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Updates April/March and earlier, 2025-'24 Earlier: & Gaza's stolen childhood incl. Genocide continues, and 'we remain numbers' and. Sidi Shayban's Ramadan iftars challenge Israeli restrictions & The full story of political prisoner Mahmoud Khalil & Gaza is being starved and bombed again. Why are we allowing it? & The world must not accept the ‘new normal’ in Palestine   & Overview special reports

November 28 - 24 and earler stories, 2024 Is Netanyahu immune from ICC arrest warrant-NO!   TRIBUTES TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN

Shireen Abu Akleh In commemoration of Shireen Abu Akleh, the 'voice of Al Jazeera' killed while revealing the true face of israel Updated: December 6, 2024: Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war   Click here for earlier stories/news

April 3 - 1, 2025 Gaza faces ‘largest orphan crisis’ in modern history, report says... and more 'grave' (sic) news   Actual April 3-1, 2025 Yet another Israeli war crime is buried and more 'grave' (sic) news April 1 - March 29, 2025 Food for thought or better quoted At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks and more than 200 were taken captive. However, facts are that israel and its allies are guilty of genocide. Read all facts below

Actual April 1, 2025 Yet another Israeli war crime is buried in the sand  as the world looks away... and How did Israel kill the Red Crescent medics in Gaza?... & There Are No Universities Left in Gaza & How the ‘war on terror’ paved the way for student deportations... & April 1, 2025 Yet another Israeli war crime is buried in the sand  as the world looks away... and How did Israel kill the Red Crescent medics in Gaza?... March 31 - 30, 2025 Hope, however fragile, is an act of resistance. and an article why the resistance against the occupation and killings

March 27 - 24, 2025 The Palestinian activists who refuse to leave despite Israeli violence... and with them all who'll keep rowing 'till the sea and 'No other land'. And more actual news  March 25 - 23,2025 A timeline of Israel’s weaponisation of aid to Gaza... and Palestinians in Gaza attacked as they comply with Israeli evacuation order... and UNRWA: Banning aid is a collective punishment on Gaza... Food for thought: If it is not 'kristall-(sic)clear by now the attempted genocide of the Palestinian nation simply goes on while the West keeps saying: "Wir haben es nicht gewuesst". Read more and decide for yourself.

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.


Al Jazeera - April 3, 2025
<<Gaza faces ‘largest orphan crisis’ in modern history, report says
Over 39,000 children have lost one or both parents in Gaza, new report by the Palestinian statistics agency says.
Tens of thousands of Palestinian children have lost their parents since the start of Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics says. In a statement on Thursday, the eve of Palestinian Children’s Day, the agency said 39,384 children in Gaza have lost one or both parents after 534 days of Israel’s assault, which has ravaged the tiny enclave and displaced most of its 2.3 million strong population. The bureau said among them are about 17,000 children who have been deprived of both parents since October 2023, when Israel launched its genocidal offensive. “These children are living in tragic conditions, with many forced to take refuge in torn tents or destroyed homes, in a near-total absence of social care and psychological support,” the statement by the bureau said. “The Gaza Strip is suffering from the largest orphan crisis in modern history.” According to the statement, at least 17,954 children have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza, including 274 newborn babies and 876 infants below the age of one year.>>
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/3/gaza-faces-largest-orphan-crisis-in-modern-history-report-says

Al Jazeera - April 3, 2025
<<Israel hits tents and homes in Gaza ‘with great force’
At least 1,163 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed large-scale strikes on March 18.
Israeli attacks have killed dozens of Palestinians across Gaza overnight, including six members of a family. The strikes hit a displacement camp that Israel had designated as a “humanitarian” zone, and several tents housing displaced people in Khan Younis, with rescue teams rushing to the scene following the attack. At least 1,163 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed large-scale strikes on March 18. According to the enclave’s Ministry of Health, the figure includes nearly 100 people killed in the past 24 hours, while three additional bodies, killed in earlier strikes, were recovered in that period, taking the overall death toll to 50,423 since the war began on October 7, 2023. A spokesperson from the Israeli army ordered residents of the Shujayea area and the neighbourhoods of al-Jadida, al-Turkman, Tasbeeh and eastern Zeitoun to leave their homes. The Israeli army “is operating with great force in your areas to destroy the terrorist infrastructure,” Avichay Adraee said on X. “You must evacuate these areas immediately and move to the known shelters in western Gaza City,” he said.>>
View photos: https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/4/3/israel-hits-tents-and-homes-in-gaza-with-great-force 

Al Jazeera - April 3, 2025
<<Condemnation of anime-style images from Israeli military
The Israeli army has faced a backlash for joining an online trend of using AI to create anime-style images to portray its forces who have been accused of genocide and war crimes against Palestinians.>>
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/4/3/condemnation-of-anime-style-images-from-israeli-military


Al Jazeera - April 3, 2025
<<Which countries have kept their promises on Gaza?
In this Fact Check, Al Jazeera’s @khalidmajzoubofficial looks at what different countries said should be done in Gaza — and what they actually did.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/fact-check/2025/4/3/which-countries-have-kept-their-promises-on-gaza


Screenshot video footage - air attack on UNRWA clinic
Al Jazeera - April 3, 2025
<<Deadly Israeli air attack on UNRWA clinic in Gaza
Al Jazeera’s Moath al-Kahlout reports on the aftermath of an Israeli attack on an UNRWA clinic sheltering displaced families in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, where at least 22 people including women and children were killed.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/4/3/deadly-israeli-air-attack-on-unrwa-clinic-in-gaza


Screenshot video footage - Israel hits tent camp
Al Jazeera - April 3, 2025 - By Urooba Jamal and Virginia Pietromarchi
<<LIVE: Israel hits tent camp, homes in Gaza’s Khan Younis, killing 26
This video may contain light patterns or images that could trigger seizures or cause discomfort for people with visual sensitivities.
At least 26 Palestinians have been killed in a flurry of Israeli attacks on Khan Younis this morning, with strikes hitting a displacement camp that Israel has designated as a “humanitarian” zone, and several homes. Hungary announced it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court, which has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu, as he continues his visit to the European Union country. Israel’s military has confirmed carrying out new attacks on Syria’s Damascus, Hama and Homs governorates. Local authorities say nine people were killed. Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 50,523 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 114,638 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. The Government Media Office updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/4/3/live-israel-kills-almost-80-palestinians-in-gaza-attacks-bombs-un-clinic

Al Jazeera - April 3, 2025
<<Hungary says it will withdraw from ICC as Israel’s Netanyahu visits
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban had raised the prospect of exit from the ICC after US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the court.
Hungary’s government has announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), just before Prime Minister Viktor Orban received his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, the subject of an ICC arrest warrant. “Hungary exits the International Criminal Court. The government will initiate the withdrawal procedure on Thursday, in accordance with the constitutional and international legal framework,” Orban’s chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, posted on Facebook on Thursday. Orban had raised the prospect of the country’s exit from the ICC after United States President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the court’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, in February. “It’s time for Hungary to review what we’re doing in an international organisation that is under US sanctions,” Orban said on X in February. The withdrawal bill is likely to be approved by Hungary’s parliament, which is dominated by Orban’s Fidesz party. The ICC has not yet commented on Hungary’s announcement. A state’s withdrawal from the court also takes effect only one year after the deposit of the withdrawal’s instrument – usually in the form of a formal letter declaring the pullout – with the United Nations secretary-general’s office. So far, only Burundi and the Philippines have withdrawn from the court. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walk on the red carpet during a welcoming ceremony at the Lion's Courtyard in Budapest, Hungary, April 3, 2025. REUTERS/Bernadett Szab. Netanyahu arrived in Budapest early on Thursday morning on his first trip to Europe since 2023 in defiance of the ICC’s arrest warrant against him over alleged war crimes in Gaza.>>
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/3/hungary-says-it-will-withdraw-from-icc-as-israels-netanyahu-visits


Screenshot video footage - Israel kills almost 80 Palestinians
Al Jazeera - April 3, 2025 - By Alastair McCready, Urooba Jamal and Virginia Pietromarchi
<<LIVE: Israel kills almost 80 Palestinians in Gaza attacks, bombs UN clinic
This video may contain light patterns or images that could trigger seizures or cause discomfort for people with visual sensitivities.
Several more people have been reported killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza overnight after medical sources told Al Jazeera that at least 77 Palestinians had died in strikes since dawn on Wednesday. Israel has been condemned for a missile strike on an UNRWA medical facility in the Jabalia refugee camp that killed at least 22 people, including women and children. Israel’s military has confirmed carrying out new attacks on Syria’s Damascus, Hama and Homs governorates. Two rockets were fired from Gaza as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his forces are “seizing territory” to dissect the Gaza Strip. Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 50,423 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 114,638 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. The Government Media Office updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.
At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/4/3/live-israel-kills-almost-80-palestinians-in-gaza-attacks-bombs-un-clinic

Al Jazeera - April 2, 2025
<<Netanyahu: Israel is ‘dissecting the Gaza Strip’
Israeli PM Netanyahu says Israel is “dissecting the Gaza Strip” to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages. He says the Israeli army is seizing territory and creating a second Philadelphi Corridor.>>
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/4/2/netanyahu-israel-is-dissecting-the-gaza


Screenshot video footage - Israel kills 71 Palestinians
Al Jazeera - April 2, 2025 - By Ali Harb and Maziar Motamedi
<<LIVE: Israel kills 71 Palestinians, declares it will seize land in Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is seizing areas to dissect Gaza Strip further, after defence minister says military will “capture extensive territory” to be added to “buffer zones”. The announcement comes as the death toll from Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza rises to at least 71 since dawn. More than 1,100 Palestinians have been killed since Israel broke the truce last month. All bakeries in Gaza – including 25 run by the World Food Programme – have shut down as Israel’s blockade on the Strip continues for a 31st day, the longest since the war began. Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 50,423 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 114,638 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. The Government Media Office updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/4/2/live-israels-gaza-blockade-reaches-one-month-forcing-bakeries-to-close

Al Jazeera - April 2, 2025
<<These activists are pushing for an ICC war crimes case against Biden
Lawyers from a US activist group are pushing for the International Criminal Court to take up a case against former President Joe Biden and his administration for war crimes against Palestinians. Sarah Leah Whitson says the court won’t survive if it fails to prosecute US officials for atrocities in Gaza. Here’s why.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/4/2/these-activists-are-pushing-for-an-icc-war-crimes-case-against-biden

Al Jazeera - April 2, 2025
<<Palestinians shot as Israeli settlers attack occupied West Bank village
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians villagers with gunfire and burned their property in southern Nablus in the occupied West Bank.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/4/2/palestinians-shot-as-israeli-settlers-attack-occupied-west-bank-village

Al Jazeera - April 2, 2025 - By Edna Mohamed
<<Tensions flare over pro-Palestine activism in PM Starmer’s UK constituency
Protesters in two London boroughs recently launched a divestment campaign. One group achieved its goal. London, United Kingdom – Outraged by the onslaught on Palestinians in Gaza, a group of volunteers in the fashionable London borough of Camden urged the local council last year to stop investing in companies with ties to Israel. The petition, led by the Camden Friends of Palestine group and signed by more than 4,200 residents, was an act of grassroots activism in one of the most symbolic constituencies in the country.
During last year’s general election, Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, held onto his seat of Holborn and St Pancras, a Labour Party stronghold which includes most of Camden. Ultimately, the petition to divest the council’s pension funds failed to achieve its goal. After a debate, the council referred the issue of “responsible investment” to a so-called Pension Committee, according to minutes of the meeting. Weeks ago, tensions flared further, as the council moved to ban banners, placards, signs, and flags in council meetings – a measure understood to be aimed at taming the local pro-Palestine movement since posters reading phrases such as “Stop Genocide” have previously been raised at the Town Hall>>
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/2/the-ups-and-downs-of-local-pro-palestine-organising

Al Jazeera - April 2, 2025
<<UN calls Israeli statements on Gaza food supplies ‘ridiculous’
The UN dismissed Israel’s assertion that there was enough food in Gaza to last for a long period of time as “ridiculous”, after all 25 UN-run bakeries in the enclave were forced to close due to Israel’s ongoing, month-long blockade of supplies.>>
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/4/2/un-calls-israeli-statements-on-gaza-food-supplies


Mahmoud Khall
Al Jazeera - April 2, 2025
<<US judge rejects Trump team’s bid to move Mahmoud Khalil case to Louisiana
Ruling is seen as a win for Khalil but does not guarantee he will be moved out of the detention facility in the southern state of Louisiana. A United States federal court judge has ruled in favour of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, allowing him to challenge the legality of his arrest in New Jersey rather than in Louisiana, where he is being held at a detention facility without charges. The decision by US District Judge Michael Farbiarz on Tuesday marked the second time the President Donald Trump administration’s legal team was unsuccessful in moving the Columbia University student’s case over to the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Louisiana – the country’s most conservative appeals court – to get Khalil deported.
Khalil’s lawyer, Baher Azmy, said his team was grateful the court understood the government’s “transparent attempt” to manipulate the jurisdiction of US courts to shield their “unconstitutional” and “chilling” behaviour. Dr Noor Abdalla, Khalil’s pregnant wife who is a US citizen, said she was relieved by the decision but that “there is still a lot more to be done”, to release Khalil, whose green card was revoked by US authorities. Although Tuesday’s case was a win for Khalil, it only settled the jurisdictional dispute of which court would be able to hear his attempts to challenge the legality of the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him – a dispute that originated when Khalil was held in a New Jersey detention facility for several hours following his arrest in Manhattan on March 8, before being moved across state lines to Louisiana. Khalil’s case is seen as a test of Trump’s efforts to deport pro-Palestinian activists who have not been charged with any crime. The Trump administration said it has revoked the visas of hundreds of foreign students it says took part in demonstrations that swept college campuses across the US, protesting against the government’s military support for Israel’s war on Gaza. Lawyers say the Trump administration has improperly targeted people for holding particular political views.
Khalil’s lawyers have also asked Judge Farbiarz to release their client from detention in Louisiana as efforts to deport him in a separate case before an immigration court play out and, in part, to allow him to be with his wife for the birth of their son. A doctor’s letter filed in court estimates that the baby is due on April 28.>>
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/2/us-judge-rejects-trump-teams-bid-to-move-mahmoud-khalil-case-to-louisiana

Al Jazeera - April 2, 2025 - By Edna Mohamed and Urooba Jamal
<<LIVE: Israel expands ground attack on Gaza; fears of famine rise
Israel’s military will “capture extensive territory” to be added to “buffer zones” in the Gaza Strip, says Defence Minister Israel Katz, as it expands its ground assault. The announcement comes as the death toll from Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza rises to at least 53 since dawn. More than 1,100 Palestinians have been killed since Israel broke the truce last month. All bakeries in Gaza – including 25 run by the World Food Programme – have shut down as Israel’s blockade on the Strip continues for a 31st day, the longest since the war began. Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 50,423 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 114,638 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. The Government Media Office updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/4/2/live-israels-gaza-blockade-reaches-one-month-forcing-bakeries-to-close

Al Jazeera - April 2, 2025 - By Lyndal Rowlands
<<LIVE: Israel expands ground assault on Gaza, vows to capture large areas Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says the military is expanding its ground assault on Gaza and will “capture extensive territory” that will be added to the so-called buffer zones in the Strip.
This comes as the death toll from Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza rose to at least 17 since the early hours of the morning.
All bakeries in Gaza, including 25 run by the World Food Programme (WFP), have shut down as Israel’s blockade on the Strip continues for a 31st day, marking the longest siege since the war began.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 50,399 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 114,583 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. The Government Media Office updated its death toll about two months ago to more than 61,700, saying that thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/4/2/live-israels-gaza-blockade-reaches-one-month-forcing-bakeries-to-close

Al Jazeera - April 2, 2025 - By Justin Salhani and Simon Speakman Cordall
<<How did Israel kill the Red Crescent medics in Gaza?
Israeli troops fired on several rescue vehicles, then buried the killed first responders and their vehicles. Nine Palestine Red Crescent (PRCS) medics in ambulances, as well as some Civil Defence workers, went to help people in Rafah, Gaza, and disappeared on March 23 after coming under attack from Israeli forces. What followed was a week of Israeli obstruction until international teams were finally able to enter the area where the medics and rescue workers disappeared. They found gruesome proof of direct attacks on the humanitarian workers. One medic remains missing.
Here’s everything we know about how Israel killed these first responders in Gaza:
What happened to the Red Crescent medics in Gaza?
Israeli forces killed them.
One ambulance was dispatched to al-Hashaashin, Rafah, to help people injured by Israeli attacks on Sunday, March 23. Israeli soldiers fired on it, injuring the crew. “In the early hours of Sunday, 23 March, our Palestine Red Crescent colleagues were entering the area of al-Hashaashin, Rafah to save lives and came under fire,” Tommaso Della Longa, spokesperson for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), told Al Jazeera. The PRCS then sent a further three ambulances to help the injured people their colleagues were trying to reach, and to rescue their colleagues who had been attacked. All the teams dispatched to support the initial ambulance did so during daylight hours, the Civil Defence confirmed. PRCS “lost contact with their colleagues”, Della Longa said, and began trying to find them.>>
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/4/1/rescue-workers-israel-killed-found-in-mass-grave-in-gaza-what-to-know


Screenshot video footage - Palestinians face hunger
Al Jazeera - April 1, 2025
<<Palestinians face hunger as Israeli blockade forces Gaza bakery closures
Parents in Gaza are struggling to feed their children as bakeries across the strip close down. An Israeli blockade means there is no flour or fuel for cooking. The World Food Programme warns it will run out of food in two weeks.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/4/1/palestinians-face-hunger-as-israeli-blockade-forces-gaza-bakery-closures


Screenshot video footage - blockade prompts fear of famine
Al Jazeera - April 1, 2025 - By Nils Adler
<<LIVE: Israel’s blockade prompts fear of famine as Gaza runs out of flour
All bakeries in the Gaza Strip are closed today due to a shortage of flour and diesel, according to Abdel Nasser al-Ajrami, the head of the Bakery Owners Association. Gaza’s Civil Defence has told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that the enclave is “on the verge of entering a famine similar to what we experienced in March of last year”. Israeli forces bombard the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for a second time in a week, killing at least four people and endangering the ceasefire with Hezbollah. Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 50,399 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 114,583 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. The Government Media Office updated its death toll about two months ago to more than 61,700, saying that thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/4/1/live-israel-has-killed-322-children-in-gaza-since-breaking-ceasefire


Screenshot video footage - Palestinians flee Rafah
Al Jazeera - April 1, 2025 - By Nils Adler
<<LIVE: Israel bombs Beirut, killing 4; orders displacement from north Gaza
Israel’s army orders forced displacement of residents from Beit Hanoon, Beit Lahiya and the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Zayed, al-Manshiya and Tal al-Zaatar in northern Gaza. Israeli forces bombard the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for a second time in a week, killing at least four people and endangering the ceasefire with Hezbollah. Palestinians in Gaza have held funerals for the 15 emergency workers Israeli forces killed while they were trying to rescue wounded civilians on March 23. Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 50,399 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 114,583 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. Gaza’s Government Media Office updated its death toll about two months ago to more than 61,700, saying that thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/4/1/live-israel-has-killed-322-children-in-gaza-since-breaking-ceasefire

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