3-year-old discovers 3,800-year-old treasure during a family outing in Israel.
From NBC News: "Experts identified the find as a Canaanite seal or scarab."
NBC News · 3-year-old discovers ancient 3,800-year-old treasure during family outing in Israel
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The Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline
On 23 March contact was lost with a team of #Palestinian rescue workers and medics in southern #Gaza. A week later their bodies were recovered from a mass grave
from #TheGuardian #Guardian
By Lorenzo Tondo and Malak A Tantesh in Jerusalem, and Julian Borger. Videos and graphics by Bryony Moore and Tural Ahmedzade
Thu 3 Apr 2025 07.32 EDT
#PermanentCeasfireNow
#IsraelWarCrimes
#ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#news #press @palestine @israel
The Guardian · The Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 2, 2025 https://www.byteseu.com/889307/ #Afghanistan #Conflicts #Institute #InstituteForTheStudyOfWar #Iran #Iraq #ISW #Libya #MiddleEast #ORBAT #report #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #RussiaUkraine #RussianInvasionOfUkraine #RussoUkrainianWar #Security #Study #Ukraine #UkraineProject #War
Syria on Thursday condemned deadly Israeli strikes across the country as a "flagrant violation" of its sovereignty, after Israel said it struck "military capabilities." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/03/world/syria-israeli-strikes-violation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #syria #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times · Syria says deadly Israeli strikes a 'blatant violation'
Israeli strike kills 12 members of Gaza family as offensive widens
Displaced family were preparing for weddings and childbirths before the attack struck home in #KhanYounis
from #MiddleEastEye
By Ahmed Aziz in Khan Younis, occupied Palestine
Published date: 2 April 2025 16:09 BST
"An #Israeli air strike on Khan Younis has killed at least 12 displaced #Palestinians from the same family, relatives told #MEE, as #Israel expanded its offensive on Wednesday to seize "large areas" of #Gaza.
“They were hanging out at our place, and wanted to wish their mother a happy Eid"...
They left, and an hour or two later, we receive a call telling us the Bari family home was bombed, which was the home they were renting.”"
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-strike-kills-12-members-gaza-family-offensive-widens
#PermanentCeasfireNow
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#news #press @palestine
Middle East EyeIsraeli strike kills 12 members of Gaza family as offensive widensDisplaced family were preparing for weddings and childbirths before the attack struck home in Khan Younis
Israel is "carving up” the Gaza Strip in a bid to pressure Hamas into freeing hostages and will establish a new corridor, parallel to the Egyptian border, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/03/world/israel-south-gaza-netanyahu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times · Israel ‘carving’ new corridor in south Gaza, Netanyahu says
https://www.europesays.com/1963278/ Israel’s war on Gaza deadliest conflict ever for journalists, says report | Gaza News #Conflicts #FreedomOfThePress #Gaza #geopolitics #Israel #MiddleEast #News #Palestine
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There is the high possibility, in the coming days, that the United States may soon bomb Iran.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered additional forces to the Middle East, including the Carl Vinson carrier strike group and aircraft, as tensions with Tehran are increasing over its nuclear program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/world/pentagon-aircraft-carrier-iran-tensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #defense #petehegseth #us #middleeast #iran #houthis #yemen #redsea #irannuclearprogram #donaldtrump
The Japan Times · Pentagon sends second aircraft carrier to Mideast as Iran tensions rise
The United Nations has dismissed as "ridiculous" an assertion by Israel that there was enough food in the Gaza Strip to last for a long period of time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/world/politics/israel-food-gaza-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #un
The Japan Times · Israel says there's plenty of food in Gaza — U.N. says that's ridiculous
An Israeli strike on Beirut killed a Hezbollah official handling Palestinian affairs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/world/hezbollah-official-dead-israel-beirut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #iran #lebanon #hezbollah
The Japan Times · Hezbollah official among four dead in Israeli strike on Beirut
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That's 142 killed per-day during the study period. An underestimate, because this ignores all the non-elderly adult male civilians killed.
Even if we ignore all deaths that have occurred since June 2024, & divide the figure by all days through today, that's 71 civilian deaths per day.
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The Lancet estimates 64,260 #Palestinians were killed from October 2023 through June 2024. The study indicates ~59.1% of these were #women, #children & #elderly (37,978).
https://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02678-3/fulltext
We can take this as a minimum measure of civilians killed by #Israel.
During #apartheid, South African armed forces killed 69 civilians in the #SharpevilleMassacre. The world was shocked. This event is still taught in #history classes.
On average, #Israel massacred more than 70 #Palestinian civilians every day for the past 18 months.
April marks Arab-American heritage month. Arab Americans are a diverse community that come from 22 Arabic speaking countries and according to the https://arabamericanmuseum.org, they are as American as they are Arab.
The White House has said that U.S. strikes in Yemen in March killed the top Houthi missile expert, but the U.S. military has so far declined to confirm the death, and the individual's identity remains unclear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/world/politics/us-houthi-missile-expert/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #houthis #yemen #redsea #middleeast
The Japan Times · White House says strikes killed Houthi missile expert, but questions linger
The Israeli army has told Palestinians to leave areas in southern Gaza ahead of what it said would be "intense fighting” with Hamas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/world/israel-gazan-south-intense-fight/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times · Israel tells Gazans to leave south before ‘intense fight’
Fifteen emergency and aid workers from the Red Crescent, Palestinian Civil Defense and the United Nations have been recovered from a grave in the Gaza Strip, U.N. officials have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/world/rescue-workers-grave-gaza-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #un
The Japan Times · Bodies of 15 rescue workers recovered from Gaza grave, U.N. officials say
Vote Midterms Escalating threats from Trump show he is unstable. Remember, top General said Trump was unable and wanted to bomb Iran in 2020.
Via Ian Masters :
We are joined by CIA veteran Paul Pillar to discuss Trump’s threats that he will bomb Iran unless they come to the negotiating table and whether reports that there were nuclear weapons aboard B2 bombers in Diego Garcia are meant to put pressure on the Ayatollahs
