Archive for August 8th, 2025

08/08/2025

GHF-run Food Distributions in Gaza Are Sites of “Orchestrated Killing”

Human Wrongs Watch

By Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)*

'This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing'

Our teams at the Al Mawasi health centre received both injured patients and dead bodies after Israeli forces opened fire on people at one of the GHF food distribution sites in Gaza. Palestine, August 2025.© NOUR ALSAQQA/MSF

JERUSALEM, 7 August 2025 An analysis of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical data, patients’ testimonies, and first-hand medical witnessing at two MSF clinics in Gaza, Palestine, point to both targeted and indiscriminate violence by Israeli forces and private American contractors against starved Palestinians at food distribution sites run by the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). 

The GHF-run food distributions in Gaza, Palestine, have become sites of “orchestrated killing and dehumanisation”, not humanitarian aid.

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08/08/2025

Adesso Basta! Enough Is Enough. Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug 7 2025 (IPS)* – On August the first, the Italian daily La Repubblica published an interview with David Grossman, Israel’s most renown author and supporter of a “two-state solution”, as well as an outspoken critic of Israel’s violence against Palestinian civilians.

Grossman’s interview received international attention and was quoted by respected newspapers like The Guardian, Le Figaro and Haaretz.

Israeli presence on the West Bank. The orange and red patches are what remains of Palestinian controlled areas.

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08/08/2025

Extreme Heat Is Breaking Records Worldwide: World Meteorological Organization

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Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Extreme heat is breaking records around the world, with wildfires and poor air quality compounding the crisis, according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released Thursday []. 

Extreme heat is impacting millions of people around the world.
© Unsplash/Nathan Hurst | Extreme heat is impacting millions of people around the world.
 
Extreme temperatures caused approximately 489,000 heat-related deaths annually between 2000 and 2019, with 36 per cent occurring in Europe and 45 per cent in Asia.

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