israeli warcrimes in Gaza reports 2024:
with special thanks to citizen-reporter 'Biba' (Algeria)
May week 1 -- April week4 part4 -- Click here for an overview by week in 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.

Sky News - May 1, 2024
<<Israel-Hamas war: Rafah attack 'on immediate horizon', UN aid chief says, as Netanyahu reaffirms desire to launch offensive. Officials said the coming military action would be <a tragedy beyond words>, even as Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed his intention to order a long-promised assault on the city, whatever the response by Hamas to the latest ceasefire proposals. An Israeli ground offensive in Rafah is <on the immediate horizon>, the UN's aid chief has warned, as Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed that his forces <will enter> the southern Gaza city. Martin Griffiths said in a statement on X on Tuesday the threatened attack would <spell even more trauma and death> for those in the city and <strike a disastrous blow> to the aid agencies trying to help them. <Famine is taking hold. The rules of war continue to be flouted,> he said, adding that a ground operation in the city, where an estimated 1.5 million displaced Gaza Palestinians are sheltering, will be <a tragedy beyond words>. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to states with influence over Israel <to do everything in their power> to prevent an Israeli assault on Rafah. Their comments came as Mr Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, reaffirmed his intention to order a long-promised assault on the city, whatever the response by Hamas to the latest ceasefire proposals. Mr Netanyahu said Israel would enter Rafah, which it says is Hamas's last stronghold, regardless of whether a truce-for-hostages deal is struck In a statement from his office, he said: <The idea that we will stop the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the question. We will enter Rafah and we will eliminate Hamas's battalions there - with or without a deal, to achieve the total victory.> His comments appeared to be directed at his nationalist governing partners, who have pressured him not to accept a deal that might prevent an assault on the city. Mr Netanyahu appeared to reassure one of them, national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, whose office said the leader promised him <Israel will enter Rafah, we are not stopping the war and there won't be a reckless deal>. The US has repeatedly said it opposes the Rafah operation until Israel presents a credible plan for evacuating and protecting those in the city. US secretary of state Antony Blinken, speaking in Jordan before flying to Israel, to help advance the latest round of ceasefire talks, urged Hamas to respond to Israel's latest ceasefire plan, saying: <No more delays. No more excuses. The time to act is now.> Negotiations aimed at freeing hostages, bringing relief to civilians and averting an Israeli offensive into Rafah appear to be gaining strength.
Aid charity to resume operations following killing of aid workers
The near seven-month conflict began when Hamas fighters killed around 1,200 people and took some 250 Israelis and foreigners hostage in their 7 October incursion into southern Israel. It prompted Israel's assault on Gaza, as it pledged to destroy Hamas and bring the hostages home. More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed during the Israel-Hamas war, according to local health officials, who say about two-thirds of the dead are women and children.>>
Read more here:
https://news.sky.com/story/israel-hamas-war-rafah-attack-on-immediate-horizon-un-aid-chief-says-as-netanyahu-reaffirms-desire-to-launch-offensive-13126600

France 24 - May 1, 2024
<<Live: US 'determined' to get Israel-Hamas deal 'now', says Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has renewed calls for Hamas to accept a ceasefire deal Wednesday as he started talks with Israel's leadership. <Even in these very difficult times we are determined to get a ceasefire that brings the hostages home - and to get it now,> Blinken said as he met Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments in the war in Gaza. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, is welcomed by US Ambassador to Israel Jacob Lew upon arrival at Ben Gurion Airport on April 30, 2024.
Summary:
New York City police raided Columbia University late on Tuesday to arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, some of whom had seized an academic building, and to remove a protest encampment the Ivy League school had sought to dismantle for nearly two weeks. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the almost seven-month-long war, just as cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas appear to be gaining steam.
The Palestinians are seeking approval of a resolution in the General Assembly asking the UN Security Council to reconsider <favorably> Palestine's full membership in the United Nations, which the United States recently vetoed. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israel plans on opening a major crossing to allow aid to flow into the hard-hit northern Gaza Strip. At least 34,535 Palestinians have been killed and an estimated 77,704 have been injured in Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory. 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/20240501-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-police-enter-columbia-campus-reach-building-barricaded-by-students

France 24 - April 30, 2024
<<Pro-Palestinian student protesters take over Columbia University building
Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war that have spread to college campuses nationwide.
Student protesters sit and watch outside Hamilton Hall, where students at Columbia University continue protesting in support of Palestinians and barricaded themselves inside the building despite order. Protesters on Columbia's Manhattan campus locked arms in front of Hamilton Hall early Tuesday and carried furniture and metal barricades to the building, one of several that was occupied during a 1968 civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protest on the campus, video footage showed. Posts on an Instagram page for protest organizers shortly after midnight urged people to protect the encampment and join them at Hamilton Hall. A <Free Palestine> banner hung from a window. <An autonomous group reclaimed Hind’s Hall, previously known as 'Hamilton Hall,' in honor of Hind Rajab, a martyr murdered at the hands of the genocidal Israeli state at the age of six years old,> CU Apartheid Divest posted on the social media platform X early Tuesday. Hamilton Hall is an academic building that opened in 1907 and is named after Alexander Hamilton, who attended King's College, Columbia's original name. The student radio station, WKCR-FM, broadcast a play-by-play of the hall's takeover, which occurred nearly 12 hours after Monday’s 2 p.m. deadline for the protesters to leave an encampment of around 120 tents or face suspension. University representatives did not immediately respond to emails requesting comment early Tuesday, but the public safety department said in a statement that access to the campus has been limited to students living in the residential buildings and essential employees, such as dining, public safety and maintenance staff. There was just one access point into and out of campus.
<The safety of every single member of this community is paramount,> the advisory said.
In the X post, protesters said they planned to remain at the hall until the university conceded to CU Apartheid Divest's three demands: divestment, financial transparency and amnesty. Universities across the U.S. are grappling with how to clear out encampments as commencement ceremonies approach, with some continuing negotiations and others turning to force and ultimatums that have resulted in clashes with police. Dozens of people were arrested Monday during protests at universities in Texas, Utah, Virginia and New Jersey, while Columbia said hours before the takeover of Hamilton Hall that it had started suspending students. Columbia had already canceled its main graduation event. Police moved to clear an encampment at Yale University in Connecticut on Tuesday morning, but there were no immediate reports of arrests. Yale and New Haven police surrounded the encampment in the Cross Campus quad with caution tape starting around 6 a.m. and said that anyone inside the blocked-off area would be subject to arrest and suspension if they did not leave, The Yale Daily News, an independent student newspaper, reported. Officer Christian Bruckhart, a New Haven police spokesperson, said no arrests had been made as of 7:30 a.m. Also on Tuesday, police began to clear an encampment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. WRAL-TV reported that police could be seen removing protesters, some of whom were led away with zip ties around their wrists. And at the University of Connecticut, police ordered protesters to remove tents Tuesday morning, but the protesters ignored the directives, school spokesperson Stephanie Reitz said. Officers then entered the site to remove tents and tarps and make arrests, she said. The nationwide campus protests began as a response by some students to Israel's offensive in Gaza after Hamas launched a deadly attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7. Militants killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took roughly 250 hostages. Vowing to stamp out Hamas, Israel has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to the local health ministry. Israel and its supporters have branded the university protests as antisemitic, while critics of Israel say it uses such allegations to silence opponents. Although some protesters have been caught on camera making antisemitic remarks or violent threats, organizers of the protests, some of whom are Jewish, say it is a peaceful movement aimed at defending Palestinian rights and protesting the war. At the University of Texas at Austin, an attorney said at least 40 demonstrators were arrested Monday. At the University of Utah, police dragged students off by their hands and feet, snapping the poles holding up tents and zip-tying those who refused to disperse. And at Princeton University, students were arrested after briefly occupying a building that houses its graduate school.
The plight of students who have been arrested has become a central part of protests, with the students and a growing number of faculty demanding amnesty for protesters. At issue is whether the suspensions and legal records will follow students through their adult lives. The Texas protest and others, including in Canada and Europe, grew out of Columbia's early demonstrations. On Monday, student activists defied the 2 p.m. deadline to leave the encampment. Instead, hundreds of protesters remained. A handful of counter-demonstrators waved Israeli flags, and one held a sign reading, <Where are the anti-Hamas chants?> While the university didn't call police to roust the demonstrators, school spokesperson Ben Chang said suspensions had started but could provide few details. Protest organizers said they were not aware of any suspensions as of Monday evening. In a rare case, Northwestern University said it reached an agreement with students and faculty who represent the majority of protesters on its campus near Chicago. It allows peaceful demonstrations through the end of spring classes in exchange for some concessions. At the University of Southern California, organizers of a large encampment sat down with university President Carol Folt for about 90 minutes Monday. Folt declined to discuss details but said talks would continue Tuesday. USC officials this month refused to allow the valedictorian, who has publicly supported Palestinians, to make a commencement speech, citing nonspecific security concerns. Administrators then scrapped the keynote speech by filmmaker and alumnus Jon M. Chu and declined to award honorary degrees.
(AP)>>
Source incl. video:
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240430-pro-palestinian-protesters-take-over-columbia-university-building

France 24 - April 30, 2024
<<Live: Biden presses Egypt and Qatar on ceasefire, hostage deal
Hamas was studying Tuesday Israel's offer of a 40-day truce in the war in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of scores of hostages held since the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attacks. US President Joe Biden on Monday urged the leaders of Egypt and Qatar to <exert all efforts> to convince Hamas to accept the deal. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments in the war in Gaza.
Summary:
Hamas has been offered a 40-day ceasefire and the release of <potentially thousands> of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for freeing Israeli hostages, said British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Monday. A Hamas delegation has left Cairo, where it was discussing Israel's response to a potential ceasefire proposal. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged Hamas to swiftly accept an Israeli proposal for a truce, which he called <extraordinarily generous>. Student demonstrators at New York's Columbia University on Monday defied an ultimatum to disperse or face immediate suspension as protests erupted at several US colleges. The US said the ICC has no jurisdiction over Israel's war on Gaza.
Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed attacks on four ships in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.
Hamas's al Qassam Brigades on Monday said its militants in southern Lebanon had launched a slew of rockets at a northern Israeli military position.
French police broke up a student protest demanding an end to Israel's bombardment of Gaza at the Sorbonne University in Paris. At least 34,488 Palestinians have been killed and an estimated 77,643 have been injured in Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory. Some 1,170 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks that sparked the war and 250 people were taken hostage, according to Israeli figures, with 132 still missing.
6:48am: ICJ set to rule on Nicaragua's request for Germany to halt aid to Israel
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is ruling Tuesday on a request by Nicaragua for judges to order Germany to halt military aid to Israel, arguing that Berlin's support enables acts of genocide and breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza. Nicaragua's case is the latest legal bid by a country with historic ties to the Palestinian people to stop Israel's offensive. Late last year, South Africa accused Israel of genocide at the court. The cases come as Israel's allies face growing calls to stop supplying it with weapons, and as some including Germany have grown more critical of the war. At hearings early this month, Nicaragua's Ambassador to the Netherlands Carlos Jose Arguello Gomez told the 16-judge panel that <Germany is failing to honor its own obligation to prevent genocide or to ensure respect of international humanitarian law.> Nicaragua also wants Germany to reinstate direct funding to the UN aid agency in Gaza. The head of Germany's legal team, Tania von Uslar-Gleichen, said Nicaragua's claims <have no basis in fact or law.>
Israel strongly denies that its assault on Gaza amounts to genocidal acts, saying it is acting in self defense after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on October 7, killing some 1,200 people. Israeli legal adviser Tal Becker told judges at the court earlier this year in the case brought by South Africa that Israel is fighting a <war it did not start and did not want.>
4:42am: Biden presses Egypt and Qatar on ceasefire, hostage deal
US President Joe Biden on Monday urged the leaders of Egypt and Qatar to <exert all efforts> towards securing the release of hostages held by Hamas as part of negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire, the White House said. Washington, Doha and Cairo have been mediating for months to achieve a truce in the Palestinian territory which has endured relentless bombing by Israel in response to the unprecedented deadly attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7. Representatives from Egypt, Qatar and Hamas met Monday in Cairo, with the Palestinian Islamist group expected to respond to a proposal for a second truce in Gaza, coupled with a fresh release of hostages. In separate phone calls Biden spoke with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and discussed <the deal now on the table,> the White House said in nearly identical statements. Biden urged the leaders <to exert all efforts to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas as this is now the only obstacle to an immediate ceasefire and relief for the people of Gaza,> the White House said.
Fraser Jackson reports from Washington DC>>
Read more and watch a video here:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240430-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-hamas-reviews-israeli-proposal-for-cease-fire-rafah-offensive-looms

Food for thought:
"Irrational thinking
is the core of the human aggresive drive."
(Nietsche)
but ...
The fear of it by potential victims
can be the most effective counter-force.
Gino d'Artali

France 24 - April 29, 2024 - Video by Clovis CASALI
<<French police break up Gaza war protest at the Sorbonne in Paris
Police moved in to clear dozens of protesters who had camped out in a courtyard in Sorbonne University in Paris on Monday to demand an end to Israel's bombardment of Gaza. About 100 demonstrators took part in the protest near the prestigious university, waving a giant Palestinian flag and chanting slogans in support of Palestinians in Gaza. The demonstration took place three days after protests at the French capital's elite Sciences Po university and as pro-Palestinian rallies sweep college campuses across the United States. <There were around fifty of us when the police came running into the courtyard,> said Remi, a 20-year-old student who took part in the Sorbonne protest. <The evacuation was quite brutal, with around ten people being dragged to the ground, but no arrests were made,> he added. <We have every reason, like at Yale, Columbia, Sciences Po (...) to condemn what we can see is happening,> said another student, who gave his name as Leonard, outside the university gates. University authorities said the Sorbonne's amphitheatres were <evacuated around noon> and the main campus was closed for the afternoon. Several French politicians, including senior members of the hard-left party La France Insoumise (LFI, or France Unbowed), had earlier urged supporters on social media to join the Sorbonne protests.
Tense standoff at elite university
The Sorbonne occupies a unique place at the heart of French public and intellectual life. Last week, President Emmanuel Macron chose it as the venue to deliver a speech on his vison of Europe ahead of elections for the European Parliament in June. Last week, protests broke out at the elite Sciences Po university in Paris, which counts Macron and Prime Minister Gabriel Attal among its many famous alumni. Students calling for a ceasefire in Gaza had staged several days of sit-ins and protests at the Sciences Po campus in central Paris, some setting up tents in the central courtyard. But police moved in on Friday amid a tense standoff between protesters and a group of about 50 pro-Israeli demonstrators who arrived at the scene. The protest ended peacefully, when students agreed to evacuate the building. The head of Sciences Po said an agreement with students had been reached.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, Reuters, AP)>>
Source and video:
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240429-french-police-break-up-gaza-war-protest-at-the-sorbonne-in-paris

Sky News - April 29, 2024 - by James Robinson News reporter @thejournojames
<<Aid charity to resume operations in Gaza following killing of seven aid workers
World Central Kitchen (WCK) says it will resume operations in Gaza following the death of seven aid workers who were killed in an Israeli military strike on 1 April. An aid group is to resume its work in Gaza four weeks after suspending operations following the killing of seven workers. Central Kitchen (WCK) says it will restart operations in the besieged strip on Monday, delivering food to <address widespread hunger>, World including in the north. It comes following the killing of the WCK workers in an Israeli military strike on 1 April. Three British nationals, who were part of WCK's security team, an Australian, a Polish national, an American-Canadian dual citizen, and a Palestinian, were killed in the strike. An Israeli investigation found that incorrect assumptions, decision-making mistakes and violations of the rules of engagement had resulted in their deaths.
WCK suspended its operations in Gaza following their deaths. They had previously distributed more than 43 million meals in Gaza and accounted for more than 60% of all international non-governmental aid.>>
Source:
https://news.sky.com/story/aid-charity-to-resume-operations-in-gaza-following-killing-of-seven-aid-workers-13125523

France 24 - April 29, 2024 - Video by Douglas HERBERT
<<Israel concerned over possible ICC arrest warrants related to Gaza war
Israel is voicing concern that the International Criminal Court could be preparing to issue arrest warrants for government officials on charges related to its war against Hamas. France 24's Doug Herbert takes a closer look.>>
Watch video here:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240429-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-blinken-arrives-in-saudi-arabia-on-new-mideast-crisis-tour

France 24 - April 29, 2024
<<Live: Hamas offered 40-day ceasefire in exchange for release of hostages, says UK's Cameron
Hamas has been offered a 40-day ceasefire and the release of <potentially thousands> of Palestinian prisoners in return for freeing Israeli hostages, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Monday as Hamas negotiators are due to hold a new round of talks in Cairo with Egyptian and Qatari mediators. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments in the war in Gaza. People check the damage in a house destroyed by overnight Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 27, 2024.
Summary:
A senior Hamas official said the Palestinian militant group will deliver its response to Israel's latest counter-proposal for a Gaza ceasefire at talks in Egypt on Monday. Israel's overnight airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed at least 22 people, Palestinian health officials said.
Hamas’s al Qassam Brigades on Monday said its militants in southern Lebanon had launched a slew of rockets at a northern Israeli military position.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel and Jordan on a Mideast tour through Wednesday, the State Department announced, after the US and Israeli leaders discussed hostage-release talks by telephone. Blinken touched down in Saudi Arabia early on Monday. At least 34,488 Palestinians have been killed and an estimated 77,643 have been injured in Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory. Some 1,170 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks that sparked the war and 250 people were taken hostage, according to Israeli figures, with 132 still missing.
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FRANCE 24 speaks to son of Marwan Barghouti
Marwan Barghouti, the man that many Palestinians believe is the key to future peace in Gaza, has served two decades in an Israeli prison on terrorism charges, which he denies. Hailed by supporters as the <Palestinian Nelson Mandela>, Barghouti is the subject of a new documentary titled <Tomorrow's Freedom>.
FRANCE 24 talks to his son Arab Barghouti and the documentary's co-director Sophia Scott.
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Blinken says US 'not seen' Rafah invasion plan that protects civilians
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday renewed US opposition to an Israeli offensive on Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah, ahead of his trip to Israel. <We have not yet seen a plan that gives us confidence that civilians can be effectively protected,> Blinken told a meeting of the World Economic Forum in Riyadh.>>
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https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240429-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-blinken-arrives-in-saudi-arabia-on-new-mideast-crisis-tour

France 24 - April 29, 2024 - Video by Robert PARSONS
<<Hamas says no 'major' issues, as Gaza truce effort builds
Hamas said Sunday it had no <major issues> after reviewing Israel's latest proposal for a long-sought truce and hostage-release deal in the Gaza Strip after almost seven months of war.>>
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240429-hamas-says-no-major-issues-as-gaza-truce-effort-builds

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