Watermelon Wednesday #46: Shattered Hospitals and Implicit Annexations

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“Bismillaahir-rahmaanir raheem”

(In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful)

Watermelon Wednesday is a weekly brief shared with our elected officials to ensure they are aware of Israel’s aggression, the Palestinian experience, and our country’s complicity in this genocide and international war crimes.

TL;DR:

  • Israel has violated the ceasefire 1,583 times, killing 591 Gazans. It delivered 54 bodies to Gaza showing signs of abuse. The medical system is slowly shutting.
  • Israel approves steps to make illegal settlements in the West Bank easier, a step towards annexation as settlers continue terrorizing Palestinians.
  • As Israel joins the so-called “Board of Peace”, several countries denounce its steps towards West Bank annexation.
  • A Palestinian woman is hospitalized in US immigration detention, Rumeysa Ozturk’s deportation is blocked, and a contractor for the GHF works with the BoP.

Takeaways:

  • The genocide in Gaza has not quelled at all, with the medical system shattering.
  • Israel is making it easier to illegally settle on Palestinian land.
  • Trump’s administration is using immigration as a tactic to curb free speech.

As your constituents we urge you to:

  • Call for a complete end to the ceasefire violations, and a stronger flow of aid.
  • Push for the US to back out of the colonization plans for Gaza.
  • Divest from Israeli companies operating on violently occupied land, and use those funds at home.

1,583 Violations, 591 Killed

  • Unrecognizable bodies are delivered to Gaza, as the medical system wanes
    • 2/14 – Since the ceasefire, Israel has killed 591 Palestinians, violating the truce 1,583 times. [IAK]
      • 2/9 – At least 4 Gazans killed by an Israeli bomb. [Al Jazeera]
      • 2/10 – 5 Gazans killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes. [Reuters]
      • 2/11 – A Gazan motorcyclist is individually bombed. [Al Jazeera]
    • 2/11 – UNRWA report: [UNRWA]
      • 71,824 Gazans killed since Oct. 7th 2023
      • 1,052 West Bank Palestinians, 229 children, killed since Oct. 7th, 2023
    • 2/8 – Several of the 54 bodies Israel returned to Gaza were mutilated and showed signs of extensive abuse. [Al Jazeera]
    • 2/11 – 41 Palestinians arrive in Gaza via Rafah. [Al Jazeera]
    • 2/14 – Doctors Without Borders halts all “non-critical” medical operations in a hospital in southern Gaza, due to armed men inside the facility. [Reuters]
    • 2/14 – Gaza’s al-Aqsa hospital may be forced to ration electricity to prioritize certain wards. [Al Jazeera]
  • Annexation as America does nothing but watch
    • 2/5 – OCHA update on the West Bank: [OCHA]
      • “Nearly 700 Palestinians in nine communities have been displaced due to settler attacks so far in 2026, including 600 displaced from Ras Ein Al Auja Bedouin community in Jericho governorate.
      • “Repeated Israeli settler attacks on the Ein Samiya wells east of Ramallah damaged critical infrastructure and blocked repairs, cutting the main water supply intermittently for three days and affecting an estimated 100,000 Palestinians across eastern Ramallah governorate.
      • “About 170 Palestinians have been displaced since the beginning of 2026 by the demolition of homes for lack of Israeli-issued building permits, following a record year in 2025 when more than 1,700 Palestinians were displaced due to lack-of-permit demolitions in Area C and East Jerusalem.”
    • 2/8 – Israel approves steps to make it easier for settlers in the West Bank to buy land and for stricter enforcement against Palestinians. [Reuters]
    • 2/9 – Israeli changes to West Bank governance essentially violates the Oslo Accords. [Al Jazeera]
    • 2/11 – Emaciated Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons are still showing extreme hunger and abuse. [Reuters]
    • 2/12 – Israel’s policy of withholding revenues from the PA is harming Palestinian education. [Al Jazeera]
    • 2/13 – Dozens of Palestinians injured due to a wave of Israeli settler attacks in the West Bank, as well as vandalized property. [Al Jazeera]

Board of Bombs

  • The “Board of Peace” is joined by a country committing genocide
    • 2/9 – Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UK, and the UAE condemn Israel’s moves to ease settlement expansion. [Reuters] [Reuters]
    • 2/9 – Israel kills 4 people, including a child, in south Lebanon. [Reuters]
    • 2/11 – Israel joins the “Board of Peace”. [Reuters]
    • 2/11 – >24 ambassadors from the Arab League and Org. of Islamic Cooperation denounce Israeli annexation measures. [Al Jazeera]

Injustice Regarding Immigration

  • Trump’s administration continues ignoring the law
    • 2/9 – Palestinian woman hospitalized after being seized in US immigration detention. [Reuters]
    • 2/10 – Immigration judge blocks Trump’s efforts to deport Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk. [Al Jazeera]
    • 2/11 – A security firm associated with the defunct Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is in talks with the Board of Peace. [Reuters]
    • 2/11 – Leqaa Kordia’s family is left in the dark about her condition when she was moved from a detention center to a hospital. [Al Jazeera]
    • 2/14 – Judge declares mistrial in case of 5 current/former Stanford students from the 2024 pro-Palestine protests. [Reuters]

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