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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 43m

⭕️ Al Jazeera Arabic and Ultra Palestine have shared the full text of the document outlining the implementation steps of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on Friday.

**On Implementation Steps for Humanitarian and Relief Aid:**

1. A minimum of 600 trucks per day will enter Gaza...

7. Repairs will begin on water and sewage networks, as well as hospital, bakery, and road reconstruction.

8. The Rafah crossing will reopen in both directions, restoring the same mechanism as the January 19, 2025 agreement. Israel will prepare the crossing to enable the return of people from Egypt.

9. Coordination with the C.C.C. company will begin to restart the Gaza power plant and establish a mechanism for fuel financing.

10. Expansion of displacement camps across Gaza to accommodate the displaced and provide basic living needs.

11. Entry of debris-removal equipment will be allowed, with clearly defined tasks and scope of work.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 24m

🏥 Dr. Munir Al-Barsh, Director General of Gaza’s Ministry of Health, outlined several urgently needed steps to support the medical needs in Gaza.

“We demand justice, not pity,” he said. “The health sector is devastated and suffering severely after two years of extermination. The world must stand...

▪️ Field hospitals must be established in the north, center, and south to relieve pressure. Over 17,000 patients need urgent treatment already approved by WHO.

▪️ “Children with cancer and deformities, women with chronic diseases — this is their right.”

▪️ Water and sewage networks must be repaired to prevent epidemics such as cholera, diarrhea, and skin diseases.

▪️ A program is needed to employ health graduates, technicians, and administrators to sustain operations.

▪️ Support is required for prosthetics, assistive devices, and rehabilitation programs to reintegrate people with disabilities into work, education, and society.

Dr.Muneer Alboursh د.منيرالبرش via X (@Dr_Muneer1):
We are facing major challenges in the health sector and thousands of wounded are still in hospitals, while saving patients and restoring hospitals requires a long time… The occupation destroyed Gaza City’s hospitals including Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital, Sheikh Radwan Clinic, large parts of Hamad Hospital and the Psychiatric Hospital… Thirty-eight hospitals were destroyed and only around twelve remain partially functioning with operating rooms, intensive care units and laboratories destroyed and severe shortages of beds, blood units and ventilators… There are power and water cuts and even clean water is almost unavailable in hospitals… More than 1700 health workers were martyred and over 360 were arrested… Medical teams are physically and mentally exhausted after two years of continuous work… Diseases have spread amid overcrowding and displacement with rising cases of skin infections and diarrhea and disruption of supply chains… More than 17000 wounded must be evacuated immediately and their names are approved by the United Nations… We have estimated our health sector needs at over 7 billion dollars… What is urgently required is to rescue the system by rehabilitating and reopening hospitals or establishing field hospitals, dispatching surgical missions, and supplying medicines, emergency and intensive care materials, chronic disease treatments, vaccines and antibiotics, and opening safe and permanent medical corridors… The

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 16m

It's only the political classes who try to analyse or understand this. Most of us just see thick-as-shit racists. I don't buy this 'they're left-behind and angry' stuff; there's millions in poverty and millions more struggling financially - most manage not to be fucking racists.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 6h

Everything comes down to how serious Trump is about this. He's the only person who can prevent the Israelis restarting their genocide after they get their people returned. This time does seem different - including Trump's language, but of course the road to lasting peace and justice is a long one.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 6h

And if we had a national apprenticeship scheme we might even have had the skilled workforce to build them.

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 6h

1.5 million new homes are needed over this Parliament simply to turn the decline in housing stock to population around.

📑 👉 buff.ly/prqzBBZ

chart showing Dwelling stock per 1,000 adults (left axis), and net additional dwellings (right axis), outturn and projection: England

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 6h

Politicians conflate the two them act shocked when some murdering bam follows their lead.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 6h

Totally. That's exactly it. Toward the end, i was spending as much time blocking porn bots as i was reading stuff i wanted to see. The site became unusable unless you wanted to just hurl abuse about.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 23h

Excellent. Israel's actions do indeed reflect the geopolitical aims of the US - Israel is the US attack-dog in West Asia and the idea they act independently is laughable; underlined by Trump's 'He (Netanyahu) had no choice'. Conducting a live-streamed genocide can be nothing but a strategic disaster

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 23h

All of a sudden you know what's happening in Gaza? Do you know that they're battling Israeli-backed gangs who - supported by Israeli quadcopters, are trying to kidnap medical workers? The Qassam Brigades are respected by everyone in Gaza - apart from the criminals and Israeli collaborators.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 1d

For the last two years the BBC has been living in a parallel universe to the rest of us and this article is no exception. The idea that Israel operate independently from the US is just fantasy - this genocide has been funded and armed by the White House. It's Biden & Trump's genocide as well.

Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 1d

This will be the World Cup where FIFA have finally killed the beautiful game on the altar of greed. Infantino became FIFA President largely based on the fact he managed not to fuck up the Champions League draws every year - now he makes Blatter look like a fucking saint.

Bryan Graham @bryanagraham.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to hell! www.theguardian.com/football/202...

A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape

NFTs, dynamic pricing and double resale fees have turned the 2026 World Cup into a fintech carnival where fandom meets late-capitalist absurdity

www.theguardian.com

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 1d

Israel has carried out thousands of bombing raids since their 'ceasefire' with Hezbollah (who haven't retaliated once). They're like a junkie needing their next bombing fix, to prevent them becoming rational.

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

Israel has carried out intense air strikes on southern Lebanon, killing one person, wounding seven and briefly cutting a highway that links Beirut with parts of south Lebanon, the Health Ministry said

Israel strikes south Lebanon, killing one and wounding seven

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 1d

To be fair being a mass-murderer seems to be a 'peace' achievement given who some of the previous winners are.

Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 1d

I'd say it's only happening now because he sees the wind of change in the US voters attitude to Israel - especially in his MAGA base. The likes of Marjorie Greene Taylor & Tucker Carlson are to the left of most Democrats on Israel now. Our best hope he'll keep Netanyahu's feet to the fire.

Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 1d

The 'Bluesky people' ain't coming back.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 1d

Reformski - the party of traitors.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 1d

Didn't take them long, did it?

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli drone strike kills two people in Gaza in ceasefire breach - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-drone-strike-kills-two-people-gaza-ceasefire-breach

Israeli drone strike kills two people in Gaza in ceasefire breach

<article data-history-node-id="429964" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-drone-strike-kills-two-people-gaza-ceasefire-breach" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-drone-strike-kills-two-people-gaza-ceasefire-breach" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli drone strike kills two people in Gaza in ceasefire breach</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An Israeli drone strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, killed at least two people around 6 pm local time on Friday, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 1d

You mean doing her best to gift Venezuelan oil to corporate America.

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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

Permanent facial recognition cameras are now live in Croydon – with no clear laws and no safeguards to protect our rights.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 2d

The peace prize is a joke anyway. It should have been retired after Obama received it for mass-murdering poor people with drones rather than invading their countries. The latest recipient is a Trump-supporting neoliberal Zionist trying to sell out her own country for a few dollars.

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 2d

Under feudalism, many assumed noble birth conferred wisdom. It didn’t. Under capitalism, many assume great wealth confers wisdom. It doesn’t. If we created a society where large feet gave you power, many would assume large feet conferred wisdom. It’s always a con. www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 2d

A Trump-supporting neoliberal Zionist trying to sell-out her country.

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 2d

Yet more whinging from the self-preservation elite. A mere 7% of the UK population go to private schools & refuse to 'integrate' with the remaining 93%.

Yet this minority comprise the vast majority of senior journalists & media, judiciary, senior legal profession & more. Very off-putting.

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