Now, it looks as though the US has been complicit again, this time bizarrely abetting one ally attacking another.
The swiftly made Israeli statement saying there was no US role in the strike, claiming this was a āwholly independentā action, brings to mind the old adage ānever believe anything until it is officially deniedā.
Meanwhile, Israeli officials were telling local media outlets that Trump approved the attack.
The White House says it was notified by the US military, not by Israel, and refused to answer the question of whether the Israelis told their partner they were about to strike its ally.
At best, it makes the most powerful country look like a minor player in its key alliance, unable to protect its other friends.
It will also make any country or group question the point of negotiating with Israel or the US in the future.
Israelās former generals and master spies have all seen the limits of force, and for at least the last decade have been begging for a political solution instead.
Among the 32 dead reported on Saturday, local time were at least 12 children, according to medical staff in the Al-Shifa Hospitalās morgue, where the bodies were brought.
Sites in southern Gaza where Israel is telling people to go are overcrowded, according to the UN and it can cost more than $US1,000 ($1,500) in transportation and other costs to move there.
An initiative headed by the UN to bring temporary shelters into Gaza said more than 86,000 tents and other supplies were still awaiting clearance to enter Gaza as of last week.
Israelās retaliatory offensive has killed at least more than 64,700 Palestinians, according to Gazaās Health Ministry.
It said around half of those killed were women and children.
Large parts of major cities have been completely destroyed and around 90 per cent of the two million Palestinians there have been displaced.
UNICEF last year estimated about 17,000 Gazan children were left without a carer. But that was an estimate based on the displaced population and the organisation said the true figure was likely to be higher.
A better assessment, it said, comes from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, which estimates more than 40,000 children have been orphaned by the war.
Israelās economy is built on militarized capitalism. Its $14.8 billion in weapons sales this year alone are propped up by a marketing line as cynical as it is effective: ābattle-testedā on Palestinians. A prime example is Smartshooterās weaponry, an Israeli firm, being stocked by the UK military since June 2023 in a Ā£4.6-million ($5.7 million) deal.
More recently, Europe became Israelās biggest arms purchaser, making up to 54 percent of total exports in 2024. In the wake of Brexit and the unpredictability of US President Donald Trumpās administration, Britain, in particular, has strengthened its defense coordination with Israel in an attempt to reposition itself as a key, relevant player in a multipolar order. Reports indicate London is preparing a $2.69-billion deal with Elbit Systems, Israelās largest weapons manufacturer, to train 60,000 British soldiers annually.
Developing: TikTok is reportedly escalating a sweeping crackdown on pro-Palestine creators ā deleting videos, scrubbing comments, and burying posts about Gaza. In July it hired Erica Mindel, a former IDF instructor who says her Zionism was āshaped during Operation Protective Edge,ā to run hate-speech policy (with help from ADL lobbying).
A couple weeks later, on September 13, TikTok introduced an overhaul of its community guidelines, banning users from calling the IDF āterroristsā and rolling out automated moderation that retroactively wipes posts. Users report āFree Palestineā comments disappearing in real time and Israeli war-crimes videos taken down.
Oracle, Silver Lake, and Andreessen Horowitz are set to buy 80% of TikTokās U.S. operation ā a move likely to make the platform even more aggressive in censoring pro-Palestinian content.
UN commissioner Chris Sidoti treats Israelās predictably pathetic āresponseā to the UN Commission of Inquiry report on the Gaza genocide with the contempt it deserves:
Israelās far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has said the Gaza Strip could be a āreal estate bonanzaā and that he is in talks with the US about dividing up the territory after the war - an idea previously condemned internationally.
Speaking at an event in Tel Aviv, he said āa business plan is on President Trumpās tableā.
āWeāve done the demolition phaseā¦ Now we need to build,ā he said
āWe paid a lot of money for this war,ā said Smotrich. āSo we need to divide how we make a percentage on the land marketing laterā
Brazil has filed a declaration of intervention to ICJ:
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africav.Israel)
Brazil files a declaration of intervention in the proceedings under Article 63 of the Statute
THE HAGUE, 19 September 2025. On Wednesday 17 September 2025, Brazil, invoking Article 63 of the Statute of the Court, filed in the Registry of the Court a declaration of intervention in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel).
Pursuant to Article 63 of the Statute, whenever the construction of a convention to which States other than those concerned in the case are parties is in question, each of these States has the right to intervene in the proceedings. If a State exercises this right, the construction given by the judgment of the Court will be equally binding upon it.
In availing itself of the right of intervention conferred by Article 63, Brazil relies on its status as a party to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 9 December 1948 (the āGenocide Conventionā). Brazil considers that āthe construction of Articles I, II and III of the Genocide Convention is in question in these proceedingsā. In its declaration, Brazil offers its interpretation of the aforementioned articles.
In accordance with Article 83 of the Rules of Court, South Africa and Israel have been invited to furnish written observations on the declaration of intervention.
The full text of the declaration of intervention of Brazil is available on the Courtās website.
Meaningless as far as the UK is concerned. It will continue to sell arms to them and also carry out clandestine surveillance of the strip whilst withholding footage to the rest of the world as per Israelās command.
Since the war began, more than 18,000 children have been killed, Gazaās health ministry says, and nearly 40,000 have lost one or both of their parents, according to figures from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. There are more child amputees per capita in Gaza than anywhere else in the world, according to the UN.
āWeāre almost two years into this war and it has been, on average, 27 children killed every single day,ā says James Elder. āSo a classroom of girls and boys has been violently killed every day for almost two years. That in any sense is a war on children.ā
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) say āthe implication that the IDF deliberately targets children is outrageous; the insinuation that it is IDF policy to do so is not only baseless, but absurd. The IDF does not target minors and takes extensive measures to prevent harm to civilians, including childrenā.
However, a recent report by the UN Human Rights Committee that found Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, also found there is āa clear pattern of conduct since 7 October 2023 showing that the Israeli security forces directly targeted children in different circumstances with the intention to kill themā.
Clever.Not only getting rid of future Palestinians but also recruiting for Hamas.
Brit government there. Accusing people of lying despite their own supplied evidence to the contrary, and then telling those same people to lie on their behalf to cover it up.
āWeād expect any outlet to use the full response we provide themā - YOU ARE FREE TO DO WHAT WE TELL YOU.
Developing: TikTok is reportedly escalating a sweeping crackdown on pro-Palestine creators ā deleting videos, scrubbing comments, and burying posts about Gaza. In July it hired Erica Mindel, a former IDF instructor who says her Zionism was āshaped during Operation Protective Edge,ā to run hate-speech policy (with help from ADL lobbying).
