Palestine activism

Mondoweiss talks to a Columbia University graduate who is stuck in a foreign country indefinitely as a result of the Trump administration's crackdown on pro-Palestinian student protest.

Academic censorship on Palestine even extends to discussing Palestinian dance

A peer-reviewed article—on Indigenous dance in Palestine and Native North America as resistance to genocide—was formally accepted then rejected by the editors of The Journal of Somaesthetics, citing fear of criticizing Israel’s genocide.

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15 juni 2025

Hind Rajab Foundation Files UK Complaint Against Israeli Elite UnitShayetet 13 Over Raid on Freedom Flotilla Vessel Madleen  

The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed a war crimes complaint in the UK over the Israeli navy's assault on the British aid ship Madleen.

Elite Shayetet 13 commandos, under Vice Admiral David Saar Salama, raided the vessel in international waters.

Twelve unarmed civilians, including Greta Thunberg and MEP Rima Hassan, were forcibly abducted and detained.

Chemical agents were used, humanitarian aid was seized, and activists were denied legal and consular rights.

The complaint cites grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, UK law, and binding ICJ orders.

The Foundation demands the UK act urgently to free the abductees and investigate the war crimes.

This case challenges Israeli impunity and tests Britain's commitment to international law.

Read the full press release below.

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​Brussels / London, 9 June 2025 — The Hind Rajab Foundation has formally filed a war crimes complaint with the Metropolitan Police War Crimes Unit (Counter Terrorism Command, SO15) concerning the Israeli naval raid on the British-flagged humanitarian vessel Madleen, which took place in international waters on 8–9 June 2025. The complaint targets the Shayetet 13 unit that executed the attack and Vice Admiral David Saar Salama who is the commander in chief of the Israeli Navy.

​The Madleen, sailing as part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was carrying medical supplies, food, and baby formula to civilians in Gaza. The ship, legally considered an extension of UK territory, was over 60 nautical miles off the coast when it was intercepted and boarded by Israel's elite Shayetet 13 naval commandos. Shayetet 13 operates under the Israeli Navy, commanded by Vice Admiral David Saar Salama, and is known for its maritime interdiction operations.

The Hind Rajab Foundation strongly calls on the United Kingdom to fulfil its legal responsibilities and immediately intervene to secure the unconditional release of the abducted activists who remain unlawfully detained in Israel. Their freedom is a matter of urgent humanitarian and legal concern.

Criminal Complaint Filed Under UK and International Law

The complaint, filed under the Geneva Conventions Act 1957, the International Criminal Court Act 2001, and Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (on torture), accuses Israeli forces of grave breaches of international humanitarian law, war crimes, and violations of UK jurisdiction.

Key allegations include:

The unlawful use of chemical irritants from drones;

Forcible detention and incommunicado confinement of 12 unarmed civilians;

Denial of legal and consular access;

Confiscation of humanitarian aid and personal belongings;

Degrading and inhuman treatment.

Among the passengers were high-profile activists and humanitarians, including Greta Thunberg and MEP Rima Hassan. Eyewitnesses report that passengers were physically assaulted, exposed to choking white substances sprayed from drones, and denied communication with the outside world.

Parallels to the 2010 Mavi Marmara Incident

The filing draws clear legal parallels to the 2010 Mavi Marmara raid, referencing the UN Human Rights Council report (A/HRC/15/21) that found Israel's conduct during that operation unlawful. The same legal framework applies to the Madleen: unlawful military action in international waters, against a civilian ship conducting humanitarian operations, resulting in arbitrary detention, confiscation of property, and interference with humanitarian relief.

Violation of Binding ICJ Orders and Maritime Law

The complaint underscores that the Madleen was operating in compliance with three binding International Court of Justice orders (January, March and May 2024) requiring unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza. Israel's blockade enforcement against the ship violates:

Article 23 of the Fourth Geneva Convention;

Rules 55 and 56 of the ICRC Customary IHL;

Article 92 of UNCLOS on exclusive flag state jurisdiction;

And peremptory norms (jus cogens) of international law.

Legal Basis for UK Jurisdiction

As a UK-flagged vessel, the Madleen is under British criminal jurisdiction even outside territorial waters. Crimes committed aboard the vessel are deemed to have occurred on British territory. The UK has an international legal obligation to investigate grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, torture, and war crimes, particularly when they occur within its legal jurisdiction.

Hind Rajab Foundation's Call for Action

The Foundation has requested that UK authorities:

Open a criminal investigation against the Israeli naval and political officials responsible;

Interview and collect testimony from the Madleen passengers;

Refer the case to the CPS for legal action and arrest warrants;

Monitor suspects who may enter UK territory;

Coordinate with Interpol, the ICC, and relevant UN Special Rapporteurs.

Next Steps

The Hind Rajab Foundation is currently compiling supporting documentation, including passenger testimonies, media coverage, video evidence, and expert legal analyses. These will be submitted to support the UK investigation.

This filing is part of the Foundation's broader mission to end impunity for war crimes and uphold international law, especially in the context of the ongoing siege of Gaza. The Madleen case marks a watershed moment in holding perpetrators accountable for attacks on humanitarian missions.

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14 juni 2025

Wij trekken opnieuw de rode lijn!

Zien we jou morgen ook op het Malieveld?

Sami Simreen zal vanaf het podium de kernboodschap van BDS verwoorden: de oproep van de Palestijnen aan de wereld tot boycot, desinvesteren en sancties.

Het team van Albert Heijn ApartheidVrij staat klaar om met zoveel mogelijk mensen in gesprek te gaan over deze BDS-campagne. Wil je aansluiten? Wil je zelf een lokale groep starten? Ga dan met ze in gesprek!

De artsen van Artsen voor Gaza kunnen je alles vertellen over de medeplichtigheid van het Israëlische farmaceutisch bedrijf TEVA.

Meer weten over onze campagnes tegen Booking.com of EBS? Over de ApartheidVrije Zones? Culturele boycot? Sportboycot? Wat jij kunt doen? Je kunt ons onder andere herkennen aan de vlaggen met het BDS logo.

Tot morgen. Free Palestine!

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14 juni 2025

Today's headlines

Israel continues to claim victimhood, even as it slaughters children in Iran

We are told, again and again, that Israel is defending itself. But it is only defending its right to act with impunity throughout the Middle East to maintain its supremacy. Israel's attack on Iran is just the latest example.

Trump, lawmakers, and Israel lobby all celebrate Israel’s attack on Iran

Donald Trump called Israel's attack on Iran "excellent" and warned there is "more to come" as Israel lobby groups and U.S. lawmakers threatened further bombings and escalation in the region.

How Israel and the U.S. manufactured a fake crisis with Iran that could lead to all-out war

The long-dreaded war in the Persian Gulf between a U.S.-backed Israel and Iran appears imminent, and it is all based on a manufactured crisis aimed at undermining the Iran nuclear negotiations.

Israel launches unprecedented attack on Iran days before U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations

Qassam Muaddi

The Israeli army launched a series of wide-ranging overnight strikes on Iran, targeting nuclear facilities, top military leaders, and nuclear scientists. Israel says these attacks are just the beginning.

Palestinians call U.S.-run aid sites in Gaza ‘death traps.’ They still go because there’s no alternative.

Tareq S. Hajjaj

Palestinians refer to the locations where the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is distributing aid as "massacre sites” and “death traps" due to near-daily killings. But they are forced to visit because there is no other way to get food.

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Israel Is Dragging The United States Into Another War: Demand President Trump Stop The Needless Acts of War NOW

Israel has unleashed a catastrophic assault on Iranian cities, deliberately targeting residential neighborhoods and civilian areas with U.S.-supplied weapons. Iranian health officials report at least 78 civilians killed, including children, with 329 injured, as American-made bombs are devastating apartment complexes and homes across Tehran. This is not a military operation; instead, it is an attack on civilian areas executed with full U.S. knowledge and support. In response, President Trump called these attacks on residential areas “excellent” and promised that there was “more to come.” Meanwhile, a U.S. source confirmed America provided “exquisite intelligence” to enable this incredible act of regional aggression. President Trump cannot deny involvement, as earlier this year, his Administration bypassed Congress to rush $4 billion in emergency weapons to Israel, including the same 2,000-pound bombs that obliterated entire neighborhoods in Gaza.

TAKE ACTION: DEMAND Congress Exercise Constitutional War Powers to STOP Trump and Israel’s Illegal War

Only Congress has the power to authorize acts of war. Yet, like President Biden, Trump has shredded this fundamental principle, implicating the United States in military action against Iran without consulting Congress. President Trump is continuing to publicly endorse continued attacks and commits America to Israel’s defense “if needed,” committing our military to a conflict that Congress never approved. This is precisely the unchecked executive war-making our Founders sought to prevent, yet Trump acts as if the Constitution doesn't exist, risking American lives for Israel's expansion while lying to the American people about his commitment to peace.

For 18 months, we watched in horror as U.S. weapons have been used, and continue to be, to commit genocide in Gaza. American weapons have been used to bomb hospitals, homes, and schools in Gaza—now they’re being used to do the same in Iran. Experts have argued that Israel’s genocidal violence would not be limited to Gaza, and now we’re seeing that prediction come true. Across the region once again with U.S. weapons, enabled by an administration circumventing Congress in order to prioritize a foreign nation over American interests, Israel is bombing Iran. 

The IAEA, the international agency charged with inspecting nuclear weapons and technology, has warned that Israel’s strikes on nuclear facilities risk catastrophic regional contamination. Iran has already launched 100 drones in retaliation. If those drones hit American bases, if our soldiers die, and gas prices soar and our national security is compromised, that blood will stain the hands of every official who failed to stop this illegal aggression.

In solidarity,
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action

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13 juni 2025

Today's headlines

Joining forces: Time for Jews to unite in the struggle against Zionism, apartheid and genocide

The First Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress will take place from June 13 to 15 in Vienna, Austria, with the aim of amplifying Jewish voices against Zionism and assisting the global movement for justice and liberation in Palestine.

Israel just changed how land ownership works in the West Bank. Here’s what that means.

Qassam Muaddi

The Israeli government has effectively legalized the annexation of over 60% of the West Bank, but no one’s talking about it.

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Aanstaande zondag trekt Nederland in Den Haag opnieuw een rode lijn tegen de genocide in Gaza en tegen de medeplichtigheid van de Nederlandse regering. Maar daar stopt de rode lijn niet. Wereldwijd worden er momenteel demonstraties voor Palestina georganiseerd, in navolging van onze Rode Lijn-demonstratie op 18 mei.

Wereldwijd Rode Lijnen
Zo kwamen duizenden mensen in steden als Londen en Rome afgelopen week bijeen om een einde te eisen aan het geweld tegen de Palestijnen in Gaza. Dit weekend worden er, net als in Den Haag, Rode Lijn-demonstraties georganiseerd in Antwerpen en Brussel: ‘Tegen genocide. Tegen etnische zuivering. Tegen honger als wapen en moord als beleid. Tegen het doden van kinderen, het platbombarderen van wijken, het breken van een volk. Tegen de schaamteloze straffeloosheid.' Na het weekend volgen er ook nog demonstraties in Zweden (17 juni) en Denemarken (18 juni).

Demonstranten vormen een rode lijn rondom het Britse Lagerhuis, en eisen een einde aan de medeplichtigheid van het Verenigd Koninkrijk aan de genocide in Gaza. [c] Akira Suemori / Alamy Stock Photo

Egypte
De meeste gedurfde actie vindt op dit moment plaats in Egypte, waar duizenden mensen van over de hele wereld naartoe reizen om deel te nemen aan een protestmars richting de grens met Gaza. Ook vanuit Nederland zijn er zo’n honderd mensen naar Caïro afgereisd. Door Libië trekt een stoet van duizenden Algerijnen en Tunesiërs richting Egypte. Of zij de grens over komen, is zeer twijfelachtig.

Het is namelijk al duidelijk dat Egypte de protestmars – met geweld – gaat dwarsbomen. Een Nederlandse delegatie werd donderdagochtend tegengehouden op het vliegveld in Caïro en op een vlucht naar Istanbul gezet.

Los van de tegenwerking in Egypte is het signaal duidelijk. Steeds meer mensen wereldwijd willen dat er maatregelen komen om de Israëlische vernietigingscampagne van Gaza te stoppen. Ze trekken een rode lijn.

Ook wij doen dat, aanstaande zondag op het Malieveld in Den Haag.
Tegen de genocide in Gaza, tegen de medeplichtigheid van Nederland, en voor rechtvaardigheid voor de Palestijnen.

Ben jij er ook weer bij? 

Nee, ik ben er niet bij. Het  rooie lijnen-gelul stelt niks voor, anders dan één grote NUL. Sancties jegens Israel, die moeten er komen! Maar die worden, met dat rooie lijnen-gepraat, zorgvuldig en expres vermeden.

Praktische informatie
 Wanneer: zondag 15 juni, vanaf 13:00
 Start: Den Haag, Malieveld. Bekijk hier de route van de demonstratie. Klik hier om een kaartje te bekijken met de looproute van station Den Haag Centraal naar het Malieveld, en hier voor een plattegrond van het Malieveld inclusief toiletten en EHBO- en waterpunten.
 Kleding: Trek rode kleding aan om de rode lijn zichtbaar en krachtig te maken

Tussen 13.00 en 14.00 uur is op het Malieveld een programma, met bijdragen van o.a. Dabke Night, Salih el Saddy, Chef’Special, Jan Pronk, Karima el Fillali, Mitchell Esajas en Disco Arabesquo.

Kan je zondag niet naar Den Haag komen? Bekijk dan hier wat je thuis kunt doen om een rode lijn te trekken.Bepalend debat
De demonstratie op zondag wordt cruciaal. Volgende week staat in de aanloop naar Europese topoverleggen een Tweede Kamerdebat op de agenda, dat zonder twijfel zal worden overheerst door (de Nederlandse medeplichtigheid aan) de Israëlische genocide.
 
Ook de voortgang en betekenis van het door minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Caspar Veldkamp (NSC) in gang gezette EU-onderzoek komen aan de orde.
 
Wat zeker niet mag gebeuren, is dat maatregelen tegen Israëls genocide ‘over het zomerreces worden getild’. Evenmin mogen die aan de EU worden overgelaten en door Brussel over het zomerreces worden getild. Die politieke rituelen verhouden zich niet met genocide. Dat maakt de Rode Lijn op 15 juni extra relevant.

Tot zondag op het Malieveld!

Wij strijden tegen oorlogsmisdaden, annexatie, bezetting en onderdrukking. Helpt u mee?

Nee, ik steun The Rights Forum niet. TRF komt niet met eisen, want wil in elke geval goeie vrindjes blijven met Israël. En dus saboteert TRF  sancties tegen Israel

Foute durfinvesteerder KKR bezit ook Nederlandse uitgeverijen

Onder de uitgeverijen die bij VBK zijn aangesloten zijn Ambo Anthos, Atlas Contact en Alfabet. Zij publiceren werken van schrijvers als Adriaan van Dis, Geert Mak, Lucas Rijnveld, Herman van Veen en Simone van der Vlugt.

Banden met de bezetting
KKR is een doelwit van de BDS-campagne (Boycot, Desinvestering en Sancties) omdat het onder meer eigenaar is van bedrijven die de verkoop en verhuur van vastgoed in illegale nederzettingen op de bezette Westelijke Jordaanoever faciliteren. Daarnaast investeert het in meerdere Israëlische tech-startups en in de bouw van een groot datacenter in Tel Aviv. De Israëlische tech-sector is nauw verweven met de Israëlische oorlogs- en bezettingsindustrie, bijvoorbeeld bij het ontwikkelen van surveillance-apparatuur.

Ter herinnering: in oktober 2023 was al duidelijk dat Israëls aanval op de Gazastrook een genocidaal karakter had. En toen VBK in zee ging met Simon & Schuster was dus ook bekend dat KKR de eigenaar was.

Vanuit de uitgeverijen die eigendom zijn van KKR, of de schrijvers die bij hen zijn aangesloten, is het vooralsnog stil gebleven.

Lees hier meer over KKR en de band met Nederlandse uitgeverijen >

Deze week op onze website

Verder uit onze agenda
zaterdag 14 juni t/m zaterdag 21 juni

Demonstraties en wakes
• Demonstratie 'Stop met het exporteren van honden naar het bezettingsleger' op zaterdag 14 juni in Oss, Sterrebos 2 (14.30 uur)
• Landelijke demonstratie De Rode Lijn op zondag 15 juni in Den Haag, Malieveld (13.00 uur)
• Stil protest van gate48 - de organisatie van kritische Israëli's in Nederland op zondag 15 juni in Amsterdam, 't Spui (17.00 uur)
• Sit-in rijksambtenaren op donderdag 19 juni in Den Haag, Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijnstraat 8 (12.00 uur)
• Wake op zaterdag 21 juni in Groningen, Waagplein (13.00 uur)

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13 juni 2025

Statement on Gaza by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

New York, 12 June 2025

Attacks on civilians in Gaza – including the killing and injury of hungry people seeking food and those delivering aid – are unacceptable.

United Nations convoys carrying humanitarian aid have been intercepted by armed Palestinian gangs, who endangered our staff and drivers. Civilians in desperate need of the food we're able to bring in have not been spared; some have been shot by Israeli forces, and others crushed by trucks or stabbed while trying to retrieve food.

Other incidents have concentrated around militarized distribution centres, where starving people tell us that Israeli forces opened fire on them. Hospitals report that they have received 245 fatalities and over 2,150 injuries from these areas over the past two weeks. And yesterday the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation stated that Palestinians involved in their distribution were killed, injured, and captured by Hamas.

Without immediate and massively scaled-up access to the basic means of survival, we risk a descent into famine, further chaos, and the loss of more lives.

Hunger must never be met with bullets. Humanitarians must be allowed to do their work. Lifesaving aid must reach people in need, in line with humanitarian principles.

We stand ready, as we have repeatedly emphasized, to deliver lifesaving aid at scale. Let us do our work.

Media contact: ochamedia@un.org

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13 juni 2025

The United States-Israel War Machine Is Destroying The Middle East And Will Have Dire Consequences for Both

[WASHINGTON D.C., JUNE 12, 2025] — Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) unequivocally condemns Israel’s illegal and unprovoked strikes on Iran, a brazen act of aggression that has taken aim at Iran's capital and risked killing civilians. This aggression has the consequence of dragging the entire region—and the United States- into a catastrophic war.

Let us be clear: This attack is not an isolated incident or two countries at war; instead, it is a deliberate expansion of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. The Zionist settler-colonial state, emboldened by decades of unconditional U.S. support, is threatening to drag the United States into a new war in the Middle East, threatening American lives and interests, while killing thousands of innocent people.

Despite public denials, the Biden and Trump administrations both laid the groundwork for this assault. The withdrawal of U.S. personnel from embassies in the region days before the attack signals foreknowledge. Reports are stating that the scheduled sixth round of the U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations in Oman lulled Iran into a false sense of security, providing Israel with a perfect cover to strike.

This is a clear betrayal of diplomacy. The United States provided Israel with the political shield and military backing necessary to execute this war crime. Now, with 40,000 U.S. troops stationed across the region, America is being dragged into a broader regional war that it helped ignite. According to Axios, President Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, told Senate Republicans the U.S. is concerned Israel’s air defenses could be overwhelmed by a retaliatory attack, and it could lead to a “mass-casualty” event.

Israel’s illegal assassinations, destruction of residential buildings, and premeditated attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities are violations of international law. The targeting of civilian infrastructure and densely populated areas constitutes collective punishment and risks mass civilian casualties. Already, state media reports at least a dozen civilians dead in Tehran.

This path leads only to more death, destabilization, and endless war.

“The ongoing escalation in the region—and Israel’s relentless drive to ignite conflicts it cannot contain—is a direct consequence of the brutal, unchecked campaign of genocide it has waged in Gaza for over 19 months. Washington has not merely allowed this atrocity to unfold and enabled it; it is complicit. It is equally clear that Trump, following in Biden’s footsteps, has either lost control of the war criminal Netanyahu or is willfully participating in the crimes perpetrated by Netanyahu and his government. This dangerous trajectory must stop NOW,” said Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid, Executive Director of AJP Action.

The United States must not continue to act as Israel’s accomplice. The consequences of complicity will be counted in human lives; more than enough people have died thus far.
 

In solidarity,
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action

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12 juni 2025

AJP Action Applauds The Ruling Requiring The Release of Mahmoud Khalil And Stands In Solidarity With The Immigrants Across The Country

[WASHINGTON D.C., JUNE 12, 2025] — Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) applauds the landmark federal court ruling declaring the detention of Mahmoud Khalil unlawful and demands his immediate and unconditional release. Khalil, a lawful permanent resident, and Columbia University graduate and vocal advocate for Palestinian rights, was unjustly targeted and detained four months ago under a politically motivated pretext by federal authorities in retaliation for his activism and has yet to be released.

The arrest and detention of Mahmoud on March 8, carried out without a warrant or criminal charges, exemplifies a broader and dangerous trend of authoritarian state repression disproportionately targeting Palestinian advocates. Khalil’s detention, justified through Cold War-era laws, illustrates how tools initially deployed against marginalized communities—particularly pro-Palestinian activists—have expanded into mechanisms of widespread domestic repression. The Trump administration is now deploying militarized forces against anti-ICE protesters and threatening these protesters with terrorism charges and insurrection.

“Khalil’s arrest was not an isolated incident,” said Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid, Executive Director of Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action). “It is a canary in the coal mine—a disturbing warning that authoritarian tactics of surveillance, federalizing the National Guard and mobilizing U.S. Marines against American citizens and residents, militarized police violence, and ICE raids, perfected against Black liberation and pro-Palestinian voices, are now openly deployed against the broader American public.”

California law enforcement agencies have acquired thousands of military-style rifles, dozens of armored vehicles, drones, and less-lethal weaponry from the U.S. military. These weapons were used to commit war crimes overseas, and now they’re used for repression here at home.

For instance, the Garden Grove Police Department possesses over 140 semi-automatic rifles, 10,000 rounds of ammunition, flash-bang grenades, and armored vehicles. Similarly, the Fullerton Police Department maintains 160 AR-15 rifles, 15 M4 rifles, seven drones, and sniper rifles—many acquired through the federal 1033 Program. Yet, these likely do not represent the full extent of police militarization in California. Despite transparency mandates under California’s AB 481, agencies such as the LAPD continue to evade complete disclosure. A 2024 audit by the LA City Controller highlighted significant gaps, noting incomplete and inaccurate reporting.

“As we’ve been saying since March, today it is Mahmoud Khalil; tomorrow it will be anyone who dares to dissent,” continued Dr. Abu Irshaid. “Tomorrow has come, and the repression facing pro-Palestinian advocates foreshadows the erosion of rights for all communities who challenge state violence and injustice.”

AJP Action demands:

• The immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil and dismissal of any immigration actions grounded in political retaliation.
• For the Department of Homeland Security to refrain from amending or refiling the grounds of Mahmoud’s detention that a federal judge has already ruled unconstitutional.
• An end to the use of immigration enforcement as a political weapon.
• Congressional investigations into abuses of power that target political dissent.

“Khalil’s freedom is a step forward, but the fight against authoritarianism must continue. We stand in unwavering solidarity with the people of Los Angeles and communities nationwide who courageously resist repression,” said Dr. Abu Irshaid.
 

In solidarity,
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action

Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization advocating for legislation supporting the human rights of the Palestinian people and endorsing candidates for office who support those rights.

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12 juni 2025

On June 14, the Basque company CAF will hold its shareholders’ meeting in Besain, and it’s our moment to turn up the pressure.
 

CAF is operating and expanding the Jerusalem Light Rail’s (JLR) “Red Line” and building the new “Green Line,” providing rolling stock and technical services. Both lines connect illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory with West Jerusalem.
 

As such, the JLR is part of Israel’s illegal de jure annexation of occupied East Jerusalem, including its illegal colonial settlements. These settlements entail the transfer of Israeli civilians into occupied territory and the forcible displacement of Indigenous Palestinians from the occupied city, constituting a war crime under international law.

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Happening now! Storm CAF's social media and leave a comment!

In July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel’s entire occupation of Gaza, and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is illegal and that it's guilty of apartheid - a crime against humanity.

Join us in escalating BDS pressure on CAF to end its complicity with Israel’s genocidal regime of settler colonialism, military occupation, apartheid and genocide against Palestinians!

Take action against CAF, flood CAF’s Youtube channel and LinkedIn pages to expose CAF’s complicity in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people!

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12 juni 2025

Too Slow a Shift on Israeli Abuses

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12 juni 2025

Today's headlines

Federal judge blocks Trump from continuing to detain Mahmoud Khalil over his political activism

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration cannot detain or deport Mahmoud Khalil based on Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s determination, in a decision hailed by his legal team as "a huge win."

Trump sanctions Palestinian human rights organization over alleged political connections

The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on Addameer, a leading Palestinian prisoner rights group, and five other charities for alleged links to Palestinian political factions deemed by the U.S. and Israel as "terrorist organizations."

Israeli forces kill two Palestinian brothers in massive West Bank raid

Qassam Muaddi

Israeli forces killed two brothers and injured more than 30 in a large-scale military invasion in Nablus. According to witnesses, one brother was killed in a confrontation with soldiers after they ordered him to pull his pants down and he refused.

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12 juni 2025

 Read the Full Call to Action

Current List of Palestinian Signatories:

Palestinian BDS National Committee

The Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD)

Al-Haq

Al-Haq Europe

The Civic Coalition for Palestinians Right in Jerusalem

Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)

Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC)

Filastiniyat

Bisan Center for Research and Development

Visualizing Palestine

The Social Development Committee (SDC)

The Community Action Center at Al-Quds University

Law for Palestine

MUSAWA - Palestinian Centre for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession

Beitna - Palestinian Collective in Belgium 

QADER for Community Development

British Palestinian Committee

Women’s Studies Centre

The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy- MIFTAH

Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation

Center for Refugee Rights - Aidoun

Defense for Children International- Palestine

Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development-PWWS

The Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared (PCMFD)

AMAN Coalition

Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (Stop the Wall)

The Palestine New Federation of Trade Unions

BuildPalestine

Adalah Justice Project

Urgence Palestine

The International Commission for Supporting the Rights of the Palestinian People “Hashd”

Friends of Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS)

Social Developmental Forum (SDF)

The Psychosocial Counseling Center for Women

US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR)

Rihannah Society,  al-Azzeh Refugee Camp

Alrowwad Cultural & Arts Society

Reviving Gaza

Gaza Families Reunited

UK Gaza Community

Makan Rights

Sabeel - Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center

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11 juni 2025

Humanitarian Situation Update 296
Gaza Strip

11 June 2025

Displaced people in Khan Younis, 7 June 2025. Photo by OCHA/Olga Cherevko

Key Highlights

• Shooting toward Palestinians trying to access food supplies in Gaza continues to be reported, resulting in mass casualties.
• Most of the 6,000 metric tonnes of wheat flour that entered Gaza since 19 May was offloaded by hungry people in dire need to feed their families, reports the Food Security Sector.
• Humanitarian organizations call for the full protection of Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis as access to health care across Gaza is becoming increasingly compromised.
• The ongoing fuel blockade, now entering its fourth month, is placing life-sustaining services at severe risk.
• At least 463 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, including three over the past week.
• A new report highlights the degrading physical hardships and profound psychological distress facing women and girls in displacement camps across Gaza, forcing them to adopt extreme coping mechanisms.

Humanitarian Developments

• Since 18 March 2025, Israeli forces have escalated bombardment from the air, land and sea across the Gaza Strip and expanded ground operations. This has resulted in hundreds of casualties, destruction of civilian infrastructure, and large-scale displacement. According to the Site Management Cluster (SMC), more than 664,800 Palestinians in Gaza were displaced between 18 March and 11 June. With no safe place to go, many people have sought refuge in every available space, including overcrowded displacement sites, makeshift shelters, damaged buildings, streets and open areas. People have been confined to ever-shrinking spaces, with 82 per cent of the Gaza Strip now within Israeli-militarized zones or placed under displacement orders since 18 March. Fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups has been reported. One rocket was reportedly fired by Palestinian armed groups in Gaza toward Israel on 10 June and intercepted.
• According to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, between 5 and 11 June, 497 Palestinians were killed, and 2,053 were injured. Between 7 October 2023 and 11 June 2025, the MoH in Gaza reported that at least 55,104 Palestinians were killed and 127,394 Palestinians were injured. This includes 4,821 people killed and 15,353 injured since the re-escalation of hostilities on 18 March 2025, according to MoH.
• On 7 June, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reported the killing of one of its staff members in an Israeli airstrike on 6 June on his family home in Jabalya, in North Gaza, reportedly along with more than 36 members of his extended family. On 5 June, a female psychologist of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees was reported killed in an airstrike on Gaza city. Additionally, Ma’an development centre reported the killing of one of their staff members in Gaza city on 4 June. Since October 2023, at least 463 aid workers have been killed, including 319 UN staff members.
• On 5 June, an Israeli airstrike hit the yard of Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza city, killing at least four journalists and injuring three others. According to COGAT, the IDF took steps “to mitigate harm to civilians” and struck the yard of the hospital, where a person allegedly affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) “operated from a command and control center.” The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) condemned the repeated targeting of journalists, with 18 reportedly killed in May 2025, and stated that this is at least the third instance of journalists apparently targeted and killed at hospitals; on 7 April 2025, two journalists were killed in Nasser Medical Complex, in Khan Younis, and on 26 December 2024, five journalists were killed in Al Awda Hospital, in Deir al Balah. OHCHR further stated: “The apparent targeting of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, combined with the denial by Israel of access of foreign journalists to Gaza for over 18 months, except a few visits controlled by IDF, appear to indicate a deliberate attempt by Israel to limit the flow of information to and from Gaza and prevent reporting on the impact of its attacks and denial of humanitarian assistance.” In another incident on 9 June, a journalist and three Palestinian Civil Defence paramedics were reportedly killed during a rescue and retrieval operation following an attack on At Tuffah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza city.
• Between 5 and 9 June, deadly incidents included the following:
  • On 5 June, at about 13:30, nine Palestinians were reportedly killed and others injured when a group of people was hit near Al Shifa tower, northwest of Gaza city.
  • On 6 June, at about 11:15, a Palestinian female was reportedly killed and several others injured when a school housing internally displaced people (IDPs) was hit in Jabalya Al Balad, in North Gaza.
  • On 6 June, at about 11:45, at least 10 Palestinians were reportedly killed and several others injured during heavy artillery shelling on Jabalya al Balad, in North Gaza, including residential buildings and an IDPs centre.
  • On 7 June, at about 14:00, eight Palestinians, including two children, were reportedly killed and others injured when a group of people was hit in Jabalya an Nazlah, in North Gaza.
  • On 7 June, at about 18:00, six Palestinians were reportedly killed and others injured when two houses were hit in Jabalya al Balad, in North Gaza.
  • On 7 June, at about 5:00, seven Palestinians from the same family, including a mother and her four children, were reportedly killed when a residential building was hit in Gaza city.
  • On 9 June, at about 9:50, six Palestinians including two females were reportedly killed and others injured when an IDP tent was hit in Al Mawasi area in Khan Younis.
  • Between 1 and 9 June, at least 21 incidents were reported where IDP tents were allegedly hit, resulting in the reported killing of about 73 people and the injury of tens of others.
• Between 5 and 11 June, four Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza, according to the Israeli military. Between 7 October 2023 and 11 June 2025, according to Israeli forces and official Israeli sources cited in the media, more than 1,624 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed, the majority on 7 October 2023 and its immediate aftermath. This includes 424 soldiers killed, in addition to 2,702 soldiers injured, in Gaza or along the border in Israel since the beginning of the ground operation in October 2023. Of these, 17 soldiers were killed and 118 injured since the re-escalation of hostilities on 18 March 2025. On 5, 7 and 11 June, the bodies of five hostages, including four Israelis and one Thai national, were retrieved from Khan Younis and Rafah. As of 11 June, it is estimated that 53 Israelis and foreign nationals remain captive in Gaza, including hostages who have been declared dead and whose bodies are being withheld.
• Shooting at people trying to reach food supplies, including at the militarized distribution points, continue to be reported. Multiple such incidents reportedly occurred as people were walking towards or waiting at the militarized distribution points in Rafah and Deir al Balah. As of 11 June, Gaza MoH reported that hospitals have received 224 people killed and over 1,858 people injured from the areas newly designated for food distributions. In the last two weeks, the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah has had to activate its mass casualty incident procedure 12 times, receiving high numbers of patients with gunshot and shrapnel wounds, reporting that an “overwhelming majority of patients from the recent incidents said they had been trying to reach assistance distribution sites.” During this period, ICRC received 933 cases, including 41 declared dead upon arrival, which is higher than all mass casualty incidents the field hospital handled over the preceding twelve months combined. “Medical personnel are struggling to cope with the overwhelming number of patients arriving at the field hospital. They are working under constant exposure to stray bullets, endangering the safety of those providing and receiving medical care,” ICRC stated. According to ICRC, “recent days have also seen an increase in hostilities around the few remaining and functional hospitals. This has made patient transfers between facilities increasingly challenging, and in many cases, patients cannot receive the intensive or specialized care they require.” Commenting on the work of the distribution points, on 10 June, UNRWA’s Commissioner General, Philippe Lazzarini, reiterated that this “humiliating system continues to force thousands of hungry and desperate people to walk for tens of miles excluding the most vulnerable and those living too far. This system does not intend to address hunger. Aid deliveries and distribution must be at scale and safe.”

• After three weeks without medical evacuations, on 11 June, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, stated that WHO supported the medical evacuation of 16 child patients and 48 companions from Gaza to receive specialized medical care in Jordan. According to WHO, more than 10,000 patients, including over 4,000 children, remain in urgent need of medical evacuation.
• On 9 June, WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, reported that “Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis is now essentially out of service due to increasing hostilities in its vicinity. Access to the hospital is obstructed, preventing new patients from reaching care, and leading to more preventable deaths.” Two emergency medical teams are still serving the remaining patients with the limited medical supplies available. On the same day, WHO called for the expedited flow of medical supplies into and across Gaza via all possible routes and for the protection of Nasser Medical Complex, the only remaining health facility in Khan Younis with an intensive care unit (ICU) and the only one capable of providing dialysis for up to 350 patients as well as neurosurgery. WHO reported that the ICU at Nasser was operating at double its capacity despite having recently expanded from 20 to 42 beds. It stressed that the hospital is overwhelmed, food for patients is scarce, fuel supply is low, and many essential medicines, medical supplies and blood units have run out. Moreover, the hospital’s oxygen plants require urgent maintenance, particularly since Nasser provides oxygen for all nearby health facilities.
• Similarly calling for the full protection of Nasser Medical Complex, on 10 June, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) emergency coordinator warned that the facility “has the last functioning intensive care units for children and newborns in the south, which cannot be moved” and added that the hospital is “the only remaining hope for Palestinians in southern Gaza, especially women and children.” MSF further stated: “Israeli forces’ displacement orders and bombings in the close vicinity of Nasser hospital have forced [MSF] to adjust its operations in the hospital and move part of its burn and orthopedic activities to [the MSF] field hospital in Deir Al Balah.” MSF added that its support to Nasser Medical Complex continues at the maternity and paediatric wards as well as through the provision of technical expertise, specialist visits, and financial support.
• Extreme operational challenges continue to face the emergency health response in Gaza. Since the resumption of hostilities on 18 March 2025, WHO has coordinated and facilitated the deployment in Gaza of 37 emergency medical teams (EMTs) from 22 partner organizations, including 35 international and two national EMTs. In total, 74 EMT staff have been granted access to Gaza while 58 have been denied, hampering lifesaving interventions. Moreover, entry into Gaza is often granted at the last minute, delayed, or not approved, severely hindering efforts to coordinate and implement timely deployment plans. Health care operations are additionally compromised by restrictions on the entry of essential medicines, medical consumables and equipment, serious obstacles to safe movement, and attacks on health care. Since 18 March, only 134 pallets of medical supplies from WHO stocks in Gaza have been delivered to EMTs. The inability to deliver more has hindered the ability to meet growing health needs. Attacks on health facilities, ambulances, and EMT accommodations have further undermined the ability of pre-hospital care providers to operate, often necessitating that they be escorted by international agencies to carry out missions safely in high-risk areas. Combined, these constraints jeopardize both the continuity of medical operations and the safety of international EMT staff.
• Between 1 January and 31 May 2025, WHO recorded 76 attacks on health care across the Gaza Strip, reportedly killing 38 people and injuring 65 others and affecting 23 health facilities and 24 health transport vehicles. Fifty-three per cent of these attacks included violence with heavy weapons while 40 per cent involved obstruction to health care delivery. These include 56 attacks on health care documented since 18 March 2025, of which 42 occurred in May. Furthermore, movement restrictions, insecurity and displacement orders are worsening access to health care and hampering the ability of health workers to reach health facilities. No hospitals are currently functional in two of Gaza’s five governorates, namely North Gaza and Rafah. As of 11 June, only 37 per cent (213 out of 572) of health facilities remain functional (all partially except one field hospital that is fully functional). These include 17 out of 36 hospitals, seven out of 15 field hospitals, 63 out of 162 primary health care centers, and 126 out of 359 medical points/mobile clinics.

Women and girl's safety, privacy and dignity in Gaza's overcrowded makeshift shelters

• The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) released a new report that highlights the dire conditions faced by women and girls in makeshift displacement sites across Gaza. “These camps lack even the most basic humanitarian necessities, suffering from severe shortages of clean water, the absence of sanitation, and the total collapse of medical care,” rendering them unfit for human habitation, according to PCHR. Women and girls are disproportionately affected, facing an acute lack of privacy and heightened risks of gender-based violence (GBV), including harassment and assault. The report describes the harsh realities they endure, including the absence of partitions between tents and the need to share overcrowded spaces and tents, which causes profound discomfort and a sense of insecurity for women and girls and severely restricts their freedom of movement. In the absence of safe and adequate sanitation, many women and girls resort to desperate measures to manage their hygiene and protect their dignity; according to PCHR, women and girls have adopted extreme coping mechanisms, such as: limiting the number of times they shower including after the menstrual cycle; avoiding to drink water and risking severe infections to reduce the need for toilet use; taking birth control pills continuously to suppress their menstrual cycles; and using buckets to urinate in inside the tent. Breastfeeding mothers also struggle to find private, safe spaces for nursing, and some are forced to stop breastfeeding altogether, directly affecting their health and that of their infants. In addition to the degrading physical hardships, the report draws attention to the profound psychological distress and loss of dignity women face daily in Gaza’s displacement sites after 19 months – underscoring the urgent need for safe, gender-sensitive shelter, sanitation and protection interventions.

Shrinking Humanitarian Space

• Since 19 May, after almost 80 days of a full blockade on the entry of aid and any other supplies into Gaza, the Israeli authorities have allowed only a select number of UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to resume the delivery of aid into Gaza and have authorized the entry of only very limited amounts of certain food items, nutrition supplies, some health supplies, and water purification items. The entry of other aid supplies, such as shelter materials, hygiene products, and medical equipment remains blocked, and so is the entry of cargo through the Egypt and West Bank routes. Both sides of Kerem Shalom crossing are tightly controlled by the Israeli authorities, and the UN has not been permitted to deploy monitors at the site, significantly limiting visibility over the aid pipeline.
• Moreover, although Israeli authorities have reauthorized the use of the “Fence Road” – which is the only viable route currently available for aid destined to northern Gaza – transport capacity remains limited due to the insufficient number of Palestinian drivers who have been vetted by the Israeli authorities. Between 5 and 9 June, Israeli authorities did not authorise cargo manifest and offloads at Kerem Shalom crossing, due to Jewish holidays and citing the congestion of platforms. Concurrently, following a violent looting incident on 4 June, the Special Transport Association announced the suspension of truck operations until further notice, due to concerns about the safety of drivers. On 9 June, collections recommenced, following direct negotiations between organizations and their own contracted transporters. Overall, limited access, long delays in movement approvals (sometimes up to 36 hours and beyond), constantly shifting, insecure convoy routes, intensified military operations, and a breakdown of public order and safety with a very high risk of looting continue to severely constrain operations to collect aid from Kerem Shalom crossing and are placing humanitarian staff, drivers and trucks at significant risk. Collections are frequently cancelled, re-routed, or significantly delayed, aid deliveries have become largely unsafe, unpredictable and inefficient, and the limited assistance that comes through is increasingly being offloaded directly from trucks by hungry civilians and, in some cases, intercepted by armed gangs.
• The ongoing fuel blockade, now entering its fourth month, is placing life-sustaining services – including health and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities – at severe risk. Despite maximum efforts to ration available fuel, partners warn that these services may soon cease in some areas if the entry of fuel is not urgently restored. Additionally, without immediate access to fuel that is already inside Gaza but located in hard-to-reach areas that are either militarized or subject to displacement orders, more critical services are at risk of suspending operations soon. Between 15 May and 9 June, missions to retrieve fuel from northern Gaza were denied by the Israeli authorities 14 times and about 260,000 litres of it were recently looted.
• In vast areas across the Gaza Strip, humanitarian teams are required to coordinate their movements with the Israeli authorities. Between 4 and 10 June, out of 102 attempts to coordinate planned aid movements across the Gaza Strip, nearly 47 per cent (48) were denied outright by the Israeli authorities, five per cent (five) were initially accepted but faced impediments, including blocks or delays on the ground potentially resulting in missions being aborted or partially accomplished, 30 per cent (31) were fully facilitated, and 18 per cent (18) were withdrawn by the organizers for logistical, operational, or security reasons. These include 49 attempts to coordinate aid movements in or to northern Gaza, of which 41 per cent (20) were facilitated, 37 per cent (18) were denied, four per cent (two) faced impediments and 18 per cent (nine) were withdrawn. In southern Gaza, out of 53 attempts, 21 per cent (11) were facilitated, 56 per cent (30) were denied, six per cent (three) faced impediments and 17 per cent (nine) were withdrawn.
• Between 5 and 11 June, the Israeli military issued four displacement orders for parts of North Gaza and Gaza governorates. Combined, the orders cover eight square kilometres. Since 18 March, the Israeli military issued 39 displacement orders, placing about 277.6 square kilometres under displacement orders (76 per cent of the Gaza Strip). As of 11 June, 82 per cent of the Gaza Strip’s territory is within Israeli-militarized zones or have been placed under displacement orders (they largely overlap). On 8 June, an evacuation warning was reportedly sent to two schools in Jabalya al Balad, in North Gaza governorate, forcing about 20,000 people who were sheltering in the two schools and surrounding buildings to flee. Successive airstrikes were launched, after the warning, destroying the two schools, with no casualties reported.
• On 10 June, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported that “almost three weeks after limited supplies were allowed to enter Gaza, WFP has transported over 700 trucks of aid to the Kerem Shalom border crossing point. This compares to 600-700 trucks of [humanitarian] aid [and other goods] transported per day during the ceasefire earlier this year.” Meanwhile, WFP has more than 140,000 metric tonnes (MT) of food, enough to feed the entire population for two months, within or on its way to the region. According to the Food Security Sector (FSS), most of the 6,000 MT of wheat flour that entered Gaza since 19 May was offloaded by hungry people in dire need, mostly coming from the north, to feed their families, and in some cases by armed criminals, before reaching warehouses or designated distribution points. Israeli authorities also continue to prohibit partners from conducting food parcel distributions (see other challenges above). As of 10 June, 246,000 meals were prepared and delivered by 15 cluster partners through 59 kitchens. This represents a 77 per cent reduction from the 1.07 million meals distributed daily by 180 kitchens at the end of April. These conditions are heightening the risk of worsening food insecurity, eroding community trust, and increasing security threats, FSS warns. “To stave off starvation, stabilize markets and calm desperation, we need to consistently support the entire population with basic food requirements every month,” WFP stated, underscoring that this is “the only way to reassure the population and to push back starvation.”
• On 10 June, a major telecommunications and internet service provider reported a critical infrastructure failure, resulting in a blackout of internet connectivity and significant disruptions to mobile networks in Gaza city and northern Gaza. This new fibre cut compounds a series of unresolved damages along the critical Salah ad Din and Al Rasheed backbone routes, sharply increasing the risk of a total communications collapse across Gaza. The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) is coordinating closely with relevant stakeholders to expedite access and facilitate urgent repair efforts to restore connectivity. Furthermore, the ETC warns that without the immediate delivery of fuel and engine oil to operate generators that power key infrastructure, telecommunications services are expected to shut down imminently. This could lead to a complete collapse of telecommunications and internet services. Such a collapse would severely impact humanitarian coordination, operational continuity, staff safety, and the ability of affected populations to access life-saving information and services.
• Severe fuel shortages are crippling water production and disrupting critical WASH operations, forcing partners to drastically ration limited supplies. According to the WASH Cluster, without urgent fuel deliveries, hundreds of groundwater wells are at risk of shutting down, desalination systems will suffer permanent damage, and water trucking from the few remaining water sources may cease entirely, compromising public health and increasing the risk of disease outbreaks and social unrest. The fuel crisis is also threatening solid waste collection and sanitation services. In the absence of fuel, these operations will come to a halt, leading to further accumulation of waste and a surge in pests and rodents – exacerbated by the lack of pesticides – endangering public health. In response to growing public health risks, water quality monitoring has been significantly scaled up across the Gaza Strip by WASH partners; a total of seven field laboratories, operated and supported by seven WASH partners, are now actively conducting water quality testing to ensure safe water access and mitigate the risk of waterborne diseases, up from four operational labs in previous months.

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Gaza Humanitarian Response Update

25 May - 7 June 2025

UN officials visit a neonatal unit at Al Helou Hospital in Gaza city, where generators powered by fuel keep life-saving equipment running. These services are at risk of shutting down unless more fuel is allowed into Gaza. Photo by OCHA/Olga Cherevko

Food Security Sector (FSS)

Response

• Since 19 May, and as of the morning of 11 June, partners have brought in only around 5,600 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat flour, or about 224,000 25-kilogramme bags. Most of this assistance was offloaded by hungry people, and in some cases by armed criminals, before reaching warehouses or designated distribution points. FSS estimates that 8,000–10,000 MT is required to provide at least one bag of wheat flour to every household in Gaza to address needs, which would also help stabilize markets before resuming targeted household distributions.             
• During the reporting period, partners attempted to deliver food from southern to northern Gaza. In three of the recent convoys that were facilitated, food supplies were offloaded by hungry people along the road in Netzarim area.
• As of 9 June, 258,000 meals were prepared and delivered by 15 cluster partners through 62 kitchens. This represents a 76 per cent reduction from the 1.07 million meals distributed daily by 180 kitchens at the end of April.

Challenges

• Limited access to crossings, long delays in movement approvals (sometimes up to 36 hours or even beyond), constantly shifting, insecure convoy routes, intensified military operations, and a breakdown of public order and safety continue to severely constrain operations to collect food stocks from Kerem Shalom crossing and are placing community members, humanitarian staff, drivers and trucks at significant risk. To ensure a sustained and scaled-up flow of food assistance into Gaza, it is urgent to have multiple entry points simultaneously open, including at least one crossing for the north (e.g. Zikim) and one for the south (e.g. Kerem Shalom), to reduce the number of holding points, shorten waiting times for cargo collection, and expand the list of vetted drivers to allow for rotations and multiple movements.
• With 82 per cent of Gaza within an Israeli-militarized zone and/or under displacement orders, access is becoming increasingly difficult, and people are increasingly offloading the limited aid that is coming through directly from trucks. In some cases, armed actors are intercepting moving supplies.
• If the entry of flour continues to be limited, partners will be prevented from meeting the minimum requirement of one 25-kilogramme bag of flour per household. Israeli authorities also continue to prohibit partners from conducting food parcel distributions. These conditions are heightening the risk of worsening food insecurity, eroding community trust, and increasing security threats. Furthermore, the lack of sustained, large-scale deliveries are destabilizing wheat flour availability, pricing, and affordability.  Flour prices remain elevated to unprecedented levels. In areas affected by looting, market prices temporarily dropped slightly before rebounding to previously high levels within hours.
• According to the full IPC analysis released on 6 June, with the announced expansion of military operations throughout the Gaza Strip, the persistent inability of humanitarian organizations to access populations in dire need of assistance, and the continued mass displacement of people, the risk of Famine in the Gaza Strip is not just possible - it is increasingly likely. A recent market monitoring and food security analysis by the World Food Programme (WFP) shows that there was an alarming and unprecedented decline in access to diverse and nutritious food in May, further pushing the population into severe food insecurity. This followed already severe restrictions in April and surpassed the extremely low levels recorded in December 2024 and January 2025.
• Food production and food systems in Gaza have been severely weakened by the lack of safe access of farmers, breeders, and fishers to their lands, livestock and the sea. Since 18 March 2025, access to cropland available for cultivation has significantly declined. As food supplies continue to dwindle and as fresh produce remains scarce and unaffordable, some wholesalers, fishers and farmers are forced to take grave risks to reach areas near or within the Israeli-militarized zones or the sea. In April and May, several incidents were reported in which fishing boats were hit or came under Israeli fire near the shore, resulting in casualties among fishers. Since October 2023, the Israeli authorities have banned sailing off Gaza's shore and over 70 per cent of fishing assets have been destroyed or damaged, but some fishers have continued to work within less than one nautical mile from the shore using non-motorized boats.

Nutrition

Response

• In May, Nutrition Cluster partners distributed nutrition supplements – such as small and medium-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS-SQ and LNS-MQ) and High Energy Biscuits (HEB) – to nearly 200,000 people, including 167,000 children under five and 28,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) through the blanket supplementary feeding programme (BSFP) and outpatient site visits. Additionally, 17,605 children from six to 24 months were reached with ready-to-use complementary food/baby jar food. During the reporting period, the number of BSFP sites fluctuated between 125 to 145 locations across the Gaza Strip due to the suspension and/or relocation of services following the issuance of displacement orders.
• In May, 5,149 out of 97,744 children under five screened by partners were diagnosed with acute malnutrition. In the second half of May, 5.9 per cent of screened children (2,755 out of 46,738) were diagnosed with acute malnutrition and enrolled in treatment programmes, up from 4.7 per cent in the first half of May (2,394 out of 51,006), 4 per cent in April (3,290 out of 83,262), and nearly triple the proportion of children diagnosed with acute malnutrition in February (2.3 per cent or 2,068 out of 88,062). This trend indicates a significant and worsening deterioration in the nutritional status of children.
• In May, 30,423 pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) were screened for malnutrition, of whom 790 enrolled in the management of acute malnutrition programme. This represents an increase of more than 47 per cent compared with April, when 535 women were newly enrolled. Since the beginning of the year, less than 3,300 PBW have been enrolled. The programme requires significant scale-up to reach the roughly 17,000 PBW estimated to require treatment in Gaza. Analysis of screening data reveals a sharp deterioration of the nutrition status of PBW during May. In Deir al Balah, acute malnutrition was detected in 18 per cent of screened PBW, up from 10 per cent in February and 9 per cent in March. In Gaza city, 17 per cent of PBW were diagnosed, compared with 9 per cent in February and 10 per cent in March. In North Gaza, 12 per cent were diagnosed with acute malnutrition, a significant rise from just 2 per cent in each of February and March. There is not enough screening data from Khan Younis and Rafah in this regard.
• Partners continued to provide individual counselling to address infant and young child feeding challenges. In May, a total of 3,676 women received one-to-one counselling on young child feeding practices, including 488 who received lactation support, either in person or through individual online sessions.

Challenges

• Shrinking humanitarian space and access constraints continue to impede malnutrition detection and treatment efforts, while the nutrition situation continues to deteriorate.
• Although limited supplies are entering, ongoing restrictions on the entry of aid and other essentials continue to severely limit the availability of supplies required to implement nutrition programmes.
• Severe food shortages have contributed to frequent looting of nutritional supplies, including LNS-MQ supplements and ready-to-use infant formula that have entered the Strip during the reporting period, further undermining partners’ ability to reach children and PBW in urgent need. According to a recent UNICEF market survey conducted in the second week of May, 49 per cent of vendors expressed concern about the risk of robberies to them or their clients, while 23 per cent feared potential looting.
• The recent UNICEF market survey also showed that most food items essential for children's dietary diversity are either non-existent on the market or prohibitively expensive. Many essential goods have been completely out of stock for two months, including meats and dairy products. The continued unavailability or skyrocketing prices of essential food items are having a severe impact on nutrition, particularly vulnerable groups such as young children and PBW. The lack of dietary diversity compromises nutritional intake, increasing the risk of acute malnutrition and related health complications.
• Partners are reporting a growing number of children with acute malnutrition with complications due to underlying medical conditions such as cleft palate or disabilities, which cannot be treated in the current environment.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Response

• Between 25 May and 7 June, the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) and Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU) reported an average daily water production from public utilities of about 78,000 cubic metres, representing a near 15 per cent drop from the previous reporting period (9 to 22 May). This reflects a continued decline in water supply, a trend observed since the collapse of the ceasefire. The reduction in water production can mainly be attributed to critical shortages in fuel supply, the consequent need to ration existing supplies across accessible groundwater wells, and repeated damage, repairs or maintenance of the Mekorot supply lines. Of the total amount, 20,000 cubic metres was of drinking quality, sourced from seawater and brackish water desalination plants and Mekorot lines. The remaining 58,000 cubic metres came from groundwater wells and was classified as domestic water given its high salinity levels. However, updated estimations indicate that 50 to 80 per cent of the water produced is lost due to leakages caused by damaged distribution networks. The WASH Cluster continues to advocate for the immediate entry of sufficient quantities of fuel, repair materials, and water treatment supplies to enable lifesaving WASH activities and for access to be granted to conduct necessary repairs.
• During the reporting period, on average, 19,000 cubic metres of drinking water and 8,400 cubic metres of domestic water have been distributed daily by 33 WASH partners through water trucking across the Gaza Strip. This represents a 20 per cent and 38 per cent reduction respectively since the previous reporting period.
• Solid Waste collection continues in accessible locations of Gaza city, Khan Younis and Deir al Balah, despite significant challenges in transferring waste to temporary dumping sites.
• On 28 May, marking Menstrual Hygiene Day, WASH partners - together with the Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) and the Health Cluster - launched a Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) campaign. The initiative featured the distribution of MHM and dignity kits, along with interactive engagement sessions (see the health section).
• Following 80 days of a full aid blockade, a three-week supply of chlorine entered the Gaza Strip. The chlorine was utilized by public utilities to disinfect water that is produced and distributed. This marks a critical step towards improving water safety and public health.
• In response to growing public health risks, water quality monitoring has been significantly scaled up across the Gaza Strip. A total of seven field laboratories, operated and supported by seven WASH partners, are now actively conducting water quality testing to ensure safe water access and mitigate the risk of waterborne diseases. This is compared with four laboratories that were operational in previous months.
• WASH partners, supported by more than 1,500 hygiene mobilizers, continued to deliver hygiene promotion activities. During the reporting period, approximately 200 hygiene awareness sessions were conducted, alongside an estimated 80 cleaning awareness campaigns across various locations.
• In southern Gaza, 30 pest and rodent control campaigns were implemented, benefiting over 32,000 people.

Challenges

• Severe fuel shortages are crippling water production and disrupting critical WASH operations, forcing partners to drastically ration limited supplies. Without urgent fuel deliveries, hundreds of groundwater wells may shut down, desalination systems could be permanently damaged, and water trucking may soon cease, threatening public health and increasing the risk of disease outbreaks and social unrest.
• Recurrent interruptions in water supply from the Mekorot supply lines, the Gaza Strip’s primary external water source, continue to undermine access to safe drinking water for hundreds of thousands of residents. These disruptions exacerbate water scarcity, especially in displacement sites where alternative water sources are limited or non-existent.
• The need for new sanitation facilities is urgent, as existing ones are either insufficient or damaged and construction is stalled due to the lack of materials. Over 10,000 sanitation units are currently awaiting entry into the Gaza Strip, leaving thousands of people without access to safe and dignified sanitation.
• Shortages in hygiene kits, including menstrual hygiene supplies, and water containers are undermining efforts to promote basic hygiene practices among displaced people. Without these critical items, vulnerable groups - especially women and children - face heightened risks of infection, poor menstrual hygiene, and a loss of dignity in already dire conditions. Of note, there are significant gaps in reaching over 700,000 women and girls who require access to essential menstrual hygiene supplies across Gaza.
• Stocks of pesticide supplies (including insecticides) are almost completely depleted, severely limiting pest and rodent control efforts. The absence of vector control measures is increasing the risk of disease outbreaks, particularly in overcrowded shelters, where waste accumulation is already a major concern.
• Due to displacement orders and insecurity, key dumping sites like Al-Berka 2, in Deir al Balah, are now inaccessible, forcing solid waste to be redirected to already overwhelmed sites such as Al-Zawayda, in Deir al Balah, which has reached full capacity. At present, several dumping sites have reached full capacity. With limited alternatives and unsafe conditions at remaining sites like Al-Amal and Feras Market, urgent action is needed to secure access, rehabilitate facilities, and protect waste management personnel.

Health

Response

• Between 25 and 31 May over 370,000 medical treatments, consultations and interventions were conducted by 69 Health Cluster partners, providing primary and secondary health services across Gaza.
• As of 10 June, there were 21 Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) in the Gaza Strip: six in Gaza governorate, six in Deir al Balah, eight in Khan Younis and one in Rafah. These include two national EMTs (312 local staff) and 19 international EMTs (55 international staff).
• During the reporting period, UNFPA distributed to six hospitals and four primary health care centres (PHCs) infection, prevention and control (IPC) materials, medical consumables, and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) supplies aimed to support approximately 1,545 people in Gaza city, Deir al Balah, and Khan Younis.
• The Health Cluster’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Working Group (SRH WG), together with GBV AoR, UNFPA and WASH Cluster, published an advocacy brief on the menstrual hygiene crisis in Gaza.
• During the reporting period, WHO conducted a three-day capacity-building workshop on integrated management of child health (IMCH) for 15 health providers. In addition, WHO facilitated training on antenatal and postnatal care guidelines for 21 health providers.

Challenges

• Critical fuel shortages are severely disrupting health services. The Health Cluster warns that nearly 80 per cent (67 out of 85) of health facilities providing lifesaving services, including 17 hospitals, seven field hospitals, and 43 PHCs may soon run out of fuel. This is expected to result in immediate loss of life, particularly among infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), patients in critical care units (CCUs), and other electricity-dependent wards. Hemodialysis services are also expected to cease. Ambulance services and patient referrals are expected to come to a halt, effectively eliminating the critical "golden hour" for trauma care - the crucial first hour after traumatic injury when medical treatment is most likely able to save a person's life - leading to increased mortality rates. Additionally, vaccination services will be disrupted due to cold chain failures.
• Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis is now essentially out of service due to intensified hostilities in its vicinity. Access to the hospital is obstructed, preventing new patients from receiving care, and leading to more preventable deaths. Two emergency medical teams - one national and one international – remain on site, striving to care for the remaining patients with the limited medical supplies remaining on the premises. With the closure of Al-Amal, Nasser Medical Complex is now the only remaining hospital with an intensive care unit in Khan Younis.
• Attacks on health care continue to take place, with 42 incidents reported during May 2025, further disrupting the already fragile health care system, overburdening hospitals that remain partially operational.
• Furthermore, movement restrictions, insecurity and displacement orders are worsening access to health care and hampering the ability of health workers to reach health facilities and provide lifesaving services. Three hospitals, five primary health care centres (PHCs), and 18 medical points are located within 1,000 metres of areas placed under displacement orders on 9 and 10 June 2025.
• As of 11 June, only 37 per cent (213 out of 572) of health facilities remain functional (all partially except one field hospital that is fully functional). These include 17 out of 36 hospitals, seven out of 15 field hospitals, 63 out of 162 PHCs, and 126 out of 359 medical points/mobile clinics.
• The current trauma care pathway continues to face innumerable challenges:
  • There are no hospitals functional, even partially, in North Gaza.
  • The 100 per cent bed occupancy rate (BOR) is being exceeded across all partially functional health facilities and is most critical at Nasser Medical Complex with a 150 per cent BOR, resulting in hospital corridors overflowing with admitted patients in need of emergency care.
  • Emergency Departments (ED), ICUs and Operating Rooms (OR) in the few remaining, partially operational hospitals are functioning with severely deteriorated equipment and surgical sets, alongside a lack of critical equipment, such as portable x-ray machines and anesthesia machines.
  • The main oncology hospital is no longer functional, and oncology drugs have run out, leaving cancer patients in southern Gaza without access to treatment.
  • As of 11 June, only five hemodialysis centres remain functional, compared to nine prior to October 2023. These centers collectively operate 114 dialysis machines, currently serving 684 patients. A critical concern is the Nasser Medical Complex; if this health facility becomes non-operational, then there is no alternative hospital in southern Gaza capable of absorbing its dialysis caseload. This would result in a major disruption to life-sustaining care for a significant number of patients.
  • Acute shortages of consumables, including external and internal fixators, are hampering the ability of medical teams to carry out orthopedics and vascular surgeries. In total, 87 per cent of orthopedic supplies are out of stock.
  • Stocks of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and ethylene are completely depleted, further constraining the capacity to carry out operations, while other vital medicines (such as anesthesia, non-communicable disease medications and IV fluids), lab and surgical consumables are at zero stock. In total, 43 per cent of 271 essential medicines are out of stock. Blood supplies, micro reagents, and blood bank materials are nearly depleted.
  • There is a critical need for parenteral nutrition (intravenous feeding) for the ICU patients and food for patients. Currently, patients admitted in surgical units lack adequate access to nutritious hot meals.

Protection

Response

• Child Protection
  • Between 1 January and 31 May, 6,000 children received case management services – including unaccompanied and separated children (UASC), child survivors of violence (including gender-based violence), and children with conflict-related injuries and disabilities. Moreover, 39 partners provided nearly 132,000 children and 36,000 caregivers with mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services. As of 31 May, community-based awareness-raising activities on Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE), prevention of family separation, and child protection messaging reached about 560,000 people, of whom 24 per cent were children and 64 per cent were caregivers.
  • Between 1 January and 31 May, nearly 1 million people — including 55 per cent children and 45 per cent caregivers — were reached with child protection services, including case management, cash assistance, MHPSS, family tracing and reunification, legal aid, safe shelter and childcare services, family- and community-based alternative care, and referrals to critical medical and nutritional services.
  • Positive parenting in crisis curriculum was also piloted in May 2025, through sessions organized by 10 partners to support caregivers of UASC, benefiting 500 caregivers in Gaza city and North Gaza governorates during the reporting period. During the reporting period, 46 case workers received training to strengthen the capacity of CP frontline staff. On 2 and 4 June, CP AoR organized training sessions for Site Management and WASH actors to promote safe identification and referrals to CP services. In collaboration with health actors, UNICEF facilitated a training session for the Trauma Working Group to ensure that injured children and UASC are promptly referred and receive urgent protection and case management support, particularly in the aftermath of mass casualty incidents. Furthermore, the CP AoR and the Education Cluster have developed a joint strategy to expand community-based child protection and education interventions in Gaza.
• Mine Action – During the reporting period, MA actors delivered two EORE CP package sessions to 116 humanitarian workers (49 women and 67 men). Between 17 and 31 May, MA partners conducted 2,375 EORE sessions for host community members and internally displaced persons (IDPs), reaching a 32,489 people. No new explosive ordnance (EO) incidents were recorded during this period. However, 87 backdated EO-related incidents have been documented since October 2023, which resulted in 33 fatalities and 190 injuries (48 of whom were children). To promote safety and mitigate risks, MA teams conducted four Explosive Hazard Assessments (EHAs) and supported four inter-agency missions, providing technical expertise and contributing to safety during humanitarian missions.
• Gender-Based Violence (GBV) - During the reporting period, dedicated teams from 34 GBV partners, including four hospitals, continued to deliver lifesaving GBV services, throughout the Gaza Strip. Efforts focused on providing survivor-centered GBV case management, cash assistance, individual and group psychosocial support (PSS), and referrals. These services were provided in-person at Women and Girls' Safe Spaces (WGSS) or IDP shelters, and remotely via helplines. Due to recent displacement waves, partners have largely shifted their service delivery to coastal areas, where some GBV partners have recruited additional social workers to meet the increased service demand. To ensure continued, effective support for survivors amid a rapidly shifting operating environment, the GBV referral map for complex cases and the real-time interactive map of WGSS has been updated. Additionally, training sessions continued, reaching 41 case workers.
• Housing, Land and Property Technical Working Group (HLP TWG) finalized and published a one-page fact sheet outlining the types of land ownership in Gaza, aimed to raise awareness and inform programming. Efforts are underway to verify and update the service map of legal aid and HLP service providers active inside Gaza to support improved coordination and referral pathways.
• Legal Task Force (LTF) - During the reporting period, the LTF and its partners continued to provide legal assistance, civil documentation, and legal awareness across Gaza, with a focus on ensuring access for vulnerable groups. During the past 25 days, one partner provided 85 legal awareness sessions in shelters across the Gaza Strip and assisted 60 women in obtaining property documents (legal deeds) through Sharia Court. In collaboration with local justice actors, legal partners have rolled out legal assistance for displaced women in their shelters, enabling lawyers to identify cases, prepare and submit documentation, and coordinate with judges for on-site visits and allowing legal deeds to be processed without requiring women to travel and expose themselves to risk. Meanwhile, some partners petitioned the Israeli High Court demanding the immediate opening of crossings, submitting factual evidence of violations; a decision is pending.
• Between 17 and 29 May, UNRWA's protection teams: 
  • Carried out 31 protection monitoring visits, 30 key informant interviews and 21 focus group discussions in Khan Younis (including Al Mawasi), Deir al Balah and Gaza city.
  • Facilitated referrals to specialized services and distributed in-kind assistance to 306 people, including dignity kits and limited supplies of children's diapers in Deir al Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah.
  • Conducted 85 awareness-raising sessions on CP, EORE, MHPSS and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), reaching 765 women, 611 girls, 72 men and 432 boys.
  • On 26 May and 4 June, a total of 22 Palestinian detainees were released to Gaza from Israeli detention centres, UNRWA's protection team is following up on their long-term needs and will provide support when available.

Challenges

• Ongoing bombardment, displacement orders, and restrictions on the entry of aid and other supplies continue to constrain the ability of partners to deliver critical services. Several partners have been forced to relocate or suspend activities, with the impact being particularly acute in Khan Younis and northern Gaza. During the reporting period, 15 protection centers and safe spaces have suspended activities, affecting 4,000 people. Two WGSS were temporarily closed due to displacement orders in Khan Younis, affecting about 2,000 women. UNRWA's protection activities have also been severely disrupted, with all its protection staff in northern Gaza displaced to Gaza city. GBV services are under immense strain, grappling with staff burnout, surging caseloads, lack of referral options, and critical shortages of protection supplies, including dignity kits.
• Children in Gaza face escalating protection risks and families are increasingly resorting to unsafe survival strategies, including child labour, begging, and the use of children to support informal transport activities, such as riding donkey carts or carrying heavy goods. Partners have also reported a sharp rise in forced child marriage and family separation. The destruction of 20 child-friendly spaces and care facilities has drastically reduced the availability of safe environments for children. Recent child injuries at recently established distribution points underscore emerging and alarming risks for children. Concurrently, health risks are mounting, with rising numbers of respiratory illnesses among children linked to poor shelter conditions, dust, and potential asbestos exposure. A recent comprehensive mapping of MHPSS services revealed critical gaps in support for children with disabilities and children under five.
• Protection monitoring during the reporting period reveal key risks including heightened insecurity, displacement, acute food shortages, exorbitant prices, inadequate shelter, severe medication shortages, limited access to essential non-food items – all contributing to serious physical and mental health consequences. Specific protection concerns were reported for women and girls, including increased risks of GBV, harassment, and intimate partner violence. Older persons and persons with disabilities were particularly at risk due to mobility challenges.

Education

Response

• During the reporting period, 224 Temporary Learning Spaces (TLS) were operational, serving 78,920 learners supported by 2,801 teachers, although the number of functional TLS and learner enrollment continues to fluctuate due to the volatile security situation. This is compared with 570 TLS that were operational during the ceasefire in February, serving 249,000 learners.
• Education Cluster partners continue to implement innovative solutions to address the growing need for education supplies in Gaza. For example, during the reporting period, one Education Cluster partner, in collaboration with implementing partners, distributed 75 furniture sets to TLS. Each set - repurposed from donated wooden pallets - includes one table and four chairs, contributing to dignified and comfortable learning environments. While the number of learners benefiting from this initiative remains limited and significant gaps persist, the aim is to eventually have these temporary measures be replaced by more sustainable solutions once the entry of essential education supplies into Gaza is permitted, ultimately improving safe and dignified learning conditions for all children.
• Education partners are actively pursuing alternative modalities to keep children engaged in learning; for example, UNRWA's distance learning programme remains active, with 294,675 children currently enrolled (152,973 boys and 141,702 girls), including 19,515 children with disabilities. These students are receiving basic education in core subjects such as Arabic, English, mathematics, and science, delivered by 6,762 teachers through remote methods. Additionally, approximately 89,000 students are currently accessing the Ministry of Education’s e-school platform. Prior to the collapse of the ceasefire, enrollment on the platform had reached 270,000 students.

Challenges

• Between 25 May and 7 June, at least 109 TLSs and 117 public schools were placed under displacement orders, forcing partners to temporarily suspend operations. These included: 21 TLS in North Gaza; 16 TLS and 30 public schools in Gaza city; 15 TLS and four public schools in Deir al Balah; 54 TLS and 56 public schools in Khan Younis; and three TLS and 27 public schools in Rafah governorate. After closure of all 186 public schools on 18 March due to insecurity, 16 re-opened at the end of May but 14 closed again; at present, only two public schools remain open across the Gaza Strip, one in Khan Younis and one in Deir al Balah supporting 2,920 learners. The closure of TLS and public schools has disrupted learning, eliminated all in-person learning opportunities for children, and halted children's access to critical services, including MHPSS, social and emotional learning and structured recreational activities to help mitigate the effects of repeated trauma endured by children. In total, since 18 March, a total of 109 TLS and 184 PA schools had closed, either due to displacement orders or deteriorating security conditions, affecting about 130,000 learners and 4,492 teachers.
• Limited funding and limited prospects for mobilizing funds to support teacher incentives continue to constrain the education response. Between 1 and 31 May, 139 TLS closed due to the lack of funding. Education partners also report that there are limited prospects for mobilizing funds to support the provision of financial incentives for teachers, who are currently operating on a voluntary basis. The presence of motivated teachers is essential not only for ensuring meaningful teaching and learning but also for maintaining a safe and protective environment for children.
• Ongoing fuel shortages continue to severely disrupt education in emergency (EiE) response. Partners are unable to transport mobile infrastructure, such as tents, from areas under displacement orders. Staff mobility for monitoring and supervising TLS activities is also significantly constrained. Activities requiring powered equipment, such as group sessions for children using loudspeakers, have been suspended due to the lack of electricity. Access to clean water in TLS is also compromised as fuel shortages prevent water trucking and the operation of pumps for existing wells. Even basic tasks like printing educational materials are stalled due to the inability to run generators.
• During the reporting period, attacks on schools resulted in the loss of life and further deepened the fear and trauma experienced by children, parents, and educators. This has significantly diminished the willingness of communities to engage in EiE activities within school settings. As a result, the Education Cluster continues to face serious challenges in scaling up the response. This is further hampered by ongoing restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid, including essential education supplies needed to establish alternative learning spaces.
• As of 10 June, according to the Ministry of Education (MoE), at least 15,189 students and 681 education personnel have been killed, while 22,851 students and 2,915 education staff have been injured, many with lifelong physical or psychological impacts. These figures underscore the devastating toll the crisis continues to exact on the education system, including students and staff, undermining all efforts to maintain and restore safe learning environments for children.

Shelter

Response

• Between 25 May and 7 June, several Shelter partners pooled available items to jointly distribute emergency shelter kits (ESKs) to approximately 115 families in Gaza city. One partner also distributed a limited number of tents still available in their stocks to families at two displacement sites in Khan Younis and Deir al Balah governorates and helped to establish a new displacement site for 100 families in Al Mawasi. In addition, several partners distributed vouchers to help about 2,100 families in Gaza city in purchasing clothing available in local shops.
• Shelter partners distributed 45 wood-burning mud stoves and firewood to four collective displacement shelters in Gaza city. The intervention aims to support cooking and baking needs of approximately 1,000 displaced families while reducing the hazards and risks associated with unsafe and improvised cooking methods (e.g. burning solid waste).

Challenges

• Most of the shelter items distributed in Gaza, such as tents, have a short lifespan of only three to six months, creating a repetitive cycle of demand for shelter assistance. This is further compounded by repeated waves of forced displacement, often resulting in the loss or abandonment of essential shelter items. As a result, and despite previous aid distributions, unmet shelter needs remain widespread across the Gaza Strip. An estimated 1.1 million people require emergency shelter items, while around 1.1 million people are estimated to require household items, according to the most recent assessment by the Shelter Cluster conducted in June.
• The inability to bring in shelter items through crossings since 2 March and prohibitively expensive shelter items that remain available in limited quantities on the market are further constraining response efforts.
• Ongoing airstrikes targeting displacement sites, repeated displacement orders, and social tensions and unrest have significantly hampered operations. Moreover, many staff members have themselves been displaced, further undermining partners’ response capacities.
• The immense needs far outweigh available resources, complicating prioritization efforts during aid distributions and contributing to tensions within communities.
• Access to people in need in some areas has become increasingly challenging due to the lack of safety and security. Many people have been forced to flee without belongings and have sought shelter in every possible space, including in already overcrowded displacement camps, damaged buildings, streets and open areas, leaving their shelter needs largely unmet.

Logistics

Response

• The Logistics Cluster continues to coordinate with partners to draft the daily truck manifest for submission and approval by the Israeli authorities.
• The Cluster continues to facilitate cargo transport from Jordan to Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem, as well as cargo collection from the crossing inside Gaza on behalf of partners amidst a very high risk of looting. In Jordan, the Cluster consolidation warehouse remains at full capacity, with 7,867 cubic metres of aid in storage.
• Following the Israeli authorities’ approval of storage, Cluster common storage services have been available at two warehouses that remain accessible, one in Deir al Balah and one in Gaza governorate.

Challenges

• The volume of aid transported through the Jordan corridor since 27 May, is especially limited because: only very few organisations are authorised by Israeli authorities to seek approvals; approvals are restricted to specific medical, nutrition, WASH and food items; many organisations face challenges in customs clearances. The entry of cargo through the Egypt and West Bank routes continues to be denied by Israeli authorities.
• Inside Gaza, ongoing military operations, insecurity, and the high risk of looting are severely hampering operations to collect aid, frequently causing collections to be cancelled, re-routed, or significantly delayed. Although Israeli authorities have reauthorised the use of the “fence road”, transport capacity is severely limited by the insufficient number of vetted drivers by Israeli authorities. The “fence road” represents the only route currently available for aid destined to northern Gaza.
• Between 5 and 9 June, Israeli authorities did not authorize cargo manifest and offloads at Kerem Shalom, due to Jewish holidays and citing the congestion of platforms. Approval for manifesting and offloading trucks is contingent upon collections taking place.
• On 28 May, a looting incident at the WFP warehouse in Deir al Balah resulted in the loss of Logistics Cluster assets, including generators, mobile storage units, and prefabricated units.
• On 2 June, Israeli authorities reported a fire incident on the Israeli side of Kerem Shalom platform that possibly damaged approximately 400 pallets. No details have been made available about the cause or organisations affected.
• Following a violent looting incident on 4 June, the Special Transport Association announced the suspension of truck operations until further notice, due to concerns to the safety of drivers. On 9 June, collections recommenced, following direct negotiations between organizations and their own contracted transporters.

• As of 9 June, telecommunications and internet service providers have reported critically low fuel reserves, with accessible supplies expected to be exhausted soon. Without the immediate delivery of fuel and engine oil to operate generators that power key infrastructure, telecommunications services are expected to shut down imminently. This could lead to a complete collapse of telecommunications and internet services, considerably impairing humanitarian coordination, operational continuity, staff safety and the ability of affected people to access lifesaving information and services.
• Telecommunications and internet services remain limited across Gaza due to extensive damage to infrastructure caused by hostilities, compounded by the lack of spare parts and engine oil needed for repair and maintenance.
• Continued restrictions on the entry of aid and other essentials have hindered the import of critically needed ICT equipment. Combined with insufficient funding, this is severely constraining ETC's ability to deliver services needed to support humanitarian operations and access to life-saving information in Gaza.

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11 juni 2025

As a Palestinian, I recognize the familiar patterns of state violence, surveillance, and systematic criminalization of those who dare to rise against injustice. What’s happening to my friend and comrade Nick Tilsen — an Oglala Lakota leader, father, mentor, and president of NDN Collective — is not an isolated event. It is a direct continuation of America’s legacy of targeting Indigenous leaders who challenge colonized, white supremacist systems.

This is bigger than just Nick.

Nick is being targeted with charges rooted in political suppression — including the dangerous application of SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) lawsuits and the RICO Act, both of which are increasingly used to silence and dismantle grassroots movements. These are not just legal tools; they are weapons used to criminalize dissent and bankrupt those courageous enough to lead the charge for justice.

NDN Collective, a powerful Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building global Indigenous power, now finds itself under attack. Their work threatens the status quo — and so, the system responds in the only way it knows how: with repression, surveillance, and persecution.

Let’s be clear. This isn’t about one man or one organization. It’s about our collective right to resist.

In Rapid City, the numbers speak louder than any courtroom argument. Indigenous people make up just under 10% of the population. Yet, they accounted for 60% of fatal police encounters in 2024 alone. Every single person killed by Rapid City Police in the last three years was Indigenous.

Let that sink in!

Between 2022 and 2023, Rapid City Police made over 71,000 arrests, nearly 45,000 of them were Indigenous. These are not just statistics. They are stories of families broken, communities traumatized, and lives stolen. They are reflections of a system that treats Indigenous presence as a threat, and Indigenous power as a crime.

NDN Collective has been demanding a federal investigation into this for over three years. Instead of accountability, they’ve been met with retaliation.

Nick Tilsen is being framed as a criminal when what he truly is — and has always been — is a protector. A protector of land, people, culture, and future generations. He is a spiritual helper, a son of his Nation, a guide for so many young people stepping into their own power. To try and diminish him with indictments and courtrooms is not just an attack on him; it’s an attack on the future of Indigenous resistance and collective liberation.

As a Palestinian, I stand with Nick because I see my people in his people, over-policed, under-protected, and always portrayed as the aggressor when all we’ve ever done is survive and resist.

Let us remember: colonizers have always tried to define our leaders as dangerous, to turn those who protect the people into enemies of the state. But we will not be silenced. We will not be criminalized out of our truth.

This is a fight for our constitutional and human rights. It is a fight for movement leaders, organizations, and the sacred right to speak out against oppression. If they can do this to Nick, they can, and will, do it to anyone who dares to lead.

Nick’s legacy is not up for debate. They will not define it. We will.

We are all on trial as Indigenous people, as colonized people, as movement leaders — but we are not alone. Our solidarity is our strength. Email immediately the Pennington County State's Attorney’s office asking them to drop the charges: Phone: (605) 394-2191 Or Email: sao_all@pennco.org and larar@pennco.org

In Solidarity,

Sandra Tamari
Executive Director
Adalah Justice Project

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11 juni 2025

From Palestine to Los Angeles.

Email Congress: Support the Block the Bombs Act.

Join us in the streets.

What we're reading: “A striking collapse in perception for Israel around the world.”

Israel’s far-right government is spending more than ever before on public relations, showing just how isolated it has become.

“The growing marketing costs for Israeli brands, provided to Drop Site by internal whistleblowers at Meta, put specific numbers on the increasing toxicity of Israel’s international reputation.”

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11 juni 2025

Peru has taken a bold and unprecedented step by advancing a genocide case—filed by the Hind Rajab Foundation—into the hands of its Human Rights Prosecutor, moving from jurisdictional review to evidence examination. This marks the start of a criminal investigation into a soldier’s role in the systematic destruction of Palestinian life in Gaza. It’s a critical breakthrough, proving that states can act decisively against atrocity crimes—and that the genocide in Gaza is now being confronted through legal means.

Read the full press release below.

Lima, 11 June 2025 — The Republic of Peru has formally assigned the genocide case filed by the HRF against an Israeli soldier to its Human Rights Prosecutor’s Office, transitioning the case from jurisdictional review to the preliminary investigative phase.

This procedural step confirms that the Peruvian Public Ministry is now examining the evidence submitted, rather than assessing whether it has the authority to proceed. In practical terms, the case has entered the early stages of criminal investigation, under the framework of Peru’s obligations under the Rome Statute and international humanitarian law.

The complaint—submitted by human rights lawyer Julio César Arbizu González on behalf of the Hind Rajab Foundation—concerns the actions of a combat engineering soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces. The individual is alleged to have taken part in the destruction of civilian neighborhoods and infrastructure in Gaza, as part of broader military operations conducted by the Combat Engineering Corps, a unit repeatedly linked to mass demolitions and targeted attacks on protected civilian objects.

“This development signals a clear shift: Peru is now reviewing the substance of the case,” said Dyab Abou Jahjah, Chairman of the Hind Rajab Foundation.

“This is not about theoretical jurisdiction—it is about the facts, the evidence, and accountability for the crimes committed in Gaza.”

By assigning the case to its specialized human rights prosecution unit, Peru has taken an important step toward ensuring that allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity are given appropriate legal scrutiny. The move reflects growing recognition that the scale and nature of the destruction in Gaza requires legal response—not only political commentary.

The Hind Rajab Foundation has compiled hundreds of case files targeting members of the Israeli Combat Engineering Corps, and is currently submitting these in multiple jurisdictions. The Peruvian case is among the first to reach this stage of official prosecutorial examination.

This step does not resolve the case, but it demonstrates that legal systems can be engaged, and that claims concerning grave violations of international law in Gaza are beginning to receive the attention they warrant.

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1461.

11 juni 2025

Laten we eisen dat Nederland actie onderneemt voor het internationaal recht.
We kunnen niet verzaken en niet verslappen. Juist nu, nu de verwoesting en verhongering voortduurt en de wereld moe wordt van het kijken, moeten wij standvastig blijven. Het recht mag nooit buigen voor macht, en ons mededogen mag nooit wijken voor gemak.

Elke stem, elke stap, elke aanwezigheid telt.Ik hoop van harte u te zien op het Malieveld in Den Haag, zondag 15 juni!

Met strijdbare groet,

Jan Pronk
Raad van Advies The Rights Forum

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11 juni 2025

Today's headlines

Why the Freedom Flotilla matters to us in Gaza

We called it the Gaza Sea even though it is part of the Mediterranean, because Israel isolated us from the world and made us believe that it was unreachable. The Freedom Flotilla tryed to break that spell.

Dartmouth students launch hunger strike in support of Gaza

Students at Dartmouth College have launched a hunger strike to demand that the school divest from Israel and lift the suspension of a student activist.

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This week, we look at the continuing immigration protests in Los Angeles, and why the local police are pushing back against United States President Donald Trump’s deployment of federal forces in the California city.

The past week saw activists from around the world on board the Madleen ship attempt to break Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza to deliver critical aid to the besieged Palestinian enclave. They were stopped, but who is Madleen — Gaza’s first and only fisherwoman who inspired the name of the vessel? Read on to find out.

We also followed the school shooting in the southern Austrian city of Graz, in which 11 people - including the shooter - have died.

1458.

10 juni 2025

As the Freedom Flotilla defies Israel’s blockade and a historic March to Gaza begins this week, people across the world are mobilizing to break the siege and end the genocide. These courageous efforts make one thing clear: we need to escalate the global arms embargo movement now.

That’s why a new report released this week is so urgent. It reveals that Maersk, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, is a key facilitator of the F-35 fighter jets that Israel has been using throughout the genocide.

Between 2019 and 2025, Maersk transported half of all known F-35 wing shipments—including every F-35 delivered to Israel since at least March 2022.

The company has also shipped weapons components to Israeli military contractors like Elbit Systems, making it complicit in war crimes.

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10 juni 2025

Het kan je haast niet zijn ontgaan dat ook nu de Gaza Freedom Flotilla de eindhaven niet heeft mogen halen. Door de aanwezigheid van een lid van het Europese Parlement en een wereldberoemde activiste durfde Israël dit keer het schip niet te beschieten zoals vorige maand met de Conscience, of de bemanning te vermoorden zoals met de Mavi Marmara 10 jaar geleden. De media zien alleen de helden, steeds meer mensen zien de zaak.

In de context van het toenemende verzet en de blijvende onwil van regeringen om de genocide te stoppen roept de BNC tot sancties en embargo's tegen Israël. En roepen wij samen met OxfamNovib en anderen op aanstaande zondag nog luider en in nog groteren getale te eisen dat de regering een streep zet onder haar medeplichtigheid aan apartheid en genocide.

Een strijdbare groet van het docP team; blijf BDS-en!

Kom voor de Rode Lijn!

Op as. zondag 15 juni organiseren we met OxfamNovib en andere partners – een maand na de eerste demonstratie met meer dan 100.000 deelnemers – een nieuwe mars. Het kabinet kan demissionair zijn, het moet handelen. Elke dag van niet handelen is meer kwaadaardige steun en kost meer dode kinderen en volwassenen

Als BDS beweging stellen wij onze eisen op één lijn met de eisen van met het Internationaal Gerechtshof ...Zie verder hiervoor onze site

Stop Israël voor het te laat is voor de Palestijnen en de mensheid

Israël schendt het internationaal recht en kaapt wederrechtelijk de Madleen, een boot die symbolische humanitaire hulp vervoert naar de 2,3 miljoen Palestijnen in Gaza die gedwongen honger lijden en zich verzetten tegen de voortdurende Amerikaans-Israëlische genocide. De BDS-beweging veroordeelt de criminele aanval van Israël en de ontvoering van de 12 activisten aan boord. Als het niet gestopt wordt, zal Israël zijn “definitieve oplossing” van het uithongeren van Palestijnen in Gaza doorvoeren...Zie verder onze site.

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10 juni 2025

Readers’ Recommendations

• EU stands up against Netanyahu: From a change in tone to possible sanctions ! (Le Monde, English) 

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10 juni 2025

Today's headlines

Fighting state violence from Gaza to Los Angeles

Ahmad Ibsais

Israel's attacks on the Madleen aid mission to Gaza and the repression of the anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles represent the same imperial logic: any challenge to injustice will be met with state violence.

Israel’s gangsters in Gaza

Abdaljawad Omar

Israel has long used undercover forces posing as Palestinians to sow strife. Today, it is using this strategy again in Gaza in the form of the gangs taking control over humanitarian aid. The goal is to fragment and dismember Palestinian society.

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9 juni 2025

Readers’ Recommendations

= Israel intercepts Gaza-bound aid ship, detaining Greta Thunberg and other prominent activists (CNN)

= Aid will be too late when famine hits Gaza, warns UNICEF (RTE)

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9 juni 2025

Feeding Palestinians Facing Man-Made Famine Is Not a Crime—Abducting Those Who Try Is

Last night, Israeli forces abducted 12 unarmed civilians, including a member of the European Union’s Parliament, who were on the Madleen to deliver desperately needed food, baby formula, and medical aid to Gaza. The ship was sailing in international waters, fully compliant with maritime and humanitarian law, when it was violently seized in a blatant act of piracy and state aggression.

This was not just an attack on international law or human rights activists; this was an escalation in Israel’s campaign of deliberate, systematic starvation. It has been well over 4 months of Gaza being strangled, with over two million people being held under a complete siege and denied food, clean water, medical supplies, and fuel since March. Children are dying not only from airstrikes but from malnutrition, dehydration, and preventable illnesses caused by the engineered collapse of Gaza’s healthcare and food systems.

The Madleen was a slight flicker of humanity in a landscape of relentless devastation caused by Israel in partnership with the U.S. Its mission was both urgent and profoundly simple: to deliver life-saving aid and send a message where governments have failed, where international institutions have fallen silent, and where Israel’s blockade has made even the right to survive a battleground. For daring to bring food to a population deliberately starved by a man-made famine; for daring to affirm the value of Palestinian life where the world has looked away—they were abducted. Criminalized not for causing any harm, but for having the courage to attempt to save lives.

This is not an isolated incident but a clear tactic of war. The Israeli government is weaponizing hunger, and the United States is enabling it. By continuing to fund and arm this regime, and by using its veto power to shield it from accountability at the UN, the U.S. has been an active participant in one of the most egregious humanitarian crises of our time.

We demand the immediate release of all those abducted and an end to the blockade that is starving Palestinians in Gaza. We urge global leaders, institutions, and people of conscience to speak out and take immediate action. Starvation is a calculated tool of genocide—and Israel is wielding it with impunity. As the occupying power, Israel is legally obligated under international law to facilitate and permit the entry of humanitarian aid to the civilian population it controls. Instead, it has done the opposite: blocking aid, bombing distribution centers, and now abducting those attempting to deliver life-saving supplies.

Israel has caused unimaginable harm, broken virtually every human rights law, and committed some of the most egregious war crimes in modern history, all while facing no real consequences. The question must be asked: When will it be enough? How many people need to starve, how much more of Gaza needs to be reduced to rubble, how many medics and journalists need to be targeted and murdered, and how many aid workers must disappear before the world’s governments act?

The world must end its tolerance for Israel’s crimes and enforce the very laws it claims to uphold.

The blood of Palestinians is on the hands of every world leader, every government, and every individual who refuses to see the gravity of what is unfolding. Genocide does not happen in a vacuum. It is enabled by those who look away, by those who issue empty statements while continuing to fund, arm, and shield the perpetrators. To remain neutral is to choose the side of those who would rather see children starve than allow Palestinians the right to live.

In solidarity,
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action

Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization advocating for legislation supporting the human rights of the Palestinian people and endorsing candidates for office who support those rights.

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8 juni 2025

Today's headlines

After slow divestment, Canada’s Scotiabank quietly reinvests in Israel’s genocide

For almost two years, activists across Canada have been demanding that Scotiabank divest from Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. Despite a commitment to 'incremental divestment', the bank has slowly been reinvesting in Elbit.

Will Trump’s waffling lead to an escalation with Iran?

A continued a stream of contradictory news stories on the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal negotiations have been flying back and forth for days. Iran hasn't yet abandoned the deal, despite what headlines say, but Trump's waffling could prove disastrous.

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8 juni 2025

We, refusers, do not talk as much about our emotional struggles following our decisions to refuse to join the army. I wanted the focus on my message: a stop to the endless occupation. I also felt guilty admitting I was struggling because I felt that I could not complain or pity myself while there are Palestinians who suffer in Israeli military prisons and under the occupation.

In solidarity,
Mattan Helman,
Director Refuser Solidarity Network 

1450.

7 juni 2025

Israel threatens to attack aid ship headed for Gaza

This week, a dozen activists, including Greta Thunberg, set sail in the Madleen, a small ship loaded with food and medical aid, destined for Gaza. The Israeli government has already threatened to attack the vessel if it attempts to reach Gaza, making clear its willingness to target even nonviolent humanitarian missions. The Madleen carries crutches, which the Israeli government has refused to allow into Gaza, along with baby formula, and a 3D-printed prosthetic limb for a child, among other aid. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition has a live tracker on their website where you can follow the ship’s location.

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We also learned that Israel has been arming and protecting a criminal gang led by Yasser Abu Shabab, which has been looting aid shipments and reportedly assisting Israeli military operations. The group’s violence has deepened the crisis for civilians, sowing fear and instability in areas where people are already fighting to survive. Members of Abu Shabab’s own family issued a public statement denouncing him and calling for his execution. We ran an important exposé yesterday that examines the Hamas unit created during the war to fight this group, and we show how Abu Shabab is implicated in Israel's plan to use aid as bait to lure Palestinians into concentration camps in Rafah ahead of their forcible displacement. These revelations make it impossible to pretend that the humanitarian disaster in Gaza is a byproduct of war. It is part of the Israeli government’s strategy to forcibly displace the population, and it's using aid and local collaborators to implement it.

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Our reporting documented the total erasure of a Palestinian Bedouin community in the West Bank following violent settler attacks; another massacre at a U.S.-run aid distribution center in Gaza; and the Israeli government’s announcement of 22 new illegal settlements as it moves to formalize annexation of the West Bank. We also published a personal profile of Leqaa Kordia, a Columbia University student imprisoned for her pro-Palestine activism, and a particularly odious former U.S. State Department spokesperson acknowledged that Israel committed war crimes in Gaza while he lied about it in briefings.

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David Reed, Publisher

Must Read: Inside the Hamas unit fighting Israeli-armed gangs that loot aid and facilitate displacement in Gaza

Faris Giacaman & Tareq Hajjaj: Netanyahu admits Israel is arming gangs and clan members in Gaza to counter Hamas's influence, and new evidence shows Israel is using them to loot aid and implement its displacement plan. In response, the Hamas government set up the “Arrow Unit.”

Palestinian Hamas police officers begin working to maintain security and order during the ceasefire with Israel, Gaza City, January 20, 2025. (Photo: Hadi Daoud/APA Images)

Catch-up

=Qassam Muaddi: After being forced out of their homes by violent Israeli settlers, the Bedouin community of Maghayer al-Deir joins a growing list of Palestinian Bedouins whose villages have been taken over by settlers since October 7, 2023.

=In the face of genocide and global inaction, the Gaza Tribunal recognizes that the challenge of justice falls to people, to legitimate resistance, to acts of solidarity, to civil society, to social movements, and to people of conscience everywhere.

=Tareq Hajjaj: The Israeli army has killed over 100 Palestinians at the U.S.-run aid distribution centers in Gaza in under two weeks. By now, it follows a predictable script, either denying the massacre or claiming soldiers fired on “suspicious” individuals.

=Qassam Muaddi: Israel’s decision last week to create 22 new settlements in the West Bank was reported as somewhat uneventful news in the media. The reality is, however, that it’s the latest in a series of moves to cement Israeli control of the occupied territory.

=The Trump administration has imprisoned several students over their activism for Palestine. Their names are known to us.

=Former State Department spokesman Matthew Miller says Israel has ‘without doubt’ committed war crimes in Gaza. During his tenure under Biden, Miller had become representative of the administration’s defense of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

 Tareq Hajjaj: Another U.S.-run aid center was the site of a massacre in southern Gaza after Israeli forces opened fire on civilians. “The Americans and Israelis set a huge trap for us to lure us here and kill us,” an eyewitness told Mondoweiss.

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7 juni 2025

Today's headlines

Inside the Hamas unit fighting Israeli-armed gangs that loot aid and facilitate displacement in Gaza

Tareq S. Hajjaj

Netanyahu admits Israel is arming gangs and clan members in Gaza to counter Hamas's influence, and new evidence shows Israel is using them to loot aid and implement its displacement plan. In response, the Hamas government set up the “Arrow Unit.”

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6 juni 2025

Als beweging hebben we net een bemoedigende overwinning gehaald die we met jullie willen delen.

Een strijdbare groet van het docP team; blijf BDS-en! 

Eye filmmuseum zegt conferentie Israëlische cybersecurity firma af

Filmmuseum Eye in Amsterdam heeft een cybersecurity evenement van een Israelische firma, dat bij hen zou plaatsvinden, afgeblazen.

We hebben waardering voor Eye Filmmuseum dat donderdagochtend een principiële beslissing heeft genomen. As. woensdag 11 juni zou in hun gebouwen conferentie van de Israelische cybersecurity firma CyberArk plaatsvinden. Dat bedrijf heeft stevige banden met de Israëlische krijgsmacht en profileert zich in Israël ook als uitgesproken zionistisch.

Zodra we het hoorden hebben we contact gezocht met mensen binnen Eye, die intern zijn gaan mobiliseren en vragen stellen. Met het onderzoeksmateriaal dat hen is aangereikt en de dreiging van publieke actie, heeft Eye na een paar dagen besloten niet door te gaan met het evenement en de organisator daarvan op de hoogte te brengen.

Eye schrijft zelf: "Door de aard van een bedrijf als CyberArk, dat links heeft met  het Israëlische leger (IDF), blijkt de verhuur van het gebouw aan een organisatie als deze onaanvaardbare gevolgen te hebben voor Eye. Dit raakt aan de identiteit van Eye als culturele organisatie."

Dit is een overwinning voor de werkers en voor BDS.

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6 juni 2025

Today's headlines

The People vs. The Abyss: The Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Tribunal

In the face of genocide and global inaction, the Tribunal recognizes that the challenge of justice falls to people, to legitimate resistance, to acts of solidarity, to civil society, to social movements, and to people of conscience everywhere.

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6 juni 2025

De oproep van de Nederlandse bevolking aan de politiek is duidelijk: stop alle vormen van steun aan Israël zolang het doorgaat met zijn genocidale beleid.

Deze maand spreken wereldleiders in Parijs over de erkenning van de staat Palestina. Nu Wilders weg is, zijn er voor Nederland geen obstakels meer om eindelijk deze stap te zetten.

Nederland heeft nog de kans om zich aan de juiste kant van de geschiedenis te scharen. Het is nú tijd voor een ander Israël-Palestinabeleid.

Uiteraard zal The Rights Forum in aanloop naar de nieuwe Tweede Kamerverkiezingen diverse activiteiten organiseren en artikelen wijden aan de standpunten van de verschillende partijen met betrekking tot Israël en Palestina. Houd daarvoor deze nieuwsbrief, onze website en socials in de gaten. 

Wij strijden tegen oorlogsmisdaden, annexatie, bezetting en onderdrukking. Helpt u mee?

Nee, ik steun The Rights Forum niet. TRF is een anti-sanctie verradersclub, die in elk geval met Israël bevriend wil blijven, hoe dan ook!

Rode Lijn | Op 15 juni gaat Nederland opnieuw de straat op

Deze week kondigden wij aan dat Nederland op zondag 15 juni opnieuw een Rode Lijn trekt in Den Haag. Tégen de Israëlische genocide in Gaza en tégen de medeplichtigheid van de Nederlandse regering.

Dat doen wij in navolging van de massale demonstratie op 18 mei, toen we met meer dan 100 duizend Nederlanders en 97 maatschappelijke organisaties een Rode Lijn dwars door Den Haag trokken.

De boodschap aan de regering was niet te missen: grijp in! En schiet op, want er voltrekt zich onder onze ogen een genocide.

Maar het kabinet heeft niet geluisterd en niet geleverd. Volgens de coalitiepartijen lag dat aan de PVV. Die partij is nu weg en dus niet langer een excuus.

Daarom komen we zondag 15 juni terug om een rode lijn te trekken die zó massaal is en zó veel (inter)nationale aandacht trekt dat hij niet meer te negeren valt.

Sluit je aan en schrijf je in.
En roep iedereen op hetzelfde te doen.Vrijwilligers gezocht!
Om deze dag opnieuw veilig, krachtig en georganiseerd te laten verlopen, hebben we jouw hulp hard nodig. We zoeken vrijwilligers voor:

• Sfeerbeheer op het Malieveld en langs de route (crowd control, rust bewaren, mensen welkom heten)
• Opbouw en afbouw van het podium

Is dit iets voor jou? Meld je dan aan via deze link.

Israël breidt bezet gebied uit met 22 nieuwe nederzettingen

Israël gaat in bezet Palestijns gebied nog eens 22 nederzettingen bouwen. Het besluit brengt de Israëlische annexatie van de Palestijnse Westelijke Jordaanoever een stap dichterbij terwijl het de internationaal bepleite tweestatenoplossing verder uit zicht brengt. Bij de aankondiging van de plannen verklaarden de Israëlische ministers Yisrael Katz (Defensie) en Bezalel Smotrich (Financiën) expliciet dat een van de doelen van deze uitbreiding is om de oprichting van een Palestijnse staat te voorkomen.

Veel Israëlische nederzettingen beginnen als ‘outpost’: een verzameling caravans of noodwoningen die door de Israëlische autoriteiten van voorzieningen en infrastructuur worden voorzien en zo kunnen uitgroeien tot complete dorpen die later ‘gelegaliseerd’ worden. © Israel by Blake-Ezra Cole / Alamy

Wassen neus

Ondanks deze nieuwe stap in de annexatie van Palestijns gebied blijven Israëls internationale bondgenoten zoals Nederland, Duitsland en de VS vasthouden aan de tweestatenoplossing. Maar zonder een vinger uit te steken als Israël stappen neemt om die onmogelijk te maken, zoals nu opnieuw het geval is, is dat weinig waard.

Sinds het begin van de bezetting in 1967 heeft Israël in Oost-Jeruzalem en op de Westoever al 160 nederzettingen gebouwd, waar inmiddels ten minste 870 duizend kolonisten wonen. Het grondgebied van de Palestijnen is hierdoor teruggebracht tot dichtbevolkte, stedelijke enclaves.

Ook de nieuwe aankondiging van de bouw van 22 nederzettingen, met als expliciet doel het bestendigen van de bezetting en onmogelijk maken van de tweestatenoplossing, leverde geen veroordeling of maatregelen op van Nederland en de EU. Het tekent het schizofrene beleid van veel westerse landen, dat in de praktijk neerkomt op steun voor verdere Israëlische kolonisatie.

Deze week op onze website

Nederland heeft de plicht om in te grijpen in Gaza !!!

Volkenrechtdeskundigen vertellen de Tweede Kamer dat Nederland bij een ‘ernstig risico op genocide’ moet handelen om die te voorkomen. Wat betreft Gaza kwam dat risico in januari 2024 vast te staan, maar Nederland deed niets en laat de genocide zich voltrekken.

Documentaire | The Settlers op NPO 3

Verder uit onze agenda
zaterdag 7 juni t/m zaterdag 14 juni

Demonstraties en wakes
• Wake op zaterdag 7 juni in Groningen, Waagplein (13.00 uur)
• Wake op zaterdag 7 juni in Maastricht, Markt, bij het standbeeld van J.P. Minckelers (16.00 uur)
• Stil protest van gate48 - de organisatie van kritische Israëli's in Nederland op zondag 8 juni in Amsterdam, 't Spui (17.00 uur)
• Demonstratie 'End the starvation: Let aid into Gaza' op zondag 8 juni in Rotterdam, Schouwburgplein (15.00 uur)
• Sit-in rijksambtenaren op donderdag 12 juni in Den Haag, Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijnstraat 8 (12.00 uur)
• Wekelijks protest tegen de genocide op de Palestijnen op donderdag 12 juni in Zaandam, bij de ingang van het station (17.30 uur)
• Demonstratie 'Stop met het exporteren van honden naar het bezettingsleger' op zaterdag 14 juni in Oss, Sterrebos 2 (14.30 uur)

Culturele evenementen
• Benefietavond voor Palestijnen in Nijmegen en hun families in Gaza op zaterdag 7 juni in Nijmegen, De Klinker (18.00 uur)
• Documentaire ‘Israël en de Palestijnen: de weg naar 7 oktober’ deel 1 op woensdag 11 juni op NPO 2 (22.20 uur)
• Filmvertoning 'As The Poet Said' op donderdag 12 juni in Utrecht, Universiteit Utrecht, Kromme Nieuwegracht 80 (17.15 uur)
• Literaire avond over Susan Abulhawa en de roman Ochtend in Jenin op donderdag 12 juni in Rotterdam, Leeszaal West, Rijnhoutplein 3 (Maaltijd om 18.00 uur, lezing vanaf 19.00 uur)
• Symposium 'Justitia and Leviathans: The Struggle for the International Rule of Law' op vrijdag 13 juni in Heerlen, Open Universiteit Heerlen, Pretoriagebouw (12.30 uur)
• Literaire avond 'Writing as Resistance' op vrijdag 13 juni in Amsterdam, De Nieuwe Liefde, Da Costakade 102 (20.00 uur)
• Fundraiser en cultureel evenement voor Palestina op zaterdag 14 juni in Utrecht, Kabul à GoGo (15.00 uur)

Bekijk hier de hele agenda

1446.

5 juni 2025

Rep. Delia Ramirez Just Introduced the Block the Bombs Act. It’s Past Time for Every Elected Official to Cut Off U.S. Military Aid to Israel

On June 1st, the Madleen (a ship organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition) departed from Catania, Italy, carrying unarmed civilians and life-saving humanitarian aid to Palestinians trapped in Gaza. On board are parliamentarians, journalists, lawyers, and human rights defenders, risking their lives to deliver food, medicine, and baby formula to a population deliberately starved by an occupying power.

They are taking this risk because Israel’s man-made famine, mass displacement, and ongoing genocide are not up for debate. But they are sailing into danger because Israel has made clear that even humanitarian aid is a target.

WE NEED YOU TO TAKE TWO URGENT ACTIONS TODAY:

1. Tell your Members of Congress to support the Block the Bombs Act. No more U.S. weapons for war crimes. No more enabling genocide.

2. Demand they speak out now to protect the Freedom Flotilla and humanitarian aid to Gaza. Nobody should be targeted for delivering OR seeking food.

Last month, Israeli forces attacked another Freedom Flotilla vessel and, in the past week alone, they’ve bombed food distribution points in Gaza twice, turning aid lines into sites of mass death. Israel has blocked nearly all aid since March, and continues to decimate whatever remains of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure with full U.S. support.

Since October 2023, Israel has used U.S.-supplied bombs, artillery, and tank rounds to kill well over 62,614 Palestinians (a very conservative estimate), destroy hospitals, schools, and places of worship, and forcibly displace over 90% of Gaza’s population. Now, with Trump’s backing, Netanyahu’s government is doubling down on its genocide, intensifying the famine that’s starving Palestinians and continuing the relentless slaughter of civilians.

That’s why the Block the Bombs Act, introduced today by Rep. Delia Ramirez, is urgent and necessary. It would finally cut off the most lethal offensive weapons, many of which have been used to massacre civilians in Gaza. This is a crucial step toward ending U.S. complicity in genocide—cutting off the greenlighting and bankrolling of mass atrocities—and reclaiming Congress’s power to stop them.

We are far beyond the time for symbolic gestures. This is a human catastrophe made possible by U.S. backing. The people of Gaza are not collateral damage. Humanitarian aid is not a threat. And silence and neutrality in this moment are nothing but betrayal of the highest form.

Every single American needs to be flooding the offices of our elected officials right now. We will be remembered for what we chose to ignore or for what we chose to fight for.

In solidarity,
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action

1445.

5 juni 2025

Right now we have a historic opportunity to proactively block the U.S. government from sending some of the worst-offender weapons to Israel used to carry out atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza.

This morning, progressives in Congress held a press conference to announce the new Block the Bombs Act. Introduced by Congresswoman Delia Ramirez, along with Representatives Sara Jacobs, Pramila Jayapal, and Mark Pocan, the bill would stop the Trump administration from sending major U.S. weapons to Israel, including bombs, tank rounds, and artillery shells. This is the first time that Congress has ever tried to proactively halt weapons to Israel.

Since October 2023, the U.S. government under Presidents Biden and Trump has sent more than $30 billion in weapons to Israel to fuel its war crimes and genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Now twenty months later, at least 54,000 Palestinians have been brutally murdered, including over 18,000 children, with thousands more maimed and still missing under the rubble.

Israel is now entering the final phase of its ethnic cleansing project in Gaza as it threatens to re-launch its ground invasion and flatten all remaining structures. Since March alone, the Israeli military has killed more than 4,200 Palestinians. Two million Palestinians are currently being intentionally starved as Israel prevents the entry of live-saving aid. On May 20, the UN warned that over 14,000 babies could die within 48 hours because of Israel’s blockade on aid.

None of this is possible without the backing of the United States. Our government has the power to stop the genocide now by stopping the flow of weapons to Israel.

The majority of Americans across party lines want a ceasefire and for our government to stop sending weapons to Israel. This legislation is a critical step in the right direction, and we must demand that our elected officials take urgent action to save as many lives as possible. Every single member of Congress should join the Block the Bombs Act - no excuses.

With determination,

Alia El-Assar
Director of Media Organizing
Adalah Justice Project

1444.

5 juni 2025

The U.S. Has Once Again Vetoed a Ceasefire – Cementing Its Role as Israel’s Primary Enabler

Yesterday, the United States stood alone, again, as the sole veto on a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. With this vote, the U.S. has once more chosen to shield an apartheid regime rather than uphold international law, human rights, or even the bare minimum of humanitarian decency.

This pattern is nothing new. President Biden’s administration cast at least four vetoes between 2023 and 2024 to block global calls for a ceasefire, isolating the U.S. on the world stage. Now, under the Trump administration, the same policy continues—proving this is not about party lines, but strictly about the U.S.’s commitment to politically and financially backing Israel’s genocide.

Every time the United States vetoes a resolution like this, what it’s doing is voting to continue genocide against the Palestinian people. To prolong and exacerbate Israel’s man-made famine. To enable the torture, starvation, and mass murder of Palestinians using our tax dollars.

But here’s the thing: not only is the U.S. bankrolling genocide and shielding it at the UN—it is an active participant in it. U.S. mercenaries are operating on the ground, running death marches masked as aid distribution sites. The so-called “safe zones” and “humanitarian corridors” have become killing fields—coordinated with U.S. oversight, stamped with U.S. weapons, and soaked in Palestinian blood.

Ambassador Dorothy Shea’s so-called “explanation” for the veto is both dishonest and indefensible. She claimed the resolution would “jeopardize ongoing negotiations” and lacked “necessary condemnation” of Hamas. But let’s be clear: There is no legitimate negotiation that justifies blocking food, medicine, and fuel from 2.3 million Palestinians who are being deliberately starved and bombed. There is no valid reason to veto a call to stop the killing when well over 62,614 Palestinians have already been slaughtered, and famine is being used as a weapon of war.

While most of the world moves toward accountability and justice, even if only symbolically, the U.S. continues to deepen its moral and legal isolation. This veto, and every veto that came before it and will come after it, is a statement that the U.S. government values its strategic alliance with a violent apartheid regime more than it values international law, civilian lives, or its own integrity. That is a stain history will not forget.

We demand an end to U.S. military aid to Israel, an end to U.S. vetoes protecting war criminals, and an immediate, permanent ceasefire.

In solidarity,
American Muslims for Palestine 

American Muslims for Palestine
6404 Seven Corners Place Ste N | Falls Church, Virginia 22044
703.534.3032 | info@ampalestine.org

1443.

5 juni 2025

Op 18 mei trokken we met 100.000 mensen een massale Rode Lijn door Den Haag. We eisten actie tegen de genocide in Gaza. Maar premier Schoof reageerde nietszeggend. Dat accepteren we niet.

Nederland moet nú alles doen om het geweld te stoppen. Demissionair of niet – wij eisen concrete stappen. Daarom gaan we opnieuw de straat op. Want als de politiek wegkijkt, zorgen wij ervoor dat ze niet meer om ons heen kunnen.

IK KOM OOK

Nederland is medeplichtig aan Israëls genocide. Onze regering levert wapens, houdt de grenzen open voor militaire onderdelen en kijkt weg bij schokkende schendingen van het internationaal recht. Terwijl kinderen sterven in Gaza, houdt onze politiek vol dat ze "bezorgd" zijn – maar echte actie blijft uit.

Samen kunnen we de politiek onder druk zetten. Als we massaal samenkomen, laten we zien dat Nederland een land is dat staat voor het internationaal recht en voor medemenselijkheid. We gaan door tot onze klere leiders eindelijk de Rode Lijn trekken en de Nederlandse medeplichtigheid stopt.

IK TREK EEN RODE LIJN 

Deze demonstratie is onderdeel van een wereldwijde beweging die opkomt voor gerechtigheid en mensenrechten. In steden over de hele wereld staan mensen op tegen genocide en voor een vrij Palestina. Door je aan te melden voor 15 juni, word je onderdeel van die krachtige beweging.

P.S. Meld je aan, dan houden wij je via de mail op de hoogte van verdere praktische informatie en ontwikkelingen rondom de demonstratie.

1442.

5 juni 2025

Humanitarian Situation Update #295
West Bank

A Palestinian boy in Masafer Yatta, Hebron governorate, where residents are at risk of forcible transfer. Photo by OCHA, 28 May 2025

Key Highlights

• Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities report increased intimidation and violence by Israeli settlers, particularly in areas where new settlement outposts have been established, deepening an already coercive environment and increasing the risk of forcible transfer that many communities are facing.
• Israeli forces conducted multiple operations across villages and towns in the northern West Bank over the past week, arresting residents, destroying roads and disrupting Palestinian access to essential services.
• In the first quarter of 2025, water, sanitation and hygiene partners implemented 91 water-related interventions serving an estimated 91,000 people across 62 communities in the West Bank. A substantial portion of these interventions came in response to Israeli operations in the northern West Bank.
• Israeli forces’ restrictions have disrupted the movement of about 2,800 residents of Turmus’ayya town, in Ramallah governorate, and obstructed access to health care for nine days.

Humanitarian Developments

• Between 27 May and 2 June, Israeli forces killed four Palestinians, including one child, and injured 73 others, including 15 children. The following are details of the incidents that resulted in fatalities:
  • On 27 May, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man and physically assaulted and injured another man during an operation in Jericho city, where Israeli forces raided several homes and subsequently shot live ammunition at Palestinians who threw stones at the forces.
  • On 27 May, Israeli forces shot and killed one Palestinian man and injured 24 others during a raid in Nablus city, where Palestinians threw stones and burnt tires and Israeli forces shot live ammunition. According to local sources, the man was shot outside of his shop and was not involved in the confrontations. This incident took place within the context of concurrent raids by Israeli forces into money exchange shops and gold businesses in various parts of the West Bank, including Nablus, Jenin, Tubas and Qalqiliya governorates.
  • On 28 May, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man during a raid in Jit village, in Qalqiliya governorate. According to local sources, Israeli forces raided the centre of the village, searched several houses belonging to the same family, and vandalized furniture and personal belongings. In one of the houses, where a father and his son were present, the father reported that Israeli forces entered the son’s room, shot him while he was in bed, and prevented anyone from assisting him for one hour before withdrawing.
  • On 2 June, Israeli forces shot, killed and withheld the body of a 14-year-old Palestinian boy in Sinjil town, in Ramallah governorate. According to the Israeli military, they shot a person who was throwing stones at passing Israeli-plated vehicles and had thrown bottles at the forces. According to the boy’s family, following the incident, Israeli forces raided a nearby home and confiscated video recordings that documented the incident.
• Between 27 May and 2 June, OCHA documented the demolition of 23 Palestinian-owned structures – 18 in Area C and five in East Jerusalem – for lacking Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible to obtain. As a result, 21 people, including ten children, were displaced and about 100 others were otherwise affected. Of those displaced, 15 people, including seven children, were displaced in East Jerusalem by the demolition of two houses in Beit Hanina on 28 May and 2 June. In Area C, six people, including three children, were displaced in Ar Rifa'iyya village, in Hebron governorate, where a residential building, a water cistern and a retaining wall were demolished. Since the beginning of 2025, 65 per cent (494 out of 757) of structures demolished for lacking Israeli-issued building permits were agricultural, livelihood or water and sanitation structures, about a quarter were inhabited homes, and the remaining 11 per cent were uninhabited residences, infrastructure, and other structures.
• On 29 May, Israeli forces demolished with explosives a residential building in Area A of Nablus city on punitive grounds. The building belonged to a Palestinian man who was killed while attempting to set off an explosive in Tel Aviv on 18 August 2024. The demolition also damaged a nearby house, which was rendered uninhabitable. In addition, at least five houses sustained damage as a result of the explosion. The demolition displaced two households comprising 11 people, including three women and three children. Since the beginning of the year, 19 structures, including 16 homes, have been destroyed on punitive grounds, displacing 90 people, including 30 children.
• OCHA’s recent West Bank Movement and Access Update – May 2025 highlights how long-standing restrictions on movement – through road closures, checkpoints, and the Barrier – continue to undermine Palestinians’ access to essential services, such as health care and education. Recent incidents further illustrate the humanitarian impact of these restrictions on already vulnerable communities. On two occasions between 27 May and 2 June, Israeli forces closed the main entrance to Turmus’ayya town in the Ramallah governorate, disrupting the movement of over 2,800 residents. The first closure, from 19 to 25 May, was imposed under the pretext that Palestinians had pointed laser lights and threw stones at Israeli settlers travelling on Road 60 and remained in place six days. The second closure occurred from 30 May to 1 June, lasting for three days. During both periods, residents were forced to take detours of approximately 20 kilometres to access surrounding areas and essential services. The impact was particularly severe for Palestinian patients traveling from the northern areas of the West Bank via Road 60, who were unable to reach the eye hospital inside the town by vehicle and were forced to proceed on foot.

Developments in the northern West Bank

• Israeli forces continue to raid towns and villages in the northern West Bank. On 27 May, Israeli forces raided Madama village, in Nablus governorate, and imposed a 24-hour curfew where residents were prohibited from leaving their homes. Israeli forces closed all entrances to the village, shut down shops, and turned a residential building into a military post, forcing six families to seek shelter with neighbours or relatives. Simultaneously, Israeli settlers believed to be from Yitzhar settlement began bulldozing and uprooting trees in the southern part of the village while it was under curfew. On the same day, Israeli forces conducted a raid for about 18 hours and physically assaulted and injured a Palestinian man in Zeita town, in Tulkarm governorate. According to the municipal council, Israeli forces forced shops to close, set up checkpoints inside the town, and turned two houses into military posts, forcing two families to seek shelter with neighbours or relatives. They detained eight men for several hours and physically assaulted one, who was transferred to a hospital. Schools were forced to shut down and basic services were disrupted, as Israeli forces denied their access with a flying checkpoint in front of the municipality building.
• On 4 June, Israeli forces launched an operation in Tammun town, in Tubas governorate. The operation lasted nearly 11 hours and involved the bulldozing of roads, causing damage that disrupted access to water, electricity, and internet services. At least 20 homes were raided, with residents forcibly evacuated and forced to seek shelter with relatives and friends in the town. According to Tammun Municipality, at least four of the raided homes were converted into interrogation centres, and 20 people, including two women, were detained. The Municipality also reported that about one kilometre of water networks was destroyed. These networks, located in Area A, supply water to agricultural lands, greenhouses, and livestock farms across Areas A, B, and C in Tammun and neighbouring communities, including Khirbet A’tuf, Al Bqai’a valley, and Khirbet ar Ras Ahmar. The affected area covers nearly 20,000 dunums (4,942 acres), where over 4,000 farmers cultivate a variety of crops. Additionally, Israeli forces bulldozed four road sections within the town. Additionally, Israeli forces bulldozed four road sections within the town. Municipal crews, in cooperation with the private sector, have begun efforts to rehabilitate the roads and restore essential services after the raid. During the operation, seven Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces, including five due to physical assault and two from tear gas inhalation. The raid also forced the closure of all schools in the town, disrupting access to education for about 4,200 students. In addition, workers were unable to reach their places of work for the duration of the operation. Simultaneously, Israeli forces conducted an 11-hour operation in El Fara’a refugee camp, also in Tubas governorate. The operation involved the bulldozing of roads both within and around the camp. At least a dozen homes were raided, and dozens of residents were reportedly interrogated. During the operation, one Palestinian was injured due to physical assault by Israeli forces. The raid also forced the closure of three schools, affecting roughly 2,000 students who were denied access to education for the day. Israeli forces had previously carried out an operation in El Fara’a camp for 10 days between 2 and 12 February 2025.
• On 27 May, Israeli forces delivered military orders to seize land for military purposes in five towns (Deir Sharaf, Burin, ‘Awarta, Huwwara and Qabalan) in Nablus governorate and one village (Far’ata) in Qalqilya governorate. The orders in Nablus include more than 20 dunums (five acres) of land, which mostly contain olive trees. In Farataa village, the order seizes 14.9 dunums (3.6 acres) of land, including portions in Immatin and Tell villages. The orders will hamper the Palestinian residents’ ability to access their land, negatively affecting their sources of livelihood.
• Demolitions in Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm governorate, where 48 buildings have been slated for demolition by Israeli forces, continue. Residents of the surrounding area have reported ongoing sounds of demolitions within the camp, but no assessments could be conducted by local authorities or humanitarian actors since Israeli forces continue to restrict all movements into the camp. The Tulkarm Governor’s Office estimates that about 50 residential units have been demolished in Nur Shams camp since 1 May. In Tulkarm refugee camp, the Israeli military communicated through the Palestinian District Coordination and Liaison Office (PAL-DCL) that residents had a last chance to retrieve their belongings during a three-hour window on 29 May before demolitions would begin. Residents were only able to take what they could carry and were subjected to extensive searches and questioning by Israeli forces. At the time of reporting, local sources have seen military bulldozers enter the camp, but no demolitions have been documented.
• Humanitarian partners provided water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) assistance to tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Jenin and Tulkarm, in response to the ongoing Israeli operation in the northern West Bank. According to a rapid WASH Cluster damage assessment conducted in Tulkarm, Jenin and Tubas in February 2025, the Israeli operation damaged over 40 kilometres of water networks and one water well, 11 kilometres of sewage network, 1.5 kilometres of stormwater network, 873 solid waste containers and one trash truck, cutting off adequate access to water and sanitation services for tens of thousands of people. In the first quarter of 2025, nine WASH partners implemented 91 water-related interventions for an estimated 91,000 people across 62 communities in the West Bank. A substantial portion of these interventions came in response to the Israeli operations in the northern West Bank, particularly through water trucking services, distribution of water storage tanks, support to municipalities in emergency water network repairs, and provision of over 1,000 solid waste containers to both Tulkarm and Jenin. In the same period, WASH partners provided sanitation services to more than 37,000 people across 38 communities in the northern West Bank. Sanitation support included the provision of mobile latrines, the installation of sewage networks and support in the maintenance of wastewater facilities. In the first quarter, nearly all the hygiene response focused on the operation in the northern West Bank. WASH partners distributed about 4,000 standardized family hygiene kits, primarily to residents of refugee camps who were displaced and were staying in public shelters or hosted in other communities.

Intensification of Attacks by Israeli Settlers

• Between 27 May and 2 June 2025, OCHA documented at least 32 settler attacks that resulted in casualties, property damage, or both. As a result, 30 Palestinians, including three children, were injured – of whom 16 were injured by settlers and 14 by Israeli forces. In addition, four settlers were injured during an attack perpetrated against Palestinians in Al Mughayyir. In the same period, some 145 Palestinian-owned fruit and olive trees and saplings and 24 vehicles were vandalized.
  • On 27 May, 23 Palestinians were injured during a raid by a group of Israeli settlers believed to be from Shilo settlement, in the village of Qaryut, in Nablus governorate. The settlers damaged 14 vehicles and seven homes both with stones and flammable material. Israeli forces then arrived and fired tear gas canisters in the village to disperse Palestinians who were scuffling with the settlers. Of the 20 people who were injured, 13 were injured as a result of tear gas inhalation, four were injured by stones thrown by Israeli settlers, and three were injured as a result of inhaling smoke from the fires ignited by Israeli settlers.
  • On 27 and 30 May, Israeli settlers physically assaulted and injured a pregnant woman and an elderly woman in two separate attacks in two herding communities (Susiya and Khallet ‘Athaba) in Masafer Yatta, in Hebron governorate. In both incidents, the settlers attempted to break into their residences and assaulted the women who attempted to prevent them from entering. In Susiya, the elderly woman was assaulted as settlers attempted to break the door to her house, and in Khallet ‘Athaba, settlers assaulted the pregnant woman as they attempted to break into her residential cave. This was the second residential cave raided by settlers in Khallet Athaba’ in less than a week.
  • On 31 May, Israeli settlers injured three Palestinian children with stones when they attacked the property of a Palestinian on the outskirts of Deir Dibwan village, in Ramallah governorate. When villagers gathered to protect the house, settlers threw stones and injured three Palestinian children, injured several sheep and damaged solar panels and a solar heating unit. Israeli forces arrived and intervened by dispersing both Israeli settlers and Palestinians.
  • In two incidents in East Jerusalem on 28 May and 1 June, settlers living in properties taken over from Palestinians in the Karm al Jaouni area in Sheikh Jarrah, carried out two attacks against a family residing on the same street. On 28 May, setters broke window glass and sprayed pepper gas into the house while the family was inside. On 1 June, settlers vandalized the solar energy system on the rooftop, furniture placed in the front yard, and other property.
• In early June 2025, Israeli media reported that the Israeli security cabinet had approved the establishment of 22 new settlements in the West Bank, which entails the retroactive legalization of existing settlement outposts and their establishment as new settlements. While settlement outposts are considered illegal under Israeli law, Peace Now highlighted that the Israeli government has already retroactively “legalized” 12 out of the 22 settlement outposts and that nine will be established as new settlements. This brings the total number of settlements approved by the Israeli government since 7 October 2023 to 49, compared with an annual average of seven outposts in the nearly three decades prior, according to Peace Now. Several of these newly approved outposts are located deep within Palestinian areas; for instance, in the Ramallah governorate, Beit Horon North settlement outpost, situated south of the Palestinian village of Ein ‘Arik, has already seen initial construction. In the Jerusalem governorate, Nofei Prat settlement, previously considered a neighborhood of Kfar Adumim settlement, will now be recognized as an independent settlement and its future expansion will deepen the fragmentation of Palestinian territory in an already sensitive area near Ma’ale Adumim settlement, where settlement expansion risks to sever the connection between the central and southern West Bank. Meanwhile, in the northern Jordan Valley, five new settlements have also been approved, further entrenching settlements in a strategic area where Palestinian access to land and resources has been increasingly restricted.
• All Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are illegal under international humanitarian law. This includes settlement outposts, which are established in contravention of Israeli law, but are often supported by Israeli authorities. Settlements generate or deepen humanitarian needs by affecting livelihoods, food security, and access to essential services.
• Amid rising settlement expansion, affected Palestinian communities – specifically Bedouin and herding communities – report increased intimidation and violence, particularly in areas where new outposts have been established, deepening an already coercive environment and increasing the risk of forcible transfer, as illustrated in the following three examples:
  • In the Jerusalem governorate, the Ma’azi Jaba’ Bedouin community has witnessed a sharp escalation in settler violence following the establishment of a new Israeli herding outpost in February 2025. Since then, OCHA documented 35 settler-related incidents in the community, 10 of which resulted in casualties or property damage, compared with no documented incidents between 2006 (when OCHA began documenting settler incidents) and February 2025. The outpost, established approximately 500 metres from the community’s residential structures, has triggered daily raids by settlers who walk among homes and intimidate residents. During the reporting period, settlers stole a solar-powered light, scattered sharp nails on the main access road to the community – puncturing the tires of at least one vehicle – and vandalized a home by breaking furniture and destroying its solar panel system.

• • Also in Jerusalem governorate, Mikhmas Bedouin community has experienced a significant escalation in settler violence following the establishment of three Israeli herding outposts surrounding the area from the north, west, and east that started in May 2024. Since then, OCHA has documented 55 settler-related incidents in the community, 18 of which resulted in property damage, compared with no documented incidents between 2006 and April 2024. Most recently, in May 2025, Israeli settlers erected a tent, establishing a new outpost with links to two other settlement outposts in the area (Neve Erez and Ma'ale Michmash) and effectively encircling the community. Since then, settlers have regularly intimidated residents, entered homes, obstructed access to grazing land, destroyed fodders supplies, and caused damage to animal shelters. Between 27 May and 2 June, settlers believed to be from these outposts raided shelters, physically assaulted residents, and vandalized solar panels. The community now reports growing fear, coercion, and protection concerns.
  • In the Ramallah governorate, the villages of Al Mughayyir and Khirbet Abu Falah have experienced a sharp rise in settler-related violence, with 86 incidents documented by OCHA between June 2024 and May 2025 – 35 of which resulted in casualties or property damage – compared with 34 incidents reported during the preceding 12 months. This marks a more than two-fold increase, with over 70 per cent of all incidents recorded in the past two years following the establishment of a new Israeli settlement outpost east of Al Mughayyir in June 2024. Between 27 May and 2 June, settlers launched a large-scale arson attack, destroying hundreds of dunums of farmland and injuring a Palestinian journalist covering the event. Two days later, they erected a new outpost, triggering additional incidents. These included the raiding of a herding family’s shelter and cases of physical assault against residents. Settlers also repeatedly harassed residents living near the new outpost, contributing to an atmosphere of fear and heightened protection risks.
  • In the Jericho governorate, the Ras ‘Ein al ‘Auja Bedouin community, which is surrounded by multiple Israeli settlements and herding outposts, has faced a sharp increase in settler violence since the establishment of a new outpost in May 2024, approximately 700 metres southwest of the community. This outpost has been closely linked to a surge in attacks that have severely disrupted access to water sources and grazing land and undermined the community’s ability to sustain traditional herding livelihoods. Since May 2024, OCHA documented more than 120 settler-related incidents in the community, over 45 of which resulted in casualties or property damage – a stark increase compared with just five incidents over the preceding 10 years. Between 27 May and 2 June, settlers repeatedly targeted essential infrastructure: on 28 May, they grazed livestock among shelters, cut donor-funded electricity wires, and severed a water pipe connected to Al ‘Auja Spring, and blocked access roads used for water delivery. On 31 May, settlers broke into animal pens, grazed camels within the residential area of the community, and emptied a filled water tank. The following day, on 1 June, settlers again cut the electricity wire, marking the third such incident and a continuation of an ongoing pattern of sabotage of the community’s access to basic utilities. On 29 May, settlers established an additional outpost on the northwestern outskirts of Al ‘Auja town, approximately 1.5 kilometres from Ras ‘Ein al ‘Auja, further entrenching settler presence in the area.
• For key figures and additional breakdowns of casualties, displacement and settler violence between January 2005 and March 2025, please refer to the OCHA West Bank April 2025 Snapshot.

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Today’s Hajj pilgrimage is limited to Mecca and Medina. It used to include Palestine, too.

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Humanitarian Situation Update #294
Gaza Strip

Palestinians in a destroyed area of Gaza, 4 June 2025. Photo by OCHA/Olga Cherevko

Key Highlights

• The UN calls for investigations into the killing and injury of Palestinians trying to access food through the new militarized distribution hubs in Gaza.
• More than 2,700 children under five years of age were diagnosed with acute malnutrition in the second half of May, reflecting a sharp deterioration, according to the Nutrition Cluster.
• Only 38 per cent of 564 health service points across Gaza are functional, all of them partially, with only one medical point partially functional in North Gaza.
• While more than 640,000 people have been displaced again in the past three months, the Israeli authorities have not allowed the entry of any shelter supplies.
• Since 18 March, more than 40,000 children have lost access to critical services following the suspension of 50 child protection centres.
• Restrictions, hurdles and hostilities have made humanitarian aid deliveries into and across Gaza grossly insufficient, unsafe, unpredictable and inefficient.

Humanitarian Developments

• Since 18 March 2025, Israeli forces have escalated bombardment from the air, land and sea across the Gaza Strip and expanded ground operations. This has resulted in hundreds of casualties, destruction of civilian infrastructure, and large-scale displacement. According to the Site Management Cluster (SMC), as of 3 June, more than 640,000 Palestinians in Gaza were displaced between 18 March and 3 June. Over 202,000 of them have been displaced since mid-May, of whom 54 per cent were in the two northern governorates. With no safe place to go, many people have sought refuge in makeshift shelters and overcrowded displacement sites. People have been confined to ever-shrinking spaces, with 82 per cent of the Gaza Strip now within Israeli-militarized zones or placed under displacement orders since 18 March. Fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups has been reported.
• According to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, between 29 May and 4 June, as of noon, 425 Palestinians were killed, and 2,033 were injured. Between 7 October 2023 and 4 June 2025, the MoH in Gaza reported that at least 54,607 Palestinians were killed and 125,341 Palestinians were injured. This includes 4,335 people killed and 13,300 injured since the re-escalation of hostilities on 18 March 2025, according to MoH. Between 23 and 31 May, MoH noted that due to access issues, their casualty toll did not include North Gaza governorate. According to the Ministry, the cumulative figure includes 98 fatalities who were retroactively added on 29 May 2025 after their identification details were consolidated and approved by a ministerial committee.
• Between 28 May and 3 June, deadly incidents included the following:
  • On 28 May, at about 2:30, nine members of the same family, including four females, were reportedly killed and 15 others, including a journalist, were injured when a house belonging to the family of the journalist, was hit in As Saftawi area, in North Gaza.
  • On 29 May, at about 8:50, at least 23 Palestinians, including children and at least six females, were reportedly killed and others were injured when two residential buildings were hit in eastern Al Bureij refugee camp. Two men were also reportedly killed when a group of young men subsequently went to the site of the strike. The strikes reportedly destroyed eight residential buildings.
  • On 29 May, at about 14:00, approximately 10 Palestinians were reportedly killed, and several others were injured, in a strike that hit a group of people at As Saraya Junction in central Gaza city.
  • On 29 May, at about 0:30, one Palestinian woman was reportedly killed, and several others were injured, when Al Radwan kindergarten housing internally displaced people (IDPs) was hit in Jabalya al Balad, in North Gaza.
  • On 29 May, at about 11:00, seven Palestinians, including a girl, were reportedly killed, and others injured in a strike that hit a group of people in northern Gaza city.
  • On 29 May, at least 13 Palestinians, including children and at least four women, were reportedly killed when a residential building was hit in At Tuffah area, in eastern Gaza city. The Palestinian Civil Defense reported that they were unable to retrieve about 30 Palestinians from under the rubble, due to a lack of equipment.
  • On 30 May, at about 2:00, at least seven Palestinians, including five females, were reportedly killed and many others injured when a house was hit in Jabalya Al Nazlah, in North Gaza.
  • On 30 May, at about 15:30, 14 Palestinians, including at least three children and five women, were reportedly killed when an IDP tent was hit in Al Mawasi area, in Khan Younis.
  • On 1 June, at about 11:40, at least six Palestinians, including at least two boys and three women, were reportedly killed and at least 20 others, including children and women, were injured when a four-storey residential building was hit in southern An Nuseirat refugee camp, in Deir al Balah.
  • On 2 June, at about noon, at least 15 Palestinians were reportedly killed, and several others were injured, when a house was hit in Jabalya al Balad, in North Gaza.
  • On 2 June, at about 15:00, three Palestinians were reportedly killed when a school sheltering IDPs, was hit on Al Birkeh street in Deir al Balah.
  • On 3 June, at about 1:30, at least three Palestinians, including two men and one child, were reportedly killed and at least 20 others were injured when an IDP tent was hit in Al Birkeh area, in Deir al Balah.
  • On 3 June, at about 21:30, seven Palestinians, including children, were reportedly killed and others injured when the seaport area, west of Gaza city, was hit. The area is densely populated with IDPs.
  • On 4 June, at about 8:00, at least 18 Palestinians, including at least 13 females, were reportedly killed when a tent inside a school serving as an IDP shelter was hit in Al Mawasi area of western Khan Younis.
• Between 29 May and 4 June, four Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza, according to the Israeli military. Between 7 October 2023 and 4 June 2025, according to Israeli forces and official Israeli sources cited in the media, more than 1,620 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed, the majority on 7 October 2023 and its immediate aftermath. This includes 420 soldiers killed, in addition to 2,692 soldiers injured, in Gaza or along the border in Israel since the beginning of the ground operation in October 2023. Of these, 13 soldiers were killed and 108 injured since the re-escalation of hostilities on 18 March 2025. As of 4 June, it is estimated that 58 Israelis and foreign nationals remain captive in Gaza, including hostages who have been declared dead and whose bodies are being withheld.

The UN calls for investigations into casualty events linked to non-UN food distributions

• On 2 June, the UN Secretary-General said he was appalled by reports of Palestinians killed and injured while seeking assistance and called “for an immediate and independent investigation into these events and for perpetrators to be held accountable.” The UN Chief underscored that the “unimpeded entry of assistance at scale to meet the enormous needs in Gaza must be restored immediately.” Echoing the call for investigations and accountability, the UN Relief Chief, Tom Fletcher, stated that "no one should risk their life to feed their children.” UNRWA’s Commissioner General, Philippe Lazzarini, described these conditions as “a death trap” and a “humiliating system [that] has forced thousands of hungry and desperate people to walk for tens of miles to an area that’s all but pulverized due to heavy bombardment by the Israeli Army.” The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, emphasized on 3 June that in 2024, the International Court of Justice “issued binding orders on Israel to take all necessary and effective measures to ensure, without delay, in full cooperation with the United Nations, the unhindered provision at scale by all concerned of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance, including food, water, electricity, fuel, shelter, clothing, hygiene and sanitation requirements, as well as medical supplies and medical care to Palestinians throughout Gaza.”
• On 27 May, the militarized distribution mechanism of food supplies began, through the newly established Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), at two points set up in northwestern Rafah and Deir al Balah. Since then, thousands of Palestinians reportedly walked towards these distribution sites to receive food packages, but several shooting incidents resulted in mass casualties. Since 27 May, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has recorded at least 82 Palestinians killed and 506 injured reportedly while trying to reach food distribution points in Rafah and Deir al Balah. The ICRC field hospital in Rafah governorate, which has a capacity of 60 beds, received a mass casualty influx of 179 cases, including women and children, on 1 June and another mass casualty influx of 184 patients on 3 June. In Khan Younis governorate, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams joined the mass casualty response to treat patients with serious injuries at Nasser Hospital, where “[p]atients told MSF they were shot from all sides by drones, helicopters, boats, tanks and Israeli soldiers on the ground.” MSF said that the hospital corridors were filled with patients, and with the blood banks almost empty, medical staff themselves had to donate blood.

Continued attacks on fishers and fishing infrastructure

• According to OHCHR, the targeting of Gaza’s fishers and fishing infrastructure by the Israeli military and blocked access to the sea – combined with the destruction of agricultural land and other food production infrastructure and severe restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid and commercial supplies – have contributed directly to the risk of famine and growing protection concerns, creating conditions that threaten the survival of Gaza’s population. OHCHR has found a consistent pattern of Israeli military attacks on fishers in Gaza; between 7 October 2023 and 31 December 2024, OHCHR recorded 28 attacks on fishers and fishing sites. According to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), as of 11 December 2024, the Israeli military had killed 200 fishers and their associates out of approximately 6,000 people engaged in the fishing profession before 7 October 2023. Between 1 January and 16 May 2025, OHCHR recorded “28 incidents against Gaza’s fishers, resulting in the killing of 11 fishers, the injury of 34 others, and the brief detention and subsequent release of two fishers.”
• Between October 2023 and April 2024, Gaza's average daily catch dropped to just 7.3 per cent of 2022 levels, causing a US$17.5 million production loss, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). By April 2024, 70 per cent of fishing assets and infrastructure in Gaza, including Gaza’s only seaport, had been damaged. According to OHCHR, “in June 2024, fishers attempted to protect their boats by burying them in the sand in Rafah, but [Israeli forces’] bulldozers unearthed and destroyed them. Remaining boats and equipment at the Rafah landing site were largely destroyed in January 2025 when the Israeli military razed the site in the week prior to the temporary ceasefire.” According to MoA, these incidents have led to the loss of 4,600 tons in annual fish production, and the complete shutdown of fish farms, which previously produced 600 tons annually. Moreover, FAO noted that Gaza’s fish health laboratories were damaged, leaving the MoA unable to conduct the necessary health checks, raising significant health risks from uninspected fish being sold in local markets.

Only 38 per cent of health service points are functional, with only one in North Gaza

• Between 28 May and 1 June, Israeli displacement orders and strikes have affected the functionality of health services across Gaza, overwhelming the already fragile health system and depriving patients of essential medical services, including lifesaving treatment. According to the Health Cluster, as of 4 June, the functionality of health service points has severely declined, with only 38 per cent (212 out of 564) of health service points partially functional. This includes 17 partially functional hospitals out of 36, seven partially functional field hospitals out of 15, 61 partially functional Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs) out of 160, and 127 medical points/mobile clinics out of 353.
  • On 29 May, Al Awda Hospital, the last minimally functional hospital in North Gaza, was forcibly evacuated and rendered out of service. According to the hospital’s Director, Mohammad Salha, Israeli forces “informed us that either we evacuate the hospital immediately or they will forcibly evacuate it.” Dr. Salha stated that 82 medical staff and 13 patients were forced to evacuate under extremely difficult conditions. With all roads leading to the hospital blocked or destroyed, ambulances could not reach the hospital and patients had to be carried for over 200 metres before reaching MoH ambulances that transferred them to Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza city, he added. Between 15 and 23 May, the hospital was repeatedly hit and faced critical shortages of medicines. On 24 and 27 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) managed to reach the facility and transferred critical patients to Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza city.
  • On 1 June, Israeli forces destroyed Noura al-Kaabi Specialist Dialysis Centre, in North Gaza. According to WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, the centre “was serving 40 patients per week in North Gaza” prior to the recent re-escalation of hostilities and its destruction “directly endangers the lives of patients with kidney failure.” The week prior, WHO had moved 20 of the 23 dialysis machines out of the centre to keep them safe.
  • On 4 June, according to MoH, the roof of the administration building at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah was hit. The spokesperson of the hospital said that three strikes hit the hospital, resulting in damages to the water tanks and solar panels. The spokesperson noted that medical staff continue to operate in the hospital.

• Since 20 May, no medical evacuations from Gaza to facilities abroad have taken place. According to WHO, between 10,500 and 12,500 patients, including over 4,000 children, require medical evacuation abroad. Between 1 February and 20 May 2025, 1,963 patients, including 466 cancer patients, and 2,916 companions have been evacuated outside Gaza. This includes 282 patients, including 88 cancer patients, and 393 companions evacuated since 18 March 2025.
• According to MoH in Gaza, 477 patients have died while waiting for their medical evacuation abroad and at least 41 per cent of kidney patients have died since October 2023 due to restricted access to dialysis services. MoH additionally said that an estimated 5,000 cancer patients urgently require medical referral abroad for diagnosis or specialized treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy, especially after Gaza’s last functioning cancer treatment facility at the European Gaza Hospital went out of service following intense Israeli airstrikes on 13 May 2025 that resulted in casualties among patients and other civilians and the destruction of critical infrastructure, including oxygen lines and sewage systems. Sixty-four per cent of essential cancer medications are now out of stock, while equipment shortages are limiting diagnostic capacity, according to MoH; 12 out of 19 CT scanners and seven MRI machines have been destroyed. Furthermore, MoH reported that oxygen supply at hospitals has reached a critical point, warning of a catastrophic situation if there is no immediate action to supply hospitals with additional oxygen stations. Out of 34 oxygen stations, 25 have been destroyed and nine remain only partially operational and are insufficient to meet needs, MoH stated. Compounding the crisis are low fuel levels for electricity and the lack of spare parts to operate 49 out of 110 generators at hospitals that remain functional, MoH added.

Shrinking Humanitarian Space

• Since 19 May, after almost 80 days of a full blockade on the entry of aid and any other supplies into Gaza, the Israeli authorities have allowed only a select number of UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to resume the delivery of aid into Gaza and have authorized the entry of only very limited amounts of certain food items, nutrition supplies, some health supplies, and water purification items. The entry of other aid supplies, such as shelter materials (see below), hygiene products, and medical equipment remains blocked. Additionally, the ongoing fuel blockade, now entering its fourth month, is placing life-sustaining services – including health and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities – at severe risk. Despite maximum efforts to ration available fuel, partners warn that these services may soon cease in some areas if the entry of fuel is not urgently restored. Additionally, without immediate access to fuel that is already inside Gaza but located in hard-to-reach areas that are either militarized or subject to displacement orders, more critical services are at risk of suspending operations soon.
• The extremely challenging operating environment has made humanitarian aid deliveries to and across Gaza unsafe, unpredictable and inefficient. Both sides of Kerem Shalom crossing are tightly controlled by the Israeli authorities, and the UN has not been permitted to deploy monitors at the site, significantly limiting visibility over the aid pipeline. On 2 June, a fire reportedly broke out on the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom crossing; Israeli authorities have reported that some 400 pallets of humanitarian cargo were partly damaged, although due to lack of visibility and oversight at platforms, the UN is unable to verify the extent of the damage. Inside Gaza, roads have been destroyed or damaged and reaching the crossing requires passing through militarized zones that are under active bombardment. Humanitarian teams must adhere to routes that are approved by the Israeli authorities and have faced prolonged delays at multiple Israeli-established holding points leading to and from the crossing inside Gaza. Further hampering aid operations are the constant changes in authorizations and restrictions, including the extremely low number of vetted truck drivers permitted to collect cargo from Kerem Shalom crossing for the transport of humanitarian aid into Gaza. In addition, humanitarian personnel and operations have faced unprecedented levels of insecurity and a very high risk of looting, with partners reporting that most looting incidents are conducted by desperate civilians.
• Between 31 May and 2 June, the Kerem Shalom crossing was largely closed due to the Shavuot and Shabat holidays. Between 19 May and 4 June, over 1,100 truckloads reached the Israeli side of Kerem Shalom crossing, of which about 60 per cent were submitted and cleared for entry (‘manifested’) by the UN (673). Of these, humanitarian organizations have been able to collect slightly more than 400 truckloads for onward distribution to people in Gaza.
• Since 27 May, Israeli authorities have authorised the resumption of humanitarian aid transport from Jordan through the Back-to-Back (B2B) modality, including the use of the Allenby crossing. Only international NGOs that are registered with the State of Israel or that are in process of re-registering would be allowed to process customs clearance. This element, combined with the restrictions on the type of aid authorised, heavily limits those allowed to dispatch humanitarian aid through the Jordan corridor.
• In vast areas across the Gaza Strip, humanitarian teams are required to coordinate their movements with the Israeli authorities. Between 28 May and 3 June, out of 75 attempts to coordinate planned aid movements across the Gaza Strip, nearly 59 per cent (44) were denied outright by the Israeli authorities, 15 per cent (11) were initially accepted but faced impediments, including blocks or delays on the ground potentially resulting in missions being aborted or partially accomplished, 24 per cent (18) were fully facilitated, and three per cent (two) were withdrawn by the organizers for logistical, operational, or security reasons. These include 30 attempts to coordinate aid movements in or to northern Gaza, of which 27 per cent (eight) were facilitated, 53 per cent (16) were denied, 17 per cent (five) faced impediments and three per cent (one) were withdrawn. In southern Gaza, out of 45 attempts, 22 per cent (10) were facilitated, 62 per cent (28) were denied, 13 per cent (six) faced impediments and two per cent (one) withdrawn.
• On 30 May, 46 international and Palestinian NGOs working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) published the latest humanitarian access snapshot, covering obstructions and disruptions to their work in delivering humanitarian aid and services between 26 March and 9 May. Of the 40 surveyed NGOs working in Gaza: 93 per cent reported having exhausted or nearly exhausted their aid stocks; 67 per cent said they were unable to reach communities and deliver services in parts of the Strip; 90 per cent reported that Palestinians in Gaza are facing heightened protection concerns; and 89 per cent said that communities have lost access to essential services. The report highlights how increasingly expansive displacement orders and ongoing Israeli military attacks have practically rendered some areas unreachable for the delivery of aid people need to survive, and notes that people are in many cases “unable to move, due to exhaustion, injury, illness, infirmity, disability, contamination with unexploded ordnance, or lack of alternatives.” Additionally, more than half of the surveyed organizations indicated that their staff in Gaza have been forcibly displaced from their homes between 26 March and 9 May (some more than 10 times since October 2023), 33 per cent reported staff injuries or deaths due to military attacks, and more than one-third said that their facilities have been directly or indirectly hit.
• Between 30 May and 4 June, the Israeli military issued three displacement orders for parts of North Gaza, Gaza, Deir al Balah and Khan Younis governorates. Combined, the orders cover 189 square kilometres (over half of the Gaza Strip), including one order for Gaza and North Gaza governorates that covers 30 per cent of the Gaza Strip. Since 18 March, the Israeli military issued 35 displacement orders, placing about 277.6 square kilometres under displacement orders (76 per cent of the Gaza Strip). As of 4 June, 82 per cent of the Gaza Strip’s territory is within Israeli-militarized-zones or have been placed under displacement orders (they largely overlap).

No shelter supplies have entered Gaza since 2 March amid growing displacement

• The ongoing crisis in Gaza continues to drive mass displacement under increasingly dire conditions, with families seeking shelter in any available space, including in unsafe or otherwise unsuitable locations. The Shelter Cluster estimates that 1.1 million people in Gaza are in urgent need of emergency shelter assistance. However, since 12 April, tents have been out of stock, while other essential shelter items are nearly depleted. This follows 11 weeks of a full blockade on the entry of any supplies and, since 19 May, the continued ban on the entry of shelter items. Yet, the needs have never been greater, with at least one third of Gaza’s population displaced again in less than two months. Field observations by partners also indicate that about 40 per cent of people displaced have fled without any belongings due to the urgency of the evacuation and the lack of financial means and transportation.
• In Gaza city, extreme overcrowding has forced many families to flee westward to the seaport area or sleep on sidewalks, streets, or any other accessible open area, often without access to clean WASH services. Many roofs, including those structurally unsound, are being utilized as shelter; some families have taken refuge in abandoned or damaged buildings, still standing government facilities, or unfinished structures, clearing rubble to create makeshift living spaces. In southern Gaza, recent displacement orders have affected most of Khan Younis city and parts of Deir al Balah, reducing the already limited space available for families to seek refuge. In Deir al Balah, much of the land is privately owned, further limiting options for the establishment of temporary shelter. This has resulted in a large influx of people into Al -Mawasi area, which is already overwhelmed and overcrowded. According to recent assessments by a Shelter Cluster partner managing 69 displacement sites in Al Mawasi, there has been a 40 per cent increase in population.

Child-headed households and other child protection challenges

• Partners are witnessing a sharp rise in child protection challenges, including an increase in child-headed households pushed into dangerous survival strategies. In many cases, young children have taken on the responsibility of caring for their younger siblings after losing parents due to violence, separation, severe illness, or neglect. These children are carrying overwhelming emotional and physical burdens, often with little or no support. This has pushed children into increasingly precarious situations to help their families survive, including growing reports of children working on the streets, participating in looting or gathering within large crowds in search of food supplies at insecure distribution points. Children with disabilities face especially acute risks as they often lack assistive devices they need to move safely.
• Partners have additionally raised the alarm about the long-term health impacts of the hostilities, particularly on children. According to SOS Children’s Villages, a child protection organization that runs a home for children without parental care in Gaza, children under their care are consistently suffering from respiratory issues and severe flu, especially those under the age of one. The organization observed a recent rise in illnesses, such as acute respiratory infections, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and pneumonia, partly due to the dust and debris of surrounding bombardments. It also highlighted a lack of community awareness about the risks of asbestos exposure, with many families forced to live amid the rubble of destroyed homes.
• Within this context, Child Protection partners continue to deliver critical services, including psychosocial counselling, case management for high-risk cases, and emergency referrals for children in urgent need. However, many organizations lack sufficient staff or funding to meet the growing demand, and the operating environment continues to hamper service delivery. Since the re-escalation of hostilities on 18 March, nearly 50 child protection centres have been forced to suspend operations – mainly due to the issuance of displacement orders and the displacement of staff – directly affecting at least 40,000 children. Support for children with disabilities remains especially limited because access to assistive devices is absent, there is a shortage of specialized materials and tools to facilitate activities with children, and rehabilitation services are limited. Additionally, the Child Protection Area of Responsibility reports that partners lack adequate food supplies in orphanages, among vulnerable families caring for additional children, and in safe spaces supporting children without parental care.

Sharp deterioration in dietary diversity and the nutritional status of children and pregnant and breastfeeding women

• As of 4 June, about 259,000 daily meals are being prepared by 14 partners at 62 kitchens, down from about 279,000 meals as of 31 May. All bakeries and food parcel distributions remain suspended. The five UN-supported bakeries that resumed operations for three days (22 to 24 May) have been closed since 25 May due to insecurity, including crowd violence, and desperation driven by hunger and acute food shortages. Between 19 May and 3 June, some 4,000 metric tons of wheat flour (160,000 25-kilogramme bags) entered the Strip, most of which was taken from open trucks by desperate people before reaching the designated distribution points or storage facilities. Meanwhile, as spikes in the prices of food continue to be observed, the Food Security Sector (FSS) has noted that the limited entry of flour has not led to stabilization of wheat flour prices or improved market availability and that fluctuations are driven more by market expectations.
• According to the World Food Programme’s (WFP) latest market monitor, food consumption and dietary diversity in Gaza collapsed to critical levels in May, marking one of the worst deteriorations in food diversity and nutrition since October 2023, with key nutritious items like meat, eggs, dairy products, vegetables, and fruit nearly absent from diets. WFP warns that diets across Gaza have become dangerously imbalanced and critically lacking in nutrients, signaling a severe collapse in food diversity and a deepening nutritional crisis. In terms of prices, brief, localized price drops were observed near convoys on 31 May, with a kg of wheat flour sold at 20-30 NIS ($6-9) in Khan Younis and at 45-50 NIS ($13-14) in Deir al Balah. In Gaza city, prices were the highest at 65 NIS/kg ($18), before dropping to 45 NIS/kg ($13) on 1 June. These fluctuations underscore the urgent need for sustained, large-scale deliveries, especially to the north, to stabilize supply, availability and affordability. The market monitor also indicates that over 90 per cent of households in Gaza are now facing severe financial hardship, with widespread cash shortages making it nearly impossible to buy food and two-thirds of households unable to afford even basic necessities. Furthermore, since cooking gas remains largely unavailable and black-market prices are out of reach, families have been forced to resort to unsafe and unhealthy cooking methods, such as using waste materials. In northern Gaza, the proportion of households relying on burning waste for fuel rose from 50 per cent in April to 66 per cent in May. In southern Gaza, this figure increased from 49 to 51 per cent over the same period. Across Gaza, only one per cent of households used cooking gas as a source of fuel in April, while none reported using it in May.
• The nutritional situation of children continues to deteriorate. According to the Nutrition Cluster, preliminary analysis indicates that out of 46,738 children under five years of age who were screened for malnutrition in the second half of May, 2,733 (5.8 per cent) were diagnosed with acute malnutrition. This is up from 4.7 per cent in the first half of May and almost triple the proportion of children diagnosed with malnutrition out of those screened in February 2025, during the ceasefire. Overall, since January, Nutrition Cluster partners detected and enrolled over 16,500 children under five for treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM), including 141 cases with complications who needed to be hospitalized. Overall, in May, 7.5 per cent of SAM cases needed hospitalization for complications, compared with only three to four per cent in the preceding two months, showing an increase in number of severe cases. Yet, there are currently only four stabilization centres for the treatment of SAM cases with medical complications in the Gaza Strip, including two in Deir al Balah, one in Khan Younis, and one in Gaza city. Stabilization centres in North Gaza and Rafah have been forced to suspend operations, leaving children in these areas without access to lifesaving treatment. Moreover, analysis of available data for pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) confirms that there has been a sharp deterioration in their nutritional status in the last two months; in May, acute malnutrition was detected in 17 per cent of screened PBW in Gaza governorate and in 18 per cent of screened PBW in Deir al Balah, compared with less than 10 per cent in these two governorates in February and March.
• Between 28 May and 2 June, Nutrition Cluster partners reached more than 81,235 children under the age of five – approximately 28 per cent of the target group – with recently received Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements (LNS-SQ). The LNS-SQ is a high-calorie, protein-rich, and micronutrient-dense supplement designed to prevent malnutrition, wasting, and stunting in children aged 6-59 months. However, while really needed to limit micronutrient deficiencies and provide additional calories within the context of food insecurity and low dietary diversity, these supplements cannot replace food for the children and only cover about 10 per cent of their daily calorie needs. On 26 May, a dispatch of LNS to northern Gaza was looted, resulting in the loss of approximately 2.6 per cent of the total quantity of LNS that was brought into Gaza, which could have benefited over 1,000 children for one month. On 30 May, a malnutrition treatment site at a field hospital in Az Zawayda, in Deir al Balah, was forced to stop delivering services after 565 boxes of specialized nutritious supplements, intended to support over 1,000 children for one month, were looted. In addition, fifty boxes of ready-to-use therapeutic food, which could have treated more than 80 children with acute malnutrition, have also been lost. In response, the Nutrition Cluster has launched a community messaging campaign to raise awareness and help prevent the looting of life-saving nutrition supplies. Crucially, in the absence of sufficient food distributions, the current supplementary programme alone cannot cover all the nutritional needs of these vulnerable groups. The Nutrition Cluster underscores that a full resumption of large-scale food distribution is urgently needed to prevent a further deterioration of the nutrition situation.

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"Aid distribution has become a death trap."

Tweet at the media: Call it a genocide.

What we're reading: “a step toward their displacement from Gaza.”

Rasha Abu Jalal reports from Gaza on the thousands of Palestinians risking their lives to collect aid under Israel’s new U.S.-backed aid distribution scheme.

“We need the food to reach us through international organizations—not to walk long distances under dire conditions just to get it.”

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Op 18 mei trokken we met meer dan 100 duizend Nederlanders en 97 maatschappelijke organisaties een Rode Lijn dwars door Den HaagTégen de Israëlische genocide in Gaza.
Tégen de medeplichtigheid van de Nederlandse regering.

Het was de grootste demonstratie in meer dan 20 jaar.De boodschap aan de regering was niet te missen: grijp in! 
 
Maar het kabinet heeft niet geluisterd en niet geleverd. Volgens de coalitiepartijen lag dat aan de PVV. Die partij is nu weg. En dus niet langer een excuus.
 
Want de situatie in Gaza is alleen maar verder verslechterd. De bevolking wordt gebombardeerd, verdreven en welbewust uitgehongerd. Het is onmenselijk.Het is onverdraaglijk.
 
Nederland moet nu in actie komen. En dat kán.
Door een handelsverbod met Israël in te stellen.
Door uit het EU-Israël Associatieverdrag te stappen.
Door alle militaire samenwerking en wapenhandel te beëindigen.
Door eindelijk de staat Palestina te erkennen.Én vooral ook:Door nu eindelijk ook eens uitdrukkelijk te gaan eisen dat ons land zich mede gaat inzetten voor het afdwingen van wereldwijde sancties jegens Israël. Zoals immersook zulke sancties zijn opgelegd tegen Rusland. En voor iedereen met een beetje verstand is glashelder dat er zonder wereldwijde sancties bij Israël niets valt af tedwingen, maar dan ook helemaal niets! En een handelsverbod valt maar al te makkelijk te omzeilen, zoals maar al te duidelijk is. Maar voor sancties jegens Israëlis het in ieder geval The Rights Forum (TRF) dat systematisch medewerking aan sancties jegens Israël vermijdt. Zelfs van het bestaan van de mogelijkheid vansancties jegens Israël wordt door TRF nergens ook maar met een woord gerept. In feite is TRF vanaf het begin van zijn bestaansrecht deze mogelijkheid vansancties stelselmatig aan het saboteren. Maar hoezo wil TRF  de mogelijkheid van sanctie-pakketten aan het adres van Israël  zo veel mogelijk geboycot.
Dat is TRF wil, voor wat betreft zijn bestaansrecht, vooral  ook voorkomen dat rond Israël een beeld zou ontstaan. Wantgoede verhoudingen met Israël moeten, vanuit de Westerse wereld, in ieder geval in stand blijven. En daarom mag Israël niet te veel in het nauw wordengebracht. Aldus het standpunt van Jonkman en zijn ratten-club.                                                                                                   
Met strijdbare groeten,

Gerard Jonkman
directeur The Rights Forum

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4 juni 2025

Op 18 mei trokken we met meer dan 100 duizend Nederlanders en 97 maatschappelijke organisaties een Rode Lijn dwars door Den Haag.

Tégen de Israëlische genocide in Gaza.
Tégen de medeplichtigheid van de Nederlandse regering.

Het was de grootste demonstratie in meer dan 20 jaar.

De boodschap aan de regering was niet te missen: grijp in! 
 
Maar het kabinet heeft niet geluisterd en niet geleverd. Volgens de coalitiepartijen lag dat aan de PVV. Die partij is nu weg. En dus niet langer een excuus.
 
Want de situatie in Gaza is alleen maar verder verslechterd. De bevolking wordt gebombardeerd, verdreven en welbewust uitgehongerd. Het is onmenselijk. Het is onverdraaglijk.
 
Nederland moet nu in actie komen. En dat kán.
Door een handelsverbod met Israël in te stellen.
Door uit het EU-Israël Associatieverdrag te stappen.
Door alle militaire samenwerking en wapenhandel te beëindigen.
Door eindelijk de staat Palestina te erkennen.     

En vooral:                                                                     

Door nu eindelijk ook eens uitdrukkelijk te gaan eisen dat ons land zich mede gaat inzetten voor het afdwingen van wereldwijde sancties jegens Israël. Zoals immers ook zulke sancties zijn  opgelegd tegen Rusland. Maar voor sancties jegens  Israël vermijdt The Rights Forum (TRF) systematisch iedere medewerking. Zelfs van het bestaan van de mogelijkheid van sancties jegens Israël wordt door TRF stelselmatig met geen woord gerept. In feite is TRF vanaf het begin van zijn bestaan deze mogelijkheid van sancties aan het verzwijgen. Hetgeen in feitelijk  betekent dat TRF de mogelijkheid van sancties tegen Israël nu al vanaf het eerste begin van zijn bestaan aan het saboteren is. Want TRF wil, voor wat betreft zijn bestaansrecht, vooral  ook voorkomen dat voor rond Israël een vijandbeeld zou ontstaan. Want goede verhoudingen met Israël moeten, vanuit de Westerse wereld, in ieder geval in stand blijven. Aldus het standpunt van Jonkman en zijn ratten-club.

Tot de 15e!

Met strijdbare groet,

Gerard Jonkman
directeur The Rights Forum

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4 juni 2025

Right now, Israel is ramping up its genocide with a full-scale invasion and massacres of starved Palestinians seeking aid.

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4 juni 2025

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4 juni 2025

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4 juni 2025

On May 21, something powerful happened across the globe. From gas stations in Denver to protests in Australia, 35 coordinated actions hit Chevron where it hurts most: their reputation and their bottom line.

BOYCOTT CHEVRON

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3 juni 2025

Just in time for Father’s Day, we’re raising a glass to the bearded duo that changed the world.

Jacobin and artist Piotr Dudek present “Brotherly Love,” a bold new Riso print featuring Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels sharing a well-earned pint. It’s the perfect gift for your favorite socialist dad, beer lover, or history nerd.

Printed in Berlin on heavyweight paper, this limited-edition poster captures the spirit of camaraderie — and class struggle.

Order the Marx and Engels, Brotherly Love poster

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3 juni 2025

Today's headlines

Meet the Palestinian Bedouin community that no longer exists

Qassam Muaddi

After being forced out of their homes by violent Israeli settlers, the Bedouin community of Maghayer al-Deir joins a growing list of Palestinian Bedouins whose villages have been taken over by settlers since October 7, 2023.

Former Biden spokesperson admits Israel was committing war crimes, it just wasn’t his job to say so

Former State Department spokesman Matthew Miller says Israel has ‘without doubt’ committed war crimes in Gaza. During his tenure under Biden, Miller had become representative of the administration's defense of Israel's genocide in Gaza.

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3 juni 2025

The Future of War Crimes Today 

Back in September last year, Anastasia Pavlenko, was riding her bicycle. The 23-year-old mother of two was heading for an appointment in the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine. 

As she was cycling along, she saw a drone take off from the roof of a house. It started to follow her. 

The drone followed Pavlenko for nearly 300 meters. It moved closer, chasing her. Then, the drone dropped something a few meters to the left of her. 

An explosion injured Pavlenko in her neck, left leg, and under her rib. 

Covered in blood, she somehow kept moving. Her bike’s tires were flat, but she wanted to get to an underpass just ahead. There, she might at least have some cover from the hunters above. 

The next day, a video of the attack was uploaded to a Telegram channel affiliated with the Russian military. 

The drone assault on Pavlenko is just one of several hundred such Russian attacks on civilians and civilian objects in Kherson since June 2024. Russian forces are using small, easily maneuverable – even commercially available – quadcopter drones armed with explosive weapons. 

Sometimes it’s a grenade. Sometimes an antipersonnel landmine. Sometimes it’s an incendiary weapon, that is, a bomb meant to burn. 

The drones send live video feeds back to their operators, who may be up to 25 kilometers away. 

These are deliberate attacks on civilians, that is, war crimes. And the perpetrators film their war crimes and share the videos on social media. Russian forces are apparently proud of the atrocities they’re committing and the terror they’re spreading. 

Indeed, spreading terror among civilians seems to be the point. 

Russian forces once occupied Kherson, but they were later pushed back across the river. No longer physically on the ground, through these attacks they make clear to Kherson’s residents that they’re still present, that they can target and kill the population at will. 

Making people afraid to leave their homes by hunting them individually – in what some locals darkly label a “human safari” – is certainly a way to maintain terror. 

Beyond the maimings and deaths, it’s having an additional impact. In the two areas of Kherson Russian drones have been targeting in this way, many people have been forced out. Deliberate depopulation through fear. 

Russian forces may be showing the world something of the future of war crimes here, combining inexpensive drones, explosives, and social media, to spread terror and kill civilians. 

And the future is now: people living in deadly fear of a buzzing from above. 

Human Rights Watch has a new web feature on Russian drone attacks in Kherson, Ukraine, which includes selections from some of the videos mentioned above. It’s difficult viewing, but I encourage you to look at this special report. 

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2 juni 2025

End the Massacres at Food Distribution Centers In Gaza and Return Control of Aid to the United Nations Now!

Yesterday, Sunday, June 1st, Israeli forces carried out a horrific massacre in Rafah, Gaza, targeting desperate Palestinians gathered at a food distribution center run by U.S.-backed mercenaries, killing at least 35 Palestinians and injuring hundreds more. Palestinians are being lured by the promise of food, only to face lethal violence from Israeli drones, tanks, helicopters, and ground troops.

TAKE ACTION NOW: Demand President Trump and Congress to facilitate ending the blockade, restore UN control of aid distribution, and immediately halt these massacres.

According to Doctors Without Borders (MSF), dozens have been killed and hundreds wounded. Survivors describe the chaos: "They told us to take food—then they fired from every direction." These aren't aid centers; they are killing fields, and weaponizing humanitarian aid to commit genocide.

The Trump administration’s support for this illegal and dehumanizing plan directly implicates the U.S. in these massacres. This plan clearly violates international law by weaponizing aid, deliberately targeting civilians, and exacerbating mass starvation and suffering. 

It’s far past time for the United States to stop being a partner in this genocide and treat Israel as above the law. Under Biden, and now under Trump, the U.S. has continued to shamelessly bankroll and enable the systematic slaughter of Palestinians, period.

The continued blockade and genocide of Gaza are funded by our tax dollars, executed with our weapons, and justified by our leaders.

We can’t stop until the U.S. ends its partnership in this horror.

• Call and email President Trump and your Senators and Representatives.
• Demand the immediate return of humanitarian aid control to the UN.
• Insist on a complete lifting of Israel’s brutal blockade on Gaza.
• Stop the weaponization of food aid to commit genocide.

In solidarity,
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action

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2 juni 2025

Het is alsof ze het nooit leren. Opnieuw probeert Egged Bus Systems (EBS) een OV-concessie binnen te slepen in Nederland . Nu in Oost-Brabant. En de bestuurders lijken even clueless en ongeinteresseerd in de grotere wereld als altijd. Hoe is het anders voorstelbaar dat EBS nog altijd mag meedingen.

BDS Nederland wil nu via een snelle mailactie een signaal sturen naar het provinciebestuur (Gedeputeerde Staten) en de Provinciale Staten. Die vind je hieronder.

Help mee de provincie op andere gedachten te brengen, EBS aan te klagen en tegen te gaan dat ze mogen rijden in Oost-Brabant.

Een strijdbare groet van het docP team; blijf BDS-en!

Mailactie: gun de aanbesteding Oost-Brabant niet aan EBS!

Stuur hier je mail naar het Brabantse provinciebestuur.

Het is weer zover, EBS dingt weer mee naar een aanbesteding in Nederland, deze keer voor het busvervoer in 19 gemeenten in Oost-Brabant, voor de duur van 12,5 jaar en voor een waarde van 1 miljard euro.

Het is verbijsterend dat EBS (afkorting voor Egged Bus Systems) nog steeds wordt toegelaten tot Nederlandse aanbestedingen. Het moederbedrijf en enige aandeelhouder van EBS is het Israëlische busbedrijf Egged en dat staat al jaren op de VN-lijst van bedrijven die bijdragen aan de illegale kolonisatie van Palestijns grondgebied en die daarmee handelen in strijd met Internationaal Recht. De VN noemde het bedrijf een ‘essentiële schakel in de instandhouding en het bestaan van illegale nederzettingen (op de Westoever)’. Wij voeren daarom al meer dan 10 jaar campagne tegen EBS.

Laat de Provincie Brabant, de Gedeputeerde en de leden van de Provinciale Staten weten:

Als reizigers willen wij niet verplicht worden aan boord te stappen bij een bedrijf dat al jarenlang berucht is vanwege mensenrechtenschendingen tegen Palestijnen. Als belastingbetaler willen wij niet dat ons belastinggeld bijdraagt aan illegale nederzettingen. Als burger moeten wij erop kunnen bouwen dat onze overheid ons niet medeplichtig maakt aan oorlogsmisdaden.

Er is al veel te lang weggekeken. Genoeg is genoeg. Business as usual eindigt vandaag. Sluit EBS uit van deelname

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2 juni 2025

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2 juni 2025

Today's headlines

Aid massacre: Israeli forces kill 31 Palestinians at U.S.-run aid distribution center

Tareq S. Hajjaj

Another U.S.-run aid center was the site of a massacre in southern Gaza after Israeli forces opened fire on civilians. “The Americans and Israelis set a huge trap for us to lure us here and kill us,” an eyewitness told Mondoweiss.

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Join the Anti-Genocide pledge to stop the bloodshed in Gaza

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1 juni 2025

U.S. and Israel’s cynical game in Gaza exposed

This week, Mondoweiss published powerful and essential reporting highlighting the ongoing catastrophe in Gaza and exposing the deeply troubling role of the Israeli and American-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. We documented how Palestinians seeking aid at distribution points managed by this shadowy foundation have been repeatedly arrested, fired upon, and even killed. As Abdaljawad Omar reported, these sites have effectively become “kill zones,” part of a calculated strategy to force displacement by exploiting Palestinians’ desperate need for food and aid. Tareq Hajjaj further illustrated this horror, describing eyewitness accounts of chaos and violence, with American mercenaries standing by as armed looters attacked vulnerable civilians seeking aid.

The so-called humanitarian efforts by Israel and the U.S. in Gaza are not genuine attempts to alleviate the severe famine and suffering their policies have caused. Instead, they represent a cynical manipulation designed explicitly to accelerate displacement, as Israel openly plans to occupy up to 75% of Gaza. These actions are not isolated incidents but coordinated elements of a systematic ethnic cleansing operation, increasingly transparent to anyone paying attention.

Internationally, there is finally a growing chorus of leaders and governments speaking more forcefully against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, with some even beginning to take tangible actions. While this increased global pressure marks a positive step forward, it arrives tragically late. Natasha Lennard from The Intercept recently pointed out that Western liberals have a track record of waiting to speak up until the window for meaningful action has nearly closed, failing repeatedly to prevent or halt atrocities. We must remain vigilant, insisting on accountability and urgent action, not tomorrow, but today.

Must Read: The ‘chaos’ of aid distribution in Gaza is not a system failure. The system is designed to fail.

Abdaljawad Omar: Israel is using the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to condense Palestinians into increasingly narrow enclaves, forcing displacement through need. We are witnessing the rise of a new humanitarianism where aid sites double as kill zones.

A widely circulated image of starving Palestinians in Rafah at an aid distribution site run by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, May 27, 2025. (Photo: Social Media)

Catch-up

=Among the demands made in the Sarajevo declaration of the Gaza Tribunal are an “immediate withdrawal” of Israeli forces from Gaza, an end to forced displacement of its people, and resumption of humanitarian aid.

=Medical societies in the U.S. have failed to meet their ethical responsibilities by refusing to take a stand against war crimes and genocide in Gaza.

=On the heels of Trump’s Gulf tour, where he secured trillion-dollar deals with Arab states, Israeli tech leaders are now trying to get in on the action.

= students, staff, and faculty on hunger strike for Gaza: We are the eight students, staff, and faculty from across the City University of New York system who started an indefinite hunger strike.

= Netanyahu is facing increasing pressure from European states, including the threat of sanctions. The unanswered question is whether Trump will actually let Europe take action, or will he once again shield Israel from any accountability.

= The town of Umm al-Fahm is on the front lines of the struggle against the genocide among the communities of Palestinians that hold Israeli citizenship, or ’48 Palestinians.

= Ghassan Kanafani’s ‘The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine’ examines the mass uprisings against Zionism and for independence from British colonialism. A new English translation of the book offers new insights into the pivotal text.

=Tareq Hajjaj: For the third time this week, chaos broke out at the aid distribution point run by the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Eyewitnesses said American mercenaries did not intervene once they witnessed armed looting at the site.

=Jonathan Ofir: A recent poll shows that the majority of Jewish Israelis agree that there is a current incarnation of the “Amalek”, the biblical enemy nation, where the divine command was to eradicate them, and that it applies to Palestinians in the modern day.

=Gaza is not an anomaly. It is a mirror. A reflection of our world as it really is today. And for many, a preview of what is to come.

=Qassam Muaddi: Israel plans on concentrating Palestinians into isolated camps within Gaza after it takes over 75% of the territory, luring Palestinians into those zones by using aid as bait.

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