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Images from Gaza circulating on social media Thursday showed a mass detention by the Israeli military of men who were made to strip to their underwear, kneel on the street, wear blindfolds, and pack into the cargo bed of a military vehicle. The exact circumstances and dates of the detentions are unclear, but some of the detainees’ identities were confirmed by colleagues or family members. At least some of the men are civilians with no known affiliation to militant groups, according to a conversationhad had with one of their relatives and a statement by one of their employers, a news network. The   Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor posted an image of one detainment and  said in a statement on its website Thursday  that “the Israeli army detained and severely abused dozens of Palestinian civilians.” “Euro-Med Monitor received reports that Israeli forces launched random and arbitrary arrest campaigns against displaced people, i...

(Globeraccess) They are still finding bodies in the neighbourhoods near Gaza. Recovery teams on Wednesday pulled a woman's body from the rubble in Kibbutz Be'eri. She was naked, her feet bound with metal wire. One of the team said the bodies of more than 20 children had been found nearby, tied together and burned. Even experienced workers are struggling: deaths like this are enough to break the living. In Nir Oz, a line of ambulances and black vans processed slowly past the fence as we entered the kibbutz. This is now a place of stillness, the community frozen in the chaos of the attack. Cats provide the only movement - sliding between bright toys strewn across gardens, the collapsed rooves, the charred gaping skeletons of people's homes. Overhead, loud explosions regularly fill the silence. Gaza is only three miles away. Hamas gunmen attacked early in Nir Oz. Survivors say one in four people are dead or missing, including a B...

(globeraccess) A young girl walks amid the destruction following Israeli attacks on al-Shatee camp in Gaza City on Saturday. Completely disconnected from the outside world, Palestinians are still living the horror of constant bombardments and Israel’s military on Saturday reissued an evacuation call for the northern Gaza Strip before an impending Israeli operation. The Israeli army carried out massive air raids, targeting Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoon and Zeitoun, with medical and civil defence personnel saying recuse efforts were hindered by a communication blackout. The entire communication system of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed, allowing only speculation currently about the sheer amount of damage that has been caused by the bombardment of the northern part of the enclave and Gaza City. Israel, which says Hamas has placed its weapons and forces among civilians, has been telling Gaza’s residents to move south for their own safety. sory,” said spokesman Daniel Hagari on soci...

 She has been inside tunnels built by Hamas under Gaza. Hear why they might matter now  —  The myriad tunnels under  Gaza  are best known as passageways used to smuggle goods from  Egypt  and launch attacks into  Israel . But there exists a second underground network that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) colloquially refer to as the “Gaza metro.” It’s a vast labyrinth of tunnels,  by some accounts several kilometers underground , used to transport people and goods; to store rockets and ammunition caches; and house  Hamas  command and control centers, all away from the prying eyes of the IDF’s aircraft and surveillance drones. Hamas  in 2021  claimed to have built 500 kilometers (311 miles) worth of tunnels under Gaza, though it is unclear if that figure was accurate or posturing. If true, Hamas’ underground tunnels would be a little less than half the length of the New York City subway system. “It’s a very intri...