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Special Report Global Sumud Flotilla October 2-1, 2025 September Trench stories are now embedded in the daily news August 27, 2025 “When Life becomes Cheaper than Bread.” Call for Justice August 26, 2025 Cease fire? Where, when? And by the way, we are not hamas, idf i.e. terrorists, we are civilians i.e. humans. Question is... are the (western) genociders too? TRIBUTES TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN

Dec 28 - 16, 2025 “The blood of the journalists’ families will remain a living witness to the crime of trying to silence the Palestinian voice,” & Journalists do not die - They are killed but "Where there is Light there's always a Shadow… so Truth finding is to Reveal its Dark Face and have the voices of Palestinians - who stay Resilient - and Hold Ground… be heard Shireen Abu Akleh and many others intentionally killed by israeli forces the World knows what’s happened in Gaza in the last two years thanks to ‘remarkable’ local journalists and stories of the Fallen or Wounded which demands Justice... Nov 15 - 5, 2025 Attacks on Journalists continues but... risking Limb and Life they keep Revealing the Plain Truth and more actual news Overview of journalists killed in action in Gaza Journalists keep Revealing the Truth despite All 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

Day 2 day update: Jan 16, 2026 In Today's Factual News “Decades of systemic impunity has created a situation where Israeli forces shoot to kill without limit,” Defence for Children International-Palestine (DCI-P) and that's how the echoes of the voices of Palestinians - stays Crystal Clear and Resilient no matter the darkness that threatens their lives and land... they Hold Ground… to be heard Loud and Clear and more news Israel is deliberately blocking and killing foreign journalists But no worries: the free word cannot be killed! And more updates Jan 1, 2026 Dec 31, 2025 On how israelis understand an act of Human Kindness: Banning of all Aid Groups Dec 29, 2025 Heavy Storm Batters Gaza And Dec 12 - 11, 2025: Gaza families struggle with Storm Byron 2 Gaza families struggle with Storm Byron

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All actual news from Palestine comes since weeks incl. OUT OF THE TRENCHES stories click below for an Overview special reports For the complete story of the ´Madleen´ heroic voyage' click here July 4 - 3, 2025 Gaza’s hunger crisis is not a tragedy – it’s a war tactic

 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.

 
VICTORY is on its way to the sea  -- Screengrab Al Jazeera: Wanted for genocide - Guilty as Charged - rubio virus

  
 Olive tree - Symbol of Palestine
- Did you eat today  - Boy shouts FOOD and PEACE NOW - GO AWAY you mercenaries of the usa/isr/idf/ghf devils!!!!

Al Jazeera - Jan 16, 2026
{What are the hurdles to implementing phase two of Gaza ceasefire?
The US says its Gaza plan is moving towards disarmament and reconstruction.
“We have officially entered the second phase of Gaza’s 20-point peace plan.”
Those were the words of US President Donald Trump, who said that Washington will reach a deal with Hamas on handing over its weapons while threatening the group with consequences if it doesn’t comply.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2026/1/16/what-are-the-hurdles-to-implementing-phase-two-of-gaza-ceasefire


Videoscreen grab: A mothers' Grief
Al Jazeera - Jan 16, 2026
{Palestinian child shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank
Rights group says Palestinian children are ‘increasingly targets’ as Israeli military and settler violence soars. Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian child in the occupied West Bank, as a wave of intensified Israeli military and settler violence across the territory continues. Mohammed Naasan, 14, was killed on Friday after Israeli forces stormed and opened fire in the village of al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah, assaulting residents. Naasan was shot in the back and chest, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. The Israeli military said in a statement that troops fatally shot Naasan because he was “running towards them carrying a rock”. The killing came after Israeli settlers, under the protection of the Israeli army, had earlier on Friday stormed an area south of al-Mughayyir and fired live rounds, according to Wafa. Palestinians across the West Bank have faced a wave of intensified Israeli military and settler violence in the shadow of Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 71,000 people since October 2023. Experts say the violence, which is taking place amid a push by far-right Israeli politicians to formally annex the West Bank, aims to force Palestinians out of their homes and communities. According to United Nations figures, at least 240 Palestinians, including 55 children, were killed by Israeli forces or settlers last year alone. The UN’s humanitarian office (OCHA) said more than 1,800 settler attacks that resulted in casualties or property damage were also recorded in 2025 – an average of about five incidents per day. That is the highest average since OCHA began tracking settler violence in 2006, it said. Israel’s army routinely fires live ammunition, tear gas, stun grenades and other weapons at Palestinians in the occupied territory, and it often justifies the assaults by claiming that stones were being thrown. Israeli human rights group BTselem has said the military employs an “open-fire policy” that allows for an “unjustified use of lethal force” and “conveys Israel’s deep disregard for the lives of Palestinians”. Rights advocates also have documented how Palestinian children in the West Bank, in particular, have been at heightened risk of Israeli violence under the shadow of the Gaza war. “Decades of systemic impunity has created a situation where Israeli forces shoot to kill without limit,” Defence for Children International-Palestine (DCI-P) said last month after a 16-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli forces in the northern West Bank. “As Palestinian children are increasingly targets in the West Bank, Israeli forces’ rules of engagement seemingly allow direct targeting of Palestinian children where no threat exists to justify the use of intentional lethal force.”} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/16/palestinian-child-shot-dead-by-israeli-troops-in-occupied-west-bank


Amu Gib, Heba Muraisi, Jon Cink, Kamran Ahmed, Qesser Zuhrah, Lewie, Teuta Hoxha and Umer Khalid-Courtesy-Prisoners for Palestine
Al Jazeera - Jan 16, 2026 - Anealla Safdar
{Prison rights, Elbit’s loss: How the Palestine Action hunger strike ‘won’
As critically ill activists begin re-feeding in prison, campaigners and an MP say they believe the government made concessions.
London, United Kingdom – In the final days of their months-long hunger strike, three young pro-Palestine activists on remand – convicted of no crime – were confronted with their mortality in the confines of their prison cells. Heba Muraisi, 31, who refused food for 73 days, was suffering with a level of pain so severe that sitting felt unbearable. At 49kg (108lb), her body wasting away, there were fears her organs were shutting down. Her memory declined and she had muscle spasms, a sign of possible neurological damage. But until they announced the end of their hunger strikes on Wednesday amid their rapidly collapsing health, Muraisi and prisoners Kamran Ahmed, 28, and Lewie Chiaramello, 23, were determined to continue. A Londoner who worked as a florist and lifeguard, Muraisi told Al Jazeera this week that she had resigned herself to the idea of death but wanted to keep refusing food in protest because she was “finally being heard”.
Ahmed, in a statement sent to Al Jazeera, has said ending the hunger strike after 65 days felt “bittersweet”. Chiaramello had fasted every other day, as he is a Type 1 diabetic, for 46 days.
‘I was willing to go the distance’
In total, eight individuals have participated in the protest since early November. Currently, just one remand prisoner, Umer Khalid, continues to refuse food. “I was willing to go the distance,” said Ahmed, who is also from London and had worked as a mechanic. “But others were not willing to see me walk a mile further." Described by loved ones as having become paper-thin, Ahmed has lost 25 percent of his body weight. His heart muscle has shrunk, he suffers from chest pains and has lost hearing in one ear. His speech was slurring, and walking took so much energy it made him breathless. On Monday, when they last spoke by phone, his sister Shahmina Alam, a pharmacist, urged him to consider ending the strike. “We just knew that it’s coming to a point where it’s really dangerous and actually, the probability of death was very high,” she told Al Jazeera. Alam and physicians consulting the group are concerned that the hunger strikers may have already suffered irreversible health damage, as long-term symptoms related to starvation can take years to show. There are also fears around refeeding, which can be fatal if mismanaged. Ahmed was hospitalised again this week, the seventh time since the protest began. The collective held at various prisons includes Qesser Zuhrah; Amu Gib; Muraisi; Teuta Hoxha; Ahmed; Chiaramello; Jon Cink and Khalid, who has muscular dystrophy and has been on hunger strike for seven days. All will have spent more than a year in prison before their trials are expected to take place later this year, far beyond the standard six-month pre-trial detention limit. Some of the group, known as part of the “Filton 24”, are alleged to have participated in a break-in at the UK subsidiary of Israel’s largest arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems, in Bristol. Others are accused of involvement in a break-in at a Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Oxfordshire. They deny the charges against them, such as burglary and criminal damage. Palestine Action, the group they are allegedly linked to, claimed responsibility for both incidents. Six of those charged in the Bristol action are currently on trial.
Were the hunger strikers’ demands met?
The collective had five key protest demands, including immediate bail, the guarantee of a fair trial and the de-proscription of Palestine Action. They also called for all 16 of Elbit’s sites in the UK to be closed and demanded an end to what they call censorship in prison, accusing authorities of withholding mail, calls and books. Throughout the protest, the government said the group would face a fair trial, that it had no power over the issue of bail, as this is a matter for the judiciary, and that prison welfare procedures were being followed. It has not commented on the end of the latest hunger strikes. Elbit Systems, a target of Palestine Action’s campaign, describes its drones, which have been used extensively in Gaza to deadly effect, as “the backbone” of Israel’s drone fleet. Palestine Action had been calling to “shut Elbit down” before it was outlawed as a “terrorist organisation” in July, putting it on par with ISIL (ISIS) and al-Qaeda. The group, which said it backed direct action without violence and accused the UK of complicity in Israel’s atrocities, is fighting the ban in courts. In the later stages of the hunger strike, the group added a further demand – that Muraisi be returned to Bronzefield prison near her home, having been moved to a jail in northern England. That will now happen, said Prisoners for Palestine, an activist-led group that supports the collective’s families, hailing the transfer as a triumph.
Prisoners for Palestine has claimed several “victories” – primarily the UK government’s recent decision, reported by The Times newspaper, against awarding Elbit Systems UK a 2-billion-pound ($2.68bn) army training contract. The contract is instead reportedly going to Raytheon UK, the subsidiary of the US defence firm, which also has several deals with the Israeli military. Back in October 2023, Raytheon’s CEO said the company would “benefit” as the “war in Gaza or in Israel … will eventually lead to additional orders”. “Obviously we will never know – and I don’t think they’ll ever admit – how much of an influence the hunger strike had on [the contract decision against Elbit],” Alam, Ahmed’s sister, said. “There were some wins,” she added, such as raising awareness about Elbit’s role in Israel’s genocide and the overuse of pre-trial detention in the UK. ‘There has been some concessions by government’: MP The group’s supporters have also claimed victory. “There has been some concessions by government,” said John McDonnell, a Labour MP, as he paid tribute to the hunger strikers’ “dedication”. Prisoners for Palestine said it considers as another success the offer of a meeting between Hoxha and the head of JEXU (Joint Extremism Unit) at her prison. Hoxha had claimed she was being monitored by the JEXU task force and that it had ordered prison officers to strip her of a library job in jail. The group also saw as a win its meeting with prison healthcare leaders “at the behest of the Ministry of Justice”, and the “bulk” release of mail it alleged had been “withheld”. “Books on topics of Gaza and feminism have also been given [to the prisoners] after months of waiting,” the group said. The protest is said to have been the largest coordinated hunger strike in UK history since 1981, when Irish Republican inmates were led by Bobby Sands. Sands died on the 66th day of his protest, becoming a symbol of the Irish Republican cause. Nine others also died of starvation. “Our prisoners’ hunger strike will be remembered as a landmark moment of pure defiance; an embarrassment for the British state,” said Prisoners for Palestine, which offers “direct action training” on its website. “While these prisoners end their hunger strike, the resistance has just begun,” said the group, adding that 500 people have recently expressed interest in taking “direct action against the genocidal military-industrial complex”. It added that in pursuit of a fair trial, the hunger strikers had demanded the disclosure of export licences for the last five years from Elbit Systems. “After repeated requests, this information was disclosed to an independent researcher by the Department of Trade during the hunger strike,” it said, hailing another “victory”. Alam said she imagines Ahmed will have had a few cups of tea since the hunger strike ended. He requested soya milk, she said, as it is easier on the stomach. The government does not “get to decide whether these guys live or don’t live”, she said. “At the end of the day, it’s their decision, and that’s what they did. “They took back control.”} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/16/prison-rights-elbits-loss-how-the-palestine-action-hunger-strike-won


Videoscreen grab: Killings in Gaza despite ceasefire
Al Jazeera - Jan 15, 2026
{Killings in Gaza despite ceasefire phase 2 announcement
At least 10 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza after the US announced the start of phase 2 of the ceasefire deal. Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum explains what’s been happening.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/1/16/killings-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire-phase-2-announcement

Al Jazeera - Jan 16, 2026 - Mohammed Haddad and Mohammad Mansour
{US declares phase two of Gaza ceasefire, but what did phase one deliver?
The US has announced the launch of ‘phase two’ of plan to end the Gaza war, but most of the goals in Trump’s 20-point plan never became a reality on the ground. The US has announced the Gaza ceasefire is moving to phase two, where “demilitarisation, technocratic governance, and reconstruction” will be the focus. Hamas leaders and representatives of other Palestinian factions in Gaza are in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, for talks, but deep uncertainty remains regarding the next steps. Most of the goals in Trump’s 20-point plan that became the basis for a ceasefire in Gaza three months ago never became a reality on the ground. Here is what has happened in each of the main points of the plan since the ceasefire took effect on October 10, 2025.
What was supposed to happen in phase one?
Phase one of Trump’s 20-point plan was designed to immediately halt the fighting, facilitate the exchange of Israeli and Palestinian captives, set a boundary for Israeli withdrawal from parts of Gaza, allow the full entry of humanitarian aid, and open the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt.
1. Halt on attacks
Status: Did not stop
While the daily number of Israeli attacks has decreased since the start of the ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 451 Palestinians and injured 1,251 – an average of nearly five killed every day – since October 10. More than 100 children, including at least 60 boys and 40 girls, are among those killed, according to UNICEF.
2. Israeli captives returned in exchange for release of Palestinian prisoners
Status: All captives returned except for one; Israel has not released all the prisoners agreed on
Under the ceasefire deal, Hamas released all 20 living Israeli captives in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Hamas has also returned 27 of the 28 bodies of deceased captives, while the search is still on for the remaining body, believed to be buried under the rubble of buildings bombed by Israel. However, Suhail al-Hindi, a member of the Hamas political bureau and one of the supervisors of the exchange deal, told Al Jazeera that Israel has failed to release all women and child prisoners as stipulated in the agreement. It also continues to hold several doctors, including Dr Hussam Abu Safia, Dr Marwan al-Hams, and Dr Tasneem al-Hams, among many others. Israel has also reneged on a clause in the agreement under which it was to allow the entry of DNA-matching equipment intended to identify the bodies of deceased Palestinian prisoners.
3. Israeli withdrawal
Status: Did not fully withdraw
As part of the ceasefire deal, Israel was supposed to withdraw its troops to an area dubbed the “yellow line”, which takes up more than 50 percent of Gaza and is marked on the ground with a series of yellow concrete blocks. Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency found that Israeli forces have been moving these blocks, thereby expanding their areas of control and forcing Palestinians into increasingly smaller clusters. Israel has also carried out large-scale demolitions of neighbourhoods and surrounding areas near the yellow line.
4. Full humanitarian aid
Status: Israel continues to restrict aid
The ceasefire stipulated that “full aid will be immediately sent into the Gaza Strip”. However, the reality on the ground remains very different. Israel continues to restrict aid. According to the Gaza Government Media Office, from October 10, 2025 to January 9, 2026, only 23,019 trucks entered Gaza out of 54,000, averaging 255 trucks per day. That is only 43 percent of the trucks that were supposed to have been allowed in. Israel has blocked essential and nutritious food items, including meat, dairy, and vegetables, crucial for a balanced diet. Instead, non-nutritious foodstuffs are being allowed, such as snacks, chocolate, crisps and soft drinks. In addition, Israel has banned more than three dozen international organisations, including Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF; Oxfam; the Norwegian Refugee Council; CARE International; the International Rescue Committee and several other charities from operating in Gaza, further worsening already dire conditions for Palestinians.
5. Opening of Rafah crossing
Status: Did not happen
The Rafah crossing, a key lifeline for aid entry, travel, and medical evacuations, and the main border point between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, remains closed by Israeli forces. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel will only reopen the crossing after it receives the body of the last remaining deceased captive, who is buried under the rubble following more than two years of Israeli onslaught.
What is supposed to happen in phase two?
Phase two is supposed to shift the focus to long-term governance and the establishment of a panel of Palestinian technocrats to lead post-war Gaza. Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said it “establishes a transitional technocratic Palestinian administration in Gaza” and ​marks the beginning of “the full demilitarisation and reconstruction of Gaza, primarily the disarmament of all unauthorised personnel”. However, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, reporting from Gaza City, said the Gaza deal has so far brought no change on the ground. “We’re still hearing the sound of drones [hovering above] and there have been a couple of explosions in the early morning hours, as demolitions take place across Gaza.” How many times has Israel violated the ceasefire? Since the declaration of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on October 10, 2025, Israel has violated the agreement with near-daily attacks, killing hundreds of people. Israel violated the ceasefire agreement at least 1,193 times from October 10, 2025 to January 9, 2026, through the continuation of attacks by air, artillery and direct shootings, the Government Media Office in Gaza reports. According to an analysis by Al Jazeera, Israel has attacked Gaza on 82 out of the past 97 days of the ceasefire up until January 14, meaning there were only 15 days in this period when no violent attacks, deaths or injuries were reported. Despite continuing attacks, the US insists that the “ceasefire” is still holding.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/16/us-declares-phase-two-of-gaza-ceasefire-but-what-did-phase-one-deliver


Videoscreen grab: Israel’s genocide
Al Jazeera - Jan 16, 2026 - Ola Al-Asi
{Scepticism and hope: Gaza reacts to Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
Palestinians fear decisions imposed from outside fail to address justice, freedom, and lived realities in Gaza.
Gaza City – Peace, in both the physical and mental sense, feels far away in Gaza. A ceasefire may have officially been in place since October 10, but Israel continues to conduct occasional attacks, with more than 450 Palestinians killed in the three months since. It is not just the attacks – daily life in Gaza is also shaped by siege and displacement, and a sense that living conditions will not improve any time soon. Amid this exhaustion came the announcement on Wednesday by the United States of the beginning of the ceasefire’s “second phase”. This phase is about “moving from ceasefire to demilitarization, technocratic governance, and reconstruction”, said US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in a social media post. The new phase includes a new Palestinian technocratic administration, overseen by an international “Board of Peace”, chaired by US President Donald Trump. But while everything may sound workable on paper, the reaction from Palestinians in Gaza – one that mixes cautious hope and deep scepticism – is shaped by their lived experience since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023. “A lot of political decisions are distant from the reality faced in Gaza… our daily life that is filled with blockades, fear, loss, tents, and a terrible humanitarian situation,” said Arwa Ashour, a freelance journalist and writer based in Gaza City. “Even when decisions are made to ease the suffering, they are obstructed by the Israeli occupation authorities.” “People want everything back like it was before the war: schools, hospitals, travel,” Ashour said. “If the Board of Peace is going to resolve all these crises, then we welcome it. But if it’s unable to do so, then what is its benefit?”
Palestinians excluded?
Ashour explained that after two years of war and more than 18 years of governance in the Palestinian enclave by Hamas, there is a desire for change in Gaza.
“People want to be part of the process of creating the future, not only to accept the implementation of decisions that have already been made,” she said. The governance model envisaged in the second phase of the ceasefire plan does have a Palestinian component. Ali Shaath, a former Palestinian Authority (PA) deputy minister, will head the Palestinian technocratic committee that will manage daily life. But that committee will be overseen by the Board of Peace, to be led by Bulgaria’s former foreign and defence minister, Nickolay Mladenov. Mladenov – who has worked as a United Nations diplomat in the Middle East – is seen as an administrator, but one who may not be capable of pushing back against Israel and representing Palestinians in Gaza. “Decisions made without the meaningful participation of those most affected reproduce the same power structures that enabled this occupation and genocide,” Maha Hussaini, head of media and public engagement at Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, told Al Jazeera. “Excluding Palestinians in Gaza from shaping their future strips them of agency and turns reconstruction and governance into tools of control rather than recovery.” For Hussaini, justice after a war in which Israel has killed at least 71,400 Palestinians and destroyed vast swathes of the territory cannot be ignored. “Peace does not mean silence after bombardment, nor a pause between wars,” she said. “For Gaza, peace means safety, dignity, and freedom from collective punishment. It also means justice: recognising the harm suffered, restoring the rights of victims, and holding perpetrators accountable. Without justice, what is called ‘peace’ becomes only a temporary arrangement that leaves the genocide intact.” Palestinian political analyst Ahmed Fayyad said that ultimately, Palestinians have little choice but to go along with Mladenov and the Board of Peace model, even if there is a sense that they are handing over the administration of Gaza to foreigners. “Palestinians don’t have the luxury of choice to accept or refuse Mladenov,” Fayyad said. “No one – the Palestinian Authority and the Arab [countries] – wants to disrupt the agreement.” But Fayyad described several potential stumbling blocks, including internal Palestinian divisions between the Palestinian Authority, based in Ramallah, and its longtime rival Hamas. The analyst also believes that the demilitarisation of Hamas – which the US and Israel insist upon, but which Hamas says is an internal Palestinian matter – will also likely cause problems. “Israel might attach the demilitarisation to the reconstruction or the opening of [border] crossings, and investments in the education and health sectors,” Fayyad said. “It is complicated, and it is all subject to Israeli security conditions,” he continued, adding that the formation of a new Palestinian security force that met Israel’s onerous requirements would take a long time because the process was not spelled out in Trump’s ceasefire plan. “This will reflect negatively on the civilians who yearn for an improvement to their daily harsh reality and suffering in tents, amid outbreaks of disease and the collapse of all economic and social life,” Fayyad said.
Israeli spoiler
The announcement of the second phase of the ceasefire – a move that should have been seen as a sign of positive improvement – seems disconnected to the reality on the ground for Palestinians in Gaza. “There is more fear than hope,” said Hussaini, from the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. “Not because people in Gaza lack resilience or imagination, but because experience has taught them that moments labelled as ‘turning points’ rarely translate into real protection or accountability. Hope exists, but it is fragile and constantly undermined by the absence of justice and by decisions imposed from outside.” And the most influential outside force is Israel – the power that has bombarded Gaza not just in the last two years but in several previous wars, and controls access to Gaza, and the air and sea that surrounds it. “I think Israel tries its best to distance Gaza from any political solutions, which would end with Palestine’s right to self-determination,” said the analyst Fayyad. “Israel wants Gaza to be a disarmed zone; its people’s biggest concerns are the daily struggles of life, without caring about any political solutions.” “Israel doesn’t want any future political solutions for Gaza. These are the concerns of the Authority and the Palestinians. Israel doesn’t want independence in decision-making in Palestine,” he concluded.
Reality of life in Gaza
The daily struggle of life is all Sami Balousha, a 30-year-old computer programmer from Gaza City, can think about. Balousha described peace not as a political agreement, conducted in far-off meeting rooms, but as physical safety and a routine. “It is simply to sleep at night assured that I wake up the next morning, not dead, or I won’t get up in the middle of the night because of the sound of bombing,” Balousha said. “It is getting up the next morning and going to work, and being sure that I will be able to get home safely, not suspiciously turning around all the time, afraid of a strike.” Balousha said that he had been displaced with his family 17 times – moving from place to place to escape Israeli attacks. The mental turmoil of the past two years means he no longer looks to the future, and instead focuses on the here and now. “Tomorrow is far away, and I have no control over it,” Balousha said. “We can’t imagine the near future and plan it. We’ve been stuck in this loop for two years. The reality has always been strangely hard and unexpected.” Like many others, Balousha feels disconnected from international decision-making. “They don’t have a deep understanding of the Palestinians’ needs in Gaza. I don’t think that we are being listened to seriously,” he said. It is why he ultimately does not have much faith in any solutions being cooked up for Gaza, and is instead fearful that his current horror will become a permanent reality. “I am afraid that the coming generations accept the new reality of living in an open grave, to accept the tent as a home, to grow up not knowing the great days of Gaza,” Balousha said. “People only want an end to this all, no matter what the solution is, no matter who makes it, all that matters is the end of this misery at any cost. People are tired, so tired of this all, but want to live.”} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/1/16/scepticism-hope-gaza-reacts-trump-board-of-peace

Quds news - Jan 16, 2026
{Three Months Into the Ceasefire, Israel Pushes “Yellow Line” of Control Deeper Into Gaza
On October 10, the Israeli forces completed the first phase of withdrawal under the ceasefire deal to the “Yellow Line,” a non-physical demarcation line separating the Israeli occupation forces from certain areas of Gaza, while occupying roughly 53 percent of the Strip.
Gaza (QNN)- Reports and satellite images indicate that Israeli forces are extending the so-called “Yellow Line”, which roughly divides Gaza in half, pushing it deeper into the Palestinian enclave in several places, as the US announced on Wednesday the launch of the second phase of Trump-brokered plan, further squeezing Palestinians into ever smaller areas of the enclave. On October 10, the Israeli forces completed the first phase of withdrawal under the ceasefire deal to the “Yellow Line,” a non-physical demarcation line separating the Israeli occupation forces from certain areas of Gaza, while occupying roughly 53 percent of the Strip. Israeli forces have been reportedly expanding the so-called “Yellow Line” in eastern Gaza, particularly in eastern Gaza City’s Tuffah, Shujayea, and Zeitoun neighbourhoods. Until progress is made in all matters related to the disarmament of Hamas, Israel has no plans to withdraw from the “Yellow Line” in the eastern Gaza Strip. This was announced on Thursday on the "This Morning" program with Ilael Shahar, on Channel 2's News. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, known as Kan, also reported on Thursday that Israeli officials consider the so-called yellow line as a strategic area that will remain under Israeli control. Haaretz said on Thursday, citing satellite images, that the “Yellow Line” in some cases extends hundreds of meters into territory that is officially supposed to be under Palestinian control. The images also show zones of destruction that have expanded since the ceasefire began, including in Jabalia and the Shujaiyeh neighborhood, both within and beyond the area under Israeli control. The Israeli occupation now controls about 54 percent of Gaza's territory, Haaretz reported. The latest satellite images were taken by Planet Labs. An examination of the images shows that after the deal went into effect, the Israeli forces reorganized its forces and deployed them, among other places, along the Yellow Line, which Chief-of-Staff Eyal Zamir recently defined as "Israel's new border." As part of this move, the Israeli military established new outposts in the areas under its control.  The BBC confirmed on Friday that Israel has moved the blocks which are supposed to mark the “Yellow Line" deeper into Gaza in several places. Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show that in at least three areas Israel placed blocks, before returning later and moving the positions further into the Strip. According to the British organization Forensic Architecture, since the ceasefire began and as of mid-December, the forces have established 13 new outposts inside the Strip. These include two large outposts in Jabalia. The outposts are tall, prominent in the landscape, and provide a wide field of view. Their construction involved demolishing buildings and clearing land, as well as the use of heavy engineering equipment to build high earthworks from which all of northern Gaza can be observed. The satellite images also show that since the ceasefire, the military has continued to demolish hundreds of additional buildings in Jabalia, around the Indonesian Hospital. Most of the destruction is on the side which Israel occupies of the “Yellow Line”, but it is clear that many more buildings have been destroyed west of the line as well. Analysis of the satellite images shows that in various areas along the “Yellow Line”, there is indeed a gap between the location of the yellow barriers on the ground and the position of the “Yellow Line” as marked in the military’s official publications, including the map published by the Israeli military Spokesperson's Unit in Arabic for the Gaza population. For example, in the Shujaiyeh neighborhood in eastern Gaza City: The yellow concrete barriers can be identified in the satellite images, located about 300 meters west of the official “Yellow Line” shown on the Israeli map. Also, the latest satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show that blocks have not been placed along roughly 10km (six miles) of territory, leaving people in Gaza struggling to know where the "dangerous combat zone” as identified by the military.} Video - Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=67075&slug=three-months-into-the-ceasefire-israel-pushes-yellow-line-of-control-deeper-into-gaza


papa, where is this second phase
Quds news - Jan 16, 2026
{At Least 16 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Attacks Despite Phase Two Ceasefire Transition
According to local sources, an Israeli airstrike targeted the family home of Al-Houli in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, killing six, including Al-Qassam Brigades commander Abu Fouad Al-Houli and a 15-year-old girl, and injuring others.
Gaza (QNN)- Israel carried out strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 16 Palestinians, a day after the United States announced the launch of the second phase of Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan. According to local sources, an Israeli airstrike targeted the family home of Al-Houli in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, killing six, including Al-Qassam Brigades commander Abu Fouad Al-Houli and a 15-year-old girl, and injuring others. The Israeli military also struck the Khatib family home in the Nuserira camp in central Gaza, killing a man and his wife. A police post was also attacked last night while officers were trying to arrest Israeli-backed gangs in Gaza City, killing one. A woman was shot and killed by Israeli fire in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Friday morning. Earlier on Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack near Al-Alam roundabout, west of Rafah city,. In response, Hamas said Israel committed a “new crime this evening.. This heinous crime and the repeated attacks against Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, constitutes a blatant and repeated violation of the ceasefire agreement.” It added that the attack “once again confirms that the fascist occupation does not adhere to the agreement and is deliberately working to undermine it, paving the way for the resumption of its genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza.” It “further demonstrates war criminal Netanyahu’s blatant disregard for the ceasefire agreement reached under US sponsorship and guaranteed by the mediators.” The attacks come one day after the US announced the start of the second phase of Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan, saying phase one “delivered historic humanitarian aid and maintained the ceasefire”, despite Israel having violated the agreement more than 1,200 times, killing hundreds of civilians and blocking much-needed aid from entering the enclave. The Gaza Government Media Office said on Thursday that at least 449 Palestinians have been killed and 1,246 others wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the ceasefire began.} Video - Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=67073&slug=at-least-16-palestinians-killed-in-israeli-attacks-despite-phase-two-ceasefire-transition

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