Clearing Gaza of almost 40m tons of war rubble will take years, says UN
Jason Burke
The Guardian / July 15, 2024
Assessment puts cost at $500m-$600m and underlines immense challenge of rebuilding after months of Israeli offensive
A fleet of more than one hundred lorries would take 15 years to clear Gaza of almost 40m tons of rubble in an operation costing between...
Living in a tent with premature triplets: how fear and anxiety haunt Gaza’s new...
Kaamil Ahmed
The Guardian / July 15, 2024
Some women in Gaza have spent the duration of the war pregnant, but the constant bombing, death and chaos have cast a shadow over what should be a time of joy.
After a night spent shaking in fear as the...
War has prevented 15m children being immunized against diseases, UN warns
Kat Lay
The Guardian / July 15, 2024
Vaccine misinformation has added to crisis of collapsed healthcare and poor nutrition, UNICEF and WHO report.
Conflicts have hampered efforts to vaccinate children across the world, health leaders have warned, as new figures showed about 14.5 million children had not received a...
Hamas says Gaza cease-fire talks haven’t paused and claims military chief survived Israeli strike
Wafaa Shurafa & Melanie Lidman
AP / July 14, 2024
MUWASI, Gaza Strip – Hamas said Sunday that Gaza cease-fire talks continue and the group’s military commander was in good health, a day after the Israeli military targeted Mohammed Deif with a massive airstrike that local health officials said killed at least 90 people, including...
Hamas mastermind of 7 October attack target of deadly Gaza strike, claims Israel
Lorenzo Tondo, Quique Kierszenbaum & Malak A. Tantesh
The Guardian / July 14, 2024
Health officials say at least 90 people killed and 289 injured by strike on camp for displaced people in Khan Younis.
Israeli forces say the Hamas military chief, Mohammed Deif, the mastermind of the 7 October...
Deadly strike on displaced Gazans – Gallant pledges to continue attacks on ‘Hamas leaders’
TPC Staff
The Palestine Chronicle / July 14, 2023
The Israel Hayom daily claimed, without providing any evidence, that the main goal of the airstrike was to eliminate Mohammed Deif, commander-in-chief of the Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing.
Following Israel’s latest killing of at least 90 Palestinians in an airstrike...
West Bank Palestinians stage general strike to protest deadly Israeli strike in Gaza
Middle East Monitor / July 14, 2024
Palestinians staged a general strike in several cities in the occupied West Bank on Sunday in protest of a deadly Israeli strike on a “humanitarian zone” in the southern Gaza Strip, Anadolu news agency reported.
At least 90 people were killed and nearly 300...
Soldiers of Facebook – Israel turns to social media to feed Gaza war machine
The Palestine Chronicle / July 14, 2024
The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) quoted a reserve soldier from the Golani Brigade on Sunday, who confirmed that the army is searching for soldiers and volunteers through private Facebook groups due to widespread fatigue among occupation soldiers.
The Israeli soldier reportedly said...
Testimonies from the Mawasi massacre: 90 people buried in the sand
Tareq S. Hajjaj
Mondoweiss / July 14, 2024
The Israeli army committed another massacre against displaced Palestinians in tent encampments, this time in the coastal Mawasi area, which Israel had designated as a "safe zone."
In a crater in the ground almost larger than a schoolyard, a group of young...
Israel kills at least 90 Palestinians in Gaza ‘safe zone’
Maureen Clare Murphy
The Electronic Intifada / July 14, 2024
Israel massacred dozens of Palestinians in airstrikes in Al-Mawasi, the supposed “safe zone” along the coast in southern Gaza, and in Beach refugee camp near Gaza City on Saturday.
At least 90 Palestinians were killed and 300 injured in the...