Palestina

“Is it not astonishing”, asked Ali Abunimah, founder of the well-respected Electronic Intifada website, “that the entire world knows the name and face of the Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, while the hundreds of Palestinian children held in Israel’s dungeons, not to mention 10,000 adult prisoners, thousands held without charge and trial, abducted from their homes in the middle of the night by Israeli occupation forces, remain nameless and faceless before a silent world?” (Green Left Weekly)

160% increase in cases of diarrhoea compared with the same period last year (Source: WHO)

In June 70% of the Gazans were already unable to cover their daily food needs without assistance, food is an increasingly critical issue (Source: WFP)

One Israeli soldier has also been killed in the two-pronged effort to rescue Cpl Gilad Shalit, and reduce the number of rocket attacks against Israeli towns. BBCnews

Forøvrig mener jeg fremdeles at Israel bør tas.

Libanon: More than 50 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the attacks.