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June 4 - 2, 2024 <<Live: Mediator Qatar calls for 'clear position' from Israel on ceasefire proposal... and <<Death toll in Gaza rises to 36,550... and <<Members of 'Thousand Youths for Palestine' released and <<Live: More than half of all Gaza buildings destroyed or damaged, UN says... and <<'80 Palestinian journalists have been detained by Israeli forces since Oct.7'... and <<Huge protests call on Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to approve US ceasefire deal and release hostages... and 'Food for thought': Strong (Hamas) soldiers move in silence. and more news but most with a 'give way or go away' yell!

June 1 - May 31, 2024 Editorial question by Gino d'Artali and hundreds-of-thousands Palestinian children asking "When can we go to sleep in peace?"

May 23, 2024 In commemoration of Roshdi Sarraj and tribute to Shrouq Al Aila for   Click here to go throughout May and earler, 2024

 When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.

France 24 - June 4, 2024
<<Live: Mediator Qatar calls for 'clear position' from Israel on ceasefire proposal
Qatar, which has been mediating a potential truce between Israel and Hamas, said on Tuesday that it was waiting for a <clear position> from Israel on a proposed Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden on Monday. Foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said there had been no <concrete approval> from either side of the conflict.
Summary:
Mediator Qatar said Tuesday it was waiting for a <clear position> from Israel on a proposed Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden. <We have yet to see a very clear position from the Israeli government towards the principles laid out by Biden,> foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said, adding there had been no <concrete approval> from either side.
Israel believes that more than a third of the remaining Gaza hostages are dead, a government tally showed on Tuesday, as the United States sought to advance their recovery under a proposal to wind down the war with Hamas.
Israeli authorities were battling intense forest fires Tuesday in the north of the country that broke out shortly after rocket and drone strikes from neighbouring Lebanon, forcing the partial evacuation of one town.>>
Read more and video here:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240604-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-us-urges-un-security-council-to-back-israel-hamas-ceasefire-plan


Death toll in Gaza
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 4, 2024
<<Death toll in Gaza rises to 36,550
The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7,2023 has risen to 36,550, the Gaza’s health ministry announced on Tuesday.
News Center- Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip continue on their 242nd day.
At least 36,550 Palestinians have been killed, 82,959 others injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Gaza's health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
At least 647 Palestinians were killed and 2,539 others were injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in the last 10 days, the ministry added. According to the statement, at least 71 Palestinians were killed and 182 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the last 24 hours.
There are many dead bodies under rubble but they cannot reach them due to the attacks of the Israeli forces, the statement said.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/death-toll-in-gaza-rises-to-36-550-35167?page=1


Thousand Youths for Palestine
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 4 , 2024
<<Members of 'Thousand Youths for Palestine' released
13 members of the Thousand Youths for Palestine, who were taken into custody in a house raid for protesting SOCAR for selling oil to Israel, have been released.
News Center- On March 31, members of the Thousand Youths for Palestine organized a protest in front of the headquarters of the Azeri state oil company SOCAR in Istanbul. On Sunday, 13 members of the group were taken into custody in a dawn house raid. Today, they were referred to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan after a day in custody. The prosecutor requested the release of 12 young people under judicial control and the arrest of one person. The court has ruled the release of 13 young people. <We took back our friends! What you judge in the courtrooms is not just us, but also the honorable Palestinian resistance! You will not be able to silence the voice of the intifada,> said the Thousand Youths for Palestine on their social media account after the release of their members.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/members-of-thousand-youths-for-palestine-released-35160

France 24 - June 3, 2024
<<Live: US urges UN Security Council to back Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan
The United States on Monday announced a draft Security Council resolution supporting the Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan outlined by Joe Biden last week, urging Hamas to accept it. But it appears that even within Israel there are major divisions over the plan it allegedly presented, with two senior ministers threatening to leave Netanyahu's government if he signs off on the proposal.
Summary:
The United States on Monday announced a draft Security Council resolution supporting the Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan outlined by Joe Biden last week, urging Hamas to accept it. But even if Hamas agreed to terms, it would require Netanyahu to make some difficult political calculations. Two leading members of his far-right coalition - National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich - have threatened to leave Netanyahu's government if he signs off on the proposal. That would cause the coalition to collapse.
Four more hostages kidnapped on October 7th were declared dead by the Israeli army on Monday. About 80 hostages in Gaza are believed to be alive, alongside the remains of 43 others.
Israeli authorities were battling intense forest fires Tuesday in the north of the country that broke out shortly after rocket and drone strikes from neighbouring Lebanon, forcing the partial evacuation of one town.>>
Source and read more, watch video here:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240604-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-us-urges-un-security-council-to-back-israel-hamas-ceasefire-plan

France 24 - June 3, 2024 - By Catalina Marchant de Abreu
<<No proof that a pro-Palestinian student was killed by French police
A viral news article circulating on X alleges that the 'French riot police killed a pro-Palestinian student protestor in Paris' following demonstrations outside Sciences Po University on May 7. We explain why there is no proof to these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake.>>
Source and watch video here:
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20240603-no-proof-that-a-pro-palestinian-student-was-killed-by-french-police

France 24 - June 3, 2024
<<Biden sees Hamas as 'only obstacle' to Gaza ceasefire deal
US President Joe Biden told Qatar's emir Monday that Hamas was the only obstacle to a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel, and urged him to press the militant group to accept it, the White House said. An Israeli government spokesperson had earlier quoted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as saying that the outline Biden presented was only <partial>, and that fighting would only stop temporarily <for the purpose of returning the hostages>.
Summary:
US President Joe Biden told Qatar's emir Monday that Hamas was the only obstacle to a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel, and urged him to press the militant group to accept it, the White House said.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu views a plan for a hostage release deal in Gaza presented by US President Joe Biden as a <partial> outline, a government spokesman said Monday.
The Israeli army on Monday announced the deaths of four hostages in the Gaza Strip.
Some 55 percent of all structures in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed or possibly damaged since war erupted eight months ago, according to a preliminary satellite analysis by the UN.
Lebanon's Hezbollah armed group said on Monday it had launched a squadron of drones towards the headquarters of the Israel military's Galilee formation.
Forced displacement has pushed more than a million people away from the Gazan city of Rafah, the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Monday.>>
Read more and watch video here:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240603-%F0%9F%94%B4live-washington-presses-israel-hamas-to-agree-to-truce-deal

France 24 - June 3, 2024
<<Live: More than half of all Gaza buildings destroyed or damaged, UN says
More than half of all structures in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed or damaged since the war began, the UN said Monday, citing preliminary satellite data. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called late on Sunday for top Israeli officials to discuss a proposed ceasefire deal in Gaza. Summary:
Some 55 percent of all structures in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed or possibly damaged since war erupted eight months ago, according to a preliminary satellite analysis by the UN. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called top Israeli officials Sunday to discuss a proposed deal for a truce in Gaza, the State Department said. Blinken spoke with war cabinet Minister Benny Gantz and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, according to statements. Forced displacement has pushed more than a million people away from the Gazan city of Rafah, the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Monday.>>
Source incl. video:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240603-%F0%9F%94%B4live-washington-presses-israel-hamas-to-agree-to-truce-deal


Press vs
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 3, 2024
<<'80 Palestinian journalists have been detained by Israeli forces since Oct.7'
80 Palestinian journalists have been detained in the Gaza Strip and West Bank by Israeli forces since October 7, 2023, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement on Sunday.
News Center- 80 Palestinian journalists have been detained in the Gaza Strip and West Bank by Israeli forces since October 7, 2023, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement on Sunday, emphasizing that Israeli forces have escalated its policy of arresting journalists, alongside threats, physical assaults, and ongoing legal proceedings. Some 49 journalists remain in Israeli custody, according to the statement. On 29 May, freelance photojournalist Bilal Al Tawil was arrested by the Israeli army from his home in Hebron, the occupied West Bank and Mahmoud Fatafta, a Palestinian columnist and political commentator, was arrested on the same day at an Israel Defense Forces checkpoint, near the West Bank village of Abu Dis.
Their detention period has been extended until June 9 on the ground of <completion of the investigation>, the statement said.
Four women journalists
Four Palestinian women journalists named Ikhlas Sawalha, Bushra al-Tawil, Asmaa Heresh and Rola Hasanein are among 49 journalists in Israeli custody. Ikhlas Sawalha, Bushra al-Tawil and Asmaa Heresh are under administrative detention without a trial and Rola Hasanein is held in custody on charges of <provocation> while journalist Somayya Jawabreh is under <house arrest>, the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported in the statement.
12 journalists transferred to unknown locations
According to the statement, 12 Palestinian journalists were detained and transferred to unknown locations in Gaza, most of them were detained in an Israeli raid on Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital on November 16.
'The detained journalists are subjected to punitive measures'
<The detained journalists are subjected to retaliatory and punitive measures, including torture, humiliation, starvation, and systematic medical negligence,> the society said, calling on all international organizations, especially the United Nations, to take urgent steps the journalists detained by Israeli forces. At least 147 journalists and media professionals have been killed by Israeli forces since October 7, 2023, according to Palestinian figures.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/80-palestinian-journalists-have-been-detained-by-israeli-forces-since-oct-7-35155

France 24 - June 3, 2024
<<Live: Washington presses Israel, Hamas to agree to proposed truce
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken late on Sunday called top Israeli officials to discuss a proposed ceasefire deal in Gaza. An NGO reported early Monday that at least 12 <pro-Iranian> fighters had been killed in an Israeli strike on a factory near Aleppo in Syria.
Summary:
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called top Israeli officials Sunday to discuss a proposed deal for a truce in Gaza, the State Department said. Blinken spoke with war cabinet Minister Benny Gantz and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, according to statements.
At least 12 <pro-Iranian fighters were killed in an overnight Israeli strike that targeted a factory near Aleppo in the north of Syria,> the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported early Monday.
At least 36,439 Palestinians have been killed and 82,627 wounded in Israel's war in Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. Some 1,170 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks and 250 people were taken hostage, according to Israeli figures, with 132 still missing.>>
Source incl. video:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240603-%F0%9F%94%B4live-washington-presses-israel-hamas-to-agree-to-truce-deal

Sky News - June 2, 2024 - by Claire Gilbody Dickerson, news reporter
<<Huge protests call on Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to approve US ceasefire deal and release hostages
An estimated 120,000 people are believed to have rallied in Tel Aviv to pressure Israel's government to approve a deal outlined by Joe Biden - while two far-right ministers have threatened to resign if the proposal is accepted. Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied in Tel Aviv to call for the resignation of Benjamin Netanyahu and the immediate release of hostages. An estimated 120,000 people took to the streets of the Israeli city to call on the far-right governing coalition to accept a ceasefire deal outlined by Joe Biden on Friday, according to local media. The deal would see the staggered release of hostages captured on 7 October - the day of Hamas's unprecedented attack on southern Israel, which killed 1,200 people - in return for a gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops from the besieged enclave of Gaza. Skirmishes broke out between protesters and police, with two people reportedly arrested and 14 injured as police used a sound cannon to disperse crowds. A water cannon was also reportedly deployed for the protest - believed to have been the biggest demonstration against Mr Netanyahu's government since 7 October - but not used. Families of hostages said time to get their loved ones back was running out as they gathered in different cities across Israel. About 120 of the 252 people taken are believed to still be in captivity since 7 October, an attack that prompted a retaliatory Israeli military campaign on Gaza which has left the territory in ruins, led to widespread starvation and killed more than 36,000 people, according to Palestinian health authorities.>>
Source:
https://news.sky.com/story/huge-protests-call-on-israeli-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-to-approve-us-ceasefire-deal-and-release-hostages-13146730

Social media: Israel Faces 2 Ways: Escalation or Ceasefire | We're Closer Than Ever ...
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France 24 - June 2, 2024 - By Alison SARGENT
<<'A week in France' - Gaza war reverberates in France with new protests and a lawmaker suspended
Saturday, June 1st, 2024: In this week's roundup of French news, modern France historian Andrew Smith joins Alison Sargent to discuss how the war in Gaza is reverberating politically in France after a far-left lawmaker is suspended for holding up a Palestinian flag in the National Assembly. We also take a look at France's landmark end-of-life bill, security ahead of the Paris Olympics, and the auctioning off of the scooter used by Francois Hollande to visit his mistress.
OUR GUESTS
Andrew SMITH, Lecturer, Queen Mary University>>
Source incl. video:
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-week-in-france/20240602-gaza-war-reverberates-in-france-with-new-protests-and-a-lawmaker-suspended

France 24 - June 2, 2024
<<Biden's Gaza plan 'not a good deal' but Israel accepts it, says Netanyahu aide
In an interview with Britain's Sunday Times, Ophir Falk, chief foreign policy advisor to Netanyahu, said Biden's proposal was "a deal we agreed to — it's not a good deal but we dearly want the hostages released, all of them". "There are a lot of details to be worked out," he said, adding that Israeli conditions, including "the release of the hostages and the destruction of Hamas as a genocidal terrorist organisation" have not changed.>>
Source incl. video:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240602-biden-s-gaza-plan-not-a-good-deal-but-israel-accepts-it-says-netanyahu-aide

France 24 - June 2, 2024 - Video by Robert PARSONS
<<Gaza ceasefire proposal: 'There is a swirl of confusion around this deal at the moment'
Qatari, Egyptian and US mediators called on Israel and Hamas Saturday (June 1) to "finalise" the truce deal outlined by the US President, as Israeli forces pounded Rafah in southern Gaza. Shortly after Biden's announcement, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu insisted his country would pursue the war until it had achieved all its aims.>>
Source and video here:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240602-gaza-ceasefire-proposal-there-is-swirl-of-confusion-around-this-deal

France 24 - June 2, 2024
<<Live: Israel battles Hamas as mediators call for both to accept Gaza truce plan
Israel battled and bombarded Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as mediators called on both sides to agree to a truce and hostage release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden. This comes as two far-right Israeli ministers threatened on Saturday to quit Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyhau's government if he goes ahead with the truce plan.
Summary:
Israel's military reported more air strikes and ground combat on Sunday in central Rafah, Gaza's southernmost city, as well as the Zeitun and Sabra areas in Gaza City in the north.
Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich have threatened to quit Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's government if he goes ahead with a truce deal outlined by US President Joe Biden.
Egypt hosts Israeli and US officials on Sunday to discuss the reopening of the Rafah crossing, a vital conduit for aid into the besieged Gaza Strip, Egyptian state-linked media reported.
At least 36,439 Palestinians have been killed and 82,627 wounded in Israel's war in Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. Some 1,170 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks and 250 people were taken hostage, according to Israeli figures, with 132 still missing.>>
Read more here:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240602-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-israel-far-right-ministers-threaten-to-quit-if-biden-ceasfire-plan-goes-ahead

'Food for thought': Strong (Hamas) soldiers move in silence. Gino d'Artali

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