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Haitham in Gaza 🇵🇸🍉 (@haithamelmasri1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hello everyone, Due to the forced displacement my family and I went through, we were forced to leave everything behind. I wasn’t able to take any of our basic necessities with me. In that moment, all I could think about was saving my family and getting them to safety. But now,

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (@refugees) 's Twitter Profile Photo

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett wears this MADE51 bracelet to honour the strength and creativity of refugees. Handcrafted by refugee artisans, it’s a symbol of solidarity and hope. Ahead of #WorldRefugeeDay, wear yours too. Get it here: unh.cr/684ae7340

richard bacon (@richardpbacon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Christ. It’s so cruel. What has this strategy achieved? Has it got the hostages back? Has it saved their lives? Has it made Israel safer long term? Has it made the world safer? Has it been precise? Has it defeated Hamas - with surgical planning? Has it been inhuman?

Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Gazans tell Haaretz of a sharp escalation in attacks following Israel's strike on Iran, with one eyewitness reporting heavy gunfire, and even drone fire, at civilians approaching aid distribution points | Jack khoury.جاك خوري haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

William Dalrymple (@dalrymplewill) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A reminder that even now, at the peak of Iran's attack, many more innocent people are being killed in Gaza than in Israel, and that you won't read a word about them in any Western news source. It's as if they are invisible, or at least regarded as subhuman, by our newsrooms

Peter Oborne (@obornetweets) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is an outstanding and thorough examination of BBC coverage of the Gaza war. The BBC, an organisation I love and support, has serious and troubling questions to answer.

richard bacon (@richardpbacon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

They are some of the poorest people in the world. In one of the most perilous positions in the world. 34x as many have died. Most women & children. With an average age of 18. They’ve got almost nothing. And BBC News coverage has been “systematically biased” against them

They are some of the poorest people in the world. In one of the most perilous    positions in the world. 34x as many have died. Most women & children. With an average age of 18. They’ve got almost nothing. And BBC News coverage has been “systematically biased” against them
New York Magazine (@nymag) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The accusation that Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza — likely hundreds, maybe even thousands — has become all but undeniable. Even Israel’s supporters, those who defended or withstood this publicly broadcast nightmare for 19 months, have reached some semblance of a limit.

The accusation that Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza — likely hundreds, maybe even thousands — has become all but undeniable. Even Israel’s supporters, those who defended or withstood this publicly broadcast nightmare for 19 months, have reached some semblance of a limit.