Tibor Gaspar pointed out that the Russian-Slovak relations focus on, first and foremost, "economic cooperation, development of ties in cultural and sports areas based on the principle of equals" | NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte tries to make everything Russian a bogeyman for the Europeans, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Slovakia Tibor Gaspar said in an interview with TASS. 💬 "This is a certain bogeyman for the Europeans," he said, commenting on Rutte’s words that the EU will have to "learn how to speak Russian" in 4-5 years, unless NATO member states refuse to increase their military spending. ● "There was a time in history when we were under the USSR’s influence. Therefore this issue is being used today in a bid to create a negative attitude towards Russia," Gaspar said. ● "We had talks with State Duma Speaker [Vyacheslav Volodin], which could be praised quite highly. He said that relations must be balanced and equal," the official said.

✅ This small European country is defying the Western establishment: How long can it last? (Timofey Bordachev)

■ APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP (ORDER OF 26 JANUARY 2024) (.pdf) + APPLICATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS (.pdf)
■ THE EXPRESSION OF HATRED FOR GENTILES (Richard Edmondson/Nahida Izzat) (10/04/14)

Royal Air Force surveillance flights over Gaza have relied on technical support from Gama, Declassified has found. | Gama provides “engineering services including design, maintenance and repair” for the RAF’s six-strong fleet of Shadow R1 surveillance planes. ■ Without Gama’s technical support and deep knowledge of the planes, the RAF would have struggled to maintain almost daily surveillance flights over the besieged Palestinian territory since December 2023. ■ These missions were ostensibly to help locate hostages, but have led to concerns that Britain is complicit in Israel’s relentless attacks on Palestinian civilians. ■ Once deployed to Akrotiri in pairs, these small, twin propeller planes have spent around four hours a day flying above Gaza, hoovering up intelligence with their state-of-the-art onboard surveillance systems. ■ The footage and other intercepts can technically be shared live via a satellite link with partners on the ground, raising concerns that Israeli forces may have had real time access to UK surveillance of the battlefield.

NATO has used the incidents to step up its military presence in the Baltic | Recent damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea was likely caused by maritime accidents, not by Russian sabotage as many Western officials have alleged, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. ● NATO has used recent incidents to justify an increase in its military presence in the Baltic Sea and launched a new mission called “Baltic Sentry” just last week, a move that ratchets up tensions with Russia. The Guardian reported on Sunday that a NATO naval flotilla has assembled off the coast of Estonia to “protect” undersea infrastructure.

✅ Американская The Washington Post пишет (Мария Захарова)
■ Izvestia: NATO seeks to "inspect" vessels in neutral Baltic waters (01/16/25)

Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party will carry out the threat it made on Thursday to leave the government if the cease-fire and hostage deal is approved by the cabinet. The minister said he would consider rejoining the coalition if fighting is resumed after the first phase of the agreement | Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced on Saturday his intention to resign from the government and withdraw his party from the coalition on Sunday, in protest of the cabinet's approval of a hostage release and cease-fire deal with Hamas. ● On Thursday, Ben-Gvir threatened to resign if the deal was approved, but said he would consider rejoining the government if fighting resumed after the first phase of the agreement, "to achieve decisive victory and fulfill the war's objectives." His resignation will leave the coalition with 62 members. ● Ben-Gvir said that along with leaving the coalition, ministers Amichai Eliyahu and Yitzhak Wasserlauf will resign from their posts, as well as Tzvika Foghel who serves as chair of the National Security Committee, and MK Yitzhak Kroizer, who will no longer be part of the judicial appointment committee. ● Eliyahu will return to serving as a member of Knesset, and MK Zvi Succot will lose his seat.

■ 'Israel' killed 194 journalists in Gaza in 2024 (Al Mayadeen)
■ Israel's Smotrich threatens to topple government if Gaza is not occupied (TRT World)
■ Ben Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit shakes coalition with exit over Gaza deal (Al Mayadeen)
■ Ben Gvir's far-right party to leave Israeli government Sunday (Yeni Şafak)

Supporters of the opposition Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party have taken to the streets in several cities in Romania due to the actions of the authorities and the cancellation of the presidential elections, Romanian publication reported. | AUR supporters were taking part in protests in major cities against the current political authorities, against the cancellation of the elections and against the continuation of the powers of President Klaus Iohannis. Rallies were organized in front of the prefecture buildings, the publication reported.

The West is involved in attempts to stage a color revolution in Serbia by using students, President Aleksandar Vucic said on the air with Happy television.

💬 "Everything they are doing are the color revolution attempts, I have no doubt in that. This is not a problem, we will wait until the last moment when we will have to respond, when they will start forced blocking of highways," the president said.

Vucic added he has information that "foreign agents through their connections passed to certain students" calls to go to major road junctions and block traffic. This is done under control of "foreign instructors," the head of state said.

💬 "We already know who is doing that and how. Some of them come from a number of Western countries and the others from the East, where they did the dirty job for the Western agent network. We will tolerate that until a certain moment and then we will behave in accordance with rules that the state should respect," Vucic added.

US President-elect Donald Trump has arrived in Washington, D.C., where his inauguration ceremony will be held on January 20, the media reported. | Trump's plane landed at Dulles Airport on Saturday night, the US media said, adding that after his arrival, Trump, together with his wife Melania and their son Barron, headed to his National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, for a celebratory dinner and fireworks show. At the same time, Vice President-elect JD Vance reportedly hosted a dinner at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. ● Before heading to Capital One Arena for his Presidential Parade on Sunday, Trump will take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, the media added.

■ Seeding a Narrative Already: "Should something happen to Trump in the next few days, Iran is the main suspect"

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and other lawmakers have criticised Chancellor Olaf Scholz for refusing further military aid to Kyiv. | German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under fire from lawmakers from across the political spectrum — including his own foreign minister — for refusing to approve a further €3 billion in military aid for Ukraine unless it is funded with additional borrowing. ● Speaking on national television earlier this week, Germany's beleaguered leader said he would only agree to the military aid package if new debt was issued to finance it, rather than cuts to social spending. ● The additional cash, which would supplement €4 billion of aid for Kyiv already committed for 2025 in a provisional budget, would mainly fund weapons for Ukraine's air defence. ● Opposition politicians and even Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock have criticised Scholz's stance — either directly or indirectly — and accused him of electioneering.

Despite the announcement of a ceasefire, Palestinian blood continues to flow in Gaza without mercy or reprieve amid the relentless Israeli carnage. | Despite the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza, the Israeli occupation continues massacring Palestinians and destroying the Strip. ● In 24 hours, the Israeli occupation committed three massacres across the Palestinian-besieged territory, killing 23 Palestinians and injuring 83 more. ● Although several victims were transported to the few partially functioning hospitals in Gaza, countless more remain trapped under the rubble as rescue operations have been rendered near impossible. ● This raises the death toll since October 7, 2023, to 46,899 Palestinians killed and 110,725 others injured.

✅ A Ceasefire is not an End (Craig Murray)
✅ Keir Starmer's support for the Gaza ceasefire is riddled with lies (Jonathan Cook)

Eloise Goldsmith | "Physically dragging out a reporter from the State Department briefing room while preaching press freedom to the rest of the world is the perfect example of the Biden administration's love affair with double standards and duplicity," said one foreign policy observer. | Two journalists were removed from Secretary of State Antony Blinken's final news conference on Thursday after interrupting Blinken's remarks to heckle him about the United States' policy toward Gaza, a day after a cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel was announced. One of the reporters, independent journalist Sam Husseini, was physically carried out of the briefing room by security. ■ Less than two minutes into Blinken's remarks, as he was thanking the reporters in the attendance for "asking tough questions," Max Blumenthal, the editor in chief of The Grayzone—an independent news—addressed Blinken, saying loudly in reference to the cease-fire deal:"300 reporters in Gaza were on the receiving end of your bombs. Why did you keep the bombs flowing when we had a deal in May?" On Wednesday, President Biden announced the breakthrough, saying that “this is the ceasefire agreement I introduced last spring." ■ "Why did you sacrifice the rules-based order on the mantle of your commitment to Zionism," Blumenthal continued, before being led to the door. "How does it feel to have your legacy be genocide?" he yelled. Blumenthal also called out State Department Spokesman Matt Miller, who is briefly visible in a video filmed by the journalist, who charged that Miller "smirked through a genocide."

■ ‘Why Aren’t You in The Hague?’: Journalist Sam Husseini Gets Dragged Out of Blinken’s Last Press Conference

The Mysterious Death of the Inventor of the PCR Test, Nobel Laureate Dr. Kary Mullis

💬 “The PCR is a process. It does not tell you that you are sick.” –Dr. Kary Mullis, Nobel Laureate and Inventor of the RT-PCR, passed away in August 2019.
💬 “…All or a substantial part of these positives could be due to what’s called false positives tests.” –Dr. Michael Yeadon, distinguished scientist, former Vice President and Chief Science Officer of Pfizer
💬 “This misuse of the RT-PCR technique is applied as a relentless and intentional strategy by some governments to justify excessive measures such as the violation of a large number of constitutional rights, … under the pretext of a pandemic based on a number of positive RT-PCR tests, and not on a real number of patients.” –Dr. Pascal Sacré, Belgian physician specialized in critical care and renowned public health analyst.
💬 “I have seen massive efforts made to deliberately inflate Covid death numbers by relabelling cancer patients and stroke victims and all manner of normal regular deaths as Covid, in fact virtually anyone getting into an ambulance. The methods used to do so were totally flawed, PCR tests for example being run on 45 cycles we all know to be worthless, yet people are being euthanised on this basis and sometimes only on the basis of a chest x-ray alone.” –John O’Looney, Funeral Director, Milton Keynes

President Trump’s swearing-in ceremony will be moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda due to ‘cold weather.’ Temperatures in Washington DC are expected to be in the 20s on Monday with wind chills near five degrees. This will be the coldest inauguration since Ronald Reagan’s second swearing-in ceremony in 1985 where temperatures dipped below zero with the wind chill, which was also held indoors. | Trump released a statement: "January 20th cannot come fast enough! Everybody, even those that initially opposed a Victory by President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Administration, just want it to happen. ● It is my obligation to protect the People of our Country but, before we even begin, we have to think of the Inauguration itself. ● The weather forecast for Washington, D.C., with the windchill factor, could take temperatures into severe record lows. There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. ● I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way. It is dangerous conditions for the tens of thousands of Law Enforcement, First Responders, Police K9s and even horses, and hundreds of thousands of supporters that will be outside for many hours on the 20th (In any event, if you decide to come, dress warmly!). ● Therefore, I have ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, to be delivered in the United States Capitol Rotunda, as was used by Ronald Reagan in 1985, also because of very cold weather. [...]

Sitting over the rubble underneath of which he was pulled from two days ago | Gaza. pic.twitter.com/VzMbwQr4Pz

— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) January 17, 2025

With over 50 million tonnes of rubble still scattered and reconstruction costs projected to reach $80 billion, the challenge ahead is immense. | As the war on Gaza winds down, international donors are assessing the immense Israeli destruction in the densely populated territory and considering future reconstruction efforts, as highlighted in a report by The Times. ● The scale of devastation is staggering: the Israeli aggression, which Gaza's Health Ministry reports has killed over 46,000 Palestinians, has left behind more than 50.8 million tonnes of rubble—surpassing the debris from the war in Ukraine and amounting to 17 times the combined total of debris from all wars since 2008. ● Clearing this debris alone is projected to cost $970,945,431, while the overall reconstruction is estimated to require up to $80 billion.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has arrived in Russia on the second leg of his two-nation visit that also took him to Tajikistan. | On Friday morning, he left Tajikistan's capital of Dushanbe, where he held talks with his Tajik counterpart, Emomali Rahmon, on bilateral, regional and international issues and oversaw the signing of 23 documents on cooperation in different fields. ● "We hope that by implementing these agreements, we will see significant steps towards increased interaction and achieving our desired goals," Pezeshkian said in a press conference on Thursday. ● Iran and Tajikistan have numerous shared interests, he said, noting, "the necessary groundwork to surpass the half-billion-dollar trademark between our nations is achievable." ● During his trip to Dushanbe, Pezeshkian also met with the Iranians residing in Tajikistan and received an honorary diploma along with an honorary professorship at the Avicenna Tajik State Medical University (ATSMU).

■ Iranian president arrives in Moscow (RT)

Daniel Martindale, a US citizen who voluntarily supplied Russian troops with intelligence while staying in Kiev-controlled areas, sat down with Sputnik to give his thoughts on several pressing international issues, including America's domestic life. | “Since I came to Russia, I can express any of my political opinions and I don't have to fear any repression. It's really nice to be among friends,” US citizen Daniel Martindale - who voluntarily provided Russian forces with intel while staying in Ukraine-controlled areas - told Sputnik. ● Martindale unveiled his critical perspective on the 9/11 terrorist attacks and their broader implications. "A war never starts without someone dying," he told Sputnik, arguing that the attacks marked the beginning of "a war of the US secret services with their buddies from Israel against the populace of the United States."

💬 "When I see something like US secret services like the CIA [Central Intelligence Agency] working together with very possibly Israel's Mossad to murder over 3,000 civilians in the terrorist attacks, so-called terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, I want to know what they're up to. I want to know who they're trying to fight against," Martindale emphasized.

■ THE 9/11 READER. The September 11, 2001 Terror Attacks (09/06/12)

Морские происки: страны НАТО добиваются досмотра судов в нейтральных водах Балтики

 ■ The Helsinki NATO summit adopted a number of resolutions that will affect shipping in the Baltic Sea. In particular, NATO announced the launch of a patrol operation there to protect the underwater infrastructure of coastal European countries. The alliance’s Secretary General Mark Rutte said that the Baltic Sentry mission would involve naval warships and warplanes. However, he did not specify which troops would take part in the operation.
 ■ NATO makes no secret of the fact that the measures are a response to Russia’s "shadow fleet," which purportedly poses a threat to the underwater infrastructure of the Baltic states. Finnish President Alexander Stubb said that the countries attending the meeting would build a team of legal experts to find ways of countering Russia’s hybrid influence in maritime areas.
 ■ Such measures against Russian vessels and ships sailing under the flag of countries engaged in Russian trade are being taken to harm Russia’s economy, military expert Vasily Dandykin told Izvestia. He criticized the initiative announced by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk as tantamount to terrorism and piracy. (Map: © researchgate.net)

■ NATO announces a new mission to "protect" undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region (01/15/25)

A world-renowned cardiologist has warned the public that the “safe and effective” Covid mRNA “vaccine” they were injected with is actually a “bioweapon.” | Dr. Peter McCullough warns that the shots were intended to harm people by destroying their immune systems. For those who received the injections, McCullough says it’s only a matter of time before Covid shots’ mission is complete. ● McCullough’s remarks are not just a theory or prediction, however, Since the injections were rolled out for public use in early 2021, sudden deaths and deadly diseases have skyrocketed.

■ COVID Bioweapon Shots: Deliberately Designed Destruction of the Human Genome (09/13/24)
■ Excess Death Charts Since The Covid "Vaccine" Bioweapon Roll Out (09/02/24)

For years, Denmark has been threatening Greenland every time the issue of independence is raised, the leader of the island's largest opposition party, Naleraq, and former Greenlandic Foreign Minister Pele Broberg told RIA Novosti. 💬 "Every time we talk about independence, they [the Danes] threaten us. They say, 'If you do this, you will never come to Denmark again; you will have no education, etc.' We always hear threats when we talk about independence," Broberg said. For example. He added that when his party ran for parliament seats in 2018 and he mentioned the plan to gain independence, the Danish prime minister addressed national media, saying that it was unrealistic.

Both sides have agreed on a 42-day truce, initiating prisoner exchanges and facilitating humanitarian aid, multiple news agencies have reported | Israel and Hamas have reportedly reached a ceasefire agreement to end their 15-month conflict in Gaza. The deal, mediated by the US, Qatar, and Egypt, includes a 42-day truce and the exchange of prisoners. ● The official announcement is expected on Wednesday evening in Cairo, but US President-elect Donald Trump has already made several statements confirming that the agreement has been reached, crediting his envoy Steve Witkoff for the breakthrough.

■ Israel Kills Dozens of Palestinians in Gaza After News of Ceasefire Deal (Antiwar)
■ Israel Blames Hamas for Reneging on Gaza Agreement, Creating Last-Minute Crisis (Sputnik)

Injures rushed into hospital following intensified lsraeli air attacks targeting civilians across Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/YMs8txRJOO

— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) January 15, 2025

■ Israeli Strikes Kill 63 Palestinians in Gaza Amid Talk of Ceasefire Deal (Antiwar)

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced Tuesday that the alliance is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region. | Rutte said at a meeting in Helsinki with the leaders of NATO countries located on the Baltic Sea that the effort would be dubbed Baltic Sentry. 💬 “It will involve a range of assets, including frigates and maritime patrol aircraft, among others, and will enhance our vigilance in the Baltic,” Rutte told reporters. He also said that a small fleet of naval drones will be deployed “to provide enhanced surveillance and deterrence.” The meeting comes as a string of incidents in the Baltic has heightened concerns about possible Russian activities in the region.

■ NATO chief calls for shift to ‘wartime mindset’ (RT)
■ Sweden to send warships to NATO Baltic Sea patrols after 'sabotage' incidents (01/13/25)
✅ The hunt for Russian oil. NATO is blocking the Gulf of Finland (Vadim Egorov)
✅ The Master Race Complex or Why NATO Loses (Agit Papadakis)

The West’s refusal to accept its diminishing role is driving global instability, the Russian foreign minister has said | Attempts by the West to suppress competition and protect its privileged position at any cost are the main drivers of international tensions today, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. The top Russian diplomat spoke with domestic and international reporters in Moscow to outline the work of his department over the last year, and to answer questions about issues the country’s diplomats are dealing with. ● Lavrov described the source of the confrontation between the West and multiple other nations, including Russia, as a clash between the US and its allies on one side, who are attempting to force a poorly-defined “rules-based order” onto other countries, versus parties that respect the UN Charter as the foundation of the world order created following World War II. Essentially, the West wants to suppress any nation that does not submit to its policies or is better in any sphere, Lavrov stated.

■ Lavrov tells reporters about Biden’s last moves, Trump and security guarantees for Ukraine (TASS)

Yoon Suk Yeol’s lawyers have said he voluntarily surrendered for questioning after multiple failed attempts to arrest him | South Korean authorities have detained President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning on charges of leading an insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law last month, according to Yonhap. ● A warrant to detain Yoon was executed shortly after 10:30am local time on Wednesday, the news agency reported, citing the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO). 💬 “To prevent an unfortunate and violent incident, I decided to appear before the CIO even though I believe the investigation is illegal,” Yoon said in a video message recorded at his residence in central Seoul. “The rule of law has completely collapsed in this country,” he added. On December 3, Yoon declared martial law, citing threats from “anti-state” forces. The highly controversial move was swiftly overruled and led to his impeachment by the National Assembly on December 14, with a vote of 204-85. The Constitutional Court is currently deliberating on whether to permanently remove him from office, a decision that must be made within 180 days.

■ South Korea's Yoon detained, a first for country (Yonhap/VOA)

Marzieh Rahmani | This story is not just the story of Aisha but it is the common sorrow and grief of the Palestinian nation for the past 76 years; the oppressed nation whose ultimate wish is to see their motherland even one time before death. | A group of Mehr News Agency correspondents visited an art exhibition that the Iranian photographer Wahab Ramzi collected its photos from the Palestinian refugee camp at the Museum of Contemporary Palestinian Arts in Tehran. ■ In 2023, Iranian photographer Wahab Ramzi went to the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. During this visit, he encountered the life stories, dreams, and laughter of the Palestinians and saw their family albums. This museum is the result of his photography of Palestinian people living in 4 Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. ■ Entitled 'Keys Older Than Israel', the gallery exhibits pictures that Ramzi captured from the refugee camps in Lebanon. The pictures depict the life story of Palestinian refugees who kept their homes' keys in the hope of returning to their motherland, Palestine. Every picture in the exhibition tells the tragic story of Palestinian families who have been displaced by the Israeli regime in 1948. What is most painful and surprising is the fact that the keys in these pictures of older than the fake regime of Israel.

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt told the Israeli Knesset that the kind of "genius" behind the Jewish state's pager attack on Lebanon is now needed to fight "antisemitism." | From The Intercept, "ADL Chief Invokes Pager Attack as Inspiration for Taking on Internet Trolls": [According to Greenblatt,] Israel's backers need to think like Israeli spies who secretly installed bombs in electronics all over Lebanon, killing dozens and wounding thousands. 💬 "We need the kind of genius that manufactured Apollo Gold Pagers and infiltrated Hezbollah for over a decade to prepare for this battle," Greenblatt said. "This is the kind of ingenuity and inventiveness that have always been a hallmark of the State of Israel, that have always been a characteristic of the Jewish people. I know we can do it." [...]

Went to bring food but didn’t return; 10-year-old Palestinian child gets killed in an lsraeli airstrike in Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/k7jD0OOevM

— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) January 14, 2025

Gaza’s Civil Defense says more than 50 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in the past 24 hours on the Gaza Strip, which is enduring a humanitarian catastrophe caused by a genocidal war. | Mahmoud Bassal, the agency’s spokesman, said Monday's deadly attacks by the occupation's military targeted "schools, homes and even gatherings of people" in Gaza. ● One of the Israeli air raids struck a house in Gaza City's Shujaiya neighborhood, killing 11 people and injuring several others, he said in a statement. ● The spokesman added that seven people lost their lives in the Israeli bombing of Gaza City's al-Maamal street while five others were killed in the aerial assaults on the Salaheddin al-Ayyubi school in al-Darraj neighborhood. 'Hospitals overwhelmed': "There is no room in hospitals to receive the wounded," Bassal pointed out. He also reported fatal Israeli strikes on the city of Jabalia in northern Gaza, as well as Khan Yunis and Rafah in the Palestinian territory's south.

The spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces says the country’s missile and drone units have carried out a series of reprisal operations against strategic positions deep inside the Israeli-occupied territories, as they continue their operations in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip amid the Israeli genocide. | Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced in a televised statement on Tuesday morning that Yemeni missile divisions had conducted a strike on the premises of the Israeli ministry of military affairs in Tel Aviv, using a homegrown Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile. ● Saree added that the missile could successfully hit its designated target, noting that advanced Israeli anti-air systems failed to intercept and shoot it down. ● He went on to underline that Yemeni Armed Forces will not abandon their religious, moral and humanitarian obligations towards the oppressed Palestinian nation, whatever the repercussions.

Sergey Ryabkov stressed that the relations between Russia and the United States still carry significant conflict potential | Relations between Moscow and Washington are close to zero, and the issues of reducing conflict risks should remain a priority, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has told the media. 💬 "We do not exclude anything from the agenda that is extremely problematic today. Relations [between Russia and the United States] are essentially at zero. They still carry significant conflict potential. Managing these risks should likely be a central focus, at least a key concern for both Moscow and Washington. At the expert level, we are also prepared for such dialogue," Ryabkov pointed out.

■ Only technical level of communication between US, Russia — Kremlin (TASS)

Food-distribution stampede kills a Palestinian child who fell into a boiling pot in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/aqLuCVqtwm

— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) January 10, 2025

With symptoms ranging from nightmares to aggression, the psychological toll on Gaza children is unimaginable. | The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised the alarm over the mental health crisis affecting nearly all 1.1 million children in the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli ongoing war in the blockaded territory. ● In a report released Sunday, UNICEF revealed that Gaza’s children are grappling with nightmares, severe anxiety, and paralyzing fear caused by the relentless Israeli bombardments, the loss of family members, and the worsening humanitarian crisis. ● The report also noted that at least 19,000 Palestinian children have been orphaned since the war started in October 2023. Mental health experts warn that the profound psychological effects of the war on these children could linger for generations. ● This comes shortly after a recent study uncovered the harrowing impact of "Israel's" war on Gaza’s children, revealing that an overwhelming 96% feel their death is imminent and nearly half wish for it as an escape from their trauma. With symptoms ranging from nightmares to aggression, the psychological toll is unimaginable. Experts warn that the ongoing Israeli atrocities risk shaping a future defined by deep-rooted psychological scars.