By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.com

An Israeli strike on a funeral in the Tyre district of Abbasiyeh killed four people from the same family over the weekend, including infant Taleen Saeed, who was under two years old and was there for her father’s funeral.

Saeed’s father was killed on Wednesday, during an attack on her family home in the village of Srifa. The attack was one of hundreds of Israeli strikes carried out on Wednesday, the first day of the ceasefire, which killed hundreds of people across Lebanon. Continue reading “Lebanese Infant Slain in Israeli Strike on Her Father’s Funeral in Tyre”

By The Grayzone

  • Six Palestine Action activists face a retrial after being acquitted in February following over a year in prison. If convicted, the six Palestine Action activists and 18 others will likely be sentenced as terrorists, facing long prison terms.
  • The jury has not been notified about the ‘terrorist’ designation, and the British media cannot report this information under a court order. Activists will also be prohibited from telling jurors how their efforts sought to impede the Gaza genocide.
  • The prosecution followed a meeting between government officials and counter-terror officers, where designating Palestine Action as terrorists was discussed. Those officials admitted the group’s activities were “mostly confined to criminal damage,” not terrorism.

Continue reading “UK seeks to jail Palestine Action for ‘terrorism’ amid UK media blackout”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

A nine-year-old girl was shot in the neck and killed by the IDF in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on Thursday while she was attending class in a tent, health and education officials in the Strip told Reuters.

The girl, Ritaj Rihan, a third-grade student, was hit with the bullet in front of her classmates, causing a “strong psychological shock” to the other children, the report said. Continue reading “Israeli Forces Kill Nine-Year-Old Girl in Gaza”