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In other words, while Hamdan was clearly targeted for making No Other Land … he was also targeted for being Palestinian — like countless others every day who are disregarded. This, it seems, gave the Academy an excuse to remain silent when a filmmaker they honored, living under Israeli occupation, needed them the most,
wrote Abraham
Stop the war, ... We refuse to die, ... The blood of our children is not cheap.”
People held signs saying
There is a feeling that the burden is on the same small number of people,
said Hagar Chen-Tzion, whose husband, a deputy company commander in the Armored Tanks Corps, was preparing to deploy for a fourth stint to Gaza this week
The army was not built to maintain this reserve force, so they never expected to put us in this situation,
said Ari Krauss, a reservist from Golani, an elite IDF infantry brigadeNow that people have been home, and had more time to think,
he said he suspects that
If the government doesn’t share my values, or the values of most of the country, I wondered if my being there wasn’t helping the bad guys by being a useful idiot,
he said of Israel’s government, citing months of public pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war and negotiate a hostage deal with HamasI want to know that if my husband is called it is because it is really necessary, and because we will really win,
she saidWith our families, there’s respect and appreciation or whatever,
he saidStatistically, it feels like it will get us at some point, too,
she saidThe sheer number of children with skin conditions is a direct result of Gaza’s destruction and blockade,
said Chiara Lodi, the MSF medical team coordinator in Gaza
This night has been marked by utter devastation, with Israeli forces bombarding densely populated areas in central and northern Gaza,
said Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Deir el-Balah in central GazaFleeing with only a few personal belongings, many people are now staying on the streets, in desperate need of food, drinking water, and shelter essentials,
the agency said late on TuesdayThey are moving into tent sites, overcrowded areas, they are moving into the near-collapsing, partially destroyed evacuation centres,
he saidIn Gaza, there is no place safe ... this is the [fiercest] and most violent war we have lived [through] in Gaza. Help us to stay alive,
the young Dahdouh duo pleadedWe thought this was our safe haven, ... Our last refuge, in the house of God."
he said through tearsThey bombed my angels without warning. They killed our children, the children of cousins, relatives,
the grieving father addedOh, my dear son, go up to heaven, you’re going to find all your toys up there,
the heartbroken father cried as he held his son’s lifeless bodyI’m so scared, please come. Please send someone to take me,
she repeated during a harrowing three-hour conversation with emergency services that Israel was blocking from reaching her.jpg)
My position is that first we have to get the hostages back, even if we need to commit to end the war and pull back to a security perimeter,
said Ram Ben Barak, former deputy head of Mossad and current Knesset member
Let them out. If they have visas and want to go, Israel should let them. It will make military operations easier in a less densely populated area."
Ben Barak