This is the fifteenth month since the current Israel-Hamas conflict commenced. I have been keeping copies of selected online content since 7 October 2023.
Some of these posts feature on my X page (@garybunt), and are usually posted there first, along with related materials and extra links (there’s often a time lag between posting on X and posting here!). The intention is to keep a snapshot of these posts (X posts disappear occasionally) and other content. I’m planning to write about these sources in due course.
Palestinian journalists in Gaza continue to report the horrors of Israel's war in deadly conditions. Al Jazeera pays tribute to the horrific number of journalists killed in Gaza, largely to Western indifference www.aljazeera.com/features/lon…
— Rachel Shabi (@rachelshabi.bsky.social) 2 January 2025 at 09:54
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The BBC’s optics do not look great here:
A Palestinian Year in Review: Genocide, Resistance and unanswered Questions
— Juan Cole (@jricole.bsky.social) 27 December 2024 at 05:28
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The @nytimes continues to disgrace itself as day after day it fails to depict the dispossessed, abused and ethnically cleansed Palestinians as human beings, worthy of the same life and freedoms as Israelis https://t.co/wreThkvBeD
— William Dalrymple (@DalrympleWill) December 29, 2024
I’d never seen a man
— Emma Pike (@Emma_Pike_) December 28, 2024
bigger than a tank
until now https://t.co/tbASsl5uns
In decades to come footage like this will be played on a loop in museums.
— Richard Sanders (@PulaRJS) December 27, 2024
In sombre black lettering beneath it will say – "At the time not a single Western news outlet broadcast these images." https://t.co/81RaiYtP9Y
A leading Israeli newspaper, citing unnamed israeli soldiers serving in Gaza, described indiscriminate killings of Palestinian civilians. The lack of IHL compliance and the widespread impunity is of grave international concern as this conflict continues to evolve. www.dawn.com/news/1880050
— Peter Lundberg (@peterlundberg.bsky.social) 21 December 2024 at 11:32
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The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of Gaza’s last partially functioning hospitals, pleads for help before it’s ‘too late’ as Israeli forces have surrounded the medical facility. 🔗: aje.io/rmw08m
— aljazeera.com (@aljazeera.com) 24 December 2024 at 11:12
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As famine grips Gaza, Bisan Owda shares stories of survival: farmers planting in the rubble, fishermen risking bombs to catch fish, and residents refusing to give up. #GazaUnderBlockade pic.twitter.com/BSx3AqqnDY
— AJ+ (@ajplus) December 17, 2024
There are thousands of potential posts, so this is only a snapshot of activities. Warning: many posts contain images of violence and injuries.
This is a compelling report from the BBC:
How such grace and kindness exists is beyond me. Would you share what little coffee you have with a stranger? Be able to laugh at how common dishes are an unaffordable luxury? Or be so kind in your words when really we’re not able to provide for most people’s needs because so… pic.twitter.com/jQToEOV1xv
— Arwa Damon (@IamArwaDamon) December 17, 2024
How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian territories www.bbc.com/news/article…. “One person, who spoke anonymously, shared leaked internal documents about a change made to Instagram's algorithm, which toughened the moderation of Palestinians commenting on Instagram posts.” Important research.
— Gary R. Bunt (@garyrbunt.bsky.social) 18 December 2024 at 10:29
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Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Al-Louh was killed in an Israeli strike, making him the third journalist killed in Gaza in the last 24 hours aje.io/a90xq1
— aljazeera.com (@aljazeera.com) 15 December 2024 at 19:45
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Not a good look…
— Gary R. Bunt (@garyrbunt.bsky.social) 16 December 2024 at 16:58
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Khaled 'Abu Diaa' Nabhan, a Palestinian man who moved many last year while saying goodbye to his killed three-year-old granddaughter, Reem, has been killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza. 🔴 LIVE Updates: aje.io/l31q2z
— aljazeera.com (@aljazeera.com) 16 December 2024 at 14:43
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He reminds me of the hadith – “when Allah loves a person he commands the angels and all of the inhabitants of earth to love him..”
— بشرى (@b_mahmuud) December 16, 2024
How many people have a heavy heart today, though they’ve never met him. https://t.co/E8Y4oE8vQN
This is a man who touched people and made them cry from all corners of the world purely for his gentle nature & warmth. They haven’t seen a man like this before, and we told them about the best of creation Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم. Khaled did dawah with his manners from a https://t.co/YzdHgjR6JJ
— بشرى (@b_mahmuud) December 16, 2024
Julian Borger, Guardian, Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds, 11 Dec 2024 “A needs assessment, carried out by a Gaza-based NGO sponsored by the War Child Alliance charity, also found that 92% of the children in the survey were “not accepting of reality”, 79% suffer from nightmares and 73% exhibit symptoms of aggression.”
