Reem M Arkan writes:
“Every face in Gaza tells a story.”
Everyone of the 2.2 million-or-so population has a story to tell especially after the genocide, displacement, heartache, tent-living they have been, are, subjected to through Israeli missiles and bombs. And the death-rending situation continues.
CrossFireArabia
CROSSFIREARABIA – Gaza buried 100 martyrs, Sunday morning, in a heartbreaking funeral procession in Zaitoun neighborhood in Gaza City. These bodies were recovered by civil defense teams from the destroyed homes and buildings that belonged to people who were killed in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza that began soon after 7 October, 2023. According to local sources 70 of those that were killed and remained under the rubble were children. To get to the bodies was difficult as they were buried under layers of rubble and debris caused by great destruction mand because of the lack of heavy equipment needed to dig under the wreckage and which Israel blocks their entry into the Gaza Strip. After months in this state, most of the wrecked homes in Gaza have become “open cemeteries” difficult to get to.
CrossFireArabia
CROSSFIREARABIA – The year 2026, so far, is being described as the deadliest year for the Palestinians. Thousands of attacks by Israeli forces and settlers have pushed the occupied West Bank into one of its most violent periods since 1967 when Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights.
* By 10 August there were 76 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and/or settlers.
* In August alone 2,030 attacks were recorded on Palestinians, their properties and farms in the West Bank
* There were more than 1,430 settler violence incidents documented since the start of this year.
* Over 21,500 trees, including more than 19,000 olive trees by Israeli settlers and/or uprooted by the Israeli government.
* Around 3,800 Palestinians displaced since the beginning of 2026; these were displaced from their homes in the West Bank and forced to leave elsewhere.
As settler violence reaches unprecedented levels, Palestinians are calling for concrete international action and accountability beyond statements of condemnation
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