Shot in the head and chest: Investigating the killings of children in Gaza - BBC Africa

The BBC World Service has pieced together the stories of Layan al-Majdalawi, two, and Mira Tanboura, six, both killed in Gaza in separate incidents in November 2023, in areas where the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was operating.
 
The BBC has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza, and found that in 95 cases the child was shot in the head or chest. In most of these cases the victim was under 12 years old.  
 
The cases we found run from the first weeks of the war up to July this year. Israel does not allow foreign journalists to enter Gaza, and destruction and displacement make it difficult to gather material.

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A new analysis published by@UN_Women today shows that more than 38,000 women and girls were killed in #Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025.  
 
That is an average of at least 47 women and girls killed per day.

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Ukraine today asked Israel for clarifications regarding the fact that a vessel allegedly belonging to Russia’s “shadow fleet” docked at the port of Haifa with a shipment of wheat originating from territories that Russia occupied from Ukraine during the war, according to a

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UPDATE: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar sent a text message today to his Ukrainian counterpart & wrote that unfortunately it is too late & the vessel has already left the port of Haifa and therefore it cannot be detained (the Israeli Foreign Ministry knew about this vessel two weeks before it arrived at the port).Senior Ukrainian officials tell me they made it clear to Israel that they are demanding the confiscation of the wheat cargo

RMC écarte la « Grande Gueule » Barbara Lefebvre après sa condamnation, révèle « Le Parisien »
 
Barbara Lefebvre avait dépeint les gens du voyage comme « des sauvages qui n’obéissent qu’à leurs propres règles », selon le jugement du tribunal rendu mercredi.

Barbara Lefebvre déjà épinglée
 
Pour autant, les casseroles s’accumulent pour cette voix conservatrice qui s’était déjà attirée les foudres des syndicats et de la SDJ de RMC et BFMTV en déclarant sur l’antenne d’i24News en février 2025 que les Palestiniens (« ces gens-là ») devaient aller « vivre ailleurs », tout en militant pour faire de la bande de Gaza « une zone vierge ». Sa participation à un gala de soutien de l’armée israélienne avait également été dénoncée en interne.

Mise au repos pendant trois semaines après sa sortie controversée sur les Palestiniens et après de multiples appels au retrait des antennes du groupe, la CGT RMC BFM demandait jeudi encore le retrait de la chroniqueuse de l’ensemble des antennes où elle a l’habitude de s’exprimer.

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In further blow to AIPAC, Democrat who accused Israel of genocide wins NJ special election

AIPAC's strategy backfired and led to Mejia's unexpected victory. Mejia was the only candidate to say Israel had committed genocide in Gaza when asked during a panel.
In their debate, Hathaway accused Mejia of being antisemitic for those remarks.
"I think I've been very clear on my position here, and I understand that many individuals are feeling conflicted about what we are seeing in Gaza. But here is the bottom line: 80 percent of Gaza is in rubble," she said. "Can we agree that cutting the electricity to water desalinization plants is not only wrong, but it goes against the Geneva Convention, and it is a war crime?"
"I stand by the fact that I've called Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal. I believe that criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu and his administration is not anti-Israel any more than criticism of Donald Trump is anti-American."
Mejía's win , which narrows the Republican's majority in the House, may have a direct impact on Israel and the region.

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Some have said that claims that Israel uses dogs to sexually abuse prisoners are antisemitic blood libels. Unfortunately, there is a good deal of evidence. The organizations that confirmed this include B’Tselem, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Council on American-Islamic Relations.  
 
Here is the testimony of survivors:  
 
1) "Nihad" (50-year-old father, Ofer Prison): In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Nihad testified that during a pre-dawn raid on January 14, 2024, Israeli soldiers ordered a police dog to sexually assault him. He described it as "the most painful moments of my life" and noted that the assault left him with deep physical wounds and long-term trauma.
 
2) "A.A." (35-year-old father, Sde Teiman): Arrested from Al-Shifa Hospital in March 2024, A.A. told the PCHR that soldiers took him to a corridor away from cameras, stripped him naked, and unleashed dogs that urinated on him before one dog raped him anally for approximately three minutes. He emphasized that the dog appeared "trained" and "knew exactly what it was doing".
 
3) "Halim Salem" (Pseudonym, West Bank Detainee): Testified to Middle East Eye that while he was forced to kneel with his head in a toilet, guards brought in a dog that "mounted and raped" him. He recalled that when he screamed, the guards beat him for "disturbing the dog".
 
4) "Wajdi" (43-year-old, Gaza Detainee): Recounted to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor that during interrogation, he was tied naked to a metal bed and raped by both a soldier and a dog while other soldiers filmed and mocked him.
 
5) Mohammed Arab (Al Araby TV Correspondent): While detained at Sde Teiman, he told his lawyer he witnessed soldiers forcing dogs to rape prisoners. He stated, "They teach their dogs to have sex with prisoners. Can you imagine?".
 
6) 18-year-old Gazan Detainee (Sde Teiman): Testified to PCHR that while he and other captives were being raped with bottles by soldiers, there was "also a dog behind us, as if the dog was raping us," serving as a form of extreme psychological and physical humiliation.
 
7) 48-year-old Detainee (Al-Shifa/Military Outpost): Reported witnessing a dog maul another man’s genitals until the victim bled to death in his arms.
 
8) The Committee to Protect Journalists and Middle East Monitor have collected dozens of testimonies from journalists who reported being subjected to "dog attacks" and sexualized torture during their detention.
 
I talked to two guards in Sde Teiman, on more than one occasion. One had seen this happen and said it was too awful to talk about. The other said that he had heard about it from others and believed it was true. This happened. This is happening still. The evidence is too overwhelming.

#Liban | Une altercation a opposé des habitants de Ghandouriyé à des éléments de la Finul, selon notre correspondant, qui fait état de deux blessés parmi les Casques bleus.

Le soldat français tué au Liban « a été pris dans une embuscade par un groupe armé à très courte distance »
 
Peu après l'annonce de la mort de Florian Montorio, la ministre des Armées Catherine Vautrin a salué la mémoire du sergent-chef, «mort pour la France dans la région de Deir-Kifa au Liban».  
 
« Ce matin, alors qu’il était en mission d’ouverture d’itinéraire vers un poste de la FINUL isolé depuis plusieurs jours par les combats dans la zone, il a été pris dans une embuscade par un groupe armé à très courte distance », explique la ministre dans une publication sur X. « Touché immédiatement par un tir direct à l’arme légère, il est relevé sous le feu par ses camarades, qui ne parviennent pas à le réanimer ».