Israel-Hamas war, Gaza genocide

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Main events on August 5th

• At least 83 people have been killed by Israeli attacks across Gaza, including 58 aid seekers.
• Approximately 28 children are being killed daily in Gaza due to Israeli attacks and its siege on humanitarian assistance, the UN reported.
• The Palestinian Civil Defence appealed to the UN and aid agencies for “urgent assistance and intervention” to supply the enclave with fuel for equipment to rescue the wounded.
• The Israeli army said that six countries have airdropped 110 more aid packages into the enclave, bringing the total amount of airdropped packages since July 27 to 785.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met top security officials to discuss war options, including the full occupation of Gaza.
• European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera has slammed reports of Netanyahu’s push to fully occupy Gaza, referring to it as an “unacceptable provocation”.
• Israeli Knesset member Ofer Cassif was forcibly removed from the podium after he cited an Israeli writer who said they could no longer ignore the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
• At least one person was killed in an Israeli drone attack that hit a vehicle near the town of Brital in Lebanon.
• Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem warned Israel against waging another large-scale war against Lebanon, saying that would lead to a barrage of retaliatory missiles across Israel.

 

Netanyahu, Western backers losing media support on Gaza amidst fresh charges

In a stunning development, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his western backers namely Donald Trump, Keir Starmer and other European leaders are fast getting isolated globally for their Gaza complicity.

This was evident as top US late night show host John Oliver decided to call out Netanyahu’s complicity in Gaza. Within hours the video of his show was taken down.

A top BBC presenter, John Simpson, finally broke his silence as he demanded access to international journalists into Gaza. Rifat Jawaid explains why he is still not impressed by this late outrage on Gaza in western media.

Jewish Rabbis & Allies Protest Outside NY Trump Hotel to Call for U.S. to Stop Arming Israel

Police arrested over 40 people outside the Trump International Hotel in New York City as hundreds gathered for a peaceful action led by Jewish leaders calling for the end to Israel's starvation and ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Democracy Now! was at the demonstration and spoke to some of the protesters, including Motaz Azaiza, renowned photojournalist from Gaza, and Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari, who was arrested. "We're here to say, 'Let Gaza live,' to risk everything to say, 'Never again,'" says Fornari.