Monday in Gaza: .“Male staff and family members were handcuffed, stripped, interrogated on the spot and screened at gunpoint,” the U.N. health agency said “
On Monday in Gaza, as if ordered (which they probably were) the IDF suddenly stopped the mass culling of Palestinians trying to get food from food distribution points. There were scatted reports of a few deaths, but not the scores reported daily for many weeks.
I think this was probably due to the unprecedented attention the US MSM gave to the weekend slaughter. This has reverberated on: this morning Drudge had no less than 5 stories, some carried on over from yesterday. A new one was Politico‘s story Gaza killings denounced as ‘disgrace to humanity’ by Belgian king politico.eu/article/gaza-israel-war-belgian-k which added that the EU “top brass’ has said nothing.
Early today the IDF launched a major land and air assault on the central city of Deir el-Balah. Casualty reports are trickling in. UPI in upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/07/21/new-Is reports (in the text) that 17 were killed at various locations; the Aljazeera report to which this links, no doubt subsequently updated, says
“The Israeli military killed more than 60 Palestinians, including 11 aid seekers, in attacks across Gaz*a”
Getting full information in this kind of event takes time.
The Neocon **Gatestone Institute* is calling for Aljazeera to be declared a Terrorist Organization, aka shut down. gatestoneinstitute.org/21773/designate-al-jaz. Of course the Israelis could curb lies by allowing foreign Journalists into Gaza.
The Israeli attitude to independent observers appears in AP‘s wrap
apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-h
“The World Health Organization said Israeli forces raided its main staff residence in Deir al-Balah…“Male staff and family members were handcuffed, stripped, interrogated on the spot and screened at gunpoint,” the U.N. health agency said “
Pic H/T AP Relatives look at the body of Palestinian child Abdullah al-Rantisi, 11, killed by an Israeli military bombardment, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Monday, July 21, 2025
