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4 weeks ago | 
countercurrents.org | Countercurrents Collective |Vijay Prashad |Dan Lieberman |Ramzy Baroud
At least 38 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza in the past 24 hours.The Health Ministry in Gaza says the bodies of at least 39 people, including one recently recovered, arrived in hospitals across the besieged territory over the past 24 hours. In its latest daily update, the ministry said another 124 people were wounded in Israeli attacks. The figures bring the confirmed number of people killed since the start of Israel’s war to 50,183 with another 113,828 wounded, it added.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Countercurrents Collective |Gideon Polya |Ramzy Baroud |Ellen Isaacs
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israel has resumed its genocidal war in the Gaza Strip after nearly two months of ceasefire. The attacks began in the early hours of Tuesday morning, killing over 200 starved civilians, most of whom are children. Israeli air force jets launched a wave of attacks across Gaza, targeting multiple areas in the north, center, and south. Reports confirm heavy bombardment of residential homes and makeshift shelters housing displaced Palestinians.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Andre Damon |Countercurrents Collective |Vijay Prashad |Marwan Asmar
Geneva – The US military airstrikes on Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, and multiple Yemeni governorates have resulted in several civilian deaths and injuries. The provisions of the UN Charter and the principles of international law must be upheld, especially regarding using force and protecting civilians.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Countercurrents Collective |Gideon Polya |Ramzy Baroud |Ellen Isaacs
UNICEF, the UN agency for children, reported that one million children in Gaza are “struggling to survive” due to Israel’s blockade on all humanitarian aid into the enclave.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Andre Damon |Countercurrents Collective |Vijay Prashad |Marwan Asmar
The US military carried out dozens of airstrikes on Yemen Saturday and Sunday, including strikes on residential areas in the densely populated city of Sanaa, killing at least 53 people, including 31 civilians. Anis al-Asbahi, a spokesman for the Yemeni Health Ministry, said that over 100 people were wounded, “most of whom were children and women.”In an unhinged rant on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Brett Wilkins |Ramzy Baroud |Countercurrents Collective |Gideon Polya
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israel has threatened to resume its genocide war in Gaza, setting a deadline of 10 days for Hamas to release the remaining captives, a move that violates the ceasefire agreement. Israel’s Channel 12, citing an Israeli official, said on Monday that the occupation government has set a deadline 10 days from now for Hamas to release the remaining captives in Gaza before a return to war.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Brett Wilkins |Ramzy Baroud |Countercurrents Collective |Gideon Polya
As Israeli officials warned Monday of dire repercussions if Hamas did not release the remaining hostages it holds in Gaza, advocacy groups decried reporting that Israel is planning to obliterate a crumbling six-week cease-fire with a massive escalation against the already flattened Palestinian enclave.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Ramzy Baroud |Countercurrents Collective |Gideon Polya |Brett Wilkins
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- As Israel considers its next steps after blocking the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza, in violation of the ceasefire agreement, Israeli reports now suggest that the occupation government is planning to also cut electricity and water supplies to the enclave. According to the Israel Hayom newspaper, Israel is willing to cut electricity and water if Hamas does not agree to extend phase one of the ceasefire deal, instead of moving on to phase two.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Ramzy Baroud |Countercurrents Collective |Gideon Polya |Brett Wilkins
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israel has been accused of using starvation as a weapon of war against Palestinian civilians in Gaza following its decision to block all humanitarian aid from entering the enclave. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issued a statement on Sunday morning confirming that Israel had blocked the entry of all goods into Gaza following the end of the first phase of the ceasefire deal.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Ramzy Baroud |Countercurrents Collective |Gideon Polya |Brett Wilkins
Language matters. Aside from its immediate impact on our perception of great political events, including war, language also defines our understanding of these events throughout history, thereby shaping our relationship with the past, the present, and the future.
