As Israel’s massacre carries on apace, we connect for a brief moment with the Christian community in Gaza.
On Christmas day, meet some of Gaza’s Christians – Day 443
Category: Daily Updates
Daily news updates after October 7, 2023
Finding hope and resilience in Gaza amid war and devastation – Day 442
The genocidal war against the people of Palestine is ongoing, but we found a story of hope, a spark of light in the darkness.
In Gaza, Israel attacks school, hospital, displacement camp, killing at least 50 – Day 442
Destruction and death all over Gaza; Pope Francis again berates Israel; Israel violates ceasefire with Lebanon, threatens Hezbollah if it dares to violate same ceasefire.
Israel has denied 97% of aid deliveries to northern Gaza – Day 441
Israel rejected 97% of requests to deliver aid to northern Gaza; West Bank death; Houthi missile evades Israeli defense system; Lebanon ceasefire; Syria; MIT.
Defense for Children Int’l: Palestinian children face unrelenting genocide – Day 440
Gazan infant dies of cold; Defense For Children Int’l presents end of year Palestine report; Pope Francis has strong words for Israel; UNRWA head’s op-ed; Israel violates another int’l law; Israel’s torture victims speak out; West Bank death; Christmas in Bethlehem; Americans stuck in Gaza; “The Bibi Files”: documentary film tells all
“Gaza: Life in a Death Trap” – Day 439
Two Israeli massacres at schools-turned-shelters; new report from Doctors Without Borders; Israel admits to blocking aid to Gaza; Netanyahu to skip Auschwitz liberation event in Poland over arrest fears; Israel kills 6 in West Bank; Meta’s pro-Israel bias; Israeli military has a manpower problem; Environmental Protection Agency stands with Gaza
“We kill civilians and count them as terrorists,” Israeli reservists admit – Day 438
Northern Gaza hospital ICU destroyed; Human Rights Watch on water; winter in Gaza without shelter, aid; Hamas replenishes its ranks; ‘We kill civilians and count them as terrorists’; West Bank death; Israel “abuses” Lebanon ceasefire; Australian foreign minister scolded by Israel; another US State Dept resignation
Northern Gaza expected to be “a dismembered and depopulated area” – Day 437
Israel allows desecration of Palestinian corpses by wild dogs; girl crushed in bread stampede; “Generals’ Plan” in full swing, “no Palestinians will return to their homes” in northern Gaza; hopes rise for hostage exchange, ceasefire; West Bank deaths; lawsuit filed against US State Dept for failure to implement Leahy Law; Congress members demand arms embargo on Israel; U.S. defied Spanish embargo; 7K authors boycott Israel-affiliated publishers
Nearly 1 million Palestinians in Gaza face winter without shelter – Day 436
Israel kills beloved Gazan grandpa; winter approaches amid severe shortage of shelter, baby formula in Gaza; first month of Gaza war ‘most destructive’ for civilians this century; death, demolition in West Bank; Israeli attacks in Lebanon, Syria; family of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi comments on meeting with Blinken
Official death toll in Gaza passes 45,000 – Day 435
Israel massacres over 100 in Gaza, displaces many more at gunpoint; Israel to deploy remotely operated machine guns against Palestinians in West Bank; Israel strikes Syria as Netanyahu approves plan to expand (illegal) Golan Heights settlement; Israeli embassy in Ireland closing; CNN’s pro-Israel bias