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Israel/ Palestine
“I Didn’t Hear my Other Children Screaming:” A Family’s Horrific Losses in Gaza

“I Didn’t Hear my Other Children Screaming:” A Family’s Horrific Losses in Gaza

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Belkis Wille Associate Director, Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division ( Human Rights Watch ) – “I would tell my husband I felt like it was a palace,” Shaima Abu Jazar told me, describing the family’s three-story home in Rafah in southern Gaza. They had lived in it for just six months before it was leveled to […]

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: No Safe Pregnancies during Israeli Assault (HRW)

Gaza: No Safe Pregnancies during Israeli Assault (HRW)

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Limited Prenatal Care; Unsafe Deliveries; Newborns Facing Fatal Conditions Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem, January 28, 2025) – The Israeli government’s blockade of Gaza and attacks on healthcare facilities have created serious and sometimes life-threatening danger for women and girls during and after pregnancy and delivery since hostilities began in October 2023, Human Rights Watch said in […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel/Palestine: An Abyss of Human Suffering in Gaza and a Biden Double Standard

Israel/Palestine: An Abyss of Human Suffering in Gaza and a Biden Double Standard

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( Human Rights Watch) – (Jerusalem) – The Israeli military killed, wounded, starved, and forcibly displaced Palestinian civilians in Gaza in 2024, and destroyed their homes, schools, hospitals, and infrastructure at a scale unprecedented in recent history, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025. Tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza were killed and […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Crime of Extermination, Acts of Genocide in Gaza

Israel’s Crime of Extermination, Acts of Genocide in Gaza

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Authorities’ Widespread Deprivation of Water Threatens Survival

Israel
US Arms Used in Illegal Israeli Strike on Lebanese Journalists, raising Questions of American Liability

US Arms Used in Illegal Israeli Strike on Lebanese Journalists, raising Questions of American Liability

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Three Killed, Four Injured in Apparent War Crime

Israel/ Palestine
Analysis of 184 Israeli Forced Displacement Orders in Gaza shows they are a Crime Against Humanity

Analysis of 184 Israeli Forced Displacement Orders in Gaza shows they are a Crime Against Humanity

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Nadia_Hardman ( Human Rights Watch ) – Removing civilians from harm’s way in advance of an attack is the right thing for warring parties to do if it’s the only way to protect them. But the laws of war stipulate that this can only be done in narrow circumstances as a temporary measure, and civilians […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's Crimes against Humanity in Gaza: Forced Displacement of Palestinians Leaves much of Area Uninhabitable

Israel’s Crimes against Humanity in Gaza: Forced Displacement of Palestinians Leaves much of Area Uninhabitable

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Human Rights Watch ) | – Israeli authorities have caused massive, deliberate forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in Gaza since October 2023 and are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. There is no plausible imperative military reason to justify Israel’s mass displacement of nearly all of Gaza’s population, often multiple times. Rather than […]

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Israeli Attacks on Lebanese Medics Apparent War Crimes: Israel’s Allies should Suspend Arms Sales

Israeli Attacks on Lebanese Medics Apparent War Crimes: Israel’s Allies should Suspend Arms Sales

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Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – The Israeli military has repeatedly attacked medical workers and healthcare facilities in Lebanon, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch documented three attacks, involving apparent war crimes, in which Israeli forces unlawfully struck medical personnel, transports, and facilities, including paramedics at a civil defense center in central Beirut on October […]

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Israel’s Northern Offensive Endangering Hundreds of Thousands of Civilians

Gaza: Israel’s Northern Offensive Endangering Hundreds of Thousands of Civilians

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Gaza Shelters under Fire, Mass Displacement

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