Tess Pope
tesskp.bsky.social
Tess Pope
@tesskp.bsky.social
Media and comms officer at Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). Spend my days telling other peoples stories. Usual caveats.
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"The situation is terrifying. We have armed Israeli mobs attacking villages, burning cars & houses, killing people under the protection of the Israeli army..."

Aseel Baidoun from @medicalaidpal.bsky.social on the situation in the occupied West Bank
September 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Presenter "The offensive is ongoing in Gaza City now, the Israelis have been pushing for Palestinians to leave the city..."

Aseel Baidoun from @medicalaidpal.bsky.social : "I want to emphasise what Israel is doing... is ethnic cleansing of Palestinians..."

Presenter "Something they of course deny"
September 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
At least 1,400 healthcare workers have now been killed in Gaza during Israel’s 19-month military assault.

www.map.org.uk/news/archive...
1,400 healthcare workers killed in Israel’s systematic attacks on Gaza’s health system - Latest News & Developments - Medical Aid for Palestinians
At least 1,400 healthcare workers have now been killed in Gaza during Israel’s 19-month military assault. These systematic attacks show that Israel is conducting a war on healthcare in Gaza that canno...
www.map.org.uk
May 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“Just child after child, young patient after young patient,” Rokadiya said. “The vast, vast majority were women, children, the elderly.”

apnews.com/article/gaza...
As Israeli bombs fell, wounded children overwhelmed this Gaza hospital. Dozens died
When Israel unleashed a wave of bombardment this week, shattering Gaza's ceasefire, a hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis was overwhelmed with wounded children.
apnews.com
March 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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HRW: Israeli military forces caused deaths and unnecessary suffering of Palestinian patients while occupying hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the current hostilities, amounting to war crimes www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Gaza: Israeli Military War Crimes While Occupying Hospitals
Israeli military forces caused deaths and unnecessary suffering of Palestinian patients while occupying hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the current hostilities, amounting to war crimes.
www.hrw.org
March 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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#Israel gov't blocked all aid to #Gaza, deliberately depriving civilians of food water fuel & in flagrant violation of int'l humanitarian law.

@eudiplomacy.bsky.social should wake up: muffled words, instead of much-needed action, also put civilians at further risk.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Israel Again Blocks Gaza Aid, Further Risking Lives
Since March 2, 2025, the Israeli government has again blocked all aid entering Gaza, including fuel, in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.
www.hrw.org
March 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Humanitarian aid must get into #Gaza, regardless of any ceasefire. International humanitarian law & ICJ rulings are crystal clear.

Israel keeps violating both, with impunity.

Starving 2 million people is not a negotiation tactic. It’s a war crime.
March 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Clubbed, beaten, attacked with dogs…

The Geneva Conventions prohibit the targeting of healthcare workers, both civilian & military, yet Israel has tortured, starved & withheld medical treatment from Gaza’s doctors. It’s barbaric.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘They forced me to stand for hours in the cold, arms raised and shackled’: eight Gaza doctors on their Israeli prison ordeal
Senior doctors and surgeons describe the torture, starvation, humiliation and denial of medical care they endured while being held without charge
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Israeli authorities have denied numerous medical professionals entry into Gaza without an explanation.

Israel’s allies should urge the country to comply with its duties as the occupying power and allow health care workers into Gaza.
Israeli Authorities Block Health Care Workers from Entering Gaza
Israeli authorities denied an orthopedic surgeon entry into Gaza last week, preventing her from providing crucial treatment to children with disabilities. One of her patients, Minah, a 3-year-old girl...
www.hrw.org
February 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Our statement on the ceasefire deal: "While we hope this temporary pause will alleviate some of the suffering the Israeli military has inflicted on Gaza, it marks the beginning, not the end, of efforts to restore health, dignity and freedom to the Palestinian people." www.map.org.uk/news/archive...
MAP welcomes suspension of hostilities in Gaza as crucial step toward saving Palestinian lives
MAP welcomes the announcement of an agreement between Israel and Hamas to suspend hostilities in Gaza. It marks the beginning, not the end, of efforts to restore health, dignity and freedom to the Pal...
www.map.org.uk
January 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I make a newsletter on international disability news and I need your help.

The two biggest challenges for a project like this are visibility and financing.

Please share, to help others find it.

And if you're comfortable, it runs on pay-what-you-can.

www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/open...
December 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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A 20-day-old baby in Gaza has frozen to death, the sixth child to die from severe cold amidst extreme weather. UNRWA calls for immediate ceasefire as aid fails to reach those in dire need. #Gaza #HumanitarianDisaster #ChildDeaths #CeasefireNow #UNRWA
December 31, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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The BBC is in civil war over Israel and Palestine.

BBC journalists are in revolt over what they call "systematic Israeli propaganda" churned out by the Corporation.

My exclusive investigative piece for @dropsitenews.com 👇

www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-...
The BBC's Civil War Over Gaza
The BBC is facing an internal revolt over its reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza. Owen Jones investigates.
www.dropsitenews.com
December 19, 2024 at 9:41 PM
“Time and time again we have seen Gaza’s hospitals face Israeli military attacks and sieges despite being protected under international law. The PFBS is now one of the only operating hospitals left in northern Gaza”.

www.map.org.uk/news/archive...
Israel’s latest forced displacement order threatens to end advanced neo-natal care in northern Gaza
MAP condemns Israel’s latest attempt to systematically dismantle healthcare in the region even as hospital staff have so far said they will not leave their patients.
www.map.org.uk
December 13, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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Deserving of more coverage: “I think that has been grossly exaggerated, but we need to be able to demonstrate very clearly what the level of military presence was, if at all, in these hospitals because I think we’ve been misled about that in the press.”

www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec...
Claims of Hamas fighters in Gaza hospitals may have been exaggerated, says senior ICC prosecutor
Andrew Cayley, of the international criminal court, questioned reports used to justify Israeli military strikes
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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Israeli attacks kill at least 28 people hours after UN demands ceasefire in Gaza
Israeli attacks kill at least 28 people hours after UN demands ceasefire in Gaza
Refugee camp and aid convoy security personnel reportedly targeted amid food shortages and fears of famine in the region * Middle East crisis – live updates Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 28 people in Gaza, including seven children,…
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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The percentage of known fatalities that are children (36%) in Gaza compared to other recent air campaigns and the number of incidents were more than 32 children were killed (5) are among the of the eye-popping stats from @airwars.bsky.social latest report

gaza-patterns-harm.airwars.org
Airwars Gaza Patterns of Harm
Airwars monitors, assesses and preserves civilian casualty claims resulting from explosive weapons use in multiple conflicts.
gaza-patterns-harm.airwars.org
December 12, 2024 at 7:48 PM
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The link to the full Amnesty report into genocide perpetrated by Israel. Read considerable parts of this. Impressive and distressing. www.amnesty.org.uk/genocide-rep...
‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
December 5, 2024 at 12:07 PM
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This new decree, halting the training of new female healthcare workers, will result in unnecessary pain, misery, sickness, and death for the women forced to go without health care, as there won’t be female healthcare workers to treat them. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
Afghanistan’s Taliban Ban Medical Training for Women
This week the Taliban in Afghanistan closed one of the last remaining loopholes in their ban on education for older girls and women by forbidding them from attending institutions offering medical educ...
www.hrw.org
December 4, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Important reporting from The New Humanitarian on attacks on and disruption of aid access in Gaza.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
Targeted aid killings: How Israel starved a population and sowed chaos in northern Gaza
Experts say the series of Israeli attacks that violently dismantled a UN-backed humanitarian effort shows “a pattern of apparent war crimes”.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
December 4, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Sadly our colleague who was interviewed for this missed watching the match with others at Nasser Hospital due to the risk of drones outside his house and a lack of electricity and WiFi.

inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
'Liverpool changed my life': The Gaza fans who watched Madrid win from a war zone
In Khan Yunis, Palestine, Liverpool's 2-0 Champions League victory provided 90 minutes of escape from the horrors of war
inews.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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Extremely disturbing first-hand testimony to Parliament from a retired NHS surgeon who spent Aug-Sep in Gaza. "The drones would come down and pick off civilians—children. We had description after description. This is not an occasional thing." committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...
Oral evidence: Humanitarian situation in Gaza, HC 373
committees.parliament.uk
November 27, 2024 at 11:48 AM