"This is very personal. This case is very close to us, and there is so much similarity," said Craig Corey, whose daughter Rachel — like Agee — was an idealistic, politically engaged young graduate student from Washington state and a member of the International Solidarity Movement. pro-Palestinian organizations.
In 2003, Rachel was crushed by an Israeli military bulldozer during a protest in Rafah against the demolition of houses in Gaza. This week, the Kori family joined a number of human rights advocates in calling for an independent investigation into Agee's death, expressing fear that her case, like that of their daughter, will go unpunished.
Palestine took a seat among member states at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 10, a new right given to the delegation even though they are not a full member of the body.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken requested a review of the actions of the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, and condemned the fatal shooting of an American-Turkish citizen who participated in protests against settlement expansion. Israel claims her death was an accident.
For several hours, the Israeli army held a target and opened fire a couple of times on the humanitarian convoy of the United Nations participating in the campaign to vaccinate children in Gaza against polio, the spokesman of the Secretary General of the United Nations said yesterday.
A convoy of several UN agencies, including the Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRVA), was "stopped by Israeli forces" at the al-Rashid checkpoint even though it had all the necessary authorizations, assured Stefan Dižarik.
A team of 12 UN staff "was informed that Israeli forces wanted to interrogate two members of the convoy," he said.
"The situation quickly escalated, the soldiers pointed their weapons directly at our personnel in the convoy, and the UN vehicles were surrounded by Israeli forces when they opened fire," he said.
Israeli tanks and a bulldozer then approached, "ramming the UN vehicles from both the front and the back, jamming the convoy," Stefan Dužarik added, noting that the employees could not safely get out of the vehicle.
"The convoy was held at gunpoint while senior UN officials contacted the Israeli authorities to try to de-escalate and after seven and a half hours at the checkpoint, the convoy returned to its base without being able to carry out its humanitarian mission," he said.
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Conflict between Israel and Hamas - 341th day.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a video yesterday showing the interior of the Hamas tunnel in the Tel Sultan neighborhood of Rafah where six Israeli hostages were killed.
The video shows a low, narrow passage deep underground with no toilets or ventilation.
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said yesterday that footage of the Gaza tunnels had been shown to the families of the hostages who "found it very difficult to see how their loved ones survived in those conditions".
Hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Aleks Lobanov, Karmel Gat and Almog Sarusi are believed to have been executed in the tunnel on August 29, before being discovered by Israeli troops two days later.
Inside the tunnel, which is about 20 meters underground, the IDF found food and equipment that it estimated were used by Hamas members and the Israeli hostages to survive underground for an extended period of time, at least several weeks.
The Hostage Families Forum, a group representing relatives of the hostages, said in a statement that "time is running out" and called for an urgent deal to return the kidnapped.
"Every day that passes is a danger to their lives, hanging in the balance, at the mercy of terrorists capable of the worst crimes against humanity," the group said.
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