Declassified UK:

Amid Britain’s ongoing complicity and support for Israel’s ‘plausible genocide’ in Gaza, up to 300 civil servants in the Foreign Office have formally raised concerns with ministers, seeking a change of course.

They are questioning ministers’ actions and policy in relation to Gaza and asking to see the legal advice they received that this is based on – advice that they have so far refused to publish, despite calls to do so from some in parliament.

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Today, the Government of Slovenia adopted the decision on the recognition of the independence and sovereignty of Palestine and submitted it to the National Assembly.

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Middle East Eye:

British doctors and organisations are part of an initiative called Project Pure Hope began efforts in January to bring four siblings and their cousin from Gaza as a "test case" to see what would happen.

Three of the siblings, whose parents were killed, had suffered traumatic amputations and required further medical treatment, which pediatric hospitals across Britain were prepared to provide.

Over £500,000 ($636,000) was raised, enough to cover their treatment, and arrangements were made for the children’s aunt and grandmother to accompany them, according to those involved.

The issue was visas.

“We made many, many attempts to try to get a visa for these children and, sadly, despite many good-hearted civil servants, when it got to the highest level, we just heard nothing back,” Kandiah told MEE.

Five months later, with British hospitals and medical professionals still at the ready, Kandiah and others say they are unaware of any legal pathways available to bring these children to the UK, nor have they heard of any Palestinian children seeking medical treatment being admitted.

They point to the care Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani campaigner for girl’s education, received at a Birmingham hospital after she was shot by a Taliban gunman and, more recently, Ukrainian children with cancer whom the National Health Service (NHS) brought to England in 2022 for treatment, along with their family members.

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Jacobin:

An anonymous BBC journalist says that BBC editors are afraid of reprimand from their bosses for reporting which displeases the Israeli government, leading to the BBC consistently holding back from reporting the full horrors of Israel’s war on Gaza.

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Arab American Institute 2024 election poll of Arab Americans in key states: Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, + Virginia.

KEY FINDINGS:
- Support for Biden at 18%
- 88% disapprove of Biden's handling of Gaza
- 80% view Gaza as important in determining their vote

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🔻Colonel Reserve Yitzhak Brik:

The army spreads illusions and throws ashes into the eyes of the public and does not tell the truth. We will not be able to overthrow Hamas, and since we are a small army unable to eliminate Hamas, we will certainly face a problem if we start an all-out war - you need to take a break - a break from the fighting


Entering Rafah is not only detrimental to us, but it is a tragic mistake. Rafah has kept us away from the world, kept us away from peace with Egypt, and this may lead to us losing our ability to return the prisoners forever.



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🔻"In the war, it worsened": A sharp rise in domestic violence cases.

Data from the Ministry of Welfare indicates a sharp increase in the number of referrals of women suffering from domestic violence in the first half year of the war - and the ministry estimates this is only the beginning.

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🔻Two cousins died in Gaza within a few weeks

Sergeant Daniel Levi and his cousin Sergeant Yedidya Azugi, who died yesterday in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, had planned to meet in Gaza - but died 19 days apart. "Their deaths being so close to each other is something surreal and incomprehensible," said Daniel's father, David. Their grandmother, Ninet, received the devastating news about her two grandsons and struggles to speak

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SkyNews:

Israeli airstrike that killed dozens in Rafah carried out using type of bomb supplied by US.

Footage filmed by Palestinian journalist Alamuddin Sadiq at the scene of the strike appears to indicate which specific munition was used, 1,000 of which were supplied by the US to Israel in 2023.

To build a picture of what happened immediately after the strike, Sky News verified numerous videos and photographs captured by those present.

Recorded the day after the strike, the fragments resemble the tail section of a GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB).

A serial number visible in footage of the munition confirms the US origin of the component found. The five number sequence "81873" corresponds to the Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code assigned to the US manufacturer Woodward, which produces munition parts.

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Channel 13 Hebrew

Netanyahu meets Gallant at the Ministry of Defense after a two-week break

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Haaretz revealed they were prevented by security officials from publishing this story.

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Reliable Hebrew source:

3 Israeli soldiers were killed today in the battles in the Gaza Strip.

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