UNRWA says Israel making allegations ‘without evidence, due process’

In a letter to its Foreign Ministry, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says that the government of Israel has been making serious allegations against the UN agency “without evidence and due process”.

“The Government of Israel has neither shared adequate evidence with the UN, nor pursued its own criminal proceedings,” the statement posted on X said.

“The minimum requirements are sufficient evidence and due process. The absence of both more than one year later raises the possibility that the accusations were unfounded,” added the statement, which was also posted on the UNRWA website.

UNRWA is the main UN humanitarian arm in Gaza, supporting six million Palestinian refugees globally. An Israeli ban, however, has prevented the agency from delivering aid to the displaced and hungry people fleeing unrelenting Israeli strikes.

For over a year, serious allegations have been made against UNRWA by the Government of Israel, without evidence and due process.

The Government of Israel has neither shared adequate evidence with the UN nor pursued its own criminal proceedings.

🔗 Letter from UNRWA to the… pic.twitter.com/QhN8PwJTjI

— UNRWA (@UNRWA) May 31, 2025

Western leaders trying to ‘future-proof reputation’ with criticism over Gaza attacks

As we’ve been reporting, a number of Western leaders have in recent days spoken out against Israel’s military actions in Gaza, where the number of confirmed deaths in 19 months of Israeli attacks has exceeded 54,000.

Commenting on such statements, Natasha Lennard, a contributing writer to The Intercept, told Al Jazeera there is a great liberal centrist tradition of standing on the right side of history only when the relevant moment to do so has significantly passed.

Lennard said this tradition is being repeated now by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and other leaders, “who are willing to condemn but not stop Israel’s activities at this point”.

She said the leaders are trying to “future-proof their reputation” so they can claim they spoke up.

“But those of us who have been paying any attention at all for more than the past year and a half are all too aware that these governments have been funding and ideologically enabling Israel’s actions,” Lennard noted.

She pointed out that experts in genocide studies and humanitarians are using terms like “final solution” for what is happening in Gaza.

“That shouldn’t lead any viewers to think that this is because there’s been some sort of dramatic aberration by the Israeli military. This is a continuation and escalation in Gaza after so many months of this kind of genocidal warfare.”

Western criticism of Israel ‘no big epiphanies that mass slaughter of Palestinians is wrong’

Yara Hawari, the co-director of Al-Shabaka: the Palestinian Policy Network, says that as Gaza’s hunger crisis deepens, even some of Israel’s staunchest Western allies are now coming out with words of criticism over “its starvation campaign”.

“It’s not because they’re having these big epiphanies that mass slaughter of Palestinians is wrong,” she told Al Jazeera.

Hawari added that as pressure on Netanyahu increases, other Israeli and foreign leaders “will be happy to scapegoat” Israel’s prime minister “as the perpetrator of this genocide in Gaza rather than face the reality that this was a genocide perpetrated against the Palestinian people by the state itself.

“So this moment presents an opportunity to put all the blame on Netanyahu, both internally and internationally,” she added.

Two people shot and killed while trying to reach aid centre in Rafah

Israeli forces have fired on a group of people trying to reach an aid centre near Rafah, killing at least two, reports the Wafa news agency. Dozens more were wounded, report our colleagues on the ground.

The scene mirrors events from yesterday, when Israeli troops also fired on Palestinians trying to access newly established aid centres, wounding at least 20.

People ‘desperate for one bag of flour’

Not much food is coming into the Gaza Strip. The number of trucks entering is very limited and what they are carrying is also limited. And despite the trucks’ entry over the past few days, Palestinians say they have not really received any food because there have not been any normal distribution points.

Meanwhile, we’ve seen people queueing at hot meal kitchens. After waiting long hours, they still sometimes go home with their pots empty.

Without bread or any other type of food, some parents say they are giving their children water just to make them feel full. People say they are willing to do anything for one bag of flour or one food parcel. They are very desperate.

Israel crippling Gaza’s health system: Hospital director

The director of Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital says the medical complex is now operating at just 20 percent capacity as Israeli attacks continue destroying Gaza’s health system. “We are facing a tragic situation, and every day kidney patients die due to the inability to treat them,” Dr Muhammad Abu Salmiya told Al Jazeera.

Israel has been besieging and bombing hospitals across Gaza, killing medical workers, patients and displaced people taking shelter. “International organisations are trying hard to provide assistance, but the occupation is preventing the entry of aid,” Abu Salmiya said.

Salmiya was released last July, having been detained by Israeli forces while treating patients alongside other medical staff. His arrest came amid Israeli military claims that Hamas was using the hospital as a base. The medical chief said no charge had ever been brought against him.

Three children among 5 killed in Israeli attack on Gaza City tent

We can now bring you more information on the Israeli attack that hit a tent sheltering displaced people near Gaza City this morning. The attack, on the Shati area, killed a family of five: a man, his wife and their three children, according to Wafa.

54,381 killed in Gaza during war

The bodies of 60 people and another 284 wounded have been brought to hospitals in Gaza over the past 24 hours, according to the territory’s Health Ministry. The figures do not include hospitals in the north, where access is strained. The ministry added that more victims are believed to be in areas rescuers cannot reach yet.

The latest casualties bring Gaza’s total death toll during the war to 54,381, it said, with 124,054 others wounded, it added.

Civil Defence conducting nonstop missions amid Israeli attacks on Gaza

The Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza reports that its emergency responders carried out 22 missions across the enclave between Friday and Saturday mornings.

In the besieged northern governorate that Israel is trying to evacuate of citizens, first responders extinguished a fire in a home and a vehicle, as well as recovered bodies from another bombed house and rescued injured people.

In the central areas, they responded to several fires in residential buildings and transported two people to the hospital who were wounded in separate attacks. In Khan Younis in the south, the organisation said it dispatched aid workers to transport multiple casualties after separate attacks on homes in al-Amal.

Hospitals facing generator crisis: Gaza Health Ministry

Israel’s destruction of generators is threatening critical care services including operating units, intensive care units, emergency units and nurseries, Gaza’s Health Ministry has said in a statement.

Three high-capacity generators were bombed recently and the remaining generators risk going out of service, the ministry added. ”Technical teams in hospitals are working with limited and exhausted options to bolster electricity supplies to vital departments,” it said.

The remaining generators have been in operation for more than a year and are difficult to maintain due to a lack of parts, it explained. “We call on all relevant institutions and agencies to urgently provide generators with the required capacity, as well as the necessary spare parts for maintenance.”

‘The humanitarian situation in Gaza is spiraling’: WFP

The World Food Programme (WFP), which has enough food ready near Gaza’s borders to feed the besieged territory’s entire population for two months, has renewed its call for immediate ceasefire as the only way to get the food to starving Palestinians.

The UN’s food agency said in a statement that it brought 77 trucks loaded with flour into Gaza overnight and early today, but they were stopped by people trying to feed their starving families.

This comes as Israel and US are carrying on with their much-criticised plan to eliminate the WFP and other international aid organisations from the cycle of managing aid deliveries to the enclave.

The medical facilities of the @PalestineRCS are running out of medical supplies. Most ambulances are immobilised due to a lack of fuel.

Patients with chronic illnesses such as cancer and kidney failure can no longer access the care they need. The humanitarian situation in Gaza… pic.twitter.com/s9J0AKTivw

— IFRC (@ifrc) May 31, 2025

Four killed in Israeli strike on southern Gaza

Medical sources at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis say four Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire as they attempted to reach an aid distribution centre in Rafah, southern Gaza.

Drone attack kills six in tent camp near Khan Younis: Report

Wafa reports another Israeli drone strike on a tent camp – this time in the southern town of Qarara near Khan Younis. At least six people were killed, including four relatives, the agency says.

Earlier, as we reported, a separate Israeli strike on a tent camp in the Shati area killed five members of the same family, among them three children.

Palestinian family says relative missing after trying to get food aid

There are still missing Palestinians who had gone to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) point when they opened and delivered food. Families are saying that their family members are still missing. One of these cases is a man from the al-Mughari family.

The family is appealing to the ICRC, OCHA, the civil defence teams, to go and search for him in that area – very close to the Netzarim Corridor [in central Gaza].

But the Israeli authorities are rejecting all these requests.

Hamas says it responded to US envoy Witkoff’s proposal

The Palestinian group says it replied to US special envoy Steve Witkoff’s latest proposal through mediators.

“This proposal aims to achieve a permanent ceasefire, a comprehensive withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and ensure the flow of aid to our people,” a statement on Telegram said.

“As part of this agreement, 10 living Israeli prisoners held by the resistance will be released and 18 bodies will be returned, in exchange for an agreed-upon number of Palestinian prisoners.”

Again a different version of the ceasefire proposal than all the ones being reported on. At least there's still back and forth going on. 


Even though Israel is likely to obstruct, violate and break the ceasefire yet again, a 60 day pause will bring more of the total destruction and starvation into view. As well as give time to somewhat heal the wounded and collect the dead. That should at least make it harder to resume the war.

Netanyahu is likely banking on that he will have full support

Hamas says it responded to US envoy Witkoff’s proposal

The Palestinian group says it replied to US special envoy Steve Witkoff’s latest proposal through mediators.

“This proposal aims to achieve a permanent ceasefire, a comprehensive withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and ensure the flow of aid to our people,” a statement on Telegram said.

“As part of this agreement, 10 living Israeli prisoners held by the resistance will be released and 18 bodies will be returned, in exchange for an agreed-upon number of Palestinian prisoners.”


A different version of the ceasefire again, or rather the earlier one Hamas cited before. At least the back and forth is still going and at this point they might as well take it even though Israel is likely to obstruct, violate and break the ceasefire again. (If they have actually agreed at all)

Even though Israel is likely to obstruct, violate and break the ceasefire again, a 60 day pause will bring more of the total destruction and starvation into view. A 60 day pause will give the wounded a chance to somewhat recover, will bring out many more images of the total destruction and ongoing famine and gives time to collect the dead and estimate the real death count. It will all make it harder for Israel to resume the war again. 

Netanyahu is likely banking on full support at home to come back after taking the POWs out of the equation. Which is possible since that will reduce Israeli protests a lot. They're mainly driven for the hostages, not to stop the genocide nor ethnic cleansing. Plus the IDF needs a break, overextended as it is.

However the focus will also shift back a bit to the West bank and outside criticism will continue to ramp up. Plus the 'hostage' card can then not be used anymore as 'defense' to keep the genocide and ethnic cleansing going. 

It all depends on whether Hamas believes the role of the POWs has taken its course.

'Silent protests' in Israel draw attention to children killed in Gaza



Anti-government protests have been gaining momentum in Israel, especially since the renewal of military operations in Gaza in March. A growing group of Israelis is staging a silent protest against the war while holding photos of Palestinian children killed in the war.

BBC shames journalism with Gaza report; a look at history of reporter’s biases

The BBC reported on the forced displacement of Palestinians from north Gaza as Israeli forces shut down operations of Al Awda hospital, the last remaining hospital in the area. But, as Rifat Jawaid explains, the reporter, Lucy Williamson used questionable terms such as evacuation to describe the forced displacement. Her report also didn’t name Israel when she mentioned the airstrikes or order for doctors and patients to leave the hospital. But this is not the only time that Williamson’s reporting has come under scanner. Here are some other examples.

‘Too little, too late’ – Sudden surge of Gaza genocide critique

More than 600 days into its genocidal war in Gaza, some of Israel’s closest allies have begun to condemn its actions.

Alongside the changing global narrative, growing opposition in Israel to the Netanyahu government’s war methods has seeped into the media coverage – fracturing a consensus that dates back to October 7, 2023.

‘Will take far more than words’ to restore West’s credibility: Amnesty chief

Agnes Callamard, the secretary-general of Amnesty International, has commented on recent remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron, who said this week that the “credibility” of Western nations will be harmed if they don’t act on Ukraine and Gaza.

“Seriously?” Callamard wrote in a post on X. “Credibility was lost 19 months ago, the result of the West complicity or inaction to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. And it will take far more than words for it to be restored.”

In a second post, the rights advocate added that “strong actions to end Israel’s genocide, humanitarian blockade and starvation, and unlawful occupation” are needed if credibility is going to be restored.

That includes several measures, Callamard said, such as ending all weapons transfers to Israel, withdrawing from a trade pact between the European Union and Israel, and ensuring that International Criminal Court arrest warrants are implemented.

Last year, the ICC issued warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant, on accusations that they committed war crimes and crimes against humanity against Palestinians in Gaza.

Gaza: Canadian Doctors Speak Out, Urge Mark Carney To Act

Canadian doctors along with the NDP are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to take concrete actions.

Explaining Jewish Opposition to Zionism and Its Crimes at the Walk for Israel in Toronto

Rabbi Dovid Feldman at the Walk for Israel on Sunday, May 25, 2025, is explaining the danger of Zionism and the depths of Jewish opposition to Zionism.


Always easy to blame wars on religion, yet it is the politicians who abuse religion to further their goals.

Young Brit schools Charlie Kirk about Hamas and the Gaza war:

Israeli army targeting high-rise residential buildings in Gaza City

While people are trying to hear more about the response from Hamas and a potential ceasefire agreement, they’re keeping their eyes up to the sky, trying to hide from the unpredictable falling bombs.

The Israeli military, since the early hours of this morning, is carrying out deadly attacks. Bombs are being dropped on residential buildings in the eastern and northern parts of Gaza City.

They’re clearing the city from any of the high-rise buildings around here. Almost 10 of these buildings have been completely destroyed from the early hours of this morning.

Also, a vehicle was targeted in the past few hours in the northern part of Gaza City around a medical complex. Three people inside the vehicle were killed.

Israel bombed 60 north Gaza homes in past 48 hours: Civil Defence

We have some lines from Mahmoud Basal, the spokesman of the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza:

الاحتلال يكثف قصف البنايات السكنية في قطاع غزة.

إليكم هذه المشاهد: pic.twitter.com/VI9W2k5qQi

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) May 31, 2025

Aid rots in Jordan as Palestinians starve in Gaza: Report

About 200,000 tonnes of flour is going bad in Jordan as the desperate people of Gaza await a flood of aid after three months of Israeli restrictions on food, water, and medicine, a news report says.

Boxed meals that could feed 200,000 people for a month are going bad in warehouses as starvation worsens by the day in the besieged Palestinian territory. “Some of the food we have is arriving at expiration in July … Some of it will have to be dumped,” UNRWA spokesman Jonathan Fowler told NPR.

Israeli officials have told UN authorities they will no longer allow in aid from Jordan or neighbouring Egypt as the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation takes over crucial relief deliveries, it said.

Israel’s army issues ‘immediate evacuation’ order for south Gaza

Israel’s military has ordered “all residents” of Khan Younis, Bani Suheila, and Abasan to evacuate immediately after rockets were earlier fired.

“Terrorist organizations continue to use your surroundings to launch rockets toward Israel. The [army] will aggressively attack any area used as a launching pad for terrorist activity,” military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said in a statement.

He added the area of southern Gaza “has been warned several times in the past and has been designated a dangerous combat zone”.

“Terrorist organizations have brought you disaster – for your own safety, evacuate immediately,” said Adraee.