Saqib Farooq
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Murder-drone enforced ethnic cleansing.
"The Israeli army is weaponizing Chinese-made drones to police expulsion orders across Gaza, with soldiers saying they deliberately target civilians so others will ‘learn’ not to return, an investigation reveals."
"The Israeli army is weaponizing Chinese-made drones to police expulsion orders across Gaza, with soldiers saying they deliberately target civilians so others will ‘learn’ not to return, an investigation reveals."
Israel enforcing Gaza evacuations with grenade-firing drones
Israeli soldiers tell +972 they deliberately target Palestinian civilians with drone strikes so others will ‘learn’ not to return.
www.972mag.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Murder-drone enforced ethnic cleansing.
"The Israeli army is weaponizing Chinese-made drones to police expulsion orders across Gaza, with soldiers saying they deliberately target civilians so others will ‘learn’ not to return, an investigation reveals."
"The Israeli army is weaponizing Chinese-made drones to police expulsion orders across Gaza, with soldiers saying they deliberately target civilians so others will ‘learn’ not to return, an investigation reveals."
A former security contractor for Gaza's controversial new Israel- and US-backed aid distribution sites has told the BBC that he witnessed colleagues opening fire several times on hungry Palestinians who had posed no threat, including with machine guns.
Gaza aid contractor tells BBC he saw colleagues fire on hungry Palestinians
The Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has strongly denied the allegation.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A former security contractor for Gaza's controversial new Israel- and US-backed aid distribution sites has told the BBC that he witnessed colleagues opening fire several times on hungry Palestinians who had posed no threat, including with machine guns.
Some 828 UK-based or qualified legal experts, among them former Supreme Court justices, signed a letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Monday.
They warned "genocide is being perpetrated in Gaza" from Israel's blockade of food and aid and its new military offensive...
They warned "genocide is being perpetrated in Gaza" from Israel's blockade of food and aid and its new military offensive...
Hundreds of lawyers call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza war
Their letter warns of genocide in Gaza, and calls on the UK to take concrete actions to meet its international legal obligations.
www.bbc.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Some 828 UK-based or qualified legal experts, among them former Supreme Court justices, signed a letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Monday.
They warned "genocide is being perpetrated in Gaza" from Israel's blockade of food and aid and its new military offensive...
They warned "genocide is being perpetrated in Gaza" from Israel's blockade of food and aid and its new military offensive...
More than 93 percent of children in Gaza, about 930,000, just less than 50 percent of the population, are at risk of famine.
That has put 14,000 babies at risk of dying in the next 48 hours, Tom Fletcher said in an interview with the BBC on Tuesday.
It's genocide.
That has put 14,000 babies at risk of dying in the next 48 hours, Tom Fletcher said in an interview with the BBC on Tuesday.
It's genocide.
Thousands of Gaza’s children face imminent death under Israeli siege: UN
Food security group says more than 93 percent of children in Gaza, about 930,000, are at risk of famine.
www.aljazeera.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
More than 93 percent of children in Gaza, about 930,000, just less than 50 percent of the population, are at risk of famine.
That has put 14,000 babies at risk of dying in the next 48 hours, Tom Fletcher said in an interview with the BBC on Tuesday.
It's genocide.
That has put 14,000 babies at risk of dying in the next 48 hours, Tom Fletcher said in an interview with the BBC on Tuesday.
It's genocide.
Twelve-year-old Rahaf Ayad is so malnourished she can barely speak. Her hair is falling out. Her ribs protrude. She can hardly move her limbs. She blinks slowly, her eyelids heavy.
The Gazan children starving under Israeli siege
With over 70,000 children hospitalized for malnutrition, Israel's blockade has Gazan parents watch helplessly as their children waste away.
www.972mag.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Twelve-year-old Rahaf Ayad is so malnourished she can barely speak. Her hair is falling out. Her ribs protrude. She can hardly move her limbs. She blinks slowly, her eyelids heavy.
A US president openly arming a genocide is welcomed with red carpets, handshakes and blank cheques... And Gaza continues to burn.
Gulf regimes have power and wealth. They have Trump’s ear. Yet they use none of it - not to halt the slaughter, ease the siege or demand dignity.
Gulf regimes have power and wealth. They have Trump’s ear. Yet they use none of it - not to halt the slaughter, ease the siege or demand dignity.
As Trump basks in Gulf Arab applause, Israel massacres children in Gaza
From Riyadh to Abu Dhabi, a race is underway - not to end the genocide in Gaza, but to outspend one another for US favour
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May 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A US president openly arming a genocide is welcomed with red carpets, handshakes and blank cheques... And Gaza continues to burn.
Gulf regimes have power and wealth. They have Trump’s ear. Yet they use none of it - not to halt the slaughter, ease the siege or demand dignity.
Gulf regimes have power and wealth. They have Trump’s ear. Yet they use none of it - not to halt the slaughter, ease the siege or demand dignity.
The war's horrors multiply. The dead, the pieces of the dead. The dying. The starving. More and more of them now – all the weight of human suffering witnessed...
BBC cameraman haunted by Gaza's malnourished children injured in Israeli strike
Israel says it targeted top Hamas militants hiding among civilians at the Khan Younis hospital.
www.bbc.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The war's horrors multiply. The dead, the pieces of the dead. The dying. The starving. More and more of them now – all the weight of human suffering witnessed...
The UN and leading aid groups reject Israeli claims that Hamas steals and controls food that comes into Gaza.
470,000 Gazans, 22% of the population, are in a "Phase 5 – catastrophe."
"71,000 children and more than 17,000 mothers will need urgent treatment for acute malnutrition".
470,000 Gazans, 22% of the population, are in a "Phase 5 – catastrophe."
"71,000 children and more than 17,000 mothers will need urgent treatment for acute malnutrition".
Gaza: Israel denying food to Gaza is ‘weapon of war’, says Unwra chief
Two months after all humanitarian aid was blocked, Philippe Lazzarini tells international editor Jeremy Bowen “starvation is spreading” inside Gaza.
www.bbc.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The UN and leading aid groups reject Israeli claims that Hamas steals and controls food that comes into Gaza.
470,000 Gazans, 22% of the population, are in a "Phase 5 – catastrophe."
"71,000 children and more than 17,000 mothers will need urgent treatment for acute malnutrition".
470,000 Gazans, 22% of the population, are in a "Phase 5 – catastrophe."
"71,000 children and more than 17,000 mothers will need urgent treatment for acute malnutrition".
Over one million more are at “emergency” levels, marked by severe food gaps and high acute malnutrition.
“The current level of human suffering, destitution and harm is extreme and requires urgent action from all parties,” the IPC said in its report.
“The current level of human suffering, destitution and harm is extreme and requires urgent action from all parties,” the IPC said in its report.
Famine imminent in Gaza if Israel doesn’t lift blockade, hunger monitor warns
Over 93 percent of population is suffering from acute food insecurity, with communal kitchens shutting down
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May 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Over one million more are at “emergency” levels, marked by severe food gaps and high acute malnutrition.
“The current level of human suffering, destitution and harm is extreme and requires urgent action from all parties,” the IPC said in its report.
“The current level of human suffering, destitution and harm is extreme and requires urgent action from all parties,” the IPC said in its report.
The Israeli military’s former chief of staff has accused his successor of “sending soldiers to commit war crimes” in Gaza and torn into Israel’s government for “losing touch with Jewish morality”.
Israel 'sending soldiers to commit war crimes in Gaza', says former army chief
Moshe Yaalon, who also served as Benjamin Netanyahu's defence minister, accuses the government of 'losing touch with Jewish morality'
www.middleeasteye.net
May 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Israeli military’s former chief of staff has accused his successor of “sending soldiers to commit war crimes” in Gaza and torn into Israel’s government for “losing touch with Jewish morality”.
The USA, world leader in military coups to overthrow democratically elected governments to install fascist dictators. Murdered more civilians than any other modern nation. Still considers itself the best democracy and a beacon of morality and right. Has all the traits of a psychopath
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April 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The USA, world leader in military coups to overthrow democratically elected governments to install fascist dictators. Murdered more civilians than any other modern nation. Still considers itself the best democracy and a beacon of morality and right. Has all the traits of a psychopath
Colonisation and genocide supported by the West whilst they proclaim morality.
"Unlike in the past, the IDF is not evacuating areas that have been cleared and seized,"
MSF said that Gaza had been "turned into a mass grave of Palestinians and those coming to their assistance".
"Unlike in the past, the IDF is not evacuating areas that have been cleared and seized,"
MSF said that Gaza had been "turned into a mass grave of Palestinians and those coming to their assistance".
Israel will remain in Gaza 'security zones' after war, minister says
Israel Katz said Israel would continue its six-week blockade of all supplies, despite the UN warning of "devastating" consequences.
www.bbc.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Colonisation and genocide supported by the West whilst they proclaim morality.
"Unlike in the past, the IDF is not evacuating areas that have been cleared and seized,"
MSF said that Gaza had been "turned into a mass grave of Palestinians and those coming to their assistance".
"Unlike in the past, the IDF is not evacuating areas that have been cleared and seized,"
MSF said that Gaza had been "turned into a mass grave of Palestinians and those coming to their assistance".
As usual, the hospital is Hamas, the children are Hamas, anyone in disagreement is Hamas.
Video posted online appeared to show huge flames and smoke rising after missiles hit a two-storey building. People, including some patients still in hospital beds, were filmed rushing away from the site.
Video posted online appeared to show huge flames and smoke rising after missiles hit a two-storey building. People, including some patients still in hospital beds, were filmed rushing away from the site.
Israeli air strike destroys part of last functioning hospital in Gaza City
The Israel Defense Forces said the hospital contained a "command and control center used by Hamas".
www.bbc.com
April 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
As usual, the hospital is Hamas, the children are Hamas, anyone in disagreement is Hamas.
Video posted online appeared to show huge flames and smoke rising after missiles hit a two-storey building. People, including some patients still in hospital beds, were filmed rushing away from the site.
Video posted online appeared to show huge flames and smoke rising after missiles hit a two-storey building. People, including some patients still in hospital beds, were filmed rushing away from the site.
One man said he was attacked with chemicals and set alight. "I thrashed around like an animal in an attempt to put the fire out [on my body]," said Mohammad Abu Tawileh, a 36-year-old mechanic.
Gazan detainees tell BBC of torture by IDF and Israel Prison Service
Interviews with five men held in the months after the Hamas attacks reveal allegations of violence and abuse, adding to reports of misconduct by military and prison staff.
www.bbc.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
One man said he was attacked with chemicals and set alight. "I thrashed around like an animal in an attempt to put the fire out [on my body]," said Mohammad Abu Tawileh, a 36-year-old mechanic.
The UN's secretary-general says "aid has dried up [and] the floodgates of horror have re-opened" in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has blocked the entry of all goods...
Gaza is a 'killing field', says UN chief, as agencies urge world to act on Israel's blockade
Israel has blocked humanitarian supplies and fuel from entering for five weeks - the longest period since the war began.
www.bbc.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The UN's secretary-general says "aid has dried up [and] the floodgates of horror have re-opened" in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has blocked the entry of all goods...
Israel is preparing to forcibly displace the entire population of Gaza through a combination of evacuation orders and intense bombardment into an enclosed and possibly fenced-off area. Anyone caught outside its boundaries would be killed...
Israel’s latest vision for Gaza has a name: Concentration camp
Unable to immediately expel Gazans en masse, Israel seems intent on forcing them into a confined zone — and letting starvation and desperation do the rest.
www.972mag.com
April 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Israel is preparing to forcibly displace the entire population of Gaza through a combination of evacuation orders and intense bombardment into an enclosed and possibly fenced-off area. Anyone caught outside its boundaries would be killed...
Video shows clearly marked ambulances with emergency lights on being fired upon by the IOF. THEY BURIED THE PARAMEDICS AND THEIR AMBULANCES IN THE SAND.
Video footage appears to contradict Israeli account of Gaza medic killings
The footage was reportedly filmed by a Palestinian paramedic killed by Israeli forces along with 14 others in March.
www.bbc.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Video shows clearly marked ambulances with emergency lights on being fired upon by the IOF. THEY BURIED THE PARAMEDICS AND THEIR AMBULANCES IN THE SAND.
Innocent Palestinians are regularly forced by soldiers to enter houses in Gaza to make sure there are no terrorists or explosives.
In Gaza, almost every IDF platoon keeps a human shield, a sub-army of Palestinian slaves | Opinion
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www.haaretz.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Innocent Palestinians are regularly forced by soldiers to enter houses in Gaza to make sure there are no terrorists or explosives.
The workers include eight paramedics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), six members of the Palestinian Civil Defence search-and-rescue teams, and one UN staff member.
They were found over the weekend in a mass grave with at least around 20 multiple gunshots in each one of them
They were found over the weekend in a mass grave with at least around 20 multiple gunshots in each one of them
Gaza medics killed by Israel found handcuffed and shot in mass grave
Israeli forces are accused of executing 15 first responders who were found buried under their crushed ambulances
www.middleeasteye.net
April 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The workers include eight paramedics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), six members of the Palestinian Civil Defence search-and-rescue teams, and one UN staff member.
They were found over the weekend in a mass grave with at least around 20 multiple gunshots in each one of them
They were found over the weekend in a mass grave with at least around 20 multiple gunshots in each one of them
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NEW: 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.
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 1:48 PM
NEW: 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.
Reposted by Saqib Farooq
Scenes from a Ramadan massacre - https://www.972mag.com/ramadan-massacre-gaza-bodies/
Scenes from a Ramadan massacre
Palestinians in Gaza City describe collecting body parts from the street and fending off stray dogs as they awaited ambulances amid Israel's attacks.
www.972mag.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Scenes from a Ramadan massacre - https://www.972mag.com/ramadan-massacre-gaza-bodies/
BBC News - 'They wanted to be doctors, teachers': Gazans grieve children killed in massive Israeli strikes
Mohammed was one of more than 170 children killed in Israel's renewed bombardment of Gaza on Tuesday, which shattered the ceasefire deal in place for the past two months.
Mohammed was one of more than 170 children killed in Israel's renewed bombardment of Gaza on Tuesday, which shattered the ceasefire deal in place for the past two months.
Gazans grieve children killed in massive Israeli strikes
Babies and young children are among the hundreds killed in Israel's renewed bombardment.
www.bbc.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
BBC News - 'They wanted to be doctors, teachers': Gazans grieve children killed in massive Israeli strikes
Mohammed was one of more than 170 children killed in Israel's renewed bombardment of Gaza on Tuesday, which shattered the ceasefire deal in place for the past two months.
Mohammed was one of more than 170 children killed in Israel's renewed bombardment of Gaza on Tuesday, which shattered the ceasefire deal in place for the past two months.
Israel killed hundreds of Palestinians, including over 100 children, in a wave of air strikes targeting five Gaza municipalities at around 3am local time.
Social media erupted with images of children and babies killed during the attacks, bodies transported to hospitals and makeshift tents burning.
Social media erupted with images of children and babies killed during the attacks, bodies transported to hospitals and makeshift tents burning.
‘Utter carnage’: Outrage over images of children killed in Israel's Gaza strikes
Thousands online respond to the harrowing aftermath of Israel’s attack on Gaza
www.middleeasteye.net
March 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Israel killed hundreds of Palestinians, including over 100 children, in a wave of air strikes targeting five Gaza municipalities at around 3am local time.
Social media erupted with images of children and babies killed during the attacks, bodies transported to hospitals and makeshift tents burning.
Social media erupted with images of children and babies killed during the attacks, bodies transported to hospitals and makeshift tents burning.
Yosri al-Ghar, a survivor of the overnight bombardment, said the air strikes killed his pregnant sister, her husband, their three children. The fourth child is in serious condition.
Israel unleashes bloody Gaza bombardment, killing hundreds and breaking truce
Hospitals are overwhelmed with the dead and wounded as Israeli jets bomb homes and schools across the enclave
www.middleeasteye.net
March 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Yosri al-Ghar, a survivor of the overnight bombardment, said the air strikes killed his pregnant sister, her husband, their three children. The fourth child is in serious condition.
Killing aid workers, paramedics, hospital staff, rescuers, women, children, civilians. Bombing hospitals, schools, refuges, residential homes, water desalination plants, sewage works and road infrastructure. Cutting off food, water, electricity and communications.
Aid workers killed in Israeli air strike in Gaza, charity tells BBC
The Israeli military says it was targeting terrorists who
www.bbc.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Killing aid workers, paramedics, hospital staff, rescuers, women, children, civilians. Bombing hospitals, schools, refuges, residential homes, water desalination plants, sewage works and road infrastructure. Cutting off food, water, electricity and communications.