Hamas says a captive has died of wounds sustained in Israeli air strike | Israel War on Gaza News

Hamas says a captive has died of wounds sustained in Israeli air strike | Israel War on Gaza News

British-Israeli Nadav Popplewell was taken captive from Nirim kibbutz by Palestinian group Hamas on October 7. Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, has said British-Israeli captive Nadav Popplewell died of wounds sustained in an Israeli air strike a month ago. The group’s announcement on Saturday came just hours after the…

Thousands flee Rafah after Israeli forces issue evacuation order | Israel War on Gaza News

Thousands flee Rafah after Israeli forces issue evacuation order | Israel War on Gaza News

Israel issued new evacuation orders in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, forcing tens of thousands more people to move as it prepares to expand its military operation. With Saturday’s orders, Israeli forces have now evacuated the eastern third of Rafah, pushing into the edges of the heavily populated central area….

Israeli army orders more evacuations from Rafah as it expands Gaza assault | Israel War on Gaza News

Israeli army orders more evacuations from Rafah as it expands Gaza assault | Israel War on Gaza News

The Israeli military has ordered residents in more areas of eastern and central Rafah to evacuate as it expands its offensive in the southernmost corner of the Gaza Strip, again displacing tens of thousands of Palestinians. An estimated 150,000 Palestinians, many displaced multiple times, have now fled Rafah, the United…

Gaza’s mass graves: Is the truth being uncovered? | Israel War on Gaza News

Gaza’s mass graves: Is the truth being uncovered? | Israel War on Gaza News

Palestinian emergency workers continue to uncover mass graves in and around three hospitals in the Gaza Strip, months after Israeli forces laid siege to them, claiming they were being used as Hamas command centres. More than 500 bodies have been recovered with Palestinian officials saying several of them showed signs…

On 2nd anniversary of Abu Akleh killing, press advocates push for justice | Freedom of the Press News

On 2nd anniversary of Abu Akleh killing, press advocates push for justice | Freedom of the Press News

Washington, DC – In 214 days, Israel has killed 142 journalists in Gaza, approximately one every 36 hours. The staggering death toll makes the war the deadliest conflict for journalists in modern history. But activists say the case of renowned Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a United States citizen,…

US report punts on possible Israeli violations of international law in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

US report punts on possible Israeli violations of international law in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

A report from the administration of President Joe Biden has found that Israeli forces likely used United States-supplied weapons in a manner “inconsistent” with international law, but it stopped short of identifying violations that would put an end to the ongoing military aid. In the report, released on Friday after…

South Africa asks ICJ to order Israel to withdraw from Gaza’s Rafah | Israel War on Gaza News

South Africa asks ICJ to order Israel to withdraw from Gaza’s Rafah | Israel War on Gaza News

South Africa seeks new emergency measures over Israel’s latest offensive against the southern city in Gaza. South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to withdraw from Rafah as part of additional emergency measures over the war in Gaza, the United Nations’s top court said….

UN backs Palestine’s bid for membership: How did your country vote? | Israel War on Gaza News

UN backs Palestine’s bid for membership: How did your country vote? | Israel War on Gaza News

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has overwhelmingly voted to support a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member by recognising it as qualified to join and recommending the UN Security Council “reconsider the matter favourably”. Memberships can only be decided by the UN Security Council, and last month,…

Are US graduation ceremonies the latest battleground for Gaza protests? | Israel War on Gaza News

Are US graduation ceremonies the latest battleground for Gaza protests? | Israel War on Gaza News

EXPLAINER Here’s how pro-Palestine campus protests and encampments are affecting graduation ceremonies at US universities. College graduates all over the United States this year are walking on stage to collect their degrees after donning Palestinian flags and keffiyehs with their caps and gowns. Graduation ceremonies are taking place in May…

Israel’s war on Gaza: Challenging the narrative of a “just” war | Israel War on Gaza

Israel’s war on Gaza: Challenging the narrative of a “just” war | Israel War on Gaza

Marc Lamont Hill challenges Newsweek opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon on her support for Israel’s war on Gaza. Israel has seized the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinians to flee the area while shutting down Gaza’s main entry point for humanitarian aid….