Israel's military chief has pushed back against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to seize areas of Gaza it doesn't already control, three Israeli officials said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/world/politics/israel-military-gaza-expansion-netanyahu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
Israel may expand its presence in Gaza, despite concern by military chiefs and the public that such a move endangers the remaining hostages held by Hamas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/world/politics/israel-full-gaza-takeover/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
Canada said Monday it delivered humanitarian assistance through airdrops to Gaza, with Ottawa again accusing Israel of violating international law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/world/politics/canada-airdrops-aid-gaza-israel-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #canada #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #hunger #famine
At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes on Gaza, including 10 seeking aid while another five died of starvation in what humanitarian agencies say may be an unfolding famine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/world/gazans-aid-hunger-burial-shrouds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #hunger #starvation #famine

«Alti funzionari dell'ufficio del primo ministro Benjamin #Netanyahu hanno detto che "la decisione è stata presa: Israele sta per occupare la Striscia di #Gaza". Secondo gli stessi funzionari, "Hamas non rilascerà più gli #ostaggi senza una resa completa, non ci arrenderemo. Se non agiamo ora, gli ostaggi moriranno di fame e Gaza rimarrà sotto il controllo di #Hamas". La drammatica decisione significa che le forze dell'IDF combatteranno anche nelle aree in cui #Israele si è astenuto dall'operare negli ultimi mesi, compresi i campi centrali, per paura di danneggiare gli ostaggi"».
«Alti funzionari dell'ufficio del primo ministro Benjamin #Netanyahu hanno detto che "la decisione è stata presa: Israele sta per occupare la Striscia di #Gaza". Secondo gli stessi funzionari, "Hamas non rilascerà più gli #ostaggi senza una resa completa, non ci arrenderemo. Se non agiamo ora, gli ostaggi moriranno di fame e Gaza rimarrà sotto il controllo di #Hamas". La drammatica decisione significa che le forze dell'IDF combatteranno anche nelle aree in cui #Israele si è astenuto dall'operare negli ultimi mesi, compresi i campi centrali, per paura di danneggiare gli ostaggi"».
The trickle of food aid Israel is allowing to enter the Gaza Strip is seized by Palestinians risking their lives under fire, looted by gangs or diverted in chaotic circumstances rather than reaching those most in need. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/world/gangs-gaza-aid-most-needy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #un #hunger #famine
Hamas said it was prepared to coordinate with the Red Cross to deliver aid to hostages it holds in the Gaza Strip if Israel permanently opens humanitarian corridors and halts airstrikes during the distribution of aid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/world/hamas-hostages-israel-airstrikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met anguished relatives of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza on Saturday, as fears for the captives' survival mounted almost 22 months into the war sparked by Hamas' October 2023 attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/03/world/politics/us-envoy-israeli-hostage-families/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #israel #israelhamaswar #hamas #us #gaza #middleeast #donaldtrump
Whether or not you are Jewish or a religious believer or observant, I recommend this letter, signed so far by over 1200 rabbis, addressing what Israel has been and still is doing in Gaza. https://www.ljs.org/1000rabbis
Bibi & Hamas both should leave the region alone.
#RuleOfLaw#FreeTheHostages#FreeBibiFromOffice#IsraelPalestine#Gaza#StrongerTogetherAgainst#Hamas#IslamicJihad#Terrorism#TwoStatesOneUnion#PeaceSalaamShalom 🇮🇱🇵🇸
Humiliated by the Hamas attack in 2023, the country’s military intelligence agency is reviving an Arabic-language recruitment program for high school students and training all troops in Arabic and Islam. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/world/israel-spy-training/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #israelhamaswar #espionage #hamas #arabic #middleeast
Ein Dammbruch: Diesen Text hat der DJV - Deutscher Journalisten-Verband heute auf verschiedenen Plattformen publiziert.
Eine Person, ein Mensch im laut eigener Aussage größten Journalismusverband in Deutschland und Europa @DJV hatte die Idee zu diesem Text. Jemand hat ihn geschrieben. Jemand hat ihn abgenommen, freigegeben. Jemand hat auf verschiedenen Kanälen gepostet. Jemand verteidigt ihn dort.
Im 3. Bild dazu der deutsche Mediziner und Facharzt für Pneumologie Dr. med. Cihan Çelik:



When two human rights groups became the first major voices in Israel to accuse the state of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, they were prepared for a backlash. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/world/politics/israeli-rights-groups-genocide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #genocide

Experts warn that #Gaza is nearing #famine, citing Israel’s blockade & military offensive following #Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The #WorldHealthOrganization reports a sharp rise in #malnutrition & disease, with a large portion of Gaza’s 2 million residents now starving.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
#starvation #famine#Palestinians#HumanitarianCrisis
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/israel-palestinians-war-gaza-humanitarian-crisis-photos-91ece76e0920b64e6d82edd3b96b6455?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-28-Hunger+in+Gaza
Experts warn that #Gaza is nearing #famine, citing Israel’s blockade & military offensive following #Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The #WorldHealthOrganization reports a sharp rise in #malnutrition & disease, with a large portion of Gaza’s 2 million residents now starving.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
#starvation #famine#Palestinians#HumanitarianCrisis
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/israel-palestinians-war-gaza-humanitarian-crisis-photos-91ece76e0920b64e6d82edd3b96b6455?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-28-Hunger+in+Gaza
…The debate over whether the #war in #Gaza constitutes #genocide has also played out at the #ICJ, where #SouthAfrica has brought a genocide case against #Israel. The court has yet to rule on the matter.
…Genocide has a specific definition in #InternationalLaw: particular acts carried out with intent to destroy a group in whole or in part. The accusation hits a painful nerve for Israel, a state founded after #Nazi Germany’s attempt to exterminate European Jewry.
…Yuli Novak, director of B’Tselem, said she was not seeking to minimize the “horrific attack” that #Hamas had perpetrated on Oct 7. But it had prompted an #Israel assault on #Palestinian life in #Gaza that had spiraled into #genocide, she said.
“The report we are publishing today is one we never imagined we would have to write,” Novak said at a news conference in Jerusalem. “But in recent months, we have been witnessing a reality that has left us no choice but to acknowledge the truth.”

Krieg im Gazastreifen: Israelische NGOs sprechen von Völkermord
Schon länger muss sich Israel des Vorwurfs erwehren, es begehe im Gazastreifen einen Völkermord. Nun haben zwei israelische Organisationen eine Studie vorgelegt, die den Genozid-Vorwurf untermauern soll. Von J.-C. Kitzler.
Krieg im Gazastreifen: Israelische NGOs sprechen von Völkermord
Schon länger muss sich Israel des Vorwurfs erwehren, es begehe im Gazastreifen einen Völkermord. Nun haben zwei israelische Organisationen eine Studie vorgelegt, die den Genozid-Vorwurf untermauern soll. Von J.-C. Kitzler.
Israel has increased aid distribution to the Gaza Strip in an effort to defuse a growing international outcry over hunger convulsing the Palestinian enclave. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/world/politics/israel-gaza-aid-curbs-hunger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #hunger #famine

Trump and Netanyahu threatened to launch even more violent “alternatives” to ceasefire negotiations as Hamas political leader blasts U.S.-#Israeli “blackmail."
from #DropSiteNews
Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad
Jul 27, 2025
Basem Naim, another senior #Hamas official, told Drop Site, “#Trump is playing a strategic game of deception,” adding that the #US and #Israel were seeking to increase pressure on Hamas to capitulate. He said Trump’s comments, and similar ones made by Witkoff, were intended to apply “more pressure before the next round” of negotiations and to buy time for Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu “to reorganize the internal situation.”
#StopStarvingGaza#EndBlockadeOfGaza#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS
#SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
#Gaza#Palestine#MiddleEast#WestAsia
#USA#USPolitics
#news #press #politics @palestine