{ "meta": { "title": "The War Crimes Safari — Top 17 + 3 closers", "description": "Documented war crimes and related repression, Gaza & the West Bank, 2023-2026. Each incident: 2-sentence attributed summary, independent sources, Wikipedia, official Israeli response, image.", "updated": "2026-07-18", "schema": { "id": "stable slug", "section": "main | closers", "title": "sober factual title", "date": "date or range", "summary": "2 sentences, attributed", "links": "[{url, source, headline?, published?}] — headline and publication date as the source itself published them (tools/harvest.py); blank = not retrieved, never guessed; tag: \"propaganda\" marks a source we cite as an example of denial, not as evidence", "wikipedia": "most relevant Wikipedia article (optional)", "official": "{url, label} — official Israeli response, primary where possible (optional)", "image": "{src, page, credit, license} — freely licensed embed, Wikimedia Commons (optional)", "photo": "{url, source} — link to iconic copyrighted photo when no free image (optional)", "verify": "open curation caveat (optional)", "slug": "optional keyword-rich URL path for the incident page; defaults to id. Old // redirects to it.", "figure": "optional {src, alt, title, caption, credit{label,url}} — image shown on the incident page and used as its social preview" } }, "incidents": [ { "id": "hind-rajab", "section": "main", "title": "Killing of Hind Rajab, her family, and two paramedics in Gaza City", "date": "29 Jan 2024 (bodies recovered 10 Feb 2024)", "summary": "Six-year-old Hind Rajab was killed on 29 January 2024 along with six family members when, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society and subsequent investigations, Israeli tank fire struck the car in which they were fleeing Gaza City's Tal al-Hawa neighborhood; two Red Crescent paramedics dispatched to rescue her after she spent hours on the phone with emergency dispatchers were also killed when their ambulance was struck. Investigations by Forensic Architecture, The Washington Post, and Sky News concluded that Israeli tanks were present at the scene and that one likely fired 335 rounds into the car from close range, contradicting the Israeli military's initial claim that its forces were not in the area.", "links": [ { "url": "https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/the-killing-of-hind-rajab", "source": "Forensic Architecture", "headline": "The Killing of Hind Rajab", "published": "2024-06-21" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2024/hind-rajab-israel-gaza-killing-timeline/", "source": "The Washington Post" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/23/israeli-tank-fired-at-hind-rajab-family-car-from-metres-away-investigation", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Israeli tank fired at Hind Rajab family car from metres away: Investigation", "published": "2024-06-23" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/10/middleeast/hind-rajab-death-israel-gaza-intl", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Five-year-old Palestinian girl found dead after being trapped in car under Israeli fire | CNN", "published": "2024-02-10" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hind-rajab-gaza-girl-6-found-dead-trapped-israeli-fire-rcna138263", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "‘They killed her twice’: Hind Rajab’s mother mourns girl, 6, found killed in Gaza", "published": "2024-02-11" }, { "url": "https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/07/gaza-killing-hind-rajab-and-her-family-war-crime-too-many-warn-experts", "source": "UN OHCHR", "headline": "Gaza: Killing of Hind Rajab and her family – a war crime too many, warn experts", "published": "2024-07-19" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hind-rajab-palestinian-girl-found-dead-after-being-trapped-under-israeli-fire-days", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Palestinian girl found dead after being trapped under Israeli fire for days", "published": "2024-02-10" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68261286", "source": "BBC", "headline": "Hind Rajab, 5, found dead in Gaza days after phone calls for help", "published": "2024-02-10" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/israel-palestine-rafah-massacre-unrwa-aid-b2498168.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "We must work with the US to prevent a massacre in Rafah | Vincent Fean", "published": "2024-02-18" }, { "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/11/for-israels-sake-netanyahu-must-go-now/", "source": "The Telegraph", "headline": "For Israel’s sake, Netanyahu must go now", "published": "2024-02-11" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/11/cousin-of-hind-rajab-6-haunted-by-her-last-call-after-family-car-shot-at-in-gaza", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "Cousin of Hind Rajab, 5, haunted by her last call after family car shot at in Gaza", "published": "2024-02-11" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Hind_Rajab", "official": { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-probe-indicates-no-troops-were-in-area-where-6-year-old-gazan-girl-was-killed/", "label": "IDF response (via Times of Israel)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Demonstrator_grieves_Hind_at_a_Palestine_solidarity_demonstration_in_Lisbon.jpg/960px-Demonstrator_grieves_Hind_at_a_Palestine_solidarity_demonstration_in_Lisbon.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Demonstrator_grieves_Hind_at_a_Palestine_solidarity_demonstration_in_Lisbon.jpg", "credit": "Lua Eva Blue", "license": "CC BY 4.0" }, "bullets": [ "335 bullets fired into a car carrying children, from metres away — Forensic Architecture's count.", "Six years old, hours on the phone with rescuers: “Come take me. I'm so scared.”", "The two paramedics sent to save her were killed too — their ambulance struck on arrival." ] }, { "id": "nasser-double-tap", "section": "main", "title": "Double-tap strike on Nasser Hospital kills journalists and rescuers", "date": "25 Aug 2025", "summary": "On 25 August 2025, Israeli forces struck Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis twice in quick succession, with the second strike hitting rescuers and journalists who had gathered at the scene of the first, an attack partly captured on a Reuters live camera feed. Gaza health officials said at least 20 people were killed, including five journalists working with Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and other outlets; the Israeli military said the journalists were not the target and that a preliminary inquiry found troops had aimed at what they identified as a Hamas camera, while the UN Secretary-General and press-freedom groups called for an independent investigation.", "links": [ { "url": "https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/destruction-of-medical-infrastructure-in-gaza", "source": "Forensic Architecture (medical infrastructure)", "headline": "Destruction of Medical Infrastructure in Gaza", "published": "2023-12-20" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/25/middleeast/more-than-dozen-killed-israeli-strikes-gaza-hospital-journalists-intl", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Outrage after Israel kills five journalists in ‘double-tap’ attack on Gaza hospital | CNN", "published": "2025-08-25" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/26/who-were-the-five-journalists-killed-in-israels-gaza-hospital-attack", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Who were the five journalists killed in Israel’s Gaza hospital attack?", "published": "2025-08-26" }, { "url": "https://cpj.org/2025/08/cpj-demands-a-complete-investigation-into-israels-killing-of-5-journalists-at-nasser-hospital/", "source": "CPJ", "headline": "CPJ demands a complete investigation into Israel’s killing of 5 journalists at Nasser Hospital - Committee to Protect Journalists", "published": "2025-08-28" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/08/25/nx-s1-5515630/israel-gaza-journalists-killed-hospital", "source": "NPR", "headline": "Israeli strikes kill 22, including 5 journalists, in a Gaza hospital", "published": "2025-08-25" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-gaza-nasser-hospital-strike-journalists-killed-officials-say/", "source": "CBS News", "headline": "Israeli strike on Gaza", "published": "2025-08-25" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/world/gaza/israel-strikes-gaza-nasser-hospital-journalists-killed-rescue-workers-rcna226926", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital", "published": "2025-08-25" }, { "url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165719", "source": "UN News", "headline": "Killing of journalists in Gaza hospital attack ‘should shock the world’: UN rights office", "published": "2025-08-26" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/safe-and-sustained-access-food-and-medicines-gaza-needed-says-who", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Safe and sustained access to food and medicines needed in Gaza, says WHO" }, { "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/five-journalists-among-20-killed-in-israeli-strikes-on-hospital-gaza-health-ministry-says-13418236", "source": "Sky News", "headline": "Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strikes on hospital, Gaza health ministry says", "published": "2025-08-25", "headline_via": "gdelt" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/25/journalists-among-people-killed-by-israeli-strike-on-gaza-hospital", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "Israel bombed Gaza hospital a second time, killing rescuers, say health officials", "published": "2025-08-25" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-gaza-war-palestine-journalist-deaths-nasser-hospital-latest-b2813550.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "Israel faces global outrage and hostage protests after deadly Gaza hospital strike", "published": "2025-08-26" }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-condemnation-journalists-reaction-1.7617757", "source": "CBC", "headline": "Israeli double-strike that killed 5 journalists sparks international condemnation | CBC News", "published": "2025-08-26" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-08-28/ty-article/journalists-final-images-show-gaza-hospital-where-she-was-killed-in-israeli-strike/00000198-ed89-decf-a7fd-fdaf46510001", "source": "Haaretz", "headline": "Journalist's final images show Gaza hospital where she was killed in Israeli strike", "published": "2025-08-28" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80d2zrdj7vo", "source": "BBC", "headline": "Israeli double strike on Gaza hospital - what we know", "published": "2025-08-25" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Nasser_Hospital_strikes", "official": { "url": "https://www.gov.il/en/pages/idf-spokesperson-statement-on-the-strike-in-the-area-of-nasser-hospital-25-aug-2025", "label": "IDF Spokesperson statement (gov.il)" }, "photo": { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/25/middleeast/more-than-dozen-killed-israeli-strikes-gaza-hospital-journalists-intl", "source": "CNN" }, "bullets": [ "The second missile was for the rescuers — fired as they pulled bodies from the first.", "Killed live on air: a Reuters camera streamed its own operator's death.", "Five journalists from Reuters, AP and Al Jazeera died; the army said it was aiming at “a Hamas camera.”" ] }, { "id": "hospital-rocket-jump", "section": "main", "title": "Strike on tent camp at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Deir al-Balah", "date": "14 Oct 2024", "summary": "On 14 October 2024, an Israeli airstrike hit a tent camp for displaced people on the grounds of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, according to Gaza health officials, and igniting a fire that Doctors Without Borders said destroyed shelters housing 37 families. Widely shared footage verified by NBC News showed people burning alive, including a man lying on a bed reportedly attached to an IV drip; the Israeli military said it targeted a Hamas command center at the site, which Doctors Without Borders said it had no knowledge of.", "links": [ { "url": "https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/destruction-of-medical-infrastructure-in-gaza", "source": "Forensic Architecture (medical infrastructure)", "headline": "Destruction of Medical Infrastructure in Gaza", "published": "2023-12-20" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/14/burned-and-charred-bodies-as-israel-hits-tents-at-central-gaza-hospital", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Israeli attack on Gaza hospital tent camp kills four, ignites fire", "published": "2024-10-14" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-gaza-hamas-hospital-bombing-rcna175237", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "Israeli strike on Gaza hospital ignites devastating fire", "published": "2024-10-14" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/14/israel-airstrike-gaza-hospital-tent-camp-fire/", "source": "Washington Post", "published": "2024-10-14" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-attack-burns-tents-al-aqsa-hospital-killing-displaced-palestinians", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Israeli attack on Gaza's Al-Aqsa Hospital burns Palestinians alive", "published": "2024-10-14" }, { "url": "https://www.972mag.com/al-aqsa-hospital-airstrike-deir-al-balah/", "source": "+972 Magazine", "headline": "‘I see my wife and son burning every time I close my eyes’", "published": "2024-10-18" }, { "url": "https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/gaza-msf-treats-victims-israeli-strike-al-aqsa-hospital-compound", "source": "MSF", "headline": "Gaza: MSF treats victims of Israeli strike on Al-Aqsa Hospital compound - occupied Palestinian territory", "published": "2024-10-14" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/israeli-attack-on-tent-camp-outside-hospital-in-gaza-kills-at-least-4-injures-dozens", "source": "PBS News", "headline": "Israeli attack on tent camp outside hospital in Gaza kills at least 4, injures dozens", "published": "2024-10-14" }, { "url": "https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/15/headlines/gaza_teen_burned_to_death_in_israeli_strike_on_hospital_identified_as_shaban_al_dalou", "source": "Democracy Now", "headline": "Gaza Teen Burned to Death in Israeli Strike on Hospital Identified as Sha’ban al-Dalou", "published": "2024-10-15" }, { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-iran-palestine-gaza-war-10-28-24/", "source": "CNN", "headline": "October 28, 2024 Middle East war news | CNN", "published": "2024-10-28" }, { "url": "https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-10-18-2024-c49911f11a40b7d81b21bc8568ecfe11", "source": "AP", "headline": "A drone targets the Israeli prime minister's house during new barrages with Hezbollah", "published": "2024-10-19" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/drone-strike-benjamin-netanyahu-israel-gaza-lebanon-hamas/", "source": "CBS News", "headline": "Drone strike launched toward Benjamin Netanyahu", "published": "2024-10-19" }, { "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/israel-says-4-soldiers-killed-in-hezbollah-drone-attack/live-70483519", "source": "DW", "headline": "Middle East: Israel strikes Al-Aqsa Hospital complex in Gaza", "published": "2024-10-14" }, { "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/drone-launched-at-benjamin-netanyahus-house-13236321", "source": "Sky News", "headline": "Israel says drone launched at Netanyahu house - as dozens reportedly killed in strikes on Gaza", "published": "2024-10-19", "headline_via": "gdelt" } ], "verify": "Best-documented match for the viral clip; the exact strike behind the footage is unconfirmed — verify against the video. Card image shows the 4 Aug 2024 bombing of the same tent camp.", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_October_2024_Al-Aqsa_Hospital_attack", "official": { "url": "https://x.com/LTC_Ariella/status/1845774737881878572", "label": "IDF spokesperson statement (via X)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Israeli_bombing_of_the_tents_of_the_displaced_in_Al-Aqsa_Martyrs_Hospital%2C_Deir_el-Balah%2C_Gaza_Strip.jpg/960px-Israeli_bombing_of_the_tents_of_the_displaced_in_Al-Aqsa_Martyrs_Hospital%2C_Deir_el-Balah%2C_Gaza_Strip.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Israeli_bombing_of_the_tents_of_the_displaced_in_Al-Aqsa_Martyrs_Hospital,_Deir_el-Balah,_Gaza_Strip.jpg", "credit": "Ashraf Amra / UNRWA", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO" }, "bullets": [ "People burned alive in their tents — one man still attached to his IV drip.", "It was a hospital courtyard: marked, known, full of displaced families.", "MSF said it knew nothing of the “Hamas command center” Israel claimed to hit." ] }, { "id": "ghf-aid-shootings", "section": "main", "title": "Killings of Palestinians seeking food at GHF aid distribution sites", "date": "27 May – October 2025 (recurring incidents)", "summary": "From late May 2025, Palestinians seeking food at distribution sites run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation were repeatedly fired upon; the UN human rights office reported that by mid-August 2025, 994 of the 1,760 Palestinians killed while seeking food since 27 May had died in the vicinity of GHF sites, with witnesses, Gaza health officials, and UN bodies attributing most of the killings to Israeli forces. In June 2025, Haaretz quoted Israeli soldiers who said commanders ordered them to fire on unarmed crowds near the sites — one called the area a \"killing field\" — allegations the Israeli military and government denied, with Netanyahu calling the report a \"blood libel.\"", "links": [ { "url": "https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/humanitarian-violence-in-gaza", "source": "Forensic Architecture (humanitarian violence)", "headline": "Humanitarian Violence in Gaza", "published": "2024-03-14" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-06-27/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-soldiers-ordered-to-shoot-deliberately-at-unarmed-gazans-waiting-for-humanitarian-aid/00000197-ad8e-de01-a39f-ffbe33780000", "source": "Haaretz", "headline": "Haaretz exposé • IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid", "published": "2025-06-27" }, { "url": "https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/08/un-experts-call-immediate-dismantling-gaza-humanitarian-foundation", "source": "UN OHCHR", "headline": "UN experts call for immediate dismantling of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation", "published": "2025-08-05" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/25/us-backed-ghf-aid-mission-in-gaza-ends-a-timeline-of-violence", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "US-backed GHF ‘aid mission’ in Gaza ends – a timeline of violence", "published": "2025-11-25" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/07/gaza-aid-ghf-israel-shooting-violence/", "source": "Washington Post", "published": "2025-07-07" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/04/middleeast/israel-military-gaza-aid-shooting-intl-invs", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Videos, expert analysis and witnesses point to Israeli gunfire in deadly Gaza aid site shooting | CNN", "published": "2025-06-05" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/07/19/g-s1-78420/palestinians-food-aid-deaths", "source": "NPR", "headline": "32 Palestinians killed trying to reach food distribution hubs, Gaza authorities say", "published": "2025-07-19" }, { "url": "https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/08/01/gaza-israeli-killings-of-palestinians-seeking-food-are-war-crimes", "source": "Human Rights Watch", "headline": "Gaza: Israeli Killings of Palestinians Seeking Food Are War Crimes", "published": "2025-08-01" }, { "url": "https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/us-backed-aid-distribution-points-gaza-are-sites-orchestrated-killing", "source": "MSF", "headline": "US-backed aid distribution points in Gaza are sites of orchestrated killing", "published": "2025-08-07" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israeli-gunfire-kills-more-gaza-aid-seekers-as-u-s-envoy-meets-with-hostages-families", "source": "PBS", "headline": "Israeli gunfire kills more Gaza aid-seekers as U.S. envoy meets with hostages' families", "published": "2025-08-02" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-backed-gaza-humanitarian-foundation-says-20-people-killed", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says 20 people killed in distribution sites" }, { "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/us-backed-gaza-aid-group-says-5-killed-in-hamas-attack/live-72877526", "source": "DW", "headline": "Middle East: Activist convoy enters Libya en route to Gaza", "published": "2025-06-12" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/27/israel-gaza-war-ghf-aid-operations-live-news-updates", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "Israel-Gaza war: UN says it is unsure how much aid has been delivered inside Gaza by Israeli-backed logistics group – as it happened", "published": "2025-05-27" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c335236e0n1t", "source": "BBC", "headline": "BBC Verify Live: Investigating Gaza aid site deaths and the cost of Afghan resettlement plan", "published": "2025-07-16" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wfps-cindy-mccain-gaza-humanitarian-catastrophe/story?id=122392707", "source": "ABC News", "headline": "WFP's Cindy McCain: Gaza could be 'a humanitarian catastrophe ... like none other’", "published": "2025-06-01" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Gaza_Strip_aid_distribution_killings", "official": { "url": "https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/humanitarian-missions/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-humanitarian-aid-situation-in-gaza/", "label": "IDF statement" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Gaza_map_GHF_distribution-IDF_invasion_June_2025.png/960px-Gaza_map_GHF_distribution-IDF_invasion_June_2025.png", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaza_map_GHF_distribution-IDF_invasion_June_2025.png", "credit": "Wickey (Wikimedia Commons user)", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0" }, "bullets": [ "“It's a killing field” — an Israeli soldier describing his own orders, to Haaretz.", "994 people killed near GHF sites in eleven weeks, by UN count — shot waiting for food.", "Soldiers said commanders ordered live fire at unarmed crowds — one compared it to “red light, green light.”" ] }, { "id": "jenin-execution", "section": "main", "title": "Killing of two surrendering Palestinian men during Israeli raid in Jenin", "date": "27 Nov 2025", "summary": "On 27 November 2025, Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian men, Al-Muntasir Billah Abdullah, 26, and Youssef Asasa, 37, during a raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, after video showed the men emerging from a building with their hands raised and shirts lifted in apparent surrender. The UN human rights office said it was appalled by what it called a \"summary execution,\" the rights group B'Tselem said the footage showed an execution of men who had surrendered, and the Israeli military said the men were wanted militants and that it was investigating the incident.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/27/israeli-troops-kill-two-palestinians-in-jenin-as-they-try-to-surrender", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in Jenin as they try to surrender", "published": "2025-11-27" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/middleeast/jenin-west-bank-israeli-military-men-killed-intl-latam", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Israeli ​military kills two men after they appeared to surrender during operation in West Bank | CNN", "published": "2025-11-27" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-soldiers-execute-palestinian-men-surrender-west-bank-jenin-video-btselem/", "source": "CBS News", "headline": "Video shows Israeli soldiers execute 2 Palestinians as they surrender in West Bank raid, rights group says", "published": "2025-11-28" }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k4EHS-qeWYw", "source": "Video (YouTube)", "headline": "UN condemns Israeli soldiers’ execution of unarmed Palestinians in Jenin", "published": "2025-11-28" }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jnwy_7AzjU", "source": "BBC News", "headline": "Video shows Israeli forces shooting dead Palestinian prisoners in occupied West Bank | BBC News", "published": "2025-11-27" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/11/28/nx-s1-5623794/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-men-in-west-bank-after-appear-surrender", "source": "NPR", "headline": "Israeli forces kill Palestinian men in West Bank after they appear to surrender", "published": "2025-11-28" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/israeli-forces-kill-two-palestinians-surrender-jenin-west-bank-rcna246278", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "Israeli forces kill two Palestinians after they appear to surrender", "published": "2025-11-28" }, { "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20251128-un-slams-israel-s-apparent-summary-execution-of-palestinians-in-west-bank", "source": "France24", "headline": "UN slams Israel's ‘apparent summary execution' of Palestinians in West Bank", "published": "2025-11-28" }, { "url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/11/1166469", "source": "UN News", "headline": "UN rights office condemns ‘apparent summary execution’ of two men in the West Bank", "published": "2025-11-28" }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/28/video-shows-israeli-forces-killing-two-palestinian-men-after-apparent-surrender", "source": "Euronews", "headline": "Video shows Israeli army kill two Palestinians on apparent surrender", "published": "2025-11-28" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/israel-west-bank-palestine-men-footage-b2874205.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "Israeli forces kill two Palestinians after they appeared to surrender", "published": "2025-11-28" }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/west-bank-two-men-killed-israeli-forces-footage-9.6995092", "source": "CBC", "headline": "Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians in West Bank who seemed to be surrendering, video shows | CBC News", "published": "2025-11-27" }, { "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/israel-forces-shoot-2-palestinians-dead-in-jenin-west-bank/a-74932585", "source": "DW", "headline": "Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians after apparent surrender", "published": "2025-11-27" }, { "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/israeli-forces-kill-two-palestinian-men-in-west-bank-after-they-appear-to-surrender-13476319", "source": "Sky News", "headline": "Israeli forces kill two Palestinian men in West Bank after they appear to surrender", "published": "2025-11-27" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8dyqzm0rp4o", "source": "BBC", "headline": "West Bank: Israeli troops kill two Palestinians after they appear to surrender", "published": "2025-11-27" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Wall_(Israeli_military_operation)", "official": { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-palestinian-terror-suspects-shot-dead-in-jenin-after-surrendering-to-border-police/", "label": "IDF and Israel Police joint statement (via Times of Israel)" }, "photo": { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/27/israeli-troops-kill-two-palestinians-in-jenin-as-they-try-to-surrender", "source": "Al Jazeera" }, "bullets": [ "Hands up, shirts lifted, surrendering on camera — then shot.", "The UN called it what the video shows: “a summary execution.”", "The surrender procedure had been underway for hours before they were killed." ] }, { "id": "baby-cigarette", "section": "main", "title": "Gaza toddler returned from Israeli detention with reported cigarette burns", "date": "19 Mar 2026", "summary": "On 19 March 2026, Israeli forces detained 21-month-old Jawad Abu Nassar and his father Osama near the al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, and the toddler was handed back through the Red Cross about ten hours later with circular wounds on his legs that his family and doctors at a Gaza hospital said were consistent with deliberate cigarette burns. The Israeli military rejected the abuse allegations as unfounded, suggesting the marks were splinter or shrapnel injuries, while the father reportedly remained in detention.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-toddler-israeli-military-custody-9.7148662", "source": "CBC News", "headline": "Gaza family says toddler released from Israeli custody found with cigarette burn marks | CBC News", "published": "2026-04-02" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-toddler-released-israeli-custody-cigarette-burn-wounds", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Gaza toddler released from Israeli custody with ‘cigarette burn’ wounds", "published": "2026-03-25" }, { "url": "https://www.newarab.com/features/jawads-ordeal-gaza-toddlers-trauma-after-israeli-torture", "source": "The New Arab", "headline": "Jawad’s ordeal: A Gaza toddler’s trauma after Israeli torture", "published": "2026-04-09" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/3/24/israeli-soldiers-accused-of-torturing-toddler-in-gaza", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Israeli soldiers accused of ‘torturing’ toddler in Gaza", "published": "2026-03-24" }, { "url": "https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/03/un-expert-warns-torture-has-become-state-doctrine-israel-making-prisons", "source": "UN OHCHR", "headline": "UN expert warns torture has become ‘state doctrine’ in Israel, making prisons instruments of genocide and torture", "published": "2026-03-23" }, { "url": "https://www.alhaq.org/monitoring-documentation/27427.html", "source": "Al-Haq", "headline": "Affidavit: The Torture of 22-Month-Old Jawad" }, { "url": "https://www.trtworld.com/article/3468729a94aa", "source": "TRT World", "headline": "TRT World - Israeli soldiers reportedly torture one-year-old child in Gaza to force confessions from his father", "published": "2026-03-23" }, { "url": "https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-yellow-line-psychological-trauma-maghazi", "source": "Drop Site News", "headline": "The Man Who Walked Toward the \"Yellow Line\" in Gaza—and the Son He Carried With Him", "published": "2026-07-11" }, { "url": "https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/israeli-soldiers-torture-baby-cigarettes", "source": "The Electronic Intifada", "headline": "Israeli soldiers torture baby with cigarettes", "published": "2026-03-27" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/gaza-toddler-torture-idf-israel-detention-b2947167.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "Toddler returned to mum with ‘cigarette burns’ after Israeli detention", "published": "2026-03-27" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawad_Abu_Nassar", "official": { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-denies-reports-of-abuse-of-gaza-toddler-says-father-used-him-as-a-human-shield/", "label": "IDF response (via Times of Israel)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Nuseirat%2C_Maghazi_and_Bureij_refugee_camps_in_the_OCHA_OpT_September_2023_map_of_the_Gaza_Strip.png/960px-Nuseirat%2C_Maghazi_and_Bureij_refugee_camps_in_the_OCHA_OpT_September_2023_map_of_the_Gaza_Strip.png", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nuseirat,_Maghazi_and_Bureij_refugee_camps_in_the_OCHA_OpT_September_2023_map_of_the_Gaza_Strip.png", "credit": "OCHA OpT (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)", "license": "Public domain (UN map)" }, "bullets": [ "A 21-month-old returned from detention with circular burns doctors said match cigarettes.", "Ten hours in military custody; his father did not come back with him.", "X-rays ruled out the army's shrapnel explanation, Gaza doctors said." ] }, { "id": "sde-teiman-dogs", "section": "main", "title": "Torture and sexual violence against Palestinian detainees at Sde Teiman, including use of attack dogs", "date": "October 2023 onward; principal documentation May–August 2024", "summary": "According to UN OHCHR reporting and testimonies from released detainees, Palestinians held at Israel's Sde Teiman military detention facility were subjected to systematic torture and severe sexual and gender-based violence, including dogs being set on shackled detainees, with some testimonies collected by UN bodies and human-rights organizations alleging dog-involved sexual assault. Israeli whistleblowers who worked at the facility corroborated accounts of abuse in a CNN investigation, and UN experts described the reported treatment as flagrant violations of international law, while Israel has denied the specific allegations.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/08/israels-escalating-use-torture-against-palestinians-custody-preventable", "source": "UN OHCHR", "headline": "Israel’s escalating use of torture against Palestinians in custody a preventable crime against humanity: UN experts", "published": "2024-08-05" }, { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/10/middleeast/israel-sde-teiman-detention-whistleblowers-intl-cmd", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Israeli whistleblowers detail horror of shadowy detention facility for Palestinians | CNN", "published": "2024-05-10" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/6/9/shackled-bleeding-raped-palestinians-describe-abuse-in-israels-prisons", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Shackled, bleeding, raped: Palestinians describe abuse in Israel’s prisons", "published": "2026-06-09" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-hamas-war-idf-palestinian-prisoner-alleged-rape-sde-teinman-abuse-protest/", "source": "CBS News", "headline": "Israeli lawmaker defends alleged rape of Hamas prisoner as far-right protesters rage over IDF troops", "published": "2024-07-30" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-sexual-abuse-palestinian-prisoners-rcna165811", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "U.S. decries reported sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners after graphic video aired on Israeli TV", "published": "2024-08-10" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/raped-female-soldiers-palestinian-leaked-sde-teiman-photo-speaks-out", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "‘Raped by female soldiers’: Palestinian in leaked Sde Teiman photo speaks out", "published": "2024-08-08" }, { "url": "https://www.972mag.com/sde-teiman-prisoners-lawyer-mahajneh/", "source": "+972 Magazine", "headline": "‘More horrific than Abu Ghraib’: Lawyer recounts visit to Israeli detention center", "published": "2024-06-27" }, { "url": "https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/23/israel-detainees-face-inhumane-treatment", "source": "Human Rights Watch", "headline": "Israel: Detainees Face Inhumane Treatment", "published": "2024-07-23" }, { "url": "https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/03/israel-opt-decision-to-drop-charges-against-soldiers-accused-of-abuse-of-palestinian-detainees-disgraceful/", "source": "Amnesty International", "headline": "Israel/OPT: Decision to drop charges against soldiers accused of abuse of Palestinian detainee disgraceful", "published": "2026-03-13" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgygdr7vezo", "source": "BBC", "headline": "Gaza detainees shackled, blindfolded and in nappies at Israel hospital", "published": "2024-05-21" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/10/israel-gaza-war-live-rafah-offensive-hamas-unga-new-palestinian-vote?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-663de8198f08ce655a70a9bf", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "Israel-Gaza war: UN passed resolution for security council to reconsider and support Palestine membership – as it happened", "published": "2024-05-10" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-09/ty-article/.premium/netanyahu-tells-top-court-all-efforts-must-be-made-to-clear-prisoners-out-of-sde-teiman/00000190-9677-d1c5-a1d6-beff09b60000", "source": "Haaretz", "headline": "Netanyahu tells top court all efforts must be made to clear prisoners out of Sde Teiman", "published": "2024-07-09" }, { "url": "https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/fists-boots-rifle-butts-and-clubs-abuse-of-palestinian-prisoners-in-israeli-detention-facilities-a-724d3f70-2175-4ced-a23d-4452cd81024f", "source": "Der Spiegel", "headline": "Allegations of Abuse of Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Detention Facilities", "published": "2024-06-07" }, { "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-dozens-reported-dead-in-rafah-strike/live-69190614", "source": "DW", "headline": "Israel-Hamas war: Rafah death toll rises amid condemnation", "published": "2024-05-27" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/05/israel-gaza-hamas-negotiations-breakthrough/", "source": "Washington Post", "headline": "Amid muted optimism, Israeli-Hamas talks resume, then adjourn again", "published": "2024-07-05" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-israeli-delegation-arrives-cairo-gaza-cease-fire-112056318", "source": "ABC News", "headline": "The Latest | Israeli politician's visit to a Jerusalem holy site threatens Gaza cease-fire talks", "published": "2024-07-18" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sde_Teiman_detention_camp", "official": { "url": "https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/israel-at-war/all-articles/response-to-queries-about-the-detention-facility-in-the-sde-teiman-military-base/", "label": "IDF statement" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%99%D7%90_%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%92_%E2%80%93_%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%9D.png/960px-%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%99%D7%90_%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%92_%E2%80%93_%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%9D.png", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%99%D7%90_%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%92_%E2%80%93_%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%9D.png", "credit": "IDF security camera footage (uploaded to Commons by אור גנוז)", "license": "Public domain (PD-automated: fixed CCTV footage, ineligible for copyright)" }, "bullets": [ "Attack dogs set on shackled, blindfolded detainees — documented by the UN.", "Israeli whistleblowers described amputations caused by round-the-clock zip-tie restraints.", "The UN found the torture systematic — policy, not incidents." ] }, { "id": "organs-missing", "section": "main", "title": "Returned bodies of Palestinians show signs of abuse; Gaza officials allege organ removal", "date": "Oct 2025 – Feb 2026 (ceasefire-era body returns; earlier returns from 2023 onward)", "summary": "During the ceasefire exchanges beginning in October 2025, Israel returned hundreds of Palestinian bodies to Gaza via the ICRC, and Gaza health officials and forensic doctors said many arrived bound, blindfolded, or bearing marks of torture and execution, with some allegedly missing corneas, livers, kidneys, and other organs. Gaza's government media office called for an international investigation into alleged organ theft, while Israel denied the accusations and Gaza forensic doctors noted they lack the equipment to conclusively confirm or refute organ removal.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/15/gaza-medics-find-signs-of-torture-on-palestinian-bodies-returned-by-israel", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Gaza medics find signs of torture on Palestinian bodies returned by Israel", "published": "2025-10-15" }, { "url": "https://www.972mag.com/gaza-palestinian-bodies-israel-transfer-chaos/", "source": "+972 Magazine", "headline": "Calculated chaos: Inside Israel’s transfer of Palestinian bodies to Gaza", "published": "2026-07-15" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/palestinians-say-bodies-and-detainees-returned-by-israel-show-signs-of-torture-and-abuse", "source": "PBS NewsHour", "headline": "Palestinians say bodies and detainees returned by Israel show signs of torture and abuse", "published": "2025-10-29" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/29/israel-hamas-hostages-ceasefire/dfa84054-fd34-11f0-954b-b80c7ed67fc7_story.html", "source": "Washington Post", "headline": "Israel returns Palestinian bodies, official says, marking last exchange between Israel and Hamas", "published": "2026-01-29" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/world/gaza/gaza-mass-burial-palestinian-bodies-returned-israel-ceasefire-hamas-rcna239123", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "In Gaza, a mass burial offers little closure and new questions", "published": "2025-10-25" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/International/mass-funeral-held-gaza-palestinian-prisoner-remains-returned/story?id=126757140", "source": "ABC News", "headline": "Mass funeral held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoner remains returned by Israel as Palestinian officials allege signs of torture", "published": "2025-10-22" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-bodies-returned-israel-signs-torture-incisions", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Severed fingers and incisions: Bodies returned by Israel shock Gaza families", "published": "2025-12-02" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251017-gaza-authorities-accuse-israel-of-stealing-organs-from-released-palestinian-bodies/", "source": "Middle East Monitor", "headline": "Gaza authorities accuse Israel of stealing organs from released Palestinian bodies", "published": "2025-10-17" }, { "url": "https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6889/Clear-evidence-of-brutal-torture:-Condition-of-Palestinian-bodies-released-from-Israeli-prisons-demands-urgent-int%E2%80%99l-investigation", "source": "Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor", "headline": "Clear evidence of brutal torture: Condition of Palestinian bodies released from Israeli prisons demands urgent int’l investigation" }, { "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/11/20/ngo-warns-explosive-weapons-killed-record-number-of-children-in-2024_6747645_4.html", "source": "Le Monde", "headline": "NGO warns explosive weapons killed record number of children in 2024", "published": "2025-11-20" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-palestine-detainees-prison-gaza-b2866785.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "98 Palestinians died in Israeli detention in ‘systematic policy of killing’: report", "published": "2025-11-17" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-palestinian-prisoner-deaths-since-oct-7-2023-alarming-rights-group-phri/", "source": "CBS News", "headline": "Palestinians dying at", "published": "2025-11-17" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_razing_of_cemeteries_and_necroviolence_against_Palestinians", "official": { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/palestinians-say-bodies-and-detainees-returned-by-israel-show-signs-of-torture-and-abuse", "label": "Israeli military response (via PBS NewsHour)" }, "photo": { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/10/23/gaza-funerals-held-for-unidentified-palestinians-bodies-returned-by-israel", "source": "Al Jazeera" }, "bullets": [ "Bodies returned bound and blindfolded — some, doctors say, missing corneas, livers, kidneys.", "Gaza's forensics cannot verify organ theft: the labs that could are destroyed.", "Israel admitted taking organs from Palestinians without consent in the 1990s — the precedent is on record." ] }, { "id": "right-to-rape", "section": "main", "title": "Sde Teiman detainee abuse case: base stormings and the fall of Israel's top military lawyer", "date": "29 Jul 2024 (arrests and base stormings); Oct–Nov 2025 (Military Advocate General's resignation and arrest)", "summary": "On 29 July 2024, after Israeli military police detained reservists suspected of severely sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman detention facility, far-right mobs that included Knesset members and government ministers stormed the Sde Teiman and Beit Lid bases, while some Israeli lawmakers and commentators publicly defended the soldiers' actions against the detainee, according to Al Jazeera and CBS News. Leaked surveillance video of the alleged assault was broadcast by Israel's Channel 12 in August 2024, and in October–November 2025 Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned, was formally dismissed, and was arrested after admitting she had authorized the leak, according to CNN.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/29/israeli-far-right-politicians-protest-arrest-of-soldiers-suspected-of-abuse", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Israeli far-right politicians protest arrest of soldiers suspected of abuse", "published": "2024-07-29" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-hamas-war-idf-palestinian-prisoner-alleged-rape-sde-teinman-abuse-protest/", "source": "CBS News", "headline": "Israeli lawmaker defends alleged rape of Hamas prisoner as far-right protesters rage over IDF troops", "published": "2024-07-30" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/middleeast/major-general-tomer-yerushalmi-israel-intl", "source": "CNN", "headline": "A leaked video, a frantic search, and the top military lawyer: What to know about the scandal rocking Israel | CNN", "published": "2025-11-04" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/11/04/g-s1-96413/israel-scandal-top-military-lawyer-thrown-into-jail", "source": "NPR", "headline": "Israel rocked by scandal as top military lawyer is thrown into jail", "published": "2025-11-04" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-protesters-far-right-lawmaker-storm-military-bases-rcna164213", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "Israeli protesters storm military bases after soldiers detained for alleged abuse of Palestinian prisoners", "published": "2024-07-30" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/israel-arrests-military-lawyer-accused-of-leaking-video-showing-alleged-abuse-of-detainee", "source": "PBS NewsHour", "headline": "Israel arrests military lawyer accused of leaking video showing alleged abuse of detainee", "published": "2025-11-03" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-11-03/ty-article/.premium/israel-released-palestinian-detainee-allegedly-seen-in-leaked-abuse-video-back-to-gaza/0000019a-49a9-d054-affa-79add2b70000", "source": "Haaretz", "headline": "Israel released Palestinian detainee allegedly seen in leaked abuse video back to Gaza", "published": "2025-11-03" }, { "url": "https://www.972mag.com/sde-teiman-leak-military-advocate-general/", "source": "+972 Magazine", "headline": "Both sides of the Sde Teiman leak debate reflect Israel’s moral decay", "published": "2025-11-07" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-chief-formally-dismisses-ex-military-advocate-general-over-sde-teiman-scandal/", "source": "The Times of Israel", "headline": "IDF chief formally dismisses ex-military advocate general over Sde Teiman scandal", "published": "2026-05-26" }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ibrahim-salem-sde-teiman-detainee-1.7291048", "source": "CBC", "headline": "Gaza man behind leaked photo from Israeli detention site describes his 'torture journey' in custody | CBC News", "published": "2024-08-13" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-zero-tolerance-sexual-abuse-palestinian-detainees-israeli-detention-facility", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "US calls for 'zero tolerance' of sexual abuse of Palestinians in Israeli detention facilities", "published": "2024-08-08" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/31/israel-prison-abuse-hamas-palestinians/", "source": "Washington Post", "headline": "Opinion | A detainee-abuse scandal erupts just when Israel can least afford it", "published": "2024-07-31" }, { "url": "https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-07-29/israeli-soldiers-under-investigation-over-alleged-abuse-of-detainee-at-shadowy-military-facility", "source": "LA Times", "headline": "Israeli soldiers under investigation over alleged abuse of detainee at shadowy military facility", "published": "2024-07-29" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2q07kd3ld6o", "source": "BBC", "headline": "Israeli protesters enter Sde Teiman army base after soldiers held over Gaza detainee abuse", "published": "2024-07-29" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/30/deep-moral-deterioration-is-being-normalised-in-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "‘Deep moral deterioration’ being normalised in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict", "published": "2024-07-30" }, { "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/world/middleeast/israel-army-bases-riots.html", "source": "NYT", "headline": "Unrest at Israeli Army Bases Highlights Battle for Country Soul", "published": "2024-07-31", "headline_via": "gdelt" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-prison-idf-soldiers-arrest-palestine-rape-b2587997.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "Israeli protesters storm military base after soldiers held over prisoner abuse", "published": "2024-07-30" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sde_Teiman_gang_rape", "official": { "url": "https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/military-advocate-generals-corps/the-military-advocate-general-s-decision-to-withdraw-the-indictment-against-the-force-100-soldiers-from-the-sde-teiman-base/", "label": "IDF Military Advocate General statement" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/ProtestAtBietLid.jpg/960px-ProtestAtBietLid.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ProtestAtBietLid.jpg", "credit": "Tolkienay", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0" }, "bullets": [ "Soldiers were arrested for gang-raping a detainee — so a mob, ministers included, stormed the base to free them.", "Israeli television hosted a debate on whether soldiers have a “right” to abuse prisoners.", "The army's top lawyer went to jail over the case — for leaking the video, not for the rape." ] }, { "id": "wck-strike", "section": "main", "title": "Israeli drone strikes kill seven World Central Kitchen aid workers", "date": "1 Apr 2024", "summary": "On 1 April 2024, three successive Israeli drone strikes hit a clearly marked World Central Kitchen convoy near Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killing seven aid workers from Australia, Poland, the United Kingdom, Palestine, and a US-Canada dual citizen, even though the charity said it had coordinated the route with the Israeli military. The Israel Defense Forces acknowledged the convoy traveled a preapproved, deconflicted route, called the attack a grave mistake stemming from misidentification, and dismissed two officers, while WCK and the victims' home governments rejected the internal inquiry and demanded an independent investigation.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/middleeast/israel-idf-world-central-kitchen-strike-report-intl/index.html", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Israeli military fires two senior officers as report finds strike on aid workers was in ‘violation of commands’ | CNN", "published": "2024-04-05" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-02/ty-article/.premium/idf-bombed-wck-aid-convoy-3-times-targeting-armed-hamas-member-who-wasnt-there/0000018e-9e75-d764-adff-9eff29360000", "source": "Haaretz", "headline": "IDF bombed WCK aid convoy 3 times, targeting armed Hamas member who wasn't there", "published": "2024-04-02" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/04/05/1242986585/israels-military-dismisses-officers-over-world-central-kitchen-airstrike", "source": "NPR", "headline": "Israel's military dismisses officers over World Central Kitchen airstrike", "published": "2024-04-05" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/2/gaza-aid-worker-attack-what-do-we-know", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Gaza aid worker attack: What do we know?", "published": "2024-04-02" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/01/world-central-kitchen-gaza-deaths-wck/", "source": "Washington Post", "headline": "Israeli strike on World Central Kitchen convoy halts some Gaza aid efforts", "published": "2024-04-02" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/International/world-central-kitchen-calls-independent-investigation-killing-aid/story?id=108832412", "source": "ABC News", "headline": "Visual investigation shows WCK convoy cars in 3 locations in 1-mile span after being hit", "published": "2024-04-04" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/central-world-kitchen-aid-workers-killed-airstrike-gaza/", "source": "CBS News", "headline": "7 World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza", "published": "2024-04-01" }, { "url": "https://wck.org/news/gaza-team-update/", "source": "World Central Kitchen", "headline": "7 WCK team members killed in Gaza | WCK", "published": "2024-04-02" }, { "url": "https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/special-advisers-public-report-israels-response-wck-strikes-august-2024.pdf", "source": "Australian Government (DFAT)" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/world-central-kitchen-aid-worker-injured-b2526687.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "World Central Kitchen says Israel ‘gravely injured’ yet another aid worker in Gaza", "published": "2024-04-10" }, { "url": "https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-aid-workers-killed-2d08786a9839dfc402632c7ca745acca", "source": "AP", "headline": "Israel-Hamas war: How an aid convoy in Gaza became Israel's target", "published": "2024-04-11" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-calls-chef-jose-andres-israeli-strike-kills-world-central-kitche-rcna146075", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "Biden calls chef José Andrés after Israeli strike kills World Central Kitchen aid workers", "published": "2024-04-02" }, { "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240404-aid-worker-killed-by-israel-felt-need-to-help-parents-say", "source": "France24", "headline": "Aid worker killed by Israel felt need to help, parents say", "published": "2024-04-04" }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/world-central-kitchen-israeli-missile-strike-1.7162074", "source": "CBC", "headline": "Will the missile attack that killed aid workers change Israeli minds about the Gaza war? | CBC News", "published": "2024-04-03" }, { "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/04/05/spanish-ngo-open-arms-suspends-operations-in-gaza_6667445_4.html", "source": "Le Monde", "headline": "Spanish NGO Open Arms suspends operations in Gaza", "published": "2024-04-05" }, { "url": "https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-04-03/family-and-friends-recall-dedication-of-world-central-kitchen-aid-workers-killed-in-gaza", "source": "LA Times", "headline": "Family and friends recall dedication of World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza", "published": "2024-04-03" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68732215", "source": "BBC", "headline": "World Central Kitchen's Jose Andres says IDF targeted aid workers", "published": "2024-04-04" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Central_Kitchen_aid_convoy_attack", "official": { "url": "https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/israel-at-war/all-articles/conclusion-of-the-investigation-into-the-incident-in-which-wck-employees-were-killed-during-a-humanitarian-operation-in-gaza/", "label": "IDF statement (investigation conclusion, 5 Apr 2024)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Foreign_Minister_Penny_Wong_Wreath_Laying_at_International_Humanitarian_Memorial_%28000148167%29.jpg/960px-Foreign_Minister_Penny_Wong_Wreath_Laying_at_International_Humanitarian_Memorial_%28000148167%29.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foreign_Minister_Penny_Wong_Wreath_Laying_at_International_Humanitarian_Memorial_(000148167).jpg", "credit": "Alexandra Peek / Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)", "license": "CC BY 4.0" }, "bullets": [ "Three precision strikes, one vehicle after another, chasing survivors down the road.", "The convoy's route was pre-approved by the army that destroyed it.", "Seven aid workers from five countries, killed delivering food Israel had cleared." ] }, { "id": "children-sniped", "section": "main", "title": "Children in Gaza treated for single gunshot wounds to the head or chest", "date": "October 2023 – July 2025 (de Volkskrant investigation published 2025; European Press Prize 2026)", "summary": "Foreign doctors and nurses who volunteered in Gaza reported treating children with single gunshot wounds to the head or chest as a recurring pattern rather than a stray-fire accident: in the 2025 de Volkskrant investigation “What the wounds are telling us” — awarded the 2026 European Press Prize for Distinguished Reporting — Willem Feenstra and Maud Effting interviewed 17 international doctors and one nurse who had worked across six hospitals and four clinics, 15 of whom described a combined 114 children aged 15 and under shot once in the head or chest, most of whom died, and two forensic pathologists who reviewed the imagery concluded the wounds were highly likely to be long-distance shots aimed with military-grade ammunition. Earlier accounts converge with it: 45 American clinicians wrote to the White House in July 2024 that they treated pre-teen children shot in the head and chest daily, 44 of 65 healthcare workers surveyed by the New York Times in October 2024 reported the same, and a BBC World Service investigation documented 168 children shot between October 2023 and July 2025, 95 of them hit in the head or chest — all of which Israel denies, saying its forces do not deliberately target civilians.", "links": [ { "url": "https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/a-cartography-of-genocide", "source": "Forensic Architecture (Cartography of Genocide)", "headline": "A Cartography of Genocide: Israel's Conduct in Gaza since October 2023", "published": "2024-10-25" }, { "url": "https://www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2025/schotwonden-palestijnse-kinderen-israel-oorlog~v1778945/", "source": "de Volkskrant — 'What the wounds are telling us'", "headline": "Schotwonden bij Palestijnse kinderen wijzen op gericht vuur", "published": "2025-09-13" }, { "url": "https://www.europeanpressprize.com/article/what-the-wounds-are-telling-us/", "source": "European Press Prize 2026 (Distinguished Reporting)", "headline": "What the wounds are telling us - European Press Prize", "published": "2026-03-17" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/14/foreign-doctors-say-israel-systematically-targeting-gazas-children-report", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Foreign doctors say Israel systematically targeting Gaza’s children: Report", "published": "2025-09-14" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/26/world/open-letter-45-us-physicians-gaza", "source": "CNN", "headline": "‘We cannot remain silent about what we saw.’ US medical workers demand Gaza ceasefire in letter to Biden and Harris | CNN", "published": "2024-07-26" }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orR7H8GnhCY", "source": "BBC World Service (BBC Africa Eye, official YouTube)", "headline": "Shot in the head and chest: Investigating the killings of children in Gaza - BBC Africa", "published": "2025-08-02" }, { "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/09/opinion/gaza-doctor-interviews.html", "source": "New York Times", "headline": "Opinion | What Doctors and Health Care Workers in Gaza Saw", "published": "2024-10-09", "headline_via": "gdelt" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/children-of-gaza/", "source": "CBS News", "headline": "Children of Gaza", "published": "2024-07-21" }, { "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte/20241029-us-doctor-claims-israeli-snipers-target-child-in-gaza-no-child-gets-shot-twice-by-mistakea", "source": "France24", "headline": "US surgeon claims Israel targets Gaza children: 'No child gets shot twice by mistake'", "published": "2024-10-29" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-doctors-accuse-israel-of-shooting-gazan-kids-experts-see-need-for-a-second-opinion/", "source": "Times of Israel", "headline": "After doctors accuse Israel of shooting Gazan kids, experts see need for a second opinion", "published": "2025-03-08" }, { "url": "https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/16/gaza_doctor", "source": "Democracy Now", "headline": "Israel Is Routinely Shooting Children in the Head in Gaza: U.S. Surgeon & Palestinian Nurse", "published": "2024-10-16" }, { "url": "https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/gaza-doctors-find-disturbing-pattern-of-gunshot-wounds-in-head-and-chest-among-children/3686876", "source": "Anadolu Agency", "headline": "Gaza doctors find disturbing pattern of gunshot wounds in head and chest among children", "published": "2025-09-13" }, { "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/middle-east-latest-israel-kills-dozens-in-airstrike-on-school-sheltering-displaced-people-in-gaza-palestinian-officials-say-12978800", "source": "Sky News", "headline": "Middle East latest: Israel kills dozens in airstrike on school sheltering displaced people in Gaza, Palestinian officials say", "published": "2024-10-10", "headline_via": "gdelt" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xez14e7lro", "source": "BBC", "headline": "Israel-Gaza war: Air strike said to have killed dozens in Jabalia", "published": "2024-10-18" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-many-other-shuvael-ben-natans-are-gaza-now-fired-enthusiasm", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "How many other Shuva’el Ben-Natans are in Gaza now, fired up with enthusiasm?", "published": "2024-10-30" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_the_Gaza_war_on_children_in_the_Gaza_Strip", "official": { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/children-of-gaza/", "label": "IDF response (via CBS News)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/An_injured_child_receives_treatment_at_Al-Aqsa_Martyrs_Hospital_after_Israeli_airstrike_of_the_Nuseirat_refugee_camp%2C_Gaza_Strip.jpg/960px-An_injured_child_receives_treatment_at_Al-Aqsa_Martyrs_Hospital_after_Israeli_airstrike_of_the_Nuseirat_refugee_camp%2C_Gaza_Strip.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_injured_child_receives_treatment_at_Al-Aqsa_Martyrs_Hospital_after_Israeli_airstrike_of_the_Nuseirat_refugee_camp,_Gaza_Strip.jpg", "credit": "Ashraf Amra / UNRWA", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO" }, "bullets": [ "114 children aged 15 and under, each shot once in the head or chest — counted by 15 of the 17 foreign doctors de Volkskrant interviewed. Most did not survive.", "“Highly likely … long-distance shots aimed at the head and/or neck using military-grade ammunition” — forensic pathologist Wim Van de Voorde.", "Too many to be stray rounds: a second pathologist, Frank van de Goot, found entry patterns indicating fire from considerable distance, inconsistent with accidental hits at this frequency." ] }, { "id": "flour-massacre", "section": "main", "title": "Al-Rashid Street aid convoy killings, Gaza City", "date": "29 Feb 2024", "summary": "On 29 February 2024, at least 112 Palestinians were killed and roughly 760 wounded around an aid-flour convoy at the Nabulsi roundabout on al-Rashid Street in Gaza City; witnesses and Gaza health officials said Israeli forces fired on the crowd, while the Israeli military said most victims were trampled or run over in a crush around the trucks. UN experts condemned the killings and called for accountability, and a CNN review of video evidence and witness testimony, assessed by forensic experts, cast doubt on the Israeli military's timeline, indicating gunfire began before the stated start of the convoy crossing.", "links": [ { "url": "https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/attacks-on-aid-in-gaza-preliminary-findings", "source": "Forensic Architecture (attacks on aid)", "headline": "Attacks on Aid in Gaza: Preliminary Findings", "published": "2024-04-26" }, { "url": "https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/03/un-experts-condemn-flour-massacre-urge-israel-end-campaign-starvation-gaza", "source": "UN OHCHR", "headline": "UN experts condemn ‘flour massacre’, urge Israel to end campaign of starvation in Gaza", "published": "2024-03-05" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/1/flour-massacre-how-gaza-food-killings-unfolded-and-israels-story-changed", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Flour massacre: How Gaza food killings unfolded, and Israel’s story changed", "published": "2024-03-01" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/09/middleeast/gaza-food-aid-convoy-deaths-eyewitness-intl-investigation-cmd/index.html", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Dying for a bag of flour: Videos and eyewitness accounts cast doubt on Israel’s timeline of deadly Gaza aid delivery | CNN", "published": "2024-04-09" }, { "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240301-flour-massacre-aid-delivery-turns-deadly-in-gaza-as-un-warns-of-inevitable-famine", "source": "France24", "headline": "‘Flour massacre’: Lifesaving aid becomes a deadly struggle in Gaza", "published": "2024-03-01" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-aid-convoy-deaths-al-rashid-israel-idf-hamas-rcna141497", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "How did 118 people die in Gaza's Al-Rashid aid convoy violence?", "published": "2024-03-14" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234906745/gaza-food-aid-convoy-israel-hamas", "source": "NPR", "headline": "Scores killed trying to get food from an aid convoy during a chaotic scene in Gaza", "published": "2024-02-29" }, { "url": "https://www.972mag.com/gaza-aid-convoy-massacre-testimonies/", "source": "+972 Magazine", "headline": "Survivors of Gaza aid convoy massacre describe ‘indiscriminate’ Israeli fire", "published": "2024-03-05" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/gaza-aid-palestinians-killed-israel-idf-hamas", "source": "Axios", "headline": "Dozens of Palestinians killed in incident around Gaza aid convoy", "published": "2024-02-29" }, { "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/03/16/gaza-israeli-army-again-denies-having-opened-fire-on-crowds-waiting-for-aid-killing-twenty-people_6624686_4.html", "source": "Le Monde", "headline": "Gaza: Israeli army again denies having opened fire on crowds queuing for aid, killing twenty people", "published": "2024-03-16" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/01/gaza-humanitarian-catastrophe/", "source": "Washington Post", "headline": "Analysis | Gaza’s spiraling, unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe", "published": "2024-03-01" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flour_Massacre", "official": { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-spokesman-troops-fired-warning-shots-to-disperse-mob-rushing-aid-convoy-did-not-carry-out-strikes/", "label": "IDF statement (via Times of Israel)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Palestinians_during_the_Flour_massacre.png/960px-Palestinians_during_the_Flour_massacre.png", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palestinians_during_the_Flour_massacre.png", "credit": "Unknown; IDF (Israel Defense Forces), via NBC News", "license": "CC BY 3.0" }, "bullets": [ "Over 100 killed and some 750 wounded around a flour convoy — people starving in line.", "CNN's forensic review found gunfire began before the army's own timeline says the crossing started.", "Israel said victims were trampled; the hospitals counted gunshot wounds." ] }, { "id": "doctors-under-fire", "section": "main", "title": "Attacks on Gaza health workers and the documentary \"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack\"", "date": "Documented events Oct 2023–2025; film broadcast July 2025", "summary": "The 2025 documentary \"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack\" — originally commissioned by the BBC under the title \"Gaza: Medics Under Fire\" and broadcast by Channel 4 in July 2025 after the BBC dropped it — presents testimony from Palestinian health workers about Israeli military attacks on Gaza's hospitals and the killing, detention, and alleged torture of medical staff. According to Physicians for Human Rights–Israel, around 250 health workers have been taken from Gaza into Israeli detention since October 2023 and at least six have died in custody, including Al-Shifa surgeon Dr. Adnan al-Bursh, who died in Ofer prison in April 2024, while Kamal Adwan Hospital director Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya remains held without charge.", "links": [ { "url": "https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/destruction-of-medical-infrastructure-in-gaza", "source": "Forensic Architecture (medical infrastructure)", "headline": "Destruction of Medical Infrastructure in Gaza", "published": "2023-12-20" }, { "url": "https://www.channel4.com/programmes/gaza-doctors-under-attack", "source": "Channel 4", "headline": "Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/7/5/release-dr-hussam-abu-safia-immediately", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Release Dr Hussam Abu Safia immediately!", "published": "2026-07-05" }, { "url": "https://www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/uk-healthcare-workers-foreign-secretary-must-act-publicly-and-forcefully-to-save-tortured-gaza-colleague/", "source": "Amnesty International UK", "headline": "UK healthcare workers: Foreign Secretary must act ‘publicly and forcefully’ to save tortured Gaza colleague", "published": "2026-07-09" }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn-c4tLJ74w", "source": "Teaser (YouTube)", "headline": "TEASER | Gaza: Doctors Under Attack", "published": "2025-07-02" }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv3wpeJ6Ocos", "source": "Full film (YouTube)" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/03/middleeast/gaza-surgeon-adnan-al-bursh-israeli-prison-intl-hnk/index.html", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Leading Gaza surgeon Adnan Al-Bursh dies in Israeli prison | CNN", "published": "2024-05-03" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Health/home-prominent-palestinian-doctor-detained-israel-16-months/story?id=133811273", "source": "ABC News", "headline": "'When am I going home?' Prominent Palestinian doctor detained in Israel for nearly 16 months without charges", "published": "2026-06-20" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/abandoned-and-left-die-family-hussam-abu-safiya-say-he-has-been-betrayed-rights-groups", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "‘Abandoned and left to die’: Family of Hussam Abu Safiya says he has been betrayed by rights groups", "published": "2026-07-07" }, { "url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/05/1149856", "source": "UN News", "headline": "Rights expert condemns death of Palestinian doctor in Israeli custody, urges independent inquiry", "published": "2024-05-16" }, { "url": "https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/07/israel-must-release-dr-hussam-abu-safiya-and-all-palestinian-medical?sub-site=HRC", "source": "UN OHCHR", "headline": "Israel must release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and all Palestinian medical personnel arbitrarily detained and adhere to international law, UN Commission of Inquiry says", "published": "2026-07-08" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-12-30/ty-article/report-missing-gazan-hospital-director-arrested-by-idf-located-in-sde-teiman-prison/00000194-179c-da93-a9dc-9fbdde690000", "source": "Haaretz", "headline": "Report: Missing Gazan hospital director arrested by IDF located in Sde Teiman prison", "published": "2024-12-30" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-detention-kamal-adwan-hospital-raid-doctor-abu-safiya-gaza-rcna186224", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "Israel faces mounting pressure over detention of Gaza hospital chief", "published": "2025-01-04" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj30deeggd7o", "source": "BBC", "headline": "Israel confirms it is holding Gaza hospital chief Abu Safiya", "published": "2025-01-03" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/30/gaza-hospital-director-israeli-prison", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "Gaza hospital director being held at notorious Israeli prison, say family", "published": "2024-12-30" }, { "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/israel-confirms-it-is-holding-gaza-hospital-director-dr-hussam-abu-safiya-13283251", "source": "Sky News", "headline": "Israel confirms it is holding Gaza hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya", "published": "2025-01-03", "headline_via": "gdelt" }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2024/12/28/israeli-army-detains-dozens-of-workers-at-hospital-in-northern-gaza", "source": "Euronews", "headline": "Israeli army detains dozens of workers at hospital in northern Gaza", "published": "2024-12-28" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_health_workers_in_the_Gaza_war", "official": { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/IsraelinGeneva/posts/hussam-abu-safiya-a-colonel-in-hamas-is-lawfully-detained-by-israel-based-on-con/1449700010523993/", "label": "Israeli Mission in Geneva statement (via Facebook)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Palestine_Red_Crescent_Society%27s_ambulance_after_being_targeted_by_Israeli_missile_in_Khan_Yunis.png/960px-Palestine_Red_Crescent_Society%27s_ambulance_after_being_targeted_by_Israeli_missile_in_Khan_Yunis.png", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palestine_Red_Crescent_Society%27s_ambulance_after_being_targeted_by_Israeli_missile_in_Khan_Yunis.png", "credit": "Tasnim News Agency", "license": "CC BY 4.0" }, "bullets": [ "Around 250 Gaza health workers taken into detention; at least six died there.", "Al-Shifa's chief orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Adnan al-Bursh, died in an Israeli prison.", "The BBC commissioned the film about it — then dropped it. Channel 4 aired it." ] }, { "id": "genocidal-rhetoric", "section": "main", "title": "Statements by Israeli officials calling for Gaza's destruction, cited as evidence of genocidal intent", "date": "Oct 2023 onward; nuclear-bomb remark 5 Nov 2023; ICJ provisional-measures order 26 Jan 2024", "summary": "On 5 November 2023, Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said in a radio interview that dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza was \"an option,\" prompting Prime Minister Netanyahu to suspend him from cabinet meetings amid a series of statements by Israeli ministers and public figures calling for Gaza to be flattened or erased. South Africa cited such statements as evidence of genocidal intent in its case before the International Court of Justice, which on 26 January 2024 ordered Israel to prevent and punish direct and public incitement to genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.", "links": [ { "url": "https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/a-cartography-of-genocide", "source": "Forensic Architecture (Cartography of Genocide)", "headline": "A Cartography of Genocide: Israel's Conduct in Gaza since October 2023", "published": "2024-10-25" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-11-05/ty-article/netanyahu-criticizes-minister-who-suggested-option-of-dropping-nuclear-bomb-on-gaza/0000018b-9e7b-db71-a7df-ffffe4510000", "source": "Haaretz", "headline": "Netanyahu criticizes minister who suggested 'option' of dropping nuclear bomb on Gaza", "published": "2023-11-05" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-minister-says-nuking-gaza-an-option-pm-suspends-him-from-cabinet-meetings/", "source": "The Times of Israel", "headline": "Far-right minister says nuking Gaza an option, PM suspends him from cabinet meetings", "published": "2023-11-05" }, { "url": "https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192", "source": "International Court of Justice", "headline": "Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (Sou" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/7/israels-nuclear-option-remark-raises-huge-number-of-questions-russia", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Israel’s nuclear option remark raises ‘huge number of questions’: Russia", "published": "2023-11-07" }, { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-11-05-23/h_f35c4d691c31d46084555613ad16253f", "source": "CNN", "headline": "November 5, 2023 Israel-Hamas war news | CNN", "published": "2023-11-05" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-nakba-israels-far-right-palestinian-fears-hamas-war-rcna123909", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "Israel right-wing ministers' comments add fuel to Palestinian fears", "published": "2023-11-14" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-minister-nuking-gaza-option", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Israeli minister says nuking Gaza 'an option'", "published": "2023-11-05" }, { "url": "https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/26/gaza-world-court-orders-israel-prevent-genocide", "source": "HRW", "headline": "Gaza: World Court Orders Israel to Prevent Genocide", "published": "2024-01-26" }, { "url": "https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/01/israel-must-comply-with-key-icj-ruling-ordering-it-do-all-in-its-power-to-prevent-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/", "source": "Amnesty International", "headline": "Israel must comply with key ICJ ruling ordering it do all in its power to prevent genocide against Palestinians in Gaza", "published": "2024-01-26" }, { "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/05/netanyahu-suspends-israel-minister-nuke-gaza/", "source": "The Telegraph", "headline": "Netanyahu suspends minister who says dropping nuclear bomb on Gaza is an option", "published": "2023-11-05" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/20/ireland-palestine-ceasefire-gaza", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "‘It’s part of our psyche’: why Ireland sides with ‘underdog’ Palestine", "published": "2023-11-20" }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2023/11/06/israeli-minister-says-nuking-gaza-an-option-communications-blackout-palestinian-icon-arres", "source": "Euronews", "headline": "More than 10,000 Palestinians killed since 7 October, officials say", "published": "2023-11-06" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_statements_by_Israeli_officials_cited_as_genocidal", "official": { "url": "https://www.gov.il/en/pages/opening-statement-of-mfa-legal-advisor-tal-becker-at-icj-proceedings-12-jan-2024", "label": "Israel MFA legal statement at ICJ proceedings (gov.il)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Amichai_Eliyahu.jpg/960px-Amichai_Eliyahu.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amichai_Eliyahu.jpg", "credit": "Yossi Logasi Plashman", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0" }, "bullets": [ "A sitting minister called a nuclear bomb on Gaza “an option” — on the radio.", "“Flatten,” “erase,” “no non-combatants”: the quotes came from officials, not the fringe.", "The World Court ordered Israel to prevent and punish incitement to genocide." ] }, { "id": "journalist-legs", "section": "main", "title": "TRT cameraman Sami Shehada loses leg in Israeli strike in Nuseirat", "date": "12 Apr 2024", "summary": "On 12 April 2024, Sami Shehada, a cameraman for Turkey's TRT Arabi, was severely wounded in an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza and had his right leg amputated below the knee, with other journalists, including a CNN stringer, also injured in the attack. Shehada said the crew was wearing press-marked flak jackets and helmets and filming from a marked press vehicle in an open area when they were hit, and the Committee to Protect Journalists called for an investigation into the strike on journalists wearing press insignia; widely shared footage showed Shehada on a stretcher asking about his severed leg.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywaOyHzqDxw", "source": "Video (YouTube)", "headline": "Israel’s war against journalists must end | Video by Dylan Collins", "published": "2025-12-12" }, { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/12/middleeast/israeli-attack-nuseirat-gaza-journalists-injured-intl/index.html", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Journalists injured in attack on Gaza refugee camp, including CNN stringer | CNN", "published": "2024-04-12" }, { "url": "https://cpj.org/2024/04/cpj-seeks-probe-of-israeli-attack-on-tv-journalists-wearing-press-insignia/", "source": "Committee to Protect Journalists", "headline": "CPJ seeks probe of Israeli attack on TV journalists wearing press insignia - Committee to Protect Journalists", "published": "2024-04-12" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/12/journalist-loses-foot-after-being-badly-wounded-in-israeli-attack-in-gaza", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Journalist loses foot after being badly wounded in Israeli attack in Gaza", "published": "2024-04-12" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trt-journalist-has-leg-amputated-after-israeli-missile-strike-in-gaza-208877125823", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "Journalist loses a leg after Israeli missile strike in Gaza", "published": "2024-04-12" }, { "url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/05/1162861", "source": "UN News", "headline": "Reporters in Gaza bear witness and suffer tragic consequences", "published": "2025-05-02" }, { "url": "https://www.arabnews.com/node/2492026/amp", "source": "Arab News", "headline": "Three Palestinian journalists injured in Israeli strike on Gaza’s Nuseirat camp", "published": "2024-04-12" }, { "url": "https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/ankara-denounces-israeli-attack-on-trt-arabic-press-team-in-gaza", "source": "Daily Sabah", "headline": "Ankara denounces Israeli attack on TRT Arabic press team in Gaza", "published": "2024-04-12" }, { "url": "https://www.turkishminute.com/2024/04/12/turk-state-broadcaster-say-cameraman-lost-leg-after-israeli-strike-refugee-camp/", "source": "Turkish Minute", "headline": "Turkish state broadcaster says cameraman lost leg after Israeli strike on refugee camp - Turkish Minute", "published": "2024-04-12" }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/politics/cnn-journalist-and-others-wounded-in-idf-strike-on-gaza-refugee-camp/", "source": "Mediaite", "headline": "CNN Journalist and Others Wounded in IDF Strike on Gaza Refugee Camp", "published": "2024-04-12" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_journalists_in_the_Gaza_war", "official": { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/middleeast/israeli-attack-nuseirat-gaza-journalists-injured-intl/index.html", "label": "IDF response (via CNN)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/A_Palestinian_refugee_carries_his_injured_grandchildren_from_the_Israeli_bombing_of_Nuseirat_Camp%2C_Gaza_Strip.jpg/960px-A_Palestinian_refugee_carries_his_injured_grandchildren_from_the_Israeli_bombing_of_Nuseirat_Camp%2C_Gaza_Strip.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Palestinian_refugee_carries_his_injured_grandchildren_from_the_Israeli_bombing_of_Nuseirat_Camp,_Gaza_Strip.jpg", "credit": "Ashraf Amra / UNRWA", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO" }, "bullets": [ "PRESS on the vest, PRESS on the car — the strike came anyway.", "“Where is my leg?” — asked on camera, on a stretcher.", "CPJ demanded a probe into why journalists in marked gear keep being hit." ] }, { "id": "anas-al-sharif", "section": "main", "title": "Targeted killing of Al Jazeera's Anas al-Sharif and the journalist death toll in Gaza", "date": "2025-08-10 (overall toll: October 2023 – 2026)", "summary": "On 10 August 2025 an Israeli strike on the journalists' tent outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City killed Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif together with colleague Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa; the Israeli military claimed al-Sharif led a Hamas cell, an allegation Al Jazeera and the Committee to Protect Journalists rejected as unproven, with CPJ noting the accusations were a recurring smear and that the military had threatened him beforehand. According to CPJ, at least 192 journalists had been killed by Israel by the day of the strike (a figure that passed 200 by mid-2026), while Gaza officials and UN-cited counts put the toll above 240, and Brown University's Costs of War project found this to be the deadliest conflict for journalists ever recorded, with more journalists killed than in the US Civil War, both world wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Yugoslav wars and the post-9/11 Afghanistan war combined.", "links": [ { "url": "https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/shireen-abu-akleh-the-targeted-killing-of-a-journalist", "source": "Forensic Architecture (Shireen Abu Akleh)", "headline": "Shireen Abu Akleh: The Extrajudicial Killing of a Journalist", "published": "2022-09-20" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/10/al-jazeera-journalist-anas-al-sharif-killed-in-israeli-attack-in-gaza-city", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Anas al-Sharif among four Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza", "published": "2025-08-10" }, { "url": "https://cpj.org/2025/08/israel-kills-al-jazeera-journalists-in-targeted-gaza-city-airstrike/", "source": "Committee to Protect Journalists", "headline": "Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists", "published": "2025-08-10" }, { "url": "https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/", "source": "Brown University Costs of War Project", "headline": "Costs of War | Brown University", "published": "2026-09-24" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/11/israel-gaza-anas-al-sharif-al-jazeera/", "source": "Washington Post", "published": "2025-08-11" }, { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/11/middleeast/anas-al-sharif-al-jazeera-reporter-intl", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Anas Al-Sharif became the face of the war in Gaza for millions. Then Israel killed him | CNN", "published": "2025-08-11" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/08/12/g-s1-82143/gaza-anas-al-sharif-al-jazeera-israel", "source": "NPR", "headline": "An Israeli airstrike kills a prominent Al Jazeera journalist and colleagues in Gaza", "published": "2025-08-12" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/world/gaza/israel-says-killed-al-jazeera-journalist-claiming-was-hamas-leader-rcna224189", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in airstrike, claiming one worked for Hamas", "published": "2025-08-13" }, { "url": "https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/08/gaza-un-experts-appalled-murder-al-jazeera-correspondents-israeli-strike", "source": "UN OHCHR", "headline": "Gaza: UN experts appalled by murder of Al Jazeera correspondents in Israeli strike", "published": "2025-08-12" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-targets-and-kills-al-jazeera-correspondent-anas-al-sharif-in-gaza-airstrike-as-journalist-toll-grows", "source": "PBS NewsHour", "headline": "Israel targets and kills Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif in Gaza airstrike as journalist toll grows", "published": "2025-08-11" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-assassinates-prominent-al-jazeera-journalists-gaza", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Israel assassinates prominent Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-08-11/ty-article/.premium/al-jazeera-reporter-in-gaza-anas-al-sharif-killed-by-israeli-strike-idf-says/00000198-95e1-df6c-abbd-f5f52c0e0000", "source": "Haaretz", "headline": "IDF targets and kills Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif outside Gaza City hospital", "published": "2025-08-11" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-gaza-nasser-hospital-strike-journalists-killed-officials-say/", "source": "CBS News", "headline": "Israeli strike on Gaza", "published": "2025-08-25" }, { "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/journalist-killed-in-israeli-strike-feared-his-own-assassination-as-idf-claims-he-was-a-terrorist-13409945", "source": "Sky News", "headline": "Journalist killed in Israeli strike feared his own assassination - as IDF claims he was a terrorist", "published": "2025-08-10", "headline_via": "gdelt" }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/al-jazeera-correspondent-anas-al-sharif-killed-gaza-city-israel-1.7605557", "source": "CBC", "headline": "Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif among 6 journalists killed in Israeli strike | CBC News", "published": "2025-08-10" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/gaza-israel-al-jazeera-journalists-palestine-occupation-netanyahu-latest-news-b2805865.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "Australia’s PM Albanese says Netanyahu ‘in denial’ over suffering in Gaza", "published": "2025-08-12" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05ed10zqj8o", "source": "BBC", "headline": "UK backs joint call for Israel to allow foreign media into Gaza", "published": "2025-08-21" }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anas_Al-Sharif", "source": "Wikipedia (assassination article)", "headline": "Assassination of Anas Al-Sharif — Wikipedia" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anas_Al-Sharif", "official": { "url": "https://x.com/IDF/status/1954652255199887516", "label": "IDF statement (via X)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Mega_Marcha_por_Palestina_en_la_Ciudad_de_M%C3%A9xico_14.jpg/960px-Mega_Marcha_por_Palestina_en_la_Ciudad_de_M%C3%A9xico_14.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mega_Marcha_por_Palestina_en_la_Ciudad_de_M%C3%A9xico_14.jpg", "credit": "ProtoplasmaKid", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0" }, "bullets": [ "A journalists' tent outside a hospital, struck deliberately — Israel confirmed he was the target.", "CPJ warned the smear campaign against him read like preparation for a killing. It was.", "The deadliest war for journalists ever recorded — more than both world wars, Korea, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and Afghanistan combined." ] }, { "id": "terrorist-label", "section": "main", "title": "The expanding \"terrorist\" label: Palestine Action proscription and mass protest arrests; journalists and medics branded militants", "date": "Proscription 5 Jul 2025; arrests ongoing; judicial review Feb–Jun 2026", "summary": "The UK proscribed the protest group Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act in July 2025 — making support punishable by up to 14 years in prison — and police have since arrested more than 2,000 people, many of them elderly, for holding signs supporting the group, a ban UN human rights chief Volker Türk called a \"disturbing\" misuse of counter-terrorism legislation and Amnesty International UK called disproportionate legal overreach. Rights groups paired this with Israel's practice of labeling journalists and medics it killed or detained as terrorists: the Committee to Protect Journalists said Israel produced no credible evidence for its claim that Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, killed in a targeted August 2025 strike, was a Hamas operative — a pattern also applied to detained Kamal Adwan hospital director Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. The ban was challenged by judicial review brought by Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori: the Divisional Court held the proscription unlawful on 13 February 2026, but the Court of Appeal allowed the Home Secretary's appeal that June, leaving the proscription in force pending any further appeal.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/07/uk-palestine-action-ban-disturbing-misuse-uk-counter-terrorism-legislation", "source": "UN OHCHR", "headline": "UK: Palestine Action ban ‘disturbing’ misuse of UK counter-terrorism legislation, Türk warns", "published": "2025-07-25" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026/4/12/uk-police-arrest-523-during-pro-palestinian-demonstration-in-london", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Photos: UK police arrest more than 500 people at Palestine Action rally", "published": "2026-04-12" }, { "url": "https://cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-calls-for-anas-al-sharifs-protection-in-face-of-israeli-smears/", "source": "CPJ", "headline": "CPJ calls for Anas al-Sharif’s protection in face of Israeli smears - Committee to Protect Journalists", "published": "2025-07-24" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/06/uk/palestine-action-group-ban-protests-uk-intl", "source": "CNN", "headline": "What is Palestine Action, the group linked to hundreds of arrests in the UK? | CNN", "published": "2025-09-06" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/08/12/g-s1-82143/gaza-anas-al-sharif-al-jazeera-israel", "source": "NPR", "headline": "An Israeli airstrike kills a prominent Al Jazeera journalist and colleagues in Gaza", "published": "2025-08-12" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/world/gaza/israel-says-killed-al-jazeera-journalist-claiming-was-hamas-leader-rcna224189", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in airstrike, claiming one worked for Hamas", "published": "2025-08-13" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/al-jazeera-journalist-anas-al-sharif-killed-israel-attack-gaza/", "source": "CBS News", "headline": "Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif and 4 team members killed in Israeli attack in Gaza", "published": "2025-08-11" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-targets-and-kills-al-jazeera-correspondent-anas-al-sharif-in-gaza-airstrike-as-journalist-toll-grows", "source": "PBS", "headline": "Israel targets and kills Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif in Gaza airstrike as journalist toll grows", "published": "2025-08-11" }, { "url": "https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/R-Ammori-v-SSHD-OPEN-Judgment-final.pdf", "source": "Judiciary of England and Wales — R (Ammori) v SSHD judgment" }, { "url": "https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/breaking-down-the-court-of-appeal-judgment-on-palestine-actions-proscription/", "source": "Liberty — Court of Appeal judgment explained", "headline": "Breaking down the Court of Appeal judgment on Palestine Action’s proscription - Liberty", "published": "2026-06-15" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/19/palestine-action-protests-uk-london-arrests", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "More than 100 arrested across UK at protests related to Palestine Action", "published": "2025-07-19" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/london-protesters-arrested-showing-support-palestine-action", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "London protesters arrested over pro-Palestine Action placards" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gd3pkr9x1o", "source": "BBC", "headline": "Palestine Action: More than 20 arrested at protest, Metropolitan Police say", "published": "2025-07-05" }, { "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/police-arrest-palestine-action-protesters-in-parliament-square-13398744", "source": "Sky News", "headline": "Police arrest Palestine Action protesters in Parliament Square", "published": "2025-07-19" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/palestine-action-terror-group-protests-yvette-cooper-b2783173.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "Police warn over planned Palestine Action protests after group proscribed", "published": "2025-07-05" }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/07/09/former-pink-floyd-roger-waters-faces-possible-prosecution-over-support-for-palestine-actio", "source": "Euronews", "headline": "Ex-Pink Floyd member could face trial over Palestine Action support", "published": "2025-07-09" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Action", "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Palestine_Action_Protest%2C_London%2C_Saturday_6th_September_-_01.jpg/960px-Palestine_Action_Protest%2C_London%2C_Saturday_6th_September_-_01.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palestine_Action_Protest,_London,_Saturday_6th_September_-_01.jpg", "credit": "Indigo Nolan (Flickr: indigonolan)", "license": "CC BY 4.0" }, "bullets": [ "Pensioners arrested under terrorism law for cardboard signs.", "2,000+ arrests; the UN human rights chief called the ban a “disturbing” misuse of counter-terror law.", "One court found the ban unlawful; a higher court restored it; the arrests never stopped." ] }, { "id": "doha-strike", "section": "main", "title": "Israeli strike on Hamas negotiators in Doha, Qatar", "date": "2025-09-09", "summary": "On 9 September 2025, the Israeli military struck a residential compound in Doha, Qatar, where Hamas negotiators were meeting to discuss a US-backed ceasefire proposal, killing six people — five Hamas members, including chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya's son Humam and office director Jihad Labad, plus Qatari Internal Security Force officer Badr al-Dosari — while the senior negotiators survived, according to Hamas and Qatari officials. Netanyahu's office called it \"a wholly independent Israeli operation\" for which \"Israel takes full responsibility\"; the UN Security Council condemned the strike, Qatar's prime minister denounced it as state terrorism, and on 29 September 2025 Netanyahu expressed regret to Qatar's prime minister in a call from the White House.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/middleeast/qatar-hamas-israel-strike-intl", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Israel carries out strike targeting Hamas leadership in Qatar | CNN", "published": "2025-09-09" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/9/israel-attacks-hamas-leadership-in-qatar-all-to-know", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Israel attacks Hamas leadership in Qatar: What we know", "published": "2025-09-09" }, { "url": "https://press.un.org/en/2025/sc16164.doc.htm", "source": "UN Security Council meetings coverage", "headline": "Israeli Strikes in Qatar Risk ‘New and Perilous Chapter’ in Middle East Conflict, Under-Secretary-General Tells Security Council" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/09/10/g-s1-87942/qatar-israeli-strikes-hamas-gaza-ceasefire", "source": "NPR", "headline": "Israel's attacks on Hamas in Qatar stun the Gulf and dash chances for a Gaza ceasefire", "published": "2025-09-10" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-says-chief-negotiator-survived-israel-strike-qatar", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Hamas says chief negotiator survived Israel strike in Qatar" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025-09-21/ty-article/.premium/trump-to-discuss-gaza-war-with-arab-leaders-on-un-general-assembly-sidelines-source-says/00000199-6dc9-d04a-adfd-7dc923120000", "source": "Haaretz", "headline": "Trump to discuss Gaza war with Arab leaders on UN General Assembly sidelines, source says", "published": "2025-09-21" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5jl77ygv4o", "source": "BBC", "headline": "Qatar strikes: What we know of Israel's attack on Hamas leaders in Doha", "published": "2025-09-09" }, { "url": "http://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-attack-doha-qatar-hamas-leadership/", "source": "CBS News", "headline": "Israel attacks Hamas leaders in Doha, drawing condemnation from Qatar over", "published": "2025-09-09" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_attack_on_Doha", "official": { "url": "https://x.com/netanyahu/status/1965417269837602943", "label": "Prime Minister's Office statement claiming responsibility (Netanyahu on X, 9 Sept 2025)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Israeli_strike_on_Hamas_headquarters_in_Qatar.webm/500px--Israeli_strike_on_Hamas_headquarters_in_Qatar.webm.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Israeli_strike_on_Hamas_headquarters_in_Qatar.webm", "credit": "Unknown author (fixed CCTV camera); uploaded to Commons from a social media post by X user iihtishamm", "license": "Public domain (ineligible for copyright: automated CCTV footage without human input)" }, "comment": "Killing the negotiators is the ultimate statement of your negotiating position.", "bullets": [ "The negotiators were bombed while reading the ceasefire proposal.", "Six dead in a third country's capital — including an officer of a US ally hosting America's largest regional base.", "The Security Council condemned it; Netanyahu claimed “full responsibility,” then expressed regret." ] }, { "id": "al-nasr-babies", "section": "main", "title": "Premature babies left to decompose in the ICU of al-Nasr Children's Hospital", "date": "Evacuated ~10 Nov 2023; bodies filmed 27 Nov 2023", "summary": "Around 10 November 2023, as Israeli ground forces encircled Gaza City's al-Nasr Children's Hospital, staff say they were ordered out within minutes under fire, with tanks at the gates and no ambulances able to reach them, and left behind premature infants on ventilators who could not be moved without life support; Médecins Sans Frontières relayed a volunteer nurse's account that day, and its deputy medical coordinator told The Washington Post that five babies were left \"alone in the intensive care on the machines.\" On 27 November, during the truce, Al Mashhad reporter Mohamed Baalousha filmed the decomposing remains of four to five infants still in their beds, which CNN geolocated to the hospital's ICU and two independent forensic pathologists told NBC News were consistent with roughly two weeks of abandonment; the ICRC said it received evacuation requests but was never involved, and the IDF said it \"did not operate inside the Al-Nasr hospital\" and called the allegations \"a perverse exploitation of innocent lives.\"", "bullets": [ "Found still attached to the wires and tubes meant to keep them alive — milk bottles and spare diapers still next to them on the sheets (NBC News).", "“I felt like I was leaving my own children behind … if we took them off the oxygen they would have died.” — a nurse who was ordered out, to The Washington Post.", "The IDF's defence is a doorway: it “did not operate inside” — while its tank sat outside and no ambulance was allowed through." ], "links": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/08/middleeast/babies-al-nasr-gaza-hospital-what-we-know-intl/index.html", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Infants found dead and decomposing in evacuated Gaza ICU. Here’s what we know | CNN", "published": "2023-12-08" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/03/gaza-premature-babies-dead-nasr/", "source": "The Washington Post", "headline": "Israel’s assault forced a nurse to leave babies behind. They were found decomposing.", "published": "2023-12-03" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/abandoned-babies-found-decomposing-gaza-hospital-evacuated-rcna127533", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "Abandoned babies found decomposing in Gaza hospital weeks after it was evacuated", "published": "2023-12-02" }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEW874ow6wU", "source": "AJ+ (Al Jazeera) — video", "headline": "Infants were left for dead after Israel forcibly evacuated al-Nasr hospital", "published": "2023-11-29" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/13/patients-are-dying-what-we-know-about-gaza-hospitals-under-israeli-siege", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "‘Patients are dying’: What we know about Gaza hospitals under Israeli siege", "published": "2023-11-13" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-gaza-dead-premature-babies-nasr-hospital", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Five dead babies discovered in Gaza hospital", "published": "2023-11-29" }, { "url": "https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/01/birth-and-death-intertwined-gaza-strip", "source": "Human Rights Watch", "headline": "Birth and Death Intertwined in Gaza Strip", "published": "2023-12-01" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/decomposing-babies-found-in-gazas-abandoned-al-nasr-hospital-report/", "source": "The Daily Beast", "headline": "Decomposing Babies Found in Abandoned Gaza Hospital: Report", "published": "2023-12-04" }, { "url": "https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-left-infants-to-die-in-al-nasr-childrens-hospital-palestinian-doctor/3160114", "source": "Anadolu Agency", "headline": "Israeli army left infants to die in Al-Nasr Children's Hospital: Palestinian doctor", "published": "2024-03-09" }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVwaLUTBIOM", "source": "TRT World — video", "headline": "Decomposed bodies of premature babies found in Gaza’s Al Nasr Children’s Hospital", "published": "2023-11-29" }, { "url": "https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-war-crimes-2666465411", "source": "Common Dreams", "headline": "US Official Won't Call Forced Abandonment of Gaza Newborns a War Crime | Common Dreams", "published": "2023-12-06" }, { "url": "https://gazahcsector.palestine-studies.org/index.php/en/node/529", "source": "Institute for Palestine Studies — health-sector record" }, { "url": "https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/israeli-military-left-palestinian-infants-die", "source": "The Electronic Intifada", "headline": "Israeli military left Palestinian infants to die", "published": "2023-11-29" }, { "url": "https://www.palestinechronicle.com/five-dead-premature-babies-discovered-in-gaza-hospital/", "source": "Palestine Chronicle", "headline": "Five Dead Premature Babies Discovered in Gaza Hospital", "published": "2023-11-29" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/once-again-palestinian-babies-story-merits-washington-post-apology", "source": "The Washington Institute (WINEP)", "headline": "Once Again, a “Palestinian Babies” Story Merits a Washington Post Apology", "tag": "propaganda" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nasr_Children%27s_Hospital", "official": { "url": "https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/11/30/israel-blasts-perverse-exploitation-innocent-lives-story-babies-found-dead-gaza-hospital-circulates/", "label": "IDF statement: \"did not operate inside the Al-Nasr hospital\" (quoted by Algemeiner, 30 Nov 2023)" }, "verify": "Undisputed: the infants' remains were in al-Nasr's ICU and decomposed there. Disputed: how many (four or five), whether all were alive and on oxygen when staff left, and who promised the ambulances that never came. The Washington Institute, a pro-Israel think tank whose piece ranks highly in search (marked here as propaganda), attacked the Post's reliance on one anonymous nurse and an undisclosed family tie between its reporter and the videographer; the Post has not retracted, and none of it explains how the babies came to rot in their beds.", "slug": "al-nasr-hospital-babies-left-behind-decomposing-rotting-in-icu-beds-gaza", "figure": { "src": "/img/anatomy-of-an-excuse-al-nasr-babies.webp", "alt": "Anatomy of an Excuse: six denial claims about the al-Nasr babies, each answered with a question of reasoning — an intact ceiling does not establish the babies were safe; imagining an evacuation does not prove it was possible; blaming absent caregivers requires evidence; a possibility is not a timeline; missing autopsies cannot confirm a preferred explanation; an accusation of motive is not proof of motive.", "title": "Anatomy of an excuse", "caption": "Propaganda training: six claims circulated to deny the al-Nasr babies, and why none of them hold. Quoted claims are not verified facts; illustrations are symbolic.", "credit": { "label": "Inspired by @CaliDreamingof on X", "url": "https://x.com/CaliDreamingof/status/2103587019943563312" } } }, { "id": "christians", "section": "closers", "title": "Attacks on Christians: Jerusalem harassment and Gaza church killings", "date": "October 2023 – 2024", "summary": "According to CNN and Israeli press reporting, spitting attacks by ultra-Orthodox and nationalist Jews on Christian clergy, pilgrims and churches in Jerusalem's Old City escalated through 2023–2024 — monitors recorded near-daily incidents, and Israeli police made arrests after officials including Prime Minister Netanyahu condemned the practice. In Gaza, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said an Israeli sniper shot dead Nahida Anton and her daughter Samar \"in cold blood\" inside the Holy Family Catholic parish compound on 16 December 2023 — a killing Pope Francis condemned and the IDF denied responsibility for — two months after an Israeli strike on the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius compound killed 18 displaced people sheltering there, according to church officials.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/04/middleeast/jerusalem-christians-spitting-israel-intl/index.html", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Israeli police arrest five following uproar over Jews spitting on Christians | CNN", "published": "2023-10-04" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/17/israeli-forces-kill-two-christian-women-in-cold-blood-inside-gaza-church", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Israel army kills 2 Christian women in ‘cold blood’ at Gaza church compound", "published": "2023-12-17" }, { "url": "https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2023-10/churches-condemn-air-strike-on-greek-orthodox-building-in-gaza.html", "source": "Vatican News", "headline": "Churches condemn air strike on Greek Orthodox building in Gaza - Vatican News", "published": "2023-10-20" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/16/women-killed-at-holy-family-parish-gaza-israel/", "source": "Washington Post", "published": "2023-12-16" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2023/12/22/1221362655/a-gaza-patriarchate-says-israeli-troops-killed-2-women-and-injured-7-others-at-p", "source": "NPR", "headline": "Church leaders say Israeli troops killed 2 women and injured 7 others at parish", "published": "2023-12-22" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fears-mount-gazas-tiny-christian-community-mom-daughter-shot-dead-rcna130132", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "Fears mount for Gaza’s tiny Christian community after mom and daughter shot dead", "published": "2023-12-18" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2023-10-04/ty-article-opinion/a-spit-in-the-face-anti-christian-incidents-in-jlem-spread-epidemic-of-jewish-supremacy/0000018a-f716-db7e-affb-f73737900000", "source": "Haaretz", "headline": "Editorial | A spit in the face: Anti-Christian incidents in J'lem spread epidemic of Jewish supremacy", "published": "2023-10-04" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-67742052", "source": "BBC", "headline": "UK MP says family in Gaza trapped amid sniper fire", "published": "2023-12-17" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/18/women-mother-daughter-gaza-church-israel-cardinal-vincent-nichols", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "Cardinal condemns ‘cold–blooded’ killing of two women in Gaza church", "published": "2023-12-18" }, { "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/17/christian-mother-and-daughter-shot-dead-by-israeli-sniper-i/", "source": "The Telegraph", "headline": "Christian mother and daughter shot dead by Israeli sniper in church grounds in Gaza City", "published": "2023-12-18" }, { "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/mp-layla-moran-worried-family-trapped-in-gaza-church-will-not-survive-one-week-before-christmas-13033171", "source": "Sky News", "headline": "MP Layla Moran worried family trapped in Gaza church will not survive one week before Christmas", "published": "2023-12-18", "headline_via": "gdelt" }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2023/12/17/pope-francis-celebrates-his-87th-birthday", "source": "Euronews", "headline": "Pope Francis celebrates his 87th birthday", "published": "2023-12-17" }, { "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231217-pope-francis-deplores-the-death-of-two-women-in-gaza-parish", "source": "France24", "headline": "Pope Francis deplores the death of two women in Gaza parish", "published": "2023-12-17" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-kills-palestinians-shifa-hospital-shipping-giants-swerve-red-sea", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Israel kills 26 at al-Shifa hospital as shipping giants swerve Red Sea", "published": "2023-12-18" }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/christmas-mourning-christ-gaza-1.7069157", "source": "CBC", "headline": "Christmas in mourning in the birthplace of Christ amid ongoing Gaza war | CBC News", "published": "2023-12-24" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Nahida_and_Samar_Anton", "official": { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-refutes-claim-it-targeted-sole-catholic-church-in-gaza-after-2-women-said-killed/", "label": "IDF statement denying it targeted the Holy Family church (via Times of Israel)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Saint_Porphyrius_Church_in_Gaza-_Gaza_war_2023-2025_2.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Porphyrius_Church_in_Gaza-_Gaza_war_2023-2025_2.jpg", "credit": "Rawanmurad2025", "license": "CC BY 4.0" }, "bullets": [ "Clergy spat on in Jerusalem's Old City — monitors logged at least one attack a day.", "A mother and daughter shot “in cold blood” inside Gaza's Catholic parish, per the Latin Patriarchate.", "Eighteen people sheltering in a church killed two months earlier; the Pope condemned both." ] }, { "id": "rafah-paramedics", "section": "closers", "title": "Killing of 15 emergency workers in Rafah", "date": "23 March 2025 (bodies recovered 30 March 2025)", "summary": "On 23 March 2025, Israeli forces in Tel al-Sultan, Rafah, killed 15 emergency workers — eight Palestine Red Crescent paramedics, six Civil Defence members and a UN staffer — whose bodies were recovered a week later from a shallow mass grave alongside their crushed ambulances, with UN OCHA official Jonathan Whittall saying they were struck \"one by one\". Mobile-phone video recovered from paramedic Rifaat Radwan, verified and published by the New York Times and shown by the Red Crescent at the UN, showed the ambulances' emergency lights flashing — contradicting the IDF's initial claim that the vehicles advanced suspiciously without lights — and an IDF inquiry released on 20 April 2025 acknowledged \"professional failures\", dismissing the deputy battalion commander involved.", "links": [ { "url": "https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/the-massacre-of-aid-workers-in-tel-al-sultan", "source": "Forensic Architecture (Tel al-Sultan reconstruction)", "headline": "The Massacre of Aid Workers in Tel al-Sultan", "published": "2026-02-23" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/4/1/rescue-workers-israel-killed-found-in-mass-grave-in-gaza-what-to-know", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "How did Israel kill the Red Crescent medics in Gaza?", "published": "2025-04-01" }, { "url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/04/1161911", "source": "UN News", "headline": "Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for answers", "published": "2025-04-04" }, { "url": "https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/04/israel-opt-investigate-killings-of-paramedics-and-rescue-workers-in-gaza/", "source": "Amnesty International", "headline": "Israel/ OPT: Investigate killings of paramedics and rescue workers in Gaza", "published": "2025-04-01" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/04/05/nx-s1-5353346/israel-gaza-emergency-workers-killed-video", "source": "NPR", "headline": "Palestinian medics say a video of Gaza rescue crews under fire refutes Israeli claims", "published": "2025-04-05" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/video-moment-israeli-forces-gaza-medics-killed-rcna199824", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "Chilling video shows the moment Israeli forces opened fire on a convoy of emergency vehicles", "published": "2025-04-05" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/middleeast/israeli-military-professional-failures-gaza-medics-intl", "source": "CNN", "headline": "‘Professional failures’ led to killing of Palestinian medics in Gaza, says Israeli military | CNN", "published": "2025-04-20" }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/aid-workers-gaza-1.7503942", "source": "CBC News", "headline": "Why did Israel's military kill 15 Palestinian aid workers in Gaza? The IDF's story keeps changing | CBC News", "published": "2025-04-08" }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/07/what-we-know-about-the-killings-of-15-palestinian-first-responders-by-israeli-forces", "source": "Euronews", "headline": "What we know about killings of 15 Palestinian medics by Israeli forces", "published": "2025-04-07" }, { "url": "https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/7/gaza_massacre", "source": "Democracy Now", "headline": "“Point-Blank”: Israeli Soldiers Execute 15 Gaza Medics & Rescue Workers, Bury in Unmarked Mass Grave", "published": "2025-04-07" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-israeli-soldier-ordered-killing-15-rescue-workers-works-mercenary", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Report: Israeli soldier who ordered killing of 15 paramedics works as mercenary in DRC Congo" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/31/israel-killed-15-palestinian-paramedics-and-rescue-workers-one-by-one-says-un", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN", "published": "2025-03-31" }, { "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/two-hours-of-terror-sky-news-investigation-reveals-how-israels-deadly-attack-on-aid-workers-unfolded-13348776", "source": "Sky News", "headline": "Two hours of terror: Sky News investigation reveals how Israel deadly attack on aid workers unfolded", "published": "2025-04-18", "headline_via": "gdelt" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafah_paramedic_massacre", "official": { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/middleeast/israeli-military-professional-failures-gaza-medics-intl", "label": "IDF inquiry findings (\"professional failures\", deputy commander dismissed), as quoted by CNN" }, "photo": { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/4/1/rescue-workers-israel-killed-found-in-mass-grave-in-gaza-what-to-know", "source": "Al Jazeera" }, "bullets": [ "Fifteen rescue workers killed “one by one,” then buried with their crushed ambulances.", "The recovered phone video showed flashing emergency lights — the army's story said there were none.", "A week in a shallow mass grave before anyone was allowed to reach them." ] }, { "id": "human-shields", "section": "closers", "title": "Palestinian civilians used as human shields by Israeli forces: the \"mosquito procedure\"", "date": "Reported October 2024 – May 2025 (practices documented from 2023 onward)", "summary": "An Associated Press investigation published in May 2025 — drawing on the accounts of Israeli soldiers and seven Palestinian former detainees, gathered in part by the Israeli veterans' group Breaking the Silence — found that Israeli units in Gaza routinely forced detained civilians, including teenagers and the elderly, to enter tunnels and possibly booby-trapped buildings ahead of troops, a practice soldiers called the \"mosquito procedure\"; CNN, +972 Magazine and Haaretz had earlier reported the same tactic. The Israeli military says using civilians for military missions is strictly prohibited and stated in March 2025 that its Military Police had opened criminal investigations, even as Israel has repeatedly cited Hamas's use of human shields to justify its strikes in Gaza.", "links": [ { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/24/middleeast/palestinians-human-shields-israel-military-gaza-intl", "source": "CNN", "headline": "The Israeli military has used Palestinians as human shields in Gaza, soldier and former detainees say | CNN", "published": "2024-10-24" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/2025-05-24/ty-article/israeli-use-of-human-shields-in-gaza-was-systemic-soldiers-and-former-detainees-tell-ap/00000197-01e6-dc94-ab97-0fee1dd40000", "source": "Haaretz (carrying the AP investigation)", "headline": "'Easy and effective' • Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systemic, soldiers and former detainees tell AP", "published": "2025-05-24" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/27/how-has-israel-responded-to-claims-that-it-used-human-shields-in-gaza", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "How common is Israel’s use of human shields in Gaza and the West Bank?", "published": "2025-05-27" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-forces-systematically-using-palestinians-human-shields-gaza", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Israeli forces ‘systematically using Palestinians as human shields in Gaza’", "published": "2025-05-24" }, { "url": "https://www.972mag.com/gaza-human-shield-mosquito/", "source": "+972 Magazine", "headline": "Israeli soldiers used 80-year-old Gazan as human shield, then killed him", "published": "2025-02-16" }, { "url": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/05/24/israeli-use-of-human-shields-in-gaza-was-systematic-soldiers-and-former-detainees-tell-the-ap", "source": "AP (via MPR News)", "headline": "Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP", "published": "2025-05-24" }, { "url": "https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/israeli-armys-use-palestinian-civilians-human-shields-has-been-documented-large-scale", "source": "ReliefWeb (UN OCHA)", "headline": "The Israeli army’s use of Palestinian civilians as human shields has been documented on a large scale - occupied Palestinian territory", "published": "2024-07-01" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/ap-report-describes-systematic-israeli-use-of-human-shields-in-gaza-military-says-its-probing-cases/", "source": "The Times of Israel", "headline": "AP report alleges systematic Israeli use of human shields in Gaza; military says it’s probing cases", "published": "2025-05-24" }, { "url": "https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/29/israeli_soldiers_using_palestinians_human_shields", "source": "Democracy Now", "headline": "Mosquito Protocol: Israel’s Systematic Use of Palestinians as Human Shields", "published": "2025-05-29" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/24/israel-investigates-use-of-palestinians-as-human-shields-by-its-forces-in-gaza", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "Israel investigates use of Palestinians as human shields by its forces in Gaza", "published": "2025-05-24" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gaza-hamas-israel-military-air-strikes-latest/", "source": "CBS News", "headline": "9 of Gaza doctor", "published": "2025-05-24" }, { "url": "https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-05-24/israeli-use-of-human-shields-in-gaza-was-systematic-soldiers-and-former-detainees-tell-the-ap", "source": "LA Times", "headline": "Israel's use of human shields in Gaza systematic, Palestinians and Israeli troops say", "published": "2025-05-25" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-gaza-mohammed-sinwar-b2766238.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "Body of Hamas military chief recovered from tunnel under Gaza hospital, Israel says", "published": "2025-06-09" }, { "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/inside-the-secret-tunnel-where-israel-says-a-senior-hamas-leader-died-20250609-p5m60k.html", "source": "Sydney Morning Herald", "headline": "Inside the secret tunnel where Israel says a senior Hamas leader died", "published": "2025-06-10" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_human_shields_by_Israeli_forces", "official": { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/27/how-has-israel-responded-to-claims-that-it-used-human-shields-in-gaza", "label": "IDF response (practice \"strictly prohibited\"; Military Police investigations opened) as quoted by Al Jazeera" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/IDF_Soldiers_Found_Terror_Tunnel_in_Gaza_%2814754151084%29.jpg/960px-IDF_Soldiers_Found_Terror_Tunnel_in_Gaza_%2814754151084%29.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IDF_Soldiers_Found_Terror_Tunnel_in_Gaza_(14754151084).jpg", "credit": "Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson's Unit, via Flickr", "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0" }, "bullets": [ "Soldiers called it the “mosquito procedure”: civilians sent first into tunnels and rigged houses.", "Teenagers and the elderly used as shields — by an army citing human shields as its justification.", "The soldiers themselves testified it was systemic, not rogue." ] }, { "id": "docket-netanyahu", "section": "docket", "title": "Benjamin Netanyahu — Prime Minister of Israel", "date": "ICC arrest warrant: 21 Nov 2024; \"Amalek\" statement: 28 Oct 2023; ICJ hearings citing it: 11 Jan 2024", "summary": "ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I found \"reasonable grounds to believe\" that Netanyahu bears criminal responsibility as a co-perpetrator for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts in Gaza (covering conduct from at least 8 October 2023 to at least 20 May 2024), and his 28 October 2023 exhortation to troops to \"remember what Amalek has done to you\" is cited in South Africa's ICJ genocide application as evidence of genocidal intent. The ICC issued an arrest warrant for him on 21 November 2024 — obligating all 125 states parties to arrest him on their territory — while the ICJ genocide case in which his statements are cited remains pending.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-state-palestine-icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-rejects-state-israels-challenges", "source": "International Criminal Court", "headline": "Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant" }, { "url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157286", "source": "UN News", "headline": "ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/11/icj-hears-south-africas-genocide-case-against-israel-over-gaza-war", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "‘Chilling’ evidence: ICJ hears South Africa’s genocide case against Israel", "published": "2024-01-11" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/21/icc-issues-arrest-warrant-for-israeli-pm-netanyahu-for-war-crimes-in-gaza", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu for ‘war crimes’ in Gaza", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/21/netanyahu-gallant-war-crimes-gaza/", "source": "Washington Post", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-gaza-netanyahu-11-2024-intl/index.html", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Hezbollah ceasefire talks | CNN", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/11/21/g-s1-35169/icc-israel-hamas-arrest-warrants-gaza", "source": "NPR", "headline": "The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-11-21/ty-article/icc-issues-arrest-warrants-for-netanyahu-gallant-for-alleged-gaza-war-crimes/00000193-4ea1-d68e-a1db-eea50b420000", "source": "Haaretz", "headline": "ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, for alleged Gaza war crimes", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/11/21/palestine-icc-warrants-revive-hope-long-delayed-justice", "source": "Human Rights Watch", "headline": "Palestine: ICC Warrants Revive Hope for Long-Delayed Justice", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/middle-east-orban-to-defy-icc-arrest-warrant-invite-netanyahu/live-70855484", "source": "DW", "headline": "Middle East: Orban to defy arrest warrant, invite Netanyahu", "published": "2024-11-22" }, { "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/arrest-warrants-issued-for-israeli-pm-netanyahu-and-former-defence-secretary-gallant-and-senior-hamas-commander-over-alleged-war-crimes-13257801", "source": "Sky News", "headline": "Arrest warrants issued for Israeli PM Netanyahu and former defence secretary Gallant and senior Hamas commander over alleged war crimes", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/21/starmer-supports-icc-arrest-warrant-for-netanyahu/", "source": "The Telegraph", "headline": "Starmer supports ICC arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu over Gaza war", "published": "2024-11-22", "headline_via": "gdelt" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hungarys-orban-breaks-neighbors-dismiss-iccs-arrest-warrant-netanyahu-rcna181305", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "Hungary's Orban breaks with neighbors to dismiss ICC's arrest warrant for Netanyahu", "published": "2024-11-22" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/netanyahu-arrest-warrant-icc-court-israel-gaza-b2652380.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "What is the International Criminal Court and what does Netanyahu arrest warrant mean?", "published": "2024-11-23" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/icc-arrest-warrants-netanyahu-gallant-spark-celebration-and-call-action-online", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant spark celebrations online and calls for action", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/france-work-closely-netanyahu-despite-international-arrest-warrant-116267533", "source": "ABC News", "headline": "France says it will work closely with Netanyahu despite international arrest warrant", "published": "2024-11-27" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu", "official": { "url": "https://embassies.gov.il/nepal/en/news/prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-22112024", "label": "Israel MFA: PM Netanyahu responds to ICC decision, calling it antisemitic and \"a modern Dreyfus trial\" (22 Nov 2024)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Benjamin_Netanyahu_Portrait_February_2023_%283x4_cropped%29.jpg/960px-Benjamin_Netanyahu_Portrait_February_2023_%283x4_cropped%29.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Netanyahu_Portrait_February_2023_(3x4_cropped).jpg", "credit": "Avi Ohayon, Government Press Office of Israel", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0" }, "bullets": [ "Wanted by the ICC: starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.", "“Remember what Amalek has done to you” — a biblical extermination reference, to troops, on video.", "125 states are treaty-bound to arrest him on arrival." ] }, { "id": "docket-gallant", "section": "docket", "title": "Yoav Gallant — Defense Minister of Israel (Oct 2023–Nov 2024)", "date": "Siege order/statement: 9 Oct 2023; ICJ provisional-measures order noting his statements: 26 Jan 2024; ICC arrest warrant: 21 Nov 2024", "summary": "On 9 October 2023, Gallant ordered a \"complete siege\" of Gaza — \"There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed... We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly\" (Times of Israel) — a statement South Africa cited as evidence of genocidal intent in its ICJ case, with the Court's 26 January 2024 order taking particular note of his 9–10 October remarks. On 21 November 2024, ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I issued an arrest warrant for Gallant, finding \"reasonable grounds\" to believe he bears criminal responsibility for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts, for intentionally depriving Gaza's civilian population of food, water, medicine, fuel, and electricity from at least 8 October 2023 to 20 May 2024.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-state-palestine-icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-rejects-state-israels-challenges", "source": "International Criminal Court (warrant announcement, 21 Nov 2024)", "headline": "Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/defense-minister-announces-complete-siege-of-gaza-no-power-food-or-fuel/", "source": "The Times of Israel (9 Oct 2023 siege announcement)", "headline": "Defense minister announces ‘complete siege’ of Gaza: No power, food or fuel", "published": "2023-10-09" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/21/world-reacts-to-icc-arrest-warrants-for-israels-netanyahu-gallant", "source": "Al Jazeera (reactions incl. Gallant's own statement)", "headline": "World reacts to ICC arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/11/21/g-s1-35169/icc-israel-hamas-arrest-warrants-gaza", "source": "NPR", "headline": "The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/middleeast/international-criminal-court-issues-arrest-warrant-for-israeli-prime-minister-intl/index.html", "source": "CNN", "headline": "International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister | CNN", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-fighting-human-animals-defence-minister", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Israel-Palestine war: 'We are fighting human animals', Israeli defence minister says", "published": "2023-10-09" }, { "url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157286", "source": "UN News", "headline": "ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/11/21/palestine-icc-warrants-revive-hope-long-delayed-justice", "source": "Human Rights Watch", "headline": "Palestine: ICC Warrants Revive Hope for Long-Delayed Justice", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/11/israel-opt-netanyahu-gallant-and-al-masri-must-face-justice-at-the-icc-for-charges-of-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity/", "source": "Amnesty International", "headline": "Israel/OPT: Netanyahu, Gallant and Al-Masri must face justice at the ICC for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/middle-east-orban-to-defy-icc-arrest-warrant-invite-netanyahu/live-70855484", "source": "DW", "headline": "Middle East: Orban to defy arrest warrant, invite Netanyahu", "published": "2024-11-22" }, { "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/arrest-warrants-issued-for-israeli-pm-netanyahu-and-former-defence-secretary-gallant-and-senior-hamas-commander-over-alleged-war-crimes-13257801", "source": "Sky News", "headline": "Arrest warrants issued for Israeli PM Netanyahu and former defence secretary Gallant and senior Hamas commander over alleged war crimes", "published": "2024-11-21" }, { "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/21/starmer-supports-icc-arrest-warrant-for-netanyahu/", "source": "The Telegraph", "headline": "Starmer supports ICC arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu over Gaza war", "published": "2024-11-22", "headline_via": "gdelt" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hungarys-orban-breaks-neighbors-dismiss-iccs-arrest-warrant-netanyahu-rcna181305", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "Hungary's Orban breaks with neighbors to dismiss ICC's arrest warrant for Netanyahu", "published": "2024-11-22" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm273g1jm51o", "source": "BBC", "headline": "Israel to appeal against ICC warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant", "published": "2024-11-27" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/21/icc-issues-arrest-warrant-for-benjamin-netanyahu-israel", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged Gaza war crimes", "published": "2024-11-22" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/2/icc-president-warns-threats-and-sanctions-from-us-put-court-in-jeopardy", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "‘Appalling’: ICC president says threats, sanctions put court in jeopardy", "published": "2024-12-02" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/netanyahu-arrest-warrant-icc-court-israel-gaza-b2652380.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "What is the International Criminal Court and what does Netanyahu arrest warrant mean?", "published": "2024-11-23" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoav_Gallant", "official": { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/international/5002050-netanyahu-office-rips-icc-after-warrant-issued/", "label": "Israeli PMO: Israel \"utterly rejects the false and absurd charges\"; Gallant said he was proud to have led Israel's defense establishment in wartime" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Yoav_Galant_1.jpg/960px-Yoav_Galant_1.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yoav_Galant_1.jpg", "credit": "Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office of Israel", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0" }, "bullets": [ "“No electricity, no food, no fuel… we are fighting human animals.”", "Ordered a total siege of 2.2 million people on day two.", "ICC warrant: co-perpetrator — starvation, murder, persecution." ] }, { "id": "docket-ben-gvir", "section": "docket", "title": "Itamar Ben-Gvir — National Security Minister", "date": "Five-nation sanctions: 10 June 2025; prison-conditions boasts: 2023–2025; \"encourage emigration\" calls: Jan 2024 onward", "summary": "As the minister overseeing Israel's prison service, Ben-Gvir publicly boasted that \"the summer camps have been stopped\" and that reports of \"abominable conditions\" for Palestinian prisoners \"were true\" (The New Arab, Middle East Eye), and repeatedly called to \"encourage emigration\" of Gazans while opposing humanitarian aid, telling a rally the answer was to \"encourage voluntary emigration\" (Times of Israel). On 10 June 2025 the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway imposed asset freezes and travel bans on him, their foreign ministers jointly stating he had \"incited extremist violence and serious abuses of Palestinian human rights\"; the Hind Rajab Foundation has separately filed a war-crimes complaint against him with the US Department of Justice.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2025/06/joint-statement-by-the-foreign-ministers-of-australia-canada-new-zealand-norway-and-the-united-kingdom-on-measures-targeting-itamar-ben-gvir-and-be.html", "source": "Government of Canada — joint foreign ministers' statement on sanctions", "headline": "Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom on measures targeting Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/10/uk-and-allies-will-sanction-far-right-israeli-ministers-ben-gvir-smotrich", "source": "Al Jazeera — five nations sanction Ben-Gvir and Smotrich", "headline": "Australia, Canada, NZ, UK, Norway sanction two Israeli far-right ministers", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gvir-calls-to-encourage-emigration-resettle-gaza-at-ultra-nationalist-rally/", "source": "Times of Israel — Ben-Gvir calls to 'encourage emigration,' resettle Gaza", "headline": "Ben Gvir calls to ‘encourage emigration,’ resettle Gaza at ultra-nationalist rally", "published": "2024-05-14" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/10/britain-canada-sanctions-israel-west-bank/", "source": "Washington Post", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/10/uk/uk-sanctions-israel-ministers-smotrich-ben-gvir-intl", "source": "CNN", "headline": "UK, Canada and Western allies sanction two far-right Israeli government ministers | CNN", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-sanction-israel-ministers-ben-gvir-smotrich-over-gaza-comments", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "UK and allies sanction Israeli ministers Ben Gvir and Smotrich over Gaza comments", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-06-10/ty-article/.premium/report-u-k-canada-three-other-nations-to-sanction-israeli-ministers-ben-gvir-smotrich/00000197-59d6-debf-a39f-7dd7ffdb0000", "source": "Haaretz", "headline": "U.K., others sanction Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir, Smotrich over settler violence", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-partners-unite-to-sanction-ministers-inciting-west-bank-violence", "source": "UK Government", "headline": "UK and partners unite to sanction ministers inciting West Bank violence", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://time.com/7292990/israel-ben-gvir-smotrich-sanctions-west-bank-gaza/", "source": "TIME", "headline": "Why the U.K. and Allies Sanctioned Israeli Ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2025/06/11/rubio-criticises-uk-over-gaza-related-sanctions-on-israeli-ministers", "source": "Euronews", "headline": "Rubio criticises UK over Gaza-related sanctions on Israeli ministers", "published": "2025-06-11" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/israel-ministers-sanctioned-gaza-b2767204.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "UK sanctions two far-right Israeli ministers over ‘monstrous’ Gaza comments", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/uk-canada-australia-new-zealand-norway-sanction-2-122689718", "source": "ABC News", "headline": "UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway sanction 2 far-right Israeli Cabinet ministers", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/uk-canada-australia-others-sanction-2-far-right-israeli-ministers-inci-rcna212252", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "U.K., Canada, Australia and others sanction 2 far-right Israeli ministers for 'inciting extremist violence'", "published": "2025-06-11" }, { "url": "https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-06-10/uk-and-others-sanction-2-far-right-israeli-cabinet-ministers-over-violence-in-the-occupied-west-bank", "source": "LA Times", "headline": "U.K. and others sanction far-right Israeli Cabinet ministers over violence in the West Bank", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/11/australia-sanctions-two-extremist-israeli-ministers-for-inciting-violence-against-palestinians", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "Australia sanctions two ‘extremist’ Israeli ministers for inciting violence against Palestinians", "published": "2025-06-11" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/11/israels-smotrich-could-collapse-palestinian-economy-by-ending-bank-waiver", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Israel’s Smotrich could paralyse Palestinian economy by ending bank waiver", "published": "2025-06-11" }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-sanctions-israeli-ministers-1.7556968", "source": "CBC", "headline": "U.S. condemns Canada, 4 other nations over Israeli sanctions | CBC News", "published": "2025-06-10" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itamar_Ben-Gvir", "official": { "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-857214", "label": "Ben-Gvir: \"We survived Pharaoh, we will also survive Keir Starmer\"; FM Sa'ar called the sanctions \"outrageous\" (Jerusalem Post)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Itamar_Ben_Gvir_3.jpg/960px-Itamar_Ben_Gvir_3.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Itamar_Ben_Gvir_3.jpg", "credit": "Alon Nuriel (אלון נוריאל)", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0" }, "bullets": [ "“The summer camps are over” — a minister boasting about worsening prison conditions.", "Sanctioned by five Western democracies for inciting violence against Palestinians.", "Called for “encouraging the emigration” of Gaza's population while fighting aid deliveries." ] }, { "id": "docket-smotrich", "section": "docket", "title": "Bezalel Smotrich — Finance Minister", "date": "Huwara remark: 1 Mar 2023; starvation remark: 5 Aug 2024; five-country sanctions: 10 Jun 2025", "summary": "Smotrich said in March 2023 that \"the village of Huwara needs to be wiped out\" and that \"the State of Israel should do it\" (Times of Israel, Al Jazeera), and in August 2024 told the Katif Conference that \"nobody will let us cause two million civilians to die of hunger even though it might be justified and moral until our hostages are returned\" (CNN), a remark the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned as justifying the war crime of starving civilians. On 10 June 2025, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway imposed sanctions on him — asset freezes and travel bans — for having \"incited extremist violence\" against Palestinians in the West Bank, per the joint foreign ministers' statement.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-partners-unite-to-sanction-ministers-inciting-west-bank-violence", "source": "UK Government (sanctions notice)", "headline": "UK and partners unite to sanction ministers inciting West Bank violence", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/06/middleeast/israeli-minister-smotrich-starve-gazans-intl", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’ | CNN", "published": "2024-08-06" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/10/uk-and-allies-will-sanction-far-right-israeli-ministers-ben-gvir-smotrich", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Australia, Canada, NZ, UK, Norway sanction two Israeli far-right ministers", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/uk-canada-australia-others-sanction-2-far-right-israeli-ministers-inci-rcna212252", "source": "NBC News", "headline": "U.K., Canada, Australia and others sanction 2 far-right Israeli ministers for 'inciting extremist violence'", "published": "2025-06-11" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-smotrich-says-its-justified-and-moral-let-palestinians-die-hunger", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Smotrich says it's 'justified, moral' to let Gaza's Palestinians die of hunger", "published": "2024-08-05" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-08-05/ty-article/israeli-finance-minister-starving-gazans-to-death-may-be-moral-but-world-wont-let-us/00000191-22e1-dd23-a7dd-2aed4b050000", "source": "Haaretz", "headline": "Israeli finance minister: Starving Gazans 'to death' may be moral, but world won't let us", "published": "2024-08-05" }, { "url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/08/1153001", "source": "UN News", "headline": "UN rights chief ‘shocked and appalled’ by Israeli minister’s comment on starving Gazans to death", "published": "2024-08-09" }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2025/06/11/rubio-criticises-uk-over-gaza-related-sanctions-on-israeli-ministers", "source": "Euronews", "headline": "Rubio criticises UK over Gaza-related sanctions on Israeli ministers", "published": "2025-06-11" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/israel-ministers-sanctioned-gaza-b2767204.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "UK sanctions two far-right Israeli ministers over ‘monstrous’ Gaza comments", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/uk-canada-australia-new-zealand-norway-sanction-2-122689718", "source": "ABC News", "headline": "UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway sanction 2 far-right Israeli Cabinet ministers", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-06-10/uk-and-others-sanction-2-far-right-israeli-cabinet-ministers-over-violence-in-the-occupied-west-bank", "source": "LA Times", "headline": "U.K. and others sanction far-right Israeli Cabinet ministers over violence in the West Bank", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/11/australia-sanctions-two-extremist-israeli-ministers-for-inciting-violence-against-palestinians", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "Australia sanctions two ‘extremist’ Israeli ministers for inciting violence against Palestinians", "published": "2025-06-11" }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-sanctions-israeli-ministers-1.7556968", "source": "CBC", "headline": "U.S. condemns Canada, 4 other nations over Israeli sanctions | CBC News", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-imposes-sanctions-on-israeli-ministers-20250611-p5m6fu.html", "source": "Sydney Morning Herald", "headline": "‘Entirely unacceptable’: Ambassador condemns Australian sanctions on senior Israeli ministers", "published": "2025-06-10" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uk-sanctions-israel-smotrich-ben-gvir-palestinians-west-bank-violence-gaza-war/", "source": "CBS News", "headline": "U.S. allies sanction 2 Israeli cabinet members", "published": "2025-06-10" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezalel_Smotrich", "official": { "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-857214", "label": "Israeli officials call sanctions \"outrageous\"; Smotrich vows to keep building settlements (Jerusalem Post)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Bezalel_Smotrich_%28R_H_4464%29.jpg/960px-Bezalel_Smotrich_%28R_H_4464%29.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bezalel_Smotrich_(R_H_4464).jpg", "credit": "Ronen Horesh / Knesset Archives", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0" }, "bullets": [ "“The village of Huwara needs to be wiped out.”", "Said starving two million Gazans might be “justified and moral.”", "Sanctioned by the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway." ] }, { "id": "docket-eliyahu", "section": "docket", "title": "Amichai Eliyahu — Heritage Minister", "date": "Nuclear-bomb remark: 5 Nov 2023; South Africa's ICJ application citing his statements: 29 Dec 2023 (case instituted); \"erasing Gaza\" remark: 24 Jul 2025", "summary": "In a 5 November 2023 Radio Kol Barama interview, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza was \"one way\" of dealing with the Strip and that \"there is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza,\" and in a 24 July 2025 interview on the same station he said, as reported by the Times of Israel and Ynet, \"the government is rushing to erase Gaza... All of Gaza will be Jewish.\" Prime Minister Netanyahu suspended him from cabinet meetings \"until further notice\" over the nuclear remark, and South Africa's Genocide Convention case against Israel at the International Court of Justice cited his statements as evidence of genocidal intent.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-11-05/ty-article/netanyahu-criticizes-minister-who-suggested-option-of-dropping-nuclear-bomb-on-gaza/0000018b-9e7b-db71-a7df-ffffe4510000", "source": "Haaretz", "headline": "Netanyahu criticizes minister who suggested 'option' of dropping nuclear bomb on Gaza", "published": "2023-11-05" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/7/israels-nuclear-option-remark-raises-huge-number-of-questions-russia", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Israel’s nuclear option remark raises ‘huge number of questions’: Russia", "published": "2023-11-07" }, { "url": "https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192", "source": "International Court of Justice (South Africa v. Israel, case 192)", "headline": "Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (Sou" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-minister-nuking-gaza-option", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Israeli minister says nuking Gaza 'an option'", "published": "2023-11-05" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-minister-says-nuking-gaza-an-option-pm-suspends-him-from-cabinet-meetings/", "source": "The Times of Israel", "headline": "Far-right minister says nuking Gaza an option, PM suspends him from cabinet meetings", "published": "2023-11-05" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/international/4294715-netanyahu-suspends-minister-who-suggested-dropping-nuclear-bomb-on-gaza/", "source": "The Hill", "headline": "Netanyahu suspends minister who suggested dropping nuclear bomb on Gaza", "published": "2023-11-05" }, { "url": "https://thebulletin.org/2023/11/israels-netanyahu-suspends-minister-for-suggesting-a-nuclear-weapons-option-in-gaza/", "source": "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists", "headline": "Israel's Netanyahu suspends minister for suggesting a nuclear weapons option in Gaza", "published": "2023-11-05" }, { "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/06/world/politics/israel-gaza-hamas-nuclear-weapons/", "source": "The Japan Times", "headline": "Israeli minister", "published": "2023-11-06" }, { "url": "https://www.arabnews.com/node/2403541/middle-east", "source": "Arab News", "headline": "‘Absolute recklessness’: Saudi Arabia slams Israeli suggestion of ‘nuking Gaza’", "published": "2023-11-05" }, { "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/05/netanyahu-suspends-israel-minister-nuke-gaza/", "source": "The Telegraph", "headline": "Netanyahu suspends minister who says dropping nuclear bomb on Gaza is an option", "published": "2023-11-05" }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2023/11/06/israeli-minister-says-nuking-gaza-an-option-communications-blackout-palestinian-icon-arres", "source": "Euronews", "headline": "More than 10,000 Palestinians killed since 7 October, officials say", "published": "2023-11-06" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amihai_Eliyahu", "official": { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-minister-says-nuking-gaza-an-option-pm-suspends-him-from-cabinet-meetings/", "label": "Netanyahu: remarks \"not based in reality\"; Eliyahu claimed comment was \"metaphorical\" (Times of Israel)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Amichai_Eliyahu.jpg/960px-Amichai_Eliyahu.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amichai_Eliyahu.jpg", "credit": "Yossi Logassi Fleishman, via Wikimedia Commons", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0" }, "bullets": [ "“A nuclear bomb on Gaza is an option.”", "“There are no non-combatants in Gaza” — same interview.", "Suspended from cabinet meetings; kept the ministry." ] }, { "id": "docket-herzog", "section": "docket", "title": "Isaac Herzog — President of Israel", "date": "Statement: 12 Oct 2023 (per ICJ Order; widely reported 13 Oct); cited in South Africa's ICJ application: 29 Dec 2023; noted in ICJ provisional-measures order: 26 Jan 2024", "summary": "At a 12 October 2023 press briefing, President Isaac Herzog said of Gaza that \"it is an entire nation out there that is responsible\" and that \"this rhetoric about civilians not aware, not involved — it's absolutely not true,\" adding that Gazans \"could have risen up\" against \"that evil regime\" (ITV News, HuffPost, Times of Israel). South Africa's 29 December 2023 ICJ genocide application cited the remarks as evidence of genocidal intent at the highest level of the state, and the ICJ's 26 January 2024 provisional-measures order took note of \"statements made by Mr Isaac Herzog, President of Israel, on 12 October 2023\" among dehumanizing remarks by senior officials; Herzog faces no individual proceeding and says the court \"twisted my words,\" calling the case \"a blood libel.\"", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.icj-cij.org/node/203394", "source": "ICJ — South Africa's Application instituting proceedings (29 Dec 2023)", "headline": "Application instituting proceedings and request for the indication of provisional measures | INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE", "published": "2023-12-29" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/11/icj-hears-south-africas-genocide-case-against-israel-over-gaza-war", "source": "Al Jazeera — ICJ hears South Africa's genocide case, incl. officials' statements", "headline": "‘Chilling’ evidence: ICJ hears South Africa’s genocide case against Israel", "published": "2024-01-11" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-01-28/ty-article/herzog-blasts-icjs-portrayal-of-his-remarks-says-there-are-innocent-palestinians-in-gaza/0000018d-51cb-dfdc-a5ad-dbffce970000", "source": "Haaretz — Herzog blasts ICJ's portrayal of his remarks", "headline": "Herzog blasts ICJ's portrayal of his remarks, says there are innocent Palestinians in Gaza", "published": "2024-01-28" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/01/11/1224273842/south-africa-outlines-genocide-case-against-israel-at-international-court-of-jus", "source": "NPR", "headline": "South Africa outlines genocide case against Israel at International Court of Justice", "published": "2024-01-11" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-icj-south-africa-genocide-case-israel-explained", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "War on Gaza: What is South Africa's genocide case against Israel?", "published": "2024-01-11" }, { "url": "https://www.icj-cij.org/node/203454", "source": "ICJ", "headline": "Summary of the Order of 26 January 2024 | INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE", "published": "2024-01-26" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-blood-libel-herzog-says-icj-twisted-my-words-to-support-unfounded-contention/", "source": "The Times of Israel", "headline": "‘A blood libel’: Herzog says ICJ ‘twisted my words’ to support ‘unfounded’ contention", "published": "2024-01-28" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israel-gaza-isaac-herzog_n_65295ee8e4b03ea0c004e2a8", "source": "HuffPost", "headline": "Israeli President Suggests That Civilians In Gaza Are Legitimate Targets", "published": "2023-10-13" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231012-israeli-president-enraged-by-questions-on-civilian-deaths-in-gaza-at-press-conference/", "source": "Middle East Monitor", "headline": "Israeli President enraged by questions on civilian deaths in Gaza at press conference", "published": "2023-10-12" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/19/criminal-complaints-filed-against-israeli-president-herzog-in-switzerland", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "‘Criminal complaints’ filed against Israeli President Herzog in Switzerland", "published": "2024-01-19" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67942983", "source": "BBC", "headline": "Israel officials support Gaza destruction, court hears", "published": "2024-01-11" }, { "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/un-court-ruling-on-gaza-hard-to-ignore-for-israels-allies/a-68099139", "source": "DW", "headline": "UN court ruling on Gaza 'hard to ignore' for Israel's allies", "published": "2024-01-26" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-israel-genocide-hague-south-africa-b2477497.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "Jeremy Corbyn pushes South African genocide case against Israel at The Hague", "published": "2024-01-12" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/11/the-guardian-view-on-israel-and-allegations-of-genocide-a-case-that-needs-to-be-heard", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "The Guardian view on Israel and allegations of genocide: a case that needs to be heard | Editorial", "published": "2024-01-11" }, { "url": "https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-01-27/icj-israel-south-africa-gaza-genocide-court-ruling", "source": "LA Times", "headline": "Opinion: Why International Court of Justice ruling against Israel's war in Gaza is a game-changer", "published": "2024-01-27" }, { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-01-12-24/", "source": "CNN", "headline": "January 12, 2024 Israel-Hamas war | CNN", "published": "2024-01-12" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Herzog", "official": { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-blood-libel-herzog-says-icj-twisted-my-words-to-support-unfounded-contention/", "label": "Herzog: ICJ \"twisted my words\" — case is \"a blood libel\" (Times of Israel)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Isaac_Herzog_2021_%28cropped%29.JPG/960px-Isaac_Herzog_2021_%28cropped%29.JPG", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isaac_Herzog_2021_(cropped).JPG", "credit": "Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office of Israel", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0" }, "bullets": [ "“It is an entire nation out there that is responsible” — the head of state, on camera.", "Quoted back at the World Court as evidence of intent at the top.", "His defense: taken out of context." ] }, { "id": "docket-halevi", "section": "docket", "title": "Herzi Halevi — IDF Chief of Staff (Oct 2023–Mar 2025)", "date": "+972/Guardian \"Lavender\" investigation: 3 Apr 2024; Ynet recording (\"gloves off,\" 200,000+ casualties): Sep 2025; Poland criminal complaint naming him: May 2026; resignation over Oct 7 failures: Mar 2025", "summary": "As IDF chief of staff commanding the Gaza campaign from October 2023 to March 2025 — the period in which +972 Magazine, Local Call, and the Guardian documented the \"Lavender\" and \"Where's Daddy?\" AI targeting systems, with intelligence sources describing pre-authorized allowances of 15–20 civilian deaths per junior Hamas operative — Halevi said in a recording published by Ynet in September 2025 that the IDF had killed or wounded more than 200,000 Palestinians, that \"we took the gloves off from the first minute,\" and that \"not once has anyone restricted me.\" He is named, alongside Yoav Gallant, Israel Katz, and Eyal Zamir, in a universal-jurisdiction criminal complaint filed in May 2026 with the Wrocław District Prosecutor's Office in Poland — announced by the Hind Rajab Foundation — alleging genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and starvation as a weapon of war; he is not subject to an ICC arrest warrant and resigned in March 2025 citing the October 7 failures.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/", "source": "+972 Magazine — 'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing spree in Gaza (3 Apr 2024)", "headline": "‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza", "published": "2024-04-03" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/former-israeli-army-chief-admits-palestinian-casualties-gaza", "source": "Middle East Eye — Former Israeli army chief admits to over 200,000 Palestinian casualties in Gaza (Sep 2025, on the Ynet recording)", "headline": "Former Israeli army chief admits to over 200,000 Palestinian casualties in Gaza", "published": "2025-09-13" }, { "url": "https://www.hindrajabfoundation.org/posts/-poland-criminal-complaint-filed-against-senior-israeli-officials-for-starvation--obstruction-of-humanitarian-aid-in-gaza", "source": "Hind Rajab Foundation — Criminal complaint filed in Poland (Wrocław) against senior Israeli officials incl. Halevi (May 2026)", "headline": "Criminal Complaint Filed in Poland against Israeli Officials | THE HIND RAJAB FOUNDATION", "published": "2026-05-25" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/21/israels-top-general-resigns-over-terrible-7-october-failures", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Israel’s top general resigns over ‘terrible’ October 7 attack failures", "published": "2025-01-21" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/21/herzi-halevi-resignation-israel-gaza-netanyahu/", "source": "The Washington Post", "headline": "Israeli military chief to resign as tensions rise between Netanyahu, army brass", "published": "2025-01-21" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/middleeast/israeli-military-chief-of-staff-resigns-intl/index.html", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Israeli military chief of staff resigns over failure to prevent October 7 attack | CNN", "published": "2025-01-21" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/taking-responsibility-for-oct-7-failures-idf-chief-and-head-of-southern-command-resign/", "source": "The Times of Israel", "headline": "Taking responsibility for Oct. 7 failures, IDF chief and head of Southern Command resign", "published": "2025-01-21" }, { "url": "https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/legal-noose-tightens-israeli-commanders-politicians-1-000-soldiers-could-face-icc-action/3413175", "source": "Anadolu Agency", "headline": "Legal noose tightens: Israeli commanders, politicians, 1,000 soldiers could face ICC action", "published": "2024-12-04" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herzi_Halevi", "official": { "url": "https://www.upi.com/amp/Top_News/World-News/2024/04/07/defends-using-ai-database-lavender-hamas-targets/2521712498490/", "label": "IDF defense of Lavender (\"designed to aid human analysis, not to replace it\" — spokesman Nadav Shoshani, via UPI, Apr 2024)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Herzi_Halevi_RAV_ALUF.jpg/960px-Herzi_Halevi_RAV_ALUF.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herzi_Halevi_RAV_ALUF.jpg", "credit": "IDF Spokesperson's Unit", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0" }, "bullets": [ "“Lavender”: AI flagged some 37,000 people as targets, with a known error rate, per +972.", "Officers could pre-authorize double-digit civilian deaths for a single junior militant, soldiers said.", "Chief of staff through all of it; named in universal-jurisdiction complaints abroad." ] }, { "id": "docket-alian", "section": "docket", "title": "Ghassan Alian — Maj. Gen., head of COGAT", "date": "Statement: 10 Oct 2023 (video; parallel X post 9 Oct); cited in South Africa's ICJ application filed 29 Dec 2023; HRW report: 19 Dec 2024; Hind Rajab Foundation ICC/Italy arrest request: 13 Jan 2025", "summary": "In a 10 October 2023 video address to Gaza residents reported by The Times of Israel, Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian — head of COGAT, the Israeli military body that controls the entry of aid into Gaza — declared: \"Human animals must be treated as such. There will be no electricity and no water, there will only be destruction. You wanted hell, you will get hell.\" South Africa cited the statement as evidence of genocidal intent in its ICJ Genocide Convention case against Israel; Human Rights Watch's December 2024 report \"Extermination and Acts of Genocide\" documented COGAT's blocking of water, fuel, and aid equipment under his command; and in January 2025 the Hind Rajab Foundation filed requests with the ICC and Italian authorities seeking his arrest for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/cogat-chief-addresses-gazans-you-wanted-hell-you-will-get-hell/", "source": "The Times of Israel — COGAT chief's 10 Oct 2023 video statement, exact quote", "headline": "COGAT chief addresses Gazans: ‘You wanted hell, you will get hell’", "published": "2023-10-10" }, { "url": "https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192", "source": "ICJ — South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention), case page with the application citing Alian's statement", "headline": "Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (Sou" }, { "url": "https://www.hrw.org/report/2024/12/19/extermination-and-acts-genocide/israel-deliberately-depriving-palestinians-gaza", "source": "Human Rights Watch — Dec 2024 report on deliberate water deprivation, naming Alian and COGAT", "headline": "Extermination and Acts of Genocide", "published": "2024-12-19" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-update/israeli-general-tells-human-animals-gaza-you-will-get-hell", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Israeli general tells 'human animals' of Gaza: 'You will get hell'" }, { "url": "https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/situation-israel-and-gaza-legal-analysis-eminent-professors", "source": "ReliefWeb (UN OCHA)", "headline": "The Situation in Israel and Gaza: Legal Analysis by Eminent Professors - occupied Palestinian territory", "published": "2023-10-30" }, { "url": "https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-837335", "source": "The Jerusalem Post", "headline": "Hind Rajab request arrest of IDF head of COGAT for 'war crimes' | The Jerusalem Post", "published": "2025-01-13" }, { "url": "https://mondoweiss.net/2023/10/operation-al-aqsa-flood-day-4-you-wanted-hell-you-will-get-hell-israeli-army-chief-says-calling-palestinians-human-animals/", "source": "Mondoweiss", "headline": "‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 4: ‘You wanted hell, you will get hell,’ Israeli army chief says, calling Palestinians ‘human animals’", "published": "2023-10-10" }, { "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/opinion/israel-united-states-gaza.html", "source": "NYT", "headline": "Opinion | Does the U.S. Really Want a Mass Expulsion in Gaza?", "published": "2023-10-15" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghassan_Alian", "official": { "url": "https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192", "label": "Israel's pleadings in ICJ Case 192 deny the genocide allegations; on the Jan 2025 arrest request, COGAT declined to comment (per The Times of Israel)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Ghassan_Alian.jpg/960px-Ghassan_Alian.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ghassan_Alian.jpg", "credit": "IDF Spokesperson's Unit", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0" }, "bullets": [ "“Human animals must be treated as such… You wanted hell, you will get hell.”", "He ran COGAT — the agency controlling every calorie entering Gaza.", "His words appear in South Africa's genocide application at the ICJ." ] }, { "id": "docket-vach", "section": "docket", "title": "Yehuda Vach — Brig. Gen., Commander of IDF Division 252 (Netzarim corridor)", "date": "Haaretz investigations: 18 Dec 2024 and 1 Jan 2025 (Netzarim \"kill zone\"), 27 Jun 2025 (\"killing field\" aid-site shootings); Military Advocate General war-crimes review ordered late Jun 2025", "summary": "Haaretz investigations based on testimony from soldiers and officers of Division 252 (December 2024–June 2025) reported that Vach told troops \"there are no innocents in Gaza,\" enforced an unmapped, shifting \"imaginary line\" in the Netzarim corridor beyond which any Palestinian who crossed was shot regardless of threat — with bodies left uncollected, a zone troops called \"the line of dead bodies\" — ordered the unauthorized demolition of a Gaza hospital, and instituted the use of live fire to disperse civilians at aid distribution points. No international proceeding names Vach individually, but after the June 2025 Haaretz exposé Israel's Military Advocate General ordered the army's Fact-Finding Assessment Mechanism to examine the shootings of aid seekers as possible war crimes; the IDF rejected the allegations against Vach as false, and Netanyahu and Katz denounced the report as \"blood libel.\"", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-12-18/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-soldiers-expose-arbitrary-killings-and-rampant-lawlessness-in-gazas-netzarim-corridor/00000193-da7f-de86-a9f3-fefff2e50000", "source": "Haaretz — 'No Civilians. Everyone's a Terrorist': soldiers on the Netzarim 'imaginary line' kill zone (18 Dec 2024)", "headline": "IDF soldiers expose arbitrary killings and rampant lawlessness in Gaza's Netzarim corridor", "published": "2024-12-18" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-01/ty-article-magazine/.premium/flatten-gaza-halt-aid-the-commander-overseeing-gazas-brutal-netzarim-corridor/00000194-223e-da14-adb7-767eb9790000", "source": "Haaretz — 'Flatten' Gaza, Halt Aid: profile of the Division 252 commander (1 Jan 2025)", "headline": "'Flatten' Gaza, halt aid: The commander overseeing Gaza's brutal Netzarim corridor", "published": "2025-01-01" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/27/israeli-soldiers-ordered-to-shoot-at-unarmed-gaza-aid-seekers-report", "source": "Al Jazeera — Israeli soldiers 'ordered' to shoot unarmed Gaza aid seekers (27 Jun 2025)", "headline": "Israeli soldiers ‘ordered’ to shoot unarmed Gaza aid seekers: Report", "published": "2025-06-27" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/27/middleeast/idf-gaza-aid-distribution-orders-intl-latam", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Israeli military rejects report that soldiers told to fire at Palestinians waiting for food, after repeated deadly incidents | CNN", "published": "2025-06-27" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/06/28/nx-s1-5449587/israel-gaza-haaretz-report", "source": "NPR", "headline": "Israel's leaders slam a news report on a Gaza 'killing field' near food sites", "published": "2025-06-28" }, { "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241220-israel-media-report-accuses-troops-of-indiscriminate-killing-of-gaza-civilians", "source": "France24", "headline": "Israel media report accuses troops of indiscriminate killing of Gaza civilians", "published": "2024-12-20" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-generals-contempt-human-life-led-widespread-deaths-gaza", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Israeli general's 'contempt for human life' led to widespread deaths in Gaza", "published": "2025-01-02" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-06-27/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-soldiers-ordered-to-shoot-deliberately-at-unarmed-gazans-waiting-for-humanitarian-aid/00000197-ad8e-de01-a39f-ffbe33780000", "source": "Haaretz", "headline": "Haaretz exposé • IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid", "published": "2025-06-27" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehuda_Vach", "official": { "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-859245", "label": "IDF rejection of the Haaretz report; Netanyahu-Katz \"blood libel\" statement (via Jerusalem Post)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Yehuda_Vach%2C_February_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yehuda_Vach,_February_2022_(cropped).jpg", "credit": "IDF Spokesperson's Unit", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0" }, "bullets": [ "Drew an “imaginary line” in Gaza: anyone who crossed it was shot.", "“There are no innocents in Gaza,” he told his troops — per Haaretz.", "His own soldiers exposed him; the international press barely printed his name." ] }, { "id": "docket-eiland", "section": "docket", "title": "Giora Eiland — Retired Maj. Gen., architect of the \"Generals' Plan\"", "date": "Yedioth Ahronoth \"epidemics\" op-ed: 19 Nov 2023; cited in South Africa's ICJ application: 29 Dec 2023; \"Generals' Plan\" published/debated: Sep–Oct 2024; Haaretz soldiers' testimony and north Gaza siege reporting: Oct 2024", "summary": "Eiland, a retired IDF major general and former National Security Council chief, authored the October 2024 \"Generals' Plan\" to give northern Gaza's roughly 300,000 residents one week to leave before the area was sealed under \"full and tight blockade\" — cutting food, water and fuel so those remaining, treated as combatants, would \"either have to surrender or to starve\" — and in a November 2023 Yedioth Ahronoth op-ed wrote that \"epidemics in the south [of Gaza] will bring victory closer and will decrease casualties among IDF soldiers,\" a statement 15 Israeli public-health experts condemned as advocating the weaponization of disease. His statements were cited in South Africa's 29 December 2023 ICJ genocide application as evidence of genocidal intent, and although the plan was never officially adopted, Israeli reserve soldiers told Haaretz in October 2024 that \"the Eiland Plan is being promoted by the IDF\" during the siege of Jabalia and north Gaza — while no court has brought proceedings against Eiland personally.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.icj-cij.org/node/203394", "source": "ICJ — South Africa v. Israel, Application instituting proceedings (cites Eiland's statements as evidence of genocidal intent)", "headline": "Application instituting proceedings and request for the indication of provisional measures | INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE", "published": "2023-12-29" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2024-10-22/ty-article-opinion/is-israel-really-implementing-a-plan-of-siege-and-starvation-in-gaza/00000192-b5c7-d5f0-a1bf-f7e74e130000", "source": "Haaretz editorial — mounting evidence Israel is implementing the 'generals' plan' of siege and starvation in north Gaza", "headline": "Editorial | Is Israel really implementing a plan of siege and starvation in Gaza?", "published": "2024-10-22" }, { "url": "https://www.972mag.com/jabalia-camp-northern-gaza-siege/", "source": "+972 Magazine — 'Dead bodies everywhere' in Jabalia as Israel besieges north Gaza", "headline": "‘Dead bodies everywhere’ in Jabalia as Israel besieges north Gaza", "published": "2024-10-10" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/10/16/the-israeli-generals-plan-for-northern-gaza-is-unlikely-to-succeed", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "The Israeli ‘General’s Plan’ for northern Gaza is unlikely to succeed", "published": "2024-10-16" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/16/israel-northern-gaza-generals-plan-siege/", "source": "Washington Post", "headline": "Israeli siege plan for Gaza under scrutiny as U.S. demands urgent change", "published": "2024-10-16" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/10/25/g-s1-29726/israel-gaza-jewish-settlers-strategy-netanyahu", "source": "NPR", "headline": "Israeli settlers in Gaza? Netanyahu's allies lay out a strategy", "published": "2024-10-25" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/israel-gaza-palestine-what-generals-plan", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "What is Israel's 'Generals' Plan' and what does it mean for the war on Gaza?", "published": "2024-10-14" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-tells-lawmakers-hes-considering-generals-plan-to-lay-siege-to-northern-gaza/", "source": "The Times of Israel", "headline": "Netanyahu tells lawmakers he’s considering ‘Generals’ Plan’ to lay siege to northern Gaza", "published": "2024-09-22" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/22/middleeast/netanyahu-gaza-hamas-expulsions-plan-intl/", "source": "CNN", "headline": "Netanyahu considering plan to force all Palestinian civilians out of northern Gaza to besiege Hamas | CNN", "published": "2024-09-22" }, { "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/ex-israeli-general-calls-for-siege-of-northern-gaza-amid-claims-tactic-is-illegal-13233750", "source": "Sky News", "headline": "Ex - Israeli general calls for siege of northern Gaza amid claims tactic is illegal", "published": "2024-10-14", "headline_via": "gdelt" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e82yy0wxno", "source": "BBC", "headline": "Israeli attack on northern Gaza hints at retired general's \"surrender or starve\" plan for war", "published": "2024-10-12" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/21/israeli-strike-on-beirut-lebanon-hezbollah-escalation", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "At least 37 killed in Israeli strike on Beirut, Lebanon says", "published": "2024-09-21" }, { "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/10/05/yahya-sinwar-clues-that-israels-most-wanted-man-may-dead/", "source": "The Telegraph", "headline": "Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been silent for months - now some Israelis believe he has been killed", "published": "2024-10-05" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/International/aid-agencies-warn-impending-humanitarian-disaster-northern-gaza/story?id=114782352", "source": "ABC News", "headline": "Aid agencies warn of impending humanitarian disaster in northern Gaza", "published": "2024-10-14" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ap-hamas-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-lebanon-b2631267.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "Harris and Biden each respond to death of ‘terrorist’ Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar", "published": "2024-10-18" }, { "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/is-israel-trying-to-force-residents-out-of-northern-gaza/a-70499619", "source": "DW", "headline": "Is Israel using 'surrender or starve' strategy in Gaza?", "published": "2024-10-15" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giora_Eiland", "official": { "url": "https://time.com/7176657/the-questions-israels-plans-for-north-gaza-endgame/", "label": "Eiland and the IDF deny the plan is being implemented (TIME, Nov 2024; Eiland also said on 10 Dec 2024 the plan was \"not being implemented at all\")" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Giora_Eiland._U.S._Embassy_in_Israel._July_4th_2015_%2819351073586%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giora_Eiland._U.S._Embassy_in_Israel._July_4th_2015_(19351073586)_(cropped).jpg", "credit": "U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv", "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0" }, "bullets": [ "The “Generals' Plan”: seal northern Gaza, give a week to leave, treat whoever stays as a combatant.", "Wrote that epidemics in Gaza would “bring victory closer.”", "Reporting from late 2024 suggests the plan stopped being hypothetical." ] }, { "id": "hamas-oct7", "section": "hamas", "title": "7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel", "date": "7 October 2023", "summary": "On 7 October 2023, Hamas-led armed groups attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people — most of them civilians, including at the Nova music festival near Re'im and in kibbutzim such as Be'eri — and taking 251 hostages into Gaza, per figures cited by Human Rights Watch and AFP. The UN Commission of Inquiry (June 2024) and Human Rights Watch (\"I Can't Erase All the Blood from My Mind,\" July 2024) found the attack involved war crimes and crimes against humanity, and on 21 November 2024 the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif — the same day as the Netanyahu and Gallant warrants — for crimes against humanity and war crimes including murder, extermination, hostage-taking, and sexual violence.", "links": [ { "url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/06/1150946", "source": "UN News (Commission of Inquiry findings, June 2024)", "headline": "Gaza: Hamas, Israel committed war crimes, claims independent rights probe", "published": "2024-06-12" }, { "url": "https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/17/october-7-crimes-against-humanity-war-crimes-hamas-led-groups", "source": "Human Rights Watch (July 2024 report)", "headline": "October 7 Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes by Hamas-led Groups", "published": "2024-07-17" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/12/middleeast/un-report-israel-hamas-gaza-war-crimes-intl-hnk", "source": "CNN (UN inquiry report)", "headline": "UN inquiry finds Israel and Hamas have both committed war crimes since October 7 | CNN", "published": "2024-06-12" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/17/hamas-committed-numerous-crimes-against-humanity-on-oct-7-hrw", "source": "Al Jazeera (HRW report and Hamas response)", "headline": "Hamas rejects HRW accusation of war crimes in October 7 attack", "published": "2024-07-17" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-hostages-captured-killed-b2430040.html", "source": "The Independent", "headline": "Hamas’s hostages: What to know about the Israelis abducted by the militant group", "published": "2023-10-16" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/10/7/buzzing-tel-avivs-streets-empty-as-conflict-escalates", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Buzzing Tel Aviv’s streets empty, as Israel-Hamas conflict escalates", "published": "2023-10-07" }, { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-10-11-23/h_da642257df354fdb9c5c12a4a62ae50e", "source": "CNN", "headline": "October 11, 2023 - Israel-Hamas war news | CNN", "published": "2023-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20231009-hamas-s-hostages-held-in-gaza-create-tough-predicament-for-israel", "source": "France24", "headline": "Hostages held in Gaza complicate Israeli response to incursion", "published": "2023-10-09", "headline_via": "gdelt" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-coded-doc-hamas-instructed-terrorists-to-kill-civilians-take-captives-report/", "source": "Times of Israel", "headline": "In coded doc, Hamas instructed terrorists to kill civilians, take captives – report", "published": "2023-10-15" }, { "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/15/world/israel-news-hamas-war-gaza", "source": "NYT", "headline": "Israel-Hamas War: Diplomats Race to Ease Gaza Crisis Amid Fears of Spreading Conflict (Published 2023)", "published": "2023-10-15" }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/10/12/please-help-us-get-them-out-israeli-hostages-relatives-call-for-their-release-in-brussels-", "source": "Euronews", "headline": "Relatives of Israeli hostages call on EU to help in Brussels rally", "published": "2023-10-12" }, { "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/hamas-israel-conflict-live-updates-chilled-every-australian-heart-pm-addresses-parliament-biden-warns-iran-to-stay-out-of-war-ahead-of-possible-middle-east-visit-20231015-p5ecfr.html", "source": "Sydney Morning Herald", "headline": "Hamas-Israel conflict LIVE updates: Gaza ground invasion imminent as Biden warns Iran over possible involvement; Dutton accuses Labor of antisemitism following PM’s speech", "published": "2023-10-15" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7_attacks", "official": { "url": "https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-state-palestine-icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-issues-warrant-arrest-mohammed-diab-ibrahim", "label": "ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I: warrant of arrest for Mohammed Deif (21 Nov 2024)" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Memorial_of_those_murdered_at_the_Nova_Music_Festival_on_7_October_2023.jpg/960px-Memorial_of_those_murdered_at_the_Nova_Music_Festival_on_7_October_2023.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Memorial_of_those_murdered_at_the_Nova_Music_Festival_on_7_October_2023.jpg", "credit": "Relspas", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0" }, "bullets": [ "About 1,200 killed in a single day — most of them civilians.", "251 people taken hostage, from a music festival and their own kitchens.", "UN inquiry: war crimes and crimes against humanity. ICC: arrest warrant for Mohammed Deif." ] }, { "id": "hamas-designations", "section": "hamas", "title": "Hamas terrorist designations and material-support laws", "date": "1997-10-08 – 2021-11-26", "summary": "The US State Department has designated Hamas a Foreign Terrorist Organization since October 8, 1997, the EU has listed it as a terrorist organization since 2003 — a listing the EU Court of Justice has upheld on appeal — and the UK Home Office proscribed the group in its entirety in November 2021 after previously banning only its military wing, with Canada, Australia, Japan, and other states maintaining their own designations. These designations carry criminal consequences for support: under 18 U.S.C. § 2339B, providing material support, including fundraising, to a designated FTO is punishable by up to 20 years' imprisonment, and under the UK Terrorism Act 2000, membership and support offenses carry up to 14 years, according to the US State Department and the UK Home Office.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations", "source": "US State Department", "headline": "Foreign Terrorist Organizations - United States Department of State" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proscribed-terror-groups-or-organisations--2/proscribed-terrorist-groups-or-organisations-accessible-version", "source": "UK Home Office (GOV.UK)", "headline": "Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations", "published": "2021-04-23" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-secretary-to-ban-hamas-from-uk", "source": "UK Home Office (GOV.UK)", "headline": "Home Secretary to ban Hamas from UK", "published": "2021-11-19" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/19/uk-moves-to-ban-hamas-as-terrorist-organisation", "source": "Al Jazeera", "headline": "Hamas reacts with fury as Britain moves to ban group", "published": "2021-11-19" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/uk-make-hamas-banned-terrorist-organization-81274454", "source": "ABC News", "headline": "UK says it will make Hamas a banned terrorist organization", "published": "2021-11-19" }, { "url": "https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-israel-militant-groups-gaza-strip-a50b423567b9efcdf95452deac39399f", "source": "AP", "headline": "UK says it will make Hamas a banned terrorist organization", "published": "2021-11-19", "headline_via": "gdelt" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59346441", "source": "BBC", "headline": "Hamas to be declared a terrorist group by UK", "published": "2021-11-19" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-terrorist-organisation-british-government", "source": "Middle East Eye", "headline": "Hamas to be declared a terrorist organisation by British government", "published": "2021-11-19" }, { "url": "https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britain-set-proscribe-hamas-terrorist-organisation-uk-media-reports-2021-11-19/", "source": "Reuters", "headline": "Britain outlaws Palestinian militant group Hamas -interior minister", "published": "2021-11-19" }, { "url": "https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-11-19/uk-says-it-will-make-hamas-a-banned-terrorist-organization", "source": "LA Times", "headline": "Britain says it will make Hamas a banned terrorist organization", "published": "2021-11-19" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-officially-bans-hamas-in-its-entirety-as-a-terrorist-group/", "source": "Times of Israel", "headline": "UK officially bans Hamas in its entirety as a terrorist group", "published": "2021-11-26" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/19/hamas-to-be-declared-terrorist-organisation-and-supporting-it-unlawful", "source": "The Guardian", "headline": "Priti Patel to announce plan to make support for Hamas illegal", "published": "2021-11-19" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas", "official": { "url": "https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations", "label": "US State Department — Foreign Terrorist Organizations list", "flag": "🏛️" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Harry_S._Truman_Building_Front_%2854629010445%29.jpg/960px-Harry_S._Truman_Building_Front_%2854629010445%29.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harry_S._Truman_Building_Front_(54629010445).jpg", "credit": "U.S. Department of State (Issac D. Pacheco)", "license": "Public domain (work of a US Department of State employee)" }, "bullets": [ "Designated terrorists in Washington (1997), Brussels (2003), London (2021).", "Donating to Hamas: up to 20 years in a US federal prison.", "Voicing support is an offense under the UK Terrorism Act." ] }, { "id": "deproscription", "section": "hamas", "title": "Deproscription: the lawful route to challenge a terrorist designation", "date": "Terrorism Act 2000 ss.4–10; 8 U.S.C. § 1189; PMOI delisted UK 2008, EU 2009, US 2012; Palestine Action JR: High Court 13 Feb 2026, Court of Appeal Jun 2026", "summary": "Section 4 of the UK's Terrorism Act 2000 lets a proscribed organisation, or any person affected by the ban, apply to the Home Secretary for deproscription, with appeal to the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission and onward to the Court of Appeal — and section 10 makes evidence of anything done in relation to such an application inadmissible in proceedings for a proscription offence; the US equivalent, 8 U.S.C. § 1189, lets a designated group petition the Secretary of State for revocation every two years, subject to review in the DC Circuit. Designations do get reversed: the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran was deproscribed in the UK in June 2008 after the Court of Appeal upheld POAC's ruling that the refusal to deproscribe was “perverse”, was removed from the EU list in 2009 and delisted by the US State Department in 2012, while in the Palestine Action case the Divisional Court held the proscription unlawful in February 2026 before the Court of Appeal allowed the Home Secretary's appeal that June, leaving the ban in force pending any Supreme Court appeal.", "links": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proscribed-terror-groups-or-organisations--2/proscribed-terrorist-groups-or-organisations-accessible-version", "source": "GOV.UK — Home Office, 'Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations' (accessible version): sets out the section 4 deproscription application, the 90-day determination period, POAC appeal and onward appeal to the Court of Appeal", "headline": "Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations", "published": "2021-04-23" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/enacted", "source": "legislation.gov.uk — Terrorism Act 2000 as enacted (ss.4–6 deproscription and POAC; s.10 inadmissibility of deproscription-application evidence)", "headline": "Terrorism Act 2000" }, { "url": "https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2023/09/15/factsheet-proscription/", "source": "Home Office in the media blog — 'FACTSHEET: Proscription' (official Home Office factsheet describing the deproscription route and POAC)", "headline": "FACTSHEET: Proscription", "published": "2023-09-15" }, { "url": "https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/09/198443.htm", "source": "US Department of State — 'Delisting of the Mujahedin-e Khalq', 28 September 2012 (revocation of FTO designation under the Immigration and Nationality Act)", "headline": "Delisting of the Mujahedin-e Khalq" }, { "url": "https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/R-Ammori-v-SSHD-OPEN-Judgment-final.pdf", "source": "Judiciary of England and Wales — R (Huda Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 292 (Admin), open judgment, 13 February 2026" }, { "url": "https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/breaking-down-the-court-of-appeal-judgment-on-palestine-actions-proscription/", "source": "Liberty — 'Breaking down the Court of Appeal judgment on Palestine Action's proscription' (June 2026 reversal; one month to seek permission to appeal to the Supreme Court)", "headline": "Breaking down the Court of Appeal judgment on Palestine Action’s proscription - Liberty", "published": "2026-06-15" } ], "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proscribed_Organisations_Appeal_Commission", "official": { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proscribed-terror-groups-or-organisations--2/proscribed-terrorist-groups-or-organisations-accessible-version", "label": "GOV.UK — Home Office, \"Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations\": deproscription under section 4, Terrorism Act 2000", "flag": "🏛️" }, "image": { "src": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Home_Office%2C_2_Marsham_Street%2C_London.jpg/960px-Home_Office%2C_2_Marsham_Street%2C_London.jpg", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Home_Office,_2_Marsham_Street,_London.jpg", "credit": "Steph Gray — Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London", "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0" }, "comment": "Supporting a proscribed group is a crime. Arguing that the proscription itself is wrong is not — it is the mechanism the statute provides.", "verify": "The Home Office's published guidance sets out the s.4 route but does not itself say in terms that campaigning for deproscription is lawful; that rests on s.10 of the Act and on a Home Office letter of 11 Aug 2025, quoted by Novara Media, stating it is not an offence to criticise the decision to proscribe Palestine Action.", "bullets": [ "The same law that bans a group provides the form to unban it.", "The MEK went from “terrorists” to delisted — in London, Brussels and Washington.", "Arguing a ban is wrong is lawful speech; the Act itself shields the application process." ] } ] }