Archive for July 3rd, 2024

03/07/2024

Israeli Defense Minister Vows to Return Lebanon to ‘Stone Age’

Human Wrongs Watch

By Kyle Anzalone | Antiwar – TRANSCEND Media Service*

The White House reversed course and now says a ceasefire in Lebanon cannot be contingent on a deal in Gaza.

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27 Jun 2024 – Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel was prepared to send Lebanon back to the “Stone Age” with a massive bombing campaign. The White House desperately tries to avert a major war in the Middle East but is not making progress.

After three days of meetings with top officials in Washington, Gallant told reporters that Israel preferred diplomacy but was also willing to utterly destroy Lebanon.

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03/07/2024

US Arms Suppliers in Gaza Killings Should Be “Named, Shamed & Boycotted”

Human Wrongs Watch

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 3 2024 (IPS)* – The US gun lobby justifies the unfettered American gun ownership in the US on a misguided premise: Guns don’t kill people, it’s bullets that kill people.

A child watches as bodies are recovered from under the rubble of a house in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, east of the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: UN News/Ziad Taleb

The accusations of genocide and war crimes in Gaza have been directed firstly, at Israel, for the killings of more than 37,700, mostly civilians, and over 86,000 injured, in retaliation for the 1,200 killed by Hamas last October, according to estimates from Gaza health officials, as cited by Cable News Network (CNN) last week.

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03/07/2024

Gaza Is a ‘Maelstrom of Human Misery’

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — With their homes shattered and lives upended by war, civilians in Gaza are clinging to their dignity under the most inhumane conditions, Sigrid Kaag, the UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator, said on Tuesday [2 July 2024].

Over 330,000 tonnes of waste have accumulated in or near populated areas across Gaza, posing catastrophic environmental and health risks.
© UNRWA | Over 330,000 tonnes of waste have accumulated in or near populated areas across Gaza, posing catastrophic environmental and health risks.