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May 17 - 14, 2024 <<Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war... and <<'There is no safe place' in Gaza, displaced Palestinians say... and <<224th day of Israeli attacks on Gaza: Death toll rises to 35,303... and <<Live: Israel to respond to charges of genocide at UN's top court... and <<Arab League calls for deployment of UN peacekeepers in Palestinian territories... and <<'More than 15,000 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip'... and <<Palestinians mark 76 years of Nakba as Israel renews offensive... and <<Gazan woman launches initiative to support displaced children... and <<Aid for Gaza civilians 'is not charity', rather a 'legal obligation' to provide minimum vital needs... and more news but most with a 'give way or go away' yell!

May 14 - 11, 2024 <<Palestinians fleeing Rafah as Israel expands its offensive... and <<'Hamas is going to survive', warns former US State Department Middle East negotiator... and <<EU top diplomat sees US 'fatigue' in Mideast... and <<68.3 million displaced by conflict and violence in 2023... and <<More than 150,000 pregnant women face health hazards in Gaza... and <<Egypt to support South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ... and more news but most with a 'give way or go away' yell!

Overview social-media posts edited by citizen-reporter 'Biba'  Next update May 20, 2024  May 9 - 4, 2024 May 3 - 1 - April 30 - 23,2024 Click here to go throughout April 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.


CPJ - May 17, 2024
<<Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war
Editor's notes: The list below is CPJ's most recent and preliminary account of journalist deaths in the war. Our database will not include all of these casualties until we have completed further investigations into the circumstances surrounding them. For more information, read our FAQ. The Israel-Gaza war has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7 and Israel declared war on the militant Palestinian group, launching strikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip. CPJ is investigating all reports of journalists and media workers killed, injured, or missing in the war, which has led to the deadliest period for journalists since CPJ began gathering data in 1992. As of May 17, 2024, CPJ's preliminary investigations showed at least 105 journalists and media workers were among the more than 36,000 killed since the war began on October 7-with more than 35,000 Palestinian deaths in Gaza and the West Bank and 1,200 deaths in Israel. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told Reuters and Agence France Press news agencies in October that it could not guarantee the safety of their journalists operating in the Gaza Strip, after they had sought assurances that their journalists would not be targeted by Israeli strikes, according to a Reuters report.
Journalists in Gaza face particularly high risks as they try to cover the conflict during the Israeli ground assault, including devastating Israeli airstrikes, disrupted communications, supply shortages, and extensive power outages.
As of May 17:
105 journalists and media workers were confirmed dead: 100 Palestinian, 2 Israeli, and 3 Lebanese.
16 journalists were reported injured.
4 journalists were reported missing.
25 journalists were reported arrested.
Multiple assaults, threats, cyberattacks, censorship, and killings of family members.
CPJ is also investigating numerous unconfirmed reports of other journalists being killed, missing, detained, hurt, or threatened, and of damage to media offices and journalists' homes. <Since the Israel-Gaza war began, journalists have been paying the highest price-their lives-to defend our right to the truth. Each time a journalist dies or is injured, we lose a fragment of that truth,> said CPJ Program Director Carlos Martínez de la Serna in New York. <Journalists are civilians who are protected by international humanitarian law in times of conflict. Those responsible for their deaths face dual trials: one under international law and another before history's unforgiving gaze.> The list published here includes names based on information obtained from CPJ’s sources in the region and media reports. It includes all journalists* involved in news-gathering activity. It is unclear whether all of these journalists were covering the conflict at the time of their deaths, but CPJ has included them in our count as we investigate their circumstances. The list is being updated on a regular basis.>>
Read the complete list here:
https://cpj.org/2024/05/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-gaza-conflict/
Related and highly recommended article:
<<Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war....>>
Read it here:
https://cpj.org/2024/05/attacks-arrests-threats-censorship-the-high-risks-of-reporting-the-israel-hamas-war/

France 24 - May 17, 2024 : by NEWS WIRES
<<Aid trucks roll across US military-built pier to Gaza for first time
Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday as Israeli restrictions on border crossings and heavy fighting hindered the delivery of food and other supplies. The shipment is the first in an operation that American military officials anticipate could scale up to 150 truckloads a day, all while Israel presses in on the southern city of Rafah in its seven-month offensive against Hamas. But the U.S. and aid groups warn that the floating pier project is not a substitute for land deliveries that could bring in all the food, water and fuel needed in Gaza. Before the war, more than 500 truckloads entered the territory on an average day. The operation's success also remains tenuous because of the risk of militant attack, logistical hurdles and a growing shortage of fuel for the aid trucks due to the Israeli blockade of Gaza since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack. Militants killed 1,200 people and took 250 others hostage in that assault on southern Israel. The Israeli offensive since has killed more than 35,000 Palestinians in Gaza, local health officials say, while hundreds more have been killed in the West Bank. Aid agencies say they are running out of food in southern Gaza and fuel is dwindling, while the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.N. World Food Program say famine has already taken hold in Gaza's north. Troops finished installing the floating pier on Thursday, and the U.S. military's Central Command said the first aid crossed into Gaza at 9 a.m. Friday. It said no American troops went ashore in the operation. Today we began delivery of aid from the temporary pier on to the beach of Gaza for further distribution to the people by our partners. The Pentagon said no backups were expected in the distribution process. The U.S. plan is for the United Nations, through its World Food Program, to take charge of the aid once it leaves the pier. This will involve coordinating the arrival of empty trucks and their registration, overseeing the transfer of goods coming through the floating dock to the trucks and their dispatch to warehouses across Gaza, and, finally, handing over the supplies to aid groups for delivery. The U.K. said some of its aid for Gaza was in the first shipment that went ashore, including the first of 8,400 kits to provide temporary shelter made of plastic sheeting. And it said more aid, including 2,000 additional shelter kits, 900 tents, five forklift trucks and 9,200 hygiene kits, will follow in the coming weeks. <This is the culmination of a Herculean joint international effort,> said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. <We know the maritime route is not the only answer. We need to see more land routes open, including via the Rafah crossing, to ensure much more aid gets safely to civilians in desperate need of help.> The first shipment of UK aid has successfully been delivered across the temporary pier off Gaza. Aid distribution had not yet begun as of Friday afternoon, said a U.N. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. The official said the process of unloading and reloading cargo was still ongoing. The U.N. humanitarian aid coordinating agency said the start of the operation was welcome but not a replacement for deliveries by land. <I think everyone in the operation has said it: Any and all aid into Gaza is welcome by any route,> Jens Laerke, spokesman of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told journalists in Geneva on Friday. Getting aid to people in Gaza <cannot and should not depend on a floating dock far from where needs are most acute.> The U.N. earlier said fuel deliveries brought through land routes have all but stopped and that would make it extremely difficult to bring the aid to Gaza's people. <It doesn't matter how the aid comes, whether it's by sea or whether by land, without fuel, aid won't get to the people,> U.N. deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said Thursday. Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said the issue of fuel deliveries comes up in all U.S. conversations with the Israelis. She also said the plan is to begin slowly with the sea route and ramp up the truck deliveries over time as they work the kinks out of the system. Israel fears Hamas will use fuel in the war, but it asserts it places no limits on the entry of humanitarian aid and blames the U.N. for delays in distributing goods entering Gaza. Under pressure from the U.S., Israel has opened a pair of crossings to deliver aid into the territory's hard-hit north in recent weeks.
It has said that a series of Hamas attacks on the main crossing, Kerem Shalom, have disrupted the flow of goods. The U.N. says fighting, Israeli fire and chaotic security conditions have hindered delivery. There have also been violent protests by Israelis that disrupted aid shipments. Israel recently seized the Rafah border crossing in its push against Hamas around that city on the Egyptian border, raising fears about civilians' safety while also cutting off the main entry for aid into the Gaza Strip. U.S. President Joe Biden ordered the pier project, expected to cost $320 million. The boatloads of aid will be deposited at a port facility built by the Israelis just southwest of Gaza City and then distributed by aid groups. U.S. officials said the initial shipment totaled as much as 500 tons of aid. The U.S. has closely coordinated with Israel on how to protect the ships and personnel working on the beach. But there are still questions about the safety of aid workers who distribute the food, said Sonali Korde, assistant to the administrator of USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, which is helping with logistics. <There is a very insecure operating environment,> and aid groups are still struggling to get clearance for their planned movements in Gaza, Korde said. That concern was highlighted last month when an Israeli strike killed seven relief workers from World Central Kitchen whose trip had been coordinated with Israeli officials. The group had also brought aid in by sea. Pentagon officials have made it clear that security conditions will be monitored closely and could prompt a shutdown of the maritime route, even if just temporarily. Navy Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, a deputy commander at the U.S. military's Central Command, told reporters Thursday that <we are confident in the ability of this security arrangement to protect those involved.> Already, the site has been targeted by mortar fire during its construction, and Hamas has threatened to target any foreign forces who <occupy> the Gaza Strip. Biden has made it clear that there will be no U.S. forces on the ground in Gaza, so third-country contractors will drive the trucks onto the shore. Israeli forces are in charge of security on shore, but there are also two U.S. Navy warships nearby that can protect U.S. troops and others. The aid for the sea route is collected and inspected in Cyprus, then loaded onto ships and taken about 200 miles (320 kilometers) to the large floating pier off the Gaza coast. There, the pallets are transferred onto the trucks that then drive onto the Army boats, which will shuttle the trucks from the pier to a floating causeway anchored to the beach. Once the trucks drop off the aid, they return to the boats.
(AP)>>
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240517-aid-trucks-roll-across-us-military-built-pier-to-gaza-for-first-time

France 24 - May 17, 2024 : Video by Charlotte HUGHES
<<Israel responds to genocide charges at UN court
Israel was at the International Court of Justice Friday (May 17), defending its military operation in Gaza. The United Nations' top court wrapped up a third round of hearings on emergency measures requested by South Africa, which says Israel's military incursion in the southern city of Rafah threatens the <very survival of Palestinians in Gaza> and has asked the court to order a ceasefire.>>
Source incl. video:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240517-israel-responds-to-genocide-charges-at-un-court

France 24 - May 17, 2024 : Video by Tom CANETTI
<<'There is no safe place' in Gaza, displaced Palestinians say
Fighting raged Friday (May 17) in Gaza after Israel vowed to intensify its ground offensive in Rafah despite international concerns for the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the southern city.>>
Source incl. video:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240517-there-is-no-safe-place-in-gaza-displaced-palestinians-say


224th day of Israeli attacks on Gaza
Jinha - Womens News Agency - May 17, 2024
<<224th day of Israeli attacks on Gaza: Death toll rises to 35,303
News Center- Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have entered in their 224th day.
At least 25,303 Palestinians have been killed and 79,261 others injured in the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Gaza’s health ministry said in a statement on Friday. At least 31 Palestinians were killed and 56 Palestinians were injured in the Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours, the ministry added. According to the statement, there are many dead bodies under rubble but they cannot reach them due to the attacks of the Israeli forces.
UNRWA: More than 630,000 people have fled from Rafah
An estimated 630,000 Palestinians have fled Gaza's southern city of Rafah since May 6, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday. <The people of Gaza continue to be forcibly displaced. Since the military offensive on Rafah started 6 May, over 630,000 people have been forced to flee the area. Many have sought refuge in Deir al-Balah, which is now unbearably overcrowded with dire conditions. #CeasefireNow,> the post of the UNRWA on X said.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/224th-day-of-israeli-attacks-on-gaza-death-toll-rises-to-35-303-35071?page=1

France 24 - May 17, 2024 : By NEWS WIRES
<<Live: Israel to respond to charges of genocide at UN's top court
Israel will respond to charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice on Friday, after South Africa filed an urgent request with the court to order a ceasefire in Gaza. South Africa told the court on Thursday that the situation in Gaza had reached <a new and horrific stage>, and urged the 15 judges to take urgent action to halt Israel's offensive in the southern city of Rafah.
Summary:
Israel will respond to charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice on Friday, after South Africa filed an urgent request with the court to order a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said Friday he was <deeply saddened> by the deaths of two Thais who were killed in the October 7 attack on Israel and whose bodies were being held by Hamas. The Pentagon said Thursday that humanitarian aid will soon begin flowing onto the Gaza shore through the new pier that was anchored to the beach and will begin reaching those in need almost immediately.
At least 35,272 Palestinians have been killed and 79,205 wounded 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.>>
Source incl. video:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240517-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-south-africa-urges-icj-to-order-ceasefire-in-gaza

France 24 - May 16, 2024
<<Arab League calls for deployment of UN peacekeepers in Palestinian territories
The Arab League called on Thursday for a UN peacekeeping force in the <occupied Palestinian territories> at an international summit dominated by the war between Israel and Hamas. In its final statement following a meeting in Manama, the 22-member grouping called for <international protection and peacekeeping forces of the United Nations in the occupied Palestinian territories> until a two-state solution is implemented. It also adopted calls by host Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to <convene an international -conference under the auspices of the United Nations, to resolve the Palestinian issue on the basis of the two-state solution>. The meeting of Arab heads of state and government convened in Bahrain more than seven months into the conflict in Gaza that has convulsed the wider region. The Gaza war broke out after Hamas's attack on southern Israel which resulted in the deaths of more than 1,170 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures. The militants also seized about 250 hostages, 128 of whom Israel estimates remain in Gaza, including 36 the military says are dead. Israel's military retaliation has killed at least 35,272 people, mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-run Gaza's health ministry, and an Israeli siege has brought dire food shortages and the threat of famine.
'Open wound'
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas told the summit his political rivals in Hamas gave Israel an excuse to wage war on Gaza with its October 7 attack from the Palestinian territory. <The military operation carried out by Hamas by a unilateral decision on that day, October 7, provided Israel with more pretexts and justifications to attack the Gaza Strip,> he said. Speaking at the summit, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the war in Gaza as <an open wound that threatens to infect the entire region>, calling for <the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages>. Guterres said <the only permanent way to end the cycle of violence and instability is through a two-state solution> . The so-called <Manama Declaration> issued by the Arab nations also urged <all Palestinian factions to join under the umbrella of the Palestine Liberation Organization>, which is dominated by Abbas's ruling Fatah movement. It added that it considered the PLO <the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people>. It is the first time the bloc has come together since an extraordinary summit in Riyadh, capital of neighbouring Saudi Arabia, in November that also involved leaders from the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, based in the Saudi city of Jeddah.
Red Sea attacks
While in November leaders declined the approval of punitive steps against Israel, Kuwaiti analyst Zafer al-Ajmi told AFP the meeting in Manama differed from recent summits. Western public opinion has become <more inclined to support the Palestinians and lift the injustice inflicted on them> since-Israel's creation more than 70 years ago, Ajmi said. Meanwhile, Israel had failed to achieve its war objectives including destroying Hamas and was now mired in fighting, he said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said nearly 500,000 people had been evacuated from the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where he is insisting on going after remaining Hamas battalions despite objections from US President Joe Biden. He also disputed claims that Israeli operations there would trigger a <humanitarian catastrophe>, though much of the international community remains squarely opposed to a Rafah invasion. In a campaign they say is in solidarity with Palestinians amid the Gaza war, Yemen's Iran-backed Huthis have launched a flurry of attacks on vital shipping lanes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November. The summit in Bahrain <strongly condemned the attacks on commercial ships>, saying they <threaten freedom of navigation, international trade, and the interests of countries and peoples of the world>. The declaration added the Arab nations' commitment to <ensuring freedom of navigation in the Red Sea> and surrounding areas. An Arab-Israeli war in 1967 saw Israel seize the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. Israel later annexed east Jerusalem, and successive Israeli governments have encouraged Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories. Under international law, the Palestinian territories, including Gaza, remain occupied, and Israeli settlements in east Jerusalem and the West Bank are considered illegal.
(AFP)>>
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240516-arab-leaders-head-to-bahrain-for-gaza-focused-summit

France 24 - May 16, 2024 - By Emerald MAXWELL | Video by Emerald MAXWELL
<<No, this IDF drone footage does not prove UNRWA is 'an arm of Hamas'
The Israeli army has released drone footage it claims shows armed terrorists operating at an UNRWA compound in Rafah proof, it says, of the UN agency's complicity with Hamas. UNRWA says it shows no such thing. We take a closer look on Truth or Fake.>>
Source incl. video:
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20240516-no-this-idf-drone-footage-does-not-prove-unrwa-is-an-arm-of-hamas


More than 15,000 children
Jinha - Womens News Agency - May 16, 2024
<<'More than 15,000 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip'
More than 15,000 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said in a statement on Thursday.
News Center- More than 15,000 children have been killed in the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said in a statement on Thursday. <15,103 children have been killed in the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023,> said the statement. 35,233 Palestinians have been killed and 79,141 others injured in the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, emphasizing that there are thousands of dead bodies under the rubble.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/more-than-15-000-children-have-been-killed-in-the-gaza-strip-35064?page=1

France 24 - May 15, 2024
<<Palestinians mark 76 years of Nakba as Israel renews offensive
Palestinians across the Middle East on Wednesday are marking the anniversary of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel with protests and other events across the region at a time of mounting concern over the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.>>
Story by Oliver Farry:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240515-palestinians-mark-76-years-of-nakba-as-israel-renews-offensive

France 24 - May 15, 2024
<<Palestinians continue to flee Rafah as Israeli tanks advance
Civilians fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of a threatened Israeli ground offensive as Palestinians on Wednesday marked the anniversary of the Nakba (<catastrophe>), when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were driven from their homes during the creation of Israel in 1948.
Summary:
Palestinians on Wednesday marked the anniversary of the <Nakba>, or <catastrophe>, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were driven from their homes during the creation of Israel in 1948. The anniversary comes as multiple battles between Israeli troops and Hamas militants across the Gaza Strip force new waves of mass displacement for Palestinian civilians.
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Wednesday urged Israel to end its military operation in Gaza's Rafah <immediately>, warning that a failure to do so would undermine ties with the bloc.
At least 35,233 Palestinians have been killed and 79,141 wounded 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.>>
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240515-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-biden-admin-plans-1-billion-in-new-arms-for-israel-despite-rafah-threat


Basma Shaqura
Jinha - Womens News Agency - May 15, 2024 - by NAGHAM KARAJEH
<<Gazan woman launches initiative to support displaced children
Basma Shaqura has launched an initiative called, <Paper and Pen> to support displaced Palestinian children in a shelter center so that they can cope with trauma experienced by them.
Gaza- The story Basma Shaqura reflects the suffering of all Palestinians suffering from the ongoing Israeli war and destruction, and struggling to survive with the hope for a better future.
A journey to displacement
In an interview with NuJINHA, Basma Shaqura told her story full of tragedy and suffering. She had to leave her home with her family during Israeli airstrikes targeting civilian houses and infrastructure. <It was a difficult, heartbreaking moment. We were forced to flee our home,> said Basma Shaqura, who had to leave behind everything that they had. <Women and children were searching for a safe shelter. Men were arrested in a humiliating way in front of us. We had been forced to flee our homes many times before. We have witnessed this terrifying scenario many times. Each time we were humiliated, we were subjected to psychological pressure.>
'Fear was controlling us'
The fear of death was not the only fear that accompanied her during her journey to displacement. The Israeli tanks were monitoring their every move, and Israeli forces were ready to fire on them by using their heavy weapons at any moment. <One of my relatives was shot and injured. We could not help her in fear that we would be shot. Fear was controlling us. We had no choice but to flee.>
'I could not believe that someone would insult me for food'
The rights to life, security, housing, health and education are all systematically violated in Gaza, Basma Shaqura emphasized. <I had to bear a heavier burden; I had to take care of my children and find food for them. One day, I faced an embarrassing situation while trying to get food for my family. I found myself in an intense competition with my relatives and other people. I could not believe that someone would insult me for food. I cried for days.>
She launches an initiative
After days, Basma Shaqura and her family found a safe place; a shelter center. Despite the difficult living conditions in the shelter center, she decided to launch an initiative for the displaced children. <I have launched an initiative called 'Paper and Pen' to support children, who are deprived of education. I teach children mathematics and how to read and write so that they can cope with trauma.>
'Our wounds do not heal'
We are a stateless nation suffering from wars and displacement, she emphasized, adding, <Our wounds do not heal. The displacement leaves deep psychological scars, reminding us what we have lost and injustice and oppression against us.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/gazan-woman-launches-initiative-to-support-displaced-children-35051

France 24 - May 15, 2024
<<Gaza fighting worsens, as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says Rafah operation could last weeks
Israel needs a clear and concrete plan for the future of Gaza where it faces the potential for a power vacuum that could become filled by chaos, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.>>
Video by Solange MOUGIN:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240515-gaza-fighting-worsens-as-israeli-prime-minister-netanyahu-says-rafah-operation-could-last-weeks

France 24 - May 15, 2024
<<Aid for Gaza civilians 'is not charity', rather a 'legal obligation' to provide minimum vital needs
Egypt blames the closure on Israeli military operations around Rafah. Israel, which seized control of the crossing last week, said on Tuesday it was up to Egypt to reopen it - remarks described by Cairo as <desperate attempts> to shift the blame. As the humanitarian crisis deepens, FRANCE 24's Genie Godula is joined by Lucile Marbeau, Deputy Communications Manager and Spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).>>
Video by Genie GODULA:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240515-gaza-humanitarian-crisis-israel-and-egypt-trade-blame-over-aid-blockage-at-border

France 24 - May 15, 2024
<<Israel pounds south and north of the Gaza strip
Gun battles between Israel and militants from Hamas, Islamic Jihad and smaller Palestinian factions intensified overnight into some of the fiercest in months in both northern and southern Gaza, both sides said on Wednesday.>>
Story on video by Oliver Farry:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240515-israel-pounds-south-and-north-of-the-gaza-strip

France 24 - May 14, 2024
<<Fierce gun battles rage in Gaza as Israel pushes deeper into Rafah
Gun battles between Israel and militants from Hamas, Islamic Jihad and smaller Palestinian factions intensified overnight into some of the fiercest in months in both northern and southern Gaza, both sides said on Wednesday.>>
FRANCE 24 Chief Foreign Affairs Editor Rob Parsons has more on video:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240515-fierce-gun-battles-rage-in-gaza-as-israel-pushes-deeper-into-rafah

France 24 - May 14, 2024
<<Palestinians mark 76 years of their dispossession as more catastrophe looms in Gaza
Palestinians are marking 76 years of Nakba on Wednesday, commemorating their mass expulsion from what is today Israel, as a potentially even larger catastrophe unfolds in Gaza, where more than half a million of people have been displaced in recent days by fighting.>>
More information with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Jerusalem, Irris Makler:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240515-palestinians-mark-76-years-of-their-dispossession-as-more-catastrophe-looms-in-gaza

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