Gaza: Resumption of hostilities adds desperation to hostages and devastates Gazans

Back to Tried Failures: The New Offensive on Gaza

If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your only option. This is proving very much to be the case with the resumption of savagely lethal strikes on Gaza by the Israeli Air Force on March 19. In a matter of hours, over 400 Palestinians were slaughtered. The resumption of the attacks by Israel terminated a fragile, often qualified cease-fire that had seen the first phase hold, for the most part, through March. Attempts to negotiate the free…

Government attacks on Palestinian human rights speech aren't new

The Gaza solidarity encampment on Columbia University’s campus in spring 2024. Photo via Wikimedia Commons. Overnight on Tuesday, Israel broke its ceasefire on Gaza, killing over 400 people through airstrikes on heavily populated residential areas. Israeli leaders, according to Al Jazeera, reportedly consulted U.S. leadership before the resumption of airstrikes.  The Trump administration is visibly committed to deportation and carrying a massive…

"The hostages must be released immediately and unconditionally," said the UN Assistant Secretary General for the Middle East, adding that as long as this happens, they must be allowed to receive support from the Red Cross, in addition to being treated with respect, in accordance with humanitarian principles. Currently 59 live or deceased hostages remain in captivity. At a meeting of the Security Council requested by Israel on the humanitarian si…

(New York): The United Nations (UN) has said that any new violence in Gaza will make the return of the remaining hostages even more impossible. According to a report by Reuters on Friday, March 21, 2025. The UN Under-Secretary-General for the Middle East, Khaled Khiari, said the hostilities not only threaten civilians but also hostages, 24 of whom are believed to be alive. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, at least 91 more Palestinians were…

“The hostages must be released immediately and unconditionally,” the UN Under-Secretary General for the Middle East said on Thursday, adding that as long as this happens, these people must be allowed to receive support from the Red Cross, in addition to being treated with respect, in accordance with humanitarian principles. Currently [...]