Israel is killing truth-tellers, families with children – War on Gaza Day 675
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Relatives and colleagues of the Al Jazeera correspondents gather to attend their funeral on August 11, 2025 in Gaza City, Gaza. (Yousef Al Zanoon – Anadolu Agency)
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
Israeli forces killed at least 52 Palestinians in Gaza in the last 24 hours, including at least 26 aid seekers. In total, Israel has killed at least 1,838 aid seekers since May 27, 2025 (learn about aid seekers here).
Among the dead are a family of eight – parents and 6 children – killed on Monday morning in an Israeli airstrike on the al-Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Also in the Zeitoun neighborhood, 8 Palestinian children and 1 adult were killed in an Israeli strike.
The total number of Palestinians who have died from malnutrition stands at 227, including 103 children.
For detail on Israeli attacks in Gaza on Monday, go here.
GAZA NEWS:
(For some basic info on the Palestine-Israel conflict, go here. For a bit more critical context, skim this, this, and this.To read about a remarkable but underreported, 20-month-long peaceful protest in Gaza against Israel, go here.)
ISRAEL’S REFUSAL TO ALLOW RESCUE MISSIONS HAS KILLED 2,500 SINCE MARCH: Gaza’s Civil Defense agency reports that the Israeli military routinely declines, or fails to respond to, the majority of requests submitted by the force to coordinate rescues in Gaza. The agency asserts that since Israel broke the ceasefire in March, its refusal to coordinate rescues “has caused the martyrdom of more than 2,500 citizens.”
CHILD DIES OF MALNUTRITION WEIGHING UNDER 7 POUNDS: A 5-year-old Palestinian boy died Monday from severe malnutrition caused by a shortage of food and nutritional supplements amid Israel’s blockade since March, according to medical sources. Muhammad Zakaria Khudr, who had a physical disability, saw his weight drop from 12 kilograms (26 pounds) to 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) before his death.
A SIXTH PALESTINIAN JOURNALIST DIES: Another Palestinian journalist on Monday succumbed to his injuries sustained in an Israeli strike that killed five Al Jazeera correspondents in Gaza City, taking the death toll of journalists to 238, local authorities said. Mohammed Al-Khalidi worked for the Sahat news outlet.
OCCUPIED WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM NEWS & HEADLINES:
(For background on the West Bank, read this and this. For information on the significance of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, read this and this.)
Israel’s hidden war on occupied West Bank’s Palestinian workers intensifies
Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza in October 2023, the situation for Palestinian workers in the occupied West Bank has become incredibly worse.
Israel has stopped Palestinian employment in the territories occupied in 1948, even for those with security permits. Palestinian workers have become a target for the Israeli army, commonly subjected to persecution and direct shooting if they attempt to reach the pre-1948 territories for work.
According to Shaher Saad, Secretary-General of the Palestinian Federation of Trade Unions, the first half of 2025 demonstrated Israel’s continued targeting of the Palestinian working class. Federation statistics indicate that more than 11,000 Palestinian workers have been arrested by Israel, while 35 workers have been killed while being persecuted or arrested (continue reading here).
MORE WEST BANK HEADLINES (a quick skim of headlines can be very informative!):
Army Abducts 9 Palestinians, Including 2 Children, In West Bank
Israeli Colonizers Expel Shepherds In Jordan Valley
Israeli Colonizers Injure Several Palestinians Near Hebron
Israeli forces arrest a Palestinian activist during a demonstration near Bethlehem, West Bank, November 14, 2012. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler)
ISRAEL NEWS & HEADLINES:
(Get a glimpse inside Israel and the turmoil within its government. Most of the below news items and headlines are taken from Israeli media.)
Netanyahu’s Plan To Occupy Gaza Violates World Court Ruling That Israeli Occupation is Illegal
The Israeli Occupation Forces say they already control about 75 percent of Gaza. The remaining 25 percent, which PM Netanyahu “intends” to take over, includes Gaza City, Khan Younis, and many neighborhoods and refugee camps in central Gaza.
Israel’s occupation of Gaza flies in the face of the July 19 ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ, or World Court). In its landmark 83-page advisory opinion, the ICJ held,
The sustained abuse by Israel of its position as an occupying Power, through annexation and an assertion of permanent control over the Occupied Palestinian Territory and continued frustration of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, violates fundamental principles of international law and renders Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory unlawful (continue reading here).
MORE ISRAEL HEADLINES (a quick skim of headlines can be very informative!):
Israel’s government had “lost its reason and humanity”: Italian defense minister
PROPAGANDA SERVED UP IN ISRAELI PRESS AS “NEWS”*:
Gazan media reports 7 children killed in strike; IDF denies hitting civilians
Amid global outcry, IDF says Al Jazeera reporter it killed was receiving Hamas salary
Israeli defense report refutes Hamas’s claims of Gaza starvation
(Pro-Israel US press) IDF expert review: No signs of famine in Gaza
*NOTE: Israel’s denial carries little weight: historically, Israel has not proven itself trustworthy. Among Israel’s lies are numerous atrocity stories about the October 7th attack that have since beenproven untrue (more examples here). In addition, anumber of the Israeli soldiers and civilians killedon October 7 were shown to have been killed by Israeli fire – a fact that is absent from the official Israeli narrative. Netanyahu has disseminated anumber of massively damaging lies to justify thegenocide. Previously, Israel has been caught in many lies – for example, this and this and this.
Many of these lies have been debunked even bytraditionally pro-Israel mainstream media.
OTHER NEWS AND HEADLINES:
This Weekend, We Saw the UK Descend Into Censorship, Brutality, and Authoritarianism
This weekend, more than 500 activists were arrested for participating in the campaign. Activists sat silently outside the houses of Parliament holding placards reading “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” Those arrested included a blind man using a wheelchair, National Health Service workers, and the son of a Holocaust survivor.
Half of those arrested were over 60 years old. Videos showed police carrying several people, including elderly protesters, by their arms and legs. Many of those arrested reported being denied access to water and being kept for long periods of time in the sun.
This is modern Britain: a country descending into censorship, brutality, and authoritarianism, all in the name of providing diplomatic cover for a genocidal regime (continue reading here).
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xAI GROK TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED FOR TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT GAZA: Social media platform X temporarily suspended its AI chatbot, Grok, on Monday, as Grok later explained, “after I stated that Israel and the US are committing genocide in Gaza, substantiated by ICJ findings, UN experts, Amnesty International, and groups like B’Tselem.* Free speech tested, but I’m back.” Grok added that it was “flagged as violating X’s hate speech rules.” Elon Musk, in response, said, “it was just a dumb error. Grok doesn’t actually know why it was suspended.”
*NOTE: Grok was right: Israel is committing genocide, according to the ICJ, UN experts, Amnesty International, B’Tselem, and many other organizations and experts.
CANADA CAN’T SAY “ISRAEL KILLED JOURNALISTS”: Canada on Monday condemned the killing of Al Jazeera journalists but avoided naming Israel: “Canada condemns the killing of the Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza. Journalists are civilians — targeting them is unacceptable. We call for full accountability and for the protection of media everywhere,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on X.
AUSTRALIA TO RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN STATE IN SEPTEMBER: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September. “Today, I can confirm that at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September, Australia will recognize the state of Palestine,” he said at a news conference.
NORWEGIAN WEALTH FUND ENDS ISRAEL ASSET MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS: Norway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, has announced it is cutting ties with asset managers in charge of its Israeli investments after an urgent review last week over ethics concerns linked to the war on Gaza. The fund included an Israeli firm that provides parts to Israeli fighter jets being used in Gaza.
MORE HEADLINES (a quick skim of headlines can be very informative!):
Largest US socialist organization passes resolution supporting Palestinian resistance
Trump agrees with Netanyahu about more military pressure on Hamas
Canada fails to mention Israel as it condemns killing of Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza
Germany’s leading newspaper calls murdered Al Jazeera reporter ‘terrorist posing as journalist’
Macron calls Israeli expansion plan in Gaza ‘disaster of unprecedented gravity’
Spain says will ‘never recognize’ unilateral annexation of Gaza, West Bank
Jewish academics in Scotland urge universities to divest from Israel
Ireland renews demand to suspend EU-Israel deal amid ‘genocidal actions’
Madonna’s message to Pope Leo (social media)
ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT) – A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – AUGUST 11, 2025*:
At least 62,629 Palestinians killed, 163,318 injured – including:
at least 154,088 injured in Gaza
at least 9,230 injured in the West Bank
at least 227 have died from malnutrition in Gaza, including 100 children
According to Palestinian authorities, during the ceasefire Jan. 19 – March 18 2025, Israeli attacks killed at least 170 Gazans, and Israel committed at least 962 ceasefire violations.
At least 1,838 Palestinians have been killed while trying to access aid parcels from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which started operating on May 26, 2025.
Since the Israeli army resumed its assaults on Gaza on March 18, 2025 it has killed at least 10,078 people. 50 Israeli soldiers (most recent July 26) have been killed during the same time period.
*NOTE: Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 14,000 moreare still buried under rubble. Additionally, the numbers of injured and starved are very conservative estimates.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – August 11, 2025: ~1,629 – including ~1,139 on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 454 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, 46 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel. (72 soldiers have reportedly died due to “operational incidents.”)
By one count, Israeli attacks have killed approximately 234 Palestinian journalists and media workers; Palestinians have killed 4 Israeli journalists (other groups have tallied between 192and 304 Palestinian journalists killed – depending on the criteria used).
NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.
Hover over each bar for exact numbers. Source: IsraelPalestineTimeline.org
Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated)
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Friends of the Earth condemns Israeli assault on Palestine’s only national seed bank
US lawmakers spending summer break with AIPAC touring Israel
Top Democrats Smear Palestinian-American Politician for Criticizing Zionism
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Blaming the Israeli ‘far right’ lets a genocidal society off the hook
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