Israel released Muhammad Abu Salmiya, the director of Gaza City’s al-Shifa hospital, on Monday along with dozens of other former detainees from Gaza, prompting a backlash in Israel and fears for the doctor’s life.
Meanwhile, international media reports and statements made by Israeli officials suggested that Israel may soon scale back its military operations in Gaza.
But for Palestinians who have endured nearly nine months of genocide, there has been no respite from the Israeli violence that has claimed nearly 38,000 lives, with thousands more missing and feared dead.
Amid intense bombardment throughout Gaza, Israel this week ordered the forcible transfer of Palestinians from eastern Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza, encompassing around a third of the coastal enclave’s territory and affecting a quarter of a million people. …more
