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Israel expands ‘yellow zone’ in Gaza, traps dozens of families despite ceasefire deal, authorities say

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Israeli tanks and military vehicles are seen deployed with some military vehicles, helicopters, and drones patrolling along the border region following the implementation of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the withdrawal of Israeli forces inside the yellow line in Sderot, Israel on October 14, 2025. [Mostafa Alkharouf – Anadolu Agency]

The Israeli army expanded the so-called “yellow zone” in eastern Gaza City, trapping dozens of Palestinian families, in violation of a ceasefire agreement in place since last month, local authorities said Thursday, Anadolu reports.

The army “widened the yellow-marker area by shifting boundary markers roughly 300 meters into the neighborhoods of Ash-Shaaf, An-Nazzaz and Baghdad Street,” the government media office said in a statement.

The move pushed further into civilian areas, trapping families who were unable to flee as tanks advanced, it added.

The office said Israel made the move only a day after killing 25 Palestinians in airstrikes on Gaza City and Khan Younis on Wednesday in violation of the ceasefire deal.

The media office said Israel has violated the ceasefire agreement daily since it took effect on Oct. 10, with more than 400 breaches recorded, causing the deaths of over 300 Palestinians and hundreds of injuries.

READ: Israel says 1,000th aircraft bringing Western military supplies landed since war on Gaza began

It said the sudden movement of tanks into eastern Gaza City left “dozens of families trapped inside,” adding that authorities “cannot determine the fate” of many of them because of ongoing shelling.

The “yellow line” refers to the zone to which Israeli forces have withdrawn under the ceasefire agreement. It is a non-physical partition that runs through the Gaza Strip, dividing the Palestinian territory in half, south of Gaza City and north of Khan Younis.

The media office called on the ceasefire’s guarantors – Turkiye, the US, Egypt, and Qatar – to act immediately to stop “the ongoing crimes,” and ensure the entry of food, shelter materials, medical supplies, and infrastructure equipment.

Israel has not commented on the statement as of yet.

Since October 2023, the Israeli army has killed nearly 70,000 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, injured over 170,800, and reduced the enclave to rubble.

READ: Israel kills 280 Palestinians in Gaza since ceasefire

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Orcas discuss Genocide-supporting and complicit Zionists. Donald Trump, Keith Starmer, David Lammy, Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are acknowledged as evil genocide-complicit and supporting cnuts.

Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. — Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspeding 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government's support for Israel's Gaza genocide and the UK government and military's active participation in genocide. — UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspeding 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government’s support for Israel’s Gaza genocide and the UK government and military’s active participation in genocide.

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Post published:23 November 2025
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Reduced Service

Reduced service atm because I’ve got an evil cold. Hopefully ready to go next Saturday. Read the doc, realise that it’s a big commitment and that there is a protocol to follow. Even if you intend to support, the organisers want it serene and measured.

Palestine Action joke that appeared in the UK satirical magazine 'Private Eye'. — Palestine Action joke that appeared in the UK satirical magazine ‘Private Eye’.

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UK police arrest London protesters opposing ban on Palestine Action

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Police detain demonstrators as activists gather outside the Ministry of Justice during the “Lift the Ban” protest launched by the Defend Our Juries campaign group ahead of the judicial review on the designation of Palestine Action as a terrorist organization in London, United Kingdom, on November 20, 2025. [Raşid Necati Aslım – Anadolu Agency]

UK police made a number of arrests Thursday outside the Justice Ministry in London after protesters staged a silent demonstration against the government’s decision to proscribe the Palestine Action activist group, Anadolu reports.

Demonstrators held signs that read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”

Police have not confirmed how many people were detained in London, where around 100 people were gathered.

Protests also took place Tuesday in Nottingham, Gloucester, Truro, Northampton, Oxford, Leeds, Newcastle, Cardiff, Aberystwyth, and Edinburgh.

The protest was organized by Defend Our Juries, which is holding demonstrations in 18 towns and cities from Nov. 18-29, demanding the lifting of the ban.

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“The Terrorism Act is being weaponized to silence the public. We will continue to resist until the ban is lifted,” the group said on the US social media company X.

Palestine Action was proscribed July 5 under anti-terror legislation following alleged attacks on the UK facilities of an Israel-based defense firm and damage to two military aircraft at RAF (Royal Air Force) Brize Norton.

The ban makes membership of, or support for, the direct-action network a criminal offense carrying a maximum sentence of 14 years.

Huda Ammori, the group’s co-founder, is taking legal action against then-Home Secretary Yvette Cooper’s decision to outlaw the organization.

A court hearing is scheduled for late November.

READ: London demo urges government to drop ban on Palestine Action

Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government's support for Israel's Gaza genocide and the UK government and military's active participation in genocide. — Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government’s support for Israel’s Gaza genocide and the UK government and military’s active participation in genocide.

Lift The Ban promises “most widespread civil disobedience across the UK in modern British history”

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Post published:22 November 2025
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Gaza: Rubble Removal Efforts at historic Great Omari Mosque and Qasr al-Basha Museum

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Rubble removal efforts at the historic Great Omari Mosque and the Palestinian Museum (Qasr al-Basha), which once housed 40,000 archaeological artefacts, in Gaza, on November 20, 2025. The mosque, which holds 14 centuries of history and is considered the third-largest in Palestine, features architectural elements from both the Mamluk and Ottoman periods. The mosque is known as one of the most frequented places of worship for residents during Ramadan. [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]

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‘Too little, too late’

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/too-little-too-late

Covid-19 signage at the entrance to Craigavon Area Hospital in Co Armagh, Northern Ireland, May 5, 2020

Tens of thousands of lives were lost as PM embraced a ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture in No 10, Covid inquiry finds

BRITAIN’S pandemic response was “too little, too late” with tens of thousands of lives were lost as absent PM Boris Johnson embraced a “toxic and chaotic” culture in No 10, a damning Covid inquiry report found today.

More than 23,000 lives could have been saved if ministers imposed a lockdown just a week earlier in March 2020, Baroness Heather Hallett found.

She said that by the end of January 2020 it “should have been clear that the virus posed a serious and immediate threat” but all four British governments failed to act until it was “too late.”

Baroness Hallett described February 2020 as “a lost month” involving an “inexcusable” lack of urgency overall in government as Mr Johnson was too optimistic in his outlook in the early months of 2020.

By failing to tackle the “toxic and chaotic culture” in No 10 throughout the pandemic “and, at times, actively encouraging it — Mr Johnson reinforced a culture in which the loudest voices prevailed and the views of other colleagues, particularly women, often went ignored, to the detriment of good decision-making,” the retired judge and cross-bench peer said.

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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/too-little-too-late

Image of Elmo and former Prime Minister Tory idiot Boris Johnson — Image of Elmo (left) and former Prime Minister Tory idiot Boris Johnson (right)

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