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May 26 - 24, 2024 <<Sirens sound in Tel Aviv as Hamas says fired rockets from Gaza... and <<Scuffles erupt between Israeli police and protesters calling for return of Gaza hostages... and <<Live: Israel launches more strikes on Rafah despite UN court ruling... and <<After World Court ruling, Palestinians want action not words... and <<Food bound for Gaza rots in the sun as Egypt's Rafah crossing stays shut... and <<Gaza: Friday prayers held by ruins of mosque hit by airstrike on Khan Younis... and more news but most with a 'give way or go away' yell!

May 22 - 20, 2024 <<CPJ, partners call on ICJ to order unimpeded media access to Gaza following South Africa’s urgent request... and <<Israeli forces advance deeper into Rafah, continue offensive in the north... and <<14 children killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza... and <<Gaza: UN halts all food distribution in Rafah over supply issues and insecurity... and <<Over 1,400 Israeli academics call on government to end war in Gaza... and <<Live: Ireland, Norway and Spain formally recognise Palestine as a state... and <<Hepatitis spreading among displaced Palestinians in Gaza... and more news but most with a 'give way or go away' yell!

May 21 - 16, 2024 <<Dozens of Palestinians killed in Israel’s attacks... and <<France backs 'independence' of ICC after prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israel, Hamas leaders... and <<Live: ICC trying to deny Israel's right to self-defence, says Defence Minister Gallant... and <<Women and children killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, officials say - as US envoy meets with Benjamin Netanyahu... and <<Gantz threatens to quit Israeli war cabinet over postwar plans for Gaza... and <<'Bombardments intensified over the whole of Gaza Strip', says journalist Rami Abou Jammous... and <<Girl, three, with ultra-rare disease denied escape from Gaza for treatment... and <<Gaza: Starving children and adults dying the 'size of a skeleton', says World Food Programme boss... and more news but most with a 'give way or go away' yell!   Overview social-media posts edited by citizen-reporter 'Biba'   May 9 - 4, 2024 May 3 - 1 - April 30 - 23,2024 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 - May 26, 2024 - Video by FRANCE 24
<<IDF pounds Gaza as Hamas says captured Israeli soldier
Israeli warplanes and artillery pounded Rafah, after the government dismissed an order by the top UN court to halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city. Meanwhile Hamas claimed to have captured an Israeli soldier during fighting in northern Gaza and released video late Saturday showing a wounded man being dragged through a tunnel. Israel's military denied any soldiers had been captured.>>
View video here:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240526-idf-pounds-gaza-as-hamas-says-captured-israeli-soldier

France 24 - May 26, 2024 - Video by Robert PARSONS
<<Sirens sound in Tel Aviv as Hamas says fired rockets from Gaza
Rocket sirens sounded across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, for the first time in months on Sunday, as Hamas claimed to have fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza. Only one person was reportedly wounded in central Israel from rocket debris, FRANCE 24's Rob Parsons said, reporting from Jerusalem.>>
View video here:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240526-sirens-sound-in-tel-aviv-as-hamas-says-fired-rockets-from-gaza

France 24 - May 26, 2024 - Video by FRANCE 24
<<Scuffles erupt between Israeli police and protesters calling for return of Gaza hostages
2024-05-26 12:02 Scuffles erupt between police and protesters calling for return of Gaza hostages © FRANCE 24
Scuffles between Israeli police and protesters erupted in Tel Aviv on Saturday after thousands gathered to demonstrate against the government and demand that it bring back the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza. The protesters also called for the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and demanded new elections.>>
View video here:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240526-scuffles-erupt-between-police-and-protesters-calling-for-return-of-gaza-hostages

France 24 - May 26, 2024 - Video by Robert PARSONS
<<Israel denies Hamas's claims to have taken Israeli soldier 'prisoner'
The armed wing of Hamas said it had taken "prisoner" at least one Israeli soldier in an ambush on Saturday in the Gaza Strip, a claim Israel denied. Meanwhile Israeli police clashed Saturday with protesters calling on the government to negotiate the return of hostages held in Gaza. FRANCE 24's Rob Parsons reports.>>
Here:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240526-israel-denies-hamas-s-claims-to-have-taken-israeli-soldier-prisoner

France 24 - May 26, 2024 - Video by France 24
<<Live: Aid trucks from Egypt begin entering Gaza through Israeli crossing
Aid trucks from Egypt started entering the Gaza Strip on Sunday through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing, reported Egyptian state-linked media. About 200 aid trucks, including four fuel trucks, are expected to enter Gaza today, the head of the Egyptian Red Crescent Society said.
Summary:
Aid trucks from Egypt began entering the Gaza Strip on Sunday through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing, state-linked media Al-Qahera News reported. Egypt has refused to coordinate aid through the crossing at Rafah as long as Israeli troops control the Palestinian side.
Witnesses reported heavy shelling in the southern city of Rafah early Sunday, reported AFP, two days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to halt military operations there.>>
Read more and video here:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240526-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-israel-launches-more-strikes-rafah-icj-order-halt-military-operations-hamas-gaza-strip-palestinians-hostages

France 24 - May 26, 2024 - Video by France 24
<<Live: Israel launches more strikes on Rafah despite UN court ruling
Israel carried out strikes on Saturday and into Sunday morning throughout the Gaza Strip as fighting raged between the army and Palestinian militants. Witnesses reported heavy shelling in the southern city of Rafah early Sunday, two days after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to halt military operations there.
Summary:
Witnesses reported heavy shelling in the southern city of Rafah early Sunday, reported AFP, two days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to halt military operations there.
At least 35,903 Palestinians have been killed and 80,420 wounded in Israel's war 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.
Yesterday's key developments:
An Israeli official told AFP Saturday that the government had an <intention> to renew <this week> talks aimed at reaching a hostage release deal in Gaza, after a meeting in Paris between US and Israeli officials.
Israel bombed the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, on Saturday, despite an order from the UN's top court for it to <immediately halt> its military offensive in the southern city.>>
Source incl. video:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240526-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-israel-launches-more-strikes-rafah-icj-order-halt-military-operations-hamas-gaza-strip-palestinians-hostages

France 24 - May 25, 2024 - Video by France 24
<<Palestinians flee northern Gaza as Israel strikes Jabalia refugee camp
As Israel continues to carry out strikes throughout the Gaza Strip, Palestinians in the north of the enclave are fleeing the Jabalia refugee camp where fighting between the army and Palestinian militants raged on. With most of the buildings in the area destroyed, residents are forced to live in unsanitary conditions with severely limited access to clean water and food.>>
Source and watch video here:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240525-palestinians-flee-northern-gaza-as-israel-strikes-jabalia-refugee-camp

France 24 - May 24, 2024 - Video by France 24
<<Live: Israel strikes Rafah despite UN court order to halt military operations
Israel bombed the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, on Saturday, a day after the top UN court ordered it to halt military operations in the southern city as efforts get underway in Paris to seek a ceasefire in the war sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments in the war on Gaza.
Summary:
Israel bombed the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, on Saturday, despite an order from the UN's top court for it to <immediately halt> its military offensive in the southern city.
At least 35,857 Palestinians have been killed and 79,990 wounded in Israel's war 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.
Yesterday's key developments:
France's president, Qatar's prime minister and the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan held talks Friday on the Gaza war and ways to set up a Palestinian state alongside Israel, the French presidency said.>>
Read more and watch video here:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240525-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-israel-strikes-rafah-after-top-un-court-orders-it-to-halt-military -operations

REUTERS - May 25, 2024 - By By Nidal Al-Mughrabi
<<After World Court ruling, Palestinians want action not words
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO Forced from her home by Israel's seven-month-long Gaza offensive, Salwa al-Masri has little hope her plight will be alleviated by a ruling from the U.N.'s top court ordering Israel to halt its offensive in Rafah. <The massacres are only increasing,> she said, as she cooked a meal on an open fire outside a tent in Deir al-Balah. <They shouldn't say one thing, while the action is something different,> said Masri, who fled her home in northern Gaza earlier in the war. <We want these decisions to be implemented on the ground.> Judges at the World Court, also known the International Court of Justice (ICJ), ordered Israel on Friday to halt its offensive in Rafah governorate. It marked a landmark emergency ruling on a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in its assault on the Gaza Strip.
But the World Court has no means to enforce its orders, and Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said Israel would continue its <just and necessary> war against the Hamas militant group to return its hostages and ensure its security. Hamas fighters killed some 1,200 people in Israel in the Oct. 7 attack and abducted around 250 more, according to Israeli tallies. Gaza health authorities say more than 35,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli retaliatory offensive which has laid waste to much of the enclave. Israel has rejected South Africa's accusation that it is committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war, arguing that it is acting to defend itself and fighting Hamas. Israeli military vehicles operate in the Gazan side of the Rafah Crossing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip, in this handout image released on May 7, 2024. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
<Israel doesn't care about the world, it acts as if it was above the law because the U.S. administration is shielding it against punishment,> said Shaban Abdel-Raouf, a Palestinian displaced four times by the Israeli offensive. <The world isn't yet prepared to stop our slaughter at Israeli hands,> said Abdel-Raouf, who was reached by phone. Israel began pushing into Rafah earlier this month, saying it aims to wipe out remaining Hamas fighters holed up there. Simultaneous Israeli assaults on the northern and southern edges of Gaza this month have caused a new exodus of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fleeing their homes, and have cut off the main access routes for aid, raising the risk of famine.
South Africa's lawyers asked the ICJ last week to impose emergency measures, saying Israel's attacks on Rafah must be stopped to ensure the survival of the Palestinian people. Hamas said it welcomed the World Court ruling but said it was not enough <since the occupation aggression across the Gaza Strip and especially in northern Gaza is just as brutal and dangerous>. Palestinians needed an immediate halt to the war and they wanted to see action to achieve that, displaced Palestinian man Nabil Diab said. <We don't need a declaration,> he said.>>
Source:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/after-world-court-ruling-palestinians-want-action-not-words-2024-05-24/

REUTERS - May 24, 2024
<<Food bound for Gaza rots in the sun as Egypt's Rafah crossing stays shut
Summary
Trucks halted since Israel stepped up offensive in Rafah
Some supplies stuck for more than two months
Health warning issued for some food inside Gaza
AL-ARISH, Egypt May 23 (Reuters) - Some of the food supplies waiting to enter the Gaza Strip from Egypt have begun to rot as the Rafah border crossing remains shut to aid deliveries for a third week and people inside the Palestinian territory face worsening hunger.
Rafah was a main entry point for humanitarian relief as well as some commercial supplies before Israel stepped up its military offensive on the Gazan side of the border on May 6 and took control of the crossing from the Palestinian side.
Egyptian officials and sources say humanitarian operations are at risk from military activity and that Israel needs to hand the crossing back to Palestinians before it starts operating again. Egypt is also worried about the risk of Palestinians being displaced from Gaza.
On Friday, Egypt and the U.S. agreed to send aid via Israel's nearby Kerem Shalom crossing until legal arrangements are made to open Rafah from the Palestinian side, the Egyptian presidency said.
That could ease the backlog of aid on the road between the Egyptian side of the crossing and the town of al-Arish, about 45 km (28 miles) west of Rafah and an arrival point for international aid donations, though too late to save some food supplies.
One truck driver, Mahmoud Hussein, said his goods had been loaded on his vehicle for a month, gradually spoiling in the sun. Some of the foodstuffs are being discarded, others sold of cheap.
"Apples, bananas, chicken and cheese, a lot of things have gone rotten, some stuff has been returned and is being sold for a quarter of its price," he said, crouching under his truck for shade.
"I'm sorry to say that the onions we're carrying will at best be eaten by animals because of the worms in them."
Aid deliveries for Gaza through Rafah began in late October, two weeks after the start of the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
The flow of relief has often been slowed by Israeli inspections and military activity inside Gaza, aid officials say. Supplies have been stuck in al-Arish or on the road to Rafah, incurring transport and storage fees.
A global hunger monitor has warned of imminent famine in parts of Gaza, home to 2.3 million people.
Since May 7, no trucks have crossed through Rafah and very few through Kerem Shalom, according to U.N. data. Just over 900 truckloads have entered Gaza in total since that date, compared to at least 500 trucks daily that the U.N. says are required.
The amount of aid waiting in Egypt's northern Sinai was now very large, and some had been stuck for more than two months, said Khaled Zayed, head of the Egyptian Red Crescent in the area.
"Some aid packages require a certain temperature ... We coordinate on this with specialists who are highly trained in the storage of food and medical supplies," he said.
"We hope the border will reopen as soon as possible."
As of May 16, more than 2,000 U.N. and international NGO trucks were waiting to enter Gaza, including 1,574 carrying food supplies, according to a U.N. document seen by Reuters.
KSrelief, a Saudi-funded charity, has more than 350 trucks carrying items including food and medical supplies waiting, but has had to offload flour because of the risk of it rotting, the group's supervisor general Abdullah Al Rabeeah said.
"We pack and send but also we have to recheck. It is a big burden," he told Reuters.
Some food has been sold at cut price on the local market in northern Sinai, leading to the confiscation of stocks of rotten eggs, said local officials from Egypt's ministry of supply.
Inside Gaza, there have also been scares about the quality of delayed food deliveries that made it in before Rafah closed, or through other crossings.
Palestinian medical and police officials who used to check goods coming into Gaza had been unable to do so during Israel's offensive, said Ismail Al-Thawabta, director of the Hamas-run Gaza government media office.
"There is a big problem as many of the goods that enter the Gaza Strip are unfit for human use and are unhealthy," he said.
"Therefore, the health ministry issued the warning statement to raise public awareness that people should examine the goods before eating them or sharing them with their families.> >>
Source incl. videos:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/food-bound-gaza-rots-sun-egypts-rafah-crossing-stays-shut-2024-05-24/

Sky News - May 24, 2024
<<International Court of Justice orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive
The court also ordered Israel to open the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza to allow in humanitarian aid, and said Israel must provide access to the besieged territory for investigators and report back on its progress within a month.
ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to stop its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
The top United Nations court said the humanitarian situation in Rafah had <deteriorated further> since its previous order for Israel to improve it, adding that what was happening in the besieged Palestinian territory was <disastrous>.
It comes after South Africa put in an emergency request to the ICJ for it to order Israel to stop its Rafah assault.
The ICJ president Nawaf Salam said in The Hague: <The state of Israel shall... immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in the Rafah governorate, which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.>
The court also ordered Israel to open the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza to allow in humanitarian aid, and said Israel must provide access to the territory for investigators and report back on its progress within a month. The order was handed down a week after it was requested by South Africa, which in January formally accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in a hearing at the UN court. Israel, which claims its military operations in Gaza are in self-defence and targeted at Hamas fighters, has vehemently denied the accusations, with the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling them <false, outrageous and disgusting>.>>
Source incl. video:
https://news.sky.com/story/international-court-of-justice-orders-israel-to-halt-rafah-offensive-13142482

Sky News - May 24, 2024
<<Gaza: Friday prayers held by ruins of mosque hit by airstrike on Khan Younis
Dozens of people attended Friday prayers near a mosque destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.>>
Watch video here:
https://news.sky.com/video/gaza-friday-prayers-held-by-ruins-of-mosque-hit-by-airstrike-on-khan-younis-13142562



Housing units completely destroyed
Jinha - Womens News Agency - May 24, 2024
<<At least 87,000 housing units completely destroyed in Gaza
Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have completely destroyed at least 87,000 housing units, displaced two million, the government media office in Gaza said in a statement on Thursday.
News Center- The Government Media Office in Gaza published the statistics on the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip since October 7,2023 in a statement on Thursday. At least 15,239 children and 10,093 women have been killed in the genocidal war waged by Israel on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the government media office in Gaza said.
'71% of the victims are children and women'
According to the government media office in Gaza, there are 10,000 missing persons, the number of dead bodies reaching hospitals is 35,800 and the number of injured is 80,200. <71% of the victims are children and women. Israel leaves Palestinians hungry and thirsty, causing a humanitarian crisis by preventing the entry of humanitarian aid. 31 people have died from malnutrition and dehydration.>
'520 bodies recovered from seven mass graves at hospitals'
77,000 tons of explosives have been dropped by Israeli forces on the Gaza Strip, the statement said. <493 healthcare workers, 69 civil defense crews and 147 journalists have been killed in the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. 520 bodies have been recovered from seven mass graves at hospitals. 17,000 children have been living without their parents or one of them.>
10,000 cancer patients facing death and needing treatment
According to the statement, 11,000 injured need to travel for treatment or for surgeries and 10,000 cancer patients face death and need treatment. Stressing infectious diseases resulting from displacement, the statement said, <1,095,000 cases of infectious diseases and 20,000 cases of Hepatitis A have been documented among displaced people. 60,000 pregnant women are at risk due to lack of healthcare and 350,000 chronic patients are at risk due to the prevention of medication entry.>
'Two million people are displaced'
According to the statement, at least 5,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israeli forces since Oct.7. <310 healthcare workers, 20 journalists have been detained in the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces. Two million people are displaced in Gaza.>
At least 297,000 housing units have been partially destroyed and at least 87,000 housing units have been completely destroyed in Gaza, the statement said. <604 mosques have been completely destroyed, three churches have been targeted and destroyed, 160 health institutions and 130 ambulances have been targeted by the Israeli forces since October 7. 206 archaeological and heritage sites have been destroyed.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/at-least-87-000-housing-units-completely-destroyed-in-gaza-35107?page=1

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