The War & Genocide Thread

Featured image: This is where words collapse. This is Gaza; where fathers’ tears and mothers’ screams are documenting a history that the world may try to look away from, but will never be able to erase.

Permanent X link to Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur – the Occupied Territories.

A previous thread contains Netanyahu’s ‘spiritual needs’.  

Oct 15

Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem in press remarks:

“The Israeli occupation committed a clear violation of the ceasefire by killing civilians in Shujaiyya and Rafah. We call on mediators to hold Israel accountable and ensure it adheres to its obligations under the agreement.”

There is no clear indication whether the Raffa crossing will open.  There are deceptive messages from Egyptian sources:..

⭕️This morning, trucks loaded with humanitarian aid began moving from the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side towards the Gaza Strip.  ⭕️ Fuel and gas trucks head from Rafah crossing towards Kerem Shalom and Awja ports concerned with aid entering besieged sector

Francesca Albanese: “If peace has really started and Gaza is no longer a “combat zone”, it means that int’l journalists can come in and @gbsumudflotilla can resume its humanitarian convoys, right? Or is Israel still afraid of intl observers?”  “I am not here to discuss what two indicted war criminals have to say. ‘This is genocide.” “Peace without justice, respect for human rights and dignity, without reparations and guarantees of non-repetition, is not sustainable”.

Nima and Prof Marandi:

Oct 14

Israel is obstructing aid to Gaza: Following the ceasefire agreement, only a limited quantity of aid has been delivered, failing to meet the basic needs of the population. This highlights the gap between what was promised and what was actually delivered, putting pressure on organizations to provide urgent solutions.

The comparison reveals a huge disparity between promises and reality, increasing the urgency for organizations to supply essential aid promptly.

Oct 13

Slowly the horror stories of the Gazan prisoners come to the light.
If this cease fire holds, we will eventually know the real number of dead people from this holocaust.

IF THIS IS NOT HOSTAGE TAKING, WHAT IS? Israel refuses to release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya who insisted on staying with his patients in his bombed hospital even after his own son was murdered. Since then he has been held in one of Israel’s torture facilities. pic.twitter.com/EJ8HJnrdrp

— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) October 11, 2025

Craig Mokhiber
@CraigMokhiber
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Even as we welcome the pause in the massacres, and the release of some captives, remember that the genocide has not ended. At this moment, thousands are dying from untreated wounds, the effects of torture, intentionally imposed disease, hunger, and thirst. Thousands more are languishing in cruel Israeli dungeons. Israeli proxy forces are murdering Palestinians in Gaza, and Genocidal IOF troops remain there. The hospitals and food capacities are destroyed. Toxic substances and ordinance are everywhere. The regime is using its soldiers and settlers to ethnically cleanse the West Bank. Regime proxies in the West are persecuting anti-genocide voices. No Palestinians have been provided redress. No Israelis have been held accountable. And the Trump plan offers no hope of relief beyond a temporary “ceasefire.” Do not be distracted. Do not lower your voice. Fight this evil until it is vanquished.

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Trump did more to explain the real malign role of Israel First warlord Miriam Adelson in dictating his policies and those of the US government than the whole of US media, which blandly refers to her as a “GOP mega-donor”

This figure should be the face of Israelgate https://t.co/gTXVxr2jSV

— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) October 13, 2025

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Hamas says Israel was forced to accept the conditions set by the resistance, as both sides began a prisoner swap agreed under the Gaza ceasefire deal.

Oct 12

AHH has a big update on

Chronicles of the Apocalypse – 12 Oct 2025

Oct 11

The child Huda Abu al-Naja has passed away, exhausted by illness and abandoned by silence.
She pleaded with the world time and again for treatment, but the doors of humanity remained shut – until her heart stopped today.
Huda is gone, just like Razan and thousands of sick and injured children in Gaza who still wait for treatment that never comes.
A new cry rises from the rubble: Open the crossings… save what’s left of childhood before its light fades away, one by one.

Oct 10

From Marwa Osman:

The dismantling of the American “aid hubs” known as GHF has gone largely underreported, despite representing one of the darkest manifestations of the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

These were not merely centers of daily chaos and death; they were meticulously engineered systems that preyed on a basic human instinct, the fear of hunger, to strip people of their dignity and dismantle the moral fabric of their society.

Each day, desperate crowds were driven to fight one another for food, while Israeli occupation snipers selected and executed their targets from a distance.

The fact that such scenes persisted without oversight or reform made it clear: the suffering itself was never a byproduct, it was the objective, concealed behind the rhetoric of “humanitarian aid”.

These centers fundamentally altered the social structure. They elevated looters and extortionists into positions of power, turning them into gatekeepers of survival at a time when starvation was used as a weapon while the “rules based order” watched in silence and complicity.

Their removal marks the end of a brutal chapter, one that may take years to heal. Yet history reminds us that what is built on deceit and cruelty eventually collapses. The architects of this inhuman system, like all who pass through these lands, will not remain forever.

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Excellent news.  A large number of trucks are currently entering through the Kousfim crossing east of Deir al-Balah.   (This time US soldiers and ADF soldiers will hopefully not shoot them for collecting food).

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The Gaza Security Forces (read Hamas) are now out and deploying widely across the strip.  Those takfiris that zionist-israel sent in should run and believe some ran already.

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Since ceasefire, 140 sets of bones have been dug up under the rubble. We will see the real numbers of this genocide now. The Gaza ‘security forces’ (read Hamas) is now out

What is happening now, is while the IDF withdraws, the settlers are causing more and more trouble.

While covering a settler attack on Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank, journalist Wahaj Bani Moufleh was injured by Israeli regime fire in the town of Beita, south of Nablus.

Palestinians aren’t safe anywhere in their homeland. pic.twitter.com/x7eMl1wYi6

— Seyed Mohammad Marandi (@s_m_marandi) October 10, 2025

Earlier today, Palestinian journalist and AFP photographer Jaafar Ishtayeh was injured after being brutally attacked by Israeli settlers in the town of Beita, occupied West Bank.

The settlers then set his car ablaze during their raid in the area.

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The IDF has begun withdrawal of its regular units from Gaza following Trump’s hostage deal

Oct 9

And now the Knesset has voted. The Israeli government have approved the Gaza ceasefire. All cabinet ministers voted in favor except Smotrich and Ben Gvir.

The UN is still waiting for the green light from Israel to bring aid into Gaza.

The ceasefire is now in effect. The IDF must now withdraw to the new lines inside Gaza Strip. Then 72-hour window for hostage release will start ticking down as well as the exchange of those Palestinians imprisoned by zionist-israel.

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There is something really wrong happening here: A U.S. official told Al Jazeera: American forces will establish a coordination center in “Israel” to oversee Trump’s peace plan in Gaza. They will manage the entry of aid, logistical operations, and security efforts. The first units, totaling 200 troops, have already begun arriving in “Israel”. But Deployment of U.S. forces inside Gaza is not expected.

Well if we take a look at how they managed food distribution, they killed those coming for aid. I’m beginning to think it can get worse.

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Full Knesset is changing meeting times and playing games for a simple vote. No vote yet.

Israel’s prime minister’s office unilaterally removed Marwan Barghouti’s name from the prisoner exchange list at the last minute, despite it having already been approved by mediators, including US envoy Steve Witkoff, sources told Middle East Eye (MEE). Barghouti, a senior Fatah leader, widely considered the most popular Palestinian political figure, was one of the most high-profile detainees expected to be traded for 48 Israeli captives under the first phase of the ceasefire deal.

Hamas says the Israeli airstrike on the Ghaboun family home in western Gaza, which killed and wounded over 70 civilians, is a new massacre aimed at derailing mediation efforts and obstructing the ceasefire agreement. The movement calls on mediators and the US to condemn the attack and act immediately to stop Israel’s assaults on civilians.

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The Zionist entity’s Security Cabinet has concluded its meeting and approved the ceasefire and prisoner’s exchange.

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The ceasefire proposal will now be brought before the full cabinet for a vote, where it is expected to pass with a strong majority.

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Four KILLED, 40 missing as Israel strikes Gaza house amid peace deal celebrations

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA):

⭕️ We welcome the recently reached agreement on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of detainees.

⭕️ UNRWA has pre-positioned stocks of food, medicine, and other essential supplies, enough to sustain Gaza’s population for three months.

⭕️ UNRWA teams inside Gaza will play a central role in implementing the agreement, providing essential services such as healthcare and education.

⭕️ More than 660,000 children are eagerly waiting to return to their classrooms, as UNRWA teachers prepare to accompany them on this challenging educational journey.

⭕️ We urge all UN member states to provide the necessary support so the agency can continue delivering its lifesaving services during this critical stage.

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Eyewitnesses to Quds News Network: GHF, the notorious US-Israeli aid centers started dismantling their sites in the Netzarim Corridor in the Gaza Strip.

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Israeli occupation tanks withdrawing from the area surrounding the Jordanian Hospital in southern Gaza City.

Oct 7

Trust me Bro!  Trump: The basic guarantee we provide that Israel will not resume the war later is that we will do our utmost to ensure everyone’s commitment.

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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) confirms that what Sky News Arabia has reported, attributed to sources regarding the movement’s positions during the ongoing negotiations in Egypt, is incorrect and comes in the context of misinformation and sowing confusion in public opinion.

The movement once again calls on the media to adhere to professionalism and objectivity in media coverage, especially at this critical and sensitive time, and not to rely on unknown sources or unreliable news, affirming that the movement’s statements are issued through the official channel of the movement or through its official spokespersons.

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Brown University’s Costs of War Project has released new data on the U.S. role in the post-Oct.7 wars.

According to the study, the U.S. has spent between $31.3 and $33.7 billion in just two years:
• $21.7B in direct military aid to Israel
• $9.6–12B on U.S. operations in Yemen and across the region

The human toll is staggering:
• 67,075 Palestinians killed and 169,430 wounded in Gaza, making up over 10% of the entire pre-war population
• At least 5.27 million displaced across Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, the West Bank, and Israel, including nearly 1.85 million children

The report warns that the indirect death toll will rise far beyond direct casualties due to hunger, disease, and collapse of infrastructure.

The project also highlights the wider costs:
• Pentagon contractors took in $2.4 trillion from 2020–2024, more than half of all discretionary spending
• War spending generates only ~5 jobs per $1M, compared to 9 in healthcare or 13 in education
• The U.S. military remains one of the world’s top greenhouse gas emitters, while entertainment and media normalize militarism, making war feel routine

🔎 The findings show how U.S. policy is fueling a cycle where private arms firms profit, the public pays, and entire societies in the Middle East are destroyed.

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IDF killed its own civilians: Israeli media exposes truth about Oct 7

Israeli media reveals how the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) bombarded their own homes to eliminate both Hamas fighters and hostages.

Desperate, commanders ordered strikes even on civilians.

Evidence:

🔴 Haaretz Report: Field commanders made the “difficult decision” to shell houses with “their occupants inside, killing terrorists and hostages” alike to regain control.

🔴 Tank Shelling: An i24 reporter in Kibbutz Be’eri noted small homes were destroyed by tank fire, with shrapnel damage consistent with heavy weapons—not Hamas small arms.

🔴 Hostage Testimony: Yasmin Porat, a Nova survivor, stated Israeli forces “eliminated everyone, including the hostages” in a heavy crossfire

🔴 Apache Helicopters: An Apache pilot admitted in an interview with Mako that they fired rockets at cars, many of which had hostages inside

🔴 Friendly Fire: Survivors describe being shot at by Israeli forces who mistook them for militants

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Since the early hours of last night, the Gaza Strip has been witnessing intense escalation, as the Israeli army continues, with its vehicles and warplanes, to heavily bomb civilian homes in the incursion areas – to the north in the northwestern parts of the city, and to the south in the Tel al-Hawa axis. A state of fear and anxiety prevails among residents, amid growing concerns of a large-scale ground incursion toward the heart of the city, coinciding with the
second anniversary of October 7.

343 martyrs ascended this week, including 39 aid seekers and 6 due to starvation.

Oct 6

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You honestly want me to believe that “Hamas” was in every single one of those houses? Every building on every street? As far as the eye can see? https://t.co/fNyhID76vN

— jordan (@JordanUhl) October 6, 2025

Oct 5

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Recent Operations in Gaza: (as of 05 october):

🔹Al-Qassam Brigades

• Announced the complete destruction of an Israeli Merkava tank using a highly explosive landmine on Al-Nasr Street in western Gaza City, northern Gaza, on 29 September, killing its crew. Neither the IDF nor Hebrew media have acknowledged the incident.

• Targeted a Zionist bulldozer with an Al-Yassin 105 shell and infiltrating forces with mortar shells in Tel Al-Hawa, south of Gaza City.

• In cooperation with the Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, targeted a Zionist Apache helicopter with a SAM-7 missile north of Gaza City on 25 September 2025.

• After returning from the front lines, fighters confirmed the shelling of an Israeli army outpost inside the Musk al-Jarah rest stop, northwest of Gaza City, with two rounds of mortar shells on 30 September and 1 October 2025.

🔹Al-Quds Brigades

• Announced control over a Zionist drone conducting intelligence missions in the sky of Khan Yunis city.

• Reported seizing another enemy drone performing intelligence tasks in the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

• Fighters detonated a GBU missile, previously left and rigged by the Zionist enemy, against its vehicles near Al-Zahra (northwest Gaza City) on 29 September 2025.

• Clashed with Israeli special forces using machine guns and hand grenades on Al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City, inflicting direct injuries on the targeted unit.

• Shelled Israeli soldiers and vehicles on Al-Muntar Hill, east of Al-Shujaiya, using 60 mm mortar shells.

• A security operation was carried out targeting fugitives and militias involved in the previous killings of Resistance members in Khan Yunis. Several were eliminated in the operation.

Oct 4

Activists from the freedom flotilla landed in Turkey after being deported and they are reporting violence and scenes of humiliation. Greta Thunberg was dragged by her hair and forced to kiss the israeli flag.
Another flotilla is preparing to take off and sail to Gaza.
The UN Independent Experts are coming together and saying: We UN Independent Experts firmly object to a plan that risks brazenly trumping int’l law. Yes: bombs have to stop, a permanent ceasefire is needed, persons illegally detained must be freed, but States and the UN cannot and shall not bury Palestinian self-determination and justice.
Many protests for Gaza are still going on across the world. Italy is now in its 4th day of protest.

Oct 3

The carnage continues. There is a two-way fight going on now and zionist-israel loses soldiers daily. Anti-war activists are making it into Gaza.

Anti-war activists entered the Gaza border area during a protest against the continuation of war. Reservists & police dragged them out of the scene. Footage from Yediot News
https://t.me/rtnews/114404

‘Breaking the siege. We are literally in Gaza!’ — Israeli anti-war activist Itamar Greenberg joined protesters entering Gaza. He shared footage as security grabbed him by the neck. Footage from Itamar Greenberg
https://t.me/rtnews/114409

-Thousands rally in Rome for Palestine and Flotilla of Resilience activists – The rally is taking place against the backdrop of a nationwide strike organized by Italy’s leading trade unions, expressing their dissatisfaction with the government’s policy on the situation in the Gaza Strip.

-The Trump promise on the West Bank was written in the air and worthless. The West Bank is being bulldozed with US bulldozers area by area.

Oct 2

MamoodOD – the non-existent deal is most probably, semi-official, not accepted by Hamas.

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Yesterday’s daily statistical report on the number of martyrs and injured due to the “israeli” aggression on the Gaza Strip

51 martyrs and 180 injuries have arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals in the past 24 hours.

A number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense crews are unable to reach them until now.

The toll of the “israeli” aggression has risen to 66,148 martyrs and 168,716 injuries since October 7, 2023.

The toll of martyrs and injuries from March 18, 2025, until today has reached 13,280 martyrs and 56,675 injuries.

Among the martyrs of livelihood:
The number of martyrs from aid distribution who arrived at hospitals in the past 24 hours is 4 martyrs and 57 injuries, raising the total number of martyrs for a livelihood who reached hospitals to 2,580 martyrs and more than 18,930 injuries.

Gaza Ministry of Health

(These numbers are understated by hundreds of thousands – Lavrov mentioned around 650k. We’re getting closer to the REAL, horrific numbers of the genocide.).

Oct 1

Bear in mind, Hell is open in Gaza.

Flotilla – protests erupting all over Europe — Protests have erupted across European cities following Israel’s interception of vessels from the Sumud Flotilla and the activists on board – Brussels, Berlin, Italy, Turkiye – Union announced general strike in Italy …

PressTV Channel has lots of info.  https://t.me/presstv/159285

The flotilla is now surrounded by Israel boats.  48 Boats in the Flotilla so news is coming in in a confused manner.  Some reported there are mines in the water.

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The Global Sumud Flotilla now sails through the ‘orange zone,’ where previous aid missions to Gaza were violently intercepted. These activists are expecting to be attacked on way or another any time now.

Italy withdrew its frigate after announcing with high headlines that they will be protecting the flotilla.  Spain just withdrew their frigate.  Chicken countries.

Sep 29

Hell is still at work in Gaza.

Turkish Navy frigates have begun escorting the Global Sumud Flotilla, now three days from Gaza.
Sumud Flotilla organizers: “The ships contacted us, asked about our needs, and confirmed they will escort and support the flotilla.” It is now three countries, Italy and Greece that have protective frigates. The Italian dock workers announced that they’ve been in touch with European dockworkers and that no weapons on the way to zionist-israel will pass their docks.

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UN Relief official Tom Fletcher revealed in a CNN interview that Israel has blocked the entry of protein-rich peanut butter paste, which the UN provides to starving children whose bodies are consuming their own organs due to extreme malnutrition.

Sep 28

The Hollywood hasbara is coming hard and fast as Israel loses control of the narrative

A Paramount propaganda series on October 7

A (postponed) AppleTV show glorifying the ADL

The new season of AppleTV’s news-focused Morning Show demonizes Iran while ignoring Gaza pic.twitter.com/FYYddwEOGR

— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) September 28, 2025

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Displaced Palestinians in Gaza face a severe humanitarian crisis as most of their tents have collapsed amid ongoing airstrikes and harsh conditions.

Around 2 million people live in dire, overcrowded situations, while hospitals and shelters continue to be targeted.

The international community must act urgently to stop the attacks, allow humanitarian aid, and protect civilians.

Hamas has warned before now that the non-stop bombing and droning targets the zionist-israeli captives as well.  The captives eat the same as what the rest of the Gazans eat.  The circumstances are the same for the captives (probably better stated as prisoners of war) as the rest of Gaza.  What they received for this information, was more threats.

Hamas’s military wing says that they have lost contact with two Israeli captives, Omri Miran and Matan Angrest, as a result of heavy Israeli bombardments in the Sabra and Tal al-Hawa areas during the last 48 hours.

Sep 27

The guy is brilliant and Israel needs to listen because he speaks for the overwhelming majority of the world and that now includes his fellow countrymen. pic.twitter.com/tq8ylQgoBC

— Kerry Burgess (@KerryBurgess) September 26, 2025

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Israel has killed at least 71 Palestinians in its attacks across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, 13 of whom were aid recipients, according to medical sources. Medical sources only count what medical sources can see. It is much higher on a daily basis.

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US moves to revoke Petro’s visa after call to liberate Palestine
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The US State Department announced it will revoke the visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, condemning his address to thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters outside UN headquarters in New York as “reckless… pic.twitter.com/wa2dnJOKTT

— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) September 27, 2025