Mahmoud Khalil promises to keep up protests for Palestine
The Columbia University graduate student, who the Trump administration is seeking to deport for his pro-Palestine activism, has spoken to supporters in New York after his recent release from federal immigration detention.
“The US government is funding this genocide, and Columbia University is investing in this genocide,” said Khalil, who spent more than 100 days in detention.
“This is why I was protesting. This is why I will continue to protest with you,” he said.
Khalil, who was released on Friday, is a legal permanent resident in the US who is married to a US citizen and has a US-born son.
Casualties as Israel attacks Gaza’s al-Buraq camp
Israeli forces have bombed tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the al-Buraq camp near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to videos posted online.
The footage, verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency, showed a deep crater resulting from the bombing. It also shows people searching for those trapped following the bombing.
Israeli forces kill 5 Palestinians, wound dozens in Gaza
The eyes of the world have shifted to Israel’s conflict with Iran, but its attacks on Palestinians in Gaza continue. Wafa is reporting that Israeli forces killed at least five people in attacks on central and southern Gaza this morning.
In one attack, they attacked civilians waiting for food aid in Salah al-Din Street, south of the Wadi Gaza area, killing at least two people and wounding 35, the agency reported, citing medical sources at al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
A third person was killed in an attack on a house in central Deir el-Balah, and two others, including a child, were killed in an attack on northern Gaza City. Wafa said there were more casualties from a drone attack on the so-called safe zone of al-Mawasi in southern Gaza, but did not give an exact toll.
Palestinians carry a wounded man in Beit Lahiya, in north Gaza, June 22
