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“When Britain bombed Dresden, 35,000 people lost their lives. People die in war. The answer is for Hamas to stop using those people as human shields.” In an interview with the BBC, UK’s Defence Secretary Grant Shapps reiterated that the UK government is in support of Israel’s attack on Gaza. Over 11,000 Palestinians, of which more than 4,500 are children, have been killed in Gaza following Israel’s initiation of an airstrike campaign on October 7. UK’s Defence Secretary, Israel, Gaza, Palestine, Grant Shapps, UK, Britain, Netanyahu, BBC

“So many people do not understand the context in which this October seventh assault happened.” Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon, joined hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters in New York’s Bryant Park on Thursday to demand a cease-fire in Gaza.

“The Irish government must take the lead by referring Israel to the International Criminal Court and sending the Israeli ambassador home.” Mary Lou McDonald, president of Sinn Féin in Ireland, called on world leaders and the European Union to uphold their commitment to human rights, peace, and democracy in light of the war on Gaza. McDonald condemned Israel's actions and called for accountability under international law. “We ask, where is the protection of international law for every child killed in Gaza, for every Gazan mother holding the cold body of her dead child?” McDonald emphatically stated that Israel should not be allowed to act with impunity. She proposed that the Irish government should lead the way in legal proceedings by referring Israel to the International Criminal Court and expelling the Israeli ambassador.

“She’s afraid of the air strikes. Cats are just like us” Mohammed Nasir, a boy from Gaza, talks about his cat Lulu being frightened by the Israeli assault on the besieged strip. Nasir says his family risked their lives to go north of Gaza to bring her south so she would be safer, because animals also have needs.

In an interview with Channel 12 news, Israeli Minister of Agriculture and former Shin Bet chief Avi Dichter described the current displacement and persecution of Palestinians in Gaza as “the Nakba of Gaza 2023”. Dichter has been calling for over a decade to re-occupy Gaza. The Nakba, or “catastrophe” as it’s known in English, refers to the ethnic cleansing of some 750,000 Palestinians from their lands and homes in historic Palestine to make way for the creation of Israel in 1948.

London witnesses the largest pro-Palestine demonstration in the history of the UK, as more than 750,000 rally, calling for a ceasefire.

“It's been termed a pro-Palestinian demonstration, but I think it's a pro-peace demonstration.”

“You can come with your kippahs and you'll face nothing but love from the people here.” Jewish protester, Maudi, who attended the pro-Palestine march in London on Saturday encouraged fellow Jews to show their support and attend demonstrations while wearing their kippahs.

Are there Hamas tunnels under hospitals? Did Israel give up Gaza in 2005? Did the Palestinians reject their own state? This week on The Big Picture, we examine a widely shared interview with Hillary Clinton, praised as informative and illuminating. Except most of what she says about Gaza isn’t true - so why is she misleading the public? It could be her financial ties to Israel, and influential Israeli lobbies in the United States. She’s not the only one.

Hundreds of Stanford students staged a walkout from lectures and 'die-in' in the main campus quad in support of Palestinians in Gaza.

"Many of the [United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unwra)] workers in Gaza are themselves members of Hamas. The time has come to bust the myth of UN-supplied facts." Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, criticized the World Health Organisation's briefing, asserting it was based on information from Hamas rather than the UN's own employees. He claimed that the UN system is “enabling terrorism”. Erdan alleged that many workers within Unwra, including ambulance drivers, are members of Hamas

"We are tired of the American government consistently aiding and funding Israeli war crimes. We are tired of the American government using our tax dollars to fund this genocide and this ethnic cleansing."

Panic ensued inside the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, North of the Gaza Strip, as the surrounding areas of the hospital were subjected to intense Israeli bombardment

In a recent viral interview with British TV host Piers Morgan, Egyptian comedian and TV personality Bassem Youssef used dark humour to shed light on the ongoing Israel-Palestine war and the hardships faced by Palestinians

In a recent interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, an Israeli army spokesperson acknowledged being aware of civilians inside Gaza’s largest refugee camp, which was targeted by an Israeli air strike on Tuesday

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that the US believes key elements for creating “durable peace and security” between Israelis and Palestinians included that there can be “no reoccupation of Gaza” and “no attempt to blockade or besiege Gaza.”