Pentagon announces new press corps after mainstream exodus

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Pentagon announces new press corps after mainstream exodus
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The reshuffle followed a decision by several outlets to reject the Department of War’s new media access policy

The Pentagon has unveiled the lineup of its new press corps, which is mainly comprised of conservative news outlets seen as supportive of US President Donald Trump’s administration.

The reshuffle at the Department of War came after journalists from major outlets, including The New York Times, the Associated Press, CNN, and the Washington Post, rejected a revised media access policy introduced by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and returned their press passes last week.

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a post X on Wednesday that more than 60 reporters, “representing a broad spectrum of new media outlets and independent journalists,” will make the “the next generation” of the Pentagon press corps after signing up to the new rules.

They will be joining 26 journalists from 18 outlets that used to work at the Pentagon previously and also opted to agree to the new access policy, he added.

Under the updated policy, reporters could be deemed “a security or safety risk” if they reach out to employees at the Pentagon for sensitive information to be used in their reporting on the US military. According to Hegseth, it is being introduced to make sure that “press no longer roams free… wear visible badge… [and] no longer permitted to solicit criminal acts.”

The additions to the Pentagon press corps include such right-leaning outlets as the Gateway Pundit, the National Pulse, Human Events, Timcast by podcaster Tim Pool, the Just the News, the Washington Reporter, LindellTVby Trump’s ally MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, Frontlines by Turning Point USA, co-founded by the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and others.

Parnell slammed those who protested the amended rules, saying that the “self-righteous media… chose to self-deport from the Pentagon.”

“Americans have largely abandoned digesting their news through the lens of activists who masquerade as journalists in the mainstream media,” he claimed.

The Washington Post previously explained its refusal to accept the new rules by saying that they “undercut First Amendment protections by placing unnecessary constraints” on journalists. The New York Times accused the Pentagon of threatening to punish reporters for “ordinary news gathering.”
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Smoke and Mirrors: What I See in Trump’s Deal With Pfizer

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Mollie Engelhart

I am a mother. I have never been vaccinated myself. I believe deeply in informed consent. And I want to say clearly that I am hopeful about Bobby’s leadership at HHS. I want to believe he can bring real transparency and accountability to a government that has too often cozied up to the corporations it is supposed to regulate.

But when I read the headlines about Trump’s “landmark” deal with Pfizer, I don’t feel hopeful. I feel misled.

We are told that Pfizer has committed seventy billion dollars to research, development, and production here in the United States. That sounds impressive, like a historic victory for the American people. But the truth is, Pfizer already spends billions every year on research and development. That is simply the business they are in. Without that constant pipeline, they do not survive.

So what is really new here? Nothing at all. It is the same budget they were already going to spend, repackaged and sold as a bold new commitment. The difference now is that Pfizer gets something in return: tariff relief, political cover, and a government-backed direct-to-consumer program called TrumpRx.

That is what makes this deal so frustrating. Pfizer is not changing its behavior. They are not suddenly sacrificing profits or doing more for patients. They are being rewarded for business as usual, only now with added advantages that strengthen their market position even more. And we are being asked to celebrate it as if it is some great victory for ordinary families.

Every producer wants to cut out the middleman. I know this from my own life. As a meat producer, I do not want to pay one. As a vegetable producer, I do not want to pay one. As a content creator, I do not want to pay one. Nobody does. And now Pfizer, of all companies, is getting the official blessing of the U.S. government to do exactly that.

This is the same Pfizer that misled the public during COVID. That is not a rumor, it is documented. Whistleblowers from trial sites described falsified records, patients who were not properly followed up after adverse events, and unqualified staff handling sensitive data. State attorneys general have accused Pfizer of downplaying serious risks, including heart inflammation in young men and pregnancy complications in women. Kansas has even claimed the company hid internal studies that showed risks while telling the public something different. And the most central promise of all, that the vaccines would stop transmission, simply was not true, even though the marketing never caught up to that reality.

Meanwhile, Pfizer made billions from a product that the government helped mandate, all while enjoying liability protection. So I cannot celebrate when the same company announces what it calls a “new commitment.” It feels like smoke and mirrors.

And then there is the larger picture. The United States is the biggest consumer of pharmaceuticals in the world. No other country takes more pills, shots, or prescriptions. Yet our health outcomes are the worst among wealthy nations. We spend the most money, we take the most drugs, and we die younger. Our life expectancy is the lowest in the developed world. Our rates of chronic illness, diabetes, obesity, and preventable death are higher than our peers. How can that be? How can the country that consumes the most medicine also be the sickest?

That contradiction tells me something important. The problem is not that we lack access to drugs. The problem is that we have built a culture that relies on them for everything. Every ache, every fear, every deviation from perfect health is met with another prescription. And the more drugs we consume, the worse our outcomes become.

That is why this deal troubles me so deeply. Instead of asking why Americans are drowning in pharmaceuticals, our leaders are handing the biggest player in the game even more power. Instead of creating a system that helps families thrive without being tethered to pills and injections, we are applauding a corporation for doing what it was already going to do, while giving it special advantages in the marketplace.

As a mother, my concern is not whether Pfizer builds more factories in America. My concern is whether my children will inherit a country where health means a lifetime of prescriptions, or one where health means strong food systems, clean environments, community, and prevention. I want to live in a nation that addresses the root causes of disease, not one that doubles down on drugs as the only solution.

When I look at this deal, I do not see a victory for the American people. I see a victory for Pfizer. They get tariff protection, direct access to consumers, and the ability to present their ordinary budget as if it were a gift. And the rest of us are left with more of the same.

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Pfizer’s Birth Control Shot Used by 25% of U.S Women Linked to Disabling Brain Tumors

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by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

A massive study of 61 million women finds Depo-Provera increases risk of meningioma by 240% as criminal enterprise Pfizer faces a tsunami of lawsuits.

For decades, Pfizer has marketed its injectable birth control Depo-Provera as a convenient, long-acting option for women. What few were told — and what new research now confirms — is that this hormone shot doubles the risk of developing brain tumors.

The latest study, published in JAMA Neurology by researchers from the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University, examined over 61 million U.S. medical records spanning two decades. Among these, women who used Depo-Provera — formally known as depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) — were found to have a 2.4-fold higher risk of developing meningioma, a slow-growing but potentially disabling brain tumor.

Depo-Provera has been used by roughly 1 in 4 sexually active women in the United States — a staggering figure given the now-documented neurological danger. The study found the highest tumor risk in women who started injections after age 31 or continued for more than four years.

Though meningiomas are often labeled “benign,” their growth can compress vital brain structures, leading to vision loss, cognitive decline, seizures, and paralysis.

More than 1,000 women across the country have already filed suit against Pfizer, alleging that the company knew for decades about the potential for tumor formation yet failed to adequately warn users.

Evidence cited in the legal filings traces concerns back to 1980s studies linking synthetic progestins to brain tumor proliferation — long before the FDA finally approved Depo-Provera for contraception in 1992.

Notably, the FDA had initially rejected Pfizer’s application for contraceptive approval for nearly 40 years, citing cancer risks. When the product was finally approved, a “black box” warning was added years later — but only for bone-density loss, not for brain tumors.

In 2023, Pfizer quietly acknowledged to regulators that data showed a possible link between Depo-Provera and meningioma, yet claimed the evidence was “inconclusive.” The company’s motion to dismiss ongoing litigation argues that it had asked the FDA to update the label — an apparent attempt to shift responsibility to the agency itself. However, the corrupted FDA denied the labeling change because they claimed the available studies didn’t support the warning.

What This Means

The number needed to harm in the JAMA analysis was 1,152 — meaning that for every 1,152 women given Depo-Provera, one is expected to develop a meningioma attributable to the drug. Multiplied across millions of exposed users, the potential burden is enormous.

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Via https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-study-pfizers-birth-control-shot?r=6fupxd

The War on Drugs Is a CIA Psyop for Control of the Trafficking

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By Helena Glass

Is Trump’s plan to wage war against all of South America?

Having labeled Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro as a narco-terrorist, today Trump extended that label to Colombia’s President, Gustavo Petro and called for war against his country. The Colombia drug history is rife with CIA involvement, in particular, an internal struggle for a power grab of the trafficking which Nixon and Bush coined as the war on drugs.

In the 1880’s opioids were introduced to America via “the Chinese slave labor trade”.

Opium dens were replete throughout urban cities that were home to Chinese districts; San Francisco, Philadelphia, NYC and Chicago. The vast majority of the addicts were white, middle to upper class women. Blackmailed to bring more customers.

By 1875, the federal government became involved, selectively raising the import tariff on the smoking grade of opium.  Cocaine or pure cacao was also prevalent from the late 19th century forward as an elixir or simply vial in the medicine cabinet. Years ago when clearing out my mother’s belongings as she was moving east, I stumbled upon a beautiful sterling silver miniature coffee pot with a spoon. When I asked my mother about it, she simply said it was grandad’s tonic. It was still full. Pure cacao – not the chemical laden toxic drug we call cocaine.

By 1909, the government had enacted an Act prohibiting opium use except for medicinal purposes. By 1919 prohibition was levied which did little to curb alcohol and drugs – instead forcing them underground and into the hands of mafia cartels.  When FDR lifted Prohibition, he stated told Americans not to abuse this return of ‘personal freedom’.

By 1929, a Federal Agency was formed as a task force for the War on Drugs headed by Harry Anslinger. But it was the Assistant Director of this Narcotics Division who was found to be guilty via his formation of relationships with gangsters and bootleggers. Including one, Arnold Rothstein, a racketeer, crime boss and kingpin of the Jewish Mob in New York. He was credited with turning street crime into high stakes business opportunities for vast wealth. Rothstein was the first racketeer to fix the World Series whereby he profited quite nicely.

The War on Drugs never accomplished much of anything because ultimately, the federal government and the CIA wanted control over this very lucrative enterprise and pushed out the mafia so they could take the helm. Local police were insiders. Mayors and governors were insiders. It became a family affair within the highest pinnacles of the triangulated pyramid of politics.

During WWI and WWII, the military was one of the largest purveyors of cocaine, opioids and cannabis for soldiers. To sustain them before they died in the fields. Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, all soldiers were either offered and/or participated in the use of drugs to survive. A practice well known and accepted by superiors at the Pentagon.

With the advent of Alan Dulles, the drug trade took on monumental proportions, Hollywood was keen to participate, and the ‘feel good’ society of the 1960’s Me Movement solidified the CIA drug cartel. By the 1980’s, the CIA had moved offices into Colombia and became the overlords of the local cartels and George Bush was all aboard the drug train while publicly announcing his own version of the War of Drugs – that has never existed.

When Trump claims he is spiking a War on Drugs, we have seen this stage plot unfold for decades. The end game is for America to become the head of the drug cartel globally. Relieving competition of their lives, the fear of god is interred. Why? Because the money attached is in the realm of $700 billion to $1 trillion – annually. And money is Trump’s impetus in all things whether it be Gaza, Ukraine, Venezuela, Colombia, Qatar, or Saudi Arabia. His love language.

With Trump’s latest claim that he will soon personally secure $20 TRILLION in investments, the details are nonexistent.  Including who will benefit given that the peasant class, those whose wealth is under a billion, seem to be left in the proverbial and literal cold.

Perhaps the CIA was losing control of their drug trafficking cartel. Perhaps the Ukraine grain trains are no longer operable. And perhaps the current presidents of Venezuela and Colombia are not as acquiescent as previous rules of order declared. But given history is replete with CIA involvement, it would be hard-pressed to think they are not giving the orders to Trump so as to reign in the competition.

Whatever the impetus to bomb these South American countries may be, we can be sure it is NOT a War on Drugs – it is a War for Control of Drugs.

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Via https://www.globalresearch.ca/war-drugs-cia-psyop-control-trafficking/5903381

Amazon Plans to Automate 75 % of Operations, Cutting Over 160,000 U.S. Jobs

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Amazon is reportedly pursuing a sweeping automation initiative that could reshape its workforce landscape in the United States. According to internal documents obtained by multiple news outlets, the company aims to automate up to 75 percent of its operations, avoid hiring more than 600,000 U.S. workers by 2033, and eliminate around 160,000 American roles by 2027.

Automation Strategy and Scale
Internal planning documents reveal that Amazon’s robotics division envisions a future in which robots perform the bulk of tasks now handled by human employees. The company projects that by 2033 it could avoid hiring more than 600,000 U.S. workers, even as its sales volume is expected to roughly double. In the near term, the documents suggest that approximately 160,000 U.S. roles may be cut by 2027 as the firm deploys machines in warehouses and logistics operations.

Why Automation Matters: Cost, Efficiency, Competition
The rationale is clear: by automating routine picking, packing and delivery operations, Amazon expects to save about 30 cents per item shipped, with estimated savings of around $12.6 billion between 2025 and 2027. Such cost advantages are especially powerful in the highly competitive e-commerce sector, where margins are thin and speed matters. With rivals potentially pressured to follow suit, the automation wave may extend beyond Amazon alone.

Evidence and Reporting
Major outlets—including The New York Times and technology publications—report that these plans stem from internal Amazon documents viewed by their journalists. For instance, one article states:

“The company’s robotics team has an ultimate goal to automate 75 percent of its operations.”
However, Amazon’s official response notes that the leaked documents reflect the view of “one team” and do not necessarily represent the company’s overall hiring strategy.

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Via https://theblogginghounds.com/2025/10/21/amazon-plans-to-automate-75-of-operations-cutting-over-160000-u-s-jobs/

Historic Corporate/Intelligence Ties to Evangelical Movement

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The Plymouth Brethren (formerly the Exclusive Brethren)* is a church of 55,000 members worldwide (mainly Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada). Its international headquarters operates out of a suburb of Sydney. It broke away from the Anglican Church in the 19th century and rarely admits new members.

People who have left the church call it a psychological cult. Car racing, cinemas, camping, pet, radios, jeans, voting and swimming pools are forbidden to Plymouth Brethren members. Banned from leadership positions, women are discouraged from working outside the home. More recently the church has lifted the former ban on cellphones and laptops. However only church-supplied hardware (with pre-installed surveillance technology) is permitted.

The leadership of the church, known as Universal Business Group, runs it as a business with $22 billion annual turnover. Australian Bruce Hales, church president since 2022, is an accountant, and his sons run UBG. Each owns massive property portfolios along with score of companies worth billions of dollars in annual sales. Hales has no training or background in theology.

In 2024 the Australian tax office conducted an unannounced raid on UBG headquarters and confiscated all their computers and phones as part of a tax evasion/fraud investigation. Some lapsed members believe the raid relates to efforts by church leaders to sway Australia’s 2022 election.** Although Plymouth Brethren members have a religious exemption from the compulsory voting laws, they supplied dozens of church members to campaign for Australia’s conservative Coalition and made multiple campaign donations just under the reporting threshold. During the Covid pandemic Australia’s Coalition government paid UBG $54 million for Rapid Antigen tests.

Brethren survivors also report an epidemic of child sexual abuse. One survivor sued the leadership and was offered a $1 million provided conditional on signing a non-disclosure statement. He refused.

*According to historian Matt Ehret, the Plymouth Brethren and other evangelical sects trace back to an agent of the British East India Company named Anthony Norris Groves. Groves was sent to the Ottoman Empire and then India in 1830 as an orientalist engaged in recruiting young elites to train in British universities while carrying out espionage under the banner of Christian missionary work. Groves was soon joined by John Nelson Darby (godson of Admiral Horatio Nelson and father of modern rapture theology).

Darby’s influence can also be seen in the works of Charles Fox Parham (the founder of Pentecostalism), George Pember, (the originator of the ‘fallen Nephilim’ interpretation of demonology now advanced by the alien disclosure movement), Dwight Lyman Moody (founder Moody Bible College), and James Hall Brookes (founding father and president of the Niagara Bible Conference, which helped spread Dispensationalism across America).

In fact, the entire Christian Zionist movement of war-pushing, faith-healing, rapture-loving preachers from John Hagee to Benny Hinn and Pat Robertson all sit on foundations created by Darby’s Plymouth Brethren—not the Bible.

See

Matthew Ehret: The Plymouth Brethren, British intelligence and mystic cults in Palestine

**The Exclusive Brethren made a similar attempt to influence the outcome of New Zealand’s 2005 election. See https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Exclusive_Brethren/New_Zealand_election,_2005

Tylenol: From Painkiller to Empathy Killer

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Sayer Ji

Last week’s historic announcement from HHS and President Trump connecting Tylenol use with the autism epidemic reignited longstanding concerns over Tylenol’s toxicity. For decades, the focus has been on liver damage and accidental overdoses. But the deeper story—the one still hiding in plain sight—is more disturbing: even a single dose of acetaminophen (Tylenol’s active ingredient) measurably blunts human empathy, dulls positive emotions, and increases risk-taking behavior.

This isn’t just a matter of personal health. It’s a social and spiritual crisis. If one-quarter of U.S. adults are taking Tylenol weekly, we may be medicating away our collective capacity for compassion.

The Research That Changes Everything

In a landmark 2015 Psychological Science study, titled “Over-the-Counter Relief From Pains and Pleasures Alike,” researchers at Ohio State University gave healthy adults a single standard 1,000 mg dose of acetaminophen (Tylenol) and then exposed them to emotionally charged images—ranging from disturbing to uplifting.

The outcome was unambiguous:

  • Disturbing images were rated less negatively.
  • Uplifting images were rated less positively.
  • Across the board, participants reported feeling less emotional arousal, even when viewing the most extreme stimuli.

Brain research helps explain why: acetaminophen dampens activity in the anterior insula and anterior cingulate cortex—regions responsible for processing both physical pain and emotional resonance. These are the same circuits that allow us to feel empathy and to be moved by joy, awe, or sorrownihms703262.

The authors concluded:

“Acetaminophen attenuates individuals’ evaluations and emotional reactions to negative and positive stimuli alike… Rather than being labeled merely a pain reliever, acetaminophen might be better described as an all-purpose emotion reliever.”

2. Tylenol Reduces Empathy for Others’ Suffering

In 2016, researchers at Ohio State University published a Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience study titled “From Painkiller to Empathy Killer” (Mischkowski, Crocker, & Way, 2016). Participants who took a standard 1,000 mg dose of acetaminophen showed significantly reduced empathic concern when reading scenarios of people experiencing social or physical pain compared to those on placebo.

Neuroimaging explained why: acetaminophen dampened activity in the anterior insula and anterior cingulate cortex—the same brain regions that fire when we experience physical pain ourselves and when we empathize with the pain of others. In effect, Tylenol blunts the shared circuitry of compassion.

The story didn’t end there. In 2019, another study in Frontiers in Psychology confirmed the effect for positive empathy—our ability to share in others’ happiness (Randles, Harms, & Finn, 2019). After taking acetaminophen, participants reported less joy when hearing about others’ uplifting experiences. The researchers warned:

“Acetaminophen reduces affective reactivity to others’ positive experiences. Because positive empathy underlies prosocial behavior, this raises concern about the societal impact of excessive acetaminophen use.”

The Implication: Tylenol doesn’t just ease your headache—it quietly severs the neural bridges of human connection, dulling both our sensitivity to suffering and our capacity to celebrate joy with others.

3. Tylenol Increases Risk-Taking

In 2020, Baldwin Way and colleagues at Ohio State published a Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience paper showing that acetaminophen (Tylenol) not only blunts empathy but also alters how people perceive risk.

In a series of experiments:

  • 189 college students were randomly given either 1,000 mg of acetaminophen or placebo. They then rated the danger of activities like bungee jumping, walking alone at night in unsafe areas, or having unprotected sex.
  • Those who had taken acetaminophen consistently judged these behaviors as less risky.
  • In a second test, 545 students performed the “balloon analogue risk task,” where participants inflate a virtual balloon to earn money, knowing it might burst. The Tylenol group pumped the balloons significantly more times, resulting in more bursts and more losses—clear evidence of blunted fear of negative consequences

The mechanism seems to mirror acetaminophen’s emotional numbing effects: by dulling negative affect, the drug also dulls the anxiety signals that normally restrain risky behavior.

The scale of exposure is staggering. Around 52 million Americans take acetaminophen every week. Even slight shifts in how people evaluate risk, magnified across such widespread use, could ripple through society—affecting decisions from health and safety to finances, relationships, and beyond.

The Implication: Tylenol doesn’t just dull pain and empathy. It can tip the scales of judgment itself, making dangerous choices feel less threatening. Multiply this by millions of daily users, and the “safe, everyday painkiller” becomes a silent force reshaping collective behavior.

The Numbers Don’t Lie

  • ¼ of American adults use Tylenol weekly.
  • 600+ medications contain acetaminophen, from cold remedies to prescription opioids
  • 110,000 injuries and deaths per year are linked to acetaminophen
  • Empathy reduction is measurable after a single dose

This is not a fringe concern. It is a public health crisis with spiritual dimensions.

The Deeper Question

What happens to a society when its most common drug blunts compassion, dulls joy, and fuels reckless risk-taking?

We are not just facing an epidemic of liver toxicity. We are facing a subtle epidemic of soul toxicity. Tylenol, in numbing pain, may be numbing our humanity itself.

The time has come to ask: Is the cost of convenience worth the erosion of empathy?

Learn more about Tylenol’s long established risks in our series below :

Broken Trust: The Tylenol Cover-Up That May Have Damaged Millions of Children

Part I: Breaking: Government Finally Admits Tylenol-Autism Link After Years of Corporate Cover-Up

Part II Tylenol and Autism, Part II: The Swedish Study That Got It Wrong

Part III: Broken Trust: The Tylenol Cover-Up That May Have Damaged Millions of Children

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Via https://sayerji.substack.com/p/tylenol-from-painkiller-to-empathy

Israel starving Palestinians in violation of ceasefire, Gaza authorities warn

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Displaced Palestinians gather to receive food portions from a charity kitchen in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, October 21, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

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The Gaza Government Media Office says Israel is violating the ceasefire agreement by obstructing aid deliveries and continuing the deliberate campaign of starving Palestinians.

In a statement released on Tuesday, the office said that since the October 10 ceasefire, only 986 aid trucks have entered the besieged territory, far below the levels promised under the agreement.

“We note that the average number of trucks entering the Gaza Strip daily since the ceasefire began does not exceed 89 trucks out of 600 trucks that are supposed to enter,” it stated, noting that this reflects “the continued policy of strangulation, starvation and humanitarian blackmail practiced by the [Israeli] occupation.”

Under the ceasefire agreement between the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and Israel, at least 6,600 trucks were expected to reach Gaza by Monday evening.

The statement emphasized that these limited deliveries fail to meet the essential living needs, including food, medical supplies, operational fuel, and cooking gas, to ensure basic, dignified living conditions.

Echoing the same warning, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Tuesday that food deliveries to Gaza remain far below the agency’s target of 2,000 tons per day.

Speaking to reporters in Geneva, WFP’s senior regional communications officer for West Asia, North Africa, and Eastern Europe, Abeer Etefa, said more than 530 trucks have entered Gaza since the ceasefire, carrying roughly 6,700 tons of food, enough to feed half a million people for just two weeks.

Etefa noted that the agency has been able to operate only a single distribution in northern Gaza, providing a limited supply of nutrition supplements and snacks for pregnant and nursing mothers, as well as malnourished children, while access to northern Gaza and Gaza City remains extremely restricted.

“Food remains largely out of reach for most residents,” she said, citing prohibitively high prices.

The WFP officer urged Israeli authorities to open all border crossings, particularly Rafah, emphasizing that current operations depend solely on the Karam Shalom and Kissufim crossings, which cannot serve northern Gaza.

“Sustaining the ceasefire is vital,” she added. “It is the only way we can save lives and push back on the famine in the north.”

Since famine was officially declared in the Gaza Governorate by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on August 22, 2025, 179 people, including 37 children, have died of starvation in the besieged strip.

Gaza Health Ministry reported last month that the death toll from malnutrition due to Israel’s deliberate food blockade has reached 453 since October 2023, when Israel launched a genocidal war on the enclave.

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US-brokered ‘yellow line’ becomes death line as Israel forces out Gaza residents

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Displaced Palestinians gather to receive food portions from a charity kitchen in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, October 21, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

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A ceasefire demarcation line established under a US-brokered agreement for Israel’s withdrawal has become a deadly frontier in Gaza, where Israeli forces are forcing residents from entire eastern districts and blocking their return.

The Gaza Government Media Office said on Tuesday that Israeli forces have cleared residents from all eastern neighborhoods, warning that the measure is “creating a new and dangerous reality on the ground.”

Thousands of Palestinian families have fled as the Israeli military enforces the so-called “yellow line,” introduced under US President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan, which runs from northern Gaza to the outskirts of Rafah in the south.

Israeli forces remain deployed in the Shejaiya neighborhood, parts of Al-Tuffah and Zeitoun in Gaza City, as well as in Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia in the north, Rafah in the south, and along the Gaza coast.

According to Gaza’s Civil Defense, the Israeli military directly opens fire on any Palestinian crossing the “yellow line” or even approaching it, without prior warning.

Officials in Gaza say the vast amount of debris left by months of Israeli bombardment has made it nearly impossible for residents to navigate safely or avoid the newly marked boundary.

The mass displacement has pushed thousands into overcrowded areas in central and western Gaza, including around al-Shifa Hospital, deepening the humanitarian crisis and overwhelming health facilities and shelters already on the verge of collapse.

On October 10, Israeli forces completed the first phase of withdrawal to the “yellow line” but maintained control over nearly 58 percent of the Gaza Strip.

In a statement on Sunday, Hamas condemned Israeli attacks along the line as “crimes that expose the occupation’s deliberate targeting of unarmed civilians,” and called on the United States and other mediators to pressure Tel Aviv to respect the agreement.

The Gaza media office reported that since the October 10 agreement took effect, Israel has committed at least 80 violations, killing 97 Palestinians and injuring 230 others, including women and children.

Observers have warned that what was intended as a marker for Israeli withdrawal has become a de facto border of occupation.

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, Israel’s two-year campaign of genocide has killed more than 68,000 people and wounded over 170,000 since October 2023. The war has displaced over two million people and left almost the entire population dependent on humanitarian aid.

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Via https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/10/21/757329/US-brokered–yellow-line–becomes-deadly-frontier-as-Israel-expels-Gaza-residents-

Prime minister says Netanyahu will be arrested if he goes to Canada

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government would uphold the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he were to enter Canada, emphasizing that Ottawa will “act in accordance with international law.”

In an interview with Bloomberg, Carney stated that Canada “will act in accordance with international law and our international legal policy,” adding, “If he enters Canada, he will be arrested in accordance with the order of the International Criminal Court.”

The ICC, based in The Hague, last week rejected Israel’s appeal to suspend arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, citing “reasonable grounds” to believe they bear responsibility for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Gaza conflict.

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