Another Israeli attack on aid seekers in Gaza City
An Al Jazeera live shot, featuring correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul, showed the moment when Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of starving Palestinians attempting to access aid trucks.
Within the last hour, al-Ghoul and his crew were stationed at the Kuwaiti roundabout in Gaza City, when three aid trucks arrived to meet a crowd of thousands who had been waiting all day for humanitarian aid.
Just yesterday, the Kuwaiti roundabout saw an attack by Israeli forces that killed and injured dozens of aid seekers, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
As soon as the trucks arrived, the live shot shows, Israeli soldiers stationed nearby opened fire on the crowd, injuring some of them. Some people at the roundabout told Al Jazeera that they had been waiting since 8am (It is now 12:45am the next day) and that only a small fraction of those present were able to get an aid box, which included water, flour and a few other supplies.
These attacks are becoming a near-daily occurrence as Palestinians in northern Gaza continue to suffer from a lack of food and water.
Attack on health care facilities in Gaza ongoing: Canadian doctor
During a week-long mission in Gaza, Dijeng Peng says the attacks on healthcare institutions in the coastal enclave were ongoing.
“Only in the past two days, I had to check in to see if my colleagues at the Emirati Maternity Hospital were alive – because the gates of that hospital were struck by a drone strike,” the Canadian doctor told Al Jazeera.
“Many people do not feel safe to provide care, but they’re still doing essential care and looking after their patients and their community … it’s just horrendous.” Moreover, Peng said that a lack of food, water and housing has led to conditions of overcrowding and displacement, leading to the spread of infectious diseases.
“We are seeing so much communicable disease, such as respiratory infections and gastrointestinal disease, including a major outbreak of hepatitis A,” he said, adding that these are preventable diseases that can be vaccinated against.
It's clear who the real terrorists are, Israel backed by the US
The blame Hamas game has gotten old, Israel withheld their negotiation team
US VP Harris meets Gantz, calls on Hamas to accept truce deal
Kamala Harris in her meeting with Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz has reiterated her support for Israel’s right to defend itself, a readout from the White House says. “She reiterated US support for Israel’s right to defend itself in the face of ongoing Hamas terrorist threats, and underscored our unwavering commitment to Israel’s security.”
The vice president also expressed “deep concern” about the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Gaza, while urging Hamas to accept the latest six-week ceasefire proposal, which would allow a “surge of humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza”.
Harris’s comments come as President Biden is facing mounting pressure from voters over his support for Israel ahead of November’s presidential election. Democrats are increasingly concerned that Biden’s stance on the war could cost him votes, especially in Michigan, one of a handful of battleground states likely to decide the outcome of the election.
Kamala, just trying to cover her own hide like Biden, just as complicit in genocide. You need to call on Biden and Netanyahu to get a ceasefire.
Biden says will continue to push for six-week truce deal in Gaza
Biden says he is determined to continue advocating for a truce deal that would secure the release of Israeli captives held by Hamas and the establishment of a six-week ceasefire deal to allow a surge of aid.
The Biden administration has come under severe criticism for its unwavering support of Israel, with his administration vetoing a ceasefire resolution at the UN Security Council three times since the war in Gaza began.
I will not let up pushing for a deal that secures the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas, brings an immediate ceasefire to Gaza for at least six weeks, and allows for a surge of aid to the entire Gaza Strip.
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 4, 2024
Is Biden really that delusional that 6 weeks of aid can curb 5 months of malnutrition. And then what, get ready to be bombed again? It's said that it will take 4 years alone to clear the rubble (and people buried underneath the rubble). The surge of aid didn't happen last ceasefire. As long as Israel keeps blocking ('inspecting') aid trucks, it's not going to happen. Yet 6 weeks of limited killing (Israel didn't stop killing last ceasefire, West bank...) is better than just continuing shooting people waiting for aid.
Anyway after all that's happened, I doubt Biden is really pushing. Either he's the biggest incompetent idiot or a big fat liar.
https://unctad.org/news/gaza-unprecedented-destruction-will-take-tens-billions-dollars-and-decades-reverse
Pro-Palestinian Jewish group wants to see end of US funding for Israel
Jewish Voice for Peace is determined to see a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to US funding for Israel.
UN report finds sexual violence on October 7 and in West Bank
An anticipated report by the UN has found that instances of sexual violence were committed during the October 7 attacks inside Israel as well as against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Pramila Patten, the special representative on sexual violence in conflict, discussed with reporters the results of a mission to Israel and the occupied West Bank between January 29 to February 14, the parameters of which were pre-approved by Tel Aviv.
She said there were “reasonable grounds to believe conflict-related sexual violence, including rape and gang rape, occurred during the October 7 attacks in at least three locations”, including at the Nova music festival.
She added that her team did not interview any survivors of sexual violence during the attacks and: “In Kibbutz Be’eri … Some allegations of sexual violence, previously reported and highly publicised in the media, were determined by us to be unfounded”.
In the West Bank, her team found “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of Palestinians, men and women in detention” along with “disproportionate physical and sexual violence, including sexual harassment and threats of rape during house raids, including at night, and at checkpoints.”
UN says Gaza sexual violence does not ‘legitimise’ more violence
UN official Pramila Patten’s press conference on the body’s report on sexual violence also discussed captives previously and currently held in Gaza and emphasised a need for an immediate ceasefire in the besieged enclave.
She said her team “found clear and convincing information that sexual violence, including rape and sexualised torture” has been committed against captives released from Gaza and that there are “reasonable grounds to believe that such violence may still be ongoing against those still held in captivity”.
“This finding does not in any way legitimise further violence but actually reinforces the need for an urgent ceasefire, as continuing this war will not serve to protect hostages from the risk of further sexual violence. On the contrary, for the sake of hostages, a ceasefire should be a priority.”
She “called” on Hamas to release all captives unconditionally and “encouraged” the government of Israel to work more closely with her office.
Released Palestinian prisoners say they don’t feel free
Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on how one young Palestinian woman recently released from Israeli prison is adapting to life back home.
Still stuck under occupation while Israel is rounding the previously released 'prisoners' back up.
