Venezuelan Pres. Nicolás Maduro recently recorded a video message directed at the US that aired on New Year’s Eve. In the interview-style message, recorded while he was driving & broadcast on Venezuelan state media, Maduro said Venezuela is willing to hold serious talks w/ the US about combating...

Israel has issued a demolition notice for the Aida camp football pitch near Bethlehem, a vital space for some 500 children to train and play, and one of the few open spaces in this crowded refugee camp. Kids found the notice at the gate in December, threatening the pitch’s removal. Voices...

Drop Site spoke w/ Eliza, 27, a Brooklyn resident who held up a photo of 5-year-old Palestinian child Hind Rajab throughout the event. Eliza said she supports Mayor Zohran Mamdani but wanted to make clear that political victories should not eclipse... @areebafatima.bsky.social | @dropsitenews.com

🔴 One more child has reportedly died from hypothermia in the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces continue to block shelter aid for hundreds of thousands stockpiled at the border from reaching displaced Palestinians. And as the territory braces for another winter storm overnight and into Friday, reports...

🔴 BREAKING: Namecheap, a major domain registrar and web-hosting company, revoked the domain of Zionism Observer, an archive account which had uploaded more than 16,000 videos of Palestinians killed in Gaza, mostly documenting suspected Israeli war crimes. Namecheap explained the move by saying th

🟢 This week, thousands of people across Somalia took to the streets to protest Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, a self-declared breakaway region in northern Somalia. In Baaydhabo, in Somalia’s South West State, demonstrators described the move as a violation of Somalia’s sovereignty, waving...

🇨🇩 Sexual violence against children has become entrenched, systemic, & increasingly widespread across the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, w/ new data showing a sharp rise in cases since 2022. The report released this week documents a surge unfolding...

🇧🇫 🇲🇱 Pres. Trump’s decision to ban entry for citizens of Burkina Faso has prompted the Burkinabè gov't to impose visa restrictions on US nationals. Foreign Min. Jean-Marie Karamoko Traoré said Tue. that the move was taken under the principle of reciprocity, after the US announced on Dec 16 that...

Iranian scholar Foad Izadi warns that any US military escalation would be met forcefully, claiming it would result in at least 500 dead American soldiers this time, b/c “Iranian leaders realize you cannot have a country that is attacked every few months… and we have a lot of American soldiers in...

Zohran Mamdani walked off after his inauguration yesterday to ‘Gaddi Red Challenger’ by Toronto-based Punjabi artist Babbulicious – a flex-heavy Punjabi pop track about cruising in a red Dodge Challenger, blasting speakers, and repping where you’re from. The song’s hook declares “the guy lives...

Foad Izadi, a prof. of American studies & internat'l relations at University of Tehran, said Trump has 2 options w/ Iran: 1. “The Islamic Republic, with all its successes and failures.” 2. “An American-Israeli military attack, the fragmentation of Iran, a ‘milking-cow’ government appointed by...

🇮🇷 Iran Protests | Jan 2, 2026 The country faced protests for the 5th day, driven by an economic crisis fueled in large part by US-led sanctions that have accelerated the collapse of the rial & pushed inflation higher. Restrictions on banking, exports, and oil revenue have reduced access to hard...

“Zionism and the state of Israel cause division, cause mistrust, hate, bloodshed, killing, and an endless quagmire of suffering, and a rebellion against God. It has to stop like apartheid stopped. This mayor hopefully will bring this about.” — Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss told us.

🇵🇸 Drop Site News spoke w/ Brooklyn native Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss of Neturei Karta at Mayor Mamdani’s inauguration. He is the long time spokesman for the small ultra-Orthodox Jewish group that opposes the existence of the State of Israel on religious grounds. Weiss praised Mamdani for refusing...

🔴 A mother & her young son were burned to death, & 2 others were wounded, after a tent caught fire at the Al-Yarmouk displacement camp in Gaza City as a winter storm hit the besieged territory, according to journalist Motasem Dalloul (X: @AbujomaaGaza). Palestinians have repeatedly pleaded for...

📌 REPORT | Cracked, bomb-damaged homes across Gaza are turning into death traps as a new winter storm hits Gaza tonight. W/ tents flooded & overcrowded camps offering little protection, tens of thousands of families are sheltering in structurally unsafe buildings that can collapse w/o warning...

⭕️ Israel has ordered 37 internat'l NGOs operating in Gaza to cease all activities w/in 60 days unless they hand over detailed info on their Palestinian staff, the Guardian reports. Diplomats & humanitarian officials warned the move would have “catastrophic consequences” & directly endanger...

“A moment like this comes rarely. Seldom do we hold such an opportunity to transform and reinvent. Rarer still is it the people themselves whose hands are the ones upon the levers of change. And yet we know that too... 📄Transcript of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s full inaugural remarks are in the replies.

Zohran Mamdani tells New Yorkers he isn’t lowering expectations now that he’s mayor. He says he ran on bold promises & intends to govern the same way, & not retreat from commitments to “change” like many do once in office. Mamdani pledged to push “expansively and audaciously” to deliver policies...

🇸🇩 At the start of 2026, territorial control of Sudan is deeply fractured and effectively split between the two fighting factions. ▪️ The RSF dominate much of western Sudan, including Darfur & large parts of West Kordofan & other western regions. They’ve seized strategic areas like the Heglig...

On his first day as NYC’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani scrapped the IHRA antisemitism definition as an enforcement standard & affirmed that political boycotts, including of Israel, are protected speech. It set off a familiar bout of outrage from the Israeli Foreign Min., which labeled the move...

🚨 Three Freedom Flotilla participants have publicly accused Israeli forces of severe sexual abuse, including rape and torture, after being seized and detained by Israeli authorities in October 2025. 📌 Statements from Anna, Vincenzo, and Surya ▪️Anna: “After I was kidnapped by Israeli forces...

“The Ministry of Defense of the United Arab Emirates announces the return of all elements of the UAE Armed Forces from the Republic of Yemen, in implementation of the announced decision to end the remaining tasks of counter-terrorism teams, ensuring the safety of the elements and in coordination...

🟠 UAE-backed STC has now formally announced plans for a referendum on southern independence in Yemen after a two-year transitional phase, Reuters reports. The council says it will administer southern Yemen during that period with the intention of holding a popular vote on independence from the...

Another one of Gaza’s roughly 12,000 estimated cancer patients, including more than 1,000 children, has died waiting for care. Most are dying slowly & quietly in tents, even as a petition is now circulating to evacuate Gaza’s cancer patients, especially children, to hospitals in Jerusalem that....

Saudi jets from the Saudi-led coalition carried out multiple airstrikes on positions held by the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen’s oil-rich Hadramout province over the past 24 hours, as fighting intensified between rival forces on the ground. Xinhua reported that the...

Drop Site News spoke w/ Diana Moreno, who is running to succeed Zohran Mamdani in NY State Assembly District 36. Moreno said her campaign is focused on confronting the affordability crisis & the rising tide of fascism, while pushing for universal... @dianaforqueens.com | @areebafatima.bsky.social

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is formalizing the grassroots engine that powered his campaign by creating a new Office of Mass Engagement through executive order, City & State NY report. It will be led by the former campaign field director Tascha Van Auken, who told the outlet... Story linked below ⬇️

🇸🇦 Foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye, Qatar, and Egypt “expressed their deep concern” that Gaza’s humanitarian crisis is rapidly deteriorating due to Israel’s restrictions, severe winter weather, and the resulting shortages of life-saving supplies...

🇬🇳 Guinea’s junta leader Mamady Doumbouya has been declared the provisional winner of the Dec. 28 presidential election, taking 86.7% of the vote in the first polls since his 2021 coup and avoiding a runoff, with official turnout around 81%. The vote follows a constitutional overhaul that reset...

⭕️ American actress & humanitarian advocate Angelina Jolie visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing into Gaza on Jan 2, 2026 to assess the humanitarian situation, speak w/ aid workers & Red Crescent volunteers, & see conditions for Palestinians injured & evacuated to nearby... Vid: AFP

⭕️ The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said it documented the arrest of 42 journalists by Israeli forces in 2025, including 8 detained in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and inside the “1948 territories.” In a report, the union said Israeli authorities continued a systematic campaign of repression...

🗞️ US officers at the Civil-Military Coordination Center compiled a list of more than a dozen essential humanitarian items they wanted Israel to remove from its “dual-use” restrictions, w/ tent poles near the top, according to Guardian sources briefed on the meetings. Weeks later, Israel had not...

Israel is operating a 2-tier import system for Gaza, allowing commercial traders to bring in “dual-use” items that humanitarian orgs are barred from importing, according to reporting by the Guardian. Items blocked for aid groups on security grounds include generators, tent poles & other life-...

🔴 Gaza is under a total medical siege Dr. Feroze Sidhwa describes the different layers to the siege. Israel is blocking medical supplies & medical personnel, w. up to half of foreign healthcare workers denied entry. Around half of Gaza’s hospitals are nonfunctional & roughly 85% of primary...

⭕️ Sudan War Update The heaviest fighting remains concentrated in the Kordofan states and North Darfu r. But new reporting suggests the war may be on the verge of expanding again. Sudan’s army is rushing reinforcements into Blue Nile State amid fears that the Rapid Support Forces and the rebel...

🔴 Major INGOs barred from Gaza for refusing to help Israel build a kill list Israel has moved to block 37 international NGOs from operating in Gaza after they refused to hand over names & addresses of local staff. The reason is obvious: Israel has repeatedly used such information to target and...

Originally posted Dec. 22, 2025: 🇺🇳 UNFPA: Premature births in Gaza have surged from 20% to 70% since Oct 2023; 1 in 3 pregnancies is considered high-risk; more than half of youth & 40% of adults are expected to suffer PTSD. UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Andrew Saberton — who leads... Thread 🧵

🔴 70% of all new births in Gaza are now premature, the UNFPA reported. 1 in 3 pregnancies is considered high-risk. Dr. Feroze Sidhwa told Drop Site News about the impossible choices pregnant women are being forced to make under enforced starvation: With no infant formula available, a mother with...

Israel’s current leadership has made clear it is “perfectly happy if everybody in Gaza dies,” Dr. Feroze Sidhwa told Drop Site, citing constant genocidal rhetoric from senior officials & policies that treat the destruction of Gaza’s health system as a benefit. If the killings and the collapse...

🟢 NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will become the first NYC mayor to swear in using the Quran During his public ceremony at City Hall, Mamdani will place his hand on Qurans that belonged to his grandfather & grandmother. At a separate private swearing-in, he will also use a Quran that belonged to...

Pakistan’s military PR wing, ISPR, issued a directive ordering all TV channels and newspapers to stop covering the UAE–Saudi Arabia conflict in Yemen. Following the order, multiple media outlets halted coverage and removed previously published reports.

“The vast majority of these patients are dying slowly and quietly in their tents and will never actually even be known that they died this way.” — Dr. Feroze Sidhwa spoke w/ Drop Site abt Israel’s medical siege on Gaza & how it's crushing the hopes of... Clip below👇🏼. Full podcast out shortly.

🔴 “There has basically been no cancer care in Gaza since October 7,” Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, an American surgeon who has volunteered multiple times in Gaza, told Drop Site News. He says Israel destroyed Gaza’s only specialized cancer hospital & rendered remaining facilities incapable of providing...

📌 New reporting on UAE hasbara — After the El Fasher massacre, a massive UAE-aligned influence campaign flooded X with propaganda whitewashing Sudan’s RSF, research by journalist Marc Owen Jones shows. An analysis of ~80,000 tweets across six hashtags found 18,700–19,500 bot accounts, making up...

🇭🇳 In Honduras’ disputed 2025 presidential election, both Salvador Nasralla (Liberal Party) & the Libre party have publicly rejected the results declaration made by 2 of the 4 members of the Nat'l Electoral Council (CNE). ▪️ Nasralla said he does not accept the CNE’s declaration of Nasry Asfura as...

"A Handful of Kids"

🔴 In the past 48 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported an additional 3 killed (2 of whom were recovered from the rubble) and 10 injured arriving at hospitals. ▪️Since the ceasefire on October 11, 2025: - Total killed 415 - Total injured 1,152 - Total previously killed bodies recovered 682 This...

🇸🇩 The latest IPC report in Nov. said the besieged city of Kadugli in South Kordofan state in Sudan is experiencing famine, marked by “a total collapse of livelihoods, starvation, extremely high levels of malnutrition, and death.” Conditions in Dilling are described as “similarly catastrophic” but...

🔴 Israel is keeping its 2+ year ban on foreign journalists entering Gaza, due to risks to Israeli troops, according to Defense Min. Israel Katz. He told the Knesset that “Hamas’ repeated violations [of the ceasefire] lead to immediate responses by the IDF that could endanger both the reporters...