Why the end of "Epic Fury" has Netanyahu fuming..

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Why the “End of Epic Fury” Has Benjamin Netanyahu Fuming The ceasefire may have quieted the battlefield—but the pressure on Netanyahu is only getting louder. With no more war delays, he’s back in court facing serious corruption charges, and judges are pushing the trial forward fast. At the same time, his own coalition is turning on him. Far-right allies are threatening to collapse the government unless fighting resumes. He’s now trapped between two forces: The courts demanding accountability Political allies demanding more war The conflict may be paused—but for Netanyahu, the real battle is just beginning.

A Living Hell

Gaza NGO coordinator warns of “environmental and biological apocalypse” as water and sanitation systems collapse: A report shared with Drop Site by Eyad Amawi, an NGO coordinator in Gaza, warns the enclave is facing catastrophic infrastructure collapse, with 97% of groundwater undrinkable and daily water access fallen to three to five liters per person—dropping to one to three liters in the north—far below emergency thresholds. Amawi says the conditions fueled nearly half a million cases of acute diarrhea, many among children.

All sewage systems are offline, with 130,000 cubic meters of untreated waste discharged into the sea daily, while around 500,000 tons of garbage blanketing displacement sites are 80% infested with rats carrying dozens of diseases; 71% of desalination plants and 80% of water infrastructure have been destroyed. Amawi characterized the crisis as a “calculated ecological disaster” that risks killing more people through disease and starvation than through bombardment and called for immediate international intervention.

Adalah Alert. May 4

*Urgent Media Alert: Adalah lawyers visit detained GSF activists Thiago and Saif; reports of death threats and threats of prolonged imprisonment. Both activists have entered their sixth day of hunger strike and are detained in isolation.*

4 May 2026

Following a visit just concluded at the Shikma detention facility by Adalah Attorneys Hadeel Abu Salih and Lubna Tuma, Adalah is sounding the alarm over the psychological abuse and ill-treatment of Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) activists Thiago Ávila and Saif Abu Keshek. Both activists have entered their sixth day of a hunger strike (drinking water only) in protest of their unlawful abduction by the Israeli navy in international waters while engaging in a humanitarian mission to challenge the unlawful blockade on Gaza.

Thiago Ávila reported being subjected to repeated interrogations lasting up to eight hours. Interrogators have explicitly threatened him, stating he would either be “killed” or “spend 100 years in jail.” Both activists are being held in total isolation. Their cells are kept under constant high-intensity lighting 24 hours a day, a known Israeli Prison Service (IPS) practice specifically designed to induce sleep deprivation and sensory disorientation. Additionally, Thiago reported being held in extremely cold temperatures. They are kept blindfolded at all times whenever they are moved outside their cells, including during medical examinations. Adalah emphasizes that blindfolding a patient during a doctor’s visit is a gross violation of medical ethical standards.

Much of the interrogation has focused on the Global Sumud Flotilla , a peaceful humanitarian mission, which confirms that the detention is an attempt to criminalize humanitarian aid and solidarity.

Adalah lawyers are waiting to understand whether the state will file an extension-of-detention request tomorrow. Adalah continues to demand their immediate, unconditional release and an end to these illegal proceedings.

For latest updates, follow Adalah’s WhatsApp channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vb6ReXG8PgsLxkVY643j

HeART of Gaza

The traveling exhibition HeART OF GAZA features drawings created by Palestinian children in Gaza, aged 3 to 17 years, during the ongoing conflict. Created in cooperation with Féile Butler from Sligo, Ireland, it is based on a project founded by Mohammed Timraz, a Gaza-based art therapy researcher at the University of Parma and the owner of Grey Café in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, which was destroyed by Israeli bombing in 2024.  

Timraz embarked on this project with a clear goal: to allow children in the Gaza Strip to express their feelings and communicate their experiences through drawing and art amid the catastrophic humanitarian conditions that have been imposed by the Zionist entity. With these activities, he intended to help transform pain and suffering into a humanitarian art space that fosters creativity and encourages the free expression of trauma and complex emotions through an authentic visual language. Since 2024, the project has organized art workshops for children in the so-called Artists’ Tent in the city of Deir al-Balah and in other art spaces located in various areas of the Gaza Strip. Over time, it expanded to include more than 17 art spaces, and it has involved over 2,000 children who find in art a way to express what they sometimes cannot express with words. 

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Hind by Qamar Timraz (age 17) and Misk Timraz (age 15).