J Street Welcomes House Letters Urging Resumption of Medical Visas and Surging Infant Formula Aid for Gaza, J Street
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami said, “Our Jewish tradition commands us to protect the vulnerable, uphold human dignity, and affirm the sanctity of every human life. The State Department’s suspension of medical visas for Gazan children in urgent need of lifesaving treatment, alongside Israel’s restrictions on desperately needed infant formula, stand in direct violation of those principles.”
Israel Says It Attacked Gaza Hospital to Destroy Camera Placed by Hamas, The New York Times
“But the military did not provide evidence for that claim. The location hit was regularly used by news outlets for livestreaming. The strike on Monday on Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis killed at least 20 people, five of them Gaza-based Palestinian journalists, according to the Gazan health ministry.”
Democrats’ Divisions Over Israel-Gaza War Flare at National Party Meeting, The Washington Post
“A Democratic National Committee panel on Tuesday took up two resolutions that reflect the split between a younger, more liberal wing of the party – which wants a more forceful response to suffering in Gaza – and a more moderate and pro-Israel wing wary of blaming the crisis on the longtime US ally. Neither advanced in the end.”
Pressley, More Than 100 Other Lawmakers Call for Surge of Baby Formula into Gaza, The Boston Globe
“‘We the undersigned stand united in our fundamental American moral values that we must do everything possible to ensure children are not starving and that infants are not denied critical food aid,’ the letter said. ‘This crisis is not one of funding or resources, but of access and political will.’”
Families Leave Gaza City After Night of Bombardment, Israelis Protest, Reuters
“More Palestinian families left Gaza City on Tuesday after a night of Israeli shelling on its outskirts, as Israelis launched a day of nationwide protests calling for hostages to be released and the war in Gaza to end.”
Reuters and AP Joint Letter to Israeli Officials to Demand Clear Explanation for Airstrikes that Killed Journalists in Gaza, Reuters and AP
“We are outraged that independent journalists were among the victims of this strike on the hospital, a location that is protected under international law. These journalists were present in their professional capacity, doing critical work bearing witness.”
West Bank Settler Attack on Palestinians and Israeli Activists Wounds Seven, Haaretz
“According to the activists, after Israeli police failed to prevent Jewish settlers from pasturing sheep on Palestinian land, the settlers assaulted local Palestinians and activists with clubs, stole equipment and smashed house windows.”
Macron, in Letter to Netanyahu, Defends Call for Palestinian Statehood, The New York Times
“‘Our determination to ensure that the Palestinian people have a State is rooted in our belief that a lasting peace is essential to the State of Israel’s security,’ the French president said in the private letter, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times.”
How Netanyahu Has Trapped Israel in a Messianic Timeline of Eternal War, Haaretz
Julie Cooper writes, “Netanyahu is also a master of the art of deferral. Pundits have long noted Netanyahu’s compulsive tendency to put off or avoid difficult decisions. Netanyahu has always favored stasis over change, conflict management over conflict resolution. From today’s vantage point, Netanyahu’s ideology of the status quo may turn out to be his most consequential deformation of Israeli political discourse.”
Israel’s Unprecedented Slaughter of Journalists in Gaza, The Washington Post
Ishaan Tharoor writes, “As international media has not been allowed by Israel to freely enter or report from Gaza, local journalists have shouldered the burden of covering the war alone – and paid a bitter price. The latest example came Monday when the Israeli military killed at least 20 people, including five journalists, when it struck Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, hitting the facility once shortly after 10am local time and then targeting it again in what’s known as a ‘double tap’ strike as reporters and first responders gathered at the scene.”
Inside Gaza’s Hospitals: ‘The Children Were Very Thin. Weak. Glazed Eyes. It Was Devastating’ [Audio], Haaretz
“On the Haaretz Podcast, Yarden Michaeli takes listeners behind the scenes of his in-depth reporting with Nir Hasson on the scale of severe acute malnutrition in Gaza. As Israel continues to bar journalists from entering the Strip, Michaeli and Hasson virtually ‘toured’ clinics and hospitals in Gaza – including the pediatric ward of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis.”