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Good morning. I'm Sharif Abdelkuddus with DropSight, DropSightNews.com. Welcome to today's live stream. today we're going to be talking about the situation in gaza as well as ongoing efforts grassroots efforts to break israel's siege of gaza but as we're speaking the slaughter the israeli slaughter of palestinians in gaza is continuing just over
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the past 24 hours according to the ministry of health 54 palestinians have been killed this is bringing the number the official number of those dead in Gaza over the past 20 months to nearly 55,000, with many thousands more missing under the rubble. Just since this morning,
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at least 36 Palestinians have been killed near so-called aid distribution hubs run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an Israeli and US-backed group. Since these distribution sites began operating in late May, over 160 Palestinians have been killed in what the health ministry called aid massacres, where essentially starving people are shot at as they are forced to travel

The Grassroots Movements to Break the Siege on Gaza

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The failure of global and regional efforts to stop Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip is now giving rise to a burgeoning grassroots movement aimed at breaking the siege of the territory and building direct solidarity with Palestinians. On Monday, an activist group sailing on the ship the Madleen was intercepted by the Israeli military. That ship was attempting to break the naval blockade on the territory, while delivering a symbolic amount of aid to Gaza. The activists on the Madleen, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, were detained by Israel after being abducted in international waters. Some were subsequently deported.

Their effort is only one of many civil society campaigns now trying to break Israel’s stranglehold over the territory. International activists are now preparing to march by land to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza. A convoy drawing citizens from over 50 countries, and including members of labor unions, solidarity movements, and human rights organizations, is now commencing a campaign called the Global March to Gaza. Organizers and participants are planning to converge in Cairo this week, before marching from the Egyptian capital on foot towards Rafah, where they plan to stage a sit-in aimed at pressuring authorities to reopen the crossing.

The convoy hopes that their efforts with help halt the genocide against Palestinians, now nearing its second year, while forcing the resumption of humanitarian aid to the besieged coastal territory. Drop Site journalists Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Murtaza Hussain discussed the convoy and its aims this week with organizers Seif Abukeshek and Melanie Schweizer, who are preparing to depart as part of the campaign this week.

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The the settlers community in Palestine made fun of the crew of the Marleen as though there is anything associated with breaking the blockage on Gaza to stop the starvation. They made fun but they took the issue seriously enough that they intercepted the boat 100 kilometers out in international waters. They were so concerned that the boat would break the blockade that they forced the boat away from Gaza to the port of Ashdod. Then the charged them with unauthorized entry as if they actually wanted to go there.

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at least 36 Palestinians have been killed near so-called aid distribution hubs run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an Israeli and US-backed group. Since these distribution sites began operating in late May, over 160 Palestinians have been killed in what the health ministry called aid massacres, where essentially starving people are shot at as they are forced to travel