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Special reports: Updates February and earlier, 2025-'24: Actual: Nakba survivors see echoes of the past & How is Israel violating the Gaza ceasefire deal? & A Gaza mother’s heartbreak & Netanyahu’s political calculus that sent tanks into Jenin Earlier: Punishing pro-Palestine protests &  Gaza urgently needs a more effective humanitarian approach and More than $50bn needed to rebuild Gaza after Israel’s war on enclave & No, Mr Trump, we will not be “happy” and “safe” elsewhere. & Returning to Gaza, a stranger in my own city & Overview special reports 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

March 4 - February 28, 2025 Food for thought: And I quote: "|the christian| God made me and with it america great again" trump I call that blasphemy pur sang but maybe... their God and with it says 'thnx for the crypto-contribution' so carry on with your genocidal plans. but really, trump spitted his God in the eyes. Will that God be as mercifull like Allah is? the Gazanan Thinker Read more and decide for yourself

March 4, 2025: Column For Israel, ceasefire is a continuation of war by other means... Earlier: Opinion: Netanyahu’s plan to deprive and rule in Gaza will fail again AND Ramadan in Gaza: Ruins and unshakable faith

February 28 - 25, 2025 Food for thought: Why do I remember j. mengele, the 'medical butcher of nazis WW2? Gino d'Artali ... Read more and decide for yourself February 25 - 22, 2025 Food for thought: trump has been ellected and the extreme right-wing on the rise in Europe. Question: Is a 'New Order 1.2' the 'final solution?' Read more and decide for yourself February 22 - 18, 2025 just read the actual and fact-finding news  Pre-ceasefire & Post-Ceasefire December 30 - 26, 2024 'Betrayed' and 'abandoned' Sixth baby dies from severe cold

 
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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.>
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Video footage - Basic supplies difficult to find
Al Jazeera - March 4, 2025 - By Lyndal Rowlands
<<LIVE: Israel kills two in Gaza, Trump envoy to return to Middle East
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in southern Gaza after cutting off aid to the Gaza Strip and reneging on the ceasefire deal, as Hamas insists on advancing the truce into a second stage.
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff “plans to return to the region in the coming days to work out either a way to extend phase one or advance to phase two”, a State Department spokesperson told Reuters.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/3/4/live-israel-blocking-gaza-food-medicine-is-a-clear-war-crime-hamas

Al Jazeera - March 3, 2025
<<Basic supplies difficult to find amid Gaza aid restrictions
Accessing food, water, and medicine has become nearly impossible due to Israel’s decision to block aid deliveries to Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/3/3/basic-supplies-difficult-to-find-amid-gaza-aid-restrictions

Al Jazeera - March 3, 2025
<<Arab nations, rights groups condemn Israel’s decision to block Gaza aid
Several countries say Israeli action violates ceasefire deal as well as international law by using starvation as a weapon. Several Arab nations and rights organisations have condemned Israel’s decision to halt aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip, calling it a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement and international law by using starvation as a weapon. Israel blocked the entry of aid shipments to Gaza on Sunday, hours after the first phase of its ceasefire deal with the Palestinian group Hamas expired, raising fears of hunger and more hardships during the holy month of Ramadan that began over the weekend. Egypt and Qatar, which mediated the talks between Hamas and Israel, as well as Saudi Arabia and Jordan, released statements criticising the Israeli move to block food, medicine and fuel into the Strip. In a statement, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it “strongly condemns the Israeli government’s decision to block humanitarian aid and close crossings used for relief efforts”. The ministry said the actions violate the Fourth Geneva Convention, and “all religious principles”. The Fourth Geneva Convention, adopted in 1949, provides humanitarian protections for civilians in war zones. On Sunday night, Qatar also condemned Israel’s decision to block aid into Gaza and emphasised a “firm rejection of the use of food as a weapon of war and the starvation of civilians”. “We call on the international community to oblige Israel to ensure the safe and sustainable entry of humanitarian aid without obstacles,” Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “The Kingdom condemns and denounces the decision by the Israeli occupation government to halt humanitarian aid to Gaza, using it as a tool of blackmail and collective punishment.” It said the decision was “a direct assault on the principles of international humanitarian law amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis faced by the Palestinian people”. Jordan said the Israeli move threatens “to reignite the situation in the sector”. “We stress the need for Israel to stop using starvation as a weapon against Palestinians and innocent people,” its Foreign Ministry said. Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud said Israel is once again using “food and water as a weapon of war for political gain”. “When it comes to water, for example, 80 percent of Gaza’s reservoirs have been completely destroyed along with the desalination infrastructure. So there is full reliance on the trucks that are carrying water supplies,” Mahmoud said. “Hospitals, meanwhile, are still struggling. And with the decision to hold all aid coming into Gaza, including medical supplies, they are likely to continue to struggle to provide care for vulnerable groups,” he added. Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said: “Without access to aid, people’s lives are on a knife-edge once again.” The Norwegian Refugee Council’s regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, Angelita Caredda, also said blocking aid to Gaza would push its civilian population “beyond collapse”. “The Government of Israel must immediately reverse this decision. International actors must do everything in their power to ensure access to Gaza resumes, so that aid reaches those in need without any further delay or disruption,” Caredda said in a statement.
Hamas rejects new ceasefire proposal
Hamas on Monday accused Israel of trying to derail the next phase of ceasefire talks and called Israel’s decision to cut off aid “a war crime and a blatant attack” on a truce that took a year of negotiations before taking hold in January. On Sunday, Israel said it would back a new proposal by the United States that calls for extending the ceasefire through Ramadan and the Jewish Passover holiday, which ends on April 20. Under that proposal, Hamas would release half the captives on the first day and the rest when an agreement is reached on a permanent ceasefire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. But Hamas rejected the proposal, saying it would only release captives according to the original terms of the agreement, which stipulated that Israeli forces would permanently withdraw from Gaza and bring an end to the war. The ceasefire deal halted Israel’s war on Gaza, which killed more than 48,380 people, mostly women and children, and left the enclave in ruins. Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/3/arab-nations-rights-groups-condemn-israels-decision-to-block-gaza-aid

Al Jazeera - March 3, 2025
<<What’s the emergency Arab summit on Gaza reconstruction? Everything to know
The summit has been called by Egypt, which has prepared a reconstruction plan that avoids ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Arab League members will meet in Cairo on March 4 to counter the United States president’s threats to take over Gaza, expelling Palestinians from their land, and the Israeli prime minister’s willingness to destroy the ceasefire and resume a genocidal war on Gaza. The summit, convened by Egypt, is intended to come up with a united Arab response that offers an alternative that respects Palestinians’ rights and makes Gaza habitable again. Here’s what led to this emergency summit and what we can expect from it.
What led to this emergency summit?
On February 5, US President Donald Trump said he wanted to “take over” Gaza, resettle Palestinians in Egypt and Jordan, and implement a “redevelopment plan” that would turn the enclave into “the Riviera of the Middle East”. Egypt rejected the idea and said it would present “a comprehensive vision for rebuilding Gaza while ensuring Palestinians remain”, and that it would host an Arab summit to discuss the vision. On February 21, Egypt, Jordan and the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries gathered in Riyadh to prepare the agenda for Tuesday’s summit in Cairo.
What’s happening in Gaza now?
Early on Sunday, the second day of Ramadan, Israel blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid to Gaza, claiming that Hamas is “in violation” of a last-minute US suggestion to extend the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza throughout Ramadan and Passover. Israel had effectively blocked negotiations for the second phase of the ceasefire – which was supposed to start on March 1 – because that would have entailed it withdrawing its troops from Gaza. Hamas had already rejected extending phase one in a statement, demanding that Israel comply with the ceasefire deal and calling on the international community to help apply pressure. On January 19, a ceasefire started in the Gaza Strip after 15 months of intense killing and bombardment. The agreement involved a cessation of hostilities and progressive three phases to lead to a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
What will be discussed on March 4?
Elaborating on the plan, former Egyptian diplomat Mohamed Hegazy said it would likely cover three to five years, split into three technical phases:
early recovery;
rebuilding the utility infrastructure; and
housing reconstruction, service provision and establishing a “political track to implement the two-state solution”.
Experts say the difficulty with Egypt’s plan lies in financing it, with the United Nations recently saying more than $50bn would be needed to rebuild Gaza. This will be discussed at the summit. Many assume that the GCC countries will play a leading role in financing reconstruction, but there is no clarity on how much can be raised.
What are countries expected to bring to the discussion?
Egypt has been trying to mobilise Arab and international support for its Gaza plan, and as the convener of the summit and author of the reconstruction plan, it will lead much of the discussion. Jordan will be an important player, its King Abdullah II having rejected any displacement and supporting Egypt’s proposal. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has also warned Israel against escalating tensions in the occupied West Bank, which shares a border with Jordan. Syria is expected to discuss Israeli air attacks on “targets” in its south and outside Damascus. GCC countries will be key, especially with regard to securing the funding and goodwill to implement the Egyptian idea.
Have past Arab summits made a difference in the Israel-Palestine conflict?
Some Arab League summits have been symbolically important in the history of the Palestinian cause. The Palestinian National Council, which set up the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), was established by an Arab League summit in 1964. Ten years later, another summit recognised the PLO as the sole representative of the Palestinian people, elevating its diplomatic weight in the peace negotiations that led to the Oslo Accords. In 2002, led by Saudi Arabia, a summit embraced the Arab Peace Initiative after the failure of Oslo. They agreed to normalise with Israel if it withdrew to pre-1967 borders, allowed the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital and provided a just solution for Palestinian refugees. As for reconstruction, an Arab summit in 2014 pledged $5.4bn to reconstruct Gaza after Israel waged a 50-day war on it.
What happens after the summit?
After Arab countries agree on their position and plan to lead post-war reconstruction efforts in Gaza, more talks are expected to tackle specific financial and logistical aspects. However, with the Gaza ceasefire up in the air – as well as the fate of the Palestinians who may starve to death in the besieged enclave – reconstruction may have to be put on the backburner while the main mediators Qatar and Egypt try to ensure that Israel’s war on Gaza will not resume.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/3/whats-the-emergency-arab-summit-on-gaza-reconstruction-everything-to-know

Al Jazeera - March 3, 2025
<<Israeli-Palestinian film No Other Land wins Oscar for best documentary
The collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers triumphed over Porcelain War, Sugarcane, Black Box Diaries and Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. No Other Land, a film about Palestinians fighting to protect their homes from demolition by Israel’s military, has won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. The collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers triumphed on Sunday over Porcelain War, Sugarcane, Black Box Diaries and Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. The film, produced between 2019 and 2023, follows activist Basel Adra as he risks arrest to document the destruction of his hometown, Masafer Yatta, which Israeli soldiers are tearing down to use as a military training zone, at the southern edge of the West Bank. Adra’s pleas fall on deaf ears until he befriends a Jewish-Israeli journalist, Yuval Abraham, who helps him amplify his story. Accepting the award, Adra said No Other Land reflects the harsh reality Palestinians have been enduring for decades. “About two months ago, I became a father, and my hope to my daughter that she will not have to live the same life I’m living now, always fearing settlers, violence, home demolitions and forcible displacements that my community is living and tasting every day under Israeli occupation,” said Adra. He also called on the world to “take serious actions to stop the injustice and to stop the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people”.
‘Together, our voices are stronger’
Abraham said they made the film because together, their voices were stronger. “We see each other: The atrocious destruction of Gaza and its people which must end. Israeli hostages, brutally taken in the crime of October 7th, which must be freed,” he said. Abraham criticised the Israeli regime that destroys Adra’s life, and said there is a different path, a “political solution without ethnic supremacy, with national rights for both of our people”.
But the United States’ foreign policy is helping block that path, he said. “Can’t you see that we’re intertwined – that my people can be truly safe if Basel’s people are truly free and safe? There is another way. It’s not too late for life for the living. There is no other way,” he added. The film has struggled to find a distributor in the US, so its makers arranged for it to have a one-week run at the Lincoln Center in November in order to qualify for tonight’s Oscars. The Oscar on Sunday is the latest high-profile honour that No Other Land has gained. It also won the audience award and documentary film award at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2024, as well as the New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Non-Fiction Film. The film is heavily reliant on camcorder footage from Adra’s personal archive. He captures Israeli soldiers bulldozing the village school and filling water wells with cement to prevent people from rebuilding. It shows residents banding together after Adra films an Israeli soldier shooting a local man who is protesting the demolition of his home. The man becomes paralysed, and his mother struggles to take care of him while living in a cave. More than 500,000 settlers live in the occupied West Bank, which is home to about three million Palestinians. The settlers have Israeli citizenship while Palestinians live under military rule with the Palestinian Authority administering population centres. Major human rights groups have described the situation as apartheid, an allegation rejected by the Israeli government, which views the West Bank as the historical and biblical heartland of the Jewish people and is opposed to Palestinian statehood.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/3/israeli-palestinian-film-no-other-land-wins-oscar-for-best-documentary


Video footage - Israel blocks all aid
Le Monde - March 2, 2025
<<Israel blocks entry of humanitarian supplies into Gaza
All humanitarian aid to Gaza was cut off by Israel on Sunday, warning of 'other consequences' if Hamas did not agree to the second phase of a ceasefire plan put forward by the US. Israel on Sunday, March 2, blocked aid flowing into Gaza, where a six-week truce enabled the entry of vital food, shelter and medical assistance, prompting the UN to call for an immediate restoration of humanitarian assistance. The Israeli decision came as talks on a truce extension appeared to hit an impasse, after the ceasefire's 42-day first phase drew to a close. Truce mediators Egypt and Qatar accused Israel of blatantly violating the ceasefire deal by halting the aid, a move which, according to AFP images, left trucks loaded with goods lined up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing to Gaza. Early on Sunday, Israel had announced a truce extension until mid-April that it said United States Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff had proposed. But Hamas has repeatedly rejected an extension, instead favouring a transition to the truce deal's second phase that could bring a permanent end to the war. With uncertainty looming over the truce, both Israel and Palestinian sources reported Israeli military strikes in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, whose health ministry reported at least four people killed.
Hamas, whose October 7, 2023 attack on Israel triggered the fighting, said the "decision to suspend humanitarian aid is cheap blackmail, a war crime and a blatant coup against the (ceasefire) agreement." The Egyptian foreign ministry accused Israel of using starvation as "a weapon against the Palestinian people," comments echoed by Qatar which said it "strongly condemns" Israel's decision. Saudi Arabia, which has rejected any talk of normalising its ties with Israel without a Palestinian state, condemned the aid block as "a tool of blackmail and collective punishment." Jordan said Israel's action "threatens to reignite" fighting in Gaza. UN chief Antonio Guterres called for "humanitarian aid to flow back into Gaza immediately."
The European Union condemned what it called Hamas's refusal to accept the extension of the first phase, and added that Israel's subsequent aid block "risked humanitarian consequences." Brussels called for "a rapid resumption of negotiations on the second phase of the ceasefire."
Panic
Gazans expressed concern over prices they said immediately surged. "Prices are rising and people are panicking about food supplies," Belal al-Helou, 56, said in Gaza City. More than 15 months of war in Gaza destroyed or damaged most buildings, displaced almost the entire population and triggered widespread hunger, according to the UN. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, asked by reporters about the risk of starvation, dismissed such warnings as "a lie." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he had "decided that, from this morning, all entry of goods and supplies into the Gaza Strip will be suspended." It said there would be "consequences" for Hamas if it did not accept the temporary truce extension. But on a sandy street in Gaza City, Mays Abu Amer, 21, expressed hope the ceasefire can continue "forever." According to Israel, the truce extension would see half of the hostages still in Gaza freed on the day the deal came into effect, with the rest to be released at the end if an agreement was reached on a permanent ceasefire. Of the 251 captives taken during Hamas's October 2023 attack, 58 remain in Gaza, including 34 the Israeli military has confirmed are dead.
'Return all of them'
In Israel, mourners who turned out to farewell Shlomo Mansour, 85, whose body militants had held in Gaza and returned to Israel on Thursday, said more should be done to get the remaining captives home. "Return all of them immediately," said Vardit Roiter. Later in Jerusalem, AFP images showed protesters outside Netanyahu's residence making a similar plea. "Still Alive. Still waiting," said one sign with pictures of hostage brothers Ariel and David Cunio.
Under the first phase of the truce, Gaza militants handed over 25 living hostages and eight bodies, including Mansour's, in exchange for about 1,800 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. Israelis in Jerusalem welcomed the decision to block aid, describing it as a way to pressure Hamas. Neria, a 27-year-old teacher who only gave his first name, aid the "smart move" could "push forward new things, the release of more hostages and the end of the war." In southern Gaza on Sunday, the civil defence agency reported shelling and gunfire "from Israeli tanks," which the army said it was "unaware of." The Palestine Red Crescent said Israeli drone strikes killed one person in the same area and another in a nearby town. The military said it conducted an air strike in northern Gaza targeting suspects it said had "planted an explosive device" near its troops.
Including the deaths on Sunday, Gaza's health ministry has recorded 116 people killed by Israel's military since the ceasefire began on January 19, substantially reducing violence. The 2023 attack that sparked the war resulted in the deaths of more than 1,200 people in Israel, mostly civilians, while Israel's retaliation in Gaza has killed more than 48,300 people, also mostly civilians, data from both sides show.
Le Monde with AFP>>
Source: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/03/02/israel-blocks-entry-of-humanitarian-supplies-into-gaza-as-ceasefire-deal-faces-uncertainty_6738721_4.html

Al Jazeera - March 2, 2025
<<Will Israel resume its war on Gaza?
The ceasefire in Gaza hangs in the balance as Israel insists on extending phase one.>>
Read more/Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2025/3/2/will-israel-resume-its-war-on-gaza


Video footage - Israeli soldiers assault intellectually disabled man
Al Jazeera - March 2, 2025
<<Israeli soldiers assault intellectually disabled man in West Bank raid
Video shows Israeli soldiers chasing a 52-year-old Palestinian man with an intellectual disability, throwing him to the ground, and kicking him during a raid on the al-Fawwar refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, before another Palestinian man intervened.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/3/2/israeli-soldiers-assault-intellectually-disabled-man-in-west-bank-raid

France 24 - March 2, 2025
<<Families of Israeli hostages protest as first phase of Gaza ceasefire ends
Families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza rallied in Tel Aviv’s Hostages square Saturday as phase one of the Gaza ceasefire deal came to an end. Negotiations have stalled as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government is unwilling to proceed with the second phase, calling instead for an extension to the first phase.>>
Video: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250302-families-of-israeli-hostages-protest-as-first-phase-of-gaza-ceasefire-ends

Al Jazeera - March 2, 2025
<<Israel attacks north Gaza as first phase of ceasefire deal comes to an end
Israeli forces have struck Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, as the first phase of the ceasefire deal ends without an agreement. Israel blames Hamas for not accepting a US-backed proposal for extending the truce that lacked an Israeli commitment to end the war.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/3/2/israel-attacks-north-gaza-as-first-phase-of-ceasefire-deal-comes-to-an-end

Al Jazeera - March 1, 2025
<<Hamas rejects Israel’s ‘formulation’ to extend phase one of Gaza ceasefire
Uncertainty in Gaza as Palestinian group says no ongoing talks for second phase of truce even as first phase expires on Saturday. As the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza draws to a close, negotiations on the next stage, aimed at securing a permanent truce, have so far been inconclusive. Hamas on Saturday rejected Israel’s “formulation” of extending the first phase of the ceasefire instead of proceeding to the second phase as originally planned, calling it unacceptable. Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem told Al Araby TV that no talks were being held for a second ceasefire phase even as the first phase is due to expire on Saturday. Qassem said Israel bears the responsibility for not starting second phase negotiations, accusing it of wanting to recover the remaining captives from Gaza while retaining the possibility of resuming the war. His comments come a day after Hamas urged Israel to move onto the second phase and confirmed its “full commitment to implementing all the terms of the agreement in all its stages and details”. Officials from Israel joined mediators from Qatar and the United States in Cairo on Thursday for “intensive discussions”, Egypt’s state information service said on Friday. However, those negotiations apparently bore no fruit. Talks over the second phase of the ceasefire are meant to negotiate a comprehensive end to the fighting in Gaza, including the return of all remaining captives and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territory. According to Israel, there are 59 captives remaining in Gaza, 24 of whom are still believed to be alive.
On Thursday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar told reporters: “We said we are ready to extend the framework [of phase one] in return for the release of more hostages. If it is possible, we’ll do that.”
‘No going back’
Sami al-Arian, a professor at Istanbul Zaim University, said it was not clear what will happen next. “The American envoy Steve Witkoff has indicated he wants to explore the idea of extending phase one, which is the Israeli position,” he told Al Jazeera. “So that’s bad news for any negotiations because Hamas won’t agree to this.” Meanwhile, humanitarian organisations have repeatedly said the ceasefire must continue if they are to provide much-needed aid to Palestinians in the coastal enclave, which has been devastated during 15 months of war. “The impact of safe and sustained humanitarian access is evident,” the World Food Programme said in a post on X. “The ceasefire must hold. There can be no going back.” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday said the coming days are “critical” for the talks on the second phase of the ceasefire. “The ceasefire and hostage release deal must hold. The coming days are critical. The parties must spare no effort to avoid a breakdown of this deal,” Guterres told reporters at UN headquarters in New York.
Fear of fighting resuming
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Gaza, said there may be “a surge” in military activity “as there’s no obligations any more to sustain the ceasefire”. “That’s been left up in the air as the mediators try to contain this crisis and prevent a return to fighting that will bring nothing but further devastation to the people of Gaza,” he added. While the ceasefire has held since it began on January 19, Gaza’s Government Media Office (GMO) has reported more than 350 violations by Israel, including military incursions, gunfire, air strikes, intensified surveillance and the obstruction of aid since the ceasefire began. According to the GMO, the Israeli army has killed and injured dozens of Palestinians through air strikes as well as shootings since the ceasefire came into effect. The GMO has previously reported delays in allowing displaced families to return to areas in northern Gaza as well as shortfalls in the agreed levels of aid allowed into the enclave.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/1/hamas-rejects-israels-formulation-to-extend-phase-one-of-gaza-ceasefire

Al Jazeera - March 1, 2025
<<US man convicted in hate crime murder of Palestinian American boy
Joseph Czuba faces life in prison for the murder of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi days after Israel’s war on Gaza began.
A jury in the US state of Illinois has convicted a man of murder and hate crime charges for the October 2023 stabbing death of a six-year-old Palestinian American boy. Joseph Czuba, 73, who was found guilty on Friday, faces life in prison when he is sentenced in May for a murder that prosecutors said was prompted by anti-Muslim hatred, and also left the boy’s mother critically injured, as stated in court records. The murder of the boy, Wadee Alfayoumi, and the attack on his mother, Hanan Shaheen, was one of the earliest and worst hate crime incidents in the US since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza. Czuba, who was the landlord for Shaheen and her son, stabbed the boy 26 times using a military-style knife with a 7-inch (18-cm) serrated blade, authorities said. Shaheen suffered multiple stab wounds in the attack that occurred in Plainfield Township, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Chicago. During the trial this week, Shaheen testified that Czuba told her, “You, as a Muslim, must die.” Michael Fitzgerald, prosecutor at Will County State’s Attorney’s Office, presented a 911 call recording in the trial. “The landlord is killing me and my baby,” Shaheen is heard saying on the audio. Czuba had earlier pleaded not guilty and did not testify during the trial that started on Tuesday.
‘All our children were targeted’
The case generated headlines around the world and deeply struck the Chicago area’s large and established Palestinian community. “All of us who are parents, who are Arab or Palestinian … who are Muslim, we all saw our children die in Wadee Alfayoumi, because this could have been any one of our boys, any one of our girls,” Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-Chicago’s Ahmed Rehab said, according to The Associated Press news agency. “It just so happened that it was Wadee Alfayoumi. When he was targeted, all of our children were targeted. Every Muslim was targeted when he [Czuba] yelled, ‘All Muslims must die.'” Abed Ayoub, executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), said the verdict delivers a measure of justice for Wadee’s family and “sends a clear message that hate-fuelled violence has no place here”. “We will never accept nor forget that a six-year-old child lost his life because of dangerous anti-Palestinian rhetoric,” he said, according to the AFP news agency. Other US incidents raising alarm over anti-Arab bias include the attempted drowning of a three-year-old Palestinian American girl in Texas, the stabbing of a Palestinian American man in Texas, the beating of a Muslim man in New York, a violent mob attack on pro-Palestinian protesters in California and a Florida shooting of two Israeli visitors whom the suspect mistook to be Palestinians.>>
SOURCE: NEWS AGENCIES: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/1/us-man-convicted-in-hate-crime-murder-of-palestinian-american-boy


Suhair Khader
Jinha - Womens News Agency - February 28, 2025
<<Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees keeps working for women
“We kept working for women and girls despite Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip,” said Suhair Khader, President of the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees (UPWC).
News Center- Israel started a war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, killing, injuring and displacing thousands of Palestinians. Women were the most affected by this war. On January 15, 2025, a ceasefire agreement was reached between Hamas and Israel and came into effect on January 19, 2025. Since the ceasefire, women’s organizations and associations, which were active during the war, have been doing their best to support women and girls in Gaza although they face many challenges because of the destruction of their headquarters and internet blackouts in many places.
‘We kept working despite the war’
“Women’s organizations did not stop providing support to women and girls during the war,” said Suhair Khader, President of the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees (UPWC). “We provided psychological and financial support to women and girls for one year and three months.”
‘Women's economic empowerment is needed’
The union has provided support to women from all ages and all strata, Suhair Khader told us, stressing that 75 percent of the victims in the war were women and children. “Many women have become the breadwinners for their families since they lost their parents and husbands. Women’s economic empowerment is needed for them. The war on Gaza forcibly displaced women multiple times.”
‘We will form a network with international organizations’
Following the ceasefire, displaced Palestinians have returned to their homes in northern Gaza. “People, who returned to their homes in Jabalia, Beit Lahia, and Beit Hanoun need basic supplies such as water, electricity, food, and clothing. As the union, we will form a network with international organizations in order to provide support to women and girls.
‘Women need psychological support’
The difficult living conditions caused by the war have not ended yet, Suhair Khader emphasized. “Women and girls were in need of various services during the war; however, we could not reach them due to Israel’s attacks. Women, who have lost their children and families, need psychological support to overcome trauma suffered by them. As the union, we work coordinately with health institutions so that women can benefit from health services.”>>
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