Entries by Patrick Cleburne

Gaza Sunday: “As the day wore on, rising numbers of killings appeared, usually buried.”

News from Gaza on Sunday was dominated by the flamboyant Israeli action of allowing aid airdrops and announcing 10-hour truces in 3 areas “until further notice”. The entry of more important relief truck convoys got some attention. As the day wore on, rising numbers of killings appeared, usually buried. CNN‘s very informative daily medley https://archive.is/3nIa8 reported Al-Awda Hospital […]

Saturday Gaza: Israel to allow food to be airdropped into Gaza. Then quietly returned to massacring people approaching food distribution points.

In the face of surging anger about their policy of starving the Gaza population, the Israelis made 2 moves overnight. They loudly announced their willingness to allow food to be airdropped into Gaza. And they quietly returned to massacring people approaching food distribution points. Credit to AP and a number of ABC stations for reporting the latter albeit generally […]

Friday Gaza: “at least 44 of the 156 incidents where aid supplies were reported stolen or lost were “either directly or indirectly” due to Israeli military actions”

On Friday there was an extreme dearth of information on events. Grok says the Gaza Health Ministry has not issued a statement on the day (in fact, its English language website https://www.moh.gov.ps/portal/en/ appears blocked). Aljazeera‘s latest reports https://archive.is/hI6sW “sources at hospitals” saying at least 38 were killed by Israeli attacks today. A number of starvation deaths are also reported. Reuters had an important […]

Gaza Thursday: Israel is losing the US MSM over Palestinian starvation

News on Thursday’s events in Gaza is very difficult to find. The US MSM seems silent. Turkey’s Anadolu Ajansı News Agency reports the Gaza Health Ministry said “that 89 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours, while 453 people were injured” https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/gaza-death-t*oll-surges-to-over-59-500-as-israel-continues-genocidal-war-on-palestinians/3641216 Aljazeera in its closing wrap https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/7/24/live-hamas-submits-gaza-truce-response-as-israel-continues-deadly-assault says *”The number of people killed in […]

Wednesday in Gaza: Some media catching on to the horror of starvation

There seems to be a total absence of US MSM reports on Wednesday what actually happened in Gaza. A lot did. The UK’s Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/22/israel-gaza-war-latest-live-news-updates reports ‘ “at least 72 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire and military strikes in the past 24 hours, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.” Turkey’s Anadolu Ajansi News Agency https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/children-pregnant-woman-among-53-killed-in-israeli-attacks-on-gaza/3639175 reports ‘at least 53 dead’ with precise […]

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 […]