Category Archives: war

Live blog: Palestinian resistance groups oppose foreign forces in Gaza

foreign forces in Gaza

Israel’s war on besieged Gaza — now in its 176th day — has killed at least 32,705 Palestinians and wounded 75,190 as Biden reportedly approves transfer of new bombs, warplanes to Israel.

What the data on Gaza says: Large-scale hunger deaths, deadly epidemic

Large-scale hunger deaths

A Rome-based food security organisation operating in over 30 countries has scraped together compelling data on Gaza’s hunger crisis, concluding that the besieged enclave has hit the catastrophe-phase 5 mark.

Meta’s oversight board urges Facebook, Instagram to lift ban on ‘shaheed’

ban on ‘shaheed’

The oversight board of Meta, the social media giant which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has ruled that a ban on the use of the word “shaheed” – “martyr” in Arabic – should be lifted. Meta has acknowledged that the term “shaheed” accounts for more content removals under the company’s content moderation policy than any other single word or phrase on its platforms.

Live blog: US seeks probe into video of Israeli army burying people alive

burying people alive

Israel’s war on besieged Palestinians of Gaza — now in its 175th day — has killed at least 32,552 people and wounded 74,980 as World Court orders Israel to stop Gaza starvation crisis.

Live blog: Israeli forces kill more than 200 Palestinians at Gaza hospital

Palestinians at Gaza hospital

Israel’s war on besieged Palestinians of Gaza — now in its 174th day — has killed at least 32,552 people and wounded 74,980 as hawkish PM Netanyahu says Palestinians can “just move” away from Rafah invasion.

Biden team official flags plausible genocide in Gaza, resigns in protest

resigns in protest

Annelle Sheline, State Department official working on human rights issues in Middle East, says the Biden administration is “directly enabling what the ICJ has said could plausibly be a genocide in Gaza.”