Silencing protesters. Getting Jimmy Kimmel taken off air. Ordering Mahmoud Khalil's deportation. Another week of Zeteo's project to document the growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.

<article data-history-node-id="428917" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-kill-91-palestinians-dawn-say-gaza-hospitals" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-kill-91-palestinians-dawn-say-gaza-hospitals" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli attacks kill 91 Palestinians since dawn, say Gaza hospitals</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="580" data-start="355">Gaza hospital officials say at least 91 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since dawn. According to the sources, 76 of the victims were in Gaza City, where bombardment has been heaviest.</p> </div> </div> </article>

After almost two years, more and more politicians, experts, and human rights groups are finally using the G-word to describe Israel's violence in Gaza, but the list is still relatively short.

<article data-history-node-id="428774" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-palestinian-cameraman-al-quds-al-youm" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-palestinian-cameraman-al-quds-al-youm" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel kills Palestinian cameraman for al-Quds al-Youm</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Mohammed Ala'a al-Sawalhi, a cameraman for Palestinian channel al-Quds al-Youm, was killed Wednesday in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, local media has confirmed.</p> <p>Since 7 October 2023, according to the Gaza media office, more than 240 media workers have been killed in the enclave.</p> <div alt="Mohammed Ala'a al-Sawalhi, a cameraman for Palestinian news channel al-Quds al-Youm, was killed in Gaza City by an Israeli air strike on Wednesday." data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="8d44d0a9-2689-416c-a732-d4fee27c254d" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Screenshot%202025-09-17%20at%2012.12.30%E2%80%AFPM_0.png" width="966" height="1110" alt="Mohammed Ala'a al-Sawalhi, a cameraman for Palestinian news channel al-Quds al-Youm, was killed in Gaza City by an Israeli air strike on Wednesday." typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="428775" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/historic-together-palestine-concert-kicks-wembley-stadium" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/historic-together-palestine-concert-kicks-wembley-stadium" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Historic 'Together for Palestine' concert kicks off at Wembley Stadium</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An unprecedented concert to raise funds for a number of Palestinian non-profits has kicked off at Wembley Stadium in London.&nbsp;</p> <p>"Together for Palestine" has been promoted by celebrities including Riz Ahmed, Billie Eilish, Cillian Murphy, Javier Bardem, and others.</p> <p>The livestream can be viewed below:</p> <p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RWBVHFv-UqM?si=b6HEmhoLPXvP99FR" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p> </div> </div> </article>

In different ways, the reputations of the royal family, the British government and President Trump have each been tarnished by the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

"Al parecer, la Inquisición española, la expulsión de los judíos de España y el asesinato sistemático y masivo de judíos en el Holocausto no son suficientes para Sánchez", dice el mensaje del primer m...

Media freedom coalition faced challenges formulating response to killing of Al Jazeera staff, correspondence reveals.

<article data-history-node-id="428492" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/turkish-hackers-hold-brief-video-call-israel-katz-and-publishes-image" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/turkish-hackers-hold-brief-video-call-israel-katz-and-publishes-image" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Turkish hackers hold brief video call with Israel Katz and publishes image</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/turkey" target="_blank">Turkish</a>&nbsp;hacker group published the phone number of Israel Katz, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;defence minister, and even managed to briefly call him on Thursday evening.&nbsp;</p> <p>Ynet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syzoddgjxe" target="_blank">reported</a>&nbsp;that one of the hackers launched a video call with Katz, which he accepted.&nbsp;</p> <p>During the call, the hacker hurled insults at the defence minister and took a screenshot of his face, before the call was disconnected by Katz.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Turkish group later published the picture.&nbsp;</p> <p>It also published a screenshot of a number of messages it sent to Katz on WhatApp.&nbsp;</p> <p>The first message reads: “Hey Katz, never forget this, your death is near, we are the defenders of Qassam, we will bury you and your country in history,” apparently referring to the armed wing of Hamas.&nbsp;</p> <p>The next two messages read: “What the hell happened?” and “Did you block me, dog?”</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkish-hacker-group-holds-brief-video-call-israel-katz-and-publishes-image">Turkish hackers hold brief video call with Israel Katz and publishes image</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz at the Foreign Office in Budapest, Hungary, on 17 June 2024 (AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="7038a8d7-1585-4401-95ff-9d97619d3e11" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/israel-katz-afp.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz at the Foreign Office in Budapest, Hungary, on 17 June 2024 (AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz at the Foreign Office in Budapest, Hungary, on 17 June 2024 (AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

El texto recoge una referencia a una investigación por genocidio, aprovechando el caso abierto en el Tribunal Internacional de Justicia

<article data-history-node-id="428493" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/wfp-warns-many-palestinians-too-sick-or-starved-flee-amid-forced" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/wfp-warns-many-palestinians-too-sick-or-starved-flee-amid-forced" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">WFP warns many Palestinians too sick or starved to flee amid forced evacuation orders</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The World Food Programme (WFP) warned that the forced&nbsp;displacement leaves families more vulnerable in famine-struck Gaza.</p> <p>In a post on X on Thursday, the&nbsp;WFP said many Palestinians "are too weak, sick, or starving to move at all".</p> <p>"Each evacuation order brings an impossible choice: the risk of fleeing or the risk of staying," the post said.</p> <p>"The fighting must stop. A ceasefire is long overdue."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gaza?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gaza</a>: In a region gripped by famine, displacement leaves families more vulnerable.<br> <br> Many are too weak, sick, or starving to move at all.<br> <br> Each evacuation order brings an impossible choice: the risk of fleeing or the risk of staying.<br> <br> The fighting must stop. A ceasefire is long… <a href="https://t.co/fFLIbTOfNP">pic.twitter.com/fFLIbTOfNP</a></p> — World Food Programme (@WFP) <a href="https://twitter.com/WFP/status/1966149809519071729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

Esto no es un llamado a la acción sino a la participación. Un llamado a un feminismo que no le teme la incomodidad, que no aparta la mirada de la sangre en el suelo porque no encaja en una campaña des...

Cargar las baterías, desplazarse para hacer fotos o conseguir dinero en metálico con el que comprar comida requieren un tiempo y esfuerzo inimaginables. Las muertes de otros reporteros en ataques israelíes le hacen sentir constantemente al borde del abismo

<article data-history-node-id="420966" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/smotrich-says-not-even-grain-wheat-will-enter-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/smotrich-says-not-even-grain-wheat-will-enter-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Smotrich says 'not even a grain of wheat' will enter Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed on Monday that he will continue the total blockade of aid entering the Gaza Strip.</p> <p>“Not even a grain of wheat will enter Gaza,” he said, speaking at Israeli outlet Yedioth Ahronoth’s People of Israel Conference.</p> <p>On 2 March, weeks before breaking the ceasefire in Gaza, Israel shut down all the Palestinian enclave’s border crossings, halting the flow of much-needed humanitarian aid and further exacerbating the territory’s crises.</p> <p>One of the ceasefire’s main goals was to allow for the return of humanitarian aid into Gaza.</p> <p>Since resuming its full-scale attacks on 18 March, Israel has killed over 1,400 Palestinians and wounded over 3,600, according to the Palestinian health ministry.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/smotrich-says-not-even-grain-wheat-will-enter-gaza">Smotrich says 'not even a grain of wheat' will enter Gaza</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Bezalel Smotrich " data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="907273c9-efd5-486a-90e3-f21032538a00" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/bezalel-smotrich-inauguration-event-petah-tikva-tel-aviv-amir-cohen-reuters-17-august-2023.jpeg" width="1400" height="787" alt="Bezalel Smotrich " typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Amir Cohen/Reuters)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

El presidente de la Media Luna Roja Palestina subraya que los soldados israelíes atacaron ambulancias en tres momentos distintos y pide una investigación independiente

Palestinian and UN bodies mark Palestine Children’s Day with ‘harrowing’ accounts of toll of Israel’s war on children.

<article data-history-node-id="420835" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-kill-29-palestinians-gaza-dawn" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-kill-29-palestinians-gaza-dawn" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli attacks kill 29 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="235" data-start="101">Israeli forces have killed at least 29 Palestinians in fresh attacks on Gaza since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera.</p> <p data-end="386" data-start="237">Israel reignited its war on the besieged enclave on 18 March, tearing apart a fragile two-month truce with an onslaught of airstrikes and shelling.</p> <p data-end="530" data-start="388">Since October 2023, more than 50,600 Palestinians—mostly women, children, and the elderly—have been killed in Israel’s relentless bombardment</p> </div> </div> </article>

La deshumanización contra la población palestina ha calado hondo en espacios de poder europeos, donde no hay grandes denuncias y sí indiferencia y complicidad en la justificación de las masacres contr...

Los intensos bombardeos israelíes de las últimas dos semanas dejan numerosos cadáveres infantiles. Un menor muere cada 45 minutos por la invasión desde hace año y medio

<article data-history-node-id="420557" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestine-red-crescent-says-recovered-15-bodies-after-israel-fire" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestine-red-crescent-says-recovered-15-bodies-after-israel-fire" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestine Red Crescent says recovered 15 bodies after Israel fire on ambulances</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Palestinian Red Crescent said on Sunday it had recovered the bodies of 15 rescuers killed a week ago when Israeli forces targeted ambulances in the Gaza Strip.</p> <p>Bodies of eight medics from the Red Crescent, six members of Gaza's civil defence agency and one employee of a UN agency were retrieved, the Red Crescent said in a statement.</p> <p>It said one medic from the Red Crescent remained missing.&nbsp;</p> <p>The group said those killed "were targeted by the Israeli occupation forces while performing their humanitarian duties as they were heading to the Hashashin area of Rafah to provide first aid to a number of people injured by Israeli shelling in the area".</p> <p>"The occupation's targeting of Red Crescent medics ... can only be considered a war crime punishable under international humanitarian law, which the occupation continues to violate before the eyes of the entire world."</p> </div> </div> </article>

On Monday, Israeli strikes killed two Palestinian journalists: Al Jazeera’s Hossam Shabat, who was 23 years old, and Palestine Today’s Mohammed Mansour, who was killed in his apartment alongside his...