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US-Israel genocide in Gaza

The Israeli regime keeps bombarding the Gaza Strip 136 days into the regime’s onslaught on the Palestinian territory. 107 more Palestinians have been killed in the past day. According to the Gaza health ministry, the majority of the casualties were civilians killed by Israeli air strikes in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, including 30 people in the town of Al-Zawaidah. Four more people died in Rafah from another Israeli airstrike. In the south, 16 people were killed in Khan Yunis where Nasser hospital is located. The hospital is severely damaged and many of its staff members have been detained. Meanwhile, the Israeli artillery continues to bombard the eastern parts of Deir El-balah city. The Israeli genocidal war has so far killed more than 29,000 Palestinians and injured some 69,000 others.

ICJ hearing on crimes of Israel

The top UN court at the Hague has opened public hearings on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. Addressing the tribunal, Palestine’s envoy to the UN said that International Law has never protected Palestinians. Mansour said Palestinian people have faced attempts to push them out of their territories for 75 years. He demanded Palestine’s occupation come to an immediate and unconditional end. Meanwhile, the legal representative of the State of Palestine focused on the consequences of Israel’s breaches of International Law.

Israel economic woes

Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza is taking a heavy toll on its economy. New figures have revealed that the regime's Gross Domestic Product has contracted by nearly one-fifth during the last quarter of 2023. According to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, the regime’s economy has witnessed a sharp drop of nearly 20% in the total economic output, compared to the previous three months. This has been the worst quarter for the Israeli economy in terms of GDP per capita since 2020, even during the Covid outbreak. The figures attribute the economic downturn to multiple war-related factors, such as disruptions in airline operations and falls in import and export due to escalating tensions in the Red Sea over the Gaza war. Israel is also suffering from severe labor shortages and has witnessed the collapse of its tourism industry since it launched the genocide campaign against Gaza.