Three Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on Khan Younis

Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent on the ground says the victims included a paramedic and were killed in Israeli shelling of the town of Bani Suheila, east of the city of Khan Younis.

AJA is also reporting that Israeli forces bombed the Nuseirat refugee camp and the town of az-Zawayda in central Gaza, destroying at least four houses.

The attacks come as Israel’s military launched a third ground invasion of southern Khan Younis, forcing some 75,000 people to flee their shelters again.

All doctors in Gaza witness to Israel’s ‘genocidal intent’: French physician

Pascal Andre, a French emergency room doctor, has told the Anadolu news agency that all healthcare professionals working in Gaza have witnessed Israel’s “genocidal intent”.

Andre said two of his French colleagues who hve worked as doctors in warzones said they had never seen such wounds before.

Andre, who returned to France after working in Gaza, said he worked at the European Hospital in Khan Younis on February 8-22.

“[My colleagues] have never seen a warzone where civilians are targeted so much, where there is no escape,” he said as he applauded the Gazan health personnel for continuing to work despite the risks. “There are people there definitely with incredible courage.”

He said the Israeli army targets mosques, universities, schools, healthcare personnel, holy and historical places.

‘Personal hygiene impossible’ due to constant mass displacement

Erik Fosse, CEO of the Norwegian Aid Committee, says schools in Gaza, which are being used as shelters, have been attacked “many times” by Israeli forces.

“We have seven employees still in Gaza and they are moving now for the sixth or seventh time since the war started,” Fosse told Al Jazeera, adding that the constant movement and being concentrated in small areas “makes personal hygiene impossible”.

He added that the main health issues at the moment are “lack of clean water [and] sewage management, which cause a lot of infectious diseases”.

“The healthcare system has broken down. There are international teams working there, and of course there are also the local staff. They work day and night but it is very difficult for them to get to work, to stay in the hospitals,” Fosse said.

Gaza officials say 75 bodies identified after Israeli school strike: Report

Officials have told AFP news agency that medics identified the bodies of Palestinians killed in the weekend strike by Israel out of 93 dead in total.

“There are 93 dead in the Al-Tabieen school strike, 75 of them have been identified,” Gaza civil defence agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP. “The others have not yet been identified because some bodies are torn and charred by the bombardment,” Bassal added.

US’s Austin deploys submarine to Middle East, tells aircraft carrier to accelerate its transit

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and told the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft Carrier Strike Group to speed up its journey to the region.

The moves come as Israel and the US watch out for an Iran-led retaliatory attack over the assassination of Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Hezbollah’s Fuad Shukr in Beirut.

The Pentagon, in a statement, said Austin spoke with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and reiterated Washington’s commitment “to take every possible step to defend Israel”. Reinforcing this commitment, the Pentagon chief ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, equipped with F-35C fighters, “to accelerate its transit” to the Middle East and ordered the USS Georgia (SSGN 729) guided missile submarine to the area, the statement said.

Lapid: October 7 happened after Netanyahu’s ‘judicial coup’ weakened security

In remarks quoted by Israel’s public radio, the opposition leader also says there are political parties in Netanyahu’s government that call for endless war in Gaza.

Lapid added that the world looks at these parties “with surprise and moves away” from Israel. He also called for the formation of a regional alliance against Iran with Arab countries that will also be part of the solution in Gaza.

The politician also renewed his call for a deal in Gaza that would bring the Israeli captives in the enclave home.

UNRWA’s Lazzarini marks 75 years of Geneva Convention

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini says the rule we all “agree on” has been “blatantly broken” for the past 10 months.

“In the past 10 months, these rules have been blatantly broken day in, day out in #Gaza by the Israeli Forces as well as the Palestinian armed groups including Hamas,” Lazzarini wrote on X.

“More concerning, Member States – party to the Geneva Conventions – have failed in their responsibilities to respect the conventions and ensure that parties to the conflict respect them under all circumstances.”

He added that the “shared values enshrined in the Conventions are at stake as is our shared humanity”.

“The basics still apply: – Civilians, women, children, detainees must be protected. – Schools, hospitals, people’s homes, humanitarian + UN staff, facilities & operations must be protected,” he wrote.

75 years ago today, the Geneva Conventions were put in place to protect civilians in times of wars.
They are the universal “Rules of War” meant to limit the devastating impact of wars & conflicts on humanity.
The one set of rules we “all agree on”, but do we?

In the past 10…

— Philippe Lazzarini (@UNLazzarini) August 12, 2024

After already debunking 12 of the previously 19 claimed

So far, of the 19 names listed by the Israeli army as "eliminated terrorists" in the Tabi'een School massacre:

- 3 were killed in prior incidents.
- 3 are elderly civilians with no military ties: a school principal, a deputy mayor and a university professor.
- 6 are civilians,… pic.twitter.com/S57rFAJ8Mu

— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) August 11, 2024

Israel claims 31 Hamas, PIJ members killed in school attack

The Israeli army says it killed dozens of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fighters during a strike on al-Tabin School in Gaza City on Saturday.

Immediately after the attack, the army had said 19 operatives of the Palestinian groups were killed in what it described as a command room for the two groups.

The army has now released the names of 12 more alleged fighters who were killed in the attack.

The Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza said more than 100 displaced Palestinians sheltering in the school were killed and dozens more injured in one of the worst attacks in the 10-month war.

More lies.


But look who is eating it up

US State Department says Israeli attack on Gaza school was because of alleged Hamas presence

US State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel says the Israeli attack on the al-Tabin School in Gaza City was because of an alleged group of Hamas fighters using the “civilian infrastructure” as a hideout.

Israel’s attack on the school killed dozens of Palestinians sheltering there.

“We have been clear … to our partners in Israel that every possible effort needs to be taken to minimise the impact of civilian casualties,” Patel told reporters at a briefing.

However, sites such as schools may lose their protected status under international law when “used by combatants” he said, adding that “there is a clear, provable track record of Hamas using human civilians as human shields, locating itself amongst civilian infrastructure”.

Hamas has rejected such allegations, while rights organisations have accused Israel of war crimes for its attacks against Palestinians and civilian infrastructure including hospitals, schools, as well as tent camps sheltering thousands of displaced families.

That is also incorrect, more disinformation. Only when abandoned and used as a military base, which it clearly was not. And there is no provable track record of Hamas using human civilians as human shields. There is a clear, provable track record of the IDF using Palestinians as human shields however.


This genocide is a collusion of the US and Israel. The US is committing genocide in Gaza willingly or not. Biden, Blinken, Kirby, Patel should all be arrested for complicity in genocide. Add Harris as well, the vice president is just as complicit.

Bribing Saudi Arabia next

US lifts restrictions on Saudi weapons sales, with eye on resolving Gaza

The United States has confirmed it would resume sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, as Washington hopes for it to play a role in resolving the war on Gaza.

More than three years after imposing limits on human rights grounds on sales to Saudi Arabia, the US said it would resume “in regular order, with appropriate congressional notification and consultation”.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has repeatedly travelled to Saudi Arabia to discuss a package of US incentives if the kingdom recognises Israel.

Saudi Arabia has reportedly sought US security guarantees, a continued flow of weapons and potentially civilian nuclear capabilities in return for recognition.

Saudi Arabia cooperated with the US, along with Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, in repelling an Iranian missile and drone barrage on Israel in April in response to a deadly Israeli strike on an Iranian diplomatic building in Syria.

Biden, European leaders tell Iran to ‘stand down’: Statement

US President Joe Biden and the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom have issued a joint statement urging Iran to “stand down” its threats of a retaliatory attack on Israel.

“We called on Iran to stand down its ongoing threats of a military attack against Israel and discussed the serious consequences for regional security should such an attack take place,” the leaders said after speaking together by phone.

The call comes at a time when Iran and Hezbollah are expected to hit targets in Israel in response to the assassination of a Hezbollah commander in Beirut and Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran.

Instead of holding Israel responsible for the assassinations and attack on Iran, all the West will do is threaten Iran some more. What would the US do if Netanyahu got assassinated on US soil... Stand down? The US wouldn't even wait for the UNSC to do anything.

If you continuously ignore international law, prepare to face the consequences...

There is still a way out, get Israel to stand down, get a full ceasefire asap, IDF out of Gaza, and Iran and Hezbollah will stand down. (Or make a minimal 'statement' as deterrence). Yet it seems the US is only interested in fanning the flames with threats and more military presence in the ME.

Iran’s president says Tehran has ‘right to respond’ to attacks

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said his country has “the right to respond” to any aggression after a phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was urging de-escalation amid soaring tensions with Israel.

According to a statement published by the official news agency IRNA following the call, Pezeshkian said: “While emphasising diplomatic solutions to issues, Iran will never give in to pressure, to sanctions and bullying and considers it has the right to respond to aggressors in accordance with international norms.”

Iran and Lebanese group Hezbollah are expected to retaliate for the Israeli assassinations of Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran last month, and Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, who was killed in Beirut.

They are right, that's article 51 of the UN charter. If the UNSC doesn't do anything, Iran has the right to respond to the aggressors themselves.



Jordan rejects Israeli claim weapons smuggled to West Bank through its territory

A serious and dangerous situation is unfolding as Iran works to establish a new eastern terror front against Israel’s major population centers.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard units are collaborating with Hamas operatives in Lebanon to smuggle weapons and funds into Jordan with the…

— ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) August 12, 2024

No amount of disinformation by radical Israeli officials spreading lies, including about Jordan, will change the fact that Israel’s continued aggression on Gaza, its violation of international law & the rights of the Palestinian people are the biggest threat to regional security.…

— Ayman Safadi (@AymanHsafadi) August 12, 2024

Israeli strike hitting house in Gaza City

Video shows the moment an Israeli strike smashed into a building in the Sheikh Radwan district of Gaza City.

To get these 'lucky' shots every couple days now, how many houses is the IDF blowing up...

Qassam Brigades and al-Quds Brigades claim series of attacks on Israeli targets

The military wings of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad say their fighters have:

Hamas’s armed wing says Israeli captive killed, two others wounded in Gaza

Abu Obeida, spokesperson for Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, says an Israeli captive has been killed by his guards in Gaza. In a statement on Telegram, Abu Obeida said two female Israeli captives sustained serious wounds in a separate incident.

Attempts to save their lives are under way, he said, adding that a committee has been formed to investigate and that more details will be announced.

Israel admits deaths of Palestinians inside its prisons

Since October, 36 Palestinian prisoners have died in the country’s military-run detention centres, the Israeli army is quoted as saying by The Associated Press news agency.

The military said some of the prisoners had “previous illnesses or injuries caused to them as a result of the ongoing hostilities” without elaborating.

According to autopsy reports for five of the detainees, two bore signs of physical trauma, such as broken ribs, while the death of a third “could have been avoided if there had been greater care for his medical needs”.

The reports were provided to the AP by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, an Israeli rights organisation whose doctors observed the autopsies.

Palestinian prisoner rights groups say the numbers of those who die in detention are much higher because Israeli authorities have not identified or given information on the whereabouts of dozens of detainees from Gaza. The groups also say more than 10,000 people are currently being held in Israeli prisons.

Red Cross urges adherence to Geneva Conventions, 75 years on

The Geneva Conventions were written 75 years ago to guarantee the protection of people caught in war. But the Red Cross says they are being widely ignored today – everywhere from Gaza and Ukraine to Syria, Sudan, Myanmar and the DRC.

West’s ‘silence’ encourages Israel to commit crimes in Gaza: Iran’s president

Iran’s newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the US and some Western countries have encouraged Israel to continue its crimes with their “indifference and support”, reports Iran’s semiofficial Mehr news agency.

Pezeshkian made his comments during a phone call with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

“The new Iranian president called for a more active role by the Vatican to immediately stop the crimes of the Zionist regime [Israel] in Gaza, lift the blockade on the besieged enclave and supply humanitarian aid to the people through humanitarian organisations,” the news agency said.

Aid workers in Gaza call for ceasefire, decry killing of women and children

The scale of devastation in Gaza should not “numb us”, instead it should “ignite our resolve to seek justice and peace”, Tarneem Hammad, advocacy and communications manager for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), urges.

“Forty thousand lives lost in Gaza … No more,” Hammad told Al Jazeera.

“Do you know what it means to lose 40,000 of your people? It means that 40,000 women, children, young people, adults, and elderly people will no longer be there,” Fikr Shalltoot, MAP’s Gaza director, told Al Jazeera.

“The children will never grow up, they will never go to school or university. Women will not give birth and will not be there to hold their children … It means that 40,000 families are grieving, and their hearts are broken,” she said.

“People are losing trust in the international community. They are angry and disappointed and believe that the world has failed them and let them down,” she added.

Israeli forces kill teenager near occupied West Bank’s Qalqilya

Israeli soldiers shot and killed 18-year-old Tareq Ziad Abdulraheem Daoud near the town of Azoun, east of Qalqilya, the Palestinian health ministry says. The Palestinian news agency Wafa earlier reported that Israeli soldiers stormed the town from its northern entrance.

BBC reporter embarrasses US official for defending Israeli lies on Gaza school | Janta Ka Reporter

US State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel was was left embarrassed on Monday after a BBC reporter exposed him for defending Israeli lies on Gaza school attack.

“Pieces of People”: Israeli Strike on Gaza School Kills 100+, Bodies Destroyed Beyond Recognition

The official death toll in Gaza now stands at just under 40,000, though the true number of casualties is likely far higher with many thousands of the dead unaccounted for. In one of the deadliest attacks of the entire war, Israel on Saturday bombed the al-Tabin school in Gaza City where thousands of Palestinians had sought shelter. Officials in Gaza say over 100 Palestinians were killed in the attack, many of them while they were praying at a mosque inside the school. Many of the dead were dismembered or destroyed beyond recognition, with medics reportedly collecting body parts in plastic bags. CNN has confirmed a U.S.-made GBU-39 small diameter bomb was used in the strike, which resulted in “over 100 pieces of people,” says Palestinian journalist Shrouq Aila in Gaza. “I’m saying 'pieces' because nobody was able to recognize the full body of their beloved ones.”

“Israel Is Disregarding International Law”: Algeria At UNSC

Algeria's representative at the UN Security Council (UNSC) has accused Israel of disregarding international law, emphasizing the need for accountability and respect for Palestinian rights and sovereignty.

In a letter dated 30 July 2024, the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations addresses the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council, emphasizing the need to rectify historical injustices and improve Africa's representation in the UN Security Council. The letter called for reforms that would ensure Africa has a more effective and equitable role in global decision-making processes.