al jazeera

By Alastair McCready

    The United Nations, several European countries and China are among a chorus of international condemnation of Israel’s plan to militarily occupy Gaza City, warning the move will worsen the enclave’s already dire humanitarian crisis.
   Palestinians in Gaza City say they will not leave their homes despite Israel’s plan to forcibly displace hundreds of thousands of residents to camps in central Gaza.
   Four more people in the Palestinian enclave have starved to death over the last 24 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry says, bringing the total number of hunger-related deaths to 201.
   Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 61,330 people and wounded 152,359. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.

UEFA pays tribute to Suleiman al-Obeid – the ‘Palestinian Pele’

    The Union of European Football Associations has hailed former Palestine national team player Suleiman al-Obeid, who was killed in an Israeli attack while he waited for food aid in Gaza on Wednesday.

    “A talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times,” UEFA said in a post on social media.

    The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) said al-Obeid, 41, was married with two sons and three daughters.

    “The Gazelle, the Black Pearl, Henry of Palestine, and the Pele of Palestinian football are all nicknames for the late star who strode the Palestinian playing fields,” the association said.

    The PFA also said that the number of association members killed in Gaza has now reached 321, including players, team coaches, administrators, referees, and club board members.

Pro-Palestine demonstrations planned around the world

    A number of pro-Palestine marches and demonstrations are scheduled to take place across the world today, including in:

• London
• Kuala Lumpur
• Istanbul
• Barcelona
• Los Angeles
• Santiago
• Buenos Aires

    In Tel Aviv, families of captives still in Gaza will give a weekly statement in front of Israeli army headquarters, calling for a deal with Hamas that will see the release of all captives.

‘I got a glimpse of what Palestinians have to go through’: Chris Smalls

    Amazon Labor Union founder and activist @chris.smalls was a crew member on the Handala – an aid boat sent out by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition – that tried to break Israel’s siege of Gaza.

    Israeli forces raided the ship on July 26 and detained 21 people on board.

    Smalls and @gazafreedomflotilla say he experienced racism and abuse in Israeli custody, and was one of the final two activists to be released by Israeli authorities.

“I got a glimpse of what Palestinians have to go through, not even close to what they have to endure every day,” Smalls told AJ+

Two aid seekers killed in Israeli army attack in central Gaza

    We reported a short while ago that Israeli forces attacked a group of Palestinian civilians near the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, killing at least five people.

    Now, we’re getting reports that at least two Palestinians have been killed and another wounded after Israeli forces opened fired on people waiting for aid near Netzarim junction.