Archive for July 23rd, 2024

23/07/2024

“Heavy Shooting from the Israeli Forces at a UN Convoy Heading to Gaza City…”

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — A UN convoy has been hit by “heavy shooting” from Israeli forces at a checkpoint while en route to Gaza City, the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Monday [].

A displaced Palestinian woman washes clothes in a classroom at shelter run by the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
UNRWA | A displaced Palestinian woman washes clothes in a classroom at shelter run by the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
23/07/2024

First, It Was Food as Weapon of War– and Then Came Water…

Human Wrongs Watch

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 22 2024 (IPS)* – The Palestinians in Gaza have been victims of a double tragedy: killings by Israel’s mostly American-made weapons and deaths by starvation.

A family cooks a meal in a temporary accommodation in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Credit: UN World Food Programme (WFP)

And now comes a revelation of a new weapon of war: how Israel has been systematically weaponizing water against Palestinians in Gaza, according to a new report from the global human rights organization, Oxfam.

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23/07/2024

Exclusive: A Look into the Lives of Palestine Refugees in Lebanon Awaiting a Solution to Their Plight

Human Wrongs Watch

By Ezzat El-Ferri, in Lebanon

On the outskirts of Lebanon’s second capital, Tripoli, lies a Palestinian refugee camp that is almost as old as their plight itself.

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A girl sitting on the steps to her home in the Al Biddawi camp for Palestine refugees in northern Lebanon.
UN News/Ezzat El-Ferri | A girl sitting on the steps to her home in the Al Biddawi camp for Palestine refugees in northern Lebanon.
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()* The Al Biddawi camp for Palestine refugees was established in 1955 to host many of those who had been forcibly displaced from the Upper Galilee and northern coastal cities during what is known as the Palestinian Nakba, or catastrophe in Arabic.