Donatella Rovera

I spent the past few weeks investigating bombardments of residential buildings & extrajudicial executions by #Russia’s forces north of #Kyiv in #Ukraine. Prima facile evidence of #WarCrimes .

Most doctors in most Gaza hospitals involved in ‘terrorist activities' says Israel Special Trade Envoy

New @amnesty investigation finds Israel’s deliberate air strikes on Iran’s Evin prison on 23 June 2025 constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian law and must be criminally investigated as war crimes. amn.st/6010fH8KO

Israel is continuing to use starvation as a method of warfare, a war crime, and as a tool to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. The harrowing suffering of starving Palestinians in Gaza, including our own colleagues, on an hourly basis, is…

Israeli-born Holocaust scholar @bartov_omer says Israel’s war in Gaza now meets the legal definition of genocide. Part 1 of my conversation with the @BrownUniversity professor:

The mounting starvation in Gaza is a direct result of Israel’s dismantling of the ‘UN model’ of aid distribution and its replacement with the lethal GHF system. Israel is deliberately undermining systems of aid distribution by the UN and other international agencies: restricting…

Here is a picture of the Palestinian home I grew up in. You can see the green gate where a traditional metal key belonging to a Palestinian family is probably kept somewhere. After talking to two researchers, they have told me this house appears in several Nakba databases, like…

Daniel Levy explains the Israeli govt doesn't want a deal because it might interrupt their plans for a concentration camp as a precursor to the mass expulsion of the population And Levy notes, don't imagine this ends in Gaza, "the intention is to model this for the West Bank"

In a new op-ed for @nytimes, professor of Holocaust and genocide studies @bartov_omer explains why he believes "Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people," something Israel denies: nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opi… Back in December, I spoke with Professor Bartov about…

Israel’s latest vision for Gaza has a name: Concentration camp Unable to immediately expel Gazans en masse, Israel seems intent on forcing them into a confined zone — and letting starvation and desperation do the rest. From April, by @MeronRapoport 972mag.com/israel-gaza-co…

INVESTIGATION: The Israeli army is using Chinese-made drones affixed with grenade launchers to enforce expulsion orders across Gaza, with soldiers saying they deliberately target civilians so others will ‘learn’ not to return. By @yuval_abraham @mekomit 972mag.com/drones-grenade…

Report from the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem — from a former base of operations of the Israeli Occupation Forces. Locals told us that the IOF usually stays in one location for about a month, and they loot valuables from civilian apartments when they leave. This pattern is…

Israel's genocide in Gaza is continuing unabated. Over a month since the introduction of its militarized aid distribution system, the catastrophic suffering continues, and Israel continues to use starvation of civilians as a method of warfare against Palestinians in Gaza and to…

Senior Israeli Army Officers Admit 'Uncalculated' Fire on Gaza Aid Seekers After Haaretz Expose haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

I was detained by the Israeli army for three hours today after settler Shimon Atia invaded the village Umm al-Kheir in the West Bank for the third day in a row

US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza. apnews.com/article/palest…

Fuel shortages in Gaza worry Palestinian dialysis patients. "Today there is no dialysis because there is no fuel. The fuel ran out, so we can't do dialysis," 17-year-old Noor Al-Sheikh says. "We are asking the world to look at us with mercy."

‘I realise it can make some media outlets nervous, but what we’re seeing here is genocide.’ James Smith, an emergency doctor who has worked in Gaza, says newborn babies dying of starvation is a ‘deliberate policy’ by Israel.

Why you can’t see rainbows under the rubble. My latest for the Guardian. 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔗 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

People in Gaza are being shot for seeking food at distribution sites run by an Israeli-US scheme. 🔴 They are shot if they arrive early 🔴 They are shot during the chaos of the distributions 🔴 They are shot if they arrive late These atrocities must end: msf.org/deadly-israeli…

Israel's Prime Minister may think no one will notice what he's doing in Gaza while he bombs Iran. People face starvation. 55,000 killed. Aid workers and doctors turned away at the border. Shooting at innocent people desperate for food. The world sees you, Benjamin Netanyahu.