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SvennoJ on 29 August 2025
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Main events on August 29th

  • The death toll in the Gaza Strip has surpassed 63,000 people since Israel began its war on the enclave, the Palestinian Health Ministry has reported. That figure includes at least 322 Palestinians who have died of starvation.
  • The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has warned that Israel’s push to seize control of Gaza City could forcibly displace as many as one million Palestinians, as the Israeli military declared the major urban centre a “combat zone”.
  • US President Trump’s administration says it has refused and revoked visas for PA and PLO officials ahead of next month’s UN General Assembly, drawing criticism from Palestinian leaders.
  • Turkiye says it will sever economic and trade ties with Israel, as well as close its airspace to Israeli aircraft, in response to the country’s deadly war on Gaza.

 

"A Dark Path": Ex-State Dept. Official Blasts Trump's Plans for Postwar Gaza


As Israel pushes deeper into Gaza City, President Donald Trump met Wednesday to discuss plans for a postwar Gaza with his son-in-law and former Middle East envoy, Jared Kushner, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. This comes as Israeli business leaders are reportedly involved in developing a postwar Gaza plan that includes the creation of a "Trump Riviera" and a manufacturing zone named after Elon Musk, using financial models developed by the U.S. firm Boston Consulting Group.

Former State Department official Josh Paul says the Trump administration, alongside the Israeli government, is attempting to "transition from Israeli colonialism to corporate" colonialism. The move would "exploit incredible suffering for economic gain," he adds.

Paul was director in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs in the State Department and resigned in protest of the push to increase arms sales to Israel amid its assault on Gaza. He's now a director at A New Policy, the lobbying organization he co-founded with fellow resignee Tariq Habash to press for a change in U.S. policy on Palestine and Israel. Paul also worked with Tony Blair when Blair was Quartet special envoy for Middle East peace and Paul was an adviser for the U.S. security coordinator.



New footage shows Israel struck Gaza's Nasser Hospital four times


Israel struck Nasser Hospital at least four times during its deadly attack in southern Gaza on Monday, an analysis of new video footage by BBC Verify has found. The attack, which has attracted international condemnation and widespread anger, reportedly killed at least 20 people, including five journalists.

Initial reports from Gaza said that Israel had struck the hospital twice, with the first blast followed nine minutes later by another which hit first responders and journalists who arrived at the scene. But new analysis suggests the hospital was struck four times in total.