Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix Back Gaza Drama 'The Voice of Hind Rajab'
Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix back Kaouther Ben Hania's Gaza drama ''The Voice of Hind Rajab,' which premieres at Venice, as executive producers.
hollywoodreporter.com
August 27, 2025
Scott Roxborough
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Israel Bombs Another Hospital, Kills 5 More Journalists in Gaza | Democracy Now
Israeli airstrikes on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza killed at least 20 people Monday, including five Palestinian journalists. Eyewitnesses say Israel carried out a "double-tap" strike on the hospital. A drone initially hit the hospital's roof, killing one journalist setting up a live stream, and then another strike hit journalists and rescue workers who were responding to the initial strike. "Israel knew exactly who was there," says Palestinian writer and analyst Muhammad Shehada. "Israel has killed 244 journalists, by far surpassing all 20 years of the war in Vietnam or all six years of the Second World War."
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August 25, 2025
Democracy Now!
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Palestinian agriculture destroyed: Israeli army uproots 3,100 trees to 'improve defence'
A village council in the occupied West Bank says Israeli forces have not only been attacking Palestinians and their properties -- but also destroying farmland. More than 3-thousand trees have been uprooted in a matter of days. The Israeli army says it was done in order to 'improve defences'. But it fits a broader pattern of increased violence against Palestinians and their property.
youtube.com
August 23, 2025
Al Jazeera English
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Famine declared in northern Gaza : NPR
Famine has been officially declared in northern Gaza, a U.N.-backed group warns — marking the first such confirmation in the Middle East.
npr.org
August 22, 2025
Ruth Sherlock and Jackie Northam
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Roads blocked, businesses shut as nationwide protest strike hits Israel | CNN
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have gathered around Hostages Square in Tel Aviv late Sunday, with organizers claiming the number of people in the crowd has grown to more than 300,000. In one of the largest coordinated demonstrations since the beginning of the Gaza war nearly two years ago, protesters blocked major roads, closed private businesses, and staged rallies in big cities across Israel. The nationwide grassroots strike and widespread protests grew over the course of Sunday as protesters demand the government secure the release of 50 hostages still in Gaza.
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August 17, 2025
CNN
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Trump Blocks Medical Visas from Gaza After Laura Loomer Meltdown
Donald Trump stopped all visas from Gaza, including for humanitarian and medical aid, after Laura Loomer freaked out about children getting care.
rollingstone.com
August 16, 2025
Naomi LaChance,Asawin Suebsaeng
Middle East
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Palestinian Peoples: on Disintegration and the Conditions for Intifada
Even if the occupation were to somehow end tomorrow, how would we, as Palestinians and Arabs, begin to construct a national narrative that places Gaza, Ramallah, and Haifa side by side in a shared liberation story?
en.al-akhbar.com
August 07, 2025
Moussa al-Sadah
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Al-Nasiriyah prison fire: 27 detainees dead, Muslim Scholars allege government cover-up - Shafaq News
Shafaq News - Al-Nasiriyah
27 inmates died in a fire at al-Nasiriyah Central Prison, known as al-Hout, in southern Dhi Qar province, under “mysterious circumstances,” the Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq announced on Tuesday, accusing the Iraqi government of secrecy and a media blackout.
shafaq.com
August 05, 2025
Shafaq News - Al-Nasiriyah
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Aerial footage filmed by ITV News shows the scale of Gaza's destruction | ITV News
The first aerials of Gaza for months document the territory's continued destruction.
Filmed by ITV News International Editor Emma Murphy, on board a plane dropping aid into Gaza, the images show huge swathes of land in ruins. Journalists are prevented from entering Gaza by Israel.
Looking out the plane windows from 15,000 feet is the closest any foreign media has been to seeing the aftermath of 22 months of war, apart from trips arranged by the Israeli military.
youtube.com
August 04, 2025
ITV News
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UNRWA Situation Report #182 on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem
The Gaza Strip
The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) alert was issued on 29 July 2025. As reported, the worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip, with mounting evidence showing that widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths. Latest data indicates that Famine thresholds have been reached for food consumption in most of the Gaza Strip and for acute malnutrition in Gaza City.
unrwa.org
August 01, 2025
UNRWA
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Fmr. Green Beret Who Worked at Gaza Food Sites Reveals Rampant War Crimes
As more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed seeking aid at militarized aid distribution sites run by the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a former GHF security contractor tells Democracy Now! he saw U.S. mercenaries and Israeli forces commit war crimes by indiscriminately shooting at starving Palestinians waiting for aid. "What I witnessed in Gaza, I can only describe as a dystopian, post-apocalyptic wasteland," says Anthony Aguilar, a retired U.S. soldier who worked as a subcontractor with UG Solutions in the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid delivery operation. "We, the United States, are complicit. We are involved, hand in hand, in the atrocities and the genocide that is currently undergoing in Gaza."
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July 29, 2025
Democracy Now!
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Starmer says U.K. will recognize Palestinian state if Israel hasn't agreed to ceasefire by September
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held an emergency cabinet meeting on Tuesday over the situation in Gaza. He spoke to reporters afterwards, saying that the United Kingdom will recognize a Palestinian state if Israel hasn't agreed to a ceasefire by September.
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July 29, 2025
CBS News
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'Worst-case scenario' famine in Gaza as Palestinians are shot and killed trying to reach aid
A UN-backed food security agency has warned that “the worst case scenario of famine” is unfolding in Gaza, its starkest alert yet as starvation spreads and Israel faces growing international pressure to allow more food into the territory. #CNN #News
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July 29, 2025
CNN
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GRAPHIC WARNING: Israeli Airstrikes Kill At Least Fifty, Injure Dozens In Gaza
Israeli airstrikes carried out on Monday injured dozens of Palestinians and killed at least fifty.
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July 28, 2025
Forbes Breaking News
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Video shows dire starvation crisis in Gaza
Distressing video shows the dire effects of the starvation crisis gripping Gaza. Humanitarian aid organizations blame Israeli policies for the crisis and urge Israel to end its blockade of the enclave. Israel says Hamas is at fault. CNN's Jeremy Diamond reports. #CNN #News
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July 25, 2025
CNN
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32 Palestinians shot dead trying to reach U.S. group's food distribution sites, Gaza authorities say
At least 32 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire while trying to reach U.S.-backed aid sites in Gaza
nbcnews.com
July 19, 2025
The Associated Press
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'Look at the sea change now': Enten on 56-point swing among Dems supporting Palestinians
CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten breaks down Democrats' shifting views on the Middle East conflict, finding that Democrats sympathize more with Palestinians by 43 percentage points, a change from sympathizing more with Israelis by 13 points in 2017. Axios's Margaret Talev and Spectrum News's Errol Louis also join CNN's John Berman to discuss NYC Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani's candidacy. #CNN #News
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July 02, 2025
CNN
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"Worst Thing I've Ever Seen": U.S. Surgeon Describes Mass Starvation, Injury and Death in Gaza
We speak with American neurosurgeon Dr. Abdul Basit Khan in Gaza, where he is volunteering at the Nasser Hospital. He describes treating patients with blast injuries and gunshot wounds from Israeli attacks, all while coping with a lack of basic medical supplies and widespread hunger. "Food insecurity is rampant, from all levels of society. Even the physicians are not eating," he says. Multiple blasts were heard during the interview, with Dr. Khan describing his patients as people "living in tents being indiscriminately bombed" by Israeli forces. "This is the worst thing I've ever seen in my entire life, by far."
youtube.com
July 01, 2025
Democracy Now!
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'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid - Israel News - Haaretz.com
IDF Officers and Soldiers Told Haaretz They Were Ordered to Fire at Unarmed Crowds Near Food Distribution Sites in Gaza, Even When No Threat Was Present. Hundreds of Palestinians Have Been Killed, Prompting the Military Prosecution to Call for a Review Into Possible War Crimes Netanyahu, Katz Reject Claims, Call Them 'Blood Libels'
haaretz.com
June 27, 2025
Nir Hasson
Middle East
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First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities
Results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.
nature.com
June 27, 2025
Rachel Fieldhouse
Middle East
