The Knesset’s National Security Committee approved a bill that would impose the death penalty on Palestinians determined to be “terrorists,” which critics note does not apply to Israelis who kill Palestinians and risks the lives of hostages held by Hamas.
At least 66,097 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and 168,536 have been injured as Israel continues to carry out its U.S.-backed genocide with no end in sight.
U.S. President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday to discuss Washington’s 20-point peace proposal that would result in the swift release of Israeli hostages in Gaza and a significant increase in humanitarian aid into the enclave.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech last week at the UN was filled with “rhetorical tricks” and “gimmicks” to try to influence public opinion even as Israel continues to ramp up its massacre campaign in Gaza, Nir Hasson, a journalist for Haaretz, wrote.
A humanitarian flotilla aiming to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza and deliver aid to the starving population inside the enclave was struck last week with drones and stun grenades, but has resumed its mission.
The IDF on Sunday struck al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical center, as its forces advance in Gaza City and the hospital struggles to treat the surge in patients because Israel is employing new techniques to kill civilians.
The IDF announced last week that it launched air strikes into Yemen in response to a drone strike in southern Israel that injured at least 20.
Microsoft informed the IDF’s secretive Unit 8200 that it will no longer have access to key mass-surveillance technology after it was revealed that the military violated the Redmond, Wash.-company’s policy on data collection, according to a new report.