Met Police re-opens war crimes case on Britons fighting for Israel

• Post author:DANIA AKKAD
• Post published:23 July 2026
• Post last modified:23 July 2026

Exclusive: The Metropolitan Police has reversed its decision to close a war crimes probe into UK nationals who fought in Gaza. The Metropolitan Police Service has reversed its decision to close a war crimes probe into UK nationals who fought for Israel amid the Gaza genocide, it can be revealed. The 240-page referral was first submitted by the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) in August 2025. It alleged that ten UK nationals – including dual citizens – had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity while fighting for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF)…

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Wes Streeting said Israel was committing war crimes. What now?

• Post author:DANIA AKKAD
• Post published:22 July 2026
• Post last modified:22 July 2026

Andy Burnham’s new defence secretary is now responsible for the military treaty with a country he believes exhibits “rogue state behaviour” Late last July, as a famine unfolded in Gaza and Israeli settler attacks intensified in the West Bank, Wes Streeting texted a friend shortly before midnight. “Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes,” the then health secretary told Peter Mandelson over WhatsApp.“Their government talks the languages of ethnic cleansing and I have met with our own medics out there who describe the most chilling and distressing scenes of calculated brutality against women and children.”In messages that Streeting released earlier…

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IOF bombs funeral in Gaza

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:17 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) has just bombed a funeral in the Nuseirat camp in Gaza. At least eight people were slaughtered and more than 20 others wounded, though at the time of Mosab Abu Toha’s post, the known death toll was five. IOF use the Nuseirat camp as a slaughter camp The Nuseirat refugee camp has repeatedly been the scene of Israeli atrocities. These include the murder of 276 civilians and the wounding of almost 700 during Israel’s US-assisted ‘rescue mission’ in 2024. Four ‘hostages’ were rescued, including Noa Argamani. Argamani later said she had been in far more danger…

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Trump’s Gaza peace plan shrinks amid fears of new Israeli offensive

• Post author:The Canary
• Post published:17 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

Trump and his shambolic Board of Peace (BoP) has discarded its recovery plan for Gaza, opting instead for a “tiny pilot scheme” amid fears of a “new all-out offensive before Israeli elections,” the Guardian reported. The so-called ceasefire hasn’t stopped Israel’s daily bombardment of Gaza. As recently as 16 July, Israeli forces were again striking Palestinians huddled inside tents. Israel is maniacally bombing Palestinians in tattered tents again tonight. Every. Single. Day. Not a single shot from Hamas for more than 10 months & Israel has killed more than a thousand Palestinians since — including more than 200 children. pic.twitter.com/DWzA42MAyq —…

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The Israeli occupation’s genocide in Gaza has inflicted unprecedented devastation on the enclave’s agricultural sector

• Post author:Charlie Jaay
• Post published:16 July 2026
• Post last modified:17 July 2026

According to a statement from the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture Israel have inflicted “unprecedented devastation” on Gaza. In the almost three years since the genocide began Israel have repeatedly carried out damage to Palestinian infrastructure. Gaza: agricultural losses estimated in the billions Damage exceeded 85 percent across most agricultural sub-sectors, resulting in a near total collapse of the agricultural production system. Losses were estimated to be worth around £2.6 billion. More than 87 percent of agricultural land used for growing crops was damaged, so local food production severely declined, Around 8700 agricultural water wells were also rendered inoperable. The agricultural irrigation…

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WATCH: Israel again mocks concept of ‘ceasefire’ with 4 strikes on Gaza

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:12 July 2026
• Post last modified:12 July 2026

Israel has again shown its contempt for the very idea of a ceasefire, with at least four murderous airstrikes on Gaza City today. Last week, the occupation murdered the director of Egypt’s aid mission to Gaza, in evident retaliation for the Egyptian football team manager’s show of solidarity with Palestine. On Sunday 12 July 2026, Israel hit a home in a densely-populated civilian area of Gaza City with at least four missiles in quick succession: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hamdan Dahdouh (@hamdaneldahdouh) Israel — One street, three bombings And in a further horrifying display of the…

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Mothin Ali calls Burnham a ‘coward’ over Gaza genocide stance

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:12 July 2026
• Post last modified:12 July 2026

On 9 July, Andy Burnham issued a statement regarding ‘Labour’s stance on Gaza‘. In it, our incoming PM refused to call Israel’s actions a genocide, and did little to differentiate his position from that of Keir Starmer. Accordingly, Canary writer Joe Glenton described the statement as “milquetoast sop“. And he wasn’t the only one to notice Burnham is trying to pull the wool over our eyes: @andyburnham is a coward. He apologised for the position this Labour Government has taken on Palestine but He won’t call it a Genocide, he hides behind international law. He won’t commit to Sanctioning Israel.He won’t…

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Israel lobby groups demand Burnham roll back even milksop Gaza comments

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:12 July 2026
• Post last modified:12 July 2026

Israel lobby groups wasted no time in demanding Andy Burnham pull back from even his watery comments on Israel’s crimes in Gaza. Burnham refused last week to call the genocide a genocide. Instead, he said Labour “didn’t get right” its response. That would be Keir Starmer endorsing Israel’s crimes against humanity by cutting off fuel and water to the besieged open-air concentration camp. And ordering the RAF to provide active support for the slaughter of Palestinians — and almost certainly UK aid workers. And Burnham dared to suggest — after almost three years of slaughter, starvation, targeting of children, hospitals, schools,…

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As Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s life is in “immediate danger” UN inquiry commission calls for Gaza doctor’s release

• Post author:Charlie Jaay
• Post published:9 July 2026
• Post last modified:10 July 2026

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, 52, paediatrician and director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, has been imprisoned without charge since 27 December 2024. The Israeli occupation has beaten and tortured him, and kept him in solitary confinement on a regular basis. Now the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has called for the Israeli occupation to release him, saying it is deeply concerned by reports of his treatment while in detention. Calls for “Immediate release” of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the #oPt calls on Israel to "release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya,…

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Israel murders Palestinian aid official who organised Gaza World Cup screenings

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:9 July 2026
• Post last modified:10 July 2026

Israel has responded to the Egyptian football team manager’s comments of support for Gaza by murdering Palestinian Mohamed Fawaz al-Wahidi — Egypt’s organiser of World Cup match screenings in Gaza. The 7 July 2026 murder came just before Egypt’s match against Argentina, where many believe the Egyptians were cheated out of a historic win. Israel kills Palestinian aid worker Al-Wahidi was the Egyptian Relief Committee in Gaza’s public relations director. He had organised screenings of World Cup matches for Palestinians as a small glimmer of relief from their suffering under Israeli genocide, starvation and oppression. But just before the Egypt-Argentina match…

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In a show of commitment to ceasefire, Hamas announces dissolution of its civilian governing body in Gaza

• Post author:Charlie Jaay
• Post published:8 July 2026
• Post last modified:9 July 2026

The Islamic Resistance Movement, also known as Hamas, has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007, following its takeover from the Palestinian Authority. Over the years, Hamas has established a range of governmental institutions responsible for providing public services, maintaining internal security and coordinating emergency responses during periods of conflict. Hamas has dissolved its civilian governing body in Gaza Among these institutions was the Government Emergency Committee. This has played a central role in coordinating humanitarian assistance, restoring essential services, managing civil defence efforts and supporting government ministries during times of crisis. The committee was intended to ensure continuity of governance and aid…

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Between World Cup stadiums and tents of the displaced in Gaza

• Post author:Alaa Shamali
• Post published:4 July 2026
• Post last modified:4 July 2026

Despite the war, football remains alive in Gaza. Since the 2026 World Cup began, Palestinians in the Strip have eagerly awaited every match. Reports and videos show people gathering in shelters and tents. They watch the games on simple screens set up among the rubble. Arab teams received special attention, especially the Egyptian national team. Their matches dominated the local scene, with cheers erupting during every game. Families and children followed every detail until the final whistle. These victories provided rare moments of joy and a brief escape from the war. When “The Pharaohs” secured a historic win against Australia to…

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Trump’s “Board of Peace” and US administration: No place for UNRWA in the “New Gaza”

• Post author:Charlie Jaay
• Post published:4 July 2026
• Post last modified:4 July 2026

The so-called “Board of Peace” and the US administration have announced that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) “has no place in the new Gaza.” Liquidating the refugee issue They say they are “turning the page on the complex of perpetual aid dependency & conflict.” But “Israel” is the reason why Palestinians in Gaza are reliant on aid in the first place. The occupation has enforced a blockade on the Strip for almost two decades. At the same time, it has inflicted repeated cycles of violence, and persistent destruction of the population. Even before the genocide, 80…

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1000 days of “Israel’s” genocide in Gaza

• Post author:Charlie Jaay
• Post published:3 July 2026
• Post last modified:3 July 2026

2 July 2026 marks 1000 days of Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. This means one thousand days of killing, forced displacement, systematic destruction and ethnic cleansing. According to a statement by the Government Media Office: 90 percent of the Strip’s buildings and infrastructure have been destroyed, with the support and backing of multiple countries. This has occurred “amid the deafening silence of the forces of global injustice. Israel has continued to rain down destruction More than 223,000 tons of explosives have been dropped on civilians. This has resulted in 73,066 martyrs whose bodies have reached…

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CPJ reverses decision to discount slain Gaza journalists after global outrage

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:3 July 2026
• Post last modified:3 July 2026

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reportedly reversed its decision to delete Gaza journalists from its database of murdered reporters. The decision came after the CPJ board overruled its chair Jacob Weisberg, considered the main driver of the original change. Weisberg, a vocal supporter of Israel appointed as chair in 2023, has argued against boycotts of the apartheid colony and described the BDS movement as “repellent”. He described supporters of BDS — the Palestinian ‘boycott, divestment and sanctions’ campaign against the occupier — as “sheeplike, liberal opinion”. CPJ — Who counts? The CPJ had changed its criteria of who counts…

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EU hiding 17 secret Gaza documents into infrastructure projects

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:3 July 2026
• Post last modified:3 July 2026

The European Commission has claimed there is “no public interest” in releasing seventeen reports on infrastructure projects the EU has funded in Gaza. The reports would be likely to confirm Israel’s wholesale destruction of basic civilian infrastructure and pressure the EU to end its continued collaboration with, and privileging of, the colony. It would also further strain the EU’s stubborn refusal to acknowledge Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Gaza: EU dodging genocide On the same day, a United Nations inquiry formally confirmed that Israel continues to commit genocide in Gaza by deliberately murdering Palestinian children. The EU boasts that projects it funds…

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Smotrich announces establishment of three Jewish settlements in north Gaza

• Post author:Charlie Jaay
• Post published:3 July 2026
• Post last modified:5 July 2026

Ethnic cleansing genocidaire Bezalel Smotrich, says he is ready to immediately establish three Jewish settlements in northern Gaza. And, he has claimed he is only waiting for Netanyahu to approve his plans. At the same time, Israeli occupation officials are coordinating “voluntary migration” or “Free Movement” campaigns for Palestinians in the Strip. Gaza occupation Smotrich is the occupation’s finance minister and head of the Defense Ministry’s Settlement Administration. He is also an illegal settler and leader of the Religious Zionism Party. Last year he announced plans to annex 82 percent of the occupied West Bank. He has now announced  he has…

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The BBC’s tactic of ‘subtle genocide denial’ over Gaza

• Post author:Ed Sykes
• Post published:2 July 2026
• Post last modified:3 July 2026

Three years into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the BBC is still using a tactic one expert calls “subtle genocide denial”. The BBC and the dark art of genocide propaganda The Canary has long reported on the BBC‘s consistent pro-Israel propaganda. A key part of this is distracting people from the crimes of the settler-colonial apartheid state by turning focus onto Hamas. And the broadcaster  continues to do this. As Saul Staniforth highlighted on 2 July, BBC reporter Lucy Williamson: We’ve been speaking to some of the 15,000 people that Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says… The context was that 300 people have…

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Israel to open Gaza concentration camps in “matter of weeks”

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:2 July 2026
• Post last modified:2 July 2026

Israel and the US will start herding Palestinians into concentration camps — euphemistically termed “shelters” — “within a matter of weeks”, according to Israeli media. Gaza’s Palestinian people will be forced into fenced and guarded ‘humanitarian shelters’ under the plan implemented under Trump’s Orwellian-named ‘Board of peace’. Victims will first be herded into Tel al-Sultan, an area systematically flattened by the occupation, They will then be moved out and packed into to several sites in Rafah that they will not be allowed to leave. Israel — refusal is ‘terrorism’ This will be combined with a further seizure of land in Gaza…

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Home secretary urged to investigate British IDF soldiers who served in Gaza genocide

• Post author:The Canary
• Post published:30 June 2026
• Post last modified:1 July 2026

The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), alongside Declassified UK, has delivered a letter signed by almost 25,000 people to home secretary Shabana Mahmood, calling for an investigation into UK nationals who have served in the IDF (the Israeli military, often called the IOF) since the beginning of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The letter urges the government to examine UK citizens who have potentially committed war crimes in Gaza and if they have been involved in violations of international law by participating in Israel’s assault. Since October 2023, Palestinians in Gaza have endured a genocide that has resulted in: The…

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