A U.N. independent commission recently found Israel continues to commit genocide and atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children. Israel has been expanding its “Yellow Line” over Gaza and is planning to build illegal settlements there. Over the last 24 hours, eight Palestinians were killed and 26 were injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza.
On Thursday, July 2, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. EST, Doctors Against Genocide will “host a global virtual press conference marking 1,000 days of the genocide in Gaza.”
“Friday, July 3 marks 1,000 days since the beginning of Israel’s siege and military campaign in Gaza. For 1,000 days, healthcare workers, teachers, humanitarian workers, faith leaders, and families have struggled to preserve life under unimaginable conditions. More than one million children remain under siege; at least 20,179 children have been killed — one child every hour for 1,000 days. More than 1,700 healthcare workers have lost their lives, and hundreds of healthcare professionals have been detained, including 18 physicians who remain imprisoned under reported conditions of torture.
“This press conference will bring together live speakers from across Gaza, including representatives of the healthcare, humanitarian, education, water and sanitation, civil society, and local governance sectors, who will share firsthand testimony about the devastating impact of the past 1,000 days on children, healthcare, access to clean water, education, civilian infrastructure, and daily survival. They will be joined by medical and humanitarian organizations, healthcare professionals, educators, faith leaders, and advocates from around the world in a shared commitment to bear witness and call for immediate action.” Media contact: [email protected].
ANITA BARROWS, [email protected]
Barrows has been writing a poem every day for Gaza. Her published works include three volumes of poetry: Exile, We Are the Hunger, and Testimony. Her translations with Joanna Macy of Rainer Maria Rilke’s work, including Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God, have been widely quoted.
“Day 994”
Why, when everyone
seems to have turned their eyes
from you, has your child
been suddenly trapped
under the rubble?
She was playing
in front of an abandoned
building, a building
where once people lived.
She knew to watch the sky;
everyone knows, now,
to watch the sky. Why,
when the world
is using terms like ceasefire,
has nothing ceased? Why
this child, who was delicate,
small, who couldn’t
have harmed anyone?
Now she is buried
under stone and concrete.
Now she is silent
under the ghosts
of those who lived there.
Now they’re accepting her
into their lifeless company.