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2025-12-13: Palestine Roundup

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Skwawkbox (2025-12-13). Video: Israeli tourist assaults Italians for supporting Palestine. thecanary.co In a perfect illustration of the arrogance, racism, inhumanity and sense of entitlement of Zionism and its adherents, an Israeli tourist has harassed and assaulted an Italian — in the Italian port town of Brindisi — for supporting Palestine: All too typically, local police admitted they took no action and made no arrests. Featured image […] | By

newarab (2025-12-13). Palestine Action hunger strikers 'blocked' from family contact. newarab.com

Visualizing Palestine (2025-12-13). Destruction of Evidence: The Struggle to Count the Dead in Gaza. dissidentvoice.org In our latest visual, we highlight how the conditions of genocide make it difficult to accurately document the death toll and other aspects of the ongoing Israeli genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. This visual was inspired by various efforts by public health experts to estimate or project the possible death toll in Gaza, prompting important …

UMMID (2025-12-13). Palestine out of 2025 FIFA Arab World Cup, but wins hearts. ummid.com Palestine National Football Team's dream to play Semi Finals of the 2025 FIFA Arab World Cup ended after it got defeated by Saudi Arabia Thursday.

E. S. Wight, Mondoweiss. (2025-12-13). Palestine Activists Conducting Historic Hunger Strike Need Our Solidarity. popularresistance.org Seven people, all being held on remand pending trial for allegedly taking action in solidarity with Palestine, are on hunger strike in British prisons. Their names are Qesser Zuhrah, Amu Gib, Heba Muraisi, Jon Cink, T Hoxha, Kamran Ahmed, and Muhammad Umer Khalid. An eighth prisoner, Lewie Chiaramello, who is diabetic, is also on a partial hunger strike, refusing food every other day at serious risk to his health. Today marks Day 40 without food for Qesser and Amu, who began the strike on November 2, the 108th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.

UMMID (2025-12-13). Palestine, Syria reach 2025 FIFA Arab Cup Quarter Finals. ummid.com Palestine and Syria have reached the 2025 FIFA Arab Cup Quarter Finals knocking out Asian Champions Qatar and 2021 Runners up Tunisia in an extraordinary display of sports skills and performance.

tehrantimes (2025-12-13). Iranian researcher wins Mahathir Mohammad Award 2025. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — Iranian researcher, Seyed Hadi Borhani, has won the fifth edition of Mahathir Mohammad Award for Intellectual Creativity, which honored outstanding researchers on the theme 'Palestine: A Pillar of Civilizational Renaissance'.

aljazeera (2025-12-13). It is not too late for the world to redeem itself on Gaza. aljazeera.com And it can do so by saving its children.

aljazeera (2025-12-13). Desperate children in Gaza try to keep floodwater out of tents. aljazeera.com Video shows children in Gaza desperately trying to sweep floodwater away from their makeshift tents.

Alaa Shamali (2025-12-13). Gaza flooding: Child dies as winter storms drown displacement camps. thecanary.co Medical sources reported on Thursday that a nine-month-old baby girl died as a result of the severe cold inside a tent in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza. While a civil defence spokesperson revealed that Gaza flooding left thousands of tents damaged and blown away. Activists on social media shared a photo of the infant who died […] | By

| AFP | (2025-12-13). 13 Gazans dead as heavy rains batter territory. tribune.com.pk Gaza's civil defence agency on Friday said at least 13 people had died in the last 24 hours, including three children who died from exposure to the cold, as a winter storm batters the territory. | Heavy rain from Storm Byron has flooded tents and temporary shelters across the Gaza Strip since late Wednesday, compounding the suffering of the territory's residents, nearly all of whom were displaced during more than two years of war. | Gaza's civil defence agency, which operates as a rescue force under Hamas authority, told AFP three children had died from exposure to the cold — two in Gaza City and one in…

Charlie Jaay (2025-12-13). Gaza: 9,300 children treated for acute malnutrition in October. thecanary.co 9,300 children in the Gaza Strip were treated for acute malnutrition in October, according to UNICEF. This is despite a so-called 'ceasefire' which started the same month. Aid agencies had hoped food, medical supplies and shelters would now be reaching the population, but there has been no sign of any rapid improvement. Acute malnutrition in […] | By

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2025-12-13). Chris Hedges Report: The Encampments. popularresistance.org The ongoing genocide in Gaza has become a litmus test of institutional integrity. When a university denies the reality of Israel's brutality, it reveals complicity with the genocidal regime's actions. To then misrepresent campus dissent over institutional investment in the Zionist entity as illegitimate — or even "antisemitic" — makes it clear that that these institutions are invested in the existence of Israeli apartheid and genocide.

aljazeera (2025-12-13). LIVE: Israel says it killed Hamas' Raed Saad in Gaza; group condemns attack. aljazeera.com Israel says 'key' Hamas member targeted in north Strip as army threatens to bomb southern Lebanon.

| Reuters | (2025-12-13). Israeli forces kill senior Hamas commander Raed Saed in Gaza strike. tribune.com.pk The Israeli military killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saed, one of the architects of the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, in a strike on a car in Gaza City on Saturday, several Israeli media outlets reported, citing sources. | The attack killed four people and wounded at least 25 others, according to Gaza health authorities. There was no immediate confirmation from Hamas or medics that Saed was among the dead. | The Israeli military said it had targeted a senior Hamas commander in Gaza City, without giving a name or details. | If Saed was killed, it would be the highest-profile assassination of a senior H…

tehrantimes (2025-12-13). Israeli drone strike kills several Palestinians in vehicle west of Gaza City. tehrantimes.com Several Palestinians were killed and injured on Saturday after an Israeli drone targeted a vehicle west of Gaza City, WAFA reported Saturday, citing local sources.

tehrantimes (2025-12-13). Storm Byron impacts 250,000 displaced Gazans as infrastructure collapses. tehrantimes.com Gaza's Government Media Office has issued updates detailing the extent of the devastation left by Storm Byron across Gaza.

tehrantimes (2025-12-13). Eurovision legends to surrender trophies as boycott over Gaza intensifies. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — Reflecting a growing momentum in the cultural boycott against Israel, legendary Irish singer Charlie McGettigan has announced he will surrender his 1994 Eurovision trophy.

newarab (2025-12-13). Israel says it killed Hamas commander Raed Saed in Gaza strike. newarab.com The Israeli military said it killed The attack killed four people and wounded at least 25 others, according to Gaza health authorities, as the vehicle was driving along the Al-Rashid coastal road, in the Hamas-controlled part of Gaza. | Israel's Prime Mi…

newarab (2025-12-13). Israel says killed 4 in Gaza attack, including Hamas commander. newarab.com The Israeli military said it killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saed on Saturday following a deliberate airstrike on vehicle in Gaza City. | Israeli officials said Saed was driving along the al-Rashid coastal road. Three others were reportedly killed in the incident, which is Israel's biggest violation of the October ceasefire so far. | The Israeli military claimed that Saed was "operating tore-establish Hamas's capabilities". | Hamas have yet to comment on the incident. | Israel has carried out multiple ceasefire violations on Saturday, carrying out several attacks on Saturday morning, including the killing of a…

aljazeera (2025-12-13). Israeli claims to have killed senior Hamas commander, Raed Saad, in Gaza. aljazeera.com There was no immediate confirmation from Hamas or from medics that Saad was among the dead.

newarab (2025-12-13). Nikolay Mladenov being touted for Gaza 'board of peace': reports. newarab.com Bulgarian politician and diplomat Nikolay Mladenov could be one of the candidates to represent Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" to administer Gaza in the second phase of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement, recent reports reveal. | News of his possible inclusion on the board — which will be led by the US president — was reported by some American media outlets and comes after former British prime minister Palestinians, Arab and Muslim 'guarantor states' of the ceasefire, objected…

en.mehrnews (2025-12-13). Gaza death toll reaches 70,654 since Oct. 7. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) — The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip has said that 70,654 Palestinian people have been killed by the Israeli regime since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 07, 2023.

newarab (2025-12-13). Over 1,000 Palestinians died awaiting medical evacuations: WHO. newarab.com More than a thousand Palestinians have died in the Gaza Strip while waiting for medical evacuation permits from Israel between July 2024 and late November this year, the World Health Organisation said Friday. | Rick Peeperkorn, the WHO representative for the occupied Palestinian territories, told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York that 1,092 patients died between July 2024 and 28 November 2025, citing Gaza's health authorities. | But he said the figure was likely an underestimate, based only on reported deaths. He added that the WHO "has called on more countries to accept patients from Gaza and for medi…

Liza Rozovsky (2025-12-13). Sources: Italy tells U.S. it commits to sending troops to the Gaza stabilization force. haaretz.com Italy is the only country so far to make such a commitment. Indonesia previously said it would participate in the stabilization force, but only with medical and construction teams. Turkey, which periodically announces its intention to participate, faces strong objections by Israel…

UMMID (2025-12-13). Israel leads as 2025 ends as deadliest year for Journalists: RSF. ummid.com Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in its latest report said the year 2025 is ending as the deadliest year for journalists with majority of them killed by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IDF) in Gaza.

Yair Foldes (2025-12-13). President, there will be no pardon for October Thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu. haaretz.com While in Tel Aviv thousands called to establish a state commission of inquiry for October 7, in Jerusalem, protesters demanded the president refuse to pardon Netanyahu. In the south, people gathered to call for the return of the last hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili…

Moran Sharir (2025-12-13). In the courtroom, they cry out for their murdered children and vow to hound Netanyahu. And terrified. haaretz.com On the witness stand in a Tel Aviv courtroom, amid a tedious corruption trial that skirts his far graver sins, Netanyahu was forced to face reality, if only for a moment…

Observer Research Foundation (2025-12-13). The Golan Heights: From Demilitarization To A Pursuit Of Peace Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Kabir Taneja and Samidha Jain | The dramatic collapse of the Ba'athist Syria under the Bashar al-Assad government in December 2024 triggered a dramatic recalibration of the Golan Heights' status in West Asia. Israel rapidly asserted military control over the remaining Syrian portions of the territory, leaving little space for ambiguity in its strategic calculus. | Benjamin Netanyahu asserts the stance that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) presence in the region acts as a

United World International (2025-12-13). Likelihood of Israel attacking Iran again is high. uwidata.com By Azar Mahdavan, Tehran / Iran An Iranian expert, referring to the clashes between Tehran and Tel Aviv, said: Netanyahu, who must hold the next elections in 6 to 10 months, is still in a losing position, and this increases the likelihood of renewed conflict for him. The war between Iran and Israel is recognized …

newarab (2025-12-13). Germany slams Israeli plan to build 764 settler housing units. newarab.com The statement from the foreign ministry urged Israel to immediately halt the illegal construction, writing: "In 2025, nearly 30,000 new units were approved — a new record and a cau…

Skwawkbox (2025-12-13). Hannibal directive: Israel admits killing the Bibas family. thecanary.co Israel's propaganda machine has long pushed — hard — a narrative that Hamas killed Israeli citizen Shiri Bibas and her two young children 'by hand' and that their deaths were only discovered early this year. It lied. UK PM Keir Starmer avidly reinforced this false narrative in his statement about the return of their bodies […] | By

en.mehrnews (2025-12-13). Israeli forces launch new attacks on southern Lebanon. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) — Israeli forces carried out renewed attacks on southern Lebanon, including artillery shelling and naval fire, in a continued violation of the ceasefire agreement and UN Security Council Resolution.

en.mehrnews (2025-12-13). Hezbollah will never accept surrender, Qassem stresses. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) — Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem stressed Saturday "The resistance is not prepared to accept any framework that leads to surrender to the Israeli occupation entity or US hegemony."

newarab (2025-12-13). 42 Lebanese 'missing', 23 captured by Israel: prisoners' group. newarab.com The fate of at least 42 Lebanese citizens remains unknown after last year's war with Israel, while 23 others are still in Israeli imprisonment, according to a memorandum delivered to President Joseph Aoun. | Among the 23, 11 men were captured during the Israeli offensive, nine were captured after a US-brokered ceasefire, and three were taken decades ago, according to the letter sent by the Lebanese Association for Prisoners and Released Detainees. | Cross-border hostilities since October 2023 between the Hezbollah militant group and Israel spiralled into a full-scale war in September 2024, when Israel launched a…

Yotam Koren (2025-12-13). Israeli police screen Hapoel Tel Aviv shirts for slogans. haaretz.com In videos captured by fans, police officers are seen at the entrance to the stadium asking Hapoel Tel Aviv fans to show them their shirts. At a game last week, fans who wore shirts with anti-police slogans were removed…

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