Israel is deliberating the opening of Erez checkpoint in northern Gaza “under pressure from the United States,” according to Haaretz. Washington is “conditioning its continued support of the fighting on increased aid” to the territory – further evidence for how the US and Israel are using humanitarian aid as a fig leaf for genocide in Gaza.

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British-Israeli dual nationals have been allowed to join the Israeli military and commit war crimes in Gaza with impunity. The UK has a responsibility in international law to investigate and prosecute those who have committed these crimes.

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“This is how life is in Gaza now,” writes Wejdan Abu Shammala, whose days are spent finding water and baking bread to survive. “The smallest things, the basic necessities of life, now seem like insurmountable wishes.”

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“The neighborhood streets, once familiar, were now bathed in the red glare of missiles”:s Donya Ahmad Abu Sitta recalls the day that her family were displaced from their Gaza home. “It felt alien and ominous.”

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Anda Ashraf Shaheen was overjoyed after scoring 99.4 on her tawjihi secondary school matriculation exam and chose to stay in Gaza to study software engineering. But two weeks into the semester, Israel launched its war and destroyed Gaza’s universities.

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“I want to be a witness to the end of this genocide, not a casualty”: Alaa Abu Shammala on making the difficult decision to leave her Gaza home after her neighborhood was declared a combat zone by Israel.

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