Thread by @AJEnglish

“We don't want to keep going through this.”

Nine-year-old Leen Matar was in her grandfather’s house when it was hit by an Israeli air strike in Gaza, and wants an end to Israel's 15 year blockade ⤵️

🔗: aje.io/8qgdct

"Any resumption of hostilities will only have devastating consequences."

UN Security Council holds emergency meeting over Gaza fighting aje.io/znclqb

“It claims for itself everything that it denies us.”

Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour called out Israel over its bombardment of Gaza during an emergency meeting at the UN Security Council ⤵️

Since 2008, Israel has waged four wars on the Palestinian territory, killing nearly 4,000 people – a quarter of which were children.

Here are the names and faces of the 16 children killed by Israeli air attacks over the past three days aje.io/6ctzf4

“To my mind, Israel’s hatred of the Palestinians is shaped and driven by three basic sentiments: fear, envy and anger.”

#AJOpinion by @marwanbishara ⤵️ aje.io/puzrph

@mentions@marwanbishara “What do we gain from wars and escalations? Nothing. Gaza and its citizens are always the only losers.”

Palestinians lament the loss of their homes and workplaces and believe Israeli forces are trying to displace people in Gaza aje.io/ktmbn6

@mentions@marwanbishara The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli-imposed land, sea and air blockade for the past 15 years aje.io/nhzbpt

@mentions@marwanbishara "Palestinians are not naïve. We know that we are not Ukraine. We know that we will not receive the same outpouring of support as Ukrainians. No one will defend our right to resist an occupying force."

— #AJOpinion by @yarahawari ⤵️ aje.io/894ma1