Gaza, Palestine: A Crisis of Our Humanity - Photo exhibit

This exhibit, inaugurated by the UN Palestinian Rights Committee on 4 December 2024, “Gaza, Palestine: A Crisis of Our Humanity,” provides a rare glimpse into the dire conditions in Gaza through the lens of Palestinian photojournalists. Their powerful images and stories document a year marked by unprecedented tragedy and resilience, urging the global community to remember and act.

The exhibit mirrors the testimony from a medical practitioner in Gaza during the Solidarity Day commemoration event on 26 November 2024, offering a sobering reflection on the shared human values threatened when fundamental rights and dignity are denied. Watch her speech here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmDnpV4eFik

Palestinian photo journalists have documented the massive violations committed by Israel in its punitive assault on Gaza following the 7 October attack on Israel. This is a collective photo essay that presents a small glimpse into the profound tragic reality and the suffering endured by the Palestinian people in Gaza today through the compelling images capture since October 2023 by 14 Palestinian journalist from Gaza and their reflections of the moments this photographs were taken.

A rare glimpse if you follow Western Media... These are daily images coming from Gaza.

BBC’s spectacular fall, shames journalism as Amnesty presents damning Gaza report| Janta Ka Reporter

BBC has once again shamed journalism by refusing to report the extraordinary findings of Amnesty International on Gaza. It was only after public criticism that the BBC decided to publish a report on its website. Its TV report was highly questionable raising more questions on the legitimacy of Licence Fee.

"All That Remains": As Gaza Faces Child Amputee Crisis, New Film Tells Story of 13-Year-Old Leyan

Israel's genocidal war on the Palestinian territory since October of last year has killed tens of thousands of people and wounded over 100,000 more, leaving many with life-altering injuries. The United Nations said this week that Gaza now has the highest per-capita rate of child amputees in the world, with many children forced to endure surgery without anesthesia.

For more, we look at All That Remains_, a new film from Al Jazeera's _Fault Lines that follows the story of 13-year-old Leyan Abu al-Atta as she recovers from having her leg amputated due to an Israeli airstrike. "It changed the trajectory of her life forever … but it didn't even register on international media's reporting because of all the massacres that were going on," says Rhana Natour, director and producer of _All That Remains_.

While Leyan's family was able to raise awareness about her case and secure a medical evacuation out of Gaza to the United States, it did not happen soon enough, and doctors were forced to amputate her leg in order to save her life. Natour says this still represents a better outcome than what is available for most victims in Gaza. "For every Leyan that is able to leave Gaza, there are hundreds, if not thousands, who are not able to leave," she says.

The documentary



At just 13, Leyan, an amputee from Gaza, travels to the United States for medical treatment. Her journey reflects the immense challenges faced by thousands of children who have lost limbs in the war, underscoring their ongoing struggles and the urgent need for the world’s attention. Our guest, filmmaker Rhana Natour, tells Leyan’s story in All That Remains, a Fault Lines documentary, on Al Jazeera.

Israeli force shoot at Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya

Gaza’s civil defence agency spokesperson, Mahmoud Basal, told Al Jazeera that Israeli forces shot at the Indonesian Hospital and ambulances in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza.

Basal said Israeli forces shot at citizens in Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoon, areas that have all been under intense Israeli siege since October.

He added that there are no more surgeons at Kamal Adwan Hospital, whose vicinity was attacked earlier today, that can perform necessary operations and that Israel has refused to allow aid into northern Gaza.

Death toll in Israeli attack on Nuseirat camp rises

As we’ve been reporting, an Israeli air strike targeted a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp. The Wafa news agency is reporting that the death toll has now reached 20, including six children and five women. The report added that Israeli warplanes had targeted the house that had been evacuated prior to the attack. Several people in neighbouring homes were wounded by the strike.

At the same time, a young girl was killed when Israeli artillery shelled tents housing displaced families near the western part of Nuseirat.


Israel attacks Kamal Adwan Hospital – Military targets an ambulance outside facility

Israeli forces stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital under cover of heavy artillery fire and machine guns on Friday, while a “series of air strikes” around the hospital have killed at least 29 people, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency.

The Israeli military has also targeted ambulances carrying wounded patients away from the barely functioning facility, according to Dr Eid Sabbah, the hospital’s director of nursing.

Israel has not yet agreed to send a delegation for ceasefire discussion

The Israel Broadcasting Authority is reporting that Netanyahu’s government has not yet agreed to send a delegation to discuss efforts to return the detainees, noting that the framework currently being discussed is “preliminary” without referring to efforts to stop the war.

On Wednesday, Reuters reported that Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy travelled to Qatar and Israel to kick-start the US president-elect’s diplomatic push to help reach a Gaza ceasefire and captive release deal before he takes office on January 20.

Iran to ‘dramatically’ increase near weapons-grade uranium

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, warns Iran is poised to “quite dramatically” increase its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium since it has started cascades of advanced centrifuges.

Cascades are a group of centrifuges that spin uranium gas together to enrich the uranium more quickly.

But Grossi told journalists in Bahrain on the sidelines of the International Institute of Strategic Studies Manama Dialogue that the escalation was “very concerning”.

Iran maintains its programme is peaceful, but the moves are likely to raise further tension in the region amid Israel’s war on Gaza and the ceasefire in Lebanon.

Israel reinforces occupied Golan Heights; one Lebanon-Syria border crossing to stay open

Israel’s military said it planned to reinforce its positions in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on the northern border with Syria as fighting rages between the Syrian army and rebel groups.

The Israeli military said on Friday that it was “monitoring developments and is prepared for all scenarios, offensive and defensive alike”.

Lebanon also announced that it is closing all land border crossings with Syria bar the main frontier crossing that links the Lebanese capital Beirut with the Syrian capital Damascus.

Lebanon’s General Security Directorate said the decision to close border crossings came hours after an Israeli air strike damaged a border post in northern Lebanon just days after it was reopened.

Jordan’s interior minister also said the Naseeb border crossing with Syria had been closed because of the security situation on the Syrian side.

Main points for December 6th

Latest Israeli attacks bring number of ceasefire violations in Lebanon to 155

The Anadolu news agency reports that Israeli aerial incursions in the Lebanese capital Beirut, as well as attacks on several towns in southern Lebanon, on Friday, brought the total number of ceasefire violations to 155 since November 27, as the fragile US-backed truce holds.

As we previously reported, Israeli drones flew at a low altitude above Beirut’s southern suburb on Friday.

Israeli fighter jets also struck near the Litani River between the towns of Yohmor al-Chaqif and Zawtar al-Sharqiyah in the Nabatieh district, while the town of Odaisseh in the Marjayoun district was also hit.

Israeli ‘clearing’ operations continue in south Lebanon, permitted until January 25: Monitors

Israeli forces are continuing operations in southern Lebanon focused on “clearing” Hezbollah weapons stores and military infrastructure, US-based defence think tanks report.

The Critical Threats Project (CTP) and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), citing various sources, said Israel’s military was reported operating in south Lebanon’s Kfar Kila and Meiss el-Jabal areas on Friday, as well as Khiam.

Media in Lebanon reported Israeli gunfire and explosions in the Aitaroun area, as well as shooting in Ramyah and Aita al-Shaab, the CTP/ISW report.

The CTP/ISW also reports that Israel’s 226th paratrooper and 300th territorial brigades continue to operate in southwestern Lebanon where they reported destroying Hezbollah rockets, ammunition and assault rifles.

According to the war monitors, the ceasefire with Hezbollah allows Israeli forces to operate in southern Lebanon until January 25, 2025.

Ceasefire joins the list of words that have lost their meaning since Oct 7, like self defense, human shields and antisemitism.

Lebanon’s Mikati calls for putting an end to ‘ceasefire violations’ by Israel

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has led a special session of his council of ministers in southern Lebanon’s Tyre, close to where Israeli forces continue to operate and where a monitoring committee is evaluating the implementation of the ceasefire agreement.

He said his presence there reaffirms the government’s position in support of the army deploying south of the Litani River and cooperation with UNIFIL peacekeepers in the area to implement the UN resolution originally aimed at ending the 2006 war with Israel, according to the National News Agency.

He also emphasised “our demand that the international community, especially the parties sponsoring the security arrangements, work seriously and decisively to stop the enemy’s continued violations, withdraw from the territories it occupies, and contribute effectively to implementing the ceasefire and moving to a state of permanent stability reinforced by dignity, sovereignty and rights”.

Jordan monitors Syria’s developments as Israel boosts Golan Heights presence

Jordan is closely monitoring developments in neighbouring Syria, while Israel has announced it is reinforcing its military presence in the occupied Golan Heights. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh underscores that this move reflects Israel’s broader regional ambitions and ongoing attempts to consolidate its occupation in the area.

Israeli army says it continues to deploy forces in occupied Golan Heights

A military statement says it “decided to reinforce additional forces for defence missions” in the occupied region, near the de facto border with Syria.

“The reinforcement of the forces will allow the strengthening of the defence in the area, and the preparation of the forces for different scenarios in the sector,” it said.

The army made a similar announcement yesterday as it apparently increased its presence in the Syrian region occupied by Israel since 1967 due to increased fighting in the civil war in Syria.

US Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality of lawsuits targeting Palestinian authorities

The US Supreme Court has agreed to decide the legality of a federal statute designed to facilitate lawsuits against Palestinian authorities by American citizens impacted by attacks in Israel and elsewhere.

The law, called the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, was passed in 2019, and is part of a years-long debate as to whether US courts have jurisdiction in cases involving actions taken abroad by Palestinian authorities.

The 2019 law was passed after the Manhattan-based 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in 2016 threw out a civil case judgment awarding $655m to families impacted by a series of shootings and bombings around Jerusalem between 2002 and 2004.

The families alleged that officials and employees from the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority – the governing body in the occupied West Bank – planned, directed and participated in these attacks.

But the Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that American courts lack jurisdiction in such overseas cases, with the earlier ruling in favour of the families violating Palestinian authorities’ right to due process as part of the US Constitution.

The Supreme Court is expected to hold arguments in the case

US, Canadian universities hire Israeli firms to curb pro-Palestinian protests: Report

A report published on Saturday by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth says that several universities in both the US and Canada have entered into agreements with Israel-linked security companies to suppress pro-Palestinian protests occurring on their campuses.

The report notes that after the election of Donald Trump, who pledged to penalise academic institutions that failed to control “radicals and Hamas supporters,” a number of universities in both countries turned to Israeli security firms to manage pro-Palestinian protests.

The year 2024 saw a wave of campus uprisings across the West in support of Palestine and against Israel’s war on Gaza. Students largely demanded their institutions end investments in Israel and Israeli companies.

The City University of New York (CUNY), a major hotspot for protests last year, has recently signed a $4m contract with Strategy Security Corp. This company, owned by Yosef Sordi, a former New York City police officer, has publicly disclosed his professional training in Israel.

Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, also enlisted two Israeli security firms: Perceptage International, led by Adam Cohen, the former head of security for the Israeli Central Court in Jerusalem, and Moshav Security Consulting, operated by Eyal Feldman, a former Israeli army reserve commander and ex-advisor to the Israeli Ministry of Defence.

What the fuck. The opposite of Divesting, hiring Israeli firms to suppress freedom of speech. I hate my country now.

Qatar’s PM says genocide unfolding before our eyes in Gaza

World leaders are meeting in Qatar’s capital Doha to discuss global challenges and policies. Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani spoke at the forum.

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Qatar resumes Gaza ceasefire mediation after monthlong pause

Qatar has recommitted itself to mediating the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, as announced by Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani at the 22nd Doha Forum.

The move comes after Qatar had suspended mediation efforts nearly a month ago, citing a lack of “seriousness” from the parties involved in negotiations.

Sheikh Mohammed emphasised that Qatar’s decision to re-enter talks was driven by a renewed momentum in the negotiations, particularly after the election of US President Donald Trump.

In his address, the Qatari Prime Minister highlighted the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, stressing that its effect was spreading to neighbouring Lebanon and Syria. He underscored the urgent need to make every possible effort to end the suffering of the people of Gaza.

UN chief says Gaza situation shows breakdown of ‘common humanity’

Antonio Guterres has said the “nightmare must stop” in Gaza, adding that the international community “cannot continue to look away”. “The catastrophe in Gaza is nothing short of a complete breakdown of our common humanity,” the UN secretary-general said in a post on X.

Israeli forces ‘hunted’ Gaza Soup Kitchen co-founder in targeted assassination: Brother

Hani al-Madhoun – the brother of Mahmoud al-Madhoun, the co-founder of the Gaza Soup Kitchen, who was killed in an Israeli attack on November 30 – says Israeli forces “hunted” his brother down.

Speaking to AJ+ from his home in the US, Hani said the Israeli forces who killed his brother had known who they were targeting. “My brother was a civilian feeding people. And still they went and killed him,” he said. “I feel angry because this is a targeted assassination. They hunted my brother.”

‘Children screaming for a piece of bread’ at Gaza shelters: UNRWA

The Israeli military continues to block the transfer of most humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, leaving hundreds of thousands of children facing severe malnutrition.

The situation is miserable in many shelters where displaced Palestinians are staying, and wounded children are crying for food and not healing from their injuries, said Louise Wateridge of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).

“They have four mattresses between a family of 45,” Wateridge said. “Aisha here, who is 60-years-old, has been telling me that the rats come at night into the shelter and under the plastic sheeting while they are sleeping,” she said.

“The situation is utterly hopeless for the children here.”