Bel Trew

We crossed the US to track the impact of the abortion bans for my latest doc: "The A-Word". We met women left bleeding out in ER, who were forced to give birth to partially-formed babies after enduring life-threatening pregnancies, who are now infertile👇independent.co.uk/tv/news/aborti…

As a longtime humanitarian who has battled famines and hunger crises, I fear that starvation in Gaza has now passed the tipping point and we are going to see mass-scale starvation mortality. A thread on famine momentum, famine response, and what it means for Gaza today.

Saeed Naji Zomlot, the cousin closest to my heart, was killed by Israel. We last spoke four days ago. Saeed told me his children were starving and he had no choice but to go north of #Gaza in search of food. I asked him to be careful. He went—and never came back. Today, the…

People in #Gaza, including UNRWA colleagues, are fainting due to severe hunger. They are being starved. Meanwhile, just a few kilometers away from Gaza supermarkets and shops are loaded with food and other goods. Lift the siege. Allow UNRWA to bring in food and medicines.

The Daily Express is a right wing British newspaper that spends most of its time bashing immigrants. That it has devoted its front page to the starvation of Gaza is a sign of how dire the situation has become and how impossible it is to ignore.

Israel has extended its detention of Dr. Marwan al-Hams, acting director of Gaza’s field hospitals and the health ministry’s spokesman. Reportedly, the IDF shot him in the leg, killed a local journalist, and wounded another civilian outside the ICRC field hospital.

Just spoken to @_jwhittall, our superb head of @ochaopt. He’s in Deir el Balah, Gaza, with Israeli airstrikes intensifying. Surrounded by our team, and civilians we stay to help. Exceptional courage and integrity on humanitarian frontline. They are best of UN. And all of us.

We looked at Netanyahu's bleak vision for Gaza, which aims to corral 2 million Palestinians in a tiny sliver of land in the south, pressure as many as possible to leave, and force the rest to live under occupation. With @Beltrew and @HagopianAlicja. independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…

The war is over in 6 hours for 12 hours (for Iran?) but only after the 12th hour will Israel start the ceasefire and then in 24 hours everyone will celebrate the end of what will be called “THE 12 DAY WAR”. I think.

Qatari planes due to land in Doha are turning around It looks like the airspace is being closed

We have lost all contact with our UNRWA colleagues in Gaza, communications have been cut off. This morning, for the first time in months, we did not receive their morning messages to say, "good morning" and "we are fine/alive". We anxiously await to hear from our colleagues.

#BREAKING UN General Assembly ADOPTS resolution that demands an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the war in #Gaza. In favor: 149 Against: 12 Abstain: 19

I’m in Damascus speaking to people, officials, analysts in Syria, Jordan and Iraq: there are deep concerns that a remote conflict between Israel and Iran will also play out on the ground in the countries between the two with a deadly impact on the region independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…

Sanaa: This morning I saw Alaa for 20 minutes from behind a glass barrier. No hugs, no extra minute, no mercy, no humanity, no Eid. I asked mum to give us a breather to allow me to travel to Egypt & visit Alaa. We already missed a visit last week because I was afraid to leave…

All proceeds are going to the incredible work @MedicalAidPal does in Gaza

‘I haven’t heard them saying it’s wrong.’ Richard Ratcliffe, husband of Nazanin Zaghari, tells @AndrewMarr9 the government could do much more to help Brits ‘wrongfully’ detained abroad.

At the "Red Line for Palestine" event in London this week, HRW spoke to @Palomafaith and @khalidabdalla. Action is needed — it is absolutely critical that the UK government take concrete steps to stop Israel's violations of international law.