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Recent Corrections
April 17, 2024: This report was adjusted to clarify that the human rights organization, Haqel: In Defense of Human Right, petitioned the Israeli High Court to instruct the army to protect five Palestinian communities from displacement threats and allow displaced families from Khirbet Zanuta to return, where the Israeli state attorney, in a February 20 response, claimed that no forced displacement had occurred in Khirbet Zanuta.
February 1, 2024: This interview has been updated to reflect the death of Tamir Adar, which was announced by authorities in January 2024.
12/18/2023: This news release has been updated to reflect the October date on which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not allow humanitarian assistance "in the form food and medicines" into Gaza through its crossings "as long as [Israel's] hostages are not returned."
Aktualisierung am 25.10.2023: Diese Pressemitteilung wurde aktualisiert, um die korrekte Schreibweise des Namens von Adva Gutman-Tirosh wiederzugeben.
The annotation in the fifth photo has been corrected to identify the carrier section in the field as a "rocket remnant."
2/2/2023: This press release has been edited after publication to update casualty figures.
12/15/2022: The text has been changed to reflect the fact that the threats against Staszewski are connected to the Atlas of Hate campaign which involves other activists, and his photo project.
The paragraph about the process of referring the abortion ban the Constitutional Tribunal has been changed to address an editing error. In fact, the citizen’s initiatives triggered the government attempts to pass similar legislation in 2016 and 2019.
11/23/2022: This version of the press release reflects the correct spelling of the city Dehgolan and Aram Habibi's name.
We removed an earlier map with incorrect shading originally posted to this page. We have corrected the error.
Please note there has been a correction to this release. The release previously suggested that the trial of Bai L. was set up by Yahya Jammeh. The trial is taking place in Germany under the principle of universal jurisdiction and is the result of joint efforts by victim groups, nongovernmental organizations, and German authorities. Furthermore, it was clarified that the charges against Bai L. include one attempted murder and two murders.