Palestinian pleads for recovery of loved ones under the rubble

The bodies of thousands of Palestinians are still trapped under piles of rubble in Gaza.

An Israeli jet targeted the family’s five-storey building, killing 220 people from the same family. At least 130 bodies were recovered but the rest are still under the rubble.

Mai Marwan abu-Alnasr is one of the few survivors from a massacre:

Palestinian detainee dies in Israeli prison

Khaled Abdullah, a 40-year-old from Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank, has died in Israel’s Megiddo Prison, reports the Palestinian Prisoners Society.

Abdullah, whose family said he had no health problems prior to his arrest, had been held under administrative detention since November 9, 2023. He had a wife and four children.

He is the 61st Palestinian to die in Israeli custody since the war on Gaza began, according to the Prisoners Society, which accused Israel of upholding a “system of brutality”.

_{An Israeli flag is seen next to the gate of the Megiddo Prison in northern Israel}

Hamas accuses Israel of ‘torture, medical neglect’ after death of detainee

Hamas has issued a statement after it was announced that Khaled Abdullah, a Palestinian detained by Israeli forces in November 2023, died in Israeli prison.

Hamas said he endured “torture” and “mistreatment” while in detention.

Abdullah’s death, Hamas said in a statement, shows Israel’s “brutality… in dealing with our prisoners and depriving them of their most basic human rights, while continuing the policy of medical neglect, which means the slow death of prisoners inside the prisons”.

“We warn against the continuation of this criminal policy… and renew our call to all free people of the world, human rights and legal organisations to pressure the occupation and hold it accountable for its crimes against our people.”

Since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, Israeli forces have detained more than 14,500 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, many of whom are held without formal charges.

Hamas official outlines Israeli violations of ceasefire

Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan says Israel has been violating several provisions of the first stage of the ceasefire agreement.

Some of the breaches, as outlined by Hamdan in a televised statement, include:

More from Hamas’s Hamdan

The senior Hamas official calls on the international community and ceasefire mediators to push Netanyahu to return to the deal and avert its collapse.

He also hit out at Israel’s broader policies in the region. “Global security and stability are threatened amid the absolute US support for the Zionist entity and the international silence towards Israel’s abuses,” Hamdan said.

He added that Israel is threatening to renew the “war of extermination” on Gaza while escalating its “aggression” on the occupied West Bank, continuing its attacks on Lebanon and carrying out a “tyrannical” offensive on Syria.

“The repercussions of all of this will not be limited to our people,” Hamdan said.

No Other Land not distributed in US for political reasons, film critic says

Saleem Albeik, a Palestinian writer and film critic, has told Al Jazeera that No Other Land, the film that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature on Sunday, was not carried by any distributors in the United States for “totally political” reasons.

He said the film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, in which it won the Best Documentary prize, and it has since been distributed in countries such as France and the United Kingdom.

“Until now – it has been more than a year [since the premiere] – the film went to many festivals, and got many nominations and prizes,” he said, adding that there should be no economic concerns over distributing the film.

Albeik said he believed the film was not distributed in the US in order to weaken its chances of winning an Oscar.


Nor in Canada. Amazon.ca (nor .com) doesn't even show anything for "No Other Land" dvd nor blu-ray nor Prime video.

It's available in the UK to rent

https://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Other-Land-Basel-Andra/dp/B0DH89NYHM

DVD listed (but out of stock) in Germany.

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/No-Other-Land-Yuval-Abraham/dp/B0DQ283MYX

Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers make defiant speech after winning best documentary Oscar

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/03/entertainment/no-other-land-palestine-israel-oscar-win-intl-hnk/index.html

A joint Israeli-Palestinian team which made a film chronicling the eviction of Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank delivered a passionate speech calling out injustices faced by Palestinians on Sunday night after they won the Oscar for best documentary.

“No Other Land” tells the story of the continued demolition by Israeli authorities of Masafer Yatta, a collection of villages in the Hebron mountains of the West Bank where Basel Adra, one of the directors, lives with his family.

The documentary follows the Israeli government’s attempt to evict the villagers by force, having claimed the land for a military training facility and firing range in 1981. Viewers see the local playground being torn down, the killing of Adra’s brother by Israeli soldiers, and other attacks by Jewish settlers while the community tries to survive.


The film also shows the human connection between Adra and the film’s other creator, Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham.

While filming for “No Other Land” wrapped before Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023, prompting Israel to launch its war in Gaza, the documentary’s themes are especially relevant during a time of heightened conflict in the Middle East.

Palestinians in the West Bank have faced evictions and the encroachment of Jewish settlers for decades.

Hours before the film’s Oscar win, residents of the West Bank area depicted in the documentary were attacked by Israeli settlers who were accompanied by Israeli forces, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

Israeli soldiers detained three people in the area and settlers attacked residents of the village of Khirbet Asfi, in Masafer Yatta, throwing stones, destroying solar panels and damaging water tanks, Wafa reported, citing the head of the Susiya village council Jihad Nawajaa.

Images obtained by CNN showed several solar panels and a home security camera which appeared to have been damaged by stones.

CNN has contacted Israel’s military for comment.


Israel has ramped up its military campaign in the West Bank, displacing roughly 40,000 Palestinians since late January, according to the United Nations, with Israel’s defense minister promising to occupy large areas for the remainder of the year.

The Israeli military says it is targeting Palestinian militant groups in the West Bank who have mounted attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians. But Palestinians and human rights groups say the expanded assault is increasingly indiscriminate – killing civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure in a manner that is consistent with collective punishment.

Palestinians despair as Israeli forces destroy their homes in Nur Shams

Israel has also been demolishing homes in the Nur Shams refugee camp, in the north of the occupied West Bank, as part of a large-scale Israeli military assault that began last month.

What started as a military incursion has now escalated to widespread demolitions affecting hundreds of Palestinian families and displacing tens of thousands of people.

Amjad Jabali watched his house being turned into a pile of rubble.

“It’s the family’s home. The house of joy, gatherings and memories. Nothing is left of it now. Everything is gone and we became displaced, kicked out from our homes,” he said.

Jabali’s family has been displaced before. His grandparents, originally from a village near Haifa in what is now Israel, were forced from their homes in 1948 – the year Israel was created. For decades since, the family has lived in Nur Shams refugee camp. Now Amjad and his children are reliving that trauma of displacement.

“Imagine … I grew up here … Now I can’t even get in and see my house. I’m overlooking the camp from this hill, but I’m not allowed to go to my home, I can’t even go to the cemetery to visit my brother. The Israeli army shoots at us and threatens us. They want us to leave the camp and end the camp and what it stands for.”

Knesset debate on October 7 committee postponed after fight between bereaved families and security

A Knesset debate on forming an investigation committee into October 7 has been postponed after a fight broke out between security forces and bereaved families and relatives of captives in Gaza.

The clashes broke out when dozens of the families were stopped by Knesset security when they attempted to enter the gallery to watch the debate.

אלימות מופנית כלפי משפחות שכולות ומשפחות חטופים שרוצות לצפות בדיון בכנסת על ועדת חקירה ממלכתית. pic.twitter.com/O4Z6J6yyLF

— דפנה ליאל (@DaphnaLiel) March 3, 2025

Japanese judge Yuji Iwasawa elected new ICJ president

The International Court of Justice has appointed Yuji Iwasawa as its new president, replacing Nawaf Salam, the new prime minister of Lebanon.

The 70-year-old will head the Hague-based court – which rules in disputes between nations – until Salam’s term was due to expire on February 5, 2027, the ICJ said in a statement.

The court is weighing on a case brought by South Africa that Israel is committing genocide in its war on Gaza.

In July, the ICJ ruled that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories since the 1967 Middle East war and its settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem were illegal and that it must withdraw as soon as possible.

Iwasawa has been a member of the court since June 2018. Before joining the ICJ, he was a professor of international law at the University of Tokyo and chair of the United Nations Human Rights Committee.

Israeli military says it attacked site in northwest Syria

Israel has announced attacking a “military site”, where the former Syrian regime had stored weapons, in Qardaha near the Mediterranean coast in northwestern Syria.

Qardaha is the hometown of former President Bashar al-Assad, who was toppled by armed opposition groups in December of last year.

Since the fall of al-Assad, Israel has been regularly bombing Syria and expanding its military occupation in the south of the country.

Jordan’s foreign minister condemns Israeli ‘aggression’ in Syria

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has met with his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani and condemned Israeli attacks in Syria, the Hashemite kingdom says.

“Safadi stressed Jordan’s support for Syria and its security, stability and unity,” Jordan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

“Safadi also condemned Israel’s aggressions on Syria’s territory, warning of catastrophic repercussions for the security and stability of the region. He stressed the need for activating international law and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from all Syrian territories.”

Israel has launched dozens of air strikes targeting Syria’s military capabilities since the fall of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.

Israeli troops have also been advancing and establishing bases in southern Syria beyond the occupied Golan Heights.

UN peacekeepers say they are supporting Lebanese army deployment in south

UNIFIL has given an update on its work in south Lebanon after the ceasefire agreement that ended the war between Israel and Hezbollah.

“For more than a year of conflict, peacekeepers stayed in all our positions to objectively monitor and report what was happening on the ground,” the United Nations peacekeeping force said in a statement.

“We are now supporting the Lebanese Armed Forces as they re-deploy to the south after the withdrawal of Israeli forces from most places in south Lebanon, a needed step toward long-term stability.”

The ceasefire deal stipulated that Hezbollah forces must withdraw to the north of the Litani River, around 30km (18 miles) from the Israeli border, as the Lebanese army deploys in the area.

Israeli air raid targets Lebanon-Syria border

An Israeli air raid has targeted the border area between Lebanon and Syria, east of the town of Janta in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Al Jazeera Arabic and local media outlets report.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Netanyahu backs Trump’s displacement proposal for Gaza

The Israeli prime minister has praised the US president’s proposal to empty Gaza of its population as “brave and innovative”.

“We must support it. We support it fully,” he said, according to the Times of Israel. “The time has come to give them the freedom to leave. The time has come to give them the freedom to choose.”

Rights advocates say efforts to force Palestinians out of Gaza may constitute a crime against humanity.

Netanyahu warns Hamas of consequences it ‘cannot imagine’ if captives not freed

Israel’s prime minister made the remarks during a speech at the Israeli parliament. “I tell Hamas: If you do not release our hostages, there will be consequences that you cannot imagine,” Netanyahu said.

UN spokesperson warns of ‘catastrophic consequences’ for resuming Gaza war

Antonio Guterres’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric says the United Nations chief wants all sides to “do everything they possibly can” to ensure that the war in Gaza does not resume.

Dujarric warned that renewing the fighting would “have catastrophic consequences” for civilians as well as Israeli captives in Gaza. “We want to see the hostages released. We want to see the resumption of humanitarian aid,” he told reporters.

Dujarric said two days of Israel blocking aid to Gaza has already led to an enormous spike in the price of basic commodities.

Ben-Gvir calls for bombing aid storages in Gaza

Israel’s former National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the “mass starvation” of Hamas and its supporters in Gaza, saying that the war should resume with “tremendous force”.

“To make this happen, Gaza must endure hell. And hell also means bombing all the aid depots that Hamas holds,” he told reporters, according to the Times of Israel.

UN appears to dismiss Netanyahu’s claim that Hamas is stealing aid

UN spokesperson Dujarric says agencies working on the ground in Gaza have not reported that Hamas is stealing humanitarian assistance entering the territory, as claimed by Netanyahu.

The Israeli prime minister had said that his country is blocking aid to Gaza “because Hamas steals the supplies and prevents the people of Gaza from getting them”.

But Dujarric told reporters that the aid was actually reaching people.

Asked about Netanyahu’s claims, Dujarric said: “None of that has been reported back here by our colleagues on the ground. We have seen, since the ceasefire, there is a much freer and more direct flow aid, and we have not seen any of the looting that we had seen prior to the ceasefire.”

Spain calls for ‘immediate’ resumption of aid to Gaza

The Spanish Foreign Ministry has urged progress towards a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

US liberal Zionist group urges Netanyahu to return to ceasefire deal

J Street, a prominent US-based advocacy group that describes itself as pro-Israel and pro-peace, has criticised the Israeli government’s decision to block humanitarian assistance to Gaza.

“Netanyahu’s decision to halt aid to Gaza will be devastating. For Palestinians just starting to pick up the pieces, for Israeli hostages longing for release, and for the state itself, already facing legal disputes on the world stage,” J Street said in a social media post.

“Back to the deal. Resume relief.”

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Family calls Israel PM ‘enemy’ at captive’s funeral

Hundreds gathered in southern Israel for the funeral of Danish-Israeli captive Itzik Elgarat, whose family levelled sharp criticism at the Israeli prime minister.

His brother said that while it was Hamas that captured him, Netanyahu’s government had failed to save him.

“We fought with all our might [but] we failed,” Daniel Elgarat said in his eulogy, recalling the struggle of the captives’ families to pressure the Israeli government to secure their release.

“Netanyahu defeated us and you did not return from captivity,” he said. “The enemy who caused your death was unfortunately not the one who kidnapped you, but the one who abandoned you.”

Elgarat, then 68 years old, was abducted from the Nir Oz settlement on October 7, 2023, and his body was one of eight returned by Hamas last month under a ceasefire deal.

Trump’s incoming envoy calls UN ‘deep den of anti-Semitism’

Trump’s pick for UN ambassador, Elise Stefanik, has slammed the body over its criticism of Israeli violations of international law.

“We know the United Nations is indeed a deep den of anti-Semitism – infected with the same rampant anti-Israel and anti-American hate and moral rot that has polluted America’s higher education system,” Stefanik told the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a pro-Israel advocacy group.

Stefanik did not provide details to back up her claim, but various UN agencies have documented and denounced Israeli abuses against Palestinians.

Last year, the UN’s top tribunal, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), said in an advisory opinion that Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories was unlawful and should come to an end “as rapidly as possible”.

The Republican-controlled Senate has not confirmed Stefanik, who remains a member of the House of Representatives, to her UN role.

Some US media reports have suggested that the Republicans are delaying the confirmation process in order to allow the congresswoman to vote on key bills in the House, where Trump’s party has a razor-thin majority.