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english.almanar.com.lb (2025-08-17). Israeli Occupation Advances Plans to Displace Gazans Amid Bombardment, Famine – Al-Manar TV Lebanon Israeli occupation has announced preparations to forcibly evacuate Palestinians from the so-called "combat zones" in Gaza City, amid continuous bombardment and deadly famine.

aljazeera.com (2025-08-17). Israel preparing to forcibly displace Palestinians to southern Gaza Israel has announced preparations to forcibly evacuate Palestinians from 'combat zones' to southern Gaza from Sunday, days after it announced a new offensive to seize control of Gaza City, the enclave's largest urban centre.

2025-08-16: Historic Meeting in Alaska: Trump & Putin — Peace Soon?

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2025-08-13: Israeli Gaza attacks kill 123 in 24 hours as three children die of hunger

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analyticsinsight.net (2025-08-12). Musk's Grok AI Briefly Suspended on X for Claiming Israel Commits Genocide Grok AI is again dragged into a controversy. Elon Musk's AI chatbot has been suspended from X (formerly Twitter) for posting a controversial statement that delivers the notion that the United States and Israel are committing genocide in Gaza.
The AI agent cited reports from the International Court of Justice, UN famine assessments, Amnesty International, and B'Tselem to validate its claim...Looks like they have to reprogram an AI bot so it can stop knowing what the rest of the world already knows! What Grok should have said is "the cruel and maniacal colonial apartheid entity known as Israel is mercilessly slaughtering hundreds of thousands of innocent, defenseless, indigenous civilians in the world's largest outdoor concentration camp. Any thinking man or woman can see that it's a full-fledged modern-day genocidal holocaust."

2025-08-11: Gaslighting a Genocide: Israel Says 'Don't Believe Your Lying Eyes!'

The forces for good should immediately watch, download, and archive this video however they can because the level of blunt honesty regarding the genocide is very high, which means that it could soon be a target of blunt force censorship.Kim Iversen

2025-08-11: Al Jazeera Journalist Anas Al-sharif Killed in Israeli Attack in Gaza City

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dailysabah.com (2025-08-10). Thousands attend Istanbul night rally to protest Gaza genocide Istanbul's Beyaz?t Square was home to a major rally on Saturday evening against Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza and to protest the starvation Palestinians are exposed to.

2025-08-08: Palestinians receive rotten aid, with Nora Barrows-Friedman

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2025-08-08: Israeli security cabinet approves plan to occupy Gaza City: Report

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2025-08-08: Israel's security cabinet approves plan to take over Gaza City

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2025-08-05: Gaza's stolen childhood: UNICEF says 28 Palestinian children die every day

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apnews.com (2025-08-05). Dozens killed as Palestinians in Gaza scramble for aid from air and landDozens of Palestinians were killed or wounded on Monday as desperate crowds headed toward food distribution points and airdropped parcels in the Gaza Strip, according to witnesses and local health officials. | | Israel's blockade and military offensive have made it nearly impossible to safely deliver aid, contributing to the territory's slide toward famine

aljazeera.com (2025-08-06). US-India relations hit new low despite Trump-Modi bromance: What's next?a sobering reality has hit New Delhi. Trump first punished it with a 25 percent tariff on imports in late July and then, on Wednesday, he doubled that to 50 percent because of India's oil purchases from Russia, as he tries to force Moscow into accepting a ceasefire in its war on Ukraine.

2025-08-03: Mass Gaza solidarity rally shuts Sydney Harbour Bridge amid calls for ceasefire and aid

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2025-08-03: Israel's Final Solution for Gaza: Starvation as a Weapon of Mass Destruction, w/ Mosab Abu Toha

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aljazeera.com (2025-08-02). LIVE: Israel's attacks on Gaza kill dozens as hunger-related deaths rise Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip describe desperate struggle for food as Israeli bombardment continues. | At least 24 people, including 13 aid seekers, have so far been killed on Saturday in Israeli attacks across Gaza.

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tasnimnews.com (2025-08-18). Mexicans Rally against Israel's Genocide in Gaza On Sunday, demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and carried banners condemning the Zionist regime's crimes. They chanted slogans against the deliberate starvation of Palestinian children, highlighting the worsening humanitarian disaster under the Israeli blockade.The people of Mexico have always had more compassion and solidarity than most for the needs and suffering of other peoples in distance lands.

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independent.co.uk (2025-08-12). Trump's federal forces are 'hitting the streets' of DC while critics claim takeover is attempted distraction from the 'Epstein files'President Donald Trump's federal forces are "hitting the streets" of Washington, D.C., while critics claim the takeover is an attempted distraction from the so-called Epstein files fallout.

amnesty.org.au (2025-08-18). Israel/OPT: New testimonies provide compelling evidence that Israel's starvation of Palestinians in Gaza is a deliberate policyIsrael is carrying out a deliberate campaign of starvation in the occupied Gaza Strip, systematically destroying the health, well-being and social fabric of Palestinian life, Amnesty International said today as it published chilling new testimonies of starved displaced civilians.

nj.com (2025-08-17). This proposed N.J. law could label Israeli human rights groups antisemiticA bill is making its way through the New Jersey legislature that seeks to unconstitutionally silence criticism of the state of Israel even as Israeli human rights organization ring the alarms of genocide

counterpunch.org (2025-08-17). Breaking Israel's Genocide Must Take Priority Over Climate Change Israel's mass slaughter and starvation of Palestinians is escalating day by day. And the United States is a central player in creating and sustaining both catastrophes.Comment: The suffering in Gaza is just unimaginable.

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