Palestinian Christians Pray During Palm Sunday As Israel Intensifies Bombardment of Gaza
Gazan Christians are taking refuge in churches, which have not been spared from being targeted with U.S.-manufactured weaponry fired by Israeli forces.
Palestinian Christians Pray During Palm Sunday As Israel Intensifies Bombardment of Gaza
Gazan Christians are taking refuge in churches, which have not been spared from being targeted with U.S.-manufactured weaponry fired by Israeli forces.
“…#emissions…during the first 2 months of the war in #Gaza were greater than the annual carbon footprint of more than 20…#climate-vulnerable nations …over 99% of the 281,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide…[are] attributed to #Israel’s…#bombardment & ground #invasion of Gaza[:]…aircraft missions, tanks & fuel from other vehicles…[&] emissions generated by making & exploding the bombs, artillery & rockets…[&] #US cargo planes flying military supplies to Israel.” | Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/emissions-gaza-israel-hamas-war-climate-change
#Statement by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, #WHO #DG on the #attack on the #Sana'a #airport, #Yemen, https://www.who.int/news/item/26-12-2024-statement-by-dr-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus--who-director-general-on-the-attack-on-the-sana-a-airport--yemen
As we were about to board our #flight from Sana’a, about three hours ago (around 5 pm local time), the airport came under aerial #bombardment. One of our plane’s crew members was injured. At least two people were reported killed at the airport.
#NationalOrganizationforWomen, #Intersectionality, and #Gaza.
When Israel’s initial #bombardment of #Gaza took place, I was shaken when I heard 4000 #children were #killed in the first few days. When the killing did not stop, I and many others knew this was #Genocide even though there was barely anyone using that term.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MiddleEast #Israel #Gaza #Genocide
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/19/national-organization-for-women-intersectionality-and-gaza/
Ukraine Daily Summary - Saturday, May 18 2024
Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Tuapse refinery causes emergency shutdown -- Zelensky: No reports of artillery shortages for first time in full-scale war -- Ukrainian drones again hit military facilities in Russia, Crimea overnight -- and more
https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Saturday,%20May%2018%202024/
Ukraine Daily Summary - Monday, May 13
Ukrainian drones attack military targets in 3 Russian oblasts overnight -- Russia attacks 106 infrastructure facilities in Ukraine in one day -- South Korean intelligence: North Korea suspected of supplying Russia with weapons made in 1970s -- Russia seeking to blame Ukraine, without evidence, after apartment building collapses in Belgorod -- and more
https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Monday,%20May%2013/
Ukraine Daily Summary - Thursday, March 28
Russia imports Belarusian gasoline amid decreasing domestic supplies due to drone strikes -- Ukraine can down Zircon hypersonic missile with Patriot, SAMP/T -- Russia's policy of torture on show in Moscow terror 'trial' -- Poland doubles its contribution to Czech ammunition initiative for Kyiv -- and more
https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Thursday,%20March%2028/
This is not my family. They deserve help.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-abushaban-family-evacuate-gaza
Asalamu alaikum,
This is difficult to do, but I am asking my #community for your #support and #generosity to help my #family in #Gaza. My family has made the extremely difficult decision to flee their beloved #homeland after four months of constant #bombings, #violence, and #starvation. I am #fundraising for eight members of my family to evacuate Gaza and seek #safety and #stability.
My family was #violently #displaced from their home in #GazaCity and are now living in #Rafah in a tent structure with little #food, no potable #water, no #electricity and no access to necessary #medicine or care for my diabetic uncle. The eight people includes my cousin's four month old #baby, born during this #bombardment. Every day is a struggle for #survival as they must #scavenge for food and wood for cooking while simultaneously being #surrounded by #tanks and enduring constant bombardment.
I have started this fundraising campaign because it has become necessary for them to #evacuate to #Egypt for safety and stability. They have lost everything in this #war, including my uncle's business and the family's only source of income. He owned a beloved dessert restaurant in the community (Bubbles), which was destroyed early on.
Unfortunately, the cost of #escape and temporary #shelter in Egypt is more than my family or I can afford so I am relying on your generosity to help my family find some peace. This is for one branch of my family in Gaza, eight people, who are hoping to escape.
Your donation will get my family to safety and give them a chance to live a #dignified life. My family and I appreciate your #empathy and #compassion and I hope that I can transfer the funds as soon as possible as the situation in Rafah is continuing to worsen.
This is a cost breakdown of their needs and how the funds will be used:
Rafah #border crossing: 8 people * $5,000 = $40,000
#Passport fees: 8 * $150 = $1,200
#Rent a temporary home: 2 months * $500 = $1,000
Living expenses: 2 months * $1,500 = $3,000
GoFundMe fees: $45,200 * 2.9% = $1,311
Total: $46,511
I am incredibly #inspired by the #resilience and unwavering #faith of my family and of all the people of Gaza and pray for their survival and continuing faith. I believe that this is the least that you and I can do to support them, #inshallah. Thank you for your #empathy and generosity and for keeping my family in your #prayers.
The Abushaban Family
What would the late heavy bombardment have done to the Earth’s surface?
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/massive-melts-and-monstrous-tsunamis-resulted-from-early-earth-impacts/ #Earth #asteroid #bombardment #LHB #archaean #spherule #layers
An Israeli missile strike killed another journalist and her family in their home in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Palestine: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-israeli-army-kills-journalist-heba-al-abdallah-entire-family
"Wars have both direct and indirect impacts on the environment. Direct impacts include the release of toxic gases into the air from explosives, damage to buildings and industries, etc. Indirect impacts include damage to trees, plants, water, and soil, which can last for decades after the war. Nearly 5000 buildings have been destroyed by 5000 Missiles, 6000 Bombs in Gaza."
https://english.jagran.com/world/gaza-air-poisoned-by-war-soil-and-water-pollution-to-persist-for-years-to-come-10107909 @palestine @military
Safa Othmani: "To be a child in Gaza is living on borrowed time."
via Middle East Monitor: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231201-gazas-children-victims-of-war-or-superheroes/ @palestine
‘Mass assassination factory’
“We prepare the targets automatically and work according to a checklist,” a source who previously worked in the Target Division told +972/Local Call. “It really is like a factory. We work quickly and there is no time to delve deep into the target. The view is that we are judged according to how many targets we manage to generate.”
A separate source told the publication that the Habsora AI had allowed the IDF to run a “mass assassination factory” in which the “emphasis is on quantity and not on quality”. A human eye, they said, “will go over the targets before each attack, but it need not spend a lot of time on them”.
Report: https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/
#militaryAI #Habsora #AIRisks #IsraelDefenseForces #IDF #army #productivity #tech #techCulture #ethics @ethics #bias #AI #aiEthics #generativeAI @ai #StochasticParrots @dataGovernance @data #Gaza #war #israelGaza #israelGazaWar #israelPalestineWar #bombardment #bombs #Habsora #ethnicCleansing #warCrimes
#AI #Habsora estimates in advance the number of innocents killed for each "generated" bombing target:
"Five different sources confirmed that the number of civilians who may be killed in attacks on private residences is known in advance to Israeli intelligence, and appears clearly in the target file under the category of “collateral damage.”
According to these sources, there are degrees of collateral damage, according to which the army determines whether it is possible to attack a target inside a private residence. “When the general directive becomes ‘Collateral Damage 5,’ that means we are authorized to strike all targets that will kill five or less civilians — we can act on all target files that are five or less,” said one of the sources."
Report: https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/