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 No.481432[Last 50 Posts]

Continued from >>479880

Updates since the start of the last thread:
The (largely civilian) Palestinian death toll has now passed 34,000. With over 10,000 missing, it's expected that current estimates are lower than the actual death toll.

The US Congress, with Biden's support, passed the final version of a bill to authorize more than $26,000,000,000 in military aid to Israel. It's been pointed out that this is illegal under US law.

Israel initiated its ground assault of Rafah.

Israel attacked the Iranian consulate in Damascus, killing 16, and resulting in a carefully planned Iranian missile retaliation against military targets in Israel.

The International Court of Justice made an interim ruling in South Africa's favor in their case accusing Israel of genocidal acts in Gaza, deeming it plausible. Ireland, Turkey, and Colombia joined Nicaragua in signing on to South Africa's case against Israel.

Yemeni Houthi attacks on shipping, in solidarity with Gaza, have continued, expanding to the Indian ocean.

Demonstrators have continued to blockade and damage arms factories manufacturing weapons for Israel in the UK.

The Center for Constitutional Rights appealed the jurisdictional dismissal of the genocide complicity lawsuit against President Joe Biden; the appellate argument is scheduled for June 10th.

Following repression at Columbia University, protestors around the US have made encampments at colleges, demanding that their universities divest. Many of these demonstrations have been met with brutal police repression, and some have also faced car ramming attacks and assaults by far-right mobs. This has not discouraged students from continuing. Thousands of demonstrators have been arrested. A new wave of similar protests followed globally.

More countries moved to recognize Palestinian statehood. The US vetoed a UNSC resolution for Palestinian membership.

The US abstained from a ceasefire vote at the UNSC, allowing a temporary ceasefire resolution for the month of Ramadan to pass. Israel refused to observe it, and to cover for this, the US erroneously claimed that UN Security Council resolutions are "non-binding," continuing to back Israel anyway.

Starvation deaths have continued to increase in Gaza amid Israel's imposed famine.

Mass graves discovered at Nasser and Al-Shifa hospitals in Gaza.

More countries halted arms sales to Israel.

The US stated that the Biden Pier had been completed.

More demonstrations and crackdowns have occurred around the world, including in Germany, where speakers including Yanis Varoufakis have been banned, and a wave of arrests and seizures for "anti-semitism" have targeted Jewish groups disproportionately.

The US House of Representatives passed a bill to define criticism of Israel as "anti-semitism," which now goes to the senate.

Israeli and US politicians threatened the International Criminal Court over potential accountability.

A lot more has also occurred - it's recommended that you dive into the previous thread if you haven't done so, yet, because it's been an eventful month!
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 No.481433

Gaza death toll tops 34,900

The number of people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the start of the war has risen to 34,904, according to the latest figures by the Health Ministry in the besieged and bombarded territory.

Another 78,514 people have been wounded over the same period, the ministry said.

WATCH: Police bulldoze camp to break up pro-Palestine Amsterdam protest

Dutch police have used a bulldozer to mow down a pro-Palestine encampment at the University of Amsterdam (UVA).

As we reported earlier, police arrested at least 32 protesters as they cleared the camp, located in front of the UVA’s Binnengasthuis building in the city centre of the Dutch capital.

The protesters at UVA are calling for the university to sever all ties with Israel.

Ireland and Spain could recognise Palestinian state on May 21: Report

According to a report by Ireland’s national broadcaster, Ireland, Spain and several other European Union member states are considering recognising a Palestinian state on May 21.

RTE News on Wednesday evening said contacts between Ireland and Spain, and between Slovenia and Malta, had intensified with a view to the countries jointly recognising Palestinian statehood.

According to the report, the countries have been waiting for a vote by the UN General Assembly on May 10, which could lead to the recognition of Palestine as qualified to become a full UN member.

In a joint statement on March 22, Spain, Ireland, Malta and Slovenia said they had agreed to take the first steps towards recognising a Palestinian state.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/9/israels-war-on-gaza-live-biden-admits-israel-used-us-bombs-on-civilians

Trinity College Dublin agrees to divest from Israeli firms after student protest
Five-day encampment in university grounds that caused the college major loss of income ended in victory for campaigners

Students at Trinity College Dublin have ended a five-day encampment after the university pledged to cut ties with Israeli companies.

Student leaders claimed victory on Wednesday night for a US-style campaign that had disrupted the campus and blocked access to the Book of Kells.

Senior management made a deal with protesters, the university said in a statement. “Trinity will complete a divestment from investments in Israeli companies that have activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and appear on the UN blacklist,” it said. “Trinity will endeavour to divest from investments in other Israeli companies.”

Trinity’s supplier list contains just one Israeli company, which will remain until March 2025 for contractual reasons, said the statement. (…)

The encampment began on 3 May when pro-Palestinian protesters set up dozens of tents in Fellows’ Square, similar to actions in the US, Europe and India in response to Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.

In contrast to confrontations in the US where police forcibly evicted demonstrators at several universities, there was no attempt to remove the protest. Eoin O’Sullivan, a senior dean who led talks with the students, thanked them for their “engagement”.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/08/trinity-college-dublin-agrees-to-divest-from-israeli-firms-after-student-protest

US will stop supplying some weapons to Israel if it invades Rafah, Biden warns
US president publicly warns that his administration will not provide the weapons for an offensive on Rafah

Joe Biden has issued a blunt warning to Israel that his administration will stop supplying bombs and artillery shells if its military pushes ahead with an offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in what could mark the start of a turning point in relations between the two countries.

The US president delivered the warning in a television interview in which he brushed aside Israeli and Republican complaints and made clear his administration would not provide the weapons for an offensive on Rafah, which the US, the UN and other aid agencies warn would trigger a humanitarian disaster.

“I made it clear that if they go into Rafah – they haven’t gone in Rafah yet – if they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities – that deal with that problem,” Biden told CNN.

The president was speaking after it was announced his administration had paused the delivery of 3,500 munitions, more than half them 2,000lb bombs, which can cause devastating damage and severe civilian casualties when dropped on densely populated areas.



Biden stressed the US would continue to supply ammunition for Israel’s main air defence system, Iron Dome, which performed well in the face of an Iranian missile and drone barrage last month, but he said Washington would not supply offensive weapons that would be used in an offensive the US believes will be disastrous.



US officials made clear that the pause would not be a one-off if the Rafah offensive went ahead: other arms deliveries that have already been approved could be delayed, and shipments waiting for approval could also face obstacles, such as a pending consignment of 6,500 joint direct attack munitions, or JDAMs, which convert freefall “dumb bombs” into precision-guided weapons.

A Guardian investigation this week found a US-made JDAM was used in a March airstrike in southern Lebanon that killed seven health workers. Analysis of debris found at the site of the attack revealed shrapnel from a 500lb (227kg) Israeli MPR bomb, as well as the parts of the JDAM that connect the munition to the guidance system and remnants of its motor.

The weapons – 1,800 2,000lb bombs and 1,700 500lb bombs – had long been seen by experts as the most likely to be targeted for any potential restrictions on arms supplies to Israel given how destructive they are in urban settings.

US officials insist that the pause is not because of legal concerns, but is a policy decision. There is nervousness in the administration about making legal judgments in case they are used against Israel in legal disputes before the international criminal court and the international court of justice.

However, the Guardian understands that conversations in recent months have focused on how the Israeli military’s use of certain munitions diverges from the Pentagon’s rules on the use of such weapons in heavily populated urban settings.



The weapons hold-up comes against the background of the expected delivery of a report by the US Department of State that examines whether Israel’s war conduct is credibly in compliance with assurances that American-supplied weapons will not be used in contravention of US and international humanitarian law.

The White House and Pentagon declined to comment.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/08/biden-israel-weapons-shipment-rafah-invasion
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 No.481434

Dutch students strike back!
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 No.481436

>>481433
>Dutch police have used a bulldozer to mow down a pro-Palestine encampment at the University of Amsterdam (UVA).
That sounds familiar, are they trying to make western protesters feel like they are in Gaza ?
It doesn't seem wise to blur that line.
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 No.481437

>>481433
>>481434
How come the Dutch have an Anne Frank museum but then this Israel Palestine stuff?
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 No.481438

War continuation, Israeli presence in Gaza a ‘death sentence to hostages’

Daniel Seidmann, Israeli attorney and specialist on Israeli-Palestinian relations, says all opinion polls suggest that a large majority of the Israeli public is aware that Israel cannot both free the captives and continue the war.

“The two are mutually incompatible,” he told Al Jazeera.

This has been echoed by the families of the captives as well as experts, including former military and intelligence officials in Israel, Seidmann noted.

There is a “binary choice – end hostilities, withdraw from Gaza while receiving all of the hostages back”, he said. “Any continuation of the war and any continuation of the Israeli presence in Gaza is a death sentence to the hostages.”

Israeli army destroys home of suspected attacker

Israeli forces have blown up the home of a man who is alleged to have carried out a February shooting attack at a bus stop in southern Israel, reports the Wafa news agency.

The demolition of his eighth-floor apartment, located in Jerusalem’s Shu’fat refugee camp, has left his wife and four children homeless.

The man, 37-year-old Fadi Jamjoum, was fatally shot by an Israeli reservist following the February bus stop attack.

Within days, Israeli forces raided Jamjoum’s home and took measurements, preparing to demolish it, according to Wafa.

Israel regularly demolishes the homes of Palestinians accused of attacks on Israel, a policy that rights groups decry as a form of “collective punishment”.

Pro-Palestinian student protests continue across Spain

We have verified videos posted online showing Granada University students demonstrating in front of the institution’s presidency at the Royal Hospital of the city in southern Spain, in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

The protesters are demanding their university divest from Israel as they chant slogans in support of Palestinians.

Israel Hayom, a Hebrew language Israeli newspaper, also reported today that the University of Barcelona is expected to cut ties with Israel after student protests.

Pro-Palestinian student protests have taken place across Spain this week with more than 2,000 lecturers having come out in support of the rallies.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/9/israels-war-on-gaza-live-biden-admits-israel-used-us-bombs-on-civilians

Bangladesh students protest Israeli genocide in Gaza

Thousands of university and college students across Bangladesh staged demonstrations on Monday, joining the wave of international student protests opposing the imperialist-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza.

The protesting Bangladeshi students also condemned the brutal police crackdown on students at university campuses and colleges across the US where they are also campaigning against Israel’s barbaric war.

Dhaka University was the main centre of Monday’s protests with students participating from other campuses and colleges. According to the Bangladesh-based New Age, other demonstrations were held at universities in Jahangirnagar, Chittagong, Comilla, Rajshahi and the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.

Significant numbers of students also protested at Shah Azizul Haque College in Bogura and Mymensingh’s Agricultural University. Palestinian students enrolled at these universities and university lecturers also participated.

The students at the rallies and marches carried banners with slogans such as “Free Palestine, Stop Genocide! Down with Zionism! Ceasefire in Gaza now!” The rally at Dhaka University, which was joined by several university lecturers, was under the banner “Solidarity with Free Palestine Movement in American Universities!”

Solaiman Khan, a 23-year-old Dhaka University student, told Arab News: “The US and some other big players always speak in favor of freedom of speech. But what we have seen at university campuses in the US is a shame for all world leaders.” He added: “The youth [of Bangladesh] have come onto the streets against this sort of hypocrisy from the superpowers of the world.”



Mosaddek Ibne Mohammad Ali, who attended that event, told the media: “What Israel has been doing to the people of Gaza is clearly a war crime and genocide. The Netanyahu administration has violated all the humanitarian laws. This illegal war must be stopped for the sake of humanity.”

He condemned the Biden administration’s unwavering support for Israel and recalled previous US imperialist wars: “They violated the laws of democracy in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and now they are violating democracy in their own country [by] attacking and imprisoning the students.”

read more:
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/05/09/ccoj-m09.html

Funny Cornish Man - Analysis on US politicians threats against the International Criminal Court
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 No.481439

>>481436
It doesn't seem wise, but it does seem like it's what they're trying to do.
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 No.481440

Breaking Points - Biden HALTS IDF War Crime Report Amid Rafah INVASION w/ analysis

Hezbollah claims to hit Israeli sites near border

Lebanon’s Hezbollah group says it has fired weapons at Israel’s Ramia military site near the border, destroying one of its newly set up “technical systems”.

Hezbollah also fired a rocket at Israel’s al-Samaqa military site, which is located in the occupied Lebanese hills of Kfarchouba, report our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

The Hezbollah attacks follow an alleged Israeli drone attack on a car in southern Lebanon that killed four of its members, according to Lebanese security sources cited by Reuters.

Elite UK universities join pro-Palestine student movement, spooking PM
Edna Mohamed
Reporting from London, UK

At 3am (02:00 GMT) last Wednesday, as the rain poured down, pro-Palestine students at Bristol University set up an encampment opposite a study centre on campus.

Eugenia and five other student activists who had met at previous protests put four tents together. But despite the cold, more sprung up over the next few nights.

“It’s now grown to at least 20 tents, with loads of people rotating in and out, usually about 30 [people] at the camp during the day. But it’s sometimes more if we have a specific event on,” Eugenia, an organiser with the Bristol for Palestine group, told Al Jazeera.

Police arrive at Malmo’s main square before Eurovision

A heavy police presence is in Malmo’s main square where protests against Israel’s inclusion in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest are expected to take place.

Officers in more than five vans arrived in Stortorget, or main square, ahead of Eden Golan taking to the stage on Thursday evening in Malmo Arena to represent Israel.

A pro-Palestinian march will take place in the afternoon, which a spokesperson for the force said would cause disturbance to traffic in the city in southern Sweden.

The organisers of the march say the demonstration will take place at 3pm local time (13:00 GMT), with it ending at Molleplatsen park.

Boos for Israel’s entry at Eurovision rehearsal

Shouts of “Free Palestine” could be heard during Israel’s song at the rehearsals for the semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden. The semifinal is to be held tonight.

Watch the video below:
https://aje.io/8mqpai?update=2890246

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/9/israels-war-on-gaza-live-biden-admits-israel-used-us-bombs-on-civilians
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 No.481441

Yemen’s Houthis say they will continue to target ships transporting goods to Israel

The leader of Yemen’s Houthis, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, says the group would target ships of any company related to supplying or transporting goods to Israel regardless of their destination.

He said this was a fourth stage of escalation in retaliation to “the Israeli aggression on Rafah”.

“From now on, we are also thinking about the fifth stage and the sixth stage, and we have very important, sensitive and influential choices on the enemies,” he said.

Months of Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have disrupted global shipping, forcing firms to re-route to longer and more expensive journeys around southern Africa.

More than 300 Bedouins face forced evictions following home demolitions in Negev: Amnesty

We reported earlier on the Israeli authorities’ demolition of 47 homes in Wadi al-Khalil, a Bedouin village in the Negev.

Amnesty International has said in a statement the forced eviction of more than 300 residents in Wadi al-Khalil, one of nine unrecognised villages at risk of forced eviction “underscores the urgency to dismantle Israel’s apartheid system”.

“Instead of meaningfully consulting with the local communities in an inclusive decision-making process on planning, infrastructure development and access to land, Israeli authorities … continue to use urban development as a tool to displace Bedouins, disenfranchise them and force them into smaller and smaller pockets of land, in a clear illustration of Israel’s apartheid system,” said Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s regional director for the Middle East and North Africa.

She urged authorities to immediately stop all evictions and ensure those made homeless are granted adequate housing.

Major Rafah operation will not defeat Hamas, White House says

White House national security spokesman John Kirby says Israel undertaking a major Rafah operation will not advance the objective of both the US and Israel of defeating Hamas in Gaza.

“Smashing into Rafah … will not advance that objective,” Kirby said in a briefing with reporters.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/9/israels-war-on-gaza-live-biden-admits-israel-used-us-bombs-on-civilians
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 No.481442

>>481439
>It doesn't seem wise, but it does seem like it's what they're trying to do.
I don't understand what their motives are.

At first i thought this was an attempt at intimidation, but what they are doing has the effect of galvanizing solidarity and rope more people into resistance. When the CIA does color revolution stuff they deliberately try to provoke excessive police repression because that is such an effective tool to grow a movement.

The second puzzling thing is People are demonstrating against the actions of a foreign government in a distant country. By attacking these people, they make everybody think there is some sort of collusion going on. It's hard to reconcile why anybody would be giving so much political ammunition to the political opposition.
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 No.481443

>>481442
I can't speak for the Dutch, but in the US, the repression seems like acts of both desperation and… normalization, maybe. They seem to be part of a broader authoritarian project.

And, generally, there is some collusion - afaik the protests in the Netherlands are also about divestment, and their government, institutions, etc. still haven't done so wrt Israel. Not fully, anyway - needlesstosay, The Netherlands is considerably less involved in all this than the US, or even the UK or Germany afaik. Still! They aren't totally uncompromised from what I understand, and so there have been protests there for a while prior to these ones ramping up.
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 No.481447

>>481443
>I can't speak for the Dutch, but in the US, the repression seems like acts of both desperation and… normalization, maybe.
I can see the desperation angle, but this shit has definitely done the opposite of normalization, especially with regards to pro-Israel stances. It's no longer normal to side with Israel, normal people can't stomach it anymore.

>They seem to be part of a broader authoritarian project.

I get the impression this is people going down with the Zionist ship. The barbarism united the regional population against US empire, destabilizing the political hold on power of pro-western factions across the middle east. The IDF also failed it's military goals, they suffered too many casualties and despite the unfathomable devastation, every part of Gaza remains contested. Israels veneer of invincibility has cracked. The Zionist are compromising US imperial interests in the region.

>the protests are also about divestment

I see, that is indeed a demand directed at the government at home. However it's a rather harmless demand. They are demanding a change of policy, they're not demanding retribution.
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 No.481449

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Islamic Resistance in Iraq launches drone strike on Israeli base

The umbrella group of Iran-aligned militias in Iraq says it has launched a drone attack on a military base in Elifelet in northern Israel.

Neither the Islamic Resistance in Iraq nor the Israeli military has commented on any damage or casualties.

The Iraqi group promised it would continue its attacks on Israeli positions, which it said come “in response to the massacres committed” by Israel against Palestinians.

‘Burn down the UN’: Israelis set fire to UNRWA office in occupied East Jerusalem

The UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has been forced to shut down its headquarters in the occupied East Jerusalem after Israelis – some of them armed – set fire to the compound’s perimeter.

Philippe Lazzarini, head of the agency, said the fire caused “extensive damage” as “it took the Israeli fire extinguishers and police a while before they turned up”.

“This is an outrageous development,” said Lazzarini.

Over the past few months, UN staff have been “regularly” subjected to harassment and intimidation, the compound has been seriously damaged, and Israeli citizens have threatened the staff with guns.

“I call on all those who have influence to put an end to these attacks and hold all those responsible accountable.”

https://twitter.com/UNLazzarini/status/1788643951945150790

Israeli-American billionaire slams Biden decision on bomb transfer

Israeli-American billionaire Haim Saban, a major donor to US President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, urged the White House to “reconsider” sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel for its continuing invasion of Gaza.

“Let’s not forget that there are more Jewish voters who care about Israel than Muslim voters that care about Hamas,” he wrote in a letter to Biden.

“Even beyond Israel, this sends a terrible message to our allies in the region and beyond, that we can flip from doing the right thing to bending to political pressure.”

Saban, who hosted a major Los Angeles fundraiser for Biden’s reelection campaign in February, said “defeating” Hamas is a shared goal that Biden is now acting against.

Israelis opposed to humanitarian aid for Gaza block highway

Israeli activists against sending desperately needed food into Gaza blocked a major highway in southern Israel.

Booby-trapped tunnel blast wounds 3 Israeli soldiers in Rafah

The armed wing of Hamas in Gaza says it has detonated a booby-trapped tunnel in eastern Rafah when Israeli soldiers and vehicles were nearby, inflicting casualties.

The Israeli army confirmed the explosion and said three soldiers were “moderately” wounded. The Qassam Brigades claimed multiple attacks on Israeli positions, signaling heavy fighting is ongoing in southern Gaza.

In the north in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, Palestinian fighters hit Israeli forces with mortar rounds and targeted two armoured vehicles with al-Yassin rockets and an anti-tank explosive device, the The Qassam Brigades said. In the Sabra neighbourhood, also in Gaza City, a D9 military bulldozer was destroyed, it added.

Along the so-called Netzarim Corridor, which the Israeli army constructed to separate northern and southern Gaza, the Qassam Brigades claimed several mortar attacks.

Hezbollah claims seven attacks on Israeli positions

The Lebanese armed group said in its end-of-day report of border fighting with Israel that it had launched seven attacks using different weapons on Thursday.

The group also released multiple new videos of its attacks on Israeli positions, showing antitank guided missiles being launched to target gatherings of Israeli troops in buildings in border areas.

‘Nothing and no one allowed into Gaza’ for three days: UN relief chief

Martin Griffiths, the UN’s emergency relief coordinator, says the Israeli military hasn’t allowed anything or anyone to go in or get out of the Gaza Strip in tandem with its takeover of the Rafah crossing.

“The closure of the crossings means no fuel. It means no trucks, no generators, no water, no electricity and no movement of people or goods. It means no aid,” he wrote in a post on X.

“Civilians in Gaza are being starved and killed and we are prevented from helping them. This is Gaza today even after seven months of horrors.”

Amnesty calls on ‘all states’ to halt weapons transfers to Israel, Palestinian groups

Amnesty International urged states to “immediately halt the transfer of weapons, parts and ammunition to Israel and Palestinian armed groups”.

In a statement, the group said countries must do so while there is “a risk they could be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international law”.

Hezbollah claims attack to avenge ‘assassinated’ members

The armed Lebanese group says attacks on Israeli positions a few hours ago came “in response to the assassination” of its members in the Israeli air raid in Bafliyeh.

Hezbollah said in a post on its Telegram channel it targeted a military headquarters in the settlement of Kfar Giladi, “directly hitting the operation room” of senior Israeli forces and inflicting casualties. It released three videos of attacks on Israeli positions on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Two attacks were carried out using antitank guided missiles with one employing mortar fire. They targeted Israeli soldiers and “spying equipment”.

Seven crew members of Israeli-linked seized ship released by Iran

Portugal’s foreign ministry confirmed Iran has released seven crew members of the Portuguese-flagged, Israeli-linked ship MSC Aries that its armed forces seized on April 13.

Five Indians, a Filipino and an Estonian were released after another crew member was earlier freed, it said in a statement. Seventeen members still remain on board. Iran earlier said all crew members are free to leave if the captain also agreed to depart.

The Indian embassy in Tehran confirmed in a post on X that the Indian crew members departed Iran.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) confiscated the vessel after the Israeli military bombed Tehran’s consulate in Syria, killing seven members of the elite force, including two generals.

At midnight on the same day the ship was seized, Iran started its Operation True Promise, launching more than 330 missiles and drones at Israel, most of which were intercepted by Israel and a coalition of allies, including the United States.

Slovenia starts process of recognising Palestinian statehood

Prime Minister Robert Golob announces the Slovenian government has officially started the process of recognising Palestinian as a sovereign state.

He said Slovenia aims to recognise an independent Palestine based on the 1967 borders, or any borders that may later be drawn up as a result of potential future negotiations between Israel and Palestine, and reforms implemented by the Palestinian Authority.

“I call on Israel to put an immediate end to its attacks on Gaza and to use the negotiating table,” Golob said, adding that the governing coalition agreed unanimously on the decision to begin recognising Palestinian statehood.

Slovenia said in a joint statement on March 22 along with Spain, Ireland and that it has agreed to take the first steps towards recognising a Palestinian state.

Since 1988, an overwhelming majority of 142 out of 193 UN member states have recognised Palestinian statehood.

Tens of thousands protest against war on Gaza, Israel’s participation in Eurovision
Paul Rhys
Reporting from Malmo, Sweden

On the streets of Malmo, there are tens of thousands of people, protesting not only Israel’s war on Gaza but the fact that Israel has been allowed to enter the Eurovision Song Contest this year, and contrasting that with the fact that Russia was barred after their invasion of Ukraine.

There’s a huge Muslim population in Malmo – a lot of people from Syria, Lebanon and Palestine – and they see it in a way as rubber-stamping Israel’s actions in Gaza.

Alongside those demonstrations, there is also a pro-Israeli manifestation – as they’re calling it – of the Jewish community in Malmo. They’re saying it’s not a demonstration, they just want to show solidarity with the Jewish community. They say they’ve come under a lot of threats in the past seven months and they want to show their presence.

If not the top one, it’s definitely among the top three events the police here have had to deal with. They’ve brought in reinforcements from Norway and Denmark, and there are special police forces, and there are snipers on the roof around Malmo Arena.

Hamas urges halt to airdrops of aid after another two people killed

Hamas has called for an end to airdrops of aid after two more Palestinians were killed in northern Gaza when an aid pallet crashed into a warehouse after its parachute failed to open.

Residents had gathered there to collect relief supplies. A total of 21 people have been killed due to airdrops of aid going wrong, according to the Hamas authorities.

“We reiterate that airdrops pose a real danger to the lives of citizens and do not provide a real solution to alleviate the food crisis plaguing northern Gaza,” Salama Marouf, head of the Government Media Office in Gaza, said in a statement.

She called for the land crossings to reopen so humanitarian aid could be delivered to northern Gaza, where food shortages are at their worst.

Hamas says Israel operations in Rafah definitely not ‘limited’

Israel has already defied international objections by sending in tanks and conducting what it called “targeted raids” in the east of Rafah, the city it says is home to Hamas’s last remaining battalions.

But Hamas authorities in Rafah dismissed as “nothing but lies” Israel’s description of its operation as “limited”.

Residents and medics in Rafah said an Israeli attack near a mosque killed at least three people and wounded others in the eastern Brazil neighbourhood. Video from the scene showed the minaret lying in the rubble and two bodies wrapped in blankets.

An Israeli air strike on two houses in the Sabra neighbourhood of Rafah killed at least 12 people including women and children.

Critics warn an all-out Israeli assault on Rafah will lead to a humanitarian disaster with more than one million people sheltering in the tiny territory.

‘It’s like we’re sheep’: Palestinians flee Rafah with nowhere to go

Tens of thousands of people are on the move again as Israel threatens a full-scale invasion of southern Rafah where hundreds of thousands of people were ordered to go months ago.

“Where are we supposed to go? Where is the world that’s just watching us?” said Ahmad Abed, who has an eight-month-old daughter. “It’s like we’re sheep.”

At a makeshift refugee camp in Rafah, Mazen al-Shami said he was fed up. “We have no money and we don’t have the means to move from one place to another again and again. We have no means at all.”

Israel’s war on Gaza has driven about 80 percent of the territory’s population of 2.3 million from their homes and caused vast destruction. The death toll in Gaza has soared to more than 34,500 people, according to local health officials.

‘Anti-Palestinian racism’ affecting students at Berkeley schools

Berkeley Unified School District, a US public school district in California, faces federal complaints about anti-Palestinian and anti-Muslim incidents as the war on Gaza rages on.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee civil organisations filed federal complaints alleging instances of discrimination and harassment against students since October 7.

“The pervasive anti-Palestinian racism within Berkeley schools is deeply concerning and demands urgent action,” said Zahra Billoo, executive director of CAIR’s San Francisco chapter.

“Palestinian, Arab and Muslim students should not have to endure discrimination or fear for their safety while pursuing their education.”

‘Europe must raise its voice for justice on Palestine’: Iran minister

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian commemorated Europe Day, but said those who worked for peace and prosperity on the continent should also strive for that elsewhere in the world.

“What is happening in Gaza weighs heavy on the conscience of humanity and is a crucial test for the legitimacy of values – namely human rights and dignity that Europeans claim working for. Europe must raise its voice for justice on the issue of Palestine,” he wrote on X.

Amirabdollahian earlier spoke on the phone with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, saying if the US continues to “appease” Israel on invading Rafah, “the repercussions will be difficult for those who support the war”.

Demonstrations at University of Barcelona lead to Israel divestment

The University of Barcelona is one of the latest schools to divest from Israel after students organised large demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1788637606248579380

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/9/israels-war-on-gaza-live-biden-admits-israel-used-us-bombs-on-civilians
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Hamas active in north Gaza, expects to rebuild in south after Rafah invasion: Monitors

As Israel prepares to launch a full ground invasion of southern Gaza’s Rafah city, Israeli forces carried out their third “re-clearing” of Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood on Wednesday, “demonstrating that Hamas remains active beyond just Rafah”, war monitors said.

In their latest battlefield assessment, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) – two US-based think tanks – note that despite Israel’s repeated “clearing efforts”, Hamas “remains active and combat effective in the northern Gaza Strip”.

As Hamas has rebuilt its capacity in northern Gaza, so too will it likely rebuild in Rafah after the planned ground operation, the ISW and CTP said.

“Hamas’ remaining presence throughout the Gaza Strip supports CTP-ISW’s assessment that Hamas expects that it would survive an Israeli clearing operation into Rafah,” the monitors said.

“Hamas likely calculates that it could rebuild itself in Rafah in the same way that it is currently in the northern Gaza Strip,” they said.

Israeli troops blow up buildings in Rafah, artillery pounds Gaza City

Israeli forces are carrying out operations to blow up buildings in the east of Rafah city, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting.

Intense artillery shelling targeting the Sabra and Zeitoun neighbourhoods of Gaza City has also been reported.

We will bring you more on the Israeli military attacks on Rafah and Gaza City as information emerges.

Fierce battles reported between Palestinian fighters, Israeli forces in Rafah

Israeli forces are conducting operations in several areas of Rafah city, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic, while reports are emerging of heavy clashes between Palestinian armed groups and Israel’s military in the east of the city.

Video footage shared on social media showed a Palestinian family cowering in a residence as the sounds of heavy machine-gun fire and explosions could be heard nearby in what is being described as a “night of fire” in Rafah.

Al Jazeera Arabic also shared a verified video showing the aftermath of an Israeli attack on Rafah on Thursday.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1788613436290760961

UN to vote on resolution reviving Palestine’s bid for UN membership

The United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote later today on a resolution that would grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and that, again, calls on the UN Security Council to favourably reconsider Palestine’s request for full UN membership.

The US vetoed a widely backed resolution on April 18 that would have paved the way for full UN membership for Palestine, a goal that Israel has worked strenuously to prevent and Washington has been instrumental in blocking on behalf of its key ally.

The US deputy ambassador to the UN, Robert Wood, said on Thursday that the Biden administration remained opposed to Palestinian membership. During the April 18 vote, Palestine’s application received strong support with a vote of 12 in favour, the UK and Switzerland abstaining, and the US alone in voting no.

The State of Palestine appealed for support on Thursday, saying a vote for UN membership comes at “a critical moment for the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including the right to their independent State … [and] rightful place among the community of nations”.

Gunfire reported in occupied West Bank as Israeli military night raids continue
There has been gunfire exchanged between Israeli forces and Palestinian resistance groups in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the Wafa news agency reports.

Israeli forces stormed the Rafidia neighbourhood of the city and raided student housing, beating and arresting two students, according to Wafa.

Israeli raids and settler violence have also been reported elsewhere in the occupied West Bank in the following locations:

The city of Hebron and the town of Yatta to the south.
The town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.
Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian crops east of Ein al-Hilweh in the northern Jordan Valley, Wafa reports.

EU crisis management chief condemns arson attack on UNRWA’s Jerusalem HQ

Janez Lenarcic, the European commissioner for emergency responses, has called on Israeli authorities to ensure the “security and safety of UN staff” after attackers twice set fire to the perimeter of UNRWA headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem.

Israeli authorities must “prosecute those responsible for the attack”, Lenarcic said.

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini reported earlier that a crowd of Israelis, some armed, gathered to chant outside his agency’s office: “Burn down the United Nations”, noting that it took Israeli police and firefighters “a while before they turned up”.

“Over the past two months, Israeli extremists have been staging protests outside the UNRWA compound in Jerusalem, called by an elected member of the Jerusalem municipality,” Lazzarini said on social media.

“This week, the protest became violent when demonstrators threw stones at UN staff and at the buildings of the compound,” he said.

“UN staff, premises and operations should be protected at all times in line with international law,” he added.

Blinken expected to say Israel not breaking law on use of US weapons: Report

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to submit a report to Congress today on whether Israel has violated international humanitarian law during its war on Gaza, news outlet Axios reports, citing three unnamed officials.

The report is expected to harshly criticise Israel’s conduct, but stop short of concluding that it has violated the terms of use for US weapons.

US President Joe Biden issued a National Security Memorandum (NSM-20) in February, requiring the State Department to report to Congress by May 8 over the credibility of Israeli assurances that its use of US weapons had not violated US or international law.

On Thursday, Biden admitted publicly that US weapons had been used to kill innocent civilians in Gaza while announcing the suspension of a shipment of bombs to Israel over its plans to invade Rafah.

Palestinian filmmaker wins Peabody Award for Gaza coverage

Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda and AJ+ won a Peabody Award – one of the highest honours in journalism – for coverage of the devastating impact that Israel’s war on Gaza is having on local people.

The award was announced on Thursday for the first video in Owda’s series for AJ+ on daily life under Israel’s bombardment.

Owda sent a videotaped message from Rafah to the world on winning the award.

“Acknowledging journalists’ efforts at this time is really important to me,” Owda said.

“It shows the world what’s happening to us. At a time when the [Israeli] occupation is murdering us – journalists, doctors, medics and civilians – as if we were supporting terrorism,” she said.

“We rise to simply document the genocide happening to our people and we expose the oppression to the world,” she added.

“A terrorist is one who commits genocide, supports genocide, stands by genocide, remains silent during genocide, and rejoices in genocide.”

‘For the very first time’: Joe Biden admits US bombs killed innocent people in Gaza
Patty Culhane
Reporting from Washington, DC, United States

This has been going on for months. We know that the Biden administration has tried to pressure Israel on reducing casualties, trying to get more aid into Gaza. But they never admitted it publicly.

They never talked about what the consequences were going to be for Israel.

Well, that changed recently. We saw President Joe Biden come out and say, look, if they do this large-scale invasion of Rafah – there will be no bombs, no artillery shells, perhaps none of the technologies that turn dumb bombs into smart bombs.

And he is not just saying that it is going to happen. He is showing that it is already sort of happening.

We know from the Pentagon briefing today that there was a shipment of bombs – 1,800 2,000-pound (900kg) bombs. Those are the ones that cause a lot of destruction. And, 1,700 500-pound (230kg) bombs.

Those were supposed to be shipped to Israel and that’s been delayed.

So, Biden sending the message of what’s going to happen and telling them this is already not happening.

At the same time – one of the more significant things – is we have, for the very first time, heard US President Joe Biden say, specifically, that American bombs have killed innocent civilians in Gaza.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/10/israels-war-on-gaza-live-aid-operation-completely-crippled-amid-attacks
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 No.481453

>>481449
>‘Burn down the UN’: Israelis set fire to UNRWA office in occupied East Jerusalem
>The UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has been forced to shut down its headquarters in the occupied East Jerusalem after Israelis – some of them armed – set fire to the compound’s perimeter.
>Philippe Lazzarini, head of the agency, said the fire caused “extensive damage” as “it took the Israeli fire extinguishers and police a while before they turned up”.

<We're the only good guys in the middle east

<Sets the UN's soup-kitchen on fire

They're really putting effort into making everybody think they're monsters.
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 No.481454

>>481449
>Israeli-American billionaire slams Biden decision on bomb transfer
>Israeli-American billionaire Haim Saban, a major donor to US President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, urged the White House to “reconsider” sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel for its continuing invasion of Gaza.
>“Let’s not forget that there are more Jewish voters who care about Israel than Muslim voters that care about Hamas,” he wrote in a letter to Biden.

<Deranged anti-semite of wealth makes unfounded accusations that all Jews want heavier bombs for the genocide.


Meanwhile the majory of the Jewish diaspora keep saying
<not in my name
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Broadcast of Eurovision song festival on Belgian TV starts like this: "This is a workers union action. We denounce the human rights violations by the state of Israel. Moreover, the state of Israel destroys press freedom. That's why we shortly interrupt this programme.”

https://twitter.com/SarahABracke/status/1788667105656672373
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 No.481458

Happening now: UN General Assembly emergency meeting on the state of Palestine
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 No.481460

>>481458
Who is talking right now? Hamas is genocidal Nazis? They're the Hitlers of our time? What did the Nazis say, "Accuse the other of that you are guilty." — Joseph Goebbels. Israel has no leg to stand on. Free Palestine!
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 No.481461

>>481458
The Palestinian speaker made a powerful and moving speech.
Then the Israeli speaker came on stage and the first thing he did was accuse the UN of being the Hitler of our time.
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 No.481462

>>481460
Did Goebbels say that?
Sounds like you caught the Israeli ambassador talking. Isn't he a charmer?
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 No.481463

>>481461
He likes doing that!
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UN General Assembly resolution passes

The resolution to expand Palestine’s rights at the UN has passed with overwhelming support: 143 countries voted in favour, nine voted against and 25 abstained.

We will bring you a full breakdown of how each country voted shortly.

More from the Palestinian ambassador to the UNGA

Here are some more lines from Riyad Mansour’s impassioned address to the UN General Assembly:

Your vote today of course says a lot about your solidarity with Palestine but also about who you are and what you stand for.
It matters and I know an overwhelming majority of you will stand again with the Palestinian people in their hour of need and you will stand for just and lasting peace for the benefit of all.
In simple words, voting “Yes” is the right thing to do and I can assure you, you and your country for years to come will be proud to have stood for freedom, justice and peace in this darkest hour.
As everyone is saying, “Free Palestine, Free Palestine and peace for all.”
And I repeat, free Palestine and vote “Yes” for the resolution.
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Israeli security cabinet approved ‘expansion’ of ​​Rafah operation: Report

Israel’s security cabinet approved the “expansion of the area of ​​operation” of the Israeli forces in Rafah, Axios has reported citing three sources with knowledge of the details.

Two of the unnamed sources said this would be a “measured expansion” that did not cross US President Joe Biden’s red line while the third said it could be seen as crossing the line.

Earlier this week, Biden said the US was still committed to Israel’s defence and would supply rocket interceptors and other defensive arms but, if Israeli forces invade Rafah, “we’re not going to supply the weapons and artillery shells used.”

The three sources also told Axios the cabinet instructed the Israeli negotiations to continue efforts to reach a captive deal and try to formulate a new initiative that would lead to a breakthrough, with far-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich voted against this decision.

ICRC says ‘desperate’ to bring supplies into Gaza

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned that hundreds of thousands of people are facing “an extremely chaotic situation” as they try to flee Israel’s Rafah offensive.

“The food and water and medical supplies situation is critical and if this continues, then we move towards catastrophic, or even more catastrophic, consequences from the situation that we now see,” ICRC spokesperson Jason Straziuso told Al Jazeera.

He said the ICRC is “constantly asking” Israeli officials to allow access to humanitarian goods following the shutdown of the crossings.

“The Israeli officials know that we are desperate to bring in more supply trucks which we have waiting to cross the border as soon as they’re able to,” Straziuso said.

“There’s conversations also taking place about the need to spare civilian lives – no targeting of civilians, no targeting of civilian objects, meaning buildings, schools, medical facilities,” he added. “Those talks have been happening for months.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/10/israels-war-on-gaza-live-aid-operation-completely-crippled-amid-attacks
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>>481464
Who were the againsts?
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>>481466
Screenshot before they locked the machine
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 No.481468

>>481467
ty
so the nos are:
Argentina, Czechia, Hungary, Israel, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and the United States.

I'm actually laughing.
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 No.481469

>>481464
>>481465
>The resolution to expand Palestine’s rights at the UN has passed with overwhelming support: 143 countries voted in favour, nine voted against and 25 abstained.

The way i understood this, Palestine got membership in the UN and now gets voting rights in the UN, but for some reason the US and Australian speakers tried to contradict this.

What gives ?
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 No.481470

>>481469
I think this is technically a resolution to reintroduce a vote on membership at the UNSC and support it, so there is technical wiggle room, I think, but whether or not I'm right, the US would try to downplay it as much as possible. They flat-out lied about the UNSC ceasefire resolution.
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 No.481471

>>481470
>a resolution to reintroduce a vote on membership
So diplomatic foreplay ?
Can i assume that Palestine will get UN Membership given the overwhelming result today.

>They flat-out lied about the UNSC ceasefire resolution.

Oh yeah i remember that one, the Security council didn't put enough binder into that resolution to make it stick or something. s/
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 No.481475

>>481471
>So diplomatic foreplay ?
I think there's more to it than that, but at least partly, yes.

>Can i assume that Palestine will get UN Membership given the overwhelming result today.

No idea. I'd say stay pessimistic, but I say that for everything, personally. The US gov't really doesn't want it.

>Oh yeah i remember that one, the Security council didn't put enough binder into that resolution to make it stick or something. s/

Gotta use all ur glue. But not 2 much glue or it's "unilateral," like today's vote. 143-9 is the UN acting "unilaterally."
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 No.481476

Yemen’s Houthis thwart ‘spying network’ amid expanding military ops: Report

The group has arrested multiple people accused of working with the intelligence services of the US and Israel through intermediaries in the region, according to a report in Iranian state-linked media.

The Tasnim news website, affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), quoted a Houthi military official as saying a “network of mercenaries” who were in contact with an intermediary linked with the United Arab Emirates were arrested in western Yemen.

The official said they were passing information on where the Houthis were trying to launch missiles and where their forces were located.

This is a historic day, but only diplomatically
Marwan Bishara

Palestine has netted a victory at the United Nations, but this will not impact what is happening on the ground to Palestinians, says Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara.

“How will that weigh on what’s happening in Gaza? It is probably not going to weigh in at all,” he said. “In fact, there is almost a negative correlation because the worst the situation is getting in Palestine, the better it is getting at the UN.”

Bishara said it was evident that most UN member states were going to vote in favour of the resolution, but that it was disappointing to see over two dozen abstentions, which did not make much sense due to overwhelming support for the resolution.

“I think a good number of votes were against the United States as much as they were for Palestine, and I think a good number of votes were abstaining under pressure from the United States.”

Bishara said the “hyperbolic, clownish” behaviour by the Israeli ambassador, who shredded a symbolic UN charter to demonstrate his opposition, did not help Israel.

US denounces ‘unilateral’ vote supporting Palestine’s bid for UN membership

After voting against the resolution, the US criticized the vote for more rights for Palestine at the UN General Assembly.

Robert Wood, deputy US ambassador to the UN, told the General Assembly that “unilateral” measures at the UN and on the ground will not advance a two-state solution.

“Our vote does not reflect opposition to Palestinian statehood. We have been very clear that we support it and seek to advance it meaningfully. Instead, it is an acknowledgement that statehood will only come from a process that involves direct negotiations between the parties,” he said.

The UN has long endorsed a vision of two states living side by side within secure and recognized borders. Palestinians want a state in the currently occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip – all territory captured by Israel in the 1967 war with neighbouring Arab states.

Israeli leaders reject an independent state for the Palestinians.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/10/israels-war-on-gaza-live-aid-operation-completely-crippled-amid-attacks
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Colombia’s leader Petro urges ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu

Colombian President Gustavo Petro called for the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Netanyahu, whose government he described as “genocidal” in its war in Gaza.

The outspoken leftist leader last week announced his country is severing diplomatic ties with Israel over its attack on Gaza.

“Netanyahu will not stop the genocide. That implies an international arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court,” Petro wrote on X.

He added the UN Security Council “must begin to consider the establishment of a peacekeeping force in the territory of Gaza”.

Israel responded to the severing of diplomatic ties by describing Petro as “anti-Semitic and hateful”, saying his stance amounted to handing a reward to Hamas.

Libya intervenes in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) says Libya has filed a “declaration of intervention” in the genocide case South Africa launched against Israel for its war on Gaza.

This means the North African nation “believes that acts and omissions by Israel are of genocidal character, as they are committed with the requisite specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza as part of the broader Palestinian national, racial and ethical group”.

According to the ICJ, Libya said its move is focused on “the proper construction of the provisions concerning the duty not to commit and to prevent genocide, and the duty to punish genocide”.

https://twitter.com/CIJ_ICJ/status/1788974443936588141

South Africa asks ICJ for more measures against Israel amid Rafah assault

South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice to order additional emergency measures as Israel escalates its assault on Rafah in southern Gaza.

Israel’s attack on Rafah “and the extreme risk it poses to humanitarian supplies and basic services into Gaza, to the survival of the Palestinian medical system, and to the very survival of Palestinians in Gaza as a group, is not only an escalation of the prevailing situation”, South Africa said.

It also “gives rise to new facts that are causing irreparable harm to the rights of the Palestinian people in Gaza”.

South Africa brought a case against Israel to the ICJ in January, accusing the country of committing “genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza.

The top UN court ruled there was a plausible risk of genocide in the enclave and ordered Israel to take a series of provisional measures, including preventing any genocidal acts from taking place.

Tanzania decries UN Security Council veto blocking Palestine statehood

January Makamba, the foreign minister of Tanzania, expressed the East African country’s support for the UN General Assembly resolution granting Palestine further “rights and privileges”.

He pointed out that 143 countries voted that Palestine should become a full member state of the UN, but it still won’t be admitted for now because of a veto wielded in support of Israel by the US at the UN Security Council.

“We need to fix a system in which one country can thwart the decision of the entire family of nations,” Makamba said.

‘Insolence’: Iran denounces Israeli ambassador for shredding UN Charter

In a dramatic display, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, earlier shredded a copy of the UN Charter during his speech at the UN General Assembly denouncing a resolution giving Palestine more rights.

The move shows “insolence” by Israel, which only considers the UN Charter valuable as long as member states remain silent on its attacks on Gaza, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

“Insolence in the Zionist way is expecting cheering from the global community after killing more than 34,000 women, children and innocent civilians during seven months of war crimes, gross violations of international humanitarian law, and being accused of genocide,” wrote ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani in a post on X.

“Shame on the criminals.”

Israeli air force carries out strikes on Rafah rocket launch site

The Israeli military released aerial footage showing the bombing of an area in Rafah from which the Qassam Brigades fired rockets at Beersheba, an occupied Palestinian city officially known as Be’er-Sheva, in southern Israel’s Negev region hours earlier.

Two rocket launch sites were destroyed in the air strikes on the besieged city in southern Gaza, it said, adding there were secondary explosions, indicating the presence of additional weapons.

Israeli army launches air strikes across southern Lebanon

The Israeli military released new aerial footage of a wave of fighter jet attacks across southern Lebanon that it said hit “terrorist targets”.

The attacks struck Odaisseh, Khiam, Rab el-Thalathine, Deir Siriane, and Aita al-Shaab, allegedly destroying five military buildings belonging to Hezbollah, along with another site that directed attacks on northern Israel.

Since the start of the war on Gaza, there have been near-daily cross-border exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli army.

Israeli forces beat Palestinian shepherds, detain farmer in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces have assaulted shepherds in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources cited by the Palestinian Wafa news agency.

Troops also attacked the home of a human rights activist near Hebron, threatening to detain her if she continues her activities, Wafa said. Soldiers also reportedly attacked livestock and demolished barns.

In the West Bank town of Nilin, west of Ramallah, soldiers detained a farmer and confiscated his tractor, the news agency reported.

Hamas video shows sniper hitting Israeli soldier in Gaza City

The Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City is for a third time an intense battleground between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters.

The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, released a video showing a Palestinian sniper shooting one of the Israeli soldiers advancing into the neighbourhood.

Hamas says it fires rockets at Beersheba

The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, says it has fired the rockets in response to the killings of civilians in Gaza.

Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that warning sirens had sounded in Beersheba in southern Israel’s Negev region.

Hezbollah claims rocket attack on Israeli military base

The armed Lebanese group says it has launched barrages of Katyusha rockets at the Khirbet Maar military base near the Lebanese border in the past few hours.

Hezbollah said Israeli soldiers had gathered to repair damage from a previous attack when they were again targeted and suffered casualties.

The group has claimed seven attacks on Israeli positions so far today, saying the other strikes targeted the Kiryat Shmona settlement and the Yiftah barracks among other places.

Harvard University issues suspension notices to pro-Palestine students

The prominent US university reportedly started sending out suspension notices to students who participated in pro-Palestine demonstrations on campus.

The Palestine Solidarity Committee at the university said suspensions are effective immediately. “Students are now at risk of degree withholding, eviction, food insecurity, and deportation. Details to follow.”

The move came after the students rejected a request to put an end to their encampment with calls on Harvard to divest from Israel.

Police forces made more arrests on Friday as they raided US universities, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), tear-gassing demonstrators and taking down camps.

Killing of 12 members of one family by Israeli drone ‘without justification’: Monitor

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (EuroMed) says an investigation it conducted into the killing by the Israeli military of 12 members of a Palestinian family on December 4 as they tried to evacuate a Gaza City neighbourhood found that the drone strike was “without justification or necessity”.

The Geneva-based group said a video showed the aftermath of the two missiles fired from an Israeli drone that killed the family, mostly women and children. Its investigators visited the site and determined the victims were members of the Abu Al-Ain family and were civilians.

Three more Palestinians – a man, his child and an elderly woman – were wounded in the attack.

Yemen’s Houthis say 2 million people attend pro-Palestinian march

The Yemeni group has released aerial footage of the latest demonstrations in support of Palestinians and military operations against Israeli-linked vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

The Houthis have organised marches every Friday since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza.

US crackdown on Gaza protests signals ‘erosion of intellectual freedom’: UN expert

The UN’s special rapporteur on the right to education says a crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters on US college campuses signals “a concerning erosion of intellectual freedom and democratic principles within educational settings”.

“I am deeply troubled by the violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators, arrests, detentions, police violence, surveillance and disciplinary measures and sanctions against members of the educational community exercising their right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression,” said Farida Shaheed.

“I am particularly concerned about the unequal treatment of protesters based on their political stance, particularly targeting pro-Palestinian demonstrators.”

Students have enacted protest encampments in support of Palestinians in Gaza at dozens of universities across the US and around the world in recent weeks.

Some university administrators have called in police to clear the demonstrations, arresting hundreds of people.

Israel likely violated international humanitarian law in Gaza war: US govt report

The Biden administration says Israel’s use of US-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but wartime conditions prevented American officials from determining that for certain in specific air strikes.

The administration’s findings of “reasonable” evidence to conclude that Israel breached international law in its conduct in Gaza, released in a summary of a report being delivered to Congress, is the strongest such statement from Biden officials.

We’ll bring you more on the report shortly.

UN team in Palestine condemns Israeli attack on office

The UN country team in Palestine has condemned an attack by Israelis, some of them armed, on the headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees that led to its closure.

“Yesterday’s attack at the UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem, after weeks of threats and intimidation, are utterly unacceptable. It is imperative that Israeli authorities take swift action to investigate the incident and hold those responsible accountable for their actions,” it said in a statement.

“This is not an attack on UNRWA alone, but an assault on the entire UN system operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The UN in Palestine demands accountability for these acts, for immediate intervention by law enforcement should similar incidents occur in the future, and for Member States to recognise the longer-term consequences these attacks on the UN will have.”

Key takeaways from Biden admin report on Israel’s use of US weapons in Gaza

As we just reported, the US State Department has released a long-awaited report on whether Israel is using American weapons in Gaza in violation of international humanitarian law (IHL).

Here are some key takeaways from the report:

“It is difficult to assess or reach conclusive findings on individual incidents” in Gaza.
“Nevertheless, given Israel’s significant reliance on US-made defense articles, it is reasonable to assess” that US-provided weapons have been used by Israeli forces “in instances inconsistent with its IHL obligations or with established best practices for mitigating civilian harm”.
US intelligence agencies have “no direct indication of Israel intentionally targeting civilians” but they have assessed that “Israel could do more to avoid civilian harm”.
“We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of US humanitarian assistance” within the parameters set by US law. “This is an ongoing assessment and we will continue to monitor and respond to any challenges to the delivery of aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza moving forward.”

Students, Muslim groups call for Gaza ceasefire at University of Minnesota

Students at the University of Minnesota have been joined by civil rights groups to call on their school to cut financial ties with Israel and for an end to the Gaza war during a Board of Regents meeting.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations confirmed its Minnesota chapter joined Muslim leaders involved in the effort.

The rights group also filed a federal complaint urging an immediate investigation into a “hostile environment of anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab and Islamophobic discrimination” within the Berkeley Unified School District in San Francisco.

Hamas welcomes UNGA resolution on Palestine statehood

The UN General Assembly resolution on Palestinian statehood is an acknowledgement of “the necessity of our Palestinian people obtaining their legitimate rights”, Hamas said in a statement.

The Palestinian group also said the overwhelming support for the resolution is an “affirmation of international cooperation”.

“We call on the free countries of the world to intensify their efforts and provide all means of assistance and support to our Palestinian people, who yearn for freedom and to achieve their right to self-determination,” Hamas said, also calling on the UN Security Council now to recognize Palestine.

Netherlands crackdown on pro-Palestinian students part of EU pattern: Monitor

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (EuroMed) says in a report that a pattern of “repression and flagrant rights violations” is taking place in crackdowns on pro-Palestine university protests in the Netherlands – part of a larger pattern across European Union states.

The Geneva-based organisation cited a riot police attack on a student encampment at the University of Amsterdam on May 6, during which students were beaten and dragged away, and a bulldozer was used to down barricades and tents.

“Over the past months, there have been growing and alarming attempts by law enforcement officers across Europe to repress, intimidate, and silence those who criticise the Israeli forces, speak out against the ongoing provision of arms to Israel, denounce the killing by Israel of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, and expose the silence and complicity of their own governments, universities, and major TV channels.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/10/israels-war-on-gaza-live-aid-operation-completely-crippled-amid-attacks
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 No.481480

Hezbollah claims strike on Israeli military site

Hezbollah says it fired guided rockets and artillery at Israel’s Ramia military site near the border with Lebanon, directly hitting it, reports Lebanon’s National News Agency.

There has been no immediate comment from Israel’s military.

The attack comes after Israel’s military allegedly carried out several air strikes on southern Lebanese towns yesterday.

One of the attacks hit a mobile phone transmission site in Lebanon’s Tayr Harfa, killing civilians, including a paramedic and maintenance worker, according to Lebanese military sources.

A separate attack hit a home in the southern village of Yarine, killing one Hezbollah fighter and injuring a civilian, according to the sources.

‘Sophisticated attacks’: Hamas fighters prepared in advance for assault on Rafah

Sophisticated attacks launched by Palestinian fighters against Israeli forces advancing on Rafah demonstrate that Hamas prepared in advance to slow the ground invasion down, war monitors report.

On Friday, Palestinian fighters carried out “three tactically sophisticated attacks” on Israeli forces in Rafah involving the use of “thermobaric bombs, rocket-propelled grenades, and anti-personnel rockets in multi-stage attacks”, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) have reported.

Fighters, including Hamas forces, conducted 18 attacks on Israeli troops in eastern Rafah on Friday, according to the report by the ISW/CTP, two US-based think tanks.

“The sophisticated nature of these attacks required planning, coordination, and organization, further underscoring that the Hamas battalions in Rafah are cohesive fighting units that can mount a deliberate defence against Israeli clearing operations,” the think tanks said.

Report on Israel’s use of US weapons in Gaza a ‘passing the buck’ exercise: Analyst

Saul Takahashi, professor of human rights and peace studies at Osaka Jogakuin University in Japan, said the US State Department’s finding that Israel’s use of American weapons in Gaza was “inconsistent” with international humanitarian law was “probably the understatement of the year”.

The State Department’s report, which stopped short of stating that Israel had violated international law in Gaza, was a “bureaucratic, passing the buck exercise” by the US, Takahashi told Al Jazeera.

“It’s incontrovertible. Clear as the light of day that Israel has been committing a litany of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide,” Takahashi said.

“But nobody wants to be the one who points to the elephant in the room,” he said.

“I think what happened is the bureaucrats have passed the buck on and now its supposedly a political decision. But, really, the buck has got to stop … and Biden has to find his courage and stand up for what’s right,” he added.

“He is very much damaging, if not already decimated, his prospects for re-election in November.”

Whistles and booing as Israeli Eurovision contestant rehearses

Boos and whistles can be heard from the crowd in footage of Israeli singer Eden Golan practising her song ahead of the Eurovision final in Malmo, Sweden, on Saturday.

The 20-year-old has become a focus for protests by pro-Palestine demonstrators, who want Israel kicked out of Eurovision because of the war on Gaza, which has killed almost 35,000 people.

State Department report on Israeli arms ‘self-contradictory’: Expert

A State Department report provided to Congress on Friday assessing whether Israel’s use of US-provided weapons in Gaza has violated international law is “self-contradictory”, according to Brian Finucane, senior adviser to the International Crisis Group.

“It says that it is reasonable to assume that US weapons have been used to commit violations of international humanitarian law, and yet it does not say that Israel has violated international humanitarian law,” he told the Reuters news agency.

“It says that Israel has restricted humanitarian assistance into Gaza, and yet it says that currently, Israel is not restricting US-funded humanitarian assistance in Gaza, which is an absurd thing to say,” he added.

Finucane said that the State Department are “trying to have their cake and eat it too”.

“They’re trying to be seen to be levelling criticism while steering clear of the legal determinations that would bind their hands and potentially lead to restrictions on arms transfers,” he said.

UAE denounces Netanyahu’s ‘invitation’ to participate in Gaza administration

The United Arab Emirates has denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent remarks about “inviting” the UAE “to participate in civil administration of Gaza”.

In a statement published on the UAE’s Foreign Ministry social media account, the country’s foreign minister said Netanyahu “does not have any legal capacity to take this step”, and the UAE would not be “drawn into any plan aimed at providing cover for the Israeli presence in the Gaza Strip”, which is “under Israeli occupation”.

“The UAE affirms that when a Palestinian government is formed that meets the hopes and aspirations of the brotherly Palestinian people and enjoys integrity, competence and independence, the state [UAE] will be fully prepared to provide all forms of support to that government,” UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed said the statement.

‘Entire international community let us down’: Palestinians say as Israel seals Gaza’s borders
Tareq Abu Azzoum
Reporting from Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip

We have been touring the streets of Deir el-Balah today as the streets are completely crammed with people who are evacuees living in makeshift tents, living on the streets and in open areas.

We came across a number of families who are still looking for places to stay after being displaced from Rafah.

There is growing pressure on the medical sector in Deir el-Balah where Al-Aqsa Hospital, right now, is the main operating hospital and is responsible for providing medical treatment to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who are right now residing in this very densely populated area.

The question among Palestinians is where next to go in light of this ongoing nightmare.

They have been following the Israeli military orders for days, months now, and they have been attacked in areas that were supposed to be safe for them.

In the past couple of hours, we’ve been hearing loud explosions in the Nuseirat refugee camp, which is close to Deir el-Balah, and where a number of Palestinians have been killed and wounded.

So, in all aspects, including on the security and humanitarian levels, the situation is deteriorating without – until now – any kind of international support or intervention.

Palestinians believe that the entire international community has let them down now with the closure of borders and the suspension of aid flows into the Gaza Strip.

Dozens arrested after police dismantle encampments at US universities

Police in the US arrested dozens of pro-Palestine protesters on Friday, as they dismantled Gaza solidarity encampments at university campuses across the country.

Thirty-three people were arrested at the University of Pennsylvania, as police took steps to remove an encampment that has been in place for more than two weeks.

Ten protesters were also arrested at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the university’s president said, after riot police arrived on campus at 4am local time.

Police also arrested 13 people at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, while two people were arrested at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

WATCH: ‘I voiced concern repeatedly, I was silenced’, says ex US diplomat on Gaza
The Biden administration faces growing internal dissent against its policies in the Middle East, most recently marked by the resignation of US Department of State Arabic language spokesperson, Hala Rharrit.

Rharrit is the first career diplomat to resign publicly, protesting the government’s response to Israel’s war on Gaza. What effect is dissent having on US foreign policy? And is the Biden administration at a tipping point in its support of Israel’s war on Gaza?

Marc Lamont Hill speaks to Rharrit about dissent within the Biden administration and the government’s foreign policy.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/11/israels-war-on-gaza-live-battles-rage-in-rafah-as-tanks-troops-advance
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 No.481482

>>481460
>Accuse the other of that you are guilty
I think you are right about this
Check this out.
https://farside.link/invidious/watch?v=vj_yxpODJS0

The Zionist guy at the UN took a booklet with the UN-charta, put it into a tiny shredder, and then he accused all the diplomats at the UN of shredding the UN charta while he was doing exactly that.

This is the most literal display of accusation = confession
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 No.481483

>>481482
It's difficult to imagine him not doing this on purpose, it's so cartoonish.
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 No.481484

Captive died of wounds sustained in Israeli air strike: Hamas

Hamas’s armed wing has said in a statement that Nadav Popplewell has died of wounds that he sustained in an Israeli air strike more than a month ago.

Earlier we reported that the Qassam Brigades released an 11-second video showing Popplewell, saying it will publish more information soon.

In the video, republished on social media and cited by Israeli news outlets, the 51-year-old is seen with a bruised eye confirming his name. Superimposed text in Arabic and Hebrew reads: “Time is running out. Your government is lying.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/11/israels-war-on-gaza-live-battles-rage-in-rafah-as-tanks-troops-advance
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 No.481485

Relatives of captives to hold emergency news conference

The families of captives held in Gaza have said they will hold an emergency news conference in front of the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv later this evening.

As we reported earlier, the Qassam Brigades announced a short while ago that 51-year-old captive Nadav Popplewell died as a result of injuries suffered in an Israeli air raid more than a month ago.

Families urge protests to secure captives’ release, bring gov’t down

The families of the captives have just held the emergency news conference in Tel Aviv in which they called Israelis to take to the streets to “save Israel from Netanyahu” and secure the release of the people held in Gaza.

Here are some lines from their statement:

Hamas is regaining its hold in areas previously captured by Israel.
There is no strategy; the northern parts of the country are on fire, and the southern parts are now an active shooting range.
The evacuees are completely neglected. The disaster is growing. If we continue down this path, we will lose not only the hostages but the country itself.
Netanyahu is not only the obstacle preventing us from getting our hostages back. He’s also the obstacle preventing the state of Israel from succeeding. In order to save the hostages from Hamas, we must save Israel from Netanyahu.
To Gantz, Eisenkot, Gallant, members of the Likud party, of the coalition who still have a conscience: In order to rescue the hostages who are rotting in Hamas terror tunnels, in order to reach a hostage release deal quickly, in order to end the sabotage and to stop the criminal abandonment of the hostages, we call upon you – bring this government down.
The government does not care about the hostages, it is leading the entire country towards destruction. Stop cooperating with them, rescue the hostages and save the state of Israel. Come out and tell the public that in order to rescue the hostages we can and must end this war.
We, the families of the hostages, and the members of the public, must not give up. We will not stop until they are all brought back home.
Join us and take to the streets.
There’s no victory and there can be no victory without the return of the hostages. When we all take to the streets together, we will save the hostages and the country.

Captives’ families demand deal after Hamas’s latest video release

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum in Israel has released a statement calling on the Israeli government to strike a deal following the release of the 11-second video by Hamas’s armed wing showing captive Nadav Popplewell.

“Every sign of life received from the hostages held by Hamas is another cry of distress to the Israeli government and its leaders,” the families’ group said in its statement.

“We don’t have a moment to spare! You must strive to implement a deal that will bring them all back today.”

The video released earlier today was the third time in less than a month the Qassam Brigades posted footage of captives held in the Gaza Strip.

Protesters slam ‘double standards’ over Israel’s Eurovision participation

Adel Sadat, an organiser in the Malmo demonstrations against Israel’s Eurovision participation, says there are two main reasons for the protests.

“One is national and one is international,” he told Al Jazeera.

The national component was against the Swedish government and the local authorities in Malmo for allowing the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Sweden.

And then the international, of course, we stand in solidarity with Gaza and the Palestinian people and to really show the world that this is not acceptable,” Sadat said, criticising the contest organisers’ “hypocrisy”.

“Basically, double standards for not allowing the Russians, but allowing Israel [to participate],” he said.

Hezbollah claims 6 attacks on Israeli positions

The armed Lebanese group says it launched multiple attacks on Israeli targets in the past few hours, with the latest using rockets to hit a site in the occupied Shebaa Farms.

In Kfarchouba, southern Lebanon, Hezbollah said it hit the as-Summaqa site and achieved a direct strike with an unspecified weapon.

It also reported a hit on “spy equipment” in Jal al-Allam and said its artillery shells hit the Ramyah site.

Hezbollah and the Israeli military have traded attacks across the Lebanon-Israel border since October, raising fears of a wider regional war.

Palestinian armed groups attack Israeli forces throughout Gaza

Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, says it attacked invading Israeli soldiers and armoured vehicles east of Rafah with mortar fire.

Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, released a video showing fighters launching mortar rounds at Israeli soldiers in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, in Gaza City in the north, where intense fighting is ongoing for a third time since the start of the war seven months ago.

The group also released a footing showing its fighters working with the Jihad Jibril Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, to launch rockets at the so-called “Netzarim corridor”, which the Israeli military constructed to separate northern and southern Gaza.

‘We are abandoned by the world and everyone feels betrayed’

Islamic Relief has released a statement with the account of a staff member in Gaza while also condemning Israel’s latest evacuation orders that, it said, have created utter “chaos and panic”.

Here’s what the charity’s worker said:

“I feel like this is the end. It feels like we will all be either trapped and killed in Gaza, or we will all be forced out. People have stayed in Rafah thinking it’s safe and hoping that global pressure would stop an invasion. But now we are abandoned by the world and everyone feels betrayed and let down.

“It’s an unimaginable scene, with tens of thousands of people looking for shelter. People are pale and thin, tired and afraid. There are children, women, elderly people and people with disabilities trying to flee in wheelchairs. Injured people have to leave hospital with recent bandages and bloodstains.

“In other parts of Gaza, the few bits of remaining land are now filling up with tents and shacks built of bits of wood and nylon.

“No humanitarian assistance has entered since Israel took over the Rafah crossing and Kerem (Karem) Abu Salem crossing closed. Bakeries have stopped working because they don’t have fuel, so we don’t have bread. We don’t have any water supply as that also depends on fuel deliveries, so yesterday we had to pay $50 just to refill our tank. Cars have stopped, so people coming from Rafah to the Middle Area are either walking or packed into vans carrying hundreds of people.

“Many people in Gaza are already suffering from famine, but now we are entering a new period of unprecedented hardship.”

Report: US offers intel on Hamas leaders in exchange for ‘limited’ Rafah attack

The US is offering Israel’s military “sensitive intelligence” to target Hamas officials in Gaza in exchange for not launching a full-scale assault on overcrowded Rafah city, a news report says.

The Washington Post, citing four people familiar with the situation, reports other incentives not to launch a major operation in Rafah include information on the location of Hamas’s vast network of tunnels.

Also offered up by Washington are thousands of tents to house some of the nearly two million displaced people throughout the war-battered Gaza Strip, according to the sources who spoke to the newspaper anonymously.

The Biden administration has been widely criticized for arming and failing to put a stop to Israel’s seven-month war, which has killed nearly 35,000 people, mostly children and women.

Hamas calls for probe into Israeli mistreatment of Palestinian detainees

Hamas official Abdelrahman Shadid urged international legal and humanitarian organisations to investigate Israeli military mistreatment of Palestinian detainees in their prisons.

Shadid called the crimes against prisoners, which have included the death of at least 17 Palestinians, “unprecedented”.

“We call for an investigation that would expose the Israeli crimes against unarmed prisoners and for international pressure to be exercised on Israel to allow lawyers and humanitarian groups access to prisons and detention centres,” Shadid said in a statement.

Since October, Palestinian rights groups have raised the alarm about abusive practices towards detainees inside prisons and detention camps. The groups have warned Palestinian prisoners are subjected to beatings, medical neglect and even torture.

At least 50 professors arrested at US campus protests: Report

At least 50 professors have been arrested at pro-Palestinian campus protests across the US, according to US broadcaster CNN, which said it reviewed police records, court filings and news reports.

Since April 18, more than 2,400 students have been arrested on more than 50 campuses, it said.

Some of the arrested professors, who said they wished to support students’ right to free speech, were detained violently, resulting in injuries.

Harvard students name hall after Shireen Abu Akleh

Students at Harvard University in the US have named the hall after the veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was killed two years ago by an Israeli sniper in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.

Several human rights groups and media organisations found that the Israeli army was responsible for the killing of the Palestinian-American journalist.

University campuses in the US and around the world have exploded in recent weeks in protests by pro-Palestinian students and faculty members against Israel’s war on Gaza.

Some have renamed halls after the names of Palestinians killed by Israel, including Abu Akleh and Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl whose family car came under Israeli fire in Gaza.

Hamas says it holds US responsible for Rafah invasion, renewed fighting

The group says the new Israeli ground attacks across the Gaza Strip – including Rafah in the south, Jabalia and Zeitoun in the north – show it wants to keep “massacring” Palestinians.

“We hold the US administration and its President Biden fully responsible for the escalation of these crimes against civilians, including children, women and the elderly, by continuing to provide cover for Zionist fascism to continue its crimes,” Hamas said in a statement.

The group also called on the international community and the United Nations to stop adopting “timid positions” and put pressure on Israel to stop its attacks and get aid to civilians.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/11/israels-war-on-gaza-live-battles-rage-in-rafah-as-tanks-troops-advance
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 No.481489

Israeli military invades Jabalia again as Hamas ‘reconstitutes militarily’

Along with other neighbourhoods across Gaza such as Zeitoun, which the Israeli army has been coming back to repeatedly, Jabalia in the north is also being invaded again.

This is happening because Hamas is “reconstituting militarily there”, says the latest report by the Critical Threats Project and the Institute for the Study of War, two US-based think tanks.

It also noted intensified operations in the south.

“The Israeli military expanded its evacuation orders for civilians around Rafah, extending the evacuation zone to two refugee camps and nearby neighbourhoods.”

Israeli attack in northern Gaza captured by Al Jazeera

Our Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Anas al-Sharif says he and his team were in the middle of reporting when Israel attacked an area not too far from their location.

“Thank God we miraculously survived. During press coverage of the occupation’s targeting of citizens’ homes east of Jabalia camp, an area close to us was targeted,” he said.

In a video posted on X, people can be seen running frantically in the streets to seek safety following the Israeli attack.

https://twitter.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1789378285190738175

Antiwar protests continuing in Malmo during controversial Eurovision
Paul Rhys
Reporting from Malmo, Sweden

It’s been a fast-moving situation here with thousands of protesters making their way through the city. Most of the demonstrations received permission and the police have been able to keep them orderly.

However, quite a few demonstrators suddenly started protesting outside the Eurovision venue with Palestinian flags and were boxed in by police and taken away one by one. Some were forcibly removed.

Demonstrators are angry that an Israeli contestant was allowed to participate, comparing it to when Russia was banned because of the war on Ukraine. Protesters say it’s hypocrisy.

Israeli military destroys Gaza home of Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif

An Israeli air raid destroyed the home of Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, whose father was killed in an attack in northern Gaza in December.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1789368936275816763

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/11/israels-war-on-gaza-live-battles-rage-in-rafah-as-tanks-troops-advance
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 No.481492

>>481483
I guess that would explain the cultural meme of evil clowns.

Tho i would not entirely discount that he could be a true believer.
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 No.481497

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The Zionists canceled the funny dutch man for singing
<Europe let’s come together!
<It’s now or never!
<I love you all!
<Welkom in Europa
https://farside.link/invidious/watch?v=gT2wY0DjYGo

I guess the Zionists have a preference for Austrian painters making angry barking sounds.
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 No.481500

Netanyahu will go down in history as a genocidaire, says Colombia’s president

Gustavo Petro and the Israeli prime minister are continuing to trade insults over the war in Gaza.

The Colombian president, posting on X, said: “Mr Netanyahu, you will go down in history as a genocidaire. Dropping bombs on thousands of innocent children, women and elderly people does not make you a hero.”

He compared Netanyahu with the Nazis who killed millions of Jews in Europe and said that “a genocide is a genocide”, regardless of the religion of those killed.

Earlier, Netanyahu had called Petro “an anti-Semitic supporter of Hamas” after the Colombian leader called for the Israeli prime minister’s arrest over the killing of Palestinians in Gaza.

US report on Israeli violations not in ‘good faith’: MSF

A State Department report on how Israel is using weapons supplied by the US provides “excuses” to “deflect responsibility” says Avril Benoit, the executive director of the US branch of MSF, also known as Doctors without Borders.

Benoit said that the analysis from the Biden administration was not a “good faith effort to uphold US law”.

The US Leahy Law prohibits military assistance to forces engaged in gross violations of human rights.

“The horrific reality we witness on the ground in Gaza is that Israeli military operations continue to maim and kill civilians and block the provision of lifesaving humanitarian aid,” said Benoit.

Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian home in West Bank

Al Jazeera Arabic has obtained footage showing the aftermath of an arson attack carried out by Israeli settlers in the village of Duma in the occupied West Bank.

The footage showed Palestinians trying to put the fire out with buckets of water as flames from the blaze turned the night sky orange.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1789432899030442495

Arrests, water cannon as Israeli protest blocks highway

Israeli police arrested three people as protesters blocked Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway on Saturday night, the Times of Israel reported.

Family members of Israeli captives held in Gaza have held regular protests in Tel Aviv for months, calling on Netanyahu’s government to do more to bring them home.

A group opposed to Netanyahu’s government and its war on Gaza have also held their own protests, with the two protest groups joining to block the highway on Saturday night.

Biden administration’s changing rhetoric on Israel

Mohamad Elmasry, a political analyst and professor of media studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, spoke to Al Jazeera on subtle changes in the Biden administration’s language on Israel’s war on Gaza and the response of the Netanyahu government.

“It appears to me Israel is pretty much doing what it wants to do. It’s exerting pressure on the United States, not the other way around. We expect that it’s the US that’s going to exert pressure but it seems to be working backwards.”

“In terms of rhetoric, it had been interesting to follow [the] Biden administration’s rhetoric. [Earlier] the US said it did not want any kind of military operations in Rafah. You heard [Vice President] Kamala Harris say, to give one example, it was Israel that forced all those Gazans into Rafah in the first place. Therefore, the US opposes a military operation. But I think what happened [was] that in meetings and phone calls, Israel made it clear to the US that they were going to invade Rafah regardless of whether the US gave its blessings or not. So the US is now shifting its rhetoric. Instead of saying they oppose [the] Rafah operation they are saying they are opposed to a ‘major’ Rafah operation. We see that Israel that’s forcing the US hand.”

“The [US] rhetoric might become even more harsh towards Israel but the question that I have is: Is it too little too late? The opinion polling data we have, the encampments [at US universities] and man-on-the-street interviews suggest that people are really angry, especially young people. So, I am not sure ramping up the rhetoric against Israel is going to make a real difference. Donald Trump is ahead, according to FiveThirtyEight, a data collection and opinion polling site. He is ahead in all swing states. So, it’s looking disastrous for Biden, as one analyst said, Biden may have committed political suicide long ago.”

Police take heavy-handed approach to disperse protests outside Eurovision final
Nils Adler
Reporting from Malmo, Sweden

There have been large pro-Palestinian protests in Malmo, Sweden’s third largest city, all week over Israel’s inclusion in Eurovision.

Rallies, at times, locked down the centre of the city.

Palestinian flags were draped outside windows, and people could be seen wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh or clothes bearing the colours of the Palestinian flag all over Malmo.

Norwegian and Danish police officers were called in to join Swedish police to manage the crowds, and until last night, the protests had gone without incident.

Outside the arena where the Eurovision final was being held, protesters chanted “shame on you” as people entered the event.

As the show began, police decided to create a buffer zone around the arena and took a heavy-handed approach, cordoning off the crowds and detaining more than a dozen people.

Swiss singer Nemo won the controversy-plagued song contest early on Sunday.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-major-rafah-attack-feared-after-evacuation-order

"Israel invading forces are holding Palestinian families at gunpoint, then destroying the homes in Hebron in the occupied West Bank…

Netanyahu has ordered the demolition of over 3,500 Palestinian homes that will be used for settlements…"

https://twitter.com/Resist_05/status/1789552159631274293
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 No.481501

>>481497
>I guess the Zionists have a preference for Austrian painters making angry barking sounds.
They unironically do.
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 No.481502

Egypt says it will intervene in support of South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel

Egypt has announced its intention to formally intervene to support the lawsuit filed by South Africa against Israel before the International Court of Justice to examine Israel’s violations of its obligations under the Genocide Convention in the Gaza Strip.

In a statement by the ministry of foreign affairs, Egypt said the step comes due to the escalating Israeli aggression against Palestinian civilians.

It “comes in light of the worsening severity and scope of Israeli attacks against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, and the continued perpetration of systematic practices against the Palestinian people, including direct targeting of civilians and the destruction of infrastructure in the Strip, and pushing Palestinians to flee”.

Egypt said it is calling on Israel to comply with its obligations as the occupying power, and to implement the provisional measures issued by the ICJ, which require ensuring the access of humanitarian and relief aid in a manner that meets the needs of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

It also demands that Israeli forces not to commit any violations against the Palestinian people.

In the statement, Egypt renewed its call to the Security Council and international parties to immediately take action to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and to stop military operations in Rafah, as well as to provide the necessary protection for Palestinian civilians.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-major-rafah-attack-feared-after-evacuation-order
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 No.481510

Journalists detained in Tel Aviv on suspicion of working for Al Jazeera

Journalists from London-based news outlet Al-Araby Al-Jadeed were detained last night by Israeli authorities during protests calling for a deal to release captives last night, The Times of Israel reports.

Citing social media posts, the Israeli news outlet said the journalists were held on suspicion that they may be working for Al Jazeera, which was recently banned in Israel.

Israeli photojournalist Oren Ziv shared video and photos on X, which showed the journalists from the Qatari-owned outlet being questioned after authorities reportedly saw live footage of the Tel Aviv protests being broadcast on Al Jazeera.

https://twitter.com/OrenZiv_/status/1789619317509660698

Qassam Brigades claims series of attacks on Israeli forces in eastern Jabalia

The armed wing of Hamas has said on its Telegram channel that, since this morning, its fighters have:

Attacked nine Merkava tanks and armoured vehicles
Blown up a boobytrapped house with Israeli soldiers inside
Targeted a group of Israeli special forces inside a house with TBG shells
Attacked a tank using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
Shelled the cities of Ashkelon and Sderot in southern Israel
Shelled groups of soldiers and army vehicles

Qassam Brigades claims hit on Israeli forces in northern Gaza

Hamas’s armed wing says it has hit a group of Israeli soldiers and vehicles in the al-Mabhouh area east of the Jabalia refugee camp with heavy-calibre mortar shells.

Additionally, the group said it shelled Israeli forces in a house in eastern Jabalia, causing casualties.

Earlier, we reported Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari saying in addition to Jabalia and the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Israeli forces are also operating in Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoon.

Hezbollah claims attacks on Israeli positions in border fighting

The armed Lebanese group has claimed two attacks on Israeli positions so far today and has released videos of previous attacks.

Hezbollah said it targeted a group of Israeli soldiers at a site in the occupied Shebaa Farms in southern Lebanon and used anti-tank guided missiles to hit a military barracks in Hunin, saying it achieved a direct hit.

The group also released two videos of attacks on Saturday, one showing intelligence-gathering equipment targeted and another of an attack on Beit Hilal that targeted Iron Dome batteries.

Gaza prisoners endure ‘barbaric treatment, systematic torture’ by Israeli forces

Prisoner rights group Addameer is calling for an International Criminal Court investigation into war crimes against Palestinian detainees and urges international action for accountability.

In a report, Addameer described severe violations against prisoners, including systematic torture during interrogation, and assaults and brutal suppression in prisons like Ofer, Naqab (Negev) and others.

Israeli soldiers, the group said, use dogs to attack prisoners. Many are shackled with steel handcuffs, leading to limb amputations, and all are subject to “a deliberate policy of starvation”.

Detainees are not allowed to change their clothes or cut their hair, beard, or nails. Showers are few and far between. “They complained about the foul odours emanating from their clothes, saying they feel like they are living in a ‘livestock pen’,” Addameer said.

The group said that there is a “reasonable basis to claim that the occupying forces are committing war crimes and crimes against humanity against prisoners from the Gaza Strip”, and it called on the Prosecutor of the ICC to conduct a special investigation into these crimes and to take necessary measures to hold all those responsible accountable.

Israeli protesters block road to demand captive deal

Footage shared on social media shows demonstrators at a barricade in Tel Aviv.

The video, verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit, Sanad, shows dozens of protesters seated on the street, chanting for the release of captives held in Gaza.

Students walk out of university ceremony in protest at Jerry Seinfeld’s support for Israel

Dozens of students walked out of Duke University’s commencement ceremony as some chanted “free Palestine” to protest against the guest speaker, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, for supporting Israel throughout its war on Gaza, Reuters reports, citing videos of the event on social media.

The American actor visited Israel and has vocally supported it since October 7.

The walkout was the latest manifestation of pro-Palestine protests that have roiled US campuses as students call for universities to divest from arms suppliers and other companies profiting from the war and amnesty for students and faculty members who have been disciplined or fired for protesting.

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>>481510
>the journalists were held on suspicion that they may be working for Al Jazeera, which was recently banned in Israel.
<journalists held on suspicion that they may be journalists

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Civil Defence teams come under fire in Rafah

The Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza says its crews came under fire from Israeli forces after they responded to a call about a house that was bombed in the Brazil camp in the southern Gaza city.

“When the ambulance crews arrived, shooting was fired from drones towards the cars, which posed a danger to the crews’ presence there,” the group said on its Telegram channel.

The United Nations and other agencies have warned for weeks that an Israeli assault on Rafah, which borders Egypt near the main aid entry point, would cripple humanitarian operations and cause a disastrous surge in civilian casualties.

Cambridge college divests from all arms producing companies: Report

Trinity College Cambridge has opted to withdraw its investments from all arms manufacturers, the UK-based Middle East Eye (MEE) news outlet is reporting.

This development comes after MEE revealed in February that Cambridge’s wealthiest college had more than 61,735 pounds ($78,089) invested in Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms manufacturing entity that produces a significant number of drones for the Israeli military.

According to three sources who spoke to MEE, Trinity’s student union made the decision to divest from arms companies in early March.

College campuses around the world have exploded in recent weeks in protests by pro-Palestine students and faculty members against Israel’s war on Gaza, in which more than 34,000 people have been killed.

In university after university, protesters are demanding their schools sever any direct or indirect financial and academic links with Israel, including by divesting from companies with ties to Israel.

US senator: End Gaza war by giving Israel any bombs it needs

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has told a US broadcaster that the US was right to “end [WWII]” by dropping two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Now, he said, Israel must be given “the bombs they need to end the war they can’t afford to lose”, during an interview with NBC News that is being widely shared online.

Graham said, “I thought it was okay” when the US dropped the nuclear bombs on Japan.

“To Israel, do whatever you have to do to survive as a Jewish state.”

This comes after President Joe Biden decided to halt a shipment of thousands of some of the largest bombs in the US military arsenal due to urgent humanitarian concerns after Israel launched its ground invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza.

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>>481522
>Trinity College Cambridge has opted to withdraw its investments from all arms manufacturers
huh, so it does work

>US senator: End Gaza war by giving Israel any bombs it needs

Israel needs zero bombs
>“I thought it was okay” when the US dropped the nuclear bombs on Japan.
>“To Israel, do whatever
The US got a pass for nuking Japan, therefore Israel should get a pass for genocide ?
i don't understand the logic
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Senior member of Palestine’s Democratic Front killed in Israeli attack

Talal Abu Zarifa, a senior member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), has been killed in an Israeli attack on the Sabra neighbourhood in Gaza City, according to media reports.

The Wafa news agency and Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen television channel announced his death late on Sunday night.

The DFLP, a leftist group formed in 1969, was one of the first factions in the Palestine Liberation Organization to support a two state solution. Its armed wing has fought Israeli forces in Gaza and previously claimed several rocket attacks on Israel.

Student protesters at Johns Hopkins dismantle encampment

Pro-Palestine student protesters at Johns Hopkins University have taken down their encampment after officials there agreed to review the school’s ties to Israel.

The Hopkins Justice Collective said the “agreement is in no way a total victory”, but “it represents a step towards Johns Hopkins’ commitment to divest from the settler colonial state of Israel”.

The university confirmed the move, saying it would use its existing process to conduct the review. It also confirmed committing “to conclude student conduct proceedings arising out of the encampment, provided the protesters agree not to engage in further disruptions of university activities, including Commencement”.

Why is Egypt joining South Africa’s genocide case at the ICJ?

Egypt has long warned Israel against a ground offensive on Rafah, which lies across the Egyptian border with Gaza and is sheltering more than 1 million Palestinians. An Israeli assault on Rafah would result in tens of thousands of Palestinians seeking refuge in Egypt.

Cairo’s announcement that it is joining South Africa’s case follows some notable developments.

Israel seizes Rafah crossing

Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing on Tuesday, leaving hundreds of trucks filled with food and medicines stranded on the Egyptian side of the border. In its statement on joining the ICJ case, Egypt called on Israel to comply with the world court’s interim measures, which included the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Israel rejected a truce deal Egypt helped mediate

Last week, Israel rejected a ceasefire deal with Hamas that Egypt and Qatar helped mediate and said it would go into Rafah to dismantle the Palestinian armed group.

Egypt’s statement on the ICJ case called on the UN Security Council and “influential international parties” to “immediately move to a ceasefire”.

The US, which also helped mediate truce talks but has not held Israel to the latest deal, has said the talks, rather than the Security

Council, should be the source of a ceasefire.

Colombians welcome ‘Palestino’ football team at airport

A pro-Palestinian rally took place at Colombia’s El Dorado International Airport as activists gathered to welcome the Club Deportivo Palestino football team from Chile.

The Palestino team draws from the approximately 500,000 Palestinians who live in Chile, which has the largest Palestinian population outside the Middle East.

Supporters waved Palestinian flags and wore T-shirts saying “Free Palestine” as they welcomed the team ahead of its game against Colombia’s Millonarios in South America’s Libertadores cup on Tuesday.

Colombia’s leftist President Gustavo Petro, who has been outspoken in support of Palestine, called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Netanyahu this week.

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Maldives to join South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel

The government of Maldives has said it will formally join the lawsuit filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which accuses Israel of violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention in the Gaza Strip.

In a statement by the president’s office, the government of Maldives said the move comes due to “genocidal acts perpetrated by Israeli occupying forces under the guise of security concerns [which] have resulted in mass displacement, acute starvation, and blockage of humanitarian aid”.

The government also said that demands made by Israel for the immediate evacuation of thousands of Palestinian civilians seeking refuge in eastern Rafah “are a testament to its failure to adhere to the provisional measures ordered by the ICJ”.

UN confirms killing of first international staff in Gaza in Israeli ‘attack’

The UN has confirmed its first international staff casualty in Gaza after a UN vehicle was hit in Rafah.

Farhan Haq, a spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said during a news conference that the total number of UN staff killed in Gaza since October 7 has reached 190.

He said the Rafah incident could be characterised as an attack.

More on killing of first international UN staffer in GazaGabriel Elizondo
Gabriel Elizondo
Reporting from the UN headquarters in New York

A spokesperson for the secretary-general confirmed that there were two individuals in Rafah in a UN-marked vehicle on their way to the European Hospital there as part of their duties.

The UN said they work for the Department of Safety and Security and that they came under fire, and one of them was killed, and that person is an international staff member of the UN. The UN is not confirming what country the individual is from as it is still waiting to inform family members.

The second individual was injured; we’re told their injuries are minor and that they expect to have a full recovery.

HRW calls for ‘international action’ after UN staffer killed in Gaza

NGO Human Rights Watch says on X that the killing of a foreign UN staff member in Rafah earlier today is proof that “there is nowhere safe to go in Gaza”.

The organisation pointed out that the vehicle carrying the staff member who was killed – and another who was wounded – was on its way to a hospital when it was struck and heavily damaged by Israeli army fire.

Defence intelligence officer resigns in protest of US policy on Gaza war

US Army Major Harrison Mann, who works for the Defense Intelligence Agency, has announced his resignation, which he submitted on April 16, saying he “cannot justify staying silent any longer”.

In his letter, which he published on his public LinkedIn profile, Mann, who says he is a descendant of European Jews, wrote that the US “nearly unqualified support for the government of Israel … has enabled and empowered the killing and starvation of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians”.

“As we were recently reminded, this unconditional support also encourages reckless escalation that risks wider war.”

The Biden administration faces growing internal dissent against its policies in the Middle East, most recently marked by the resignation of US Department of State Arabic language spokeswoman, Hala Rharrit.

Rharrit is the first career diplomat to resign publicly, protesting the government’s response to Israel’s war on Gaza.

Josh Paul is the highest-ranking Biden administration official to resign over its approach to the war in Gaza, and Tariq Habash, a policy adviser at the US Department of Education, also resigned from his post in recent weeks.

Houthi-linked media reports alleged US-British attack on airport

Yemen’s Al Masirah TV Channel, a broadcaster affiliated with the Houthi rebels, has reported an alleged air attack carried out by the US and British military on the country’s Hodeidah International Airport.

The update shared on Telegram did not elaborate on the results of the air raid.

There was no information on the incident from the British and the US military. They have been targeting the Houthi positions in the country since the rebels started attacking vessels in the Red Sea in opposition to Israel’s war on Gaza.

Qassam Brigades claims drone attack on Israeli tank in Gaza

The armed wing of Hamas says intense fighting with Israeli ground forces is ongoing in northern Gaza.

The Qassam Brigades said its fighters managed to drop a Yassin-105 anti-tank shell on an Israeli Merkava tank east of the Jabalia refugee camp using a drone.

The group claimed attacks on four tanks in the same area.

Hamas says lost contact with members guarding four Israeli captives

Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, has lost contact with its members guarding four Israeli captives in Gaza, including Hersh Golberg-Polin, the group says in a statement.

Late last month, Hamas released a video of Polin, an Israeli American who has been held in the Gaza Strip for the duration of Israel’s war on the enclave.

The video ignited new protests calling on the Israeli government to do more to secure the captives’ release.

Israeli soldiers injured by antitank missiles launched from Lebanon

The Israeli military has reported that three of its soldiers were “lightly injured” and one “moderately injured” by two antitank missiles that crossed into Israeli territory from southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Israeli military have regularly traded fire since October 8, when the Lebanese armed group launched an attack on Israel in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza.

Hezbollah claims it destroyed tank in missile strike on Yiftah barracks

Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group has claimed to have hit an Israeli Merkava tank with a guided missile in Yiftah barracks in the occupied village of Qadas.

“It was destroyed and its crew was killed and wounded,” it said in a statement on Telegram.

The attack came in support of Gaza at 10:35am (07:35 GMT), it added.

Earlier today, it also claimed an air attack on the newly-created position of the 403rd Reserve Artillery Battalion of the 91st Division, south of Beit Hillel in northern Israel.

That attack left “enemy officers and soldiers dead and wounded”, it said.

Israelis attack aid convoy headed to Gaza, show social media posts

A number of videos verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad verification unit have shown Israelis attacking food aid trucks at Tarqumiyah crossing in Hebron in the occupied West Bank, preventing them from reaching Gaza.

The Israeli “Ninth Order” movement activists were seen destroying food aid and unloading it from trucks on the ground.

https://twitter.com/nassar_furat/status/1789955552774160812

Israelis torch area around UNRWA headquarters

According to HaMoked, an Israeli rights group, a group of young Israelis set fire to the perimeter of the East Jerusalem headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

This is the second incident of arson targeting UNRWA in a week.

On May 9, the UNRWA compound was targeted while staff were inside.

“While there were no casualties among our staff, the fire caused extensive damage to the outdoor areas. The UNRWA headquarters has on its grounds a petrol and diesel station for the agency’s fleet of cars,” said UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini at the time.

“This is an outrageous development. Once again, the lives of UN staff were at a serious risk,” he said.

Gaza’s death toll rises

At least 35,091 Palestinians have been killed and 78,827 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, its Health Ministry says.

The ministry added that 57 people were killed and 82 injured in the latest 24-hour reporting period.

Protesting students chant for Palestine at University of Geneva

Pro-Palestinian protests are rippling across European universities with the University of Geneva seeing demonstrations starting last week.

Students have called on the University of Geneva to divest from Israel.

University of Amsterdam staff join pro-Palestine protests

Professor of sociology at the University of Amsterdam, Sarah Bracke, spoke to Al Jazeera about the student and staff protests against Israel’s war on Gaza in the Netherlands.

She said the staff at three higher education institutions in Amsterdam witnessed police “violently” attempting to disperse a peaceful student encampment last Monday.

She said the staff today are protesting as they want to end the university’s complicity in “the ongoing genocide” in Gaza and call out the violent methods that police have used to suppress peaceful protests.

She noted that Jewish staff and student protesters were beaten by police despite the educational institutions’ claim that police were needed to protect the Jewish students on campus.

Pro-Palestine protesters take over university buildings in Dutch cities

Demonstrators have taken over university buildings in the Dutch cities of Amsterdam, Groningen and Eindhoven, slamming Israel’s war in Gaza, the Dutch protest group behind the action says in a statement.

A spokesperson for the University of Amsterdam (UvA) confirmed the incident and said it advised people who are not affiliated with the protest to leave the building.

The Eindhoven University of Technology confirmed that there were “dozens of students peacefully protesting outside next to ten to 15 tents”.

Students in the Netherlands have been protesting against Israel’s war on Gaza since last Monday and Dutch riot police had previously clashed with protesters at the University of Amsterdam.

Students in the United States and Europe have been holding peaceful demonstrations calling for an immediate permanent ceasefire and for schools to cut financial ties with companies they say are profiting from the oppression of Palestinians.

Hundreds of riot police arrive at peaceful university protest in Amsterdam
Step Vaessen
Reporting from Amsterdam, the Netherlands

What started as a peaceful walkout this morning by hundreds of university staff, professors, lecturers in protest against police violence against students last week is now developing and escalating once again.

The riot police are here, hundreds of them are blocking the entrance to the university. After the university staff finished their rally, the students went in and they have built some tents right into the main hall.

The police are now coming in and [the students] are trying to block the police. They managed for a few minutes but now the police car van is driving towards the entrance and everyone here is very much hoping that the same scenario that happened last week is not repeated here.

The protests are against the war in Gaza and they’re also demanding the university to cut ties with Israeli universities but also to protest against police violence and what they say is a violation of their rights to demonstrate.

So far I’ve only seen peaceful protesters and the police is coming in and of course, there’s a lot of trauma after what happened last week so the situation is quite agitated.

Displaced in northern Israel won’t go home if Gaza war persists: Nasrallah

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hasan Nasrallah says residents of northern Israel would not be able to return home for the start of the next school year if their government presses on with its war on the Gaza Strip.

Hezbollah has been exchanging fire with the Israeli military across Lebanon’s southern border in parallel with the war on the besieged coastal enclave.

The group said it is launching rockets at Israel both to support Hamas and to deter Israel from launching an attack on Lebanon.

In a televised address on Monday, Nasrallah repeated that Hezbollah would keep fighting as long as Israel continued its assault on Gaza.

“The link between the supportive Lebanese front and Gaza is definitive, final and conclusive,” he said. “No one will be able to delink them.”

Israel said it wants to secure the north for residents to return home either through a mediated diplomatic agreement or a military attack against Lebanon. Families displaced from northern Israel had been hoping to return home by September 1 for the start of the academic year.

PRCS says four members still detained by Israel

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says two of their members have been released following 49 days of Israeli detention.

They were arrested in March during the second Israeli raid on al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis, PRCS said.

Israeli forces continue to detain four other PRCS members and “their fate remains unknown,” the organisation said on X.

Israel police reject Nakba Day event near Tel Aviv University: Report

Israeli police are refusing to issue a permit for a gathering of Palestinians to mark Nakba Day on Wednesday in the plaza outside Tel Aviv University, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

It said this is the first time since the establishment of the annual event 12 years ago that the gathering is being denied a permit, and that organisers were not given an official reason for the refusal.

Israel protests Nobel laureate’s Vatican speech denouncing Gaza genocide

Israel’s Embassy to the Holy See has issued a protest after a Yemeni Nobel Prize winner accused Israel of “genocide” in Gaza during an event hosted by the Vatican.

The embassy expressed “indignation and shock” about the comments made by rights activist Tawakkol Karman on Saturday evening during a conference organised by the Fratelli Tutti Foundation, which Pope Francis created.

Karman, who won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for her role in the Arab Spring protests, told an audience in the atrium of St Peter’s Basilica: “The world is silent in front of the genocide and the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people in Gaza.”

After mentioning Gaza, Karman received a loud round of applause from the audience, which included fellow Nobel prize laureates, politicians, and church officials. The pope was not present.

In an open letter posted on X on Monday, the Israeli embassy rejected Karman’s accusations as “lies”.

“The site was contaminated by a flagrantly anti-Semitic speech,” it said.

“We regret that such a speech was pronounced without anyone feeling the moral duty to intervene to stop this disgrace,” it added.

Hamas condemns US senator’s suggestion that Israel nuke Gaza

The group has called US Senator Lindsey Graham’s suggestion that Israel strike Gaza with a nuclear bomb “shocking” and “reflective of the depth of his immorality”.

“It is also reflective of his inherent mentality of colonialism, as well as that of a group of high-ranking politicians in the US, who support the genocide being perpetrated by an occupation army against civilians,” Hamas said in a statement.

Hamas said Graham’s stated position “makes him complicit in the genocidal war on Gaza”.

The group “urged people to denounce such positions and continue pushing for an end to the war against Palestinians in Gaza”.

University of Manchester sprayed with red paint in protest to Gaza war

The walls of the University of Manchester have been sprayed with red paint by activists protesting against the killing of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The Palestine Action network of activists said in a post that the move is also aimed at making the university divest from Israel.

Global Anti-Apartheid Conference condemns Israel’s settler-colonialism, genocide

South Africa has hosted a Global Anti-Apartheid Conference for Palestine aimed at highlighting the continuing Israeli war on Gaza and the Israeli settlers’ illegal colonialism, among other issues.

The delegates from more than two dozen countries have now issued a statement in which they state they are “outraged by a century of colonialism; 75 years of ongoing Nakba; 75 years of Israeli genocide, colonialism, and apartheid”.

“We have witnessed seven months of ongoing genocide. The world has watched Israel brutally bombard Gaza from land, sea and air, turning it into an extermination camp,” the statement read.

“Israel has destroyed the conditions for life of Gaza’s people, including medical care, nutrition, education, infrastructure”.

“Just as the Global Anti-Apartheid movement did not make concessions to the apartheid South African state until the complete dismantling of the apartheid system, we too refuse to concede until the total dismantling of Israel’s settler-colonial project,” the statement concluded.

The three-day conference, which began on Friday at the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg, attracted international speakers, including Declan Kearney, the chairperson of Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican and Democratic Socialist political party, and Mustafa Barghouti, a Palestinian human rights activist and politician.

Will Israel’s war on Gaza sway South Africa’s election?
Qaanitah Hunter

Cape Town, South Africa – “We cannot allow supporters of baby killers to talk to us,” a furious resident of Surrey Estate in Cape Town shouted as he heckled the speaker at the podium.

The man was one of hundreds of residents of the mostly Muslim suburb who had gathered for a pre-election panel discussion early in May, where representatives from 10 political parties sought to lobby support.

When Riad Davids, the representative for the Democratic Alliance (DA) – South Africa’s liberal, centrist main opposition party that is considered a steadfast supporter of Israel – took to the podium to make his pitch to residents, he was booed.

The audience shouted and jeered, preventing him from delivering his message and seeking to force him off the stage.

The South African government’s support for Palestine has become a common theme in debates leading up to the May 29 general elections and expressions of solidarity with the people of Gaza have featured during the campaigns of various political parties.

Netanyahu, his ministers face protests during Memorial Day commemoration

Israeli military cemeteries have witnessed a wave of protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ministers during the Memorial Day commemoration of soldiers killed in wars, according to photos and videos posted by journalists and activists on social media.

Protesters blamed ministers, who were in attendance, for shedding the blood of Israelis. Many families started to leave the Mount Herzl cemetery in West Jerusalem when Netanyahu started his speech on Monday.

At the Kiryat Shaul cemetery near Tel Aviv, Israelis staged a silent protest during Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s speech, demanding his resignation and holding banners such as “Your hands are stained with their blood”. Antigovernment protesters have been urging the Netanyahu government to strike a deal with Hamas to free captives held in Gaza.

https://twitter.com/tomerappelbaum/status/1789934494767534149

UNRWA video shows extensive damage to its facilities in Khan Younis'

https://twitter.com/UNRWA/status/1789950182852800858

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>>481539
>Defence intelligence officer resigns in protest of US policy on Gaza war
>US Army Major Harrison Mann, who works for the Defense Intelligence Agency, has announced his resignation, which he submitted on April 16, saying he “cannot justify staying silent any longer”.
>In his letter, which he published on his public LinkedIn profile, Mann, who says he is a descendant of European Jews, wrote that the US “nearly unqualified support for the government of Israel … has enabled and empowered the killing and starvation of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians”.
>“As we were recently reminded, this unconditional support also encourages reckless escalation that risks wider war.”
>The Biden administration faces growing internal dissent against its policies in the Middle East, most recently marked by the resignation of US Department of State Arabic language spokeswoman, Hala Rharrit.
>Rharrit is the first career diplomat to resign publicly, protesting the government’s response to Israel’s war on Gaza.
>Josh Paul is the highest-ranking Biden administration official to resign over its approach to the war in Gaza, and Tariq Habash, a policy adviser at the US Department of Education, also resigned from his post in recent weeks.
The personal dynamics are:
Morally principled people realize they got dragged to the wrong side of history and then take the escape hatch. Facing a lot of uncertainty in doing so.

I wish i understood the political dynamics.
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>>481539
second picture where the woman is getting attacked by the anti-democracy mob. It says "BONK the POLICE" on the brick wall, what does that mean ?
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Houthi military threatens to expand operations

The Houthis in Yemen promise to launch more attacks – and at new scales – to oppose the war on Gaza, according to spokesman Yahya Saree.

“Gaza is a red line for us,” he said during a speech earlier today.

“We can target things that the enemy hasn’t thought of and can’t imagine, things that neither the Yemeni people nor the people of the [Islamic] nation can imagine,” he said without elaborating.

The Houthis have already promised to level up their attacks to target vessels in the Mediterranean Sea if attacks on Palestinians persist.

Amsterdam University closed for two days after police move in on protesters

The University of Amsterdam says it will remain closed for two days after police were called in to crack down on pro-Palestinian protests at one of the school’s campuses earlier on Monday.

The university’s board said it had cancelled all classes through Wednesday, and all buildings will remain closed as it said it cannot guarantee safety for those on campus.

Demonstrators demanding divestment from Israel and opposing the war on Gaza have clashed several times with riot police in the past week at the university. But the board says the demonstrations had turned violent.

US officials believe ‘total victory’ over Hamas unrealistic: Report

The administration of US President Joe Biden reportedly does not believe that Israel’s stated strategy of pursuing “total” victory over Hamas in Gaza is feasible.

“Sometimes when we listen closely to Israeli leaders, they talked about mostly the idea of some sort of sweeping victory on the battlefield, total victory,” said Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, according to US news outlet Politico.

“I don’t think we believe that that is likely or possible.”

Campbell said many countries wish to see a “political solution in which the rights of Palestinians are more respected”.

Hezbollah claims seven attacks on Israeli positions

The armed Lebanese group says in its end-of-day report that its fighters carried out seven attacks throughout Monday, with the latest hitting Israeli soldiers in the settlement of Metulla.

Hezbollah said the attack was in response to Israeli assaults on southern Lebanese villages and civilian homes, most recently in Odaisseh.

It also reported a drone attack on an Israeli army site in Beit Hillel, resulting in casualties, along with a rocket attack on Kfarchouba and an antitank guided missile attack on a Merkava tank.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-14-killed-in-israeli-attack-on-central-gaza-home
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>>481548
See around 1:15 here: >>480749
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>>481550
oh, that's what that means
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>>481549
>The University of Amsterdam says it will remain closed for two days after police were called in to crack down on pro-Palestinian protests at one of the school’s campuses earlier on Monday.
>The university’s board said it had cancelled all classes through Wednesday, and all buildings will remain closed as it said it cannot guarantee safety for those on campus.
>Demonstrators demanding divestment from Israel and opposing the war on Gaza have clashed several times with riot police in the past week at the university. But the board says the demonstrations had turned violent.
People have a peaceful protest.
Send in goons to beat them up, things turn violent.
Close down the venue because it's not safe anymore.

That logic would negate the right to protest. So what now ?
Assume that all protests are always peaceful and that all violence that occurs is caused by anti-democracy force seeking to undermine the democratic process.
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Al-Aqsa Mosque compound stormed, Israeli flag raised

We have received reports that dozens of Israelis have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third-holiest site, and raised the Israeli flag.

Footage verified by Al Jazeera shows a man holding the flag as an Israeli police officer speaks with him calmly and does not forcibly escort him from the compound.

The incident follows rallying calls made by Beyadenu, an organisation that says it aims “to strengthen the Jewish People’s connection” to the holy site, for the Israeli flag to be raised at the mosque on May 14.

Palestinians regard the day as the Nakba – or the “catastrophe” – which led to the creation of Israel.

The storming of the compound is a regular occurrence even though entering any part of it is forbidden for Jews due to the sacred nature of the site, according to Jewish law.

Israeli authorities have also repeatedly barred Palestinians from entering the site for Friday prayers since October 7, forcing many to pray on the streets near the Old City.

In previous years, Israeli forces have also attacked Palestinian worshippers inside the mosque.

Nakba survivor says Gaza’s displacement crisis worse than previous wars

Fatima Hussein, an 87-year-old Palestinian woman, says Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza brings back memories of being displaced from her village in the Nakba 76 years ago.

“In ’48 I carried my nephew and today my son and grandchildren carried me,” Hussein told the Palestinian news agency Wafa. “And in ’48 I ran away on foot and today I ran away by bus with only a few clothes.”

Yet, she added, the current war has brought a level of destruction and displacement not seen in previous conflicts.

“In the tripartite aggression, they executed civilians in the streets and in ’67 they occupied the Gaza Strip … but not at this level and there was no repeated displacement,” Hussein said.

Israeli forces firing on Palestinians trapped at UNRWA school in north Gaza
Moath al-Kahlout
Reporting from Jabalia, Gaza

As Israeli forces step up their attacks in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, many civilians remain trapped at a UNRWA school in the centre of the camp.

Israeli forces are stationed behind the school and, along with helicopters and quadcopter, are firing on civilians stuck there. The Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza is reporting receiving casualties from that area.

Sri Lankan MP urges government to cut ties with Israel

Sri Lanka’s opposition MP Rauff Hakeem has urged the government to cut off diplomatic ties with Israel if it continues with its military operations in Gaza.

“Threaten Israel and inform it that Sri Lanka will withdraw diplomatic ties if the offensive is not stopped in Gaza. Do this as a last resort,” Hakeem said in Parliament.

State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya responded that Sri Lanka’s policy is to “maintain ties with all countries”, but that “does not mean we have abandoned Palestine”.

Palestinian fighters claim most attacks on Israeli forces in a single day since start of year

Palestinian armed groups claimed to have launched 33 attacks against Israeli forces in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, the most attacks claimed by Palestinian fighters in a single day of the war in 2024.

Washington, DC-based think tanks the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) said the “unusually high number of attacks” reported on Monday demonstrate that Palestinian armed groups remain “combat effective and retain a significant force presence” beyond just Rafah in Gaza’s south.

“Hamas has exploited Israeli withdrawals from the northern Gaza Strip to begin reconstituting there, which has in turn led Israeli forces to return to areas to re-clear them,” the ISW and CTP said in their latest battlefield assessment.

“Hamas and the other Palestinian militias will almost certainly resume their reconstitution efforts in these neighbourhoods after Israeli forces complete their current clearing operations,” the think tanks said.

Gaza rescue efforts may stop due to lack of fuel, heavy equipment

Gaza’s civil defence crew is struggling to reach victims trapped under the rubble of bombed buildings, said a spokesperson for the agency, putting the lives of hundreds of injured Palestinians at risk.

Israeli forces “continue to target and destroy the heavy equipment that helps us recover the victims”, said the spokesperson at a press confernece outside Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah.

A severe fuel shortage is further straining rescue efforts, which may soon come to “a total halt”, added the spokesperson.

“As we speak, hundreds of victims remain buried under the rubble and our teams are not able to recover them. These numbers are continuing to rise.”

==Israeli government doing little to stop looting of Gaza-bound aid convoys''
Stefanie Dekker
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government.

The latest to be attacked was a Jordanian convoy. It had to go through the occupied West Bank to reach the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing in the south of the Gaza Strip.

The right-wing Israeli protesters blocked it and set it on fire after looting it.

It’s not the first time this has happened. We’ve been seeing this for months. The protesters simply don’t want any aid going to the Palestinians. They don’t make a distinction between the Hamas and civilians.

Little is being done on the part of the Israeli government to stop this. Israel has an incredibly powerful security force, particularly when it comes to looking at Palestinian protesters. But they’re not doing the same when it comes to these protests.

According to media reports, Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right-wing security minister, told the police not to get involved because his ideology is the same as that of protesters. He wants settlements to start again in Gaza, he doesn’t want aid to get in and doesn’t want a ceasefire.

Israel is attacking known aid worker locations in Gaza, says HRW

Israel’s military has carried out at least eight attacks on aid workers’ convoys and premises in Gaza since October last year, even though the aid groups had provided their coordinates to Israeli authorities, according to a prominent rights group.

Human Rights Watch, in a new report, said Israeli authorities did not issue advance warnings to any of the aid organisations before the attacks, which have killed or wounded at least 31 humanitarian workers and those with them.

It said aid groups allege that a bomb used in one Israeli attack in January was US-made and was delivered by an F-16 aircraft that reportedly uses British-made components.

“Israel’s allies need to recognize that these attacks that have killed aid workers have happened over and over again, and they need to stop,” said Belkis Wille, associate director at HRW.

No hospitals operating in northern Gaza

Gaza’s Government Media Office says hospitals are no longer operating in the north of the besieged enclave.

The Israeli military has issued evacuation orders and stepped up attacks in recent days as they’ve launched a new ground operation in northern Gaza, displacing about 100,000 people, according to the UN.

The Jabalia refugee camp has seen intense fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian groups. Displaced civilians say the situation on the ground is “disastrous”, with Israeli forces firing on UNRWA shelters and forcing large numbers of people to flee again.

Nearly 450,000 displaced from Rafah: UNRWA

Nearly 450,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since May 6, when the Israeli military began massing troops near the city, seizing the border crossing, and ordering evacuations, according to the UN agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).

“People face constant exhaustion, hunger and fear,” said UNRWA in a post on X. “Nowhere is safe. An immediate ceasefire is the only hope”.

US officials say Israel amassed enough troops in Rafah to launch full-scale invasion

Two senior Biden administration officials say the Israeli military has gathered enough troops at the edge of Rafah city to launch a full-scale invasion in the coming days.

However, US officials are unsure if the Israeli military will proceed with a ground invasion after Biden warned that he would withhold arms shipments to Israel if they were to take that step, CNN reports.

The unnamed officials quoted by CNN added that Israel has “not come anywhere close” to making adequate preparations for evacuating Rafah’s population before any invasion, such as “building infrastructure related to food, hygiene and shelter”.

Jordan condemns storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
Stefanie Dekker
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government.

Jordan is the custodian of the holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem.

There’s something called the status quo for Al-Aqsa Mosque which is what Jordan and Israel have agreed upon. That means that non-Muslims can visit the site twice a day during the week, but they cannot pray.

What has changed over the years is the nature of these visits by Israeli far-right-wing ultranationalists. Today is Independence Day in Israel, so you’re seeing more numbers of these right-wing ultranationalists visiting the compound. They’re not allowed to pray, but what they’re doing today is bringing a lot of Israeli flags with them. This again is forbidden and hugely controversial.

Jordan has condemned this, saying it is a violation of the status quo. There are videos where you see at one point one Israeli security force confiscating a flag, but others are just allowed to walk free.

The status quo at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound has the ability to inflame not just Palestine but the wider region. It is a tinderbox.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-14-killed-in-israeli-attack-on-central-gaza-home
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>>481553
Wow those Zionist stomping on the food aid packages, that's something else.
So they're really trying to starve over a million people to death on purpose.
That's not something the Zionreich can come back from. Maybe the Egyptian military should force open the Rafah crossing and escort the aid trucks.
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 No.481556

>>481554
Egypt is unlikely to do anything like that. Right now they're signing on to South Africa's ICJ case against Israel, but that's most likely just to avoid having to directly engage in war with Israel after Israel took Rafah in violation of the Camp David accords. El-Sisi is also walking a fine line domestically; he wants to keep Egypt in the US pocket, but he also has a population who are more and more pissed about what Israel has been doing and continues to do, and his inaction.
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Breaking Points - PANICKED Dems Float ONLINE DNC To Avoid Protests

ICJ to hold hearings over Israel’s Rafah attacks

The UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold hearings on Thursday and Friday to discuss new emergency measures sought by South Africa over Israel’s attacks on Rafah during the war in Gaza.

The hearings on May 16 and 17 will deal with South Africa’s request to the court to order more emergency measures against Israel over its attacks on Rafah, the tribunal said.

The request is part of an ongoing case brought by South Africa against Israel in January, accusing it of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

On Sunday, Egypt joined Turkey and Colombia in formally requesting to join the case against Israel.

‘This is not our Judaism’

Sapir Sluzker Amran, the rights activist who documented the aid convoy looting near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, says Israelis have a “moral duty” to oppose fellow citizens who are committing abuses towards Palestinians.

“I say this with tears because of what happened yesterday [the destruction of aid]. It doesn’t represent many Israelis and many Jews,” Sluzker Amran told Al Jazeera.

“My family is Iraqi. I see grandmothers and grandfathers in Gaza begging for food. We condemn it and we hope to stop it. This is a moral obligation to fight our own people in order to tell them what they are doing is wrong,” she said.

“I will keep organising more people to fight and to say: This is not our Judaism, this is not the society we want to live in,” she added.

“We have to stop this war. We cannot let this bloodshed continue.”

‘The police supported them’: Israeli rights activist on aid convoy looting

Sapir Sluzker Amran, an Israeli human rights lawyer who went to the Tarqumiyah crossing in Hebron to document the looting of a Gaza-bound aid convoy yesterday, has described the scenes to Al Jazeera.

For hours, a group of far-right Israeli activists tore food parcels out of aid trucks and destroyed them, including boxes of rice and noodles headed to desperately hungry people in Gaza.

Police at the scene protected the activists, giving them “full permission to do whatever they wanted”, said Sluzker Amran.

“I didn’t see anyone being arrested. The only one who was asked to leave was me,” she added, noting that the activists also threatened and physically attack her for trying to document the incident.

She said she believes police or security forces fed the activists information on when and where the aid trucks would arrive, with the information being shared openly on social media platforms.

UN says it informed Israel of vehicle that was fatally hit in Gaza

The UN says that it had informed Israeli authorities of the movements of a vehicle carrying UN staff, which was hit in southern Gaza, killing an Indian national.

UN spokesperson Rolando Gomez told a media briefing that a second UN staff member in the vehicle was wounded in the attack, adding that the two had been travelling to the European Hospital in Rafah when their vehicle was hit.

“The UN informs Israeli authorities of the movement of all of our convoys. That has been the case in any theatre of operation. This is a standard operating procedure,” Gomez said, adding it was a “clearly marked UN vehicle”.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report today in which it stated that Israeli forces have attacked humanitarian aid convoys and buildings in the Gaza Strip at least eight times since October despite being given coordinates to ensure their protection.

Israel is attacking known aid worker locations in Gaza, says HRW

Israel’s military has carried out at least eight attacks on aid workers’ convoys and premises in Gaza since October last year, even though the aid groups had provided their coordinates to Israeli authorities, according to a prominent rights group.

Human Rights Watch, in a new report, said Israeli authorities did not issue advance warnings to any of the aid organisations before the attacks, which have killed or wounded at least 31 humanitarian workers and those with them.

It said aid groups allege that a bomb used in one Israeli attack in January was US-made and was delivered by an F-16 aircraft that reportedly uses British-made components.

“Israel’s allies need to recognize that these attacks that have killed aid workers have happened over and over again, and they need to stop,” said Belkis Wille, associate director at HRW.

Norway aims to quadruple aid to Palestinians

The Norwegian government has proposed 1 billion kroner ($92.5m) in aid to Palestinians this year as humanitarian agencies warn of a looming famine in the Gaza Strip.

Figures in the revised budget presented on Tuesday show a roughly quadrupling of the 258 million kroner provided in the initial finance bill adopted last year.

“The urgent need of aid in Gaza is enormous after seven months of war,” Norway’s Minister of International Development, Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, said in a statement. “The food situation in particular is critical and there is a risk of famine,” she added, criticising “an entirely man-made crisis” and an equally “critical” situation in the occupied West Bank.

The figures are still subject to change because the centre-left government, a minority in parliament, has to negotiate with other parties to get the texts adopted.

Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide again warned Israel against a large-scale military operation in Rafah.

“It would be catastrophic for the population. Providing life-saving humanitarian support would become much more difficult and more dangerous,” Barth Eide said.

“The more than one million who have sought refuge in Rafah have already fled multiple times from famine, death and horror. They are now being told to move again, but no place in Gaza is safe.”

Israeli spy balloon downed inside Lebanon

Hezbollah says it has downed an Israeli spy balloon over the northern Israeli kibbutz of Adamit near the border with Lebanon.

The armed group also fired rockets at the balloon’s launch base and “management crew”, it said in a statement cited by Lebanon’s an-Nahar news site.

The Israeli military, in a post on X, acknowledged that one of its “observation balloons” had been downed in Lebanese territory but said there were no concerns information had been compromised.

MSF ceases services at Rafah hospital amid Israeli attacks

Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, says in a statement that it has been “forced to stop providing healthcare at Rafah Indonesian Field Hospital” as of Sunday.

“MSF has seen a pattern of systematic attacks against medical facilities and civilian infrastructure since the beginning of the war. In light of this, as well as the advancing offensive, we have made the decision to leave Rafah Indonesian Field hospital,” the statement continued.

It said the 22 patients who remained at the hospital have been referred to other facilities and MSF can “no longer guarantee their safety”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-14-killed-in-israeli-attack-on-central-gaza-home
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>>481556
>Egypt is unlikely to do anything like that.
If they went in and Isreal backed off, they'd score a big win. This would be a bluff, but would the Zionists really try to call it ?
>El-Sisi is also walking a fine line domestically;
Best way to piss off everybody.
>he wants to keep Egypt in the US pocket, but he also has a population who are more and more pissed about what Israel has been doing and continues to do, and his inaction.
I get the impression that the US doesn't want Israel slaughtering Rafah, because the diplomatic fallout for the US is enormous already, they might not anger the US if they nudge the Zionists a little bit.
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>>481556
>Right now they're signing on to South Africa's ICJ case against Israel, but that's most likely just to avoid
It's diplomatic pressure, that is something slow, that builds up overtime before it begins having tangible effects. Don't dismiss it because it doesn't work as an emergency measure.

There is no world government that can enforce laws. The basis for international law is that cooperative behavior is more efficient than might-is-right arm-twisting. The countries that play the cooperative game gain a compounding efficiency advantage over time and the might-is-right actors will get marginalized in the end.
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Qassam Brigades claims series of attacks on Israeli forces

Hamas’ armed wing says on its Telegram channel its fighters:

destroyed an Israeli troop carrier with a Yassin-105 rocket in Rafah’s eastern al-Salam neighbourhood, killing some crew members and injuring others
blew up an Israeli military bulldozer east of Rafah
shelled a group of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles east of Jabalia, in northern Gaza
targeted a Merkava tank with a Yassin-105 rocket northeast of Jabalia
shot and wounded an Israeli soldier with sniper fire east of Jabalia

‘We are paying the price for a war that we have nothing to do with’

British charity Save the Children has issued a statement with the account of a staff member in Gaza describing the dire conditions faced by its forcibly displaced population:

Here’s what they said:

“This is the fifth time we have been forced to move, following the new relocation orders. We were first displaced from Gaza to Khan Younis, then to different areas in Rafah, and now to Deir el-Balah. This is destroying us mentally. I have a son with me, and my mother who is 70 years old. Every time we start to get used to a place, we are forced to move again.

“My mother has diabetes and high blood pressure. She’s lacking the medication she needs but we can’t find it anywhere. It feels like we are being killed slowly. Our children are missing out on their life, education, they are experiencing lack of stability, forced displacement, fear. I can’t explain what it feels like living through this for the fifth time. We are paying the price for a war that we have nothing to do with.”

Ben-Gvir: Israel must return to the Gaza Strip

Israel’s far-right national security minister’s comments came during a speech at a rally for the resettlement of the Gaza Strip in Sderot, Israel.

“So that the problem [of Gaza] does not return, two things must be done: return to the Gaza Strip and encourage the voluntary departure of the residents of Gaza. This is moral, rational and humanitarian,” he said.

Ben-Gvir then took aim at the allowance of aid into the Strip, which Israel’s closest allies have demanded Israel expand.

“I am ashamed that I am the only one in the cabinet who voted against the transfer of shipments to Gaza through Kerem Shalom (Karen Abu Salem aid crossing). Do you want humanitarianism? Return the abductees.”

Palestinian truckers fear for safety after Israelis attack Gaza aid convoys

Palestinian hauliers have said they feared for the security of aid convoys to Gaza, a day after Israeli settlers wrecked trucks carrying humanitarian supplies bound for the besieged enclave, which is on the cusp of famine.

Footage circulated on social media showed at least one burning truck while other images showed trucks wrecked and stripped of their loads, which lay strewn over the road near Tarqumiyah Israeli military checkpoint outside Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

“Yesterday there was coordination for 70 trucks of aid to go the Gaza Strip,” Waseem al-Jabari, head of the Hebron Food Trade Association, told Reuters.

“While the trucks were uploaded with products at the crossing settlers attacked the trucks and they destroyed the products and set fire in trucks,” he said, saying Israeli soldiers had stood by as the attack took place.

Palestinians and human rights groups have long accused the Israeli military and police of deliberately failing to intervene when settlers attack Palestinians in the West Bank.

Adel Amer, a member of the West Bank-based hauliers’ union, said around 15 trucks had been damaged by Israeli protestors who beat some drivers and caused about two million dollars worth of damage.

“The drivers are now refusing to take goods to Gaza because they’re afraid,” he said. “It’s a disaster here because of the settlers.”

Even when the military was present, the convoys were still at risk, he said. “The army says we cannot do anything to the settlers.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-14-killed-in-israeli-attack-on-central-gaza-home
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>>481567
I'm not dismissing it, I think it's good. It's just also a deliberate bare minimum. They could do less, technically, but I think it would be politically incredibly risky to do less.
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 No.481570

Gaza War Sit Rep Day 220: Nasrallah Speaks and Battles Rage
contains analysis on a recent Nasrallah speech.
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"''Now in Jerusalem: Undercover police dressed as Ultra Orthodox arrest an anti Zionist Jew during a protest against the State of israel in the Mea She'arim neighborhood
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https://twitter.com/OrenZiv_/status/1790439227227844867
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This guy performed a surprise IDF-critical interview like a week or two ago. Bimbofication is real and it's a process western liberals undergo every time they want to shift back to running apologia and denialism for the Zionist regime, critical to credulous in an instant. Even Kurt Cobain couldn't lose brain cells this fast.
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PFLP repping Che Guevara and firing missiles at IOF
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US moving ahead with more than $1bn in weapons for Israel: Reports

The State Department is moving ahead with a more than $1bn package of weapons aid to Israel – including tank rounds, mortars and armoured tactical vehicles – US officials told domestic media.

The package, which is yet to be approved, includes the potential transfer of $700m in tank ammunition, $500m in tactical vehicles and $60m in mortar rounds.

Two anonymous US officials confirmed separately to the Reuters news agency that the weapons aid package had been moved into the congressional review process. Members of the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committees review major foreign weapons deals in the US.

The news weapons package comes after President Joe Biden said last week that the US had delayed a single shipment of 1,800 2,000-pound (907kg) bombs and 1,700 500-pound (227kg) bombs to Israel over concerns they may be used against civilians in Israel’s invasion of Rafah.

Gaza death toll now 35,233

At least 35,233 people have been killed in Gaza by Israeli attacks since October 7 with 79,141 wounded, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave announced.

It added that at least 60 people were killed in Gaza by Israeli forces in the last 24 hours.

Belgium favours total EU ban on weapons to Israel

Belgium’s development cooperation minister has said Brussels, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, backs a complete ban on EU weapons exports to Israel but is facing resistance from other EU members.

“It is very clear that Belgium is in favour of a full weapons ban but some member states are still exporting,” Caroline Gennez said on a visit to the Jordanian capital, according to comments carried by The National newspaper.

“Israel has the right to defend itself. On the other hand, it is not allowed to punish an entire population for what happened on October 7,” said Gennez.

Germany, by far the bloc’s biggest military exporter to Israel, defended its shipments at the International Court of Justice in April in a case brought against it by Nicaragua.

However, Germany’s Defence Minister Boris Pistorius indicated last week that Berlin is weighing pausing some arms shipments to Israel following its Rafah operation.

Houthis say they targeted US warship in Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted a US warship and a vessel called “Destiny” in the Red Sea.

The group has launched repeated drone and missile attacks on vessels in the crucial shipping channels of the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden since November in what it says is a campaign of solidarity with Palestinians and against Israel’s war on Gaza.

Ireland to recognise Palestinian statehood in May: Foreign minister

Micheal Martin, Ireland’s foreign minister and deputy prime minister, has said his country will be recognising the state of Palestine “before the end of the month”.

“The specific date is still fluid because we’re still in discussions with some countries in respect of a joint recognition of a Palestinian state,” he told the Newstalk radio station.

“It will become clear in the next few days as to the specific date but it certainly will be before the end of this month.

In March, the leaders of Ireland, Malta, Slovakia and Spain said in a joint statement that they stand ready to recognise Palestinian statehood. Last week, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Ireland, Slovenia and Spain planned to symbolically recognise a Palestinian state on May 21, with others potentially following suit.

Amnesty says Palestinians’ right of return endures 76 years on from Nakba

Israel’s ongoing displacement of nearly two million Palestinians in Gaza highlights its historic denial of Palestinians’ legal right of return, said Amnesty International in a statement marking the Nakba.

“This Nakba day the fate of Palestinians is more perilous than ever – dispossessed and subjected to systematic human rights violations under a brutal occupation – with those in Gaza also facing the imminent risk of genocide and grappling with famine,” said Amnesty’s Erika Guevara Rosas.

“That’s why today, it is more important than ever to make a resounding call for Palestinians’ right to return and to remind the world that Israel has been denying them this legitimate right, in flagrant violation of international law, for more than 76 years.”

Sirens sound throughout Palestinian territories to commemorate the Nakba

Sirens have gone off throughout Palestinian cities for 76 seconds, marking the 76 years that have passed since the “Nakba” in 1948.

As the sirens went off in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, “everyone fell silent and raised two fingers in the air” reports Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi, from the city where a large crowd has congregated in the streets for the occasion.

It is “a very clear sign that there can only be peace in victory and that only victory will bring peace”, said Basravi.

Projectile launched from Gaza causes damage in Sderot: Israeli military

The Israeli military said earlier today “two projectiles” were launched from the Gaza Strip towards the city of Sderot in southern Israel.

Initially, the military said its air defences had intercepted the projectiles but it later reported that one of them landed in the city and “caused damage”.

No casualties have been reported.

EU urges Israel to end Rafah attack ‘immediately’

The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has issued a statement warning Israel that a failure to end the military operation in the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city would undermine ties with the bloc.

“The European Union is calling on Israel to refrain from further exacerbating the already dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and reopen the crossing point of Rafah. Should Israel continue its military operation in Rafah, it would inevitably put a heavy strain on the EU’s relationship with Israel,” it said.

Borrell said the Rafah offensive is “further disrupting the distribution of humanitarian aid” and is causing “more internal displacement, exposure to famine and human suffering”.

His statement also called on all parties to increase their efforts to achieve an immediate ceasefire and the unconditional release of all captives.

UN launches probe into strike that killed first international staff in Gaza

The UN has launched an investigation into an attack on Monday that killed a retired Indian army officer, marking the first foreign national working for the organisation to die in Gaza since October 7.

Waibhav Anil Kale, who was working with the UN Department of Safety and Security, was en route to the European Hospital near Rafah in a UN-marked vehicle when it came under fire.

The Israeli military has said the incident is under review and is yet to confirm whether its forces were responsible, but it told Israeli media that the victims were killed “amid fighting in an area defined as an active combat zone”.

The Israeli military also claimed that the UN failed to inform them of the vehicle’s route, as is standard procedure to avoid such incidents. The UN has refuted this claim.

Ten killed by shelling of UNRWA clinic in Gaza City

Our colleagues on the ground are reporting that Israeli shelling targeted a UNRWA clinic in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood, killing at least 10 displaced Palestinians.

The UNRWA said Israel’s military has repeatedly struck its facilities during the war, damaging 171 of them.

We’ll bring you more information on the latest Israeli attack shortly.

Australian senator breaks ranks, accuses Israel of ‘genocide’

Senator Fatima Payman has become the first member of the Australian Labor Party to call Israel’s war on Gaza a “genocide”, and called for her colleagues to “stand for what is right”.

In a thinly veiled swipe at her party leader, Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese, Payman criticised “performative gestures” on the issue and “gaslighting” about Israel’s right to self-defence.

“My conscience has been uneasy for far too long and I must call this out for what it is,” she said. “This is a genocide and we need to stop pretending otherwise. The lack of clarity, the moral confusion, the indecisiveness is eating at the heart of this nation.”

Hezbollah confirms senior field commander killed in Israeli attack

Israel’s military has named a Hezbollah member who was killed after it carried out an air strike targeting his vehicle in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre.

In a statement carried by the pro-Iranian channel Al Mayadeen, Hezbollah also confirmed Hussain Ibrahim Mekky was killed by Israeli fire. A statement by Lebanon’s National News Agency said another person was also killed in the Israeli strike.

Israel said Mekky was a senior field commander for Hezbollah’s southern front, accusing him of planning and executing attacks on Israeli territory.

Palestinian fighters carry out ‘very high daily rate of attacks’ on Israeli forces in Gaza

Palestinian armed groups have “preserved or rebuilt” their fighters and weaponry required to challenge Israeli military operations in northern Gaza, war monitors say, adding that the groups fighting in Jabalia report carrying out – on average – 28 attacks each day on Israeli forces since May 11.

In the latest battlefield assessment from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP), the two US-based defence think tanks continue to emphasise that Palestinian armed groups are far from vanquished, and now rebuilding, despite months of war with a vastly better-equipped Israeli army.

“Palestinian militias are sustaining a very high daily rate of attacks targeting Israeli forces in Jabalia,” the ISW/CTP said, noting that Israel’s military is conducting “two re-clearing operations” in the north of the Gaza Strip, where it claimed in December that it had defeated Hamas.

Also, on Tuesday, Palestinian fighters carried out four “indirect fire attacks” from Gaza towards Israel, including Palestinian Islamic Jihad firing rockets from northern Gaza towards Israel’s Sderot area.

ICC prosecutor faces demands for action against Israel at UN Security Council

The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor Karim Khan faced demands for swift action against Israeli leaders at the UN Security Council on Tuesday, the Associated Press news agency reports.

Libya’s UN ambassador, Taher El-Sonni, said genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity are being perpetrated by Israeli forces and the world expects the ICC “to be courageous and to issue arrest warrants against officials of the Israeli regime”.

“Don’t you see the threats against civilians, the potential threats against civilians in Rafah and the massacre that would happen at any time?”

Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused the ICC of accomplishing nothing since it began a preliminary examination of abuses in the Palestinian territories in 2015 and a formal investigation in 2021.

Algeria’s deputy UN ambassador, Nacim Gaouaoui, expressed hope the ICC would take “a serious approach” to its Palestinian investigations and “demonstrate that it is not a tool used by some members of the international community to threaten whoever they want.”

Khan responded by telling the council that he will not be swayed or intimidated as his team investigates possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and the Palestinian territories as well as in Ukraine and elsewhere.

Gaza European Hospital ‘out of service’ due to fuel shortages

The electricity generators at the European Hospital near Rafah have stopped working due to fuel shortages, putting the hospital “out of service”, the Wafa news agency reports, citing medical sources.

It said the fuel shortages were “threatening the lives of hundreds of wounded and sick people inside” the medical complex in southern Gaza.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-new-nakba-as-hundreds-of-thousands-flee-attacks
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Videos show Palestinian fighters in dramatic attacks on Israeli tanks in Rafah

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have obtained and verified video clips showing members of the Qassam Brigades – the military wing of Hamas – carrying out daring attacks against Israeli tanks and bulldozers in the ongoing battle for Rafah city.

In one video, Palestinian fighters can be seen emerging from a tunnel in the earth nearby to parked Israeli tanks. The fighters rush towards the tanks with what appear to be antitank mines, which they prime for detonation before fleeing.

A fighter then fires a rocket-propelled grenade at another Israeli tank before all three escape back into the tunnel.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1790466836414529564
https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1790467199997771834

Australia state parliament bans MPs from wearing Palestinian keffiyeh

The parliament in Australia’s state of Victoria has voted to ban members from wearing the traditional Palestinian keffiyeh and other symbols representing Palestine in the legislative chamber, members of the Australian Greens Party said.

Greens MPs took to social media to protest the ruling, which one MP said was designed to “silence us”.

Greens party leader in Victoria Ellen Sandell said the ban “makes us one of the only parliaments in the world to ban the keffiyeh – on Nakba day, a day that marks the displacement of Palestinian people”.

“Victorians have watched in horror at the atrocities unfolding in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli military. Yet Labor [Victoria and the country’s governing party] has signed a secretive MoU with Israeli Ministry of Defence & given $ to Israeli weapons companies,” Sandell said on social media.

Sandell said the Greens will move in parliament to make the memorandum of understanding with the Israeli military public.

UNRWA headquarters faces ‘another arson attempt’ by Israelis

Israeli arsonists once again attacked the headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in occupied East Jerusalem last night, according to the agency’s chief Philippe Lazzarini.

“Another arson attempt by Israeli children and young people on @UNRWA in #Jerusalem last night. This has got to stop,” he said in a post.

On May 9, Lazzarini announced the agency would temporarily close its headquarters after several arson attacks in recent weeks and growing threats of violence against UN staff.

https://twitter.com/UNLazzarini/status/1790475399480082787

Gaza solidarity encampment dismantled at University of California, Berkeley

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators were seen dismantling their Gaza solidarity encampment at Berkeley amid reports that administrations had agreed to meet with the protesters, though no other details about the conditions of the meeting were known, the Reuters news agency reports.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-new-nakba-as-hundreds-of-thousands-flee-attacks
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>>481581
I really don't get how orthodox Jews ended up in Israel in the first place if they hate it so much.
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 No.481584

>>481582
Iirc there were some ultra-Orthodox there before it was Israel. Israel also has endeavored to bring Jews from outside communities there, and of course there are the ops Israel ran in neighboring countries to scare Jews into migration. It also has free healthcare and other free stuff, and ultra-Orthodox Jews are exempt from military service because of their objections. It's not the land that's the problem, it's afaik that they don't consider it to be Israel, and they see Zionism as essentially a heresy against Judaism, modern nationalism disguised as religious prophecy without actually fulfilling it. The atrocities don't help either.
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 No.481585

>>481581
>Palestinian fighters can be seen emerging from a tunnel in the earth nearby to parked Israeli tanks. The fighters rush towards the tanks with what appear to be antitank mines, which they prime for detonation before fleeing.
>A fighter then fires a rocket-propelled grenade at another Israeli tank before all three escape back into the tunnel.

Their tunnel warfare game is strong. They're using ww1 weapons and are beating 1980s tank technology.
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 No.481586

>>481581
>The parliament in Australia’s state of Victoria has voted to ban members from wearing the traditional Palestinian keffiyeh and other symbols representing Palestine in the legislative chamber, members of the Australian Greens Party said.
The battle of words game is weak in this one.
<bourgeois dictatorship installs fashion police
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 No.481587

First Jewish Biden appointee publicly resigns over Gaza war policy

A US Interior Department staffer has become the first Jewish political appointee to publicly resign in protest of the country’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza.

Lily Greenberg Call is a special assistant to the chief of staff in the Department of the Interior. She accuses President Joe Biden of using Jews to justify US policy in the conflict.

She is at least the fifth mid- or senior-level administration staffer to make public their resignation in protest of the Biden administration’s military and diplomatic support of the now seven-month-long Israeli war.

In her resignation letter delivered Wednesday, she said she “can no longer in good conscience continue to represent this administration”.

“I think the president has to know that there are people in his administration who think this is disastrous,” Call said of the war overall and US support for it. “Not just for Palestinians, for Israelis, for Jews, [but also] for Americans, for [Biden’s] election prospects.”

New settler attack on Gaza-bound aid convoy

Al Jazeera’s correspondent reports that settlers have attacked aid trucks as they were heading to Gaza via Jerusalem.

The correspondent reported that they attacked a truck driver near the Beit El military checkpoint, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

We will bring you updates on this incident as we get more information.

The attack comes just days after a mob of Israeli settlers looted aid trucks near Hebron, also in the West Bank, destroying their cargo and then setting them on fire. For more on that incident, watch our video below:

Beirut protesters mark 76th anniversary of the Nakba

Pro-Palestine protesters in Beirut marched to mark the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, Reuters reports.

The demonstration began outside the American University of Beirut and reached its final destination outside the British Embassy in the city.

This year’s commemoration has been dominated by the plight of around two million Palestinians in Gaza, most of whom are living in temporary shelters after being displaced from their homes by the Israeli war.

The seven-month-long war, which has killed more than 35,000 Palestinians and displaced most of the population, has drawn fears among many of a second Nakba in which they would be forced from the besieged coastal enclave altogether.

Protesters gather at university in Paris for Nakba day

Video posted by French media shows a gathering of people at Paris’s Sorbonne University to commemorate Nakba Day, when 76 years ago Palestinians were uprooted from their homes and lands in a series of violent episodes.

Protesters angry about Israel’s war on Gaza have been gathering at Sorbonne University since late last month, when the global campus Gaza encampment protests spread there.

https://twitter.com/LeMediaTV/status/1790780318154096944

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 No.481588

>>481580
>ICC prosecutor faces demands for action against Israel at UN Security Council
All the countries that want this to happen for real, have to commit military forces to protect the place that houses the ICC and body guards that would ensure protection for the ICC staff.
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 No.481589

Israeli opposition leader says gov’t is losing control

Yair Lapid has said that as long as the Netanyahu government is in power, Israel will not be able to win the war in Gaza.

His comments came after Defence Minister Yoav Gallant rejected the possibility of Israeli civil or military governance of post-war Gaza.

“The government has lost control,” Lapid wrote in a post on X. “Soldiers are being killed every day in Gaza and they fight among themselves on television. The cabinet is disassembled and non-functional. Ministers protest in front of cabinet meetings.”

“One cabinet sends humanitarian aid convoys and the other burns them,” he added. “Relations with the US are collapsing, the middle class is collapsing, they have lost the north”.

“We can’t go on like this. We will not win with this government.”

Israeli settlers attack truck driver in occupied West Bank

Earlier we reported on an attack on aid trucks headed to Gaza in the occupied West Bank.

According to new information, it appears that Israeli settlers attacked commercial trucks with Palestinian drivers and not aid trucks.

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted a security source as saying the settlers thought the truck was carrying humanitarian aid. The attack took place near the Israeli settlement of Givat Assaf.

https://twitter.com/haaretznewsvid/status/1790799703270912279

Hezbollah says it launched drones at military base west of Israel’s Tiberias

This is the deepest attack into Israeli territory since the Lebanese group and Israel began exchanging fire in parallel with the war on Gaza.

Hezbollah said it was targeting part of a surveillance system used by the Israeli air force, and that the swarm of attack drones “hit its limited targets accurately and accomplished what it wanted in this limited operation”.

The attack came a day after an Israeli attack killed a Hezbollah field commander, Hussein Mekki, in southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah said on Wednesday that its drone attack was in response to “assassinations” carried out by Israel, but did not specify that it was in retaliation for Mekki’s killing.

South Africa seeks halt to Israel’s Rafah offensive at World Court

South Africa will ask the top UN court to order a halt to the Rafah offensive as part of its case in The Hague accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip.

The hearings at the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, come after South Africa last week asked for additional emergency measures to protect Rafah, a southern Gaza city where more than 1.5 million Palestinians had been sheltering.

On Thursday, South Africa will present its latest intervention-seeking emergency measures starting at 3pm (13:00 GMT). Israel, which has denounced South Africa’s claim that it is violating the 1949 Genocide Convention as baseless, will respond on Friday.

US-Muslim rights group to target Texas governor over Gaza

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says it is filing a legal complaint challenging Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s “unlawful executive order targeting student advocates for Palestine”.

“The order targets student advocates for Palestine and directs universities to punish students and organizations that are critical of Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,” CAIR said in a statement.

Protesters place fake bodies at home of University of Michigan official

Pro-Palestine demonstrators wearing masks pitched tents and placed fake bloody corpses outside the home of a University of Michigan board member, raising tension with the school.

Sarah Hubbard, chair of the university’s governing board, said the 6am demonstration at her home in Okemos involved 30 people.

“They approached my home and taped a letter to my front door and proceeded to erect the tents. A variety of other things were left in the front yard,” Hubbard said. “They started chanting with their bullhorn and pounding on a drum in my otherwise quiet neighbourhood.”

She and her husband stayed inside. The protesters left 45 minutes later when police arrived. No arrests were made.

Fighting erupts during pro-Palestinian march to Israeli embassy in Greece

Greek police have clashed with protesters during a pro-Palestinian march to the Israeli embassy in Athens.

More than 2,500 people marched through the streets of Greece’s capital to the embassy carrying Palestinian flags and chanting, “Free Palestine!”

A group of protesters broke off from the march, which was largely peaceful, and hurled stones at police who had formed a security cordon outside the embassy. Police fired tear gas to disperse them. Three people were detained during the brief clashes, a police official said.

Earlier this month, violence broke out during a pro-Palestinian rally in central Athens, a day after the Israeli military launched a ground assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-new-nakba-as-hundreds-of-thousands-flee-attacks
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 No.481590

Jewish Biden appointee who resigned says US president has ‘blood on his hands’
Shihab Rattansi
Reporting from Washington, DC, United States

Lily Greenberg Call is the first “Biden appointee” to resign as a result of Joe Biden’s complete acquiescence to Israel’s slaughter in Gaza.

Actually, another Jewish member of the US administration did resign – a career military officer in the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Greenberg Call talks in her resignation letter about how she was a true believer in the Biden administration having worked on Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.

However, she writes that she can no longer, in good conscience, continue to represent this administration amidst President Biden’s disastrous, continued support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

She actually goes on to say that President Biden has the blood of innocent people on his hands.

And she particularly centres her opposition on being Jewish. In particular, she is very triggered by President Biden’s consistent conflation of Jewishness and supporting what Israel is doing in Gaza.

Biden, she writes, is making Jews the face of the American war machine – and that is so deeply wrong. And she says that both Biden and Israel are making Jews less safe around the world.

Israel carried out 80 attacks on aid in Gaza since January

The research group Forensic Architecture said it has identified at least 80 separate attacks by Israeli forces targeting humanitarian aid in Gaza since January.

The attacks include at least 37 against civilians seeking aid, all near the Israeli-controlled checkpoints on Salah al-Din Street and al-Rashid Street in northern Gaza.

“The frequency and widespread nature of these attacks suggests that Israel is systematically targeting aid,” the group said.

Italian chef Gabriele Rubini says he was attacked by ‘Zionists’

Prominent Italian chef Gabriele Rubini, better known as Chef Rubio, has said that he was ambushed by a group of “Zionists” outside his home in Italy.

The television personality – who has labelled Israel a “fascist” state, was arrested for his pro-Palestine activism and had been accused of anti-Semitism – posted a video on X showing his bloodied face and swollen eye after the attack.

“Terrorists. These are the Zionist Jews. Six of them waited for me outside the house and cut the gate wires to massacre me,” he wrote.

Other posts on the celebrity chef’s social media page showed the inside of a vehicle strewn with glasses from broken windows and him later in hospital with a bandage on a head wound and flashing a V sign for “victory” with the fingers of his right hand.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mass-displacement-as-israelis-intensify-assaults
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 No.481591

>>481589
>Israeli opposition leader says gov’t is losing control
>Yair Lapid has said that as long as the Netanyahu government is in power, Israel will not be able to win the war in Gaza.
>His comments came after Defence Minister Yoav Gallant rejected the possibility of Israeli civil or military governance of post-war Gaza.
>“The government has lost control,” Lapid wrote in a post on X. “Soldiers are being killed every day in Gaza and they fight among themselves on television. The cabinet is disassembled and non-functional. Ministers protest in front of cabinet meetings.”
>“One cabinet sends humanitarian aid convoys and the other burns them,” he added. “Relations with the US are collapsing, the middle class is collapsing, they have lost the north”.
>“We can’t go on like this. We will not win with this government.”

well Fascism turns out to be a shit show again
what a surprise
who could have possibly seen that coming
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 No.481592

>>481590
>And she particularly centres her opposition on being Jewish. In particular, she is very triggered by President Biden’s consistent conflation of Jewishness and supporting what Israel is doing in Gaza.
>Biden, she writes, is making Jews the face of the American war machine – and that is so deeply wrong. And she says that both Biden and Israel are making Jews less safe around the world.
DING
DING
DING

Can we update the definition of antisemitism to include conflating Jewishness with Zionism
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 No.481594

LIVE NOW: LIVE: ICJ hears South Africa's demand to halt Israel’s Rafah offensive

‘We cannot leave case halfway,’ says South African minister on new ICJ appeal

South Africa’s minister of social development says the country is returning to the ICJ, where it will today request additional measures to end Israel’s Rafah invasion because it cannot leave its job undone as Israeli attacks intensify in the enclave’s last refuge.

South Africa went to the ICJ in January to try to “halt this genocide, but unfortunately, this has not happened”, Lindiwe Zulu told Al Jazeera.

“There’s been absolutely no respect for the action that we took … no respect for the ICJ,” she said, adding that Israel has only “escalated” its attacks on Gaza since the court’s ruling in January. “We believe we cannot leave it halfway.”

Zulu said South Africa’s latest appeal calls for Israel to urgently halt its attacks in Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians reside, and ensure civilians receive aid.

Beyond that, the case is meant to add momentum to the global pro-Palestinian solidarity movement, boosted by student protesters, and press the international community to take further action.

Swedish city proposes ban on purchases from Israel

Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter is reporting that the governing body of the country’s second-largest city, Gothenburg, wants to stop buying goods from Israel.

A coalition that includes the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Left Party and the Green Party, who have a majority in the municipality’s governing committee, has proposed that the city phase out all purchases of goods originating in states that illegally occupy other states.

“Israel is conducting an illegal occupation of the West Bank that has only worsened in the shadow of the widespread killing of civilians in Gaza,” Jonas Attenius, chairman of the municipal board in Gothenburg, said in a press release. “Our tax money should not go to financially support occupation forces.”

The proposal would also affect purchases from Russia and Morocco.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mass-displacement-as-israelis-intensify-assaults
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 No.481595

What to expect at the ICJ hearing today

As we’ve been reporting, the ICJ will hold at 13:00 GMT a public hearing over the extra emergency measures sought by South Africa against Israel’s attacks on Rafah during its war on Gaza.

We’ve spoken to William Schabas, a professor of international law at Middlesex University whose work focuses on human rights and international criminal law, to unpack the case. Here’s what he said:

This will be the fourth request by South Africa for provisional measures. At the end of January, they were successful in getting an order and they again obtained an additional order late in March.
They will be presenting before the court this afternoon in The Hague that the circumstances have developed and evolved now where they are essentially claiming that this is the end of Gaza and with the threatened destruction of Rafah that this is sort of the final stage.
So they are asking for a renewed order and, in particular, they are focusing on a requirement of a ceasefire, that the military activities stop altogether.
The court has clearly indicated the urgency of the matter. The application was filed on Friday of last week and they’ve set a hearing for today, five days later.
This is extremely unusual; they haven’t responded with the same kind of urgency before so it shows that the court is taking this as a very serious matter.
Note: You will be able to follow the proceedings at the ICJ in our separate live coverage starting in a few hours. Stay tuned for details.

Israeli jets continue bombardment in Jabalia

Israeli air strikes have continued to pound northern Gaza’s Jabalia, where Israeli soldiers have engaged in fierce gun battles with Palestinian fighters.

A video posted on Instagram by Palestinian activist Mohamed Ahmed, and verified by Al Jazeera, shows smoke rising over targeted buildings in central Jabalia on Thursday morning.

Yesterday, Israeli tanks and troops pushed deep into densely populated neighbourhoods of Jabalia, encountering fierce resistance, as Israeli jets frequently raided parts of the city.

One Israeli strike hit a family home, killing at least four people in addition to causing injuries, according to Wafa news agency.

WFP suspends food distribution in Rafah

The UN’s food agency says it has run out of stocks in southern Rafah and has suspended food aid distributions there since May 11.

Food deliveries are still ongoing in Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah, it said, but in a limited capacity.

Earlier, we brought you an update from the WFP, which said its food and fuel stocks in all of Gaza are set to run out within a matter of days. This is due to the Israeli seizure and closure of the Rafah-Egypt border crossing and the limited entry of supplies through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing from Israel into Gaza.

Israel launches investigation into soldiers killed by ‘friendly fire’

We now have more information on news of Israeli “friendly fire” that killed five of its soldiers in northern Gaza on Wednesday.

“Five soldiers of the 202nd Paratrooper Battalion were killed last night in a mass casualty incident as a result of fire by our forces,” the Israeli military said in a statement, adding that seven other troops were wounded.

According to a preliminary investigation, two Israeli tanks in the area opened fire on a house used by the Israeli battalion’s deputy commander, the military said.

“The shooting consisted of two tank shells,” it said. “From the initial investigation … it appears that the tank fighters identified a gun barrel coming out of one of the windows in the building, and directed each other to shoot at the building.”

The latest fatalities take to 278 the number of Israeli troops killed in the Gaza military campaign since the start of the ground offensive on October 27.

Israeli ‘clearing’ operations in Jabalia target of mounting Palestinian attacks: Monitors

Palestinian fighters say they have carried out the largest number of attacks per day on Israeli forces operating in the Jabalia refugee camp since the start of the Gaza ground invasion, war monitors report.

Palestinian armed groups reported carrying out 34 attacks on Wednesday against Israeli forces who re-entered the northern Gaza camp on Saturday in a renewed push to “clear” resistance from northern parts of the Palestinian territory.

With Palestinian attacks average 30 daily, “this marks the highest rate of claimed attacks per day in Jabalia since the war began”, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) said in their latest battlefield report.

In southern Rafah city, Israeli forces discovered a Hamas facility containing “models of Israeli Merkava tanks and armoured personnel carriers”, which were used in the training of Palestinian fighters, the US-based think tanks report.

The report also notes that Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi has likened Israel’s “clearing” operations in Gaza to an unachievable, “Sisyphean task”.

Israeli soldiers attack Palestinian farmers near Bethlehem

Israeli forces have attacked a number of Palestinian farmers south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency is reporting.

Jaafar Assi, 55, said Israeli forces attacked him and a number of other farmers while they were working on their land with grape vines in Wadi al-Diyar, adjacent to the illegal Israeli settlement of Efrat, located on the lands of the town of al-Khader.

He said Israeli forces threatened them with arrest and confiscation of vehicles and equipment if they returned to working on their land, adding that this is the third time Israeli forces have attacked them during the grape season this year.

Assi said these lands constitute about 80 percent of al-Khader’s agricultural lands, and that Israeli authorities were trying to empty them.

More than 15,000 children killed in Gaza: Red Crescent

The Palestine Red Crescent Society has reported that more than 15,000 children have been killed in Gaza.

Since October 7, more than 35,000 people have been killed by Israeli attacks on the besieged enclave. About 500 Palestinians have also been killed in attacks by Israeli forces and settlers across the occupied West Bank.

Arrests as US police storm pro-Palestine campus protests

Police in the US arrested students at an encampment set up at the University of California, Irvine in support of a ceasefire in Gaza. This comes after hundreds of students closed off a lecture hall on the campus on Wednesday.

The university is one of many across the country where protesters have been demanding that institutions divest from Israeli companies.

Students at the University of Florida in Gainesville have also been demonstrating against the war in Gaza, ignoring the university’s orders not to do so.

Hezbollah carries out its deepest strike in Israel
Zeina Khodr
Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon

In the past 24 hours, Hezbollah has carried out its deepest strike in Israel using what the Israeli army said were two armed drones.

One was downed by Israel’s air defences and the other hit a “sensitive military facility near the Golani Junction, west of Tiberias” some 35km (22 miles) from the Lebanon border.

Hezbollah says the attack was a response to recent Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon that killed its members.

Israel responded to the Golani Junction strike by carrying out at least 15 strikes overnight in Baalbek region, eastern Lebanon. According to the army, a weapons manufacturing plant used to build guided munitions and a drone was among the targets.

CENTCOM announces Gaza floating aid pier has been anchored

The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced that a new US-built, temporary humanitarian aid pier was anchored to the beach in Gaza this morning.

It said trucks carrying humanitarian assistance are expected to “begin moving ashore in the coming days”, with the aid set to be received and distributed by the UN.

Relief groups have warned that the plan – which aims to boost aid deliveries to the besieged enclave – faces the same challenges that they do, namely a lack of safety and fuel.

Danger, uncertainty lie ahead for US effort to bring in aid through floating pier
The US is aiming to have a floating pier off the coast of Gaza operational within the coming days, but relief groups are warning that the plan – which aims to boost aid deliveries – faces the same challenges that they do, namely a lack of safety and fuel.

“Once you get food or supplies into the Gaza Strip, whether it’s from the pier or [border] crossing points, there is no security and … there’s no fuel,” Bob Kitchen, the International Rescue Committee’s vice president for emergencies, told the Reuters news agency.

And because land crossings could bring in all the needed aid if Israeli officials allowed, the US-built pier and sea route “is a solution for a problem that doesn’t exist”, said Scott Paul, an associate director of the Oxfam humanitarian organisation.

“Like all of the land crossings, it comes down to the consent of the government of Israel” on allowing aid through its screening process and ensuring aid teams are safe to distribute it within Gaza, Paul told The Associated Press news agency.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mass-displacement-as-israelis-intensify-assaults
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>>481595
>This will be the fourth request by South Africa for provisional measures.
>So they are asking for a renewed order and, in particular, they are focusing on a requirement of a ceasefire, that the military activities stop altogether.
>The court has clearly indicated the urgency of the matter. The application was filed on Friday of last week and they’ve set a hearing for today, five days later.
>This is extremely unusual; they haven’t responded with the same kind of urgency before so it shows that the court is taking this as a very serious matter.

South Africa is in some ways trying to protect Israel from it self.
I think the politics of the entire region are at a turning point, if the Zionists complete the Gaza genocide by clearing out Rafah, that will set off the geo-political motion of Israel getting squeezed out, slowly and methodically.
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 No.481600

Breaking news and analysis on day 222 of Gaza's Al-Aqsa Flood | The Electronic Intifada Podcast

Israeli soldiers view evacuation areas as ‘extermination zones’: Lawyer

A lawyer for South Africa at the genocide case at the World Court says there has been one child killed or wounded in Gaza every 10 minutes since Israeli’s military attacks began.

Blinne Ni Gralaigh also quoted an Israeli reservist active in Gaza as saying soldiers treat Israel-ordered evacuation areas as “extermination zones”.

“The evidence before the court indicates that the extent of the carnage in Gaza is of a much-greater magnitude than that pertained to Ukraine and Russia. Indeed, the carnage in Gaza is in an order which exceeds by far the necessities of war and the limits imposed by the laws of war,” said Gralaigh.

Arab League calls for peacekeepers in occupied Palestinian territory

The Arab League called for a United Nations peacekeeping force in the occupied Palestinian territory at a summit dominated by the war on Gaza.

The “Manama Declaration” issued by the 22-member bloc called for “international protection and peacekeeping forces of the United Nations in the occupied Palestinian territories” until a two-state solution is implemented.

The meeting is the first time the bloc has come together since an extraordinary summit in Riyadh, capital of neighbouring Saudi Arabia, in November that also involved leaders from the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

At that meeting, leaders condemned Israeli forces for their “barbaric” actions in Gaza.

Israeli military chief meets northern commanders as Hezbollah clashes surge

Israel’s military chief of staff, Major-General Herzi Halevi, met with army leaders of the Northern Command as fighting with Hezbollah along its northern border with Lebanon continues.

“We have trained the people, they are familiar with the operations,” Halevi is quoted as saying in an army post on X.

Hezbollah earlier said it launched “more than 60” rockets at Israeli military positions in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights in retaliation for overnight attacks that killed a Hezbollah member who Israel said was a field commander.

Israel and Hamas ally Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily fire since the Palestinian group’s October 7 attack on southern Israel that preceded Israel’s latest war on Gaza, now in its eighth month.

More than 100 academics killed by Israeli assault: Gaza media office

The Government Media Ofice has published a list of the names of scholars, academics, university professors and researchers killed since Israel began its war on Gaza last October.

“In addition, the occupation completely destroyed more than 103 universities and schools, in addition to partially destroying 311 universities and schools,” a statement from the office adds.

The statement calls on “All universities and educational sectors in all countries of the world to condemn this crime, which comes within the framework of the crime of genocide”.

Israeli military confirms US floating pier ‘successfully connected’

The Israeli military confirmed the announcement by the US military that the much-criticised floating pier it built off Gaza for aid has been connected.

“In the upcoming days, trucks will begin entering,” said the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) that is tasked with organising aid.

International aid groups and experts cautioned the only viable way to get humanitarian aid to besieged Palestinians is through land crossings – which have been consistently closed or severely hampered by the Israeli military since the start of the war.

UN chief calls for Arab unity in summit address

“There is no better moment for the Arab region to come together,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in remarks to Arab leaders in Bahrain.

“Unity and solidarity throughout the Arab world would amplify the vital voice of the region and further boost your influence on the global stage,” he continued.

Guterres also reiterated his strong position in favor of a ceasefire in Gaza, saying that the death and destruction currently being meted out on the enclave must come to an end.

It can help this region find peace, make the most of its enormous potential, and further contribute to the global good.

“Entire families wiped out. Children traumatized and injured for life. People denied access to the very basics for human survival. A looming famine … It is time for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and unimpeded access for humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza,” he said to the Arab League summit.

Houthi chief says any ship heading to Israel will be attacked

In a televised speech, Abdulmalik al-Houthi announced the planned escalation by the Yemeni group, saying attacks on commercial shipping would extend to any area its military capabilities could reach and will no longer be limited to the Red Sea.

Since the early days of Israel’s war on Gaza, the Houthis have been targeting commercial ships they say are linked to Israel and military ships belonging to an international coalition meant to defend them. They say the attacks are being carried out in sympathy with Palestinians in Gaza.

The Houthis say the attacks will end when a ceasefire is achieved.

Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem visits Gaza

A statement from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem says that Cardinal Pizzaballa, the current patriarch, entered Gaza and visited the parish of the Holy Family for a pastoral visit today.

“On May 16th, 2024, His Beatitude, Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem entered Gaza and reached the parish of the Holy Family for a pastoral visit,” according to the statement.

He and a delegation “met the suffering population to encourage them and to deliver a message of hope, solidarity, and support”, the statement says.

Pizzaballa also delivered mass inside the parish church with local community members.

The statement added that this visit represents the beginning of a humanitarian mission aimed at delivering “life-saving food and medical help to the population in Gaza”.

Netherlands coalition plans to move Israel embassy to Jerusalem

The future right-wing coalition in the Netherlands plans to move the country’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The coalition agreement, which right-wing populist Geert Wilders has presented together with three other right-wing parties in The Hague, states that the date of such a move should be investigated. The decision should take into account diplomatic interests and a possible solution to the Middle East conflict, it says.

Crowd chants ‘Free Palestine’ during football match in Dublin

The Palestine women’s national football team played a friendly match in Dublin yesterday against local Irish club the Bohemians Women.

Held on Nakba Day, the match was meant to express Ireland’s longstanding solidarity with Palestine and raise funds for Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank.

During the packed match, loud chants of “Free Palestine” were heard from the crowd.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mass-displacement-as-israelis-intensify-assaults
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Palestinian fighters claim attacks on Israeli forces in Gaza’s Jabalia

Palestinian fighters are claiming dozens of new attacks on Israeli troops and armoured vehicles every day as the Israeli military is advancing on the Jabalia refugee camp in the north.

In Jabalia on Thursday afternoon so far, Hamas and other groups, including the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, have claimed to:

Target an Israeli artillery emplacement with mortar shells
Destroy a command headquarters for ground troops with heavy-calibre mortar shells
Attack multiple Merkava tanks with Yassin-105 shells
Hit an observation site east of Jabalia with mortar shells
Destroy tanks with planted explosive devices
Use anti-armour shells to incapacitate D9 military bulldozers

Hezbollah records first combat use of rocket-armed drone against Israel

The armed Lebanese group, for the first time, released footage of an attack using air-to-ground rockets fired from a drone.

It said it inflicted casualties when two of its S-5 rockets were successfully fired and hit Israeli troops and vehicles at the Metula base.

The S-5 is a Russian-made rocket about 1.4 metres (4.6 feet) long and weighing 5kg (11 pounds).

Hezbollah claimed 13 attacks on Israeli positions on Thursday.

Hezbollah says it hits Israeli missile-detecting blimp in drone strike

The armed Lebanese group has released videos showing how it has monitored an Israeli Sky Dew blimp deployed in northern Israel to detect incoming missiles.

Hezbollah said it launched an explosive-laden drone at the aircraft and achieved a direct hit. The Israeli military confirmed the drone struck “a balloon that was on the ground” at a military base in northern Israel.

Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said there were no casualties and the military has suffered no hits to its ability to image the area by air.

Spain denies port call for ship carrying arms to Israel

Spain has refused permission for an Israel-bound ship carrying arms to call at the southeastern port of Cartagena, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares says.

Albares confirmed reports the Marianne Danica vessel is carrying a cargo of arms to Israel and requested permission to dock at Cartagena on May 21. He said refusing permission was consistent with Spain’s policy to ban the exports of all arms to Israel since the outbreak of the war in Gaza in October.

“We have detected this ship, we have refused to allow it to dock, and I can tell you that this will be a consistent policy with any ship carrying Israeli arms and arms cargo that wants to dock in Spanish ports,” Albares told reporters in Brussels.

Marianne Danica is carrying nearly 27 tonnes of explosive material from Madras, India, the El Pais newspaper reported.

Israeli army confirms deaths of two Thai nationals missing since October 7

Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari, during his daily media briefing, said that the army informed the families of two Thai citizens who were suspected to have been taken captive on October 7 that they were, in fact, killed that day during the Hamas attacks on Israeli territory.

Hagari named the Thai citizens as Sontia Ok’Krasari and Sontisek Rintalk, and said that they were working in agriculture on farms near Kibbutz Bari. He also claimed that Hamas has held their bodies since October 7.

CAIR sues Texas governor for ‘unlawful’ order on student protests

The Council on Islamic-American Relations (CAIR) civil rights group has sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott for issuing an “unlawful executive order” that impacts pro-Palestine students protesting at universities.

Abbott this month reiterated his unwavering support for Israel and said he has seen a “sharp rise” in anti-Semitism.

He ordered the state’s public colleges and universities to revise their free speech policies and blamed pro-Palestinian student groups for unrest and the rise in anti-Semitism.

US House passes symbolic bill forcing Biden to send arms to Israel

The US House of Representatives passed legislation aimed at forcing the administration of US President Joe Biden to reverse his decision to halt a shipment of bombs to Israel amid its invasion of Rafah.

The bill proposes slashing budgets for the offices of the defence secretary, secretary of state and the National Security Council unless Biden chooses to send the 3,500 heavy-duty bombs in the delayed shipment.

The measure passed 224-187, with 16 Democrats joining Republicans in supporting it and three Republicans voting against the bill.

But the bill is believed to be largely symbolic and an attempt to display bipartisan anger with the decision to hold the bombs. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he does not plan to allow a vote on the bill, and Biden has pledged to veto it.

The Biden administration has stressed it is not altogether stopping weapons exports to Israel and is reportedly preparing to send another shipment worth over $1bn to Israel that includes tank ammunition.

‘Gaza largely wiped off the map’: South Africa

South Africa told the United Nations’s top court the situation in Gaza has reached “a new and horrific stage” as it sought emergency measures to halt Israel’s military operation in Rafah.

It was the third time the International Court of Justice held hearings on the conflict in Gaza since South Africa filed proceedings at The Hague-based court in December accusing Israel of genocide.

“Seven months ago, South Africa could not have imagined that Gaza would be largely wiped off the map,” the country’s ambassador to the Netherlands, Vusimuzi Madonsela, told the panel of 15 international judges.

South Africa argues Israeli attacks have far surpassed self-defence. “Israel’s actions in Rafah are part of the end game. This is the last step in the destruction of Gaza,” lawyer Vaughan Lowe said.

According to the latest request, the previous preliminary orders by The Hague-based court were not sufficient to address “a brutal military attack on the sole remaining refuge for the people of Gaza”. Israel will be allowed to answer the accusations on Friday.

Israel to abolish free trade deal with Turkey in retaliatory move

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says Israel will abolish its free trade agreement with Turkey and also impose a 100 percent tariff on other imports in retaliation for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to halt exports to Israel.

The plan, he said, would be submitted to the cabinet for approval.

Earlier this month, Turkey said it was stopping exports to Israel during the duration of Israel’s war on Gaza citing a “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in the Palestinian territory.

US aid pier: ‘A floating dock far from where needs are most acute’

While the US military says a pier has been completed off Gaza to deliver aid to starving Palestinians, many questions about its effectiveness remain.

Farhan Haq, a spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres, reiterated the UN’s preference for land routes, saying “getting aid to people in need into and across Gaza cannot and should not depend on a floating dock far from where needs are most acute”.

He added negotiations are continuing about how the aid would be distributed after the US ruled out any involvement by its troops in the distribution process.

Israel has been widely criticised for restricting crucial humanitarian relief via land routes with hospitals running out of fuel and people desperate for food and water.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mass-displacement-as-israelis-intensify-assaults
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>>481600
That podcast has an interesting discussion on how Israel lost the war because they are loosing on military attrition.
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 No.481604

Malaysia welcomes South Africa’s latest request to ICJ over Israel’s war on Gaza

Malaysia has said it “strongly supports and commends South Africa for her resolute effort to stop the genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza” and welcomes its latest request to the International Court of Justice to stop Israel’s attack on Rafah.

“Israel’s offensives in Rafah, a 64-square-kilometre area crowded with over 1.4 million Palestinians seeking refuge, will result in a massive humanitarian catastrophe,” Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

“The international community has a collective responsibility to demand that Israel cease its military operations,” it said.

“Malaysia reiterates its unwavering support for the establishment of an independent and sovereign State of Palestine, based on the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, as well as the admission of Palestine as a full member of the United Nations,” the ministry added.

Israeli extremists carry out another truck attack in the West Bank

A group of Israeli extremists have blocked another truck and attacked its driver in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.

The driver sustained minor injuries and the truck was set on fire in the attack, which occurred near the Kochav Hashahar Israeli settlement, east of Ramallah, Wafa reports.

This is the latest of several attacks carried out on trucks by Israeli extremists, who say they are blocking the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza until all Israeli captives are returned.

Israeli extremists have, however, also perpetrated attacks and looted several trucks not carrying humanitarian aid.

Israeli extremists injure Israeli soldiers in latest Gaza aid truck violence

Israel’s military said three soldiers were “slightly injured” in a confrontation with dozens of Israelis who had set fire to a truck and injured its driver in the vicinity of the Kochav Hashahar Israeli settlement, east of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

The attack on the truck and soldiers appeared to be the latest incident of violence by Israeli extremists who have ambushed several trucks transporting humanitarian aid supplies destined for the people of war-torn Gaza.

According to the military, soldiers “arrived on the scene, and acted to separate the Israeli citizens from the driver and provide the driver with medical treatment”.

“Dozens of Israeli citizens reacted violently towards the force. As a result, two [military] officers and another soldier were slightly injured and treated on the spot,” the military said.

Though the military condemned the violence, and said it would respond “to the fullest extent of the law”, it did not mention any arrests of attackers or suspects.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-700000-palestinians-flee-military-onslaught
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 No.481605

>>481604
What does it mean for the situation if Israeli citizens and Israeli soldiers aren't in agreement?
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 No.481606

>>481604
>Israeli extremists injure Israeli soldiers in latest Gaza aid truck violence
>>481605
>What does it mean for the situation if Israeli citizens and Israeli soldiers aren't in agreement?
Zionism beginning to eat it self, means less violence directed against their victims.
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 No.481611

https://farside.link/invidious/watch?v=PDOlPim1wc0

Zionist hypocrisy is off the charts
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 No.481615

Palestinian rights group calls for investigation into Meta’s data leaks to Israeli military

The Sada Social online rights group says US tech giant Meta must be investigated for helping the so-called Lavender AI-assisted targeting system of the Israeli military used to kill Palestinians in Gaza through leaking users’ Whatsapp data.

“Since the onset of the genocidal war on October 7, the enforcement of surveillance and violation of users’ privacy through WhatsApp has escalated, with more than 670 numbers of Palestinian users being banned, over 78 percent of whom are journalists and users in the Gaza Strip, directly impacting their lives,” said the group, which is based in the occupied West Bank.

“Sada Social calls upon Meta management to adhere to responsibility and transparency across its various platforms, and to release transparency reports that have been withheld since the onset of the genocidal war.”

https://twitter.com/SadaSocialPs/status/1791824121333973299

Thousands expected to rally in Washington, DC, for Palestinian rights

Thousands of protesters are expected to turn out for a rally at the National Mall in the nation’s capital in support of Palestinian rights and an immediate end to the Israeli war on Gaza.

The event also commemorates the 76th anniversary of the Nakba.

Rally organisers didn’t apply for any permits from the National Park Service, which oversees the National Mall.

In January, pro-Palestine activists flooded the National Mall in one of the larger protests in recent memory in the District of Columbia.

Yemen’s Houthis hit oil tanker with a ballistic missile in Red Sea

US Central Command (CENTCOM) says the Houthi group in Yemen launched an antiship ballistic missile into the Red Sea that hit MT Wind, a Panamanian-flagged, Greek-owned and operated oil tanker.

“MT Wind most recently docked in Russia and was bound for China,” it said.

The impact of the missile resulted in a loss of propulsion and steering, but the vessel’s crew managed to restore the functions without assistance, and there were no casualties, CENTCOM said.

The Houthis have launched attacks for months on commercial vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Eden in an attempt to pressure Israel to end its devastating war on Gaza.

Qassam Brigades claims attacks on Israeli troops

Hamas’s armed wing says on its Telegram channel that its fighters:

shot an Israeli soldier with sniper fire east of Jabalia
attacked a group of 15 soldiers with anti-personnel devices and then used light weapons and hand grenades while they were inside a house in al-Tanour neighbourhood, east of Rafah
targeted a Merkava tank with a Yassin-105 rocket in the same neighbourhood
shelled Rafah crossing
targeted an “Apache” Israeli military helicopter with an anti-aircraft surface-to-air missile (SAM-7)
blew up an Israeli military bulldozer east of Rafah

6 Penn students arrested during attempt to occupy building

Authorities say a half-dozen University of Pennsylvania students are among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during an attempt to occupy a building on campus.

University police say seven remained in custody Saturday awaiting felony charges from Friday’s incident, including one person who allegedly assaulted an officer.

A dozen were issued citations for failing to disperse and follow police commands. They have been released from custody.

The arrests came as other colleges across the country, anxious to prepare for commencement season, either negotiated agreements with students or called in police to dismantle protest camps.

Body of another captive found Gaza, Israeli army says

The Israeli army says troops retrieved the body of hostage Ron Benjamin after he was “murdered” during the October 7 offensive by Hamas.

Military spokesperson Rear-Admiral Daniel Hagari said Benjamin’s body was found during the same operation that saw troops recover the remains of three other hostages, which was announced on Friday.

The bodies of the other captives were also recovered in a tunnel in Gaza, according to the Israeli military.

’14th major march in London since October’
Harry Fawcett
Reporting from London

The demonstration is taking place in White Hall, the heart of the British government, very close to Downing Street, the home and office of the prime minister.

It’s really seizable. There’s a real crush here.

The organisers are claiming some 250,000 people [are attending]. It’s hard to corroborate those figures, but certainly, it’s a very sizable turnout.

It’s associated with the Nakba, or the “catastrophe”, as Palestinians call it.

We’ve seen people carrying keys symbolising the right of return to their homes, and we’ve also heard those calls for an end to arms sales from Britain to Israel as this war continues, and repeated calls for an end to the war.

This has been a very diverse crowd by age, race and parts of the UK.

Demonstrators take to the streets in Israel

Videos shared online show thousands of people marching in the city of Haifa to demand an end to the attack on Gaza and early elections.

Protesters held banners reading, “We want to stop the war” and “We want to have elections now”.

Israel’s Gantz demands Gaza plan by June 8; threatens to quit cabinet

Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz demanded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commit to an agreed vision for the Gaza conflict that would include stipulating who might rule the territory after the war with Hamas.

In a news conference, Gantz said he wanted the war cabinet to form a six-point plan by June 8. If his expectations are not met, Gantz said, he would withdraw his centrist party from the conservative prime minister’s emergency government.

Israeli military claims over 130 Palestinian fighters killed in east Rafah

The Israeli military has provided a combat report from its 162nd Division that is currently invading eastern Rafah in southern Gaza.

It claims soldiers with the Givati Infantry Brigade killed “more than 80 terror operatives”, located dozens of rifles, grenades and ammunition, and located tunnel networks.

The Israeli military said its 401st Armored Brigade has also been raiding sites in the area and engaging in gun battles with Palestinian fighters.

It claimed its tank forces have killed more than 50 fighters and demolished dozens of sites, including rocket launchers and tunnel shafts.

Israeli military claims to expose Palestinian minors as ‘Hamas informants’

The Israeli military has released names and information of a number of Palestinian children, claiming that they are informing on Hamas.

Palestinian children arbitrarily arrested and detained by the Israeli army are often coerced into becoming collaborators or informants, according to Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories.

The practice dates back to before October 7, but the expert said the situation has grown considerably worse and “risks to grow even worse if we do not use our power to stop it”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-battles-in-jabalia-and-rafah-as-israel-advances
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>>481615
>The Sada Social online rights group says US tech giant Meta must be investigated for helping the so-called Lavender AI-assisted targeting system of the Israeli military used to kill Palestinians in Gaza through leaking users’ Whatsapp data.
>“Since the onset of the genocidal war on October 7, the enforcement of surveillance and violation of users’ privacy through WhatsApp has escalated, with more than 670 numbers of Palestinian users being banned, over 78 percent of whom are journalists and users in the Gaza Strip, directly impacting their lives,” said the group, which is based in the occupied West Bank.
>“Sada Social calls upon Meta management to adhere to responsibility and transparency across its various platforms, and to release transparency reports that have been withheld since the onset of the genocidal war.”

Data is getting used to kill people.
That means no more arguments against maximal privacy.
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 No.481618

>>481615
>US Central Command (CENTCOM) says the Houthi group in Yemen launched an antiship ballistic missile into the Red Sea that hit MT Wind, a Panamanian-flagged, Greek-owned and operated oil tanker.
>“MT Wind most recently docked in Russia and was bound for China,” it said.
Is there a way to get independent confirmation that this was a Houthi missile ?
I'm not implying anything, it's just that the US has a greater interest to knock out an oil shipment from Russia to China than the Houthis do and that makes US CENTCOM perhaps not the best source of information in this case.
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 No.481619

>>481615
>The Israeli military has released names and information of a number of Palestinian children, claiming that they are informing on Hamas.
Can murdering civilians be justified by calling them "human shields" ?NO!
Can murdering children be justified by calling them "informants" ? ALSO NO!
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 No.481625

>>481618
Good point. I didn't even catch that lol
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 No.481639

Israeli air strikes hit Gaza’s Khan Younis, Nuseirat, Jabalia

Israeli air attacks have hit several areas across the Gaza Strip tonight, including multiple sites in Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, Wafa is reporting.

Israeli air attacks also hit the Nuseirat refugee camp and the town of az-Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip, as well as the Jabalia refugee camp in the north, Wafa reports.

No immediate details on the number of people killed and injured in the attacks were available.

Hospitals and other emergency services that usually report on deaths and injuries have been struggling to continue operations after Israel last week blocked land routes used to deliver fuel to run generators, months after cutting off all electricity supply.

Israeli soldiers supported settlers who attacked West Bank village of Yatma: Report

A Palestinian official told the Wafa agency that the Israeli settlers who set fire to farmland and a scrapyard in the West Bank village of Yatma did so “under the protection of Israeli occupation forces”.

Ahmed Sanobar, the head of the Yatma village council, also told Wafa that hundreds of settlers were involved in the attack and that Palestinians confronted the assailants and managed to extinguish the fires.

“Confrontations ensued between the residents and the attacking colonists, supported by Israeli soldiers who fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters at the former,” Wafa reported.

The agency said there were no reported injuries from the attack.

An Israeli attack in north Gaza killed 26 members of one family
Urooba Jamal

In Gaza’s north, two roads run between the city of Jabalia and the Jabalia refugee camp. Running parallel to as-Sikka Street is the smaller Assalia Street, named after the large family that inhabits the neighbourhood.

Late last week, 26 members of the Assalia family were killed and six houses on that street were reduced to rubble by an Israeli attack, according to witness testimony. The street is now barely a dirt track, as seen from images following the event’s aftermath, which Al Jazeera reviewed.

Ibrahim Assalia, 46, a media lecturer originally from Gaza who has been living in the United Kingdom since 2006, was on the phone with his brother as the attack on Jabalia and his family took place.

“Pray for me, they are heavily shelling the area,” Assalia recalled his brother as saying on May 11.

Freed Palestinian detainee Farouk al-Khatib dies

Dozens of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have taken part in a funeral for 30-year-old Farouk al-Khatib, who died from cancer on Monday, months after his release from Israeli prison, according to media reports.

The Wafa news agency said al-Khatib was subjected to medical negligence while being held in Israeli administrative detention for four months last year.

Al-Khatib lost 25kg (55 pounds) during his time in detention, his family told the Middle East Eye, and was diagnosed with stage-five stomach cancer shortly before his release in December last year.

New encampment at Drexel University in Philadelphia

Pro-Palestinian protesters in the US have set up a new encampment at Drexel University in the city of Philadelphia, a day after authorities thwarted an attempted occupation of a school building at the neighbouring University of Pennsylvania campus.

Up to 60 protesters were at the encampment on the campus’s Korman Quad on Sunday, Drexel President John Fry said in a statement, adding that the university was speaking with demonstrators to end the protest.

Morehouse community showed solidarity with Palestinians: CAIR

Here’s more on US President Joe Biden’s speech at Morehouse College.

The civil rights group Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) praised staff and students for standing in solidarity with the people of Gaza.

CAIR’s Edward Ahmed Mitchell said he was “very proud of students and faculty who respectfully protested President Biden and expressed the Black American community’s solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide in Gaza.”

Mitchell said that Biden should listen to students, including Morehouse valedictorian DeAngelo Jeremiah Fletcher, who called for “an immediate and a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza strip” in his speech.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-al-awda-hospital-runs-out-of-drinking-water
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Iran’s president and his foreign minister have been confirmed dead after the helicopter they were travelling in crashed in a mountainous region during bad weather.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/20/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-killed-helicopter-crash/

Another burning of Reichstag or is iϟϟreal so desper8 for another escalation? Ah, who the fuck am I kidding.
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 No.481649

>>481643
Probably the latter…
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 No.481650

The ICC appears to be issuing arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, and 3 Hamas leaders.
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 No.481651

>>481650
whats the chances of the US' Hague Act coming into play?
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 No.481652

>>481651
Should be zilch since the US doesn't officially acknowledge responsibility for what Israel is doing. Should be.
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 No.481653

US rights group calls ICC arrest warrant request a ‘milestone’ that took too long

Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) also urges the US to suspend all arms transfers to Israel, “given the ICC’s conclusion that Israeli officials at the highest levels are engaging in war crimes for which the court is seeking their arrest”.

“US officials involved in approving and sending additional weapons to Israel may find themselves next in line facing ICC arrest warrants,” said Raed Jarrar, Dawn’s advocacy director.

After Khan’s application for the arrest warrants, a panel of pre-trial judges will determine whether the evidence supports issuing them.

Sarah Leah Whitson, DAWN’s executive director, also called for warrants to indict Israeli officials for Israeli settlements, which, she said, are also war crimes under the Rome Statute.

“Any effort to ‘balance’ warrants against Israeli officials with an equal number of warrants against Palestinian officials would be an embarrassing concession to political calculations,” she said.

ICC has ‘various different routes’ to move forward

Michael Mansfield, an international law expert, says the issue of jurisdiction is “very important” because Israel and the US have not signed up to the ICC.

“However, that does not prevent the court from having jurisdiction if the issues that arise vis-a-vis Israel are referred by the Security Council,” he told Al Jazeera.

“There are various different routes which may make Israel and members of Hamas as well subject to the ICC,” he said.

Mansfield also noted that Israel has a history of ignoring institutions that have accused it of crimes, referring to the ICJ’s advisory opinion that deemed Israel’s separation wall illegal.

The decision in 2004 found the wall violates international law and called for its dismantlement. It also ruled that Israel should pay reparations for any damage caused.

“It is important that international lawyers should put pressure on the court to remain independent and not be bulldozed and bullied into withdrawing. The fear I have is the Americans might withdraw funding. They are not members of the ICC, but there are all sorts of pressure that they can bring about,” Mansfield said.

Mixed reaction from Gaza media office to ICC arrest warrant request

As could have been reasonably expected, the Government Media Office in Gaza is celebrating a request by the International Criminal Court prosecutor for arrest warrants against Israeli officials, and decrying requests made for warrants against Hamas officials.

“We appreciate the decision of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for two Zionist war criminals”, a statement from the office begins.

“We see the issuance of these memorandums as a legal step in the right direction, despite the fact that they came late”, it continues.

On the other hand, the office says that “We also deplore the fact that this step was accompanied by the issuance of similar decisions against some of the leaders of our people, in a scene in which the court equated the victim with the executioner”, referring to requests for arrest warrants against several Hamas officials.

More from Hamas on ICC arrest warrants

The group has also called on the ICC prosecutor to issue arrest warrants “for all the Israeli officials who gave orders and the soldiers who carried out crimes, in accordance with the Rome Statute”.

“The prosecutor is acting in violation of all norms that allow for people under occupation, including Palestinians, to resist their occupier,” Hamas’s statement said.

Hamas demands ICC arrest warrant request against leaders be cancelled

Hamas has issued a statement denouncing the ICC prosecutor’s decision to seek arrest warrants against its leaders, accusing Karim Khan of trying to “equate the victim with the executioner”.

The group said it demanded the cancellation of the request, adding that Khan’s application for arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant had come “seven months too late”.

‘World increasingly telling Israel enough is enough’

Israeli columnist and author Gideon Levy calls the ICC prosecutor’s decision to seek arrest warrants “just” but said he expected Israeli officials to double down.

“Israel will again protect itself with this wall of ‘the whole world is anti-Semite and the whole world is against us,’ and it will unite again the Israelis in an even more nationalistic wave,” he told Al Jazeera. “Everyone will feel so just and such a victim by this evil decision.”

Levy noted, however, that the impact of the possible arrest warrants could not be underestimated.

“The fact that an Israeli prime minister will or might become wanted in all kinds of corners of the world and will be prevented from travelling must have an effect,” he said.

“It’s unprecedented. It was never the case – for sure not in a country that is supposed to be a democracy, which considers itself as a democracy,” Levy added.

“You have to see the overall picture. It’s not one case. It’s an overall picture in which the entire world more and more so, more loudly and more clearly, tells Israel, ‘Enough is enough. We have had enough with you.'”

UN special rapporteur welcomes ICC prosecutor’s arrest warrant requests

The UN special rapporteur on the right to housing has welcomed Khan’s arrest warrant requests.

“On the request by the ICC Prosecutor for warrants: against Hamas, the charges of hostage taking and killing likely to stand but not others,” Balakrishnan Rajagopal posted on X.

“Against Israeli leaders, all charges likely to stick. And missing charges include attacks against various civilian objects including homes!”

War crime arrest warrants sought. What’s next?

The ICC prosecutor must request the warrants from a pre-trial panel of three judges who take on average two months to consider the evidence and determine if the proceedings may move forward.

Israel is not a member of The Hague-based court, and even if the arrest warrants are issued, Netanyahu and Gallant do not face any immediate risk of prosecution.

But Khan’s announcement deepens Israel’s isolation as it presses ahead with its devastating war on Gaza. The threat of arrest could make it difficult for the Israeli leaders to travel abroad.

Of the three Hamas leaders who face arrest warrants, two – Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif – are in Gaza. But Ismail Haniyeh, the political head of Hamas, is based in Qatar and frequently travels across the region.

Belgium backs ICC prosecutor’s move to seek arrest warrants

Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib says crimes committed in Gaza must be prosecuted at the highest level regardless of the perpetrators after the ICC prosecutor announced he is seeking arrest warrants against top Israeli and Hamas officials.

“The request submitted by the Court’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, for arrest warrants against both Hamas and Israeli officials is an important step in the investigation of the situation in Palestine,” she posted on X.

“Belgium will continue to support the essential work of international justice to ensure that those responsible for all crimes are held accountable,” the minister added.

Ireland’s top diplomat says ‘independence and impartiality’ of ICC must be respected

In a post on X, Michael Martin condemned “recent threats against the ICC and its officials”, without identifying the specific threats.

“It is vital that we respect the independence and impartiality of the ICC,” he wrote.

He added the court’s “role in ending impunity is essential”.

https://twitter.com/MichealMartinTD/status/1792602341134286920

‘If ICC has any credibility, it should be going after those committing genocide’

Diana Buttu, a lawyer and former spokesperson for the PLO, says the ICC’s Khan is doing “a lot of bothsidesism”.

“He’s looking and seeing that there is a genocide that Israel is perpetrating – a genocide that Israel has been very open about perpetrating with over 35,000 Palestinians killed, mass starvation, 15,000 children killed, and in order to balance it out, he has to make it seem as though he’s addressing both sides,” Buttu told Al Jazeera.

“But if we want to be honest, we should be looking at what it is that the Israeli government has been doing and the orders that it has issued to its soldiers,” she said.

“If this court is to have any credibility, it should be going out after the people who are committing genocide rather than just simply trying to play this game of bothsidesism,” Buttu added.

South Africa has accused Israel at the ICJ of carrying out a genocide in Gaza, an allegation Israel has denied.

US lawmakers issue threats against ICC

Anthony D’Esposito, a Republican congressman from New York, says the ICC is “playing with fire, putting any international legitimacy at risk”.

“There will be serious consequences if they proceed,” he said.

Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, also a Republican, called the move an “outrageous decision” that is “a slap in the face to the independent judiciary in Israel, which is renowned for their independence”.

Graham said he will work with Republicans and Democrats in both chambers of Congress to “levy damning sanctions against the ICC”.

A Republican congressman from Florida, Brian Mast, said in a post on X: “America doesn’t recognise the International Criminal Court, but the court sure as hell will recognize what happens when you target our allies.”

UK calls ICC arrest warrant request ‘unhelpful’

A spokesperson for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has denounced requests from the ICC prosecutor for arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and three Hamas leaders.

“This action is not helpful in relation to reaching a pause in the fighting, getting hostages out or getting humanitarian aid in,” the spokesperson said.

Israeli president slams ICC prosecutor’s move

Isaac Herzog has called Khan’s announcement “beyond outrageous” and argued that it shows “the extent to which the international judicial system is in danger of collapsing”.

The Israeli president alleged the ICC prosecutor had acted in “bad faith” and his decision violated “all the basic rules of the court according to the principle of complementarity and other legal norms”.

Smotrich likens ICC prosecutor’s move to Nazi propaganda

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has likened the announcement by the ICC prosecutor on seeking arrest warrants for top Israeli officials to Nazi propaganda.

“We haven’t seen such a show of hypocrisy and hatred of Jews like that of the Hague Tribunal since Nazi propaganda,” Smotrich said on X.

He also said all Israelis should feel as though there are arrest warrants against them after the announcement by Khan, who said he will apply for arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant.

HRW calls members to protect ICC’s independence amid expected pressure

Balkees Jarrah, associate international justice director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), says Khan’s decision to seek arrest warrants “reaffirms the crucial role” of the ICC.

“Victims of serious abuses in Israel and Palestine have faced a wall of impunity for decades. This principled first step by the prosecutor opens the door to those responsible for the atrocities committed in recent months to answer for their actions at a fair trial,” Jarrah said in a statement.

“ICC member countries should stand ready to resolutely protect the ICC’s independence as hostile pressure is likely to increase while the ICC judges consider Khan’s request.”

ICC investigation ‘helpful warning’ to ongoing violations taking place

William Schabas, a professor of international law at Middlesex University in London, says the ICC’s investigation acts as a “helpful warning” and potential “deterrent” to violations taking place in the occupied Palestinian territories.

He told Al Jazeera the argument Israel is likely to make to fight the ICC probe and the arrest warrants is that “Palestine is not a proper member of the court”.

Many believe that ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan has “taken too long to get to this point”, but Schabas said it was recently revealed that he went through “an unusual consultation process”, which included the input of a group of experts and “recognised authorities” in international law.

Among the challenges the court will face in collecting evidence is the fact that the assault is “ongoing”, Schabas said.

Israel has repeatedly barred ICC teams from entering Gaza, which will add to the challenge for investigators.

However, they will be able to collect evidence through “people in the justice system in Gaza”, Schabas said.

There is also “a great deal of open source information, there are witnesses who testify, who make recordings from the territory,” he added.

ICC vs ICJ cases

As we’ve been reporting, the ICC’s chief prosecutor earlier today said he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders.

Unlike the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the ICC is not part of the United Nations system. The court, which is also based in The Hague, has jurisdiction over individuals, prosecuting them for serious crimes in accordance with the Rome Statute. While the ICJ is a civil tribunal, the ICC is a criminal tribunal.

Like Russia and the United States, Israel is not a member of the ICC. However, the ICC has jurisdiction over Gaza, occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank after Palestinian leaders formally agreed to be bound by the court’s founding principles in 2015.

The ICC announcement on Monday is separate from the case that is currently being heard by the the ICJ over an accusation from South Africa that Israel was in breach of its obligations under the Genocide Convention in its war on Gaza.

The ICJ held its first hearing on the case in January and then proceeded to order a number of provisional measures that Israel has, so far, largely ignored.

In May, the ICJ heard arguments for a request by South Africa once again seeking additional emergency measures over Israel’s offensive on Rafah, a city in southern Gaza where more than one million displaced Palestinians sought shelter from Israel’s war.

Both Israel and South Africa are signatories to the United Nations Genocide Convention, which gives the ICJ – the highest UN legal body – jurisdiction to rule on disputes over the treaty.

All states that signed the convention are obliged to not commit genocide and also to prevent and punish it. The treaty defines genocide as “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”.

Gaza death toll increases

At least 35,562 Palestinians have been killed and 79,652 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, the Health Ministry in the besieged and bombarded territory has announced.

The ministry said 106 people were killed and 176 wounded in the latest 24-hour reporting period.

Demonstrators call for elections, removal of Netanyahu government

Local Israeli platforms and media outlets have shared videos online showing a demonstration in the vicinity of the Israeli parliament, called the Knesset, in Jerusalem, demanding elections and the removal of the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

https://twitter.com/IsraelHayomHeb/status/1792569537453293999

Large demonstration in Peshawar in support of Gaza

Thousands of protesters marched in the Pakistani city of Peshawar late on Sunday in support of the people of Gaza, demanding an end to Israel’s war on the enclave.

The march was led by supporters of Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami party and people chanted slogans in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

The demonstrators were led by the party’s leader, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman.

No reason to suspend Israel from Paralympics, says IPC head

Andrew Parsons, the head of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), said on Monday that wars and conflicts should not influence participation in the Paralympic Games, paving way for Israel’s participation in the Games.

The statement from Parsons, the IPC head, comes amid global calls for Israel’s suspension for its brutal war on Gaza.

The IPC said in March that Russian and Belarusian athletes joining the Paris 2024 Paralympics would not be part of their opening ceremony.

Russian and Belarusian athletes cannot take part in team competitions at this year’s Olympics and Paralympics but are allowed to participate as neutrals – without flags or anthems being played.

Israel has killed more than 35,000 Palestinians and destroyed more than 70 percent of houses in Gaza since it launched its offensive on October 7.

“The Russian and Belarusian Paralympic Committees were suspended because both organisations have breached the (Olympic) constitution,” Parsons told Reuters. “They used the Olympic movement to promote the war and the invasion of Ukraine.”

“In the case of Israel, the Paralympic Committee and even the Palestine Paralympic Committee have not done anything of that nature, so we don’t have any process in place when it comes to suspending those national Paralympic committees,” Parsons said.

Hezbollah mourns ‘protector’ Raisi after death of Iranian leader

Lebanon’s Hezbollah group has said it mourns the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials in a helicopter crash, praising him as a “protector” of allied groups in the region.

“Hezbollah in Lebanon extends its deepest condolences,” the group said in a statement, adding that they knew Raisi “closely for a long time” and that he was “a strong supporter, and a staunch defender of our causes… and a protector of the resistance movements”.

Hamas expresses ‘full solidarity’ with Iran after Raisi’s death

Hamas, earlier in the morning, expressed its condolences over the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, mourning in a statement an “honourable supporter” of the Palestinian group.

It said it appreciated Raisi’s “support for the Palestinian resistance, and tireless efforts in solidarity” with Palestinians since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Al-Quds Brigades says it attacked Israeli soldiers in Jabalia

Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, has said its fighters clashed with Israeli troops accompanied by a military vehicle in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

The group said on Telegram the incident took place near the Imad Aql Mosque, claiming that it had killed and wounded Israeli soldiers.

Israel has been carrying out an operation around the camp.

What’s the situation at al-Awda Hospital?

Here’s what you need to know about the ongoing Israeli siege at al-Awda Hospital, one of the last functional hospitals in northern Gaza.

The Wafa news agency, citing medical sources, said Israeli forces fired artillery shells at the hospital before surrounding the facility on Sunday.
The agency said Israeli forces also bulldozed areas in the vicinity of the hospital.
It added that the ongoing siege is preventing civilians and medical staff from entering or leaving the facility.
MSF said the hospital is treating at least 34 people who were wounded in an Israeli strike on the nearby Jabalia refugee camp on Saturday, and that it has now run out of drinking water.

Timeline of major Israeli attacks on Gaza’s hospitals

The ongoing siege on Gaza’s al-Awda Hospital is the latest in a series of Israeli attacks on health services in the Palestinian territory.

The World Health Organization has documented 445 Israeli attacks on Gaza’s medical sector that affected 101 health facilities, including 32 hospitals.

These include:

October 2023 – a missile hits the car park of al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, killing hundreds of people.
November 2023 – Israeli forces enter Gaza’s biggest hospital, al-Shifa, after a siege of several days. They also launch an attack on al-Awda, killing at least three doctors.
December 2023 – Israeli forces take control of al-Awda after a 12-day siege, during which snipers kill two members of the medical staff at the facility.
January 2024 – Israeli forces order the evacuation of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis and raid the facility.
March 2024 – Israeli attack on al-Aqsa Hospital kills many civilians sheltering in the hospital. The same month, the military also launches a new assault on al-Shifa, leaving it in ruins.

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>>481651
>whats the chances of the US' Hague Act coming into play?
Zero

Think of this as a way to ban Netanyahu from traveling to countries that signed and ratified the Rome Statute. (Giving the ICC jurisdiction)

The US did sign initially, but then they didn't ratify and later they withdrew their signature too.

The Hague invasion act is also retarded. Lets say hypothetically a US official somehow got arrested and "taken prisoner" by the ICC. If the US tried to do a military extraction operation they could just shoot the guy before the extraction team gets to him, and then blame it on the extraction operation. This is not a realistic scenario, the ICC has so far only managed to convict war criminals from Africa, the point is that threatening to invade the Hague does not represent any kind of leverage.

Netanyahu probably has to be careful where he travels anyway because the risk of him getting assassinated are likely very high.
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Palestinian official welcomes ICC decision

Mustafa Barghouti, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, has said that this step affirms “that no one is immune from international law”.

In a statement, Barghouti added: “We consider this to be the first step towards condemning the crimes of genocide committed by the rulers and army of Israel against the Palestinian people in Gaza and holding them accountable for committing these crimes according to international law and international humanitarian law.”

ICC prosecutor’s move against close US ally virtually unheard of
Step Vaessen
Reporting from The Hague, Netherlands

This is one of the most high-profile cases that the ICC has taken. We know of course that in 2023, the ICC also issued an arrest warrant against President Vladimir Putin from Russia.

But now this is a case against an ally, a very close ally to one of the most powerful nations on the planet – the United States. This is very unheard of.

There was a lot of pressure from both sides on the ICC. There were protesters demanding that Prosecutor Karim Kahn act more swiftly and request these arrest warrants.

There was also pressure from senators from the US to not issue arrest warrants. They have been threatening repercussions.

So it will be a very politically sensitive case.

Effort to prosecute Israeli leaders for starvation ‘watershed moment’: Expert

Catriona Murdoch, a director of Global Rights Compliance’s Starvation and Humanitarian Crisis Division and leading international law expert, has said that the effort to prosecute Israel’s Netanyahu and Gallant for the war crime of starvation is particularly significant.

The move represents the first time an ICC prosecutor has sought an arrest warrant for civilian starvation, according to Global Rights Compliance. The two officials could become the first individuals ever to stand trial for the crime, if the application is approved.

“This is a watershed moment in addressing this egregious crime, which has long been viewed solely as a collateral or incidental effect of armed conflict, rather than a deliberate and calculated strategy,” Murdoch said in a statement.

“This method of warfare has been championed by Gallant and other senior Israeli military and government officials including through the repeated use of dehumanising language, a blatant and publicly stated disregard for the rules of proportionality and necessity, describing a fight ‘against human animals,’ among several similar sentiments,” she said.

If US decries ICC warrants, it would ‘further undermine its standing in the world’

It would be “reckless on the part of Washington” if it were to denounce the International Criminal Court (ICC) for issuing warrants against some of its allies, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara said.

It will “further undermine its standing in the world, and compromise its position about human rights and international law,” he said, and will also “send the wrong message to the rest of the world … that international law does not count”.

Once international law is “compromised” by a world superpower, “you can kiss international law goodbye”, Bishara said.

The ICC warrants against Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signal the “beginning of the end”, Bishara said.

Netanyahu has been an “utter disgrace” and “failure”, he said, adding “The future doesn’t look good for him.”

‘Outrageous’: Biden slams ICC arrest warrant application against Israeli leaders

In a brief statement released by the White House, US President Joe Biden has for the first time responded to ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan’s application for arrest warrants for Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.

“The ICC prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous,” he said.

“And let me be clear: Whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence – none – between Israel and Hamas. We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security.”

The Biden administration has repeatedly maintained its “ironclad” support for Israel amid the war, even as it has increasingly voiced concerns over the high civilian death toll in Gaza and barriers to access to humanitarian aid.

Blinken says ‘shameful’ ICC case on Israel puts truce talks at risk

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has denounced as “shameful” a bid by the ICC prosecutor to arrest Israeli leaders, rejecting the court’s authority and saying the move put ceasefire efforts at risk.

“We reject the prosecutor’s equivalence of Israel with Hamas. It is shameful,” Blinken said in a statement over the bids to arrest Israeli leaders including PM Netanyahu as well as Hamas chiefs.

NYC mayor defends police after videos show officers punching pro-Palestine protesters

Mayor Eric Adams has defended the New York Police Department’s response to a pro-Palestinian street demonstration in Brooklyn over the weekend, calling video of officers repeatedly punching men lying prone on the ground an “isolated incident”.

Adams complained that protesters who marched through Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge section had blocked traffic, spit at officers and climbed on top of a moving city bus.

Footage shot by bystanders and independent journalists shows police intercepting a march in the street, shoving participants towards the sidewalk and then grabbing some people in the crowd and dragging them down.

Officers can be seen repeatedly punching at least three protesters, in separate incidents, as they lay pinned on the ground.

https://twitter.com/Resist_05/status/1791959919010410653

University of California academic workers strike for pro-Palestine protesters

Graduate students at the University of California in Santa Cruz have walked off their jobs.

Academic workers at UC Santa Cruz are the first to strike as part of a systemwide protest against a public university they say has violated the free speech rights of pro-Palestinian protesters.

United Auto Workers Local 4811 represents 48,000 graduate students who work as teaching assistants, tutors and researchers across the University of California’s 10 campuses.

The union says arrests of protesters at the University of California at Los Angeles and elsewhere constitute an unfair labour practice. University officials say the work stoppages violate the bargaining agreement.

Two Palestinians shot to death at Gaza checkpoint

Al Jazeera’s correspondent reports that two people were killed when Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd near a checkpoint on the Netzarim axis in the Gaza Strip.

The Netzarim axis is a line set up by the Israeli army separating north Gaza from south Gaza, across which the majority of civilians have not been allowed to cross. The return of internally displaced residents to their homes in north Gaza has long been a demand of Hamas in its negotiations with Israel for a ceasefire and the return of Israeli captives held in the Strip.

Video verified by Al Jazeera and posted on Instagram by a Palestinian journalist shows the arrival of the bodies of the two people killed at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.

Pro-Palestine protesters at Drexel refuse to disperse

Pro-Palestine protesters have sidelined a request by Drexel University’s president to disband their encampment as arrests linked to campus demonstrations against the Israeli war on Gaza surpass the 3,000 mark nationwide.

Drexel’s campus in Philadelphia remained on lockdown Monday, with classes being held virtually as police kept watch over the demonstration. Many Drexel employees were told to work from home.

Drexel President John Fry called the encampment “intolerably disruptive.”

The encampment at Drexel, which has about 22,000 students, was set up after several hundred demonstrators marched from Philadelphia’s City Hall to west Philadelphia on Saturday.

Nearby, on the University of Pennsylvania campus, university and city police arrested 19 demonstrators Friday night, including six Penn students.

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Biden administration paused Guantanamo transfers as Gaza war began: Report

US President Joe Biden has repeatedly vowed to wind down operations, and eventually close, the Guantanamo Bay detention centre. The Cuba-based facility has long been emblematic of the US “global war on terror” and the practice of holding hundreds of people in indefinite detention without charges.

But Biden paused the transfer of 11 detainees from the facility in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel, according to a report by NBC News. That was over concerns about the “political optics” of moving the detainees to countries in the Middle East, according to the broadcaster.

The date for the transfer of the men, who officials told NBC were either Yemeni or had ties to Yemen, has not been rescheduled. Thirty men remain in detention at Guantanamo.

Top Israeli diplomat asks AIPAC to push for ‘dramatic steps’ against ICC

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz says he has met with representatives of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), an influential pro-Israel lobbying group.

“I asked them to work with the [US] administration and Congress to take dramatic steps against the decision by the Prosecutor of the ICC to demand arrest warrants for PM Netanyahu and the Defense Minister,” Katz said on X.

He did not specify the steps. Several staunchly pro-Israel US lawmakers renewed calls to impose sanctions, including travel bans, on ICC officials, earlier in the day.

Republicans in the US House of Representatives and Senate had previously introduced legislation seeking to impose penalties on ICC Prosecutor Khan.

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>>481658
AIPAC is becoming rather visible, which probably doesn't bode well for a lobby-group with such exceptionally unpopular goals.
And they also seem to be picking fights with an increasing amount of organizations.
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Democracy Now! - Meet Two Morehouse Profs Who Protested Biden over Gaza and Congo During Commencement Speech

‘Law must be applied equally’: South African president welcomes ICC move

President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomes ICC Prosecutor Khan’s applications for arrest warrants for both Israel and Hamas leaders.

“The law must be applied equally to all in order to uphold the international rule of law, ensure accountability for those that commit heinous crimes and protect the rights of victims,” Ramaphosa said in a statement.

South Africa has brought a genocide case against Israel at another court in The Hague, the International Court of Justice.

Swiss envoy to UN calls for ICC independence to be respected

Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on Rafah, Pascale Baeriswyl said Switzerland was “concerned about possible war crimes and recalls the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court”.

She added Switzerland “fully supports the court and stresses the importance of respecting its independence”.

France says supports ICC mandate, ‘fight against impunity’

France says it has long warned of the consequences of violating international humanitarian law, particularly in regards to the “unacceptable” number of civilians killed in Gaza, as well as “insufficient humanitarian access”.

The French Foreign Ministry said in a statement it supported the ICC, “its independence, and the fight against impunity in all situations”.

But the statement fell short of explicitly saying that France supported ICC prosecutor Khan for seeking arrest warrants for both Israeli and Hamas leaders.

The statement added that France supports a “lasting political solution in the region”, saying it is the only way that will “put an end to the suffering of Israelis and Palestinians alike”.

Palestinian UN envoy: Israel will only be deterred by ‘resolute action’

Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on Rafah, Riyad Mansour said there is “only one conclusion to draw” from Israel’s actions in Gaza.

“[Israel] is deliberately destroying life in Gaza and it will not be deterred by the rules of international law or positions adopted by state or international bodies,” he said.

“It will only be deterred by resolute action, holding it accountable for its decisions and forcing it to change course.”

Israeli military says intercepted launches from east, Syria

The military said it had intercepted two aerial targets approaching Israel from the east. It said the launches did not enter Israeli territory.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed armed groups in the country, said it had launched two drones towards the southern city of Eilat.

The Israeli military also said it intercepted a launch from Syrian territory.

EU foreign policy chief releases statement on ICC decision

Josep Borrell has said in a statement: “I take note of the decision of the ICC Prosecutor to apply for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, Ismail Haniyeh, Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.”

“The mandate of the ICC, as an independent international institution, is to prosecute the most serious crimes under international law. All states that have ratified the ICC statutes are bound to execute the court’s decisions,” he said in a post on X, without elaborating.

Israel is not a state party to the court.

Italy latest western country to condemn ICC prosecutor

Speaking during a TV interview, Antonio Tajani condemned ICC prosecutor Khan for seeking arrest warrants for both Israeli leaders and leaders of Hamas.

“It seems to me truly singular, I would say unacceptable, to equate a government legitimately elected by the people in a democracy with a terrorist organisation that is the cause of everything that is happening in the Middle East,” Tajani said.

The statement echoes similar condemnations made by the US, UK and Germany earlier today.

Germany says it respects ICC but Israel has ‘right to defend itself’

Germany’s Federal Foreign Office says Berlin respects the ICC’s independence and procedures like all other international courts.

But, it said, the simultaneous application for arrest warrants against Hamas leaders and Israeli officials has created a false impression of an equivalency.

It added that Israel has a right to defend itself so long as international humanitarian law and its obligations apply.

Sanders says ICC ‘right’ as top Dem condemns prosecutor

Divisions within the Democratic party and its progressive flank over ICC prosecutor Khan’s request for arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant have been on full display.

Speaking on the Senate floor today, Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the chamber, called Khan’s move “profoundly unfair” and “reprehensible”.

He accused the ICC of harbouring “deep biases” against Israel.

Meanwhile, progressive Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent who caucuses with Democrats, said Khan was “right to take these actions”.

“Without these standards of decency and morality, this planet may rapidly descend into anarchy, never-ending wars, and barbarism,” he said in a statement.

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UN official says no aid delivered from US-built pier for two days: Report

A United Nations warehouse in Gaza has not received food aid from the newly-opened US-built aid pier for two days, an unnamed UN official has told the Reuters news agency.

Ten truckloads of food aid were transported on Friday from the pier to a World Food Programme warehouse in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza. But only five made it to the warehouse on Saturday, after 11 others were emptied by people as the trucks passed through an area that has been hard to access with humanitarian aid, the official told Reuters.

The UN did not receive any aid from the pier on Sunday or Monday, with the official saying, “they’ve not seen trucks for a while”.

“We need to make sure that the necessary security and logistical arrangements are in place before we proceed,” the official said.

The US has said that the pier, which is estimated to have cost $320 million to construct, will initially handle 90 trucks a day, but that number could rise to 150.

US president ‘moving closer to Israel’ after ICC seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant
Heidi Zhou-Castro
Reporting from Washington, DC

Joe Biden actually just spoke about this from the White House and it comes at a time when tension between the US and Israel has really been growing over the US’s ignored warning for Israel not to invade Rafah.

But now, with this International Criminal Court move to seek arrest warrants for Netanyahu, it seems that Biden is moving closer to Israel.

As far as what can the US do about this effort to seek an ICC arrest warrant, well, it can make strong statements in support of Israel. There are also the Republican senators who issued a letter warning that they could try to seek sanctions against ICC staff members.

The biggest leverage the US may have, given that it is not a member of the ICC itself, is that it could pressure its allies – most European nations that are signatories [to the ICC] – to not take action to arrest these people if the arrest warrants were to be granted.

There certainly would be a lot of pressure and a lot of tension that those European allies of the US would be under in trying to navigate that potential conflict of interest.

‘We are the victims’: Palestinians in Gaza react to ICC prosecutor’s decision

Even as the ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, Palestinians in the war-battered coastal enclave are facing daily death and displacement, and the announcement brings little comfort.

Local man Sami Abu Zeid emphasised that civilians were continuing to suffer.

“We’re the victims, although we have nothing to do with Israel or Hamas. We are not Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad,” he told Al Jazeera from Deir el-Balah.

“We’re civilians… What is my guilt or my children’s guilt? What’s my guilt or my siblings’ guilt? What is my guilt or my neighbour’s guilt? Why was I displaced and why do I have to suffer every day?”

Another Gaza resident, Majdi Sleim, criticised the ICC prosecutor’s decision to seek warrants for the leaders of Hamas alongside Netanyahu and Gallant.

“We tell the prosecutor that the cards are being shuffled because there’s equivalence between the victims and the oppressed,” Sleim said.

“How is it possible to equalise between those who defend their country and freedom – and the ICC say they value everything in accordance with humanitarian standards – and between those who target children, women and elderly people? Those who destroy homes and infrastructure and humanitarian sectors in the Gaza Strip?”

Most envoys to UN tight-lipped about ICC prosecutor’s decision
Gabriel Elizondo
Reporting from UN Headquarters, New York City, US

Here at the United Nations headquarters, most ambassadors did not want to comment about the ICC chief prosecutor’s decision to submit an application for arrest warrants.

As one said, it’s like a hot potato that nobody wants to touch right now. We spent all day, trying to talk to ambassadors, asking them questions as they went in and out of Security Council meetings, but in almost all instances, our questions were ignored.

Most countries clearly want to let the judicial process play out before commenting. And that was the sentiment articulated by Malta’s ambassador to the UN, a security council member.

There is a sense here of US double standards, and people point to March of last year, when the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

At the time, the US and other Western countries mostly applauded that decision by the ICC. But now, when the ICC closes in on a possible arrest warrant for Israeli officials, the US calls it outrageous.

UN expert on Palestine says ICC prosecutor’s decision is historic

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, says she understands that for the people of war-torn Gaza, the ICC prosecutor’s move to seek arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant may appear too little too late.

But “for me, it’s a historical, historical day,” Albanese told Al Jazeera.

“It’s not a small thing that the ICC prosecutor [is seeking] arrest warrants for two Israeli leaders and it’s not just for war crimes… it’s for crimes that have been committed intentionally and wilfully – the all-state policy that has animated this campaign against the population in Gaza is put into question,” she said.

“Without condoning or justifying the crimes that have been committed by Hamas, these crimes should have been investigated, and prosecuted. It shouldn’t have given leeway to Israel to start a war which has turned into a genocidal war against the entire Palestinian population.”

She added, “Palestine was a litmus test for the credibility of the court and this prosecutor in particular. And after October 7, after October 8, he was compelled to act.”

Yale students stage walkout at graduation ceremony

Dozens of pro-Palestine students staged a walkout during commencement events at Yale University on Monday.

At least 150 students stood up and left as Yale President Peter Salovey started the presentation of candidates for degrees on the grounds of Yale’s Old Campus.

Students at the Ivy League school have been protesting Israel’s war in Gaza, Yale’s financial ties to Israel and weapon makers, and the institution’s response to pro-Palestine demonstrations held on its campus.

The protesters wore red gloves to symbolise bloodied hands and carried placards with slogans including “Divest from war” and “Drop the charges”, in reference to the 45 people arrested in and around Yale’s New Haven campus last month.

Yale is one of dozens of US colleges that have seen large student-led protests in recent weeks, as demonstrators call for academic institutions to divest from Israel over its war on Gaza.

Backlash in Israel as ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of PM Netanyahu, defence minister
Mohammed Jamjoom
Reporting from Amman, Jordan, because Israel's gov't has banned Al Jazeera

Outrage across the Israeli political spectrum at the announcement that International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant as well as three Hamas leaders.

Israeli prime minister Netanyahu declaring that he rejects with disgust the comparison between Israel and Hamas.

At a time of such deep political polarisation in Israeli. At a time when there are so many divisions across the political landscape, what we heard throughout the day – after the announcement from the ICC – was very much a common refrain, very much echoing what we also heard from Netanyahu.

We also saw a lot of quotes from unnamed Israeli political officials throughout the Israeli media landscape throughout the day, calling the announcement from the ICC hypocritical, saying that it was embarrassing on an international level. That it was disgraceful. That is was insolent.

What we know is there are top legal scholars in Israel, as well as member of the national security council, and the foreign ministry that are all meeting.

They have set up a war room to try to figure out how to deal with all of this going forward.

Video captures Palestinian truck driver’s refusal to stop for Israeli settlers blocking Gaza aid

As hardline and ultra-right-wing Israeli settlers ambush and destroy humanitarian aid shipments transported by road to war-torn Gaza, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have shared video footage of one Palestinian truck driver who refused to be stopped.

In the brief video clip, the driver can be seen blasting his horn and moving forward despite the Israeli settlers using their bodies to try and stop the truck on a motorway.

The protesters eventually jump clear of the truck as it proceeds on its journey.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1792638976165106002

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Israel ramps up attacks as families hit without warning
Tareq Abu Azzoum
Reporting from Deir al-Balah, Gaza

It was a really sad morning for Palestinians across Gaza. The Israeli military ramped up its attacks across the Strip.

Since midnight, at least eight Palestinians have been killed in Rafah after a residential building was destroyed. Three others were killed in Beit Hannon, northern Gaza, where Palestinians were trapped during the expansion of the fighting to the Jabalia refugee camp.

The camp is isolated in that corner of the city without any water and food supplies. And now the people trapped there are being killed by Israeli fire.

A couple of minutes ago, three injured people, including children, arrived at Al-Aqsa Hospital, where we are right now. They were wounded after a group of Palestinians were targeted by Israeli fighter jets.

In the last 24 hours, at least 106 Palestinians have been killed.

There is a great sense and deal of sadness and frustration among Palestinian families who are being attacked without any prior warning.

Palestinian rights groups welcome ‘landmark’ ICC decision, call for additional genocide charge

The rights organisations Al-Haq, Al Mezan, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights said that ICC prosecutor Karim Khan’s decision to file an application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is “a crucial step” towards ending impunity in Israel’s war on Gaza.

In a statement, the three organisations said the ICC announcement follows after “tireless efforts by Palestinian and international civil society organisations demanding the issuance of arrest warrants” for members of Israel’s war cabinet.

“While we welcome the issuing of charges for crimes against humanity, there is also a public catalogue of genocidal statements of intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza, including through the intentional denial of aid,” the organisations said.

“For these reasons, genocide as an additional crime should be included in an amendment to the charges,” they added.

Australia urged to end arms exports to Israel after ICC arrest requests

More from Australia on the ICC prosecutor’s move.

The Australian Center for International Justice (ACIJ) is calling on Albanese’s government to support Karim Khan’s efforts and reminding it that it is duty-bound to comply and execute any arrest warrants issued by the court.

Rawan Arraf, the executive director at ACIJ, said the requests for arrest warrants by ICC prosecutor put the government “on further notice that they may be assisting the commission of international crimes” and called for an end to all Australian arms exports – including parts and components – to Israel.

Arraf said the government must also urgently investigate Australians who have served and are serving in Israel’s military.

Israel’s army says it killed Hezbollah commander

The Israeli military has said it killed a commander of the Hezbollah group in an air raid in Lebanon’s Tyre region.

An Israeli military statement posted on X referred to Qassim Saqlawi as “the commander of the rocket and missile unit in the coastal division” of the group.

It also claimed he was responsible for planning and carrying out rocket and antitank missile attacks on Israel from the coastal region in Lebanon.

Hezbollah announced his death following the attack, without referring to his position.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-40-of-gaza-population-displaced-in-two-weeks

+ Analysis of recent events by Dimitri Lascaris and Laith Marouf.
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>>481662
>Italy latest western country to condemn ICC prosecutor Khan
how i pictured this
sorry
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>>481664
>video
<Dimitri Lascaris discusses with Lebanon-based geopolitical analyst, Laith Marouf, the question of whether Israel might have brought down the helicopter in some manner.

So they think that Israel might have assassinated the Iranian president, as revenge for sort-of losing the tit for tat exchange that involved a Israel destroying a Iranian embassy, and Iran launching a successful missile strike as retaliation. They point out that there was a lot of mainstream media attention on the Iranian president, and they are not wrong that this can be a sign of an impending assassination.

Their political reasoning is sound, but how would the Israeli make that helicopter crash in the middle of nowhere ?
They think that in this case Iran would not accuse Israel but instead do some kind of covert retaliation thing. Does that mean a spy war ?
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Norway first European country to say it will arrest Netanyahu should a warrant be issued

Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide says that if the arrest warrant against Israel’s prime minister becomes a reality, Norway is obliged to arrest him.

Yesterday, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court asked the court to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, as well three Hamas officials including Yahya Sinwar.

“If he or one of the Hamas leaders who are also indicted should appear in Norway, then we are obliged by international law to do so. The same applies to all countries in Europe with the exception of Turkey,” Eide told Norweigan broadcaster TV 2.

China hopes ICC will be ‘objective’ after warrants sought for Israeli, Hamas leaders

China says it hopes the ICC will uphold an “objective” position after its chief prosecutor requested arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders.

“It is hoped that the ICC will uphold its objective and impartial position and exercise its powers in accordance with the law,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, calling for an end to the “collective punishment of the Palestinian people”.

On Monday, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said he had requested arrest warrants for PM Netanyahu, defence chief Gallant and three Hamas leaders, including its chief Sinwar, over the alleged crimes committed in the October 7 attack and Israel’s war on Gaza.

Protesters assail Antony Blinken over US Gaza policy

Demonstrators interrupted the US secretary of state as he began testimony before the Democratic Party-controlled Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

There were shouts that he has “blood on his hands”, and Blinken flinched from a protester who approached him from behind waving a sign that said “criminal” before security officers carried her out of the room.

Demonstrations over Israel’s war on Gaza have been a feature during congressional appearances by Biden administration officials. When Blinken and defence chief Lloyd Austin testified on October 31, 2023, about Biden’s request for security assistance for Ukraine and Israel, they were repeatedly interrupted by protesters.

Protests have intensified across the United States since then, including on college campuses where there have been thousands of arrests.

US is asking Israel to reverse action against Associated Press

The United States is engaging directly with Israel to ask that its action confiscating Associated Press camera equipment be reversed, a White House spokesperson said.

Earlier, Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel, accusing the news organisation of violating a new media law by providing images to Al Jazeera.

CPJ ‘deeply disturbed’ by Israel’s seizure of Associated Press equipment

Press watchdog the Committee to Project Journalists (CPJ) says in a statement that “Israeli authorities must return the equipment they confiscated from The Associated Press in southern Israel and stop harassing and censoring journalists covering the war”.

Earlier today, officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press (AP) by officials in southern Israel. The AP was accused of violating a new media law by providing images to Al Jazeera.

“CPJ is deeply disturbed by Israeli authority’s seizure of broadcasting equipment used by The Associated Press, an international news outlet providing crucial coverage of the ongoing Israel-Gaza war,” said CPJ Program Director Carlos Martinez de la Serna in a statement.

“Israel started its media silencing campaign by banning Al Jazeera and is now using that as an excuse to obstruct AP. Israel must end this censorship campaign, return AP’s equipment, and allow all international media outlets — including Al Jazeera — to operate freely in the country.”

Israeli officials used the foreign broadcaster law to close down the offices of Al Jazeera on May 5, as well as confiscating the channel’s equipment, banning its broadcasts, and blocking its websites.

‘Visible act of criminality’: ICC arrest warrants likely to be approved
Mat Nashed

Alonso Gurmendi, an international law scholar at King’s College London, says arrest warrant requests at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have been denied in the past – although it is uncommon.

He said he expects the indictments for Israeli and Hamas leaders will be approved by judges at the ICC.

The pre-trial chamber needs to establish there are “reasonable grounds” that the people in question have committed a crime within the ICC’s jurisdiction.

What’s happening in Gaza “is such a visible act of criminality. What is being described [by ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan] is what we’re seeing… I just don’t see a mismatch between the conduct of the accused and the warrant itself,” Gurmendi told Al Jazeera.

France, Belgium and Slovenia say they support ICC move

France, Belgium and Slovenia released statements supporting the world’s top criminal court and its chief prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas.

“France supports the International Criminal Court, its independence, and the fight against impunity in all situations,” its Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Belgium Minister of Foreign Affairs Hadja Lahbib posted on X, “Crimes committed in Gaza must be prosecuted at the highest level, regardless of the perpetrators,” along with a statement.

“War crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of Israel and Palestine from at least October 7 must be prosecuted independently and impartially regardless of the perpetrators,” Slovenia’s Foreign Ministry said on X.

More on UNRWA suspending food distribution in Rafah

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said in a statement on X that only seven out of its 24 health centres are operational.

It also said that it had not received any medical supplies in the past 10 days due to “closures/disruptions” at the Rafah and Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossings into Gaza.

Israel mounted a new push in central Gaza, bombarding towns in the north of the Palestinian enclave and saying it intended to broaden operations in Rafah despite US warnings of the risk of mass casualties in the southern city.

“Accountability is crucial to prevent atrocities and to guarantee peace,” the ministry said.

Americans more likely to vote for Biden if he changes Gaza policy: Poll

One in five Democrats and independents in the US battleground states of Wisconsin, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota say the US president’s handling of the Israeli war on Gaza is making it less likely that they will vote for him in November, according to a new poll.

Two in five of those same respondents said an immediate and permanent ceasefire, conditioning of aid to Israel, and ensuring full entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged coastal enclave would make them more likely to vote for Joe Biden.

The poll, conducted by the polling firm YouGov, was commissioned by a lobbying group called Americans for Justice in Palestine Action.

Around three-quarters of respondents identified as Biden supporters, while one-quarter said they supported either Republican Donald Trump or a third party or write-in candidate.

According to the poll, some 30-40 percent of non-Biden voters in each state said a ceasefire and conditioning of aid would make them more likely to vote for the incumbent.

AP criticises Israel for cutting Gaza live feed, seizing equipment

Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press (AP) in southern Israel, accusing the news organisation of violating a new media law by providing images to Al Jazeera.

The Qatari satellite channel is among thousands of clients that receive live video feeds from the AP and other news organisations.

“The Associated Press decries in the strongest terms the actions of the Israeli government to shut down our longstanding live feed showing a view into Gaza and seize AP equipment,” the news agency says in a statement.

Officials from the Communications Ministry arrived at the AP location in the southern town of Sderot this afternoon and seized the equipment. They handed the AP a piece of paper, signed by Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, alleging it was violating the country’s foreign broadcaster law.

“We urge the Israeli authorities to return our equipment and enable us to reinstate our live feed immediately so we can continue to provide this important visual journalism to thousands of media outlets around the world.”

The seizure followed a verbal order on Thursday to cease the live transmission – which the news organisation refused to do.

“In accordance with the government decision and the instruction of the communications minister, the communications ministry will continue to take whatever enforcement action is required to limit broadcasts that harm the security of the state,” the ministry said in a statement.

Israeli officials used the foreign broadcaster law to close down the offices of Al Jazeera on May 5 as well as confiscating the channel’s equipment, banning its broadcasts, and blocking its websites.

Drone attack kills three children in southern Gaza: Sources

Medical sources have told Al Jazeera that a drone attack has targeted a group of people in the Yibna refugee camp in Rafah in southern Gaza, killing at least three children.

Footage obtained by Al Jazeera showed the first moments after the strike with the bodies of children lying on the ground.

The children were transferred by medical staff to the Kuwaiti Specialty Hospital in Rafah, sources say.

Trump’s foreign policy advisers meet Netanyahu: Report

Reuters is reporting that three former US foreign policy officials in Donald Trump’s administration met Prime Minister Netanyahu and other public figures in Israel on Monday.

The news agency quoted a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

The delegation comprised Robert O’Brien, who served as Trump’s fourth and final national security adviser, as well as former ambassador to the UAE John Rakolta and former ambassador to Switzerland Ed McMullen, the report said.

One of the main goals of their trip, which comes amid strains between Israel and the Biden administration over Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, was to obtain a better understanding of Israel’s complex domestic political situation, Reuters said.

US police break up pro-Palestine encampment at University of Michigan

A video posted online on Tuesday by TV stations in Detroit, Michigan in the US showed police moving people from the camp and, at times, using an apparent irritant to spray people and disperse them, AP news agency reported.

Protesters have demanded that the school’s endowment stop investing in companies with ties to Israel. The university says it has no direct investments and less than $15m placed with funds that might include companies in Israel.

Students and others have set up tent encampments on campuses around the country to press colleges to cut financial ties with Israel. Tensions over Israel’s war on Gaza have been high on US campuses since the fall, but demonstrations spread quickly following an April 18 police crackdown on an encampment at Columbia University.

Arrests at campuses have surpassed the 3,000 mark nationwide.

Ben-Gvir promotes future Gaza settlements: ‘I would love to live in Gaza’

Israel’s far-right national security minister has again advocated for a full military takeover of Gaza after the war, even saying Israel should push Palestinians to “voluntarily” leave to make way for settlements.

“Israel should be the one that controls the Gaza Strip, unequivocally, and no one else,” said Itamar Ben-Gvir in comments carried by Israel’s Maariv news site.

Most important, he said, is “encouraging voluntary emigration of Palestinians” from the enclave, adding that Israel could then facilitate the return of settlements.

“I would love to live in Gaza if possible”, said Ben-Gvir.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-40-of-gaza-population-displaced-in-two-weeks
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>>481671
>Their political reasoning is sound, but how would the Israeli make that helicopter crash in the middle of nowhere ?
There are a few ways. Could be sabotage, that would be my first guess. It's also a region near the Azerbaijan border, so it wouldn't be totally impossible that someone could potentially shoot it down from the ground.
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 No.481679

>>481676
Those explanations seem somewhat plausible with caveats.

The presidential helicopter likely is well guarded, and a spy trying to sabotage it could get caught, with enormous political fallout.

A mobile sam installation that can shoot long range anti aircraft missiles would be detectable. A dude with a infantry missile launcher, could evade detection, but those tiny shoulder launched missiles only have 3miles/5km range. It would take a bunch to cover enough area.
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Israeli security forces tipping off groups that attack Gaza aid convoys: Report

Israeli soldiers and police are tipping off settlers and hardline activists to the location of aid trucks delivering humanitarian aid to the besieged coastal enclave, enabling the groups to block and vandalise the convoys, UK newspaper The Guardian reports, citing multiple sources.

The claim of collusion by members of the security forces is supported by messages from internal internet chat groups reviewed by the Guardian, as well as accounts from several witnesses and human rights activists.

Videos last week showed aid convoys blocked and vandalised by Israeli settlers at the Tarqumiyah checkpoint, west of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The incident, in which activists threw boxes of supplies to the ground, sparked outrage, with the White House condemning the attack as “completely and utterly unacceptable behaviour”.

Pentagon: No aid from US-built peer has reached Gaza people

None of the 569 tonnes of humanitarian assistance that arrived at a US-built pier in Gaza has been distributed to those in need.

While some of the aid coming off the pier has made it to warehouses, trucks have also reportedly been intercepted by crowds of desperate Palestinians after leaving the loading area.

Pentagon spokesman Major-General Pat Ryder told reporters he did not believe any humanitarian relief has yet reached hungry Palestinians.

“We fully appreciate and recognise that land routes are the optimal way to get aid. It’s also important to remember that this is a combat zone and that it is a complex operation,” he said.

Israeli troops in Jenin opened fire ‘at any moving body in the street’

A major Israeli military operation involving dozens of vehicles has continued into the night at the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank.

As night fell, the occasional sound of firing and explosions could still be heard as military vehicles moved in the darkened refugee camp adjacent to the city, but the intensity of the fighting has gone down, witnesses said.

“Undercover forces raided the area suddenly and they were firing at any moving body in the street,” said ambulance driver Hazim Masarwa. “They were targeting anything moving.”

Authorities said a teacher and a doctor, both of whom were on their way to work in the city, as well as a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old, were among seven people killed.

Ireland to announce recognition of Palestinian state on Wednesday: Report

The Irish government will announce the recognition of a Palestinian state on Wednesday, Reuters news agency reports, citing a “source familiar with the matter”.

The Irish government on Tuesday evening said the prime minister and foreign minister would speak to the media on Wednesday morning, but did not say what the topic would be.

European Union members Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and Malta have indicated in recent weeks they plan to make the recognition, arguing a two-state solution is essential for lasting peace in the Middle East.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-40-of-gaza-population-displaced-in-two-weeks
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Ireland will recognise Palestinian state: Irish PM

Ireland’s Prime Minister Simon Harris says that Ireland, Norway and Spain will recognise the state of Palestine today.

“Each of us will now undertake whatever national steps are necessary to give effect to that decision,” he told a news conference.

“I’m confident that further countries will join us in taking this important step in the coming weeks.”

More from Spain’s Sanchez

Speaking in the Spanish parliament, Pedro Sanchez has said that his Israeli counterpart, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is putting the two-state solution in “danger” with his policy of “pain and destruction” in Gaza.

“Next Tuesday, May 28, Spain’s cabinet will approve the recognition of the Palestinian state,” the Spanish prime minister said.

Norway will recognise Palestinian statehood on May 28

More from the Norwegian prime minister.

Store, speaking in Oslo, said Norway’s recognition of Palestine as a state will take place on May 28. “There cannot be peace in the Middle East if there is no recognition,” he said.

Norway recognition of Palestine state a ‘momentous occasion’
Imran Khan
Reporting from Amman, Jordan, because Israel's gov't has banned Al Jazeera

This is a major statement.

We are expecting this to be followed by Ireland a little bit later. Malta, Slovenia and Spain are also publicly saying that they are going to look at recognising the state of Palestine.

This is a momentous occasion for the Palestinians.

It’s perhaps unsurprising that Norway has taken the lead on this because they were behind the Oslo Accords – the agreement in 1993 that really did two things: it recognised the Palestine Liberation Organization, the PLO, as the legitimate representatives of the Palestinian people; and it also put into place the Palestinian Authority (PA), which had limited powers within the occupied West Bank.

This is going to be a boost for the PA.

It’s going to come as somewhat of a problem for the Israelis though, because they have already said that they want a moderate force within Gaza for the “day after”. But they are not really looking at the PA.

‘Some reflection’ among European countries on whether to recognise Palestine: Norway’s PM

Store responded in English to a reporter’s question about whether other countries also plan to recognise Palestine.

He said he expected several European countries to make announcements today.

“My impression is that there is reflection going on in some more countries, but I will not go into detail on that. I think they will make their position known when they are ready to do so,” he said.

“The United States have responded to us that they are not in a position or not ready to make that … recommendation. But they have understood, and they respect the decision we have taken,” he added.

PLO thanks countries who recognise Palestinian statehood

Hussein al-Sheikh, the secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), has posted a response on X to Spain, Ireland, and Norway’s announcements that they will recognise Palestinian statehood.

“Historical moments in which the free world triumphs for truth and justice after long decades of Palestinian national struggle, suffering, pain, occupation, racism, murder, oppression, abuse and destruction to which the people of Palestine were subjected”, he said.

“We thank the countries of the world that have recognized and will recognize the independent State of Palestine,” al-Sheikh said.

The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) is an umbrella organisation comprising several political parties that claim to represent Palestinians worldwide.

Israel recalls envoys to Norway, Ireland for ‘urgent consultations’

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz is recalling his country’s ambassadors to Norway and Ireland over the two governments’ expected moves to formally recognise a Palestinian state.

“Today, I am sending a sharp message to Ireland and Norway: Israel will not go over this in silence,” Katz said in a statement.

“I have just ordered the return of the Israeli ambassadors from Dublin and Oslo to Israel for further consultations in Jerusalem,” he added.

UK charges pro-Palestine protester behind divisive ‘coconut’ placard
Aina Khan

London – Marieha Hussain, 37, has been charged with a racially aggravated public order offence after mocking Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and ex-Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

Hussain joined thousands of pro-Palestine protesters in London to call for an end to Israel’s war in Gaza. During the rally, she raised her placard depicting the faces of Sunak and Braverman alongside coconuts under a tree on a beach.

Coconut is a divisive term which, as it is brown outside and white inside, suggests a Black or brown individual is akin to a traitor who has betrayed their heritage by indulging white opinion.

Days later, the Metropolitan Police posted a photograph of Hussain and her placard on X, announcing she was being sought in relation to a hate crime. The post went viral.

US House leader to invite Netanyahu to address Congress despite ICC warrant request

Mike Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has said he is moving ahead with an invitation to the Israeli prime minister to address US lawmakers.

The comments came a day after the ICC chief prosecutor requested an arrest warrant for Netanyahu on allegations of committing war crimes in Gaza.

Johnson said the invitation has not yet been sent because he was waiting for the Democratic leader of the Senate, Chuck Schumer, to sign a letter of invitation to a joint session.

If Schumer does not do so by Tuesday, “we’re going to proceed and invite Netanyahu just to the House”, Johnson said.

Addresses to joint meetings of Congress by foreign leaders are a rare honour generally reserved for the closest US allies, or major world figures. Netanyahu has already given three such addresses, most recently in 2015.

Aid system for Gaza – ‘seems it was designed not to work’

The American Friends Service Committee says the failure of the US-built pier to get food to starving Gaza people so far shows it’s more imperative than ever to reopen the three established land crossings.

“The pier itself can only bring in 90 trucks a day. We need 500 minimum, more like 1,500, to meet the vast humanitarian need that exists in Gaza,” said Kerri Kennedy from the organisation, which has worked in Gaza for 75 years.

“We are on the brink of a famine that is unprecedented in Gaza. There are 600,000 children on the edge of death. To think that we are playing around with building a pier… it is not [a] serious aid [effort].”

She told Al Jazeera the aid pier is a distraction from the much more effective land crossings that Israel continues to block.

“They’ve been there for decades. They have the infrastructure, the security mechanisms. This is a system that is not working – and it seems it was designed not to work.”

WHO, Japan sign $10m deal to support Gaza health response

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the government of Japan have signed a $10m agreement to bolster the emergency health response in Gaza, according to a statement.

The WHO said only 30 percent of Gaza’s hospitals were partially operational and the funding from Japan “will play a critical role in maintaining the functionality of health facilities by supplying essential medicines, medical equipment, and supplies”.

How many countries recognise an independent Palestinian state?

We have been reporting that, according to media reports, Norway is likely to recognise Palestine as an independent state today.

Ireland and Spain are also likely to announce plans for the recognition of a Palestinian state.

So far, 143 of the 193 UN member states have recognised Palestine.

Currently, just eight of the 27 EU members – Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden, and Cyprus – recognise Palestine as a state. Of those, only Sweden recognised Palestine as a sovereign state in 2014.

The EU does not recognise Palestine as a state despite multiple diplomatic efforts within the bloc.

All African states – excluding Cameroon and Eritrea – recognise Palestine as a state.

In mid-April, the US blocked a resolution at the UN Security Council that would have paved the way for full Palestinian membership of the world body.

More than 1,400 Israeli academics sign petition calling for end to Gaza war

Academics and administrators from higher education institutions across Israel have signed a petition calling on the Israeli government to end its war on Gaza and secure the return of captives held in the Palestinian enclave.

The petition, titled “A Call on the Israeli Government to End the War and Ensure the Return of the Hostages”, states that the end of the war and the return of captives are “moral imperatives that align with Israel’s interests”.

The signatories add that while it supports Israel’s right to self-defence, “this initial purpose has been exhausted” and the government does not have the right to “wage a war without a realistic end or one aimed at the political survival of the leadership”.

Hamas’s Haniyeh attends Raisi’s funeral in Tehran

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has paid tribute to the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi at his funeral at the Tehran University.

“I come in the name of the Palestinian people, in the name of the resistance factions of Gaza … to express our condolences,” Haniyeh told those gathered.

He recounted meeting Raisi in Tehran during Ramadan, the holy Muslim fasting month, and heard the president say the Palestinian issue remains the key one of the Muslim world.

The Muslim world “must fulfil their obligations to the Palestinians to liberate their land”, Haniyeh said, recounting Raisi’s words. He also described Raisi calling Hamas’s October 7 attack in southern Israel an “earthquake in the heart of the Zionist entity”.

US pressured Israel to reverse block on AP video feed of Gaza
Alan Fisher
Reporting from Washington DC, United States

The Associated Press [AP] is one of the biggest names in American journalism.

The White House moved in and used the diplomatic levers and the strength of its support for Israel to try and get that decision reversed as soon as it could. And that video feed is now up and running, and the pictures are back, being beamed around the world to clients around the world, including Al Jazeera.

The White House had also expressed concern about the Israelis getting in the way of journalists doing their job. They said something similar when Al Jazeera was blocked from broadcasting in Israel about four weeks ago. But they didn’t put any pressure on the Israelis.

This time they did. And they said they wanted the Israelis to consider reversing that decision as quickly as possible. And here we are, a few hours later, and that’s exactly what’s happened.

Under the foreign press law, what the Israelis argued was that the shot of Gaza that was being used, the picture that was being broadcast, could perhaps give information away. Yet, it was a very broad, wide shot. And most of the time, it was essentially a pall of smoke over northern Gaza. You couldn’t see troop movements, you couldn’t make out that sort of detail.

So there was great concern that this was the Israelis pushing that law a bit too far. And certainly, that was the view expressed by freedom of speech and journalism advocates in the US.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/22/israels-war-on-gaza-live-famine-fears-rise-as-aid-failure-escalates
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>>481688
>UK charges pro-Palestine protester behind divisive ‘coconut’ placard
>London – Marieha Hussain, 37, has been charged with a racially aggravated public order offence after mocking Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
>she raised her placard depicting the faces of Sunak and Braverman alongside coconuts
Yeah that it is indeed pretty unfair to coconuts
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Netanyahu will use Norway, Ireland, Spain’s decisions to push ‘victimhood’ narrative

Akiva Eldar, a political columnist at Israeli publication Haaretz, has told Al Jazeera that the recognition of the Palestinian state by Norway, Spain and Ireland goes against “Netanyahu and the majority of the Israeli Knesset’s philosophy never to agree to a Palestinian state, especially not unilaterally”.

“Just a few months ago, the majority of the Knesset passed a very weird resolution against any unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state,” he said.

Eldar added that he believes that Netanyahu will frame the recognition “as another demonstration of anti-Semitism, victimhood” and use it in his narrative “that the world is against us”.

Recognition of Palestinian state a ‘blow’ to Netanyahu’s ‘extremist’ government

Longtime Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti said recognition of the Palestinian state by Ireland, Spain and Norway was a “powerful political and symbolically-significant step” that moved the achievement of “freedom and justice” closer for the Palestinian people.

“It is a very important step in determining the rights of the Palestinian people – our people – for self-determination,” Barghouti told Al Jazeera.

“Also, it blows away a lot of the defacto effects that Israel has created through settlement building on the ground – by confirming that Palestine today is a state under occupation,” Barghouti said.

“So, any efforts of the occupying power to change facts on the ground is meaningless and will not have an impact in the long run,” he said.

“This is also a blow to Netanyahu and his extreme government, and to the fascists in his government… It means the acts of fascism and extremism in the Israeli government has no future,” he added.

ICC move ignores Israeli crimes against detainees: Palestinian rights group

Addameer says that while the decision made by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to hold Israeli officials accountable for alleged war crimes in Gaza marks a significant step, it still lacks substantial efforts to achieve comprehensive justice for all Palestinians, including prisoners.

“Despite the importance of this decision, the prosecutor completely neglected the crimes committed against Palestinian prisoners. He did not address at all the violations committed against Palestinian prisoners for many years, which have significantly escalated after October 7,” the rights group said in a statement.

Addameer said for decades, it has extensively documented crimes committed against Palestinian detainees, “all of which fall under the crimes listed by the prosecutor such as starvation, willfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health, or cruel treatment, and especially persecution as a crime against humanity”.

It also documented an increase in the acts of torture and mistreatment of Palestinian detainees since the beginning of the war, including being subjected to beatings multiple times a day, sometimes until loss of consciousness, forced to stay in stress positions, threatened, including with death, sexual violence, or threats on their families, and regularly strip-searched.

The group has also “recently documented outrages upon personal dignity against Palestinian detainees, in particular humiliating and degrading treatments against detainees from Gaza, forcing them to bark, to curse themselves, and guards scooping food with their hands before giving it to prisoners”.

Israelis demand return of captives in protest

Video verified by Al Jazeera shows a crowd of Israelis protesting their government’s failure to secure a deal with Hamas that would see the safe return of the captives currently held in Gaza.

The crowd gathered outside the Israeli Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, and held banners demanding the return of the captives, even at the cost of ending the Gaza war.

https://twitter.com/orlybarlev/status/1793333653537235050

Sixteen-year-old Palestinian shot during Jenin raids has died

The director of Jenin Hospital has confirmed the death, after the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) had said earlier today that the teenager had been shot multiple times during Israeli raids in the refugee camp.

According to a statement from the Gaza Health Ministry, his name was Mahmoud Fares Qarini.

His death brings the total number of Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank since October 7 to 516 people, including 129 minors.

ICC indictments against ‘Western’ leaders a first in 21-year history

Analysts note International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan’s request for arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant marks the first time in its history that “Western” leaders have been targeted with war crimes allegations.

“This is a watershed event in the history of international justice,” human rights lawyer Reed Brody, who has gone after leaders including Augusto Pinochet of Chile and former Chad strongman Hissène Habré, said.

“The ICC has never, in over 21 years of existence, indicted a Western official. Indeed, no international tribunal since Nuremberg has done so.”

Tom Ginsburg, a professor of international law at the University of Chicago Law School, said Khan’s decision to consult a panel of top legal experts before seeking warrants sought to provide some “cover” for the move.

“By including Amal Clooney, he will ensure a lot of attention; by including Theodore Meron, a former legal adviser to the foreign ministry in Israel and prominent former judge of international criminal tribunals, he seeks to insulate himself from the charge of bias,” said Ginsburg.

Among the charges Khan wants instated against Netanyahu and Gallant is the war crime of “starvation as a weapon of warfare”. That’s a first, too, in international courts.

“This is a watershed moment in addressing this egregious crime, which has long been viewed solely as a collateral or incidental effect of armed conflict, rather than a deliberate and calculated strategy,” said Catriona Murdoch of rights group Global Rights Compliance.

UCLA police chief reassigned after pro-Palestine encampment violence

School administrators cited security shortcomings for the action against the California public university’s police chief John Thomas, according to the Los Angeles Times.

He had faced criticism after a pro-Palestine encampment on the campus was attacked by what the university described as a “group of instigators”.

It took at least three hours for police to respond to the violence at the encampment, which came as similar camps were set up in solidarity with Gaza at universities across the US.

The newspaper reported, citing three sources, that Thomas had failed to submit a written safety contingency plan for various scenarios related to the encampment.

Israel dumping goods at crossing with Gaza: Rights group

Gisha, an Israeli human rights organisation, accuses Israeli authorities of dumping goods on the Israeli side of the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing with Gaza. Those goods cannot be accessed without their approval.

The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) is the Israeli military unit responsible for ensuring that goods enter the besieged Gaza Strip.

Israel has been “mocking international organisations that can’t reach the goods because of lack of coordination during a humanitarian catastrophe”, Tania Hary, Gisha’s executive director, charged.

Initiative by UN members seeks to bolster support for UNRWA

At least 16 countries have put forth a “statement of shared commitments” in support of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees that will be circulated to UN members today.

The effort seeks to bolster UNRWA, which has long been considered a lifeline for people in Gaza but has been embattled by Israeli allegations that some of its staff members took part in the October 7 attacks.

An independent investigation last month said Israel has yet to provide evidence of its allegations that a “significant number” of UNRWA employees are “members of terrorist organisations”. The UN’s internal oversight body said last month that it’s still investigating 14 employees Israel claimed took part in the October 7 attacks but had suspended the probe into five others, citing a lack of proof.

Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, called the initiative a “significant step” in rebuilding political support for the agency.

Following pro-Palestine efforts, University of Melbourne says will disclose investments

The university has agreed to a full disclosure of all its financial ties to weapons manufacturers, UM4P, a grassroots coalition of students, staff and alumni for Palestine, has said.

“After eight months of ongoing campaigning and meetings with [the university’s] management regarding their weapons ties, the University of Melbourne finally agreed to one of our demands: Full disclosure of its ties to all weapons manufacturers, including Lockheed Martin, Boeing, BAE Systems and more,” the coalition said.

“This is a major win for our campaign but it’s only one demand. Our priority remains full divestment from all weapons manufacturers.”

Student protests in support of Palestine, and demanding that educational institutions divest from Israel and disclose investments in companies tied to Israel and its war on Gaza, have spread to campuses world wide in recent months.

For a roundup of how various universities have dealt with student demands, read our story here.

Palestinian state recognition based on 1967 borders: Irish foreign minister

Micheal Martin says the country plans to formally recognise the Palestinian state on May 28 based on its 1967 borders.

This refers to the borders that existed before the war that year in which Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

“When we recognise a state, we don’t recognise the government of the day; we recognise the state in terms of a permanent population of people in terms of defined borders, and in this case, it’s the 1967 borders,” the Irish foreign minister told RTE radio.

That is “a defined territory involving Gaza, the West Bank and … a capital of both an Israeli state and a Palestinian state in Jerusalem”, Martin said.

Legal group submits war crimes complaint to Scotland Yard

The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), a London-based legal group, has submitted a complaint to Scotland Yard’s War Crimes Team accusing Israel of using “‘starvation as a weapon of war” and “willfully causing great suffering to Palestinians during its war on Gaza”.

The complaint builds on an initial complaint submitted in January that is still being considered by Scotland Yard, which named four British government ministers for “alleged complicity and criminal responsibility in Israeli war crimes”.

The latest submission now includes a fifth senior government minister as an alleged perpetrator, ICJP said in a statement.

“The alleged criminal acts are prosecutable in the United Kingdom and will now be considered by Scotland Yard’s War Crimes Investigation Team before a decision is made by them whether to open a formal criminal investigation, which could see alleged perpetrators questioned, arrested and prosecuted,” it said.

It added that the 60-page complaint is comprehensive, with 800 pages of evidence “collected from first hand eyewitnesses, expert reports and expert evidence from nineteen medical professionals who have worked in Gaza since October”.

https://twitter.com/ICJPalestine/status/1793218952505463002

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Colombia to open embassy in Ramallah: Minister

Speaking to reporters, Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo says the Latin American country’s President Gustavo Petro has ordered the opening of an embassy in Ramallah.

The move comes weeks after Petro, Colombia’s first leftist leader, cut diplomatic ties with Israel over the war in Gaza.

“President Petro has given the order that we open the Colombian embassy in Ramallah, the representation of Colombia in Ramallah, that is the next step we are going to take,” Murillo said.

Petro has heavily criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and requested to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide at the International Court of Justice.

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 No.481701

>>481699
>Eldar added that he believes that Netanyahu will frame the recognition “as another demonstration of anti-Semitism, victimhood” and use it in his narrative “that the world is against us”.
The Zionists are going to wear out antisemitism accusations, by abusing it as a political weapon. And when there is a case of actual antisemitism we no longuer have a word to describe it.
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 No.481702

Pro-Palestine protesters at Berlin university given deadline to leave

Pro-Palestine demonstrators, who have been occupying rooms at a Berlin university, have been told that they will only be allowed to stay until 6pm (16:00 GMT) on Thursday.

About 50 protesters have occupied several rooms at the Institute of Social Sciences at Humboldt University in support of Palestinians since Wednesday afternoon, the police and Germany’s dpa news agency estimated.

A further 250 to 300 young people demonstrated on the street outside.

In a statement, the Student Coalition Berlin group accused Israel of “genocide” and “ongoing mass murders”, saying the protest was about “unconditional solidarity with the Palestinian people”.

The protesters had called on the university to accept their occupation and presence and to ban a police operation.

Hungary says ICC warrant against Netanyahu ‘unacceptable’

Hungary’s PM Viktor Orban’s chief of staff says the ICC prosecutor’s request for an arrest warrant against Netanyahu is “unacceptable” and could not be enforced in Hungary.

Gergely Gulyas told a news briefing that although Hungary, a staunch ally of Israel, ratified the Rome Statute of the ICC, it “was never made part of Hungarian law”, meaning that no measure of the court can be carried out within Hungary.

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said on Monday he had requested arrest warrants for Israel’s PM, his defence chief and three Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes.

“This decision … is not a legal but a political decision, it is unacceptable and it discredits the International Criminal Court,” Gulyas said.

All 27 European Union countries are ICC members, and EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell noted that they “are bound to execute the court’s decisions”.

ICJ to rule on Friday on measures over Israel’s Rafah offensive

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) says it will rule on South Africa’s request to order a halt to Israel’s offensive on Rafah tomorrow afternoon.

Rafah is where more than one million displaced Palestinians have sought shelter from Israeli attacks on other parts of the enclave.

In hearings last week, South Africa asked the ICJ to order a halt to Israel’s offensive in Gaza, and in Rafah in particular, to ensure the survival of the Palestinian people.

The demand for such an emergency measure is part of a larger case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide.

After initial hearings in January, the ICJ issued several provisional measures, ordering Israel to take action to limit humanitarian suffering in Gaza.

ICC prosecutor urged to address Israeli torture of Palestinian detainees

More from the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor:

The group, which published a new report with testimony from 100 freed Palestinian detainees from Gaza, criticised ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan for disregarding “the widespread and systematic torture” committed by Israeli forces against Palestinians when he applied for an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and Gallant.

The charges Khan levied against the two Israeli leaders include deliberately starving civilians, murder and extermination, but “not torture, even though there is ample evidence to support such allegations,” the group noted.

The court must take action in “submitting specialised reports about the crimes which Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been exposed to in Israeli prisons and detention centres since October 7” and issue arrest warrants for all those responsible for these crimes, it added.

Red Crescent staff death toll rises to 29

The killing of a Palestine Red Crescent Society mental health volunteer brings to 29 the total number of PRCS staff members killed by Israeli forces since October 7.

In a post on X, PRCS said it mourned the killing of Najm Tabassi and his wife in an Israeli attack on their home in southern Gaza’s Rafah city.

The PRCS added that 17 of the 29 staff members killed had died in “targeted” attacks by the Israeli military “while performing their humanitarian duties”.

Israeli forces withdraw from Jenin refugee camp

The Israeli military has reportedly withdrawn from the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

Twelve Palestinians were killed, including at least four children, a doctor and a teacher, in the siege which started on Tuesday.

The Israeli military claimed it was carrying out a “counterterrorism” operation in the city, but witnesses have described Israeli forces shooting at people indiscriminately in the streets.

Video clips from the raid show an Israeli soldier kicking one of several Palestinian detainees, who were forced to kneel on a road in their underwear.

Israeli soldiers also fired at an Al Jazeera crew in Jenin as one of our correspondents was preparing to go live, wounding a staff member at a nearby hotel.

New report details ‘horrific’ torture of Palestinian detainees in Gaza

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has gathered testimonies from 100 Palestinians who were arrested in Gaza, saying Israeli forces routinely subjected them to “horrific crimes”, including enforced disappearance, murder, torture, inhuman treatment and sexual violence.

The testimonies confirm the Israeli use of physical and psychological torture against Palestinian civilian detainees, including “beatings with the intent to kill, sexual violence, electrocution, blindfolding, and long-term hand and foot shackles”, the Geneva-based group said.

“Israel also denied them access to food and medical care, including critical and life-saving care, spat and urinated on detainees, and committed other cruel and degrading acts,” it said.

All EU donors have resumed UNRWA funding: Borrell

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has lauded an initiative by the Slovenian Permanent Mission to the UN to support UNRWA‘s vital role in providing assistance to generations of Palestinian refugees.

In a post on X, he also stated that all EU donors have now resumed funding of the UN agency.

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x.com/angeloinchina/status/1792922910748807495
^Some more graphic (but not the absolute worst) footage of children, who Twitter sez were killed recently in Rafah.
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 No.481710

>>481699
>Netanyahu will use Norway, Ireland, Spain’s decisions to push ‘victimhood’ narrative
So he's going for maximize cringe.
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 No.481713

More than 100 rights groups call on Biden to support ICC

The civil and human rights groups have signed a letter to the US president urging him to support the independence of the International Criminal Court and ignore calls from some US lawmakers to sanction the court.

The calls came after the court’s prosecutor applied for arrest warrants against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as three Hamas leaders.

“Acting on these calls would do grave harm to the interests of all victims globally and to the U.S. government’s ability to champion human rights and the cause of justice, which are stated priorities of your administration,” the letter reads.

Kenya presser: Biden avoids question on Israel ‘using starvation’ as war tool
Kimberly Halkett
Reporting from the White House

US President Joe Biden completely dodged a question about the International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli leaders over the war on Gaza. It was the very first question by one of the American reporters who asked, “Is Israel using starvation as a weapon of war?”

The president tried to avoid it, so the reporter asked it again. He didn’t answer that part of the question. What he did say was the White House believes the ICC doesn’t have jurisdiction, and Hamas doesn’t have “any equivalence” to Israel’s leaders.

The president ruffled through his notes like he wasn’t prepared for this kind of question. He didn’t respond about Israel using starvation as a weapon of war, and I think that is going to be focused on by the American media.

MSF sounds alarm on situation at al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza

Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, says al-Awda Hospital “is being forced to close”.

“This follows a terrifying 4-day siege – the latest in a series of systematic attacks on health care by Israeli forces. Staff & patients were forced to leave one of the only hospitals still functioning in the north of Gaza,” it said on X.

Al-Awda Hospital came under siege by Israeli forces on Sunday and since then has come under direct attack by the Israeli army several times.

Israeli authorities giving priority to private sector trucks: UNRWA chief

Philippe Lazzarini says when it comes to the Israeli-controlled Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) land crossing into Gaza, “the private sector for the time being is being prioritised”.

At the inspection process, private sector cargo vehicles are inspected “before any other trucks” carrying aid to the desperate people of Gaza, a development that’s occurred over the past two weeks, he said.

While private goods are “welcome in the Gaza Strip”, most Gazans are starving after seven months of war and cannot afford goods at the current market prices.

“We need a combination of both humanitarian aid and market,” said Lazzarini, head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

The number of aid trucks entering Gaza through the southern crossings of Rafah and Karem Abu Salem has fallen dramatically in recent weeks, aid agencies say. The Israeli military takeover of the vital Rafah crossing into Gaza has compounded the problem.

Ambassadors from Norway, Spain, Ireland scolded by Israel

Israel’s foreign ministry reprimanded the ambassadors of Norway, Spain and the Republic of Ireland for their governments’ decisions to recognise a Palestinian state.

The ambassadors were summoned to the ministry and shown a video of Hamas fighters capturing five female soldiers during the October 7 attack that triggered the war on Gaza.

“The twisted decision by your governments is a prize to Hamas,” the ministry quoted its director general, Yaakov Blitshtein, as saying to them. “Hamas congratulates you.”

Blitshtein also warned that there would be additional repercussions for diplomatic relations with the three European countries.

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>>481713
>The ambassadors were summoned to the ministry and shown a video of Hamas fighters capturing five female soldiers during the October 7 attack that triggered the war on Gaza.
LOOK! LOOK AT THE HORROR OF SOLDIERS FROM OUR SHITTY ARMY THAT THE US PAYS FOR GETTING CAPTURED BY ENEMY COMBATANTS! WE WILL NEVER NEGOTIATE FOR THEIR RELEASE, THEY ARE WORTHLESS TO US!! NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND OUR PAIN?!
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Israeli settlers attack flour truck near Nablus

Wafa news agency reports, citing local sources, that a truck loaded with flour near the town of Beira, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, was attacked by a mob of illegal Israeli settlers.

The sources said, according to Wafa, that a mob intercepted the truck and sabotaged part of the shipment.

Israeli extremists have been attacking trucks, some containing aid bound for the Gaza Strip and some simply commercial trucks, for several weeks.

It is not clear at this time whether the truck that was just attacked was hauling humanitarian aid.

Hezbollah says it destroys Israeli tank

The Lebanese group says in a statement that it has observed, ambushed and destroyed an Israeli army Merkava tank in the Shtoula Forest.

It said it observed the tank firing on villages in southern Lebanon before attacking it with a guided anti-tank missile, leaving its crew “dead and wounded”.

Earlier, an Israeli army drone strike killed Muhammad Nasser, a Hezbollah commander, in the Nabtieh area in southern Lebanon. Israel confirmed it carried out the attack, and Hezbollah confirmed the death of the commander.

Qassam Brigades says Israeli commander captured on October 7

Hamas’s armed wing announced in a video message that it captured Asaf Hamami, commander of the Israeli army’s Southern Brigade in the Gaza Strip, during its attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.

According to Israeli media, Hamami was thought to have been killed on October 7 fighting in the Nirim kibbutz.

‘Extreme violence and hostility’ as UK police target Oxford student protesters

British police arrested a dozen University of Oxford students and scuffled with some during a pro-Palestinian sit-in at the university premises.

The Oxford Action for Palestine group (OA4P) said university authorities called in police after students began their protest at administration offices, as has been happening on campuses in the UK, US and elsewhere during Israel’s devastating war on Gaza.

Footage posted on social media by OA4P showed altercations between officers and students sitting in the road blockading a police van it said held detainees. “Let them go,” demonstrators chanted.

Protesters have called for the university to divest from companies with ties to Israel. “It is evident the administration would rather arrest, silence, and physically assault its own students than confront its enabling of Israel’s genocide in Gaza,” the group said.

Student Kendall Gardner accused police of “extreme violence and hostility”.

Hezbollah says it targeted an Israeli brigade with dozens of missiles

Hezbollah said its fighters fired dozens of rockets fighters at the Beit Hillel base in northern Israel.

We just reported the Israeli military saying that 30 rockets were fired across the border from Lebanon.

Earlier, Hezbollah announced that one of its members, Muhammad Nasser, was killed in an Israeli drone attack. Israeli forces struck a vehicle in the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Dajjal, near Nabatieh, where Nasser was from.

Gaza National Security Forces assistant commander killed in Israeli strike: Interior Ministry

The Interior Ministry in Gaza says in a statement published on its official Telegram channel that Major General Diaa ad-Din ash-Shurafa was killed “as a result of an assassination carried out by Israeli occupation aircraft”.

The statement says he was on a tour of as-Saraya area of central Gaza City in the northern Strip this morning when he was killed, and that four other officers were injured in the attack.

The National Security Forces operate in the occupied West Bank, where it is under the command of the Palestinian Authority, and the Gaza Strip, where it reports to the Hamas-led government. Its function is to support governmental security forces.

Pro-Palestine union members disrupt US VP’s speech

Members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) have disrupted the US Vice President Kamala Harris’s speech at a trade union conference in Philidelphia.

The protesters shouted “Free Palestine” and held Palestinian flags aloft in the middle of her address to the conference.

The union members denounced Harris and President Joe Biden’s Democratic Party and what they said is its complicity in ongoing genocide perpetrated by Israel in Gaza, and called on their union, which represents nearly 1.9 million workers across the US and Canada, not to endorse Biden in the upcoming presidential election in November.

Israel must investigate reports of torture of Palestinian detainees: UN expert

The UN special rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, has called on Israel to investigate multiple allegations of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of Palestinian detainees since October 7.

Edwards said in a statement that she had received allegations of people being beaten up, kept blindfolded in cells and handcuffed for long periods.

She also received reports of some detainees being deprived of sleep, threatened with physical and sexual violence, insulted and exposed to humiliating acts, including “being photographed and filmed in degrading poses”.

“I am particularly concerned that this emerging pattern of violations, coupled with an absence of accountability and transparency, is creating a permissive environment for further abusive and humiliating treatment of Palestinians,” Edwards said.

“Those responsible at all levels, including commanders, must be held accountable, while victims have a right to reparation and compensation.”

Three US troops suffer non-combat injuries during pier operation

US Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, deputy commander of US Central Command, told reporters two of the injuries included a sprained ankle and a minor back injury.

He declined to offer details on the third. The $320m floating pier, built for delivering aid, is attached to Gaza’s shore.

Aid groups have criticised the pier as a costly and ineffective distraction from the fact that land deliveries – currently blocked and heavily restricted by Israel – are the most efficient way to help the wounded and starving people of Gaza.

Israeli PM Netanyahu boasts of ‘surprising plan’ for Hezbollah

While shouldering heavy criticism over Israel’s Gaza escalation, defiant leader Benjamin Netanyahu says there are also military plans in the works for southern Lebanon.

“We are constantly operating on the northern front. So far, we have killed hundreds of Hezbollah members, and we are still continuing to this day,” said Netanyahu.

“We have a clear, detailed, important and even surprising plan. But I will not share this plan with the enemy, which is prepared to achieve two things: The first is to restore safety to the north, and the second is to return the population to their homes safely. And we are determined to achieve both things together.”

Tens of thousands of civilians on both sides of the border have fled daily fighting since October 7, after Hezbollah began launching attacks into northern Israel in support of Hamas in Gaza.

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>>481714
The Zionists are mad that nobody cares about October 7 anymore. Everybody thinks they are the villain and not the victim. They have dehumanized the Palestinians so much that they don't understand that the mega death they unleashed in Gaza completely overshadows oct7.
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 No.481717

Netanyahu will soon address joint session of US Congress

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon address a joint session of Congress in the US, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Thursday.

“Tonight I’m happy to announce something else to you. We will soon be hosting Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Capitol for a joint session of Congress,” Johnson said to applause at the Israeli embassy’s annual Independence Day reception in Washington, D.C.

The invitation to speak comes amid growing tensions with US President Joe Biden over Netanyahu’s handling of Israel’s war on Gaza.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/24/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-at-least-60-palestinians-killed-in-attacks

+ Kyle Cucklinski catches some interesting details, including video of apparent Israeli bodysnatching.
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>>481715
>Israeli settlers attack flour truck
The madness that this can be a headline.

I used to read a lot of historic trivia and wondered about all the retarded shit people used to do in the past, and now i realize, somebody in the future will read about our time and think the exact same thing.
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US soldier in ‘critical condition’ due to non-combat injury sustained on Gaza aid pier

An American soldier is in “critical condition” after suffering a non-combat injury while working on a US-constructed aid pier off the coast of Gaza, the Reuters news agency reports, citing an anonymous US defence official.

Earlier we reported that deputy commander of US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM), Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, told reporters that two other American troops had also suffered “very minor, routine injuries” while working on the pier.

The third soldier was injured on a ship at sea and medically evacuated to an Israeli hospital, the anonymous source said, without specifying the nature of the injury.

Some 1,000 US service members were involved in the construction of the pier, which went into operation last week, while it is estimated it will cost $320 million for the first 90 days to operate.

Israeli tanks reach western Rafah where ‘congested mass of people’ live: Aid worker

Reuters news agency reports that Israel’s military is continuing its attacks in three eastern suburbs of Rafah while Israeli tanks are advancing on Rafah’s southeast and have reached the city’s densely-populated western district of Yibna.

“The occupation is trying to move farther to the west. They are on the edge of Yibna, which is densely populated. They didn’t invade it yet,” one Rafah resident told the news agency.

“We hear explosions, and we see black smoke coming up from the areas where the army has invaded. It was another very difficult night,” he said via a chat app.

The Norwegian Refugee Council’s emergency response leader in Gaza, Suze van Meegen, said many civilians were still stuck in the Rafah warzone.

“The city of Rafah is now comprised of three entirely different worlds: the east is an archetypal war zone, the middle is a ghost town, and the west is a congested mass of people living in deplorable conditions,” she said in a statement.

“People have no choice but to put their faith in so-called ‘humanitarian safe zones’ designated by the forces that have killed their family members and destroyed their homes,” she added.

Israeli rights group exposes violent settler ‘take over’ of Palestinian pastureland

B’Tselem, a leading Israeli human rights group, has released video footage documenting how Israeli settlers “take over” land belonging to Palestinian shepherds as “part of a state policy to drive out pastoral communities”.

The rights organisation said it had documented some 20 incidents where settlers and Israeli soldiers “drove Palestinian shepherds out of pastureland” in the occupied West Bank’s South Hebron Hills.

“The State of Israel is working to drive Palestinian pastoral communities out of their homes in the West Bank in order to take over their areas of habitation, including farmland and pastureland,” the rights organisation said.

Since the October 7 attack on Israel, settlers involved in “violent acts” of land expulsion are part of Israeli “territorial defence” units and have been issued military weapons and uniforms.

“This makes it impossible to distinguish when they are operating under military orders and when they are acting independently while in uniform,” B’Tselem said.

US comedian Dave Chappelle calls out Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza at UAE show

Chappelle’s reference to the “genocide” striking the Gaza Strip received loud cheers and applause during his performance in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, The Associated Press reports.

Even before coming on stage, the full crowd of thousands on Thursday night at Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Arena cheered as DJ Trauma, who accompanied Chappelle on the trip, played the song “My Blood is Palestinian” by the Palestinian singer Mohammed Assaf.

About halfway through his set, Chappelle said the Gaza Strip faces a “genocide”. He also said that making Jews safer in America amid rising cases of anti-Semitism would make them realise they do not need Israel as an ultimate protector.

When touching on the upcoming US presidential election, Chappelle’s mention of President Joe Biden – Israel’s staunched supporter in its war on Gaza – drew widespread boos throughout the arena.

Hundreds of Harvard students walk out of commencement, chant ‘Free, free Palestine’

Hundreds of students in graduation robes walked out of the Harvard commencement chanting “Free, free Palestine”, a day after the school announced that 13 students who participated in a Gaza solidarity encampment would not graduate alongside their classmates.

To cheers and applause, student commencement speaker Shruthi Kumar went off script from her speech to blast the university, saying that “freedom of speech” and “expressions of solidarity” had been made “punishable” by Harvard.

“I am deeply disappointed by the intolerance for freedom of speech and their right to civil disobedience on campus,” Kumar said. “The students have spoken. The faculty have spoken. Harvard, do you hear us?”

More than 1,500 students had petitioned, and nearly 500 staff and faculty had spoken out against sanctioning the student protesters, she said.

Those in the encampment had called for a ceasefire in Gaza and for Harvard to divest from companies that support the war.

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‘Israel must immediately halt its military offensive’: ICJ

“Israel must immediately halt its military offensive or any other action in the Rafah governorate which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part,” Salam says.

UN Security Council adopts resolution on protection of humanitarian workers

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling for the protection of humanitarian workers and UN personnel in conflicts.

From the 15 members of the council, 14 voted in favour with Russia abstaining.

The Swiss-sponsored resolution doesn’t single out any conflict, but comes as humanitarian workers are being killed in military attacks in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and other places.

According to the UN, more than 190 of its staff have been killed by the Israeli army in Gaza since October 7, the highest number in the organisation’s nearly 80-year history.

ICJ rules Israel must stop Rafah operation, what’s next?
Justin Salhani and Mat Nashed

International Court of Justice orders are legally binding. However, the court’s ruling will now be discussed at the UN Security Council where states can decide to take united action to enforce the court’s rulings.

However, the US has a veto, which it has historically used to shield Israel from the consequences of violating international law.

But the new World Court order compounds the pressure on Western states that arm Israel. “How can you justify selling weapons for Israel to use in Rafah? I don’t think you can. I think it is legally impossible,” said Alonso Gurmendi, an international law scholar at King’s College, London.

Israel must comply with World Court ruling immediately: Amnesty

The UK-based human rights organisation says the ICJ order makes it “crystal clear” that Israel must halt the attack on Rafah.

“The Israeli authorities must completely halt military operations in Rafah, as any ongoing military action could constitute an underlying act of genocide,” said Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, in a statement.

“Unequivocally, the ground incursion and the associated mass forced displacement it has caused, pose further irreparable risk to the rights of the Palestinian people protected under the Genocide Convention and further threaten their physical destruction in whole or in part.”

UCLA police arrest man for alleged assault on pro-Palestine encampment

Nearly a month after counterprotesters attacked a pro-Palestinian camp at the University of California, Los Angeles, police have made their first arrest, detaining an 18-year-old who is not a student or affiliated with the school in any way.

“During that violence, one individual was seen on video assaulting encampment occupants with a wooden pole, causing serious injuries to at least one victim,” the university said in its statement, adding the suspect was booked at the UCLA Police Department for felony assault with a deadly weapon.

Counter-demonstrators threw traffic cones, fired pepper spray, and threw live mice into the encampment, setting off fighting that went on for hours before police stepped in. Police said at least 15 people were injured though the pro-Palestinian supporters put the number closer to 25.

UCLA officials have said the attack involved “a group of instigators”.

Hezbollah claims attack on Israeli military base

The armed Lebanese group says it used rockets and missiles to target the headquarters of the Sahel Battalion of the 769th Brigade of the Israeli military in Beit Hilel, achieving a direct hit.

It is the 11th attack claimed by Hezbollah today with earlier attacks targeting gatherings of Israeli soldiers and equipment.

Air raid sirens have also sounded in areas in northern Israel over the past few hours.

Qassam Brigades says it hits Israeli forces in northern Gaza

Hamas’s armed wing says its fighters have targeted two Merkava tanks and an Israeli military bulldozer with Yassin-105 rockets during fighting in the Beit Lahiya area.

Palestinian fighters continue to confront Israeli military operations in northern Gaza, where attacks have targeted the Jabalia refugee camp and surrounding areas.

In January, the Israeli army announced it was scaling down its operations in northern Gaza after it “dismantled” Hamas in the area. In early May, however, it again launched ground attacks, saying Palestinian fighters had regrouped in the north.

Israeli military claims assassination of Hamas national security official

The Israeli military says it was behind the assassination of Diaa al-Din al-Sharafa, identified as the deputy commander of Hamas’s national security department.

He was responsible for “managing the mechanism that secures the borders of the Gaza Strip”.

“During the war, this mechanism prevented the population from evacuating from combat zones,” it said in a statement, without elaborating.

Gaza’s interior ministry reported on Thursday that al-Sharafa was killed by an Israeli air raid while on a tour of the Saraya area of central Gaza City in the northern part of the enclave.

US military confirms Houthi attack, reports no injuries or damage

The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) says the Houthis launched two antiship ballistic missiles into the Red Sea.

“There were no injuries or damage reported by US, coalition, or commercial ships.”

This comes hours after the Iran-aligned Yemeni group’s military reported attacks on three vessels, including two “Israeli ships” and a Greek vessel, without citing a timeline.

The group said its attack on the Essex took place in the Mediterranean Sea, marking the first time the Houthis claimed an attack there during military operations in opposition to the war on Gaza.

Shipping data show the Liberia-flagged Essex liquified petroleum gas tanker was anchored off the coast of Egypt’s Alexandria port in the Mediterranean on Friday.

The vessel is managed by Zodiac Maritime, which is controlled by Israeli magnate Eyal Ofer. The Portugal-flagged MSC Aries container ship that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized on April 13 is also associated with the London-based company.

Ireland condemns Israel’s ‘reprimand’ of envoy

Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister Michael Martin called Israel’s “reprimand” of its ambassador “totally unacceptable” after its move to recognise a Palestinian state.

Ireland, Norway and Spain said on Wednesday they will formally recognise statehood on May 28 and Israel immediately promised counter-measures.

Irish Ambassador Sonya McGuinness and her Norwegian and Spanish counterparts were summoned on Thursday. Israel’s foreign ministry said it showed them a video of the kidnapping of five female soldiers during the October 7 attack by Hamas that set off the Gaza war.

Martin, who is also Ireland’s foreign minister, told reporters, “I find that totally unacceptable and no way to treat diplomats, and is outside the norm by which diplomats are treated in any country.”

Showing the ambassador the video in front of Israeli media was something they had not “witnessed before in other countries or jurisdictions”, he added.

“Most people would accept internationally that that’s not within the parameters of acceptable norms in terms of how people engage with diplomats.”

South Africa’s president welcomes ICJ ruling on halting Rafah attack

However, President Cyril Ramaphosa says he remains concerned the United Nations Security Council has not succeeded in reducing human suffering in Gaza.

South Africa’s lawyers asked the International Court of Justice in The Hague last week to impose emergency measures, saying Israel’s attacks on Rafah must be stopped to ensure the survival of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian people trapped there.

Israel insists Rafah operation does not risk ‘destruction of Palestinians’

“Israel has not and will not carry out military operations in the Rafah area that create living conditions that could cause the destruction of the Palestinian civilian population, in whole or in part,” National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said in a statement.

Earlier, judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel to halt its offensive in Rafah and withdraw from the enclave, citing “immense risk” to the Palestinian population.

Nearly 800,000 Palestinians have been displaced from Rafah since Israel launched its offensive against the southern Gaza city earlier this month. Hundreds of thousands more remain trapped inside the city as Israeli forces push deeper towards them.

‘Biden administration stands alone in full support for Gaza genocide’: CAIR

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) “applauds” the rulings by the ICJ demanding an end to Israel’s attacks on Rafah.

“While the Biden administration stands alone in continuing to offer full support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the international community is increasingly pushing back against the slaughter, forced starvation and ethnic cleansing Israel’s far-right government is inflicting on the Palestinian people,” CAIR said in a statement.

“Israel is clearly attempting to make Gaza uninhabitable. It must be stopped from completing this monstrous goal. President Biden must honor this important ruling by immediately ending all military assistance to Israel’s genocide.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/24/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-at-least-60-palestinians-killed-in-attacks
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 No.481732

>>481718
Yeah, this is absolutely some "history book" insanity. The rhetoric and propaganda reminds me a lot of stuff which was employed against American Indians in that genocide.
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 No.481736

Palestinian PM calls out book-burning Israeli soldiers

The social media account of the Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa has shared an image of an Israeli soldier reading a book in a library at Gaza’s Al-Aqsa University while a shelf of books burns in the background.

The prime minister said the soldier had shared the image of himself “posing in front” of the burning books at the library, “which they had set on fire”.

“Israel has targeted all universities in the Strip, with some being completely destroyed,” the post on the prime minister’s X account adds.

Hamas using ‘fighting compounds’ as ‘most violent’ battle for Jabalia rages: Monitors

Palestinian fighters in Gaza’s northern Jabalia refugee camp have established “fighting compounds” which allow them to rapidly and safely move through buildings rather than on the streets where they would be exposed to Israeli attack, war monitors report.

Israeli forces battling in Jabalia since May 11 have described the Palestinian resistance fighters in the camp area as “bolder” that in other parts of Gaza and the fighting as being the “most violent” of the war so far, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) report.

The US-based defence think tanks said the two-week-long battle for control of Jabalia demonstrates that Hamas is “conducting a deliberate defence of the area” and their “unusually high rate of attacks” on Israeli forces proves that Hamas can remain “combat effective”, despite the loss of their Jabalia battalion commander in October.

“Hamas has organized its military wing like a conventional military and has developed a deep bench of experienced military commanders to run it,” the ISW/CTP said

“Hamas uses this conventional military structure to continue fighting, despite intense Israeli military pressure.”

UN chief expects Israel to comply with ICJ order: Spokesperson

A spokesman for Antonio Guterres said the UN’s secretary-general “trusts” that Israel will comply with the International Court of Justice’s orders and end its attack on Rafah, open Gaza’s border crossings to allow entry of humanitarian aid, and allow access to Gaza for war crimes investigators.

Guterres also expects that the other “parties” – a reference to Palestinian armed groups – will implement the ICJ’s repeated call for the immediate release of Israeli captives held in Gaza, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

UN member states have a duty to follow Security Council decisions and court orders, he said.

“The secretary-general has no crystal ball,” Dujarric told reporters. “Whether or not they choose to do so is a question you need to ask them.”

In accordance with the ICJ statute, Dujarric said the secretary-general will now transmit the ICJ’s provisional measures regarding Israel to the UN Security Council.

Guterres later posted on social media the message that “protecting civilians is not negotiable”.

“Wars have rules that everyone must respect,” he wrote.

Former Italian MP hangs Palestinian flag from Italian parliament

Former Italian Member of Parliament Stefano Apuzzo has been filmed hanging a Palestinian flag from the Italian parliament in Rome in protest of Israel’s war on Gaza.

In footage of the incident, Apuzzo can be seen climbing out of a window at the Palazzo Montecitorio, home to the lower house of the Italian Parliament, and onto a balcony, where he unfurls a Palestinian flag.

“Enough with the use of Italian weapons in genocide in Gaza. There are 35,000 dead in Gaza,” Apuzzo shouts from the balcony.

US Senator Bernie Sanders says US ignores crimes in Gaza at its peril

Sanders warned the US that if it ignored the “crimes against humanity” being committed in Gaza, it would not have any credibility to criticise “the actions of any country, no matter how terrible those actions may be”.

In a post on social media accompanied by a video of the Vermont senator making a speech, Sanders said the US “claims to be the leader of the free world”.

“At our best, we try to mobilise countries to uphold international law and prevent crimes against humanity,” he said.

“How will the United States be able to criticise any country in the world? Whether it is Russia, China, Saudi Arabia or anyone else, any other country in the world, if we pretend [about] that what is happening in Gaza. If we actually believe what Netanyahu is saying,” he said.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1794148876305203255

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/25/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-end-this-nightmare
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 No.481738

>>481731
>US military confirms Houthi attack, reports no injuries or damage
Video from the Yemeni announcement if you're interested.
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 No.481740

Part of US-built Gaza pier swept into sea, then recovered: Report

Israel’s Channel 12 reports that strong waves caused part of the dock to break off and drift into the sea before a US Navy crew secured it and brought it back ashore.

The US-built pier, located southwest of Gaza City, has delivered 97 truckloads of aid since it opened May 17, according to the United Nations, as key land crossings to the enclave remain shuttered.

While welcoming any aid entry, humanitarian groups have said the pier is a far less effective way to bring in aid than the land crossings Israel has blocked.

Two Hezbollah members killed in Syria by Israeli strikes: Report

Israeli drone strikes have hit several vehicles travelling near the western Syrian city of Qusayr, killing two Hezbollah members and injuring other people, reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).

The vehicles, which caught on fire after being struck, were on their way to Syria’s Dabaa military airfield near the Lebanese border, according to SOHR.

Israel has not commented on the alleged attack.

So far in 2024, Israel has waged 41 strikes on Syrian territory, killing a total of 153 people, including 12 civilians, according to SOHR.

ICJ orders are binding and have to be implemented: EU’s Borrell

EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has called on Israel to implement ICJ’s ruling.

In a post on X, he reminded of the elements of the ruling and said: “ICJ orders are binding on the Parties and they have to be fully and effectively implemented.”

The ICJ on Friday urged Israel to stop its offensive in Rafah, open the Rafah border crossing for aid deliveries and allow international investigators into the enclave.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/25/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-end-this-nightmare
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 No.481742

>>481736
>US Senator Bernie Sanders says US ignores crimes in Gaza at its peril
>Sanders warned the US that if it ignored the “crimes against humanity” being committed in Gaza, it would not have any credibility to criticise “the actions of any country, no matter how terrible those actions may be”.

Sanders: once a again i urge you to behave like reasonable human beings

Zionists: REEEEEEEEE woob woob woob woob woob
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 No.481743

>>481736
>The social media account of the Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa has shared an image of an Israeli soldier reading a book in a library at Gaza’s Al-Aqsa University while a shelf of books burns in the background.

>The prime minister said the soldier had shared the image of himself “posing in front” of the burning books at the library, “which they had set on fire”.


There are a lot of WW2 pictures of Nazis in front of burning book piles, that they took of them selves.
A year ago, give or take there also were Azov battalion members with swastika flag who posted photos of them selves burning old Soviet books.
And now there's Zionists snapping selfies of burning Palestinian books.

I'm beginning to see a pattern, fascists like to destroy books or perhaps more general archived knowledge. And they think that it's something worth bragging about.
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 No.481745

Time to impose sanctions as Israel ignores international law: Palestinian official

Mustafa Barghouti, the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, says he’s not surprised that Israel has ignored the world court’s order to immediately cease its assault on Rafah city.

“Israel for decades has considered itself above international law. But what’s changing now is its impunity is gone. Not only the ICJ but also the ICC are intervening. This is a new situation, but Israel is not listening,” Barghouti told Al Jazeera.

Israel killed at least 46 people, mostly children and women, on Saturday, he noted, adding, “so Netanyahu is proceeding”.

“The main country that can restrain Israel and stop it immediately is the United States of America. I believe now is the time to impose sanctions on Israel. It’s either support international law or support Israel,” said Barghouti.

Qassam Brigades claims to capture Israeli soldiers in Gaza ambush

Abu Obeida, the spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas, says in a recorded audio message the Palestinian group has taken Israeli soldiers captive during an operation in Gaza.

Qassam Brigades fighters “lured a Zionist force” into a tunnel in the Jabalia camp in northern Gaza and engaged them in close-quarters combat, he said.

The Israeli soldiers, whose numbers Abu Obeida did not specify, were all killed, wounded or captured. The group also released a short video that appeared to show an Israeli soldier being dragged away by Palestinian fighters inside a Hamas tunnel.

More from Qassam Brigades’s Abu Obeida on Gaza fighting, captives

In the four-minute audio message where the spokesman of the armed wing of Hamas in Gaza announced the ambush of Israeli soldiers, he also commented on intense ongoing fighting across the enclave and the discovery of several Israeli captives’ bodies. Here is some of what he said:

The Israeli government continues its blind and absurd policy of revenge and destruction and moves from failure to failure – the latest chapter being failed military operations in Jabalia and Rafah.
Palestinian forces have carried out dozens of attacks against Israeli forces in more than two weeks of Israel’s ground invasions of Rafah and Beit Hanoon.
Israeli forces are digging up the remains of captives in Gaza for Benjamin Netanyahu’s personal machinations.
Israel is trying to portray the discovery of the remains of its captives as a military and moral achievement.

Israel’s army denies soldiers captured during Hamas operation

Israel’s military immediately denied a statement from Hamas that fighters captured an unidentified number of Israeli soldiers in Jabalia, northern Gaza.

“The [Israeli army] clarifies there is no incident of kidnapping a soldier,” the army said in a post on X.

A Qassam Brigades spokesman said earlier that fighters ambushed Israeli troops and “killed, wounded, and captured” some of them.

Israeli army says remains of three captives uncovered in ‘complex’ operation

The Israeli military released footage from the night raid that recovered the remains of three captives held in Gaza.

It said the “complex” operation was conducted in a tunnel in Jabalia in northern Gaza, the same area where bodies of another four captives were recovered a week earlier.

‘You are responsible for our terrible failure – take responsibility’
Sara Khairat
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government

These protests have gotten louder and louder and bigger and bigger week on week.

Thousands of Israeli demonstrators have gathered in Tel Aviv outside the defence ministry. There have also been antigovernment protests across the country in the past few hours, in the north in Haifa and outside the prime minister’s residency as well.

They’re calling for an immediate end to the war and the captives back as part of a deal, but also criticising the prime minister, telling him he needs to resign as soon as possible.

To give you a sense of the anger, one father – whose daughter was killed on October 7 – talking directly to Netanyahu said, “You are responsible for our terrible failure. Take responsibility.”

Hezbollah says launched eight attacks on Israeli positions

The latest of eight attacks by the armed Lebanese group was against soldiers with unspecified weapons.

Hezbollah also said it hit a building used by Israeli troops in al-Manara, and “spy equipment” in the occupied Kfarchouba hills.

The group released multiple videos of attacks on Israeli positions during the past few days, with one showing an antitank guided missile used to directly hit an armoured troop carrier.

Hezbollah confirmed the deaths of two of its fighters in Israeli strikes as well.

Vessels supporting US-built Gaza aid pier washed away in heavy seas

Waves swept away navy vessels supporting the United States-built pier installed to transfer aid to Gaza.

During the transportation of humanitarian aid, the floating dock was disconnected from a small boat tugging it and the vessels broke free from their moorings, CENTCOM said.

Part of the dock later drifted towards Israel’s Ashdod shore, while the third and fourth vessels beached on the coast of Israel near Ashkelon. No injuries have been reported so far and efforts to recover the vessels are under way.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/25/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-end-this-nightmare
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 No.481750

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Thousands of Israelis demand return of captives after bodies recovered

Israeli police fired water cannon and forcibly removed demonstrators in downtown Tel Aviv as thousands rallied to demand urgent government action to bring home captives from Gaza.

Protesters observed a minute’s silence in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square in honour of the captives whose bodies were recovered by Israeli troops this month. Another protest, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an early election, was held nearby.

Palestinian fighters on October 7 took 252 hostages, 121 of whom remain in Gaza, including 37 the army says are dead.

Qassam Brigades reports series of attacks on Israeli forces

The armed wing of Hamas says one if its fighters hit an Israeli Merkava tank with a Yassin-105 anti-armour rocket in the vicinity of Salah al-Din Gate, south of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza.

It is the sixth attack claimed by the Qassam Brigades today with earlier attacks on Israeli troops and armoured vehicles in northern Gaza.

The group also released a video of an attack in which a tank and a bulldozer were hit at close range in the Jabalia camp in the north – seemingly by the same Palestinian fighter.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1794434004109692960

‘Children were playing’ when Jabalia school attacked: witness

Victims of an Israeli attack on a school near Jabalia refugee camp have poured into al-Ahli Hospital, according to footage reviewed by Al Jazeera’s Sanad verification agency.

The attack is now reported to have killed at least 10 people and injured another 17, including children.

“The children were playing in the schoolyard, and suddenly we were bombed,” said one displaced woman whose daughter was injured in the attack. “We lived something unnatural.”

Gaza’s death toll rises

At least 35,903 Palestinians have been killed and 80,420 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, its Health Ministry says.

Report: Israeli army chief grilled by minister over October 7 attack

Israel’s transportation minister reportedly questioned the army chief to “explain to us where was the army on October 7” – the day of the deadly Hamas attack.

Israel’s military had warnings of a potential attack, Transportation Minister Miri Regev said in an apparently heated cabinet meeting on Thursday, according to The Times of Israel.

“If the Military Intelligence Directorate were so disturbed, why did you allow army-wide vacations in October? Why didn’t you do more?” Regev asked army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi.

Helvi responded, “All matters regarding the warning we gave about October 7 are being dealt with in internal investigations. If you meant in your question that we knew and ignored or that we wanted such a thing to happen – that’s not even worthy of a response.”

The Times cited leaked transcripts aired on Channel 12 as the source of the comments.

Lapid says ‘seditious’ videos of Israeli soldiers are dangerous

A video is circulating online showing an Israeli soldier making threats against Israeli war cabinet ministers who are pushing for a deal with Hamas.

“We want decisive victory,” the masked soldier says while standing in the apparent ruins of a Gaza home. “Those who harmed the nation of Israel … we want to annihilate them.”

The soldier criticised Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, and said if he and others fail to deliver on the victory, reservist soldiers will follow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Yair Lapid, the Israeli opposition leader, says in a post on X that such “seditious” videos are dangerous, regardless of whether they are real or staged.

“This madness must be stopped. This government needs to be removed from our lives before it destroys everything that is dear and sacred to this country.”

https://twitter.com/QudsNen/status/1794376209423290763

Israel’s war on Gaza is ‘real genocide’: Spanish defence minister

Margarita Robles, the defence minister of Spain, has said the war on Gaza, “which is a real genocide”, cannot be ignored.

“This is not against anyone, this is not against the Israeli state, this is not against the Israelis, who are people we respect,” she told TVE state television about Spain’s decision earlier this week to recognise Palestine as a sovereign state.

The move is aimed at ending the violence in Gaza, the minister added.

Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz had also described the war as a genocide earlier this week.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/25/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-end-this-nightmare
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 No.481751

>>481740
>ICJ orders are binding and have to be implemented: EU’s Borrell
So we have a stern reminder
>>481745
>Time to impose sanctions as Israel ignores international law: Palestinian official
And demand for sanctions


The diplomatic pressure is having an effect, but the Zionists probably won't stop the slaughter until they get threatened with an international peacekeeper force
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 No.481753

>>481751
… Or their weapons supplies are cut off. Preferably both just to be sure.
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 No.481754

Thousands of anti-war activists gather in Michigan for Palestine conference
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 No.481759

GDF piece on the USS Liberty incident.
A really interesting bit is the section in the middle where he's quoting the reaction of the US congress at the time. Genuinely uncanny, they were saying the same kind of insane bullshit congress says today, they were not only credulously taking Israel's word that they fired on an American-flagged ship "by accident," but were actually going as far as to praise Israel in the same statements.
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 No.481760

Poll: Arab American Voters Pick Jill Stein Over Biden & Trump
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 No.481762

Qassam Brigades says it attacked Tel Aviv, warning sirens sounded

The Israeli military has sounded sirens in Tel Aviv in central Israel warning of possible incoming rockets.

Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said in a statement on Telegram that its fighters bombarded the Israeli city with a missile barrage in what it said “in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians”.

Fifteen explosions were heard in the Tel Aviv area, according to local media.

Qassam Brigades claims it destroyed Israeli forces in Jabalia

Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, says it “destroyed a group of enemy forces penetrating the al-Qasaaseeb neighbourhood” in the Jabalia refugee camp with heavy calibre mortar fire.

The Israeli army continues with its operation in Jabalia in northern Gaza that started earlier in the month, causing mass displacement of the Palestinians there towards other areas.

Rocket attack on Tel Aviv raises question marks about Israeli military operation
Hani Mahmoud
Reporting from Deir el-Balah, central Gaza

We could see the trails of smoke from a distance here as these rockets were fired.

Some of the pictures that were attached to the Hamas announcement [about the attack] showed that some of the rockets were fired from the eastern part of the Rafah city, very close to the vicinity of the border crossing which has been under the Israeli military for the past 18 days.

The Israeli military and its occupation forces on the ground has been operating aggressively in the area and they made it clear that they are in control and they have pretty much cleared the area from the presence of any fighters on the ground or Hamas associates.

But all of a sudden we see now a barrage of rockets fired from that particular area, putting a huge question mark on the [Israeli] statements …

Reports suggest Israel’s military operations in Gaza ‘not going well’

Mohamad Elmasry, a professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, citing a report in Politico, says “70 percent of Hamas’s fighting force remains intact on fighting in Gaza” and that Hamas has been able to recruit thousands of new members.

The report, he said, also indicated Hamas’s extensive tunnel network under the Gaza Strip remains largely intact.

Elmasry said there had also been reports that Hamas has been able to repurpose unexploded Israeli bombs, so the Palestinian group no longer has a weapons supply issue.

“I think Israel is clearly getting all it can handle on the battlefield right now,” he concluded.

Due to fuel shortage, only one-eighth of water distributed: MSF

Christopher Lockyear, secretary-general of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), says his team is “seeing a further strangulation of the Gaza Strip” since Israeli forces closed the Rafah crossing as well as “a further collective punishment to the people of Gaza”.

Due to the “critical” supply of fuel, they have had to close certain hospitals and transfer patients to other hospitals, he told Al Jazeera.

“It’s becoming increasingly complicated there as we’re finding the supply of water critical; we ourselves are unable to distribute as much water as we have been able to,” he said.

Last week they distributed 400,000 litres of water; this week they distributed 50,000 litres, “one-eighth of what we’ve been able to do because of the fuel shortages”.

Famine in Gaza should be officially declared: Joint statement

More than 70 international organisations are calling on all authorities and international institutions to officially declare a famine in Gaza, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has said in a statement.

Food security levels have significantly declined due to the Israeli army’s ground operation in Rafah which began on May 7, the organisation said.

“The entire population in the Gaza Strip, including the governorates of Deir al-Balah, Khan Yunis, and Rafah, are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, with half of them in … the disaster/famine stage,” the statement said.

Israeli army attacks areas in southern Lebanon: Report

Israeli drones have attacked the town of Naqoura near the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), according to the official National News agency.

Artillery fire from the Israeli army hit areas on the outskirts of the towns of Chihine and Majdal Zoun in the Tyre region in southern Lebanon, the agency said.

Israeli artillery also bombed the areas of Wadi Hamul and Wadi Hassan in southern Lebanon, it added.

Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily fire since the Palestinian group’s October 7 attack on southern Israel that preceded Israel’s latest war on Gaza.

Gantz seeks inquiry into October 7 attacks, war on Gaza: Reports

Israel’s war cabinet member Benny Gantz has submitted a proposal to the Israeli cabinet secretary to establish a commission of inquiry into October 7 and the war on Gaza, according to various Israeli media outlets.

Last week, Gantz threatened to quit Israel’s coalition government if Netanyahu didn’t come up with a plan for Gaza’s post-war governance within three weeks.

A leading figure in the opposition before joining the war cabinet, Gantz is currently viewed as Netanyahu’s main political rival in Israel.

Rocket attack on Israel could be used by Israeli PM as ‘justification’ for military expansion in Rafah

Israeli political analyst Akiva Eldar told Al Jazeera that the latest rocket attack on Israel, reported to have been launched from Rafah, will encourage Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “play the victim”.

Eldar said it would also allow the PM to argue against the ICJ ruling to halt military operations in Rafah by saying that they are needed to ensure the safety of Israeli civilians in the face of such attacks.

Eldar said this attack could make Netanyahu believe he has the “justification” to go “deeper into Rafah until, as he has promised, the total victory.”

Watch: Man claiming to be an Israeli soldier arrested for anti-Muslim abuse in the UK

A man who described himself as a soldier with the Israeli army was arrested for “racially aggravated assault” in London, UK.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/26/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-hamas-claims-capture-of-israeli-troops
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 No.481763

>>481759
With 'allies' like that you don't need enemies.

Tho I'm puzzled as to why shit like this hasn't generated a strong push-back, Israel is completely dependent on the US.
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 No.481764

>>481762
>Hamas has been able to repurpose unexploded Israeli bombs, so the Palestinian group no longer has a weapons supply issue.

kek
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 No.481766

File: 1716773405228.mp4 ( Spoiler Image, 1.95 MB , 320x568 , May 26 2024 Israeli army t….mp4 )

In the deadliest response to the International Court of Justice's decision, the Israeli army targeted a group of displaced persons' tents in Rafah, killing approximately 60 innocent civilians so far.
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 No.481767

Israel bombed Rafah over 60 times in 48 hours after ICJ orders

The Israeli military carried out more than 60 air raids on Rafah in the 48 hours after the World Court ordered it on Friday to halt military operations in the southern Gaza city, according to a rights monitor.

Amid an Israeli ground invasion of the area, dozens of artillery shells and constant gunfire were also directed toward Palestinians in Rafah in that period, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.

“Thirteen Palestinians were killed in the 48 hours following the Court’s ruling, including six members of the Qishta family, an elderly mother and three of her children – two girls and one boy – and an adult son and his two children,” the Geneva-based organisation said.

They were reportedly killed on Saturday in Khirbet al-Adas, an area north of Rafah that was not included in the Israeli evacuation orders.

Gaza office: Israel targeting displaced shelters with 2,000-pound bombs

The Government Media Office in Gaza says in a statement that the Israeli military has targeted at least 10 displacement centres affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) in the past 24 hours.

It says shelters housing tens of thousands of Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been hit in Jabalia, Nuseirat, Gaza City and Rafah. With the latest strikes on Rafah, the death toll of the attacks stands at over 190, according to the office.

It added that a recent attack on Rafah was carried out using seven 2,000-pound (one-tonne) bombs, which killed at least 30, with the fatalities expected to rise due to the severity of the air strikes.

The office regarded the attacks as a “clear message” from Israel and the United States government to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the global community that “the massacres against displaced persons and children will continue, and that breaking international law will not stop”.

Rafah attack death toll climbs to 35

The Ministry of Health in Gaza says in a statement that at least 35 Palestinians were killed and dozens more were injured as a result of the air attacks on Rafah.

Most of the victims were displaced women and children who were targeted with “mass killing tools”, while already being deprived of water, food, medicine, electricity and fuel, according to the ministry.

(anon's note: this is now out of date, it's risen since this was posted)

‘They burned people alive’

Survivors of the Israeli attack on the displacement camp in Rafah have spoken to Al Jazeera.

“I was walking and looking at my phone when the area was struck,” one survivor said.

“I did not realise what had happened. I had no idea what had become my family. My mother was with me and my brother was injured at the camp. I fell to the ground and saw that my leg had been split open.”

Another survivor said the air raid “burned an entire block”.

“They burned people alive,” he said.

Hamas, PIJ condemn Rafah ‘massacre’, US role in Gaza killings

The two Palestinian groups fighting against Israeli forces in Gaza say in separate statements that the mass killing of displaced civilians in western Rafah is especially “heinous” since the Israeli military had declared the area a safe zone.

“We hold the American administration and President Biden in particular fully responsible for this massacre,” said Hamas, adding that the air strikes come “in complete defiance and disregard for” the orders of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to halt Rafah military operations.

The statement by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) said the attacks on Rafah show “the depths of the military failure” that Israel is trying to compensate in blood.

“The continuation of the enemy’s crimes in the Gaza Strip is a result of the cover provided by the US administration, the positions of some European governments, and the weak stances of Arab regimes,” it said.

‘Rise up and march’ against Israeli ‘massacre’ in Rafah: Hamas

“In light of the horrific Zionist massacre this evening committed by the criminal occupation army against the tents of the displaced… we call on the masses of our people in the West Bank, Jerusalem, the occupied territories, and abroad to rise up and march angrily against the ongoing Zionist massacre against our people in the sector,” the armed group said in a statement.

Earlier, the Israeli army bombed a displacement camp in northwest Rafah, killing at least 35 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Israel committing genocide in Gaza: Human Rights Watch founder

Aryeh Neier, a long-standing Jewish human rights activist whose family fled from Nazi Germany to the United States in 1939 when he was two years old, says he has been convinced that the Israeli military is committing “genocide” in Gaza.

“Over a period of time, Israel has obstructed the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Gaza and those who have been most severely victimised are not members of Hamas,” the co-founder of Human Rights Watch told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in an interview.

Neier said men with guns often find a way to get fed, while it is vulnerable children who are severely malnourished across the enclave.

“I thought that severe obstruction in the delivery of humanitarian assistance amounted to genocide.”

The humanitarian activist added that the amount of food, water, medicine and fuel that the Israeli military has allowed into Gaza since the start of the war has been “entirely inadequate”, also pointing out that the World Food Programme has said famine is under way in the Palestinian territory.

Israeli military says acted according to international law in attacks on Rafah displaced



EU ‘credibility at risk’ on Israeli disregard of ICJ orders: Borrell

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell writes in a blog post that the bloc is endangered by the Israeli disregard for orders issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to stop military operations in Rafah.

“Introducing caveats, objections or exceptions based on non-legal grounds damages the rule-based order, damages our values and will damage our international standing and weaken our position on other issues including Ukraine,” he said.

“If one of the parties is not satisfied by the decision of the Court it can of course address a specific request for interpretation but not disregard it.”

As the EU Foreign Affairs Council prepares to host Arab leaders on Monday to discuss the dire situation in Gaza, Borrell wrote that the EU needs to do more.

“It is time for the EU to take its responsibilities in front of a catastrophic situation of an unprecedented magnitude. We have to act. Our moral and political credibility is at risk.”

Israeli military dismisses reservist who called for mutiny in Gaza video

An Israeli reservist who called for mutiny in a video recorded from Gaza was interrogated by military police today and has been dismissed from service, according to the military.

Pro-Palestine protesters shout down top German diplomat

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators angry at the German government’s handling of Israel’s war in Gaza have disrupted a citizens’ forum featuring Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.

Several demonstrators began shouting at Baerbock, accusing the German government of one-sidedness in the war and demanding that Berlin halt arms deliveries to Israel. Some held banners reading “Stop the genocide”.

Baerbock responded calmly at first, saying Germany was working to ensure that both Israelis and Palestinians could live in peace.

But she clearly grew frustrated as the tumult in the theatre increased. “There are no threats here!” she shouted at one participant.

One protester who identified herself as an “anti-Zionist Jew” said that, when it came to the war, freedom of expression was being restricted in Germany. With Germany’s help, she said, Gaza was being reduced to “rubble and ashes”.

No more than 100 trucks of aid came through floating pier: Gaza government

Gaza’s Government Media Office says the food security crisis is worsening in the enclave’s central and southern parts.

“The amount of aid that came through the sea pier did not exceed 100 trucks,” it said in a statement, referring to the temporary floating pier set up by the United States.

“We demand the withdrawal of [Israeli forces] from the Rafah crossing. Land crossings are the most feasible and effective in bringing aid into the Gaza Strip.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/26/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-hamas-claims-capture-of-israeli-troops
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Live | UNSC Briefed On Grave Violations Of International Law As Israel Bombs Rafah | Watch
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https://twitter.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/1794935307600900102
BREAKING: PROTESTS IN THE WEST BANK

"Gaza is being annihilated… How can you live a normal life?"

https://twitter.com/sahouraxo/status/1794756134173040942
Massive pro-Gaza protest unfolds in Cape Town, with thousands demanding an end to Israel’s genocide.
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Really interesting speculation in the last bit of this about the recent tunnel ambush which may or may not have resulted in Hamas taking more IDF soldiers hostage.
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"Genocide"
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>>481772
Like it or not anon, "genocide" is a word with a very specific meaning. It isn't "when lotsa folks die".
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>>481772
The civilian death toll in Russia-Ukraine is actually lower than in Gaza. Insane to include it, but only marginally more delusional than thinking this is a serious "point" at all.

Also, there are well-established genocides like the Bosnian genocide which resulted in fewer civilian deaths than Gaza:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_genocide

There were also WWII-era Fascist genocides of explicit extermination (IE intent, something which can be established by quotes from leaders saying the enemy are "animals," or comparing the enemy to "Amalek" for instance) with lower total death tolls than in Vietnam or Syria:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_of_Serbs_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_Holocaust#Independent_State_of_Croatia

The Armenian Genocide, another archetypal example of genocide, had fewer than 1,600,000 deaths.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_genocide

The Namibian genocide, perpetrated by the Germans prior to WWI, killed around 110,000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_and_Nama_genocide

For comparison, WWI killed at least 15,000,000 people if you're just going by people killed in the fighting. Astute observers will note that this death toll is more than twice that of the European Jews during the Nazi Holocaust. In fact, even including other groups methodically exterminated by the Nazis (gypsies, Poles, gay men, the disabled, Bolsheviks, etc.), conservative estimates for the total death toll of the Holocaust would only come to around 10 million. Since a conservative estimate of WWI deaths is higher than a conservative estimate of total combined deaths of various groups in the Holocaust, the Holocaust must not have been a genocide. That seems like an odd metric!

Also, there are plenty of folks who do count the American war in Vietnam as a genocide, although intent might be tougher to prove since American leaders weren't going around saying "we're going to kill all of the Vietnamese and their children and take their land and starve them" like Israel's leaders do. If you have any proof to the contrary from the administrations of LBJ or Nixon, you're welcome to make a thread about their genocidal statements.
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>>481772
This is like when NeoNazis try to deny the holocaust by saying that in WW2 more Germans died than Jews.
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Israeli military exercises operations ‘in the depths of Lebanon’

The Israeli military says its 146th Division and an armoured brigade have held more exercises to simulate military operations inside Lebanon.

Soldiers drilled field combat scenarios and learned about the potential challenges of invading the neighbouring country, according to the military, which said the aim was to closely simulate “fighting in the depths of Lebanon”.

The Israeli military also claimed new air strikes against Hezbollah positions, claiming to hit launchers that had directed an attack on Malkiya earlier on Monday.

It also confirmed that an Israeli drone crashed inside Lebanese territory this morning, saying an investigation has been launched to determine the cause.

Turkey will ‘do everything possible’ to hold Israel to account over Rafah strikes: Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country would do “everything possible” to hold “barbaric” Netanyahu to account over deadly strikes in Rafah.

“We will do everything possible to hold these barbarians and murderers accountable who have nothing to do with humanity,” Erdogan said.

Rafah casualties rises to 45, as Gaza death toll pushes above 36,000

The Health Ministry in Gaza says 45 people have been killed in the Israeli attack on the displaced in Rafah, including 23 women, children and elderly, with 249 wounded.

The ministry added that at least 36,050 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the war and 81,026 have been injured.

Spain to ask EU partners to back ICJ over Israel

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Monday that he will ask the other 26 European Union member states to issue official backing to the International Court of Justice and take steps to ensure Israel respects its decisions.

“I am going to ask the other 26 partners to declare the backing of the International Court of Justice and its decision, and also, if Israel continues to pursue against that opinion of the court, we would try to take the right measures to enforce that decision,” he told reporters in Brussels during a joint news conference with his Irish and Norwegian counterparts.

‘Genocide must end’ after Rafah massacre: Jewish Voice for Peace

The US-based Jewish advocacy group says attention must now be directed towards the overnight “massacre” committed in Rafah by the Israeli military.

“We will never forget the images emerging from Rafah tonight. Human beings, including babies, were burned alive and torn apart. This genocide must end, it must end now,” Jewish Voice for Peace said in a statement.

“We hold the US government, in addition to the Israeli government, responsible for the slaughter of over 36,000 Palestinians, for the siege and starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, and for mass destruction of infrastructure and land. We demand an end to all US funding to the Israeli military now. People of conscience throughout the world are calling for an end to genocide.”

Israel restricts Spanish embassy’s services in occupied West Bank

Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz says in a post on X that he has instructed the Foreign Ministry to send a diplomatic note to the Spanish embassy in Israel.

The note states that the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem is prohibited “from conducting consular activities or providing consular services to residents of the Palestinian Authority”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/27/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-35-killed-in-rafah-tent-bombings

‘Heinous massacre’: Israel’s attack on Rafah tent camp widely condemned

Several countries and global organisations have condemned the Israeli air attack on tents housing displaced people in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah that killed at least 40 Palestinians, including many children.

The Palestinian presidency on Monday accused Israel of deliberately targeting civilians, joining a chorus of worldwide condemnation following the attack.

In a statement on X, the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said the images from Rafah are yet another testament that Gaza is “hell on earth”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/27/heinous-massacre-israels-attacks-on-rafah-tent-camp-widely-condemned
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Reporters Without Borders files third Gaza complaint at ICC

The media rights group, also known as RSF, says its new petition at the International Criminal Court (ICC) details eight new cases of Palestinian journalists killed “in the course of their work” between December 20 and May 20, and one case of a journalist who was wounded.

These include journalists Mustapha Thuraya and Hamza al-Dahdouh, who were killed in an Israeli drone attack on their vehicle on January 7, the group said.

The RSF has called on the ICC prosecutor to investigate the killing of more than 100 journalists by Israel since October.

Antoine Bernard, RSF’s advocacy and assistance director, said the organisation would continue to work to hold those responsible for killing journalists accountable “in solidarity with Gaza’s reporters”.

Anger, sorrow at images of decapitated child, charred bodies from Rafah attack

Politicians, journalists and doctors are taking to X to express their outrage and grief at Israel’s latest attack on a tent camp for displaced people in Rafah.

The attack ripped victims, including a child, to shreds and caused a huge blaze, burning people alive in their tents, according to witnesses and videos posted online.

Here’s some of the reaction:

Humza Yousaf, the former first minister of Scotland, wrote: “Days after the ICJ orders Israel to halt its military offensive in Rafah, the Israeli Government bombs displaced people living in tents. Innocent men, women & children dismembered and burnt alive. Bear witness to the images and ask yourself, are you on the right side of history?”

Jagmeet Singh, a Canadian legislator and leader of the New Democratic Party, wrote: “Images of the IDFs airstrike hitting a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah are horrifying. Images so terrible I won’t share them. The world is failing the people of Gaza. Canada is failing the people of Gaza.”

Mehdi Hassan, a US journalist, wrote: “There are videos coming out of Rafah today of beheaded babies. Actual beheaded babies that you can see for yourselves – not the beheaded babies that the Israeli authorities invented to justify their genocidal assault, or the ones that Biden falsely claimed to have seen pix of.”

Yipeng Ge, a Canadian doctor, wrote: “There is seriously something dystopian about this moment when Rafah is on fire being massacred and Palestinian healthcare is beyond overwhelmed after systematic and targeted sieges on hospitals […] While medical institutions in Canada are still seriously talking about how watermelons are considered offensive.”

Israeli forces deploy live fire, tear gas in new West Bank raids

Israeli troops continued raiding areas across the West Bank overnight, blowing up several vehicles in the village of Kafr Dan, northwest of the city of Jenin, the Wafa news agency reported.

The soldiers also fought with Palestinians and fired live bullets, tear gas and sound bombs, Wafa said, citing local sources.

There was no immediate report of casualties.

Wafa also reported confrontations between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, and a raid on a mosque in the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem. A Palestinian official in Husan told Wafa that Israeli officials laid siege to the mosque and fired tear gas at worshippers inside, causing several people to suffocate.

Palestinian teen shot by Israel dies of wounds

A 14-year-old Palestinian boy who was shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank has died of critical wounds sustained during the attack, according to the Wafa news agency.

Majd Shaher Arameen was shot near the town of Sa’ir, northeast of Hebron, on Sunday evening, Wafa reported.

The agency, citing security sources, said Israeli soldiers prevented Palestinian ambulance crews from reaching the boy and left him bleeding on the ground after shooting him.

Israeli legislator says Netanyahu’s government trampling on ICJ orders

Aida Touma-Sliman, a Palestinian citizen of Israel and a legislator in the Israeli Knesset, has denounced the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for its “madness and vindictiveness” in the wake of the latest attack on Rafah.

“Hundreds killed and wounded in the last hour in Rafah. This time the bombings fell in a dense area of displaced residents that Israel declared a safe area. We were warned that entering Rafah would lead to another heavy humanitarian disaster,” she said in a post on X.

“The clear demands of the International Criminal Court of Justice that [Israel] stop any attacks that would harm an innocent civilian population is being trampled on,” she added. “This bloody government refuses to obey all orders of the tribunal, and is taking the madness and vindictiveness to a new criminal level.”

Palestinian Authority slams Israel’s ‘heinous massacre’ in Tal as-Sultan

A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned the Israeli attack on Tal as-Sultan as a “massacre that exceeds all boundaries”, according to the Wafa news agency.

Nabil Abu Rudeineh “stressed the urgent need for an intervention to stop the crimes committed against the Palestinian people immediately” and said the “heinous massacre” is a challenge to international orders, including “the lucid and candid ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering Israel to cease its military offensive against the city of Rafah and provide protection to the Palestinian people”.

Abu Rudeineh said he held the administration of US President Biden responsible for Israeli crimes and demanded that Washington “compel Israel to stop the madness and genocide it is committing in Gaza”.

Amnesty calls for war crimes probe into three Israeli attacks on Gaza

Amnesty International is urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate three Israeli attacks that killed 44 Palestinian civilians, including 32 children, in the Gaza Strip in April.

The attacks included a strike that killed children playing foosball at the Maghazi refugee camp on April 16, and two strikes on residential buildings in Rafah on April 19 and 20, the rights group said.

In all three cases, there was no evidence of military targets in or around the affected locations and no indication of prior warning, it said.

“Our findings offer crucial evidence of unlawful attacks by the Israeli military as the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court applies for arrest warrants for senior Israeli and Hamas officials, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As the Israeli military continues to escalate its ground incursion in Rafah, these cases also illustrate the urgent need for an immediate ceasefire,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s senior director for research, advocacy, policy and campaigns.

“The cases documented here illustrate a clear pattern of attacks over the past seven months in which the Israeli military has flouted international law, killing Palestinian civilians with total impunity and displaying a callous disregard for human lives.”

No surprise that Israel would target an area near an UNRWA facility
Gabriel Elizondo
Reporting from New York City, US

We’ve heard from our reporters in Gaza that a lot of the displaced people went and sheltered close to this UNRWA facility in this makeshift tent area because they thought they would be safe.

Under normal circumstances, civilians are safe under the UN flag. But these are not normal circumstances and Israel is not acting as a normal state.

We’ve seen repeated attacks, verbal attacks from the Israeli envoy to the UN, as well as high ranking officials in Israel, calling UNRWA a front for Hamas. And it has had a huge effect on UNRWA. Many UNRWA schools, health facilities, shelter locations have been bombed by Israel.

Not to mention that 193 UN humanitarian staff have been killed under Israeli bombardment. And the vast majority of those have been UNRWA Palestinian employees in Gaza.

So the fact that Israel would target an area near an UNRWA facility is sadly not surprising.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/27/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-35-killed-in-rafah-tent-bombings
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>>481785
>The Israeli military says its 146th Division and an armoured brigade have held more exercises to simulate military operations inside Lebanon.
Seems like overconfidence, a war between Hezbolla and Isreal would likely be fought in Israeli territory.
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>>481774
Based effort post btfo-ed Zionist hasbara
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Belgium’s deputy PM calls for sanctions on Israel

In a one-sentence post on X, Petra De Sutter says: “The time for sanctions is now”.

The deputy PM’s post shared an announcement about an upcoming meeting of EU and Israeli officials to discuss whether Israel is fulfilling its obligations to respect human rights as enumerated in an agreement on trade between the two parties.

Israeli bombardment of Rafah ongoing

We earlier reported on an Israeli raid targeting a residential building at the Za’roub Roundabout, in the west of the city.

Our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues are now reporting that Israeli artillery shelling has hit homes in the Saudi neighbourhood, also situated west of Rafah.

We will bring you more on this as more information comes in.

Algeria requests UNSC meeting on Rafah massacre

Algeria has requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to discuss the situation in Rafah, one day after Israeli strikes on a displacement camp there killed at least 45 people.

The meeting is expected to take place tomorrow at 19:00 GMT and will be a closed consultation, during which no resolutions can be voted on, only tabled and then voted on later.

The UNSC will also be briefed by Juliette Touma, director of communications for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

EU foreign ministers to meet Israel on human rights obligations: Report

European Union foreign ministers have agreed to hold a meeting of the EU-Israel Association Council to assess Israel’s compliance with the association agreement’s human rights obligations, DPA news agency is reporting.

The bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, announced the move in Brussels, stepping up pressure on Israel to comply with a ruling from the International Court of Justice to halt an offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

The ICJ ruling cited “immense risk” to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians taking shelter in Rafah, the southernmost part of Gaza.

Counter to the ICJ ruling, Israel has carried out “an increase on the military activities, an increase in the bombing” that has led to an increase in civilian deaths, Borrell said.

The EU foreign policy chief said EU foreign ministers asked him “to propose further concrete measures” to ensure Israel’s compliance with the ICJ ruling.

Turkey defends Erdogan against Israeli minister’s remarks

The Turkish foreign ministry has slammed comments by Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz earlier today, calling his tone towards President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “disrespectful”.

“Unfounded accusations towards our President are a useless effort to change the agenda regarding the crimes committed by Israel in Palestine,” the ministry said in a statement.

“It is the Netanyahu Government that has killed nearly forty thousand Palestinians since October and barbarically massacred dozens of innocent Palestinians in an attack on a tent camp last night. Anyone who is complicit in these crimes will be tried in international courts.”

Canada does not support Israeli operation in Rafah: Minister

Canada is “horrified” by an Israeli air strike that hit a tent camp in Rafah, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said, calling for an “immediate ceasefire”.

“Canada does not support an Israeli military operation in Rafah. This level of human suffering must come to an end,” Joly said in a post on X.

Houthis claim attacks on three ships, two US destroyers in nearby seas

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis say they have launched attacks on three ships in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea and two US destroyers in the Red Sea.

There has been no statement confirming these attacks from the United States Army at this time.

The Houthis, who describe their attacks on ships as acts of solidarity with Palestinians in Israel’s war in Gaza, named three of the ships as the Larego Desert and the MSC Mechela in the Indian Ocean, and the Minerva Lisa in the Red Sea.

US says drone shot down over Red Sea

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) says it has destroyed one uncrewed aerial system (UAS) launched from an area controlled by Yemen’s Houthi group.

“It was determined the UAS presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels in the region,” it said in a post on X.

Houthi forces in Yemen have been waging a months-long campaign to target shipping vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden which the Houthis say have links to Israeli firms or ports. Houthi leaders say their attacks on shipping will end when Israel ends its war on Gaza.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah says it fires rockets at northern Israel

The Iran-aligned Lebanese group says it has launched a barrage of rockets at northern Israel in response to a deadly Israeli strike outside a south Lebanon hospital earlier in the day.

Hezbollah fighters fired “dozens of Katyusha rockets” at northern Israel “in response to the Israeli enemy attack that targeted the Martyr Salah Ghandour Hospital in Bint Jbeil”, the group said in a statement.

Rafah hospital out of service: Official

The Kuwaiti Hospital in the southern Gaza city has been rendered non-operational, according to its director, due to intentional attacks by Israeli forces on the hospital’s staff and the surrounding area.

“Due to the enemy’s expansion of the military operation in Rafah Governorate and the repeated and deliberate attacks on the hospital’s surroundings, the most recent of which was targeting the hospital gate, which led to the death of two staff working in the hospital, as well as the injury of 5 medical staff in a previous targeting, we announce that the Kuwait Specialized Hospital will be out of service,” Dr Suhaib al-Hams said in a statement.

“The working medical teams were transferred to the field hospital, which is being prepared in the al-Mawasi area” on Gaza’s coast, he added.

Pro-Palestine supporters rally in Israeli city

Footage online shows a protest in Haifa has taken place, calling for an end to the Israeli war on Gaza, and condemning Sunday’s Rafah attack.

The videos, verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit Sanad, shows dozens of demonstrators at the site, holding signs saying “Palestine Lives Matter” and “Hands off Rafah”.

Israeli police were present at the scene, seen detaining some of the protesters.

‘Audacious, outrageous’: Gaza protesters slam Greek deportation order

Nine people from the United Kingdom and the European Union member states are facing deportation from Greece days after they took part in a protest in solidarity with Palestine at a Greek university.

A total of 28 people were arrested by Greek police during the protest and encampment at the Athens Law School on May 14 on charges including disturbing the peace, damaging property, trespass as well as violations of the laws on weapons and flares, all of which they deny.

Ottawa pledges visas for 5,000 Palestinians in Gaza related to Canadians

That figure is an increase from the 1,000 temporary resident visas allotted under a special programme for Gaza announced in December, the immigration ministry says in a statement, adding that many people have expressed interest.



Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has faced growing domestic pressure to secure a lasting ceasefire to end the Israeli offensive. However, that pressure has translated into limited, largely symbolic action.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/27/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-35-killed-in-rafah-tent-bombings
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Israeli military talking to Egypt after ‘shooting incident’ at border

The Israeli military has put out a short statement that confirms a “shooting incident on the Egyptian border” took place earlier in the day.

It says the issue is being investigated and “a dialogue is taking place with the Egyptian side”.

Reports from Israeli media earlier suggested that one Egyptian soldier was killed and others wounded at the Rafah border crossing but no harm came to Israeli soldiers.

More on deadly cross-border fire between Israeli, Egyptian soldiers
Sara Khairat

An Egyptian military spokesman’s statement says Egyptian forces are carrying out an investigation into a shooting on the Rafah border that led to one soldier killed.

It was initially reported by Israeli media that there had been cross-border fire that was started from the Egyptian side towards Israeli soldiers, who responded. Then, that information was retracted through an order by the Israeli military but was then again allowed to be reported.

This could further complicate the situation.

Are we going to see this escalate further militarily? Highly doubtful, but diplomatically, this could complicate things because Egypt is also a mediator in ceasefire talks.

EU ministers give green light to Rafah border missions: Borrell

The European Union’s foreign ministers have approved the reactivation of an EU border mission at Rafah, according to the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

“I have a green light from EU ministers to reactivate the Rafah border mission,” he said, adding that such a mission would need the support of Egypt, Israel and Palestinians.

Israel demolishes Palestinian homes in West Bank’s Hizma and Tubas: UN

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is reporting new demolitions of Palestinian homes in Hizma and Tubas in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces have demolished at least 10,769 structures in the occupied West Bank since 2009, displacing at least 16,332 people, according to UN data.

“Demolitions are typically carried out due to lack of Israeli-issued permits, which are nearly impossible to obtain, but in some cases the circumstances are different, including punitive demolitions and demolitions carried out as part of military activities,” OCHA said.

Israeli strike on Rafah shows ‘contempt’ for ICJ ruling: African Union

The Israeli air strike on Rafah that Hamas officials say killed 45 people in a displacement camp reflects “contempt” for a recent ruling by the top UN court, according to the head of the African Union Commission.

Israel “continues to violate international law with impunity and in contempt of an ICJ [International Court of Justice] ruling two days ago ordering an end to its military action in Rafah”, Moussa Faki Mahamat said on X.

Israel must be condemned internationally for Rafah attack: Iran

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says in a post on X that the Israeli attack on northwest Rafah deserves “strong condemnation and a practical response” from the international community.

“This barbaric crime is a clear example of a war crime and an obvious violation of the interim orders issued by the International Court of Justice,” Nasser Kanaani wrote.

“Whenever the child-killing Zionist regime suffers humiliating defeats in the field, it commits such insane war crimes against Palestinian civilians,” he said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/27/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-35-killed-in-rafah-tent-bombings
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Colombian president says ‘powerful democracies’ compromised, unable to oppose Israel

Gustavo Petro said in a post on social media that “so-called powerful” democratic countries were unable to oppose Israel’s war on Gaza because “many owners of banks and capital funds belong to people who support the massacre”.

Petro said the inaction of such states “endangers not only the existence of the Palestinian people but the very existence of democracy and humanity”.

“Power in geopolitics today is nothing more than accumulated money and war planes,” he said, “hopefully tomorrow, it will be accumulated life”.

Colombia’s leader has been an outspoken critic of Israel and its war on Gaza, ordering last week that a Colombian embassy be opened in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank following the announcement that Bogota would sever diplomatic ties with Israel.

Bodies of father, child killed in Rafah attack ‘burned and charred’, could not be separated

Javed Ali, the director of emergency response in Gaza for International Medical Corps, described the horrific scenes as the dying and wounded were brought for treatment following the Israeli attack on a tent camp for civilians sheltering in Rafah that killed 45 people.

“With this loud air strike that we heard, we just rushed to the hospital and in about five minutes or so after arrival we started seeing ambulances coming in. I think in total we had about 75 patients. Out of those 75, 25 were really critical,” Ali said in a video interview.

“I saw the dead body of a father who was basically holding his child perhaps around three years of age. They were burned and charred. We couldn’t separate them. So we had to put both of them together in a body bag,” he said.

“That was very, very hard.”

UN aid chief slams Netanyahu’s claim of mistake in Rafah

Martin Griffiths has responded to Netanyahu’s claim that Israel’s deadly attack on displaced Palestinians in Rafah was the result of a “tragic mistake”.

“Whether the attack was a war crime or a ‘tragic mistake’, for the people of Gaza, there is no debate. What happened last night was the latest – and possibly most cruel – abomination,” Griffiths said in a statement.

“To call it ‘a mistake’ is a message that means nothing for those killed, those grieving, and those trying to save lives.”

EU ministers discuss sanctions if Israel ignores ICJ’s Rafah withdrawal order: Report

The European Union has for the first time discussed placing sanctions on Israel over its war on Gaza, Ireland’s Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said.

Martin said the imposition of EU sanctions was discussed as a possible measure to be taken if Israel does not comply with the ICJ’s ruling to halt its attack on Rafah, according to a report by Irish public broadcaster RTE.

Ireland would support sanctions, Martin suggested, according to the RTE.

“Certainly, if compliance isn’t forthcoming, then we have to consider all options,” Martin said, adding that it was the first time he had witnessed EU ministers hold “a significant discussion on sanctions”.

“Mr Martin said a number of foreign ministers had also raised the prospect of sanctions against Israeli officials who were aiding and abetting violent West Bank settlers,” RTE also reported.

EU foreign ministers meet Arab counterparts to discuss Palestinian statehood

Foreign ministers from the European Union met with their counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar as part of talks concerning a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel.

The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said after the informal talks in Brussels on Monday that the parties are discussing the possibility of hosting a joint conference on how to implement a two-state solution.

Last week, Ireland, Spain and Norway announced they would be formally recognising the state of Palestine from May 28.

Japan tells Israel ICJ order to halt Rafah attack ‘legally binding’, must be observed

Japan’s Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko told her Israeli counterpart that Tokyo wants to see an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza and that rulings by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are binding under international law and must “be observed in good faith”.

In a phone call with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, Yoko also said that “humanitarian assistance activities” in Gaza “should not be impeded” and that Tokyo wants to see a “conducive environment for humanitarian assistance”, including “making use of the Rafah crossing”.

“Both sides concurred to continue close communication,” Japan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement following the call on Monday.

The ICJ last week ordered Israel to halt its offensive in Rafah in a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, and warning of “immense risk” to the Palestinian population from the ground invasion of the city in southern Gaza, which was earlier declared a “safe zone” by Israeli forces.

Rafah camp attack shows US has no ‘red line’ for Israel’s slaughter in Gaza

Mouin Rabbani, a non-resident fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies in Doha, Qatar, said that in contrast with previous attacks by Israeli forces on Palestinian civilians, Israel claims now that it is investigating the Rafah camp attack that killed 45 people.

“Quite clearly, what’s called the ‘diplomatic tsunami’ – the recent ruling by the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court’s applications for arrest warrants and so on – are gradually beginning to have an effect,” Rabbani told Al Jazeera.

“At the same time, when we look at the broader international situation, what we’ve learned is that US President Joe Biden’s “red line” [in Gaza] is actually a river of Palestinian blood. And senior US officials are quite happy to swim in it.

“As far as the Europeans are concerned, we’ve seen quite extensive condemnation of this attack,” he added.

“But eight months into this brutal, genocidal campaign, I think simply making statements becomes entirely meaningless when this is not paired with concrete actions to bring such acts – that are taking place on an almost daily basis – to a definitive end.”

“I think one objective of this attack was to demonstrate that the US actually does not have a red line.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-intense-israeli-artillery-shelling-across-rafah
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As fighting escalates on the Lebanon-Israel border, Dimitri Lascaris returns to Beirut
Analysis from Dimitri Lascaris.

OIC tells UNSC to ‘assume responsibilities’ after Rafah ‘massacre’

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has described Israel’s deadly attack on a tent camp for displaced people in Rafah as a “heinous massacre”, which it considers an act of “state-organised terrorism”.

The OIC – the world’s second largest intergovernmental body after the UN – said those responsible for the “war crime” attack on the camp in Rafah must be held to account and face international criminal law.

“The Secretary-General held the Israeli occupation accountable for the consequences of its crimes, terrorist practices, and brutal attacks against the Palestinian people, which are inconsistent with all human values,” OIC, representing 57 member states, said in a statement.

“The OIC renewed its call on the international community, especially the UN Security Council, to assume its responsibilities in compelling Israel, to implement the orders of the International Court of Justice to stop this Israeli aggression immediately,” it said.

Trump says he will deport student protesters if re-elected president

Former President Donald Trump has said he will expel pro-Palestine student demonstrators from the United States if he is re-elected in November, The Washington Post reports.

Speaking to a room full of campaign donors, the Republican presidential hopeful promised to crush pro-Palestine protests that have sprung up on college campuses across the US in recent weeks.

“One thing I do is, any student that protests, I throw them out of the country. You know, there are a lot of foreign students. As soon as they hear that, they’re going to behave,” Trump said at the event on May 14, according to people present who requested anonymity.

“If you get me elected, and you should really be doing this, if you get me re-elected, we’re going to set that movement back 25 or 30 years,” he reportedly added.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-intense-israeli-artillery-shelling-across-rafah
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Today in NYC (I think)
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Israeli tanks reach Rafah city centre: Report

Israeli tanks have reached Rafah city centre, Reuters news agency reported citing witnesses on the ground.

The Israeli army has been carrying out a large operation in the southern city of Gaza, despite international warnings and an ICJ ruling for it to stop the offensive.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced as a result of the operation.

Israeli tanks advance in central Rafah: Report

Israeli tanks and other army vehicles are advancing in central Rafah, according to witnesses speaking to Reuters.

The tanks were spotted near al-Awda mosque, a central Rafah landmark, the witnesses told Reuters.

Residents said in Tal as-Sultan in western Rafah, the scene of Sunday’s deadly strike that killed about 45 people, was still being heavily bombarded.

“Tank shells are falling everywhere in [Tal as-Sultan]. Many families have fled their houses in western Rafah under fire throughout the night,” one resident told Reuters over a chat app.

WHO says 723 Gaza health workers killed during war

Israel’s military has waged at least 450 attacks on Gaza’s healthcare facilities during the war, killing 723 health workers and injuring 924, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

The attacks have crippled the enclave’s health system with none of its hospitals now operating at full capacity, the UN agency said.

At the same time, communicable diseases are spreading faster than ever in Gaza due to overcrowding and a lack of sanitation. During the war, the WHO has recorded nearly 1.5 million infections, including chickenpox and hepatitis, it said.

Video shows destruction of Gaza City

A Palestinian activist has shared a video on Instagram showing the extensive destruction of Gaza City.

“If we look at our street right and north, we find great destruction. This is what happened in our area after the entry of the [Israeli] army,” the activist says in the video.

“But if we look at this house and how it was arranged and planted with trees after stones accumulated on it as a result of the shelling, we will find a sophisticated view.”

“This family decided to spread hope again, plant trees and decorate the house despite everything in a civilised manner. We the people of Gaza love life. We don’t like death.”

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7gWcH2tEsp/

Gaza’s death toll rises

At least 36,096 Palestinians have been killed and 81,136 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, its Health Ministry says.

The ministry added that 46 people were killed and 110 injured in the latest 24-hour reporting period.

Israeli weapons firm sees boost in profit

Elbit Systems, one of Israel’s biggest defence contractors, has tracked an 11.5 percent increase in first-quarter revenue year-on-year as Israel’s military demands more products for its war on Gaza.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-intense-israeli-artillery-shelling-across-rafah
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Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry



According to accounts shared with ICC officials, he is alleged to have told her: “You should help us and let us take care of you. You don’t want to be getting into things that could compromise your security or that of your family.”

One individual briefed on Cohen’s activities said he had used “despicable tactics” against Bensouda as part of an ultimately unsuccessful effort to intimidate and influence her. They likened his behaviour to “stalking”.

The Mossad also took a keen interest in Bensouda’s family members and obtained transcripts of secret recordings of her husband, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the situation. Israeli officials then attempted to use the material to discredit the prosecutor.

The revelations about Cohen’s operation form part of a forthcoming investigation by the Guardian, the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call, revealing how multiple Israel intelligence agencies ran a covert “war” against the ICC for almost a decade.

Contacted by the Guardian, a spokesperson for Israel’s prime minister’s office said: “The questions forwarded to us are replete with many false and unfounded allegations meant to hurt the state of Israel.” Cohen did not respond to a request for comment. Bensouda declined to comment.

In the Mossad’s efforts to influence Bensouda, Israel received support from an unlikely ally: Joseph Kabila, the former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who played a supporting role in the plot.

Revelations about the Mossad’s efforts to influence Bensouda come as the current chief prosecutor, Khan, warned in recent days that he would not hesitate to prosecute “attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence” ICC officials.

According to legal experts and former ICC officials, efforts by the Mossad to threaten or put pressure on Bensouda could amount to offences against the administration of justice under article 70 of the Rome statute, the treaty that established the court.



According to two sources, there were even suspicions among senior ICC officials that Israel had cultivated sources within the court’s prosecution division, known as the office of the prosecutor. Another later recalled that although the Mossad “didn’t leave its signature”, it was an assumption the agency was behind some of the activity officials had been made aware of.



Cohen’s first interaction with Bensouda appears to have taken place at the Munich security conference in 2017, when the Mossad director introduced himself to the prosecutor in a brief exchange. After this encounter, Cohen subsequently “ambushed” Bensouda in a bizarre episode in a Manhattan hotel suite, according to multiple sources familiar with the incident.

Bensouda was in New York in 2018 on an official visit, and was meeting Kabila, then the president of the DRC, at his hotel. The pair had met several times before in relation to the ICC’s ongoing investigation into alleged crimes committed in his country.

The meeting, however, appears to have been a setup. At a certain point, after Bensouda’s staff were asked to leave the room, Cohen entered, according to three sources familiar with the meeting. The surprise appearance, they said, caused alarm to Bensouda and a group of ICC officials travelling with her.

Why Kabila helped Cohen is unclear, but ties between the two men were revealed in 2022 by the Israeli publication TheMarker, which reported on a series of secretive trips the Mossad director made to the DRC throughout 2019.

According to the publication, Cohen’s trips, during which he sought Kabila’s advice “on an issue of interest to Israel”, and which were almost certainly approved by Netanyahu, were highly unusual and had astonished senior figures within the intelligence community.

Reporting on the DRC meetings in 2022, the Israeli broadcaster Kan 11 said Cohen’s trips related to an “extremely controversial plan” and cited official sources who described it as “one of Israel’s most sensitive secrets”.

Multiple sources have confirmed to the Guardian the trips were partly related to the ICC operation, and Kabila, who left office in January 2019, played an important supporting role in the Mossad’s plot against Bensouda. Kabila did not respond to a request for comment.

After the surprise meeting with Kabila and Bensouda in New York, Cohen repeatedly phoned the chief prosecutor and sought meetings with her, three sources recalled. According to two people familiar with the situation, at one stage Bensouda asked Cohen how he had obtained her phone number, to which he replied: “Did you forget what I do for a living?”

Initially, the sources explained, the intelligence chief “tried to build a relationship” with the prosecutor and played “good cop” in an attempt to charm her. The initial objective, they said, appeared to have been to enlist Bensouda into cooperating with Israel.

Over time, however, the tone of Cohen’s contact changed and he began to use a range of tactics, including “threats and manipulation”, an individual briefed on the meetings said. This prompted Bensouda to inform a small group of senior ICC officials about his behaviour.

In December 2019, the prosecutor announced that she had grounds to open a full criminal investigation into allegations of war crimes in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. However, she held off launching it, deciding first to request a ruling from the ICC’s pre-trial chamber to confirm the court did indeed have jurisdiction over Palestine.

Multiple sources said it was at this stage, as the judges considered the case, that Cohen escalated his attempts to persuade Bensouda not to pursue a full investigation in the event the judges gave her the green light.

Between late 2019 and early 2021, the sources said, there were at least three encounters between Cohen and Bensouda, all initiated by the spy chief. His behaviour is said to have become increasingly concerning to ICC officials.

A source familiar with Bensouda’s accounts of the final two meetings with Cohen said he had raised questions about her security, and that of her family, in a manner that led her to believe he was threatening her.

On one occasion, Cohen is said to have shown Bensouda copies of photographs of her husband, which were taken covertly when the couple were visiting London. On another, according to sources, Cohen suggested to the prosecutor that a decision to open a full investigation would be detrimental to her career.

Four sources familiar with the situation said it was around the same time that Bensouda and other ICC officials discovered that information was circulating among diplomatic channels relating to her husband, who worked as an international affairs consultant.

Between 2019 and 2020, the Mossad had been actively seeking compromising information on the prosecutor and took an interest in her family members.

The spy agency obtained a cache of material, including transcripts of an apparent sting operation against her husband.

It is unclear who conducted the operation, or precisely what he is alleged to have said in the recordings. One possibility is that he had been targeted by the intelligence agency or by private actors of another country that wanted leverage over the ICC. Another possibility is the information was fabricated.

Once in the possession of Israel, however, the material was used by its diplomats in an unsuccessful attempt to undermine the chief prosecutor. But according to multiple sources, Israel failed to convince its allies of the significance of the material.

Three sources briefed on the information shared by Israel at a diplomatic level described the efforts as part of an unsuccessful “smear campaign” against Bensouda. “They went after Fatou,” one source said, but it had “no impact” on the prosecutor’s work.

The diplomatic efforts were part of a coordinated effort by the governments of Netanyahu and Donald Trump in the US to place public and private pressure on the prosecutor and her staff.

Between 2019 and 2020, in an unprecedented decision, the Trump administration imposed visa restrictions and sanctions on the chief prosecutor. The move was in retaliation to Bensouda’s pursuit of a separate investigation into war crimes in Afghanistan, allegedly committed by the Taliban and both Afghan and US military personnel.

However, Mike Pompeo, then US secretary of state, linked the sanctions package to the Palestine case. “It’s clear the ICC is only putting Israel in [its] crosshairs for nakedly political purposes,” he said.

Months later, he accused Bensouda, without citing any evidence, of having “engaged in corrupt acts for her personal benefit”.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/28/israeli-spy-chief-icc-prosecutor-war-crimes-inquiry

Spain formally recognises Palestinian state: Government spokesperson

Spain has formally recognised the State of Palestine in a decision approved by its cabinet, a government spokesperson says.

Pilar Alegria said the cabinet had “adopted an important decision to recognise a Palestinian state”, which had “one objective: to help Israelis and Palestinians achieve peace”.

Norway formally recognises Palestinian state, Ireland next : Report

AFP news agency is reporting that Norway’s government has also formally recognised a Palestinian state, with Ireland due to follow suit later.

“Norway has been one of the most fervent defenders of a Palestinian state for more than 30 years,” said the Norwegian foreign minister Espen Barth Eide as the move went into effect.

As we’ve reported, Spain has already formally recognised Palestinian statehood today, and Ireland is expected to do the same soon, joining 143 other countries worldwide that have already done so.

Ireland officially recognises Palestinian state

Ireland has officially recognised a Palestinian state, the government has said in a statement, defying Israel which had condemned the plan.

The government approved the recognition in a cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning, the statement said.

“The Government recognises Palestine as a sovereign and independent state and agreed to establish full diplomatic relations between Dublin and Ramallah,” it said.

“An Ambassador of Ireland to the State of Palestine will be appointed along with a full Embassy of Ireland in Ramallah.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-intense-israeli-artillery-shelling-across-rafah
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https://twitter.com/Pal_action/status/1795424171951870238
BREAKING: The people blockade the only entrance into Elbit’s Shenstone factory, forcing the Israeli weapons maker SHUT.

Whilst the companies profiting from genocide operate in our towns and cities, it’s OUR duty to kick them out #ShutElbitDown

https://twitter.com/Pal_action/status/1795437306893193325
BREAKING: Palestine Action cut Leonardo’s Edinburgh factory’s internet cables, disrupting the producers of targeting systems for Israel’s F-35 fighter jets.
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Video shows bloody aftermath of new attack on Rafah tent camp

Footage verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency shows a large number of people, including women, killed and injured from the latest attack on a tent camp near Rafah.

Residents are seen frantically attending to the bloodied victims and covering the bodies of those killed with blankets.

The Israeli attack occurred in a designated humanitarian zone in Mawasi, west of Rafah, reports Reuters news agency, citing medics and residents.

Al-Quds Brigades says fighters bomb Israeli forces in Jabalia camp

Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad group, says it has bombed Israeli soldiers and vehicles in the Jabalia refugee camp.

The attack in northern Gaza was carried out jointly with the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, a statement on Telegram said.

Al-Quds Brigades also said its fighters shot down an Israeli quadcopter in the camp.

Israel started a military operation in the camp this month, forcing the vast majority of the population there to move to other areas of Gaza.

Missile attack damages ship in the Red Sea near previous Houthi assaults

A missile attack has damaged a ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, with a private security firm saying radio traffic suggested the vessel took on water after being struck.

No group immediately claimed responsibility, but suspicion immediately fell on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have launched a number of attacks targeting ships over Israel’s war on Gaza.

The attack happened off the port city of Hodeidah in the southern Red Sea, near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait that links it to the Gulf of Aden, according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) centre.

The vessel “sustained damage” in the assault the UKMTO said. “The crew are reported safe and the vessel is proceeding to its next port of call,” the centre said.

The private security firm Ambrey said the vessel reported by radio of having “sustained damage to the cargo hold and was taking on water”.

Hamas calls on UN to stop ‘indiscriminate barbaric’ bombing of Rafah

Hamas has called on the international community and the UN Security Council to take “practical and immediate measures” to stop the Israeli aggression and the invasion of Rafah city.

“[Rafah] is being subjected to indiscriminate barbaric Zionist bombing, affecting homes and tents of displaced people in various parts of the city,” an official statement said, stressing that the Israeli attacks affect civil defence teams and all aspects of life.

Hamas also said the death of innocent civilians, most of whom are women and children, and waves of displacement continue, due to the escalating Israeli attacks.

“The UN Security Council is required to fulfill its legal and moral responsibilities in the face of the criminal Zionist entity’s disregard for the decision of the International Court of Justice, which ordered an immediate halt to the aggression against the city.”

Israeli economists warn policies on ultra-orthodox are pushing country to ‘abyss’

A group of 130 Israeli economists, including the former director-general of Israel’s finance ministry, have penned a letter to PM Netanyahu warning that lenient policies towards the ultra-orthodox community could push the economy into a “spiral of collapse”, reports Israel’s Channel 12.

The letter says that exempting ultra-orthodox Israelis from military service and allocating special government funding to their schools puts an undue strain on the rest of Israel’s tax-paying population. As a result, Israel could see the most “educated and productive” segments of its population leave the country, while the ultra-orthodox community, whose members devote their lives to Torah studies, grows, it adds.

The government’s policies are thus “leading the country towards an abyss” and “seriously endangering the Israeli economy and society”, according to the letter cited by Channel 12.

Israel has for months been deadlocked over efforts to pass a new law regarding ultra-orthodox military service, from which they have traditionally been exempt.

Denmark university to halt investment in companies operating in Israeli settlements

The University of Copenhagen has said it would divest of companies that do business in the occupied West Bank amid student protests pressuring the campus to cut financial and institutional ties with Israel.

Hundreds of students began campus protests in early May to express their opposition to Israel’s war on Gaza. The students have demanded that the university cut academic ties with Israel and divest from companies operating in occupied Palestinian territory.

The university will, as of May 29, divest its holdings worth a total of about $145,810 in Airbnb, Booking.com and eDreams, it said in a post on X.

Danish Parliament rejects proposal to recognise Palestinian state

Denmark’s Parliament has voted down a bill to recognise a Palestinian state after its foreign minister said the necessary conditions for an independent country are lacking.

The Danish bill was first proposed in late February by four left-wing parties.



“We cannot support this resolution, but we wish that there will come a day where we can,” added Rasmussen, who was not present at the vote on Tuesday.

The vote followed Ireland’s, Spain’s and Norway’s formal recognition of a Palestinian state.

Iraq’s influential cleric Sadr demands closure of US embassy after Israel’s Rafah strike

Moqtada Sadr has renewed his calls to close the US embassy in Baghdad after an Israeli air strike killed dozens of Palestinian civilians in a camp for the displaced in Gaza.

The Sunday night strike killed at least 45 Palestinians in a displaced persons’ camp in Rafah, the south Gaza city where Israel launched an offensive earlier this month.

Sadr condemned the Israeli strike and Washington’s “shameless” support for the genocide he said was under way in Gaza.

“I reiterate my demand to expel” the US ambassador and “close the embassy through diplomatic means without bloodshed”, he said in a statement on X.

He said that would be a more effective deterrent than the use of force and would mean US officials “don’t have an excuse to destabilise Iraq”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-intense-israeli-artillery-shelling-across-rafah
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>>481807
>Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry
>According to accounts shared with ICC officials, he is alleged to have told her: “You should help us and let us take care of you. You don’t want to be getting into things that could compromise your security or that of your family.”
Blumenthal was right Zionist ideology makes people stupid, this is a low level mobster play.

>The Mossad also took a keen interest in Bensouda’s family members and obtained transcripts of secret recordings of her husband, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the situation. Israeli officials then attempted to use the material to discredit the prosecutor.

>The revelations about Cohen’s operation form part of a forthcoming investigation by the Guardian, the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call, revealing how multiple Israel intelligence agencies ran a covert “war” against the ICC for almost a decade.
Remember when they told us we can't have privacy for the sake of counter-terrorism, maybe that was all a lie, and they're using it for political power-games to fuck with the UN and whatnot.

>Revelations about the Mossad’s efforts to influence Bensouda come as the current chief prosecutor, Khan, warned in recent days that he would not hesitate to prosecute “attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence” ICC officials.

Lol the Mossad nudged Khan to go through with the war-crimes prosecution for Netanyahu and Gallant
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>>481807
>Spain formally recognises Palestinian state
>Norway formally recognises Palestinian state
>Ireland officially recognises Palestinian state

triple based
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>>481810
>warning that lenient policies towards the ultra-orthodox community could push the economy into a “spiral of collapse”
>The letter says that exempting ultra-orthodox Israelis from military service
Reading between the lines, this says the IDF has a lot of casualties and they want to collect more bodies for cannon fodder from the orthodox jews.
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>>481813
Do you think europe is becoming more polarized and alliances are starting to form? Or is this just political theater?
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>>481818
I think Ireland sees its past-self in Palestine, especially that part where a more powerful neighbor tried to starve them. Spain sees in present day Israel parallels to Spain's past with fascism. I don't know what motivates Norway. German politicians uphold Israel because they are motivated by fears that any criticism of Israel will get them canceled as Nazis, but i think that will play it self out relatively soon.

EU foreign policy has been to make deals with Iran to gain influence in the region. Iran is the rational bet, they controle more trade-routes, have more resources, a much bigger economy and the superior geographic position. Israel is an ex-British-empire project as such it holds no prestige for Europe, and it is currently burning so many bridges in the world that it will reinforce the geopolitical dynamic of being the less advantageous bet. Never mind the short term political cacophony.
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>>481817
It's difficult to say just what the IDF casualties are, but at this point I'm leaning softly towards "the Israeli gov't is downplaying human losses," yeah. The persistence with which sections have been pushing for even more conscription is suspicious.
>>481819
> I don't know what motivates Norway.
I assume they're just generally kind of progressive and passionate about this issue, but it's fun to speculate cultural-psychological reasons for this. Maybe they're afraid of being led by Quislings to a genocidal state again. It's even funner to speculate that they saw some of the Israeli battalion insignia at some point and it creeped them out even more for this same reason.
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US, UK warplanes hit targets in western Yemen province: Report

Houthi-affiliated media Al Masirah says aircraft launched two raids on the al-Jabanah area, west of Hodeidah.

The United States and United Kingdom have targeted Houthi positions in Yemen since the rebels started attacking vessels in the Red Sea in opposition to Israel’s war on Gaza.

Earlier, a missile attack damaged a ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. The attack happened off the port city of Hodeidah, near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre.

The vessel “sustained damage” in the assault and later reported an “impact in the water in close proximity to the vessel,” the UKMTO said. “The crew are reported safe and the vessel is proceeding to its next port of call.”

Israel targets western Rafah as forces expand ground operation

Shelling hit Rafah’s western Tal as-Sultan district, killing at least 16 people, the Palestinian civil defence and the Palestine Red Crescent Society say.

Seven of the dead were in tents next to a United Nations facility about 200 metres (656 feet) from the site of Sunday night’s air strikes and deadly fire.

“It was a night of horror,” said Abdel-Rahman Abu Ismail, a Palestinian from Gaza City who has been sheltering in Tal as-Sultan since December. He said he heard “constant sounds” of explosions overnight and into Tuesday, with fighter jets and drones flying over the area.

Abu Ismail said it reminded him of the Israeli invasion of his neighbourhood of Shujayea in Gaza City, where Israel launched a heavy bombing campaign before sending in ground forces in late 2023. “We saw this before,” he said.

Video released by Islamic Jihad allegedly shows Israeli captive

The armed group released a video appearing to show Alexander Trufanov, 28, an Israeli citizen who was taken on October 7.

Trufanov’s mother said it made her happy to see her son, but “it was heartbreaking” that he had been a captive for so long.

“The proof of life from Alexsander [Sasha] Trufanov is additional evidence that the Israeli government must give a significant mandate to the negotiating team,” said a statement from the Hostages Families Forum.

California academic workers strike in support of pro-Palestinian protests

fbi.gov from last month’s violent mob attack on pro-Palestinian students and activists encamped at the University of California, Los Angeles, flared again as academic workers staged a protest strike on campus against UCLA’s response to the incident.

Unionised academic researchers, graduate teaching assistants and post-doctoral scholars at UCLA walked off the job over the university’s handling of pro-Palestinian demonstrations, organisers said.

The strike was organised by the United Auto Workers union Local 4811. The expanding work stoppage marks the first union-backed protest in solidarity with the recent wave of student-led demonstrations on dozens of US campuses against Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip.

Algeria to propose UN action to ‘stop killing in Rafah’

Algeria will propose a draft United Nations Security Council resolution to “stop the killing in Rafah”, Algeria’s UN Ambassador Amar Bendjama told reporters.

The comments come after a closed-door meeting of the 15-member body on Israel’s devastating eight-month war on the Gaza Strip.

“Algeria will circulate this afternoon a draft resolution on Rafah,” Bendjama said. “It will be a short text, a decisive text, to stop the killing in Rafah.”

‘As much an American genocide as it is an Israeli genocide’

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has condemned the US government for continuing to stand by Israel after the attack on displaced Palestinians in Rafah killed at least 45 people.

“Day after day, massacre after massacre, and the Biden administration continues to ship the bombs to the far-right, openly genocidal Israeli government that it uses to slaughter Palestinian children, women, medical personnel, journalists, international aid workers, and the sick and elderly, and continues to shield Israel from international accountability,” said Nihad Awad, CAIR’s national executive director.

“This genocidal brutality, which is being exposed daily by piles of charred and dismembered Palestinian civilians, must stop. Sadly, because of President Biden’s insistence on sending more bombs to enable Netanyahu’s war crimes in Rafah, this is now as much an American genocide as it is an Israeli genocide.”

White House opposes sanctions against ICC over Israel warrant request

The White House says it opposes imposing sanctions against International Criminal Court officials over the prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants for Israeli leaders for their role in the Gaza war.

“We don’t believe that sanctions against the ICC is the right approach here,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters, after Republicans in Congress said they would push for measures against the Hague-based war crimes court.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken told US senators last week that he would be willing to work with them on sanctioning the court.

French lawmaker suspended for waving Palestinian flag

France’s parliament suspended a left-wing lawmaker for two weeks after he held up a Palestinian flag during a heated debate over whether France should recognise Palestinian statehood.

Italian lawmakers wave Palestinian flag in parliament

Several legislators from Italy’s opposition Five Star Movement brandished Palestinian flags in parliament during a discussion on the Israeli war on Gaza.

They raised five flags and a peace flag in the lower Chamber of Deputies as their colleague Riccardo Ricciardi was speaking, calling on Italy to recognise the state of Palestine.

“We must never be afraid to recognise a community’s chance to rally around a flag,” Ricciardi said.

He condemned the “double standards” of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right government for expressing support for a two-state solution for the Palestinians and Israelis, but abstaining on a UN resolution earlier this month on full Palestinian membership.

The Chamber’s presiding officer reminded members of parliament that partisan symbols are not allowed inside, and the Five Star lawmakers handed over the flags to parliamentary officials after a few seconds.

College in Detroit, US suspends in-person classes over pro-Palestinian camp

Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan in the United States has encouraged staff to work remotely to avoid any issues with a pro-Palestinian encampment that sprouted last week.

“All on-campus events are canceled until further notice,” the school said in a statement. Wayne State spokesman Matt Lockwood said there have been “public safety concerns”, especially about access to certain areas.

US to suspend Gaza aid deliveries after pier suffers weather damage: Report

The United States military has suspended aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip by sea after bad weather damaged the temporary pier it had set up on the enclave’s coast, NBC News has reported, citing unnamed officials.

The US military is expected to make the announcement later on Tuesday, NBC said in its report, which cited a United Nations official, a US official and an Israeli official.

Aid groups have criticised the $320m floating pier as a costly and ineffective distraction from the fact that land deliveries are the most efficient way to help Gaza. The US has failed to pressure Israel into opening the land crossings, however.

US expresses deep concern to Israel Rafah tent camp attack



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US pier to be temporarily removed from Gaza coast for repairs

The Pentagon says the military pier off the coast of Gaza is being removed for repairs and will be returned once it is fixed.

Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said the pier will take over a week to put back together and will be done at the Israeli port of Ashdod.

Construction of the $320m floating pier was completed in mid-May to provide aid to the Gaza Strip.

It has been criticised as a complicated and costly alternative that tries to deflect attention from demanding a much simpler solution – for Israel to fully open all land crossings to Gaza and to secure aid trucks going in.

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Mexico seeks to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) says Mexico has filed an application with the world tribunal to intervene in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel.

In its declaration, Mexico stated that it “seeks to intervene, in order to provide its view on the potential construction of the content of the provisions of the Convention relevant to this case”, the court said.

Three other countries have also asked the ICJ for intervention in support of the South African case against Israel.

They are Colombia, Nicaragua and Libya.

Belgium, Egypt, Ireland, Maldives and Turkey have also stated their intention to join the case, while Germany said it will intervene in support of Israel.

Cargo vessel hit by 3 missiles in Red Sea as US reports destroying Houthi drones

A Greek-owned bulk cargo ship was hit by three missiles in the Red Sea but was able to continue on its journey and there were no reports of casualties, the US military said.

The attack on the ship, the M/V Laax, was reported as Yemen’s Houthi fighters launched five antiship ballistic missiles towards the Red Sea on Tuesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on social media.

Three of those missiles hit the ship, CENTCOM said.

Israeli soldiers beat two Gaza detainees to death: Report

Israel’s Haaretz newspaper is reporting that an internal military probe found Israeli soldiers beat two Palestinian detainees from Gaza to death.

The detainees were beaten on their way to the Sde Teiman detention facility in the Naqab desert (commonly known in English as the Negev) and died later, Haaretz reported, citing two unnamed sources.

“While several soldiers were questioned about the incident, no one has been arrested on suspicion of causing their deaths,” the news outlet reported.

Haaretz has previously reported that at least 27 detainees from Gaza have died in Israeli military custody at Sde Teiman and other bases.

Pro-Palestine protesters occupy train station in Italy

A large crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters have occupied a train station in the Italian city of Bologna to campaign against the war in Gaza.

Footage from the protest shows large crowds on the platform and standing on the tracks, chanting as they wave Palestinian flags.

https://twitter.com/QudsNen/status/1795561312681865337

Australia’s parliament votes against recognising Palestinian state

Australia’s federal parliament has voted against recognising Palestine as an independent state.

Here’s how the House of Representatives voted on the motion put forward by the Greens:

Yes: 5. The Australian Greens and Independent Andrew Wilkie.
No: 80. Representatives from the Labor government, as well as the Liberal and National parties.
Australia was one of 143 countries that voted in support of Palestine’s becoming a full UN member in the UN General Assembly earlier this month.

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Dozens arrested at pro-Palestinian demonstration in London

The Metropolitan Police Service – which serves the greater London area – says it has arrested 40 people after protesters refused to disperse following a demonstration in London over Israel’s war on Gaza.

The Met, as the force is widely known, said the individuals were arrested late on Tuesday for offences including breaching public order conditions, obstructing roads and assaulting emergency workers.

It said two officers sustained minor injuries after being assaulted, while a third, who was struck by a bottle thrown from within the crowd, suffered a “serious facial injury”.

The Met said an investigation was under way to identify who threw the bottle.

Police had approved plans for the early evening protest – organised by a coalition including the Palestine Solidarity Campaign – outside the gates of Downing Street in central London.

But it imposed conditions, including that the rally ended by 8pm (19:00 GMT).

Up to 10,000 people attended, and the “vast majority” had left by the required time, according to police, but a group of about 500 remained to continue protesting.

US-made weapons used in Rafah tent camp strike: Report

Munitions made in the US were deployed by Israel during their deadly attack on a tented camp in Rafah which killed 45 displaced Palestinians, CNN reports, citing analysis of footage from the scene.

The Israeli military claims that it bombed a compound housing Hamas fighters, causing an explosion that triggered a fire that rapidly spread to nearby tents. The encampment in the Tal as-Sultan area of Rafah was razed, killing at least 45 people and injuring some 200 more.

CNN based its findings on footage taken at the scene of Sunday’s strike, saying that the geolocated video showed the tail of a “US-made GBU-39 small diameter bomb” – a finding verified by four explosive weapons experts.

CNN added that serial numbers seen on the remnants of the munitions matched a California-based manufacturer of GBU-39 parts.

Israeli forces, Palestinian fighters clash in the occupied West Bank

There have been confrontations between Palestinian fighters and Israeli forces in the town of Tammun, about 5km (3 miles) south of Tubas city in the occupied West Bank.

Other armed confrontations took place this morning in Turmus Aya village, north of Ramallah, after Palestinian fighters targeted a nearby Israeli military base.

Israeli forces raided the villages of Khirbet Abu Falah, Kafr Malek and Turmus Aya in search of the shooters.

Israeli forces also raided Palestinian homes in Qalqilya city and arrested several people.

One of the homes that was stormed had been raided 14 times in the last few days.

Other raids took place across the occupied West Bank. During these raids, the Israeli forces arrested 25 Palestinians, including two women and a journalist.

Israelis storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound

More than a dozen Israelis stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third-holiest site, on Wednesday morning.

In a video published on Telegram by a local media network and verified by Al Jazeera, Israeli police officers are seen walking beside the individuals who entered the compound.

The storming of the compound is a regular occurrence even though entering any part of it is forbidden for Jews due to the sacred nature of the site, according to Jewish law.

Israeli authorities have also repeatedly barred Palestinians from entering the site for Friday prayers since October 7, forcing many to pray on the streets near the Old City.

In previous years, Israeli forces have also attacked Palestinian worshippers inside the mosque.

Another US official resigns over Israel’s war on Gaza: Report

The Washington Post is reporting that another US official has resigned, citing disagreements over a recent State Department report that claimed Israel was not impeding humanitarian assistance to Gaza.

The Post, quoting two sources with knowledge of the matter, identified the official as Stacey Gilbert, who served in the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.

The report that Gilbert is said to have objected to was published earlier this month and stated the US does not “currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of US humanitarian assistance”.

The findings contravene assessments by the UN and aid groups.

Algeria’s UNSC resolution calls on Israel to halt Rafah offensive immediately: Report

More on the Algerian draft resolution at the UN Security Council (UNSC):

The Reuters news agency said the draft text demands a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the release of all captives held by Hamas and essentially orders Israel to cease its military operations in Rafah.

The text uses the strongest UNSC language and says it “decides that Israel, the occupying Power, shall immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in Rafah”, Reuters reports.

Diplomats told Reuters the security council could vote on the draft resolution within days.

A UNSC resolution needs at least nine votes in favour and no vetoes by permanent member – the US, the United Kingdom, France, Russia or China – to pass.

The US has already shielded Israel by vetoing three draft council resolutions on the war in Gaza.

Israel using West Bank-style strategy to divide Gaza

Israel’s military is attempting to divide Gaza into small, disconnected pockets, weakening it in much the same way it has the occupied West Bank, says Omar Ashour, professor of security and military studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.

It will do this by creating three separate corridors in the enclave, he told Al Jazeera:

the Netzarim Corridor, which splits Gaza into north and south
a separate east-west division
a 1km (0.6 mile) buffer zone along the Israeli border
Israel’s military, Ashour predicts, will then use these zones as bases from which to launch regular raids into Gaza, in a strategy that avoids full-on military occupation but continues to cause high civilian casualties.

“I think they [Israel’s military] will be based there for the long term and do these heavy raids, similar to the one you’re seeing in Jabalia right now,” Ashour told Al Jazeera. “They go there, undermine the capabilities of whatever they see as a threat, with a lot of civilian casualties because of the population density, and they will keep repeating that.”

Israel is unlikely to forgo this strategy unless the United States withholds extensive weaponry or delivers “serious condemnation”, Ashour said, adding that both scenarios are unlikely.

Netherlands feared ‘great suffering’ in Gaza after UNRWA snub, memo reveals
John Power

Days after the Netherlands suspended funding to the United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees, Dutch officials expressed fears that pausing support for too long could lead to “great human suffering” and regional destabilisation, newly released documents reveal.

In a memo written after the Netherlands joined more than a dozen countries in pausing funding to the UNRWA following Israeli claims of links to Hamas, foreign ministry officials stressed the need for the UN agency to continue its work.

“Humanitarian assistance and basic services provided by UNRWA to Gaza and the wider region must be maintained at this stage of the conflict,” officials in the ministry’s human rights department wrote in the memo to Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot on February 2. “Other organisations are not adequately equipped for this purpose, including logistical capacities.”

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Clashes as protesters rally outside Israel’s embassy in Mexico

The AFP news agency is reporting clashes between police and protesters outside the Israeli embassy in Mexico’s capital, after some people in the crowd threw stones and tried to take down barriers blocking their path to the diplomatic mission.

Police used tear gas and threw back some of the stones hurled at them by protesters as they sought to disperse the crowds, AFP reported.

An estimated 200 people attended the protest at the embassy in Mexico City’s Lomas de Chapultepec neighbourhood, rallying against the Israeli attack on Sunday night that killed 45 displaced Palestinians in Rafah, it added.

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Gaza’s death toll rises

At least 36,171 Palestinians have been killed and 81,420 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, its Health Ministry says.

Iran provided sea-launched ballistic missiles to Houthis: Report

Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reports that Tehran has provided Yemen’s Houthis with Ghadr, a type of sea-launched medium-range ballistic missile.

The news agency says the missiles have presented serious challenges to the US and Israel’s interests in the region.

Israel’s war strategy questioned after death of 3 more soldiers
Imran Khan
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government

The Israeli army has named the soldiers killed in Gaza. They are Staff Sergeant Amir Galilove, 20 years old, Staff Sergeant Uri Bar Or, 21, and Staff Sergeant Ido Appel, 21 as well.

They were killed by an explosive device that was set off in Rafah. Three other soldiers were also wounded in the incident. Also, in separate incidents this morning, two soldiers were severely wounded in northern Gaza and another soldier was injured in southern Gaza.

This just goes to show you how tough the fighting is on the ground. Every time there is the death of a soldier, people put pressure on the Israeli government to try to come up with some type of ceasefire, some type of agreement to get the hostages out.

There is significant support for this war within mainstream Israeli society, but even hardline supporters of the government are beginning to question every time incidents like this occur: What is the end game of this war?

What bomb was used on Rafah’s tent encampment?

An Israeli air attack on a tent encampment north of Rafah on Sunday night killed at least 45 Palestinians, many women and children, in a massive inferno. But what were the weapons that caused such devastation?

Images of fragments of weaponry believed to be used in this attack obtained by Al Jazeera’s Sanad Verification Agency show a GBU-39/B small-diameter bomb made by US manufacturer Boeing.

This tracks with findings by US news outlet CNN, which cites a geolocated video showing the tail of a “US-made GBU-39 small diameter bomb”, a finding it verified with four explosive weapons experts.

‘We expect Gantz to resign from the government’: Israeli opposition leaders

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has met with Avigdor Lieberman, the leader of the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu party, and National Unity Party member Gideon Saar.

In a post on X, Lapid said the three had agreed on “an action plan to replace the government for the future of the State of Israel”.

He said they expected Israel’s war cabinet member, Benny Gantz, to resign and join their plans to form a new government.

Earlier in the month, Gantz threatened to quit the government if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t provide a clear plan for what happens after the war on Gaza.

Erdogan: ‘The spirit of the United Nations is dead in Gaza’

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has unleashed criticism at Western leaders over their “silence” on the Gaza war, accusing them of being complicit in Israel’s “barbarism”.

“European heads of state and government, you have become complicit in Israel’s vampirism due to your silence,” he said, adding that the US’s hands are especially “stained with blood”.

Erdogan, in fiery remarks to Turkish lawmakers, also took aim at the UN, asking what good the grouping is if it cannot even stop “genocide” in the 21st century.

“The UN cannot even protect its own staff. What are you waiting for to act? The spirit of the United Nations is dead in Gaza,” said Erdogan.

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>>481807
based on the numbers in that video Israel "donated" between 900 and 1200 tonnes of explosive material via dud munitions to the guerilla resistance operations in gaza

That's like 22 to 30 large semi trucks worth off kablooie sauce. This is enough for 45000 to 60000 anti tank mines.
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>>481828
Wow! Who could have thought bombing them more than 45,000 times in 8 months could backfire!
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Includes video of pieces of the 'Biden pier' drifting to the shore.
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Houthis claim six attacks on ships

A spokesperson for the Yemeni group’s armed forces, Yahya Saree, says its drone and missile unit participated in an “extensive operation” that saw attacks carried against ships in the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea.

Saree said that this operation was part of the Houthis’ announced expansion of attacks against ships, which it says is in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Fighting in Gaza will continue for at least 7 months: Israeli official

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, says that he expects fighting in Gaza to continue throughout 2024 at least.

He also told Israel’s public broadcaster Kan that the Israeli military was in control of 75 percent of the Philadelphi Corridor, a buffer zone between Gaza and Egypt.

Eisenkot: Gaza military operations will continue for years

Israeli Army Radio has quoted war cabinet minister Gadi Eisenkot as saying that it will take “three to five years for a significant stabilisation” in the Gaza Strip, and then “many more” to form a new government there.

“Whoever says that we will disband a few battalions in Rafah and then return the abductees is sowing a false illusion – this is a much more complex event”, Eisenkot was quoted as saying.

World Council of Churches condemns Israel’s conduct in Gaza

The Rev Jerry Pillay, secretary-general of the group that represents 352 churches worldwide, says it “condemns all violations of international humanitarian law and norms related to the protection of civilians by Israeli forces”.

In a statement, Pillay called for “an immediate cessation of this deadly violence” in Gaza and appealed for an end to “attacks on civilians and to urgently stop the escalation of the conflict”.

“Strikes that kill civilians – especially innocent children – can never provide a path to sustainable peace or justice, but rather perpetuate the cycle of violence,” he added while calling for an immediate ceasefire.

Analysis shows Gaza is shrinking due to Israeli buffer zone

An analysis conducted by Sanad, Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit, found that the area of the Gaza Strip has shrunk by nearly 32 percent due to a buffer zone that the Israeli army is creating around the perimeter of the territory.

The Israeli army expanded the areas of the buffer zone to be established on the country’s border with the Gaza Strip, while continuing to blow up and demolish residential neighbourhoods near the border, the effects of which were monitored until this month.

The results of the analysis and monitoring of the destroyed areas via satellite images show the erosion of the total area of the Gaza Strip by approximately 120sq km (about 46sq miles).

Students arrested as Israeli forces storm school near Nablus

Local Palestinian sources are reporting that soldiers have raided a school in the occupied West Bank town of Sarra, west of the city of Nablus, and arrested four students.

The students’ names were given as Majid Muhammad Majid Asthma, Asim Zidane Tawfiq Ghanem, Yacoub Mahmoud Yacoub Ghanem and Moatasem Ali Mahmoud Turabi.

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>>481826
>Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reports that Tehran has provided Yemen’s Houthis with Ghadr, a type of sea-launched medium-range ballistic missile.
That seems like a pretty big fuck-you, is this retaliation for something ?
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Israeli military says two killed in car ramming near Nablus

The vehicle attack occurred near an illegal Israeli settlement outside of the occupied West Bank city.

The military later told the AFP news agency that “two Israeli citizens were killed”. A manhunt is under way after the attacker escaped the scene.

Syria state news agency says child killed in ‘Israeli aggression’

Syrian Arab New Agency (SANA) said Israel attacks targeted a site in the country’s central region and a residential building in the Mediterranean coastal city of Baniyas.

One girl was killed in Baniyas and 10 others were injured, according to SANA. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group, also reported the death.

It said Israel had attacked Syrian territory at least 42 times since the beginning of the year.

US destroys two missile launchers in Houthi-controlled Yemen

The strikes took place at 8:40pm local time (17:40 GMT) on Tuesday, according to US Central Command.

Earlier today, US forces also “successfully destroyed two uncrewed aerial systems [UAS] over the Red Sea launched from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen”, CENTCOM said.

Houthis claim downing of US Reaper drone

Another US MQ-9 Reaper drone has gone down in Yemen as the Houthi rebels continue attacks on shipping in the Red Sea over Israel’s war on Gaza.

The Houthis downed the American drone in Yemen’s southeastern province of Maareb, the group’s military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised speech.

It’s the third such unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) downed in Yemen this month. Sarea said the drone “is the sixth UAV that has been shot down so far”.

Images published online and analyzed by The Associated Press showed the MQ-9 on its belly in the desert, its tail assembly disconnected from their rest of its body.

At least one hatch on the drone appeared to have been opened after it landed there although the drone remained broadly intact without any clear blast damage. One image included Wednesday’s date. The drone did not appear to carry any markings on it.

Canadian lawyers, professors urge Trudeau to enforce possible ICC arrest warrants

Hundreds of lawyers, professors, civil society leaders and former diplomats are urging Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to commit to enforcing any arrest warrants that may be issued by the International Criminal Court.

The ICC’s chief prosecutor last week requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as three senior Hamas leaders, on war crimes allegations.

In their letter to Trudeau, the experts asked the prime minister “to issue a public statement unequivocally affirming the prosecutorial and judicial independence of the Court as the investigations and proceedings advance in the situation in Palestine”.

That should include, they said, “a clear statement that any arrest warrants issued by the Court against leaders of the Israeli government and senior Hamas officials will be enforced should any suspects arrive on Canadian territory”.

Two paramedics killed in Israeli bombing of ambulance in Rafah: PRCS

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has now confirmed that two paramedics were killed in the attack in Rafah’s Tal as-Sultan area.

The PRCS said Israeli forces carried out a “direct bombing” of the ambulance, killing paramedics Haitham Tubasi and Suhail Hassouna.

Israel claims ‘operational control’ of Philadelphi Corridor

The Israeli military has claimed “operational control” of the Philadelphi Corridor, which separates Gaza from Egypt.

Gaza war could spark Middle East conflagration: UN envoy

Tor Wennesland told the UN Security Council the occupied West Bank “remains a pressure cooker of negative trends,” and there are continuing exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah, as well as between Syria and Israel around the Golan Heights.

The risk of “a regional conflagration” is mounting every day as the seven-month war on Gaza continues, the UN’s Middle East envoy warned.

“In addition to the deeply concerning escalation between Israel and Iran witnessed last month, aerial attacks toward Israel from militants in the region and Houthi attacks against international shipping in the Red Sea persisted. This is a combustible mix.”

Wennesland said nearly two million Palestinians in Gaza have been displaced, many of them multiple times, and some 100,000 Israelis have been displaced in the country’s north and south.

“Agreement on a deal to achieve a ceasefire and secure the release of hostages is blocked, and as Israel rolls out a significant ground operation in and around Rafah the devastation is only intensifying. This trajectory must change if we are to avoid further catastrophe.”

UN says aid to Gaza has dropped 67 percent since Israel’s Rafah attack began

Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN chief, says the decline has occurred since May 7, citing numbers from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Police use tear gas at pro-Palestine protest in Paris

Video posted on social media shows police in riot gear pushing into protesters.

The clashes came as protesters marched down the Rue de la Pepiniere in the northwest of the city.

Protesters had also taken to the streets of Paris yesterday in response to the recent Israeli attack on Rafah that killed civilians.

Demonstrators demanding return of captives block road in Tel Aviv

Israeli media reports and social media posts show the crowd of people entering blocking a highway, demanding progress from the Israeli government on a deal with Hamas to bring back Israeli captives held in Gaza.

Negotiations have been stalled for months as Hamas and Israeli officials trade blame for a deal failing to materialise. Israeli media reports said that talks were to begin again in Cairo today, however, a Hamas official said that “we do not need new negotiations,” adding that the group has already agreed to a ceasefire proposal that Israel rejected.

The footage shows protesters blocking a road and holding up a huge banner that reads: “Kidnapped alive are left to die”.

https://twitter.com/GLZRadio/status/1795869494042112314

More US lawmakers urge Biden to end support for Israel’s Gaza war

US President Joe Biden faces growing pressure domestically, including from members of his own Democratic Party, to stop providing unconditional backing for Israel as the country launches deadly attacks on Rafah and other parts of Gaza.

Democratic Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman is the latest to join a chorus of calls from Congress members to end US support for Israel’s war.

“We are way past the red line,” she said on X. “We cannot continue supporting this. Nobody is safer because of this.”

EU’s foreign policy chief assures UNRWA head of full support

Josep Borrell says on X that he met today with Philippe Lazzarini of the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), assuring him of the EU’s continued financial support to the agency, which was hit hard after donor states suspended funding to it earlier this year when Israel accused several of its staff members of participating in the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

Brazil withdraws ambassador to Israel over war on Gaza

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva withdrew the country’s ambassador to Israel in the latest back-and-forth over the war on Gaza.

The move was announced in Brazil’s official gazette, although Israel’s foreign ministry said no official message has yet been received, according to The Associated Press.

Lula earlier this year compared Israel’s war to the Holocaust. In response, Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz summoned Brazil’s envoy for a public reprimand at the national Holocaust museum in Jerusalem.

More than 30 countries call for greater scrutiny of Israel’s role in destroying Gaza health system

The countries are backing a proposal at the World Health Organization’s annual assembly in Geneva that would require the agency to boost documentation of the “catastrophic humanitarian crisis” in Gaza and possible “starvation”, according to the Reuters news agency.

They also condemned ongoing Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza and appealed for more scrutiny of Israel’s role in the enclave’s health crisis. The WHO has recorded hundreds of attacks on health facilities in the occupied Palestinian territory since the beginning of the conflict began, but does not attribute blame.

Palestinian Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi urged countries to support the motion, saying: “We cannot allow Israel to destroy everything, to destroy health care facilities and to allow this to happen.”

A vote on the proposal is expected later today.

World Central Kitchen stops work in Rafah after Israeli attacks

The World Central Kitchen charity halted its food-distribution operations in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah because of attacks in the area.

“In the face of Israeli operations in Rafah, countless families are being forced to flee once again,” the US-based charity said on X. “Ongoing attacks have forced us to pause work at our main kitchen in Rafah and relocate many of our community kitchens further north.”

The charity recently resumed its work in Gaza after suspending operations in April following the killing of seven of its workers in three air strikes by an Israeli drone. The deaths of an Australian, three Britons, a North American, a Palestinian and a Pole triggered global outrage over Israel’s military operations.

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UK’s Labour blocks politician from elections for liking tweet critical of Israel

Faiza Shaheen said the Labour Party has blocked her from standing in the upcoming elections in the United Kingdom, over a series of posts she liked on X, including ones that were critical of Israel and detailed her own experiences of Islamophobia.

The tweet on Israel referenced a sketch by the American comedian Jon Stewart and said:

“Every time you say something even mildly critical of Israel, you’re immediately assailed by scores of hysterical people who explain to you why you’re completely wrong, how you’re biased against Israel. Moreover, you can’t easily ignore them because those are not just random people. They tend to be friends or people who move in the same circles as you. Those people are mobilised by professional organisations.”

Shaheen told BBC Newsnight that she does not remember liking the post, and said she was told the line about professional organisations plays into anti-Semitic tropes.

Shaheen, a former Labour candidate in the north London constituency of Chingford & Woodford Green, said she was still in a state of shock over the Labour Party’s move.

Fire breaks out at Ramallah market amid Israeli raids

Emergency workers in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah extinguished a fire at a central vegetable market caused by Israeli munitions, according to Al Jazeera Arabic and the Wafa news agency.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Wafa also reported clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the city, with soldiers firing live bullets, stun grenades and tear gas.

At least one Palestinian was wounded by the live fire, the news agency said.

The Israeli attack on Ramallah was part of a wave of military night raids across the occupied West Bank, according to Wafa.

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Israel killed 66 Palestinians in four days of attacks on Rafah ‘safe zones’, aid group says

Save the Children said the attacks come less than a week after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to immediately halt its offensive in Rafah.

The aid group said the 66 victims included many children and women and called for urgent action to protect civilians in Rafah and across the Gaza Strip.

“What more evidence do leaders need to show there is absolutely nowhere safe for children and families in Gaza?” said Xavier Joubert, Save the Children’s country director in the occupied Palestinian territory.

“They are permanently, constantly, fleeing for their lives, from one danger zone to another. And they’re not fleeing randomly – they’re going to the areas that Israel directed them to go to ‘for their own safety’. Then they are being attacked,” Joubert said.

Xi reiterates Chinese support for Palestine UN membership, commits $3m to UNRWA

President Xi Jinping has signalled China’s desire for closer ties with the Arab world in a speech to the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing.

Speaking a little earlier today, Xi addressed Bahrain, Egypt, the UAE and Tunisia’s heads of state, as well as foreign ministers from other Arab League nations.

Among other proposals were several pledges to the Palestinian cause, including a donation of $3m to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and a promise of Chinese support in the reconstruction of Gaza, the Reuters news agency reports.

Xi also reiterated Chinese backing for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and full membership of the United Nations. He added that Israel’s war on Gaza cannot continue indefinitely and the “two-state solution” cannot be wavered.

Belgian police crackdown on pro-Palestine protest in front of Israel’s embassy

Police in Belgium have fired tear gas and water cannon for a second day to disperse a pro-Palestine protest in front of the Israeli embassy in the country’s capital, Brussels, according to videos posted online.

The live footage, broadcast by the European Palestinian Media Centre (EPMC) and verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency, showed dozens of young people chanting “Intifada” as police in riot gear blocked their path towards the Israeli diplomatic mission.

Over 50 UN experts demand sanctions, arms embargo on Israel

The group of experts issued the call for “decisive international action” after expressing outrage at the Israeli attack that killed at least 45 Palestinians sheltering in a makeshift tent camp in Rafah.

“Harrowing images of destruction, displacement and death have emerged from Rafah, including infants torn apart and people burnt alive,” the UN experts said.

“Reports emerging from the ground indicate that the strikes were indiscriminate and disproportionate, with people trapped inside burning plastic tents, leading to a horrific casualty toll.”

These “barbaric” attacks constitute a grave breach of the laws of war, the experts said, expressing deep frustration at the international community’s failure to stop Israel’s assault on Gaza.

The experts called for an independent probe into the attack on Rafah, as well as immediate sanctions and an arms embargo against Israel.

“The agony of Gaza’s people must end now,” they said.

UNRWA instructed to vacate Jerusalem premises within 30 days: Report

The Israel Land Authority has instructed the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) to vacate its headquarters in the Ma’alot Dafna area of occupied East Jerusalem within 30 days, the Times of Israel reports.

The eviction order follows a request from Israel’s Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf to remove UNRWA from any Israeli-controlled land it is occupying, as pressure from Israeli authorities mounts on the UN agency.

In a letter to UNRWA, the Israel Land Authority also claimed that the UN agency owes them 27,125,280 shekels (about $7.3m) for operating on Israeli land without permission for seven years.

Israel accused several UNRWA staff members of participating in the October 7 attacks in southern Israel – a claim it provided no solid evidence to support and which was dismissed by an independent review of the allegations.

The UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem has suffered repeated attacks in recent months by Israelis, including arson and vandalism.

US nurse fired for calling Israel’s war on Gaza a genocide during award speech

A Palestinian American nurse in New York City has been fired after calling Israel’s war on Gaza a “genocide”.

Hesen Jabr made the remarks during a speech after she was honoured by NYU Langone Health for her compassion in caring for mothers who had lost babies.

Jabr, who said that Palestinian mothers are experiencing unimaginable loss “during the current genocide in Gaza” in the May 7 speech, was fired when she reported for her next work shift.

She was told by NYU Langone Health officials that she had “‘put others at risk’ and ‘ruined the ceremony’ and ‘offended people’”, according to an Instagram post from Jabr.

An NYU Langone spokesperson said that Jabr had been previously warned about raising the “divisive and charged issue” at work.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/30/israels-war-on-gaza-live-no-safe-shelter-as-dozens-killed-in-rafah
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>>481837
My assumption would be they were already doing it, but maybe it's a more recent development, yeah.
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 No.481848

Dimitri Lascaris - Lebanese resistance bombards Israel's Metula military base

Nine killed in attack on family home in Beit Hanoon

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting yet another Israeli attack on northern Gaza, this one killing at least nine people.

The attack, on a family home in Beit Hanoon, also injured a number of people, according to the report.

Earlier, we reported several strikes in northern Gaza that caused casualties, including one on a home in Shati camp, west of Gaza City, and another on a shelter for displaced Palesitnians.

Israeli minister Smotrich to West Bank cities: ‘We will turn you into ruins’

The far-right Israeli security minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has threatened that Israel will destroy cities and towns in the occupied West Bank in the same way it has in Gaza.

Addressing residents of the Palestinian areas of Tulkarem, Nur Shams, Qalqilya and Shuweika, Smotrich wrote on X: “We will turn you into ruins like in the Gaza Strip if the terror you are perpetrating on the settlements continues.”

As we’ve been reporting, Israeli forces have carried out violent, near daily raids throughout these West Bank areas and others since October 7, regularly storming into homes, rounding up Palestinians en masse and bulldozing roads. During these raids, at least 519 Palestinians have been killed and more than 5,000 injured.

Gantz’s party submits bill to hold early elections in Israel: Report

Israeli news outlet Haaretz has just reported that the political party founded by Israeli parliament member and former Israeli army general Benny Gantz, has submitted a bill to dissolve the Israeli parliament, called the Knesset, and hold early elections in the country.

Demonstrators in Israel have been packing the streets of major cities calling for just this, saying that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has mismanaged the Gaza war and not done enough to engage with Hamas on a deal to get Israeli captives held in Gaza home safely.

We will bring you more on this breaking story as information comes in.

Discord brewing within Netanyahu’s war cabinet
Imran Khan
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government.

Within Netanyahu’s war cabinet, there are divisions. Benny Gantz, who is a war minister, and the defence minister, Yoav Gallant, have publicly accused the prime minister of not having a plan for the day after.

Netanyahu has even got senior opposition members convening to try to build another coalition against him and call for early elections. According to a lot of Israeli media reports we’re hearing, Gantz is interested in at least hearing them out. If Gantz leaves [Netanyahu’s coalition], that could well mean the end of the coalition and early elections.

However, the prime minister does have a secret weapon – that is the openly racist far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, who continue to support him. As long as that happens, he [Netanyahu] does remain in power.

Death of Israeli soldiers a growing ‘political problem’ for Netanyahu
Imran Khan
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government.

According to an initial Israeli army investigation, the two Israeli soldiers [who were killed earlier in a car ramming near Nablus] were examining another car when the perpetrator rammed his car into them. Soldiers nearby did not open fire, which is standard practice for Israeli soldiers in that situation because they simply didn’t know what was happening, according to the Israeli army. That allowed the attacker to get away.

According to security sources speaking to Israeli media, the man handed himself into Palestinian authorities Wednesday night, but the Palestinian Authority (PA) haven’t handed him over to the Israelis.

In the northern Gaza Strip, another soldier was killed. That brings the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza since October 7 to about 640. Just over 3,300 have been injured. Each one of those represents a very big political problem for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that political problem is getting bigger.

Gaza sea aid route from Cyprus will be kept offshore until pier fixed: Cypriot official

According to a Cypriot government official, humanitarian aid for Gaza is continuing to depart Cyprus by sea and will be kept in floating storage off the enclave until a US-built military pier undergoes repairs.

As we reported earlier, the US military has announced that the jetty it anchored off Gaza’s coast to receive aid by sea was being temporarily removed after part of the structure broke off two weeks after it started operating.

Pro-Palestinian protests outside Canadian security conference

Pro-Palestinian protesters have blocked roads in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, over the city’s hosting of the CANSEC exhibition, where representatives from the Israeli army are reported to be in attendance.

Footage shared on social media and verified by Al Jazeera shows large numbers of participants blocking roads leading to the exhibition.

Some protesters lay on the ground in clothes stained with symbolic blood, others held banners denouncing Canada’s support of Israel.

CANSEC’s website says the event “showcases leading-edge technology, products and services for land-based, naval, aerospace and joint forces military units”.

#Never Biden: What’s the campaign against the US approach to Israel about?
Dwayne Oxford

In the run-up to the 2016 United States presidential election, a set of mainstream Republicans worried about the rise of Donald Trump kicked off what came to be known as the “Never Trump” movement.

In essence, they were making clear that they were so fundamentally opposed to what Trump – a property baron-turned-TV personality – stood for, that they would never vote for him.

Now, a new “Never Biden” movement is starting to erupt in the US as the country heads towards the 2024 election, shaped in good measure by President Joe Biden’s response to Israel’s war on Gaza.

On social media, it has taken the form of a hashtag – #NeverBiden. But with some donors signalling unhappiness with Biden’s approach to the war on Gaza, this campaign could have real-world implications for the incumbent president’s bid for re-election at a time when he is already trailing former President Trump in key swing states.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/30/israels-war-on-gaza-live-no-safe-shelter-as-dozens-killed-in-rafah
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Democracy Now! Analysis from Kenneth Roth on Israel's threats against/spying on the ICC

Qassam Brigades claims attacks in northern Beit Lahiya, southern Rafah

The armed wing of Hamas reported a string of attacks on invading Israeli ground forces across Gaza in the past few hours.

In Rafah, in the south, Qassam Brigades said its fighters hit three Merkava tanks of the Israeli army with Yassin-105 rockets in Yibna, and used mortar rounds to target advancing troops in Tal Zorob.

In Beit Lahiya, in the north, the group claimed two attacks on Israeli tanks using anti-armour shells, and said its fighters “confronted” a helicopter and also fired mortars at soldiers.

Earlier, Hamas said it launched a rocket volley at Kibbutz Nirim in the northwestern Negev desert in Israel.

Slovenian government approves recognition of Palestine, but needs parliament’s approval

Prime Minister Robert Golob says his government has approved a decision to recognise an independent Palestinian state, following in the steps of Spain, Ireland and Norway.

“Today the government has decided to recognise Palestine as an independent and sovereign state,” he said at a news conference in Ljubljana.

The parliament of the European Union member country must also approve the government’s decision in coming days.

Golob also called for the immediate cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the release of all hostages.

“This is the message of peace,” he said.

Riot police dismantle pro-Palestinian camp at university in Detroit

Police have broken up a pro-Palestinian encampment at Wayne State University in Detroit and arrested at least 12 people after organizers turned down offers to meet with school officials and refused to leave.

Video shows Wayne State and Detroit police in riot gear tearing down fencing and breaking down tents erected on May 23 on green space near the undergraduate library.

The protesters chanted: “There’s no riot here. Why are you in riot gear?”

‘Benny Gantz can declare whatever he wants – it’s quite meaningless’

Gideon Levy, a columnist at Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, says those excited by the push from Gantz’s party for new elections should temper their expectations that Netanyahu is soon on his way out.

He noted Netanyahu’s coalition would still have 64 seats out of 120 if Gantz pulls out over the handling of the war on Gaza.

“I suggest not to get too excited and those who want to see Netanyahu stepping down should wait before opening the champagne bottles because this government without Benny Gantz still has a solid majority,” Levy told Al Jazeera. “Benny Gantz can declare whatever he wants – it’s quite meaningless.”

Levy said he’s not surprised by the cohesion of the coalition because “their careers will be over once the war is over, and they know it.”

“Therefore, we’re doomed to continue with this bloody war. A majority of Israelis support the continuation of the war. A very tiny minority is disturbed by the horrible scenes in Gaza.”

Israel’s Mossad alleges Iran is behind attacks on embassies in Europe

The Israeli spy agency says in a rare statement that Iran is behind attacks on Israeli embassies in Europe as the fallout of the war on Gaza continues to expand.

It referenced two criminal groups called Foxtrot and Rumba, which are allegedly funded and used by Iran, accusing them of being “directly responsible for violent activity and promotion of terrorism in Sweden and throughout Europe”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/30/israels-war-on-gaza-live-no-safe-shelter-as-dozens-killed-in-rafah
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>>481849
>Kenneth Roth on Israel's threats against/spying on the ICC
Based
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PIJ releases video of captive held in Gaza

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has released a roughly three-minute video that shows Israeli-Russian captive Alexander Trufanov criticising Israeli officials for failing to bring back those still held in Gaza.

Sitting on a chair in front of a green screen, he can be seen saying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others prefer to bring back the captives as “corpses” as this option would be easier than striking an exchange agreement.

Trufanov also briefly refers to the closure of Al Jazeera offices inside Israel, indicating that the footage was filmed within the last month.

The PIJ had earlier this week released a shorter version of the clip. Palestinian groups have released many such videos since the start of the war to pressure Israel into agreeing to a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement.

Hamas informs mediators of readiness to reach ‘full agreement’ with Israel

“We informed the mediators today of our clear position that if the occupation stops its war and aggression against our people in Gaza, we are ready to reach a full agreement that includes a comprehensive exchange deal”, a statement from the group, published on its Telegram channel, reads.

Hamas has long maintained that Israel ending its war on the Gaza Strip is a necessary condition for any further negotiation on an exchange of Israeli captives held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

“We showed flexibility and positivity with the efforts of the mediators over the previous rounds of negotiations, leading to the announcement of the approval of the mediators’ proposal on May 6,” the statement continues, referring to when, earlier this month, Hamas announced that it had agreed to a ceasefire proposal put forward by mediators Qatar and Egypt.

Israel promptly rejected this advance from Hamas, and then on May 7 began its long-feared offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

Israel “responded to our positive position by invading the city of Rafah and occupying the crossing, and provided remarks leading to the disruption of the mediators’ efforts”, Hamas alleges in its statement.

Iran-aligned Iraq group claims drone attack on Israel

The Saraya Awliya al-Dam, a Shia military group that is part of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq umbrella group of US and Israel-opposed factions, has released a video in which it claims an attack on Israel.

Masked fighters can be seen in the video moving through underground facilities and preparing drones that the group claimed were launched at “two vital targets in the port of Haifa” in the early hours of Thursday.

The fighters can be seen trampling a flag of Israel as they enter the tunnels, and assemble the drones in a room where pictures of Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi are on the wall.

This appears to be the first operation against Israel during the war on Gaza claimed by Saraya Awliya al-Dam – or the Guardians of Blood Brigades.

UNRWA has ‘not received’ letter from Israel to vacate East Jerusalem

A UN spokesperson says a letter allegedly sent by Israel to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees to vacate its headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem has yet to be received.

“Well, we’ve seen the media reports. I spoke to my colleagues at UNRWA who have not received anything, any official written communication. And I can tell you that they see this as the ongoing pattern of harassment of UNRWA, its workers and its facilities,” Stephane Dujarric told reporters.

He said nothing has been received “as of a half an hour ago”. His remarks came after the Israel Land Authority ordered UNRWA to evacuate its headquarters within 30 days.

According to The Times of Israel, the authority said the UN agency owes it “$7,326,711.19 for operating on land belonging to Israel without consent for the last seven years”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/30/israels-war-on-gaza-live-no-safe-shelter-as-dozens-killed-in-rafah
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Casualties after US, UK militaries launch 13 attacks on Yemen

The US military confirmed 13 air strikes on “Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist-controlled areas of Yemen in self-defence”.

CENTCOM said combined forces destroyed eight drones the Houthis were potentially preparing for attacks on ships in the Red Sea in a stated effort to oppose Israel’s war on Gaza.

The Houthis remained defiant stating earlier they will continue and strengthen military operations against Western cargo vessels.

Local news reports indicated the strikes hit areas in the capital Sanaa and the Hodeidah governorate. Two people were killed and 10 wounded.

Palestinians hurl stones at attacking Israeli vehicles in West Bank

Video shows one of the many raids Israeli forces carried out in the occupied West Bank with this one taking place in the southern region.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1796304398643290470

‘Unrelenting nightmare’: 18,500 pregnant women flee Israeli attacks on Rafah

The United Nations Population Fund says about 18,500 pregnant Palestinian women are among hundreds of thousands of Palestinians forced to flee the expanding Israeli military invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza.

“They’re exhausted, traumatised, dehydrated and malnourished,” the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency said.

More on recent state department official quitting in protest of US’s Gaza policy

Stacy Gilbert, a US State Department official with more than 20 years of experience around the world, quit her position in protest of the Biden administration’s “patently, demonstrably, quantifiably false” claim that Israel is not deliberately blocking humanitarian aid from Gaza.

In an interview with the Huffington Post, Gilbert said a report on Israeli conduct in Gaza released by the State Department earlier this month “is not informed by reality or context or the informed opinions of subject matter experts”.

That report found Israel has likely used US-provided weapons in a manner “inconsistent” with international law in Gaza and stopped short of identifying violations that would put an end to ongoing military aid.

Hezbollah claims attack on Israeli soldiers, confirms fighters killed

Hezbollah said it carried out six attacks with the final strike targeting a building used by Israeli soldiers near al-Manara.

The armed Lebanese group also reported two more of its fighters were killed in border clashes with Israeli forces in the town of Hula in southern Lebanon.

Israeli attacks have killed more than 350 people in Lebanon, mostly fighters with Hezbollah and allied groups. In Israel, attacks from Lebanon have killed at least 10 civilians and 12 soldiers.

Palestinians arrested as Israeli police disperse protesters in Haifa

Israeli police forcibly broke up a protest against the war on Gaza in the city of Haifa.

Multiple Palestinians were arrested and put into police vehicles.

A reporter with Israeli newspaper Haaretz at the scene filmed herself confronting a police officer who violently arrested a demonstrator, with the officer trying to slap the phone out of her hand.

Israeli forces directly hit paramedics, prevented rescue: PRCS

A paramedic with the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) described how the Israeli military targeted and killed two colleagues in Rafah.

He said emergency responders found one of their ambulances on fire when they arrived at the scene to help PRCS members Haitham Tubasi and Suhail Hassouna, who were killed.

“My colleague and I attempted to extinguish the fire, but we were heavily targeted by the shooting of the occupation. Given the gravity of the situation, we were forced to withdraw from the area.”

Paramedics eventually managed to recover the charred bodies of their colleagues after several hours.

Israeli Knesset vote to label UNRWA a ‘terrorist’ group is ‘outrageous’: MSF

The medical charity denounced Israeli lawmakers after voting for a bill to designate the UN agency for Palestinian refugees as a “terrorist organisation”.

“The Israeli Knesset’s preliminary bill to designate UNRWA as a terrorist organisation is an outrageous attack on humanitarian assistance, and an act of collective punishment against the Palestinian people,” said Christopher Lockyear, secretary general of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) International.

He called the move “the culmination of the continuous, systematic obstruction of vital humanitarian aid, including into the Strip, effectively choking Gaza”.

“Israel’s allies, which are all members of the United Nations, must stand against this move to criminalise humanitarian assistance and ensure that UNRWA can continue its essential work,” Lockyear said.

Israeli forces, settlers carry out raids across the occupied West Bank

The Ministry of Health says a 20-year-old Palestinian man died of wounds sustained by an Israeli bullet to the chest during an incursion into the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank that also left five others injured.

In a Bedouin community northwest of the West Bank city of Jericho, a local source was cited as saying by the Wafa news agency that Israeli settlers descended in vehicles to intimidate Palestinians for the second time in the past 24 hours.

Wafa also spoke to local sources west of the city of Nablus, who said a group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles with stones, damaging several cars.

In the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of al-Issawiya, Israeli authorities reportedly forced a Palestinian to demolish his own home and displace his family of nine, claiming he lacked a permit to live there.

He was forced to carry out the demolition himself since Israeli authorities charge exorbitant fees if the municipality razes the structure, Wafa reported.

Sever trade: Houthi leader urges stronger Arab opposition to Israel

During his speech earlier – when Abdel-Malik al-Houthi promised to expand military operations to oppose the war on Gaza – the leader of the Iran-aligned group in Yemen also commented on Israel’s seizure of the Philadelphi Corridor.

The Houthi leader said Israel is committing “serious violations and posing a threat to Egyptian national security”, calling on Cairo to take more practical steps such as cutting diplomatic relations and trade with Israel.

“Egyptian ships that deliver goods to the Israeli enemy are still ahead of many countries, and this should not be.”

He also criticised unnamed Arab leaders from across the region, who, according to al-Houthi, pair any condemnation of Israel with words to appease the US.

“Palestine is the first trench and the battle the Palestinian people are facing is a battle for the entire Muslim nation.”

MSF closes another care facility, blames Israeli attacks

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says that it has been “forced” to close another primary care facility in Gaza, this one in the al-Mawasi area, blaming Israel’s offensive on the southern city of Rafah.

“This is the second health facility we have been forced to close this week and another step in Israel’s systematic dismantling of Gaza’s health system. Since February, we have treated over 33,000 patients at the health centre,” MSF announced in a post on X.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/30/israels-war-on-gaza-live-no-safe-shelter-as-dozens-killed-in-rafah
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Gaza’s death toll rises

At least 36,284 Palestinians have been killed and 82,057 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, its Health Ministry says.

The ministry added that 60 people were killed and 280 injured in the latest 24-hour reporting period.

Houthis claim missile attack on US carrier in Red Sea

The missile attack targeted the Eisenhower aircraft carrier, which is currently deployed in the Red Sea, said Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree in a televised statement.

The strike is retaliation to a series of joint US-UK strikes in three Yemeni provinces that killed at least 16 people, according to Saree.

We’ll bring you more information on the Red Sea attack as we have it.

Death toll rises from US-UK attack in Yemen: Report

The death toll from joint US-UK strikes in Yemen has risen to 16, with at least 35 wounded, according to the Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah TV.

The strikes hit areas in Sanaa, Hodeidah and Taiz, including a building housing Hodeidah Radio, killing civilians, according to the media report.

Unnamed US officials told The Associated Press that the attacks targeted Houthi military sites, including missile launchers and command and control sites. An earlier statement by the UK’s defence ministry said the attacks were carefully designed to “minimise any risk to civilians”.

In a post on X, senior Houthi official Mohammed Abdulsalam, said the attacks amounted to “brutal aggression on Yemen”, which he said was “punishment” for their support of Palestinians in Gaza.

Israeli attack in southern Lebanon kills medic: Report

Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting a “hostile” attack in Lebanon’s southern city of Naquora, in conjunction with air raids.

Hezbollah-linked rescuers said Israel was behind the attack which hit an ambulance, killing one medic and wounding another.

The attack comes after several drones fired from Lebanon hit the Golan Heights earlier today, causing no injuries, according to Israel’s military.

After Israeli pullback in northern Gaza, dead bodies stream into Kamal Adwan Hospital

I’m in front of Kamal Adwan Hospital, which has received dozens of dead bodies from Beit Lahiya, Tall az-Zaatar, and Sheikh Zayed.

The amount of destruction is huge, as Israeli forces destroyed all the infrastructure and sewage facilities.

Civilians are trying to reach their houses in order to find anything that is useful and civil defence crews are trying to get to the neighbourhoods in order to recover more dead bodies, but they are struggling because Israeli forces destroyed all the streets and all the infrastructure.

Sirens blare as drones fired towards northern Israel

Several explosive drones have hit the Golan Heights, after air sirens went off in the area, according to the Israeli military.

The drones, which crossed from Lebanon, landed in the Zaura area without causing injuries, said the military, adding that it is “reviewing the incident”.

The drone strikes came after an earlier projectile launched from Lebanon hit Israel’s northern Metula area, also causing no casualties, reports The Times of Israel.

Israel and Lebanese group Hezbollah have been waging regular cross-border attacks during the war, keeping border communities in each country on high alert.

People killed while sheltering in UN facilities: UNRWA

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) agency says it has received “horrific reports” from UNRWA facilities in Jabalia, northern Gaza.

“Displaced people, including children, reportedly killed and injured sheltering in our school, besieged by [Israeli] tanks. Tents of people sheltering at our school reportedly set on fire by [the Israeli military],” the agency said in a post on X.

UNRWA also said it received reports of its office being hit and destroyed in air raids, as well bulldozed by Israeli forces.

Jabalia resident: Israeli forces ‘are testing missiles on us’

As we’ve been reporting, the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip has been largely reduced to rubble after a 20-day Israeli military incursion had been fiercely resisted by Palestinian armed groups.

Residents of Jabalia, now returning to the area after Israeli forces partially withdrew on Thursday, say the level of destruction is overwhelming, with homes and public buildings decimated and decomposing bodies left in the rubble-strewn streets to be eaten by stray animals.

“Look at the scale of destruction in Jabalia. The Israelis have destroyed us. They are actually testing their missiles on us,” one resident returning to the city told Al Jazeera.

Hamas fighters remain in Jabalia after weeks of ‘most intense’ battles of war: Monitors

One of three Israeli brigades is reported to have remained – possibly in northern and eastern parts of Jabalia – after Israel’s forces withdrew from other areas of the refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, war monitors said.

In their latest Gaza battlefield update, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) said Palestinian fighters continued to launch attacks on Israeli forces on Thursday amid the Jabalia withdrawal.

In what was described as some of the “most intense” fighting of the war to date, three Hamas battalions mounted a sustained defence of Jabalia in the face of a massive Israeli incursion which began on May 11.

“Hamas and other Palestinian militias will almost certainly resume their efforts to reconstitute in Jabalia as Israeli forces withdraw. There are remaining pockets around Jabalia that Israeli forces have not cleared,” the ISW and CTP said in their joint report.

“Hamas will capitalize on these remaining forces to rebuild their capabilities and networks in and around Jabalia,” the monitors said, adding that US and Israeli officials are concerned that “Hamas will survive in the Gaza Strip without a post-war plan that involves an alternative to Hamas rule”.

Egypt denies agreement with Israel to reopen Rafah border crossing: Report

An Egyptian official has denied that an agreement was reached with Israel to reopen the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, Egyptian TV has reported.

Quoting a high-level source, Egypt’s state-affiliated al-Qahera News TV said on Friday that “there is no truth” in media reports about an Egyptian-Israeli agreement to reopen the vital crossing to Gaza – the Palestinian side of which was taken over by the Israeli military earlier this month.

“Egypt insists on a full Israeli withdrawal from the crossing as a condition to resume its work,” the source told the channel, according to Germany’s DPA news agency.

Since the capture of the Rafah border crossing by Israeli tanks, Egypt had indicated it would not coordinate aid transports through Rafah until Israeli forces withdrew and returned control of the frontier to Palestinian authorities.

Egypt was the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979.

But, Israel’s war on Gaza has fuelled anti-Israeli sentiment in Egypt and ties are strained amid fears in Cairo that Israel wants to trigger a mass exodus of desperate Palestinians from Gaza into Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

Israel will not be present at France’s annual Eurosatory arms fair

Israel will not have a stand present at this year’s annual Eurosatory arms and defence industry exhibition in France, said a spokesperson for the organisers, confirming earlier media reports.

“Following a decision by government authorities, there will not be an Israeli stand at the Eurosatory 2024 salon,” said the spokesperson via email.

“No further information will be given on this,” added the spokesperson.

Israel will ‘strictly enforce’ restrictions on Spain’s Jerusalem consulate

Israel has doubled down on planned restrictions to Spain’s Jerusalem consulate, saying they will be “strictly enforced” due to Madrid’s recognition of Palestinian statehood.

Earlier today, Spain’s foreign minister said it had sent a note to Israel rejecting the restrictions, which include a halt to consular services to Palestinians, and requested they be reversed.

But Israel will go ahead with the policy and may totally shutter Spain’s consulate if it commits “violations”, Israeli FM Israel Katz said in a post on X.

“Any connection between the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem and individuals in the Palestinian Authority poses a threat to Israel’s national security and will be completely prohibited,” said Katz.

Families of captives held in Gaza say Israeli gov’t has ‘abandoned’ them

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a body made up of relatives of Israeli captives in Gaza, has accused Israel’s government of “abandoning” them, saying officials are more invested in a drawn-out war than in bringing home their loved ones.

“The captives, and the entire State of Israel, have been taken hostage by those who choose political interests over their national duties,” the group said in a statement published in The Times of Israel.

The group said the government has neglected “a fundamental moral principle according to which Israel will never leave anyone behind, and prefer to continue the fighting over achieving the main goal of freeing the hostages”.

The statement comes after a fraught meeting between the captives’ families and Israeli officials on Thursday during which Israel’s National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi said the government would not end its war on Gaza in return for securing the release of all the captives.

Hanegbi also lashed out at a family member of a captive after she criticised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying she has “no place to hate and hurt like that”, according to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/31/israels-war-on-gaza-live-unrelenting-nightmare-for-weary-palestinians
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>>481859
>The United Nations Population Fund says about 18,500 pregnant Palestinian women are among hundreds of thousands of Palestinians forced to flee the expanding Israeli military invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza.
>“They’re exhausted, traumatised, dehydrated and malnourished,” the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency said.
Imagine the planet earth as a space ship like in science fiction, imagine it to have life-support systems. In order for it to function properly we may need to shove the people who fuck with it out of the airlock, or find some way to make the life-support systems invulnerable to such fuckery

>Israeli Knesset vote to label UNRWA a ‘terrorist’ group

>The medical charity denounced Israeli lawmakers after voting for a bill to designate the UN agency as a “terrorist organisation”.
If the UN is now a terrorist group, that label has lost all meaning.
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 No.481869

Large crowds march in Yemen after deadly US, UK air strikes

In Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, many people protested as part of weekly demonstrations to express solidarity with Palestinians.

The latest march comes after US and UK air strikes last night killed 16 people and wounded another 35, according to Houthi media.

https://twitter.com/alsyasiah/status/1796633658993897730
Translation: Crowds chant during the million-man protest in Sabeen Square in the capital Sanaa, in the march “With Gaza … escalation, regardless of the challenges.”

Police arrest 80 at UC Santa Cruz, break up encampment

University of California Santa Cruz says about 80 people demonstrating against the war on Gaza were arrested on campus as police officers in riot gear broke up their encampment and barricades.

“For weeks, encampment participants were given repeated, clear direction to remove the encampment and cease blocking access to numerous campus resources and to the campus itself,” spokesman Scott Hernandez-Jason said.

Graduate student workers at UC Santa Cruz continued a strike that began last week over the university’s treatment of the antiwar protesters, with their union saying it will expand to three more campuses next week.

At least 3,117 people have been arrested on US campuses of 63 colleges and universities in at least 84 incidents since April 18, according to The Associated Press news agency.

‘Massive destruction’: Israeli army destroyed UN shelters in Jabalia

The Israeli military engaged in wide-scale destruction of infrastructure in Jabalia during its three-week siege in northern Gaza, according to the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.

“In addition to the crimes of premeditated killings, arbitrary arrests, and targeting of civilians, the Israeli military operation in Jabalia has resulted in massive destruction,” the Geneva-based group said in a report.

“The attacks have destroyed entire residential blocks and impacted hundreds of homes and buildings in the camp, including shelter centres, UNRWA-affiliated medical and food centres, and UNRWA-funded water wells,” it said, referring to the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees.

“A field inspection of the conditions in the Jabalia camp after the Israeli withdrawal revealed that not a single residential building was spared from bombing, bulldozing, or burning operations.”

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah hits back at Israeli border mobilisation

The Israeli military earlier this week held exercises near the border with Lebanon to simulate attacks “deep inside” Lebanese soil.

In a speech, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said an operation carried out by fighters from the group on Tuesday was a direct response to the Israeli threats.

During one of its largest attacks on the Ramia military base along the border since the start of the war, Hezbollah said it sent its fighters “metres away” from the base.

“If our fighters wanted to go to the Ramia site, they would have done so and if they wanted to enter the site, they would have entered,” said Nasrallah.

A four-minute video documenting the attack showed Hezbollah fighters firing rocket-propelled grenades, anti-tank guided missiles, and mortar rounds at the Ramia base.

US Congress invites Israel’s PM Netanyahu to address lawmakers

Democratic and Republican leaders in the US Congress invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address within weeks to lawmakers, House Speaker Mike Johnson says.

“We join the state of Israel in your struggle against terror, especially as Hamas continues to hold American and Israeli citizens captive and its leaders jeopardize regional stability,” said an invitation from Johnson signed by all four party leaders in the House and Senate.

Protester chains himself to goalpost delaying Scotland-Israel match

Kickoff in Scotland’s Women’s Euro 2025 qualifier with Israel in Glasgow was delayed after a demonstrator avoided security at Hampden Park and chained himself to a goalpost.

Both Friday’s fixture in Glasgow and the “return” match in Hungary on June 4 are meant to be taking place without any spectators. That decision was taken against the backdrop of the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict.

However, as pro-Palestine protests took place outside Scotland’s national stadium, somebody managed to access the arena and attach themselves to one of the goalposts at Hampden Park with a heavy-looking chain around their neck.

The protester, wearing a “Red Card For Israel” T-shirt, was eventually removed and the match kicked off.

Campaign groups, including Scottish Friends of Palestine, protested outside the stadium as they criticised the Scottish Football Association’s decision to allow the game to go ahead, saying it constituted an attempt to “sportswash” Israel.

‘This is the deal Netanyahu has already said no to’

Omar Baddar, a US-based political analyst, tells Al Jazeera the Gaza truce proposal announced by Biden appears similar to previous ones.

“This is a proposal that was effectively present from day one. Since October to this day, this is effectively the deal that was on the table, and it was Israeli rejectionism that kept us from achieving that deal where there’s an end in the war in exchange for hostages and prisoners,” Baddar said.

“President Biden understands having this war drag well past his election is not going to be something that actually works for him politically. … I think that this is why he’s putting his foot down at this point and placing enormous pressure upon Israel to accept the ceasefire deal.

“He’s presenting it as an Israeli offer, interestingly enough, but I think that’s more of a means to try to put Netanyahu in a spot where it becomes more difficult for him to say no to this. Because we know that this is the deal Netanyahu has already said no to.”

‘Genocide must end,’ American Muslim rights group says after Biden speech

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says it supports the ceasefire proposal detailed by Biden “if he is telling the truth”.

“The genocide and US support for it must end. US military aid for Israel’s occupation must end,” CAIR said in a statement.

“Israeli leaders must be held accountable at the International Criminal Court for the crimes they have committed. Gaza must be rebuilt and the Palestinian people must be able to live in peace and justice in a free and independent state.”

Hamas ready to ‘engage positively’ based on permanent ceasefire

Hamas says it’s ready to “engage positively and constructively with any proposal” based on “a permanent ceasefire”.

“Hamas looks positively on the remarks in US President Joe Biden’s speech today, and his call for a permanent ceasefire, withdrawal of occupation forces from the Gaza Strip, reconstruction and prisoner exchange,” a statement said.

Hamas added it wants the “return of the displaced to their homes throughout Gaza and completing a serious prisoner-exchange deal if the occupation [Israel] explicitly commits to that”.

“We consider this American position and the regional and international convictions of the need to put an end to the war on Gaza to be a result of the legendary steadfastness of our people and their courageous resistance,” it said.

All eyes on Netanyahu’s far-right coalition partners after Biden speech
Sara Khairat
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government.

What’s interesting in this speech is that Joe Biden said this proposal won’t go down well with some people in the current Israeli government.

That’s in reference to those far-right ministers, such as Itamar Ben-Gvir, the national security minister, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. They have made it very clear they want to resettle Gaza and stay as long as possible in terms of the war.

When it comes to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he’s also been attacked by the families of those held captive, saying he’s stopping a ceasefire deal for his own political gain and his own political interests to stay in government.

This is a person on trial for corruption from before this coalition government was formed. He needs the likes of Ben-Gvir and Smotrich to be able to stay in power.

EU ‘condemns’ any decision to label UN agency a ‘terrorist’ group

Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell says the bloc is “deeply concerned” about measures being discussed against the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

“We condemn any attempts to label a UN agency as a terrorist organisation,” he said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/31/israels-war-on-gaza-live-unrelenting-nightmare-for-weary-palestinians
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>>481861
>Imagine the planet earth as a space ship like in science fiction, imagine it to have life-support systems. In order for it to function properly we may need to shove the people who fuck with it out of the airlock, or find some way to make the life-support systems invulnerable to such fuckery
True!

>If the UN is now a terrorist group, that label has lost all meaning.

I'm Hamas! He's Hamas! She's Hamas! We're all Hamas!
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Houthis claim attacks on US navy ships

Yemen’s Houthis say they conducted six operations today, targeting a US aircraft carrier, a destroyer and three vessels in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, according to statements made by the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree.

There has not yet been any confirmation of this attack by the US army’s Central Command, but we will continue to update you on this Houthi claim.

Chile backs South Africa case against Israel at ICJ

Chile will join South Africa’s case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced during his presidential address.

“I have the obligation to talk about the critical situation in Gaza. We will never stop feeling outraged over the indiscriminate and disproportionate actions against innocent civilians – especially Palestinian women and children – carried out by the Israeli army,” Boric said.

“These acts demand a firm and permanent response from the international community. Besides the humanitarian aid we’ve provided Palestine, recalling our ambassador to Israel for consultations, and along with Mexico submitting a referral of the situation in Palestine to the International Criminal Court, I have decided that Chile will back the case presented by South Africa to the International Court of Justice in the Hague, within the framework of the UN Genocide Convention,” he added.

Mass protests against Netanyahu government again fill streets of Tel Aviv

Thousands of Israelis have again taken to the streets of the Israeli city, putting pressure on the government of Prime Minister Netanyahu to strike a deal with Hamas that will see the release of Israeli captives held in Gaza.

These protests have been occurring every weekend for months, with demonstrators also calling for early elections to replace Netanyahu.

Today, a large banner was carried by some members of the crowd, pleading with US President Joe Biden to “save” the captives from Netanyahu by exerting pressure on him to accept a ceasefire deal.

Violence erupts as Israeli police disperse protestors in Tel Aviv

Local activists broadcast footage showcasing the clashes between demonstrators and police.

Thousands have taken to the streets there to demand an expedited deal to return captives being held in Gaza.

https://twitter.com/lirishavit/status/1797003070200524951
https://twitter.com/lirishavit/status/1797000661982159209

Israeli army bombs deep into Lebanon

A video posted on social media – and verified by Al Jazeera – shows an Israeli attack on the town of Qaled al-Sabaa near the city of Baalbek in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.

This area is about 80km (about 50 miles) from the Israel-Lebanon border.

Israeli Army Radio reports that this air attack took place in retaliation for an Israeli drone being shot down by Hezbollah, the armed Lebanese group and political party, earlier today.

https://twitter.com/fouadkhreiss/status/1796990259806289955

French police crack down on pro-Palestine protest

Social media video shows Paris riot police deploying tear gas against demonstrators calling for an end to Israel’s war on Gaza.

A large crowd had earlier gathered at Place de la Republique in the French capital.

https://twitter.com/cedriccanton_/status/1796934369581338983

Quds Brigades claim attack on Israeli soldiers in Rafah

The Al-Quds Brigades – the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement – said that it bombed Israeli soldiers and vehicles with a barrage of heavy mortar shells in the vicinity of Tal Zorob, in the west of Rafah.

Israel’s far-right ministers threaten toppling government over ceasefire deal

Israel’s far-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich have told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu they will leave his coalition and topple the government if he accepts Biden’s ceasefire proposal, according to Axios’s political reporter, Barak Ravid.

“We will not allow the end of the war without the complete elimination of Hamas. If the prime minister implements the promiscuous deal under the conditions published today, which mean the end of the war and the renouncing of Hamas, Otzma Yehudit will dissolve the government,” Ben-Gvir said in a post on X, referring to his party.

Netanyhu accepts invite to speak at US Congress

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted an invitation to address both houses of the US Congress, his office says.

“I am moved by the privilege of representing Israel before both houses of Congress, and of presenting, to the representatives of the American people and the entire world, the truth about our righteous war against those who seek our destruction,” a statement from his office quoted him as saying.

It added that he would become the first foreign leader to make four such appearances there.

The top legislators in the United States issued a formal invitation for Israeli Netanyahu to deliver a speech to Congress in the latest show of support for Israel amid its war on Gaza.

The invite by Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives on Friday came as the International Criminal Court considers issuing an arrest warrant for Netanyahu for alleged war crimes

Sanders says won’t attend Netanyahu speech in US Congress

Jewish US Senator Bernie Sanders, reacting to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s acceptance of an invitation to address both houses of the US Congress, says, “It is a very sad day for our country.”

“Netanyahu is a war criminal. I certainly will not attend,” he adds.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/1/israels-war-on-gaza-live-rafah-apocalyptic-after-ground-invasion
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Pro-Palestine book faces censorship calls in South Africa

The South African Board of Jewish Deputies has called for a book on Palestinian history to be banned, saying it is an attempt to “indoctrinate” children.

The illustrated book, titled, “From the River to the Sea”, highlights the history of Palestine, including its multi-ethnic background and the 1948 Nakba, and celebrates key Palestinian figures and culture.

Its writer and publisher, Nathi Ngubane, says he has been bombarded with hate messages over the book, despite simply telling “the story of Palestine and their fight for freedom”.

The South African Jews for a Free Palestine (SAJFP) backed up the book, saying it is an important resource for understanding Palestinian history amid the “ongoing genocide”, and denounced calls for it to be censored.

“It is imperative that parents and educators have tools like this well researched and expertly produced publication to counter the persistent erasure and silencing of Palestinian voices in public discourse,” said the group.

Iran summons Swedish envoy over ‘baseless accusations’

Iran has summoned Sweden’s temporary charge d’affaires after a Swedish official made “baseless and spiteful accusations”, Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said, in a post on X.

The Swedish Security Service said on Thursday that Iran had “targeted representatives of other states, including Israel… with a view to harming Israeli and Jewish interests, targets, and activities in Sweden”, accusations that Iran’s embassy in Stockholm has already denied.

US forces foil missiles attack targeting warship in Red Sea

The US’s CENTCOM said its forces “successfully engaged” two antiship ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthis at the USS Gravely in the southern Red Sea on Saturday.

CENTCOM said the missiles’ launch did not cause any damage or injuries.

It added that its forces destroyed one Houthi drone in the southern Red Sea and observed two other drones crash into the water.

Hamas yet to receive Biden’s ceasefire proposal

Hamas spokesperson Osama Hamdan welcomed Biden’s proposal as “positive”, but said the group is yet to receive any written documents.

“We have not received anything written, and based on our experience, what is verbally said is not what is usually documented. That is why we are ready to study any documents with all the details. However, what is being broadcast in the media reflects positivity,” he told Al Jazeera.

“We can see that people are conscious that the continuous war and the killing of our people will not make us lose our steadfastness. So there are a lot of positive elements. However, we need to see it documented on a piece of paper that should be sent to us.”

Palestinians protest for release of Walid Daqqa’s body

Dozens of Palestinian citizens of Israel have rallied in the city of Nazareth, demanding that Israeli authorities release the body of the Palestinian novelist and prisoner Walid Daqqa, who died in an Israeli hospital on April 7.

The Wafa news agency reported that the protest only lasted about 20 minutes before Israeli police arrived and told protesters to disperse. Two protesters were arrested.

Daqqa had been imprisoned by Israel since 1986.

Israeli authorities refused to release him on humanitarian grounds even after he was diagnosed with advanced bone marrow cancer in December 2022.

While in jail, he wrote several books, including a children’s story.

Daqqa is among an estimated 26 Palestinian prisoners whose bodies have been held by Israeli authorities after their deaths, including 16 since October 7.

Netherlands has not transferred F-35 parts to Israel since court ruling: Minister

More from Kajsa Ollongren, who is attending the Shanghai-La Dialogue in Singapore.

The Dutch defence minister told Al Jazeera that the Netherlands has not transferred any F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel since a Dutch court ruling in February.

“The ruling says we cannot transfer parts for the F-35 from the Netherlands to Israel and since the ruling, there have been no transfers,” Ollongren said.

She added that the F-35 is an “important asset” for Israel’s air defence, “as we’ve seen when the attack happened from Iran”.

The Dutch government appealed the decision almost immediately.

“We comply, of course, by the court ruling”, Ollongren said, adding that another court is “still considering the case” and “of course, we will wait for the outcome of that court”.

Chicago students walk out after university withholds diplomas from pro-Palestinian protesters

Students have walked out of a University of Chicago graduation ceremony in protest against the war in Gaza, after the university withheld diplomas from four graduating students who participated in a pro-Palestinian encampment.

“My diploma doesn’t matter when there are people in Palestine and in Gaza that will never walk a stage again, who will never receive a diploma. What about them? Who’s going to fight for them?” Youssef Haweh, one of the four students affected, said in a statement on Saturday.

https://twitter.com/sjpchi/status/1796976219075780798

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mediators-urge-israel-hamas-to-finalise-truce

Israel Zip-Ties And Blindfolds Citizen For ‘Liking’ Pro-Palestine Social Media Post
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>>481872
>MR video
The Zionreich goons kidnapped that woman because of her liking a tweet ?
What backward barbarians.
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Maldives bans Israeli passport holders over war on Gaza

President Mohamed Muizzu’s office announced the ban following a recommendation from the country’s cabinet.

“The Minister of Homeland Security and Technology, Ali Ihsaan, announced the decision at a news conference held at the President’s Office this afternoon,” a statement from Muizzu’s office says.

The statement also announces the appointment of a “special envoy to assess Palestinian needs”, and a fundraising campaign to support the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.

UNRWA has been the target of an Israeli campaign to brand it as a “terrorist organisation”, and was accused by Israel earlier this year of complicity in the October 7 Hamas-led attacks, which led to many of its Western donor nations halting funding to it.

A subsequent investigation led by a French official found Israel did not offer sufficient evidence to support its claims, and most funding to the agency has since resumed.

Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam returns honorary doctorate

Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam has returned his honorary doctorate from the University of the Arts London (UAL).

In a statement, Alam said he accepted the honorary doctorate on July 8, 2022, due to the university’s commitments to academic freedom and freedom of expression.

While he was “heartened” to see UAL students protest in solidarity for Palestine and urge the university to call for a ceasefire, he was “appalled” to see how far removed the administration and Vice Chancellor James Purnell, “an avowed Zionist”, both were.

“Students [at UAL] have repeatedly pointed out how they have been ‘stifled, stereotyped, and ignored'”, he said.

Due to this, Alam said he could “no longer continue to remain associated” with UAL and has officially informed the dean of Media that he will be returning the honorary doctorate.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block roads in Israel to protest conscription

As we reported, the Israeli High Court is hearing from the government on conscripting ultra-Orthodox Jews, who have previously been exempt.

But amid the hearing, protesters are blocking the Route 4 highway in Israel to rally against the possibility of being conscripted into the army.

Protesters are also blocking streets near the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, where the hearing is being held.

https://twitter.com/kann_news/status/1797261717300228510

Israeli court pressed on ultra-Orthodox Jews conscription waiver

The top Israeli court has heard responses from the state on challenges against exemptions granted to ultra-Orthodox Jews from military conscription.

As the war rages on in Gaza and Israeli troops serve on the northern border with Lebanon, many Israelis resent their fellow citizens being spared their share of the risk.

“We’re not on quiet waters. We are at war, and the need [for military personnel] cries out,” one of nine justices hearing the case, Noam Solberg, told a government lawyer who argued that it was still too early for an ultra-Orthodox mass conscription.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israelis have claimed the right to study in seminaries instead of serving in uniform for the standard three years.

The government’s lawyer, Doron Taubman, said while it placed a high priority on increasing ultra-Orthodox enlistment, it is also “mindful of the enormous difficulty the community sees in the drafting of seminary students” and the “cardinal fear of their lifestyle being compromised”.

If Hamas agrees to US truce proposal, Israel will say ‘yes’: White House

White House national security spokesperson John Kirby says if Hamas agrees to President Joe Biden’s ceasefire proposal to end the war, the US expects Israel to also accept the plan.

“This was an Israeli proposal. We have every expectation that if Hamas agrees to the proposal – as was transmitted to them, an Israeli proposal – then Israel would say yes,” Kirby said in an interview on the ABC News programme This Week.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a day earlier that its military goal had remained unchanged and that the end of the war would not occur until Hamas had been “destroyed”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mediators-urge-israel-hamas-to-finalise-truce
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Israeli forces destroy dialysis center at Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital

Israeli forces have attacked northern Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital and destroyed the Noura al-Kaabi specialized center for dialysis patients, according to footage obtained by Al Jazeera.

A doctor at the hospital said they had been barely recuperating after reopening the facility in recent weeks, when this latest attack on the hospital occurred.

“Despite going out of service at the beginning of Israel’s invasion of northern Gaza, they still entered the hospital and burnt the 2nd and 3rd floors severely,” the doctor said.

“The outer fence was demolished. We have even found detonators in the hospital that were intended for blowing up the hospital but fortunately, and with the grace of God, things are good.”

Netanyahu, war council approve US ceasefire proposal but war goals remain: Report

An Israeli official tells US news outlet CBS that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet have approved US President Joe Biden’s ceasefire proposal and are awaiting Hamas’s response.

The official maintained that Netanyahu would not agree to a permanent ceasefire without fulfilling Israel’s war goals, including returning all Israeli captives held in Gaza and the “destruction” of Hamas and its capabilities.

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40% of Israelis support Biden ceasefire proposal: Poll

An opinion poll conducted by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation shows that 40 percent of Israelis support the proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza announced by the US president this week. Twenty-seven percent oppose the plan.

Additionally, 32 percent of Israelis believe that the country’s army will dismantle Hamas and 42 percent believe that it will continue to control the Gaza Strip.

Finally, 55 percent of Israelis support expanding war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah to the country’s north. Hezbollah and the Israeli army have been involved in exchanges of fire since the outbreak of Israel’s war on Gaza, which has led to the evacuation of residents of northern Israel.

Egypt reiterates Israel’s withdrawal from Rafah crossing after meeting: Report

Egypt has stuck to its position that Israel must withdraw from the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing for it to operate again after a meeting between US, Israeli and Egyptian officials concluded in Cairo, two Egyptian security sources told the Reuters news agency.

The security sources said the meeting was positive despite there being no agreement on the reopening of the crossing.

The Egyptian delegation said at the meeting that it would be open to European monitors at the border to oversee its operation by Palestinian authorities if they agreed to resume work.

Egyptian sources added that Israeli and US officials would work quickly to remove the obstacles to the crossing’s operation.

Israel seized the crossing on the Gaza side in early May during its offensive on Rafah.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mediators-urge-israel-hamas-to-finalise-truce
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Tens of thousands to surround White House on June 8 in protest of Rafah invasion
The people of the United States challenge Biden’s complicity in the Israeli genocide in Gaza, demand Biden end aid to Israel

Tens of thousands of people will are mobilizing to surround the White House on June 8 in protest of Biden’s complicity in the Israeli genocide in Gaza, principally the brutal invasion of Rafah, which takes more and more Palestinian lives each day.

Biden had claimed in the past that the invasion of Rafah by Israel would be a red line, and even threatened to withhold weapons shipments (while actually halting some shipments of bombs) over the threat of invasion.

“I made it clear that if they go into Rafah—they haven’t gone in Rafah yet—if they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities—that deal with that problem,” Biden said during a CNN interview on May 8.

Nevertheless, Biden did nothing after Israel’s threats of invasion escalated into reality. The recent tent massacre horrified billions across the globe after Israel bombed forcibly displaced Palestinian families—using US-made munitions. To this day, Biden continues his unconditional support for Israel.

Despite Biden’s earlier statements, he recently claimed that the recent massacre did not cross any of his “red lines.” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday that “as a result of this strike on Sunday, I have no policy changes to speak to.”

“The Israelis are going to investigate it. We’re going to be taking great interest in what they find in that investigation. And we’ll see where it goes from there,” Kirby said.

Ahead of the mass mobilization, Layan Fuleihan of the People’s Forum said, “Biden has blood on his hands!” She added, “Genocide is a red line! Over 13,000 children murdered by Israel, is a red line! We will march in Washington D.C. to remind him that the people of this country refuse to be complicit in these war crimes!”

The mass demonstration on June 8 has been called by a diverse range of Palestinian diaspora formations as well as anti-imperialist groups. These include the Palestinian Youth Movement, National Students for Justice in Palestine, U.S. Palestinian Community Network, the People’s Forum, Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, Palestinian Feminist Collective, the ANSWER Coalition, U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Arab Resource and Organizing Center, International Jewish Anti Zionist Network, Writers Against the War on Gaza, Healthcare Workers for Palestine, and Palestine Popular University.

“How many more homes have to be destroyed, how many children need to be killed, until this government takes definitive action to stop Israel’s war crimes. We are tired of hearing that Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are ‘concerned about the civilian death toll’. If they were really concerned about what Israel was doing, they would suspend all aid and tell Israel to accept one of the many ceasefire deals that is on the table. This genocide needs to end, and Biden has the power to do it,” said Celine Qussiny of the Palestinian Youth Movement.

“On June 8th, tens of thousands will show Biden that the people are his red line — we refuse to allow him to continue the genocide against the people of Gaza! Instead of a red line, Biden gave a green light to Netanyahu’s invasion of Rafah by agreeing to send more U.S. bombs and missiles. While the government that speaks in our name arms the genocidal Israeli regime to the teeth, the people want freedom for Palestine,” said Brian Becker, National Director of the ANSWER Coalition.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/05/31/tens-of-thousands-to-surround-white-house-on-june-8-in-protest-of-rafah-invasion/
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>>481876
>Maldives bans Israeli passport holders over war on Gaza
>The Minister of Homeland Security
>announced the decision
That sounds like a reaction to something going on behind the scenes, maybe something like the Mossad threatening government officials.
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>>481877
>Israeli forces destroy dialysis center at Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital
I see the Zionreich is still "self defending" against hospitals.

I wonder if we don't have to rethink how we design civilization. How do you design a hospital in such a way that if somebody tries to attack it, they get really wrecked.
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>>481880
>I wonder if we don't have to rethink how we design civilization. How do you design a hospital in such a way that if somebody tries to attack it, they get really wrecked.
The best model is to just not give money/weapons to people who attack hospitals. Turning hospitals into giant transformers robots which blast anything that threatens them would probably be too risky for the patients.
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>>481879
Doubt it, but maybe.
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Dimitri Lascaris on Israel/the US's attack on Lebanese trees

Casualties following Israeli air attack near Syria’s Aleppo: Report

Syrian state media report that several people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on sites in the vicinity of the northern city of Aleppo.

We will bring you more on this attack as information emerges.

Settlers set fire to West Bank area of Duma

Israeli settlers have set fire to an area called Duma, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa.

“Settlers, under the protection of the [Israeli] occupation forces, set fire to the village lands from the southern side, which led to their spread in olive fields and crops,” the head of the Duma village council, Suleiman Dawabsha, told Wafa.

Dawabsha said the fire will lead to a lot of damage and huge losses, as Israeli forces prevent the Palestinian Civil Defence from reaching the area.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mediators-urge-israel-hamas-to-finalise-truce

Hezbollah video said to show Katyusha rocket attack on northern Israel

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have verified and shared a video said to show Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon firing a multiple-rocket launcher system, still referred to by the Soviet-era name Katyusha.

First built and used by Soviet forces during World War II, newer truck-mounted variants of the rocket launcher system are prized for their low cost, mobility, and ability to deliver a payload of missiles more quickly than artillery.

The rocket attack is said to have been carried out on the Kiryat Shmona settlement in northern Israel, close to the southern Lebanese border.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1797423590565949894

Israeli warplanes bomb southern Lebanon

Israeli warplanes attacked a Hezbollah rocket launcher and buildings in the areas of Naqoura, Maroun al-Ras and Khiam in southern Lebanon overnight, the Israeli military has said in a post on X.

The attack comes after Hezbollah said it destroyed an Israeli army vehicle with a precision close-range missile, and Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that two shepherds were killed in an Israeli raid on Lebanon’s Hula village, on Sunday.

Syria war monitor reports 12 killed in latest Israeli strikes near Aleppo

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) (🧂) said at least 12 pro-Iranian fighters were killed in an overnight Israeli strike that hit a factory near Aleppo in the north of Syria.

Syria’s Ministry of Defence did not confirm the death toll, stating only that “after midnight… the Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the southeast of Aleppo, targeting some positions” that had killed “several martyrs” and inflicted “material damage”.

The SOHR said Syrian and foreign fighters were killed in the attack on the town of Hayyan, located to the north of Aleppo, which set off “strong explosions in a factory”.

Israel has carried out hundreds of attacks on Syria, though it rarely admits to its military campaign against its neighbour.

Israel’s military says it intercepted missile from Red Sea

Israel’s Arrow missile defence system has shot down a surface-to-surface missile fired towards the country from the Red Sea, after sirens went off in the port city of Eliat, according to the Israeli military.

The military did not report any casualties from the attack or identify who waged it.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels, acting out in a show of solidarity with Palestinians fighting Israel in Gaza, have repeatedly carried out long-range attacks on Eliat.

Israeli military identifies body of paramedic slain during October 7 attacks

The body of Israeli paramedic Dolev Yehud has been identified after being found in the Nir Oz kibbutz in southern Israel, where he was killed while responding to the October 7 attacks by Hamas fighters, according to the Israeli military.

Yehud, who volunteered with Israel’s national emergency service, was initially believed to have been taken captive by Hamas.

However, Israel’s military found “no indications from Gaza of him being there” and, following forensic examination, determined that previously unidentified remains from the kibbutz belonged to him, The Times of Israel reports.

In a post on social media, the Israeli military said the National Institute of Forensic Medicine was involved in the identification process after which the late paramedic’s family was notified.

Hamas rebuilds forces amid Israel’s ‘raid-based model’ of war in Gaza: Monitors

Two Palestinian armed groups fired rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including an attack by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine that targeted Israeli forces stationed at the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing, war monitors report.

US defence think tanks, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP), also report that Israel had intended to deploy two divisions to the ground attack on Rafah city in the south, but was deterred by US concerns over weapons sanctions and is now, they say, “moving ‘more deliberately’ in Rafah”.

However, the ISW and the CTP reiterate in their latest battlefield report that Hamas is continuing to reconstitute its forces in areas of the Palestinian territory following the withdrawal of Israeli troops, in what the war monitors characterise as a crucial weakness of Israel’s “raid-based model” of conducting war in Gaza.

Israel detains Palestinian journalist in occupied West Bank

The Wafa news agency says that Israeli forces detained one of its journalists, Rasha Hirzallah, after summoning her to a detention centre in Ariel, an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, on Sunday night.

Hirzallah went to the detention centre with a lawyer after being summoned by Israeli intelligence, who told her she would be held for 72 hours, Wafa said. She was not told why she was being detained or what charges, if any, she was facing, Wafa added.

There are 49 Palestinian journalists in Israeli detention, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society.

At least 102 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed since the Israel-Gaza war began in October, according to the Committee to Protest Journalists (CPJ).

Minister Smotrich holds discussions on quitting Netanyahu gov’t: Report

Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is reported to be in discussions with rabbis linked to his Religious Zionist Party about the circumstances under which he would abandon the Netanyahu government.

Smotrich virulently opposes any ceasefire deal on Gaza that comes before destroying Hamas, and he has threatened to quit Netanyahu’s fragile coalition government if the prime minister goes ahead with a ceasefire plan unveiled by Biden.

According to the Israeli news site Kipa, Smotrich is expected to leave the government before it strikes any ceasefire accord.

Biden’s ceasefire proposal outlines a three-stage plan to end the war, freeing Israeli captives and releasing Palestinian prisoners, and the reconstruction of Gaza.

Australia’s fair work regulator finds journalist who shared Gaza starvation report was fired

The Australian Fair Work Commission has dismissed the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s claim that journalist Antoinette Lattouf was not “terminated” from her employment following the sharing of information on Israel’s war on Gaza.

Lattouf’s short-term contract with the ABC was cut short in December after she shared a Human Rights Watch report alleging the Israeli government was deliberately starving Palestinians in Gaza.

The 50-page ruling by the commission dismissed the ABC’s claim that Lattouf’s “unlawful termination” case was not in the commission’s jurisdiction, though it did not consider the reasons Lattouf was terminated.

Her case can now proceed to the Federal Court, Lattouf’s lawyer Josh Bornstein said in a post on X.

The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), an organisation that represents Australian journalists, described the decision as “an important outcome for the right of journalists to do their jobs [without fear or favour]”.

On Sunday, Lattouf shared a post on X saying: “Palestinian children are being deliberately starved to death by Australia’s ally. I will keep saying it”.

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>>481881
>The best model is to just not give money/weapons to people who attack hospitals.
I see your point, but we've been trying to selectively arm only the good guys for a long time. And it doesn't appear to be working. We have to consider contingencies.

>Turning hospitals into giant transformers robots which blast anything that threatens them would probably be too risky for the patients.

Damn, surprise-motherfucker!!-battle-bot-hospitals would have been so cool.
That leaves us with underground bunker-complex hospitals. We'll need a lot of daylight bulbs.
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>>481883
>Dimitri Lascaris on Israel/the US's attack on Lebanese trees
Planting trees is terrorism ?
They're like a crazy cult at this point.
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Israeli forces raid Nablus, settlers storm Joseph’s Tomb

Israeli forces have raided Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, reportedly accompanying dozens of Israeli settlers to the shrine known as Joseph’s Tomb, the Wafa news agency reports.

Israeli snipers were stationed on top of buildings near the shrine as an Israeli military bulldozer dug up a nearby road to create a barrier, Wafa reported.

The raid comes after dozens of Israelis again stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third-holiest site, last week.

Joseph’s Tomb, also known as Yusuf’s Tomb, is a significant site to followers of the Abrahamic faiths, including Christians, Jews, Muslims and Samaritans.

Hezbollah claims deadly drone attack on northern Israel

Hezbollah says it has launched a squadron of drones towards the headquarters of the Israeli military’s Galilee formation.

In a statement, the Lebanese armed group said the operation came in response to an Israeli drone attack on a car in the Saida district of southern Lebanon that we reported about earlier.

“In the Galilee Division (Nahal Gershom, east of Dishon), [Hezbollah’s drones] targeted the command building there and the places where its officers and soldiers were stationed and settled,” the statement on Telegram said.

“They hit their targets accurately, which led to the outbreak of fire there and left the enemy soldiers dead or wounded,” the group added.

More on Israeli drone attack on car in Lebanon’s Saida district

We reported earlier that an Israeli drone has targeted a car in the town of Kaouthariyet es-Saiyad in southern Lebanon’s Saida district.

Israeli Army Radio reported that the aim of the attack was to assassinate a Hezbollah operative who was “strengthening” the Lebanese armed group.

Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) also confirmed one death after the drone attack without naming the victim.

Israel to approve violent ‘Jerusalem Day’ parade through Old City’s Muslim Quarter

Against the backdrop of the ongoing war on Gaza, Israeli authorities are preparing to mark June 5 as Jerusalem Day, which commemorates what they refer to as the “liberation” of East Jerusalem and “reunification” of the city.

East Jerusalem remains occupied, according to almost all the international community, and international law identifies it as such.

“Permitting such a parade to pass through Damascus Gate and the Muslim Quarter while the war is raging on and Israel under increasing international pressure is inconceivable. It is liable to only inflame tensions and escalate hostilities,” the non-profit Israeli rights group Ir Amim said in a statement.

The flag parade is an extreme right-wing nationalist march that has increasingly become a hostile display of Jewish supremacy, triumphalism, and incitement against Palestinians, said Ir Amim.

The parade attracts thousands of national-religious Jews, many of them young men, who aggressively march with Israeli flags through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem and engage in acts of provocation, violence, and destruction of Palestinian property with little to no police intervention.

Israel’s Supreme Court considers petitions against closure of Al Jazeera’s office

Israel’s Supreme Court is considering petitions against the closure of Al Jazeera’s office in the country in early May, according to Israeli Army Radio.

The report quoted one of the judges as saying, “There is no doubt that there is a violation of freedom of expression here.”

“Repeal of a law cannot be based on anecdotal claims, but on things inherent in the law,” said another judge, referring to the accusations of incitement that led to the closure of Al Jazeera.

Al Jazeera Media Network has condemned the Israeli government’s decision to close its operations in Israel as a “criminal act” and warned that the country’s suppression of the free press “stands in contravention of international and humanitarian law”.

‘Zionist regime gradually melts down,’ says Iran’s Supreme Leader

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Israel is melting down due to its war on Gaza.

“Today, the Zionist regime gradually melts down before eyes of the world’s people,” Khamenei said at a ceremony marking the 35th anniversary of the late leader of the county, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

In his nearly 55-minute speech, Khamenei said Israel’s response to the October 7 Hamas-led attack, which began the war, placed it in a “dead-end corridor”.

He added the war had derailed Israel’s US-backed efforts for normalisation, which he characterised as part of an Israeli plot to dominate the region.

Former Mossad chief threatens Hezbollah chief

Yossi Cohen, in an interview with Israel’s Army Radio, said Israel knows the whereabouts of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and “if we wanted to…could take him down”.

The message comes as conflict rages along the Israel-Lebanon border, with Hezbollah and the Israeli military trading near daily strikes.

According to an opinion poll by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, 55 percent of Israelis support expanding the war with Hezbollah to the north.

Slovenia files motion to delay vote on Palestinian recognition: Report

A spokeswoman for the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), a conservative opposition party led by former Prime Minister Janez Jansa, tells the AFP news agency that her party has filed a proposal to hold an advisory referendum on the decree for recognition.

The parliamentary vote, which was scheduled for Tuesday, will effectively be delayed by about 30 days.

Slovenia’s delay comes after Spain, Ireland and Norway recognised Palestinian statehood last week.

Netanyahu says ‘destroying Hamas’ remains Israel’s top priority

Netanyahu says Israel’s top priority is “destroying” Hamas, which will be pursued along with the recovery of captives held in Gaza, saying that both goals are part of a plan to wind down the war approved by the war cabinet.

“This is not something that I am adding now. This is not something that I am adding because I am under pressure within the coalition. It is something we agreed on unanimously in the war cabinet,” Netanyahu said in a video statement.

An Israeli government spokesperson also quoted Netanyahu as saying Biden had published only some of the details of his ceasefire proposal.

“The war will be stopped for the purpose of returning hostages, and then we will proceed with other discussions,” David Mencer quoted Netanyahu as saying.

Israel says petrol bomb thrown at its Bucharest embassy, no damage

A petrol bomb has been thrown at the Israeli embassy in Bucharest, causing no damage or casualties, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said.

It said Romanian authorities had arrested a suspect, “apparently of Syrian origin”. He had pulled out, lit and thrown the petrol bomb while undergoing a security inspection, it said.

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Will Israel Agree to "Israeli" Ceasefire Proposal? Confusion Reigns After Biden Presents New Plan - Democracy Now!
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>>481890
>Israel to approve violent ‘Jerusalem Day’ parade through Old City’s Muslim Quarter
<The flag parade is an extreme right-wing nationalist march that has increasingly become a hostile display of Zionist supremacy, triumphalism, and incitement against Palestinians, said Ir Amim.
<The parade attracts thousands of national-religious Zionists, many of them young men, who aggressively march with Israeli flags through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem and engage in acts of provocation, violence, and destruction of Palestinian property with little to no police intervention.

Zionazi Pride Parade
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NONSTARTER' Bibi SPURNS Biden Ceasefire Proposal - Breaking Points

Palestinians seek to join Gaza genocide case at World Court

Palestinian officials filed an application with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to join South Africa as a party in its Gaza genocide case against Israel.

In a statement, the ICJ – also known as the World Court – said Palestinian authorities “filed … an application for permission to intervene and a declaration of intervention in the [South Africa v Israel] case”.

South Africa brought its case against Israel in January, accusing it of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Its case in The Hague argues Israel violated the 1948 Genocide Convention, established in the aftermath of the Holocaust, which mandates all countries prevent the recurrence of such crimes.

Four more Israeli captives die in Gaza: Army

The Israeli military says four more of the Israeli captives abducted by Hamas on October 7 have died and their bodies are being held.

The army identified the four men as Haim Perry, Yoram Metzger, Amiram Cooper, and Nadav Popplewell, all of whom were filmed alive previously in videos posted by Hamas.

“We estimate the four of them were killed together in the area of Khan Younis a number of months ago … at the time [military] forces were operating in Khan Younis,” army spokesman Daniel Hagari said. “We are thoroughly examining the circumstances of their deaths and checking all possibilities.”

Last month, Hamas’s armed wing the Qassam Brigades released a video announcing Popplewell’s death, saying the British-Israeli national died of wounds sustained in an Israeli air strike.

The video was released amid growing domestic pressure on the Israeli government to secure the release of the remaining captives – estimated to number more than 120.

‘Heroism of resistance’: Hamas hails two Palestinians killed in Nablus

The Palestinian group paid tribute to the men targeted earlier in the occupied West Bank, who have been identified as Adam Farraj and Moataz Nabulsi.

Hamas said the two were killed after “heroic clashes” with Israeli forces around the Balata refugee camp.

“We commend the heroism of resistance fighters in Nabuls and across the West Bank, who are dealing qualitative blows to the Israeli occupation,” a statement said.

It added “assassinations” will not stem resistance in the occupied West Bank.

Iran’s acting top diplomat dismisses US-proposed Gaza truce deal

Ali Bagheri Kani rejected a ceasefire deal proposed by US President Joe Biden and warned Israel against launching an all-out war against Lebanon.

Speaking from Beirut, on his first official visit since his predecessor died last month, Iran’s acting foreign minister said Israel will find itself in a quagmire should it launch an all-out war against Hezbollah in Lebanon – a country he described as the “cradle of resistance”.

“If the Americans are honest, then instead of proposing plans under the name of a ceasefire, they must take one step, which is end all aid to the Israeli entity,” Bagheri Kani said in a news conference at the Iranian embassy.

“Only once the aid is cut from the Israeli entity, the entity won’t have the tools and ability to commit crimes against the Palestinians and the war will end.”

‘Absolutely unanimous’: Israel is blocking aid to Gaza – US official

After serving 20 years with the US Department of State, Stacy Gilbert resigned last week after working on a report she says falsely stated Israel is not “restricting or prohibiting” crucial aid to the people of Gaza.

The report stated Israel “is not blocking humanitarian assistance and I and others know that’s not true”, Gilbert told Al Jazeera.

“I can’t recall in my many years working in the US government seeing anything so obviously wrong, and yet that is what we submitted as a report to Congress. The conclusion of the subject matter experts who work in humanitarian assistance … is absolutely unanimous that Israel is blocking humanitarian assistance, which is why there’s famine,” she said.

In response to the allegations, State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel said: “We are not an administration or a department that twists the facts, and allegations that we have are unfounded.”

Israeli air raid hits residential tower in central Gaza

Footage of the attack shared by Palestinian journalists, including Al Jazeera Arabic’s Anas al-Sharif, shows an Israeli bomb hitting a multistorey building in the Bureij refugee camp, causing an enormous explosion.

It’s unclear how many people were harmed in the attack. Previous Israeli strikes on Bureij have killed at least 11 Palestinians, including three children, over the past 24 hours.

https://twitter.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1797671074823655609

Iran media say military adviser killed in Israeli strike on Syria

Iranian media report that an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) adviser was killed in an Israeli air strike on Syria’s northern city of Aleppo.

“During last night’s attack by the Zionist regime on Aleppo, Saeed Abyar, one of the IRGC advisers in Syria, was martyred,” said Iran’s Tasnim news agency.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor earlier said: “The death toll of the Israeli strike on a factory in Hayyan, in western Aleppo province, has risen to 16 pro-Iran group members, including Syrian and foreign fighters.”

Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on its northern neighbour since the outbreak of Syria’s civil war in 2011, mainly targeting army positions and Iran-backed fighters including from Lebanon’s Hezbollah group.

In April, an Israeli air strike flattened the Iranian consulate in Damascus, killing seven IRGC members including two generals. In response, Iran launched more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel – raising fears of a wider Middle East war.

Flood of sewage forces displaced Palestinians out of tents

Displaced people in Gaza used empty plastic bottles to try to remove raw sewage from their tents after a pipeline burst in the main southern city of Khan Younis.

Residents removed sodden carpets from their makeshift shelters as they began the long process of getting rid of the filthy water as children waded through a river of sewage that cut through a main road.

The spill made it almost impossible to live in the city where piles of debris and massive concrete slabs from bombed-out buildings line the streets. Workers in Khan Younis say they lack the proper equipment to repair the pipeline properly.

Qassam Brigades claim attacks on Israeli troops in northern and southern Gaza

The armed wing of Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, has claimed blowing up a house in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, after an Israeli unit took shelter in it.

The group later said it targeted a building housing Israeli troops with an anti-personnel mortar shell in Gaza City in the north of the territory.

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Zelenskyy seems to be seeing the writing on the wall about US aid to Ukraine, and he's dialing down the Zionist asskissing a bit.

Ukraine recognizes Israel and Palestine, seeks to end conflict, says Ukrainian President

Kyiv recognizes both Israel and Palestine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual Asian security summit focused on the Pacific region in Singapore, and called for an end to the conflict in Gaza, Ukrinform reported on June 2.

Ukraine is a just country that respects international law and the UN Charter.

“Ukraine said that if Hamas terrorists attacked civilians on the first day of the attack on Israeli civilians, Israel has the right to defend itself,” he said.

“And after that, when Israel was in Gaza and there was a humanitarian crisis, Ukraine said: First, we are ready to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza; second, we must respect international law; third, Ukraine recognizes two states, both Israel and Palestine, and will do everything to make Israel stop, to end this conflict, and to prevent civilians from suffering.”

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>>481901
>Zelenskyy seems to be seeing the writing on the wall about US aid to Ukraine, and he's dialing down the Zionist asskissing a bit.
I think Israel's rampage in Gaza is consuming US weapons supplies that Zelenskyy would like to have.
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Hezbollah attack sparks blazes in northern Israel

A rocket attack by Hezbollah has led to fires near Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that fire crews are working to put out the blazes.

Right-wing Israeli minister calls for ‘security zone’ in south Lebanon

Finance Minister Smotrich called for escalation against Hezbollah, telling Israel’s political and military leader the “time has come” to decisively deal with the Lebanese group.

Smotrich said in a social media post that a buffer zone against Hezbollah must be created inside Lebanon.

“The new concept led by the war cabinet has been going up in flames for many hours and is exploding in our faces,” he added, referring to the blazes set off by a Hezbollah rocket attack in northern Israel.

The Israeli military occupied parts of southern Lebanon between 1982 and 2000, setting up an Israeli-controlled zone that it argued was meant to protect Israel’s security. But Hezbollah regularly attacked Israeli troops inside the occupied area and launched rockets that reached Israel during that time.

Israel and Hezbollah have been engaged in clashes since the outbreak of the war on Gaza.

Yemen’s Houthis say they fired ‘Palestine’ ballistic missile at Israel

The group says it used a new missile, dubbed “Palestine”, for the first time in the attack against the southern Israeli city of Eilat, known in Arabic as Umm al-Rashrash.

“The Yemeni Armed Forces will persist their military operations in support and in solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people until the aggression stops and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted,” the Houthis said in a statement.

Early on Monday, the Israeli military said it downed a missile over Eilat. No injuries were reported.

The Houthis have launched dozens of missiles and drones against Israel in support of Palestinians in Gaza in the past months, but most have been intercepted.

The Yemeni group has also launched attacks at Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea in what it says is a response to Israeli “aggression” against Gaza.

Arrests made after protesters occupy Israeli consulate in San Francisco

San Francisco police arrested about a dozen pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied the downtown building that houses the Israeli consulate in the US city.

A group of protesters entered and occupied it for several hours on Monday. The demonstrators posted signs on the front doors of the building calling for an end to the Israeli war on Gaza.

Photos and videos that the demonstrators posted on social media showed people sitting in a circle and chanting “Free, free Palestine!”

Israeli settlers steal Palestinians’ sheep in the occupied West Bank

The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports, citing a security source, that Israeli settlers stole 120 sheep belonging to a Palestinian citizen in Ein Samiya, east of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

Settlers have been regularly attacking Palestinian farmers and shepherds in recent months. More than 500 Palestinians have been killed by soldiers and illegal settlers since October 7 in the West Bank.

White House formally rejects bill to sanction ICC officials

In a so-called statement of administration policy, the White House voiced opposition to a proposal in the US Congress that would penalise International Criminal Court (ICC) officials over pursuing war crime charges against Israeli leaders.

It described the ICC prosecutor Karim Khan’s push for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yaov Gallant as “heedless”. But it said it rejects compelling sanctions against ICC personnel.

“There are more effective ways to defend Israel, preserve US positions on the ICC, and promote international justice and accountability, and the administration stands ready to work with the Congress on those options,” the White House said.

The bill, which has dozens of sponsors in the House of Representatives, would also enable sanctions against foreign entities and people who assist in the ICC investigation of Israel.

US legislators from both major parties are largely staunchly pro-Israel. Last week, Netanyahu accepted an invite by top US lawmakers to address a joint session of Congress.

Yair Lapid says Israeli deterrence ‘burning’ as fires rage in north

The Israeli opposition leader slammed the Netanyahu government after a Hezbollah rocket attack led to fires in northern Israel.

“The north is going up in flames and Israeli deterrence is burning with it,” Lapid wrote in a social media post.

“The government has no plan for the day-after in Gaza, no plan to return the residents to the north, no management, no strategy. A government of total lawlessness.”

Clashes between Hezbollah and the Israeli military have forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in northern Israel since the start of the war on Gaza.

Pushing ceasefire deal is about ‘Biden’s political survival’

Reporting from Washington, DC, Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi says the White House is pushing the truce deal that it says would lead to a lasting ceasefire to boost Biden’s re-election chances.

“This is about Biden’s political survival now. This isn’t about the survival of the people in Rafah or the children in Gaza,” Rattansi said. “Biden needs people to start thinking about Donald Trump and not about ‘Genocide Joe’.”

Israel has sent mixed messages about the proposal. While the US stresses the plan has been approved by the Israeli government, Netanyahu’s office says the deal would allow Israel to continue the war to destroy Hamas.

Rattansi said the Biden administration appears to think it has buy-in from Israel for the deal. “But the point is: This is Netanyahu, so you never know.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/3/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-strike-on-gaza-refugee-camp-kills-four

Israeli forces continue to impose closure on occupied West Bank’s Jericho

For the second consecutive day, Israeli forces have imposed a closure on the occupied West Bank city, the sole access point to the King Hussein Bridge, or Allenby Bridge, crossing into Jordan.

According to the Wafa news agency, Israeli troops set up military checkpoints as well as several other barricades at the entry points to Jericho.

Wafa also reported that soldiers have been stopping and searching Palestinians’ cars while also preventing them from leaving the city.

Israel denies Netanyahu to address US Congress on June 13

The Israeli prime minister’s office has denied US media reports that he will address the US Congress on June 13, amid mounting pressure to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas.

Netanyahu’s office told Israeli media the date of his speech to Congress had “not been finalised”, but it would not be on June 13 because it interferes with a Jewish holiday.

The date had been reported by Punchbowl News and Politico.

Speculation about the visit comes with Netanyahu facing intense criticism over the civilian death toll in the war in Gaza.

The four party leaders in the House and Senate asked Netanyahu last week to speak before a joint meeting of Congress in a letter voicing solidarity with Israel “in your struggle against terror, especially as Hamas continues to hold American and Israeli citizens captive”.

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Fires burning in southern Lebanon after Israeli shelling

Forest fires ignited by Israeli shelling have caused “severe damage” in southern Lebanon, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) is reporting.

The fires damaged residential areas as well as olive groves and bee hives, the NNA said.

Fires have also been burning across the border in Israel, as Hezbollah and Israel continue to trade fire.

Footage shows wild fires reaching settlements in northern Israel

Footage authenticated by Al Jazeera’s Sanad verification unit shows residents of illegal Israeli settlements in the north of the country panicking as rapidly-spreading fires reach their homes.

Earlier, we reported that more than 30 firefighter teams are battling blazes in northern Israel, which were triggered by drone and missile attacks launched from Lebanon by Hezbollah.

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More on fires burning in northern Israel

Firefighters have been battling blazes in northern Israel and southern Lebanon as Israel and Hezbollah continue to exchange cross-border fire amid soaring temperatures.

In Tiberias, in the Galilee region of northern Israel, temperatures reached 41 degrees Celsius (105 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday and are forecast to remain at or near 40C (104F) until Friday.

Israel’s Fire and Rescue Authority said it expected temperatures to peak on Monday and that there was no danger to citizens as firefighters battled the fires in “full force”.

Israel’s war on Gaza has led to highest number of media worker deaths on record

Journalists working in areas of armed conflict are protected under international humanitarian law just like civilians but Israel has been accused of violating those rules repeatedly during its war on Gaza.

Palestinian journalists say that Israel is trying to kill the messenger, while a new report by the Palestinian Prisoners Society says that Israeli forces are also arresting journalists to silence the story.

About 15,000 children killed in Gaza since October 7: Ministry

Most of the children killed by Israel in Gaza as well as in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem were students or were in nurseries, according to the Ministry of Education run by the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah.

“Israel has destroyed schools and nurseries and targeted civilians, especially children, who have been forcibly displaced, detained or deprived from food and medical access,” the ministry said.

It added that since the war on Gaza started, 620,000 students have been prevented from going to school, while 88,000 have been denied education at the university level.

Israel believes more than a third of remaining Gaza captives are dead

Israel believes that more than a third of the remaining Gaza captives are dead, according to a government tally.

Of about 250 people taken October 7, scores were freed in a November truce. Some bodies of captives have been retrieved by Israeli troops inside the besieged Strip.

The government tally said 120 remain in captivity, 43 of whom have been declared dead in absentia by Israeli officials based on various sources of information, including intelligence tip-offs, security camera or bystander videos and forensic analysis.

Hamas has said that several captives have been killed in Israeli air strikes or succumbed to injuries due to the lack of healthcare in Gaza, as Israel continues to attack hospitals and kill medics.

Most blazes in northern Israel now under control, says fire department

Israel’s fire department says most of the fires that were raging in the country’s north are now under control.

The emergency services said in a statement that one major fire, which burned nearly 990 acres near the kibbutz of Amiad in the Galilee region of northern Israel, was extinguished after a nine-hour battle.

Earlier, we reported that more than 30 firefighter teams were battling blazes in northern Israel, which were triggered by drone and missile attacks launched from Lebanon by Hezbollah.

Forest fires have also been ignited by Israeli shelling in southern Lebanon, damaging residential areas as well as olive groves and beehives.

Sanders says won’t be attending ‘war criminal’ Netanyahu’s US Congress address

Senator Bernie Sanders has criticised US lawmakers for inviting “war criminal” Benjamin Netanyahu to speak at Congress and said he won’t be attending the Israeli prime minister’s address.

Japan’s Nagasaki holds off inviting Israel to peace ceremony

The Israeli ambassador to Japan has not yet been invited to Nagasaki’s annual peace ceremony, city officials have said. Instead, they said they sent the embassy a letter calling for a Gaza ceasefire.

The city in southern Japan this week invited dozens of countries and territories to the August 9 event on the anniversary of the US nuclear attack in 1945 that killed 74,000 people.

But “as for Israel, the situation is changing day by day … so we have put sending an invitation letter on hold,” Mayor Shiro Suzuki said.

Worries that protests could disrupt the memorial for atomic bomb victims are partly behind the decision, said Suzuki.

“Given the critical humanitarian situation in Gaza, and public opinion in the international community, there are concerns about the risk of unexpected incidents during the ceremony,” which should be “safe and smooth”.

US wants UNSC backing for Biden-backed ceasefire proposal

US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has called on members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to back a new resolution put forward by the United States “to end the fighting in Gaza through a ceasefire and a hostage deal”.

“Numerous leaders and governments, including in the region, have endorsed this plan – and we call on the Security Council to join them,” Thomas-Greenfield said in a post on X.

Another ceasefire resolution put forward by Algeria last week, specifically calling for Israel to halt its ground invasion of Rafah, did not gain the support of the United States, with a US State Department spokesperson describing the text as “imbalanced”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/liveblog/2024/6/4/israels-war-on-gaza-live-pressure-mounts-on-israel-hamas-to-cease-fire
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 No.481907

>>481903
>Pushing ceasefire deal is about ‘Biden’s political survival’
>Reporting from Washington, DC, Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi says the White House is pushing the truce deal that it says would lead to a lasting ceasefire to boost Biden’s re-election chances.
So would they honor the lasting part, or just make a temporary ceasefire that gets abandoned after the election ?
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 No.481908

>>481904
>Sanders says won’t be attending ‘war criminal’ Netanyahu’s US Congress address
This displays political bravery, but the fact that he can do this means that the Zionist hold on politics has lessened. It is a hopeful development.
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 No.481909

>>481907
They're sneaky… I kind of wonder if they haven't said one thing and written something completely different.

>>481908
It's ridiculous that Netanyahu's being invited right now at all tbh.
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 No.481910

>>481909
>It's ridiculous that Netanyahu's being invited right now at all tbh.
I have 2 possible explanations. It's a display of defiance in the face of the ICC case against Netanyahu. Or they are intending to off Netanyahu and blame it on the protestors. They'd be getting rid of an obstinate colonial administrator and potentially discredit an inconvenient political opposition.
The former is more likely than the latter.
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 No.481912

Woman detained by French police over Palestinian scarf

Watch the moment police detained and fined a woman wearing a traditional Palestinian scarf known as a keffiyeh, accusing her of being part of an illegal protest in Lyon.

‘Enough. For the sake of God, have a ceasefire’

Walking among the rubble, Samar al-Breim struggles to hold back tears while calling out for her missing mother.

Al-Breim knows her mother is most likely dead, her body still trapped under the mound of concrete. The Israeli air raid on Khan Younis in southern Gaza also killed al-Breim’s uncles and cousins.

“We woke up and got the news, we came running looking for my mother,” she told Al Jazeera. “We found destruction beyond human understanding. Children were asleep, they are innocent, and they were asleep. They were torn to pieces.”

The Palestinian Civil Defense has estimated that some 7,000 bodies are still trapped under the rubble of Gaza buildings destroyed by Israeli attacks.

The dead are denied a proper burial and bereaved families are denied their final goodbyes.

“It is enough. We hope to God that there will be a ceasefire, because we have lost a lot – we lost all our loved ones. We have nothing left,” Sahar al-Breim, another daughter of the missing woman, told Al Jazeera.

“Enough. For the sake of God, have a ceasefire. Enough, we are tired. We have been broken and humiliated. Enough.”

Dutch PM calls on Netanyahu to stop Rafah offensive

Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, says he has stressed to Israel’s leader that he must abide by the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ’s) order to halt the offensive on Rafah.

The ICJ, based in The Hague, delivered its ruling on May 24, but Israel has since only escalated its attacks on Gaza’s southernmost city.

During a call with Netanyahu, Rutte said he emphasised the need for an “immediate ceasefire in Gaza” and expressed support for the three-stage ceasefire plan outlined by Biden.

Iran’s acting foreign minister discusses Gaza war with Syrian counterpart

Ali Bagheri Kani, who is Iran’s acting foreign minister after the death of his predecessor, Hossein Amirabdollahian, in a helicopter crash last month, has held meetings in Damascus with Syrian President al-Assad and Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad.

Bagheri Kani told a news conference that he and his Syrian counterpart discussed the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the delivery of humanitarian aid without conditions.

Kani also met Palestinian factions at the Iranian embassy during his trip, according to Reuters.

Controversial Israeli minister Ben-Gvir calls for war with Hezbollah

Israel’s far-right police and security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, called for war with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

“All Hezbollah strongholds must be burned down and destroyed. War!” Ben-Gvir demanded in a video published on X.

It is unacceptable for parts of Israel to be attacked and people evacuated while peace prevails in Lebanon, he said during a visit to Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel. The town has been particularly affected by shelling from southern Lebanon.

Ben-Gvir lamented that Hezbollah is burning large areas of Israel, a reference to several fires in the north of the country caused by rocket fire from Lebanon in recent days. He said he published the video after assessing the situation with the fire service and police in the region.

Images from Rafah depict ‘decline of humanity in our world’: Narges Mohammadi

Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner, says in a statement that “images of children burning in refugee tents in Rafah starkly depict the decline of humanity in our world”.

“To achieve long-lasting peace, this war must end immediately through a permanent ceasefire, the release of hostages and prisoners, the recognition of a two-state solution, and adherence to international law, including the rulings of the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, and United Nations bodies,” said the rights activist, who is currently held in Evin Prison in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

“This is a moment to demand respect for law and human rights norms, to recognise the need to sever ties with warmongering and interventionist countries, and to eliminate extremist and fundamentalist forces that, if they gain power, will hold their people hostage.”

Biden says ‘uncertain’ if Israel committed war crimes

We can now bring you more from Biden’s interview with Time Magazine.

Asked whether he’s seen evidence of Israeli war crimes in Gaza, the US president said, “The answer is it’s uncertain.”

“But one thing is certain,” he added. “The people in Gaza, the Palestinians have suffered greatly, for lack of food, water, medicine, etc. And a lot of innocent people have been killed.”

Biden went on to blame Hamas for contributing to Palestinians’ suffering, saying the group is fully responsible for blocking a ceasefire agreement and could “end this tomorrow”.

Earlier today, a senior Hamas official expressed frustration at the suggestion it is hampering a ceasefire, saying the White House knows that it is Israel who is not serious about reaching a deal in Gaza.

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/liveblog/2024/6/4/israels-war-on-gaza-live-pressure-mounts-on-israel-hamas-to-cease-fire
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Al-Quds Brigades claims attacks on Israeli military

The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group has said its fighters targeted “enemy forces and vehicles stationed” near Tal Zourob, southwest of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, with more than 100 rockets.

“We also shelled a command and control centre belonging to the Zionist enemy in the Abu Oreiban site in the Netzarim Corridor,” the al-Quds Brigades said.

Israeli forces demolish house in Masafer Yatta, near Hebron

Israeli soldiers have also assaulted the owner of the house, Mahmoud Jibreen al-Nawajaa, according to the Wafa news agency.

Nine people lived in the 200sq metres (2152sq feet) house located in Wadi al-Jawiya, east of Yatta, the report said.

Last month, three homes in Yatta were demolished by Israeli forces. The total number of destroyed homes and agricultural structures across the occupied West Bank in May was 47.

Israel’s army chief says prepared for offensive on Lebanon border

Major General Herzi Halevi says Israel is “approaching the point where a decision will have to be made”.

The Israeli military has been bombing what it describes as infrastructure used by Lebanese group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon since the Gaza war began, with Hezbollah also launching attacks across the border into northern Israel.

As we reported earlier today, Hezbollah warned that an expansion of the war on southern Lebanon will be “met with devastation, destruction and displacement in Israel”.

In a statement shared on Telegram, Halevi said Hezbollah has paid a “very, very high price” over the past months, and the Israeli military is nearing a “decision point” on next steps.

“We are prepared, following extensive training, for an offensive in the north,” he said. “We are nearing a decision point.”

‘We are ready for war’: Hezbollah

Sheikh Naim Qassem, the Lebanese group’s deputy chief, says Hezbollah had decided not to expand the scope of its operations but is ready to do so if forced.

In comments made to Al Jazeera, Qassem said it “is ready for the battle and will not allow Israel to secure any victories”.

“Any Israeli expansion of the war on Lebanon will be met with devastation, destruction and displacement in Israel,” he added.

“If Israel wants to fight an all-out war, we are ready for it.”

Israel signs acceptance letter for 25 more F-35 fighters

Israel will acquire a third squadron of Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter jets, the Israeli defence ministry says, in a $3bn deal that will bring the number of such aircraft in its air force to 75.

The United States officially signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the 25 fighters, which will start to be delivered from 2028 at a rate of three to five aircraft per year, Israel’s defence ministry said.

Israel is the first country outside the United States to acquire the F-35, and remains the only nation in the Middle East to have the advanced weapon in its arsenal.

Questions remain about countries supplying offensive weaponry to Israel as it stands accused of carrying war crimes in Gaza.

Netanyahu’s biggest coalition partner backs prospective deal on captives

Netanyahu’s biggest coalition partner says it would lend “full support” for a prospective deal to free the captives even if that would entail “far-reaching steps” in the war strategy.

The statement by Shas, an ultra-orthodox Jewish party that wields 11 of parliament’s 120 seats, followed open opposition to such a deal by two far-right coalition partners.

Pro-Palestinian protest planned in Baghdad

Activists in Baghdad have called for a demonstration in the centre of the Iraqi capital later in the day to denounce Israel’s attacks against Palestinians in Gaza.

The protest is part of weekly rallies staged in several locations across Baghdad since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza in October.

>>481912
>It is unacceptable for parts of Israel to be attacked and people evacuated while peace prevails in Lebanon,
Picrel
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 No.481915

>>481912
>Woman detained by French police over Palestinian scarf
>Watch the moment police detained and fined a woman wearing a traditional Palestinian scarf known as a keffiyeh, accusing her of being part of an illegal protest in Lyon.
In a democracy it is utterly inconceivable to harass somebody over a design pattern on a scarf, let alone invent imaginary crimes like a "banned demonstration".
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 No.481916

>>481915
Leave it to the French to be Fascist in the gayest way possible.
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 No.481917

>>481913
>In comments made to Al Jazeera, Qassem said it “is ready for the battle and will not allow Israel to secure any victories”.
>“Any Israeli expansion of the war on Lebanon will be met with devastation, destruction and displacement in Israel,” he added
This is corroborated by the analysis of most armchair generals, who predict that Hezbollah forces would be able to dictate the location of the battle field in a war between Israel and Lebanon. So all of that American fire-power Israel has acquired, would end up devastating boarder regions of Israel. All the Israeli inhabitants of those regions would flee inwards, and since Israel has so many of it's troops tied up in Gaza, Hezbollah would be able to occupy border regions with great ease.

If the Zionists are dumb enough to open up another front, they'll loose territory.
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 No.481918

>>481917
They're probably betting on the US bailing them out.
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 No.481919

>>481918
How would the US bail them out ?
It would require sending ground forces, that's the only way to hold territory.

Hezbollah would obviously get weapons from Iran, but likely also from Russia. Russian soldiers faced US weapons in Ukraine, you bet they're gonna return the favor if the US deploys combat troops. Hezbollah fighters already know how to use soviet designed weapons, so they won't have a big learning curve adapting to stuff the Russians could send them.

Starting shit in Lebanon is a dumb move, on multiple levels.
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 No.481922

Slovenia lawmakers approve recognition of Palestine as independent state

In a majority vote, the Slovenian parliament has approved the recognition of an independent Palestinian state.

“Dear people of Palestine, today’s final decision of Slovenia is a message of hope and peace,” the country’s foreign minister, Tanja Fajon, said in a post on X.

“We believe that only a two-state solution can lead to a lasting peace in the #MiddleEast. Slovenia will tirelessly continue to work on the security of both nations, Palestinians and Israelis.”

Spain, Ireland and Norway also recognised Palestine as an independent state last week.

US House votes to sanction ICC officials

The bill has passed in the House with a vote of 247 to 155, with nearly all Republicans in the chamber voting in favour. A few Democrats also joined the effort.

If passed by the full US Congress, the legislation would require the president to impose sanctions on ICC officials engaged “in any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies”.

The measure comes after the chief prosecutor of the ICC requested arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and defence minister, spurring outrage among Israel’s allies in Washington, DC.

The Biden administration had called the arrest warrant requests “outrageous”, but has since said it opposes the legislation.

Israeli right-wingers disrupt conference on Palestinian statehood

Hardline lawmakers attempted to obstruct a meeting in the Knesset discussing the recognition of a Palestinian state.

The conference was initiated by Aida Touma-Sliman, a Knesset member from the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, known as Hadash.

“Right-wing extremist lawmakers attacked the conference,” it said in a statement, sharing a video showing politicians interrupting the proceedings by shouting.

Among the Israeli lawmakers who sought to obstruct the event was Tally Gotliv, a member of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud party, and Zvi Sukkot from Finance Minister Smotrich’s Religious Zionism Party.

“Despite the feeling we are living in the worst period in the region’s history, and confidence in our ability to progress towards hope and peace is at its lowest, history teaches us the most difficult wars and conflicts have ended through arduous negotiation efforts that led to political agreements,” Touma-Sliman said a speech to the conference.

“This path must also be our choice.”

Hamas fighters ambush Israeli troops with blast in Gaza City

The Qassam Brigades says it lured more than a dozen Israeli soldiers into a boob-trapped home and blew it up during battles in northern Gaza City.

“As soon as the force entered the house, it was targeted with a TBG [Thermobaric] rocket and the device detonated,” the armed wing of Hamas said in a statement on Telegram.

When reinforcements arrived in south of the al-Sabra neighbourhood, a Yasin-105 rocket-propelled grenade was fired at a Merkava tank “inflicting a direct hit”.

No casualty figures were given in the statement.

House vote on ICC sanctions ‘symbolic’ but highlights Democratic Party split
Heidi Zhou-Castro
Reporting from Washington, DC

This is really more of a symbolic move by part of the House of Representatives, at least at this moment. There’s still a long way before this would become law.

This is a Republican-drafted bill to sanction and impose visa restrictions on anyone who is a staff member or cooperates with the ICC, involving prosecutions of American citizens and allies, which of course is Israel.

What’s notable here is not only did it pass 247 to 155 in the House of Representatives, with all Republicans voting [in favour], but also 42 Democrats agreed to pass this bill in the House. That’s despite the protest of the Biden White House.

This has really threatened to split the Democratic Party and indeed, we’re seeing where that split has happened.

Inundated Al-Aqsa Hospital issues ‘urgent appeal’ for international help

With dozens of wounded people coming in, the hospital in central Deir el-Balah doesn’t have the means to treat the number of victims and desperately needs support from abroad, its spokesperson says.

“This is an urgent appeal to international health organisations across the world to save Gaza’s health system and to stop this genocidal war before it is too late,” Khalil al-Degran told a news briefing.

“We demand the Rafah and Karem Abu Salem crossings be reopened to transfer the sick and injured abroad to ease this health crisis. Medical supplies, field hospitals, fuel and staff must be allowed in to operate the hospitals and health centres.”

White House spokesman insists Israel put forward Gaza ceasefire proposal

John Kirby has reiterated the Biden administration’s line amid days of confusion over whether Israel actually agreed to the three-phase, ceasefire proposal laid out by the US president last week.

“I’m comfortable that this is in fact an accurate depiction of the proposal, the Israeli proposal. The president laid it out in stark detail. He didn’t lay out every single detail, but the big components of it – and he did so accurately,” Kirby told Al Jazeera.

“And it is an Israeli proposal.”

Biden asked if Netanyahu ‘playing politics’ with Gaza war

The US president responded: “I don’t think so.”

“He’s trying to work out a serious problem he has,” Biden said as he left a news conference at the White House.

As we reported earlier, Biden said in an interview with TIME Magazine that there is “every reason for people to draw” the conclusion that the Israeli prime minister is perpetuating the conflict for his own political ends.

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/liveblog/2024/6/4/israels-war-on-gaza-live-pressure-mounts-on-israel-hamas-to-cease-fire

After publishing an article critical of Israel, Columbia Law Review’s website is shut down by board

NEW YORK (AP) — Student editors at the Columbia Law Review say they were pressured by the journal’s board of directors to halt publication of an academic article written by a Palestinian human rights lawyer that accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and upholding an apartheid regime.

When the editors refused the request and published the piece Monday morning, the board — made up of faculty and alumni from Columbia University’s law school — shut down the law review’s website entirely. It remained offline Tuesday evening, a static homepage informing visitors the domain “is under maintenance.”

The episode at one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious legal journals marks the latest flashpoint in an ongoing debate about academic speech that has deeply divided students, staff and college administrators since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

Several editors at the Columbia Law Review described the board’s intervention as an unprecedented breach of editorial independence at the periodical, which is run by students at Columbia Law School. The board of directors oversees the nonprofit’s finances but has historically played no role in selecting pieces.

read more:
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-law-review-israel-article-backlash-da2f924cddec4593b4f17b8baf500969
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 No.481923

>>481919
>Starting shit in Lebanon is a dumb move, on multiple levels.
Then they'll probably try to do it.
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 No.481924

ICC security measures: Action taken after uptick in threats

Israeli forces bulldoze farmland in Kafr Dan raid

Israel’s military bulldozed Palestinian-owned agricultural land and damaged infrastructure during a raid on the village of Kafr Dan, in the illegally occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency is reporting.

The latest destruction comes as the World Food Programme reported in February that an estimated 600,000 Palestinians are experiencing food insecurity in the occupied West Bank, amid escalating Israeli military and settler violence, arbitrary arrests, and movement restrictions on the local population since October.

Hundreds of far-right Israelis enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound

Wafa news agency reports that nearly 800 far-right Israelis have stormed the mosque’s grounds, under the protection of Israeli police, ahead of the provocative “Flag March” taking place today in occupied Jerusalem.

Sources told Wafa that sources said that one of the groups that entered the compound was accompanied by former lawmaker Moshe Feiglin.

Israel’s use of white phosphorous endangers Lebanon’s civilians: HRW

The Israeli military’s “widespread” use of white phosphorous munitions in its cross-border attacks on southern Lebanon is placing “civilians at grave risk”, and adding to the further displacement of local people, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.

In a new report, the New York-based global rights group said it had documented the use of white phosphorous by Israel in attacks on at least 17 municipalities in southern Lebanon since October 2023.

The Israeli attacks included five “municipalities where airburst munitions were unlawfully used over populated residential areas”.

A wax-like, toxic substance that burns at more than 800 degrees Celsius (nearly 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit), white phosphorous is dispersed in artillery shells, aerial bombs and rockets. It burns hot enough to melt metal and is used to immolate buildings, agricultural areas and other civilian infrastructure.

“Israel’s use of airburst white phosphorus munitions in populated areas indiscriminately harms civilians and has led many to leave their homes,” said HRW’s Lebanon researcher Ramzi Kaiss.

“Israel forces should immediately stop using white phosphorus munitions in populated areas, especially when less-harmful alternatives are readily available,” Kaiss said.

Hezbollah attacks Israeli soldiers

The Lebanese group has claimed that its fighters attacked a “gathering” of soldiers near the Israeli army’s Birkat Risha site, using close-range missiles.

Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border have ramped up in recent days as Israel is threatening to escalate its so far low-level campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

Israel transferring prisoners out of notorious military-run detention camp

Israel’s military is winding down operations at the Sde Teiman detention camp, which has been dogged by allegations of abuse of Palestinian prisoners, according to Israeli justice officials.

State lawyers, responding to a petition filed by an Israeli rights group, said 1,200 prisoners in the camp have already been transferred out, leaving just 200 inmates there.

The reduced numbers will help officials improve conditions at the camp, whose ultimate future has yet to be decided, they say.

Inmates of Sde Teiman, located in the Negev desert, have experienced harrowing abuse, according to whistleblowers, including routine beatings, forced stress positions and amputations due to handcuff injuries.

Israeli government to call up 50,000 more reservists: Report

According to Israel’s Ynet news site, the government is expected to approve a decision to summon an additional 50,000 reservist soldiers today, increasing their total ranks to 350,000.

The move comes amid heightened tensions along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, where Netanyahu says Israel is ready to take “extremely powerful action”.

Former Meta employee says fired after highlighting ‘misclassification’ of video by Motaz Azaiza

A former Meta engineer who is suing his employer for discrimination and wrongful termination says he was fired after trying to address irregularities in the handling of posts by Palestinian Instagram personalities, including Gaza-based photojournalist Motaz Azaiza, Reuters reports.

In one case, engineer Ferras Hamad alleges a video shared by Azaiza was “misclassified” as pornography even though it showed a destroyed building in Gaza, Reuters said.

In a complaint lodged in a California state court, Hamad said he believed he might have been fired after he noted irregularities in troubleshooting procedures where posts from Palestinian Instagram personalities were prevented from appearing in searches and feeds.

Hamad said Meta told him he was fired for violating a policy barring employees from working on issues with accounts of people they know personally, referring to Azaiza. Hamad said he had no personal connection to Azaiza.

Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on Hamad’s allegations.

Bernie Sanders slams US House Speaker over Netanyahu invite to address Congress

The outspoken US senator said Palestinian children are starving in Gaza because of the Israeli prime minister’s policies, yet he has been invited by Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson to address Congress.

“I would say to Speaker Johnson that when you attend your fundraising dinners with your billionaire friends, and you eat your fine steaks and your lobsters, and your other wonderful food, please remember these pictures from Gaza,” Sanders said on the Senate floor, where he displayed large pictures of starving Palestinian children.

“These children and thousands more are the direct result of Netanyahu’s policies,” Sanders said, adding that he would not attend the Israeli leader’s speech.

Nine Israeli soldiers injured in ammo blast in southern Israel

The Israeli military has announced that nine soldiers have been injured, two seriously, after a stockpile of ammunition exploded at a military base in southern Israel.

Two of the soldiers were moderately wounded, it said, while five more sustained minor injuries. The soldiers have been evacuated to a hospital and the incident is under investigation.

Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza wins Freedom Prize for Gaza coverage

Azaiza was awarded the Freedom Prize at a ceremony in Caen, France, on Tuesday for his work documenting the war in Gaza.

Based in Gaza during the first several months of Israel’s war on the Palestinian territory, Azaiza built a huge social media following for his daily video reports and photographs of attacks by Israeli forces and the suffering of Palestinian people.

Italian university suspends Erasmus agreements with Israeli universities

The University of Palermo in Italy has suspended its Erasmus exchange agreements with several Israeli universities, citing safety concerns.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/5/israels-war-on-gaza-live-deadly-strikes-ground-attack-target-bureij-camp
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Amount of Israeli bombs dropped on Gaza surpasses that of World War II
Israel dropped 70,000 tons of bombs on Gaza Strip since last October, exceeding World War II bombings in Dresden, Hamburg, London combined, according to rights monitor

Israel has dropped more than 70,000 tons of bombs on the Gaza Strip since last October, far surpassing the bombing of Dresden, Hamburg, and London combined during World War II.

In late April, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor estimated that approximately 70,000 tons of bombs were dropped on Gaza, covering the six-month period between Oct. 7 and April 24.

"It is estimated that Israel has dropped more than 70,000 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip in addition to its bulldozing operations, resulting in the destruction of all buildings at a distance of up to one kilometer in the east and north of the Strip in order to create a so-called buffer zone," according to the Geneva-based human rights monitor organization.

The Germans bombed London, dropping around 18,300 tons of bombs between 1940 and 1941, according to various estimates, including archives from the New York Times.

The Allies dropped 8,500 tons of bombs on Hamburg in the summer of 1943, said Hendrik Althoff, a research fellow at the Department of History at the University of Hamburg.

The Allies also used 3,900 tons of bombs on Dresden in February 1945, according to historical records.

Israel has continued its brutal offensive on Gaza following the Oct. 7 Hamas incursion, despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/amount-of-israeli-bombs-dropped-on-gaza-surpasses-that-of-world-war-ii/3239665

Israel allegedly organised campaign to influence US lawmakers: Report

The New York Times reports that the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs allegedly organised a campaign on social media to influence US lawmakers to support Israel’s actions in its war on Gaza.

Citing unnamed officials and documents, the US newspaper reported that the ministry paid $2m for the campaign and hired Stoic, a political marketing firm in Tel Aviv, to carry it out.

It said the campaign started in October and is still ongoing on X. It used hundreds of fake accounts that posed as real Americans on X, Facebook and Instagram to post pro-Israel comments.

The accounts reportedly targeted US lawmakers, especially those who are Black and Democrat, with posts urging them to continue funding Israel’s military.

‘War in the north is likely’

Omar Ashour, a professor of security and military studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, says surging violence near the Israel-Lebanon border could portend a future war between Israel and Hezbollah.

“I think a war in the north is likely, but not now because Gaza is not finished yet,” Ashour told Al Jazeera, noting that Israel has for months received more rocket fire from southern Lebanon than from Gaza.

If Israel’s current government remains in place, he predicted, conflict along Israel’s northern front could seriously escalate by the end of this year.

“It’s a steadily escalating situation with a vision that the north is a threat and needs to be dealt with at some point, perhaps later this year,” said Ashour.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/5/israels-war-on-gaza-live-deadly-strikes-ground-attack-target-bureij-camp
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 No.481927

>>481923
>Then they'll probably try to do it.
Oh bother, so what are the chances that the pentagon cockblocks this ?
The US would be caught out of position attempting to mount ground operations in Lebanon.
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 No.481929

‘Death to Arabs’: Israelis march through Palestinian part of Jerusalem

Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis are participating in the annual “Jerusalem Day” march through a dense Palestinian neighbourhood in Jerusalem, with some stoking wartime tensions and chanting “Death to Arabs.”

The annual event marks Israel’s occupation of east Jerusalem, including the Old City and its holy sites sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, in 1967.

The marchers also chanted anti-Muslim slogans outside of the Damascus Gate, a central gathering place for Palestinians in occupied east Jerusalem.

This year’s Israeli Flag March ‘much more violent’
Imran Khan
Reporting from Amman, Jordan because Israel's gov't has banned Al Jazeera

Imran Khan is reporting from Amman, Jordan as the Israeli government has banned Al Jazeera.

This is a much more violent Flag Day march than in previous years.

Almost as soon as the ultra-nationalist people arrived in occupied East Jerusalem, they started attacking Palestinians. Young kids were attacking older Palestinian women. We’ve seen pictures of that – they were attacking shops, running into the shops.

The police simply lost control. They asked the Palestinians to shut their shops because they couldn’t control these people.

This year, journalists have been attacked, but not just Palestinian journalists, Israeli journalists have also been attacked.

These people are in effect saying and celebrating that they’ve occupied East Jerusalem. They say, “This is our territory, but you’re not going to have any part of this; in fact we want rid of every single Palestinian.”

The police have only ever arrested the Palestinians, and they’ve done this in previous years. The police aren’t there to protect those being
attacked; they’re trying to keep control of the attackers.

Haaretz reporter attacked by Israelis in Jerusalem’s ‘Flag Day’

The daily Israeli newspaper has said that journalist Nir Hasson was attacked by a group of young Israelis taking part in Jerusalem’s Flag Parade.

According to Haaretz, several assailants knocked Hasson to the ground and kicked him, until Border Police officers intervened.

Every year, the parade attracts thousands of national-religious Jews, many of them young men, who aggressively march with Israeli flags through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem and engage in acts of provocation, violence, and destruction of Palestinian property with little police intervention.

Israeli court upholds 35-day ban on Al Jazeera operations in Israel

An Israeli court has upheld a 35-day ban on Al Jazeera operations in Israel imposed by the government on national security grounds. Communications Minister Shlomo Karh said he hoped to extend the ban for another 45 days when it runs out on Saturday.

Israeli authorities raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its office on May 5 and said they were shutting the operation down for the duration of the Gaza war, accusing the broadcaster of encouraging hostilities against Israel.

Al Jazeera rejected the accusations as a “dangerous and ridiculous lie” that put its journalists at risk.

Wednesday’s court ruling retroactively approved a 35-day ban until June 8.



UK embassy denies it warned Lebanon of upcoming Israeli attack

The UK embassy has dismissed a Lebanese media report that it issued a warning to Lebanon that Israel is planning an extensive assault in mid-June.

“We reject reports that the UK has suggested, let alone sent diplomatic message to Lebanese authorities that Israel will conduct military operations in June,” said a UK embassy spokesperson in a statement, adding that it is not the UK’s role to “comment on Israel’s military planning”.

“The UK continues to work towards de-escalating tensions between Israel and Lebanon,” the spokesperson added. “Our engagement with both sides is focused on generating the conditions for stability and security on the Blue Line. We are clear a conflict is not in anybody’s interest”.

Israeli artillery targets southern Lebanon with incendiary bombs

An Al Jazeera correspondent reports that the Israeli army has bombed the outskirts of the town of Kfarchouba in southern Lebanon with incendiary shells.

The Lebanese News Agency also confirmed that Israeli artillery bombarded the town of Aita al-Shaab in the south of the country with firebombs, causing fires to break out in the surrounding woods.

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>>481924
>Former Meta employee says fired after highlighting ‘misclassification’ of video by Motaz Azaiza
>A former Meta engineer who is suing his employer for discrimination and wrongful termination says he was fired after trying to address irregularities in the handling of posts by Palestinian Instagram personalities, including Gaza-based photojournalist Motaz Azaiza, Reuters reports.
>In one case, engineer Ferras Hamad alleges a video shared by Azaiza was “misclassified” as pornography even though it showed a destroyed building in Gaza, Reuters said.
Maybe Zionists jack off to pictures of destroyed buildings.
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>>481926
>Israel has dropped more than 70,000 tons of bombs on the Gaza Strip since last October, far surpassing the bombing of Dresden, Hamburg, and London combined during World War II.
Their mission is to expend as much munitions as possible ?
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>>481930
Probably!
>>481931
Could be. Would explain why the US is so supportive.
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US: Protesters occupy offices of Stanford University’s president

The Stanford Daily reports a group of students barricaded themselves in the building while dozens of others linked arms outside. The California university confirmed in a statement that individuals unlawfully entered the building.

The newspaper said two hours after the incident began, law enforcement officers used a crowbar to enter the building and began making arrests.

Stanford is among colleges and universities around the United States where activists are demanding their schools separate themselves – or divest – from companies advancing Israel’s war in Gaza and in some cases from Israel itself.

Shells fired from Lebanon hit Hurfeish without activating the sirens: Army spokesperson

We have more information about the explosion in the Galilee, northern Israel.

Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz reports that 11 people have now been injured in the town of Hurfeish.

The Israeli army spokesperson said that shells were fired from Lebanon and landed in the Hurfeish area, without activating the sirens.

At least 10 injured in drone attack in Galilee: Report

Israeli media has posted videos on X showing an explosion and smoke rising as a result of a drone attack on the town of Hurfeish in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel.

According to Israel Hayom, at least 10 people have been injured, one of them seriously.

Israel secretly targeted US lawmakers with anti-Palestinian content

Israel’s government primarily targeted Black lawmakers and progressives with this content in order to sway public opinion on the war in Gaza, Haaretz newspaper reports, citing an investigation by the Fake Reporter organisation.

The daily said the operation, orchestrated by Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry and run by a political campaigning firm, involved fake accounts and sites that spread pro-Israel and Islamophobic content, as well as disinformation about anti-Semitism on US campuses.

Haaretz first reported about the existence of the operation in March but Fake Reporter published more details. Fake Reporter’s Executive Director Achiya Schatz told Haaretz that “running the foreign influence campaign against American lawmakers is amateurish, irresponsible and anti-democratic”.

Islamic Jihad lambasts Arabs for ‘silence’ on Israeli ‘desecration’ of Jerusalem

The armed group says because of “this shameful silence, the Zionist entity’s gangs are daring to desecrate the nation’s sacred sites”.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad issued the statement in response to the annual “Jerusalem Day” march by thousands of Israelis through a Palestinian neighbourhood in Jerusalem, with some stoking wartime tensions and chanting “Death to Arabs.”

The march, which it said is Islamophobic and anti-Arab, has led to the closure of entrances to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and caused Palestinians to stay confined to their homes out of fear for their safety.

“The march is a blatant assault on the Muslims’ first qibla [the point toward which Muslims turn to pray] and on religious holy sites. Zionist gangs are trying to compensate for the humiliation they and their army have been subjected to in the Gaza Strip and West Bank,” Islamic Jihad said.

No peace in Middle East without a Palestinian state: Vladimir Putin

The Russian president says Moscow is ready to help resolve the crisis in Gaza, and peace cannot be achieved without the creation of an independent state of Palestine.

Putin made the comments as he met senior editors from international news agencies at Russia’s flagship annual economic forum in St Petersburg.

Israel’s answer to Hamas’s attack “looks like the total destruction of civilians”, Putin said, adding he considers the status quo a result of “the total failure of the United States”.

200 Jewish Americans lobby US lawmakers to stop arming Israel

Hundreds of members of Jewish Voice for Peace Action are calling on the United States Congress to stop arming the Israeli military and to secure a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

In a statement, JVP Action said some of its members held more than 60 meetings with members of Congress and their representatives.

“I am a rabbi calling on my elected officials to stop arming the Israeli military as it wages a genocidal campaign in Gaza. The Jewish tradition teaches us the most holy commandment is pikuach nefesh – saving a life – and I am calling on my representatives to do all that they can to save lives now,” said Lonnie Kleinman, a rabbi based in Philadelphia.

The group said it was the largest lobby day it has ever coordinated, noting in its statement that “Over the past many months, in grief, protest, and prayer, Jewish Americans have risen up to say ‘ceasefire now’ and ‘not in our name’.”

US hoping to ‘re-anchor’ Gaza pier repaired by end of week

The US-built pier anchored on the coast was severely damaged in rough seas at the end of May just a few days after it was completed.

“We’re hoping we will be able to re-anchor the pier into Gaza at the end of the week,” US Department of Defence spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said. “As soon as the temporary pier is re-anchored to the beach in Gaza, we expect aid to flow pretty immediately.”

Aid groups have criticised the pier as a costly and ineffective distraction from the fact that land deliveries are the most efficient way to help Gaza. Israel continues to restrict humanitarian relief from entering the territory as severe hunger spreads.

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Spain to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares says his country will join South Africa’s genocide case before the International Court of Justice against Israel’s actions in Gaza.

Spain is the first European nation to join the case, which has also been joined by Chile and Mexico.

In mid-May, judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel to halt its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and withdraw from the enclave, citing “immense risk” to the Palestinian population.

Israel has since pressed on with its assault on Rafah and the rest of the Gaza Strip.

Death toll from Nuseirat school strike rises to 40

There are now 40 people who have been killed in the Israeli air attack on a UN-run school in Nuseirat, the director of Gaza’s Government Media Office tells Reuters.

Dozens more people are wounded and receiving treatment at Deir el-Balah’s overcrowded Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which is now three times over its capacity.

Gaza Health Ministry: Thousands barred from receiving treatment outside Strip

The ministry says in a statement that the number of sick and wounded Palestinians who need to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment has reached 25,000 but since May 12, about the time Israel seized the Rafah border crossing with Egypt and it closed, “no sick or wounded person has been able to leave the Gaza Strip”.

Only 4,895 people were able to leave when the Rafah crossing was open, the ministry added.

“This exposes the lives of thousands to avoidable complications and death, and these are cases that can be treated and saved if they were allowed to go to specialized centres outside the Gaza Strip,” the statement said.

Israeli forces demolish seven homes near Hebron: Report

Israeli bulldozers have razed seven homes in the town of Dhahriya, south of Hebron, according to the Wafa news agency.

The demolitions have displaced more than 50 people, said the owner of one of the homes, as the action also destroyed their solar energy infrastructure.

In 2024, Israeli forces have so far demolished more than 500 Palestinian-owned structures in the occupied West Bank, displacing at least 936 people, according to data from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Israeli judge quits ICJ panel, citing personal reasons

Aharon Barak, a former president of Israel’s Supreme Court, resigned from his role as ad hoc judge on an International Court of Justice panel weighing a genocide allegation filed over the country’s war in Gaza.

In a resignation letter dated June 4 and republished by Israeli media, Barak, 87, cited unspecified personal and family reasons for his decision.

Under the ICJ’s rules, a state that does not have a judge of its nationality already on the bench can choose an ad hoc judge to sit in on their case. It was not immediately clear who Israel might appoint to replace Barak.

In a statement thanking Barak for his service in The Hague, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said: “We will continue to stand steadfast against the evil, hypocrisy and libels cast against the State of Israel and [the Israeli army].”

Israeli gunboats bomb the coast of Rafah

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report that Israeli gunboats have bombed the coast of the southernmost Gaza city with a number of shells.

Last month, the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to immediately halt its offensive on Rafah, which has forced one million people to flee the area, according to the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, better known as UNRWA

Colombia calls for curbs on coal sales to Israel: Report

Colombia’s Ministry of Trade has called for restrictions on sales of coal to Israel, Bloomberg News reports, citing an internal document and an anonymous source with close knowledge of the issue.

Israeli air strike, tank fire kill 3 Palestinians ‘crossing’ Gaza fence

The Israeli military says it shot dead three Palestinians who attempted to cross the fence from the Gaza Strip into Israel, in the Rafah area.

Two men were killed in an air raid, while a third one was killed in tank fire after they fired at Israeli soldiers monitoring the border area, the Israeli military said in a post on X.

Israel has not yet provided evidence of Hamas presence in targeted UN school
Imran Khan
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government.

The Israeli army say they are very clear who the target was. They say Hamas fighters were in the UN school in the middle of Nuseirat refugee camp. They provided no evidence for any of this.

The army used air strikes to hit that UN school. They knew it was a UN school. They admitted it was a UN school. They know it is a place where displaced Palestinians have been staying.

Israelis are briefing local Israeli media, saying they suspected some of the people behind the October 7 attack on Israel were staying there. That’s language that we’ve heard a lot before.

Right now, we’re in this kind of “he-said, she-said”. The Israeli army is very clear, saying, “We believe that Hamas was in that school and in that refugee camp,” but not providing any single shred of evidence.

UNRWA school attack survivor: ‘The area was shelled with a belt of fire’

Al Jazeera has spoken to several people who were inside an UNRWA school in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza, when it was bombed by Israeli forces in the early hours of this morning, killing at least 32 people.

“We were inside the school and suddenly we were bombed, people here turned to pieces on a harsh night … this building housed families and young people, and the shelling took place without warning”, said Anas al-Dahouk.

Another man, Naim al-Dadah, said the strike is “the result of the terrorism of the State of Israel … there is no terrorism except Israel, all institutions and red lines have been crossed by Israel in Gaza”.

He explained that he was displaced from Gaza City, in the Strip’s north, to Khan Younis and then to Rafah, in the far south. Everywhere he and his family went, he said, they were bombed, “and when we came to Nuseirat camp, we were bombed now”.

“We were bombed without warning and suddenly, as Israeli planes targeted the school with two missiles,” he added.

‘Shift’ in Hamas battle tactics to ambush, withdraw and regroup

Hamas is relying on hit-and-run tactics to frustrate Israel’s attempts to take control of Gaza, US and Israeli officials told Reuters.

Hamas – which US sources believe has seen its fighting force reduced to between 9,000 and 12,000 fighters, down from US estimates of 20,000-25,000 before the war – is now relying on ambushes and improvised bombs to hit Israeli forces.

The US officials, who requested anonymity, told Reuters that such tactics could sustain Hamas in their fight for months to come, aided by weapons smuggled into Gaza via tunnels and others repurposed from unexploded ordnance or captured from Israeli forces.

The Palestinian group has shown the ability to withdraw rapidly after attacks, take cover, regroup, and pop up again in areas that Israel had believed to be cleared of resistance fighters, a US administration official said.

Gaza resident Wissam Ibrahim also told Reuters that Hamas’s tactics have shifted away from firing at “Israeli troops as soon as they pushed into their territory”.

“Now, there is a notable shift in their mode of operations, they wait for them to deploy and then they start their ambushes and attacks.”

‘Many militias’ remain active in battling Israeli forces in northern Gaza: Monitors

Seven Palestinian armed groups launched rockets and mortar shells at Israeli forces and a military post located along the Netzarim Corridor – an Israeli-built road that cuts across Gaza, dividing its north and south to allow for greater military control over the Palestinian territory.

The attacks demonstrate that “many militias remain active in the northern Gaza Strip”, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) say in their latest battlefield assessment.

The two US-based think tanks also report that three Palestinian groups claimed attacks on Wednesday against Israeli forces operating in Gaza’s southern Rafah city, where Israeli forces report advancing into the city’s western Saudi neighbourhood, according to the ISW/CTP joint report.

Fighters with the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades combined their forces on Wednesday to carry out a combined rocket attack on southern Israel, the think tanks reported.

Gantz tells mayors in northern Israel ‘be ready for tougher days’, possibly war: Report

War cabinet minister Benny Gantz has travelled to northern Israel after a spate of bloody Hezbollah rocket attacks there and warned of “tougher days” ahead, reports Israel’s Channel 12.

According to the report, Gantz met with the mayors of several northern towns close to the line of contact and told them: “Don’t complain about the present, because the future could be more problematic.”

“Get ready for tougher fights, get ready for tougher days here, it can get us to war,” Gantz said.

Yesterday, Hezbollah fired a series of drones at the Israeli town of Hurfeish, killing one soldier and injuring at least seven people. The Israeli military said it failed to sound sirens ordering people to shelters.

Large-scale attack against Hezbollah could bring ‘terrible destruction’ to Israel: Retired Israeli general

Retired Israeli Major General Itzhak Brick has written a scathing indictment of the Israeli military in an op-ed published in the Maariv newspaper on Thursday. Brick said:

While there is “tremendous pressure” from community leaders in northern Israel to attack Hezbollah, they are ignorant of the fact that the Israeli military is in a “dire situation”.
An Israeli military attack “against Hezbollah in full force could bring terrible destruction to the whole of Israel”.
Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant and military Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi are “not prepared to acknowledge the army’s weakness and impotence”.
Israel needs two years to “rebuild the army” before it’s in a position to attack Hezbollah.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Gallant and Halevy “have nothing left to lose, and are ready to gamble on the fate of the country”.

Rescue teams put out fires in southern Lebanon after Israeli bombing

Footage published by local media shows rescue teams working to extinguish raging fires in Wadi Gilo after Israeli fighter jets targeted the town in southern Lebanon.

Israeli forces launched an air raid on Wadi Gilo in the early hours of Thursday morning, striking an uninhabited house and causing fires in surrounding homes, as well as setting a warehouse alight, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.

https://twitter.com/AliwaaNewspaper/status/1798588423420391571

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Houthis allegedly target Greek-owned ship in the Red Sea

The Yemen-based Houthis have targeted a Greek-owned bulk carrier in the Red Sea, according to British security firm Ambrey.

Transmissions from the ship – which was travelling from Mormugao in India to Suez in Egypt – stopped 118 nautical miles (about 218km) east of Eritrea in East Africa, the firm said, without naming the vessel. The condition of the ship and its crew is not known.

“The alleged ‘targeting’ of the vessel was aligned to the stated Houthi intent,” Ambrey said. “The Houthi language did not indicate they were claiming to have damaged the vessel. At the time of writing, the event had not been verified.”

The Houthis fired missiles and drones at three vessels in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea on Wednesday, including the US vessel, Maersk Seletar, according to Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree.

Hezbollah claims it has hit Iron Dome defence system launcher

Lebanese group Hezbollah has claimed that it has struck Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system with a missile in northern Israel.

The armed group published footage reportedly showing a guided missile striking an Iron Dome launcher, which is located near the northern Israeli town of Ramot Naftali.

The Israeli military has said that it is not aware of any damage done to the launcher, The Times of Israel reports.

https://twitter.com/richimedhurst/status/1798535689547464950

US nurse speaks about dismissal after expressing compassion for Palestinians

Hesen Jabr, a US nurse who was allegedly unjustly fired for expressing compassion towards Palestinians while accepting an award for compassionate care from NYU Langone Hospital in New York City, has spoken about her experience.

“NYU Langone chose to use that moment where I highlighted my Palestinian identity as the reason they deemed me no longer able to provide the care they honoured me for only moments before,” Jabr said in a news conference in New York, hosted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Wednesday.

“I am one of many who have been terminated for their pro-Palestinian identity and stance,” she said.

“It has to stop.”

Trump says US Jewish politician is ‘like a Palestinian’ after criticising Israeli gov’t
Former US president and convicted felon Donald Trump has said Chuck Schumer, the US Senate majority leader and top-ranking Jewish official in US history, is “becoming like a Palestinian” amid his criticism of Israel’s government.

Trump told Sean Hannity on Fox News that Israel does not “have the backing” of Democrats in the US, adding that this was a “very dangerous thing”.

“Even Schumer, he’s become like a Palestinian. Chuck Schumer. Jewish. Always strong for Israel. He’s become like a Palestinian,” he said.

Schumer made waves in March when he slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his handling of Israel’s war on Gaza, calling for him to be replaced as leader.

Don’t let the occupied West Bank ‘become another Gaza’, says UN official

Muhannad Hadi, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator for the Middle East peace process, has said Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are facing increasing violence and pressure and “must be supported” in order to stop the territory from becoming “another Gaza”.

“More than 500 Palestinians have been killed across the West Bank since October and thousands have been displaced,” Hadi said in a post on social media.

“Houses have been demolished. Infrastructure has been destroyed. Health facilities attacked. People here are suffering. Women and children are being harassed. People have no access to clean water. No more access to education or health facilities,” Hadi said, though he failed to mention the role of Israeli forces and settlers in the violence against Palestinians.

“All eyes are on Gaza. But the situation in the West Bank is volatile. This must stop,” he said.

Police probe as CCTV footage shows man smashing window at Haaretz office

A police investigation has been launched after a man was filmed on CCTV smashing a window at the offices of Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Wednesday morning.

The man, wearing a tank top and pink shorts, is seen approaching Haaretz’s Tel Aviv office carrying a hammer, before smashing a glass door and walking off.

The motive for the attack is unknown. Haaretz has been highly critical of Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration and its conduct in Israel’s war on Gaza.

https://twitter.com/danielamram3/status/1798323614753980589

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>>481940
>Hesen Jabr, a US nurse who was allegedly unjustly fired for expressing compassion towards Palestinians while accepting an award for compassionate care from NYU Langone Hospital in New York City, has spoken about her experience.
>“NYU Langone chose to use that moment where I highlighted my Palestinian identity as the reason they deemed me no longer able to provide the care they honoured me for only moments before,” Jabr said in a news conference in New York, hosted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Wednesday.
>“I am one of many who have been terminated for their pro-Palestinian identity and stance,” she said.

She can probably sue for discrimination and get a decent payoff. Judges and lawyers seem to be relatively immune to Zionist hate-mongering. Maybe the advanced linguistic skills necessary for legal stuff is making them immune.
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>>481939
>Retired Israeli Major General Itzhak Brick has written a scathing indictment of the Israeli military in an op-ed published in the Maariv newspaper on Thursday. Brick said:
>While there is “tremendous pressure” from community leaders in northern Israel to attack Hezbollah, they are ignorant of the fact that the Israeli military is in a “dire situation”.
An Israeli military attack “against Hezbollah in full force could bring terrible destruction to the whole of Israel”.
>Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant and military Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi are “not prepared to acknowledge the army’s weakness and impotence”.
>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Gallant and Halevy “have nothing left to lose, and are ready to gamble on the fate of the country”.

So they do have some rational people after-all.
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Houthis say they launched two operations against ships at Haifa port

Yemen’s Houthi group says it has launched two joint military operations with the Iraqi Islamic Resistance against ships at Israel’s Haifa port.

“The first targeted two ships carrying military equipment in the port of Haifa, while the second targeted a ship that violated the decision to ban entry to the port,” Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a televised statement.

Hamas official says current ceasefire proposal too ‘open-ended’: Report

Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri has told Reuters that while the group appreciates “Biden’s ideas”, the current ceasefire proposal does not provide a firm enough commitment that the war will end.

“The Israeli documents speak of open-ended negotiation with no deadline, and it speaks of a stage during which the occupation regains its hostages and resumes the war. We had told the mediators that such a paper wasn’t acceptable to us,” said Abu Zuhri.

“The (US) document … has no mention of ending the aggression or the withdrawal,” he added.

Israel targeted UNRWA school with missiles with US guidance systems, probe finds

An investigation by Al Jazeera’s Sanad news verification agency reveals that the Israeli army targeted an UNRWA school sheltering displaced people in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza with missiles equipped with US-made guidance systems.

At least three missiles fired from fighter jets were used in the attack on Wednesday night that killed 40 displaced people, including 14 children and nine women. Seventy-four people were injured, Gaza’s Government Media Office said.

Images of missile fragments analysed by Sanad’s field team identified components from Honeywell, an American company specialising in precision guidance systems. Similar components were used in a 2014 Israeli attack on a Palestinian home in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood.

Two pieces from the recent and old bombing bear the same manufacturer’s number and the same category number: HG1930BA06.

Oxfam: Israeli attack on UNRWA school ‘flagrant violation’ of int’l law

A spokesperson for the international NGO says that “It is a disgrace that a ceasefire is still not in place and that [International Humanitarian Law] is broken by Israel time and again with full impunity”.

In the early hours of this morning, the Isralei army attacked a school run by the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugee, which was serving a shelter for displaced people, in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

At least 40 people were killed in that attack, including women and children, according to Gaza’s government.

“Dozens of people – including children – were slaughtered while they slept,” an Oxfam spokesperson said of the attack.

“Civilians in Gaza must be protected and world leaders must both stop Israel from continuing this carnage and providing the political cover for them to do so,” the spokesperson continued.

Israeli writer criticises government policies leading to soldiers being ‘killed in vain’

In a speech during a demonstration against Netanyahu’s government in the Israeli city of Modi’in, Israeli philosopher and researcher Asa Kosher, author of the “IDF Code of Ethics”, has criticised Israel’s policies, calling them a “major disaster” that leads to the “absurd” death of Israeli soldiers.

Israel’s Channel 14 published a video of Kosher’s speech in which he calls for elections in order to “cleanse” the “moral filth” in the current government.

“The great catastrophe in a soldier’s life is death, and this stupid slogan that it is good to die for our country, has never had moral value, real roots,” he said.

He said Israeli military operations are extended as much as possible in order to prolong the life of the “ruling fraudulent regime”, in which case the goals and tasks are unfair, noting that soldiers are “killed in vain” to serve the personal ambitions of the prime minister.

“When they die in vain it is the great disaster that can befall them because they are not only killed, they are killed in vain, and it is difficult to say that, but we have to say it,” he said.

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"Propaganda Machine": NY Congressmember Jamaal Bowman on AIPAC's $25 Million Campaign to Unseat Him - Democracy Now!

‘Historic’: NAACP urges Biden to end arms transfers to Israel

The NAACP, one of the largest Black civil rights organisations in the US, has urged Biden to “indefinitely” suspend weapon transfers to Israel in a sign of growing discontent with the US president’s support for the Israeli war on Gaza.

In a statement, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said the group has a “responsibility to speak out in the face of injustice and work to hold our elected officials accountable for the promises they’ve made”.

“The Middle East conflict will only be resolved when the US government and international community take action, including limiting access to weapons used against civilians,” Johnson said.

“The NAACP calls on President Biden to draw the red line and indefinitely end the shipment of weapons and artillery to the state of Israel and other states that supply weapons to Hamas.”

US imposes sanctions on Palestinian ‘Lion’s Den’

The US State Department has imposed sanctions on the “Lion’s Den” Palestinian armed group in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

In a statement announcing the action, spokesperson Matthew Miller cited attacks by the group on Israelis, as well as Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since 2022.

The statement did not name any individuals subject to sanctions.

The emergence of the Lions’ Den comes as public support for armed resistance increases among Palestinians. While its roots go back to February 2022, the Lions’ Den formally emerged in September 2023.

Israeli military alarmed by standoff over West Bank funds, report says

The Israeli military has warned the government that its policy of cutting off funds to the Palestinian Authority could push the occupied West Bank into a third “intifada”, public broadcaster Kan Radio has reported.

The warning underlined the increasingly dire state of the West Bank economy where hundreds of thousands of workers have lost their jobs in Israel and public servants have been unpaid or on partial pay for months.

Israel has blocked Palestinian workers from entering from the occupied West Bank since October 7.

According to estimates from the Palestinian finance ministry, Israel has been holding back a total of around 6 billion shekels ($1.61bn) in tax revenues, which has resulted in growing hardship.

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US seeks to block Houthi revenue in possible threat to Yemen truce: Report

The United States and its allies are increasingly seeking to block revenues to Yemen’s Houthi group, a push that could jeapordise United Nations-led efforts to end the civil war in the country.

According to a Bloomberg News report, Washington is looking to block major parts of a UN peace plan that the warring parties in Yemen adopted in December, unless the Houthis cease their attacks on international shipping lanes.

The UN roadmap includes $1.5bn in civil servant salaries from Saudi Arabia to be paid in Houthi-controlled areas, an unidentified source is quoted as saying.

Israeli forces fire at emergency responders removing bodies in Jenin: PRCS

The Palestine Red Crescent Society posted video on X showing the paramedics taking cover as they worked to put two men onto stretches and load them into two ambulances.

Palestinian health authorities said earlier at least three Palestinians were killed in the Israeli raid on the camp in the occupied West Bank.

Medics with the PRCS have repeatedly been targeted and killed by Israeli forces since the war on Gaza began. Intentionally killing medical workers is a war crime under international law.

Israeli army attacked near Rafah: Qassam Brigades

The armed wing of Hamas says fighters bombed the command-and-control headquarters of the Israeli army at the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) land crossing, east of southern Rafah city.

The group said in a statement that it used a 114mm short-range “Rajum” missile system during the attack. It didn’t say if any casualties were inflicted.

Israeli army identifies 9 fighters it says killed in UN-school attack

In news conference, spokesperson Daniel Hagari says the Israeli military is still working to identify more Palestinian fighters targeted in the attack on the UN-run school in Nuseirat refugee camp.

Israel’s military said about 30 fighters were gathering in rooms of the school when they attacked the area with “a precision strike”.

Local officials say nine women and 14 children at the school, which was housing about 6,000 internally displaced people, are among at least 40 people killed in the attack.

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>>481927
>Oh bother, so what are the chances that the pentagon cockblocks this ?
Idk
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FBI Whistleblower: Israel Has Corrupted The US Government - MintPress News

Mayor of Nuseirat killed in Israeli strike: AJ correspondent

The prominent mayor of Nuseirat, Iyad al-Maghari, is among five people killed in an Israeli raid on central Gaza, an Al Jazeera correspondent reports.

In a post on X, Ramy Abdul, chairman of the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, called al-Maghari “one of the most active mayors in the Gaza Strip”.

https://twitter.com/RamAbdu/status/1798812326730293523

Press activists slam attacks on reporters at Jerusalem Day march

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned the harassment and assault of journalists during the Jerusalem Day flag march, urging Israel to protect reporters.

During the march, which commemorates the June 5 capture of East Jerusalem by Israeli forces in the 1967 war, Israeli settlers and far-right protesters attacked Palestinian freelance journalist Saif Qwasmi, who contributes to local agency Al-Asiman News, and Israeli journalist Nir Hasson, a reporter for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, CPJ said in a statement.

“Israeli security forces stood idly by while protesters harassed and assaulted Palestinian and Israeli journalists reporting on the march. Not only did they fail to do their duty, but they blamed journalist Qwasmi for protecting himself,” CPJ programme director Carlos Martinez de la Serna said.

The group urged Israel to probe the incidents and hold those responsible to account.

The Israeli government has faced criticism from human rights and press advocates for the killing of more than 100 journalists and media workers in its war on Gaza and for its ban on Al Jazeera operations in Israel.

Gaza media office decries killing of Nuseirat mayor

The press office released a statement calling the killing of Iyad Ahmed al-Maghari, mayor of Nuseirat, “a war crime aimed at creating a state of chaos”.

Al-Maghari was “loyal and dedicated to his work” and continued to assist the people of the Nuseirat refugee camp throughout the war.

Israeli strikes previously killed the mayors of az-Zahra in the south and the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, while destroying the headquarters of several municipalities across the enclave.

“The mayors who were assassinated were faithful examples of diligent and continuous service,” the statement said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/6/israels-war-on-gaza-live-relentless-israeli-strikes-kill-102-palestinians

Israeli prime minister to address US Congress in July: Report

Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of the US Congress on July 24, The Associated Press (AP) news agency reports.

US Congressional leaders last week formally invited Netanyahu to come speak, in what is seen as the most recent show of wartime support for the Israeli leader despite mounting political divisions in the US over Israel’s war on Gaza.

US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, along with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, signed the letter extending the invitation to Netanyahu.

They said the offer was intended to “highlight America’s solidarity with Israel”.

The date of the speech had been in flux. It has now been set for July 24, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke to the AP.

Former US Congressman shares pictures of Israeli army ‘onslaught’ in Gaza

Former US Congressman Justin Amash has shared photos that he says show the devastation inflicted on his cousin’s neighbourhood in Gaza.

Amash, who represented a district in Michigan from 2011 to 2021 and was the second Palestinian-American to be elected to Congress, said his cousin had shared the pictures with him after months without communication.

“He sent me photos from his quarter of the Old City, where much of the Christian community resides. Their lives have been devastated by the [Israeli military] onslaught. The people here are descendants of Canaanites and Israelites, and they’re determined not to be uprooted from their ancestral home, but they live each day fearing it may be their last,” Amash said in a post on social media.

“Please continue to pray for the people of Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel. May the death and destruction, violence and hostage-taking come to an end. May they all live together in peace,” he said.

Amash was elected as a Republican before leaving the party to become an independent and then a member of the Libertarian Party.

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>>481970
>Israeli prime minister to address US Congress in July
idk why but this feels like he's getting invited to a fancy dinner and he's planning to clime on the table and take a shit.
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 No.481975

>>481972
It does, yes.
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 No.481976

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Houthi Al-Masirah TV: US-UK strikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah

Al-Masirah TV, the main television news outlet run by Yemen’s Houthi movement, has said that US and British forces had carried out four airstrikes on the airport of Hodeidah and the seaport of Salif, to the north.

Israeli forces seize private Palestinian land in Hebron

The Israeli forces have seized privately owned Palestinian land in Hebron, occupied West Bank, under the pretext of “appropriation orders”, Palestinian Wafa news agency reports.

Head of the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Minister Muayad Shaaban, told Wafa the orders are aimed at expanding Route 60, in Hebron, for Israeli settlers.

Shaaban said Israel exploits the pretexts of infrastructure rehabilitation and road development as a tool to stifle Palestinian presence and disconnect villages and towns in all Palestinian areas, the report said. He slammed the measures as serious violations of international humanitarian law.

In Iraq, pro-Palestine protestors target US brands

American food brands are the targets of attacks in Baghdad, Iraq, as anger surges against the US for its staunch support for Israel as the death toll rises from its war on Gaza.

Following the outbreak of the war in October, a coalition of Iran-backed groups launched dozens of attacks on bases housing US troops in Iraq and eastern Syria.

The attacks stopped in February following a series of retaliatory US strikes after a drone hit a base in Jordan that killed three American soldiers.

But the current change in tactics from the groups occurring in Iraq from late May to earlier this week is intended to reinforce the anti-US sentiment over its backing to Israel.

Besides restaurants, a Caterpillar company store, a construction manufacturer, was targeted.

Last week, protestors carrying Palestinian and Iraqi flags also marched to the PepsiCo offices outside of Baghdad, chanting “No to agents” and “No to Israel”.

Israeli settlers set fire to agricultural lands east of Ramallah

Israeli settlers have set fire to agricultural lands in the village of Barqa, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, an Al Jazeera correspondent reports.

Dozens of Israeli settlers who descended from the illegal Atarot settlement participated in a march near the Rawabi roundabout north of Ramallah, waving Israeli flags, Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

Israeli forces have set up a military checkpoint near the Rawabi roundabout, preventing Palestinian vehicles from entering or exiting to secure the march, the report said.

On Thursday, settlers in the town of Qusra, near Nablus, cut down olive and citrus trees owned by Palestinians.

Poll finds Germans in favour of recognising Palestinian state

A new YouGov survey finds that about 40 percent of Germans said the country should recognise Palestine, while 27 percent said they were against such a move. About 33 percent said they were not sure.

The survey also revealed that the majority of Germans disapprove of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza with as many as 51 percent saying they would support EU economic sanctions on Israel.

Only 26 percent of Germans opposed such a move.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s centre-left-liberal coalition government has repeatedly rejected calls to formally recognise Palestine, saying that it was not the right time.

Earlier this week, Slovenia recognised Palestinian statehood, following Spain, Norway and Ireland, who formally recognised a Palestinian state last month.

Unemployment nears 80 percent in Gaza, UN agency says

Unemployment in Gaza has reached nearly 80 percent, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said, bringing the average unemployment rate across Gaza and the occupied West Bank to more than 50 percent.

Warplanes bomb 3 areas in south Lebanon, says Israeli military

The latest attacks by Israel’s air force hit targets in the Jabal Rezlane region as well as the villages of Ramyah and Kfar Kila in the south of Lebanon.

UN warns Israeli military of violations of international law after UN school attack

The UN’s human rights office has said that the Israeli military’s failure to ensure “distinction, proportionality and precaution” in its attacks that have killed Palestinian civilians would amount to violations of international humanitarian law.

Responding after an Israeli air strike killed at least 35 people at a UN-run school in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the UN rights office said that Israel’s claim that Palestinian fighters were using the school does not justify such an attack.

Police fire tear gas on pro-Palestine demonstration in Montreal

Montreal police deployed tear gas to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, on Thursday.

Police initially formed a barricade on the street, but as the protest grew and spread to the campus square, more officers in riot gear were deployed. An hour into the protest, police entered the administration building, where demonstrators had barricaded themselves.

They closed the windows and removed the protesters’ materials.

Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) McGill released a detailed statement on Telegram, criticising the university for rejecting their demands to divest from companies linked to Israel.

“Students have barricaded themselves inside to reclaim the university, which continues to fund and support the genocide of the Palestinian people,” the statement read. “As Zionist forces advance into Rafah, committing atrocities, McGill administrators shamelessly maintain their financial and academic connections.”

Hamas’s confidence in surviving war has ‘solidified’: Monitors

Hamas “remains confident” that it can survive the current war being waged by Israel on the Gaza Strip, US-based defence think tanks report, adding that the Palestinian group’s confidence in surviving has “solidified” since Israel scaled back military units deployed to Gaza in December.

Noting that the Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar said in February that “his military forces are in good condition”, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) said Israeli raids on Gaza are being complicated by Hamas’s tactic of fighting and then withdrawing to areas absent of Israeli forces to “rest and reconstitute”.

The latest ISW/CTP joint report also addresses a Reuters report in which US and Israeli officials say that Hamas has shifted to “insurgent” tactics, which the US officials said the Palestinian armed group can sustain “for months”.

Hamas continues to have access to weapons either smuggled into Gaza or captured from Israeli forces, the officials told Reuters.

Israeli media says Gantz expected to resign from war cabinet

Israel’s war cabinet member Benny Gantz is expected to resign from the emergency government on Saturday following the expiration of a deadline he set last month for developing a clear plan “to achieve victory” in Gaza.

According to Israel’s public broadcaster KAN, Gantz intends to submit his resignation due to the failure to formulate the specified plan.

Hollywood marketing guru tells staff not to work with Israel critics: Report

A high-profile Hollywood marketing and branding guru has told staff they should not work with anyone “posting against Israel”, entertainment magazine Variety has reported.

Ashlee Margolis, the founder of communications and marketing agency The A List, said in an email that her firm would “hit pause” on working with any celebrity or influencer attacking Israel, Variety reported on Thursday.

Margolis said that while there was a distinction between acceptable and unacceptable commentary about Israel, the ban would include anyone accusing the country of committing genocide in Gaza, according to the magazine.

Palestine reaches final round of Asian World Cup qualification

The Palestinian national football team have advanced to the final round of the World Cup qualification for the first time ever, with a 0-0 draw against Lebanon, the AP news agency reports.

The Palestinian team, which played in Qatar on Thursday because of security issues amid Israel’s war on Gaza, is second in its group and five points clear of Lebanon with a single game remaining in the second round of Asian qualifying.

The top two teams in each of the nine groups progress to the final qualifying round for the 2026 World Cup.

Columbia Law Review website restored after shut-down over article critical of Israel

The website of the Columbia Law Review, one of the most prestigious student-run law journals in the United States, has been restored after earlier being taken offline over the publication of an article critical of Israel.

US pundit Briahna Joy Gray fired after interview with sister of Israeli captive

A talk show host in the United States has been fired after a backlash over her interview with the sister of an Israeli captive.

Briahna Joy Gray said on Thursday that The Hill had terminated her employment as a co-host of the online talk show, Rising.

Gray said in a post on that X that her firing reflected a “clear pattern of suppressing speech – particularly when it’s critical of the state of Israel”.

During an interview with Yarden Gonen, the sister of Hamas captive Romi Gonen, on Tuesday, Gray sighed and rolled her eyes after Gonen said the host should believe women who say they were victimised by Hamas.

“I really hope that you, specifically, will believe women when they say that they got hurt,” Gonen said.

Gray has previously questioned claims that Hamas carried out rapes during the group’s October 7 attacks on Israel.

Gray, who served as the press secretary for Bernie Sanders during his 2020 presidential campaign, last month attracted criticism when she said during a panel discussion that Hamas’s calls for the elimination of Israel did not mean it was calling for the killing of all Jews in the country.

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>>481976
>A high-profile Hollywood marketing and branding guru has told staff they should not work with anyone “posting against Israel”, entertainment magazine Variety has reported.
>the ban would include anyone accusing the country of committing genocide in Gaza
Kek the Zionists are imposing Boycott and Divestment on them selves. Considering that most people have recognized that Israel is committing a genocide, this would be a very broad self-boycott.

Zionists are like ghost drivers ranting that there's hundreds of people driving the wrong way.
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 No.481983

Israel privately objects to US ceasefire resolution circulated at UN Security Council: Report

The Associated Press (AP) news agency reports that Israel is privately objecting to a US attempt to pass a resolution at the UN Security Council that would lead to a ceasefire in Gaza.

According to the AP, the US has circulated a revised draft of a UNSC resolution aimed at bringing about a ceasefire in Gaza, and which states that the council “welcomes the new ceasefire proposal announced on May 31, which is acceptable to Israel … [and] calls upon Hamas to also accept it”.

But an Israeli official told the AP that the language overlooks Israel’s stated aim of destroying Hamas as a military force. Israel also objects to the proposed language in the resolution that “rejects any attempt at demographic or territorial change in the Gaza Strip”.

The official told the AP, speaking on condition of anonymity, that Israel also objects to the resolution’s reference to “actions that reduce the territory of Gaza, such as through the permanent establishment officially or unofficially of so-called buffer zones”, which Israel said it plans to establish.

US military says 10 Houthi air and surface drones destroyed in Red Sea operation

US Central Command (CENTCOM), which is responsible for US military operations in the Middle East region, said its forces successfully destroyed eight “uncrewed aerial systems [UAS]” and two “uncrewed surface vessels [USV]” launched by Yemen’s Houthi fighters at targets in the Red Sea.

CENTCOM also said that in the previous 24 hours, a naval ship operating with the US-led coalition – which was established to counter attacks by the Houthis on shipping in the Red Sea – had destroyed another aerial drone launched from Yemen.

Houthi forces also fired one antiship ballistic missile towards the Red Sea, CENTCOM said, adding that there were “no injuries or damage reported by the US, coalition, or commercial ships”.

New Zealand to begin annual payments to UNRWA

New Zealand announces that it will make its annual payment of $1m to UNRWA “in the coming days”.

“This follows careful consideration of the UN’s response – including through external & internal investigations – to serious allegations against certain UNRWA staff being involved in the 7 October terrorist attacks on Israel,” Winston Peters, New Zealand’s foreign minister, said on X.

US CENTCOM re-establishes temporary Gaza pier

US Central Command says has re-established the temporary pier in Gaza to allow crucial aid into the besieged enclave.

“At approximately 2:15 pm (local Gaza time) on June 7, US Central Command (CENTCOM) successfully reestablished the temporary pier in Gaza, enabling the continued delivery of much-needed humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza,” CENTCOM said in a statement on X.

Protesters in Tel Aviv call on Germany to cease arms exports

Demonstrators have gathered in front of Germany’s embassy in Tel Aviv to demand the German government halt arms exports to Israel.

At the entrance of the embassy, protesters held signs reading slogans such as, “Stop arming Israel”, “Don’t you have enough blood on your hands?” and “For once, be on the right side of history.”

They also chanted, “Germany, you can’t hide, you’re complicit in genocide.”

Israeli police (anon's note: ???) removed the protesters by force and detained five individuals.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/7/israels-war-on-gaza-live-hospital-barely-coping-with-dead-and-wounded
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 No.481984

>>481983
>US CENTCOM re-establishes temporary Gaza pier
This is a long shot, but what if this pier building exercise was about training for Taiwan shenanigans

>Demonstrators have gathered in front of Germany’s embassy in Tel Aviv to demand the German government halt arms exports to Israel.

>At the entrance of the embassy, protesters held signs reading slogans such as, “Stop arming Israel”, “Don’t you have enough blood on your hands?” and “For once, be on the right side of history.”
Well there you have it Jews in Israel giving Germany the perfect exit-ramp to extricate them selves from this debacle.
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 No.481985

A man set himself on fire outside of the Hashemite Palace in Jordan in protest against Jordan's pro-Israel position.

The guards opened fire on him as he burned.
-Lowkey
https://twitter.com/Lowkey0nline/status/1799009300028985666
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UN chief to call out Israel for violations against children

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will add Israel to a global list of offenders for committing violations against children.

Israel’s envoy to the UN, Gilad Erdan, said he was “utterly shocked and disgusted by this shameful decision”. He added that Israel’s military is the “most moral army in the world”.

The global list is included in a report on children and armed conflict that is due to be submitted to the UN Security Council on June 14.

Three Palestinians wounded after Israeli settlers set fire to West Bank village

Hani Odeh, head of the municipality council of Qusra in the occupied West Bank, says three people were wounded after settlers set fire to the village.

Odeh told The Associated Press that Israeli settlers had set fire to the area last night, attacking houses, burning warehouses and destroying trees.

Three people were injured, including two by live bullets, Odeh added.

The Israeli army told The AP that Israeli civilians lit Palestinian property on fire Thursday evening.

The army said there was a violent confrontation between Israeli civilians and Palestinians with mutual rock-throwing, and the army dispersed them by firing shots in the air.

Houthis claim two attacks on ships in the Red Sea

The Yemeni group’s military spokesmperson Yahya Saree says in a televised speech that the two ships, the Elbella and the AAL GENOA were targeted because they “belong to companies that violated the decision to ban entry to the ports of occupied Palestine”.

The Houthis have been carrying out attacks on commercial and military ships in the waters near Yemen since the early days of Israel’s war on Gaza.

“The targeting operation was carried out with a number of drones, ballistic and naval missiles, achieving precise strikes to the target”, Saree continued.

“The Yemeni Armed Forces will continue to carry out their military operations in support of and solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people until the aggression stops and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted”, he added.

PA welcomes UN move to add Israel’s army to child-harm blacklist

A decision to add Israel’s military to a global list of offenders who have committed violations against children is “a step closer to holding Israel accountable for its crimes,” the Palestinian Authority president’s spokesperson said on Friday.

Nabil Abu Rudeineh made his comment to Reuters after Israel’s UN envoy said he had been officially notified of the decision by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to add the Israeli military to the list.

The list is included in a report on children and armed conflict that is due to be submitted to the Security Council on June 14.

Canada tells citizens to ‘avoid all travel’ to Lebanon

The Canadian government has reiterated its travel advice for Canadians in Lebanon, asking them to “consider leaving by commercial means” if the individuals can do so safely.

“Avoid all travel to Lebanon due to a deteriorating security situation, civil unrest, the increased risk of terrorist attack and the ongoing armed conflict with Israel,” it said in a statement.

Tensions have been escalating between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

Since the war broke out in Gaza on October 7, Hezbollah has exchanged deadly fire across the border with Israel, stoking international concerns of the conflict spreading across the region.

UNRWA chief calls for investigations into attacks on UN, humanitarian convoys

Philippe Lazzarini has said “no one is being held accountable” for deadly attacks on UN personnel, as well as the destruction of UN premises and attacks on humanitarian convoys seeking to enter Gaza.

“It is time for independent investigations + accountability,” the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on X.

Lazzarini also warned that a “disinformation war” being waged against UNRWA “puts the lives of my own colleagues in #Gaza and elsewhere at risk”.

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Hezbollah says it hits Israeli army near border

The Lebanese armed group says its fighters have targeted a vehicle at the Birkat Risha military site in northern Israel with a “guided missile”.

Since the war broke out in Gaza on October 7, Hezbollah has exchanged deadly fire across the border with Israel, stoking international concerns of the conflict spreading across the region.

UN ‘shocked’ at Israel’s behavior in recording and release of phone call

Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, has confirmed to reporters that Israel has been informed it will be included in the Children in Armed Conflict report this year.

Earlier today, the Chef de Cabinet of the United Nations secretary-general, Courtney Rattray, gave Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan a courtesy call to inform Israel that it will be added. Though the report itself is due to be shared with Security Council members on June 14, it is tradition that the UN gives courtesy calls to notify newly added countries in advance and avoid leaks.

Erdan recorded that phone call and shared part of it on his social media, prompting a rebuke from the secretary-general’s spokesperson.

“Ambassador Erdan’s video recording of that phone call and the partial release of that recording on Twitter [X] is shocking and unacceptable, and frankly something I’ve never seen in my 24 years serving this organisation”.

‘Finally’: Amnesty International chief welcomes UN’s ‘blacklist’ decision

Agnes Callamard says rights groups “have long been documenting” Israeli violations against children.

“It should not have taken 15,000 children killed in Gaza for Israel to be on this shameful list,” the secretary-general of Amnesty International said.

As we’ve been reporting, more than 15,500 Palestinian children have been killed in Israeli attacks on the bombarded enclave since early October, according to figures from the Gaza Government Media Office.

Poll: Majority of Israelis would not vote for continued Netanyahu rule

An opinion poll conducted by Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 found that 62 percent of those questioned would not vote for a party that supports a continued government under Benjamin Netanyahu.

Additionally, 56 percent of those Israelis polled believe that the government should approve a prisoner swap deal that would see Israeli captives held in Gaza exchanged for Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails, and 56 percent believe that Netanyahu’s main consideration when considering any such deal is politics.

Protesters demanding elections to replace Netanyahu and for a deal that would free the captives have filled the streets of Israel’s major cities on a weekly basis for months now.

UN faced years of pressure by Israel and its allies over child rights report: Ex-official

Craig Mokhiber, a former UN human rights official who resigned last year over the organisation’s response to the Gaza war, says the world body deleted Israel from its so-called blacklist for years due to the pressure campaign.

The push by Israel and its allies resulted in an annual report on human rights violations against children in armed conflict that “had been broadly discredited”, Mokhiber wrote on X.

The UN report compiles “a list of parties engaging in violations against children”, including killing and maiming, sexual violence, and attacks on schools and hospitals.

“It took a new world record for child slaughter to compel the UN to include Israel this time,” Mokhiber said.

https://twitter.com/CraigMokhiber/status/1799151053063020927

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Fencing erected as pro-Palestine protesters set to surround the White House

Pro-Palestine protesters plan to surround the White House in Washington, DC, this weekend, prompting additional security measures to be added, including anti-scale fencing.

The activists, from groups including CODEPINK and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), are demanding an end to Israel’s war on Gaza and US support for the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.

They announced on Friday that they would be gathering today to mark eight months of war in Gaza.

“In preparation for the events this weekend in Washington, DC, that have the potential for large crowds to gather, additional public safety measures have been put in place near the White House complex,” a US Secret Service spokesperson said, according to the Reuters news agency.

Gantz expected to resign from Israeli government tomorrow: Report

US news outlet Axios reports that Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz will resign from Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government tomorrow, backing up Israeli media reports.

This follows the expiration of a deadline Gantz set last month for the developing of a clear plan “to achieve victory” in Gaza.

The families of Israeli captives in Gaza have urged Gantz not to resign until a prisoner exchange agreement is reached with Hamas.

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https://twitter.com/hahauenstein/status/1799041601685299250

"Israeli Activists have occupied the German embassy in Tel Aviv to protests German arms exports to Israel. They held up signs saying “don’t you have enough blood on your hands?” And: “never again is never again for anyone”. Scenes of how they were forcibly removed @radicalbloctlv

https://twitter.com/BTnewsroom/status/1798832425579241897
"Nazis are back in power and are taking their revenge, says Colombian President Gustavo Petro.

Gaza is their laboratory but they won’t stop until they make all of humanity “into an enslaved robot.”"

https://twitter.com/QudsNen/status/1799367419707686966
"BREAKING: Dozens of casualties arrive nonstop at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah following the Israeli massacre in neighboring Nusseirat refugee camp."

https://twitter.com/PSCupdates/status/1799413721812619410
"Huge London march for Palestine about to get underway."

https://twitter.com/answercoalition/status/1799402928790483010
"🚌Boston is on their way to D.C. to surround the White House and draw the People’s Red Line for Rafah!

🇵🇸Join us at 12pm to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza!"

https://twitter.com/pslnational/status/1799376208599331092
"🚌Dearborn, MI is on their way to Washington, D.C. to join the national march and draw #thepeoplesredline for Rafah! If Biden refuses to draw the red line, we will!

🇵🇸See you in Lafayette Park at 12pm!"
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Live in 3 hours

Fifty-five people killed in Israeli attack

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital spokesperson Khalil al-Degran says 55 people have been killed and “tens of wounded people” have arrived at the hospital following the Israeli attack on Nuseirat.

‘Blood everywhere’ at Al-Aqsa Hospital

Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric intensive care doctor with Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, says Al-Aqsa is too small a facility to be acting as Gaza’s main hospital.

“It has completely taken over Gaza’s healthcare system because every other major hospital has been destroyed,” Haj-Hassan told Al Jazeera.

The doctor said she has been receiving “frantic messages of pure chaos in the last hour” from colleagues at Al-Asqa describing “horrific” scenes from the hospital.

“I received a message from one of my colleagues in the emergency department saying, Dr Tanya, it’s a full-blown, comprehensive genocide site,” she said. “He kept repeating the word massacre, massacre, massacre over and over again.”

Haj-Hassan said her colleague then sent her video footage from the emergency department of the hospital.

“There is blood everywhere. There are many people missing, extremities. It was so horrific.”

Death toll rises in Gaza

At least 36,801 Palestinians have been killed and 83,680 wounded by Israel’s military offensive on Gaza since October 7, the Health Ministry in Gaza said.

It added that in the last 24 hours, 70 Palestinians were killed and 150 injured.

Israeli military says 4 captives rescued from Nuseirat

The Israeli military says it rescued four captives this morning during an operation in Nuseirat.

A joint statement on Telegram by the army, police and the securities agency, said that Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40), were found in “two separate locations in the heart of Nuseirat”.

It added that these four were taken to Gaza during the Nova music festival on October 7.

“They are in good medical condition and have been transferred to the ‘Sheba’ Tel-HaShomer Medical Center for further medical examinations,” the army said.

Israeli army gives details on captive rescue

Here are some points made by Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari following news of the army rescuing four captives from Gaza:

Information was gathered for weeks ahead of the operation.
This was a high-risk mission conducted in daylight deep inside Gaza. A helicopter was part of this operation.
The four were rescued from two separate buildings.
120 captives are still being held in Gaza.

Hezbollah says several Israeli targets hit

Hezbollah says it targeted the Israeli Zarit barracks. The Lebanese group also said it targeted the position of Israeli soldiers in a newly developed artillery range in the occupied Shebaa Farms.

Overnight, it said it targeted a group of Israeli soldiers with artillery shells at the Raheb site.

Former Mossad official warns against war with Hezbollah

The former head of Mossad’s intelligence gathering department, Haim Tomer, told Israel’s Hayom media outlet that a war with Hezbollah would mean “a threat to the Zionist vision of Israel”.

Here are some of the points he made:

A large-scale war with Hezbollah will undermine Israel’s ability to continue its work as a state with an economy, as a community and as an international player.
If a war breaks out, Hezbollah rockets will paralyse Israel for weeks.
A full-scale war will make the fate of Acre, Haifa, Tiberias and possibly Tel Aviv the same as that of Kiryat Shmona and the Galilee, where destruction and devastation are severe.
Hezbollah has precision missiles that can blow up Israeli gas fields in seconds.
The Israeli Air Force is no longer free to operate over Lebanon because of the detection system provided by Iran.
Hezbollah has 100,000 to 150,000 warheads and can fire 1,500 rockets a day during the first days of the war.

Houthis say they targeted two vessels in the Red Sea with drones and missiles

The Houthis have targeted two vessels in the Red Sea using drones and missiles, a spokesperson from the Yemen-based group has claimed.

Yemeni armed forces spokesman Yahya Saree said the ships, named the Elbella and AAL GENOA, were targeted for “belonging to companies that violated the law prohibiting entry to the ports of occupied Palestine”.

“The operations of our forces are in line with supporting the Palestinian people and responding to the crimes of the Zionist regime against the refugees in Rafah and the American-British aggression against Yemen,” he said.

Saree did not provide a date for the attacks, but described them as “successful”. There has been no independent confirmation of the incidents.



Palestinian resident forced to self-demolish home in occupied East Jerusalem

Local media have published scenes of the “self-demolition” of a Palestinian residential building consisting of several floors with a bulldozer, in the town of Jabal Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem.

Israeli authorities had forced the Palestinian resident to self-demolish, according to local media.

Almost 3,000 Palestinian children have lost limbs in Israel’s attacks on Gaza

Doctors in Gaza say as many as 3,000 Palestinian children have lost limbs in Israel’s war on the enclave.

More than 250 killed in five days; Israeli missile targets flour mill as children starve: UN

Between Monday and Friday afternoon, 252 Palestinians were reported killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and 753 were injured, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its latest situation report on the Palestinian territory.

Intense Israeli air strikes have targeted the Nuseirat, Bureij and Maghazi refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip, OCHA said.

A World Food Programme warehouse in Deir el-Balah was damaged on Thursday when an Israeli missile hit an adjoining flour mill, forcing the UN’s food agency to temporarily suspend operations at the site.

Palestinian boy, 8, named on Israeli list of Hamas fighters killed in attack on UN school: Report

One of the names listed by Israel as an alleged Palestinian fighter killed in an attack on a UN school in the Nuseirat refugee camp on Thursday was an eight-year-old boy, according to the hospital records.

The Associated Press (AP) news agency identified the slain boy as Shaheen Mahmoud Ibrahim Abu Sharif.

Two other boys – aged 10 and 14 – on the hospital’s list of being among the 33 displaced people killed in the Israeli air strike also had names “that suggested they were sons of a man Israel identified as a slain militant”, AP reports.

The father was not listed among the dead at Al-Aqsa Hospital, the AP said.

Antiwar activists briefly detained for protest outside German embassy in Israel

Four antiwar activists have been arrested for what police described as disturbing public safety, while a fifth was arrested for assaulting a police officer after a protest outside the German embassy in Tel Aviv on Friday.

Earlier, we reported that a group of German and Israeli antiwar activists had tied themselves together at the embassy’s entrance in the Israeli city, as they called on the German government to push for a ceasefire in Gaza and to stop its supply of arms to Israel.

Police initially told the detained protesters that they would remain in custody until Tuesday, at which point they would face a judge, Haaretz newspaper reported. But following an appeal from the protesters’ representative, a judge ruled their arrests were carried out illegally and ordered their release.

University of California academic workers ordered to temporarily halt strike

A state judge has ordered thousands of academic workers at the University of California (UC) to temporarily halt their strike over a crackdown on student-led pro-Palestine protests, ruling that the walkout was causing “damage to students’ education”.

United Auto Workers Local 4811, which represents 48,000 graduate students working as teaching assistants, researchers, tutors and other academic employees at UC, started its strike on May 20 in Santa Cruz.

The union alleged that the free speech rights of its members were violated during police and university crackdowns on pro-Palestine protests on several UC campuses last month.

But Orange County Superior Court Judge Randall J Sherman issued an emergency restraining order against the academic workers, after UC lawyers argued that the weeks-long strike was causing “irreparable harm” to students ahead of their final exams.

Hamas chief says group will not accept deal without security for Palestinians

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh says Israel cannot force its choices on the Palestinian group, adding that it will not accept a deal without security for Palestinians.

Haniyeh said that Israeli forces continue their “massacres against our people”, adding that following Israel’s addition to the UN’s “blacklist” for harming children, the world is still “unable to put an end to the war of extermination to which our people are subjected”.

Captives’ families urge Israeli gov’t to do more for those still held in Gaza

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum have lauded what they called a “heroic operation” by Israeli forces to rescue four captives.

However, the group reiterated that while it was a joyous moment, the government must remember its “commitment to bring back all 120 hostages still held by Hamas”.

“We continue to call upon the international community to apply the necessary pressure on Hamas to accept the proposed deal and release the other 120 hostages held in captivity; every day there is a day too far,” the group said on X.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/8/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-army-to-be-added-to-un-child-harm-list
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 No.482006

Palestinian death toll in Nuseirat refugee camp rises to 210

According to the Government Media Office in Gaza, “the Israeli massacre that took place in Nuseirat refugee camp has led to the killing of 210 Palestinians and the injury of more than 400”.

In a statement on its official Telegram channel, the media office said the injured were taken to al-Awda Hospital in the camp and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah.

US assisted with operation to release captives: Report

According to Axios, citing a US administration official, the American hostages unit in Israel assisted in the release of the four Israeli captives in Gaza.

We reported earlier that US President Joe Biden is expected to be making remarks in France in this coming hour about the captives.

Israel will use images of rescued captive ‘to justify the killing’

Palestinian Deputy Ambassador to the UN Majed Bamya has said that as people rejoice for the reunification of families in Israel, the world must not forget that more than 100 Palestinians have been killed.

“Scores of civilians and many children were killed today in the Israeli operation and they may not be mentioned or will be a footnote in today’s news at best,” he said in a post on X.

“As you smile seeing a father finally embracing his daughter in Tel Aviv, shed a tear for the father having to bury his daughter in Gaza,” he added.

He said that there is a way for Palestinian and Israeli families to be “reunited in life not in death”.

“That is the success we should all be striving for. After eight months of massacres, Israel will use today’s images to try and justify the killing of 36,000 Palestinians and the destruction of the lives of 2.3 million Palestinians. Don’t let it.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/8/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-army-to-be-added-to-un-child-harm-list
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 No.482008

Live now from DC
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 No.482009

>>482008
That one's delayed, this one's started.
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 No.482010

>>482009
"we have shut down streets, we have shut down bridges, airports, train stations"
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 No.482013

>>482006
>Palestinian death toll in Nuseirat refugee camp rises to 210
Some are reporting that this was done using an infiltrated aid truck from the $320,000,000 Biden pier.
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 No.482016

Colombia will suspend coal sales to Israel over Gaza war: President

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced that his government will suspend coal exports to Israel while it continues its war in the Gaza Strip.

“We are going to suspend coal exports to Israel until the genocide stops,” he wrote on X.

In May, Petro, who describes Israel’s war in Gaza as “genocidal”, announced Colombia would sever ties with Israel over the conflict.

Hamas military spokesman says Israeli army killed captives in Nuseirat operation

The masked spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, who goes by nom de guerre Abu Obeida, says that the attacks carried out today by the Israeli military in central Gaza represent a “complex war crime”.

He also said that ” the first to be harmed by [the Israeli army] are its prisoners”, in a reference to the around 120 captives still held in the Gaza Strip.

Here are a few other key things:

The enemy was able, by committing horrific massacres, to free some of his captives, but at the same time, it killed some of them during the operation.
The operation will pose a great danger to the enemy prisoners and will have a devastating impact on their conditions and live

Thousands protest for Palestinians in London

Tens of thousands of demonstrators are marching through the centre of London waving Palestinian flags and holding banners that say ‘Free Palestine’.

The pro-Palestinian demonstration packed some of central London’s wider streets as they marched from Russell Square to the Houses of Parliament.

The protest took about 90 minutes to file past the group of under 100 pro-Israel supporters who blared dance music and waved Israeli and British flags.

Hezbollah says it used new weapon for first time against Israel

The Lebanese armed group says in a statement that it has fired a salvo of Falaq 2 rockets at an Israeli military command centre in the north of the country for the first time.

A security source told Reuters that this was the first time the group has used this type of rocket, after firing the Falaq 1 on dozens of previous occasions.

Iran blames Israeli Nuseirat attack on ‘inaction’ from world states

Iran’s Foreign Ministry blamed the hundreds of deaths that resulted from an Israeli attack on a Gaza refugee camp during an operation to rescue Israeli captives on “inaction” by world governments and the UN Security Council, Iranian state media reports.

“These horrific and shocking crimes … are the result of the inaction of governments and responsible international bodies, including the United Nations Security Council, in the face of eight months of war crimes and violations by the Zionist regime [Israel],” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani.

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EU foreign policy chief says reports from Nuseirat attack ‘appalling’

Josep Borrell says that the European Union condemns “in the strongest terms” the Israeli army attack on the central Gaza refugee camp, which as of this time has killed at least 210 people.

“The bloodbath must end immediately”, he said, adding that US President Joe Biden’s three-stage ceasefire plan, unveiled last week, “is the way forward for an enduring ceasefire and to end the killing”.

Arab Parliament blames ‘silence’ of int’l community for Nuseirat ‘massacre’

The Cairo-based organisation has denounced the “massacre perpetrated by the Israeli occupation entity today in the Nuseirat camp … in which dozens of citizens were killed and hundreds injured, most of them children and women”.

It held Israel and the US administration responsible, saying that Washington’s silence on Israel’s war crimes, and failure to stop it, makes the US an accomplice.

The Arab Parliament added that the “continued massacres of the occupying entity against Palestinian civilians is a blatant challenge to the international community and its decisions, and a disregard for international law”.

Jordanian Foreign Ministry condemns ‘brutal’ Israeli attack on Nuseirat

In a statement on X, the ministry says that Israel’s attack, which has killed at least 210 people, is “a practice that reflects the systematic targeting of Palestinian civilians, the Israeli persistence in violating international law and international humanitarian law, and continuing to commit war crimes”.

“The ministry’s official spokesman, Ambassador Dr. Sufyan Al-Qudah, affirmed the kingdom’s condemnation and absolute denunciation of Israel’s continued commitment of genocide crimes in the Gaza Strip, which is suffering an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe as a result of the Israeli aggression”, the statement continues.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/8/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-army-to-be-added-to-un-child-harm-list
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 No.482017

>>482013
>Some are reporting that this was done using an infiltrated aid truck from the $320,000,000 Biden pier.
what does that mean ?
Like the Greek legend with soldiers hiding inside the Trojan horse, except it's a Trojan truck ?
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 No.482018

>>482017
Something like that.
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 No.482019

New BT feed
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 No.482020

>>482019
people's tribunal of Joe Biden at 4PM EST
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 No.482022

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PIJ sends rockets from Gaza towards Israeli cities

The Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, says in a statement that it bombarded the areas surrounding the Gaza Strip with rockets.

In tandem, Israeli media is reporting that air raid sirens have sounded in the Israeli cities of Sderot, Kfar Azza and Nir General, all close to the Gaza Strip.

We will update you on this attack by the Quds Bridages as we get more information.

Germany’s Scholz booed by pro-Palestinian protesters at last EU election rally

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was giving a speech when he was heckled by pro-Palestine demonstrators.

He addressed the protesters saying they also belonged to a democracy that allows free speech, before saying that Hamas’s attacks on Israel were “inhumane”.

Israeli Nuseirat attack will not affect swap deal: Islamic Jihad

Israel’s attack on Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp will not affect the current prisoner-captive swap deal, says Mohammad al-Hindi, deputy chief of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, which is an ally of Hamas.

Al-Hindi said that conditions for the deal remain the same, in comments to Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV.

Israeli police arrest protesters in Tel Aviv

Earlier, we reported on arrests at antiwar demonstrations in the northern Israeli city of Haifa.

Similar protests, in support of the captives still held in Gaza and against the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, are occurring in Tel Aviv.

At least 10 protesters have been arrested at these demonstrations so far.

This video, verified by Al Jazeera, shows violent confrontations on Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv between police and demonstrators:
https://twitter.com/bar_peleg/status/1799520823490834735

Israeli police break up antiwar demonstrations, arrest protesters

The Israeli police arrested at least three people during a demonstration in the city of Haifa in northern Israel to denounce the Nuseirat massacre in the Gaza Strip.

The police were seen breaking up the protest demonstration, in which a number of activists and citizens from the city of Haifa participated.

They chased some of them in one of the city’s streets, assaulted them, and arrested them.

The protest movement was demanding an end to the war on Gaza and denouncing the massacres committed by the occupation authorities in the Gaza Strip, the most recent of which was the Nuseirat massacre.

Pro-Palestinian protesters slam Biden in ‘red line’ rally at White House

Thousands of Gaza war protesters have held a “red line” rally near the White House, voicing anger at US President Joe Biden’s tolerance of Israel’s bloody war in Gaza.

Chanting “From DC to Palestine, we are the red line,” the demonstrators held a long banner scribbled with the names of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, as the war enters its ninth month.

Biden has faced criticism for supporting key ally Israel’s actions in the war.

The White House said in May that a deadly Israeli strike on Rafah did not cross a “red line” that Biden had seemingly set two months earlier when asked about a potential invasion of the southern Gaza city.

The protesters — almost all wearing red clothing — held Palestinian flags and signs saying “Biden’s red line was a lie” and “Bombing children is not self-defence.”

The White House stepped up security with an additional anti-scale perimeter fence ahead of the demonstration, which saw chartered buses ferrying in people from as far afield as Maine and Florida.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/8/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-army-to-be-added-to-un-child-harm-list
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It's joever
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 No.482024

>>482023
This brings the grand total of hostages released through force by the IDF to 6, and the grand total of hostages killed by the IDF since October 8th to 4.

That's 2 more rescued than killed, very impressive!
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 No.482025

>>482020
>>482019
Tribunal ongoing rn
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 No.482026

>>482023
that's not very many, at that rate the hostages will probably die of old age
>>482024
The hardcore ultra Zionists kept repeating the mantra
<the hostages must be sacrificed for victory
and the Israeli public kept saying
<no fuck that, save the hostages
Ignoring this, is having political consequences, and that's why there are now a few PR rescues.

Obviously the correct way to rescue the Hostages is negotiations and a ceasefire.
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 No.482027

>>482026
>that's not very many, at that rate the hostages will probably die of old age
You're just jealous that your stupid military probably couldn't save 0.75 hostages per month like the glorious IDF.
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 No.482028

LIVE From STOP THE GENOCIDE Protest in Los Angeles

New Israeli air strikes on Nuseirat

Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Gaza reports that Israeli warplanes have targeted a house in the al-Dawa area in the east of Nuseirat refugee camp.

Today, Israeli attacks on Nuseirat killed at least 210 Palestinians and injured 400, in an operation that reduced four Israeli captives held there.

We will update you on this attack when we have more information.

Israeli police say 33 arrested at Tel Aviv protest

We’ve been reporting on arrests at antiwar and antigovernment protests in Haifa and Tel Aviv in Israel.

Israeli police are now saying that the number of people arrested at protests in Tel Aviv has risen to 33, the Times of Israel is reporting.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/8/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-army-to-be-added-to-un-child-harm-list
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 No.482029

Demonstration in West Bank over Israeli attack on Nuseirat

People have taken to the streets in Nablus in the occupied West Bank to protest after more than 200 Palestinians were reportedly killed in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp, the Wafa news agency is reporting.

Participants in the march called on the international community to do more to end Israel’s war crimes and for Palestinian unity against Israeli aggression, Wafa reported.

UN chief says ‘scores of Palestinians’ killed since memorial to UN staff on Thursday

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has shared a post on X about a memorial to UN staff killed in 2023, held earlier this week.

Guterres noted that 135 of the “188 UN colleagues who lost their lives in the line of duty last year” worked for UNRWA, and said that this was “by far the highest number of our personnel killed in a single conflict”.

Guterres also noted that “scores of Palestinian civilians continued to be killed in Israeli military operations” since the memorial was held on Thursday.

“This horror must stop,” he said.

At the time of the wreath-laying memorial on Thursday, Guterres said the UN was unable to reach the family members of many UNRWA staff to confirm they gave consent for their names to be read out, “because they have either been killed or forced from their homes by Israeli military operations”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/8/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-army-to-be-added-to-un-child-harm-list
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 No.482030

Additional footage shows the truck that Israeli forces used to sneak into Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, masquerading as a humanitarian vehicle purportedly carrying food and medicine for displaced Palestinians. This truck reportedly arrived from the American floating pier.
https://x.com/QudsNen/status/1799492893339496485
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 No.482031

File: 1717894752553.mp4 ( Spoiler Image, 8.88 MB , 480x852 , Nuseirat refugee camp mass….mp4 )

From Nuseirat today.
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 No.482032

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>>482032
on a happier note
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 No.482034

>>482033
Yeah, that's significantly less unpleasant!
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 No.482035

Investigation needed for claims Israel used humanitarian work cover during Nuseirat attack

Kenneth Roth, the former executive director of Human Rights Watch and a visiting professor at Princeton University, said claims that Israeli forces may have used the disguise of humanitarian aid workers during the Nuseirat refugee camp attack need to be investigated.

“We don’t really know what vehicles were used. The initial allegation was that humanitarian vehicles were used and that, clearly, would be illegal. That would endanger humanitarian workers. Now Israel denied that,” Roth told Al Jazeera.

“So I think we don’t know,” Roth said.

“But what we do know is that an investigation is needed to ensure that this was not an effort to pose as humanitarian workers or medical workers or some kind of protected worker. Because the use of such vehicles would then endanger these people,” he said.

Israeli attack on Nuseirat did not take precautions to ‘spare civilians’: Rights expert

More from Kenneth Roth, the former executive director of HRS and a visiting professor at Princeton University, who spoke with Al Jazeera earlier:

“I think we have to first recognise that while the numbers currently are at least 210 killed and over 400 wounded, we don’t have a breakdown yet of how many of those were fighters versus civilians,” Roth told Al Jazeera.

“There clearly was a firefight. So I think we can’t draw definitive conclusions until we know a bit more,” Roth said.

“But there are certain conclusions that we can reach. For example, the Israeli military said that it deliberately launched this rescue operation during the day, hoping to surprise Hamas. Hamas would have expected it to come at night,” Roth said.

“The one problem with operating during the day is that civilians are all about. And some of the bombs clearly fell either on or right adjacent to a market in al-Nuseirat which was filled with people,” he said.

“And in those circumstance, you predictably will get larger numbers of civilian casualties than if it had been a night-time operation. That is inconsistent with the duty to take all feasible precautions to spare civilians harm.”

US military denies Gaza aid pier had role in Nuseirat camp attack

The US Central Command, which is responsible for US forces in the Middle East, said the Gaza aid pier played no role in Israel’s attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp, which killed 210 people and wounded hundreds during a military raid to free four Israeli captives.

“The humanitarian pier facility, including its equipment, personnel, and assets were not used in the operation to rescue hostages today in Gaza,” CENTCOM said in a post on social media.

“An area south of the facility was used by the Israelis to safely return the hostages to Israel.

“Any such claim to the contrary is false. The temporary pier on the coast of Gaza was put in place for one purpose only, to help move additional, urgently needed lifesaving assistance into Gaza.”

The pier was returned to the Gaza coast on Friday from repairs in Israel after suffering damage during bad weather last month.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/9/israels-war-on-gaza-live-nightmare-as-hospital-copes-with-nuseirat-dead

"Itamar, you piece of sh**, we'll put you in jail, don't worry."
Ben-Gvir, Israeli National Security Minister, gets called out by Israelis in public.
Even their own are turning against them.

https://twitter.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/1799471195840020624
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 No.482036

The number of dead counted from the Nuseirat massacre yesterday has risen:
What we know about Israel’s deadly attack on Nuseirat camp

Israel carried out a major assault on central Gaza’s Nuseirat camp on Saturday, killing at least 274 Palestinians and injuring close to 700, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Four Israeli captives were freed in the wake of one of Israel’s biggest attacks since October.

Here’s what we know so far about the attack:

Israeli forces launched the raid in broad daylight, claiming to strike at military infrastructure in the camp as part of a rescue operation. But witnesses and journalists on the ground say Israel bombed residential buildings, leading to higher casualties.
A paramedic who witnessed the attack said it was “like a horror movie and that “Israeli drones and warplanes fired all night randomly at people’s houses”, according to Reuters. “Anyone who was moving in the street was killed,” a witness said.
Two witnesses have told Al Jazeera that Israeli soldiers arrived in Nuseirat using aid trucks and furniture-laden trucks. Israel has denied those claims. Another witness said the US-built pier was used in the attack, but the US Central Command said it was a “false” claim.
Al-Aqsa Hospital, where most of the victims were taken, turned into a “slaughterhouse”, according to Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan of Doctors Without Borders, with footage showing patients, including children, “lying everywhere in pools of blood”.
Saul Takahashi, a former deputy head of the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in occupied Palestine, told Al Jazeera the attack showed a clear disregard for international humanitarian law, lacking “proportionality”.
The deadly attack has triggered condemnation, with the EU foreign policy chief demanding “the bloodbath” to end.

Gaza’s death toll surpasses 37,000

Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed 283 people and injured 814 in the past 24 hours alone, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

The vast majority of those casualties – 274 killed and 698 injured – were caused by Israel’s operation in Nuseirat, the ministry said. Israeli forces claimed to have freed four captives during the operation.

The latest casualties bring Gaza’s total death toll since October 7 to 37,084 killed and 84,494 injured, according to the ministry.

Witnesses: Israeli soldiers disguised as displaced Palestinians in Nuseirat attack

Two witnesses have told Al Jazeera how a unit of Israeli soldiers arrived in a truck carrying furniture to apparently appear as if they were displaced Palestinians moving into a residential building in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

“They arrived in an undercover truck, pretending to be moving furniture as if they were displaced individuals,” one witness said. “They bombed my house, as well as my brother’s and the neighbours’.”

Another witness told Al Jazeera that Israeli soldiers used a ladder to climb into his home as he was preparing breakfast for his wife and baby.

“I caught sight of a specialised forces unit. It had furniture in the vehicle to make it look like it belonged to displaced people. Suddenly the operative got out two ladders and came into our home fully armed. Chaos erupted with gunfire and explosions,” he said.

“My 18-month baby boy cried out in fear,” he said. “My wife was screaming.”

Israel’s use of white phosphorous in Lebanon causing lasting harm: HRW
Justin Salhani

As Al Jazeera reported in March, Israel continues to use white phosphorus munitions in south Lebanon, causing lasting damage and driving villagers away even as Israeli officials threaten a war across their northern border.

A new report released on Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) concurs, showing that white phosphorus attacks are “putting civilians at grave risk” and “contributing to displacement”.

“Israel’s use of airburst white phosphorus munitions in populated areas indiscriminately harms civilians and has led many to leave their homes,” Ramzi Kaiss, Lebanon researcher at HRW, said in the report.

Palestine PM: UN Security Council emergency meeting sought over Nuseirat attack

The office of Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa has confirmed that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is seeking an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council following Israel’s attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp that killed 210 people.

International intervention is needed to “address Israeli aggression” against Palestinian people and to enforce UN resolutions calling for an immediate ceasefire, the president’s office said in a post on social media.

Yemen’s Houthis claim Red Sea attack on British destroyer

The armed group has said it fired ballistic missiles at a British destroyer, the HMS Diamond, in the Red Sea.

The Houthis said in a statement that the strike was “accurate”, but did not say whether it had caused any damage.

The group said it had also attacked two commercial vessels which it identified as the Norderney and Tavvishi.

The statement said that the Norderney and the Tavvishi – which was in the Arabian Sea – had both been hit, and that a fire broke out on the Norderney.

Israel’s deadly raid on Nuseirat camp barbaric: Turkey

Turkey has condemned the killing of 274 Palestinians in Israeli raid on Nuseirat refugee camp to rescue four captives.

“With this latest barbaric attack, Israel has added a new one to the list of war crimes it has committed in Gaza,” said the Foreign Ministry in Ankara.

‘Democracies don’t ban freedom of speech’
Imran Khan
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government.

We knew that Israel’s information minister, Shlomo Karhi, was looking to get the cabinet to extend the ban on Al Jazeera. That cabinet approval has now been received, so the ban is back in place.

Al Jazeera has sent a response to Karhi via lawyers.

Internationally, the ban has been condemned. The Americans have spoken about press freedom. The European Union, the British and most Western nations that see themselves as Democratic have called into question the wisdom of the ban and asked Israel to lift it.

Israel considers itself a democracy. Democracies don’t ban freedom of speech.

Let’s see where we go after 45 days. This is going to take us to around August 5.

‘Only a deal’ can bring home the rest of the captives: Retired Israeli general

Israel Ziv, the former head of the Israeli military’s operations division, has commented on the rescue of four Israeli captives in a raid that killed more than 200 Palestinians in Nuseirat refugee camp on Saturday.

Ziv said there should be a “comprehensive deal” to bring back the remaining captives to end the war.

“Only a deal can bring the captives back…such a deal cannot stand alone, it must be part of a comprehensive deal to end the war,” he was quoted as saying by Israel’s Maariv media.

“This time,” he added, “it is more in Israel’s interest than Hamas’s because there is an existential threat looming in the north.”

Ziv added that the operation, one of Israel’s most “complex and dangerous” ever, was a “very big success”.

Nevertheless, Hamas will surely draw lessons from it and take steps to deter any future captive-rescue operation, he said, meaning the only way to bring home all the captives is through an exchange deal.

Palestinian solidarity protests – Thousands gather outside White House

Pro-Palestinian protesters descended on the White House in Washington, DC in a sea of red to symbolise the blood being shed in Gaza and the “red line” that the protesters say that Israel has crossed in its war.

The protesters carried a huge red banner which they stretched around the White House and which they said also symbolised the “red line” the US has allowed Israel to cross.

Israel’s celebration after captives rescue is ‘shortsighted’, even ‘tragic’, says Marwan Bishara

Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara said the celebrations following the Nuseirat refugee camp attack were “the most tragic aspect of it all”.

It is one thing for families and relatives to celebrate the return of loved ones who were held captive, Bishara said.

But it is something entirely different for the Israeli and US governments to “turn it into some kind of national holiday”.

“That is just so tragic and so shortsighted,” Bishara said.

“After more than 40 captives have already died. After more than 40,000 Palestinians have already been killed. They want to celebrate the rescue of four captives that could have been easily rescued in any exchange deal?

“I mean, how shortsighted could any politician be?”

‘It was like a horror movie’: Paramedic says Israel hit market, mosque in Nuseirat attack

A paramedic who witnessed the Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp said it was “like a horror movie, but this was a real massacre”, Reuters reports.

Ziad, a 45-year-old paramedic from Nuseirat who gave only his first name, told Reuters the attack hit near a marketplace and al-Awda Mosque.

“Israeli drones and warplanes fired all night randomly at people’s houses and at people who tried to flee the area,” said Ziad.

“To free four people, Israel killed dozens of innocent civilians,” he said.

Many bodies were still lying in the streets, including around the market district, after the attack, Ziad and other residents told Reuters.

Fire contained after missile hit cargo ship in Red Sea

A fire that broke out after a missile hit a cargo ship near Yemen’s port city of Aden has been contained, with no injuries reported, the UK security firm Ambrey has said.

Ambrey also said, in an advisory note, that people in small boats opened fire on the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged general cargo ship and that a “second missile was sighted but did not hit the ship”, according to the Reuters news agency.

Yemen’s Houthi fighters have been attacking ships in the Red Sea linked to Israel and its seaports, in what they say is an act of solidarity with the people of Gaza.

Israel’s Gantz to deliver important address tonight: Report

War cabinet minister Benny Gantz will give an address this evening in which he is expected to resign from the government, according to Israel’s Ynet news site.

Spanish protesters lay in solidarity with Gaza

Hundreds of Spanish protesters have laid out on the ground at the Guggenheim Bilbao, in a demonstration to draw attention to the growing civilian casualties in Gaza.

“I have come here to show my support for the Palestinian people and my disapproval of Netanyahu’s government,” one protester, Rober Diaz Letamendi, told Al Jazeera. “He has no right. It’s a genocide.”

Pope Francis calls for immediate Gaza peace deal

During his weekly Sunday address, Pope Francis says he hopes Israel and Hamas immediately accept the peace proposals for the ceasefire and the release of captives “for the sake of the Palestinians and Israelis”.

The Pope urged the international community to “urgently” act to bring more aid into war-worn Gaza.

“Humanitarian aid must be allowed to reach those in need, and no one can impede it,” he said.

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Qassam Brigades claim Israel killed captives during ‘rescue operation’ in Nuseirat

The armed wing of Hamas, Qassam Brigades, has said that three Israeli captives, including a US citizen, had been killed as Israeli soldiers launched an attack on Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp.

The group made the claim in a statement published on its Telegram channel.

Israeli forces released four captives but killed more than 274 Palestinians during the attack.

Gaza war had AIPAC sending more money from GOP donors into Democratic races: Report

According to an analysis by US magazine Politico, the powerful pro-Israel lobby has been spending millions of Republican donors’ money in Democratic primaries to boost “moderates” over progressives who have been critical of Israel.

“Israel’s invasion of Gaza, and its mounting civilian casualties, have led even Democrats who have long favoured Israel to question whether the US can continue its level of support,” the report by Politico said.

UK dismisses Houthi claim of attack on British destroyer

Britain’s defence ministry has said the statement issued by Yemen’s Houthi rebels claiming an attack on HMS Diamond is false.

We reported earlier that the Houthis did not say whether the attack they said they had carried out on the HMS Diamond had caused any damage, but the group described the missile strike as “accurate”.

“These claims are untrue,” a British Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesperson said.

The Houthi group, which controls the most populous parts of Yemen, has staged attacks on ships in the waters off the country since November in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

The campaign has disrupted global shipping, forcing firms to re-route to longer and more expensive journeys around southern Africa, and stoked fears that the Israeli war on Gaza could spread and destabilise the wider Middle East.

The United States and Britain have carried out strikes against Houthi targets in response to the attacks on shipping.

Aid deliveries resume from newly-repaired temporary pier to Gaza: US military

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) says the first aid from a temporary pier has arrived in Gaza since storm damage required repairs to the project.

It said that crews delivered about 492 tons (about 1.1 million pounds) of food to Gaza via the US-built pier that was operational for only about a week before it was blown apart in high winds and heavy seas on May 25.

The damaged section was reconnected to the beach in Gaza on Friday after undergoing repairs at an Israeli port.

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US doesn’t confirm it aided Israel during ‘rescue operation’

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week” programme, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan did not say whether the United States provided intelligence support to Israel or comment on how the operation might affect Hamas embracing a ceasefire agreement.



Sullivan also said the US doesn’t know how many Palestinians died in the incursion. Gaza’s health ministry said 274 Palestinians were killed.

Asked if Washington would back similar future Israeli raids even if such numbers of Palestinian civilians died, Sullivan replied: “The United States will support Israel in taking steps to try to rescue hostages.”

He also said Washington would keep urging Israel to minimise civilian casualties.

Hamas video of killed captives message to Israel, US
Reporting from Deir al-Balah, Gaza and Tareq Abu Azzoum

Details have been presented in a video released by the military wing of Hamas about three Israeli captives allegedly killed by the Israeli army.

They were killed during the operation that was carried out yesterday to release four Israeli captives, the armed group said.

What we saw in the video is supposedly three Israeli captives killed, but the video was blurred, so it was hard to identify the captives.

The video stresses the fact that one of the captives is a US citizen.

We believe that it’s a message from the military wing of Hamas to the Israeli side, and even to the captives’ families, to make them put pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire deal that would bring those captives back home to Israel.

And at the same time, it’s also another message to the US administration specifically to convince Netanyahu to press ahead with a ceasefire agreement, which is still at a dead end.

Settlers set fire to homes, land in occupied West Bank city of Burqa

Settlers set a house ablaze in the town of Burqa, north of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to local social media platforms.

Several settlers from the Israeli settlement of Homesh, near Nablus, also threw burning tyres at the homes of citizens in multiple areas north of the village, setting nearby agricultural land on fire, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

Benny Gantz resigns from Israel’s war cabinet

Centrist politician Benny Gantz resigned from Israel’s war cabinet, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more reliant on far-right allies.

“I’m proud of joining the emergency cabinet after the tragedy on October 7 befell us. But after eight months of combat we have to look forward,” Gantz told reporters. “Netanyahu knows what he must do and he must do it.”

Gantz also called on Defence Minister Yoav Gallant to “be brave and do what is right”.

“We are leaving the unity government with a heavy heart,” he said.

Commander of Israeli army’s Gaza division resigns

Brigadier-General Avi Rosenfeld is the first Israeli military combat commander to resign since October 7, The Times of Israel reports.

In his letter of resignation, he wrote that he failed in his mission to protect Israeli civilians in the towns and villages along Gaza.

“I intend to continue to take part in the investigations and the learning of lessons, to do everything so that what happened on October 7 does not happen in the future,” Rosenfeld is quoted as saying.

The newspaper said Rosenfeld is only the second senior officer in the army to resign over the Hamas attack, after the chief of the Military Intelligence Directorate announced he was quitting in April.

Staggering number of children killed in Israel’s Nuseirat attack

Among the 274 dead from Israel’s army incursion are at least 64 children, 57 women, and 37 elderly people, Gaza’s health ministry says. Another 798 Palestinians were wounded in the Israeli raid.

The Palestinian death toll is the worst over a 24-hour period of the Gaza war for months.

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>>482041
>Staggering number of children killed in Israel’s Nuseirat attack
IDF ICF
Israeli Child-killer force
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>>482042
That's more accurate, yeah!
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Al Jazeera analysis on Gantz resignation

UN’s nuclear agency urged to investigate Gaza for depleted uranium

The International Atomic Energy Agency must send monitors into Gaza to check whether Israel’s military has fired depleted uranium munitions during its war on the territory, says Palestine’s Ambassador to Austria Salah Abdel Shafi.

While depleted uranium ammunition is not considered nuclear weapons, their emission of low levels of radiation has led IAEA to warn of possible dangers of exposure.

Cuba slams Nuseirat massacre: ‘More evidence of genocide’

Bruno Rodriguez, foreign minister of Cuba, says: “We condemn in the strongest terms the massacre carried out by the Israeli army in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza.”

He called it more “evidence of the genocide that Israel commits with impunity against the people of Palestine”.

Qatari minister denounces Israeli ‘exceptionalism’

Following Israel’s killing of 274 Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Qatar’s Minister of State for International Cooperation Lolwah Al Khater slammed Israeli “exceptionalism”, emphasising that no one should be above international law.

“A basic and logical question: Does the right to self-defence go both ways or only the Israeli way?” she said in a graphic post on X.

Ultra-nationalist minister Ben-Gvir demands Gantz’ war cabinet seat

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir demanded Benny Gantz’s now vacant seat at the war cabinet soon after his resignation was announced.

“I have issued a demand to the prime minister … to join the war cabinet,” Ben-Gvir said in a letter posted on X.

Ultra-nationalist Jewish Power, headed by Ben-Gvir, holds six seats in parliament.

US rights group calls ‘Israeli operation’ in Nuseirat ‘grotesque, botched’

Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) says Israeli officials should be held responsible for “the massacring not only 274 Palestinians, mostly women and children, but reportedly also killing three hostages, including a US citizen”.

“By providing intelligence and logistics support for this operation, the [Joe] Biden administration has now made the US a party to this conflict and placed US forces at risk for attack as legitimate military targets,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, DAWN’s executive director.

“While it’s a relief that a few hostages were released, this entire stunt was unnecessary given the ongoing ceasefire negotiations that include the release of all civilian hostages. Israel didn’t need to carry out this operation; a diplomatic solution was already on the table, which would have secured the safe release of all hostages without further bloodshed.”

Gantz: ‘Netanyahu preventing us from progressing to real victory’

Benny Gantz says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is failing in the war against Hamas in Gaza.

“Netanyahu is preventing us from progressing to a real victory. That is why we are leaving the emergency government today with a heavy heart,” Gantz said.

He called for early elections, saying “there should be elections that will eventually establish a government that will win the trust of the people and be able to face challenges”.

Demonstrations against the Netanyahu-led government are important but must be lawful, he added.

“The protests are important, however, they need to be conducted in a legal manner and they must not encourage hatred. We are not each other’s enemies. Our enemies are outside of our borders,” Gantz told reporters.
(anon's note: their enemies were not, in fact, outside their borders)

“I will be part of a national unity government that includes all centrist parties and only that option will allow us to face all the challenges that stand before us, even with Netanyahu. Like I said, what we need is true and genuine unity and not partial unity.”

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>>482048
>(anon's note: their enemies were not, in fact, outside their borders)
yeah that's true
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From a Haaretz interview with freed Israeli hostage Louis Har.
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https://x.com/QudsNen/status/1799905553411432764
"Netanyahu will be next."
"Displaced residents in Gaza celebrate the resignation of Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot from the war cabinet, hoping that Netanyahu will be eventually taken down."
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>>482054
Norman Finkelstein thinks that Netanyahu's conduct towards Palestinians reflects the attitudes of most Israeli. So if he gets shit-canned, good riddance, but whoever follows him, likely isn't going to be any better.
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>>482056
It depends on what happens, I guess.
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Hezbollah claims attack on Israeli forces in Syrian Golan

Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group has claimed another attack on Israeli forces. This time on the headquarters of the 210th Golan Division in the Israeli Nafah base in the occupied Syrian Golan.

The group said in a statement on Telegram that the “air attack with a squadron of drones” resulted in “confirmed casualties”.

“Part of the headquarters was also destroyed and set on fire,” it added.

Hezbollah claims attack on Israeli army division HQ

Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group has claimed to have carried out an air attack “with a swarm of drones” on the newly established command headquarters of the Israeli army’s 146th Division east of Israel’s northern city of Nahariya.

The group said in a statement on Telegram the attack resulted in “the killing or wounding” of Israeli forces as well as the destruction of their settlements and a blaze.

It said the operation was in response to Israel’s attack on the Lebanese villages of Aitaroun and Markaba that killed two Hezbollah fighters on Saturday.

Antitank missiles fired at northern Israel

Since early this morning, at least six antitank missiles launched from Lebanon have hit settlements in the Upper Galilee region of northern Israel, according to Israel’s Army Radio.

The attacks sparked several fires and damaged a home in the northeastern kibbutz of Menara, but caused no casualties, Army Radio said.

Qassam Brigades claims attack on Israeli forces in Rafah city

The armed wing of Hamas has claimed to have “killed and wounded” an unnamed number of Israeli forces in the Shaboura camp of Gaza’s Rafah city.

The statement made on Telegram said the Qassam Brigades detonated a booby-trapped house with the Israeli forces inside.

“Immediately upon the arrival of the rescue force, our [fighters] destroyed the vicinity of the house that was blown up with mortar shells,” it added.

More on Qassam Brigades’ attack on Israeli forces in Rafah
Tareq Abu Azzoum
Reporting from Deir el-Balah, central Gaza

There is a very serious security development that took place a couple of hours ago in Rafah, where the Qassam Brigades has announced that they ambushed an Israeli force in a residential building.

They managed to blow up the entire building [with the soldiers inside]. A number of soldiers have been killed and others injured. And later, Israeli helicopters started to evacuate the injured to Israeli hospitals in order to get treatment.

Within the operation, Israeli forces managed to throw smoke grenades in order to make a cover for evacuating soldiers.

US military confirms Houthi missile strikes on 2 ships in Gulf of Aden

Yemen’s Houthis damaged two commercial vessels in missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden in the last 24 hours as part of the group’s ongoing campaign against ships linked to Israel, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said late on Sunday.

The Houthis hit the Tavvishi, a Liberian-flagged and Swiss-owned container ship, with an antiship ballistic missile, CENTCOM said. The vessel was damaged, but no crew were injured, according to CENTCOM.

Israeli raid in Far’a camp ongoing for 12 hours

Israeli forces’ raid on Far’a camp in the occupied West Bank, where a 15-year-old boy has been killed, is still continuing after more than 12 hours, according to Palestinian journalist and analyst Nour Odeh.

“If we take a broader look at what’s happening, one can read that this [Israeli] government is back to its hard-right core,” Odeh told Al Jazeera from Ramallah. “Its agenda is focused on the West Bank, on taking over as much land as possible.”

She added that there are expectations Israel’s war cabinet will “escalate assaults” in the West Bank after the resignation of war cabinet minister Benny Gantz, who was more “mindful of political and diplomatic considerations”.

“Already, we’ve seen more than 530 people killed since October in the West Bank, the bloodiest year on record in over 15 years, and we’ve seen over 9,000 people detained,” noted Odeh.

Knesset member accuses captives’ families of playing politics

Israeli lawmaker from the United Torah Judaism political alliance, Yitzhak Pindrus, has accused families of Israeli captives held in Gaza of playing politics and seeking to overthrow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Esther Buchshtav, the mother of Israeli captive Yagev Buchshtav, who was participating in the Knesset Committee on Public Inquiries, responded: “I don’t do politics. You need to apologise to me because I didn’t come to talk politics, I came as the mother of Yagev Buchshtav who was kidnapped.”

US considering unilateral deal with Hamas to free US captives: Report

White House officials have discussed possibly striking a unilateral deal with Hamas to release five American captives in Gaza if Israel does not reach a captive exchange deal with the group, reports NBC News, quoting two current US and two former US officials aware of the discussions.

Qatari mediators would help facilitate any such US deal, which would exclude Israel, the officials told NBC News. They provided no insight into what the US could offer Hamas in return for the captives’ release.

The White House believes the five captives are still in Gaza and the remains of three other US citizens killed on October 7 are in the enclave.

Calls for probe into Israel’s alleged use of depleted uranium in Gaza

Saleh Abdel Shafi, Palestine’s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has called on the agency to investigate whether Israel has used depleted uranium in ammunition they have fired in Gaza.

“The amount of ammunition used [in Gaza] has already exceeded the amount of ammunition used in the second world war,” Abdel Shafi told Al Jazeera. “This fact alone should trigger curiosity by the IAEA and other specialised agencies to go into Gaza and do a thorough investigation.”

“So far we haven’t seen any action”.

While depleted uranium ammunition is not considered a nuclear weapon, its emission of low levels of radiation has led the IAEA to warn of possible dangers of exposure.

Israeli military claims to kill elite Hamas commandos in central Gaza

In its latest war update, the Israeli military says it has carried out more air strikes and “targeted raids” in central Gaza, killing Hamas fighters and destroying military infrastructure.

Several of the Hamas fighters killed via air strikes were members of the group’s elite Nukhba Forces, according to the Israeli military.

Israel’s latest attacks throughout Gaza have also killed civilians, including women and children sheltering in their homes in Gaza City, according to the Wafa news agency.

Political solution only way out of Gaza war: Ex-Israeli negotiator

The Israeli government is still operating under the misguided premise that military pressure will free its captives, despite mounting evidence that such pressure has actually put many of them in peril, says former Israeli negotiator Gershon Baskin.

“There is no military solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to the future of Gaza, to the question of Hamas,” Baskin, who helped mediate the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit back in 2011, told Al Jazeera. “There are only political solutions … and those are the ones that are not being pursued by the government of Israel.”

Israeli people, he added, are united in their desire for Hamas to lose power in Gaza and for the captives to come home, but see “very few coherent answers in front of us … to find a way out of this war”.

Hamas ready to ‘deal positively with any initiative’ to end war

Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri has said the group will engage positively with any proposal that brings about an end to the war, while calling on the United States to push Israel towards a permanent ceasefire.

“We call upon the US administration to put pressure on the occupation to stop the war on Gaza and the Hamas movement is ready to deal positively with any initiative that secures an end to the war”, said Abu Zuhri in comments carried by Reuters.

Israel’s Smotrich reiterates opposition to ceasefire deal

Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s far-right finance minister, has insisted he will not support the US-backed ceasefire proposal because it does not guarantee Hamas’s destruction.

Israel trying to ‘block’ ceasefire agreement: Hamas’s Haniyeh

Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s political bureau, has spoken to Al Jazeera Arabic about the US-proposed ceasefire deal and prospects for ending the war.

He said Israel attacked the Nuseirat camp and freed four Israeli captives while killing at least 274 Palestinians to block any agreement that would end the war.

Haniyeh also accused the US of being a part of the attack, saying the Biden administration is “no less criminal” than Israel’s leadership.

More from Haniyeh

In his comments to Al Jazeera Arabic, Haniyeh also addressed the resignations of Israeli war cabinet ministers Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, saying they are trying to “jump off the boat … before it sinks”.

The resignations of the two Israeli officials, Haniyeh said, show that Israel’s political system is in a state of “collapse”.

Haniyeh also claimed that Gantz, who has been touted as a possible centrist alternative to Netanyahu, is no different from Prime Minister Netanyahu.

“Both are murderers seeking destruction,” he said.

What is the status of the US-backed ceasefire plan?

As we’ve been reporting, US Secretary of State Blinken is back in the region for a renewed Gaza ceasefire push. Here’s where things stand on a possible deal:

On May 31, US President Joe Biden unveiled a three-stage ceasefire plan, which he said was agreed by Israel.
However, neither Israel nor Hamas appear to have fully backed the proposal, which the US has been working on multiple drafts of.
A key sticking point is a transition from a six-week ceasefire, outlined in stage one, to a permanent ceasefire, negotiations for which are to take place in stage two. The third stage talks about the reconstruction process.
Netanyahu has ruled out a permanent truce while Hamas wants clear guarantees of an end to the war.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said that Israel is trying to block ceasefire efforts. Netanyahu and his coalition partners have warned against striking any deal with Hamas.
On Sunday, the US called for the UN Security Council to vote on the Gaza ceasefire deal. The latest version of the proposal explicitly states that any ceasefire will continue after six weeks, and be renewed as long as negotiations continue, reported Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi, “but it’s still not a categorical, permanent ceasefire”.

WFP ‘pauses’ delivery of Gaza aid through US-built pier

Cindy McCain, the director of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), says the distribution of aid through the US-built pier off Gaza has been “paused” because of concerns about safety amid the latest Israeli assaults on Gaza.

McCain made her comments after she was asked about operations at the pier in an interview with the US broadcaster CBS.

“Right now, we’re paused,” she said on the Face the Nation programme, adding that two of the WFP’s warehouses had also come under rocket fire and one person had been injured.

“I’m concerned about the safety of our people. We’ve stepped back for the moment … to make sure we’re on safe terms and on safe ground before we’ll restart. But the rest of the country is operational. We’re doing everything we can in the north and the south.”

US calls for UN Security Council vote on Gaza ceasefire plan

The United States has requested a UN Security Council vote on its draft resolution backing the ceasefire plan it announced at the end of last month.

“Today, the United States called for the Security Council to move towards a vote… supporting the proposal on the table,” said Nate Evans, a spokesman for the US delegation, the AFP news agency reported.

Evans did not specify a date for the vote.

US resumes airdrops of aid into northern Gaza

The US military says it has resumed air drops of aid into Gaza.

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Appellate argument in the lawsuit against Biden for genocide complicity LIVE NOW
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Mother of freed Israeli captive calls on Israeli government to reach a deal

The mother of an Israeli captive rescued from Gaza in a deadly Israeli military raid asked the government to agree on a deal to free others still held there.

“There are … families who are waiting without being able to breathe or sleep without thinking about their loved ones in Gaza,” said Orit Meir, adding she finally was able to have her “first full night sleep in eight months”.

Her son Almog Meir Jan, 22, was recovered from Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp along with three other captives in the operations, which killed more than 274 Palestinians.

Meir said she felt “lucky” but is hoping others will have the same opportunity to be reunited with family. “The remaining hostages need a deal to get home safely. There is a deal on the table. We ask the Israeli government to move forward with the deal,” she said.

Report: US, UK strike western Yemen targets

American and British aircraft targeted the al-Faza coast in al-Tuhayta district in Hodeidah city, the Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah news outlet reports.

The Houthis have attacked ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and fired missiles and drones at Israeli targets in a show of support for Palestinians in war-battered Gaza, drawing anger from Western nations.

The US and allies have bombed Houthi targets in Yemen since January, but the military campaign has not deterred Houthi attacks. The group pledged to continue targeting Israel-linked ships as long as the war on Gaza, which has killed more than 37,000 people, continues.

Yemen’s Houthis say ‘American-Israeli spy cell’ busted

An “American-Israeli spy cell” has been discovered, the Houthi militia says, a few days after the Iran-backed group detained about a dozen United Nations personnel.

The alleged spy cell included former staff at the US embassy in Yemen, according to a television statement from Abdel Hakim al-Khaiwani, the Houthis’ intelligence chief.

“The American-Israeli spy cell carried out espionage and sabotage activities in official and unofficial institutions for decades in favour of the enemy,” he said.

“Members of the spy spell and American officers exploited their positions at the American embassy to carry out their sabotage activities. After the American embassy left Sanaa … the members of the spy cell continued to implement their sabotage agendas under the cover of international and UN organisations.”

The was no immediate comment from the United Nations or United States.

What’s in the latest UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire resolution?

The UN Security Council has scheduled a vote at 3pm (19:00 GMT) on a US resolution that welcomes a ceasefire proposal announced by Biden, which the United States says “Israel has accepted”.

It calls on Hamas, which has said it views the proposal “positively”, to accept the three-phase plan. Here’s a look at the document:

The proposal would begin with an initial six-week ceasefire with the release of captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from populated areas in Gaza and the return of Palestinian civilians to all areas in the territory.
Phase one also requires the safe distribution of humanitarian assistance “at scale throughout the Gaza Strip”, which Biden said would lead to 600 trucks loaded with aid entering Gaza every day.
In phase two, the draft resolution says that with the agreement of Israel and Hamas, “a permanent end to hostilities, in exchange for the release of all other hostages still in Gaza, and a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza” would take place.
Phase three would launch “a major multi-year reconstruction plan for Gaza and the return of the remains of any deceased hostages still in Gaza to their families”.
If adopted, it would be the first Security Council resolution on a ceasefire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war.

Building of US pier ‘futile’: Gaza media office

The Government Media Office in Gaza has released a statement on the recently repaired, US-built humanitarian aid pier:

“In the wake of the World Food Programme’s announcement of stopping the entry of their aid into Gaza through the American floating dock due to security concerns, we once again confirm the futility of this dock, as we have not seen any serious contribution to it since its inauguration a month and a half ago, to alleviate the catastrophic humanitarian reality.”
“If the American administration were serious in its approach to mitigate the impact of the humanitarian catastrophe, and sincere in its intentions to help our people, it would have pressured the occupation to open the land crossings.”
“We call on the international community to take urgent and serious action – before it is too late – to ensure the entry of aid to all areas of the Gaza Strip.”

‘They are heartless’: Former Hamas captive mourns husband

Israel’s collective euphoria following the rescue of four captives stands in stark contrast with the anger of Tami Metzger, whose husband held in Gaza was pronounced dead days ago.

“If the government had stopped the war”, her husband Yoram would still be alive, said Metzger, 79, who was also held by Hamas but freed in a November prisoner exchange. “I’m angry … they are heartless.”

The Israeli army announced on June 3 that four Israeli captives held in Gaza were dead, including Yoram Metzger, 80.

Israel keeps Palestinian woman journalist in ‘administrative detention’

An Israeli military court extended the detention of Rasha Herzallah, 39, until June 24 for alleged incitement on social media platforms.

According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and the Commission for Detainees’ Affairs, Israeli authorities detained the journalist from Nablus and interrogated her on June 2, and placed her under administrative detention – without charge or a trial.

The groups said the number of Palestinian women in Israeli prisons is 74, with many of them detained since October 7 for alleged “incitement against Israel” on social media platforms.

According to Women In Journalism, an advocacy and support organisation, Herzallah joins more than 40 journalists currently in Israeli prisons.

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UN Security Council passes Gaza ceasefire resolution

The US-sponsored vote passes with 14 in favour, 0 against and 1 abstention.

Russia was the one country to abstain.

Hamas, PIJ release statement ahead of UN Security Council vote

The leaders of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) met in Qatar to discuss the proposed ceasefire deal for Gaza, according to a statement released after talks concluded.

The statement said Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and Ziyad al-Nakhalah of PIJ discussed “indirect talks” to reach an agreement.

There are no direct talks between Hamas and Israel. According to the statement released by PIJ, the leaders said any deal must lead to a permanent ceasefire, a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, an end to the Israeli siege of Gaza, reconstruction, and “a serious exchange deal” between captives in Gaza and Palestinians held in Israeli jails.

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 No.482074

Hamas ‘welcomes’ UN resolution on permanent ceasefire

In a statement, the group welcomed a “permanent” ceasefire, compete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, a captive-prisoner exchange, a plan to re-build, the return of the internally displaced to their homes, and the rejection of any demographic changes or shrinkage of the enclave’s area, as well as the entry of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

“We confirm our willingness to work with our brothers the interlocutors to negotiate indirectly on how to implement these principles that coincide with our people and the resistance’s demands,” Hamas said.

UN resolution ‘not perfect’ but offers ‘glimmer of hope’: Algeria UN envoy

Amar Bendjama says his country voted in favour of the draft resolution because “it can represent a step towards an immediate and lasting ceasefire”.

“I would like to extend our gratitude to the US delegation, especially Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, for their diligent efforts and for addressing some of our concerns in the final text,” he said in his remarks shortly after the vote.

“Algeria engaged during the negotiation process in good faith, working closely with Palestinian mediators to achieve a resolution that ensures an immediate ceasefire, and hopefully will have a tangible impact on the ground. This text is not perfect, but it offers a glimmer of hope to the Palestinians.”

Bendjama said Algeria was “unwavering” in its commitment to “halt the massacres committed by the Israeli occupying forces in Gaza during these dark times in human history”.

“Algeria’s sole guiding principle has been the preservation of Palestinian lives. We cannot stand by while the Israeli occupying forces continue to exterminate Palestinians.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/10/israels-war-on-gaza-live-hamas-calls-nuseirat-raid-a-complex-war-crime
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 No.482075

>>482073
>UN Security Council passes Gaza ceasefire resolution
>The US-sponsored vote passes
>>482074
>UN resolution ‘not perfect’ but offers ‘glimmer of hope’: Algeria UN envoy

So will the Zionists cooperate or will they ignore this as well? Since the US sponsored this, i would assume they made sure that this resolution contains enough glue, so that it's binding.
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 No.482077

>>482075
Idk, it's still possible that Israel will reject it, and the US leadership will be forced to admit that they ate all the paste before the vote. Hate when that happens!
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 No.482078

Israel committed to its goals to see war through, says envoy

Israel is committed to its goals of freeing captives held in Gaza, destroying Hamas’s governing and military capabilities, and ensuring Gaza doesn’t pose a threat to Israel in the future, says UN representative Reut Shapir Ben Naftaly.

She made the comments after the UN Security Council unanimously voted for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. All Hamas needs to do to stop the war is put done its weapons and surrender, she added.

“Once these goals are met, the war will end. Not one more shot needs to be fired yet, sadly, for the past eight months, Hamas has refused,” she said.

“Israel will not engage in meaningless and endless negotiations, which can be exploited by Hamas as a means to stall for time,” said Ben Naftaly, the political coordinator for Israel’s mission to the UN.

“The time has come for this council to finally hold Hamas accountable, to finally place the blame where it belongs, to finally condemn terror.”

Russia says it’s unsure of Israeli position on ceasefire deal

Moscow was the only member of the UN Security Council’s 15-member states and the only permanent representative to abstain on the US-promoted ceasefire plan.

Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia asked what Israel specifically agreed to and said the council should not be signing up to agreements with “vague parameters”.

“We did not wish to block the resolution simply because it, as much as we understand, is supported by the Arab world,” Nebenzia told the council.

Palestine envoy says UNSC resolution ‘step in right direction’

The Palestinian leadership welcomed the passing of the US-sponsored resolution calling for an immediate and permanent truce in Gaza.

“This effort … is a step in the right direction. We are grateful for our brothers in Algeria, whom we worked with very closely to try to influence the draft resolution to be closer to the objectives of the national rights of the Palestinian people,” said Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations.

US veto came with ‘an extremely heavy price’: Amnesty chief
Agnes Callamard, the head of human rights group Amnesty International, urged all parties to the conflict to implement the UN Security Council’s Gaza ceasefire resolution.

“The US had previously blocked multiple ceasefire resolutions, including by using its veto three times. Its shift is long overdue. With more than 37,000 Palestinians dead, amid a risk of genocide and an engineered famine, its stalling has come at an extremely heavy price,” Callamard said.

“The US must now use its influence to ensure this ceasefire becomes a reality. It must halt arms transfers to Israel and ensure that Israeli authorities allow unfettered humanitarian aid access throughout Gaza.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/10/israels-war-on-gaza-live-hamas-calls-nuseirat-raid-a-complex-war-crime
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 No.482079

>>482077
Indeed the Zionists do have a tendency of making the US leadership eat all the paste
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 No.482080

>>>482072
>Yemen’s Houthis say ‘American-Israeli spy cell’ busted
Video statement from Yemen on this: https://x.com/upholdreality/status/1800301634041327687
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 No.482084

Will Israel accept the new UN Gaza ceasefire resolution?

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) endorsed a United States-backed ceasefire resolution on Monday in the latest diplomatic effort to end eight months of Israel’s devastating military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

But hours after Monday’s vote, Israel carried out deadly attacks across the Palestinian enclave, raising questions about whether the latest resolution will lead to a permanent ceasefire.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/11/israels-war-on-gaza-live-ray-of-hope-after-unsc-approves-ceasefire

Nuseirat, anatomy of Israel’s massacre in Gaza



The attack on Nuseirat was ostensibly to free four captives taken on October 7: Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40.

It began around 11am, with what witnesses say were several civilian trucks and cars entering a neighbourhood near the camp’s market.

One was loaded with furniture to appear it was moving displaced people, while another had commercial markings on its exterior. There were what appeared to be civilian vehicles in the group, as well.

To provide air cover, Israeli forces started bombing from above, hitting the busy market area the hardest, likely to spread as much panic and distress as possible, as well as to inflict maximum casualties.



At a certain point, the convoy separated into two groups of vehicles. Later, investigation revealed that each group had headed towards a location where Israeli captives were held.

The three male captives were at one location, where Al Jazeera believes that a witness account details how soldiers got to the house.

There, heavily armed soldiers jumped out of the vehicles and ran through a cluster of makeshift tents put up by displaced people.

The witness describes how everyone cowered in fear inside their flimsy shelters, little more than a piece of fabric between them and the armed soldiers.

At the end of their run, they arrived at a garden wall, through which they punched a hole to approach a quiet apartment building from the back.

Al Jazeera has not been able to ascertain whether this was the only access point to this building, which is surrounded by a garden on at least two sides and likely faces onto a road.

Noa Argamani was held at another location, in a building facing a narrow, tree-lined street.

There, a truck pulled up, supported by soldiers who were shooting on sight, killing one person at the entrance of the building. From footage Al Jazeera has reviewed, there were no weapons to be seen near or on the killed individual.

A ladder was extended from the truck to allow soldiers to clamber into an apartment through its balcony.

All reports Al Jazeera has gathered indicate that Israeli soldiers were shooting people on sight in buildings they entered, as well as on the streets that the soldiers moved through.

To support the operation on land, the Israeli army reportedly moved armoured vehicles in from the other side of Salah al-Din Road at the line between Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps.

At a certain point during the raid, more Israeli soldiers landed in a helicopter on Gaza’s shore, not far from the US-built pier.

After the four individuals were retrieved, the convoy of disguised trucks and civilian vehicles headed out of the camp towards the sea, taking the Nuseirat road.

From there, the four were loaded onto the Israeli military helicopter and lifted off, leaving carnage behind as the bewildered people of Nuseirat tried to comprehend what had happened.

read more:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/11/nuseirat-anatomy-of-israels-massacre-in-gaza

Gaza health ministry urges Jordan summit states to ‘save’ the besieged Strip

Dr Ashraf al-Qudra, a ministry spokesman, has called on those attending the emergency international conference on the situation in Gaza to take “tangible and urgent measures to save the Gaza Strip, which has been destroyed by the Israeli occupation on the humanitarian and health level”.

The conference in Jordan states that its aims include accelerating the process of delivering and providing humanitarian assistance to Gaza in an immediate, sufficient and sustainable manner. It also aims to identify the operational, logistical and supply needs to urgently deliver all vital aid to the coastal enclave.

Texas university bans students from chanting ‘From the river to the sea’

The University of Texas at San Antonio is facing backlash after banning prohibiting pro-Palestine student protesters from using certain phrases, including chanting in Arabic.

The university’s president is named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by pro-Palestinian students, who say that the university banned the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” – thus violating their right to free speech.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression told the university that it has a duty to protect students’ expression under the US Constitution’s First Amendment, which protects speech.

According to the organisation, the university recently banned student protesters from using the words “Zionism,” “Israel,” the chant “from the river to the sea,” and “speaking in Arabic” – under the guise of needing to crack down on anti-Semitism.

‘Surrealistic listening to Blinken’s speech at Jordan summit’
Marwan Bishara
Al Jazeera's senior political analyst

There’s something surrealistic about listening to a US secretary of state recounting the disaster that Gaza has become, the destruction of hospitals and schools, the deaths of people, of entire families, as if they were not killed by American ammunition, as if the United States did not block every attempt at an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the past three months.

But be that as it may, now we all learned the lesson once again that when it comes to America, it’s either America’s way or the highway – that in as far as America is concerned, American might is right and everything else is wrong and hence, until America passed its own resolution taking into consideration a good number of points by other countries, including the Algerians and apparently the Russians and the Chinese.

The resolution has passed and Hamas has welcomed it, and yet the secretary of state continues to emphasise that now it’s only up to Hamas and everyone needs to pressure Hamas to accept a ceasefire when in fact Hamas and others in Gaza have died for a ceasefire. They have always been, for the past eight months, dying for a ceasefire taking place.

So, if anything, the people in Gaza, including Hamas, want a ceasefire more than anyone else, including the United States and Israel.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/11/israels-war-on-gaza-live-ray-of-hope-after-unsc-approves-ceasefire
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 No.482085

Hamas agrees to ceasefire resolution

Reuters news agency is reporting that Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire resolution that was adopted by the UN Security Council yesterday, according to the group’s senior official Sami Abu Zuhri.

He added that it was up to Washington to ensure that Israel abides by it.

On Monday, Hamas was quick to welcome the resolution. In a statement after the vote, Hamas said it was ready to cooperate with mediators and enter indirect negotiations over the implementation of the principles of the agreement.

Israeli raid kills one civilian in Naqoura: Lebanese Civil Defence

The Lebanese Civil Defence has confirmed the death of a civilian in an Israeli drone raid on the town of Naqoura in southern Lebanon.

In turn, Hezbollah announced it targeted a building used by Israeli soldiers in Metula, northern Israel, confirming a direct hit.

Hamas says commander among those killed in Ramallah

The Hamas group says one of its commanders stationed in the occupied West Bank was among four people killed by the Israeli military near the city of Ramallah.

In a statement, they named Mohammed Jaber Abdo as among the four Palestinian fighters killed in Monday night’s incident.

We previously reported that Israeli troops raided the village of Kafr Nima searching for a Palestinian man they accused of carrying out an arson attack in an illegal Israeli outpost.

Israeli forces opened fire on the vehicle the four were in. All four men were killed while eight other people were wounded in the raid.

Speed and scale of carnage in Gaza beyond any imagination: Guterres

UN chief Antonio Guterres is next up at the Jordan summit.

He says “the speed and scale of carnage and killing in Gaza is beyond anything in my years as secretary-general”.

Guterres adds that at least 1.7 million people – 75 percent of Gaza’s population – have been displaced many times over by Israeli military attacks.

“Nowhere is safe, conditions are deplorable, public health situation is beyond crisis level. Gaza’s hospitals lie in ruins, medical supplies and fuel are scarce or non-existent,” he said.

“More than one million Palestinians in Gaza do not have enough drinking water and face desperate levels of hunger. Over 50,000 children require treatment for acute malnutrition.”

More than 2,000 trucks waiting to cross into Gaza: EU

“More than 2,000 trucks carrying humanitarian aid and commercial goods are waiting in Egypt, ready to enter Gaza,” the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations has said.

“Due to intense military operations, the Rafah crossing remains closed. The EU advocates for sustained, unimpeded, and safe humanitarian access,” it said on X.

Pro-Palestine protesters clash with police outside Nova exhibit

Pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with New York City police outside an exhibit in Manhattan commemorating the Nova music festival massacre.

Some 364 civilians were killed in an attack on the festival on October 7, as part of a wider Hamas-led assault on southern Israel that day.

In footage of the protest, demonstrators can be seen waving flairs and Palestinian flags, and can be heard chanting slogans including, “Long live the intifada” and “Resistance is justified where people are occupied”.

Angry scenes as Israeli parliament votes to move ahead with Orthodox conscription law

Israel’s parliament opted to move ahead with a controversial proposed conscription law for ultra-Orthodox Jewish people in a late-night vote on Monday.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/11/israels-war-on-gaza-live-ray-of-hope-after-unsc-approves-ceasefire
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 No.482086

"BREAKING: We just disrupted Jake Sullivan, Senior National Security Adviser to Biden as he spoke at the the Israel lobbyist group, American Jewish Committee’s Global Forum."
https://x.com/codepink/status/1800548631683953026
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 No.482093

https://twitter.com/CAIRNational/status/1800600842992762993
Watch as anti-#genocide protesters interrupt @POTUS Biden's speech today. #Gaza

US military pier in Gaza resumes humanitarian operations

The US’s floating military pier off Gaza has resumed bringing humanitarian aid into the enclave after being suspended for two days because of rough seas due to weather, according to three US officials, the Reuters news agency reported.

The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the sea conditions had improved, and aid was brought to a marshalling area.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/11/israels-war-on-gaza-live-ray-of-hope-after-unsc-approves-ceasefire
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 No.482096

>>482085
>Angry scenes as Israeli parliament votes to move ahead with Orthodox conscription law
>Israel’s parliament opted to move ahead with a controversial proposed conscription law for ultra-Orthodox Jewish people in a late-night vote on Monday.
They're are never going to turn the Orthodox into cannon fodder, these people are too intelligent. They'll find a million technically legal ways to use malicious compliance to grind down the attempt at making a sacrifice out of them.

Dumb fucks have just made a law to conscript operational friction.
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 No.482097

Hamas, Islamic Jihad submit ceasefire response to mediators

Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad have expressed “readiness to positively” reach a deal to end the war in Gaza in a joint statement.

They added that they submitted their response to the proposed Gaza ceasefire deal to Qatari and Egyptian mediators.

“Our response prioritises the Palestinian people and the complete end of the ongoing onslaught on Gaza,” the two groups said.

German court refuses request to block arms exports to Israel

A Berlin court has rejected an urgent request by Palestinian residents to halt the German government’s export of weapons to Israel on the grounds that they might be used in violation of humanitarian law, Reuters news agency reported.

The court said that the Palestinian plaintiffs had not shown that decisions on arms exports to Israel were actually pending, as Germany had abstained from issuing any this year, or that Germany was likely to permit exports in violation of international humanitarian law.

Legal teams representing the Palestinians argued there were reasons to believe such violations are taking place.

They called the ruling incomprehensible, adding that the government kept pending arms export applications secret.

Lawyer Ahmed Abed said the government’s suppression of information about weapons and war crimes “puts the lives of our clients at risk”.

Last year, Germany approved arms exports to Israel worth 326 million euros ($354 million), 10 times more than in 2022.

‘Palestinians will not raise the white flag’: Hamas on West Bank killings

Senior Hamas official Abdel Hakim Henini has said that “Israel is delusional if it thinks that its massacres in the West Bank and Gaza will push the Palestinian people to leave their land or to surrender.”

An Israeli raid on a village near Jenin has so far rendered six Palestinian men dead.

In a statement on the official Hamas Telegram channel, Henini said: “Israel has not learned from history that people who defend their freedom and independence cannot be beaten no matter how big their sacrifices are.”

“With today’s killings in the West Bank, the enemy will not achieve its goals,” he added.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/11/israels-war-on-gaza-live-ray-of-hope-after-unsc-approves-ceasefire
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 No.482098

>>482097
>A Berlin court has rejected an urgent request by Palestinian residents to halt the German government’s export of weapons to Israel on the grounds that they might be used in violation of humanitarian law
Not that long ago we have the revelations about the Mossad threatening the judge of an international court. So what are the chances that the Zionists are blackmailing this court ?
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 No.482099

Hamas demand for full withdrawal from Gaza is not new: Former Israeli negotiator

Daniel Levy says that “this demand for a full withdrawal is not new. It is in the paper, it is in the proposal, it is even in the UN resolution. This is part of any deal.”

“The question being posed is what kind of commitment that you as a mediator – namely the US – are you making to your own plan in all its phases. Because what has prevented a breakthrough is whether this is an actual ceasefire or is this a temporary pause followed by more deaths, horror and destruction,” he told Al Jazeera.

Levy said that Israel’s answer has been unequivocal: the war would continue – even as the US said otherwise. “That is the question that not just Hamas and Islamic Jihad are asking, but the whole world is asking.”

More Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon

Video footage shared by a local Lebanese news outlet, and verified by Al Jazeera, shows plumes of thick smoke arising from an area in the town of Joya.

Earlier we reported that Israeli jets and drones targeted several villages in southern Lebanon, namely Aita al-Shaab, Aitaroun and the outskirts of the towns of Kafra and Haris.

US received and is evaluating Hamas response to ceasefire deal, says White House

The US has received Hamas’s formal reply to a UN-backed Gaza ceasefire proposal sent to Qatari and Egyptian mediators, White House spokesperson John Kirby says.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/11/israels-war-on-gaza-live-ray-of-hope-after-unsc-approves-ceasefire
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 No.482104

https://x.com/AssalRad/status/1800621082506068169
Assal Rad - "If Israel accepted the deal, why don’t they say it publicly? This is their response at the UN: Israel stands firm on our principles, they have not changed…we will continue until Hamas is dismantled.

All the false rhetoric is to deflect blame when Israel continues its slaughter."
(features video of Israel disagreeing with the UNSC ceasefire resolution which passed at the UN)
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 No.482105

>>482104
>All the false rhetoric is to deflect blame when Israel continues its slaughter
The rhetoric has become irrelevant, nobody listens to what the Zionists say anymore, the only consideration is what they do.
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 No.482106

Apparently a lot of false confessions obtained from Palestinian detainees were obtained in Hebrew.
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 No.482107

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 No.482108

Israeli military placed on UN ‘blacklist’ in annual Children in Armed Conflict report

The UN’s annual report on Children in Armed Conflict, a copy of which was obtained by the Associated Press (AP) news agency on Tuesday, provides details on why the Israeli military for the first time has been placed on a blacklist of countries that have killed and maimed children and attacked schools and hospitals.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres chief said in the report that he was “appalled by the dramatic increase and unprecedented scale and intensity of grave violations against children in the Gaza Strip, Israel and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.”

The magnitude of the Israeli military campaign against Hamas and Islamic Jihad “and the scope of death and destruction in the Gaza Strip have been unprecedented”, he said.

The report also lists Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad for the first time as well for killing, injuring and abducting children, the AP reports.

In 2023, the report said, 5,698 grave violations against children were attributed to Israeli forces, 116 to Hamas, 58 to unidentified perpetrators, 51 to Israeli settlers, 21 to Islamic Jihad, 13 to Palestinian individuals, and one to Palestinian Authority Security Forces. The process of verifying the attribution of 2,051 other violations is ongoing.

The report said the UN has verified the killing of 2,267 Palestinian children in Gaza among some 9,100 children that have been reported killed in the territory “and verification is ongoing”.

Gaza’s ‘lost generation’: UNRWA chief sounds alarms as 600,000 children deprived of education

UNRWA Chief Philippe Lazzarini told regional and world leaders who gathered in Jordan on Tuesday for the Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza conference, that more than 600,000 Palestinian children are being deprived of education in the war-torn territory.

In his remarks to the conference, Lazzarini said his UN agency for Palestinian refugees wanted to see an immediate ceasefire, the international community boost its response to the “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza, and preparations “for early recovery, including education” in the territory.

“More than 600,000 children” in Gaza are currently deprived of education and are “on the verge of becoming a lost generation”, Lazzarini said.

UN probes US-built aid pier amid allegations of role in Israel’s attack on Nuseirat

Speaking at a conference on Gaza in Jordan on Tuesday, the UN’s humanitarian aid chief Martin Griffiths said an ongoing UN review was examining whether any aspect of the US pier project in Gaza was used in Saturday’s Israeli military operation, which killed hundreds of civilians while freeing four Israeli captives.

The UN World Food Programme, which oversees distribution of aid in Gaza brought in via the pier, announced after the Nuseirat attack that it was suspending operations involving the pier while it reassesses the safety of aid workers.

If the allegations are “true they are very concerning, because they would put at risk any future humanitarian engagement in that operation”, Griffiths said, referring to the US pier project.

Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said an area south of the pier was used in returning the rescued captives to Israel.

Responding to a question on the Nuseirat attack, Griffiths said the UN would be concerned if it found either the beach or the roads leading from the pier were used in staging the attack.

OIC blasts Argentine President Javier Milei’s ‘hostile’ stance on Palestine

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said it was dismayed by the decision of Argentina’s right-wing President Javier Milei to withdraw from a planned meeting with a council of ambassadors of Arab and Islamic groups because of the presence of Palestine.

The OIC – the world’s second-largest intergovernmental body after the UN – said Milei’s decision undermined the “status and rights” of the State of Palestine and “constitutes a hostile and unjustified attitude towards the Islamic Group”.

“The OIC deemed this behaviour unacceptable, viewing it as part of a recent pattern of hostility by the President of Argentina, who appears to stand on the wrong side of history by aligning with the Israeli occupation,” the OIC said in a statement.

“This stance…runs counter to Argentina’s obligations under international law and resolutions of international legitimacy,” the organisation said.

The OIC called on “Argentina to reconsider its position on denying the rights of the Palestinian people, who are subjected to genocide in the Gaza Strip”.

Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner makes new call for release of Russians held by Hamas

Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova has said that she has made a fresh appeal to senior officials at the UN to help secure the release of Russian nationals still being held in Gaza.

“In one conversation, one of the mothers told me details of the situation of those being held,” Moskalkova wrote in a post on the messaging app Telegram of a meeting she held in Moscow with relatives of Russian captives.

The total number of people taken on October 7 holding Russian passports is believed to be eight. That figure includes three captives who have already been released.

Moskalkova said she spoke with Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner For Human Rights, and Mirjana Spoljaric, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, to call “for the rapid return home of our compatriots”.

Palestine and Barbados sign joint declaration establishing diplomatic ties

Palestine and Barbados have signed a joint declaration formally establishing diplomatic ties in a meeting on Tuesday.

Palestine’s United Nations Ambassador Riyad Mansour and his Barbadian counterpart Francois Jackman signed the declaration at UN headquarters in New York City, according to the Wafa news agency.

In April, Barbados announced it would be formally recognising Palestine as a state, becoming the 11th Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member to do so.

They join a raft of countries taking that step in recent months, including European countries Ireland, Spain, Norway and Slovenia.

US military says cruise missile launchers destroyed in latest Yemen attack

The US military said it has destroyed two launchers for antiship cruise missiles in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mediators-reviewing-hamas-ceasefire-response
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 No.482109

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It looks like the Israeli news site Ynet is saying they believe Blinken saying Israel has "already agreed to it" is an attempt to get Netanyahu to agree to it.
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 No.482110

John Mearsheimer On World War III, Russia & Israel - Israel/Palestine stuff starts at 20:50

800 Palestinians killed in one week demonstrates Israel not adhering to international law: MSF

International medical charity Doctors without Borders (known by its French initials MSF) said Israel’s reported killing of more than 800 people and the wounding of more than 2,400 more in Gaza since the start of June highlights the Israeli military’s “disregard for Palestinian lives”.

“Numerous military offensives in recent weeks have led to recurrent mass casualty influxes,” MSF said in a statement, calling on Israeli forces to “halt these massacres”.

“How can the killing of more than 800 people in a single week… be considered a military operation adhering to international humanitarian law?” MSF emergency unit chief Brice de le Vingne said in a statement.

“We can no longer accept the statement that Israel is taking ‘all precautions’- this is just propaganda”, de la Vingne said.

“Since October (and certainly before), the dehumanisation of Palestinians has been a hallmark of this war,” he added.

Palestinian fighters keep up Rafah attacks day after 4 Israelis killed by ‘house-borne’ IED

Three Palestinian armed groups conducted attacks on Israeli forces in Rafah on Tuesday, a day after Hamas said its fighters in the southern city detonated a “house-borne improvised explosive device (HBIED)” that killed four Israeli soldiers, war monitors report.

A unit of Israel’s Givati Brigade entered the booby-trapped house in eastern Rafah – which was the home of a Hamas member – thinking it was free of explosives. The detonation of explosives collapsed the building on top of the soldiers, US-based think tanks the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) report.

The latest ISW/CTP joint report on the situation in Gaza also notes that fighters with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fired a salvo of rockets at an Israeli military target in southern Israel’s Kissufim area on Tuesday.

A PIJ sniper also reported targeting an Israeli soldier operating along the Netzarim Corridor on the same day.

Hezbollah commander ‘most senior’ to be killed since war began

A senior Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon on Tuesday is the most senior casualty from the group since war broke out with Israel in October, Reuters reports, citing security sources.

The air strike hit Taleb Abdallah, also known as Abu Taleb, in the town of Jouaiya, killing him and three others. The anonymous sources told Reuters they were likely targeted during a meeting.

The sources added that Abdallah was Hezbollah’s commander for the central region of Lebanon’s southern border and was senior to Wissam al-Tawil – another high-level Hezbollah commander killed in January.

Northern Israel comes under heavy rocket fire: Reports

Israeli news outlets are reporting a heavy barrage of rockets fired towards the Upper Galilee, Lower Galilee and Jordan Valley regions of northern Israel this morning.

Israeli broadcaster Kan posted video footage of missile defence systems intercepting incoming rockets.

Israel’s Channel 12 also posted video footage of missile defences in action and quoted the Israeli military as saying “about 100 launches” from Lebanon targeted Israel.

Israeli military reports fires after rockets hit northern parts

In a post on Telegram, Israel’s military has confirmed a major rocket attack from Lebanon, saying some 90 projectiles were fired into Israel.

It said some of the projectiles were shot down, while others struck areas in northern Israel, sparking fires.

Videos shared on Israeli social media accounts, verified by Al Jazeera, show explosions in the skies of northern Israel and smoke rising in the city of Tiberias, which was reportedly hit by some rockets.

Seventy more rockets fired at Israel

Israel’s military says at least 70 more projectiles crossed into Israel from Lebanon, bringing the total number fired this morning to 160.

Some of the projectiles were shot down, while most fell in open areas, said the military, adding no casualties were reported.

The military said it responded by waging an air strike on the rockets’ launch site in an area near Yaroun in southern Lebanon.

Merchant ship hit in Red Sea off Yemen

A merchant vessel issued a distress call after being struck in the Red Sea off Yemen, a security firm said, in what appeared to be the latest attack by the Houthi group.

The ship was hit about 68 nautical miles (126km) southwest of the Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah, maritime security firm Ambrey said.

The company “assessed the vessel aligned with the Houthi target profile at the time of the incident”, it said in a statement, without giving further details.

Footage shows Israeli soldiers killing unarmed Palestinians in Gaza

Al Jazeera has obtained footage from Gaza that appears to show Israeli soldiers killing Palestinian people.

The videos were captured around al-Rashid Street, a coastal road connecting north and south Gaza. Israel had designated it a safe zone for Palestinians wanting to move between those areas.

Footage from June 1 shows a person walking along the beach before Israeli soldiers appear to have stopped them. Moments later, the person is shot.

Another video appears to show a group of Palestinians walking north on May 17. One of them steps out of the group and raises their hands in the air, apparently showing they are unarmed. They are shot within minutes. Soldiers are then seen coming in to take the person’s body away.

UN probe accuses Israel of ‘extermination’ in war on Gaza

An independent UN investigation has concluded that Israel committed crimes against humanity during the war in Gaza, including the crime of “extermination”.

“The crimes against humanity of extermination; murder; gender persecution targeting Palestinian men and boys; forcible transfer; and torture and inhuman and cruel treatment were committed,” the Commission of Inquiry said in a report, due to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council next week.

It also blamed Hamas for committing war crimes in the early stages of the Gaza war.

The findings were from two parallel reports, one focusing on the October 7 Hamas attacks and another on Israel’s military response, published by the UN Commission of Inquiry (COI).

Israel does not cooperate with the commission, which it says has an anti-Israel bias. The COI says Israel obstructs its work and prevents investigators from accessing both Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.

Hundreds of Israelis enter Al-Aqsa Mosque

Groups of Israelis have entered the grounds of Al-Aqsa Mosque, carrying out Jewish prayers to mark the holiday of Shavuot, reports the Wafa news agency, citing local sources.

Israeli forces shuttered a street near the Damascus Gate, a main entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City, and stopped some Muslim worshippers heading to the mosque, the report added.

Non-Muslim rituals have long been barred in Al-Aqsa Mosque by a longstanding agreement, but Israeli worshippers often go to the site on religious occasions.

Palestine football chief to hold news conference on Israel’s attacks on Palestinian sport

Palestine Football Association (PFA) chief Jibril Rajoub is set to hold a news conference in Ramallah today to highlight the challenges and achievements of Palestinian sport under occupation and Israel’s war on Gaza.

The PFA has previously questioned Israel’s participation in FIFA-organised events, calling for their suspension from the world football governing body over the war on Gaza that has killed more than 36,000 Palestinians.

The issue was discussed at FIFA’s annual congress in Bangkok in May, where it was decided that a special council meeting would be held within the next two months to determine Israel’s status.

The Palestine team lost 5-0 to Australia in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday, a match that Rajoub was unable to attend since his visa was rejected by Australian authorities for political reasons, he said.

At least 270 Palestinian athletes have been killed as a result of Israel’s war on Gaza. In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces have demolished youth centres and detained and attacked athletes.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mediators-reviewing-hamas-ceasefire-response
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>>482110
What happened to the John Mearsheimer interview at 54:23
Katie Halper asks about whether Biden could have bullied Netanyahu to do the right thing, and then it cuts to "thank you for the interview"
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Multiple civilians injured in Old City, occupied East Jerusalem

An Israeli soldier has opened fire on civilians in the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem, injuring four people, Israeli news outlet Kann has reported.

We will update you on this incident as more information becomes available.

https://twitter.com/kann_news/status/1800913392359907339

Israel expanding policy of withholding Palestinian bodies to use them as bargaining chips: Adalah

The Israeli government has informed the Supreme Court that it will continue withholding the body of Walid Daqqa, a Palestinian citizen of Israel who died in prison, the human rights group Adalah says, slamming what it describes as Israel’s “longstanding policy of withholding Palestinian bodies in order to use them as bargaining chips”.

The government submitted an update to the court ahead of Thursday’s hearing on a petition filed on behalf of Daqqa’s family by Adalah.

Daqqa’s body has been withheld since he died of cancer on April 7.

“Military orders are [now] being used to detain the bodies of Palestinian citizens for political purposes, illustrating that citizenship does not shield Palestinians from Israeli oppression. Israel is denying Palestinians the right to bury their deceased promptly and with dignity,” Adalah said in a statement.

“This policy not only contravenes international law, but exposes yet again Israel’s system of subjugation and repression of Palestinians, both in life and death.”

Since October 7, the police have released the bodies of two Palestinian citizens of Israel after Adalah petitioned the Supreme Court on behalf of the families of the deceased.

Israeli forces launch numerous raids in southern Lebanon

Israeli forces have launched raids on the towns of Markaba, Odaisseh, and Deir Siriane in southern Lebanon, an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent reports.

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah meanwhile said it targeted Israeli spy equipment in the Ruwaisaat al-Alam site in the Kfarchouba hills.

The news comes as part of an escalation witnessed on the Lebanese front since this morning, as Hezbollah bombed many Israeli settlements and sites with about 170 missiles in response to the Israeli forces’ assassination of four Hezbollah members Tuesday evening, including a senior commander.

Fires caused by Hezbollah rockets threaten Israeli ‘strategic sites’, media says

We’ve been reporting all day on a massive rocket barrage unleashed against Israel by Lebanon’s Hezbollah, one of the largest since the Gaza war began, after Israel killed one of the group’s top commanders late last night.

Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted an official with Israel’s Fire and Rescue Service, who said that the brushfires that broke out as a result of Hezbollah’s rockets endangered “strategic sites and facilities”.

It added that firefighting teams are close to gaining control of the fires in the towns of Biriya, Kadita, Ein Zeitim, and Tziv’on.

In addition, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reports that the fires burned an area of ​​about 30,000 square metres (about 322,917 square feet).

Hezbollah promises to increase intensity of operations against Israel

Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine says the group will increase the intensity, force and quantity of its operations against Israel after the killing of senior commander Sami Taleb Abdullah.

Cross-border attacks by Israel and Hezbollah have since escalated, with the Lebanese group firing a major rocket barrage at northern Israel today and Israel carrying out a series of raids in southern Lebanon.

Slovenia announces 2.5 million euros towards victims of war in Gaza

One million euros ($1.08m) will be allocated for the Palestinian people through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs said in a statement.

Meanwhile, another million euros will be allocated to the UN’s World Food Programme, and the remaining 0.5 million euros ($0.54m) will be assigned “to health and psychosocial rehabilitation projects” for victims of the war in Gaza.

The ministry said it has so far given 4.3 million euros ($4.6m) in humanitarian aid to the Palestinians since the war began on October 7.

US ceasefire proposal a ‘huge mess’

Mohamad Elmasry, a professor of media studies at the Doha Institute of Graduate Studies, says the US has been “very misleading” about the latest ceasefire plan for Gaza.

“It’s a huge mess. Things are very, very convoluted, in part because the US is being very misleading, I think deliberately misleading,” Elmasry told Al Jazeera.

He added that Israel has still not officially accepted the ceasefire plan.

“No matter how many times Blinken says it, it’s not going to make it true – Israel has not accepted anything,” he said. “Israel has repeatedly said that they are going to continue this war. That is in direct violation, or in direct contradiction to what the ceasefire proposal, presented by the US, lays out.”

“Nothing has changed. Hamas wants a permanent end to the hostilities, and Israel wants the right to continue the war. And until that equation changes, we’re not going to move anywhere,” Elmasry added.

White House’s Sullivan says ceasefire proposal changes from Hamas are ‘minor’

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says changes proposed by Hamas to the ceasefire proposal are minor and that the US will work with fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar to bridge gaps in the proposal.

“Many of the proposed changes are minor and not unanticipated. Others differ more substantially from what was outlined in the UN Security Council resolution,” Sullivan said.

Hamas official denies requesting amendments to proposed Gaza ceasefire deal: Report

Hamas official Osama Hamdan has denied that the Palestinian group had put forward new ideas for the US-backed proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Earlier, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Hamas had proposed numerous amendments, some unworkable, to the Gaza ceasefire proposal, though he also said mediators remained determined to close the gaps.

Hamdan, speaking to the pan-Arab Al-Araby TV, also said that Blinken was “part of the problem, not the solution” in the Gaza conflict.

Hamas ‘mourns’ Hezbollah leader

The group has said senior Hezbollah leader Taleb Abdullah was helping the “defence and support of the battle being waged by the Palestinian people” while leaving behind a “legacy filled with strikes on the Zionist enemy in southern Lebanon and north of occupied Palestine”.

“We recognise the support of our brothers in Hezbollah, and we mourn all the martyrs whose blood was spilled in support of Gaza, Jerusalem and al-Aqsa,” Hamas said in a statement.

The group also expressed its appreciation for the “resistance in Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq”.

Blinken, the ‘ultimate spinner’
Marwan Bishara
Al Jazeera's senior political analyst

This is what’s so infuriating about Secretary Blinken: He is so well-mannered, soft-spoken, very diplomatic. But when it comes to the content of what he says, he is the ultimate spinner – half facts, half truths.

He said the two proposals are virtually the same. But I will name you two important differences: One is that the (previous) Hamas proposal calls for the end of Israel’s siege; the proposal outlined by the US does not. What’s the point of this war or the past 20 years of four wars against Gaza if we’re going to go back to square one where Israel imposes a siege on Gaza? So the Hamas proposal suggested ending the Israeli siege on Gaza. This new proposal does not.

Two, there’s the key difference between a permanent and temporary ceasefire. This proposal speaks of a temporary ceasefire. Hamas presented a permanent ceasefire. The difference lies in phase two, which says that Israel will withdraw from the Gaza Strip upon the agreement of the parties – which means Israel will have to agree. And there’s every proof and demonstration that Israel does not want to end the war, and it keeps saying that this resolution will allow it to achieve its war objectives.

Blinken assures us that Israel said “Yes” to the proposal. I am not convinced. Why hasn’t Netanyahu come out and said, “I support and embrace the new Security Council resolution”? That’s the question that needs to be posed to Secretary Blinken.

Hamas wants US guarantees about permanent ceasefire: Report

Hamas is seeking guarantees from the US that Israel will live up to its commitments under the UN-backed ceasefire proposal, including withdrawing from Gaza and negotiating a permanent ceasefire, according to sources quoted by Reuters.

Earlier, Hamas issued a formal response to the three-stage ceasefire plan, asking for several amendments, including a ceasefire timeline.

“The Hamas response reaffirmed the group’s stance [that] any agreement must end the Zionist aggression on our people, get the Israeli forces out, reconstruct Gaza and achieve a serious prisoners swap deal,” a Hamas official told Reuters news agency.

Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan reported that Hamas and PIJ leaders said the response that was delivered includes amendments.

“The amendments include a complete withdrawal from the entire Gaza Strip, including the Rafah crossing and the Philadelphi Corridor,” Khan said, referring to the vital border crossing with Egypt.

“The Israelis want one thing … the destruction of Hamas both politically and militarily,” he said. “What this proposal suggests is that Hamas may well survive in some way, shape, or form.”

The plan, as outlined by Biden on May 31, starts with a six-week ceasefire in phase one, transitioning to negotiations for a full ceasefire in phase two. The ceasefire is to remain in place as long as negotiations are ongoing.

However, Israeli leaders, including the prime minister, have insisted Israel is still dedicated to destroying Hamas, raising questions about their commitment to a lasting ceasefire.

Displaced Palestinians grow food between tents using dirty water

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has shared photos showing siblings Luay and Najah using dirty water to grow food between tents for displaced people in Gaza.

They were displaced from their homes to Rafah in southern Gaza.

“We hope to return to our homes and farms, knowing they have all been destroyed,” UNRWA quoted them as saying.

https://twitter.com/UNRWA/status/1800845504999547112

UN report chronicling Gaza war crimes is ‘damning’
James Bays
Reporting from Bari, Italy

The report by the UN’s independent Commission of Inquiry is damning. The bit that’s on the occupied Palestinian territory includes findings that are really serious.

According to the commission, Israel has carried out crimes against humanity, including the crime of extermination. It talks about Israel using starvation as a method of warfare, intentional attacks on civilians and collective punishment, including the use of sieges.

With regard to October 7, the report is very critical of Hamas. It says Hamas carried out war crimes too – wilful killings, murder and torture.

And it does say there are some instances of sexual violence and gender-based violence, although, on that, it’s worth noting that it’s looked at some of the allegations of rape made by Israeli authorities and some Israeli journalists and says it cannot independently verify some of those allegations.

A lot of evidence has clearly been gathered here that can potentially go to a judicial body at a later stage.

UNRWA head urges Germany to press Israel to halt deadly attacks on UN workers

The UNRWA chief has told Germany it must press Israel to stop its deadly attacks on UN aid workers.

“Germany must help the UN protect itself against Israel’s attacks. There is no contradiction, being a close friend of Israel and [having] red lines,” UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini said in an interview with Germany’s Der Spiegel news magazine.

“So far, 192 of our employees have been killed in Gaza. There have also been several arson attacks on our headquarters in East Jerusalem.”

Lazzarini pointed out that UNRWA workers have also been abused and tortured by Israel during their imprisonment.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mediators-reviewing-hamas-ceasefire-response
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https://x.com/CAIRNational/status/1800923379349753872
Americans are now desecrating mosques in Gaza, allegedly.
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 No.482121

https://twitter.com/QudsNen/status/1800950890196549908
Quds News Network - "Recently surfaced footage shows Israeli occupation forces orchestrating a mass abduction of hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza.

Many of these Palestinians, who were later released, were civilians. Shockingly, among them, according to additional images shared by an Israeli soldier, were children and elderly individuals. They were coerced into walking naked before being transported in military trucks to Israeli detention camps, where they endured appalling mistreatment, including torture and starvation."
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 No.482122

New UN report dropped.
Some details:
1. They found Israel actively obstructed their October 7th investigation, and wouldn't allow them access to unedited documents.
2. Because of this, the investigators couldn't find any evidence that Hamas committed any rape on October 7th.
3. They did, however, find evidence that Israel committed rape and sexual violence against prisoners.
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 No.482123

>>482121
>They were coerced into walking naked before being transported in military trucks to Israeli detention camps, where they endured appalling mistreatment, including torture and starvation."
Somebody has to be doing all the torture shit, where do the Zionists find all those sadists willing to do this ? And what's causing it, did these people suffer some kind of brain damage ? Can this be studied ?
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>>482122
>3. They did, however, find evidence that Israel committed rape and sexual violence against prisoners.
Of course they did.

<Every accusation a confession.

Why does this rule of thumb turn out to be correct so often with the Zionists ?
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 No.482126

Israeli education minister: Hezbollah attacks could disrupt coming school year

Israeli broadcaster Channel 13 has quoted Yoav Kisch, who said that if the “reality” in northern Isreal, where Hezbollah has launched daily attacks on Israeli military positions and settlements, does not change by August 1, “The school year will not open.”

Hezbollah says fighters targeted an Israeli warplane

The Lebanese armed group in a statement has claimed its forces attacked “a hostile Zionist warplane that violated Lebanese airspace”.

Hezbollah said its fighters fired a surface-to-air missile at it, “forcing it to retreat towards occupied Palestine and leave Lebanese airspace immediately”.

Earlier, our Al Jazeera Arabic colleague reported that Israeli forces launched raids on the towns of Markaba, Odaisseh, and Deir Siriane in southern Lebanon.

US, UK forces hit western Yemen targets: Report

The Houthi-affiliated media outlet Al Masirah says US and UK forces struck the al-Jabana area west of Hodeidah.

The Houthis have attacked ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and fired missiles and drones at Israeli targets in a show of support for Palestinians in war-battered Gaza, drawing anger from Western nations.

The US and allies have bombed Houthi targets in Yemen since January, but the military campaign has not deterred Houthi attacks. The group pledged to continue targeting Israel-linked ships as long as the war on Gaza, which has killed more than 37,000 people, continues.

Yemen’s Houthis target Tutor ship in Red Sea

The group’s military spokesman Yahya Saree has made the announcement in a televised speech.

The ship was hit and it is facing the danger of sinking, Saree added.

Moreover, they also carried out a joint military operation with Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeting sites in Israel’s Ashdod and Haifa.

Merchant ship hit in Red Sea off Yemen’s coast: Monitors

The ship was attacked about 68 nautical miles (about 126km) southwest of the Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah, maritime security firm Ambrey said.

The company “assessed the vessel aligned with the [Houthis] target profile at the time of the incident”, it said in a statement, without giving further details.

Meanwhile, the United Kingdom’s Maritime Trade Operations, which is run by the UK’s Royal Navy, said a ship was “hit on the stern by a small craft” 66 nautical miles (about 122km) southwest of Hodeidah.

In a statement, UKMTO said the ship was taking on water and not under the crew’s command.

Qassam Brigades hit Israeli forces in northern Gaza

The armed wing of Hamas says it has targeted the headquarters of Israeli forces in the Netzarim axis, south of Gaza City with a 114mm (4.5-inch) missile.

Earlier, the Qassam Brigades said its fighters were engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli forces east of the Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City.

Reports Israeli of attacks on Mawasi, near Rafah

Al Jazeera’s correspondents in Gaza are reporting intense Israeli army shelling of the Mawasi area, adjacent to the southern city of Rafa, on Gaza’s coast.

The area has been used over the course of Israel’s war as a so-called humanitarian safe zone, which the Israeli army has told Palestinians fleeing violence to evacuate, too.

According to reports, the Israeli military warned NGOs and the Palestinian Red Crescent to “take ultimate precautions” in the Mawasi area.

So far, reports are of shelling only. At least one house hit.

More than 60% of Gaza residents report losing family members in war: Poll

A poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research has also found that nearly 80 percent of Gaza residents polled say that at least one of their family members has been killed or injured in the current Israeli war.

Nevertheless, two-thirds of the public support the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and nearly 80 percent believe it has placed the Palestinian issue at the centre of global attention, according to the polling data.

The survey explains, “It is important to note that support for this attack, as we will see later, does not necessarily mean support for Hamas and does not mean support for any killings or atrocities committed against civilians.

Support comes from another motive: findings suggest that more than 80 percent of Palestinians believe that the attack has put the Palestinian issue at the center of attention and eliminated years of neglect at the regional and international levels.”



Findings indicate that two-thirds of the public expect Hamas to win the war on Gaza, but this percentage drops to only about half in the Gaza Strip. Also, only half of Gaza Palestinians expect Hamas to return to controlling the Strip after the war.

Demand for Palestinian Authority President Abbas’s resignation is increasing, the findings suggested, as well as a rise in the popularity of Hamas and Marwan Barghouti. The survey also indicates a significant drop in the Gaza Strip in support for the two-state solution, while support for armed struggle rises and support for dissolving the PA stands at more than 60 percent.

Israeli army target women in occupied East Jerusalem

Footage shared on local Palestinian Telegram channels show Israeli forces attacking a group of women in the Old City.

The video, verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit Sanad, shows several Israeli soldiers shoving the women and striking them with their weapons. One woman can be seen visibly crying out in pain.

Families of Israeli captives continue to protest for prisoner swap deal

Video verified by Al Jazeera shows crowds of protesters, including the captives’ families, demonstrating to demand that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make a deal with Hamas that will see their loved ones exchanged for Palestinians held in Israeli jails.

The protests, ongoing for much of the war, have taken on an anti-government tone in recent months, as some demonstrators have begun openly calling for an end to Israel’s war on Gaza and early elections in Israel in order to replace Netanyahu.

The most recent iteration of a ceasefire deal, backed by the United Nations, is currently being pushed by the United States as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken makes another trip to the region to meet with mediators.

After Hamas responded to the proposal yesterday, Blinken said today that some of the amendments suggested by Hamas to the proposal for a truce in Gaza are not “workable”, but efforts to reach an agreement are continuing.

https://twitter.com/rozolyo/status/1800950174178738659

Pro-Palestinian supporters target NYC locations with paint to protest war

Mayor Eric Adams says the homes of museum director Anne Pasternak and members of the museum’s board of trustees were among the locations hit.

Pro-Palestinians threw red paint across their entrances in opposition to the Israeli war on Gaza.

Red paint was also splashed across the front of buildings associated with the German consulate, as well as the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, where flyers critical of the Palestinian Authority and its president, Mahmoud Abbas, were also scattered outside the building.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mediators-reviewing-hamas-ceasefire-response
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Owen Jones - Israel CONFESSES Genocidal Intent

Starvation kills an 8-year-old girl in Gaza as Israel obstructs aid

Hanan Al-Zaanin, an eight-year-old Palestinian girl, has died from severe malnutrition due to the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where an Israeli blockade is preventing essential aid supplies from entering the war-torn territory.

Hamas says it has not heard any Israeli response regarding ceasefire proposal

Hamas says in a statement it has shown “full positivity” in efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement with Israel.

The Palestinian group also urged the US, Israel’s biggest ally, to pressure Israel to accept a deal leading to a permanent ceasefire in the enclave.

Hamas said that while US officials have said Israel has accepted a ceasefire proposal outlined by President Joe Biden on May 31, “we have not heard any Israeli official confirm this acceptance”.

Confusion abounds as US continuing to say Israel accepts ceasefire proposal
Mike Hanna
Reporting from Washington DC, United States

The US government has continued to paint the Israeli government as accepting Biden’s three-phase plan.

This is not necessarily so, given the fact that a number of government members in Israel have threatened to resign should the plan be adopted and put in place.

So certainly, there’s a degree of confusion about this, whereas, initially, the plan was actually posted as that coming from the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This also apparently does not appear to be the case.

So the interests of reaching a resolution are not really served by the US continuing to insist that one of the parties to the negotiations has accepted the peace plan. This clearly is not the case, and this may well continue to confuse the issue.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mediators-reviewing-hamas-ceasefire-response
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Hezbollah continues its attacks on Israel

The Lebanese group has announced three attacks on Israeli army positions and personnel since the top of the hour (15:00 GMT).

In the first, it says it launched an air attack with squadrons of drones “for the second time today”, targeting Israel’s Mishar base and the Katsavia barracks. The drones “hit their targets accurately”, according to statements form Hezbollah.

Hezbollah also claims that its fighters ambushed an Israeli army Humvee military vehicle, shooting a close-range guided missile at it and destroying it, also killing those inside. The attack took place near the Lebanon-Israel border.

Finally, the group says that it attacked the “Ruwaisat al-Qarn” site in the Shebaa Farms, occupied by Israel, with missiles, achieving direct hits.

Tensions remain high on the Lebanon-Israel border after Hezbollah pledged to step up its attacks on Israel, after the Israeli army killed one of its senior commanders in an air strike days ago.

Fires continue to rage in northern Israel after Hezbollah attacks

Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reports that 15 fire crews, 10 teams from the Israel Land Department and teams from the Israeli army are working to extinguish a large-scale fire in Berea, north of Safed in Upper Galilee, Israel.

These fires have broken out as Lebanon’s Hezbollah continues to launch attacks against Israeli territory, sending earlier today a barrage of 150 rockets, its largest since it began open hostilities with Israel.

Yedioth Ahronoth says that fire brigades managed to halt the spread of the fires to residential houses in Upper Galilee, but that fires are spreading quickly due to high winds in the area.

Nine other fire teams from Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority and others are also working to extinguish fires in several locations in the central Golan Heights area, especially near Katzrin, the newspaper added.

Fires break out in southern Lebanon

Local media platforms have published videos showing an outbreak of fires in southern Lebanon. Israeli forces have launched raids targeting the vicinity of the towns of Haris and Marjayoun, causing fires in the area, local media reported.

https://twitter.com/MajaletAzhar_/status/1801208087325385010
https://twitter.com/Macario218/status/1801211046637555754

Israeli forces continue to train for fighting in the north: Statement

The Arab spokesman for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, says its soldiers are continuing to train for “combat readiness” on the northern front of the country, amid the ongoing exchange of fire with Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

Here is what he said in a post on X:

“Over the past two weeks, a series of exercises were conducted at the level of military brigades, during which the forces trained to deal with different war scenarios on the northern front.”
“The forces of the 4th Brigade arrived for the exercise after a period of fighting in the Gaza Strip, while the forces of the 226th Brigade (Northern Paratroopers Brigade) arrived after completing a period of defensive actions on the northern border.”
“The exercise simulated combat scenarios at different levels, with an emphasis on movement in rugged areas, advancing on mountainous axes, activating fire at an increasing pace, and fighting in different areas.”
“The forces were also trained to provide logistical and communications services in depth, evacuate wounded from the battlefield, and operate command headquarters.”
Thus far, fighting on the ground has remained limited to skirmishes on the border. But Hezbollah has been trying to challenge Israel’s air superiority over Lebanese skies.

Explosion reported in Red Sea

United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) says a merchant vessel has reported an explosion in its close proximity, located 82 nautical miles (about 152km) northwest of Hodeidah, Yemen.

“There is no damage to the vessel, all crew are reported safe and the vessel is proceeding to its next port of call,” it said on X, adding that authorities are investigating.

Northern Gaza suffering from starvation: Media office

The Government Media Office in the coastal enclave says in a statement that Palestinians are suffering from “an escalation of the war of starvation”.

The statement noted that the problem was especially precarious in the northern part of Gaza, as a result of Israel’s closure of crossings and the limited number of humanitarian aid trucks that are allowed to enter the Strip.

“The Zionist occupation’s brutal use of starvation, thirst, and denial of medical care as a weapon during this barbaric aggression is a proven and complex war crime, and confirmation of its continuation of its greatest crime of genocide against our people in the Gaza Strip,” the statement said.



It also called on the international community, including the United Nations, to “intervene immediately”.

EU, others express concern over pressure on Palestinian human rights defenders

The Consulate General of Belgium in Jerusalem says representative from the EU, Belgium, UK, Germany and Ireland met the Lawyers4Justice group to discuss their work on human rights issues

“We are increasingly concerned about the challenges and pressure Palestinian human rights defenders are facing from various sides,” it said in a post on X.

UN: 155 percent increase in violations against children in Israel and Palestine

Speaking to reporters, Virginia Gamba, special representative of the secretary-general of the United Nations for children and armed conflict, detailed some of the particulars of the UN’s annual report on the subject.

We reported last week that the UN is adding Israel to its so-called “blacklist” of countries that have committed abuses against children in armed conflict, which is included in this annual report.

Thousands of Palestinian children have been killed in the Israeli military’s continued assault on the Gaza Strip.

Israel’s UN ambassador again rails against army’s addition to UN child harm list

“The secretary-general’s decision to include the [most] moral army in the world (anon's note: ??????) along with terrorist organisations and human rights violators is a despicable and despicable decision by a Secretary-General who hates Israel”, Israeli media quoted Gilad Erdan as saying of UN chief Antonio Guterres.

Transferring Palestinian tax revenues to Israeli families ‘unprecedented’ step for Israel

Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has signed an order to deduct $35m of Palestinian tax revenues and transfer the funds to Israeli families whose members were killed in Palestinian attacks.

Israel collects Palestinian tax as part of the 1994 Paris agreement between the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) and it deducts 3 percent of the amount as a collection fee. The total revenue is estimated to be approximately $220m a month, making it the main source of income for the Palestinian Authority.

Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, reporting from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, says this an “unprecedented” step for Israel.

“They’ve legislated Palestinian money away, giving the finance minister in Israel the power to do with that money as he sees fit, whether it’s to compensate Israeli families affected by Palestinian attacks or to even direct it elsewhere and now he’s putting that into action,” Odeh said.

“This could potentially open the floodgates to a very serious financial crisis in the Palestinian Authority (PA) rooted in the political fact that Israel controls every aspect of life not just of ordinary Palestinians, but of the coffers of PA that is supposed to take care of them.”

Turkey calls on UNSC members to pressure Israel into ceasefire

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, speaking in Madrid alongside Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, called on members of the United Nations Security Council, particularly the United States, to pressure Israel into making an agreement that would implement a ceasefire in Gaza.

Earlier this week, the UNSC adopted a resolution endorsing a US-backed ceasefire proposal that aims to end Israel’s eight-month assault on Gaza.

The resolution welcomes a three-phase ceasefire proposal announced by US President Joe Biden last month, which calls for an initial six-week ceasefire and the exchange of some Israeli captives held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.

Erdogan said Ankara welcomed any ceasefire proposals that would end the Gaza war, adding that Washington’s stance on Israel’s operations there were “truly upsetting”.

Israel ‘responds to calls for a ceasefire by shedding blood’

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has applauded Spain’s PM for his stance on the ongoing Gaza crisis.

“I congratulate my dear friend, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, for his stance on Gaza, on behalf of myself and my nation,” Erdogan said in an address at a business forum in the Spanish capital, Madrid, adding that Sanchez “has been etched in the hearts of our Palestinian brothers”.

“The genocide that has been going on in Gaza for 250 days hurts everyone with a conscience.”

Last month, Spain formally recognised Palestine as a state, with Sanchez saying it was a “historic move towards justice and the only route to achieve peace”. Erdogan also took aim at what he called Israel’s “spoiled attitude”, saying the Netanyahu government “responds to calls for a ceasefire by shedding blood”.
“No country with a conscience can accept this,” Erdogan said.

Does ceasefire in Gaza mean Israeli escalation with Hezbollah?

Analysts told Al Jazeera a ceasefire in Gaza could shift Israel’s military focus to Lebanon, where it has exchanged attacks with Hezbollah since the day after October 7.

Israel has killed about 300 Hezbollah members and more than 70 civilians during this time, while Israel says it has lost about 15 soldiers and 10 civilians.

Photos, videos show vandalised mosque in Rafah

Photos and videos shared on social media show Israeli soldiers violating the sanctity of mosques in Gaza, triggering condemnation.

An Israeli soldier named Yael Sendler, reportedly an American citizen, posted photos on her Instagram before deleting them, showing graffiti scrawled on a wall inside a mosque in Rafah, with insulting phrases offensive to Islam and Prophet Muhammad.

CAIR, the US’s largest Muslim civil rights organisation, called on the Biden administration to investigate the incident and take action against the American soldier.

https://twitter.com/CAIRNational/status/1800923379349753872

Coca-Cola ad in Bangladesh sparks backlash for ‘denying ties with Israel’

A 60-second Coca-Cola advertisement in Bangladesh has caused a storm of criticism for the beverage giant over its attempt to distance itself from Israel amid the war on Gaza.

Local media reports say Coca-Cola sales have declined by about 23 percent in Bangladesh since the Gaza war.

In its latest attempt to boost sales, the company on Sunday released an advertisement on television and social media, aimed at dispelling the “misinformation” that Coca-Cola is an Israeli product, arguing that the beverage “has been enjoyed for 138 years by people in 190 countries”.

As soon as it aired, outrage began to appear online and offline, with many Bangladeshis condemning the advertisement’s “insensitivity” and inaccuracy.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-who-chief-warns-of-catastrophic-hunger-in-gaza
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Israel’s chief of staff approves establishment of Haredi contingent

Israeli Army Radio is reporting that the country’s chief of staff has approved the establishment of a contingent of ultra-Orthodox soldiers comprising 3,000 soldiers.

The Haredi Division will include three battalions, two of which are regular infantry and the third which is reserve, it said.

Israel’s government ‘destructive, disastrous’

Former Israeli deputy chief of staff Yair Golan has called for Netanyahu’s resignation, criticising the government’s handling of the release of 120 captives.

“I think we should have already reached a deal when four [Israeli forces] divisions were in Gaza, and that happened four to five months ago,” Golan, chairman of the Labor Party, told the Israeli daily Maariv.

“I don’t know if we missed the opportunity, but there is no doubt that we missed the best conditions,” he said, adding that the government is “mainly busy with its personal interests”.

“We cannot enter into another war in the north, which will probably be more difficult, cruel and prolonged than the current one, without the State of Israel being led by a government that the people trust.

“This government is a destructive government, a disastrous government … it is not normal for a country to go to war with a government that the people do not trust.”

Palestinian Red Crescent restores health facility in northern Gaza

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has reopened a medical post in northern Gaza’s Jabalia.

That site, along with dozens of others belonging to the aid group, had been damaged by Israeli attacks during the war.

Nearly 330,000 tonnes of waste piling up in Gaza

With the breakdown of basic services in Gaza, nearly 330,000 tonnes of waste have amassed in populated areas, warns UNRWA.

Israel stopped ‘roof knocking’ warnings as it razed Gaza neighbourhoods: UN

Israel has abandoned the practice of using smaller bombs to warn civilians of an imminent attack, known as “roof knocking”, in Gaza, an independent UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) has found.

Israeli army chief of staff, Brigadier General Omer Tishler, reportedly said on October 11, 2023: “We are at war. Where there is an enemy, and we want to eliminate it – there is no roof knocking,” the COI said in its recently released report.

The commission also found that Israel “[razed] entire residential blocks and neighbourhoods to rubble in near-constant heavy bombardments” in the first weeks of its war on Gaza after October 7.

Instead of using “precision-guided” weapons in densely populated residential areas, Israeli forces used “explosive weapons” such as the MK84 bombs, which “can form a crater up to 15 metres wide and 11 metres deep and can penetrate up to 38cm of metal or 3.4 metres of concrete”, the COI’s report said.

Israel will consider ‘expelling senior UN officials’

Israel will consider expelling senior UN officials, the country’s ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan has said.

“Within days, Israel will study the possibility of expelling senior United Nations officials from its territory,” he told Israeli public radio. “The time has come for Israel to seriously consider the pros and cons of withdrawing from the United Nations.”

Israeli air raid kills one Palestinian near Gaza port

An Israeli air raid has killed one person and injured two near Gaza’s port.

The port is located west of Gaza City, near al-Rashid Street along the coast.

The attack comes on the heels of strikes that hit several Gaza City homes yesterday, killing a total of 10 people.

Israel expects ceasefire negotiations to continue after Hamas response
Bernard Smith
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government

Blinken has left the Middle East and gone is some of the momentum he brought trying get this ceasefire deal over the line.

Hamas has issued a long statement sort of rebutting suggestions they are the ones at fault and not going ahead with the ceasefire deal.

Hamas said that the changes it’s asking for are not that significant. They include a demand for the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops. Hamas says they responded very promptly when this deal was first put forward in early May, that they welcomed the UN Security Council resolution, and that they are ready to engage in indirect negotiations.

Hamas says that while they’re doing that, Israel is continuing its assault on Gaza. And as we know, Israel has not come out with a public formal acceptance of this ceasefire proposal.

We’re hearing this morning from the Israelis that they expect negotiations to continue.

Access to Gaza needed so ‘full extent of famine’ is known: Bernie Sanders

The veteran US senator said that Israel’s use of “starvation as a weapon is a war crime”, and as long as Israel continues to prevent aid organisations and journalists from entering the “most desperate” areas of the Gaza Strip, “we will not know the full extent of the famine there”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-who-chief-warns-of-catastrophic-hunger-in-gaza
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Netanyahu comes to DC on the 24th, and a citizens' arrest is planned.
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One mariner injured in Houthi attack in Gulf of Aden: US military

The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) says a civilian mariner was “seriously injured” after two antiship cruise missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthis hit a cargo vessel called M/V Verbena.

“M/V Verbena most recently docked in Malaysia and was en route to Italy carrying wood construction material. M/V Verbena reported damage and subsequent fires on board,” CENTCOM said in a social media post.

The injured mariner was transported to another ship for medical care, it said.

Israeli minister accuses Gantz of wanting to end Gaza war

Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has accused former war cabinet member Benny Gantz’s of being in favour of ending the war in Gaza that has now killed more than 15,000 children.

“Gantz’s statements in favor of ending the war are a shameful surrender to [Hamas leader] Sinwar and moral and national bankruptcy,” he posted on X.

Poll shows rise in support by Palestinians for armed struggle

Support for armed struggle as the best means to end Israeli occupation and achieve statehood rose among Palestinians, according to an opinion poll in the last three months.

The poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) showed support for armed struggle climbed by eight percentage points to 54 percent of those surveyed in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Support for Hamas rose by six percentage points to 40 percent. Fatah, led by President Mahmoud Abbas, had 20 percent backing.

The polling was carried out some eight months since the start of the Gaza war in October.

Walid Ladadweh, head of the Survey Research Unit at PSR, said that the increase in support for Hamas and armed action, while not significant compared with the previous poll, was a reaction to Israel’s destruction and killing in Gaza.

He also said the poll reflected dissatisfaction with the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority led by Abbas, who has long sought to negotiate the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel and rejects armed struggle.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-who-chief-warns-of-catastrophic-hunger-in-gaza
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>>482137
Holy shit GRAB HIM BY THE ASSHOLE!
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>>482141
NET HIM BY THE YAHOO
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>>482136
>Israel will consider ‘expelling senior UN officials’
>Israel will consider expelling senior UN officials, the country’s ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan has said.
>“Within days, Israel will study the possibility of expelling senior United Nations officials from its territory,” he told Israeli public radio. “The time has come for Israel to seriously consider the pros and cons of withdrawing from the United Nations.”

This is probably a good thing for the UN. After-all they want to be a club for sensible people. The crazy mass murder gang deciding to no longer show up, will make that task easier.
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>>482144
There was an episode of Electronic Intifada's stream where Ali Abunimah had a great thing to say about Israel's threats to withdraw ambassadors from countries which had recognized Palestine, and I wish I'd saved it as a clip now.
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UN finds at least 14 Israelis likely intentionally killed by own army on 7 October
New report documents repeated use of so-called Hannibal Directive in which abductees were killed to prevent their capture

At least 14 Israelis were likely intentionally killed by the Israeli army on 7 October as part of a protocol aimed at preventing capture, a new United Nations report has found.

The report by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) documented repeated uses of the so-called Hannibal Directive on 7 October as Israel was combatting Hamas fighters who entered southern Israel from Gaza.

The directive, when active, indicates that the Israeli army should use any and all means to prevent the capture of Israeli soldiers, even if it involves killing them.

Even though the secretive directive was officially and publicly revoked in 2016, several Israeli outlets have reported that the actions and rhetoric of the army during the Hamas-led attack imply it was re-activated in some form.

The COI said it had confirmed one statement by an Israeli security forces tank crew, "confirming that the crew had applied the Hannibal Directive by shooting at a vehicle which they suspected was transporting abducted [Israeli] soldiers".

It said it also had verified information indicating that, in at least two other cases, the security forces had likely applied the Hannibal Directive, resulting in the killing of up to 14 Israeli civilians.

"One woman was killed by [Israeli] helicopter fire while being abducted from Nir Oz to Gaza by militants," said the report, referring to one of the Kibbutzim from which people were abducted by Palestinian fighters.

"In another case the Commission found that Israeli tank fire killed some or all of the 13 civilian hostages held in a house in Beeri," it said, referring to another Kibbutz.

More than 1,100 people were killed in the 7 October attack after Hamas and other armed groups broke through the barriers cutting Gaza off from southern Israel.

The New York Times reported on the attack on the house in Kibbutz Beeri in December.

According to that report, several Israeli captives being held by Palestinian fighters in Beeri were killed during crossfire with Israel's military, in what was described as "a delayed and chaotic military response".

The Israeli military launched a rocket-propelled grenade at the house, according to witnesses.

Barak Hiram, an Israeli general in charge of recapturing the kibbutz from Hamas fighters, recalled telling his men: "Break in, even at the cost of civilian casualties."

Despite repeated criticism of his handling of the 7 October operation, Hiram was cleared of wrongdoing by an Israeli army investigation in April, which attributed the deaths of the captives to small arms fire.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-un-killed-own-soldiers-army-7-october

Colombia plans to provide medical treatment to Palestinian children injured in Gaza

A Colombian military hospital would provide medical treatment to Palestinian children injured in the Israel-Hamas war under a plan announced by the country’s foreign ministry.

Colombia’s Deputy Minister of Multilateral Affairs Elizabeth Taylor Jay told reporters the children would travel with their families to Colombia for rehabilitation. She did not provide further details, including the number of children who would receive treatment, when they would arrive in Colombia or how long they would remain in the country.

Taylor Jay made the announcement during Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s trip to Sweden.

She said the government believes injured children can be treated by Colombian military doctors in part due to “the expertise” they have acquired while caring for people wounded during Colombia’s decades-long internal conflict.

US student protesters barricade university president, trash building

Demonstrators protesting Israel’s war on Gaza have occupied and trashed a building at California State University, Los Angeles.

The CSULA Gaza Solidarity Encampment, a group that has camped near the campus gym for about 40 days, sent an email indicating its members were staging a sit-in in the building. Images from the scene showed graffiti on the building, furniture blocking doorways, and overturned golf carts, picnic tables and umbrellas barricading the plaza out front.

Protesters barricaded the multistorey student services building with university President Berenecea Johnson Eanes and dozens of other employees inside, spokesperson Erik Frost Hollins said.

Most of the protesters left the building at 1:15am (05:15 GMT) on Thursday and returned to an encampment on the campus. A few remaining protesters left when university police ordered them out, Frost Hollins said. There were no arrests or injuries reported.

Gaza activists hurl red paint at homes of New York museum officials

People purporting to be pro-Palestinian activists hurled red paint at the homes of leaders at the Brooklyn Museum, including its Jewish director.

They also splashed paint across the front of diplomatic buildings for Germany and the Palestinian Authority, prompting a police investigation.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, in a post on X, shared images of a brick building splashed with red paint with a banner hung in front of the door that called the museum’s director, Anne Pasternak, a “white-supremacist Zionist”.

“This is not peaceful protest or free speech. This is a crime and it’s overt, unacceptable anti-Semitism,” Adams said.

Hundreds of protesters marched on the Brooklyn Museum late last month, briefly setting up tents in the lobby and unfurling a “Free Palestine” banner from the roof before police moved in to make dozens of arrests. Similar protests have happened since October at other New York City museums.

UN investigator: Israel ‘indifferent’ to international law

The UN’s special rapporteur on the right to health, Tlaleng Mofokeng, spoke to Al Jazeera about the situation in Gaza and international efforts to end the devastating war.

Here is a summary:

There is a complete failure of world leaders to stop the “genocide” in Gaza.
Risks of disease transmission are increasing through contaminated water and air in Gaza.
The oxygen depletion crisis in hospitals indicates Israel’s indifference to international law.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-who-chief-warns-of-catastrophic-hunger-in-gaza
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Maritime security expert says Houthis ‘getting more successful’ with attacks

The Yemen-based Houthis are becoming increasingly accurate in their attacks on vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, according to the managing director of intelligence and risk at British maritime security firm Ambrey.

“The data would also say they are getting more successful with direct hits,” Joshua Hutchinson said in a post on LinkedIn.

He added that “several near misses have been reported”, but the Houthis remain “consistent with their affiliated targeting”.

Hutchinson’s comments come after the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said that a civilian mariner was “seriously injured” in a Houthi missile attack on a Ukrainian-owned and Polish-operated bulk cargo vessel in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday.

US says it destroyed two Houthi patrol boats in the Red Sea

The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said that it destroyed several Houthi targets in Yemen and the Red Sea.

Posting on X, CENTCOM announced it had destroyed one air defence sensor in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen. US forces also destroyed one Houthi “uncrewed surface vessel” and two Houthi patrol boats in the Red Sea.

In a separate incident, CENTCOM also destroyed one uncrewed aerial system over the Red Sea.

Hamas official says ‘no one has an idea’ how many captives still alive in Gaza: Report

Hamas spokesperson and political bureau member Osama Hamdan has said that “no one has an idea” how many captives held in Gaza are still alive
(???), in comments made as part of a far-reaching interview with a US television network.

When asked whether Hamas regrets carrying out attacks in southern Israel on October 7 given the war that followed, Hamdan justified the assault on Israel as a “reaction against the occupation”.

“The one who is in charge or responsible for that is [the Israeli] occupation. If you resist the occupation, [they] will kill you, if you did not resist the occupation, [they] also will kill you and deport you out of your country. So what we are supposed to do, just to wait?,” he told CNN in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

Hamdan also emphasised the need for the US to convince the Israeli government to agree to a permanent end to the fighting in Gaza.

“The Israelis want the ceasefire only for six weeks, and then they want to go back to the fight, which I think the Americans, till now, they did not convince the Israelis to accept [a permanent ceasefire],” he said.

Human Rights Watch calls for accountability as Israeli military added to UN ‘list of shame’

HRW’s director of child rights, Jo Becker, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s inclusion of Israel on the UN’s list of countries that commit “grave violations against children” in armed conflict was “fully justified”.

Though the UN had already attributed 8,700 child casualties to Israel’s military between 2015 and 2022, “in 2023, the scale of the violations was apparently too large for the secretary-general to ignore”, Becker said in a statement.

Becker said the UN secretary-general had been criticised in the past for “omitting some parties from the ‘list of shame’ despite evidence of violations in UN reports”.

Now, the UN Security Council must “hold those responsible to account and make clear that children are off-limits in armed conflict”, she added.

Antitank missile strike injures two Israeli soldiers in north: Military

The Israeli military said the two were evacuated after being injured in an antitank missile attack in the north of the country.

One of the soldiers was moderately injured and another was lightly injured, the military said in a post on social media.

Hezbollah in Lebanon also shared a video clip earlier on Friday which it said showed an Israeli vehicle being hit with a missile in the Yiftah area of northern Israel.

It was not known if Hezbollah’s missile attack was the same as that reported by Israel’s military.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1801367846989050139

Brutality of Israel’s war on Gaza becoming ‘dangerously normalised’: NRC

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has warned that images of brutality from Israel’s war on Gaza have become so common that there is a danger of the horror becoming “normalised”.

Hamas ceasefire stance shows confidence of ‘winning in the Gaza Strip’: Monitors

US-based defence think tanks, Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP), say that Hamas’s recent ceasefire proposal amendments demonstrate that the Palestinian armed group is “confident that it is winning in the Gaza Strip”.

“Senior Hamas officials have repeatedly expressed confidence that Hamas will survive the war, despite Israeli military pressure,” the ISW/CTP say in their Gaza report. “Hamas forces throughout the Gaza Strip remain combat effective and are trying to reconstitute. Hamas has also begun trying to reassert its political authority in some parts of the strip,” the war monitors said.

The monitors also noted that Israeli forces concluded a weeklong operation in the Zeitoun and Sabra neighbourhoods of Gaza City on Thursday and that Israel has now “conducted at least five distinct clearing operations” in Zeitoun since the start of the war.

Hamas fighters carried out rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli forces deployed along the Netzarim Corridor on Thursday while fighters mortared Israeli forces pushing into the west of Rafah.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired rockets at Israel’s Ashdod and Ashkelon cities, as well as a number of smaller Israeli towns, and mortared Israel forces at the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) border crossing with Gaza.

Cal State University president says 4 people assaulted during building takeover

The campus president of California State University, Los Angeles, has said that three staff members and a student were assaulted as pro-Palestine activists stormed an administration building on Wednesday.

Berenecea Johnson Eanes said in a statement that she was “saddened” and “angry” at the actions of the protesters, who were from the CSULA Gaza Solidarity Encampment, a group that has camped near the campus gym for about 40 days.

“So long as the encampment remained non-violent, I was committed that the university would continue to talk,” Eanes wrote, adding that “those in the encampment must leave” as they had crossed a line.

Protesters barricaded the multistorey student services building with Eanes and dozens of others inside. Images from the scene showed graffiti on the building, furniture blocking doorways, and overturned golf carts, picnic tables and umbrellas barricading the plaza out front.

Most of the protesters left the building at 1:15am (05:15 GMT) on Thursday and returned to the encampment.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-no-ceasefire-deal-soon-us-president-biden
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Two captives killed during Israeli strike on Rafah, Hamas says

Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, says that two Israeli captives held by the group were killed in an Israeli air raid in Rafah several days ago, according to a post on their Telegram channel.

“Your army deceives you and continues to deceive you,” the group said, addressing Israeli citizens. “Your government only wants to recover the hostages in coffins.”

Hamas did not reveal the identities of the captives, provide any images of them, or give more information about them.

Hezbollah rockets fall on Israel’s Shtula

The Israeli town on the Lebanese border has come under attack as projectiles were launched from Lebanese territory.

Video posted on X by Israeli broadcaster Kan shows a fire that broke out as a result of a rocket impact:

https://twitter.com/kann_news/status/1801645504624816639

‘The fire in the north does not stop’: Israeli Army Radio

The group reports that more than 60 projectiles fired from Lebanon have been detected in Israel today, as the increase in attacks by Lebanon’s Hezbollah continues to intensify.

Yesterday, Hezbollah unleashed 150 rockets in a single barrage, the largest since it began trading fire with the Israeli army on October 8, one day after Hamas’s attack on Israel.

Israeli army proposes redirecting focus to Lebanon

Israel’s Channel 12 is reporting that the army has recommended ending its military offensive in Rafah, southern Gaza, and redirecting its efforts towards a new offensive in southern Lebanon.

Israeli defence minister rejects French plan towards defusing border tensions with Lebanon

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has ruled out joining an initiative promoted by French President Emmanuel Macron in which France, the United States and Israel would form a contact group to work on defusing tensions on Israel’s border with Lebanon.

“As we fight a just war, defending our people, France has adopted hostile policies against Israel,” Gallant said in a statement. “Israel will not be a party to the trilateral framework proposed by France.”

Israel’s attacks on Lebanon ‘destructive and terrorist aggression’

As cross-border fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli forces continues, Lebanon’s PM Najib Mikati said the “continuation of Israeli attacks and the deliberate killing of people, destruction of towns, and burning of crops, is not only a matter of condemnation and denunciation by us, but it is a destructive and terrorist aggression”.

“It is a terrorist attack that the international community must put an end to.”

Qassam Brigades says Israeli soldiers hit in several locations in Gaza

The Hamas armed group says it blew up a house with a bomb where members of the Israeli forces were present, leaving them “killed and wounded”, east of the Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City.

Moreover, the Qassam Brigades said they targeted a gathering of Israeli troops penetrating east of Zeitoun with mortar shells.

In Tal as-Sultan, west of Rafah, fighters hit an Israeli army Merkava tank with a Yassin-105 shell in the Saudi neighbourhood.

Children were playing in courtyard in Deir el-Balah when Israeli forces attacked

Medical sources have told Al Jazeera that 20 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids on different areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary reports that Israeli forces targeted a house in Deir el-Balah, and killed at least two Palestinians. Four others were critically injured, among them children.

“Talking to the parents, they said they were playing in the courtyard when the air strike took place,” Khoudary said.

“There has been a couple of targets in Nuseirat and Bureij. The air strikes are ongoing from north to the south, despite the ceasefire negotiations.”

UK maritime authority says crew rescued from ship after Houthi attack

The UKMTO, a British navy-run security agency, said the crew of the MV Tutor has been evacuated by the military.

The Greek-owned, Liberian-flagged vessel had been taking on water following a drone attack. The UKMTO said the ship “has been abandoned and is drifting” off Hodeida. Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos had earlier pledged to help the Filipino sailors on board.

UN experts say ‘outrageous disregard’ for Palestinian lives in Nuseirat raid

UN experts have again condemned what they described what the organisation described as the “umpteenth massacre by Israeli forces in Gaza”, this time referring to a raid on Nuseirat that rescued four Israeli captives, but left at least 274 Palestinians dead.

“According to survivors, the streets of Nuseirat were filled with bodies of dead and injured people, including children and women, lying in pools of blood. Walls were covered in body parts scattered by multiple explosions and bombed houses,” the experts said in a statement.

US aid pier to be removed again from Gaza shore: US media

The pier will again be moved to Ashdod, Israel, a Defense Department official told several US media outlets, citing high tides and rough seas in the coming days.

The relocation is the third time within a month that operations at the pier have been stopped. Meanwhile, aid that has been delivered in recent days has been held up at facilities near the pier after the UN paused deliveries last week, citing security concerns.

Aid deliveries from the US constructed pier began in mid-May but were halted by the end of that month when parts of the structure became unmoored during rough seas.

US sanctions far-right Israeli group accused of blocking Gaza aid

The US has added Tzav 9 to its sanctions list of specially designated nationals.

The group has ties to Israeli army reservists and Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank and has been sanctioned over activities including blocking, harassing and damaging aid shipments bound for Gaza, the US Treasury Department said.

On Thursday, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan called it a “total outrage that there are people who are attacking and looting these convoys”.

“It is completely and utterly unacceptable behaviour,” he said, specifically referring to an incident in which the group blocked aid as it went through the Tarqumiyah checkpoint near Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

Democracy for the Arab World Now, a US-based human rights group, this week called for the US to take action against Tzav 9 and other groups it said have enjoyed impunity from Israeli authorities.

UN spokesman responds to US sanctions on Tzav 9

Farhan Haq, the UN secretary-general’s deputy spokesperson, has responded to the US move targeting the far-right Israeli group, saying aid to Gaza should not be obstructed.

Members of Tzav 9 have blocked aid as it travelled from Jordan through the occupied West Bank and Israel with no apparent response from Israeli authorities.

“Our hope is that whatever happens there are no attacks on UN or other humanitarian convoys going into Gaza given the essential need of such aid to saving the lives of the people inside Gaza,” Haq said.

“And so we continue to implore all parties to make sure that aid goes through without any hindrance or obstruction.”

Support for settlers destroying aid is found even within Israel’s government
Reporting from Amman, Jordan and Hamdah Salhut

Al Jazeera is reporting from Amman, Jordan because Israel has banned Al Jazeera from operating in Israel.

Order Nine has released a statement saying that this is a blow to those who are relatives of the kidnapped and that Israel has a right to defend itself. Now, this has been a group that has continuously not only been blocking aid, but assaulting Palestinian drivers of these aid trucks.

And while there has been no official response from the Israeli government, we have seen, in fact, support for this protest movement, even though it is by far-right activists and Israelis from illegal settlements. Previously, we’ve heard a member of Israel’s ruling Likud party saying that he would join these demonstrations.

Itamar Ben-Gvir, the country’s national security minister, ultra-nationalist and settler himself, has said that he supports the protesters’ right to demonstrate. But it’s quite a contrast from the demonstrations we see every Saturday in Tel Aviv, where he calls those protesters anarchists.

The Israelis have previously not reacted very well to any sort of news of American sanctions on any sort of Israeli group. The United States is trying to show Israel that they are not going to tolerate certain actions and behaviours by individuals or groups like far-right Israelis.

‘All signs are for’ regional escalation as Lebanon-Israel fighting flares

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Lorenzo Kamel, a professor at the University of Turin, said the latest increase in cross-border attacks raises the likelihood of regional escalation.

“Obviously, all the signs are for an escalation,” he said.

He added that this has been heightened by Israel’s use of white phosphorous in southern Lebanon, which Human Rights Watch has warned violates international law and can cause disproportionate civilian suffering.

“We know that Israel is using white phosphorus. This is putting civilians at risk,” Kamel said.

“And of course, we know that white phosphorus is there to make a place unlivable. And we know that in the long term, the use of white phosphorus causes a lot of malformations and so on. So all these elements are there to remind us that an escalation is getting closer,” he said.

IRC says aid must be scaled up after UN resolution

In a statement, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) says aid must be scaled up after the UN Security Council passed a resolution in support of a stalled three-phase ceasefire agreement.

“Workarounds and changes at the margins will not stave of famine, disease, and death in Gaza,” the group said.

“However, a humanitarian reset must not be tied to political progress. So even if the ceasefire deal falters, we urge the UN Security Council to push for immediate and measurable improvements to humanitarian access,” it said.

Pro-Palestine rallies held across Morocco

Mass rallies have taken place on the streets of Jdeideh, Casablanca and Marrakesh in support of Palestinians in Gaza.

Demonstrators in Casablanca cheered and called on Muslims participating in the religious Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia to pray for Gaza.

In Jdeideh, protesters chanted various slogans including “The people want to overthrow normalisation”.

Residents of Marrakesh rallied in the centre of the capital with Palestinian flags and banners condemning normalisation with Israel and chanted slogans like “Boycott the killers of children and rapists of women” and “What a shame, Gaza is destroyed”.

Morocco’s recognition of Israel and normalisation of relations came at the end of 2020 when it signed the Abraham Accords. Mediated by the United States, the accords saw the UAE, Bahrain and Sudan also normalise relations with Israel in return for various concessions.

UK Labour Party’s Gaza stance may risk its election majority

Voters in the UK are gearing up for a general election that may result in a major defeat for the ruling Conservative government.

The opposition Labour Party, which has gained ground initially, faces challenges in key constituencies with student and Muslim populations due to the war on Gaza.

Israeli polls find Netanyahu’s party reducing gap with Gantz

Two new electoral polls show that Netanyahu’s Likud party has reduced the gap with former minister Benny Gantz’s National Unity Party.

However, both polls indicated that the majority of voters would prefer Gantz as the country’s leader.

The polls, for the left-wing Ma’ariv daily and the right-wing Israel Hayom newspaper, showed Likud winning 21 seats behind the National Unity Party on 24.

Last week, the Ma’ariv poll showed Gantz’s party on 27 seats. At the beginning of the year, it regularly polled in the high 30s.

The poll also found that the current ruling coalition would win 52 seats in the 120-seat Knesset against 58 for the main opposition parties.

Netanyahu has refused to call early elections and would not face a vote until 2026 if his coalition holds.

Israel court extends Al Jazeera ban

An Israeli court has extended the government’s shutdown of Al Jazeera for another 35 days, the Justice Ministry has said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-no-ceasefire-deal-soon-us-president-biden
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 No.482162

https://twitter.com/QudsNen/status/1801638400736342140
Israeli occupation soldiers raid the home of recently released Palestinian prisoner Mohammad Hatem Basheer in the town of Idhna, destroying chairs set up for his welcome reception following his release from Israeli prisons.

After US sanctions Tzav 9, rights group says Ben-Gvir should be next

Representatives from Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), a US-based rights group, have hailed the US move to sanction the far-right Israeli group for blocking aid convoys bound for Gaza.

But Michael Omer-Man, the director of research for Israel-Palestine at the organisation, said Washington must go further in targeting similar groups and Israeli government officials who enable their actions.

“Recent revelations that Israeli Minister Itamar Ben Gvir ordered police to stand down and allow Tzav 9 to block humanitarian aid convoys show how this despicable strategy of starvation is coordinated from young settler activists all the way up to the highest levels of the Israeli government,” Omer-Man said in a statement.

“The US should not continue to ignore Israeli government involvement in these crimes and should apply sanctions to Ben Gvir next,” he said. Tzav 9 is affiliated with groups close to the far-right minister.

Added Raed Jarrar, DAWN’s advocacy director, “Sanctioning Israeli settlers involved in attacks on humanitarian aid to Gaza is an important first step, but these settlers are not lone wolves.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-no-ceasefire-deal-soon-us-president-biden
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 No.482163

>>482160
That interview with UNICEF's James Elder is harrowing. He's expressing disbelieve at how anybody could let this happen. The people at the top who are making the decisions, think that this is ok because they are not affected by it. Some of em do not think it's real because it's not happening to them.
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Israel's state terror strategy: Max Blumenthal and Ilan Pappe
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Palestinian groups say Israeli armoured personnel carriers targeted, 8 soldiers killed

The Israeli government has not yet responded to the news of eight Israeli soldiers killed in a blast in Rafah, likely because it is shabbat there, the day of rest each Saturday, according to Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut.

“We are hearing reports from Palestinian fighter groups who say that they targeted an APC, an armoured personnel carrier, of the Israeli military with several weapons, causing it to go up into flames and ultimately explode, which is how those eight soldiers were killed,” Salhut said from Amman. She is reporting from Jordan because Israel has banned Al Jazeera from working inside Israel.

Israel’s operation in Rafah is a ground invasion where the military has stated it is looking to get rid of remaining Hamas battalions there – but the operation has been condemned by much of the international community, she added.

“While the Israeli army says it’s not on a full scale just yet, they have taken over key positions in southern Gaza, like the border crossing where no Palestinian is now allowed to leave the Strip,” said Salhut.

Qassam Brigades say Israeli soldiers killed in ‘complex ambush’

Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, says they killed and wounded Israeli soldiers in a “complex ambush” in southern Gaza.

In a statement, the Qassam Brigades said its fighters “carried out a complex ambush against enemy vehicles penetrating the area of ​​the Saudi neighbourhood in Tal as-Sultan, west of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.”

“Al-Qassam Brigades targeted a Zionist D9 bulldozer with an Al-Yassin 105 shell in Tal as-Sultan, leading to the killing and injury of soldiers,” it said.

It added that following the arrival of an Israeli rescue force, a troop carrier was targeted with an Al-Yassin 105 missile, resulting in its destruction and the “death” of those on board.

In another statement, the armed wing also said it “targeted, alongside the Al-Quds Brigades, the Sufa military site in southern Israel with a missile salvo.”

The Israeli command headquarters in the Netzarim axis west of Gaza City was also targeted with “short-range missiles,” according to the statement.

Indonesia welcomes Australian, Singaporean militaries for peacekeeping mission

Agus Subiyanto, Commander General of the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI), says Australian and Singaporean militaries are eager to join a UN peacekeeping operation in Gaza.

Subiyanto welcomed Australia and Singapore’s calls for the peacekeeping operation in Gaza on the sidelines of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) in Jakarta on Friday.

He said cooperation, especially among countries from the Asian region, was “highly necessary” to end the war.

However, he did not provide details on the potential cooperation between the defence forces for the peacekeeping mission.

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi also recently said Indonesia can send its peacekeeping forces, provided it was authorised by a UN mandate.

Israeli police arrest five protesters outside Netanyahu’s residence

The Israel Broadcasting Corporation has published video footage of a demonstration in front of the family home of PM Netanyahu in Israel’s coastal Caesarea town.

The broadcaster said that the Israeli police arrested at least five people, who were protesting against Netanyahu’s policies, including on getting a deal with Hamas for the release of Israeli captives held in Gaza.

Those detained were arrested for causing “unreasonable noise”, the report added.

https://twitter.com/kann_news/status/1801711444318117908

Israeli forces demolish evacuated homes in Rafah

Footage shared online, and verified by Al Jazeera, shows Israeli bulldozers demolishing homes west of Rafah that were already partially damaged by the attacks carried out by Israeli forces.

https://twitter.com/galebsami/status/1801895323578585473

US defence secretary invites Israeli counterpart to the Pentagon

Pentagon Press Secretary Patrick Ryder says US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has invited his Israeli counterpart to Washington following a call earlier this week.

Austin invited Yoav Gallant to the United States on an unspecified date and time to discuss “ongoing security developments in the Middle East.

“Minister Gallant has accepted the invitation and will travel to the US soon (date/time TBD)”.

Germany declines to comment on targeting of academics

Germany has declined to address reports that the Education and Research Ministry was targeting academics who supported pro-Palestinian student protesters.

The public radio and television broadcaster NDR reported detailed funding cuts for professors after an open letter in May on the Free University of Berlin’s response to protesters. The letter accused the university administration of subjecting demonstrators to “police violence”.

Government spokesman Wolfgang Buchner declined to comment further on the reports and was pressed on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s stance.

However, he acknowledged the criticism of the Education and Research Ministry, including demands for the minister to resign.

German universities have witnessed massive pro-Palestine student protests demanding their institutions call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Tunisians rally in front of US embassy in Tunis

Demonstrators from the Tunisian Network to Counter the Normalization System are staging their weekly rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza, in front of the US embassy in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis.

The participants waved Palestinian, Tunisian and Yemeni flags, as well as banners denouncing Israel’s actions in Gaza, as seen in footage on social media verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad.

Israeli protesters block road in Tel Aviv

Video posted on X by activists and Israeli media shows demonstrators, calling for early elections to replace the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, flooding and blocking Ayalon street in Tel Aviv.

These demonstrations have been occurring in Israel on a weekly basis for months, as protesters call for Netanayhu’s removal and for the release of Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas and other Palestinian groups.

https://twitter.com/lirishavit/status/1802022562697753009

Islamic Jihad says captive deal can only happen after Israel’s withdrawal

The armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, al-Quds Brigades, says the only way to return the remaining captives held in Gaza is through Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza.

Freed Israeli captive calls for more protests

An Israeli captive freed during the attack on Nuseirat refugee camp is calling for more protests, demanding that the remaining captives in Gaza be released.

“I’m already in Israel at home but lots of hostages are still there in Gaza,” Andrey Kozlov said in a video address. “I saw a lot of rallies on Saturday and it gave me a lot of hope. I ask you to come and support families and hostages.”

Commenting on Kozlov’s call, Hassan Barari, a professor of international affairs at Qatar University, said the former captive knew the difficulties of rescuing the remaining captives by force.

“This man who was in captivity for 250 days. He realised it was impossible for the Israelis to deliver anyone militarily speaking … there’s no way to reach them,” Barari said.

He added Israeli forces have occupied some 90 percent of Gaza and have still failed to locate the captives, “let alone liberate them”.

“[The right-wing Israeli government] made it perfectly clear time and time again that liberating hostages is not their priority; they just want to continue the war,” he said. “This does not resonate well with Israelis and now we see more people taking to the streets. This call from the former captive will only add to Netanyahu’s predicament.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-1-million-exhausted-people-trapped-in-south
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https://www.instagram.com/p/C8KQ2gQO7JG/
"🔻UCLA Students Were Attacked Last Night So We Retaliated With a Firebomb on UCB Campus - via indybay.org

NOT SURE WHAT BUILDING IT EVEN WAS. HONESTLY DONT REALLY CARE. EVERY SINGLE BUILDING ON THE UC BERKELEY CAMPUS DESERVES TO BE INCINERATED FOLLOWING THE UC SYSTEM’S TREATMENT OF STUDENT PROTESTORS. LAST NIGHT THEY ATTACKED A YOUNG WOMAN STUDENT WHO WAS SPEAKING HER MIND ON A MEGAPHONE. SO WE UNLOADED A FIREBOMB ON THE SIDE OF A CAMPUS BUILDING. THE FLAME WAS BIG AND SPREAD ACROSS THE TREES AND BUSHES ON THE SIDE OF A BUILDING.

LONG LIVE THE STUDENT INTIFADA FOR PALESTINE LIBERATION

STOP THE GENOCIDE NOW

UC SYSTEM MUST DIVEST FROM ISRAEL OR FACE OUR WRATH OF REVENGE

BLESSED IS THE FLAME"
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 No.482186

>>482185
Not gonna lie, this seems pretty stupid.
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 No.482187

>>482185
That's a fed.
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 No.482190

>>482186
Nah. What would you do that's more effective?
Get beaten up by cops for the thousandth time and then judge if even one person does something crazy like this?
Imo it's unreasonable to expect people to get battered by a genocidal state infinitely and never resort to anything like this. Dumb or not, people are completely justified in doing this - they'd be justified in actual violence in response to the violence inflicted on them by police, but they are still largely resorting to property damage at most, it shows restraint.
>>482187
Doubt.
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CENTCOM reports carrier targeted by Houthis abandoned by crew

Yemen’s Houthis struck a Ukrainian-owned, Polish-operated bulk cargo carrier in two separate missile attacks on June 13, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said today.

The crew on board the carrier said earlier today they were abandoning the ship “due to continued fires and an inability to control them”, CENTCOM stated.

PIJ fighters announce attack on Israeli forces in Rafah

The Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, said in a statement that its fighters targeted an Israeli Markava tank with a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in the Saudi neighbourhood of the southern Gaza Strip city.

Earlier today, Hamas fighters killed eight Israeli soldiers travelling in military vehicles in Rafah after firing RPGs and then ambushing a support force deployed to the scene.

The attacks today marked one of the deadliest days for Israeli soldiers in Gaza in months as its ground invasion of the southern region continues to ramp up.

Israeli forces beat young man from Jenin refugee camp unconscious, reports Wafa

Israeli forces reportedly assaulted a young man from the Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank, which led to his hospitalisation, according to Palestinian security and local sources, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

Soldiers severely beat Saddam Abu Rmeila, a resident of the camp who was arrested two days ago, according to Wafa.

Following his assault, he was left unconscious at the eastern entrance of the town of Yabad. Abu Rmeila was subsequently transported to Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin for medical treatment, the agency said.

Police arrest protesters at Tel Aviv demonstrations against government

Police made arrests during protests in Tel Aviv, which have been occurring weekly for months, against Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government and in support of the Israeli captives held in Gaza.

Social media footage, verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad, depicted skirmishes between Israeli police and the demonstrators.

https://twitter.com/lirishavit/status/1802074133020168263
https://twitter.com/GLZRadio/status/1802073364711829604
https://twitter.com/MahapachIsraeli/status/1802076202879844460

PRCS calls attention to crew members detained by Israel

The Palestine Red Crescent Society has taken to X to highlight the situation of four of its team members, who it says were “forcibly disappeared” and detained by Israeli forces for more than five months.

“PRCS expresses deep concern for the safety of its detained teams, whose fate remains unknown, and calls on the international community to urgently intervene to pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to immediately release our detained teams,” the group said.

Israeli army announces death of additional soldier

Israeli media outlet Ynet, citing the army’s spokesperson, reports that a 19-year-old sergeant succumbed to wounds he received in an explosion in southern Gaza’s Rafah on Monday.

In the incident in which he received the wounds, an officer and three other soldiers were killed, the spokesperson added.

Earlier today, the Israeli army announced the deaths of eight soldiers who were killed in an ambush by fighters of the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, also in Rafah.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-1-million-exhausted-people-trapped-in-south
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 No.482194

>>482190
There is a possibility that agent provocateurs could be doing this to discredit the protestors. It certainly is a viable political strategy to float this explanation.

>Imo it's unreasonable to expect people to get battered

You are not wrong in a moral sense, if people get terrorized by the state, the state is responsible for any crazy reactions they may have. People can only be held accountable as long as all their human and political rights are being upheld. Their is no expectation that people suffer repression in silence.

>What would you do that's more effective?

You have to understand what the struggle is about. It seems that they are using illegitimate police force to beat up people as an attack on their democratic right to public assembly and protest. Instead of retaliation, think about what would make it harder for them to do that.
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 No.482196

US military accuses Iranian warship of ignoring distress call from ship attacked by Houthis

The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) has accused an Iranian warship of ignoring a distress call issued by the M/V Verbena on Saturday after the crew announced they were abandoning the vessel.

The Ukrainian-owned, Polish-operated cargo ship was hit by two missiles fired by the Yemen-based Houthis in the Arabian Sea on June 13. The crew said it abandoned the vessel after enduring continued fire from Houthi fighters.

CENTCOM said the Iranian naval frigate IRIN Jamaran was only eight nautical miles (15km) from M/V Verbena, but did not respond to the distress call. Another ship, the M/V Anna Meta, eventually came to the aid of the crew and was transporting them to safety.

We reported last week that a civilian mariner was “seriously injured” in the attack on the M/V Verbena.

(anon's note: lol)

‘Massive explosions, black smoke in sky’: Israelis pound Rafah after deadly Hamas ambush
From Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, reporting from Deir el-Balah, central Gaza.

We know that the air strikes have intensified in the exact same place where the incident took place. We know that at least eight Israeli soldiers have been killed in this incident. But we still don’t how this incident took place.

The upcoming hours are going to reveal a lot.

The area that was targeted is Tal as-Sultan. It’s in the western parts of Rafah and that area had hundreds of thousands of families that were displaced. Tal as-Sultan is not very far away from the al-Mawasi area in Rafah, where there are a lot of people sheltering.

No ambulances, no healthcare workers and no journalists were able to reach that area because the Israeli forces were targeting anyone who gets close.

But we know there have been a lot of massive air strikes and a lot of massive explosions, and a targeting of residential buildings.

People from Khan Younis were reporting that they were hearing the explosions and they were seeing the black smoke in the sky.

Footage shows UK police assaulting pro-Palestine protesters in Manchester

Footage has emerged of police forcefully dispersing and beating peaceful pro-Palestine protesters at a march in the northern English city on Saturday.

In the footage, a police officer can be seen pushing over a man with a walking stick, while other scenes show officers violently throwing protesters to the ground, including women and the elderly.

Thousands of people attended the march in Manchester, according to organisers, calling for an end to Israel’s war on Gaza and its occupation of the West Bank.

https://twitter.com/QudsNen/status/1802129881758588988
https://twitter.com/ManPalestine/status/1801974802237796591

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-bombards-gaza-homes-after-soldiers-killed
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 No.482198

It's time leftists start tracking zionists in their areas and make their lives living hell.
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>>482190
Sometimes I wonder if Alexander Berkman was himself an early provocateur. For some reason over a hundred years later we still have his proteges who haven't come to terms with how self-defeating and counter-productive disorganized smashing is.

Burning down buildings needed by people uninvolved in your struggle–especially, claiming that you don't even know or care what it was that you burned down–is a fantastic way to make bystanders lose all their sympathy for you.
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>>482198
Your concern is noted, officer.
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>In January 2024, Hicks temporarily assumed the functions and duties of the secretary of defense while Lloyd Austin was hospitalized. Hicks performed the role of secretary of defense while vacationing in Puerto Rico, but was left unaware of the reason why for three days.[33] In February 2024, Austin transferred his authority to Hicks while again being hospitalized.[34]

Laith Marouf seems to make a lot out of Austin's hospitalizations on the latest Dimitri Lascaris appearance. Is there more to this, or is Marouf just not up to date?

>>482199
>Burning down buildings needed by people uninvolved in your struggle–especially, claiming that you don't even know or care what it was that you burned down–is a fantastic way to make bystanders lose all their sympathy for you.
lol
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 No.482203

>>482198
Tracking? Yes.
Bothering to fuck with them? No.
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 No.482204

>>482202
>Laith Marouf seems to make a lot out of Austin's hospitalizations on the latest Dimitri Lascaris appearance. Is there more to this, or is Marouf just not up to date?
vid attached, around 28-30 minute mark
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Israeli firms planned to evade ban from French arms show: Rights groups

A group of 30 organisations that successfully brought a case arguing Israeli companies should be banned from participating in the Eurosatory weapons trade show say an updated ruling on the ban was issued after some Israeli companies appeared to be still planning to participate in the Paris event.

“Several declarations by Israeli companies indicated that they would circumvent this ban, by being present at other companies’ stands, and through subsidiaries or other affiliated companies,” the association of 30 organisations, collectively known as Stop Arming Israel France, said in a statement on Saturday after the court extended its initial ban.

“At least seven subsidiary companies” that “were majority-owned by Israeli companies, were still registered for the show”, the statement added.

The groups said that the participation of some Israeli arms companies at the trade show meant there remained a “high risk that the exhibition would contribute to international crimes, and violations of international humanitarian law”.

Israeli forces assault worshippers near Al-Aqsa Mosque: Report

Israel’s military has imposed tight restrictions on entry to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, entering its courtyard to carry out security checks and stopping thousands of worshippers from entering, according to the Wafa news agency.

Israeli forces also assaulted some worshippers on their way to the holy site and upon leaving it, said Wafa.

Despite the heavy-handed security, more than 40,000 people have performed Eid prayers at the mosque, according to the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf that oversees the site.

Israeli police arrest Haaretz photographer at protest rally in Tel Aviv

Footage from an antigovernment protest in Israel’s Tel Aviv shows authorities forcefully arresting a photographer from the Haaretz newspaper.

The video shows police leading one protester away in a headlock before an undercover officer is seen pushing photographer Itay Ron onto a bus carrying detainees, ignoring protests from observers that he is a journalist.

Police said that 12 people in total were arrested at the protest for alleged public order violations on Saturday night, including blocking roads and demonstrating longer than permitted.

https://twitter.com/kann_news/status/1802095214955307037

Two explosions reported near ship in Red Sea: UK maritime office

Two explosions have occurred in close proximity to a ship about 40 nautical miles (74km) south of al-Makha, Yemen, the UK maritime office (UKMTO) has reported.

“The crew and vessel are reported safe,” it added.

UK’s Labour Party loses Muslim election support over stance on Gaza war

While the UK’s Labour is expected to win by a large majority in national elections on July 4, party leader Keir Starmer’s refusal to back an unconditional ceasefire in Gaza has angered the party’s once-loyal Muslim supporters.

About four in five UK Muslims voted Labour in 2019, reinforcing strong bonds between the party and Muslim communities that were forged after the mass migration of workers from Pakistan to Britain in the 1950s and 1960s.

But recent polling suggested about one in five of those voters are set to defect from Labour.

“In some towns across the north of England, the mosques are saying, ‘Don’t vote for either of the main parties’,” Labour candidate John Grogan told the AFP news agency at his office in Keighley town in Yorkshire.

Solicitor Shaid autism scorebal, a leading figure in the Keighley’s Muslim community, said people were “very, very angry”.

“They’re angry at both parties. But the fact is, Labour more, because they thought that Labour was a party which would stick up for human rights, speak up against atrocities,” he told AFP.

“They’ve let the public down.”

Israeli military announces 2 more soldiers killed in tank explosion in northern Gaza

The Israeli military announced that two more soldiers were killed in combat in northern Gaza on Saturday.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-bombards-gaza-homes-after-soldiers-killed
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>>482204
I don't know, but his hypothesis that Blinken might be running things, seems plausible.
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 No.482216

Ex-Knesset member cites Hitler in rant about expelling Palestinians

A far-right former Israeli lawmaker quoted Adolf Hitler as he discussed the military takeover of Gaza and expulsion of Palestinians.

In a video shared on social media, Moshe Feiglin said: “We are not guests in our country. This is our country, all of it. As Hitler said, ‘I cannot live if one Jew is left’. We can’t live here if one ‘Islamo-Nazi’ remains in Gaza.”

He added he wants to “turn Gaza Hebrew”. Feiglin was a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party from 2013-2015 before launching his own far-right Zehut party.

Anger in Iraq over war on Gaza hits fever pitch

Faced with a population enraged by the ongoing killing in Gaza, the Iraqi government has struggled to stem attacks on US franchise restaurants as individuals and militias attack US interests in the country.

It was finally forced to deploy the elite Counter-Terrorism Service to secure certain locations.

This latest mission is a far cry from the service’s original purpose, which was to combat ISIL in Iraq.

Houthis attack two ships in the Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi group said they attacked two civilian ships along with an American destroyer in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea.

The militia fired ballistic missiles at the US destroyer and at a ship called the Captain Paris. Drones were launched at a vessel named the Happy Condor, according to Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree.

“The three operations achieved their goals successfully,” said Saree, adding attacks will continue to “achieve victory for the Palestinian people and to respond to the American-British aggression”.

Early today, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said a vessel 40 nautical miles south of Yemen’s al-Mukha reported two explosions nearby. The ship and its crew were safe and continued their journey.

At least 37,337 Palestinians killed in Gaza since October 7: Ministry

At least 37,337 Palestinians have been killed and 85,299 injured during Israel’s war on the enclave since October 7, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

Israel’s High Court orders suspension of probe into October 7 failures: Report

Israel’s High Court has issued an interim order instructing State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman to suspend his investigation into the failings of the October 7 attack that deal with the country’s army and the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency, according to The Times of Israel newspaper.

The investigation started in December last year.

According to the report, High Court Justice Gila Canfy-Steinitz initially ruled in May that she would not halt the comptroller’s investigation but, having received classified responses from the security agencies, decided today to order Englman to suspend the investigation until a High Court hearing on the issue is held in July.

‘Defence system’ on attacked troop carrier failed to work: Report

A preliminary investigation by the Israeli military found the Hamas attack that killed eight troops in an army vehicle near Rafah was carried out with a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) and a defence system failed to stop it.

The short range of the rocket launch is likely why the system didn’t work, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation reports. The armoured personnel carrier was carrying eight Israeli soldiers from the 601st Combat Engineering Battalion.

The rocket penetrated outer compartments where explosive devices and mines were kept, and “secondary explosions left no chance for the soldiers to survive”, it said.

The body of a Palestinian fighter and an RPG launcher were found during a search in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood northwest of Rafah. He was apparently killed in the blast.

Israeli settlers torch village and attack Palestinian vehicles in the occupied West Bank

Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian land in the village of Burqa and attacked residents’ vehicles east of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.

Security sources also said settlers attacked Palestinian automobiles travelling along the bypass road leading to the northern entrance of al-Bireh city and threw stones, the news agency Wafa reported.

Israeli government supports draft bill extending retirement age for reservists

The Israeli government has given its support to a draft bill extending the retirement age for reservists despite backlash from the Israeli public.

The bill, which has been backed by the defence ministry, calls for the extension of a temporary measure to raise the age for reservists. The measure was initially expected to end at the end of June.

The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approves sending the legislation for a three-month extension to the Knesset, where it must pass three readings to become law.

But the decision has been negatively received. The decision to extend the service for reservists comes as the government has yet to draft the ultra-Orthodox Jews.

Israeli public divide on conscription becoming ‘deeper and deeper’

Meron Rapoport, an editor at Local Call, an Israeli news outlet, has told Al Jazeera that the Israeli army needs more personnel after suffering heavy losses throughout the war on Gaza and in cross-border attacks with Hezbollah.

“The fact that the government, the right-wing coalition, is dependent on the ultra-Orthodox parties comprising of 17 Knesset members – and they refuse to go to service; they want to go to Yeshiva, to religious schools, and they want their young people to stay there – it creates a lot of anger,” Rapoport explained.

“Even among right-wing supporters who do go to the army, we’re talking about the non-religious, about secular Jews who are voting for the right or even religious people who go to the army … there is a rift that is becoming deeper and deeper,” he said.

Rapaport added that the decision not to conscript the ultra-Orthodox is “extremely popular” among the public as the war continues.

UNRWA organises Eid festivities for children in Gaza

Despite a shortage of aid supplies, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is working to hold festive Eid activities for displaced children in al-Mawasi, a designated evacuation zone near Khan Younis.

Most families in Gaza, impoverished and repeatedly displaced by Israel’s eight-month war, are unable to enjoy typical Eid traditions, including sacrificing a livestock animal or purchasing gifts and clothes for children.

https://twitter.com/UNRWA/status/1802290859498516766

UN welcomes Israeli ‘pause’ for aid deliveries, but says more measures needed

While the United Nations welcomed Israel’s announced “tactical pause” along a southern Gaza aid corridor, it said more “concrete measures” are needed to facilitate aid entry for a depleted population.

“This has yet to translate into more aid reaching people in need,” Jens Laerke, spokesman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told AFP via email.

“We hope this leads to further concrete measures by Israel to address longstanding issues preventing a meaningful humanitarian response in Gaza.”

Israeli military’s announced ‘tactical pause’ causes domestic ‘firestorm’
Bernard Smith
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government.

The Israeli military came out this morning with a statement saying there is going to be a “tactical pause”, essentially during daylight hours, from the Karem Abu Salem crossing towards the European Hospital, just north of Rafah. The suggestion is that this is some sort of gift to allow more aid to get through.

Then, we heard the defence minister and the prime minister had not heard about the pause. The military then said fighting will actually continue in Rafah and [the area the pause applies to] is just a particularly small route. So it’s not really giving a lot to the Palestinians or giving much extra humanitarian aid that’s much needed.

The announcement has set off a predictable firestorm, particularly from the Israeli far right who keep Netanyahu in power, including Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. Some of their far-right views are not that far from those held by a lot of the Israeli population.

Ben-Gvir has instructed his police not to stop protesters attacking convoys going into Gaza. Around 70 percent of Israelis in recent polling don’t support aid going into Gaza.

‘Only elections can start healing’: Israeli protest leader

Antigovernment activists in Israel are readying for a week of protests to push the government to step down.

The protests, which started today with demonstrations blocking several major highways, call for elections before the October 7 anniversary, according to Eran Schwartz, head of the Free in our Land protest group.

They will continue with a large gathering in front of Israel’s Knesset tomorrow evening, and then a march to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s residence, reports the Times of Israel.

“Only elections can start the healing process,” said protest leader Moshe Radman in comments carried by The Times of Israel.

“Netanyahu, what are you afraid of? Only a dictator is afraid of his people.”

Haniyeh says Hamas’s ceasefire response aligns with deal’s principles

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh says the group’s position is consistent with the foundational principles of the UN-backed ceasefire proposal.

Haniyeh, speaking in a televised address on Eid day, also said Hamas is ready to accept an agreement that guarantees a permanent ceasefire, full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, reconstruction, and an exchange deal.

Palestinians would continue to show resilience, resistance, and commitment to their national struggle, he added in comments after US Secretary of State Blinken criticised Hamas last week for its reply to the ceasefire proposal.

Israel’s government has yet to publicly back the deal, despite US claims that it has accepted it. Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu has continued to insist that the war will not end before Hamas is defeated.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-bombards-gaza-homes-after-soldiers-killed
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>>482205
>Solicitor Shaid autism scorebal
>Solicitor Shaid (I)qbal
kek the word filter strikes again.

>>482216
>Ex-Knesset member cites Hitler in rant about expelling Palestinians
>A far-right former Israeli lawmaker quoted Adolf Hitler as he discussed the military takeover of Gaza and expulsion of Palestinians.
>In a video shared on social media, Moshe Feiglin said: “We are not guests in our country. This is our country, all of it. As Hitler said, ‘I cannot live if one Jew is left’. We can’t live here if one ‘Islamo-Nazi’ remains in Gaza.”
>He added he wants to “turn Gaza Hebrew”. Feiglin was a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party from 2013-2015 before launching his own far-right Zehut party.
Wow i never thought they'd be so explicit.
They're even more far gone than i thought, if inspirational Hitler quotes seems like a reasonable thing to them.

Some people are saying that Israel might be nearing internal collapse, I'm no longer certain about that being hyperbole
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>>482217
>>Solicitor Shaid autism scorebal
lmao

>Wow i never thought they'd be so explicit.

They're completely fucking insane.
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>>482203
And why not fuck with them? A little slashed tyre, a little cum in their clam chowder…

I envision an app you can use to snap a pic of counter protesters at a pro-palestine rally that adds an entry to a centralized database of their location and face, and allows crowd sourcing of their identities. I guess all that would be highly illegal, but it sucks that only glowies are allowed to do this. This can be used against cops too.

Still I wanna know an actual reasonable next step: I materially support my local student encampment but it seems like we are against a clock: it's either socialism or extinction as they say.
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>>482224
>I guess all that would be highly illegal,
It probably isn't tbh. They seem to leave openings for a lot of their heinous behavior, even stuff you'd think would be illegal.
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 No.482228

Young Turks sez Biden lying to obfuscate US military presence in Israel

Israel openly planning ‘criminal action’: Palestine’s UN envoy

Earlier we reported that Israel’s war cabinet met to discuss “steps to strengthen settlements” in the occupied West Bank, in response to more countries recognising Palestinian statehood, in part due to the Palestinian Authority’s advocacy at the United Nations.

Majed Bamya, the State of Palestine’s deputy permanent observer to the UN, has responded in a post on X.

Here’s some of what he said:

The Israeli government “feels entitled to impose sanctions on Palestine and the rest of the world for their legitimate action”.
The Israeli government is “openly committing to undertake criminal action in response to lawful and peaceful action taken” by sovereign States to recognise the State of Palestine.
States are recognising Palestine to show their commitment to Palestinians right to self-determination and to the rule of international law
They are also showing commitment to the two states of Palestine and Israel “living side by side in peace and security, in line with UN resolutions”
The Israeli government “expresses outrage at the very thought of ever being held accountable for its crimes.

Israel destroys Rafah crossing departure hall
Hani Mahmoud
Reporting from Deir el-Balah, central Gaza

Israel’s military is continuing its aggressive operations in the Rafah city.

Not only are we seeing major destruction and systematic demolition of residential homes in the eastern … central and western parts of the city, but also getting the Rafah crossing out of service completely.

It has been shot at for the past 40 days and its properties have been severely damaged and destroyed.

As of earlier hours today, the departure hall of this crossing has been completely destroyed and incinerated.

This is the only exit point for the [Gaza Palestinians] to the outside world. Now, it is not going to be operational any time soon.

Netanyahu dissolves war cabinet: Reports

Netanyahu has announced the end of Israel’s war cabinet, after ministers Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot resigned from it a week ago.

The Israeli prime minister made the announcement during a meeting of the political-security cabinet last night, Israel’s Maariv and Ynet news sites reported.

However, he is expected to continue to hold “security consultations” on the war with key officials, including those who had stayed in the now-disbanded war cabinet, according to Ynet.

Israel killed 193 UNRWA workers in its war on Gaza

The death toll is the highest ever for UN staff, according to the agency.

“Despite this, our colleagues keep working to support families and provide aid amid the dire humanitarian crisis,” says the UN agency.

In addition to killing UNRWA staff, Israeli attacks on UNRWA-run facilities in Gaza have killed at least 497 internally displaced people sheltering in them, according to the agency’s latest situation update.

Netanyahu snubs Ben-Gvir, Smotrich by dissolving war cabinet
Bernard Smith
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside of Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government.

The war cabinet was set up in the days after October 7, essentially as a way of trying to show national unity.

Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, the former chief of staff of the Israeli military, joined. One of Gantz’s reasons for being willing to join at the time was to stop the far right from having any influence on the prosecution of the war.

Well, now Gantz and Eisenkot have withdrawn, essentially leaving only Netanyahu and the defence minister.

Netanyahu’s dissolved the war cabinet, Israeli media is reporting, because Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, those far-right ministers keeping Netanyahu in power, have been agitating to join it.

Rather than let them into the cabinet, Netanyahu’s dissolved it.

The reporting is that Netanyahu will now use sort of a kitchen cabinet – speaking to some smaller advisers on what decisions to take regarding the continued prosecution of the war.

Netanyahu’s son targets Israel’s military in fiery Twitter post

Yair Netanyahu, the US-based son of the Israeli prime minister, has taken to Twitter to lash out at Israel’s military and intelligence services, who he suggests bear responsibility for the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel.

Reacting to the Israeli High Court’s decision to suspend a probe into those institutions’ possible failings leading up to October 7, Yair Netanyahu wrote: “What are they trying to hide? If there was no treason, why are they so afraid for external and independent parties to check what happened?”

The junior Netanyahu, who actively comments on Israeli politics on social media, has faced scorn for staying in the US while hundreds of thousands have been called up to serve during the war.

His father has been strongly criticised for repeatedly refusing to take responsibility for his government’s failure to prevent the October 7 attack.

Earlier in the war, the prime minister deflected blame onto Israel’s intelligence services.

Israeli army creates division for retirement-age reserves due to ‘urgent need’

The Israeli army is creating a new division for reservists over the retirement age of 40 to meet the “urgent need for more troops”, an Israeli Army Radio correspondent said.

The division of five reserve brigades is in the “advance stages” of planning and will draw on other Israelis who were previously exempt from serving, Doron Kadosh said in a post on X.

Israeli military Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi recently said enlisting draft-age ultra-Orthodox Jews was “an obvious necessity” while visiting the site of a deadly Hamas ambush on Israeli troops, in Gaza.

As we also reported earlier, the Israeli government has also supported a draft bill extending the retirement age for reservists despite a backlash from the Israeli public.

Antigovernment protesters block roads in Israel

Israeli antigovernment activists are continuing their protests for a second day, part of their declared “week of disruption” calling for new elections.

This morning, protesters blocked several highways and junctions in Israel, reports The Times of Israel. This includes Highway 1, the main road connecting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, posts on Israeli social media show.

High-school students in central Israel also staged walkouts as part of the protests, according to The Times of Israel.

At 7pm (16:30 GMT), protesters will gather at the Knesset for a rally, after which they will march towards the residence of Prime Minister Netanyahu.

We’ll bring you more updates on the wave of protests throughout the day.

Ex-Knesset member who cited Hitler in speech about Gaza to speak at Australian event

A far-right former Israeli lawmaker who quoted Adolf Hitler while discussing the takeover of Gaza and expulsion of Palestinians is scheduled to speak at an event hosted by the Australian Jewish Association this week.

Moshe Feiglin will speak in an online event called Israel 2024 and Beyond on Wednesday evening, according to the Association’s website.

In a video shared recently on social media, Feiglin said: “As Hitler said, ‘I cannot live if one Jew is left’. We can’t live here if one ‘Islamo-Nazi’ remains in Gaza.”

He added he wants to “turn Gaza Hebrew”. Feiglin was a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party from 2013 to 2015 before launching his far-right Zehut party.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/17/israel-war-on-gaza-live-five-more-children-killed-in-israeli-attacks
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Israel’s government, not war cabinet, should be dissolved: Lapid

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has reacted to Netanyahu’s move to disband the war cabinet, stating that it should be his government that loses power instead.

Lapid, who heads Israel’s centrist Yesh Atid party, has been a prominent figure in antigovernment protests sweeping Israel.

He has called on the government to strike a deal with Hamas to bring home the captives and repeatedly urged Netanyahu to resign.

Why is US special envoy Hochstein due in Israel?
Bernard Smith
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside of Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government.

Amos Hochstein is US President Biden’s special adviser on the Middle East. He’s arriving [to Israel today], the White House says, to avoid further escalation along the Blue Line between Israel and Lebanon.

He arrives because of a real increase in the exchanges of fire across the border. It’s been quieter in the last 48 hours, but before that, there’d been a step-up.

In Israel, this has been a very live political issue since October. There’s been some 60,000 people – from 28 towns and villages – evacuated from the border area. The Israelis who live there want to go home. The government wants them to go home. They want to be there ideally before the start of the school year on September 1.

Israel says it’s ready to negotiate something, as is Hezbollah.

But Hezbollah says it’s only going to sit down and talk when there is a ceasefire in Gaza, and as we’ve seen, the momentum for that has really dissipated.

(anon's note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Hochstein)

Israel’s weapon exports hit all-time record last year, bringing in $13bn: Ministry

About 36 percent of the weapons export deals in 2023 were related to air defence systems, according to an annual report by Israel’s Defence Exports Department of the Defence Ministry.

This is compared to19 percent the year before, according to Haaretz.

Other significant exports were radar and electronic warfare systems (11 percent), fire and launch equipment (11 percent), drones and avionics (9 percent) and ammunition and armaments (8 percent), the report said.

It also said that in the last five years, the scope of Israel’s defence exports has doubled and it has broken its export record for three years in a row.

In 2023, nearly half of defence exports (48 percent) were destined for countries in Asia and the Pacific, 35 percent were for Europe, 9 percent for North America, 4 percent for Latin America, 3 percent for the countries that are part of the Abraham Accords and 1 percent for countries in Africa, the report said.

Israeli attacks continue in Rafah despite military’s announced ‘tactical pauses’: UNRWA

Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA chief, has said “operationally nothing has changed” in southern Gaza, where Israel’s military said it would observe daily pauses in fighting along a key aid corridor.

The military had said it would implement “pauses” during daylight hours from the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) land crossing to the Salah a-Din highway, a main north-south road.

However, Prime Minister Netanyahu appeared taken aback by the military plans, announced yesterday, calling them “unacceptable”.

Israel kills Palestinian journalist Mahmoud Qassem: Gaza government

The Government Media Office in Gaza has announced Israel’s killing of Mahmoud Qassem, a Palestinian journalist working with digital publication Palestine Online.

It did not elaborate on the location and the date of the killing.

His death brought the number of journalists killed during Israel’s war on Gaza to 151, it said in a Telegram post.

Norway to increase contributions to UNRWA by 36 percent, warns of PA’s lack of funding

Norway’s international development minister, Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, has said her country will increase its current 275 million kroner (about $25m) budget to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) by another 100 million kroner (about $9M).

Also speaking today, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide told the Reuters news agency that the Palestinian Authority could collapse in the coming months, due to a lack of funding, continuing violence in the occupied West Bank and the fact that half a million Palestinians are not allowed to work in Israel.

Relief groups build first Gaza shelter for people with disabilities

The Palestine Red Crescent Society is working with the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee and the Gaza-based Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children to build a shelter in Deir el-Balah to accommodate people with disabilities.

At the beginning of the war, there were approximately 50,000 people with disabilities in Gaza.

Limited mobility and other impairments have put these individuals at greater risk during the war. And most shelters, already overcrowded and underequipped, do not have the resources to provide for their special medical needs.

Russia’s rights commissioner calls for release of Russians held in Gaza

Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner is appealing again to senior UN and other officials to act to secure the release of Russian captives held in the Gaza Strip.

Tatyana Moskalkova said on the Telegram messaging app that she had launched the appeal after a meeting in Moscow with relatives of those still being held.



There are reportedly eight captives with Russian passports, including three who were released.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/17/israel-war-on-gaza-live-five-more-children-killed-in-israeli-attacks
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UK, UK warplanes hit Yemeni island in Red Sea

Houthi-affiliated media outlet Al-Masirah says US and UK forces carried out four air raids on Kamaran Island.

The Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa and present themselves as Yemen’s official armed forces, have attacked shipping lanes in the Red Sea and fired missiles and drones at Israeli targets for months in a show of support for Palestinians in Gaza.

The group’s operations have angered the United States and other Western nations. The US and its allies have bombed Houthi targets in Yemen since January, but the military campaign has not deterred Houthi attacks.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/17/israel-war-on-gaza-live-five-more-children-killed-in-israeli-attacks

Will South Africa’s new coalition government change track on Israel-Palestine?

When South Africa, under its ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, took Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in January on allegations of genocide in Gaza, it drew applause from a range of nations, especially in the Global South.

Back at home, though, the support was more muted among the country’s other political parties. The ANC’s main rival at the time, the right-leaning Democratic Alliance (DA), opposed the step — although it subsequently asked Israel to adhere to the ICJ’s interim rulings. The right-wing populist Patriotic Alliance (PA) called South Africa’s move a “joke”.

Now, five months later, the ANC has stitched together a coalition government to rule the country with the DA and to a lesser extent the PA and the nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), raising concerns about how South Africa’s approach to Israel and Palestine may change.

The ANC fell short of a majority in May elections for the first time since the end of apartheid.

The ANC insists that it will not change its position in support of Palestine despite the new coalition agreement.

Yet analysts argued that a coalition-led South Africa may need to make internal trade-offs in pursuing its Palestine policy after months of leading global efforts to hold Israel accountable for its assault on Gaza, which has killed more than 37,000 people.



The DA and IFP have sought to remain neutral on the war while the PA in particular has expressed support for Israel.

In the final coalition agreement, a clause on foreign policy was inserted in which the ANC and its partners agreed on the principles that foreign policy would be based on.

“Foreign policy based on human rights, constitutionalism, the national interest, solidarity, peaceful resolution of conflicts, to achieve the African Agenda 2063, South-South, North-South and African cooperation, multilateralism and a just, peaceful and equitable world,” the agreement read.

While the ANC has conceded that the DA is unlikely to change its position on Israel and Palestine, it insisted that it would not give up its longstanding solidarity with Palestinians.

“Will the ANC abandon its ideas on foreign policy? We are not going to change that. Will the DA change from what it represents? It will not change that,” ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula told the media.

He labelled suggestions that the ANC may backtrack on its critical stance against Israel as “misleading and populist”.

“We will continue to show solidarity with the people of Palestine. It was not an election stance,” Mbalula insisted.

South Africa’s support for Palestine is deeply rooted in its own decades-long struggle against apartheid with President Cyril Ramaphosa repeatedly labelling Israel an apartheid state.



In the run-up to the elections, the ANC criticised the DA for taking a bold stance on the Ukraine war – DA leader John Steenhuisen travelled to Kyiv in a show of support against Russia’s war – while not taking a similar stance in support of Palestine.

The DA, in turn, accused the ANC of not being principled in its foreign policy as a result of what it dubbed a “cosy” relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The ANC government has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Ramaphosa has sought to play a peacemaking role in the conflict but remains friendly with Putin and Russia.

While the ANC signed the agreement with its coalition partners that saw the re-election of Ramaphosa on Friday, it asserted its solidarity with Palestine at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s global peace summit in Switzerland but took a hard line against Israel.

South Africa’s representative to the summit, Sydney Mufamadi, who is Ramaphosa’s national security adviser, rejected the final communique because of Israel’s participation.

In a statement after the summit in Burgenstock, Mufumadi called out what he said were international double standards in uniformly and fairly implementing international law.

He said he found it surprising that Israel was present and signed the communique “just a few days after a credible high panel committee appointed by the United Nations found that it has, amongst the commission of other atrocity crimes, committed the crime of extermination”.

read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/17/will-south-africas-new-coalition-govt-change-tack-on-israel-palestine
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Netanyahu’s government can be overthrown, says Lapid

Israel’s opposition leader, Yair Lapid, is optimistic that opposition forces can unite to remove Netanyahu from power.

“This government should be overthrown, I think it can be overthrown,” Lapid said in comments carried by Israel’s 103FM radio.

“Now that Gantz has finally left the government, we have the means. The opposition will work together, we will unite it without ego to bring down the government.”

On June 9, Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot resigned from Israel’s war cabinet, in a blow to Netanyahu who has since disbanded the body.

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Two US universities fail to address anti-Arab, anti-Semitic hate

The University of Michigan and City University of New York have fallen short in addressing recent anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab and anti-Semitic incidents, according to the US Department of Education.

The incidents ranged from threats reported by a Jewish student on social media to pro-Palestinian students reporting they were called “terrorists”. These were among the first probes launched by the department since Israel’s war on Gaza began on October 7.

The Department of Education said the two universities did not comply with the requirement to remedy “a hostile environment”.

Advocacy groups say incidents of hate and bias against Jews, Muslims, Arabs and Palestinians in the United States, Israel’s key ally, have steadily risen during the Gaza war.

Israeli MP labels antigovernment protesters ‘Hamas’

Nissim Vaturi, a member of Netanyahu’s Likud party, has equated Israel’s antigovernment protesters to Hamas.

“There are a few branches of Hamas – the fighting branch of wicked terrorists who murder children, and the branch of the protests”, Vaturi told Israel’s Kol Brama radio station.

As we’ve been reporting, antigovernment protests have swept Israel in recent days as part of a declared “Week of Resistance”.

Thousands of the protesters, calling for early elections and an end to the Gaza war, rallied at Israel’s Knesset last night before marching towards Netanyahu’s residence, where police clashed with them and made eight arrests.

At least 17 killed in Israeli strikes on Nuseirat camp: Reports

Local media is reporting at least 17 deaths overnight in the Nuseirat refugee camp following a night of heavy Israeli bombardment in central Gaza.

Earlier, we reported that at least seven people had been confirmed killed in a strike on a home in Nuseirat, while five people had been confirmed killed in a separate strike.

At least 274 displaced Palestinians were killed in the Nuseirat refugee camp earlier this month after the Israeli military conducted a deadly rescue operation to free four Israeli captives held there.

‘This is pure terrorism’: Filipino sailor killed in Houthi ship attack

A Filipino sailor was killed when Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked a bulk cargo carrier last week with a ballistic missile.

“This is pure terrorism,” said John Kirby.

Deleted Israeli ad showed ‘blatant genocidal rhetoric’

The Green Party’s presidential candidate in the US has described a now-deleted video posted by an official Israeli government account on X as “Israel’s most blatant genocidal rhetoric yet”.

Stein added that the “the world must condemn” the language used in the post, which said “there are no innocent civilians there”, in reference to Gaza.

Two key US Congress Democrats approve major arms sale to Israel: Report

Two Democrats in US Congress who have been stalling a major arms sale to Israel have agreed to support the deal under heavy pressure from the Biden administration, the Washington Post reports.

Citing three unnamed officials, the Post said that Representative Gregory Meeks and Senator Ben Cardin finally relented weeks ago after months of holding up the weapons package, which includes 50 F-15 fighter jets worth more than $18bn.

Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, had previously promised to hold up the package until he received assurances about how Israel would use the warplanes and munitions in Gaza.

“Any issues or concerns Chair Cardin had were addressed through our ongoing consultations with the [Biden] Administration, and that’s why he felt it appropriate to allow this case to move forward,” Eric Harris, communications director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told the Post.

US Muslim rights group says new probe again proves Israel’s genocidal intent

We’ve been reporting on an investigation from The Associated Press (AP) that found at least 60 cases where families in Gaza lost at least 25 family members in Israeli strikes since October.

This is what Nihad Awad, the national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said about the new report:

This important investigation by the internationally respected AP once again exposes the genocidal intent of the far-right Israeli government.
Entire Palestinian families are being slaughtered, starved and forcibly displaced every day, with the support of the Biden administration and the use of US weapons.
There should be no more excuses for those who deny that Israel is annihilating the Palestinians and committing genocide.
We demand President Biden take concrete action to end the slaughter. He is doing a disservice to both our nation and humanity through his complicity with Israel’s genocide.

At least 8 arrested in antigovernment protests in Israel

Israeli police arrested at least eight people at mass protests outside the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday night, the Haaretz newspaper reports.

Three people were also wounded during the antigovernment protests, which saw tens of thousands converge on the city calling for new elections, a ceasefire deal in Gaza, and a captive release deal.

The protests are part of a “Week of Resistance” organised by antigovernment protesters in Israel that will see nationwide demonstrations take place over the next several days.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/18/israel-war-on-gaza-live-hamas-hits-invading-troops-again-in-tal-as-sultan
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 No.482244

>warn about Hamas attack
>be threatened with legal action by the Israeli gov't
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 No.482245

>>482244
There are only 2 explanations for this, either this was incompetence of epic proportions, or as Lee Camp seems to think, they let it happen so they could have a pre-text to launch the Gaza slaughter. From the perspective of the Israeli population their security apparatus is either useless or it betrayed them. If the latter is true, it also paints a picture of bad institutional design, because it shouldn't be possible for the system to be subverted to such an extend that it does the exact opposite of what it's supposed to do.

As far as their scheming goes, there is a decent chance that this will end with the collapse of the Zionist project. Especially if this goes into round 2 with a Lebanon war

>warn about

>be threatened
They probably should make that guy head of security and let him fix it.
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>>482245
>>482244
You are just assuming this shit is true. Israel could be "leaking" these docs because LIHOP is cope compared to admitting Hamas genuinely BTFO them on October 7.
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 No.482247

>>482246
>You are just assuming this shit is true.
Sort off. The early warnings from Egypt have been corroborated, so even if those documents are made up, they knew.

>Israel could be "leaking" these docs because LIHOP is cope compared to admitting Hamas genuinely BTFO them on October 7.

Your argument is solid in the sense that they might be lying about the actual strength of their intelligence gathering capabilities. However the reality is that they genuinely got BTFO, the oct7 attack breached the Israeli defenses and fucked shit up. That failure isn't being diminished, by showing us a stack of papers that predicted what would happen. The only metric that matters is whether or not the defense held off an attack.
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>>482246
Egypt has been saying they warned Israel forever, and iirc Israeli intelligence admitted that they had wind of this plot a year in advance, too. I think the main new details in Camp's video are the degree of detail included in the intelligence, and the legal attacks on people who tried to warn about it.

There were a few things about the attack which were weird from the beginning, including the Nova rave being moved right next to the border at the last minute (iirc on request of someone from the government, IE it was some sort of supposed code violation with the original building), and then extending an entire day. The IDF was conveniently over in the West Bank to guard settlers (not that this couldn't just be down to settlement-fueled evil/incompetence), and once they came, they had orders to fire on anything that moved - which, in the case of the Nova rave, was a bunch of Netanyahu-hating libs who had been told by the government to have a rave right next to the concentration camp which Egypt had warned the government about. Netanyahu, of course, has been scheming about this kind of thing for at least 50 years, with quotes from him about using wars as a pretext to take more territory going back to the early 1970s.

However it happened, it doesn't put the Israeli gov't in a good light.
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Netanyahu slams US for ‘withholding’ weapons to Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised the administration of US President Joe Biden for “withholding weapons” to Israel in recent months as it presses its war on Gaza.

Netanyahu said in a video statement on Tuesday that it was “inconceivable” that the United States had been “withholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel”.

“Secretary [of State Antony] Blinken assured me that the administration is working day and night to remove these bottlenecks. I certainly hope that’s the case. It should be the case,” Netanyahu said, referring to talks the top US diplomat held in the country last week.

Ship hit by Houthis last week ‘believed to have sunk’

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) says that an incident involving a vessel that was struck on June 12 by Yemen’s Houthis, 66 nautical miles (about 122km) southwest of the port city of Hodeidah, has led to the vessel sinking in the Red Sea.

The ship was identified by a Houthis spokesman as the Tutor.

Israeli military approves operational plans for Lebanon offensive

The Israeli military announced that operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon were “approved and validated”.

“As part of the assessment of the situation, operational plans for the attack in Lebanon were approved and implemented and decisions were made to continue accelerating the readiness of the forces in the field,” the military said in a statement.

The United States, in response, said it does not want to see a wider regional war in the Middle East, according to the Pentagon.

“I’m not going to get into hypotheticals and speculate on what might happen other than to say no one wants to see a wider regional war,” Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesperson, told reporters when asked about Israel’s move.

Israel’s approval comes as US special envoy Amos Hochstein was in Lebanon today after meeting with Israeli leaders, to seek “urgent” de-escalation on the Israel-Lebanon border.

Hezbollah says targeted ‘military industries’ factory in Israel

The Lebenese armed group says its forces bombed the Balasan factory in Israel’s Sasa kibbutz with Falaq missiles.

The factory specialises “in arming and protecting vehicles” for the Israeli military, Hezbollah added in a statement on its Telegram channel.

Hezbollah’s latest ploy: Has the main war front moved from Gaza to southern Lebanon?

Hezbollah’s release today of drone footage showing surveillance of the Israeli port city of Haifa is a signal to some within the Israeli security establishment that the major front of the war has moved from Gaza to Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, according to an analyst.

The war on that front is perceived by some in Israel as one where Hezbollah is holding “50,000 hostages”, Israeli residents of the north who cannot return to their homes there, Menachem Klein, an Israeli professor of political science at Bar-Ilan University, told Al Jazeera.

Hezbollah’s alliance with Iran is also a major strategic threat that Israel will one day have to confront, if not now, he added.

However, Klein believes the Israeli administration’s tactic of using more and more force must change.

“Israel must change its strategic thinking to think all on political solutions rather than using force,” he said.

Action must be taken on alleged complicity of Israeli doctors in torture

As the practice of torture persists across the world, too often medical workers are at risk of becoming complicit.

One country that has come under the spotlight recently regarding medical complicity in torture has been Israel.

For years, human rights organisations have reported “widespread and systematic” use of torture by Israeli security forces and prison authorities. The Israeli NGO Public Committee against Torture (PCATI) has filed over 1,400 torture complaints against Israeli authorities since 2001.

Since October 7, allegations of ill-treatment and torture of Palestinians in Israeli detention have sharply increased. According to media reports, at least 40 Palestinians have died in Israeli military detention and 16 in prison over the past eight months.

These numbers represent a substantial increase when compared to the average of four deaths per year from 1967 to 2019.

Prominent Gaza doctor dies in Israeli custody: Report

A prominent Palestinian doctor died while in Israeli police custody just six days after he was detained, Israeli outlet Haaretz reported. This report comes hours after the Gaza Health Ministry announced his death.

Dr Iyad al-Rantisi, 53, the head of a women’s hospital section of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza’s city of Beit Lahiya, was detained by the Israeli army last November, according to the outlet. He died at the Shikma prison, an interrogation facility of Shin Bet, Isreal’s domestic intelligence agency, in southern Israel’s Ashkelon, Haaretz said.

Shin Bet said they arrested the doctor because he was suspected of being involved in hiding Israeli captives, according to the paper.

According to Dr Husam Abu Safia, the manager of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, al-Rantisi was detained at an army checkpoint while attempting to make the journey from north to south Gaza, following the Israeli military’s orders for evacuation purposes at the start of the war, Safia told Haaretz.

The Israeli Justice Ministry has ordered an investigation into Rantisi’s death.

Pentagon says Gaza pier to be operational ‘again this week’

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said last week that it would “temporarily” remove the pier from its anchored position in Gaza and tow it to Ashdod, Israel, because of expected high seas.

Palestine solidarity makes an appearance at European football competition

Footage shared online shows Turkish fans expressing their support for Palestine during a football match against Georgia at the ongoing UEFA Euro 2024.

Fans can be seen in the videos donning the Palestinian scarf called keffiyeh, and carrying Palestinian flags inside Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany.

Israeli police forcibly disperse sit-in demanding dismissal of government

Israeli activists and media have published videos of Israeli police dispersing a sit-in demanding the replacement of the government of Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu.

The footage posted on X shows Israeli police attempting to forcibly disperse the demonstrators at the entrance to Jerusalem.

According to Israeli media, police arrested four people for blocking a road in Jerusalem.

Ban on Israeli companies attending world’s largest arms fair overturned
Reporting from Paris, France and Natacha Butler

The French government suggested that Israeli companies should not be able to attend [Eurosatory, the world’s largest arms fair] because the French government is particularly concerned about Israel’s operation in Rafah.

What happened then was the organiser of this arms fair decided to ban 74 Israeli companies that were due to attend. The French government didn’t have any legal power to put such a ban in place, but the actual organisers of the fair, they decided to do that.

Now we have a court in France that has decided to overturn that ban, calling it discriminatory. What that means is that those 74 Israeli firms could now show up at the fair that goes on until the end of the week on Friday. Whether or not those arms companies will actually turn up is another question because many of them had made other plans.

There was another court order last week by a French court that ruled not only should those companies remain banned from attending the trade fair but also anyone linked to those companies – Israeli or not.

Now, as you can imagine, that’s very complicated, trying to check everyone’s credentials as they go in. Nevertheless, the court said that is what should happen. Now, the organisers of the fair said that they disputed that and they are appealing that in court, and we’re still awaiting the verdict of that appeal. If that appeal is overturned, it means that everyone will be allowed in.

Hezbollah’s drone footage of Haifa ‘a humiliation’ for Israelis
Zeina Khodr
Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon

A drone has shown images of military and civilian infrastructure, particularly in the city of Haifa, the port of Haifa and its surroundings.

Hezbollah released this video just a few hours after US Envoy Amos Hochstein concluded his visit to Beirut. What we understand from Hezbollah sources is that this is their message to the envoy and to the Israelis.

This is in response to the Israeli threats of widening this conflict and launching an all-out war. This is Hezbollah saying that it has the capabilities and it is ready to fight the war. These sources are also telling us that they want to tell the Israelis they have a bank of targets and they also have sensitive intelligence information on sensitive military sites.

No doubt, this is part of the psychological war and Hezbollah really in the past few weeks have been slowly unveiling its capabilities to the Israelis to deter them from launching an all-out war.

Hezbollah officials have said time and time again – ‘We are not interested in a wider conflict, we opened up a front to help our ally Hamas, to help Gaza, the Palestinian people. But if you do launch a war, we are prepared for this.’

This is a humiliation – this is how it is being described by some even in Israel on how this drone was able to get all these detailed images from cities in northern Israel.

Likud MP apologises for comparing Israeli protesters to Hamas

Nissim Vaturi, a member of the Knesset, has walked back comments he made earlier today accusing Israeli antigovernment protesters of acting like a branch of Hamas.

Gaza conflict has caused major environmental damage, UN says

The conflict in Gaza has created unprecedented soil, water and air pollution in the region, destroying sanitation systems and leaving tonnes of debris from explosive devices, according to a UN report on the environmental impact of the war.

A preliminary assessment from the UN Environment Programme says the war has swiftly reversed limited progress in improving the region’s water desalination and wastewater treatment facilities, restoring the Wadi Gaza coastal wetland, and investments in solar power installations.

Explosive weapons have generated some 39 million tonnes of debris. Each square metres of the Gaza Strip is now littered with more than 107kg (236 pounds) of debris, which is more than five times the debris generated during the battle for Mosul, Iraq, in 2017, the report said.

Don’t collect rubbish from French consulate in Jerusalem, mayor says

Jerusalem’s deputy mayor, an ultranationalist Israeli politician, has asked for rubbish not to be collected from the French consulate after Paris barred Israeli firms from an arms show.

Organisers of the Eurosatory trade show just outside Paris said last month that French authorities had banned Israeli firms, with the French Defence Ministry attributing the decision to Israel’s military operations in Rafah.

Deputy Mayor Arieh King posted a letter on X he had addressed to the municipal sanitation department, asking “to instruct Jerusalem municipal maintenance workers to cease immediately garbage removal service from the French consulate building”.

A City Hall statement said King’s request would not be implemented.

Israel’s military claims to kill Islamic Jihad commander

In its latest war update, Israel’s military says it has killed numerous fighters in close-quarter combat and via air strikes in Rafah and central Gaza.

It identified one of the fighters killed by an air strike in central Gaza as the commander of an Islamic Jihad sniper cell.

Another strike in Rafah killed two fighters carrying an explosive, it said.

Israel’s latest wave of attacks in Gaza has also killed numerous civilians, including women, children and elderly individuals in several homes in Nuseirat camp.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/18/israel-war-on-gaza-live-hamas-hits-invading-troops-again-in-tal-as-sultan
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Gaza aid pier ‘largely failed’, will end operations ‘weeks earlier’ than planned: Report

A US-funded temporary humanitarian aid pier off the coast of Gaza has largely failed in its mission and will end operations weeks earlier than expected, the New York Times reports, citing aid organisations.

Repairs and security concerns mean the $230 million-project has only been operational for a total of 10 days since humanitarian aid started arriving via the pier on May 22.

The Biden administration initially predicted that surging seas would make the pier inoperable come September, but military officials are now warning aid groups that the pier could be dismantled as early as July, according to the Times report.

The pier aimed to boost the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza in response to Israeli restrictions on land routes, but has failed to meet the modest goals set for it.

US officials hope that warnings about the pier’s impeding closure will pressure Israel into opening more land routes, according to the Times.

Not clear why Israeli military hid death of doctor for months

Mustafa Barghouti, the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, says it is “not clear” why the Israeli military hid the death of Palestinian doctor Iyad al-Rantisi for months after he reportedly died at a Shin Bet interrogation centre in November last year.

Barghouti noted the news was only reported on Tuesday after Israel’s Haaretz newspaper “was given permission” to publish an article, detailing al-Rantisi death.

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government, while Israeli media are required to submit articles on certain topics related to the war to Israel’s Chief Censor, according to a memo released in December last year.

As we reported earlier, al-Rantisi’s family and the organisations representing Palestinian prisoners held in Israel said they had still not been informed of al-Rantisi’s fate on Tuesday, after the Haaretz report was published.

Report on Israeli war crimes in Gaza to be presented to UN human rights council

The head of an investigative commission, which found both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes since October 7, will present the report’s findings to the UN later today.

Israel is accused of committing acts of starvation, arbitrary detention, sexual violence, and the killing and maiming of thousands of children, while Hamas is accused of killings, torture, sexual violence and systematic kidnapping during October’s assault on southern Israel.

Sydney Peace Prize honours Gaza’s ‘selfless, brave’ Palestine Red Crescent volunteers

Lord Mayor of Sydney Clover Moore has acknowledged the “selfless, brave and heroic service” of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Gaza, in a statement announcing the 2024 Sydney Peace Prize, awarded to the wider International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

“Working in conditions unknown in modern times, 20 volunteers have been killed, giving their lives while working to provide a lifeline to two million Palestinians,” said Moore, who is also a patron of the Australian-based Sydney Peace Foundation which awards the prize.

Melanie Morrison, the director of the Sydney Peace Foundation added: “This year the Sydney Peace Prize particularly acknowledges the brave members of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society working in Gaza under dangerous conditions.”

Criticism as Israeli politician who quoted Hitler to speak at Australian event

The Jewish Council of Australia has expressed concern that far-right Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin will speak at an Australian event, days after he quoted Hitler in reference to wiping out Gaza’s population.

Made up of human rights experts, the Jewish Council of Australia (JCA) was formed recently, in part due to concerns that organisations like the Australian Jewish Association (AJA), which is hosting Feiglin, claim to speak for all Jewish Australians.

The AJA “has been broadly denounced as a far-right group aligned with extremist Israeli settler movements”, the JCA said in a statement expressing concern that Feiglin would address the online event, despite “having stated his admiration for Hitler and Nazi Germany and called Palestinians ‘parasites’”.

White House denies Netanyahu claim that US holding up weapons shipments

The Biden administration has bristled at claims by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US is withholding sending weapons for Israel’s war on Gaza.

“Let me just start off by saying that we genuinely do not know what he’s talking about,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday, the AFP news agency reports.

With the exception of “one particular shipment of munitions”, Jean-Pierre said, “there are no other pauses. None”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/19/israel-war-on-gaza-live-fate-of-hundreds-of-gaza-health-workers-unknown
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Severe water shortage after Israeli forces destroyed all wells

Our colleagues on the ground in Gaza are reporting that crises are worsening in northern Gaza, including a lack of water as the Israeli forces have destroyed all wells, according to the Northern Gaza Emergency Committee.

Trucks loaded with water are now being brought in from Gaza City in an attempt to help people get some water.

“I have no energy. I can’t carry the water. We came here with our children and grandchildren to get get a gallon of water which is not enough at all,” a Palestinian woman told Al Jazeera.

“We need more water for us only to drink. In the north, we have starvation and the severe shortage of drinking water. The water here is mixed with sewage, which poses a great danger to people’s health. We all suffer different kinds of diseases.”

A Palestinian man said that the situation in Jabalia refugee camp was very difficult.

“We wait long time for the water truck to arrive and to get one gallon or one bucket of water just to drink. There is famine and we face starvation.”

Israeli air attack in Syria kills army officer

Israel’s military has carried out a series of air attacks on military sites in the Syrian provinces of Quneitra and Deraa, says Syria’s Defence Ministry in a post on Facebook.

The attacks killed an army officer and caused some material damage, it added.

Since the Gaza war began, Israel has regularly carried out air strikes in Syria, often targeting members of Iran-backed groups.

This year, such attacks have killed 171 fighters and 13 civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Wells, olive trees destroyed in Israeli settler attacks

Our colleagues in the occupied West Bank are reporting that Israeli settlers’ attacks on Palestinians took place across the region on Tuesday, including in Burin, south of Nablus, and Yasouf, northeast of Salfit, where they destroyed crops and demolished a well.

In Burqa, east of Ramallah, they set olive trees on fire.

On average, there are four such attacks witnessed daily.

The UN has documented 962 settler attacks since October 7, which have led to the destruction of 43,000 Palestinian-owned trees and saplings.

In addition, 549 Palestinians have been killed in attacks by Israeli settlers and forces since October 7.

Edward Snowden says Netanyahu ‘running campaign ads for Trump’

Netanyahu’s video message slamming the Biden administration shows the Israeli Prime Minister is “predictably running campaign ads for Trump,” says US whistleblower Edward Snowden, in a post on X.

Biden’s support for Netanyahu earned him the nickname “Genocide Joe” while “torching his electoral chances and 80 percent of Gaza”, said Snowden.

Netanyahu did not specifically refer to Trump, who is Biden’s main rival in the upcoming US presidential election in the video, but Snowden said it showed Netanyahu and Biden had a “perfectly Scorpion-and-the-Frog” relationship.

Hezbollah chief Nasrallah to give speech this afternoon

The Hezbollah leader is due to speak at 5pm (14:00 GMT) today, reports Lebanon’s National News Agency, where he is due to honour Hezbollah field commander Talib Sami Abdullah, who was killed in an Israeli strike earlier this month.

Nasrallah is also expected to address Lebanon’s escalating tensions along the border with Israel, reports Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr.

Australian border authorities question 3 people over Israeli army plans

Australian border authorities have questioned at least three people suspected of flying to Israel to “serve or attempt to serve with” the Israeli military since October, according to a report in The Guardian newspaper.

The Australian Department of Home Affairs said its records showed three of four people thought to be planning to join the Israeli army on departure from Australia were questioned, but that not all cases were necessarily recorded, in response to a Freedom of Information request from The Guardian.

Under Australian law, it is “an offence for Australians to engage in hostile activities overseas, unless serving in or with the armed forces of a foreign country”.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong said earlier this year that all Australians seeking to serve with a foreign army should “carefully consider their legal obligations” in response to a petition calling for the government to investigate Australians fighting with the Israeli army for alleged war crimes.

“Foreign fighters who have returned to Australia are considered by law enforcement and security agencies on a case-by-case basis,” Wong added.

White Houses axes US-Israel meeting after Netanyahu video

The White House has called off a high-level meeting with Israeli officials after PM Netanyahu released a video lambasting the US for what he said was a delay in weapons shipments, according to US news outlet Axios.

President Biden’s senior advisers were “enraged” by the video and his team was “shocked by Netanyahu’s ingratitude”, reported Axios, citing two US officials.

The cancellation of the meeting, while some Israeli officials were already on their way to Washington, “makes it clear that there are consequences for pulling such stunts”, one of the officials told Axios.

Publicly, as we reported, the White House voiced confusion at Netanyahu’s video statement, saying only “one particular shipment” of munitions had been paused.

Israeli attacks in Gaza likely repeatedly violated laws of war: UN rights office

A new report by the UN’s human rights office has looked into six Israeli attacks in Gaza with high casualty tolls and determined that its forces “may have systematically violated the principles of distinction, proportionality, and precautions in attack”.

“The requirement to select means and methods of warfare that avoid or at the very least minimise to every extent civilian harm appears to have been consistently violated in Israel’s bombing campaign,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk.

Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7 have wrecked much of the enclave and killed at least 37,372 people, with 40 percent of these victims being children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/19/israel-war-on-gaza-live-fate-of-hundreds-of-gaza-health-workers-unknown
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Dimitri Lascaris - Handala sails to break Israel's siege of Gaza
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>>482249
That guy in the video says Hezbollah could do 5000 rockets a day for 8 months, if there was an escalation to a war with Lebanon.

That's 1.2 million rockets. There would be nothing left, but a few military bunkers. If Genocideyahu goes for that escalation, it would be like pressing the delete Israel button.

Does zionism have some kind of deathdrive ?
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>>482253
>Edward Snowden says Netanyahu ‘running campaign ads for Trump’
>Netanyahu’s video message slamming the Biden administration shows the Israeli Prime Minister is “predictably running campaign ads for Trump,” says US whistleblower Edward Snowden, in a post on X.
>Biden’s support for Netanyahu earned him the nickname “Genocide Joe” while “torching his electoral chances and 80 percent of Gaza”, said Snowden.
>Netanyahu did not specifically refer to Trump, who is Biden’s main rival in the upcoming US presidential election in the video, but Snowden said it showed Netanyahu and Biden had a “perfectly Scorpion-and-the-Frog” relationship.
Yeah that's a apt comparison

Makes you wonder, Netanyahu isn't popular in Israel anymore, the US doesn't need him to make Israel perform the role of an US empire outpost. Biden could easily throw Netanyahu under the bus, there are a dozen people waiting line to take his place.
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>>482255
Dam he took it down?
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>>482256
They could, but they probably wouldn't. It would still mean devastation for the Israeli nationstate, though.

>Does zionism have some kind of deathdrive ?

Yes. Netanyahu will literally destroy the whole country, the world, and himself rather than go to jail.

>>482258
I don't think the US needs him, but the US supports him anyway.
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>>482280
Maybe not, check out https://farside.link/invidious/watch?v=5rpdWc7Vq8k
it's 2 minutes longer than the video that's gone but otherwise it appears to be the same
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Cyprus president says country not involved ‘in any way’ in military operations in region

In his speech earlier today, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said a wider war with Lebanon would have regional implications and that the Lebanese armed group would attack any other country in the region that assisted Israel in the war effort, citing Cyprus, which has hosted Israeli forces for training exercises.

He suggested Cyprus might allow Israel to use its bases in the event of a wider war.

In response, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said his island nation “is in no way involved” in any military operations in the region.

Cyprus is “part of the solution, not part of the problem”, he said, pointing out the Cyprus-Gaza maritime corridor used to deliver aid to the Palestinian territory.

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah says nowhere in Israel will be spared if full war breaks out

The head of the Lebanese group Hezbollah says his fighters are ready in case of a war with Israel, and that his group would fight without any rules.

Nasrallah also threatened Cyprus, saying the country would embroil itself in conflict if it opened its bases to Israel.

Israeli officials criticise demand to topple Hamas: Report

Israeli news outlet Haaretz is reporting dissatisfaction among security-related officials with the Netanyahu-led government’s actions in Gaza.

Here is a summary of what Haaretz said:

Security and military leaders and officials criticised in closed meetings the lack of a political strategy to end the war in Gaza.
Officials criticised the demand to overthrow Hamas’s rule and destroy its capabilities, which was formulated under pressure without presenting realistic goals.
Israeli ministers warned that Netanyahu’s failure to specify clear targets would force the army to move dangerously and for a long time in Gaza.

UN expert: Nuseirat ‘massacre’ will go down in history

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, says on X that Israel’s attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza last week will not be forgotten.

The attack, which killed over 270 people and wounded over 700, was justified by the Israeli army as part of an operation to rescue four of its captives held by Hamas.

“The Nuseirat massacre will go down in history as one of the most appalling examples of disdain for Palestinian life in one of the most well-documented and boasted about genocides in history,” Albanese wrote.

“Justice will knock on the doors of the perpetrators and their accomplices,” she added.

Shipping industry groups call for action after Houthis sink second vessel

Leading shipping industry groups have called for action to halt Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea after the sinking of a second ship.

The organisations condemned the incidents as a violation of freedom of navigation and said in a joint statement that they target “innocent seafarers”.

The statement includes groups such as the World Shipping Council, European Community Shipowners’ Associations, and Asian Shipowners’ Association.

“We call for States with influence in the region to safeguard our innocent seafarers and for the swift de-escalation of the situation in the Red Sea.”

Yemen’s Houthi armed group has been launching attacks on shipping lanes in the region since November in what it says is an effort to support Palestinians and pressure Israel to end its war on Gaza.

Israel army spokesman says Hamas can’t be defeated ‘as an ideology’

An Israeli army spokesman has said Hamas cannot be defeated as an ideology, prompting the government to quickly re-assert that it remains committed to the Palestinian group’s destruction.

“Hamas is an ideology; we cannot eliminate an ideology,” Daniel Hagari told Israeli media.

“To say that we are going to make Hamas disappear is to throw sand in people’s eyes. If we don’t provide an alternative, in the end, we will have Hamas.”

His comments were quickly rebuffed by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose cabinet has stated its Gaza offensive will not end until Hamas is defeated.

“The political and security cabinet headed by Prime Minister Netanyahu defined as one of the goals of the war the destruction of Hamas’s military and governmental capabilities,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.

“The [Israeli army] is of course committed to this.”

Report: Doubts growing within US government about possibility of ceasefire deal

US news outlet Politico reports, citing four unnamed officials within the administration of US President Joe Biden, that doubts are growing that Israel and Hamas will reach a ceasefire deal under the framework advanced by the US in recent weeks.

As recently as this week, the US said that its position on the Gaza ceasefire is that Hamas is responsible for the delay and that Israel has not just accepted the deal – it produced it.

Israelis protest against government in Ashkelon

Video posted on social media by Israeli news outlet Kann shows a large crowd of Israelis denouncing the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the coastal city of Ashkelon.

Kann reports that a small group of counter-protesters, supporting Netanyahu’s Likud party, were also present.

Israeli army ‘one of the most criminal in the world’

Chris Sidoti, a member of the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, says the Israeli army is “one of the most criminal armies in the world”. The COI was presenting findings of its report into abuses committed on both sides since Israel’s war on Gaza began.

‘Always been ready for all-out war’: Hezbollah

Ibrahim Moussawi, a Hezbollah member of the Lebanese Parliament, says while the group does not want an all-out war with Israel, it is prepared to fight one if it is “imposed” on them.

“Hezbollah has always been ready. It’s been more ready than any time in the past, he told Al Jazeera.

“We are under occupation. Parts of our country are still under occupation … we are the target of Israeli violence,” he told Al Jazeera.

“Did the Gazans want what the Israelis do or what they are doing? It’s under the eyes of the international community that is … a complete, full partner in what’s happening.”

Moreover, Moussawi said it was Israel to blame for “escalating” the tensions with Hezbollah.

“We are on the defensive. We are doing the role of defending our people,” he added.

More from Hezbollah’s Moussawi

We now have more lines for you from the Hezbollah member of the Lebanese Parliament.

Moussavi said while the armed group is on the battlefront, they have been receiving indirect messages regarding ongoing discussions to de-escalate tensions.

“We believe that everyone should assume their own responsibility for what’s happening now in Lebanon,” he told Al Jazeera.

“The Americans are not taking initiative in escalation. They don’t want a full-fledged war, we know that. But they are continuing to funnel supplies and military ammunition to the Israelis. They can stop it, and the war will stop.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/19/israel-war-on-gaza-live-fate-of-hundreds-of-gaza-health-workers-unknown
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Latest UN report on Gaza could be used by ICJ, ICC
Gabriel Elizondo
Reporting from New York, US

The International Court of Justice has a genocide case pending in front of it with South Africa and others.

This commission of inquiry report could be used to further that case. You have the International Criminal Court, where the prosecutors already recommend potential arrest warrants [for Israel and Hamas leaders].

This could be used as evidentiary material moving forward in both of those international justice systems or courts.

Beyond that, I’m sure it will be used by civil society, but also potentially by governments that support Israel. This report could add political pressure to some of Israel’s allies that have backed Israel through this war so far.

Hezbollah rocket barrages hit northern Israel

Sirens have sounded in and around the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, where Hezbollah has claimed successive rocket attacks.

The Lebanese group said some of the rockets struck the headquarters of Israel’s 769th Eastern Brigade in the city.

The Times of Israel is reporting that the attacks damaged property in several areas but no casualties were reported.

Children were sleeping when Mawasi tents attacked, says witness

A displaced woman in Mawasi has given details about Israel’s attack on a tent camp there that killed at least seven people.

Fatima al-Qiq, an elderly woman staying in the camp, said an Israeli shell hit the tents in the designated safe zone while children were asleep, setting part of it ablaze.

“We were hit by Israeli shelling in a supposedly safe area … the children were sleeping here”, al-Qiq said, adding that if rescuers had not intervened, the place would have been entirely burned down.

Iran’s acting foreign affairs minister heads to Qatar to discuss the war

Ali Bagheri, Iran’s acting minister of foreign affairs, is travelling to Doha to meet with Qatari officials over Israel’s war on Gaza.

During the meetings, Bagheri will discuss “mobilizing the capacities of the Islamic world to end the crimes and genocide of the Zionist regime in Gaza,” the ministry said in a statement on social media.

It added that “providing quick aid to the residents of Gaza are at the top of the discussion.”

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah: Israeli army appears defeated and collapsed

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has spoken in a video address. Here are some of his main points:

The storming of the Galilee is a possibility that remains and is likely within any war waged by Israeli forces on Lebanon.
The enemy (Israeli forces) fears that things will roll into a war, and this strongly affects the Gaza front and forces it to economise on ammunition.
The great pressure from the southern Lebanon front, in addition to other fronts, affects the negotiations regarding the outcome of the war.
The enemy’s image of deterrence is collapsing, and the army appears defeated and collapsed.
The Israeli enemy is unable to wage war on these fronts, as the British and Americans are taking care of the Yemeni front.
The enemy’s Ministry of Defense says there are 8,663 disabled officers and soldiers, and we ask what the number of wounded is.
Part of the enemy’s media and psychological war is not acknowledging its dead and losses.
The resistance followed a strategy of blinding the enemy and deafening its ears by targeting Israeli technical equipment, radars, balloons, and others.
The enemy evacuated many of its military sites on the border with southern Lebanon.
We have a very large amount of information, and the drone footage we published on Tuesday is a small part of long hours that were filmed in Haifa.

US pier ‘never meant to be ultimate saviour’ for aid

US Deputy Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood says the US-built pier in Gaza, built to increase the amount of aid entering the besieged enclave, was never meant to be the “ultimate saviour”.

His comments follow reports that the US will dismantle the pier soon, after bad weather disrupted aid distribution via the pier.

“The scope of what’s needed in Gaza is huge,” Wood told reporters at the United Nations in New York City. “It was never meant to be the ultimate saviour of getting assistance in, but it was a worthwhile effort.

(anon's note: no it wasn't)

“And again, it did deliver some assistance. But in terms of how long it’s going to be an operation, that, I couldn’t tell you.”

The $230m project was completed in mid-May, but days later, waves swept away vessels supporting the pier, raising questions about the initiative’s viability. By the end of the month, the pier itself sustained damage and required repairs.

Aid groups have long warned the US pier is an ineffective way to deliver aid and cannot be a substitute for opening land routes, which had been blocked or severely restricted by Israel.

White House denies cancelling meeting over Netanyahu video: Report

A White House official has told The Times of Israel that a planned meeting with Israeli officials has not been canceled, disputing an earlier Axios report that it was axed due to anger over Netanyahu’s video message about delays in US weapons shipments.

“As we said in the briefing yesterday, we have no idea what the [Israeli] prime minister is talking about, but that’s not a reason for rescheduling a meeting,” the White House official told The Times of Israel.

The US is still working to schedule the high-level meeting in Washington to account for the “travel and availability of principals”, the official added. However, details are not finalised “so nothing has been canceled”, they said.

Gaza amusement park is filled with displaced Palestinians

Asdaa Entertainment City, located near Khan Younis, was once one of Gaza’s most vibrant amusement parks.

Now it is being used as a refugee camp, with hundreds of tents set up under the scorching summer heat.

“We used to come to Asdaa for entertainment and to have fun,” Yosra Abu Taha, a displaced Palestinian from Rafah, told Al Jazeera.

“Now this park has been turned into an evacuation shelter. We are tired. We’re struggling to find water, food and electricity. We are exhausted in this heat.”

Belgium refuses to host football match against Israel for security reasons

Belgium says it won’t host a UEFA Nations League match against Israel in September because of the “dramatic situation in Gaza” that creates a security headache for city officials.

Palestinian ambassador comments on UN commission report

Ibrahim Khraishi, Palestinian ambassador to the UN, has given his comments to the UN commission of inquiry in Geneva.

He thanked the commission for their investigation, which he noted Israel did not cooperate with.

He then went through a series of abuses he says Israeli forces have committed during their “genocidal war”, including using starvation as a weapon, intentionally targeting civilian infrastructure, such as hospitals, and holding prisoners without charge.

He asked the commission “what measures can be taken” if such abuses continue unabated.

The ambassador also reaffirmed “our position to refuse the targeting of civilians” in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions.

Israeli authorities responsible for war crimes, UN inquiry finds

A UN Human Rights Council session is under way to discuss a report into the actions in Gaza since October 7.

An inquiry has concluded that Israeli authorities are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

We will bring you more from the session shortly.

Israel’s actions are ‘intentional and direct attack on civilian population’: UN

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has released a report on war crimes in Gaza.

Speaking in Geneva, Navi Pillay, chairwoman of the UN-backed commission, said Israel “forcibly transferred almost the entire population into small enclosure that is unsafe and uninhabitable”.

“The deliberate use of heavy weapons with large destructive capacity in densely populated areas constitutes an intentional and direct attack on the civilian population.”

Sexual, gender-based violence part of Israeli forces’ operating procedures: UN

Pillay says the commission concluded that specific forms of sexual and gender-based violence constitute part of the Israeli security forces’ operating procedures.

“Although Israeli officials have repeatedly stated their operations in Gaza are intended to destroy Hamas and release hostages, yet neither of these aims has been largely achieved at the expense of thousands of lives,” she said.

“We found that Israeli forces committed sexual and gender-based violence with the intent to humiliate and further subordinate the Palestinian community. Palestinian women were targeted and subjected to sexual violence and harassment online and in person.

“Men and boys experienced specific persecutory acts, including sexual and gender-based violence amounting to torture and inhuman and cruel treatment.”

Families of Israeli captives protest in Knesset

Israel’s Channel 12 is reporting that relatives of Israeli captives have staged a demonstration inside Knesset.

Footage posted on Israeli social media channels, verified by Al Jazeera, shows the protesters holding signs and shouting slogans calling for snap elections.

The demonstration comes as thousands of antigovernment activists press on with a “week of resistance” in Israel, urging for a ceasefire deal to bring the captives home and elections for a new government.

https://twitter.com/N12News/status/1803334415457649044

Europe must host Gaza children affected by war: Greece’s FM

Europe has a duty to host children hurt and traumatised by the war in Gaza for as long as the conflict continues, Greek’s Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said.

Gerapetritis is seeking partners in what he hopes would be a project to temporarily bring the children to the European Union, and said he discussed the idea with Palestine’s PM Mohammad Mustafa this week.

“We need to face this tragedy very clearly,” Gerapetritis was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency. “Europe should be open to injured people from [Gaza] but also to children who are now facing famine or other sorts of dangers.”

Greece was elected as a member of the UN Security Council for 2025-26 earlier this month, and Gerapetritis believes the country’s historical ties with the Arab world give it credibility to act as a peace broker.

“This is an obvious call of humanitarian assistance. We’re not talking here about economic migrants or other types of irregular migration.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/19/israel-war-on-gaza-live-fate-of-hundreds-of-gaza-health-workers-unknown
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 No.482285

>>482283
>video
<“The Israeli army is one of the most criminal armies in the world” Chris Sidoti
Hot damn, the slow and deliberate setup followed by that unceremonious delivery of devastating pwnage.

Absolute Kino.
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 No.482286

Breaking Points - Hezbollah Drops INSANE Drone Footage As Israel Preps ALL OUT WAR
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 No.482288

UN Israel-Gaza inquiry sends ‘7000 pieces of evidence’ to ICC

Navi Pillay of the UN Commission of Inquiry told Al Jazeera that her team has submitted 7,000 pieces of evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC) related to crimes committed by Israel and Hamas. “We have never seen anything like this,” Pillay told Al Jazeera’s James Bays.

Israeli military targeted with explosive devices in Far’a refugee camp

Violent clashes have erupted after Israeli forces stormed the Far’a refugee camp, south of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.

Palestinian armed groups and the Israeli military have exchanged fire, while Israeli forces have also been targeted with explosive devices, local media reports.

Israeli military raids have been reported in other locations in the occupied West Bank, including:

The village of al-Arqa, west of Jenin
The Qalandiya refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem
The town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, where a military bulldozer is destroying infrastructure

Israeli settlers in Jericho block aid trucks heading to Gaza: Reports

Israeli settlers have reportedly gathered at the eastern entrance to the occupied West Bank city of Jericho to block humanitarian aid trucks heading towards the Gaza Strip, the Wafa news agency reports.

Witnesses at the scene told Wafa that the group of settlers had gathered in the vicinity of the al-Karameh, or Allenby, bridge border crossing that links Jordan to the West Bank, while footage published by local media appears to show an Israeli car driver driving intentionally slow in front of a truck to impede its progress.

Far-right Israeli activists have intercepted trucks delivering humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave on several occasions in recent months, attacking drivers and destroying the contents of their trucks.

US military carries out strikes on targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen

The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said that it carried out strikes on Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, destroying one ground “control station” and one “command and control node”.

CENTCOM also said that it destroyed two Houthi uncrewed surface vessels in the Red Sea that “presented an imminent threat” to ships in the area.

The Houthis have been carrying out attacks on Israel-linked shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November in response to Israel’s war on Gaza.

West Bank: Explosion, fire as Israeli attack drone strikes petrol station in Tulkarem

An Israeli drone strike has caused a large explosion and fire near a petrol station east of Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency is reporting.

A video shared on social media shows a man running away from a fire as debris falls from the sky. No injuries were reported, Wafa added.

Israeli aircraft were heard flying over the city of Tulkarem and its refugee camps for hours, before the drone strike, in the as-Salam neighbourhood of Tulkarem, near the Nur Shams refugee camp, Wafa reports.

Earlier this week, UN human rights chief Volker Turk expressed alarm at the “dramatically deteriorating” situation in the occupied West Bank, where 528 Palestinians, including 133 children, have been killed by Israeli military forces or Israeli settlers since October.

https://twitter.com/QudsNen/status/1803561411718598922

US military’s ‘stop-start’ pier re-attached to Gaza shore – again: Report

The US military has re-attached a troubled floating pier to the shore of the Gaza Strip after recently removing it temporarily due to poor sea conditions, the Reuters news agency reports, citing unnamed US officials.

The Reuters report, which described the US-built floating pier as “on-again, off-again” and “stop-start”, quoted unnamed US officials as saying operations on the pier would resume on Thursday.

Only a limited amount of aid has been delivered via the pier since it opened on May 17, 10 days after Israeli forces seized the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, which had become the main source of humanitarian food supplies for the people of Gaza after Israel’s blockade decimated local food sources.

A UN spokesperson on Wednesday said there had been no update regarding the pier since the World Food Programme said it was pausing deliveries due to safety concerns, which came amid allegations the pier played a role in the Israeli captive rescue operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza that killed more than 270 people. The US denied the allegations.

The $230m pier has come to symbolise, for some, the failures and contradictions of US policy in Gaza.

Colombia to treat, rehabilitate Palestinian children who lost limbs in Israel’s war on Gaza

Colombia’s Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo said his government is planning to help up to 50 Palestinian children from Gaza who have lost limbs by bringing them to Colombia and providing them with prostheses.

Under the program, the children aged between 12 and 15 years would be flown from Egypt to Colombia alongside a family member or guardian, where they would spend six months in treatment and rehabilitation.

Murillo described the plans as “quite advanced” on Wednesday, the AP news agency reports, and said he had already discussed the program with Egyptian and Jordanian officials.

“The plan up to now is that Colombia would be sending an airplane, bringing some support to Gaza or refugee camps in Egypt. We think that the plan can move forward, according to the agreements with our colleagues in Jordanian and Egypt,” he said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/20/israel-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-tanks-drones-strike-western-rafah
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 No.482290

https://youtu.be/UwrSt9WyHio?t=1884
According to Ken Klippenstein, the US has recently rushed thousands of soldiers to Jordan.
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 No.482303

As few as 50 captives still alive in Gaza, US officials estimate

There may only be 50 captives still alive in Gaza, according to a US official and mediators in captive-release talks cited by The Wall Street Journal.

That estimate, which the WSJ said relies partly on Israeli intelligence, implies that as many as 66 captives unaccounted for in Gaza could be dead, a higher toll than Israel has publicly stated.

Hamas took about 250 captives on October 7 and has since released 109 of them, mostly in exchange deals. Seven more captives have been rescued by Israel’s military.

In December, Israeli forces admitted killing three captives despite them being shirtless and one of them holding up a white flag.

Israeli military claims to kill Hamas sniper commander

In its latest war update, the Israeli military claims it carried out an air strike killing a squad commander of Hamas’s elite Nukhba Forces who it said oversaw Hamas’s sniper activities in the Beit Hanoon area and had participated in the October 7 attack.

Israeli troops and fighter jets killed several more fighters in Rafah and central Gaza over the last day, the military said.

Israel’s latest wave of attacks in Gaza also killed and injured women and children, most recently from the bombardment of a home in Nuseirat camp.

Lebanon divided over Hezbollah’s response to Israel
Zeina Khodr
Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon

Hezbollah is still treading carefully. It is still complying with the unwritten rules of engagement with Israel. The conflict is largely confined to the border region and to military targets.

Every now and then, Hezbollah raises the level to send a message. Nasrallah’s speech, a very defiant speech, yesterday was all about messages to Israelis that “we do not want war, but that doesn’t mean we are afraid of war”.

What Hezbollah has been trying to do is deter Israel from widening this conflict.

How much support Hezbollah has in Lebanon is debatable but there is no doubt it has its support base. They back its decision. But there’s also a segment of the population in this country that believes Hezbollah opening up this front is just going to cause more suffering to a country that has all but collapsed economically.

Hezbollah names commander killed in Israeli drone strike

The Lebanese armed group said its member Abbas (Fadel) Ibrahim Hamzeh Hmadeh was killed by an Israeli attack earlier today on a southern Lebanese road.

The Israeli military issued a statement confirmed it carried out the attack, naming its target as Fadel Ibrahim. It said the Hezbollah member had commanded the group’s ground forces in the Jouaiyya area and helped conduct attacks against Israel.

Since October 7, Israel has waged regular strikes against Hezbollah fighters and infrastructure in Lebanon, killing over 320 of its members.

Netanyahu’s relationship with military establishment at all-time low: Former general

Retired Israeli General Israel Ziv says strains between Netanyahu and Israeli military leaders over the aims of war in Gaza are worse than ever.

The Israeli military and security echelons, he said, feel they have “exhausted the purpose of the war”, reaching a “tactical peak”.

“We are getting close to finishing the job defined by the government and we’ll reach a point when we’re just fighting guerrilla warfare, and that could take years,” Ziv was quoted as saying by US media.

The divide between Netanyahu and Israel’s military played out yesterday when Israel’s military spokesman Daniel Hagari said Hamas could not be rooted out because it is “an ideology”, undermining Netanyahu’s stated goal of fully defeating it.

Hamas chief, Iran’s FM discuss Gaza war

Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh has met Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri in Qatar where he thanked Iran for its support during the war and said Palestinian resistance remained strong.

Addressing the ceasefire proposal being negotiated, Haniyeh said the group is still open to all initiatives that serve the Palestinian people’s interests.

‘Any threat to Cyprus is a threat to the EU’

Peter Stano, a spokesperson for the EU’s foreign policy branch, told reporters that the union will stand behind its member state Cyprus in the face of all threats.

His words come after the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, threatened yesterday that Cyprus would become part of any full-scale war between itself and the Israeli army if it allowed Israeli army planes to launch missions from its territory.

Tensions on the Lebanon-Israel border are currently high, as Israel said this week that it had approved operational plans to escalate its military action against Hezbollah, with which it has been engaging in limited exchanges of fire since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October.

UN experts say firms sending arms to Israel could be complicit in abuses

A group of United Nations experts has warned arms and ammunitions manufacturers against taking part in the transfer of weapons to Israel, saying it could make them complicit in human rights abuses and violations of international law.

The group of 30 experts, including several UN special rapporteurs, said arms manufacturers supplying Israel should halt their transfers of war material “even if they are executed under existing export licenses”.

“These companies, by sending weapons, parts, components, and ammunition to Israeli forces, risk being complicit in serious violations of international human rights and international humanitarian laws,” the experts said in a statement.

There was no immediate comment from Israel, which has repeatedly denied carrying out abuses during its Gaza operations.

Activists tell UK weapons makers they may face criminal liability: Report

Activists have written to the directors of 20 weapons manufacturers based in the UK, saying they may face criminal liability for failing to prevent war crimes if their companies continue to sell military equipment to Israel, The Guardian reports.

Four groups, including the Campaign Against Arms Trade, have written to companies that make parts for F-35 fighter jets used by Israeli forces in their bombing of Gaza.

The letter says company directors face “potential criminal liability for atrocity crimes currently taking place in Gaza” even though the UK government has continued to approve arms sales to Israel since the start of the war.

Hamas plans a legal response to ICC arrest warrants

Hamas says it is planning a legal response against the International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants against its top leaders.

Calling the war crimes accusations against three of its top leaders – Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif – “baseless”, Hamas said it would argue Palestinians have “the right, indeed the duty, to resist occupation by all means available, including armed resistance”.

The ICC’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan said in May the three Hamas leaders bore responsibility for the attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed at least 1,139 people with 250 captives taken to Gaza.

The same day, Khan announced he is seeking arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

In its statement, Hamas said the prosecutor “erred in considering that the state of conflict began on October 7”, asserting it began in 1948 with Israel’s establishment.

Poll: Nearly half of Israelis don’t trust government to do what is right for country

A new poll of Israeli public opinion conducted by the Pew Research Center shows that 47 percent of Israelis do not trust that the government will do what is appropriate for Israel, while 53 percent expressed the opposite opinion.

“Israeli Jews are about three times as likely as Israeli Arabs to say they trust the national government [61 percent vs 23 percent]. Indeed, nearly four-in-ten Israeli Arabs [37 percent] say they do not trust it at all”, the study adds, breaking the results down by ethnicity.

The study also shows that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is the most popular politician in Israel with 61 percent approval, followed by Minister Benny Gantz with 51 percent.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/20/israel-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-tanks-drones-strike-western-rafah
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 No.482304

https://twitter.com/NationalSJP/status/1803886883597955443
“FREE CASEY GOONAN! FREE JACK MAZUREK, FREE THE COP CITY 61, DROP THE CHARGES OF THE MERRIMACK 4 AND THE MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE LAND DEFENDERS. FREE THE HOLY LAND FOUNDATION 5! FREE LEONARD PELTIER!

FREE PALESTINE; LONG LIVE THE INTIFADA.”

— Hind’s Hall arrestees press conference
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 No.482305

Analysis from Sam Husseini and Dimitri Lascaris
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 No.482314

>>482303
>Hezbollah is still treading carefully. It is still complying with the unwritten rules of engagement with Israel. The conflict is largely confined to the border region and to military targets.
>Every now and then, Hezbollah raises the level to send a message. Nasrallah’s speech, a very defiant speech, yesterday was all about messages to Israelis that “we do not want war, but that doesn’t mean we are afraid of war”.
>What Hezbollah has been trying to do is deter Israel from widening this conflict.
>How much support Hezbollah has in Lebanon is debatable but there is no doubt it has its support base. They back its decision. But there’s also a segment of the population in this country that believes Hezbollah opening up this front is just going to cause more suffering to a country that has all but collapsed economically.

Every time the Zionists poked Lebanon, Hezbollah gained more support. If the Zionists go for escalation to full Lebanon war, the Lebanese will rally behind Hezbollah.

Iran is leaning on Hezbollah to keep it calm, but if the Zionists escalate, Iran throws it's weight behind Hezbollah, because they don't want Israel-expansion.

If the Zionists are rational they won't open up a another front, they're already maxed out in gaza.
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 No.482316

>>482305
Sam Husseini's closing remarks that there could be a rise in international pressure that forces Isreal to stop, that would be the best end.

That less bloody time-line could still happen. However it is also likely that Israel just goes to war with all of it's neighbors. Not just with Lebanon Iran and Iraq , but also Egypt. The latter one would be sparked by the Zionist trying to forcefully deport the Palestinians from Gaza to the Sinai desert.

When Isreal faces a hard military defeat, they'll be tempted to use nukes, at which point there are only 2 options. Either all the forces that subdued the Zionist military machine reach an agreement with the US. The US keeps it thumb on the nukes in exchange for Isreal not getting bumrushed into oblivion.

The other option is somewhat hopium. There are rumors that Iran has 95% completed nukes that could come online as deterrence. Other rumors say that Iran has bought fancy Russian ABM systems and hidden them close enough to Israeli launch sites, so that the nukes could potentially be intercepted during the vulnerable 30s launch window.
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 No.482317

Armenia recognises Palestine as a state

Armenia has officially recognised a Palestinian state, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday, defying Israel, which is opposed to such moves.

Armenia supports a UN resolution on an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and is in favour of a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the same statement said.

Rare LNG vessel sails through Red Sea amid Houthi attacks: Report

A liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessel is sailing through the Red Sea after crossing the Bab al-Mandeb Strait this week, shipping data showed, a rare occurrence for LNG shipments following attacks by Yemeni Houthis on ships in the area, Reuters news agency reported.

The Asya Energy vessel passed by Yemen through the strait on June 18, shiptracking data from LSEG and Kpler showed, the same week as a second ship believed to have been hit by Yemen’s Houthis sank.

“Asya Energy is the first LNG tanker to sail through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait since January this year when LNG voyages through the Red Sea were suspended amid repeated rocket attacks,” said LSEG analyst Olumide Ajayi, adding that data showed that the ship was carrying cargo.

Most LNG tankers have avoided taking this route after the Houthis launched repeated drone and missile strikes in the Red Sea region. They describe their attacks, which have since expanded to other busy waterways, as acts of solidarity with Palestinians in Israel’s war in Gaza.

Palestine welcomes statehood recognition by Armenia

The Palestinian presidency and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) have welcomed Armenia’s decision to recognise the State of Palestine.

According to a statement reported by the official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, “the Palestinian Presidency has commended the Republic of Armenia’s decision to officially recognize the State of Palestine as an independent and sovereign nation.”

The presidency expressed deep appreciation for “this courageous and significant decision”, viewing it as a “pivotal step towards enhancing bilateral relations and fostering peace and stability in the region”.

Hussein al-Sheikh, secretary of the PLO Executive Committee, praised Armenia’s recognition, saying it is “a victory for truth, justice, legitimacy and the struggle of our Palestinian people for liberation and independence”.

Recognising Palestinian state a matter of justice: Turkey’s Foreign Ministry

Turkey is “pleased” with Armenia’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state, its Foreign Ministry says on its X account.

“As we have emphasised before, recognising a Palestinian state is a matter of international law, justice and conscience,” the post said, adding that Turkey “will continue to strive for more countries to recognise Palestine”.

Armenia has joined several other countries in recognising Palestine as a state in recent weeks, including Spain and Ireland.

Armenia’s ambassador to Israel summoned after Palestine recognition move

As we reported earlier, Armenia has recognised a Palestinian state. It also said that it supports a UN resolution on an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and is in favour of a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

We’re now getting reports that Armenia’s ambassador to Israel has been summoned after the move.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/21/israel-war-on-gaza-live-fighting-rages-as-political-divisions-widen
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 No.482318

>>482317
>Rare LNG vessel sails through Red Sea
They must have found a sailor crew with balls of steal, riding that massive powder-keg through the crossfire.
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 No.482325

>>482247
>>482248
Egypt's statements hold no weight either. If you haven't noticed, the Sisi regime is a complete puppet of Zionism.

Most "leaks" are either just disinfo, misdirection, or limited hangouts.

Here's the reality I suspect:
1. Israel has indeed been planning to have this war, and we don't need any secret documents to understand this. Resistance leaders like Abu Obeida have pointed out that Al Aqsa Flood is a response to escalations and provocations that Israel has conducted against Gaza and the West Bank in the past several years. Israel can't decide the exact time and place of the war through provocations, but can make it inevitable that the war would happen, which is what they did. This does not mean it's all keikaku doori. The war was inevitable and both sides had only two choices: either have the war or totally surrender (non-viable).

2. Israel and the Palestinian resistance both have intimate and detailed intelligence on each other. The job of intelligence gatherers is to report on threats and evaluate them. I assure you that both Hamas and the Israelis have thousands of intelligence reports indicating possible wall breaches, invasions, etc which never amounted to anything. Hamas would have conducted its preparations for Oct 7 knowing that Israel would be able to gather intelligence on at least part of the operation. There are many ways to cover it up and misdirect so that Israel wouldn't be able to distinguish it from normal training drills and empty threats. And Hamas operatives would be trained and prepared to conduct an Oct 7 type operation at a moment's notice, meaning there would be very few high level operatives who have knowledge of the exact date in advance.

3. Israel was pushed to escalate by its Anglo-Burger masters. Israel doesn't really have that much utility left for the empire, since the empire has completely bribed and taken over the govts of almost every other Middle Eastern country. So now Israel has to "prove its worth" to survive, because its main remaining utility is just genocide for purposes of terror and population control.

4. There is "predictive programming" type shit for this. Oppenheimer for example. Do you really think it's just a coincidence that Zionist Hollywood produced a movie about how great it is for Jews to use nuclear weapons on their enemies a single year before Israel kicks off WWIII? (And they're highly likely to use big nukes now. They probably already have used some tactical nukes on Gaza sadly).
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 No.482326

>>482317
>>482303
Newsanon, this borders on spam/DDOS. Can you possibly just fucking link to the articles/archive pages rather than making it impossible to have a discussion in this thread with the massive walls of text?
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 No.482327

>>482326
To be honest, i find the news-anon posts rather convenient. At least for me it doesn't make me loose track of conversations, the "chan number-links" are very effective.
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 No.482328

>>482326
I just skip over posts entirely when I don't see clear sourcing for each asserted newsline. They could easily be a bot generating fake news posts for all I know and I don't have the time to figure it out.
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 No.482329

>>482248
>The IDF was conveniently over in the West Bank to guard settlers (not that this couldn't just be down to settlement-fueled evil/incompetence), and once they came, they had orders to fire on anything that moved - which, in the case of the Nova rave, was a bunch of Netanyahu-hating libs who had been told by the government to have a rave right next to the concentration camp which Egypt had warned the government about.
Wow that's pretty grim, if that turns out to be true, that'll probably cost him his head.
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 No.482330

>>482325
>1.
Even if they could not controle the exact circumstances, it would imply they'd have been preparing for this. Why are they doing so badly ? Fighting a guerilla force is really difficult but they're doing bad even with that qualifier in mind.

>2.

So the massive surveillance apparatus Israel has pointed at gaza, wasn't really gonna help them because it generated too many false positives and that restored the element of surprise for the gazans.

>3.

I agree that Israel is loosing strategical importance for the US empire, but what does the US gain from instigating this massive slaughter ? The political currents that are hostile to the US got a massive boost from this.

>4.

I don't know about the nuances of Hollywood propaganda, but i do know that it's not possible to set off a nuke without everybody knowing about it within a few minutes. It's not just the easily detectable burst of ionizing radiation, that'll get picked up by satellites. It's also the seismographic signatures. If somebody drops a nuke, even a small tacticool nook, you'll ring the earths crust like a bell. You can get cheap hobby equipment that's sensitive enough to generate a very distinctive read-out. Then there is atmospheric fallout, that'll get picked up by air-quality measurements. A small drone could be fitted with a Geiger-counter to allow people to confirm ground zero. Nukes also produce massive amounts of electromagnetic interference, most of the IDF electronic gear would be fried. They would if they could, but nukes are by a very large margin the least conspicuous thing in the world.
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 No.482331

Kuwait urges citizens to leave Lebanon

The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry has called on its citizens to refrain from heading to Lebanon, while calling on those in the country to leave as soon as possible.

Hezbollah has fired rockets and drones into Israel since it launched the war on Gaza last October with the Israelis responding with deadly air strikes and heavy artillery fire.

Hundreds have been killed and tens of thousands displaced along the border.

The international community has expressed increasing concern over the escalating war of words and deadly border clashes between Israel’s military and Lebanon’s Hezbollah fighters.

Several raids target southern Lebanon: Report

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reports that “enemy [Israeli] aircraft” hit Mays al-Jabal, Taybeh and Taloussa areas.

On Tuesday, Israel had announced that operational plans for a military offensive against its northern neighbour were “approved and validated”.

A survivor of the al-Mawasi attack recounts their experience

A survivor of the Israeli attack on Gaza’s al-Mawasi area, which as of now has killed at least 25 people and wounded 50 others, told Al Jazeera witnessed rocket attacks a day earlier, but was not harmed by them.

Today, however, the situation was different.

“Today, before the afternoon, a bomb was thrown near the Red Cross. My husband went out after hearing the sound of the explosion. The second bomb was near the Red Cross building. All the young men went there because some people were injured,” the survivor said.

“My husband went, and I looked for him but couldn’t find him. Everyone was forced to flee in their clothes without taking their belongings. Some people took us with them in their car. We don’t know what happened after that.”

US State Department official for Israel-Palestine affairs resigns

Andrew Miller, the deputy assistant secretary for Israeli-Palestinian affairs, has resigned, the Washington Post reports, citing three unnamed sources.

The media outlet said the Miller had expressed to colleagues he wanted to spend more time with his family. The report added that Miller was “skeptic of the Biden administration’s bear hug” approach towards Israel.

A handful of Biden administration officials and appointees – including a former US Army officer – have publicly stepped down over the US’s Gaza policy since the conflict began on October 7.

Incident reported near Yemen’s port city: UKMTO

United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations says that it had received a report of an incident 126 nautical miles (about 233km) east of Aden, adding that authorities are investigating.

We will continue to update you on this story as it develops.

Prosecutors drop most charges against student protesters who occupied Columbia University building

Dozens of Columbia University students who were arrested for occupying a campus building as part of a pro-Palestine protest will have their criminal charges dropped, prosecutors have said.

At a court hearing Thursday, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said it would not pursue criminal charges for 31 of the 46 people initially arrested on trespassing charges inside the administration building.

Students and their allies seized the building, known as Hamilton Hall, on April 30, barricading themselves inside with furniture and padlocks in a major escalation of campus protests against the war in Gaza.

At the request of university leaders, hundreds of officers with the New York Police Department stormed the campus the following night, gaining access to the building through a second-storey window and making dozens of arrests.

At Thursday’s hearing, prosecutors said they were dismissing charges against most of those arrested inside the building due in part to a lack of evidence tying them to specific acts of property damage and the fact that none of the students had criminal histories.

Stephen Millan, an assistant district attorney, noted that the protesters wore masks and blocked surveillance cameras in the building, making it difficult to “prove that they participated in damaging any Columbia University property or causing harm to anyone”.

All of those students are still facing disciplinary hearings and possible expulsion from the university.

Finland official urges gov’t to review arms exports to Israel

Kimmo Kiljunen, Finland’s chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, has urged the government to review its arms trade with Israel, Helsinki Times reported.

Kiljunen said Finland should monitor its exports in light of the fact that various international bodies have warned about the risk of genocide in Gaza.

“I ask how the government monitors Finland’s arms trade with Israel, and specifically how it ensures that the arms exports by Patria and Nammo comply with international law, the UN Human Rights Council resolution, and numerous agreements on arms exports?” Kiljunen, member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), questioned, according to Helsinki Times.

Patria is a Finnish defence provider, while Nammo is an international company, Finland also participates in arms exports through.

Yle, or the Finnish Broadcasting Company, reports that Nammo’s weapons have been used in Gaza.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/21/israel-war-on-gaza-live-fighting-rages-as-political-divisions-widen
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>>482330
>Even if they could not control the exact circumstances, it would imply they'd have been preparing for this. Why are they doing so badly ? Fighting a guerilla force is really difficult but they're doing bad even with that qualifier in mind.
They prepared to do genocide, which they're doing OK at. The IOF is not good at actual warfare against Hamas/PIJ/PFLP/DFLP because that's simply not what that military is built for. The IOF is built for occupation policing and killing kids. They avoid fighting actual soldiers as much as they can. There's no way to create a serious fighting force from a bunch of brainwashed, pampered jewish teenage men and women.

Also, the Hamas tunnels are Hamas' "strategic weapon." The only feasible way to counter the tunnels is lots of bunker buster nukes. The IOF has limit quantities of nukes which it is mostly saving for the endgame, which hasn't happened yet.

>So the massive surveillance apparatus Israel has pointed at gaza, wasn't really gonna help them because it generated too many false positives and that restored the element of surprise for the gazans.

It's not just false positives, but also just lack of intelligence. Israel has a lot of SIGINT that falls flat in Gaza because it can't penetrate tunnels and landline telephones, and it can't surveil conversations conducted face-to-face. Hamas systematically dismantled Israel's Gaza HUMINT over the past decade by killing spies and collaborators.

>I agree that Israel is loosing strategical importance for the US empire, but what does the US gain from instigating this massive slaughter ? The political currents that are hostile to the US got a massive boost from this.

The empire =/= USA. Our resident tripfag Eugenicskun is right about what's going on with this. Massive slaughter, culling, and ritual sacrifice is the goal of empire now because the empire's official ideology is Malthusian eugenics. The basic reason for this is that, with modern automation tech, the transnational ruling class believes they can not only enjoy an equivalent standard of wealth with fewer proles, but actually become more wealthy and powerful by eliminating "useless eaters" who are subtracting from their riches by consuming "gibs."

>i do know that it's not possible to set off a nuke without everybody knowing about it within a few minutes

False. Many reasons. Israel likely has reduced residual radiation nukes. Nobody seems to be actually measuring radiation in Gaza right now (IDK WTF not, but this is the case. Otherwise, wouldn't we see reports from Gaza confirming or refuting high radiation levels?). Smaller tactical nukes do not necessarily create highly unusual seismographic signatures… but also, I have not seen anyone analyzing seismographic data from around Gaza either. Small nukes do not necessarily create a significant EMP that would fry IOF equipment.

Please see pics and try to explain to me how a conventional, non-nuclear bomb made these craters. I would love alternative theories so I don't have to believe the IOF has already dropped nukes on the Palestinians, but these craters in Gaza are extraordinary and unlike any other craters I've seen from the rest of the bombings.
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Cuba joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the ICJ

Cuba has decided to join South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over Israel’s alleged genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Cuban Foreign Ministry has announced in a statement.

The ministry said Cuba wants to “contribute as much as possible … to put an end to the genocide committed against the Palestinian people”.

“Israel, with total impunity, protected by the complicity of the US government, ignores its obligations as an Occupying Power under the Fourth Geneva Convention,” the ministry said.

“Genocide, apartheid, forced displacement and collective punishment have no place in today’s world, nor can they be tolerated by the international community. Justice and respect for the UN Charter and international law must prevail,” it added.

Countries including Chile and Spain have also joined South Africa in its case against Israel for alleged genocide in its war on the Palestinian people in Gaza.

US orders aircraft carrier leading mission against Houthis to return home

US officials are said to have ordered the USS Dwight D Eisenhower to return home, the US Naval Institute’s news service reports, citing an unnamed official.

An aircraft carrier operating in the Pacific is set to replace the Eisenhower, which has been deployed in the area for more than eight months, in a combat situation that the US Navy says is its most intense since World War II.

The aircraft carrier had been leading the US’s response to attacks by the Houthis on shipping vessels in the Red Sea.

US assures Israel of full support if war with Hezbollah breaks out

Washington has assured Tel Aviv that it will have its full support if a full-scale war breaks out with Hezbollah, according to a CNN report that quoted an unnamed senior Biden administration official.

The pledge was reportedly made this week when US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi and Israel’s Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer in Washington, DC.

The source said that the US would offer Israel military assistance but not deploy ground troops.

Witness to al-Mawasi attack says Israeli tanks ‘climbed hilltop’ to fire on camp: Report

Reuters news agency spoke to a resident of the camp that was attacked who said that “two tanks climbed a hilltop overseeing Mawasi, and they sent balls of fire that hit the tents of the poor people displaced in the area”.

The interview, conducted over a chat app, supports interviews conducted by Al Jazeera correspondents in Gaza regarding the al-Mawasi attack, which killed at least 25 people and injured 50.

Reuters reports that the Israeli military said the camp attack was under review.

Earlier, Israel’s military said its forces were conducting “precise, intelligence-based” actions in the Rafah area.

Investigation shows Israeli tank had ‘clear view’ of car in Hind Rajab case

A joint investigation by NGO Earshot and Al Jazeera into the killing of Palestinian child Hind Rajab and her family in Gaza City on January 29 challenges a claim by the Israeli military that they were not responsible for the attack.

Hind, a six-year-old Palestinian girl, was travelling in a car with her family when they came under fire from an Israeli tank. Six of her family members, including her sister, were killed.

Hind pleaded for help from the Palestine Red Crescent Society for three hours before they lost contact. When rescuers finally reached the scene 12 days later, they found that Hind, her family and two paramedics who had been sent to rescue her had all been killed.

The Israeli military had claimed that they didn’t have any troops in the area and denied carrying out the attack.

But a reconstruction of the incident, based on audio of the incident, shows that the Israeli tank from which the shots were fired “would have had a clear view of the car and the two children”, according to Earshot.

https://twitter.com/earshot_ngo/status/1804177549758484797

Israeli military helicopter comes under surface-to-air missile attack in Rafah: Monitors

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fighters participating in the battle for Rafah city fired a surface-to-air (SAM) missile at an Israeli helicopter on Friday, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) say in their latest joint battlefield report.

The US-based defence think tanks said the helicopter was evacuating Israeli casualties from Rafah when it was targeted by PIJ fighters armed with a Russian model SA-18 Grouse portable missile launcher.

Elsewhere in the Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian fighters fired multiple mortars, rockets and rocket-propelled grenades at Israeli forces deployed along the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza, in Rafah in the south, and at the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) border crossing with Israel.

Three rockets were also launched from the Nuseirat area of central Gaza towards Israeli territory on Friday, the ISW/CTP said, adding that all three fell in open areas.

Israeli vehicle comes under fire in Qalqilya

Local media is reporting that an Israeli vehicle has come under fire in the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya, with the driver reportedly killed.

The vehicle is now on fire and the Israeli military has stormed the city in response to the shooting. There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack.

https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1804391980362866937

Armed confrontations break out in Jenin refugee camp

Armed confrontations have broken out in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank after Israeli forces sent military reinforcements to the Jabriyat neighbourhood.

Man shot in Qalqilya identified as Israeli citizen

We now have more information on the Israeli vehicle that came under fire in the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya.

A man who was shot and killed has been identified as a 66-year-old Israeli citizen. According to local sources, he was a regular in the vegetable market.

The man was shot in the head and transferred to hospital.

Israeli forces are gathering at the city’s eastern entrance. We are also hearing that the PA police have withdrawn from the hospital parameters.

Crafting a lifeline – Handmade clay ovens used in Gaza due to lack of electricity

A lack of electricity and fuel means Palestinians in Gaza are struggling to cook the little food available to them.

Many have resorted to using traditional clay ovens, with the handmade dome-shaped structures now becoming increasingly common as Palestinians try to feed their families.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/22/israel-war-on-gaza-live-hospital-overwhelmed-with-victims-from-camp-attack
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Israeli forces strap injured Palestinian to vehicle to use as human shield

In Jenin, videos have shown an Israeli armoured vehicle driving past ambulances with an injured Palestinian man strapped to the hood, in what appears to be a case of using him as a human shield.

“It does seem there’s no other logical explanation to tie up a man who’s visibly injured and in pain to the hood of an armoured vehicle as it moves through Jenin after laying siege to at least two homes, searching them and detaining a number of people,” Nour Odeh said, reporting from Ramallah.

“That shocking image of the Jeep … is something that is repeated in several ways in the West Bank and it is what human rights organisations call the use of human shields. It’s been done on several occasions.”

Medical sources said they are treating two injuries in hospitals in Jenin, she added.

‘Happening again’: Guantanamo victims say Israel using ‘US-style’ torture
Osama Bin Javaid

When former Guantanamo detainee Asadullah Haroon looks at pictures of Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons, the memories of his own abuse and torture in US detention centres come flooding back.

“This is the worst form of oppression,” he says. “When you are labelled as a terrorist you cannot defend yourself in any way. Without a doubt it’s the same process. They are torturing the people in the same way. I think the Americans have made this and the Israelis are implementing it.”

Haroon, who won his case against the US government for illegal imprisonment in 2021, was held without charge in the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba for 16 years following his arrest in 2007. He says Palestinians held in Israeli prisons now are enduring similar treatment to that he experienced.

What’s behind the historic pro-Israel spending in US House primary election?

Representative Jamaal Bowman, one of the newest members of the progressive “squad” in the US Congress, is facing a fight for his political life.

On Tuesday, he defends his seat in the House of Representatives by competing in the Democratic primary for New York’s 16th congressional district. But while incumbents are rarely challenged, Bowman is facing one of the most costly contests in the history of House primaries.

Progressive groups and politicos say the battle is a direct result of Bowman’s vocal criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza, as groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) are spending big to unseat him.

Bowman is part of a small but growing number of voices in Congress questioning the US’s commitment to Israel, its “ironclad” ally. That, experts say, puts a bulls-eye on his back.

“I’m not so sure that there would be a primary if it wasn’t for the war in Gaza and the oversized influence AIPAC and outside forces have had in this race, trying to press this issue and trying to get rid of Congressman Bowman,” Doug Gordon, a Democratic consultant and co-CEO of UpShift Strategies, told Al Jazeera.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/22/israel-war-on-gaza-live-hospital-overwhelmed-with-victims-from-camp-attack

CAIR-Texas Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Alleged Murder Attempt Targeting Two Muslim Children in Euless

The alleged attack (Euless PD report 24-00022036) reportedly occurred on Sunday, May 19th, at the family’s apartment complex swimming pool area. Mrs. H, the mother, who wears hijab (Islamic head scarf) and modest swimwear, was watching her children in the shallow end of the pool when a White American woman entered the swimming pool area.

The alleged attacker reportedly approached the mother with racist interrogations then jumped into the swimming pool and grabbed the children to the deep end of the pool to allegedly drown them.

The mother reported jumping into the pool to save her children. According to the mother, her 6-year-old-son was able to escape, but her petite 3-year-old daughter was unable. The alleged attacker snatched off the mother’s head scarf and used it to beat the mother as well as kicking her to keep her away while forcing her daughter’s head underwater.

Mrs. H stated that an African American man helped rescue her daughter from the attacker and more people gathered and witnessed. Cuffed and taken away by the police officer, the attacker reportedly shouted to a bystander woman who was calming the mother down “Tell her I will kill her, and I will kill her whole family.”

https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-texas-calls-for-hate-crime-probe-of-alleged-murder-attempt-targeting-two-muslim-children-in-euless/
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This is the best fucking thing I've ever seen
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https://x.com/tamerqdh/status/1804247483184549901
they're already rebuilding Al-Shifa hospital
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>>482332
>They prepared to do genocide, which they're doing OK at. The IOF is not good at actual warfare because that's simply not what that military is built for. The IOF is built for occupation policing and killing kids.
Imagine being too evil to win
>Also, the tunnels are a "strategic weapon."
I agree
>The only feasible way to counter the tunnels
>is lots of nukes
>It's right next to Israel, they be subjecting them selves to nuclear fallout.
Sometimes old fashion military strategy would help, just don't attack an enemy that's in a superior position.
>It's not just false positives, but also just lack of intelligence.
Right, but in this case they must have known, the Egyptians told them about the impending attack.
>The empire =/= USA. Our resident tripfag Eugenicskun is right about what's going on with this. Massive slaughter, culling, and ritual sacrifice is the goal of empire now because the empire's official ideology is Malthusian eugenics.
Malthusian-ism stopped making sense after the industrial revolution in 1800, and it just became a propaganda narrative to attack the interests of the masses. Today the logic is: fewer people = less surplus.
>The basic reason for this is that, with modern automation tech, the transnational ruling class believes they can not only enjoy an equivalent standard of wealth with fewer proles, but actually become more wealthy and powerful by eliminating people
China is on a much faster trajectory of climbing up the tech-tree, and they think full automation will take them another 250 years.
Consider that in order to get full automation, you need to invest into means of production that increases the productivity of workers. That is not the same as investing into "means of worker-replacement". That won't lead to full automation that'll just proletarianize machine-capital and cause a machine-proletariat revolution.
Much of the motivation for producing technology is about creating the world from Star Trek, if they don't start delivering on tech-abundance for the masses, they're gonna get brain-drain.
>False. Many reasons. Israel likely has reduced residual radiation nukes. Nobody seems to be actually measuring radiation in Gaza right now
Rumors say that people are measuring radiation levels in Gaza and they have detected slightly elevated levels that correspond to the use of depleted uranium munitions. If there is a nuclear conspiracy in Gaza, it's likely about dirty munitions. Satellite based radiation detectors are so sensitive that they can detect where nukes are stored, unless it's underground or submersed in the ocean. It's hard to hide the location of nukes, it's utterly impossible to hide nuclear explosions. The Russians would know, and they have every incentive to release such evidence because it would make the US look bad. The Iranians would know too, and they'd be raising a big stink about this.
>Smaller tactical nukes do not necessarily create highly unusual seismographic signatures
Large conventional bombs already create seismographic signatures that are globally detectable. Nuclear reactions happen incredibly fast, they create very sharp unique seismic spikes.
>Please see pics and try to explain to me how a conventional, non-nuclear bomb made these craters.
Your pictures show deep craters with small diameters. From a physics perspective that is caused by a high speed kinetic impact, or by a bomb with a "heavy nose" that digs into the ground before it explodes.
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>>482341
>they're already rebuilding Al-Shifa hospital
Beginning the rebuilding process before the fighting ceases, that's next level defiant will to survive.
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GDF on war with Iran

Houthis say they attacked 2 vessels in Red Sea, Arabian Sea

The Yemeni group says it attacked the US Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Eisenhower, in the Red Sea and a ship known as the Transworld Navigator in the Arabian Sea. The group did not say when it launched the attacks.

The Transworld Navigator was directly hit by a missile, the Houthis said in a statement. The operation against the Eisenhower had achieved its objectives successfully, the group also said, without adding more detail.

The Houthis say they have been launching attacks on Israel-linked ships, and military vessels belonging to an international coalition formed to defend them, in the waters near Yemen in a show of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Tens of thousands rally against Israeli government

Raising Israeli flags, protesters in Tel Aviv have been chanting slogans against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, and demanding new elections, as well as the return of captives held in Gaza.

Large protests have occurred in the Israeli city on a weekly basis over Netanyahu’s handling of the nearly nine-month-old war in Gaza.

Many protesters held signs reading “Crime Minister” and “Stop the War” as people poured into the biggest Israeli city’s main thoroughfare.

Antigovernment protest organisation Hofshi Israel estimated more than 150,000 people attended the rally, calling it the biggest since the Gaza war began.

Some demonstrators lay on the ground covered in red paint in the city’s Democracy Square to protest what they say is the death of the country’s democracy under Netanyahu.

A separate Tel Aviv rally night drew thousands of relatives and supporters of the hostages.

They also marked the 20th birthday of Naama Levy, who has been held in Gaza since October 7, and called for an immediate ceasefire with Hamas.

US officials say Houthi claims of attack on aircraft carrier are false: Report

A claim by Yemen’s Houthi group that its forces had attacked the US aircraft carrier Dwight D Eisenhower in the Red Sea is false, two US officials have told Reuters.

“That is incorrect,” one of the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The Houthis first launched drone and missile attacks in the key waterway in November in what they say is solidarity with Palestinian militants in Gaza, where Israel has waged a more than eight-month-old war.

In more than 70 attacks, the Houthis have sunk two vessels, seized another and killed at least three seafarers.

Earlier, the Houthi group said its forces had attacked the Eisenhower in the Red Sea and the operation had achieved its objectives successfully without elaborating. The group also said it attacked a commercial ship, Transworld Navigator, in the Arabian Sea. It did not say when the attacks took place.

A Houthi statement said the Transworld Navigator took a direct hit from a missile.

US Muslim rights group denounces deadly Israeli attacks in Gaza

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation, has condemned the killing of at least 42 people in Israeli air raids earlier today.

At least 42 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on Shati refugee camp and Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City. The majority of those killed were women and children.

CAIR also condemned the use of a wounded Palestinian in the West Bank as a human shield. In a video published online, the injured man is shown placed on the hood of an Israeli military vehicle while driving through the Jabariya neighbourhood of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.

In a statement, CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper said: “These Israeli-US massacres and war crimes must be stopped. American taxpayer dollars should not be used to kill, maim and starve innocent civilians. The Biden administration must end its complicity in this genocide and begin to recognize the humanity of the Palestinian people.”

US Air Force members seeking conscientious objector status over Gaza war: Report

Two US Air Force members are requesting to become conscientious objectors over the US’s support of Israel’s war in Gaza, according to a report by NBC News.

For Larry Hebert Jr, the death of six-year-old Hind Rajab in February after she was trapped under Israeli fire was a turning point.

“She looks almost just like my daughter, and that was something that was extremely hard to grasp, is that all these children that have aspirations and dreams and lives that many of us are living and want, and it’s wholly unjustified to support what’s happening,” Hebert told NBC News, adding that he worked on a US operation to provide weapons sales to Israel.

US Airman Juan Bettancourt also said he could not support the US’s role after watching news from Gaza.

“I see the slaughter of thousands of innocent civilians all while the world watches through their smartphones,” Bettancourt told the US news outlet.

By objecting publicly, the pair hope to influence the US’s position on support to Israel.

Hamas hails ‘heroic operation’ in Qalqilya

We reported earlier that a 66-year-old Israeli citizen was shot and killed in the occupied West Bank city.

In a statement on its official Telegram channel, Hamas said that the shooting “comes in the context of retaliation for ongoing crimes perpetrated by the Israeli occupation and its settlers” against Palestinians.

The group said the shooting, which comes on the heels of the killing of a Palestinian fighter by Israeli soldiers in the same city yesterday, is “the right way to respond to the crimes of settlers rampaging through the cities and towns of the West Bank, under the Israeli army’s protection”.

US-built pier partly washes onto shores of Tel Aviv beach

Parts of the Gaza floating dock washed up to Freshman Beach in Tel Aviv, according to Israeli media.

Footage posted by local platforms showed parts of the US-built pier on the shores of the beach amid crowds of stunned settlers.

The US has maintained that the pier has provided “much-needed humanitarian aid” to Gaza, while aid groups warn it is an ineffective way to deliver aid and cannot be a substitute for opening land routes, which have bee senverely restricted by Israel.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/22/israel-war-on-gaza-live-hospital-overwhelmed-with-victims-from-camp-attack
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CENTCOM says it destroyed three Houthi vessels

The US army’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said it “successfully” destroyed three Houthi unmanned surface vessels in the Red Sea.

“It was determined these systems presented an imminent threat to US, coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region,” CENTCOM said in a post on X.

The US military said the Houthis also launched three antiship ballistic missiles (ASBM) from an area controlled by the group in Yemen into the Gulf of Aden. No injuries were reported, said CENTCOM.

“This continued malign and reckless behavior by the Iranian-backed Houthis threatens regional stability and endangers the lives of mariners across the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden,” it said.

Israel pounds north Gaza after attack on southern al-Mawasi ‘safe zone’

The Israeli military has launched attacks across the Gaza Strip after an assault on a tent camp in al-Mawasi in the south killed at least 25 people, according to Palestinian officials.

On Saturday, at least 42 Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks on the Shati refugee camp and the Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City, the head of Gaza’s Government Media Office told Al Jazeera.

Israeli police assault protesters, media in Tel Aviv

Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 has published video from the mass antigovernment demonstrations taking place right now in the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel, showing police assaulting a member of the media.

Other video from the protests posted on social media – and verified by Al Jazeera – shows police engaging violently with demonstrators and carrying out mass arrests.

Tonight, protesters in Israel are calling for the removal of Prime Minister Netanyahu, an end to Israel’s war on Gaza, and the safe return of the Israeli captives held there.

https://twitter.com/N12News/status/1804611696800993442

Israeli party leader condemns police violence against protesters

Yair Golan, the leader of the Israeli Labour Party, has taken to X to denounce mass arrests and brutality meted out by Israeli police on demonstrators, who are out in force tonight calling for an end to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government.

“Tonight’s violence in the demonstrations crossed all borders”, he said.

“The police must not be allowed to become a tool in the hands of the corrupt and failed government of Israel’s destruction government”, he added.

‘All of the rats in the Knesset’: Mass antiwar protest in Israel

Tens of thousands of protesters waving Israeli flags and chanting slogans against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday, demanding new elections and the return of captives held in Gaza.

Large protests have occurred in the Israeli city on a weekly basis over Netanyahu’s handling of the nearly nine-month-old war in Gaza started by Hamas’s October 7 attack on southern Israel.

Many protesters held signs reading “Crime Minister” and “Stop the War” as people poured into the biggest Israeli city’s main thoroughfare.

“I am here because I am afraid of the future of my grandchild. There will be no future for them if we don’t go out and get rid of the horrible government,” said contractor Shai Erel, 66. “All of the rats in the Knesset … I wouldn’t let any one of them be a guard of a kindergarten.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/22/israel-war-on-gaza-live-hospital-overwhelmed-with-victims-from-camp-attack
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Houthis claim attack on ship that docked in Israel

The Yemen-based Houthis claimed two more attacks on vessels on Saturday, including a commercial vessel leaving an Israeli port and a US aircraft carrier.

The Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Transworld Navigator was directly hit by ballistic missiles in the Arabian Sea “because the company that owns it violated the ban of entry into the ports of occupied Palestine”, said Yahya Saree, the military spokesman of the Iran-aligned group, in a televised announcement on Saturday.

Saree also claimed an attack using ballistic and cruise missiles on the USS Eisenhower, soon after US officials reportedly ordered the aircraft carrier to return home.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/22/houthis-claim-attack-on-ship-that-docked-in-israel

Merchant ship damaged by drone in Red Sea: UK maritime office

A drone has damaged a merchant ship 65 nautical miles (120km) west of Hodeidah, Yemen, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UK MTO) has reported.

The ship is making its way to its next port of call and “all crew members are reported safe”, it added.

The latest attack comes after the Yemen-based Houthis claimed to have hit a commercial vessel directly with a ballistic missile after it used an Israeli port.

Badr Dahlan says Israeli forces detained him for a month without charges

Palestinian man Badr Dahlan, has described being tortured by Israeli forces while being imprisoned for a month without charges, in Khan Younis, Gaza.

“It was a nightmare,” said Dahlan, “I was beaten and battered inside the prison. I was frightened to death, I begged them to let go.”

Mansour Shouman, a humanitarian worker and activist who was in Gaza until March told Al Jazeera, that Dahlan’s experiences are “heartbreaking, but not surprising”.

“They are masters of psychological torture,” said Shouman.

“We need [the] Red Cross to go into Israel right now and check on the 1000+ prisoners that have been taken by this administration,” he added.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/23/israel-war-on-gaza-live-flood-of-wounded-in-gaza-as-israel-pounds-camps

Australia must recognise Palestine to promote peace
Fatima Payman
Australian Labor Senator for Western Australia

On May 29, a motion was presented to the lower house of the Australian parliament by the Greens to vote on whether Australia should follow Spain, Norway, Ireland, Slovenia and the overwhelming majority of the world’s nations in recognising Palestinian statehood, but it failed to pass as 80 MPs voted against it.

My party, the Australian Labor Party, has consistently argued that such motions are political machinations on the part of the Greens in order to score “cheap points” and sway the public.

Even if that were the case, this “politicking” does not detract from the underlying fact that a genocide is ongoing, and the Australian public knows it.
read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/6/17/australia-must-recognise-palestine-to-promote-peace
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>>482350
>The Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Transworld Navigator was directly hit by ballistic missiles in the Arabian Sea “because the company that owns it violated the ban of entry into the ports of occupied Palestine”, said Yahya Saree, the military spokesman of the Iran-aligned group, in a televised announcement on Saturday.
Presumably the attacks on ships would stop if the Zionists were halted from slaughtering Palestinians. International trade is big money, and it is unlikely that many of these merchants care enough about the zionist ethnostate project to loose profits over it. I wonder why they seem to be accepting the short end of the stick.

>Saree also claimed an attack using ballistic and cruise missiles on the USS Eisenhower, soon after US officials reportedly ordered the aircraft carrier to return home.

Anybody corroborated this ?
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 No.482354

>>482353
Shipping co.s are just after profits, and the US has offered to bomb the Yemenis to protect the genocide (and the ships). Of course, this method has failed dramatically, but several of the shipping companies are still relying on it, and risking the lives of the crew members in the process.

>Anybody corroborated this ?

I don't think anybody's been able to confirm that the Eisenhower was hit. It might have been. If it was, the US would absolutely lie about it, but that doesn't mean that it was.
It's been ordered back, but it's possible that this is just 'cuz the crew and ship have been overworked.
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Houthis claim to team up with Iraqi group to target vessels at Haifa

Yemen’s Houthis claim to have carried out a joint operation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq against four vessels anchored at Israel’s Haifa port.

In a statement, the Houthis said they fired drones at two cement tankers and two cargo ships at the port yesterday, accusing them of violating a ban on entering “ports of occupied Palestine”.

It described the operation as “successful”, saying they achieved direct hits, but there was no independent confirmation. Israel’s military did not respond to the claim, but said in a post on X it had shot down a drone headed towards the country overnight from the east.

Yesterday, the Houthis also said they successfully attacked the USS Eisenhower in the Red Sea, a claim the US Central Command said was “categorically false”.

The Houthis have pledged to continue carrying out joint strikes with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq “in solidarity with Palestine”.

Thousands of Iran-backed fighters offer to join Hezbollah in its fight against Israel

Thousands of fighters from Iran-backed groups in the Middle East are ready to come to Lebanon to join the Hezbollah group in its battle with Israel if the simmering conflict escalates into a full-blown war, officials with Iran-backed factions and analysts say.

Almost daily exchanges of fire have occurred along Lebanon’s frontier with northern Israel since Israel launched a devastating war on Gaza in the wake of a deadly attack carried out by Hamas fighters inside Israel.

The situation worsened this month after an Israeli air strike killed a senior Hezbollah military commander in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah responded by firing hundreds of rockets and explosive drones into northern Israel.

Israeli officials have threatened a military offensive in Lebanon if there is no negotiated end to push Hezbollah away from the border. The Lebanese group has said it would halt its attacks if Israel stops its Gaza offensive, which has killed more than 37,000 Palestinians.

Hezbollah releases more drone footage of Israeli sites, claims attack on barracks

Hezbollah claims to have waged an aerial assault on a military site near the border, killing and injuring Israeli soldiers.

In a statement, the group said it targeted Israel’s Sahel Battalion in the Beit Hilal barracks, achieving a direct hit. There was no immediate comment from Israel’s military.

The announcement came hours after Hezbollah released a new video purporting to display sensitive Israel sites along with their coordinates, as fears grow of an all-out war between the two sides.

The video is overlaid with a speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in which he says, “If war is imposed on Lebanon, the resistance will fight without restrictions or rules.”

Four killed in Israeli attack on UNRWA headquarters

As we reported, an Israeli strike has hit the vicinity of the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City.

The attack has killed four Palestinians, report our colleagues on the ground.

It comes after a series of strikes throughout the city, including on the Shati and Tufah camps, killed dozens yesterday.

We’ll bring you more information on the latest attack as we have it.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/23/israel-war-on-gaza-live-flood-of-wounded-in-gaza-as-israel-pounds-camps
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>>482354
>the US has offered to bomb the Yemenis to protect the genocide (and the ships)
>Of course, this method has failed dramatically, but several of the shipping companies are still relying on it
But they must know that ships are still getting hit, how can they be relying on it ?
>risking the lives of the crew members in the process.
That's just it, the Yemenis aren't really harming ship crews with few exceptions, so the losses are mainly profits.
>I don't think anybody's been able to confirm that the Eisenhower was hit. It might have been. If it was, the US would absolutely lie about it, but that doesn't mean that it was. It's been ordered back, but it's possible that this is just 'cuz the crew and ship have been overworked.
If the aircraft carrier was hit, you think we'd ever find out ?
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 No.482357

Israelis fleeing the country in record numbers after Hezbollah released another video of drone surveillance over Israel.
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 No.482358

>>482356
>But they must know that ships are still getting hit, how can they be relying on it ?
Because they want to/the US wants them to.
>That's just it, the Yemenis aren't really harming ship crews with few exceptions, so the losses are mainly profits.
The Yemenis have been remarkably good about avoiding casualties, yes, but sending ships in that direction still endangers crews.
>If the aircraft carrier was hit, you think we'd ever find out ?
Eventually, probably. The nature of the USS Liberty incident was covered up for years.
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 No.482360

>>482358
>Because they want to/the US wants them to.
That is so weird, on the one hand these must be extremely rational people, or they wouldn't be able to organize the efficient operation of goods-transport at these massive scales. But on the other hand, they're not being objective about their ships still getting struck by drones or missiles ?

>Eventually, probably. The nature of the USS Liberty incident was covered up for years.

Right.

The USS Liberty incident was another one of these Zionist abusive relationship moments, it's not just puzzling why they kept that a secret at all, but even more so why the US didn't impose US military inspectors into Israeli command structures, to make sure they can't pull anymore of these stunts.
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 No.482378

>>482357
>Israelis fleeing the country in record numbers
Zionism has been hostile to the Jewish diaspora, to the point where they have become collaborators with Jew-hatred.

Do you suppose that all the Israeli who are taking the escape-capsule off the sinking Zionreich, to join the Diaspora will push back against the anti-diaspora political current ? Or even become proper anti-zionists ?

Or will it have the opposite effect ?

The Zionreich is suffering brain/skill-drain because those are the people who tend to have access to an escape-capsule. Will the Zionist-Jew-hatred-axis intensify it's anti-diaspora efforts ? In a futile yet destructive attempt to counter human resources draining out.
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Video shows chaos inside Israeli base targeted by Hezbollah drones

A Hezbollah drone attack targeting an Israeli military base in Ayelet HaShahar in the Upper Galilee caused a state of panic among soldiers, according to a video verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency.

In the footage shared by Israeli Army Radio on X, sirens are heard in the vicinity of the Israeli base as soldiers run into chaos trying to take cover.

One of the soldiers says in a tense voice, “[the drone] will fall here, yes it will fall here”. Another soldier is heard shouting, “there’s one more here”, before the camera captures the moment a drone was intercepted just over the base, and the soldier who was filming ran inside to take cover.

https://twitter.com/GLZRadio/status/1804832834927919295

Fires break out in northern Israel due to falling projectiles, says military

Israeli air defences have identified a series of aerial threats from Lebanon, including a drone that it shot down, according to the Israeli military.

Falling debris from the projectiles caused fires in several areas of northern Israel, which firefighters are working to put out, according to the military.

Israeli broadcaster Kann said the flames were on the side of a mountain near the village of Dishon, the Misgav forest and Ayelet HaShahar, where Hezbollah claims to have hit an army site.

Vessel issues distress call near Yemen’s Nishtun: UKMTO

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations says it has received a report of a distress call from a vessel 96 nautical miles (178km) southeast of Nishtun, Yemen.

Earlier today, it issued an alert of an incident 65 nautical miles (120km) from Yemen’s Hodeidah, saying a merchant vessel reported being hit by an “uncrewed aerial system” (UAS). The attack damaged the vessel, but all crew members were reported safe, with the ship proceeding to its next port of call, the announcement said.

Yemen’s Houthi group has been launching attacks on ships linked to Israel in the Red Sea since November in what it says is an effort to support Palestinians and pressure Israel to end its war on Gaza.

Earlier this month, leading shipping industry groups called for action to halt the attacks on “innocent seafarers” after the sinking of a second ship.

Qassam Brigades target Israeli soldiers, military vehicles in Rafah

The armed wing of Hamas, Qassam Brigades, says that its fighters and others from Islamic Jihad’s Al Quds Brigades have shelled an area where a group of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles had been stationed in Yabna refugee camp in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah.

The group also said that its fighters destroyed an “Ofek” armoured personnel carrier with a rocket west of Tal Zurob neighborhood in Rafah, which set it on fire.

“As soon as other forces came to their aid, fighters targeted them” with home made 114 mm short-range “Rajum” rockets, it added.

Islamic Resistance in Iraq attacks Israeli position on Dead Sea coast

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says the armed group has attacked “a vital target on the coast of the Dead Sea” by drones in support of Gaza.

“The Islamic Resistance confirms its continued destruction of enemy strongholds,” it said without elaborating further on the results of the attack.

Houthis claim attacks on two ships in Red Sea and Indian Ocean

The Yemeni group says its forces attacked two ships in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.

The first ship, Transworld Navigator, was targeted in the Red Sea using “an uncrewed surface boat”, which led to a direct hit against the ship, said Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree.

The second vessel, Stolt Sequoia, was attacked in the Indian Ocean with several cruise missiles, he said. The ships belonged to companies that “violated the ban on entering the ports of occupied Palestine”.

Israel targets southern Lebanon with incendiary munitions: Report

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency, citing its correspondent, reports that Israeli forces targeted forests in southern Lebanon with phosphorous bombs and caused fires.

The attack occurred near the town of Kfar Kila, NNA said. Israel forces are also carrying out “a search operation” near Kfar Kila from their base in Metula, a town in northern Israel.

As Al Jazeera reported in March, Israel continues to use white phosphorus munitions in south Lebanon, causing lasting damage and driving villagers away as Israeli officials threaten war across their northern border.

“Israel’s use of airburst white phosphorus munitions in populated areas indiscriminately harms civilians and has led many to leave their homes,” said Ramzi Kaiss, a Human Rights Watch researcher, in a recent report.

Netanyahu: War will continue even if ceasefire deal agreed with Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has indicated he is open to a “partial” agreement that would facilitate the return of some captives held in Gaza.

He reiterated, however, that he would not agree to any deal that stipulated an end to Israel’s war on Gaza, despite previous claims by the United States that an Israeli proposal would be a pathway to finishing the conflict “permanently”.

“The goal is to return the kidnapped and uproot the Hamas regime in Gaza,” Netanyahu said in an interview with Israeli media outlet Channel 14.

Lebanese official calls on reporters to verify ‘falsity’ of Telegraph article

The UK newspaper Telegraph’s recent article about Hezbollah storing weapons at Beirut’s international airport lacks “credibility”, says Ziad T Makary, Lebanon’s information minister.

“Out of concern for the security of the country and the safety of Lebanese citizens, residents and visitors, and based on the fact that the article contradicts the principles and ethics of journalism, and because its goals are not innocent, we address all media outlets and hope they will not be satisfied with denouncing the article, but rather in exposing its intentions behind its publication in these circumstances.”

Makary urged reporters to come to the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport tomorrow morning to “verify first-hand the falsity of the allegations contained in the Telegraph newspaper”.

Lebanon to sue UK’s Telegraph newspaper over ‘ridiculous’ arms report

Lebanon’s Minister of Public Works and Transport Ali Hamieh says his country is planning to file a lawsuit against the British newspaper The Telegraph for “tarnishing” the reputation of Beirut’s international airport.

His remarks during a news conference at the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport came after it quoted unnamed sources as saying the airport is used by Hezbollah to store Iranian weapons.

Hamieh invited ambassadors and media to a field tour of all facilities in the airport, saying “weapons are never smuggled through Rafic Hariri International Airport, and everything written in The Telegraph about this is not true”.

“We will file a lawsuit against the newspaper because the statement issued by it defames the reputation of Rafic Hariri Airport without any legal basis. Lebanese customs represents the Lebanese state in protecting Hariri International Airport and cannot be questioned.”

Israeli tank fired at family car from metres away: Investigation

An Israeli tank fired from a close distance at the family car of six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, and a tank shell directly hit the ambulance that was dispatched to help.

In a documentary on civilian killings in the war on Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines provides a detailed reconstruction of the January 2024 incident, compiled in collaboration with the non-profit investigative groups Earshot and Forensic Architecture.

The investigation reveals the Israeli tank was likely just 13 to 23 metres (42 to 75 feet) away when it opened fire on Rajab and her relatives in their car.

‘The Israeli investigative system is a whitewash’: HRW

While a video showing a wounded Palestinian man being used as a human shield by Israeli forces has garnered attention, it’s only one example of the abuses carried out in the occupied West Bank, a human rights analyst says.

“We’re experiencing an unprecedented escalation of violence,” said Sari Bashi, a Human Rights Watch representative based in the occupied West Bank.

Bashi told Al Jazeera that last year, Israeli troops killed nearly 500 Palestinians, including more than 100 children, during an increased number of violent incursions there. That’s double the figure from 2022.

Accountability is sorely lacking, said Bashi, citing the recent case of a senior Israeli general who hunted down and shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian boy who threw a rock at his vehicle. He was cleared by a military court and later received an honorary university degree.

“A permissive environment on the ground gives impunity to Israeli soldiers,” Bashi said. “The Israeli investigative system is a whitewash because you have senior officials and politicians calling for no restrictions on the abuse of force against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.”

US Democrats wrestle with decision to attend Netanyahu’s Congressional address

US Democrats are wrestling with whether to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the United States Congress on July 24.

Many lawmakers in the US are torn between their long-standing support for Israel and their anguish about Israel’s war, which has killed more than 37,000 Palestinians.

While some Democrats are saying they will come out of respect for Israel, a larger and growing faction wants no part of it, creating an extraordinarily charged atmosphere at a gathering that normally amounts to a ceremonial, bipartisan show of support for a US ally.

A large portion of the Congressional Progressive Caucus – lawmakers who are among the most critical of Israel’s handling of the war – is expected to skip. Among them is Washington state’s Representative Pramila Jayapal, the chair of the caucus, who told the Associated Press news agency that it was a “bad idea” to invite Netanyahu.

The Israeli prime minister’s visit is expected to draw significant protests, and some members of US Congress are planning an alternative event.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/23/israel-war-on-gaza-live-flood-of-wounded-in-gaza-as-israel-pounds-camps
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New Fox poll shows Biden with 63% disapproval over handling of the war in Gaza.

Two Jordanian soldiers killed while transporting aid to Gaza

The Jordanian military has announced the death of two soldiers following a crash involving three trucks transporting humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

A military source told Jordanian national television that the deaths occurred in an accident involving three military trucks on Sunday “as a result of [the convoy] deviating from its route on the Dead Sea/Al-Adassiya road”.

The two soldiers killed were identified as Imad Atta Arif Al-Aram and Yahya Othman Yahya Al-Sayyah.

Up to 21,000 children missing in chaos of Gaza war, says aid group

Save the Children, in a new statement, said thousands of missing Palestinian children are believed to be trapped beneath the rubble of destroyed homes, detained by Israeli forces, buried in unmarked graves or lost from their families.

“It is nearly impossible to collect and verify information under the current conditions in Gaza,” the British aid group said, “but at least 17,000 children are believed to be unaccompanied and separated and approximately 4,000 children are likely missing under the rubble, with an unknown number also in mass graves”.

The group added, “Others have been forcibly disappeared, including an unknown number detained and forcibly transferred out of Gaza, their whereabouts unknown to their families amidst reports of ill-treatment and torture.”

Israeli land sales event in Los Angeles draws protests

A real estate fair promoting land sales in Israel to American buyers has drawn protests from opponents and supporters of the event in Los Angeles, California.

My Home in Israel Real Estate, a group based in the occupied West Bank, described the real estate event on Saturday as the “mega event of the year”.

Previous events hosted by My Home in Israel Real Estate have drawn protests from opponents who say they promote land sales and expanded settlements on illegally occupied Palestinian land.

Gallant meets Republican senator, AIPAC leaders in US

The Israeli defence minister, who arrived in the US capital on Sunday, kicked off his visit by meeting leaders of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC and top Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.

Gallant, in a series of posts on X, said he held discussions with AIPAC on strengthening the US-Israel alliance and spoke with Graham “about the importance of ongoing US support as we work to bring the hostages home, continue dismantling Hamas capabilities and defend our northern border against Hezbollah”.

The Israeli minister is in Washington, DC to discuss the next phase of the Gaza war and escalating hostilities on the border with Lebanon. He is expected to meet his US counterpart Lloyd Austin as well as Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/24/israel-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-tanks-surround-al-mawasi-safe-zone
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Alon Mizrahi on the recent "Beirut airport has WMDs" lie:

Needless to say: Hezbollah isn't made up of idiots, so there's no way they are storing any kind of weaponry anywhere near public buildings or institutes. Not under any hospital, not under any university, and not under any public library. This is because they know this is where Israel will attack first, looking to punish innocent Lebanese as hard as possible, and to also show the might of its American bombs (are you impressed yet?).

And if Hezbollah ever had the dumb idea of hiding weapons anywhere near any public facility, the thought that they would choose the easiest spot in the entire country to raid from the air is just freaking hilarious
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Israel, the US, and the UK did not find Sinwar after 8 months of extensive and costly search. I doubt they found Hezbolla's secret mega-stash before the war even started (but chose not to bomb it so far, undoubtedly for humanitarian reasons)
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 No.482396

>>482392
>so there's no way they are storing any kind of weaponry anywhere near public buildings or institutes. Not under any hospital, not under any university, and not under any public library. This is because they know this is where Israel will attack first, looking to punish innocent Lebanese as hard as possible
Israel will loose that war (if it happens) because they'll pound strategically and tactically irrelevant civilian targets, while Hezbollah takes out actual military targets and wins.

Turns out the war-crime prohibitions were meant to prevent self-sabotage by evil idiots.
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South Korea issues lawsuits against high-ranking Israeli officials for 'crimes against humanity'
In a move no one saw coming, South Korea has submitted lawsuits targeting Israeli officials including Benjamin Netanyahu, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Bezalel Smotrich and Yoav Gallant; Alleging 'crimes against humanity', the move has prompted the Foreign Ministry to recommend Israeli officials considering a visit to South Korea to consult with the ministry

In an unprecedented move, a lawsuit has been filed in South Korea against seven high-ranking Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Foreign Minister Israel Katz, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.

This marks the second complaint against Ben-Gvir since the outbreak of the war (the first was filed in Norway, but the case was closed), and the first complaint against Smotrich.

The lawsuit demands the prosecution of these Israeli officials for alleged crimes committed during the current war. The complaint was lodged with the South Korean Police Investigation Agency by an organization called People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy(PSPD), known for its left-leaning political stance.

According to PSPD, the Israeli officials are implicated in the planning, ordering and execution of crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes. These include crimes against humanitarian activities and unique symbols, attacks on medical institutions and ambulances, the use of prohibited chemical weapons, and the employment of illegal warfare methods, such as starvation.

The organization is calling for the extradition of the seven officials to South Korean investigative authorities and their prosecution under South Korea's "Punishment for Crimes Under the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court Act." The next step involves the South Korean police deciding whether to forward the case to the district prosecutor for further action.

Ynet has learned that the Foreign Ministry has advised Ben-Gvir and other officials named in the complaint to consult with them before any future travel to South Korea to avoid unnecessary risks. The Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General's Office are involved in the case, working to provide legal defense for all the officials.

"Minister Ben-Gvir will continue to assert, loud and clear, that Hamas must be destroyed, to encourage the voluntary emigration of Gazans to other countries, to settle in Gaza – and will continue efforts to arm citizens with personal firearms and establish more and more emergency response teams across Israel," the national security minister's office said in a statement in response to the charges. "These measures are essential to ensure that what happened in Israel on October 7 never happens again. Such an inquiry or another does not deter Minister Ben-Gvir from continuing to make these statements and act for the people of Israel."

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hj5rc6ulc

Israel shells civil defence team in southern Lebanon: Report

Lebanon’s National News Agency has said the Israeli forces targeted a civil defence team in the village of Taybeh in southern Lebanon with an artillery shell.

The attack was carried out while the team was extinguishing a fire in the village, and a member was injured by shrapnel in the chest before being hospitalised, according to the report.

Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily fire since Israel launched war on Gaza in the wake of deadly Hamas attack.

Israeli forces escalating arrest campaigns against children: Prisoners’ group

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society has said in a statement on Telegram that the Israeli forces are escalating arrest campaigns against Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank since the eruption of Israel’s war on Gaza.

It said at least seven children, including two brothers, were arrested in the past 24 hours in the West Bank and Israel’s military court extended the detention of three children from the town of Beit Ummar near the city of Hebron.

Al-Quds Brigades says it targeted Israeli forces with mortar shells in Rafah

Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, has said its fighters bombarded a position of Israeli forces with a barrage of mortar shells in the west of Rafah city.

In a statement on Telegram, the group said it carried out the attack on Israeli soldiers and vehicles in the south of the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood.

Thailand to send farm workers to Israel for first time since October 7

Thailand will resume sending agricultural workers to Israel this week after an eight-month hiatus, according to the country’s Labour Ministry, with a target of more than 10,000 of its citizens working there by the end of the year.

The first group of about 100 workers is scheduled to fly out from the capital Bangkok on Tuesday, followed by another group in early July.

About 30,000 Thai labourers had been working in Israel’s agriculture sector – one of the largest migrant worker groups in the country – before October 7.

Thirty-nine Thais were killed and another 32 were taken captive when Hamas fighters attacked Israel on October 7, according to the Thai government. Six are believed to still be in captivity.

Knesset panel approves to fast-track bill to raise exemption age for reservists: Report

Israel’s Knesset House Committee has approved a government request to fast-track a bill delaying retirement for the country’s military reservists, according to the Times of Israel newspaper.

The report says the proposal seeks to extend a temporary measure raising the exemption age for reserve military service from 40 to 41 for soldiers and from 45 to 46 for officers for several additional months. Specialists, such as doctors and air crewmen, will be required to continue serving until 50, instead of 49.

The current increase in the exemption age, which was initially passed as a temporary measure by the Knesset late last year, is set to expire at the end of the month and the committee’s approval of the government’s request clears the way for the bill’s first reading in the plenum to take place today – with the remaining two readings taking place this week, the newspaper said.

Knesset legal adviser Sagit Afik criticised the government for requesting to fast-track the legislation “at the last minute, leaving two days of work for the Knesset and the committee”.

“This is an insult to the Knesset and its status and ability to work, especially after the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee did not agree to grant a one-year extension in the past,” she said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/24/israel-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-tanks-surround-al-mawasi-safe-zone
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Aid truck security guards among dead in Khan Younis attack

An Israeli air strike near Bani Suheila traffic circle in the southern Gaza Strip has now killed at least eight people, including guards who accompany aid trucks, Palestinian medics say.

We reported earlier that Palestinians gathered as commercial and aid trucks came through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) border crossing in southern Gaza.

Israel forces attacked the group at the circle in Khan Younis city.

New video shows Israeli captives taken in pickup to Gaza

Footage aired today shows three Israelis being taken on October 7 to the besieged coastal enclave.

The three men were identified as Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, and Eliya Cohen, 26, and Or Levy, 33.

Their families, desperate for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire and exchange deal with Hamas, approved the publication of the footage in the Israeli media. All three attended the Supernova music festival in southern Israel at the time of their abduction.

In the video, Goldberg-Polin sits in the back of the pickup truck, covered in blood, having lost part of his left arm earlier. Hamas in April released a video of Goldberg-Polin speaking from captivity.

His father, Jon Polin, said the family first saw the latest footage of his capture a week ago and its publication is aimed at reminding the world about the people in captivity whose lives hang in the balance.

Israeli army confirms death of captive soldier held in Gaza

The Israeli military has confirmed the death of a soldier held by Palestinian fighters for nearly nine months since Hamas’s October 7 attack.

In a separate statement, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Mohammad Alatrash was killed during the deadly raid on southern Israel and his body taken captive by Hamas soldiers.

Israeli authorities previously confirmed that Alatrash, a sergeant-major in the Israeli military’s Bedouin Trackers Unit, was taken on October 7.

Alatrash, 39, is survived by two wives and 13 children, the forum said in a statement.

“The Families Forum will continue to support and stand by the family during this difficult time and until his remains are returned to Israel,” it said.

Israel’s army chief claims Hamas Rafah brigade nearly ‘dismantled’

Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi, the Israeli army’s chief of the general staff, says Hamas’s brigade in the southern Gaza city of Rafah is nearly dismantled.

“We are clearly approaching the point where we can say we have dismantled the Rafah brigade, that it is defeated not in the sense that there are no more terrorists, but in the sense that it can no longer function as a fighting unit,” he said.

Netanyahu is ‘succeeding, he is buying time’

During an interview on Israel’s Channel 14 television, the prime minister made headlines by announcing the heaviest fighting in Gaza would come to an end soon, but Israeli forces would still fight on until they eradicate Hamas.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s interview also displayed a hint of election campaigning. “This is a right-wing government and if it falls it won’t take long before there will be a left-wing government that will do one thing immediately – establish a Palestinian terrorist state,” he said.

While it is too early to suggest Netanyahu may be gearing up for a snap election, his return to his familiar campaigning style shows his need to shore up his coalition, said political scientist Gideon Rahat, of the bipartisan Israel Democracy Institute.

“He was speaking to his base. He is sustaining his government … that’s the main goal. And he is succeeding, he is buying time.”

Biden denounces brawl outside LA synagogue

Opponents of the Israeli war on Gaza staged a protest that devolved into violence outside a Los Angeles synagogue.

Fighting between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and counter-protesters erupted on Sunday outside the Adas Torah synagogue in the heavily Jewish Pico-Robertson neighbourhood and police were called in to break it up.

“I’m appalled by the scenes outside of Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles,” President Joe Biden said in post on X. “Intimidating Jewish congregants is dangerous, unconscionable, anti-Semitic, and un-American.”

In a statement, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the violence was “abhorrent” and blocking access to a place of worship unacceptable.

The People’s City Council LA, a pro-justice group, said the synagogue was hosting an event promoting the sale of Palestinian land.

“Every single elected official in Los Angeles commenting on this is being so disingenuous, it’s disgusting,” the group said.

https://twitter.com/PplsCityCouncil/status/1805268515244625970

Morocco sends 40 tonnes of medical aid to Gaza

Morocco sent 40 tonnes of medical aid to Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave.

The aid includes surgical equipment and supplies to treat burns and fractures, as well as medicine for children, its foreign ministry says.

The aid was transported by air and will be loaded into Palestinian Red Crescent Society trucks at the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) border crossing, which was first used by Morocco to deliver humanitarian relief in March.

Moroccan authorities say they’re using their ties to Israel to promote peace and defend the rights of Palestinians, but there have been many protests in Moroccan cities criticising relations since the onset of the war on Gaza.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/24/israel-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-tanks-surround-al-mawasi-safe-zone
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Israel confirms overnight attacks as strikes on UN-run shelters kill at least 11

Israel’s military said its warplanes carried out attacks on two buildings overnight – one in the Shati refugee camp and another on the Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City – claiming the strikes targeted Hamas fighters.

We reported earlier that at least six people were killed overnight when a UN-run school sheltering displaced people was attacked in Daraj and that at least five people, including children, were killed in another strike on UN-run shelter in the Shati camp. Five people were also reported killed in other attacks overnight.

Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian-owned land in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian-owned lands near the village of Qusra overnight, residents have told Al Jazeera.

Rocket attacks on Israel continue from Gaza warzone: Monitors

Palestinian fighters carried out at least seven separate rocket attacks on Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip on Monday, war monitors report.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad fighters fired rockets towards five Israeli towns, while rockets were also launched towards two Israeli troop sites situated inside Israel near the border with Gaza, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) report.

Israeli air defence systems intercepted another two rocket barrages – one launched from Rafah in the south and another from northern Gaza, the US-based defence think tanks said in their latest battlefield update.

Israel targeted livestreams that could be used as evidence, probe finds

We’ve been reporting on an international media investigation that found Israeli tank fire was likely behind a strike on the AFP news agency’s office in Gaza City.

The investigation noted other examples where livestreams appeared to be targeted, including an attack on the office of the Palestinian Media Group (PMG) just one hour before the strike on the AFP’s office.

Like the AFP, the PMG had been livestreaming the war to clients that included the Reuters news agency. One of PMG’s journalists was also injured in the attack.

An earlier investigation by AFP found an Israeli tank was likely behind an attack on journalists in southern Lebanon which killed Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah, 37, and seriously injured an AFP photographer. Al Jazeera was livestreaming from the same location at the time of the attack.

Israeli authorities also recently briefly blocked the livestream of the AP news agency last month, the investigation noted.

Irene Khan, the UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, said that livestream footage could become “critical evidence” in investigations into potential war crimes.

Drones drop firebombs on Deir el-Balah; tanks, jets and artillery pound Rafah

Israeli military drones dropped fire-starting incendiary bombs on Abu Arif Street in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip overnight, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reports, while air raids, artillery shelling and tank fire blasted western areas of Rafah city.

As we reported earlier, at least 15 people have been killed and many wounded in attacks overnight by Israeli forces.

Brazil deports ‘Hamas operative’ and family after US tip-off

Brazilian federal police have deported a Palestinian man and his family after the US alerted them to an alleged “Hamas operative” travelling to the South American country.

Brazilian authorities detained Muslim Abuumar, his pregnant wife, son and mother-in-law after they arrived at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos airport on Friday. The family said they were coming to visit Abuumar’s brother who lives in Brazil, but police allege he intended to stay longer to serve as a Hamas spokesman.

“The request came from the US Department of State,” a senior Brazilian federal police officer told Reuters news agency.

“It was proven before a judge that [Abuumar] was deeply involved with Hamas.”

Gaza civil defence confirms Hamas chief’s relatives killed in Israeli attack'

Gaza civil defence has confirmed that an Israeli air strike killed 10 relatives of Hamas chief Haniyeh, including his sister.

The Israeli military has yet to comment on the attack.

“There are 10 martyrs … as a result of the strike, including Zahr Haniyeh, sister of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh,” Mahmud Basal, spokesman for Gaza’s civil defence, told AFP news agency, also reporting “several” wounded.

Israel expected to prolong northern evacuations: Report

Israel’s Hayom newspaper reports that the government plans to keep residents of northern Israel evacuated through the summer.

Tens of thousands of Israelis, who have been relocated to hotels away from the north due to escalating cross-border attacks between Israel and Hezbollah, are expected to remain there until the end of August, according to Israeli media.

Australian Senate to vote on Greens motion to recognise Palestinian statehood

Australian Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi says she will call a vote on recognising the state of Palestine in the Australian Senate today.

“All Labor has to do is have the conviction to stick to their policy and take the most basic act of historical justice,” Faruqi said in a post on X, calling on members of Australia’s centre-left Labor government to support the motion.

Labor representatives joined with the conservative Liberal and National parties to resoundingly defeat a similar motion in the lower house of Australia’s Parliament last month.

Labor Senator Fatima Payman has since questioned her party’s position, including in an opinion article for Al Jazeera.

Australian FM proposes amendment to Greens motion recognising Palestine

Australian Foreign Minister and Labor Senator Penny Wong has circulated an amendment to a Greens motion to recognise the State of Palestine in the Australian senate, The Guardian Australia reports.

Wong’s amendment would add the words “as part of a peace process in support of a two-state solution and a just and enduring peace” to the motion which simply states “the need for the Senate to recognise the State of Palestine”.

Netanyahu is ‘biggest danger’ to Israel, says former intelligence agency spy

A former member of Israel’s Shin Bet internal intelligence agency has railed against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in an interview with the French news agency AFP.

Gonen Ben Itzhak accused Netanyahu of propping up Hamas while seeking to stymie any peace process in Gaza so that he could stay in power.

“Netanyahu is really the biggest danger to the state of Israel and believe me, I arrested some of the biggest terrorists during the second Intifada,” the 53-year-old ex-spy told the AFP, referring to the Palestinian uprising between 2000-2005.

“I think Netanyahu is dragging Israel into destruction,” Ben Itzhak said, focusing on Netanyahu’s recent tensions with US President Joe Biden.

“Biden is the biggest supporter of Israel… and Netanyahu spit on his face,” said Ben Itzhak. “He’s destroying the very important relationship with the United States.”

“Netanyahu thinks only about himself, about his criminal problems, how to survive politically in Israel,” he added.

“Today, Israel from the inside is destroyed. He [Netanyahu] is destroying everything.”

Los Angeles protests against Israeli land sales reported inaccurately: Rights group

Elected officials and journalists missed crucial context when reporting on protests at a Los Angeles synagogue that hosted an event allegedly promoting the sale of land in illegally occupied Palestinian territory, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has said in a statement.

We reported earlier that protests took place at the real estate event promoted by the Israel-based agency My Home in Israel.

US President Joe Biden, however, later described on X the occupied Palestinian land sale protests as “antisemitic, and un-American”, saying the right to peaceful protest does not extend to “blocking access to a house of worship”. He did not mention the land sales event.

“We call on political leaders to condemn the organisations involved in the potentially illegal sale of Palestinian land and the counter-protesters who commit violence against anti-genocide protesters with the same fervour used for rightfully condemning antisemitism,” said Hussam Ayloush, the executive director of CAIR’s Los Angeles office.

Journalists, diplomats given tour of Beirut airport to counter Hezbollah weapons allegation

Lebanese government officials gave journalists and diplomats a tour of the Beirut international airport on Monday to counter a recent report that Hezbollah stored weapons at the air hub, the Associated Press (AP) news agency reports.

The tour came after the UK’s Telegraph newspaper published a story that quoted anonymous airport workers as alleging that Hezbollah had shipped missiles through the airport.

Lebanon’s caretaker Transportation Minister Ali Hamieh said the Lebanese government will take legal action against the newspaper, accusing it of slander and fabricating information in the story, which was published without the writer’s name.

Ziad T Makary, Lebanon’s information minister, on Sunday urged reporters to come to the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport to “verify first-hand the falsity of the allegations contained in the Telegraph newspaper”.

“Out of concern for the security of the country and the safety of Lebanese citizens, residents and visitors, and based on the fact that the article contradicts the principles and ethics of journalism, and because its goals are not innocent, we address all media outlets and hope they will not be satisfied with denouncing the article, but rather in exposing its intentions behind its publication in these circumstances,” Makary said.

US Air Force ‘conscientious objector’ has a message about Gaza

Larry Hebert is trying to be declared a “conscientious objector” and discharged from the US military over its continuing support for Israel’s war on Gaza.

“There’s no serving the American people in our current policies,” he said.

Netanyahu receives warning over German defence contract corruption probe

A state investigation into an alleged corruption scandal involving Israel’s purchase of submarines and other warships from Germany has sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning him that he could be harmed by the probe’s conclusions.

The inquiry, launched in 2022, is looking into an affair involving the $2bn purchase of naval vessels from Germany’s Thyssenkrupp, the Associated Press news agency reports, while a separate court proceeding into the case took testimony from Netanyahu, though he was not named as a suspect in the corruption case.

The new warning letter could lead to Netanyahu being seen as more deeply implicated in the unfolding scandal, the AP reports.

Netanyahu is already on trial for corruption in three other separate cases, though he denies all charges.

The investigation committee did not detail the latest corruption accusations against Netanyahu, but painted a picture of improper decision-making at multiple levels of the Israeli government, the defence establishment and Israel’s military.

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Israel’s Supreme Court rules ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted into military

The unanimous ruling by Israel’s highest court states that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service.

The independent Movement for Quality Government in Israel, which filed the petition leading to the case, urged the government to immediately begin the draft process.

“We call on the government and the defense minister to implement the decision without delay, to comply with the High Court’s order, and to work immediately to draft [ultra-Orthodox] yeshiva students,” it said in a statement cited by The Times of Israel.

Ultra-Orthodox party reacts to Supreme Court ruling

Lawmakers with the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party have criticised the Israeli Supreme Court’s ruling that ultra-Orthodox men, who often dedicate themselves to full-time Torah studies, must be drafted into the military.

UTJ chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf called the ruling “expected and very unfortunate” in a post on X.

Moshe Gafni, another party lawmaker, wrote on X: “There is not a single judge there who understands the value of studying the Torah and [yeshiva students’] contribution to the people of Israel in all generations.”

More on Israel’s Supreme Court ruling

The court ruling states that, without a law distinguishing Jewish seminary students from other draftees, ultra-Orthodox citizens are subject to compulsory military service.

This marks a major break from longstanding arrangements, under which ultra-Orthodox men have been exempt from military service.

The exemptions, a source of growing public frustration during the Gaza war, have repeatedly been ruled unjust by the courts, but Israeli leaders, under pressure from ultra-Orthodox parties, have repeatedly kept the arrangement in place.

The Supreme Court ruling threatens Netanyahu’s government, which depends on support from two ultra-Orthodox parties who oppose increasing enlistment for their constituents.

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Jeffrey Epstein’s Ex Says He Boasted About Being a Mossad Agent


A former girlfriend and victim of Jeffrey Epstein is suing the late sex trafficker’s estate, claiming he boasted of being a Mossad agent before raping her at his New York mansion.

The California woman, referred to as Jane Doe 200 in a new lawsuit, says she met Epstein through a friend in Los Angeles in 2000. What began as a platonic relationship turned romantic—before Epstein sexually assaulted her a year later.

During their time together, Doe says, Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell hinted he was an agent for Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency—just like Maxwell’s father, Robert. For her part, Ghislaine allegedly “warned Doe that it was not good to be Epstein’s enemy.”

“It became obvious that Epstein was not only extremely wealthy but also suspiciously well-connected, more so than all the other powerful men with whom he associated,” adds the suit filed in Manhattan federal court on Monday.

“Despite being in a committed relationship often spending nearly around-the-clock time together, what Epstein did for work was not clear.”

Epstein, who bragged of being on the Trilateral Commission and Council on Foreign Relations, would later invite Doe to a networking event attended by Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the suit says.

He also name-dropped world political figures, billionaire businessmen, and notorious international criminals, the complaint states.

“While he was gentle and kind to Doe most of the time, Doe did observe Epstein’s explosive, uncontrollable anger toward others,” the lawsuit says.

Doe’s complaint provides another window into Epstein’s world and is one of several pending lawsuits related to the trafficker’s crimes after his 2019 death. Earlier this month, one victim sued renowned psychiatrist Henry Jarecki for allegedly exploiting her and other young women Epstein had also sexually abused.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epsteins-ex-says-he-boasted-about-being-a-mossad-agent
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Leaked camera clips show Israeli forces attacking Palestinian woman

Al Jazeera has obtained leaked clips from a camera installed on a police dog showing it attacking an elderly Palestinian woman in her home in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip.

The elderly Palestinian woman told Al Jazeera that she was attacked while she was sleeping in her home, and she was mauled and suffered fractures.

The video is too graphic to post here.

(here: https://twitter.com/RamAbdu/status/1805670061870334129)

Ten children in Gaza losing legs every day: UNRWA

An average of 10 children per day are losing one or both of their legs due to attacks in Gaza, the UNRWA’s Lazzarini has told reporters in Geneva.

Lazzarini said the figures, sourced from the UN children’s agency UNICEF, do not include children who have lost their hands or arms.

On top of the thousands of children killed and injured during the war, more than 21,000 are also estimated to be missing, according to humanitarian organisation Save the Children. Many of them are trapped under rubble, detained, buried in unmarked graves, or separated from their loved ones, the organisation says.

UN Palestinian envoy urges immediate ceasefire to undermine Netanyahu’s goals

“We are well aware of the objective of the conflicting messages from Israeli leaders, notably Netanyahu himself, suggesting this is all a scheme and that the assault will continue under any circumstances,” Riyad Mansour said at a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue.

“The aim is to sabotage the US initiative without taking the blame for it, to sabotage the efforts of Egypt and Qatar and the international community as a whole.”

Mansour said the best way to “frustrate” Netanyahu’s objectives is by securing an “immediate ceasefire”.

“Achieve an immediate ceasefire now so as not to allow them to continue playing with the minds of so many of you. The best way to save human life is by achieving an immediate ceasefire”, he said.

Doctors Without Borders condemn killing of colleague in Gaza City

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has condemned the killing of their colleague Fadi al-Wadiya in an attack this morning in Gaza City.

“The attack killed Fadi, along with 5 other people including 3 children, while he was cycling to work, near the MSF clinic where he was providing care,” MSF said on X.

Al-Wadiya was 33 years old, the group added, and is the sixth of its workers to be killed in Gaza since October 7, when the war in Gaza began.

“Killing a healthcare worker while on his way to provide vital medical care to wounded victims of the endless massacres across Gaza is beyond shocking; it’s cynical and abhorrent,” said Caroline Seguin, MSF’s operations manager for Palestine.

Hamas says it supports all efforts to boycott Israel

The group has said it also supports those carrying out “boycotts of the occupation in the framework of a comprehensive resistance plan”.

“It considers that these efforts have achieved significant accomplishments in undermining the entity’s economy, isolating it, and delegitimising it,” Hamas said in a statement on its official Telegram channel

“We call upon the peoples of our Arab and Islamic nations and the free people of the world to support all efforts leading to boycotting and isolating [Israel] and its backers,” the group said.

Netanyahu announces huge land discounts for reservists

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he will grant “unprecedented discounts” on land in the Negev and Galilee to Israeli military reservists to “strengthen the settlement in these areas”.

He said on X that reservists are now entitled to a discount of up to 91 percent on the price of land in “national priority areas”.

For example, a lot that was worth 700,000 shekels ($187,000) will now only cost 72,800 NIS ($19,400) for eligible reservists, he said.

“This is great news for our reserve soldiers, the defenders of the country, who contribute greatly to its security. We want to make it easier for them and their families to settle in the Negev and the Galilee and strengthen the settlement in these areas,” Netanyahu wrote on X.

Canada urges citizens to leave Lebanon

Canada has reiterated a call for its citizens to leave Lebanon while they can, saying the security situation in the country was becoming increasingly volatile and unpredictable due to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

“My message to Canadians has been clear since the beginning of the crisis in the Middle East: it is not the time to travel to Lebanon. And for Canadians currently in Lebanon, it is time to leave, while commercial flights remain available,” Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement.

Israel eyes use of Musk’s Starlink in event of war with Hezbollah: Report

Israel is looking to use Elon Musk’s Starlink to maintain internet connectivity should there be a potential all-out war with Lebanese Hezbollah on the northern border that causes power outages in Israel, the Calcalist financial daily reports.

The daily said that the finance and communications ministries were seeking to utilise Starlink’s 5,000 low-orbit satellites to ensure stable data and information flow for state authorities during emergencies.

Both ministries did not immediately comment to Reuters.

In February, Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi gave permission to Starlink, the satellite unit of SpaceX, to operate in Israel and the Gaza Strip.

Pier in Gaza may be extended past July, US official says

The US military’s pier off Gaza may be extended well beyond its July 31 authorisation date if the United States and aid organisations can get aid flowing again to Palestinians in the coming days and weeks, a senior US official has said.

“While the pier was authorised through July 31st, I think it is entirely possible that it will continue on for at least another month, if not longer,” said Isobel Coleman, deputy administrator for policy and programming at the United States Agency for International Development.

Biden announced in March the plan to put the pier in place for aid deliveries as famine loomed in Gaza. Aid began arriving via the US-built pier on May 17, and the UN said it transported 137 trucks of aid to warehouses, some 900 tonnes.

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>>482447
>An average of 10 children per day are losing one or both of their legs due to attacks in Gaza
damn
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Pro-Israel candidate defeats Jamaal Bowman in US primary after record AIPAC funding

George Latimer, a pro-Israel centrist has defeated progressive incumbent Jamaal Bowman in a primary election to select the democratic candidate for New York’s 16th congressional district, the Associated Press is reporting.

Before the election, Bowman’s district was flooded with an unprecedented $12m in attack advertisements and messaging, funded by the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

Observers say AIPAC’s record funding to unseat Bowman was a direct result of his vocal criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza.

In a post on social media before results came in Bowman said, “we’re rising up against AIPAC and their right-wing billionaires. Every vote is going to count in ensuring that we defend the voice of the people!”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/26/israel-war-on-gaza-live-subhuman-conditions-in-camps-attacked-by-israel

US major who resigned amid Gaza war says many others feel dissatisfaction

Harrison Mann, the Jewish US service member who resigned from the Defence Intelligence Agency in November 2023 over the US’s handling of the war in Gaza, has spoken to Al Jazeera.

According to Mann, he decided to resign after he lost his confidence in the Defense Intelligence Agency, a combat support agency of the Department of Defense.

Moreover, the former US major said there were others who felt the same dissatisfaction that prompted him to resign, adding that the war in Gaza would not continue without American support for Israel.

Several other US military personnel have quit since the war in Gaza. In February, US airman Aaron Bushnell died after setting himself on fire in protest outside Israel’s embassy in Washington, DC.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/25/israel-war-on-gaza-live-leaked-un-report-warns-high-famine-risk-remains

Ship reports missile near miss south of Yemen, says UK maritime organisation

The captain of a merchant vessel has reported that a missile “impacted the water in close proximity” to his ship while travelling in the Gulf of Aden close to Yemen, the UK’s Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has said.

Reports of the missile attack, which occurred 52 nautical miles (96km) south of Yemen’s Aden, were received early on Wednesday morning, the UKMTO said.

The ship’s crew are reported safe after the attack and the vessel is proceeding to its next port of call, the organisation said.

Houthi fighters in Yemen have carried out months of attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden which they say have links to Israel or frequent Israeli ports. The Houthi say the attacks will stop when Israel ends its war on Gaza.

Iran-backed group claims responsibility for drone attack on Israeli city of Eilat

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias, has claimed responsibility for a drone attack on the southern Israeli city of Eilat.

Israeli security officials said that the drone had been successfully intercepted before it reached the city situated on the Red Sea.

Video clips posted on social media appear to show an Israeli missile interceptor flying through the air, before landing and causing an explosion.

UN Security Council urges Israel to halt illegal settlements in West Bank

There were calls once again at the UN Security Council Chamber for Israel to stop the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Tor Wennesland, the UN Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, told the council that Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank “have no legal validity and are in flagrant violation of international law”.

Israeli military provides no proof that MSF staffer it killed was Palestinian fighter

The Israeli military has alleged, without providing any proof, that a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff member who was killed in a drone strike in Gaza City was a Palestinian fighter.

MSF has called the killing of their colleague “cynical and abhorrent”, saying the 33-year-old physiotherapist and father of three was on his way to work at a clinic when he was killed by the Israeli military.

Five other people, including three children, were also killed in the attack which took place near the MSF clinic where he worked, the medical aid group said.

Posting on X, Israel’s military said that Fadi Jihad Muhammad al-Wadiya, who was killed on Tuesday morning while riding his bicycle in Gaza City, was a “unique centre of knowledge” in “electronics and chemistry” for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

“[Al-Wadiya was] involved in the development and promotion of the organisation’s missile system,” the military wrote, offering no evidence to support their allegation.

https://twitter.com/MSF/status/1805617848942764470

Palestinian envoy decries ‘shocking footage’ of Israeli army dog attacking Palestinian woman

Husam Zomlot, the state of Palestine’s ambassador to the UK, has decried “shocking footage of an Israeli army dog attacking and viciously biting a 66-year-old Palestinian woman in her house” in northern Gaza’s Jabalia.

“Cowards!”, Zomlot added in a post on social media sharing the footage, which was leaked to Al Jazeera and shows clips obtained from a camera attached to an Israeli army dog.

The woman told Al Jazeera that she was attacked while she was sleeping in her home, and she was mauled and suffered fractures.

ABC ‘tripling down’ says Australian journalist sacked over starvation in Gaza post

Australian journalist Antoinette Lattouf says that the ABC, Australia’s public broadcaster, is “tripling down” after sacking her for sharing a social media post on a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) regarding Israel’s use of starvation “as a tool of war” in Gaza.

In a post on X, Lattouf noted that the ABC “had already twice reported this exact HRW report”.

The comment from Lattouf comes as mediation between the sacked journalist and the ABC broke down, which means that an unlawful termination of employment dispute will now proceed to a trial in the Federal Court of Australia.

The ABC has denied that it ended Lattouf’s employment unlawfully.

https://twitter.com/antoinette_news/status/1805698283723268452

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>>482461
The funny thing is Bowman was already a Zionist piece of shit before the genocide began. He merely stepped just enough out of line this time to incur the wrath of AIPAC.
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>>482462
Was he? How?
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Six senior Israeli figures call on US Congress to ‘disinvite’ Netanyahu: Report

Ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo and four other senior political figures have published a joint letter in the New York Times, calling on the leaders of the US Congress to prevent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from giving a speech to US lawmakers on July 24.

“Congress has made a terrible mistake” by inviting him, the letter said, adding that “Netanyahu’s appearance in Washington will not represent the State of Israel and its citizens”.

The address “will reward his scandalous and destructive conduct toward our country”, the claimants said, stressing that the prime minister “failed to come up with a plan to end the war in Gaza or free dozens of hostages”.

“Congressional call for him should have been conditional on resolving these two issues, as well as calling for new elections in Israel,” the letter concluded.

Civil defence rescues 13 people from bombed home in Gaza City’s Daraj area

Gaza’s Civil defence says its crews have responded to the scene of a bombed home in Gaza City’s Daraj neighbourhood.

The rescuers have managed to pull 13 people alive from the home, located on Jaffa street, the announcement said on Telegram.

We’ll bring you more on this as we have it.

Norway pension fund divests from Caterpillar Inc due to Israeli military sales

The largest pension fund in Norway has announced it will no longer invest in Caterpillar Inc over the US construction equipment manufacturer’s sales to the Israeli military, Reuters news agency reports.

KLP said it had excluded Caterpillar from its portfolio over concerns the Israeli military is using its heavy machinery to carry out human rights abuses and violate international law, including the demolition of homes and infrastructure, in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

KLP said it had engaged in dialogue with Caterpillar over several months, but did not receive satisfactory assurances on the issue, resulting in a June 17 decision to divest shares worth 728 million Norwegian crowns ($69m).

Hamas ‘replenishing’ weapons stockpiles, recruits in Gaza: Monitors

US-based defence think tanks, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) said Hamas will likely use the end of Israel’s “intense phase” of ground operations in Gaza to “reconstitute its combat units” and reassert “governing authority”.

Israel’s Army Radio announced on Tuesday that Israeli forces will transition to raid operations once they have declared Hamas defeated in Rafah, which the military says will happen in the coming days.

However, the latest battlefield report by ISW/CTP points out that thousands of Palestinian fighters departed Rafah prior to the Israeli ground incursion and these forces could provide the “human resources to reorganise themselves into composite, fully combat effective units”.

The think tanks, which have previously noted the limitations of Israeli raids, reiterated the limited effectiveness of the plan in Gaza.

“Hamas is capable of regrouping in the Gaza Strip in the absence of sustained military pressure and a viable alternative to its rule. Raids can temporarily disrupt but will not stop a reconstitution process,” the ISW/CTP report states.

Israel to recruit retirement-age reservists for new brigade unit: Report

Israel’s military is planning to create a new light brigade unit composed of retirees and volunteers, including ultra-Orthodox citizens, due to a troop shortage, according to Israeli news site Walla.

The unit, called Brigade 96 or “David’s Division”, is expected to have 40,000 personnel, both men and women, according to Walla.

They will include soldiers, commanders and officers from infantry brigades, special units and other security organisations, it said.

The plan comes as Israel’s government moves forward with a bill increasing reservists’ retirement age by one year, in an effort to boost troop numbers more than eight months into the Gaza war.

Death toll from Israeli air strike on home in Beit Lahiya rises to 15

We have reported earlier that Israel’s air strike had levelled to the ground the Abu Awad family home in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya town, killing four people.

Al Jazeera’s team on the ground now says the death toll reached 15 and rescuers are still working to pull victims from under the rubble.

Gaza’s Department of Medical Services said that about 40 people, mostly women and children, were inside the house when it was struck.

Israeli military claims strikes on Hezbollah posts in southern Lebanon

According to Israel’s military, its warplanes hit several Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon overnight, including an observation post in the area of Matmoura and additional infrastructure in Shebaa.

In a post on X, the military shared purported footage of the strikes.

Palestinian homes demolished in occupied West Bank’s Beitillu and Jericho

Israeli forces have demolished a Palestinian home in the village of Beitillu, west of Ramallah, and two more in the city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.

The houses in the Matar neighbourhood, east of Jericho, were owned by Firas Abu Al-Zeit and Kamal Mahmoud Baraka, and the one in Beitillu belonged to Mohammad Wajih Bazar, the report said.

The homes were demolished for lacking building permits, according to Israeli officials, a common reason cited for the destruction of Palestinian homes even as Israeli settlements – illegal under international law – expand.

They are among more than 990 Palestinian homes to be demolished in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since October 7, displacing more than 900 people, according to UN figures.

MSF mourns sixth staff member killed in Gaza by Israeli forces since October

Doctors Without Borders (better known by their French acronym MSF) has mourned the killing of their sixth staff member in Gaza with a call for the killing of Palestinian healthcare workers and civilians to end.

MSF physiotherapist Fadi Al-Wadiya, 33, was killed in an Israeli attack on Tuesday along with five other people, including three children, near an MSF clinic in Gaza City. He was cycling to work at the time of the Israeli drone strike.

“Nowhere in Gaza is safe. Israeli forces have repeatedly attacked health workers and medical facilities, making it nearly impossible for us to continue to provide lifesaving humanitarian assistance,” MSF said in a statement.

Israeli military claims to have killed ‘Hamas weapons smuggler’ in southern Gaza

In its latest war update, Israel’s military claims it struck dozens of targets in Gaza overnight, including fighter cells, tunnel shafts and other sites.

One strike in southern Gaza killed a Hamas member – named Wissam Abu Ashak – who directed the transfer of weapons through the Rafah crossing, according to the military.

Another strike hit a rocket launch site in Rafah equipped with “ready-to-fire rockets”, it said.

As we’ve reported, the Israeli military’s latest strikes in Gaza also killed numerous civilians, including women and children in a home in Beit Lahiya.

Israel to impose extra tax on salaried workers this month to address budget deficit: Report

Israel’s government will impose an exceptional tax on salaried workers in June to help reduce the budget deficit caused by the country’s war on Gaza, according to the Israel Hayom newspaper.

The tax will be equivalent to one working day, deducted from employees’ June salaries, the report said.

The development affects both public and private sector workers.

Earlier this month, Israel’s Finance Ministry announced that its budget deficit for the past 12 months had jumped to 137.7 billion shekels ($37bn), equivalent to 7.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).

Israeli protesters block roads calling for captives’ release

Israeli antigovernment activists have rallied near Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square and blocked a major junction near Haifa, demanding the government strike a deal to bring home Israeli captives still in Gaza, according to Israel’s Ynet news site.

Footage posted on Israeli social media channels, verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency, showed crowds of protesters holding signs and banners calling for the captives’ release.

For months, antigovernment protests, supported by numerous relatives of Israeli captives, have been building, putting immense pressure on Netanyahu’s government as the Gaza war drags on.

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India exports rockets and explosives to Israel amid Gaza war
Federica Marsi

On June 6, in the aftermath of Israel’s bombing of a UN shelter at Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza, the Quds News Network released a video of the remains of a missile dropped by Israeli warplanes.

Amid the tangled parts, a label clearly read: “Made in India.”

Documents seen by Al Jazeera and company statements suggest weapon parts from India, a country that has long advocated dialogue over military action in resolving conflicts, are quietly making their way to Israel, including during the continuing months-long war in Gaza.

Analysts say a lack of transparency on India’s transfers helps them slip under the radar.

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/6/26/india-exports-rockets-explosives-to-israel-amid-gaza-war-documents-reveal
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>>482468
In fact well before Oct 7, 2023 there was a whole controversy in DSA (the same dumbfuck organization that endorsed AOC) about rescinding their support and trying to punish him somehow over his support for Israel. In addition he said all sorts of things condemning protestors after Oct 7.
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>>482474
>>482468
For example, he had a J Street funded visit to Israel in 2021 and then voted to supply funds for its Iron Dome scam:

https://jewishinsider.com/2022/05/jamaal-bowman-democratic-socialist-dsa-israel-congres/
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 No.482476

>>482461
>AIPAC’s record funding to unseat
>>482462
>>482468
If the cost for installing a political puppet is rising for the Zionist lobby does that mean their political influence is waning ?
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>>482462
>>482468
>>482474
>>482475
That's crazy because this article
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/06/21/jamaal-bowman-israel-trip-reelection-00163788
>The Israel Trip That Made Jamaal Bowman — And Could Cost Him His Reelection - POLITICO
made it seem like he immediately became anti-Zionist right after the trip instead of, like, last week. How is this allowed?
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 No.482478

>>482477
Just another slimeball politician in the United States of Amnesia.
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 No.482479

Number of prisoner deaths highest since 1967: Rights groups

According to the Commission for Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, the number of detainees who died in Israeli detention since October 7 is the highest since groups started documenting crimes against prisoners in 1967.

In a joint statement on the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the organisations said that Israeli authorities have been torturing prisoners and detainees, killing at least 18, along with an unknown number of Gaza detainees.

Since October 7, more than 9,400 Palestinians have been detained in the West Bank, along with thousands from Gaza and hundreds of Palestinians from the 1948-occupied land, the groups said.

Since then, an unprecedented escalation in the scope and scale of acts of torture have been recorded as reflected in dozens of released detainees’ testimonies.

Released prisoners spoke of starvation, systematic medical negligence, isolation and denial of basic rights while in detention.

“Detainees are subjected to torture and various forms of abuse, including sexual assault and rape,” added the statement.

435 people killed in southern Lebanon since ‘aggression’ with Israel started

The Lebanese Ministry of Health says at least 1,366 people have also been injured.

It added that 35 percent of those people were injured by explosions, 44 percent by shocks, and 16 percent by chemical exposure.

Explosion rocks Israeli-Palestinian co-existence organisation in Israel’s Lod city

An explosion went off last night at the office of an Israeli organisation that promotes co-existence with Palestinians, damaging its premises, the NGO says.

Police suspect the explosion, at the office of the Abraham Initiatives in the central Israeli city of Lod, was caused by a grenade, according to a statement from the NGO cited by Israeli media. The explosion did not cause any casualties.

The organisation said it expects “police and law enforcement to carry out a speedy and fundamental investigation into the serious incident, and bring the perpetrators to justice”.

“We are still in shock. Who would have an interest in harming us?”

AFP says Gaza office ‘was probably hit by Israeli tank fire’

An investigation by AFP and several international media has found that the news agency’s office in Gaza “was probably hit by Israeli tank fire” on November 2, leaving it badly damaged.

For the probe, several experts were interviewed, and they confirmed that the office was “very likely” struck by Israeli tank fire.

“The GPS coordinates to our office were known to the Israeli authorities,” a video by AFP said.

The office had been evacuated approximately a month prior to the attack. The Israeli army denied targeting the office and said an internal investigation was under way.

Israeli parliament approves bill to extend ‘Al Jazeera Law’: Report

According to the Jerusalem Post, the Knesset has given initial approval to extend and permanently implement the “Al Jazeera Law“, a measure that grants Israeli authorities the power to shut down foreign media sources deemed to be a threat to national security.

Wednesday’s preliminary vote concerned a law passed in April. That law allowed the government to block Al Jazeera’s broadcasts in Israel and shut down its offices.

The measure, however, was designed to be temporary, setting up a system of judicial review and government reapproval of the decision every 45 days, the Jerusalem Post reported. An expiration date was also set for July 31.

But Wednesday’s bill cancelled the July 31 expiration date, paving the way for the law to become remain in force indefinitely.

It also extended the need for government reapproval from every 45 days to every 90 days and added a provision that the communications minister could “direct government agencies responsible for the issue to stop the channel’s broadcast”.

A spokesperson for Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi explained that this would enable the government to block not just cable, but also satellite broadcasts.

Civil rights groups have argued that the “Al Jazeera law” violates freedom of expression, freedom of the press and the right to information.

Looting adds to logistical woes of Gaza aid delivery by sea

A US aid official has said thousands of tonnes of food, medicines and other aid piled up on a Gaza beach are not reaching those in need because of a dire security situation on the ground.

Doug Stropes of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) explained Gaza continues to be an active combat zone with a “general sense of lawlessness”.

According to Stropes, truck drivers trying to deliver via a US-built pier are either getting shot at or having their cargo seized by “gang-like” groups.

The looting “appeared to have expanded beyond just self-distribution”, he said.

“It expanded recently beyond just those in need stopping the vehicles and getting the assistance out, and it appears to be organised — not in the sense of a large-scale organisation, but there are organised elements that are stopping and taking the commodities from the trucks.”

Israel has closed almost all land border crossings and is not allowing aid to be distributed through them, as the UN and aid organisations are demanding.

Israeli forces have also shot at people who have been guarding the aid trucks to prevent looting, at times killing them.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/26/israel-war-on-gaza-live-subhuman-conditions-in-camps-attacked-by-israel
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Absolutely disgusting.
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 No.482483

Israeli minister orders food reduction for Palestinian prisoners

Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says he has ordered a further reduction in the amount of food offered to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, advancing a policy that rights groups have compared to forced starvation.

After October 7, Ben-Gvir closed prison canteens and kitchens, leaving Palestinian detainees entirely reliant on the prisons themselves for food.

In a letter on Wednesday, however, he said he gave further instructions to reduce the amount of food given to the prisoners. He said the move was aimed at deterring attacks from fighters, but he did not explain how the two could be related.

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel has challenged the food restrictions in court, arguing they amount to a policy of starvation.

Citing prisoner testimony, the rights group says the food provided is insufficient and unhealthy and has led to “severe damage to [prisoners’] health and dignity”. It says the prisoners suffer from “constant hunger, extreme weight loss [and] forced fasting” and are held in “veritable torture conditions”.

Germany urges citizens to leave Lebanon ‘urgently’

The German foreign ministry has updated its travel guidance for the country, saying: “German nationals are urgently requested to leave Lebanon.”

“The current heightened tensions in the border area with Israel could escalate further at any time,” the ministry explained.

There is also an “increased risk of terrorist attacks” in Lebanon, which could be directed against Western foreigners or large hotels, it added.

Pro-Palestinian protests erupt outside UK general election debate

As UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer prepared to debate on Wednesday night, protesters gathered outside the debate venue in Nottingham to show their support for the Palestinians facing war in Gaza.

Some demonstrators waved Palestinian flags. Others raised banners reading, “Condemn genocide.”

On the debate stage, host Mishail Husain addressed the shouts, which could be heard from within the venue.

“If you can hear any noises, ladies and gentlemen or anyone at home, there is a protest taking place outside, which is also an aspect of our democracy and people exercising their freedom of speech,” she said.

To follow the debate live, please read our coverage here.

https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1806048718015115688

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/26/uk-general-election-live-sunak-starmer-set-for-showdown-in-final-debate

Amazon summit disrupted by pro-Palestine supporters over Project Nimbus

Pro-Palestine activists and technology workers have disrupted the Amazon Web Services Summit in Washington, DC, to protest Amazon and Google’s $1.2bn contract with the Israeli government and military called Project Nimbus.

The contract, signed in 2021, aims to provide cloud computing infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology services to Israel, which has faced condemnation for its war on Gaza.

United Nations experts and several countries have accused Israel of inflicting a “genocide” on the Palestinian people as part of its military offensive.

Since the contract was signed, Amazon and Google workers have called on their companies to end Project Nimbus and carried out demonstrations in protest.

https://twitter.com/NoTechApartheid/status/1806037350310695134

Erdogan says Turkey stands with Lebanon amid ‘aggressive’ Israeli policies

The office of the Turkish presidency says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati discussed “Israel’s attacks and threats against Lebanon”.

“President Erdogan stated that Israeli aggression must be stopped as soon as possible, that Israel’s efforts to spread the conflict are extremely dangerous, and that Turkey stands by Lebanon against Israel’s aggressive policies,” his office said in a post on the social media platform X.

“President Erdogan also stated that the international community and the Islamic world should say ‘enough is enough’ to Israel, which threatens regional and global peace, before it is too late.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/26/israel-war-on-gaza-live-subhuman-conditions-in-camps-attacked-by-israel
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 No.482486

>>482483
>Germany urges citizens to leave Lebanon ‘urgently’
Is this caution, or foreshadowing because they know something ?
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 No.482490

>>482486
Canada did the same recently.
It's almost certain that Israel is going to go into "full" war with Lebanon.
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 No.482494

>>482490
>It's almost certain that Israel is going to go into "full" war with Lebanon.
Well that sucks. Israel is only doing this because of internal politics. Opening up another front to distract from internal problems.

The idf is unable to militarily challenge Hezbollah at this point in time, the Israeli military brass must know this. The US doesn't want them to start shit with Lebanon. Iran doesn't want this either. It ought to be a possibility to bypass the piece obstacles.

It's not like Israel has anything to gain from this, they'll definitely loose territory, they are risking ending up as a failed state.
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Israeli attack kills two in southern Syria: Report

The Syrian state media agency SANA has reported that two people have been killed and a soldier injured after Israel launched an “air aggression” targeting sites in Syria’s southern region.

A military source told SANA that Israel launched the attack from the direction of the “occupied Syrian Golan, targeting a number of points in the southern region”.

The source added that its air defences shot some of the missiles down.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/26/israel-war-on-gaza-live-subhuman-conditions-in-camps-attacked-by-israel

Merchant vessel reports being hit near Yemen’s Hodeidah

A merchant ship in the Red Sea has reported being struck by a projectile about 84 nautical miles (155km) from Yemen’s Hodeidah, according to British security firm Ambrey.

The vessel, heading to Saudi Arabia’s port city of Dammam, reported no damage or casualties.

Since November last year, Yemen’s Houthi armed group that controls the capital, Sanaa, and its most populous areas has been launching scores of drone and missile attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

The group says it is acting in support of Palestinians in Gaza.

Israeli army ‘suspends’ soldiers after arrests during antigovernment protests: Report

Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reports that the army has “suspended” four reserve soldiers after their arrests during antigovernment demonstrations in recent months.

One of these soldiers, Alon Gruzov, 35, part of the Nahal Brigade in the north, told the newspaper that he was detained briefly in April for protesting “against the criminal negligence of the abductees” and was surprised on Monday by an order from his company commander to dismiss him and freeze is military service.

Yoni Nussbaum, a lawyer for those reservists, told Haaretz that “the army accepts the police’s request to freeze the reserve service without examination or hearing of the reservists”.

An army spokesperson told the newspaper that “the reservists who were reportedly temporarily detained by the Israeli police have been suspended until the end of the proceedings in their case”.

According to Haaretz, this is the first such army action against the reservists who participated in antigovernment protests.

Palestinians in Lebanon ready to fight if Israel starts war with Hezbollah
Mat Nashed

Palestinians living in Lebanon believe they will be targeted for attack if Israel’s cross-border conflict with Hezbollah develops into a full-blown war.

In the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, many said they were not scared and would fight to support Hezbollah against Israel.

But they also worry for their families and civilians, fearing that Israel would target densely populated residential areas – such as Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon – where tens of thousands of people live packed tightly together.

Rescue missions ‘may stop at any moment’: Gaza’s Civil Defence

The Civil Defence in Gaza has issued a statement, warning that it is running out of fuel and its rescue missions “may stop at any moment”.

It said on its Telegram channel that rescue crews carried out several missions this morning alone, involving recovering bodies and survivors from four homes attacked in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood, as well as two separate houses in the Shujayea area.

“Our crews cannot deal with the huge number of targets while running out of fuel,” its statement said.

“The reality of the health system in the northern Gaza Strip is tragic as the aggression continues.”

Israeli military says warplanes attacked Khan Younis school

The Israeli military has said its fighter jets attacked al-Hasna school in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

The military did not say if there were casualties but claimed “precise weaponry” was used.

“The school served as the headquarters of the terrorist organization Hamas,” the military wrote in a post on X, without providing any evidence to support its claims.

One Israeli soldier dead following Jenin ambush: Report

An Israeli soldier has died and 17 others have been injured following a blast in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues are reporting.

Earlier, we reported that Palestinian fighters had ambushed Israeli forces amid intense clashes in Jenin, leaving some in critical condition.

Israeli forces also arrested three Palestinians and wounded one other after storming the Jenin area with support from bulldozers, drones and Apache attack helicopters.

Israeli soldiers ‘openly brag’, share images of tortured Palestinians: Rights group

Marking the UN’s international day in support of victims of torture, a Palestinian prisoners’ rights group has accused Israeli forces of practising the “harshest forms of torture” on people detained in Gaza and bragging about their abuse.

Addameer, a Ramallah-based prisoners’ rights group, shared a series of posts on social media, which contain video clips from Israeli soldiers “openly sharing their torture of Palestinian detainees on social media to brag about their actions”.

“Due to the lack of accountability for the occupying state’s crimes over the years, soldiers deliberately document their acts of torture against Palestinian detainees and post these videos and photos on their personal social media accounts,” the rights group said.

The group warns that the scenes depicted in the video clips are disturbing.

https://twitter.com/Addameer/status/1805934760960684192
https://twitter.com/Addameer/status/1805934804744946022

Israeli protesters block two key intercity routes to demand elections

Israeli demonstrators have blocked the country’s coastal Route 2 linking Tel Aviv to Haifa, chanting “the country is burning”, to demand elections.

Israeli broadcaster Kann said Route 2 was blocked from both directions at the Habonim bridge in the north of the country. Protesters also partially blocked Route 79 westwards in the Lower Galilee, according to the Yedioth Ahronoth media outlet.

Protest organisers were quoted as saying the road closures were “just the beginning”, and promising the government that demonstrations would not stop “until the mandate returns to the people”.

“Enough with the government of destruction, only elections will extinguish the fire,” they said.

https://twitter.com/OrRavid/status/1806194106269311253

Palestinian girl dies of malnutrition: Report

Citing a health official, the Reuters news agency is reporting that the girl died overnight in Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital.

She is among dozens of children to die from starvation or dehydration during the war, including at least four others this week.

‘Preconditions of cholera’: Gaza’s decimated sanitation systems causing illnesses

We’ve been sharing updates from a new AP report detailing how Israel’s destruction of water and sewage infrastructure has affected people in Gaza.

Joanne Perry, a doctor working in southern Gaza with Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, told AP that most patients she sees already have illnesses or infections caused by poor sanitation. Scabies, gastrointestinal illnesses and rashes are common, and Perry fears cholera could be on the horizon.

“The crowded conditions, the lack of water, the heat, the poor sanitation — these are the preconditions of cholera,” Perry told AP.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says 485,000 cases of diarrhoea have been reported since October.

WHO figures also showed an outbreak of Hepatitis A, which is spread through consuming water or food contaminated with faecal matter, had led to 81,700 reported cases of jaundice, as of early June.

Sleepless nights as bugs fill tents where people live surrounded by rubbish, sewage

Palestinians living in camps for displaced people in Gaza have told the AP how they struggle to sleep because their tents are filled with insects.

Abu Shadi Afana, 62, told the AP that small insects stick to his skin when he tries to sleep, and he feels like they are eating his face.

“There is no one to provide us with a tent, food, or drink, and on top of all this, we live in garbage,” he said.

Anwar al-Hurkali, who lives with his family in a tent camp in the central Gazan city of Deir el-Balah, said he can’t sleep for fear of scorpions and rodents. He doesn’t let his children leave their tent, he said, worrying they’ll get sick from pollution and mosquitoes.

Rubbish has been piling up across Gaza after Israel seized control of the territory’s two main landfills, east of the cities of Khan Younis and Gaza City, for the creation of a so-called buffer zone.

Hamas fighters ‘remain cohesive and effective’ in battle for Rafah: Monitors

Israeli forces advanced into new areas of central and southern Gaza on Wednesday, with armoured vehicles geo-located to positions northwest of the Nuseirat refugee camp, and armour also spotted in new areas of central and western Rafah, war monitors report.

In Rafah, Israeli forces continue to encounter “significant resistance” from Palestinian fighters from several armed groups who carried out attacks in different areas of the southern city on Wednesday, including in the Shabour and Tal as-Sultan neighbourhoods, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) said.

In their latest battlefield report, the two US-based defence think tanks said Hamas video footage of an attack on an Israeli tank using a tunnel and improvised explosive device (IED) demonstrates that the group’s fighters in Rafah “remain cohesive and effective”.

The monitors said their analysis was consistent with a recent Israeli military report that it had “only somewhat degraded” two of the four Hamas battalions engaged in the fight for Rafah.

Four separate Palestinian armed factions also carried out rocket attacks into Israel on Wednesday, according to the report.

Washington investigates the reasons behind the failure of the US humanitarian pier

It took just six weeks for the US-built humanitarian pier on Gaza’s shoreline to begin to fail.

The pier became operational on May 17, but problems arose almost immediately. Eight days later, high waves overwhelmed the pier and it was temporarily closed, only reopening last week.

But even during that short period in which the pier was functioning, only 99 aid shipments successfully entered Gaza through it.

Now, failing to meet even the modest goals outlined at the project’s onset, the pier’s future looks uncertain.

Israel, US ‘very good at theatre’, analyst says of apparent dispute between allies

Analyst Rami Khoury says while there was a “little hiccup” in what he called the massive flow of weapons and money from the US to Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza, it was not a major issue between the two close allies.

“The US and Israel are very good at theatre, and this is theatre that we’re watching right now,” Khoury, a professor at the American University of Beirut, told Al Jazeera.

“There’s no closer relationship in the last half-century anywhere in the world probably than the US’s support for Israel. It’s domestic theatre,” he said of the apparent dispute between the two allies over the speed of weapons transfers.

Khoury pointed out that back in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in “big trouble”, and it played well to be seen to be tough with the US.

“He’s fighting with people in his own party. He’s fighting with his own military leaders. He’s fighting with people all around the world,” Khoury said.

“Netanyahu has almost run out of people that he can have a feud with. But by acting like a tough guy who stands up to the US and gets whatever Israel needs from the US, he strengthens some part of his base in Israel. And he’s going to need that because his coalition is a little bit shaky,” he said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/27/israel-war-on-gaza-live-children-buried-as-us-to-support-israel-build-up
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 No.482500

US advises citizens to avoid travel to Lebanon

The US has issued a travel advisory urging its citizens to stay away from Lebanon, as tensions soar along its border with Israel.

“We remind US citizens to strongly reconsider travel to Lebanon,” said the notice published by the US Embassy in Lebanon.

In particular, US citizens should avoid going to Lebanon’s south, its border with Syria, and refugee settlements, the advisory specified.

The advisory said the Lebanese government could not ensure US citizens’ safety in the event of “sudden outbreaks of violence and armed conflict”.

The advisory comes after Germany and the Netherlands issued similar notices calling on their citizens to leave Lebanon yesterday.

Israeli army drills simulate combat near Lebanon border

The Israeli military has published videos and photos on its official website, saying it showed its fighters carrying out military exercises simulating combat scenarios in the northern border area with Lebanon.

The drills that took place last week trained the Israeli soldiers for “responding to various threats with the cooperation of the infantry, armor and fire forces”, the army update said.

The troops also practised combat scenarios “in a tangled terrain that simulates combat on a northern route, progress along a mountain route and the use of gradual fire”, the statement added.

Israeli soldiers in Rafah ‘feel like ducks in the shooting range’

Avigdor Lieberman, the head of the ultranationalist Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel is Our Home) party and former Israeli defence minister, has made the comments criticising Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

“We are losers and unable to win and Israeli deterrence is zero,” he told Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. “There is a lot of frustration among our soldiers in Rafah, they don’t understand what they want and they feel like ducks in the shooting range.”

“The government is not able to win, neither in the south nor in the north, and Gallant bears responsibility immediately after Netanyahu,” Lieberman added.

Israeli tanks rolling into Shujayea: Report

Israeli tanks are moving into Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood and waging fierce attacks as people flee, according to local residents quoted by Reuters.

The ongoing attacks in Shujayea, which also suffered a wave of overnight bombardment, are making it impossible for rescuers to reach injured people in the area, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense.

“We are being starved in Gaza City, and are being hunted by tanks and planes with no hope that this war is ever ending,” Mohammad Jamal, a 25-year-old resident of Gaza City told Reuters.

Palestinians fleeing Shujayea ‘don’t know where to go’

We can now bring you accounts from Palestinians fleeing Israel’s surprise assault on Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood.

Footage verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency shows crowds of people in eastern Gaza, many carrying their belongings in backpacks and carts, walking westwards.

One elderly man said he would head towards al-Shifa Hospital. Many others have no idea where they will go.

“We were suddenly and intensively bombarded by Israel,” said one man fleeing the area on foot. “We came out and we don’t know where to go.”

“Today, we saw shelling … and injured people on the ground,” said a woman, also leaving on foot. “I don’t know where I will go with my family.”

War has ‘no end in sight’

Gershon Baskin, a former Israeli negotiator for captives’ release and Middle East director of the International Communities Organisation, has suggested the UN send international peacekeeping forces into Gaza to “protect the Palestinian people and force the Israelis to withdraw”.

“We need to think out of the box and come up with solutions that will enable this war to end, the Israeli hostages to come home, and a rebuilding process of Gaza to begin,” Baskin told Al Jazeera from Tel Aviv. “It needs to be done collaboratively [with Palestinians], but we need to get this war to end quickly.”

Baskin also called for more international pressure on Israel to open up border crossings and facilitate more aid flow within Gaza, where hundreds of thousands face catastrophic hunger.

“This has to be done and it has to be a result of international pressure because it’s doubtful Israel will do it on its own,” he said.

Baskin is not optimistic about the prospects of Israel and Hamas reaching a ceasefire deal, saying there is an “unreachable gap” between the two sides.

He points out that Hamas is not willing to strike any agreement that does not fully end the war, while Netanyahu is only open to a “partial agreement” that would bring home Israeli captives during a temporary truce.

The Israeli prime minister has not given negotiators the green light to make any concessions beyond this, Baskin said.

This means “we are stuck”, he said.

“The families of the hostages are extremely frustrated and sad. We are nine months into this war now and no end in sight.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/27/israel-war-on-gaza-live-children-buried-as-us-to-support-israel-build-up
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Norway reiterates support for UNRWA

Norway says it strongly opposes the Israeli lawsuit against the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), saying the accusations coincide with “a politically motivated campaign aimed at weakening the agency.”

“We strongly oppose the attack on UNRWA and their staff, including the Norwegian diplomat who previously served as Deputy Commissioner-General of the agency,” Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said in a statement.

The statement comes after families of Israeli hostages in Gaza filed a lawsuit against UNRWA in a US federal court in New York on Monday.

The families argued that the aid agency helped fund Hamas by paying employees in US dollars.

However, Eide emphasised the country’s support for the aid agency, saying it was established to meet the basic needs of Palestinian refugees until a political solution was found.

“Norway will continue to stand up for UNRWA and support their work,” Eide said, adding, “UNRWA is the backbone of humanitarian efforts in Gaza.”

US lawmaker calls for Gaza pier shutdown

A US Republican lawmaker has written to the Biden administration demanding the closure of the Gaza aid pier, calling the operation ineffective, risky and a waste of money.

“I urge the Administration to immediately cease this failed operation before further catastrophe occurs and consider alternative means of land and air-based humanitarian aid delivery,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers wrote in a letter seen by Reuters.

First announced by Biden in March, the offshore floating pier was created to respond to the threat of famine in the Gaza Strip.

The Pentagon estimates the first 90 days of operation will cost about $230 million.

However, rough seas have damaged the pier, forcing repairs, and poor weather has limited the number of days the pier has been operational.

“As of June 19, JLOTS (Joint Logistics Over the Shore) had only been operational about 10 days and had only moved 3,415 metric tons onto the beach in Gaza,” Rogers wrote.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/27/israel-war-on-gaza-live-children-buried-as-us-to-support-israel-build-up
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Tonight.
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>>482500
Zionist tanks destroying ambulances with children, proves that zionism causes brain-damage. However it also should prompt re-evaluation of assumptions. Marking ambulances clearly does not protect them. Maybe it is incorrect to not armor-up civilization-services.
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‘Genocide denial’: Representative Tlaib blasts Gaza death toll ban

US Representative Rashida Tlaib denounced a move in the House to prevent the State Department from citing the number of dead Palestinians in Israel’s war on Gaza.

“Six children, Mr Speaker, six are killed in Gaza every single hour. But Palestinians are not just numbers. Behind these numbers are real people — mothers, fathers, sons, daughters who have had their lives stolen from them and their families torn apart, and we should not be trying to hide it,” Tlaib said on the floor of the House of Representatives.

“Where is our shared humanity in this chamber? There is so much anti-Palestinian racism in this chamber that my colleagues don’t even want to acknowledge that Palestinians exist at all, not when they’re alive and now not even when they’re dead,” said Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in the US Congress.

“It’s absolutely disgusting. This is genocide denial.”

Qassam Brigades target Israeli tank in Gaza City

We have been reporting for the past couple of hours on the fighting in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood.

Hamas’s armed wing Qassam Brigades says fighters hit an Israeli Merkava tank in the area with an explosive device. It didn’t elaborate if any casualties were inflicted in the attack.

Ultra-Orthodox protest military draft bill

Ultra-Orthodox protesters blocked the Coca-Cola Junction in Israel to demonstrate against a proposal to draft ultra-Orthodox men into the army.

Demonstrators have refused to join the army and said they would rather die than be recruited.

On Tuesday, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service.

The ruling seeks to overturn a longstanding practice under which Jewish seminary students are exempt from conscription. The decision threatens to destabilise the government, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition reliant on religiously conservative parties that oppose the move.

https://twitter.com/N12News/status/1806333269790642315

Canada sets out evacuation plans in Lebanon

Canada’s military has drawn up evacuation plans to extract about 20,000 Canadians from Lebanon as tensions intensify and threats of full-scale scale fighting increase.

The Canadian news outlet CBC reported that General Wayne Eyre, the chief of the defence staff, said on Wednesday that the plan relied on Canada’s allies to help facilitate the evacuation.

“We can’t do it alone,” Eyre said. “It will very much be a coalition effort, and we are tightly tied in — very tight — with our allies.”

But despite the plans for a possible evacuation, Eyre acknowledged that he was “very concerned” about the prospect of war between Israel and Hezbollah this summer.

He added that a military team was currently in Lebanon and coordinating with the embassy in Beirut.

On Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly also warned Canadians to leave Lebanon as soon as possible.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/27/israel-war-on-gaza-live-children-buried-as-us-to-support-israel-build-up
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>>482342
>Rumors say that people are measuring radiation levels in Gaza and they have detected slightly elevated levels that correspond to the use of depleted uranium munitions
True, that was actually rumored/reported. Pretty weird how there was NO followup on that right? Also isn't DU a very convenient cover story if nukes actually were used? You can just use a small nuke and then say the residual radiation was DU pollution.

>Your pictures show deep craters with small diameters. From a physics perspective that is caused by a high speed kinetic impact, or by a bomb with a "heavy nose" that digs into the ground before it explodes.

You got video or photo documentation of equivalent sized craters caused by, say, bunker buster JDAMs or a similar conventional bomb the Jews have access to?
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 No.482511

>>482509
>True, that was actually rumored/reported. Pretty weird how there was NO followup on that right? Also isn't DU a very convenient cover story if nukes actually were used? You can just use a small nuke and then say the residual radiation was DU pollution.
Only the most basic photo-chemical detectors (ink that changes color when exposed to ionizing radiation) gives no indication as to the source. Even the cheap commodity kind of electronic detectors will give some indication about the particle type or energy range it detects. That's good enough to distinguish between various radiation sources. If they had set off a nuke in Gaza, even with a very low yield model, there would be considerable fallout in Israel, Egypt and Lebanon. You can't conceal high energy events.
If the reports are true depleted uranium would be the most likely answer.

>You got video or photo documentation of equivalent sized craters caused by, say, bunker buster JDAMs or a similar conventional bomb the Jews have access to?

I don't know the exact models of weapons the IDF has. My knowledge about craters comes from looking at meteor-impacts, you know science/space stuff. However i can tell you this: nukes make hot plasma that deals mostly thermal damage as being so hot that it incinerates everything. The kinetic damage of nukes are a secondary effect from atmospheric interactions, basically it heats up the air so quickly that it causes a huge shock-wave. In the center of a nuclear strike will be a small circle where everything got vaporized, and a large shallow crater from an air-blast. I don't see anything like that in those pictures >>482332
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 No.482514

>>482511
>nukes make hot plasma that deals mostly thermal damage as being so hot that it incinerates everything. The kinetic damage of nukes are a secondary effect from atmospheric interactions, basically it heats up the air so quickly that it causes a huge shock-wave. In the center of a nuclear strike will be a small circle where everything got vaporized, and a large shallow crater from an air-blast. I don't see anything like that in those pictures
that would be an in-air detonation, no? rather than a bunker buster nuke which detonates underground?
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 No.482515

>>482511
>there would be considerable fallout in Israel, Egypt and Lebanon
this is only assuming last gen nuke tech, not next-gen reduced residual radiation nukes
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Houthi rebels claim attack on ship off Yemen

Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they targeted a merchant ship in the Red Sea.

Military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement that the vessel, Seajoy, was hit with an “uncrewed surface boat and a number of missiles and drones”.

It violated the Houthi “ban” on vessels visiting “the ports of occupied Palestine by the company that owns the ship”, Saree added.

The latest attack, which took place west of the port city of Hodeidah, was carried out using a seaborne improvised explosive device, said United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. The crew and the vessel are safe and proceeding to the next port of call.

Ambrey, a maritime risk management group, said earlier “a merchant vessel reported having been ‘hit’ by a projectile” as it headed to the Saudi port of Dammam.

The Houthis have targeted dozens of vessels since November in a campaign they say is intended to show solidarity with Palestinians during the Gaza war.

UN Security Council demands Houthis halt attacks on ships

The UN Security Council approved a resolution demanding Yemen’s Houthi rebels halt all attacks on ships and urged the disruption to maritime security in a critical Middle East waterway be urgently addressed.

It was approved by a 12-0 vote with Russia, China and Algeria abstaining.

Speaking on behalf of the United States and Japan, which sponsored the resolution, US Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood said Houthi attacks “threaten international peace and security” and they’re “a global challenge” that “necessitates a global solution”.

“With this resolution, the council once again sends a clear message to the Houthis: Cease these attacks immediately,” he said.

The Yemeni group has been launching attacks on shipping lanes in the region since November in what it says is an effort to support Palestinians and pressure Israel to end its war on Gaza.

Hezbollah claims rocket attack on Israeli army base

Hezbollah says it attacked an Israeli military base in Birya with a barrage of rockets. It is unclear if any casualties or damage were caused.

“The Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance bombed the main air defence missile base of the Northern Command in the Birya barracks with dozens of Katyusha rockets,” the armed group said on Telegram.

It noted Israeli forces earlier “struck the city of Nabatieh and the town of Sohmor” in Lebanon.

Footage posted on social media also showed the interception of dozens of rockets in Safed and surrounding settlements in northern Israel as air raid sirens sounded.

Qassam Brigades announces operations in Gaza City

Hamas’s armed wing carried out several attacks on the Israeli army across northern Gaza City after it announced a surprise assault, firing artillery and carrying out air raids.

Here are some of the attacks the Qassam Brigades says it conducted:

Hit a group of soldiers with a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood, south of Gaza City.
Targeted an Israeli army command headquarters in the Netzarim axis, south of Gaza City, with a short-range 107 missile.
Struck an Israeli troop carrier with a 105-Yassin RPG in the Shujayea neighbourhood, east of Gaza City.
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ICC allows UK to challenge jurisdiction over alleged Israeli crimes in Gaza

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled the United Kingdom can submit legal arguments to judges mulling the prosecution’s request for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.

Court documents made public showed the United Kingdom, an ICC member state, filed a request with the court earlier this month to provide written observations on whether “the court can exercise jurisdiction over Israeli nationals, in circumstances where Palestine cannot exercise criminal jurisdiction over Israeli nationals [under] the Oslo Accords”.

Granting the UK’s request might delay the judges’ pending decision on arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant over Israel’s war on Gaza, as ICC prosecutor Karim Khan requested in May.

Khan announced that his office had “reasonable grounds” to believe Netanyahu and Gallant bear “criminal responsibility” for “war crimes and crimes against humanity”.

‘Genocide denial’: Representative Tlaib blasts Gaza death toll ban

US Representative Rashida Tlaib denounced a move in the House to prevent the State Department from citing the number of dead Palestinians in Israel’s war on Gaza.

“Six children, Mr Speaker, six are killed in Gaza every single hour. But Palestinians are not just numbers. Behind these numbers are real people — mothers, fathers, sons, daughters who have had their lives stolen from them and their families torn apart, and we should not be trying to hide it,” Tlaib said on the floor of the House of Representatives.

“Where is our shared humanity in this chamber? There is so much anti-Palestinian racism in this chamber that my colleagues don’t even want to acknowledge that Palestinians exist at all, not when they’re alive and now not even when they’re dead,” said Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in the US Congress.

“It’s absolutely disgusting. This is genocide denial.”

WHO demands more evacuations for thousands of Gaza’s wounded

The World Health Organization welcomed news of the evacuation of 21 cancer-stricken children but noted “more than 10,000 patients still require medical care outside the Strip.”

“Of the 13,872 people who have applied for medical evacuation since 7 October, only 35 percent have been evacuated,” Hanan Balkhy, regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, said in a post on X.

“Medical evacuation corridors must be urgently established for the sustained, organized, safe, and timely passage of critically ill patients from Gaza via all possible routes.”

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 37,700 Palestinians and wounded 86,000 others, the majority have been women and children.

Turkey says Israeli attacks on Gaza threaten ‘regional stability’

The Turkish Ministry of National Defense says anything that can lead to a “larger conflict” must be avoided.

“Our priority is for the massacre in Gaza to end and for lasting peace to be established in the region,” spokesman Zeki Akturk said, referring to “despicable attacks” by Israelis forces “on refugee camps and schools where displaced Palestinians seek refuge”.

“It is concerning that these attacks have threatened regional stability. Every step that could lead to a larger conflict must be avoided,” Akturk added.

‘Elections now’: Demonstrators in Israel demand new vote

Antigovernment protesters gathered in West Jerusalem and converged on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s home, lighting a bonfire on the street outside and calling for his resignation.

“We’ve been abandoned – Elections now!” read one sign that rose above the crowd. Demonstrators yelled through megaphones, waved flags, and banged on snare drums while police officers stood at the barricades.

Such demonstrations have grown more frequent as the war on Gaza rages and fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon threatens to escalate. But they have not reached the fever pitch of a year ago when Netanyahu’s government tried to overhaul Israel’s justice system.

Many in the crowd, which appeared to number in the thousands, also chanted their support for reaching a deal to free some 120 Israeli captives in Gaza being held by Hamas.

UNICEF says deal agreed with Israel to boost Gaza water supply

The United Nations Children’s Fund says Israel agreed to restore power to a key desalination plant in southern Gaza.

“UNICEF confirms an agreement was reached to re-establish the medium voltage feeder power line for the Southern Gaza Desalination Plant,” said spokesman Jonathan Crickx.

Water has become scarce for the Palestinian territory’s 2.4 million residents since war broke out nearly nine months ago.

More than two-thirds of Gaza’s sanitation and water facilities have been destroyed or damaged and only an intermittent supply of bottled water has been allowed in since Israel imposed a punishing siege on the territory.

The plant in Khan Younis, once resupplied with electricity, should produce enough water to “meet what humanitarian standards define as a minimum intake of 15 litres (four gallons) per day of drinking water per person, for nearly a million displaced people” in southern Gaza, Crickx said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/27/israel-war-on-gaza-live-children-buried-as-us-to-support-israel-build-up
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Incident reported northwest of Yemen’s Hodeidah

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) says a ship’s captain has reported that five missiles have landed close to his vessel in the Red Sea, 150 nautical miles (277km) northwest of Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah.

UKMTO said the ship reported no damage from the incident and was heading northward.

Israel says fighter jets bombed southern Lebanon overnight

Israeli warplanes attacked two locations in southern Lebanon overnight, destroying so-called “military buildings” and “a military structure” in the vicinity of Khiam town and Odaisseh village.

Aerial video footage of the night time attacks showed at least four air strikes on sites that the Israeli military said were linked to Hezbollah.

Israeli forces return to Shujayea area for third time: Monitors

Residents of the Shujayea neighbourhood in Gaza City have described the Israeli ground assault on their area as “a surprise attack”, with soldiers and tanks entering from several directions on Thursday and ordering civilians to evacuate immediately, war monitors report.

The operation is the third by Israeli forces since October to “clear” the neighbourhood of Palestinian fighters, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) note, as Hamas continues to “exploit” the weakness of Israel’s “raid-based model” of operations in Gaza.

Hamas has preserved its forces and engaged in “reconstitution efforts” despite the raids, the ISW/CTP say in their latest report.

Photos: Pro-Palestine protesters gather in Atlanta for first US presidential debate

Pro-Palestinian protesters rallied on Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia, where the first 2024 presidential debate was being held between Democratic candidate US President Joe Biden and Republican candidate Donald Trump.

Survey captures snapshot of suffering in Gaza: Norwegian refugee agency

In a survey of more than 1,000 Palestinian families displaced from Rafah as Israel launched its ground invasion of the southern Gaza city last month, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has found:

83 percent reported having no access to food.
57 percent had no access to clean water.
Almost none had access to a latrine.
52 percent reported having no access to dignified shelter.
Nine people on average were sharing a single temporary shelter.
“Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing famine like conditions,” NRC Secretary-General Jan Egeland said in a post on social media.

Egeland said families are without food, children are wasting away, and people have resorted to preparing meals using “tree leaves or animal fodder”.

“NRC staff in Gaza are seeing the appalling impact of hunger across the besieged and devastated densely populated area,” he said.

US to release part of stalled heavy bomb shipment to Israel: Reports

The Axios news site, citing a US and an Israeli official, reports that the US is preparing to deliver part of a suspended bomb shipment to Israel.

The US is expected to soon release approximately 1,700 500-pound bombs from the shipment that has been suspended since May following worries about harm to Palestinian civilians should the Israeli military use such explosives in its attack on Rafah city, Axios reports.

The consignment will be released when Israel’s operation in Rafah ends in about two weeks, the news site reports.

US and Israeli officials also said that the Biden administration is still reviewing the shipment’s consignment of 1,800 2,000-pound bombs.

The issue of the stalled shipment was discussed this week during a visit to Washington by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, an unnamed US official told the Reuters news agency.

The solution reached “was to separate the 500-lb bombs from the rest of the shipment, which includes the 2,000-lb bombs that are still on hold”, Axios reports.

Anti-Netanyahu protesters say demonstrations to continue until change of government
Hamdah Salhut
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government

Antigovernment demonstrations continued in West Jerusalem and the city of Caesarea outside of the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Protest organisers coined Thursday as a day of strikes and resistance, and they say they are going to continuously protest every single day until there is a change within Israel’s government.

On Thursday morning, demonstrators blocked major roads throughout Israel as they want to see a change within Israel’s government. But that’s not all they are asking for: They also want to see a deal to bring back the remaining Israeli captives.

Protesters say that Netanyahu’s government is neither capable nor interested in accepting a deal that would see the release of the remaining 120 Israeli captives still held in Gaza.

Large demonstrations are also expected across the country on Saturday in places like Tel Aviv, the north, and West Jerusalem.

Protesters say that these types of demonstrations are the only way to up the pressure on Netanyahu and his government.

Israel must give international observers access to ‘the Gaza ghetto’: UN expert

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, said Israel must give international observers access to Gaza to assess the situation in what she called “the Gaza ghetto”.

In a post on social media, Albanese questioned what Israel was so “afraid of” that it has cut the war-torn enclave off from international observers. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has already called on Israel to provide access to Gaza, Albanese said.

“This is what the [ICJ] has requested and should have happened already,” she said.

Several countries have joined South Africa’s case at the ICJ accusing Israeli forces of perpetrating genocide in Gaza.

Israeli court gives gov’t one month to respond to petition demanding a probe: Report

The Israeli High Court of Justice has demanded the government to respond within a month to a petition filed by family members of the captives in Gaza and bereaved families demanding a state commission of inquiry, Israeli daily Haaretz reports.

US military’s Gaza air pier looks set for removal again: Report

The problem-prone $230m aid pier, built off Gaza’s coast by the US military, could be removed as soon as today due to rough sea conditions, The Associated Press news agency (AP) reports.

Two US officials told the AP that the pier will be removed again and Washington is looking at alternative ways to get aid into Gaza.

If the pier is moved later today, it would be the third time weather has disrupted its short-lived operations.

The floating pier was anchored back on Gaza’s shoreline on June 19 after heavy seas and high winds led the military to disconnect it from the beach. In May, similar conditions forced a two-week pause in operations.

The UN and its agencies halted humanitarian aid distribution from the pier pending the release of a security review following claims it may have played a role in a bloody Israeli operation on June 8 to free captives that left hundreds of civilians dead in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Biden and Trump ‘not fit to represent’ US’s Palestinian and Arab communities: Analyst

Ayah Ziyadeh, director of the American Muslims for Palestine Advocacy group, said Trump’s branding of Joe Biden as being “like a Palestinian” in the debate was a“blatantly racist” slur, and neither presidential candidate appealed to many in the US’s Palestinian and Arab communities.

“Israel’s genocide in Gaza has become a focal point of this election. Not only are Muslim and Arab Americans deciding that they don’t want to commit to Biden or re-elect him because of his continued stance and fuelling of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. But the broader American public has also shifted and it’s become one of the biggest issues that is impacting the coming elections,” Ziyadeh told Al Jazeera.

“Right now, it seems that most of our communities are going after uncommitted or they just don’t want to vote because we are presented with two candidates that are just not fit to represent us, both as Palestinians and also as Americans,” Ziyadeh said.

“One is blatantly racist. Wants to deport all of us. And said that President Biden isn’t, essentially, being genocidal enough and that he should let Israel finish off its war on Gaza. And the current president has been consciously and willingly, politically and financially, backing an evident genocide in Gaza,” she said.

“There is no lesser than two evils here,” she added.

“The card we are being dealt with as voters and as Americans is frankly unfair.”

Israeli forces prevented civil defence from responding to 23 emergency calls

Mohammed al-Moghayyar, director of the civil defence’s supply department in Gaza, says Israeli forces continue to deliberately target their teams across the Strip to prevent them from providing humanitarian assistance.

“We are also denied access to many of the ravaged areas simply for being cordoned by the Israeli tanks as well as opening fire on our teams,” he told Al Jazeera.

Last night, they received 23 emergency calls from the al-Shakoush neighbourhood but could not help anyone as Israeli forces denied them access.

Israeli troops feel ‘entitled’ to abuse Palestinian civilians, says military veterans

Breaking the Silence, an Israeli organisation of military veterans working to raise awareness of Israel’s abuses in the occupied Palestinian territory, said Israeli forces do not need “direct orders” to “dehumanise” Palestinian people.

In a series of posts on social media, the advocacy group said the recent incident where Israeli soldiers tied a wounded, innocent, Palestinian civilian to the bonnet of their military vehicle demonstrated how Israeli troops feel “entitled” to carry out such abuses.

“This entitlement can also be seen in Gaza in countless TikToks posted by soldiers where they are seen looting and defacing property,” the group said.

“The soldiers didn’t need direct orders in order to dehumanize an innocent injured man by tying him to the hood of a vehicle,” they said.

“Decades of corrupting occupation have brought us to the point where incidents like these have become an inevitability in the occupied territories.”

US invites Israeli, Arab foreign ministers to NATO summit: Report

The US has invited foreign ministers from several Arab countries and Israel to the NATO 75th anniversary summit in Washington next month, the Financial Times reports.

Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are among the Arab invitees.

The US has also invited foreign ministers from more than 30 countries, including Japan, Australia and South Korea, partly in an effort to head off possible tensions over its invitation to Israel, according to the FT.

Rights groups sue Netherlands again over F-35 parts to Israel

A trio of rights groups has taken the Dutch government back to court, arguing that a ban on supplying F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel is not being respected in practice.

In a landmark verdict in February, an appeals court ordered the Netherlands to stop delivering parts for fighter jets used by Israel in its offensive in the Gaza Strip.

The court said at the time there was a “clear risk” the planes would be involved in breaking international humanitarian law.

But the rights groups are returning to court, saying that the ban has not prevented the parts ending up in Israeli planes.

“Unfortunately, everything indicates that these parts end up in Israel from the Netherlands via other routes,” said Oxfam Novib, one of the groups involved in the case.

The Dutch government “has continued delivering (parts) to other countries, including the United States. And that contravenes the order of the court,” Liesbeth Zegveld, a lawyer representing the rights groups, told the court.

Israel aims to ‘pursue the war of genocide’, says PLO member

A senior Palestinian official rejected plans to legalise outposts in the occupied West Bank, saying it was aimed at pursuing a “war of genocide” against Palestinians.

As we reported earlier, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced the plan and said the government would also take punitive steps against the Palestinian Authority (PA) in response to moves against Israel internationally.

Asked about Smotrich’s statement, Wasel Abu Youssef, a member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said the settlements were “illegal colonies that violate all international resolutions”.

“The decisions by the occupation government aim to pursue the war of genocide against our Palestinian people,” he told Reuters news agency.

Fire erupts in illegal Israeli settlement

A large fire has broken out in the illegal Israeli settlement of Kfar Etzion, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.

Helicopters are trying to extinguish the blaze, which Israeli media says has spread to a military base.

No other information was immediately available.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/28/israel-war-on-gaza-live-people-flee-in-terror-as-tanks-drones-attack
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>>482514
>that would be an in-air detonation, no? rather than a bunker buster nuke which detonates underground?
Underground nuclear detonations create tremors, that can be felt by human senses. One would have to check the tectonic plate configuration and population density, to give a good estimation. My hunch would be tens of millions of people going OH the ground just shook if the Zionist set off a nuke below Gaza. Also every seismograph on earth would register it and pinpoint the epicenter. Everybody would know. I don't think the Zionists are dumb enough to engage in nuclear terrorism.

>this is only assuming last gen nuke tech, not next-gen reduced residual radiation nukes

As far as i know the concept of clean nukes, came from very high yield H-bombs. In relative terms those produced most of the energy-release from fusion and emitted a large share of it in the thermal spectrum, rather than as ionizing radiation. Relative to the amount of destruction potential, there were fewer fission byproducts from the plutonium fission core (needed to set off the fusion reaction). In that sense the Tzarbomba the Soviets tested was considered to be relatively clean. However this was born from a narrow technical perspective seeking to minimize the pollution resulting from nuclear testing. I don't think you can bend this into a general concept of "clean nukes", without sounding like that unhinged part of the arms-industry that wants to meme "usable nukes" into existence.
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 No.482524

>>482511
>>482514
>>482521
You guys are confusing two different topics. Depleted uranium is applied to bullets to enhance their armor piecing capability. That's where the radiation is coming from. Nobody is talking about nuclear bombs.
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>>482519
>the recent incident where Israeli soldiers tied a wounded, innocent, Palestinian civilian to the bonnet of their military vehicle demonstrated how Israeli troops feel “entitled” to carry out such abuses.
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 No.482528

>>482524
>You guys are confusing two different topics.
I'm not confused, i think that if the radiation reports are true, that it most likely means they used depleted Uranium shells.

>Depleted uranium is applied to bullets to enhance their armor piecing capability.

Maybe putting depleted Uranium rods into tank-shells seemed reasonable in the 80s. I don't wish to unfairly judge history. However in the present it's definitely not reasonable. These rods are easily shattered by reactive armor, and considering the hazardous side effects on tank-crews and the creation of persistent pollution that will adversely affect civilian populations many decades after the fighting ended, it's completely fucked up to use this stuff now-a-days. You can get multiples of penetration power from jets of molten metal. Usually these use copper and are powered by a shaped charge, which is also cheaper to make, because it doesn't require the special handling procedures of radioactive materials.
If the Zionists are using DU-munitions, they are definitely doing it to poison Gaza, because DU-munitions are significantly worse against non-armored targets compared to even regular tank shells.

>That's where the radiation is coming from. Nobody is talking about nuclear bombs.

True but i don't want to dunk on the other anon, you can't blame him for thinking nukes considering how excessive the destruction from the bombings on gaza has been. To be fair to all sides i will also acknowledge that there is a small possibility that it's a psy-op to shift the debate away from people talking about the potential use of depleted Uranium munitions in Gaza.
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 No.482530

>>482524
>>482528
Just wanna point out something that's often missed on the topic of depleted uranium. Uranium is not just radioactive. It's also a toxic heavy metal that harms the human body via its chemical properties.
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Spain to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

The International Court of Justice says Spain has requested to join the case filed by South Africa at the World Court, which accuses Israel of violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention in its war on the Gaza Strip.

South Africa brought its case against Israel in late December, accusing it of committing genocide against Palestinians in the besieged territory.

Spain announced it was joining the case earlier this month, shortly after Turkey announced it would also join.

Qassam Brigades says fighters engaging in ‘fierce clashes’ with Israeli soldiers

Hamas’s armed wing says its fighters are leading “fierce clashes” with Israeli soldiers “at point blank” in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood.

The group added in a statement on Telegram that its fighters are “inflicting deaths and injuries” among Israeli forces, without providing more details.

A day earlier, Israeli forces carried out air raids and sent ground vehicles into the ravaged northern Gaza area in what seemed to be a renewed assault.

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Full report: Battles rage in north Gaza as Palestinian fighters ambush Israeli troops

Palestinian fighters engaged Israeli forces in fierce battles in northern Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood a day after tanks and troops rolled in and sent tens of thousands of terrified civilians fleeing.

In a statement on Friday, al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, said it blew up a booby-trapped residential building in Shujayea, killing four Israeli soldiers and wounding five others.

The improvised explosive device used was an undetonated F-16 missile recovered intact after it was fired from an Israeli warplane, it said.

The Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, said its fighters also continue to engage in “violent clashes” while “inflicting deaths and injuries” in attacks with anti-tank rockets and small-arms fire.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/28/battles-rage-in-north-gaza-as-palestinian-fighters-ambush-israeli-troops

Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted four vessels in joint operation with Iraqi groups

Yemen’s Houthis have claimed carrying out a joint military operation with an Iranian-backed Iraqi group, known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, targeting four vessels in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a televised statement that the group fired drones and missiles at an oil tanker and cargo ships over noncompliance with a ban on entering “ports of occupied Palestine”.

The latest attacks come in response to the “massacres of the Israeli enemy against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip”, he said.

https://twitter.com/ameenhayan/status/1806776433802645717

Thousands rally in Morocco and Yemen in solidarity with Gaza

In Morocco, the demonstrations took place in several cities including Fez, Meknes, Tangier, Kenitra, Agadir, Berkane, Oujda, and Jerada.

The protesters called for action to support the Palestinian cause and the delivery of aid, considering the immense suffering and humanitarian crisis in the blockaded enclave.

In Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, crowds gathered and raised banners with messages such as: “There is no dignity for nations without victory for Gaza.”

Similar demonstrations took place in other provinces, including Hodeidah, Hajjah, Saada, Taiz, and Ad Dali.

US confirms aid pier removed from Gaza due to high seas

The Pentagon says a temporary US aid pier has again been removed from the Gaza coast due to high seas and will be towed to an Israeli port.

It is the third time the pier has been detached from the shore because of weather conditions since its initial installation in mid-May, and the effort is also facing difficulties with distribution of assistance once it reaches Gaza.

“Due to high sea states expected this weekend, Central Command has removed the temporary pier from its anchored position in Gaza and will tow it back to Ashdod, Israel,” Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told journalists, referring to the military command responsible for the Middle East.

She said she does not have a date for the pier’s reinstallation, and that “the commander will continue to assess the sea states over the weekend”.

The pier was first anchored to the Gaza coast in mid-May, but was damaged by bad weather later in the month and had to be removed for repairs.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/28/israel-war-on-gaza-live-people-flee-in-terror-as-tanks-drones-attack
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>>482530
This. Uranium has a large electron shell. With 92 protons corresponding to their respective electrons, its already falling apart.
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Iranian UN mission warns against war on Lebanon

The Iranian Mission to the United Nations has warned that comprehensive military aggressions against Lebanon will lead to “an obliterating war”.

The mission added that all options remain on the table, including the participation of “resistance fronts” if Israel launches a war on Lebanon.

Belgium, Jordan, EU in new call at UN for protection of Palestinian children

The “Call to Action for Palestinian Children in the West Bank and Gaza” was launched by the Belgian, Jordanian and European Union missions at the United Nations on Friday, and calls on all member states to join the initiative.

The call for action involves five points, Belgium and Jordan’s mission to the UN said in posts on social media:

Calling on all parties to reach an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Respect for international human rights and humanitarian law in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Ending “grave violations” against Palestinian children, including the release of those held in detention and in captivity – in the West Bank and Gaza.
“Safe and unrestricted humanitarian access” in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
The sponsors of the call also pledge to support scaled-up UN responses for the needs of Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank.

US temporary aid pier ‘just a distraction’

Mansour Shouman says that even after the $230m US temporary aid pier was working, there were only about 29 trucks allowed into the Israeli military-controlled zone, so much of the aid is still on the beach.

“100 percent of the focus should have been on the land borders opening,” he told Al Jazeera, adding that the pier and efforts to airdrop aid were “just a distraction”.

“We need real change, we need an immediate ceasefire, we need permanent opening of the different land borders to the aid, and we need security for the people of Gaza as soon as possible.”

Palestinians in northern Gaza eating extract of leaves

Palestinian activist Mansour Shouman says the situation in Gaza is getting worse.

“In the north there is famine right now. I had a friend text me saying, ‘We are eating the extract of the leaves of the trees just in order to provide us with nutrients,’” Shouman, who was in Gaza until March, told Al Jazeera.

“All they have up north is flour that is coming in through the very little residual aid that has been left off the American pier that is coming through land crossing points in the north.”

Shouman called for the land crossings to open as quickly as possible to allow the thousands of trucks full of aid from people who donated to organisations worldwide to enter.

Poll shows two-thirds of Israelis want Netanyahu to leave politics

A poll conducted by Israel’s Channel 12 shows that about two-thirds of Israelis believe that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should not seek reelection and leave politics.

Only 27 percent of respondents in the poll wanted him to compete in Israel’s next elections, while 66 percent thought he should step down.

Even among voters for parties in Netanyahu’s right-wing religious bloc, only 53 percent thought he should run again.

Some 85 percent of respondents also wanted a commission of inquiry to be held to investigate the failures surrounding the October 7 infiltration of Israel by Hamas.

Netanyahu is enduring intense criticism from members of Israel’s opposition, far-right members of his own coalition, and the Israeli public over his handling of Israel’s war on Gaza and captive-for-ceasefire negotiations.

Israel’s Ben-Gvir says Canada ‘anti-Semitic’ following sanctions on ‘extremist’ settlers

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said Canada’s sanctioning of Israeli settlers and entities amid spiralling violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank was a “distinctly anti-Semitic decision”.

The ultra-nationalist Ben-Gvir – known for his Palestinian-hating rhetoric and religious far-right provocation – said in a post on social media that Canada had joined the “ranks of countries that have decided to harass settlers”.

“A sovereign country will not accept dictates from any country,” he added.

Canada’s Foreign Ministry said that it had imposed sanctions on seven settlers and five settler entities in the occupied West Bank.

“We remain deeply concerned by extremist settler violence in the West Bank and condemn such acts, not only for the significant impact they have on Palestinian lives but also for the corrosive impact they have on prospects for lasting peace,” Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement.

Video said to show Hamas ambushes of Israeli forces in Gaza

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have verified and shared a video said to feature a compilation of ambushes by Hamas fighters on Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.

The video appears to show Hamas fighters using their combat tunnel network in Gaza and preparing large antitank mines and hiding them in locations to ambush Israeli armoured vehicles and ground forces. A burning tank is seen in one clip.

The footage also appears to show the extensive use of video camera surveillance of Israeli forces in Gaza, casualties inflicted on ground troops, as well as Israeli military equipment recovered by Hamas fighters.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1806832312216084559

Six months after declaring ‘full operational control’, Israel still battling Hamas in northern Gaza
Hamdah Salhut
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from outside Israel because it has been banned by the Israeli government.

The Israeli military still has not confirmed the deaths of four Israeli soldiers and five others who were injured in fighting in the Shujayea neighbourhood of northern Gaza. Reports within Israeli media also indicated that several Israeli helicopters were flying in and out of the area to evacuate those killed and wounded.

This comes after the Israeli military released a statement at about 10am local time (07:00 GMT) announcing that they were continuing operations in the Shujayea neighbourhood, both from the sky – from bombs coming down from Israeli planes – and, additionally, Israeli troops on the ground.

The Israeli army maintains that they are not harming civilians, that they have given evacuation orders. But we have seen at least seven Palestinian civilians who were killed in Shujayea on Friday. These are Palestinians who have been displaced time and time again by Israeli forces, and who say they simply have no place left to go.

This is one of the areas in the north that the Israeli army said they had achieved almost full operational control over nearly six months ago.

But we are seeing now, in late June, that the Israeli army is still encountering Hamas fighters on the ground in northern Gaza.

Israel’s Smotrich promises ‘a million’ new settlers under expansion plan

Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says the country’s security cabinet has approved his plan to legalise five controversial Israeli outposts in the occupied West Bank in retaliation for Palestinian diplomatic efforts internationally.

“For every country that unilaterally recognises a Palestinian state, we will establish a settlement,” Smotrich said.

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>>482530
>Uranium is not just radioactive. It's also a toxic heavy metal
double whammy
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>>482532
>The Pentagon says a temporary US aid pier has again been removed from the Gaza coast due to high seas and will be towed to an Israeli port.
That thing has terrible up-time
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>>482545
It's the 8kun of the sea
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>>482543
>Iranian UN mission warns against war on Lebanon
>The Iranian Mission to the United Nations has warned that comprehensive military aggressions against Lebanon will lead to “an obliterating war”.
>The mission added that all options remain on the table, including the participation of “resistance fronts” if Israel launches a war on Lebanon.
I think that this isn't bluster anymore and the Zionists are underestimating how ferocious and un-ending the retaliation is going to be. There has been a qualitative change, and I get the feeling that this will be the war that shatters Israel.

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kek, so true
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Arab League removes Hezbollah from ‘terrorist group’ list: Report

The Arab League’s assistant secretary-general says the organisation has ceased referring to Hezbollah as a “terrorist organisation,” Anadolu reports.

In a televised statement on the Egyptian Al-Qahera News Channel the day after he concluded a visit to Beirut, Hossam Zaki said, “The member states of the league agreed that the label of Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation should no longer be employed.”

On March 11, 2016, the Arab League classified Hezbollah as a “terrorist organisation,” with reservations from Lebanon and Iraq, and called for it to “cease promoting extremism and sectarianism, refrain from meddling in the internal affairs of countries, and withhold any support for terrorism and terrorists in the region”.

The classification occurred shortly after the Gulf Cooperation Council countries designated the Lebanese Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation on March 2, 2016.

On Friday, the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar reported that Zaki visited Beirut and held a meeting with Muhammad Raad, the head of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc affiliated with Hezbollah. This marks the first contact between the Arab League and Hezbollah in more than a decade.

Zaki’s visit and statement coincided with heightened concerns about a potential escalation between Hezbollah and Israel over the war in Gaza.

UN starts to move aid from US-built pier after work on it was suspended

The United Nations says workers have begun moving tonnes of humanitarian aid piled up at a US-built pier off Gaza’s coast and distributing it to warehouses in the besieged territory.

It’s an important step as the United States considers whether to reconnect the pier whose functioning has been challenged by heavy seas. It is not clear when the aid might reach Palestinians in Gaza, where experts have warned of high risk of famine in the Israeli war in Gaza.

Millions of kilograms of aid have piled up. In just the last week, more than 10 million pounds (4.5 million kg) were moved ashore, according to the US military.

A World Food Programme spokesperson, Abeer Etefa, told The Associated Press this is a one-time operation until the beach is cleared of the aid and is being done to avoid spoilage. Further UN operations at the pier depend on security assessments, Etefa added.

If WFP trucks successfully bring the aid to warehouses inside Gaza, that could affect the US military’s decision whether to reinstall the pier, which was removed due to weather Friday. US officials said they were considering not reinstalling the pier because of the possibility that the aid would not be picked up.

National ‘uncommitted’ movement has a message to Biden: Change course on Gaza

The “Uncommitted National Movement”, which has been critical of the US president’s handling of the war in Gaza and has urged voters to cast “uncommitted” ballots in state primaries, has called on Biden to use his leverage to bring about a ceasefire in the besieged coastal enclave.

The coalition, which grew out of a campaign in Michigan’s presidential primary, said in a statement: “If you want us to mobilise the 700,000 Democratic primary voters who cast uncommitted ballots toward your re-election, you must ensure a permanent ceasefire by imposing an arms embargo and not sending another US weapon for Israel’s war and occupation.”

“The battle for the soul of our nation demands Biden to change course – not another bomb.”

Israeli foreign minister issues threat to Iran

Israel Katz has responded to what he said was a threat by Iran to destroy Israel if it attacks Hezbollah in Lebanon.

“My response to Iran is clear: If Hezbollah does not cease its fire and withdraw from southern Lebanon, we will act against it with full force until security is restored and residents can return to their homes,” he said in a post on X.

“A regime that threatens destruction deserves to be destroyed,” Katz added.

Riyadh urges its citizens to refrain from traveling to Lebanon

Saudi Arabia has called on its citizens in Lebanon to leave the country amid rising concerns over an all-out war between Hezbollah and Israel, according to the Saudi state news agency SPA.

The kingdom’s embassy has urged Saudis to leave Lebanon “immediately”, the agency reported.

Several countries, both in the region and Western, in recent days have advised their citizens against travelling to Lebanon.

Antigovernment rallies rock Israel’s capital

Mass demonstrations are taking place in Tel Aviv demanding the resignation of Netanyahu’s government and calling for a captive exchange deal, according to social media footage verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad.

Footage on social media showed thousands of Israelis waving Israeli flags as they demonstrated.

https://twitter.com/lirishavit/status/1807100653895913592
https://twitter.com/lirishavit/status/1807101025913905283

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https://twitter.com/BeckettUnite/status/1807138628692217886
More footage of Israeli police beating up a protestor
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>>482549
>Israeli foreign minister issues threat
>“A regime that threatens destruction deserves to be destroyed,”

That guy has to be irony impaired
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 No.482566

Turkish workers refuse to refuel Israeli plane during emergency landing

Israel’s national carrier El Al says its Warsaw to Tel Aviv flight was not allowed to refuel at Turkey’s Antalya airport after making an emergency landing.

Workers at the airport refused to refuel flight LY5102 before it could take off for Israel, El Al said in a statement.

Following the incident, the plane took off to Rhodes in Greece, where “it will refuel before taking off to Israel”, the airline said.

Turkish diplomatic sources confirmed the plane was allowed to make an emergency landing for medical reasons.

“Fuel was to be provided to the plane due to humanitarian considerations, but as the relevant procedure was about to be completed, the captain decided to leave of his own accord,” a Turkish diplomatic source said, the AFP news agency reported.

The war on Gaza has severely strained relations between Turkey and Israel, with all direct flights between the two countries cancelled since October 7.

UK agency reports incident off Yemen’s coast

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) says it has received a report of an incident 13 nautical miles (24km) southwest of Yemen’s al-Makha (Mocha).

It did not provide additional details.

Mikati says Lebanon in a state of war, urges Israel to stop attacks

Lebanon’s National News Agency reports that caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati made the call during a visit to a Lebanese army operations centre in the south of the country on Saturday.

“We are always advocates of peace, and our choice is peace and the implementation of Resolution 1701. Israel must stop its repeated attacks on Lebanon, and stop the war in Gaza, and everyone must implement International Resolution No. 2735,” he was quoted as saying.

Resolution 1701 is the UN Security Council order that helped end the 34-day war between Israel and Lebanon in 2006, while Resolution 2735 is the one the council adopted earlier this month, urging Israel and Hamas to implement a three-phase ceasefire deal.

Israeli jets bomb southern Lebanon overnight

The Israeli military says its jets bombed Hezbollah’s operational infrastructure and a military structure in the towns of Taybeh and Rab Thalateen in southern Lebanon.

The attacks took place during the night, it said in a post on X.

India exports rockets, explosives to Israel amid Gaza war, documents reveal
Federica Marsi

On June 6, in the aftermath of Israel’s bombing of a UN shelter at the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza, the Quds News Network released a video of the remains of a missile dropped by Israeli warplanes.

Amid the tangled parts, a label clearly read: “Made in India.”

Documents seen by Al Jazeera and company statements suggest weapons parts from India, a country that has long advocated dialogue over military action in resolving conflicts, are quietly making their way to Israel, including during the continuing months-long war in Gaza.

Analysts say a lack of transparency on India’s transfers helps them slip under the radar.

Israeli forces in Gaza City ‘executing’ Palestinians on the spot: Rights group

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor says it has received reports that Israeli forces are committing “widespread massacres” in the Shujayea and Jdaida neighbourhoods in Gaza City.

“Our field team is receiving reports of dozens, possibly hundreds, of victims being executed on the spot or having their shelters bombed,” wrote Ramy Abdul, the chairman of the Geneva-based group, in a post on X.

Israel’s plan to tax Jerusalem churches illegal: Palestinian foreign ministry

The Palestinian foreign ministry has issued a statement condemning Israeli authorities’ reported plan to impose taxes on churches in occupied Jerusalem.

“Israel is an occupying power with no sovereignty over Jerusalem,” the ministry said, adding that “Israel’s imposition of these taxes is illegal”.

The plan is part of Israel’s broader “systematic persecution and attacks against Palestinian Christians and clergy”, the ministry added.

The heads of the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Orthodox churches said last week the Israeli municipalities of Tel Aviv, Ramla, Nazareth and Jerusalem had either issued warning letters or commenced legal action against churches for alleged tax debts in recent months.

The church leaders wrote to the Israeli prime minister describing the warnings and legal action as a “coordinated attack” and part of an attempt by “Israeli authorities to drive the Christian presence out of the Holy Land”.

Israel extends banking ties with Palestine

Israel’s finance minister renewed a waiver enabling Israeli banks to work with Palestinian banks in the occupied West Bank, reports Reuters, quoting a ministry spokesperson.

The four-month waiver will allow Israeli banks to keep handling transactions in shekels for services and salaries destined for the Palestinian Authority, an arrangement vital to the Palestinian economy.

In 2023, some 53 billion shekels ($14bn) were exchanged at Palestinian banks.

Israel’s Ministry of Finance, led by far-right Bezalel Smotrich, exerts extensive control over Palestine’s economy, even handling the transfer of Palestinian tax revenue. Israel has repeatedly withheld such funds during the Gaza war as a pressure tactic.

Fighting ‘above and below’ ground during Israeli operations

Israel’s army says it’s battling Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad fighters both “above and below ground” in tunnels during the ground assault on northern Gaza City.

The military said troops “eliminated several terrorists, located weapons and conducted targeted raids on booby-trapped combat compounds” over the past 24 hours. The air force “struck dozens” of the sites in the area.

Heavy fighting is also ongoing in southern Gaza.

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox men protest having to serve in Israeli military
Hamdah Salhut
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned from reporting inside Israel.

The protests we’re looking at today include thousands of ultra-Orthodox men from the Mea She’arim neighbourhood, which is in West Jerusalem. What they’re saying is that they would rather serve time in prison than be conscripted in the Israeli military since that decision by Israel’s High Court last week, which unanimously decided that there would no longer be exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men.

There has been pushback from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government including the ultra-Orthodox parties who are coalition partners. But again, the attorney general’s office had sent a letter … to the country’s finance ministry saying that at least 3,000 Orthodox men needed to be drafted immediately and that they were no longer eligible for any sort of government grants, stipend or funds. So the ultra-Orthodox men say they’re going to continue protesting because they say they will not serve in the military.

This could surely mean the collapse of Netanyahu’s government if ultra-Orthodox men are in fact enlisted into the military and nothing legislation-wise can be done to stop it. It’s something that these parties were threatening for a long time.

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Ultra-Orthodox protesters in Israel attack car carrying minister: Report

During protests by thousands of ultra-Orthodox men against their conscription into the military, Israeli Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf’s car was attacked, The Times of Israel reported.

According to some footage of the attack, protesters were seen attacking a car carrying Goldknopf, who heads the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, as he drove home in Jerusalem, the outlet said.

According to Hebrew media reports, the demonstrators threw stones at the minister’s car and yelled insults as he passed by.

Five people were arrested during the demonstrations during which protesters also lit fires in the street, the Times of Israel said.

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Gaza War Sit Rep Day 263: Is Israel Cracking?
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>>482570
The explanation of Zionist psychology is actually kinda helpful in understanding the irrational shit they're doing.
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Iraqi groups claim drone attack on ‘vital target’ in Israeli port city of Eilat

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has claimed it attacked a vital target in the Israeli city of Eilat on the Red Sea with drones, Al Jazeera Arabic reports.

As we just reported, the US military claimed it shot down three Houthi drones in the Red Sea.

We’ll bring you more details as they become available.

Three Houthi drones destroyed in Red Sea posed ‘imminent threat’: US military

The US military destroyed three Houthi drones in the Red Sea that “presented an imminent threat” to US forces and merchant ships in the region, US Central Command said in a post on X.

The Iran-backed Houthis have been carrying out attacks on vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November in protest of Israel’s war on Gaza. US and UK forces have responded by carrying out air strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.

What we know about Israel’s ground invasion of Shujayea

Israeli troops descended on Shujayea, in northern Gaza City, with tanks and drones on Thursday. Residents who remained in the neighbourhood told Al Jazeera and the AFP that they felt trapped by the Israeli strikes and intense fighting.

Israeli troops are expecting to remain in Shujayea for weeks, the Jerusalem Post has reported, with the Israeli army seeking to destroy Hamas tunnels it “missed during the first time through”, months after the Israeli army claimed to have “dismantled” Hamas in the north of the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu also mentioned Shujayea on Sunday, saying that Israeli forces are engaged in a “difficult fight” above and below ground in “Rafah, Shujayea, everywhere in the Gaza Strip”.

According to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic, The Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, have said they are waging fierce battles against Israeli soldiers and tanks in Shujayea.

Israel launches attacks on southern Lebanon after 18 Israeli soldiers injured

The Israeli military has launched a series of attacks on villages in southern Lebanon, including Kila and Albiada, Israel’s Army Radio said in a post on X.

The attacks were reportedly aimed at Hezbollah sites, after a drone attack injured 18 Israeli soldiers yesterday, army radio added.

Israeli armoured vehicle drove over bomb in Nur Shams: Army Radio

We reported earlier that the Tulkarem Brigade claimed to have attacked Israeli forces as they besieged the Nur Shams refugee camp, in Tulkarem.

Israeli Army Radio is now reporting that an Israeli armoured vehicle drove over a bomb during the raid, and that more explosives were fired at Israeli soldiers as they exchanged fire with Palestinian fighters.

A video shared by an Israeli Army Radio reporter on X shows a large plume of smoke rising from between buildings in Tulkarem.

The attack comes after the Palestinian Islamic Jihad said one of its fighters was killed in an Israeli air raid that destroyed a building in the Nur Shams camp, injuring five others.

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Revealed: the tech entrepreneur behind a pro-Israel hate network

A prime mover behind the Shirion Collective, a conspiracy-minded, pro-Israel disinformation network seeking to shape public opinion about the Gaza conflict in the US, Australia and the UK, is a tech entrepreneur named Daniel Linden living in Florida who co-wrote a guidebook for OnlyFans users, the Guardian can reveal.

Shirion has harassed pro-Palestinian activists, including many Jews, offered bounties for the identity of pro-Palestinian protesters, spread conspiracy narratives centered on figures like George Soros, and boasted of an AI-surveillance platform but offered few concrete details of how the technology functions.

The Guardian investigation used public records and open source materials to corroborate information originally provided by the White Rose Society, an Australian anti-fascist research collective.

Linden set up Shirion’s crowdfunding efforts, appears to play a central role in operating the network’s social media accounts, and coordinates the group’s efforts on a Telegram channel. Public records and online materials indicate he lives in Gainesville, Florida, but he has also had recent stints in Durango, Colorado, and Medellin, Colombia.

The Guardian emailed Linden at several addresses associated with him and his business ventures, and attempted to contact him via phone, text, a direct message on Reddit and a post tagging an X account associated with one of his ventures seeking comment on this reporting, but received no response.

Heidi Beirich, co-founder and chief strategy officer at the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, said of Linden’s Shirion campaigning that his apparent “grifting” is common among extremists, “but his ideology seems very confused”.

“Regardless,” she added, “he is spreading hateful messages.”

The revelations shed light on the nature of Shirion, which has been criticized in the US congress and attracted media attention around the world, and its role in pushing back against criticisms of Israel’s conduct in its invasion of Gaza.

read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/29/daniel-linden-shirion-collective-pro-israel-palestine-hate?CMP=share_btn_url

Al-Quds Brigades claim attack on 5 Israeli settlements near Gaza

Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s armed wing, al-Quds Brigades, has claimed an air attack on Israeli settlements near the Gaza Strip, including Kissufim, Third Eye, Nirim, Sufa and Holit.

It did not elaborate on the results of the air raid.

The announcement came after Israeli media reported that about 20 rockets were fired from the south of the besieged Palestinian enclave. The reports said there were no casualties.

The Israeli army said on X that some of the rockets were intercepted. It did not say whether others caused any damage.

“[Israeli] forces are now attacking the sources of the fire with artillery,” the army added.

Qassam Brigades says it killed Israeli troops in rocket attack in Shujayea

The armed group of Hamas says its fighters attacked soldiers holed up inside a house in the neighbourhood in the east of Gaza City.

A statement on Telegram said the building was targeted with a “TBG thermobaric rocket”, killing and wounding the soldiers. Fighters also “managed to snipe” an Israeli soldier inside a separate home in the neighbourhood.

The Israeli military, meanwhile, reported “short-range encounters” with Palestinian fighters in Shujayea, claiming the air force “eliminated dozens of terrorists” and weapons sites in strikes.

Qassam Brigades: Israeli troops killed in booby-trapped house in Rafah

The armed wing of Hamas says fighters lured Israeli troops into an explosives-rigged house used recently as a sniper’s nest in the east of Rafah city.

“Immediately after the soldiers entered the house a bomb was detonated, leaving the force members dead and wounded,” it said on Telegram.

Separately, the armed group said fighters targeted two Merkava-4 tanks with two Shawaz explosive devices in the Shujayea neighbourhood, east of northern Gaza City.

Hezbollah members attacked in southern Lebanon: Israeli army

A statement on X says a warplane carried out an air strike on Hezbollah fighters spotted entering a building in southern Lebanon.

A fighter jet struck the building with a missile in the village of Blida after the operatives from the Lebanese armed group entered. It didn’t say if there were any casualties.

Intense Israeli army raid ongoing in Nur Shams, Tulkarem
Nida Ibrahim
Reporting from Ramallah, occupied West Bank

Residents are telling us even though Israeli forces started to withdraw, their raid continues with troops returning to the main street between the Nur Shams refugee camp and Tulkarem city.

A drone strike targeted a house in Tulkarem, killing a woman in her 40s after she was hit by shrapnel. In addition to that, a 15-year-old boy died after being hit by a live round to the head.

This tells you about the intensity of the incursion happening now.

Israeli forces bomb 2 more towns in southern Lebanon

We earlier reported on Israeli forces attacking the villages of Kfar Kila and al-Bayyaada in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli army said that it also bombed buildings in the towns of Hula and Rab el-Thalathine in southern Lebanon, claiming they belonged to Hezbollah.

37,900 Palestinians killed in Israel’s war on Gaza

Gaza’s Health Ministry says 37,900 Palestinians have been killed and 87,060 wounded since Israel launched its war on the coastal enclave in October.

(anon's note: EuroMed currently estimates deaths to be around 10,000 higher)

‘It’s in the Likud charter’ – Australian PM on ‘from the river to the sea’

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told the Australian parliament “it’s just a fact” that the phrase “from the river to the sea” is used by supporters of Israel, as well as supporters of Palestine.

“It’s in the Likud charter,” Albanese said, after some members of Parliament appeared to question his statement it was also used by supporters of a single Israeli state.

Albanese added that he “unequivocally” condemned the use of the phrase “because it speaks about a single state.”

Although Labor’s National Platform (PDF) said it expects recognising Palestine to be an “important priority for the Australian Government”, under Albanese’s leadership his government has said Palestinian statehood should be achieved “as part of a peace process in support of a two-state solution”.

Earlier today Albanese said that Senator Fatima Payman had undermined his party’s position by voting in favour of recognising a Palestinian state.

Israel released al-Shifa Hospital director because prisons are full: Report

The director of al-Shifa Hospital Muhammad Abu Salmiya has been released from prison along with dozens of other Palestinians because the Israeli prisons are full, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation.

Since the beginning of the war, Israeli forces have arrested hundreds of people from the Gaza Strip, while the exact number of detainees in Israeli prisons is not known.

Netanyahu orders inquiry into al-Shifa Hospital chief’s release

The Israeli PM has ordered an immediate inquiry into the release of Palestinian prisoners from Gaza, including the director of al-Shifa Hospital Muhammad Abu Salmiya, according to his office.

The release, which prompted condemnation from various Israeli political figures, came in the wake of discussions conducted by the Supreme Court on a petition submitted against their detention in the Sade Teman camp of the Negev, Netanyahu’s office said.

It was not clear who filed the petition.

The office said, “The identity of the released prisoners is determined independently by security officials based on their professional considerations.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/1/israel-war-on-gaza-live-video-shows-israel-used-prisoners-as-human-shields
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‘Large number’ of Israeli troops wounded: Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades

The armed wing of Fatah says its fighters confronted Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank’s Nur Shams refugee camp with small arms fire and explosive devices.

“We carried out a number of precise ambushes that directly injured a large number of soldiers and vehicles until they withdrew in defeat,” Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said in a statement.

Al-Quds Brigades says it bombed army targets in Kerem Shalom

The military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad says its fighters carried out the attack on the Amitai military base, in a southern Israel settlement, with 107mm rockets. It gave no further details.

Separately, the armed group said it targeted a Merkava-4 tank with a rocket-propelled grenade and clashed with soldiers in southwestern Rafah city.

Kilometre-long tunnel destroyed in central Gaza: Israel’s army

The tunnel was located and destroyed by soldiers in the so-called Netzarim Axis – the military-built road that dissects northern and southern Gaza and controlled by the army.

A statement on X said the tunnel had branches that were used for the movement of fighters in the area.

The tunnel was blown up by troops of an elite engineering unit, it added.

The army also said troops killed dozens of gunmen and destroyed more than 100 sites used by fighters in the Netzarim Axis in the past two months.

Attempt to smuggle weapons from Jordan foiled: Israeli army

More than 75 handguns and dozens of weapon parts were seized as they were being smuggled from Jordan into the occupied West Bank overnight.

Surveillance cameras spotted three suspects crossing the border, and troops dispatched to the scene located three bags with pistols and weapon parts, according to a military statement on X.

Released doctor’s life in danger after Israeli incitement: Monitor

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor expressed fear for the life of Dr Muhammad Abu Salmiya “after a storm of violent reactions in the Israeli government regarding his release”.

The rights group said in a statement that the doctor’s life could be in “serious danger” and warned of “the possibility of re-arresting him or targeting him and killing him directly and deliberately”.

“The release of the director of the medical complex and his colleagues without charges is evidence that the pretexts for storming and destroying the hospital are flimsy arguments,” it said.

“We hold Israel fully responsible for the doctor’s life after launching a wide political and media campaign against him.”

Foreign envoys condemn largest Israeli demolition since October 7

Diplomats based in West Jerusalem and Ramallah condemned Israeli destruction of Palestinian buildings during a visit to Um al-Kheir in Hebron.

Representatives from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom noted in a joint statement that this was the largest demolition operation in the occupied West Bank since October 7.

Diplomats witnessed the aftermath of the Israeli demolition of residential structures, the community centre, and an electricity generator that supplied power to the community.

The delegation called on Israel to respect its obligations under the Fourth Geneva Convention, including the prohibition of forcible transfer and to stop demolitions and confiscation of Palestinian property.

Israeli soldier killed in Rafah as fierce fighting continues

The soldier was killed during combat operations in the city in southern Gaza, the Israeli military says.

He was identified as Sergeant Ori Itzchak Hadad, 21, from Beersheba in southern Israel, the army said on X, adding that nine other soldiers were wounded in an attack.

It happened in a tunnel when an explosive device was detonated.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/1/israel-war-on-gaza-live-video-shows-israel-used-prisoners-as-human-shields
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Lufthansa suspends night flights to and from Lebanon

Germany’s Lufthansa Group halted night flights to and from Beirut until July 31 because of the escalating security situation.

The spokesperson said the change began on June 29 and daytime flights would operate as before.

Swiss International Air Lines, a Lufthansa Group subsidiary, also said it would move its Beirut night flights to the daytime until the end of July “due to the political developments at the border between Lebanon and Israel”.

The exchange of cross-border attacks between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli forces have taken on a sharper edge in recent days with both sides threatening full-scale war.

Rocket barrage in response to ‘crimes of the Zionist enemy’

The Israeli military evacuation order of eastern Khan Younis comes after the armed group Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired a barrage of rockets into Israel.

Fighters launched about 20 rockets towards several Israeli communities near the fence with Gaza in response to “the crimes of the Zionist enemy against our Palestinian people”, it said.

The volley caused no casualties, the Israeli military said. But the attack shows Palestinian fighters still possess rocket capabilities almost nine months into Israel’s invasion.

The evacuation orders suggests Israeli forces will return to the area, which they left several weeks ago.

Israeli army claims more strikes in southern Lebanon

The Israeli army says it struck two buildings where Hezbollah operatives had gathered in southern Lebanon’s Aitaroun and Ayta Ash Shab.

The military did not specify whether there had been any casualties. It claimed striking several Hezbollah facilities today, including in the village of Blida, Kfar Kila and al-Bayyaada in southern Lebanon.

Anti-war protest outside Wimbledon against Barclays

Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside Wimbledon with a giant tennis ball and strawberries “tainted with Palestinian blood” to demonstrate against sponsorship of the tennis event by Barclays.

The protest, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, saw about 100 demonstrators stand outside the main entrance to the southwest London tennis club on the first day of the Grand Slam competition.

Protesters set up a giant tennis ball with the words “Barclays sponsors Wimbledon and genocide” written on it, along with plates of strawberries covered in red sauce.

Queuing fans looked on as protesters chanted “stop bombing schools, and stop bombing hospitals”.

Lewis Backon, 28, a spokesman for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said Barclays finances companies supplying weapons to Israel in “its genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza”.

US lawmaker announces anti-Gaza encampment bill

US Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, believed to be on a shortlist of Donald Trump’s potential choices for vice president, says in a statement that she introduced the “No Tax Dollars for College Encampments Act”, which would tie federal accreditation of US universities to the existence of policies aimed at stopping “encampments, campus building takeovers, and other civil disturbances on campuses”.

Her statement says that this bill follows “anti-Israel encampments rising up on university grounds across the country”, referring to the worldwide spread of campus protests against the war in Gaza and against universities having financial ties to Israel that kicked off this spring.

“This legislation would prevent the disgraceful mob riots we saw overtake campuses across the country including Columbia University and make sure school leaders are enforcing policies against hostile campus takeovers,” Stefanik’s statement quotes her as saying.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/1/israel-war-on-gaza-live-video-shows-israel-used-prisoners-as-human-shields
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 No.482584

>>482581
>US lawmaker announces anti-Gaza encampment bill

>US Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, believed to be on a shortlist of Donald Trump’s potential choices for vice president, says in a statement that she introduced the “No Tax Dollars for College Encampments Act”, which would tie federal accreditation of US universities to the existence of policies aimed at stopping “encampments, campus building takeovers, and other civil disturbances on campuses”.


>Her statement says that this bill follows “anti-Israel encampments rising up on university grounds across the country”, referring to the worldwide spread of campus protests against the war in Gaza and against universities having financial ties to Israel that kicked off this spring.


>“This legislation would prevent the disgraceful mob riots we saw overtake campuses across the country including Columbia University and make sure school leaders are enforcing policies against hostile campus takeovers,” Stefanik’s statement quotes her as saying.


This will be probably be considered a violation of democratic rights to assembly or perhaps even treason.

The Zionists will attempt to invade Lebanon, Hezbollah will destroy enough air-strips to deny Israel Air-supremacy and IDF ground forces lacking adequate air-support will suffer a devastating defeat. The Zionist regime will unravel and that will interrupt the money-pump of the Zionist lobby. Their smash-mouth politics will cease without the bribes. All those people who were mysteriously unable to notice that this looks like Israel interfering in US domestic politics, will all of a sudden overcome this peculiar awareness impairment.
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 No.482591

>>482584
>All those people who were mysteriously unable to notice that this looks like Israel interfering in US domestic politics, will all of a sudden overcome this peculiar awareness impairment.
Rather optimistic to be honest.
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 No.482592

>>482591
>Rather optimistic to be honest.
Really ?

Zionism holds little ideological appeal anymore.

When you play the member the holocaust card people role their eyes and say, yeah we member, please stop repeating it.
You also have to genocide-splain mass murdering children and blowing up hospitals.
You can't even put somebody on the defensive by falsely accusing them of anti-semitism anymore, the Zionists have abused it so much that's now completely worn out. People just shrug and point out that they have justice on their side when they criticize Israel.

At this point the only people who still like Zionism for ideological reasons are Jew-haters who support Zionism because they think it means they get to deport all the Jews to the middle east, and a few religious nuts who think it's all part of a prophesy.

So if the Zionist regime conks out when the Lebanon-war backfires and the bribe money gets interrupted, political Zionism evaporates.
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 No.482596

Houthis claim four attacks on UK, US, Israeli ships

The Yemeni group says it carried out four “military operations” that targeted ships belonging to “the evil trio” of the US, UK and Israel.

The attacks were listed by the Houthis as follows:

The Israeli ship MSC Unific in the Arabian Sea
The US oil ship Delonix in the Red Sea
The UK ship Anvil Point in the Indian Ocean
And the ship Lucky Sailor in the Mediterranean Sea “due to the company that owns it violating the decision to ban entry to the ports of occupied Palestine”.
Attacks from the group have targeted commercial and military ships in the waters surrounding Yemen since the early days of Israel’s war on Gaza, prompting the creation of an international naval coalition aimed at stopping them and many rounds of air strikes on Yemeni territory from the US and UK.

The Houthis say their attacks will stop when Israel ceases its military campaign against Gaza.

Israeli army says soldier killed in occupied West Bank

The army announced in a statement that one of its soldiers was killed during an operation in the Nur Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem.

The army identified the dead soldier as a sergeant first class, and said that he was killed after a vehicle drove over an explosive device, which also injured another soldier.

Thousands gather in Tel Aviv for peace conference

Israeli media and social media users are reporting that thousands of Palestinians and Israelis have gathered for the conference, titled “The Time Has Come”.

They are demanding an end to the war, the return of Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip and a deal to secure future peace between Israel and the Palestinian people.

https://twitter.com/AlonLeeGreen/status/1807810930723446835

Israeli settlers pollute stream to deprive Palestinian residents of potable water: NGO

Israeli settlers have dumped waste into the al-Auja spring, north of the Wast Bank city of Jericho, to deprive Palestinians of potable water, the al-Baidar organisation for defending the rights of the Bedouins told the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Hassan Mlihat, the organisations’ general supervisor, said the surrounding Bedouin communities used to fill their tanks at the stream for personal consumption and to feed their cattle.

He added that the dumping of toxic waste posed a threat to the health of residents in the short and long term, as well as an imminent environmental danger, in violation of international law.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/1/israel-war-on-gaza-live-video-shows-israel-used-prisoners-as-human-shields
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 No.482597

Malaysia PM say country ready to join Indonesia in UN peacekeeping force for Palestine: Report

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has conveyed Malaysia’s willingness to cooperate with Indonesia in deploying UN peacekeepers to Palestine, should the UN mandate such an operation, Malaysia’s Bernama national news agency reports.

The topic of Malaysian and Indonesian participation in a UN peacekeeping force for Palestine was a key point of discussion during a telephone call between Anwar and Indonesia’s president-elect and Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto on Monday, Bernama reports.

Anwar also spoke of the potential for the Palestine peacekeeping collaboration “to be extended to the ASEAN region”, the news agency said.

A timeline of Israeli evacuation orders and displacement in Khan Younis

Here’s a look at some of the key moments in Israel’s months-long assault on Khan Younis:

December 5, 2023

Israel expects its “military operation” in Khan Younis to last up to four weeks, a senior Israeli defence official tells US news outlet Axios.

Israeli forces surround Khan Younis, with many of the thousands of Palestinians who are forced to flee the city seeking refuge in neighbouring Rafah.

February 14, 2024

Israel orders the evacuation of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis while Israeli snipers fire on anyone moving on the grounds of the facility and nearby.

April 8, 2024

Israeli troops withdraw from Khan Younis in preparation for a ground invasion of neighbouring Rafah, with Palestinian residents returning to find the city in ruins.

May 6, 2024

Tent camps for the displaced in Khan Younis swell after Israel orders 1.4 million Palestinians seeking shelter in neighbouring Rafah to evacuate.

June 23, 2024

Israeli tanks approach the al-Mawasi “safe zone” between Rafah and Khan Younis days after an Israeli strike killed 25 people there, forcing thousands more Palestinians to flee to Khan Younis.

July 1, 2024

Israel issues an evacuation order for eastern Khan Younis, telling residents to flee to an unspecified “humanitarian zone”, which appears to not exist in the Gaza Strip as no area is considered safe from attack by the Israeli military.

Israeli settlers attack Palestinian villagers with tear gas, sticks as soldiers look on: Report

Israeli settlers raided the small Palestinian village of Umm Al-Khair in the south of the occupied West Bank on Monday, leaving six people in hospital, while Israeli security forces stood nearby without intervening, the Associated Press (AP) news agency reports.

It was the latest settler attack on the Bedouin village, which has seen two earlier attacks and a major demolition of homes by Israeli authorities in the last week, the AP reports.

Residents of the village said settlers from a nearby outpost – known as Roots Farm – fired tear gas canisters at residents and used sticks to attack a man. The leader of the Israeli outpost, Shimon Atiya, also fired two live rounds of ammunition in the area, residents said.

“There were so many women on the ground, lying on the earth, struggling to breathe,” local rights activist Basel Adra told the AP.

Videos posted to social media by residents showed a group of about 40 Israeli border police and soldiers looking on as settlers attacked the village.

As ambulances tried to evacuate the wounded, Adra said soldiers stopped the vehicles, allowing settlers to peer inside. Soldiers also briefly detained one Palestinian man who was in an ambulance before releasing him the same day.

Last week, Israeli military bulldozers demolished several homes in the village, leaving nearly a quarter of the 200-person village – including 31 children and a prominent Palestinian artist – without a home.

Father of Palestinian girl Hind Rajab also killed in Gaza: Report

The father of six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab – whose killing in an Israeli tank attack in January garnered global attention – has also been reported killed in Gaza.

US journalist Jeremy Scahill said in a post on X that he had learned of the death from Palestinian journalist and documentary maker Ashraf Mashharawi, who recently spoke with Hind’s mother. Hind’s mother found out her husband had been killed by text message after the family was separated under Israel’s ongoing Gaza siege, Scahill said.

The Israeli tank attack that killed Hind also killed her three cousins, her aunt and uncle. Two Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics sent to rescue Hind were also killed, Scahill said.

Costs of Houthi Red Sea attacks becoming ‘deeply engrained’, says Maersk

The coming months are set to be challenging for businesses and shipping companies due to ongoing Houthi attacks on shipping lanes in the Red Sea, according to Danish shipping company Maersk MAERSKb.CO.

“The longer that this lasts, the more our costs will get deeply ingrained,” Maersk said in a statement, citing comments made by CEO Vincent Clerc. “We don’t know yet exactly how much of these costs we will recover and for how long. The higher rates we are seeing right now are of a temporary nature.”

Maersk and other shipping companies have chosen to divert vessels around southern Africa since December to avoid Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, causing significantly longer shipping times and rising costs.

Israel’s far-right officials wants settlement in Gaza, and Lebanon too: Advocacy group

Breaking the Silence, an Israeli organisation of military veterans working to raise awareness of Israel’s abuses in the occupied Palestinian territory, said “victory” in Gaza for Israel’s far-right government involves the expansion of settlement into the war-torn territory.

Posting a series of quotes from Israeli government officials and minister regarding future settlements in Gaza, Breaking the Silence said that “settling in Gaza isn’t enough” for the far-right, “they want Lebanon as well”.

“The Israeli settler movement has always disregarded human rights and lives, especially when it comes to Palestinians,” the advocacy group said.

“Sacrificing lives, even Israeli hostages, has, to them, always been an acceptable price to pay to further their ultimate agenda: More land with less Palestinians,” it added.

Victims of rights violations in Palestine and Israel owed ‘reparation’: HRW

Victims of gross human rights violations in Palestine and Israel have a right to compensation, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said, as under international law, governments who are guilty of abuses are responsible for “effective remedies”, including paying compensation alongside ensuring truth and justice.

UN rapporteur praises Spain for joining ICJ genocide case against Israel

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, has welcomed Spain’s decision to join South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Israel of carrying out genocide in Gaza.

Albanese said she hoped the move by Spain was the beginning of more Western countries “taking similar actions” to “stand on the right side of history”.

“Words of condemnation are meaningless without action. In fact, decades of mere words have allowed Israel to escalate its lawlessness towards the Palestinians into #genocide,” she wrote on social media.

Israeli authorities to investigate protest leader over calls for ‘wiping out’ memory of Netanyahu

Israeli police have said they will investigate comments made by a prominent antigovernment protest leader who said there was a need to “wipe out the memory” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Times of Israel reports, citing Hebrew media.

Ami Dror made the comments, which are a play on an ancient Jewish command, several days ago during a protest outside Netanyahu’s residence in the town of Caesarea.

Dror also called Netanyahu “Satan” during the speech.

Right-wing politician Shai Rosengarten is said to have filed a complaint about the comments.

Israel appoints new judge to ICJ who slammed court as ‘intellectually dishonest’

Israel has chosen to appoint a law professor – who has publicly accused the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of bias – as its new appointee, as an ad hoc judge, to the ICJ for South Africa’s genocide case at the UN court.

Ron Shapira, who is the rector of the Peres Academic Center in Israel’s Rehovot city and a law lecturer at Bar-Ilan University and Tel Aviv University, said in January that the ICJ court “falsely poses as neutral”.

“The consensus in Israel is that this entity embodies and takes to the extreme all the flaws of legal discourse in existence: intellectual dishonesty, manipulative use of ambiguous definitions, overly cumbersome tools for fact-checking and lie-debunking, and concealment of ulterior motives of the judges themselves via wording that falsely poses as neutral,” he wrote.

Shapira is set to replace Aharon Barak, a more experienced former Israeli chief justice who stepped down as a member of the UN court’s 15-judge panel last month, citing “personal family reasons”.

Families of October 7 attack victims file lawsuit in US against Iran, Syria, North Korea: Report

Relatives of victims of the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7 have filed a case in a US court against Iran, Syria and North Korea, claiming their support for the Palestinian armed group facilitated the attack that harmed their loved ones.

Hours after ordering European Hospital evacuation, Israeli army claims it didn’t

The Israeli army has shared a post on X giving further details of an evacuation order for the east of Khan Younis city issued by the military’s Arabic language spokesperson 13 hours earlier.

In the new post, the Israeli army claims the evacuation order does not apply to the European Hospital in Khan Younis.

However, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported more than seven hours ago that patients were being transferred to nearby hospitals from the European Hospital after Israel ordered the evacuation of the east of the city, in what many sees as preparation for a ground assault on the area.

Jeremy Hickey, an anaesthesiologist with Fajr Scientific who was working at the European Hospital, told Al Jazeera that staff were notified the hospital needed to evacuate.

Videos verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit Sanad showed entire departments in the hospital were being emptied, including areas housing patients and tents for the displaced.

Israel’s military has attacked and destroyed hospitals across Gaza amid its months of bombardment of the Palestinian territory.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/2/israel-war-on-gaza-live-residents-flee-khan-younis-amid-artillery-attacks
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Al-Quds Brigades says it attacked Israeli forces in Gaza

The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group has said on Telegram that its fighters struck Israeli soldiers and vehicles with a barrage of mortar shells in the Shujayea neighbourhood in the east of Gaza City.

In a separate statement, the group said it attacked the Israeli “command and control headquarters” in the Abu Oreiban area in the so-called Netzarim Corridor with heavy-calibre mortar shells.

The corridor, named after the Netzarim Jewish settlement in Gaza that was dismantled in 2005, was built by the Israeli army to separate northern Gaza from its southern part earlier in the war.

Al-Quds Brigades says it killed Israeli troops in Shujayea

The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group says its fighters targeted Israeli troops holed up inside a building in the neighbourhood in the east of Gaza City.

A statement on Telegram said a TBG (thermobaric) rocket was used in the attack, killing and wounding soldiers. There was no immediate comment by the Israeli army.

Israel has been carrying out a large operation in Shujayea with fierce clashes reported.

Qassam Brigades claims it killed Israeli troops in Shujayea

The armed wing of Hamas says its fighters have clashed with Israeli forces in the Shujayea neighbourhood in the east of Gaza City.

A statement on Telegram claimed that a number of Israeli troops were killed and wounded in the clashes.

The group also said it targeted two Israeli Merkava 4 tanks with al-Yassin 105 rockets in Rafah city before an evacuation helicopter landed in the area.

There was no immediate comment by the Israeli military.

Iran ‘not interested’ in regional war, US must restrain Israel: Khamenei’s aide

Kamal Kharrazi, an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has told the Financial Times newspaper that Iran will support the Lebanese Hezbollah movement with “all means” if Israel launches an all-out offensive against the group.

But Kharrazi added that his country was “not interested” in a regional war and urged the US to put pressure on Israel to prevent further escalation.

“There would be a chance of expansion of the war to the whole region, in which all countries including Iran would become engaged,” he told the newspaper. “In that situation, we would have no choice, but to support Hezbollah by all means.”

Hezbollah and Israel have traded almost daily cross-border attacks since the latter started its offensive on Gaza.

Civilian killed in Israeli strike on south Lebanon: Officials, state media

An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon has killed at least one civilian, according to Lebanese officials and state media.

“The strike that targeted Bustan killed a civilian,” Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said after earlier reporting Israeli warplanes had struck the village.

Bustan Mayor Adnan Ahmed told AFP the strike killed Muhieddin Abu Dallah, a farmer in his 50s, and damaged his house and farm machinery.

In a post on X, Agriculture Minister Abbas Al Hajj Hassan described Abu Dallah as “a Lebanese farmer who resisted the occupation by remaining steadfast on his land and sacrificed his life”.

Rockets launched towards Israel’s Kiryat Shmona

More developments from northern Israel, where Israeli Army Radio has reported that about 15 rockets were fired at Kiryat Shmona and its surroundings. Some of the rockets were intercepted, the report said.

Kiryat Shmona lies just across the border from Lebanon, and has been repeatedly attacked by Hezbollah rocket fire. We earlier reported that Hezbollah had claimed an attack on Israeli army barracks in Kiryat Shmona.

Hezbollah says it strikes Israeli army site

The Lebanese group says on Telegram that it has “achieved a direct hit” on a location it called the ‘Jal al-Allam’ military site on the Israeli-Lebanese border, striking it with mortar shells. It also said it has struck the Kiryat Shmona barracks.

Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily fire since Israel launched its war on Gaza in the wake of the deadly Hamas attacks in southern Israel on October 7.

US official who quit over Gaza warns against Israel-Hezbollah war: Report

Harrison Mann, a former US military intelligence commander who left the army over the US support for Israel, has said that a war between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israel would be a disaster.

Israeli army ‘determined’ to continue Gaza war, dismisses NYT report

The Israeli forces say in a statement on X that they “will continue to fight Hamas everywhere in the Gaza Strip” and prepare for a war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group in the north.

The army said the Gaza war would continue until all Israeli captives are free, and the residents of northern and southern Israel can return safely to their homes.

The announcement comes hours after a New York Times report, quoting security sources, claimed the army leadership wants a Gaza truce even if it keeps the Palestinian group in power for the time being.

The report also said senior military officers believe that a ceasefire is the “swiftest way” to free the remaining Israeli captives in Gaza.

“At least some tanks in Gaza are not loaded with the full capacity of the shells that they usually carry, as the military tries to conserve its stocks in case a bigger war with Hezbollah does break out, according to two officers,” the report said, with sources adding the army needs to restock ahead of a potential war with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/2/israel-war-on-gaza-live-residents-flee-khan-younis-amid-artillery-attacks
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 No.482600

>>482598
>Kamal Kharrazi, an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has told the Financial Times newspaper that Iran will support the Lebanese Hezbollah movement with “all means” if Israel launches an all-out offensive against the group.
>But Kharrazi added that his country was “not interested” in a regional war and urged the US to put pressure on Israel to prevent further escalation.
>“There would be a chance of expansion of the war to the whole region, in which all countries including Iran would become engaged,” he told the newspaper. “In that situation, we would have no choice, but to support Hezbollah by all means.”
It might go further, the Russians might end up installing nuclear missiles in Iran because the Zionist threaten nuclear escalation.

From a rational perspective the US should take Zionstan on a shorter leach, but all those MIC profits…
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 No.482607

>>482596
>Thousands gather in Tel Aviv for peace conference
>Israeli media and social media users are reporting that thousands of Palestinians and Israelis have gathered for the conference, titled “The Time Has Come”.
>They are demanding an end to the war, the return of Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip and a deal to secure future peace between Israel and the Palestinian people.

Do these people have a chance at gaining enough political influence to steer the situation towards peace before the escalation spiral with Lebanon reaches a crescendo ?
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 No.482608

US official resigns, says Biden administration funding and enabling ‘Israel’s genocide of Palestinians’

Maryam Hassanein, a former Special Assistant at the US Department of Interior, said in her resignation statement that she could not continue to work for an administration that ignores its staff on the issue.

“After months of Israel’s brutal violence, including the murders of over 37,000 Palestinians and the intentional starvation of millions of Palestinians, the only way I know how to make my voice heard and meaningfully represent my community is to leave,” Hassanein, who identifies herself as a Muslim American, said.

“Arab and Muslim communities in the US have watched in horror as the Israeli military has struck mosques, churches, hospitals, playgrounds, and schools, destroying entire cities in Gaza while killing thousands of people in Gaza of all religions and ethnicities with US-supplied munitions,” Hassanein added. “Instead of using US leverage to stop the killing, President Biden has continued funding this violence, while fueling hate crimes against Palestinian Americans by repeating anti-Arab tropes and outright lies.”

Yemen’s Houthis claim attack on Israeli target in Haifa

The Yemeni rebel group, which controls much of northern and western Yemen, says a missile attack had been conducted in cooperation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.

The target wasn’t specified although a Houthi spokesperson said the attack on a “vital target” in Haifa was successful.

The Houthis have announced a number of joint operations targeting Israel with the Iraqi group in recent weeks.

US says it does not want Hamas in Gaza after conflict ends

State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel says the US does not want to see Hamas being the “governing authority” in Gaza.

“We have been pretty clear also that we do not want to see Hamas in charge of Gaza any more,” Patel said, speaking to reporters.

This is something that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken “laid out last fall when talking about certain principles that the United States views as nonstarters when we’re talking about the day after this conflict ends”, Patel said.

More on Erdogan’s comments

We have a full quote now from the Turkish president’s comments on Israel earlier.

“No state in our region, including Turkey, can feel safe as long as Israeli aggression under Netanyahu’s administration is not stopped,” Erdogan said after a cabinet meeting today in Ankara.

He went on to comment on Turkey’s foreign policy, saying, “We will not hesitate to meet with whoever is necessary.”

WHO official says current aid efforts ‘insufficient and unsustainable’

Hanan Balkhy, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) regional director for the eastern Mediterranean, has raised an alarm about the lack of aid entering the Gaza Strip, saying the operating environment for aid groups is becoming “increasingly volatile”.

“The safety and security of our teams, and the dignity and rights of Gazans must be restored and protected at all costs,” Balkhy said in a social media post.

In a separate post, Balkhy said current efforts are “insufficient and unsustainable”.

Gaza pier remains in Ashdod port, Pentagon says

The Pentagon says a US-built pier installed to transfer aid to Gaza has not been reanchored yet.

Meta oversight board says company to lift ban on use of the word ‘shaheed’

The oversight board of Meta, the social media giant which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, says that the use of the word “shaheed” – “martyr” in Arabic – should be allowed in “all instances unless content otherwise violates our policies or is shared with one or more of three signals of violence”.

“Meta announced it will implement our key recommendations, effectively ending the blanket ban on use of ‘shaheed’ to refer to designated dangerous organisations and individuals. This policy change aims for a more nuanced moderation of the term,” the board said in a statement.

The move comes after Meta agreed to lift a ban on the use of the term, and after rights groups accused the company of systematically censoring pro-Palestine voices, particularly during Israel’s continuing assault on Gaza.

It also comes after an independent probe launched by the group in 2021 found the company’s content moderation policies “appear to have had an adverse human rights impact on the rights of Palestinian users”, and were adversely affecting “the ability of Palestinians to share information and insights about their experiences as they occurred”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/2/israel-war-on-gaza-live-residents-flee-khan-younis-amid-artillery-attacks
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 No.482617

https://x.com/VFPNational/status/1808226885328896372
Thrown out of Biden's rally in Raleigh for wearing a 'Jews Say Ceasefire Now' shirt, Roger Ehrlich, son of a holocaust survivor and member of Veterans For Peace.
No disruption or yelling, simply an idea on a shirt that challenges the genocidal monsters at the podium.
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 No.482618

https://x.com/AliAbunimah/status/1808188108225102277
🔻Brave heroes of the Palestinian defense forces' Qassam Brigades run up to a tank of the Western-backed genocidal Zionist enemy and plant explosives directly on it, destroying it. While depraved cowardly Zionists starve & slaughter babies, Palestinian warriors fight like lions🦁
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 No.482619

Israeli prosecutor seeking criminal investigation of Ben-Gvir: report

Israel’s State Prosecutor Amit Aisman is reportedly seeking to open a criminal investigation into National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over his alleged incitement of violence against Palestinians in Gaza, the Times of Israel is reporting.

The investigation is reportedly in part to show the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Israeli courts are taking action over alleged crimes, since the world court is required to step in only where national justice systems have not.

As National Security Minister, Ben-Gvir has overseen a deterioration of conditions for thousands of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, with widespread allegations of torture and degrading treatment, and a complete ban on outside visits, including from family and the International Committee of Red Cross.

Before becoming one of the most powerful people in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, Ben-Gvir had already been convicted of multiple charges by Israeli courts, including: incitement to racism, supporting a “terror” organisation – the Kach group, possessing a “terror” organisation’s propaganda material and destroying property.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/3/israel-war-on-gaza-live-twelve-killed-in-israeli-air-raid-on-safe-zone

Between this and the ICC accepting the hearing of a UK legal challenge as to whether it has jurisdiction over cases involving a actions of a non-member state (weird that nobody questioned its jurisdiction wrt Russia!), what are the bets that the ICC actually manages to go through with the warrants?
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 No.482623

BreakThrough News - Aaron Bushnell Was the Tip of the Iceberg. Now US Troops are Quitting the Military Over Gaza

China tells UNSC: Gaza an ‘open-air prison’, US floating pier no alternative to roads

More than 2 million people are “living in an open-air prison” in Gaza with “water, electricity, food, medication, and fuel” supplies cut off, China’s Ambassador Fu Cong has told the UN Security Council.

Gaza “has been under blockade for nine months” while the “most important Rafah crossing has been forced to close for two months because of Israeli military operations”, Fu said.

The Chinese ambassador pointedly criticised a temporary pier built as an alternative route for humanitarian deliveries, referring indirectly to the US, whose military built the pier, as “some country”, in an English translation provided by China’s UN mission.

“The huge investment in the floating dock by some country and the many twists and turns in its use once again show that land transport routes are the key to the expansion of humanitarian access at scale and their role is irreplaceable,” he said.

More from Biden administration staff who resigned over Gaza war

An open letter penned by 12 officials to publicly resign from the Biden administration over the war on Gaza has accused the US government of “complicity in the killings” of Palestinians.

“America’s diplomatic cover for, and continuous flow of arms to, Israel has ensured our undeniable complicity in the killings and forced starvation of a besieged Palestinian population in Gaza,” the former officials said in their joint letter.

Earlier, we reported that Tariq Habash, a former Department of Education staffer and the first Biden administration political appointee to publicly resign over the war, had posted the statement, accusing the US of “catastrophic failure in Gaza”.

The former staffers also urged the US to use its “necessary and available leverage” to bring the war to an end, ensure the release of Israeli captives in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners in Israel, and fund an “immediate expansion of humanitarian assistance”.

Israel’s military to enlist employed, strictly-Orthodox men first: Report

The Israeli military has begun gathering income tax data from young, strictly Orthodox Jewish men to see who is employed and enlist them first, Israel’s Kan public broadcaster reports.

The move comes following a major High Court ruling last month ordering the Israeli military to start conscripting 3,000 members of the Haredi community.

Under longstanding arrangements, men from the community had been exempt from the draft for religious reasons.

The move is popular among Israel’s general public, who believe the religious community should share the load during Israel’s war on Gaza, but highly unpopular among Haredis, who have staged major protests in recent weeks.

Israeli settlers invade Palestinian village again as security forces look on

Israeli settlers descended on the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khair in the south of the occupied West Bank for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, as Israeli police and military again looked on, the Associated Press new agency reports.

On Monday, settlers armed with tear gas and sticks attacked the Palestinian village injuring six residents, including four women and a five-year-old girl. Police and soldiers were also present during the attack but did nothing, AP reported.

Eid Suleman, a well-known Palestinian artist who lives in the village and had his home demolished last week by Israeli authorities, said Israeli soldiers were present and simply watched as a group of settlers set up a tent in the village.

The settlers spent about two hours in the tent, playing loud music and letting their sheep graze on the Palestinian village land. Later, a group of 40 settlers arrived to stand and pray in the middle of the Palestinian village, said Awdah Hathaleen, a 29-year-old teacher and lifelong resident of the village, which was founded in 1948.

Last week, Israeli bulldozers demolished several houses in the village, leaving a quarter of its 200 people homeless, including 31 children.

https://twitter.com/CJNVtweets/status/1808171721825951946

Israel plans 6,000 new settler homes in occupied West Bank, monitor says

Israeli advocacy group Peace Now says authorities in Israel are scheduled to approve or advance the construction of more than 6,000 new housing units in dozens of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Two days of talks on the huge expansion plan are scheduled for today and Thursday by Israel’s Higher Planning Committee, the defence body responsible for settlement planning, after which approval is expected, Peace Now said.

“It is clear that the primary goal of the current government, from its decisions to its actions, is the dismantling of any possibility for a political solution between Israelis and Palestinians,” the advocacy group said.

“Since the start of the war, the Israeli government has focused all its efforts on building, developing, and investing in construction across the West Bank,” it said.

“Ongoing settlement construction, along with the decision to establish new settlements deep in the West Bank and the transfer of planning powers from the army to [far-right Finance Minister Bezalel] Smotrich’s officials, will lead to disaster for Israel and the region,” the group added.

“This is a government without any public support, and it must be ousted in order to save us from total destruction and perpetual war.”

Biden administration resignees issue statement over US policy failures on Gaza war

All 12 public resignees from the Biden administration have issued a joint statement criticising the US government for its policy failures in responding to Israel’s war on Gaza.

“Whether in civil service, foreign service, armed forces, or as political appointees, each of us has sworn an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” the statement reads.

“And as our nation celebrates its Independence Day, each of us are reminded that we resigned from government not to terminate that oath but to continue to abide by it; not to end our commitment to service but to extend it”.

The statement was posted by Tariq Habash, a former Department of Education staffer and the first Biden administration political appointee to publicly resign in January over US policy failures related to Israel’s war on Gaza.

The most recent resignation came on Tuesday from US Department of Interior official Maryam Hassanein, who criticised the Biden administration for funding and enabling “Israel’s genocide of Palestinians”.

US calls again on Israel to investigate use of Palestinians as ‘human shields’

US State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel has described reports and videos of Israel using Palestinians as human shields as “disturbing” and “a clear violation” of Israel’s “orders and procedures”.

“We call again Israel to swiftly investigate and ensure accountability for any abuses and violations,” Patel added, in response to a question from a reporter about recently reported videos showing Israeli forces using Palestinians as human shields in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

Only two or three people know Hamas leader’s whereabouts: Report

There are only two or three people who know the whereabouts of Yahya Sinwar, the London-based newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reports, citing Hamas sources.

“A very small circle of no more than two or three people at most knows his whereabouts and secures his various needs, as well as ensuring his communication with the movement’s leaders inside and outside,” the anonymous source said.

The source continued that while Israel has tried to assassinate “many of the first and second-tier leaders” of Hamas, “Sinwar is not among” those who have been killed.

The sources did not specify whether Sinwar was hiding above ground or in tunnels in Gaza. They added that they did not believe he would consider a deal that would see him exiled from the Palestinian enclave.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/3/israel-war-on-gaza-live-twelve-killed-in-israeli-air-raid-on-safe-zone
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 No.482633

Killing of commander significant blow for Hezbollah
Assed Baig
Reporting from Marjayoun, Lebanon

The killing of prominent Commander Muhammad Nimah Nasser is a significant blow to Hezbollah and it shows that Israel is in a position to penetrate into Lebanese airspace and carry out these drone attacks.

The commander was the head of the Aziz Unit, which controls one of three districts in southern Lebanon. The killing comes less than a month since Israel assassinated another senior Hezbollah commander, Abu Taleb, in an air raid.

Over the last hour or so, Hezbollah has been responding. We have heard a number of projectiles being launched from here in southern Lebanon and there is still smoke coming from the Golan Heights.

Israel has responded with attacks on the town of Khiam just moments ago, so the tit-for-tat is continuing.

(anon's note: this might be it, or it might have been a different attack in Tyre today: https://twitter.com/fouadkhreiss/status/1808453899809849816)

Hezbollah says it fired ‘100 Katyusha rockets’ in response to commander’s killing

The Lebanese group Hezbollah has said in a statement that it fired “100 Katyusha rockets” at two Israeli positions in the Golan Heights after an Israeli attack in south Lebanon killed one of its senior commanders.

Hezbollah fighters targeted the headquarters of the Golan Division in the Nafah barracks and the air and missile defence headquarters in the Keila barracks “as part of the response to the attack and assassination that the enemy carried out” in the southern coastal city of Tyre.

The group said this was the sixth attack launched against Israeli positions following the killing of Muhammad Nimah Nasser, also known as “Hajj Abu Nimah”, and his bodyguard.

Fires break out in northern Israel as rockets from Lebanon fall

Al Jazeera’s correspondent confirmed that a large barrage of rockets was launched from southern Lebanon towards the Galilee in Israel.

They said that air raid sirens sounded in Kfar Giladi, Beit Hillel, Kiryat Shmona and several areas adjacent to the border with Lebanon.

Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 reported that air defences intercepted several missiles in Margaliot and Kiryat Shmona, and social media users in Israel posted video that shows fires that broke out as a result of the fall of rockets.

Hezbollah claims attack on Israeli army ‘spy equipment’

The Lebanese group says in a statement that it has targeted the army’s “al-Malikiyah” site and achieved direct hits.

Separately, Israeli media have reported air raid sirens sounding in northern Israel, indicating the possible presence of rocket fire from Lebanon.

Lebanon calls for ending Israeli ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called for ending Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.

“We are concerned with the ongoing genocide against the Palestinians, namely in Gaza, based on our Arab identity and national and humanitarian considerations,” Mikati said at an event in the capital, Beirut.

The Lebanese premier said the key to peace is resolving the Palestinian cause.

“The essence of peace is that the Palestinian people live on its land under a free and independent state,” he said. “It is in Palestine that the history of this region begins.”

Israeli settlers throw Molotov cocktails at security, civil administration at illegal outpost

We have been reporting on developments from the illegal Oz Zion outpost near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank where Israeli settlers are trying to stop security forces from clearing it.

Israeli Army Radio now reports that settlers are throwing Molotov cocktails at the security forces and the civil administration officials.

It also said on X that they are throwing stones at cars near an intersection near the illegal outpost.

Israeli settlers perform Talmudic rituals in Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyard

Dozens of Israeli settlers have performed Talmudic rituals in the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police.

According to Wafa news agency, Israeli police also imposed entry restrictions for Palestinian worshippers and intensified restrictions at the gates of the Old City, turning the area into a military zone.

According to an agreement in place since 1967, non-Muslims are allowed to the site during visiting hours, but they are barred from praying there.

Traditional Jewish religious law also restricts Jews from entering the holy site.

Israeli army says one person killed in stabbing attack in mall

We’ve been reporting on a stabbing attack at a mall in the northern Israeli city of Karmiel.

The Israeli army said one soldier, identified as Alexander Yakiminski, died after being stabbed in the attack. It added that another soldier sustained injuries.

Authorities earlier said those who were stabbed were taken to hospital and were in serious condition.

Family of Palestinian accused attacker taken in for questioning
Hamda Salhout
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Family members of Joud Rabia, who was accused of conducting an attack at a shopping centre in northern Israel and has been pronounced dead, have been taken by Israeli authorities in for questioning.

This is a common tactic of collective punishment used by the Israeli military against Palestinians. We don’t know if they have been released.

Israel’s Ynet news site named the accused attacker as Joud Rabia from Nahaf, an Israeli town where many Palestinian citizens of Israel live.

Israeli land grab in West Bank making possibility of Palestinian state ‘almost impossible’

We earlier reported that Israel approved the largest land grab in three decades in the occupied West Bank, including the seizure of 12.7 square kilometres (4.9 square miles) of land.

Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim, reporting from Ramallah, said Israeli authorities have announced that they are going to be “confiscating 1,300 hectares” in Aqraba village in the north of West Bank.

“These lands are owned by Palestinians and they’re located in Area C,” she said.

“When you look at the Palestinians who cannot build, you also look at the Israelis, who are not just allowed to build in Area C, but allowed to expand at the expense of the indigenous people living there,” Ibrahim said.

She added government meetings taking place across the next two days are aiming to “regulate and allow the building and push for more units to be built in illegal Israeli settlements in … the occupied West Bank”.

If approved, that would bring the total number of new units built this year to 9,000, she said.

The expansion of illegal settlements is making the “potential and the possibility” of creating a Palestinian state “almost impossible”.

Israel, UN negotiating deployment of Starlink system in Gaza: Report

Israel and the UN are discussing the deployment in Gaza of the Starlink system, operated by Elon Musk’s Space X, to improve security so the UN could fully resume food distribution in the Strip, three Israeli officials and one UN official have told the US news site Axios.

According to the report, the UN asked to deploy the communications system at its headquarters in Gaza. But Israel is concerned that the system, which provides internet service through a network of satellites, might be appropriated by Hamas, which could use it to coordinate attacks without being detected.

Israel asked the UN about the possibility of remotely disabling the system, the report added.

Israeli captives attempted suicide, al-Quds Brigades says

Abu Hamza, spokesperson for the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, says a number of Israeli captives have attempted suicide.

He said in a statement this is due to frustration over the Israeli government’s neglect of their situation, and due to treatment by units in the brigades who are “depriving them of some of the privileges that were provided to them prior to the heinous Nuseirat crime committed by the criminal Nazi enemy army [Israel]”.

Last month Israeli forces killed more than 270 Palestinians in Nuseirat refugee camp during an operation to free four Israeli captives. Some 700 others were injured.

He said the decision to treat Israeli captives the same way that Palestinian prisoners are treated in Israeli prisons will remain in effect “as long as the [Israeli] government continues its unjust measures towards our people and our prisoners”.

Israeli president: Majority in favor of captive deal

Isaac Herzog says on X that it is the government’s duty to return the Israeli captives held in Gaza by Hamas and other groups.

“The entire nation wants their return, and a clear majority supports a hostage deal”, he wrote. “Our leaders must realize that they are being tested in the effort to return the abductees”.

Far-right Israeli minister retweets post promoting Sinai occupation

Israel’s far-right Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu has retweeted a post promoting merchandise that calls for the occupation of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula.

Israel returned the region following a peace agreement signed with Egypt in 1979.

The tweet calls for the purchasing of a shirt showing a map of Israel which includes the occupied West Bank, Gaza and Sinai.

“Take it on trips, dress all the children in it [soon there will also be sizes for little ones], put it on the car, let’s create awareness: The people demand an occupation! Occupation now!” read the original tweet promoted by Eliyahu.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/3/israel-war-on-gaza-live-twelve-killed-in-israeli-air-raid-on-safe-zone
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 No.482635

Rumor has it that Jizzfael has picked a date for its invasion of Lebanon, in spite of apparently being low on virtually every type of munition.
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 No.482641

>>482635
>Rumor has it that Jizzfael has picked a date for its invasion of Lebanon, in spite of apparently being low on virtually every type of munition.
Yup that one's gonna be a royal clusterfuck. The fully brain-dead Zionists are delusional and think they are unbeatable Ubermenshen. The other ones erroneously believe they can maneuver the US into committing to a massive ground war.
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>>482633
>anon's note: this might be it
doesn't seem like the Lebanon war will be started at a definite point, it's just going to continue with increasingly more destructive back and forth attacks until it finally dawns on everybody that it's become a war
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 No.482666

Israeli settlers attack fire engine after burning Palestinian fields, trees in West Bank

Armed Israeli settlers destroyed a fire engine after starting blazes that engulfed vast areas of Palestinian agricultural land and fruit trees, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency is reporting.

The settlers attacked emergency workers and prevented them from reaching the fires to put them out, even as they burned dangerously close to Palestinian homes in the village of Khallet al-Adra in the Masafer Yatta area, near Hebron, Wafa’s correspondent reported.

Casualties as Israel bombs UN schools

Multiple casualties are reported after the Israeli military directed air raids against a UN-run school housing displaced in northern Gaza.

The Israeli military confirmed the attack on this school, along with another also in Gaza City, claiming they were used by Hamas as “hideouts and operational bases”.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1808863503283073398

Qassam Brigades reports ambush on Israeli soldiers in Shujayea

The armed wing of Hamas has claimed multiple attacks on Israeli troops and vehicles in the past few hours in northern Gaza, specifically the Gaza City neighbourhood of Shujayea that was invaded last week.

The Qassam Brigades said its fighters lured Israeli soldiers into a “tight ambush” and engaged in a firefight, killing and wounding several. It said its fighters “monitored the helicopter landing to evacuate them”.

The group also said it fired a SAM 7 missile toward an Israeli-operated Apache helicopter in the skies of Shujayea, without reporting a hit.

It also claimed to fire rockets at Israeli positions near Gaza city, and to successfully hit three Merkava tanks with anti-armour explosives.

Houthi leader claims six ships targeted in last week

Houthi leader Abdel-Malik al-Houthi says in his latest televised address that the group used 20 ballistic and cruise missiles and drones, along with an unmanned boat, in its military operations in the past week.

He said six vessels were targeted, bringing the total number of military and commercial ships targeted since the start of the war on Gaza to 162.

Al-Houthi said unnamed Arab militaries are trying to intercept Yemeni missiles and aircraft “in service of the enemy [Israel]”, while some Arab media take care in selecting their words “as not to hurt the feelings of the Zionist enemies”.

“Presidential candidates in the US compete in their election campaigns over who is the most loyal to Zionism and the biggest supporter of the enemy,” he said.

Yemen’s Houthis have been engaging in attacks on commercial and military ships in the waters off the country’s coast since early on in the war in Gaza. They have repeatedly said that they will not stop until a ceasefire is achieved in the Strip.

Israeli army claims attacks on Lebanese territory

The army says in a statement that its warplanes attacked the Ramieh and Hula areas of southern Lebanon.

It added that these attacks took place after air raid sirens sounded in Israel’s north today as the army monitored 200 rocket shells incoming from Lebanon, fired by Hezbollah.

Increase in attacks over last few hours across the Lebanon-Israel border
Assed Baig
Reporting from Marjayoun, southern Lebanon

The cross-border attacks have continued.

Hezbollah has said that it has fired more than 250 rockets at Israel since yesterday … after the killing of a senior commander Muhammad Nimah Nasser.

There has been an uptick in violence across the border in that time.

We’ve heard sonic booms – that’s when the aircraft breaks the sound barrier – over Lebanon, we’ve heard explosions, we’ve heard rockets taking off, we’ve seen strikes here in Lebanon.

In the last few hours, the Israeli settlement of Metula has been hit by Hezbollah forces. It has been hit before by Hezbollah forces, who have targeted Israeli positions there.

Hezbollah also said that it has launched a squadron of drones aimed at seven separate Israeli military sites.

Hezbollah rockets kill reservist soldier in northern Israel

The Israeli military has confirmed that Major Itay Galea, a 38-year-old reservist, has been killed in the Hezbollah rocket barrage on northern Israel and Golan Heights that the group says was launched to avenge its assassinated commander, Muhammad Nimah Nasser.

Galea was a deputy company commander in the Yiftah Reserve Armoured Brigade’s Unit 8679. The Israeli military said that Galea was killed “fighting in the north”, although some reports had earlier indicated he was killed in the Golan Heights, the illegally occupied Syrian land that Israel has unilaterally annexed.

Hezbollah launched some 200 rockets and 20 drones at northern Israel in response to the killing of its third senior commander since the start of the war on Gaza.

Hezbollah vows to attack ‘new sites’ in Israel after commander’s killing

Senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine has threatened to attack new locations within Israel as part of the group’s response to the killing by Israel of its top commander Muhammad Nimah Nasser.

“The series of responses continues in succession, and this series will continue to target new sites that the enemy did not imagine would be hit,” Safieddine said, speaking at Nasser’s memorial.

Hezbollah has fired at least 200 rockets and nearly two dozen drones towards Israel a day after Nasser’s killing.

Health Ministry: 38,011 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7

The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has given its daily update on the death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza, saying that 38,011 people have been killed and 87,445 injured since hostilities began last October.

It added that 58 people have been killed in the last 24 hours, and 179 injured.

Netanyahu, allies collaborating to sabotage captives exchange deal: Report

There is disagreement between Israel’s security establishment and the political leadership regarding concluding a new prisoner exchange deal with Hamas, Israeli daily Yediot Ahronoth reports.

The newspaper said senior security sources accuse Netanyahu and his allies of collaborating to sabotage any chance for a new deal and a truce in Gaza.

Israel demolishes homes of Palestinians involved in February shooting attack

The Israeli military has reportedly demolished the homes of two Palestinian brothers who carried out a February shooting attack near a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank.

The homes of the two men, who were killed at the scene, were destroyed in an area of Bethlehem, according to The Times of Israel. A third attacker was arrested at the time.

One person was killed and 11 were injured during the attack on February 22.

The Israeli military demolishes the family homes of Palestinians accused of carrying out attacks as a matter of policy. These actions are denounced by human rights groups as illegal collective punishment.

Israeli gov’t adviser demands closure of Sde Teiman detention centre

The Israeli government’s judicial adviser has requested Netanyahu to close the Sde Teiman detention centre in Negev, where Gaza prisoners are being held, Israeli daily Maariv reported.

Israeli human rights organisations had submitted a petition to the Supreme Court, demanding an end to the torture of Palestinians held in the infamous detention centre and urging its “immediate” closure.

Norway says Israel must reverse largest settlement land grab since 1993 Oslo Accord

The Norwegian Foreign Ministry has called on Israel to reverse the largest illegal confiscation of Palestinian lands since the 1993 Oslo Accord.

Israel has approved the appropriation of 12.7sq km (4.9sq miles) of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank where about 6,000 housing units for Israeli settlers are to be constructed.

“Israel’s long-held policy of dispossession, land confiscation and establishing illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, undermines our collective efforts to realise a two-state solution and a peaceful resolution to the conflict,” Norway’s Foreign Ministry said.

“Israeli settlements are illegal under international law, and they pose a significant threat to peace and security in the region.”

Australian senator resigns from Labor party, refuses to compromise on Palestine

Senator Fatima Payman told a news conference earlier on Thursday that she was resigning from Australia’s governing party “with a heavy heart but a clear conscience”, after it had indefinitely suspended her for pledging to rebel against the party line and support any motion recognising a Palestinian state.

Payman, who represents the state of Western Australia, voted at the end of June in support of a motion put forward by the Greens recognising Palestine, going against the will of the Labor party and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

“We have all seen the bloodied images of young children losing limbs, being amputated without anaesthetic, and starving as Israel continues its onslaught, livestreamed across the world,” Payman said in her Thursday news conference.

Payman, who was born in Afghanistan and arrived in Australia as an young child, said that her own personal history had inspired her choice to not back down on the Palestinian issue, despite pressure from party leaders.

“My family did not flee from a war-torn country to come here as refugees for me to remain silent when I see atrocities inflicted on innocent people,” she said.

Payman will continue to sit in the Senate as an independent.

Japan slams Israel for ‘legalizing’ West Bank settlements

We’ve been reporting on a decision by the Israeli government to approve the largest West Bank land seizure in more than three decades as the rate of land grabs in the occupied Palestinian territory peaks.

Yesterday, Japan slammed Israel for its decision to “legalize” settlement outposts in the West Bank, saying it violates “international law and undermines the viability of a two-state solution”.

“With regard to the reported authorization by the government of Israel to legalize five outposts in the West Bank, the government of Japan is deeply concerned about and reiterates its deep regret over the continuing settlement activities by the government of Israel despite repeated calls by the international community, including Japan”, a Foreign Ministry statement said.

Japan also “strongly” urged Tel Aviv to withdraw the decision and “fully” freeze its settlement activities, the statement added.

Israeli police attack Gaza solidarity protesters in Haifa

Video footage shows Israeli police attacking peaceful demonstrators and violently dispersing them.

A throng of officers ripped the protesters’ signs, and handcuffed others before marching them away.

The demonstrators in the mixed Arab-Jewish city were calling for an end to the Israeli war on Gaza.

https://twitter.com/OrenZiv_/status/1808913309954932941

Settlers’ attacks continue in occupied West Bank
Nour Odeh
Reporting from Ramallah, occupied West Bank

Local sources said a large number of [Israeli] settlers overnight attacked several homes that were vandalised. Two were burned down and some livestock stolen across areas in the occupied West Bank.

This morning, international activists who provide some protection to these Palestinian communities were also attacked.

Israeli settler attacks are averaging four every day, with the UN documenting 1,050 settler attacks since October 7.

The UN says more than 20 Palestinian communities, of at least 1,000 people, have disappeared in the Masafer Yatta area and the Jordan Valley since the start of the war.

These communities, usually in rural areas, are being pushed away into cities while the land is being cleared of Palestinians.

Israeli helicopters shooting live ammunition at Palestinians in Nuseirat
Hind Khoudary
Reporting from Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip

There have been a couple of targets on different houses in Gaza City areas like Shaaf and Daraj.

The ground invasion in Shujayea also continues, where the Israeli forces continue to be stationed there with their tanks and soldiers.

Palestinians are trapped. No ambulances have been able to reach the area for more than five days now. There are families trapped without food, water and medical treatment.

In the middle area, helicopters were shooting at Palestinians in the northwestern part of the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Anti-Netanyahu demonstrators block Tel Aviv highway

Protesters have blocked the main Ayalon Highway in central Tel Aviv, Israel’s Channel 12 has reported.

Mother of captive demands Netanyahu not ‘torpedo’ ceasefire deal

The mother of an Israeli captive has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to not stand in the way of a deal that would secure the return of those still held in Gaza.

“I demand that the prime minister does not torpedo this,” Simona Steinbrecher told Israel’s Kan public broadcaster, adding that she fears captives “will be murdered in captivity”.

“Many times there has been a feeling that there will be a deal soon, and every time someone torpedoes it,” Steinbrecher said.

Photos: Pro-Palestine activists scale Australia’s Parliament House

Pro-Palestine protesters unfurled banners on the roof of Australia’s Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday.

Among the banners was one that read: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”. A second banner accused Australia’s parliament of enabling war crimes in various countries, including Palestine.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/4/israel-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-strike-kills-7-in-khan-younis
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>>482666
>Israeli settlers attack fire engine
>Israel bombs UN schools
<Israeli military confirmed that schools are hamas

it feels like the humanity has been completely drained from these people, is it even possible to fix that ?
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File: 1720146103055.mp4 ( 5.88 MB , 1280x720 , Jon Elmer - Saraya al Quds….mp4 )

>>482668
>is it even possible to fix that
yes, like this
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 No.482688

>>482687
<Due to Israel’s performance in Gaza, the U.S. no longer trusts Israel’s ability in self-defense or offense, especially against the might of Hezbollah. A former deputy national security adviser of Israel predicted that Israel would lose against Hezbollah in 24 hours.
If those are the predictions that are floating around in official circles i guess Zionists fucked up even worse than we thought

<There will develop within the Israeli military-intelligence elite a lobby that is inclined to restrain any propensity to launch an attack on Lebanon. Israel is not a democracy in peacetime and less of one in wartime. The leaders of the army and the Mossad, the national intelligence service, may overrule Netanyahu if he wants to engage in a military adventure for his own political future. Craziness in Israel is usually planned

Not sure if this is hopium.
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 No.482689

>>482688
>former deputy national security adviser of Israel predicted that Israel would lose against Hezbollah in 24 hours.
Cut foreign aid to Israel and they would lose in 24 minutes.
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Houthi media claims US-British air raids on Yemen’s Hodeidah

The Houthis’ Al Masirah TV said that the air raids hit the districts of al-Lahiyah and Bait al-Faqih, on Yemen’s west coast.

The attacks would be the latest to target the Houthis, who have continued their attacks on shipping in the seas around Yemen, ostensibly in support of Gaza.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/4/israel-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-strike-kills-7-in-khan-younis

Qassam Brigades says Israeli base struck in Gaza City

Hamas’s armed wing says its fighters have targeted “a command and control site” in the so-called Netzarim Corridor south of Gaza City with several short-range missiles.

A statement on Telegram said the attack was carried out in conjunction with the al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades, another armed Palestinian group.

The Netzarim Corridor, named after a Jewish settlement in Gaza that was dismantled in 2005, was set up during the war by the Israeli army to separate northern Gaza from the south.

Palestinian group rejects deployment of foreign forces to Gaza

The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), a Palestinian group allied with Hamas, says it considers any attempt to deploy international or other forces in Gaza as “an aggression” and will deal with it as occupying forces.

Its statement echoes a similar statement by Hamas made earlier in the day.

Hamas says it rejects plans to deploy foreign forces to Gaza

Hamas says it rejects any statements and positions that support plans for foreign forces to enter the Gaza Strip.

The group said the administration of the Gaza Strip is a purely Palestinian matter.

“The Palestinian people … will not allow any guardianship or the imposition of any external solutions or equations,” it added.

The group also called on all Arab and Muslim countries to apply pressure to stop the Israeli aggression in Gaza.

Israeli forces assault PRCS emergency crew near Nablus

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says its emergency crew has been assaulted by Israeli forces in the town of Beita, south of the occupied West Bank’s Nablus.

Earlier, scenes broadcast by local Palestinian accounts on Telegram showed Israeli forces firing tear gas canisters during their incursion into the town, during which clashes with Palestinians broke out.

Streets of Khan Younis flooded with sewage

Video posted on Instagram by Palestinian journalist Hassan Islah shows what he termed a “lake” of stagnant sewage on a street in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, among rows of destroyed buildings.

Residents complain about the spread of mosquitoes, unpleasant odours in the street and their struggle to move from one place to another due to the sewage surrounding their homes, he said.

According to reports from the UN published last month, 67 percent of water and sanitation facilities and infrastructure in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged in Israel’s war on Gaza, increasing the spread of disease.

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Hamas mourns Palestinians killed in Jenin

The group has said it mourns “righteous martyrs” who were killed by the Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin.

“The ongoing crimes of the occupation in Gaza, Jenin and Tulkarem will not succeed in breaking the will of our Palestinian people,” it said in a statement on Telegram.

The group called on the international community and the United Nations “to stand up to their responsibilities and take clear decisions to stop the ongoing crimes”.

A raid on the city has killed at least seven people, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Palestinian group pledges revenge for deadly Israeli raid in West Bank’s Jenin

The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), a loose grouping of armed factions in Gaza, has issued a statement mourning the seven men killed in an Israeli raid in Jenin and promising revenge.

“The cowardly assassinations and their [Israel’s] escalation will not break the will of our people and their resistors, nor will they extinguish the burning fire of revolution and resistance in all parts of Palestine,” the statement said.

The PRC said Israeli forces would “pay the price for their escalating crimes, and these crimes will be faced with a qualitative and quantitative escalation, regardless of the sacrifices”.

We reported earlier that the Israeli military stormed a building in the West Bank city this morning after a four-hour siege, killing at least seven people.

Qassam Brigades says it killed 10 Israeli soldiers in Shujayea

The armed wing of Hamas says the soldiers were killed in an operation on al-Nazaz Street in the eastern Gaza City neighbourhood.

In a statement on Telegram, the group said that fighters targeted a building occupied by Israeli troops with a TBG (thermobaric) rocket, before entering the building and killing the remaining soldiers from a distance.

“During their withdrawal, they [the fighters] detonated an explosive device inside the building, and then helicopters intervened to evacuate the dead and wounded soldiers,” the statement added.

The group also said its fighters struck an Israeli Merkava 4 tank with a Yassin-105 rocket.

Hezbollah says it attacks Israeli targets in occupied Kfar Shuba

The Lebanese group says it has hit Israeli military positions in the occupied Kfar Shuba hills with missiles in two attacks.

The group said on Telegram that the attacks were carried out at 12:30pm (09:30 GMT) and 12:45pm (09:45 GMT) and directly hit the targets.

Al-Quds Brigades claims attacks on Israeli positions in Gaza City, Rafah

The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group says it has bombarded Israeli army positions with mortar shells in the Netzarim Corridor and Shujayea neighbourhood in Gaza City, as well as the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza.

The Netzarim Corridor, named after the Jewish settlement in Gaza that was dismantled in 2005, was set up by the Israeli army to separate northern Gaza from its southern part earlier in the war.

Separately, al-Quds Brigades said on Telegram that its fighters in the Jenin Brigade engaged in clashes with Israeli soldiers around the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

Several Labour candidates lose seats in UK to independent pro-Palestine campaigners

In Blackburn, Labour’s Kate Hollern lost to Adnan Hussain, who said in his online statement to voters that he promises “to make your concerns against the injustice being inflicted against the people of Gaza be heard in the places where our so-called representatives failed”.

High-profile Labour candidate Jonathan Ashworth was unseated by Shockat Adam in Leicester South.

“Our constituency MP refused to vote for a ceasefire to end the bloodshed in Gaza, resulting in the needless deaths of thousands of innocent civilians,” Adam said on his website.

In Dewsbury and Batley, independent candidate autism scorebal Mohamed, whose key focus areas include a ceasefire and peace agreement in Gaza, beat Labour candidate Heather autism scorebal, while in Birmingham Perry Barr, the former Labour MP Khalid Mahmood lost to the independent Ayoub Khan, according to UK media.

In November last year, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer voted against a motion demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Later in June, during a radio interview as the death toll in Gaza rose to 38,000, Starmer stated he would not “pronounce that something is either genocide or not” and reaffirmed Israel’s “right to self-defence”.

Footage documents bodies ‘piled up’ at Nasser Hospital in Gaza’s Khan Younis

Video footage verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad news agency has documented a large number of Palestinian bodies received by Nasser Hospital’s morgue in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis.

The bodies were recovered from Khan Younis and Rafah after intense Israeli air attacks, said Palestinian journalist Hassan Eslayeh, who posted the video on his Telegram channel.

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, including in Jabalia and Gaza City to the north, as well as Khan Younis to the south, in the past 48 hours.

Medical sources have reported that Nasser Hospital, the last functioning medical facility in Khan Younis, and the Kuwaiti Field Hospital near Rafah are expected to shut down as their generators are running out of fuel.

Israel claims it has killed 100 Palestinian fighters in Gaza City’s Shujayea area

The Israeli army claims its ground forces from Division 98 have killed “about 100 terrorists, more than 100 terrorist infrastructures and located weapons” since the beginning of its ground invasion of Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood.

Hezbollah chief Nasrallah meets Hamas delegation to discuss Gaza

Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group, has received a Hamas delegation led by a member of the group’s political bureau, Khalil al-Hayya, according to Lebanese television station al-Manar.

The allies against Israel discussed recent security and political developments in Gaza, and touched upon the open fronts in Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq, the report said.

They also reviewed the ongoing Israel-Hamas negotiations in Doha, and discussed proposals to “end the aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza”, emphasising the need for a continuous coordination between Hezbollah and Hamas, said al-Manar.

No news coming out of Shujayea after days of Israeli ground invasion
Hind Khoudary
Reporting from Deir el-Balah, central Gaza

There is no news coming out of Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood where an Israeli ground invasion is continuing.

The Israeli forces are not letting ambulances, firefighters or journalists reach that area.

Heavy shelling and air strikes are being heard. The Palestinians who were trapped there and were requesting evacuation have gone quiet.

People are worried for their loved ones.

Brother of al-Quds Brigades Jenin Battalion founder among 4 killed in Israeli raid: Reports

Ahmad al-Amouri, a brother of the founder of the al-Quds Brigades Jenin Battalion Jamil al-Amouri, was killed during an Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp, according to local reports.

Wissam Bakr, director of the Jenin Government Hospital, confirmed that four bodies were brought to the hospital, alongside seven critically wounded people, the Wafa news agency reports.

Israeli military units stormed Jenin with multiple military vehicles early today and encircled a house, Wafa reports.

The Israelis used loudspeakers to demand the surrender of one of those inside, before attacking the house with a shoulder-fired missile, it added.

Israeli forces surround hospital in Jenin

Wissam Bakr, director of the Jenin Governmental Hospital, says Israeli forces have surrounded his medical facility in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin where a military raid is continuing.

We reported earlier that the hospital received the bodies of four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, alongside seven critically wounded people.

Settlers attack Israeli soldiers, Palestinian vehicle near illegal West Bank outpost

Israeli settlers have attacked Israeli soldiers and a Palestinian vehicle near a recently destroyed illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s Army Radio reports.

Ten settlers attacked Israeli soldiers stationed at the Givat Assaf Junction near Tzur Harel, east of Ramallah, with rocks. On Wednesday, Israeli authorities evacuated and destroyed an illegal outpost in the area.

Army Radio also reports that the settlers threw rocks at a Palestinian vehicle near the city of Nablus, injuring a Palestinian girl.

A security official told Army Radio that attacks from extremist settlers in the occupied West Bank are growing as they “are getting a boost from politicians”.

Palestinian team determined to play World Cup qualifiers in occupied West Bank

After advancing further than ever before in the World Cup, the Palestinian national football team is determined to host a game in the occupied West Bank, the Associated Press (AP) news agency reports.

The Palestinian team progressed through the second round of its group qualifying for the first time in its history in June but, because of Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, had played its matches in nearby Kuwait and Qatar.

The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) has now proposed playing games in the third stage of its Asian qualification campaign in the occupied West Bank and already has support from a number of its opponents, starting against Jordan on September 10, the AP reports.

“Playing at a neutral venue isn’t permanent and was never meant to be so,” Susan Shabali, the PFA’s deputy president said.

“Faisal Al-Husseini is ready to host,” Shabali said.

The 12,500 capacity Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium is situated in the occupied West Bank town of Al Ram.

In 2019, it hosted the team’s last competitive home game, a World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia that ended 0-0.

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Biden says he’s ‘not going anywhere’

Biden, who has been facing calls to end his re-election bid after a disastrous debate performance against former President Donald Trump last week, has stressed that he is staying in the race.

“I’m not going anywhere,” the 81-year-old president said, arguing that the disastrous 90-minute debate with Trump does not erase his achievements over the past years.

A self-described Zionist, Biden has offered unconditional support for Israel in its war on Gaza despite growing anger among progressives, young people and Arab and Muslim Americans.

US must ensure Israel has weapons it needs, AIPAC says

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), an influential pro-Israel lobby group in the US, has cited Hezbollah’s attacks in Israel to call for more US weapons to the country.

“Hezbollah has fired more than 5,000 rockets, explosive drones, and missiles at Israeli communities nearly every day since October, dragging Israel and Lebanon closer toward a devastating war,” AIPAC said in an email to supporters.

“America must continue to ensure that Israel has the weapons it needs to protect its people.”

Netanyahu sparked a row in Washington last month when he complained about a “dramatic drop” in US weapons deliveries. The Biden administration expressed bewilderment at his comments, stressing that only a single shipment of heavy bombs to Israel had been suspended out of concern for civilian harm.

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>>482703
>US must ensure Israel has weapons it needs
they don't need any for a ceasefire
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>>482702
>Several Labour candidates lose seats in UK to independent pro-Palestine campaigners
>promises “to make your concerns against the injustice being inflicted against the people of Gaza be heard in the places where our so-called representatives failed”.
kek, that Zionist sympathizer echo chamber gets much needed truth-tellers

>Streets of Khan Younis flooded with sewage

Zionisim
bringer of shitwater
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Israeli army releases 15 detainees, then drops bombs on them: Survivors

Palestinian detainees in Gaza have testified that shortly after their release from Israeli detention centre, Israeli forces targeted the group by dropping bombs on them, leading to numerous deaths.

Farid Sobh said in a video testimony verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad that he was in detention with about 15 Palestinians.

“After four days in detention, we were released. We were handcuffed and blindfolded. The Israeli soldiers kept torturing us. They even urinated on us. I was beaten, kicked and battered all over my body,” he said.

“After that, we were released and as we started walking off on the asphalt, they threw grenades and fired a drone missile on us. Some [seven] of my men were killed. I ran for my life and miraculously survived. I came to this hospital [Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis] to check the injuries I suffered.”

Mahmoud Abu Taha, another survivor of the same deadly incident, confirmed Sobh’s account.

Hamas drops key demand for Gaza truce: Report

Hamas has given initial approval for a US-backed proposal for a phased truce deal in Gaza, dropping a key demand that Israel gives an upfront commitment for a complete end to the war, according to a Hamas and an Egyptian official quoted by The Associated Press news agency.

The reported compromise by the Palestinian group could help deliver the first long-term pause in fighting since last November and set the stage for further talks on ending the devastating war.

The two officials, who spoke on conditions of anonymity, told the agency that the deal will include a “full and complete” six-week ceasefire that would see the release of a number of captives in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

During these 42 days, Israeli forces would also withdraw from densely populated areas of Gaza and allow the return of displaced people to their homes in northern Gaza as the second phase of the deal is negotiated, the two officials reportedly said.

Al-Quds Brigades claims killing Israeli soldiers in Shujayea

Hamas’s armed wing says its fighters ambushed and clashed with Israeli troops in the eastern Gaza City neighbourhood, where fierce fighting has been continuing for several days.

In a statement on Telegram, the group added that seven soldiers were “killed or wounded” in the fighting, engaged with “appropriate weapons”.

Qassam Brigades claims killing Israeli soldiers in Gaza City’s Shujayea

The armed wing of Hamas says its fighters detonated an antipersonnel bomb targeting Israeli forces in the eastern Gaza City neighbourhood.

The group said on Telegram that the attack left troops “dead and wounded”, without elaborating on the numbers.

Fierce fighting has been reported in the Shujayea neighbourhood for several days.

Israel prevents Palestinians from praying at Al-Aqsa Mosque ahead of Islamic New Year

Israeli forces have prevented Palestinians from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, ahead of the start of the Islamic New Year tomorrow, according to local sources.

Former US official accuses Biden of ‘blind, destructive’ support for Israel

Former US Department of Interior special assistant Maryam Hassanein, who resigned this week over the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza, said the US president is blindly supporting Israel.

“I really think that what I and other officials who have resigned have seen, month after month, is this really blind, destructive support of Israel and Israeli occupation even after all of the atrocities they have committed in Gaza,” Hassanein told Al Jazeera.

“I saw an administration that was really was not listening to voices like myself and others who are wanting to see freedom and justice for Palestinians,” said Hassanein, who is one of 12 Biden administration officials to publicly resign over US support for the war on Gaza.

“I think that the administration has continuously ignored these voices by funding and enabling this genocide in Gaza,” she said.

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Rare video clip said to show destroyed Israeli army vehicle in Rafah

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have obtained and verified video footage said to show a destroyed Israeli military vehicle in Rafah.

The short video clip features what appears to be a badly damaged armoured personnel carrier (APC) on the grounds of an abandoned building.

Scorch marks on exit and entry hatches of the APC appear to indicate that a fire broke out inside the armoured vehicle.

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Families of Israeli captives hold fiery protest outside Netanyahu’s home

The families of two Israeli captives, Ayala Metzger and Zohar Shapiro, held a fiery demonstration outside Netanyahu’s home in the town of Caesarea.

In footage of the protest, a woman can be seen speaking through a megaphone as a fire burns next to the group holding a banner of Netanyahu.

The families of captives in Gaza have held regular protests outside Netanyahu’s private residences in Caesarea and Jerusalem, as they demand that the Israeli prime minister reach a deal that secures the return of their loved ones.

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Iran’s president-elect reaffirms Israel position

Masoud Pezeshkian has sent a message to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, saying resistance movements across the region will not allow Israel’s “criminal policies” towards the Palestinians to continue.

“The Islamic Republic has always supported the resistance of the people of the region against the illegitimate Zionist regime,” Iranian media quoted the president-elect as saying.

“I am certain that the resistance movements in the region will not allow this regime to continue its warmongering and criminal policies against the oppressed people of Palestine and other nations of the region,” he added.

Pezeshkian, who had the backing of senior figures in Iran’s reformist camp, beat hardline conservative Saeed Jalili in Friday’s run-off election.

Maritime centre says vessel attacked by Houthis towed from ‘threat area’

The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) has confirmed that the Palau-flagged cargo vessel Verbena, which was attacked by Yemen’s Houthis on June 13, has been towed away from its threat area and is en route to its next port of call.

At the time, we reported that the Verbena was hit by missiles while it was transiting the Gulf of Aden. The Houthis later claimed responsibility for the attack.

As a result, the cargo vessel caught fire and the crew was unable to contain it. The vessel had taken on water after the crew was rescued and transported to safety, the US Central Command said, adding that one crew member was injured in the attack.

The Houthis have launched dozens of attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea since November, in what they say is in solidarity with Palestinians.

Yemen’s Houthis claim joint attack on Israel’s Eilat

Yemen’s Houthis have claimed carrying out a joint military operation with an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia, known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, targeting Israel’s port city of Eilat using “a number of drones”.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the operation has “successfully achieved its objectives”.

He said the group will continue to carry out joint military operations “in support of and in solidarity” with the Palestinian people.

Qassam claims series of attacks on Israeli military in Tal al-Hawa

In the neighbourhood located in the southern part of Gaza City, the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, says its fighters have:

targeted foot soldiers “with an anti-personnel device in the ‘Chalets area’, leaving some dead and others wounded”
destroyed a military jeep with al-Yassin 105 rocket on al-Sinaa Street
struck a Merkava 4 tank with an IED.
clashed with a group of soldiers, leaving some killed and others wounded, in the industrial area of ​​Tal al-Hawa.

Gaza’s media office warns Palestinians of evacuation orders and ‘field executions’

Gaza’s government media office has warned families in Gaza City not to follow Israeli evacuation orders and flee to the south of the enclave, saying it would jeopardise their safety.

In a statement, it said the evacuation orders were “false” and their objective was to lead them towards “death traps, killings, and field executions”.

It said “dozens of field executions” previously took place to those who attempted to flee via the al-Rashid Street, as well as via Salah al-Din Street – a road stretching across the length of Gaza.

During previous evacuation orders, Israeli forces called on Palestinians to flee towards the centre and the south of the enclave, then “executed citizens in cold blood as soon as they arrived at the military checkpoints, and put them in prison”, the statement read.

Israeli army used Hannibal Directive during Hamas’s October 7 attack: Report

The Israeli army ordered the Hannibal Directive – a controversial Israeli military policy aimed at preventing the capture of Israeli soldiers by enemy forces at any cost – on October 7 last year, according to an investigation by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz

Citing testimonies from Israeli soldiers and senior army officers, the newspaper said the Israeli army made decisions with limited and unverified information, and issued an order that “not a single vehicle can return to Gaza”.

The protocol “was employed at three army facilities infiltrated by Hamas”, the newspaper said, adding that while it was not aware how many soldiers and civilians were hit, “the cumulative data indicates that many of the kidnapped people were at risk, exposed to Israeli gunfire, even if they were not the target”.

Columbia University removes three administrators

The university in New York City has said it removed the administrators from their positions and will keep them on indefinite leave after finding that text messages they exchanged during a campus discussion about Jewish life “touched on ancient antisemitic tropes”.

The texts were reportedly exchanged while the administrators attended a discussion on “Jewish Life on Campus: Past, Present and Future.”

Among them was a message suggesting that a panellist could have used recent campus protests as a fundraising opportunity and another that appeared critical of a campus rabbi’s essay about anti-Semitism.

The panel about anti-Semitism was held a month after university leaders called in police to clear pro-Palestinian protesters out of an administration building and dismantle a tent encampment.

Families of captives urge Netanyahu to delay US Congress speech

A group representing the families of Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip has urged the Israeli prime minister to postpone his speech to the US Congress until a deal to release their relatives is signed.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu is to deliver a speech to a joint session of Congress on July 24.

Israel and Hamas are currently engaged in some of the most serious talks in months on an agreement that would halt the war in exchange for the release of captives as well as hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.

The captives’ families called on Netanyahu to prioritise a deal before he travels abroad.

Episcopal Church protests Israeli army’s closure of its Gaza hospital

The Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East has protested the closure of al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City as a result of the evacuation of several residential districts ordered by the Israeli military.

A statement issued in the name of the Diocese of Jerusalem said the hospital has been “compelled to close by the Israeli army”.

On Sunday evening, a large amount of firing from drones occurred in the immediate vicinity of the hospital, it said.

“This was followed by an [Israeli military] announcement that the area had been declared a red zone and that everyone should immediately evacuate all the buildings including everyone in the hospital,” the statement said.

NRC says it has not received any aid since May 3

Thousands of trucks containing shelter and other essential aid remain stuck in El Arish, Egypt, and at the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

“Due to Israeli restrictions and breakdown of law and order, NRC has not received any aid at its sites since 3 May. A severe cash shortage has compounded the hardship faced by people in Gaza,” the organisation said in a statement.

Two missiles hit al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City: Report

Richard Sewell, the dean of St George’s College in Jerusalem, says he received information that al-Ahli Arab Hospital was hit by two missiles overnight.

“Today the complete evacuation of the hospital has been ordered,” Sewell said on X. “Full information yet to be received. Deeply distressing,” he added.

More than 700 goats killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon

Israeli air raids on southern Lebanon have hit a goat pen, killing more than 700 animals, according to Lebanon’s state-run news agency (NNA).

The strikes on Mount Tourah in the Jezzine area also destroyed the home of a shepherd, a Syrian national, who escaped unharmed, it said.

Israeli police remove captive’s brother from Knesset

Family members of captives held in Gaza have entered the Israeli parliament to increase pressure on the government to reach a ceasefire agreement.

A video on Israeli media shows six security members forcefully removing Dani Elgarat, brother of Itzik Elgarat, a captive in Gaza, from a session of the Knesset Law and Constitution Committee.

Israeli settlers bulldoze entrance to West Bank city of Salfit

Illegal Israeli settlers have bulldozed the northern entrance to the Palestinian city of Salfit in the occupied West Bank and blocked it with concrete blocks, according to Wafa.

The settlers have destroyed the entrance several times in recent days, blocking the main road connecting Palestinian towns and villages within the governorate, Wafa added.

The settlers were from Ariel, one of the largest settlements in the West Bank, which is so close to Salfit that its sewage has been known to pollute the Palestinian town’s water.

Irregular entry of 40,000 job seekers from West Bank worries Israel: Report

About 40,000 undocumented Palestinians from the occupied West Bank have entered Israel through gaps in the separation wall, most of them seeking to earn a living after Israel stopped issuing work permits for them after last year’s Hamas attack, according to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.

It represents “an alarming phenomenon that has returned on a large scale”, according to the report.

The suspension of work permits for Palestinians is damaging both sides of the barrier, as Israel’s construction and agricultural industries find it difficult to operate as unemployment rates in the occupied West Bank have exceeded 30 percent – a figure not seen in recent years.

Yedioth Ahronoth said more than 100,000 Palestinian workers who used to work in Israel have found themselves without a source of livelihood.

“Unemployment and hunger serve extremists and not moderates … and that despair drives them to carry out operations,” it said.

France’s Melenchon says Palestinian statehood must be recognised

Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of France’s left-wing New Popular Front (NFP), made the statement after exit polls from the French election projected that his coalition would become the biggest parliamentary bloc and consequently able to appoint the next prime minister.

Melenchon said France’s next prime minister will come from the NFP and that the coalition can “decide many things by decree”.

He added, “On the international level, we will have to agree to recognise the State of Palestine.”

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>>482749
>“After four days in detention, we were released. We were handcuffed and blindfolded. The Israeli soldiers kept torturing us. They even urinated on us. I was beaten, kicked and battered all over my body,” he said.
>“After that, we were released and as we started walking off on the asphalt, they threw grenades and fired a drone missile on us.
There are civilized people and on the opposite end of the spectrum there is this shit.
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>>482750
>Gaza’s media office warns Palestinians of evacuation orders and ‘field executions’
>Israeli army used Hannibal Directive during Hamas’s October 7 attack: Report
They're sacrificing everybody

>More than 700 goats killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon

I guess goats are Hezbollah now.

It's no wonder the Zionists can't win, no sane military would expend resources on killing a herd of goats.
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US citizen training Israeli military to operate drones injured near Lebanon border

A US citizen injured by Hezbollah rocket fire in northern Israel was reportedly teaching Israeli reservists how to use drones, according to Israel’s Ynet news site.

The 31-year-old employee of a drone company was “seriously injured” in the attack on the Western Galilee region of Israel on Sunday, Ynet added.

According to the US CBS news, a spokesperson from the US State Department confirmed that an American civilian had been injured, but did not provide any further details.

Syrian army confirms Israeli attack on Baniyas

The Syrian military has confirmed that Israeli forces launched an attack on the northern port city of Baniyas.

Earlier, we reported that local media and the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that two explosions had been reported on the outskirts of the city. Syrian media reported that the targets at the port were linked to Iran.

In a statement, the Syrian military said there was damage to property but no casualties following the attack.

The Israeli military, which has carried out dozen of officially unacknowledged attacks on targets in Syria, has yet to claim responsibility for the latest attack.

‘It felt like a computer game’, Israel soldiers describe unrestricted shooting in Gaza

Six Israeli soldiers have described a “shoot first, ask questions later” culture within the Israeli army in Gaza, according to an article published by Israel’s +972 magazine.

“It felt like a computer game,” one soldier identified only as A told the magazine, describing his experience working in an operations room. “Every once in a while, a building comes down… and the feeling is, ‘Wow, how crazy, what fun,'” he said.

Another soldier, identified by the initial M, described shooting as “very unrestricted” even when firing with “machine guns, tanks, and mortars”.

The soldiers interviewed included Yuval Green, a 26-year-old reserve from Jerusalem, who recently signed a letter from 41 reserve soldiers refusing to take part in the Rafah invasion, and five other soldiers who spoke on condition of anonymity. Green was one of two of the soldiers who said unrestricted fire from fellow Israeli soldiers was the greatest danger they felt while in Gaza.

Brazil adopts free trade with Palestinian Authority in show of support

Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said the free trade agreement was “a concrete contribution to an economically viable Palestinian state, which can live peacefully and harmoniously with its neighbours”.

Palestine’s ambassador in Brasilia, Ibrahim Al Zeben, told the Reuters news agency that Brazil’s decision was “courageous, supportive and timely” and an “effective way to support peace in Palestine”.

Israel has blocked exports from the Gaza Strip since early September last year, while the Palestinian economy in the occupied West Bank has also suffered under intense Israeli restrictions.

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School built with international aid demolished in occupied West Bank: Reports

A school for Palestinian children demolished by Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank’s southern Hebron Hills was funded by a consortium of donor governments from Europe, the UK and Canada, according to reports.

Commenting on the school demolition, Martin Konecny, director of the Brussels-based EuMEP (European Middle East Project) advocacy group, said the unwillingness of governments “to hold Israel to account is emboldening it to continue and accelerate these crimes”.

Yehuda Shaul, co-director of Ofek – The Israeli Center for Public Policy, said “international aid was not enough to stop the Israeli authorities” destroying the school that had catered to 60 children from kindergarten to fourth grade.

Maritime incident reported east of Yemen’s Nishtun: UKMTO

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Tuesday it had received a report of an incident 180 nautical miles east of Yemen’s Nishtun.

We will update you when we know more.

Israeli army official says 4,800 ultra-Orthodox to be recruited in next two years

Amir Baram, the Israeli army’s deputy chief of staff, has said he will be able to recruit 4,800 ultra-Orthodox men in the next two years, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported.

Gil Limon, a deputy legal adviser to the Israeli government, criticised that number, however, saying that according to a court ruling, the recruitment of ultra-Orthodox men should increase every year to reach the same rate as in the general population.

Israel’s Supreme Court ruled in June that the government must enlist draft-age ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military, reversing a decades-long exemption.

Video captures Israeli settler’s unprovoked attack on Israeli activist

The Israeli military veterans’ group Breaking the Silence has shared a video clip of a settler attacking an Israeli activist at the site of settler aggression towards local Palestinian residents.

In the video, the male settler violently elbows the activist in the back of the head, knocking her to the ground, and then calmly walks away while Israeli soldiers look on and do nothing.

Breaking the Silence said the attack happened on private Palestinian land near the village of al-Tawani in the Masafer Yatta area of the southern occupied West Bank, which has been a hotbed of settler intimidation and violence against local Palestinian communities for years.

“This violence, which happens under the watchful eye of and with the active backing of the State, usually targets Palestinians,” Breaking the Silence said.

https://twitter.com/BtSIsrael/status/1810323112476504089

Israeli gov’t to provide new documents on October 7 failures

The Israeli government will provide the country’s State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman with new documents related to security failures that led to the October 7 attack by Hamas, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority has said.

The decision comes after Englman criticised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for failing to cooperate with his office’s investigation, the report said. Among the material requested, the report states, were documents related to the transfer of funds from Israel to Hamas.

Israel’s intelligence establishment has come under enormous scrutiny for security failures on October 7 when Hamas fighters launched an unprecedented assault on southern Israel killing more than 1,130 people, mostly civilians, and taking about 240 captives.

The investigation is seeking to find out why Israel’s military was so unprepared for an attack despite a reported warning a year before and why the military had diverted resources away from monitoring Gaza.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/9/israels-war-on-gaza-live-two-gaza-city-hospitals-close-on-israeli-orders
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Owen Jones on the recent Lancet article estimating that real death numbers in Gaza could be around 186,000

Yemen’s Houthis say they attacked Maersk Sentosa ship in Arabian Sea

Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted the Maersk Sentosa ship in the Arabian Sea with several ballistic and wing missiles.

“The American ship Maersk Sentosa was targeted in the Arabian Sea by naval forces and missile force in a joint operation,” Yahya Saree, the Yemeni group’s military spokesperson, said in a televised speech.

Earlier, shipping giant Maersk said one of its vessels, the Maersk Sentosa, reported being targeted by a flying object in the north of the Gulf of Aden.

Maersk told the Reuters news agency that no injuries to the crew or damage to the ship or cargo were reported.

Saree also said the group targeted the Marathopolis ship in the Arabian Sea and the MSC Patnaree ship in the Gulf of Aden with a number of drones.

Houthis in Yemen have launched drone and missile attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb Strait and Gulf of Aden since November. They say they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

At least 25 killed in attack on school in Khan Younis, health ministry says

The Palestinian Health Ministry says at least 25 Palestinians have been killed following an Israeli attack that struck the vicinity of the al-Awda school in Abasan near the southern city of Khan Younis.

It reported earlier that the bodies of 19 slain Palestinians arrived at Nasser Hospital following the attack.

Gaza’s Government Media Office said 29 Palestinians, mostly women and children, were killed in the attack on the United Nations-run school that was sheltering displaced families.

Israel launches fourth attack on school in four days

Dozens were killed in an attack on a school turned shelter for displaced Palestinians, local medical sources have said, as we reported earlier.

The attack hit the gate at the al-Awda school in Abasan, near the southern city of Khan Younis.

There was no immediate comment from Israel, which has acknowledged carrying out three other attacks since Saturday on Gaza schools used as displacement shelters.

At least 20 people were killed in these attacks, according to officials in the besieged coastal enclave.

On Saturday, an Israeli raid hit the UN-run al-Jawni school in Nuseirat, central Gaza, killing 16 people, according to the territory’s health ministry. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said 2,000 people were sheltering there at the time.
The following day, an attack on the church-run Holy Family school in Gaza City killed four, according to the civil defence agency. The Latin Patriarchate, owners of the school, said hundreds of people had packed the grounds.
Another UNRWA-run school in Nuseirat was hit on Monday, with a local hospital saying several people were taken for treatment.
According to UNRWA, more than 500 people have been killed in schools and other shelters it runs in Gaza since the war started on October 7.

Qassam Brigades claims killing Israeli soldiers in Gaza City

Hamas’s armed wing says its fighters attacked Israeli troops inside a house in the Shujayea neighbourhood of Gaza City, killing and wounding a number of them.

A statement on Telegram said the soldiers were targeted with a TBG (thermobaric) rocket before Hamas fighters clashed with them using machine guns.

Withdrawing soldiers were targeted again by an anti-personnel explosive device, the statement said, without clarifying the number of soldiers killed or wounded.

There has been no immediate comment by the Israeli army.

Hamas calls for worldwide rallies following Israel’s attack on Khan Younis school

Hamas has called on people around the world to march in protest of Israel’s attack on the al-Awda school near the southern city of Khan Younis that killed dozens of Palestinians who were sheltering there.

In a statement, the group decried the attack and said it was the latest addition to “the genocide and massacres” being waged against Palestinians.

It called on people in the “Arab, Islamic, and free world” to renew protests in support of Palestinians.

The group called on people to “go out immediately, fill streets and squares with rallies and demonstrations in every city around the world to increase pressure” on Israel to end its ongoing assault on Gaza.

Hamas also called on residents of the occupied West Bank to “activate all tools of support … and escalate participation in battles associated with Operation al-Aqsa Flood”.

US-built pier to be reinstalled to move aid before being permanently removed: Report

Several US officials have told AP news agency that the pier built by the American military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be reinstalled on the beach to be used for several days, but then the plan is to pull it out permanently.

It would deal the final blow to a multimillion-dollar project long plagued by bad weather, security uncertainties and difficulties getting food into the hands of starving Palestinians.

The officials said that the goal is to clear whatever aid has piled up and get it to the secure area on the beach.

Once that has been done, the army will dismantle the pier and depart. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because final details are still being worked out.

Two injured in Hezbollah rocket hit succumb to wounds

The two people who were injured earlier in a Hezbollah attack have died, Israeli police have confirmed.

According to the Magen Adom rescue services, the rocket directly hit a vehicle they were in.

We reported earlier that the rocket hit an area in the occupied Golan Heights.

Hezbollah’s Golan Heights video is a ‘warning’ to Israel

Elijah Magnier, a military and political analyst, has said Lebanon’s Hezbollah is sending a warning by publishing a video pointing out possible targets in Golan Heights, showing footage of the military sites in the Israeli-occupied Syrian territory.

“But I think we have gone beyond Hezbollah sending Israel deterrence messages, asking the Israelis to think properly before starting an all-out war,” he told Al Jazeera.

“Because I think Hezbollah is pretty much convinced that it is not Israel that is going to start an all-out war,” the analyst added.

“But I think Hezbollah is sending another message – that is a warning if the war doesn’t stop in Gaza … [it] might do much more than sending a daily warning,” Magnier said.

Released journalist contracts ‘serious skin disease’ inside Israeli prison

Muath Amarneh, a journalist who has been held by Israel in administrative detention with no charge or trial for the past nine months, has been released.

Amarneh, who is from the Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, told Al Jazeera that he contracted a serious skin disease inside the Negev prison, which prevented him from having physical contact with his family upon his release.

Soldiers had arrested Amarneh for “incitement” against Israel.

Amarneh was injured by Israeli forces five years ago while he was working as a journalist north of Hebron, leading to the loss of sight in one eye.

Meta to remove more posts targeting ‘Zionists’

The Facebook and Instagram parent has said it would start taking down more posts that target “Zionists”, where the term is used to refer to Jewish people and Israelis rather than representing supporters of the political movement.

Meta’s policy update comes as tensions escalate in the Middle East amid the Israeli war in Gaza.

The company has been criticised for years about how it handles content involving the Middle East. Such criticism shot up further after the start of the war, with rights groups accusing it of suppressing content supportive of Palestinians on Facebook and Instagram.

In 2021, a Meta-commissioned report found that the company’s flawed content moderation policies had stopped Palestinians from sharing “information and insights about their experiences as they occurred”, having a negative “human rights impact”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/9/israels-war-on-gaza-live-two-gaza-city-hospitals-close-on-israeli-orders
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>>482763
>The Facebook and Instagram parent has said it would start taking down more posts that target “Zionists”, where the term is used to refer to Jewish people and Israelis rather than representing supporters of the political movement.
The Zionists always claim they represent all Jewish people, does that count ?
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>>482755
>US citizen training Israeli military to operate drones injured near Lebanon border
>A US citizen injured by Hezbollah rocket fire in northern Israel was reportedly teaching Israeli reservists how to use drones, according to Israel’s Ynet news site.

Drone pilot used to be a military career that only came with the risk of psychological injuries. This seems like the first one that got a physical injury.
🎜 Times are a changing.🎝
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>>482765
🎜Hip hip hooray it's drone pilot stomping day🎝
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Fourteen-year-old shot by Israeli forces ‘lying on the ground bleeding for 15 to 20 minutes’: Rights group

We reported that Israeli forces shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy in Deir Abu Mishal village yesterday.

Ghassan Zahran was shot and killed in the Palestinian village located west of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP).

The group said that Israeli settlers and soldiers attacked Palestinian residents who tried to reach Ghassan while he bled out.

“A group of Israeli settlers gathered after Israeli soldiers shot Ghassan and began throwing stones at Palestinian village residents attempting to reach him. Israeli forces opened fire on the Palestinian residents to prevent them from reaching the child, who remained lying on the ground bleeding for 15 to 20 minutes,” DCIP said.

Israeli forces and settlers have killed 56 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank in 2024, including two United States citizens, according to documentation collected by DCIP.

“Unlawful killings of Palestinian children have become the norm as Israeli forces become increasingly empowered to use intentional lethal force in situations that are not justified. In short, these are war crimes with no consequence,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP.

US to resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel, US official says

The United States will resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel but will continue to hold back on supplying 2,000-pound bombs over concerns about their use in Gaza, a US official has said.

The move comes as US officials are engaging in another round of talks with other key mediators to try to end Israel’s assault in Gaza. Talks are set to begin in Qatar after discussions in Egypt.

More than 30 killed in Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood, Civil Defence spokesperson says

We have more from Mahmoud Bassal, the Civil Defence spokesperson.

According to him, Israeli forces are now in the Tal al-Hawa area of Gaza City. More than 30 people have been killed so far, he said, adding that teams were shot at by Israeli soldiers when they attempted to reach them.

“We’ve received dozens of calls from residents there, saying the bodies of martyrs are filling the streets,” Bassal said.

Many of those who sustained wounds remain trapped inside their homes and are unable to leave, he said.

Bassal called on international organisations and rights groups to “act” immediately in order to enable medical teams and service providers to reach targeted areas and save Palestinian lives.

Hezbollah says will accept any Hamas truce decision, abide by ceasefire

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has said his group would accept Hamas’s decision on Gaza truce negotiations and would stop cross-border attacks on Israel if a ceasefire were reached.

Hezbollah has traded almost daily fire with Israeli forces since October 7, stoking fears of a full-blown conflict.

“Hamas is negotiating … on behalf of the whole axis of resistance,” Nasrallah said, referring to regional pro-Iran groups opposed to Israel and the United States.

“Whatever Hamas accepts, everyone accepts and is satisfied with,” he said, adding, “We do not ask [Hamas] to coordinate with us because the battle in the first instance is theirs.”

Nasrallah’s remarks came days after he met with a Hamas delegation headed by foreign relations chief Khalil al-Hayya, and as talks were to resume in Qatar towards a truce and hostage release deal in the Gaza war, now grinding into its 10th month.

Nasrallah repeated his position that “if a ceasefire is reached, and we all hope for that… our front will cease fire without any discussion”.

“That is a commitment, because it is a support front and we have been clear [about this] from the start,” he said, during a televised address commemorating a senior Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli attack last week.

However, Nasrallah warned that “we will never allow any attack that the Israeli enemy might carry out against Lebanon [even] if there is a ceasefire in Gaza”.

Al-Quds Brigades claims series of attacks on Israeli military in Shujayea

The armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad has said its fighters:

Clashed with Israeli special forces inside a house in the Shujayea neighbourhood, east of Gaza, killing and injuring an unspecified number.
Detonated explosives against Israeli military vehicles in the same neighbourhood.
Killed an Israeli soldier with sniper fire in the vicinity of Tallet al-Mantar, east of Shujayea.

Israeli army bulldozes cemetery in Gaza City

Exclusive video obtained by Al Jazeera shows bodies strewn around the streets in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood, as fighting there continues.

Residents of the area, where Israeli forces have been conducting an intense ground operation for the last several days, reported that upon their return to their partially destroyed homes, they found graves exhumed and the cemetery completely bulldozed.

This is not the first time the Israeli army has been accused of desecrating graveyards. In January, video captured a destroyed cemetery in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, with the telltale marks of bulldozer treads in the dirt on top of what were previously graves.

Hezbollah hits Israeli army position in Golan Heights

The group says in a statement that this attack was a response to Israel’s bombing of the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon last night.

It said that the attack targeted Israeli artillery positions in Zaoura, in the Golan Heights, an area that Israel occupies in Syria, with “dozens of Katyusha rockets”.

Earlier, we reported on an Israeli army statement saying that it attacked Syrian army positions in the Golan Heights, some of which is still under Syrian control.

Israeli military says it hit Syrian army targets in Golan Heights

Israeli tank and artillery have struck Syrian army targets in the occupied Golan Heights a day after an Israeli couple were killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack, the Israeli military says.

“The [Israeli military] sees the Syrian army as responsible for anything that happens in its territory and will not allow attempts to violate the demilitarisation deal,” the military said in a statement.

Israeli jets strike central Lebanon

The Israeli military has carried out several air strikes inside Lebanon in the past few hours.

In one attack, it says, it hit a Hezbollah site in Jennata, a village in central Lebanon. The Israeli army claims it was targeting a Hezbollah air defence system.

Attacks have mostly been confined to the southern region near the border. But this isn’t the first time the Israeli military has struck deep inside Lebanon.

Hamas calls on ICC to investigate ‘monstrous behaviour’ of Israeli soldiers

Hamas has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to “urgently investigate the monstrous behaviour” of Israeli soldiers that it says has been encouraged by Israeli army leaders.

It referred to “documented” images and videos that showcase Israeli soldiers committing the “most brutal crimes against Palestinians, including shooting civilians and burning down homes”.

Their actions, Hamas said, are carried out for their “own entertainment” and target women, children, and the elderly.

These actions are a “disgrace on the face of humanity and the international community”, and should be looked into by the ICC’s chief prosecutor, the group added.

Graduating student who yelled ‘Free Palestine’ reportedly deported from UAE

At the graduation ceremony of New York University Abu Dhabi this May, a student wearing the traditional Palestinian black-and-white keffiyeh scarf shouted “Free Palestine!” as he crossed the stage to receive his diploma, witnesses have told The Associated Press. Days later, he reportedly was deported from the United Arab Emirates.

Jacqueline Hennecke, an NYU Abu Dhabi alumni who graduated in May, told the AP that the university sent an email prior to graduation banning all “cultural attire” at the commencement – including scarves.

The student who disregarded the order and yelled “Free Palestine!” on stage was taken into police custody prior to his deportation, according to the American Association of University Professors, which supports free speech and academic freedom efforts.

The university “has been unable to protect students, staff and faculty from being taken into custody and interrogated at government security offices and has failed to prevent the deportation of one academic staff member and a graduate student,” a statement from the organisation said.

Fires again break out in southern Lebanon after Israeli shelling

Video posted by social media users – and verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency – shows large plumes of smoke rising from several locations around the south of Lebanon.

Large wildfires have broken out due to attacks on both sides of the border as Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah continue to exchange fire.

Earlier today, the Israeli army struck deep inside Lebanese territory, about 79km (49 miles) from the capital, Beirut, targeting what it said were Hezbollah air defence capabilities.

https://twitter.com/Fatimaz200127/status/1811005297130938550

Three-month-old girl sole survivor in Israeli killing of family in western Gaza City

A three-month-old girl, Asmaa Ajour, lies in Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza after Israeli forces killed all her immediate family members in Gaza City.

Her grandmother Um Ramzi Qwaider recounted to Al Jazeera that Asmaa’s family moved from the Tuffah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City a few days ago due to Israeli shelling and evacuation orders.

The family moved to the Sina’a neighbourhood in western Gaza City, but the Israeli military operation expanded suddenly overnight and the area was attacked.

“They were subjected to Israeli shelling, and [Asmaa’s] mother, father, sisters, cousins and uncles were killed,” Qwaider said.

She added that Asmaa remained in her dead mother’s lap for 12 hours until her grandfather managed to save her as Israeli forces fired bullets for hours.

“I don’t know how this orphaned child will live at this age without a father and mother. I don’t know how her life will be. I don’t know how she will be alone in this world,” Qwaider said.

Over the past three days, people have appealed on social media for authorities in Gaza to intervene and recover nine bodies of the Ajour family that are still lying at the scene.

At least 38,295 killed in Israel’s war on Gaza: Health Ministry

Releasing the latest casualty report, the ministry said at least 88,241 people have been injured since the war began on October 7, 2023.

Israeli police arrest protesters demanding ceasefire deal

Israeli police have arrested at least nine protesters in Tel Aviv who were calling for the government to reach a deal to release all captives held in Gaza.

Another round of talks to try to end the war in Gaza are set to begin in Qatar on Wednesday.

After months of deadlock, the Hamas armed group last week presented new “ideas” to Qatari, Egyptian and Turkish mediators on how to reach a ceasefire and captive-exchange deal.

But critics accused Netanyahu of derailing the talks after his office published on Sunday a list of non-negotiable conditions. One of these includes Israel’s ability to resume operations in Gaza until the destruction of Hamas.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/10/israel-war-on-gaza-live-israel-strikes-fourth-school-in-gaza-killing-29
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Instagram removes clip discussing Hamas, restores later

A clip posted on Instagram by Democracy Now of an interview with journalist Jeremy Scahill discussing his interviews with Hamas members was removed, Semafor news agency reports.

The US-based independent media outlet also received a takedown notice saying that it had shared “symbols, praise, or support of people and organisations we define as dangerous”, the report added.

Later in the day, Democracy Now posted a shorter version of the clip.

A spokesperson of Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, told Semafor that the video’s removal was an error and it had been restored.

The social media giant has been accused of silencing pro-Palestine voices. In a report in December, Human Rights Watched accused Meta of “systemic and global censorship” when it came to pro-Palestinian content, describing it as “the biggest wave of suppression of content about Palestine” ever recorded.

Increased Israeli attacks meant to sabotage prospects of a deal: Analyst

Mouin Rabbani, non-resident fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies, says Netanyahu will be remembered for presiding over the biggest intelligence failure in Israel’s history last October.

He told Al Jazeera that according to Israel, its increased military attacks are to increase pressure upon the Palestinians to agree to a deal, but in reality, these attacks seek to undermine Palestinian confidence that any deal that is achieved will, in fact, be implemented.

“They’re meant to sabotage prospects of the deal without having to take direct responsibility for it. That is what we’re seeing happening right now.”

He added that one objective for Israel is to “pulverise” Gaza and take out “its rage against a civilian population because it’s unable to get to the leaders of the Hamas movement and other factions and to make the Gaza Strip unfit for human habitation”.

“Israel would like to achieve many other things whether in the Gaza Strip, or the West Bank, or the region but it doesn’t have the military capability to do that. We’re talking about a very efficient killing machine that is an ineffective fighting force, in particular when it comes to ground operations,” Rabbani said.

Netanyahu to skip Europe stopover amid ICC arrest warrant fear: Report

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu considered making a stopover in Europe on his way to the US later this month, but cancelled the plan amid fears the International Criminal Court (ICC) might issue an arrest warrant against him, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority has said.

ICC’s chief prosecutor Kharim Khan in May requested to issue arrest warrants against the Israeli prime minister and Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes. Since then, a team of judges has been deliberating on whether there are valid reasons to issue the warrants against them.

Should that happen, the 124 countries that are members of the ICC would be obligated to arrest Netanyahu should he step on their territory.

The idea of a stop in a European country friendly to Israel, possibly Hungary or the Czech Republic, came as the prime minister’s plane would have not been able to make a transatlantic flight with too many passengers from Tel Aviv to Washington, the report said.

Instead of the stopover, it added, Netanyahu will travel to the US with a limited entourage. He is expected to address the Congress on July 24.

Rights group highlights Israel’s inability to probe alleged war crimes by military

An investigation by Israeli human rights group Yesh Din has found that of 573 cases of alleged wrongdoing by the Israeli military in Gaza over the past decade, only one case led to a prosecution.

The rights group, which operates in the occupied West Bank, said it examined the results of Israeli military law enforcement related to three military operations in Gaza over the past 10 years. The lack of prosecutions points to a system of military law enforcement that is “evading properly investigating suspect war crimes”.

“Although Israel prides itself on its law enforcement system and presents it as functioning, there is considerable doubt whether the system has the ability or willingness to conduct thorough and effective investigations regarding serious suspicions of violations of the laws of war during the war in Gaza,” the group added.

Biden anti-Semitism envoy welcomes Meta decision to remove more posts related to ‘Zionists’

The US Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism has hailed a decision by Meta to combat posts with derogatory references to Zionists, calling it an “important step in mitigating the rampant spread of online anti-Semitism”.

“It also recognises the alarming, widespread use of ‘Zionists’ as a cover for expressing hatred of Jews in general,” Deborah Lipstadt said.

Earlier, we reported the Facebook and Instagram parent said it would start taking down more posts that target “Zionists”, where the term is used to refer to Jewish people and Israelis rather than representing supporters of the political movement.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/10/israel-war-on-gaza-live-israel-strikes-fourth-school-in-gaza-killing-29
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Israeli forces come under mortar fire amid withdrawal from Shujayea area: Monitors

Israeli forces continued to come under mortar and small arms fire on Wednesday from Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fighters in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood, despite Israel declaring that its operation against Palestinian armed resistance in the area had ended, war monitors report.

“Several Palestinian militias” also carried out attacks on Wednesday in the west and southwest of Gaza City using improvised explosive devices and small arms, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) report in their latest battlefield assessment.

In Gaza’s southern Rafah city, where a weeks-long ground offensive continues, fighters with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades also fired mortar shells at Israeli forces, the US-based think tanks report.

Israel’s Gaza City evacuation order ‘absolute madness’, says rights group

B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, has called Israel’s orders for Gaza City’s entire population to evacuate “absolute madness”.

In a post on social media, the leading human rights groups said the international community must now intervene and “demand that Israel immediately stop the war”.

“Based on Israel’s actions, it appears that it intends to continue fighting indefinitely, sowing destruction, and killing masses of people for the foreseeable future,” the group said in a series of posts.

Israeli army to present probe into Kibbutz Be’eri battle

The Israeli army will present today to Kibbutz Be’eri residents the findings of an investigation on what happened in the community in southern Israel when it was attacked by Hamas fighters on October 7, Israeli media report.

The kibbutz was one of the hardest hit as Palestinian fighters killed 126 people there, of the more than 1,100 people that were killed on that day.

One of the incidents being investigated is why an Israeli tank was ordered to shell a house where 14 civilians were being held by fighters, according to the report.

Other issues being looked into include why there were flaws in the way Israeli soldiers conducted their operation against Palestinian fighters, why an elite unit abandoned the area without being ordered to do so and why forces that reached the area did not enter the kibbutz to fight.

The results of the probe have already been presented to Army Chief Herzi Halevi.

‘No negotiations’ with Columbia University until demands met

Pro-Palestinian students demonstrating at Columbia University have said they will not negotiate with the university until their demands are met.

“The more that Columbia University attempts to silence and intimidate us, the louder we will be,” they said in posts on X.

They have demanded the university immediately stop suspending or expelling students, confer student degrees and release transcript holds for all graduating students affected by the disciplinary process, and reinstate and compensate unjustly dismissed staff.

Ireland condemns Israel’s destruction of Palestinian school in occupied West Bank

Ireland’s representative office in the occupied Palestinian territory has blasted the demolition of an internationally-funded school in the occupied West Bank’s Hebron Hills.

In a post on social media, the office said Ireland “along with like-minded missions condemns the demolition of the donor-funded school in Khallet Amera in Hebron” on Monday.

“As the occupying power, Israel must uphold the right to education for Palestinian children,” Ireland said.

Spanish PM Sanchez calls out West’s ‘double standards’ on Gaza at NATO summit

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the West was guilty of “double standards” regarding the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, the AFP news agency reports.

“If we are telling our people that we are supporting Ukraine because we are defending the international law, this is the same to what we have to do towards Gaza,” Sanchez said at NATO’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.

The West required a “consistent political position” in which “we don’t have double standards”, he said.

Sanchez also said the world needed to press to “stop this terrible humanitarian crisis” affecting the Palestinians and called for an international peace conference to push for a Palestinian state. “We need to create the conditions for an immediate and urgent ceasefire,” he said, adding that there is a serious risk of escalation in Lebanon.

Delta airline accused of ‘racist’ social media post over Palestinian flag

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called for Delta to apologise after someone at the US airline allegedly commented that they would be “terrified” if they saw cabin crew wearing a Palestinian flag.

The now-deleted comment, which appears to have been posted from Delta’s official X account, followed a post from the StopAntisemitism group featuring photos of two Delta staff wearing a Palestinian pin on their uniform.

“Whether this racist post on Delta’s X account was approved or unauthorized, Delta must apologize and take steps to educate its employees about this type of dangerous anti-Palestinian racism,” CAIR said.

Delta is yet to comment on the matter.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/11/israels-war-on-gaza-live-bodies-filling-the-streets-in-gaza-city
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>>482766
I didn't mean it that way, those drone pilots have a really high mental-illness and suicide-rate, that shit fucks with People's heads, it's not a nice gig.

I meant it in the way of that Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin song. Go have a listen it's got those chilling fatalistic lyrics combined with upbeat cheerful music, that capture this pretty well.

<With battle outside raging

<will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
<For the times, they are a-changing

The drone warfare program was the attempt at creating alcohole-free beer, sugar-free lemonade or caffeine-free coffee, except for war. As in death-free war. Well "death-free" for the faction with the drones. And now it appears the jig is up and the "other side" is beginning to figure out how to get at the pilots that used to be tugged away safely in containers with the remote controle interface.
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>>482768
>Instagram removes clip discussing Hamas, restores later
>Biden anti-Semitism envoy welcomes Meta decision to remove more posts related to ‘Zionists’
Pro genocide censorship.

What i don't understand is that they have to know that the political viability of pro Zionist politics is gone, it'll never come back. They're just infuriating more people with this shit. Political repression against people speaking out against injustice is just going to make people identify with Palestinians even harder, because they're both being victimized by Zionism. They're dropping real bombs on Palestinians and censorship-bombs on Westerners.
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Gaza gets no mention in NATO chief’s final speech

Israel’s war in Gaza went without mention in NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg’s final speech at the NATO summit in Washington, despite some leaders warning that silence over the situation in Gaza could undermine the alliance’s commitment to human rights.

Earlier in the day, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned that the perception of a “double standard” towards Ukraine and Gaza could weaken efforts to rally non-European nations to the defence of a “rules-based” international order.

US President Joe Biden also failed to mention the conflict and instead rekindled a debate over his candidacy for the November presidential election when he accidentally referred to his Ukrainian counterpart as Russia’s “President Putin” as he introduced Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

WHO says only five trucks allowed to enter Gaza last week

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said only five of the UN agency’s trucks carrying medical supplies were allowed into Gaza last week, while more than 34 were waiting in El Arish, the closest Egyptian city to the Rafah border crossing, and 40 in Ismailia, in northeastern Egypt.

The Israeli military earlier claimed that it had allowed 261 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Yet, the UN and other international organisations continue to report on Israeli restrictions on aid delivery to the besieged enclave, amid the spread of famine after more than nine months of war.

Israeli settlers torch Palestinian shop, attack homes near Nablus

Israeli settlers have set fire to a Palestinian shop and attacked homes in the town of Bazariya, northwest of Nablus, the Palestinian news agency Wafa has reported.

It added that the settlers pelted vehicles with stones and closed the road between Nablus and Jenin. The Israeli army set up checkpoints following the incident.
https://twitter.com/WAFANewsEnglish/status/1811483009125925176

Microsoft is banning Palestinians in US for calling relatives in Gaza: Report

Palestinians living abroad have accused the tech company Microsoft of closing their email accounts without warning, cutting them off from crucial online services, the BBC reports.

They say the decision has also stopped them from using the video platform Skype, which Microsoft owns, to contact relatives in Gaza.

Microsoft said the users in question violated its terms of service. It also denied blocking users or calls based on region.

Skype remains an affordable tool to contact people in Gaza, where international calls are unreliable and expensive.

Earlier this week, Meta — the parent company of the platforms Facebook and Instagram — said it would start taking down posts that target “Zionists”, when the term is used to refer to Jewish people and Israelis rather than representing supporters of the political movement.

Meta’s policy update comes as tensions escalate in the Middle East amid Israel’s war in Gaza.

Israeli court rules to evict 66 Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem

The Jerusalem District Court has rejected appeals filed by 11 Palestinian families consisting of 66 people fighting eviction from their homes in the Batan al-Hawa neighbourhood in the Silwan district by the Ateret Cohanim settler group, the Israeli nonprofit Ir Amim says.

The Ghaith and Abu Nab families, numbering 22 individuals, were ordered to vacate their homes immediately and pay about $2,700 in legal expenses to the settler group. In a separate decision, the Nasser and Kaid Rajabi families, consisting of 44 members, were told to leave their home by January 12 and pay the same amount in legal expenses, Ir Amim said in a statement.

“These families are among some 85 Palestinian families, consisting of over 700 individuals, who face large-scale displacement and settler takeovers of their homes in Batan al-Hawa,” it said.

“These cases are part and parcel of a coordinated and systematic political campaign aimed at uprooting Palestinians and expanding Jewish settlement in the heart of Palestinian neighbourhoods. While the eviction claims themselves are initiated by settlers, they are aided and abetted on all levels of the state, which carry far-reaching implications on the future of Jerusalem and the conflict as a whole.”

466 killed in Israeli onslaught since October: Lebanon ministry

The Lebanese health ministry says 1,904 people have also been wounded since then, the National News Agency reports.

The ministry added:

86 percent of those injured are men
56 percent of the wounded are between age 25 and 44
16 percent suffered injuries from white phosphorous bombs

60 bodies recovered in Shujayea after Israeli ground assault

A spokesperson for the civil defence agency says more than 85 percent of the buildings in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood have become uninhabitable, making more than 120,000 residents now homeless.

“We recovered more than 60 martyrs [bodies] and there are dozens of martyrs under the rubble of homes in the Shujayea neighbourhood. We do not have an accurate number,” said the spokesperson, who wasn’t named.

“The occupation destroyed a medical clinic that provided health services to more than 60,000 Palestinians in Shujayea,” he added.

“Documented testimonies” have been taken that Israeli forces opened fire on residents in the neighbourhood despite being in designated evacuation routes, he said.

Israeli forces are now invading Gaza City’s southern neighbourhood of Tal al-Hawa and “destroying all aspects of life”, said the spokesperson, adding, “Initial estimates indicate at least 50 people were killed in the Tal al-Hawa area by occupation fire. Our crews are unable to deal with multiple areas targeted at the same time.”

US provides $100m in aid to Palestinians; 227kg bombs to Israel

The United States announced it’s providing $100m in additional aid for Palestinians in the war-battered Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank.

A statement from USAID said the funding would assist the UN World Food Programme.

Through the funding, it will provide “logistics support for the safe and efficient delivery of lifesaving humanitarian aid across Gaza”, it said without elaborating.

Aid agencies have complained that goods are not reaching people in Gaza because of Israeli restrictions, the dangerous security situation, and growing lawlessness that is complicating aid delivery.

A statement from the US aid agency said the additional funding brings US contributions to the Palestinians since the war began to more than $774m.

Earlier, the US agreed to resume shipping 500-pound (227kg) bombs to Israel, part of the $3.8bn worth of military aid it transfers annually.

Opposition leader calls for condemnation after rabbi’s fiery op-ed

Prominent Jewish rabbis say yeshiva students must refuse to turn up for military service as the contentious issue continues to threaten the Israeli government.

Rabbi Dov Lando made the call in a front-page commentary for the Yated Ne’eman daily, which is affiliated with the United Torah Judaism, a key coalition partner of Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu.

He said Israel’s judicial system has “declared war against the Torah world”, in reference to the ruling by the High Court that the government must immediately start drafting ultra-Orthodox students into the military.

Lando’s statement for students to refuse draft orders follows similar calls by a group of senior Sephardi rabbis on Wednesday.

Yair Lapid, Israel’s main opposition leader, said in a post on X the government must “condemn in explicit words” Lando’s demands or else it will have neglected Israeli soldiers and military values.

Iran’s Pezeshkian promises ‘all-encompassing support’ for Palestinians

Masoud Pezeshkian, who is expected to become Iran’s president in the next few weeks, has written to Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh to reassure the group that his administration will continue to support the Palestinian cause.

The moderate president-elect wrote in his letter he considers support for the Palestinian people and standing up to Israeli occupation and its system of apartheid a “human and Islamic duty”.

Pezeshkian promised he would “continue all-encompassing support for the wronged Palestinian people until the realisation of all their goals and rights, and the liberation of the honourable Quds”, referring to the Arabic name for Jerusalem.

“I am confident that in the shadow of the historic steadfastness of the resistant Palestinian nation and the wronged but strong Gaza and the heroic endeavours of Palestinian resistance fighters in the current war, victory and divine favour will be achieved by dear Palestine.”

Two days ago, Pezeshkian wrote to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah promising support for the Lebanese armed group and other members of the “axis of resistance” that Tehran backs across the region.

Biden complicit in Israeli ‘war crimes’: Turkey’s Erdogan

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says US President Joe Biden and his administration are complicit in Israeli “war crimes” and violations of international law in Gaza.

In an interview with Newsweek during the NATO summit in Washington, DC, Erdogan highlighted Israel’s “brutal murder” of civilians and its strikes on hospitals, aid centres and elsewhere.

“The US administration, however, disregards these violations and provides Israel with the most support. They do so at the expense of being complicit in these violations,” Erdogan said.

“At this juncture, who will impose what kind of sanction against Israel for violating international law? That is the real question and no one is answering that.”

Turkish minister says lessons weren’t learned from Srebrenica genocide

Turkey’s Head of Communications, Fahrettin Altun, says if the world had learned from the Srebrenica genocide, Israel’s war on Gaza would not be happening.

“Ratko Mladić, etched in history as the “Butcher of Bosnia,” like those who perpetuate the genocide in Gaza today, was tragically blinded by ideology and ignored the pleas of reason, common sense, and conscience,” Altun wrote on X.

“If humanity had truly learned from the harrowing events in Srebrenica, where over 8,000 people were killed solely because of their identities and beliefs without making any distinction between the young and the old, the genocide in Gaza would not have taken place today.”

During the Srebrenica genocide, about 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys were killed in 1995 by Bosnian Serb forces.

In May, the UN approved a resolution marking July 11 as the International Day of Remembrance of the Srebrenica Genocide.

Army ‘failed to protect’ kibbutz residents: Israeli spokesperson

There’s more on the Israeli army’s inquiry into the events of October 7, as we have further details from army spokesperson Daniel Hagari’s press conference presenting the probe.

Hagari said that the Israeli army had failed to confront thousands of Hamas and other Palestinian fighters who launched the attack, and in particular had failed to protect the residents of Kibbutz Be’eri, which saw some of the heaviest fighting.

“The fighters of Kibbutz Be’eri were alone for the first seven hours,” Hagari said, adding that “major mistakes” occurred.

Relatives of Israeli captives continue march to demand Gaza deal

The relatives of Israeli captives held in Gaza are continuing a four-day march to West Jerusalem to pressure their government into reaching a deal in Gaza.

The protest is set to end on Saturday night outside the prime minister’s office.

More on US sanctioning Israelis for anti-Palestinian violence

We reported earlier that the United States has imposed sanctions on a far-right Israeli group and four unauthorised West Bank outposts.

Now we’re learning that one of the outposts is a farm owned by Isaschar Manne, who has been sanctioned. The State Department said the outpost “was established on pastureland belonging to the Palestinian community, and settlers from this outpost regularly attack community shepherds and prevent their access to pastureland through acts of violence”.

Two other Israelis were sanctioned for being leaders of Tsav 9, a previously sanctioned group that attacked convoys carrying humanitarian aid bound for civilians in Gaza, it said.

The move bars Americans from dealing with the targeted individuals and entities, and freezes any US assets they hold. It was unclear if any of the targets hold such assets.

Netanyahu demands control of border as videos show Israeli flag at Rafah crossing

Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that Israel retain control of key Palestinian territory along the Gaza border with Egypt, one of several conditions the Israeli prime minister has set to reach a ceasefire deal with Hamas.

Speaking after the return of Israeli negotiators from talks with mediators in Qatar, Netanyahu said Israel needed to stop weapons from reaching Hamas.

It is the first time Israel has insisted on retaining control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt and the so-called Philadelphi Corridor along the border. He did not say if the measure would be permanent.

The condition conflicts with Hamas’s position that Israel must withdraw from all Gaza territory after a ceasefire.

Meanwhile, videos posted on social media show an Israeli flag flying at the Rafah crossing, on the border between Gaza and Egypt.

Israeli army releases first inquiry into October 7 events

The Israeli army says it has released its first inquiry into the events of October 7, in which it acknowledged a string of failures in its mission to protect the country’s civilians.

However, it dismissed accusations that Israeli captives held in a home were struck by tank fire, saying they were instead likely killed by Hamas fighters. Survivors said that during a standoff in Kibbutz Be’eri an Israeli tank fired at a home where captives were held. A report by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has found that the Israeli army deployed its Hannibal Directive during the October 7 attack, which allows the military to use all necessary force to prevent the capture of soldiers, even if that force results in the loss of civilian and military lives.

Responding to the inquiry, opposition lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman was quoted by Israeli media as saying that the findings show that “there’s no other choice” but to appoint a state commission of inquiry.

Media organisations urge Israel to allow access into Gaza

More than 60 media and civil society organisations have signed an open letter urging Israel to give journalists independent access to the besieged coastal enclave.

The organisations, which include The Associated Press, AFP, BBC, CNN, The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Washington Post – reiterated that no independent media access to Gaza has been permitted since October 7.

“More than 100 journalists have been killed since the start of the war and those who remain are working in conditions of extreme deprivation. The result is that information from Gaza is becoming harder and harder to obtain and that the reporting which does get through is subject to repeated questions over its veracity,” the organisations said in the letter, which was coordinated by the Committee to Protect Journalists, a media watchdog.

“Netanyahu describes Israel as a democracy. His actions with regard to the media tell a different story. International, Israeli, and Palestinian journalists from outside Gaza should be given independent access to Gaza so they can judge for themselves what is happening in this war – rather than being spoon-fed with a handful of organised tours by the Israeli military,” said CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg.

In addition to news outlets, the signatories – who span more than 26 countries – include professional groups and organisations dedicated to defending press freedom.

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Hezbollah claims drone attacks on northern Israel

The Lebanese group has claimed its first attacks of the day in border fighting with Israel, confirming it launched multiple drones.

Hezbollah said it used the drones to target the new headquarters of an Israeli army battalion south of Kabri and inflicted casualties. It also said it hit the al-Malikiah site in a separate attack.

Sirens had earlier sounded in areas of Western Galilee and east of Nahariya in northern Israel, with the Israeli military confirming that several drones successfully crossed over.

Israeli media are reporting that at least one person was seriously wounded in the Kabri area.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/11/israels-war-on-gaza-live-bodies-filling-the-streets-in-gaza-city

US-built aid pier scrapped as parts of Gaza starve

“Throughout the conception, construction and brief operation” of the floating pier off the Gaza coast, land routes into the Palestinian territory that could have supplied Gaza’s starving population with much-needed humanitarian aid were available, Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports.

“But the US didn’t use its leverage to force Israel to open them for the safe delivery of aid,” Rattansi said.

Watch the full report on the Gaza aid pier and its failures.

Vessel reports two explosions in Red Sea west of Yemen, security firm says

A merchant vessel has reported two explosions in the Red Sea some 21 nautical miles (39 km) west of the city of al-Makha (Mocha) in Yemen, according to British maritime security firm Ambrey.

Ambrey reports that the crew said one “missile” hit the water, while a second exploded in the air, both within 0.5 nautical miles of the vessel.

“The vessel was withholding its automatic identification system transmissions at the time. Ambrey is investigating the vessel’s affiliations with the Houthi target profile,” Ambrey said.

Hecklers chant ‘shame’ during Netanyahu speech at military graduation ceremony

The Israeli prime minister was interrupted by hecklers who chanted during a speech he gave at a military graduation ceremony in southern Israel where he promised to continue the war in Gaza.

“There are some who ask how long the campaign will last, and I answer in two words: Until victory. Until victory, even if it takes time,” Netanyahu said.

As he spoke, people in attendance began to chant “shame”, The Associated Press news agency reports.

Erdogan: Turkey will not support continued NATO cooperation with Israel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country won’t support NATO’s continued partnership with the Israeli government.

“Until comprehensive, sustainable peace is established in Palestine, attempts at cooperation with Israel within NATO will not be approved by Turkey,” Erdogan told a news conference at the NATO 75th anniversary summit in Washington, DC.

Israel, which was designated a major non-NATO ally by the US in 1987, cooperates with the organisation in areas including technology and counterterrorism.

Turkey has been a member of NATO since 1952.

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Fucking crazy.
Also fondly looking back at the times when I couldn't tell Emily was right-wing. Now I can barely tell she's a journalist.
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>>482806
Out of the loop.
Emily is the co-host in this ?
What did she do to make you think she's right wing. (and pls define what exactly that means)

My take away from this

The Zionist lobby is picking fights with everybody. And not even for actions, just over statements. Punch in the mouth politics like this do not go over well in general, because it draws a lot of attention, which isn't conducive to lobbying in the background. When the political capital already went down the drain on account of collaborating with genocide, this goes doubly so. There is a good chance that the Zionist lobby will end up redefined as foreign interference.

The imperialist camp is suffering a 3 way divide right now.
The throw down with Russia camp
The throw down with China camp
The throw down in the middle east camp.

The Zionist lobby is part of that third camp.

They all compete for military resources and propaganda resources, there is a chance they grid-lock each other creating room for a popular peace and prosperity movent.
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>>482800
>Microsoft is banning Palestinians in US for calling relatives in Gaza: Report
>Microsoft said the users in question violated its terms of service.

>Earlier this week, Meta — the parent company of the platforms Facebook and Instagram — said it would start taking down posts that target “Zionists”

>Meta’s policy update comes as tensions escalate in the Middle East amid Israel’s war in Gaza.

This violates people's right to communicate and freedom from censorship, neither "terms of service" nor "policy update" can be legitimate excuse.

I think that the conclusion we have to draw from this is that, people need to have technological self determination. And the problem is that this was even possible.
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>>482801
>“Until comprehensive, sustainable peace is established in Palestine, attempts at cooperation with Israel within NATO will not be approved by Turkey,” Erdogan told a news conference at the NATO 75th anniversary summit in Washington, DC.

So the Zionists are now tearing Nato apart. I have to admit i did not see that one coming.
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US-UK targets Yemen’s Hodeidah airport with three air strikes: Houthi media

Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Hodeidah International Airport has been struck three times today by US and British aircraft.

That’s according the Al Masirah television channel that is controlled by the Iran-aligned armed group. The rebels control much of Yemen after nearly a decade of war against a Western-backed and Saudi-led coalition.



Since January, the United States and the United Kingdom have launched retaliatory strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, aiming to degrade their ability to attack the vital waterways. But the attacks have done little to deter the Houthis.

Hamas proposes ‘national, nonpartisan’ government to take over Gaza: Report

Husam Badran, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, says the group has “proposed that a government of national, nonpartisan competencies take over the administration of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank after the war”.

That’s according to the Palestinian Information Center, a Hamas-affiliated news outlet.

The report quoted Badran as saying that “managing the Gaza Strip after the war is an internal Palestinian matter, and we will not discuss the day after the war in Gaza with any external parties”.

“We call on the international community to put pressure on the party obstructing the negotiations and force it to stop the aggression against Gaza,” he said, according to the report.

Rescue crews retrieve 30 bodies after Israeli retreat from Tal al-Hawa

“The Israeli army partially withdrew from the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City, and we found the bodies of 30 martyrs from the area of al-Sina’a Street and the Tal al-Hawa area,” says Fares Afaneh, an ambulance and emergency official in the northern Gaza Strip, referring to those killed in Israeli shelling. “Most of the bodies of the martyrs are decomposed due to the inability of ambulance crews to reach [them earlier].”

“We transferred a number of injured people, … [but] there are large numbers of martyrs [still] under the rubble,” Afaneh added.

The Israeli army destroyed infrastructure, buildings and residential towers in the area, he said.

60 bodies have now been found in Tal al-Hawa: Gaza’s civil defence

Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson for Gaza’s civil defence, has told Al Jazeera that at least 60 bodies have now been found in Gaza City’s Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood.

We’ve been reporting all day on the discovery of bodies in Gaza City, after Israeli forces withdrew from some of its areas this morning. The previous number we had from the civil defence was 50.

“The Gaza civil defence teams moved in to rescue survivors. They found dozens killed. Most of those killed are families, women, and children. Some bodies were eaten by dogs,” Basal told us.

“At least 60 bodies were counted. Some bodies were buried on the spot. Others were taken to nearby hospitals. Many bodies are still under the rubble. The Israeli forces are stationed nearby and the rescue efforts are interrupted regularly,” he added.

Israeli army carries out attacks on Lebanon

Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Lebanon reports that warplanes have bombed the towns of Tyre Harfa and Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon.

They also reported that an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle near the village if Mari.

Gaza media office details destroyed infrastructure

In its latest data release, the office also gave an update on the widespread destruction wrought on the enclave.

As of today, at least 80,000 housing units have been destroyed, the office said.

At least 34 hospitals have been put out of service, with a total of 161 health institutions targeted by Israeli strikes.

At least 609 mosques and three churches have been destroyed, the office said.

At least 115 schools and universities have also been destroyed.

Who are the Lebanese Resistance Brigades that claimed attack against Israel?

Hezbollah announced today that the Lebanese Resistance Brigades launched their first attack against Israel since the start of the cross-border clashes with the outbreak of the war in Gaza.

The Lebanese Resistance Brigades are a Hezbollah-affiliated group that includes non-Shia Lebanese fighters.

Hezbollah’s religious ideology is rooted in Shia Islam, so it formed the brigades in 1997 with a Lebanese national identity to allow fighters from other religious denominations to join it in fighting Israel.

The Lebanese Resistance Brigades said on Friday that they launched a rocket attack against an Israeli base in the disputed Shebaa Farms, which Lebanon claims as its own. The group said the operation was in defence of Lebanon and in support of the Palestinian people.

16,054 children killed since beginning of war: Gaza authorities

The figure has been released as part of the Gaza Government Media Office’s latest data on the war.

Of the children killed, 34 died from hunger, the office said.

At least 10,700 women are among the 38,345 Palestinians killed in Gaza since the war began, and about 10,000 Palestinians remain missing, according to the office.

Dutch court rejects export ban demand for jet parts over Gaza war

A Dutch court has rejected a demand by rights groups to order the Netherlands to block all exports of F-35 fighter jet parts which might end up in Israel.

The case, started by rights groups, including the Dutch arm of Oxfam, followed from another district court ruling in February that the Netherlands cannot send F-35 parts to Israel over concerns the planes could be involved in breaking international humanitarian law in the war in Gaza.

The NGOs had claimed that the Dutch state stopped the direct export of parts to Israel but continued to deliver fighter jet parts to the US and other countries.

Those parts could then be sent on or used in planes destined for Israel and that should also be stopped under the earlier order.

However, The Hague district court said in a media release that the NGOs’ interpretation of the February ruling was too broad and the Dutch state was complying with the export ban as ordered.

Michigan’s Arab community feels ‘disrespected’ by Biden: Activist

Suehaila Amen, a community advocate, says Arab and Muslim Americans in the Detroit area – where Biden is holding campaign events today – feel “disenfranchised and disrespected” by the US president and his Democratic Party over their unconditional support for Israel’s war on Gaza.

“He is a warmonger and genocide supporter. He continues to aid and abet a genocide on the innocent civilians of Gaza,” Amen told Al Jazeera.

“Biden continues to show the greater global community that the only thing he cares about is ensuring his allies have carte blanche to slaughter as they wish with our tax dollars funding the murder of innocent men, women and children. He is a disgrace to the nation as a leader.”

After numerous assaults on UNRWA facilities, Israeli army claims to find weapons in Gaza City

The Israeli army says it located weapons at UNRWA’s compound in Gaza City, without providing evidence.

It also said that it destroyed a tunnel close to the building that was used for Hamas’ military operations.

That took place as part of Israeli raids in the past two weeks on the western and southern neighborhoods of Gaza City which forced tens of thousands of people to flee southwards and reduce to rubble entire districts.

Since the start of the war, Israel has targeted hundreds of UN buildings, hospitals and schools claiming they were used by Palestinian fighters for military purposes. But it is providing no proof to back its claims.

At least 524 people have been killed while sheltering in UNRWA facilities since October 7, the agency said.

Just in the past week, dozens of people were killed in attacks on four UNRWA schools in four days.

Netanyahu ‘running the clock’ on Biden

As Biden faces growing calls for him to step aside as a presidential candidate amid concerns over his age, he is likely to have little “political capital” left to take a hard line with Israel, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara says.

“Biden has been weakened over the past several weeks, and already over the past several months, he refused to put enough pressure on Netanyahu to change course,” Bishara said.

“There’s no doubt that Netanyahu is running the clock on Biden, that he is waiting for the next administration,” he said.

Meanwhile, Bishara added that many US voters in places like Michigan, where Biden is currently holding a campaign event, “are really stuck in this choice between tyrant Trump and genocide Joe”.

Poll finds majority of Israelis want Netanyahu to resign

A poll by Israeli news outlet Channel 12 has found that 72 percent of the Israeli public want Netanyahu to resign over the October 7 Hamas attack.

According to the poll, 44 percent of respondents believe Netanyahu needs to quit now, while 28 percent say he should resign after the war in Gaza ends.

The poll also found that 64 percent of respondents favour a ceasefire deal that would free Israeli captives in Gaza.

Ex-Israeli PM warns Israel has ‘no defence’ for crimes in West Bank

Ehud Olmert, who led the Israeli government in the mid-2000s, has issued a warning for Israeli leaders over the escalating settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

He suggested that the country will not be able to defend itself if charged with crimes over its conduct there.

“I am warning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: The day is drawing near when arrest warrants will be issued against you for the crimes being carried out every day in Judea and Samaria by Israel, with the support of its government, while you intentionally turn a blind eye to it,” he wrote in an op-ed for Haaretz, using a biblical name for the West Bank.

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ICJ to issue advisory opinion on Israeli occupation on July 19

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will issue an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory on July 19, the court said in a news release.

The UN’s highest court held historic hearings into Israel’s occupation in February of this year.

The court heard from 52 countries and three organisations on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.

Israeli army killed dozens in Gaza City in ‘planned massacre’: Official

Director-General of the Government Media Office Ismail al-Thawabta has accused Israeli authorities of carrying out a “planned massacre” that killed dozens in Gaza City.

Al-Thawabta told Al Jazeera Arabic that the Israeli army directed thousands of Palestinians in eastern Gaza City to move to neighbourhoods in the west and south of the city, then opened fire at them once they got there.

He said 70 bodies have been retrieved by rescue crews in the area of Tal al-Hawa, and at least 50 people remain missing.

“Some displaced people were pointing to the Israeli army, carrying white flags and saying, ‘We are not fighters; we are displaced.’ But the Israeli occupation army executed these displaced people with cold blood,” al-Thawabta said.

“The Israeli army was planning to carry out that massacre in Tal al-Hawa.”

He renewed calls for the international community to pressure Israel to end its “war of extermination” against Palestinians.

Are Biden’s numbers really better in Israel than in the US?

At a news conference on Thursday, Biden defended his policies on Gaza by suggesting that he is more popular in Israel than he is at home.

“By the way, look at the numbers in Israel. I mean, my numbers are better in Israel than they are here,” Biden said.

Recent polls appear to back that assertion. A Pew Research Center Survey earlier this year found that 57 percent of respondents in Israel have confidence in Biden to do the right thing regarding world affairs.

Another study by Pew released this month showed that 39 percent of US respondents have confidence in Biden to make good foreign policy decisions.

Report: Staff of foreign aid organisation killed in Israeli bombing of Gaza

Al Jazeera’s correspondents in the Gaza Strip, citing medical sources, report that four staffers of a UK relief organisation, named Al-Khair, were killed when the Israeli army bombed a warehouse in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis in the south.

We will update you on these reports as soon as we have more information.

US Muslim groups launch fund to back students who advocate for Palestine

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and A Continuous Charity (ACC) have launched a new fund that will support “students targeted for their pro-Palestine advocacy on college campuses”.

Protests on college campuses against Israel’s war in Gaza swept across the US earlier this year, and many students have faced arrest or academic sanctions over their activism.

In May, UN special rapporteur on the right to education, Farida Shaheed, said that “pro-Palestinian protesters are disproportionately affected by the harsh response”, which has included suspensions, expulsions, evictions from university housing and cancellation of food support programmes.

CAIR and ACC said 70 percent of all donations for the new fund will go towards providing interest-free educational loans to students, while 30 percent will go towards “grants for students who have lost scholarships, housing, or other support because of their advocacy”.

Lazzarini thanks 118 countries for statement of shared commitment to UNRWA

UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini has thanked 118 countries that signed on to a shared commitment to support and bolster financial and political support for the UN Palestinian refugee agency. The UN’s headquarters in New York held a pledge conference today to secure support for the agency.

“An impressive show of solidarity and support,” Lazzarini said, that comes at “a critical time as UNRWA undergoes unprecedented attacks and systematic attempts to dismantle it.”

The initiative was spearheaded by Slovenia, Jordan and Kuwait and signed by all 15 members of UN Security Council.

Qassam Brigades claim attacks against Israeli forces in Gaza

The military wing of Hamas has announced several military operations against Israeli troops today:

A rocket attack on the Netzarim Corridor that divides northern and southern Gaza.
The targeting of an Israeli tank and an armoured personnel carrier with rocket-propelled grenades in Rafah.
The targeting of an Israeli tank and two jeeps in Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood of Gaza City with explosive devices and previously unexploded Israeli bombs.
Clashing with an eight-soldier infantry unit from “zero distance” and killing and injuring its members in Gaza City.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/12/israel-war-on-gaza-live-gaza-city-neighbourhoods-see-fiercest-week-of-war
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US pilots tell of ‘traumatising’ deployment to stop Red Sea attacks by Houthis

US Navy fighter pilots and sailors returning to the US after months of being deployed to shoot down Houthi missiles and drones over the Red Sea have spoken of the trauma of what is now the navy’s most intense sea fighting since World War II.

According to The Associated Press (AP), sailors would see incoming missiles just seconds before being destroyed by ship defence systems. Most on the ships were not used to being attacked, Commander Benjamin Orloff, a Navy pilot, said.

“I’ll be honest: It was a little traumatising for the group. It’s something that we don’t think about a lot until you’re presented with it,” he said,

A US aircraft carrier strike group deployed to the Red Sea in mid-October. After months of operations to shoot down missiles and drones, the deployment was twice extended placing additional stress on the crew of roughly 7,000 sailors, the AP reports.

Palestinian fighters in better position ‘than in early days of war’, says Hamas official

More from the AP interview with Ahmed Abdul-Hadi, the head of Hamas’s political office in Lebanon:

Abdul-Hadi said the “military situation is very solid for the resistance and is better than the early days of the war”, while denying reports that Hamas leaders inside the war-torn territory had exerted pressure on leaders outside to accept the current ceasefire proposal due to the pressure of Israeli military attacks on the Palestinian enclave.

He also said that Hamas does not expect to resume its role as the governing party in Gaza after the war.

The form of future governance in Gaza, Abdul-Hadi said, will be “a Palestinian matter that is agreed upon by the Palestinian people” and is not part of the current ceasefire talks.

“We do not want to rule Gaza alone again in the next phase,” he said. “We want to have a partnership and national consensus.”

A meeting between Hamas and its main rival, Fatah, is expected to take place in China later this month after being postponed last month, he said.

Hamas wants guarantees Israel won’t resume war after Gaza captives freed

Ahmed Abdul-Hadi, the head of Hamas’s political office in Lebanon, has told The Associated Press (AP) news agency that the Palestinian organisation wants written guarantees from mediators that Israel will not return to war after the first group of Israeli captives held in Gaza is released.

Both sides have agreed on a general framework for a ceasefire deal, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that any agreement “must allow Israel to return to fighting until all the objectives of the war are achieved”, which includes the destruction of Hamas.

Hamas insists that “negotiations should continue for a permanent ceasefire until a permanent ceasefire is reached”, as opposed to the wording in the current ceasefire proposal, under which the ceasefire should continue as long as negotiations continue.

“Netanyahu can stop the negotiations and thus resume the aggression” at any time, Abdul-Hadi told the AP.

“We want something in writing to ensure that negotiations continue … in order to reach a permanent ceasefire,” he said.

Argentina designates Hamas a terrorist organisation

Argentina has designated Hamas a “terrorist organisation” and ordered a freeze on all of the group’s financial assets, in a largely symbolic move by the country’s far-right President Javier Milei, as he seeks to align more closely to the US and Israel.

Israel claims charity worker killed in deadly strike was Hamas fighter

The Israeli military has alleged, without providing any evidence, that one of the four aid workers that it killed on Friday was a member of Hamas’s internal security forces.

Hossam Mansour, a senior staff member with the UK-based Al-Khair Foundation, was killed along with three others when the Israeli military bombed a warehouse for humanitarian aid in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, on Friday.

The Israeli military claimed that Mansour “took a significant and continuous part in the preservation and presence of Hamas rule in the Gaza Strip, while undermining Israel’s efforts in the region”.

Israel has previously accused the Al-Khair charity, which provides food assistance to people in Gaza, of transferring funds to Palestinian armed groups “under the guise of humanitarian activity”.

In April, Israeli forces killed seven aid workers from US-based NGO World Central Kitchen in an air strike, and has killed 195 staff with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) since October.

Football player wins case against club for wrongful termination over Palestine support

A German court has ruled that football club Mainz wrongfully terminated the contract of Anwar El Ghazi after the Dutch forward refused to stay silent about his support for Palestinians.

German club Mainz suspended El Ghazi in October, before terminating his contract in November, after he refused to stop posting about Israel’s war on Gaza on social media.

The forward, who wrote the statement “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” in one such post, has previously said he has “no regrets or remorse” about his stand.

El Ghazi, whose parents are of Moroccan descent, had a contract with Mainz until 2025. Following the ruling, the club must pay his wages covering the past nine months, a sum totalling 1.7 million euros ($1.85 million), according to The Athletic.

A spokesperson for the club has said they are waiting for the court’s written reasons for the decision before deciding on whether to appeal, the Reuters news agency reports.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/13/israel-war-on-gaza-live-dozens-of-bodies-recovered-after-massacre
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>>482808
Emily Jashinsky's a right-wing article-writer. On Breaking Points, I used to not notice her 'slant,' but occasionally she just spews stuff that's outright wrong (but would pass in the MSM), and in this instance she pivots from Ryan's genuinely interesting scoop straight to some whinging about how unions are unpopular today because thing she heard.
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Bloody and devastating scenes after al-Mawasi attack
Tareq Abu Azzoum
Reporting from Deir el-Balah, central Gaza

It’s a new massacre committed by the Israeli military in one of the areas where people were told to seek refuge.

Israeli fighter jets targeted al-Mawasi with five bombs and five missiles where displaced Palestinians have been residing.

According to Gaza’s government media office, more than 100 Palestinians have been reported killed or injured. We’re hearing from civil defence crews that emergency workers were targeted while they were rushing to rescue the wounded.

The scenes that are emerging are incredibly bloody and devastating. The victims are young children, innocent civilians, women and elderly people.

The al-Kuwaiti field hospital alongside with the Nasser medical facility are overwhelmed with wounded people.

People are incredibly panicked and terrified because this is where they were told to go to seek refuge and thousands of makeshift shelters have been established there.

Emergency workers are continuing to look for survivors in order to deliver them to field hospitals in order to get medical treatment.

High-profile Hamas official targeted in al-Mawasi attack: Report

A report on Israeli army radio citing military sources claims that at least one high-profile Hamas official was targeted in the al-Mawasi attack.

This has not yet been confirmed.

We’ll bring you more shortly.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/13/israel-war-on-gaza-live-dozens-of-bodies-recovered-after-massacre
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Hamas official dismisses Israeli media report on Deif as ‘nonsense’

Abu Zuhri, a senior Hamas official, has told Reuters that an Israeli Army Radio report that the attack on al-Mawasi had targeted Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif is “nonsense”.

“All the martyrs are civilians and what happened was a grave escalation of the war of genocide, backed by the American support and world silence,” he said.

Zuhri also said that the attack showed Israel was not interested in reaching a ceasefire agreement.

Israel follows pattern of justifying large-scale attacks on civilians
Hamdah Salhut
Reporting from Amman, Jordan

Al Jazeera is reporting from Amman, Jordan, because the Israeli government has banned the network from the country.

The Israeli Army Radio is saying that there was a very high-profile target as part of these big strikes in al-Mawasi, describing it as “very significant”.

We do not have any confirmation at this time. The report is citing unspecified Israeli military officials and they are saying that the results of the attack are not immediately clear.

Israeli media is saying [Hamas military commander] Mohammed Deif was the target of this strike and that there was perhaps another senior figure with him.

It is worth mentioning that this is the pattern from the Israeli military. They are justifying killing civilians, large-scale attacks on areas designated as “safe zones” by the Israeli military in order to carry out what they say are the objectives of their war.

We have seen this time and time again – attacks on areas where there are displaced Palestinians in the tens of thousands.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/13/israel-war-on-gaza-live-dozens-of-bodies-recovered-after-massacre
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>>482830
>It’s a new massacre committed by the Israeli military in one of the areas where people were told to seek refuge.
It's been happening so many times that they must be doing this on purpose.
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Hezbollah says Israel killed Lebanese politician from its allied Amal Movement

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah says Musa Muhammad Suleiman has been killed in “a treacherous Israeli air attack in the al-Khardali area” of the country.

The 60-year-old from Kafr Kila was a member of the Amal Movement, a Lebanese Shia political party allied with Hezbollah.

Lebanese media also reported on the killing.

Israeli forces destroyed water sources in Shujayea, Sabra: Municipality of Gaza

The Municipality of Gaza says Israeli forces have destroyed water sources and networks in Gaza City’s Shujayea and Sabra neighbourhoods.

Israeli bombing completely destroyed two wells in Shujayea and Sabra and severely damaged another two wells in Shujayea, it said on X.

“This destruction increases the water crisis and the state of thirst that the city is experiencing, especially during the last two weeks,” the municipality said.

Since the start of the war in October, Israeli forces have completely destroyed 42 wells, partially destroyed 16 wells and destroyed about 70,000 linear metres of water networks, it added.

PIJ condemns Israel for ‘premeditated’ al-Mawasi massacre

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has said in a statement that Israel’s claims of targeting senior Palestinian resistance figures “prove its premeditated intention to commit this crime” in Gaza’s al-Mawasi.

“The horrific massacre committed by the Zionist entity in al-Mawasi near Khan Younis is an insistence on continuing the war of extermination against our people,” the group added.

“This crime confirms that the occupation has disregarded all international norms and covenants,” the PIJ said.

At least 71 people are confirmed dead and 289 others were injured in Israeli air attacks on the al-Mawasi refugee camp, west of Khan Younis, according to the Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1812086549246533826

False allegations merely a way to cover up scale of ‘horrific massacre’: Hamas

And here’s the statement by Hamas in full:

“The Al-Mawasi massacre in Khan Yunis is a continuation of the Nazi genocide against our people. The American administration is an immediate direct partner in this crime.

“We condemn in the strongest terms this horrible al-Mawasi massacre in Khan Yunis, which is a dangerous escalation in the series of crimes and massacres being committed in the Gaza Strip by neo-Nazis. These massacre are unprecedented in the history of wars.

“This heinous massacre committed by the Zionist occupation army against al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis city, which has been classified by the occupation army as safe areas and to which the Palestinian citizens were asked by the Israelis to move. The occupation warplanes, artillery and drones have intensively and successively targeted the displaced people tents with various types of weapons, killing hundreds. The martyrs and wounded are innocent and defenceless civilians.

“Israel’s allegations about targeting leaders are false and it is not the first time Israel has claimed to target Palestinian leaders, where their lies were proven false later. These false allegations are merely a way to cover up the big scale of the horrific massacre.

“The al-Mawasi massacre in Khan Yunis has been committed against an area that is crowded with more than eighty thousand displaced people. This is an obvious and clear confirmation from the Zionist government that it will continue its war of extermination against our Palestinian people, through repeatedly and systematically targeting the defenceless displaced civilians in tents, shelters and residential neighbourhoods. This is a commitment of their ongoing heinous crimes against the civilians, without putting into consideration and paying attention to any of the laws of war that enforce the protection of civilians.

“The continuous disregard of the international laws and treaties, and these widespread violations against the defenseless civilians, wouldn’t have ever continued without the support provided by the American administration to the Zionist extremist government and its terrorist army, via covering up their crimes, and providing them with all means of political and military support, and paralyzing the hand of international justice from carrying out its role towards these crimes, which makes the US administration a full partner with Israel.”

Most victims ‘are kids’: Gaza civil defence member recounts attacks

Mohammed al-Mughair, a member of the Gaza rescue organisation, has told Al Jazeera the Israeli army attacked crews who were on their way to aid victims of the al-Mawasi attacks, which have killed at least 71 people and injured hundreds of others.

“While moving to the scene of the incident, [we] were targeted; two vehicles were targeted directly and this has led to the death of two of our colleagues. Six others were wounded, three of them were critically wounded,” he said in translated comments.

Describing the grisly scene of the attacks, which took place in an army-designated “safe zone”, he said that the civil defence has so far recovered 360 dead and wounded people. “Most of them are kids,” he added.

When asked if the killings of his colleagues would give him pause or cause him to be fearful as he continues his work, al-Mughair replied: “I am not scared, we don’t have any hesitation. We have been targeted more than once. We will continue our work, we will tell the Palestinian people that we are doing our best, and we tell our families when we go out for work that we might never come back again.”

US Muslim group to Biden: ‘Stop enabling these daily massacres’

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says Israel is acting with impunity, knowing that it will continue to receive US support despite its atrocities against Palestinians.

“President Biden’s continuing support for and silence about the genocide gives a green light for more Israeli abuses and war crimes,” CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad said in a statement.

“President Biden must stop enabling these daily massacres and end our nation’s complicity in genocide. Administration officials must begin to treat Palestinians as human beings worthy of life, dignity and justice, not as animals only fit for slaughter.”

Israeli protesters calling for captive deal condemn deadly Gaza air raid

Israeli demonstrators gathered in Jerusalem to call for a ceasefire and a captive-prisoner exchange deal have condemned the deadly attacks on Gaza earlier that day.

An Israeli air raid killed at least 71 Palestinians in a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza in an attack that Israel claims targeted Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Deif.

Israeli demonstrators said the air attack was “an unfortunate event” and urged for a ceasefire to stop the hostilities “for the sake of human life” on both sides of the border.

One protester told Reuters, “I don’t have a military perspective on how important or essential was the air strike now, I’m sure it’s not particularly good for the negotiations. But the most important thing is, we need to know that our government is acting for the sake of freedom and human life of our hostages, of innocence on both sides of the borders.”

Another said that the deadly air raid “does not change the fact that there is a deal on the table and the deal must be signed as soon as possible. I think maybe this timing was unfortunate. And of course, we regret the loss of all lives. We wish this spiral of violence would cease, and we call for a ceasefire and immediate ceasefire and signing the deal right now. And stop this hostility from both sides.”

Houthis say ‘false claims’ cannot cover up al-Mawasi massacre

The Yemeni group’s political bureau has condemned the attack that killed dozens of Palestinians in southern Gaza, calling Israel’s leaders “war criminals” and urging accountability against them.

“The enemy’s false claims about targeting leaders in the Palestinian resistance cannot cover up the ugliness of its crimes,” the group said in a statement.

Earlier, Hamas dismissed Israeli claims that the attack on al-Mawasi, which targeted tents housing displaced Palestinians, was aimed at killing Mohammed Deif, a senior military leader of the group.

US bears responsibility for continuation of massacres: PA

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for the Palestinian Authority (PA) presidency, has said, “The massacre in al-Mawasi is a continuation of the genocidal war against our people, and the US administration bears responsibility for the continuation of the massacres.”

In a statement carried by the official Wafa news agency, Abu Rudeineh said, “Without blind and biased American support, this occupation would not have been able to continue its bloody crimes against out people, and to defy international laws and the decisions of international courts that have demanded an end to the onslaught and protection for out people.”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemns Israel’s attack on al-Mawasi

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Nasser Kanaani, called the attack on al-Mawasi the “latest crime in the series of crimes committed by the child-killing Zionist regime”, in a post on X.

“The Zionists have once again brutally shown that in order to compensate for the defeats suffered on the battlefield with the resistance, they do not recognize any humane and moral red line towards the defenseless residents of the Gaza Strip, but they must know that insisting on this path is nothing but a wider global hatred,” Kanaani also said.

Hamas calls on West Bank Palestinians to protest for Gaza

The group has issued a statement on Telegram calling on Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem to “mobilise” in response to the strike in Khan Younis’s al-Mawasi.

“We call on all resistance brigades to mobilise for Gaza and in loyalty to the blood of the martyrs,” the statement read.

“We call on the masses of our Palestinian people in the West Bank and Jerusalem to go out in massive demonstrations against the criminal Zionist occupation and terrorist settlers who are wreaking havoc in villages and cities, and to engage in clashes in defence of our land and our right to freedom and independence,” Hamas said.

‘Netanyahu wants permanent aggression’: Palestinian envoy to UK

Husam Zomlot says Israel’s attack on al-Mawasi is its “response to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling four months ago, to the UN Security Council more than a month ago and to the ongoing ceasefire talks”.

The Palestinian ambassador to the UK pointed out that the attack killed dozens of civilians in a densely populated area that was designated by Israel as a safe zone for tens of thousands of refugees who were forced out of their homes.

“Netanyahu wants permanent aggression and permanent occupation,” he said in a post on X.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/13/israel-war-on-gaza-live-dozens-of-bodies-recovered-after-massacre
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Death toll from Shati attack rises to 20: Civil defence

The Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza says 20 people are now confirmed dead after Israel bombed people who had gathered to pray near the ruins of a mosque in Shati refugee camp in Gaza City.

More people remain in critical condition, the civil defence spokesperson said in a statement.

Colombian president slams Israeli attack on al-Mawasi

Gustavo Petro has expressed his outrage at what he called “the greatest injustice” which left dozens of civilians in the Gaza Strip dead.

“I am even more outraged because this destruction of international human law is a prelude to the barbarism they want to unleash on all the oppressed people of the earth,” he said in a post on X.

Al-Quds Brigades claims attack on Israeli military in Gaza

The armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad has said its fighters shelled a group of soldiers and a number of military vehicles in the vicinity of the cemetery located east of Rafah.

Earlier, the group said its fighters shelled military personnel and vehicles in the “Netzarim Corridor”, south of Tal al-Hawa, in the west of Gaza City, where the Israeli army has been conducting an offensive for the better part of two weeks.

The Netzarim Corridor, named after a Jewish settlement in Gaza that was dismantled in 2005, was set up during the war by the Israeli army to separate northern Gaza from the south.

Yesterday, as the army pulled out of areas of western Gaza City, the Palestinian Civil Defence said that its crews recovered about 60 bodies of people killed during the offensive.

‘They’re digging people out of the ground,’ doctor near al-Mawasi says

Mohammad Subeh, an emergency medicine doctor working at one of the field hospitals near al-Mawasi, says operations to retrieve casualties from the site of the Israeli attacks are continuing.

“People are describing the ground turning upside down on individuals, they’re digging people out of the ground,” he told Al Jazeera.

Subeh said Nasser Hospital had stopped accepting new patients and the field hospital was expecting more arrivals. “We’re preparing and hoping there aren’t too many casualties,” he said.

Hamas official to Netanyahu: Mohammed Deif is mocking your statements now

Khalil al-Hayya, the deputy head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, says Netanyahu had wished to declare a “fake victory” during his news conference earlier announcing an assassination attempt against top Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif.

Al-Hayya reiterated that Israel’s claims about targeting Deif are false “despite the pain for the dozens of victims and martyrs, most of whom were women and children”.

At least 90 Palestinians were killed on the attack on al-Mawasi.

“The blood of Mohammad Deif is not more valuable or better than the blood of the smallest Palestinian child. Still, we tell Netanyahu: You have failed. Mohammad Deif is listening to you now and mocking your false, empty statements,” al-Hayya told Al Jazeera Arabic in an interview.

Malala Yousafzai expresses concern for Gaza children

In an interview with AFP, the Nobel laureate says: “It is horrifying how many schools have been bombed in Gaza.”

According to the education ministry in the Gaza Strip, 85 percent of educational facilities in the territory are out of service because of the war.

“It is deeply concerning because we know that children do not have a future when they’re living under a war, when their schools and homes are destroyed,” said Malala, who rose to prominence at a young age as a female education advocate.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, which coordinates nearly all aid to Gaza, said it used more than half its budget before the war to fund education.

However, UNRWA is facing funding woes after several countries including the US and UK suspended aid following Israeli accusations that agency workers were involved in Hamas’s attack against Israel on October 7.

“I do hope that all countries are providing aid and support because it’s about those innocent people and civilians who need to be protected,” Malala said.

Netanyahu says attempted assassinations hurt Hamas

The Israeli prime minister has suggested that even if the al-Mawasi attack that killed 90 Palestinians did not succeed in assassinating top Hamas officials, it is still beneficial to Israel.

“Just the attempt to assassinate Hamas commanders delivers a message to the world, a message that Hamas’s days are numbered,” he said.

“And this is what I will be doing next week at the US Congress. I will deliver Israel’s message to the United States and the entire world.”

Hamas calls on West Bank to ‘defend people of Gaza’

Senior Hamas official Abdel Hakim Henini has urged Palestinians to “take action against the onslaught on their compatriots in the besieged Strip, and to stand up to Israeli settlers wreaking havoc across the West Bank”.

In a statement on the official Hamas Telegram channel, Henini said, “We reiterate how important it is for Palestinian youth to stand up to the occupying forces.

“A global war is being waged against the Palestinian people, their rights and their resistance forces. The US administration is a true partner in all the massacres being perpetrated against our people.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/13/israel-war-on-gaza-live-dozens-of-bodies-recovered-after-massacre
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Hamas commander Mohammed Deif ‘fine’ after Israeli attack: Report

A Hamas official says the group’s military leader, Mohammed Deif, is “fine” despite an apparent Israeli attempt to kill him in an attack.

“Commander Mohammed Deif is well and directly overseeing” military operations against Israeli forces, the unnamed Hamas official told AFP.

On Saturday, an Israeli air raid killed at least 90 Palestinians in a designated “humanitarian” zone in Gaza, the Health Ministry said. The attack was the deadliest in Gaza for weeks.

Israel said the strike attempted to kill Deif. Hamas said Israel’s claims it targeted its leaders are false and aimed at justifying the attack.

Cities in West Bank hold general strike after attacks

Cities in the occupied West Bank are holding a general strike to denounce Israeli attacks on Gaza, the most recent of which hit al-Mawasi, near Khan Younis, and the Shati refugee camp.

Local Palestinian social media accounts shared videos of shops closing their doors this morning in Jenin, the Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, and in Tulkarem in response to calls for a general strike.

https://twitter.com/PalinfoAr/status/1812374032043381220

Palestinians in West Bank denounce Gaza attacks

Hundreds of Palestinians have taken to the streets in cities across the occupied West Bank to protest Israel’s deadly attacks on al-Mawasi and Shati camps in Gaza, according to videos posted online.

These include the cities of Ramallah, Jenin, Hebron and Tubas.

https://twitter.com/QudsNen/status/1812183794121638166

Israeli attack on Gaza City kills 10, wounds 27

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Israeli forces attacked a residential tower in Gaza City earlier in the morning, killing at least 10 Palestinians and wounding 27 others.

We’ll bring you more updates on this soon.

Earlier, we brought you an update from Reuters that said at least 17 Palestinians were killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza overnight.

Israeli air raid kills Syrian soldier, wounds three

An Israeli air attack on a residential building in Syria’s capital, Damascus, has killed at least one Syrian soldier and wounded three others, the Reuters news agency reported, citing the Syrian military.

Israeli army radio also confirmed the attack, saying Israel’s military launched a “missile barrage” at a building in Damascus in response to two drones that were intercepted north of the Israeli port city of Eilat yesterday.

The drones came from Syrian territory, it said.

Israeli attacks on Syria have increased since the start of the war in Gaza last October, including from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, where Reuters said the latest attack was launched from.

Senior Hamas official says group pulled out of truce talks

A senior Hamas official tells AFP the Palestinian group has withdrawn from talks on a ceasefire because of Israeli “massacres” and its conduct during negotiations.

Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh told international mediators Qatar and Egypt of the end of the talks on a truce plan first outlined by Biden in May, according to the senior official.

Haniyeh said Hamas would “halt negotiations due to the occupation’s [Israel’s] lack of seriousness, continued policy of procrastination and obstruction, and the ongoing massacres against unarmed civilians”, according to the unnamed official.

“Hamas has shown great flexibility to reach an agreement and end the aggression and is ready to resume negotiations when the occupation government demonstrates seriousness in reaching a ceasefire agreement and a prisoner exchange deal.”

Israel’s war on Gaza sets ‘dangerous precedent’, says Iraq

A spokesperson for the Iraqi government has condemned Israeli attacks on al-Mawasi and other areas of Gaza and called for international intervention to stop the war on the Palestinian enclave.

“What the criminal Netanyahu government is committing did not stop at breaking international laws and charters, but rather went beyond that to deafening every human voice, in a provocative insult to all the tasks and appeals of international organizations, and peace efforts around the world, and in an attempt to disrupt all concepts of international law, which will lead to destabilizing the security of the region and spreading the conflict beyond its borders,” said Bassem al-Awadi.

Iraq calls on major powers of the world “to support the Palestinian people’s right to life, and to put an end to the aggression that has become a dangerous precedent in human history”, he said.

EU’s Borrell calls for independent probe into al-Mawasi attack

Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, has called for “access to independent investigations and accountability” for the Israeli army’s attack on the al-Mawasi refugee camp.

In a post on X, Borrell also called for “an end to the appalling situation of innocent civilians in Gaza”.

Malaysia pledges $1m to UNRWA

Malaysia has pledged an additional $1m to UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, its Foreign Ministry has said in a statement.

The one-off pledge is in addition to the $5.2m Malaysia has given to UNRWA since November 2023, as well as the $200,000 Malaysia has committed to give each year from 2021 to 2025, the ministry added.

Charity urges UK to suspend arms sales to Israel

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) made the call following Israel’s attacks on al-Mawasi, where tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians were sheltering.

The charity said the area is heavily crowded but has been targeted several times.

“MAP have been forced to temporarily evacuate one of our medical points near the area, which is intended to provide primary health care services, due to the insecurity,” it said.

“We have been warning for months that there is no safe place for anyone in Gaza amid Israel’s military bombardment that ICJ has concluded may amount to genocide. The UK Government must now act urgently to suspend arms sales to Israel and prevent further atrocities.”

‘A funeral every 15 minutes’ after al-Mawasi attacks

More from Medical Aid for Palestinians.

The charity published a video of Palestinians digging by hand to recover those buried in the sand following Israel’s attack on al-Mawasi.

“I don’t know what to say, the situation is a tragedy. I am not exaggerating, we have a funeral every 15 minutes leaving the hospital. This has been ongoing since the incident. One by one, people are getting killed,” said Mohammed Aghaalkurdi, a member of the charity at Nasser Hospital.

MAP said the Nasser and Amal hospitals in Khan Younis, as well as the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah, were overwhelmed and no longer able to receive wounded people.

Israel using ‘safe zones’ as a trap for Hamas

Hassan Barari, a professor of international affairs at Qatar University, said Israel’s military appears to be using so-called humanitarian safe zones as a trap to track and kill Hamas leaders.

“Mohammed Deif is a big target for the Israelis. They’ve been trying to kill him for ages. There have been several attempts on his life, but they have all failed. We know the importance of Mohammed Deif as a leader. But the question here – is it justifiable to kill like 50 people just because you want to kill a military leader?” Barari asked.

“[Deif] was targeted in an area that was designated by Israel itself to be safe one for the Palestinians, including Hamas officials. They can also go in and out of this area, because it was designated as safe. But I think the Israelis have been using this as a trap for Palestinians, in order to identify and track down Hamas leaders and try to kill them,” he said.

“If the price is killing hundreds of Palestinians, they do not care,” he added.

Who is Hamas’s military leader in Gaza?

Israel says it tried to assassinate Mohammed Deif, the leader of Hamas’s military wing, who has long topped the country’s most-wanted list.

Deif was among the founders of Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, in the 1990s and has led the force for more than 20 years. Israel has identified him and Hamas’s Gaza leader, Yahya Sinwar, as the chief architects of the October 7 attack that killed at least 1,139 people in southern Israel and triggered its war on Gaza.

Deif is believed to be paralysed after surviving multiple Israeli assassination attempts. He hasn’t been seen in public in years, and only a handful of photos of him exist online. On the morning of October 7, Hamas issued a rare voice recording of Deif announcing the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation.

Deif, like Sinwar, was born in the refugee camp of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis in the early 1960s and is believed to have joined Hamas after its formation in the late 80s. In 1989, during the height of the first Palestinian Intifada, or uprising, Deif was arrested by Israel but later released.

Deif became the head of the Qassam Brigades in 2002 after Israel killed his predecessor. He’s thought to have helped expand Hamas’s labyrinth of tunnels that run beneath Gaza.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-many-still-missing-after-al-mawasi-massacre
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https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1812272404015591857
On Fox News just now, former NYPD inspector Paul Mauro just suggested campus Palestine activism was responsible for the assassination attempt on Trump, and called for a federal investigation into student activism against Israel’s genocide. He then warned against “conspiracy theories.”
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 No.482871

https://x.com/AssalRad/status/1812381225660858443
Footage:The moment Israeli warplanes bombed Mawasi,southern Gaza, killing dozens of displaced Palestinians. This massive attack targeted tents,NOT building
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Hamas denies reports of withdrawing from truce negotiations

Izzat al-Risheq, a member of Hamas’s political office, denies reports the group has pulled out of ceasefire talks.

“There is no truth to what was reported by the media about the movement stopping negotiations,” al-Risheq said in a statement.

The comments came after an unnamed “senior Hamas official” reportedly told AFP the group is withdrawing from truce discussions because of Israel’s “stalling” and ongoing “massacres” of civilians in Gaza.

Israeli broadcaster Kan, quoting a “diplomat familiar with the talks”, reported negotiations are still planned for this week in Doha, Qatar.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-many-still-missing-after-al-mawasi-massacre
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>>482870
This makes no sense, the campus activists were mad at Genocide Joe, not trump.
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 No.482878

Hezbollah targets Israeli soldiers at Hadab Yarin site

Hezbollah says its fighters targeted a deployment of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Hadab Yarin site with missiles.

An Al Jazeera correspondent reported earlier that sirens sounded in the towns of western Galilee near the border with Lebanon.

Al-Mawasi attack a ‘complex crime’, says rights monitor

Maha Hussaini, from the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, says the Israeli attack that killed at least 90 people and wounded 300 others at the al-Mawasi camp “is nothing new”.

“Areas where displaced Palestinians were forced to go have been under continuous bombardment. This has been ongoing for nine months straight,” she told Al Jazeera from central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah.

Hussaini described the Israeli strikes as a “complex crime” that involved preventing ambulances from reaching the many injured.

“Drones opened fire on anyone or anything trying to evacuate the wounded. Only a few hours after this, another massacre was committed in the west of Gaza City. This genocide in Gaza is systematic. We’ve witnessed that Israel is intensifying these attacks on displacement centres,” she said.

Israel’s ‘overall policy of the war has a genocidal character’

Luigi Daniele, a senior lecturer in the law of armed conflict at Nottingham Trent University, says that after the latest civilian carnage in Gaza, prosecutors at the UN’s World Court will be compiling the evidence for their ongoing genocide case against Israel.

He noted the size of craters in the aftermath of attacks on Palestinian civilians indicates the continual use of 2,000-pound (907kg) bombs.

“When war is conducted so lawlessly against civilians, it means policies accepting the elimination of a protected group under the Genocide Convention, as if it was an incidental cost of warfare,” Daniele told Al Jazeera.

“Israel has for a long time tried to devise a distortion of the laws of war concept of proportionality, progressively de-humanising hundreds of Palestinian civilians killed in each attack as ‘collateral damage’. This has no legal basis,” he added.

“This is per se a war crime of disproportionate attacks – criminalised in the Rome Statute. The fact these crimes have been committed in the hundreds means the overall policy of the war has a genocidal character.”

https://twitter.com/luigidaniele10/status/1812387433821913132

14 killed, 70 wounded in new UNRWA school attack

Earlier we reported on another Israeli attack on a UN school housing hundreds of displaced Palestinians, the latest deadly assault on Gaza’s civilians.

Footage from the Abu Oraiban school shows injured children lying on the ground with body parts scattered about. At least 14 people were killed and 70 wounded in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza, medical sources told Al Jazeera.

On Saturday, Israel’s air force attacked the “humanitarian” zone in southern Gaza, killing at least 90 displaced people and wounding 300 others.

Scene after al-Mawasi strikes: ‘Toddlers who are double amputees’

An official from the UN described the carnage at a Gaza hospital treating hundreds of wounded after the Israeli attack on the al-Mawasi displacement camp.

“Visiting the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis yesterday, I witnessed some of the most horrific scenes I have seen in my nine months in Gaza,” UNRWA official Scott Anderson said in a statement.

“I saw toddlers who are double amputees, children paralyzed and unable to receive treatment, and others separated from their parents. I also saw mothers and fathers who were unsure if their children were alive. Parents told me in despair that they had moved into the ‘so-called humanitarian zone’ in the hope that their children would be safe there.”

Anderson called for the removal of restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid to civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip. “Civilians must be protected at all times. We urgently need a ceasefire, the release of all remaining hostages, respite for the people of Gaza, and a meaningful opportunity for healing to begin.”

Israeli authorities cut power in Jerusalem before demolition: Report

Israeli forces raided a residential building in Wadi al-Joz, occupied East Jerusalem, and cut the electricity in preparation for its demolition, Wafa reports.

The West Jerusalem municipality decided to demolish the building, which has stood since the previous century, it said.

Building owner Nader Jaber said he’s been “paying fines for 30 years, exceeding 1 million shekels [$275,300], yet they still want to destroy my home”.

The building has three apartments where his children and grandchildren live, one of which was constructed before East Jerusalem was occupied. “I have been forced to evacuate all three apartments and am now waiting for the demolition bulldozers to arrive at any moment,” Jaber said.

At least 4 people injured in ramming attack in Israel

Four people were wounded when a car drove into pedestrians near Ramla in central Israel.

One person is in critical condition, another seriously hurt, one moderately, and another lightly injured in the “attack”, according to police.

We’ll have more details soon.

Video emerges of car-ramming attack in Israel

Video footage widely shared on social media and broadcast on Israeli television shows a white car on the pavement next to a bus shelter and uniformed men firing shots at the vehicle. Traffic is halted on the main highway.

Delta changes uniform policy after Palestinian pin backlash

Delta Air Lines is adopting new rules for flight attendant uniforms following a social media user’s outrage over two employees photographed wearing Palestinian flag pins.

The uproar over the July 10 post prompted Delta to ban its employees from wearing pins representing any country or nationality besides the United States. The new rule will take effect on Monday.

Both the attendants captured in the post were in compliance with Delta’s previous policy giving employees more flexibility with uniform accessories.

Delta’s policy shift reflects the ongoing tensions surrounding the Israeli war on Gaza, which has triggered high-profile protests that, among other things, have roiled US college campuses.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-many-still-missing-after-al-mawasi-massacre
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 No.482879

>>482877
True, it is nonsense.
They're generally mad at both, though, like they hate Biden more but not by that much.
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 No.482899

>>482878
That is a pretty massive cloud. And what's with the video flickering? Is that dust or interference?
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 No.482914

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Al-Quds Brigades claim series of attacks on Israeli targets

The armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad has said its fighters:

Shelled a group of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the destroyed airport east of Rafah.
Shelled an Israeli military command centre in the Netzarim Corridor, which was named after a Jewish settlement in Gaza that was dismantled in 2005, and set up during the war by the army to separate northern Gaza from the south.
Shelled a group of soldiers and military vehicles at the entrance to the destroyed Rafah border crossing and its vicinity.
Targeted positions of Israeli soldiers in the areas of al-Abd Jaber, al-Tu’ma, Burj al-Asi – all southwest of the Yibna refugee camp in the city of Rafah.
Killed and wounded an unspecified number of soldiers who had entered a house east of Rafah, using light and anti-personnel weapons.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah gives daily update on operations against Israel

Hezbollah says it carried out four attacks against Israeli positions “in support of Gaza” today.

They include attacks

on a deployment of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Hadab Yarin site with missile weapons.
on the “newly created 91st Division headquarters” in Ayelet.
on the vicinity of the Ruwaisaat al-Alam site in the occupied Kfarchouba hills.
on the Ramtha site in the occupied Kfarchouba hills.

Israeli settlers launch attacks on occupied West Bank communities

Wafa news agency in Palestine has reported that settlers have, for the second time today, attacked the Arab Melihat community northwest of Jericho.

The agency quoted Hassan Malihat, a head of a local advocacy organisation, who said that a group of settlers in vehicles smashed into residents’ property, and killed a dog belonging to one community member.

In the early hours of the morning, a group of settlers attacked the community, raiding livestock pens and releasing animals belonging to residents.

Wafa also reports that settlers are attacking Palestinians’ cars near the village of al-Mughayir, northeast of Ramallah, and at the northern entrance to the city of al-Bireh.

No injuries were reported, Wafa said, citing security sources.

Israel government votes to extend mandatory military service

Israel’s government has approved a plan to temporarily extend compulsory military service for men to 36 months, up from 32 as the war on Gaza strains manpower.

Video shows protests outside Israeli Embassy in Amman, Jordan

Social media footage verified by Al Jazeera shows a large crowd outside the embassy in the Jordanian capital.

Demonstrations like this have been regularly occurring in Amman as Israel’s war on Gaza has dragged on, often prompting crackdowns from authorities.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1812587638794436896

Never seen mass casualty event like al-Mawasi: MSF doctor

Mohammed Abu Mughaisib, the deputy medical coordinator for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says the scale of human suffering in the aftermath of the Israeli strike on al-Mawasi was unlike anything he had ever witnessed.

“I have never seen a mass casualty event like [Saturday],” he said on X from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. “Every corner in the hospital was busy. Every space was occupied by the injured or bodies of the dead.”

Amy Kit-Mei Low, MSF project and medical referent, said that “at one point, you had people in the hallway moaning in pain”.

“Even though they had [wound] dressings, the dressings were oozing blood… The hospital was trying to cope, but it can barely cope with normal cases,” she added.

The organisation said on X that the “disproportionate attack on a place where Israeli forces have repeatedly advised displaced people to go… show[s] a complete disregard for the lives of Palestinians”.

Israel forces Palestinian woman to demolish own home in occupied East Jerusalem

Israeli authorities have forced Latifa al-Weiheidi to demolish her own home in Ein al-Lozeh in the town of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Wafa reports.

The Israeli municipality ruled the house must be destroyed because it was built without a permit. Al-Weiheidi has lived in the 100sq-metre (120sq-yard) three-room house with her five children since 2008.

The family had to carry out the demolition themselves to avoid paying heavy fines to the municipality to do it.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-many-still-missing-after-al-mawasi-massacre
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 No.482915

Israel used missiles, quadcopters, drones in ‘multi-stage’ al-Mawasi attack

Israel’s attack on the al-Mawasi camp was a “multi-stage attack” involving multiple missiles, drones and quadcopters and lasted for about 90 minutes, three Palestinian human rights groups have said.

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Al-Haq, and the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights (Al Mezan) say the details are based on information collected by their field researchers.

Here’s how the attack unfolded:

At approximately 10:30am local time on Saturday, Israeli warplanes fired about four missiles at a building near a house belonging to the Al-Shorbaji family in Al-Nusf Street. Residents say they were given no prior warning.
''The warplanes then fired several more missiles at nearby tents, burying people beneath the sand and killing and injuring many.
Israeli quadcopters then surrounded the area and fired at anyone approaching.''
When Palestinian Civil Defence workers arrived, an Israeli drone fired in front of their vehicle, killing two personnel, including the deputy director of the Fire and Rescue Department of the Civil Defence, and injuring eight others, three of whom are in critical condition.

Israel’s ‘endless massacres’ in Gaza

Israel’s unrelenting attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians – many of them women and children – in the past week, including people praying at a destroyed mosque and watching a game of football at a UN shelter for displaced people.

Here is an overview of some of the most deadly recent attacks:

Sunday

On Sunday afternoon, Israeli forces attacked another UNRWA school where people were sheltering, this time killing at least 17 people and wounding 80 in the Abu Oreiban School in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Saturday

At about 11am local time on Saturday morning (08:00 GMT), reports began emerging of an Israeli attack on the al-Mawasi camp. Nearby hospitals were quickly overwhelmed, and Palestinian health officials say at least 90 people were killed and 300 injured, many severely.
Soon after the attack on al-Mawasi, another Israeli attack targeted Palestinians gathered for noon prayers at the ruins of a mosque in the Shati refugee camp, killing 22 people.

Tuesday

An Israeli attack at the al-Awdah school, east of Khan Younis, where Palestinians had gathered to play and watch football, killed at least 30 people and wounded 53, most of them women and children.
The attack was the fourth Israeli missile strike on a school being used as a shelter for displaced people in four days.

Palestine sends eight athletes to Paris Olympics in show of ‘resistance’

A small ceremony was held to send off Palestine’s official delegation to the Paris Olympics on Sunday, as well as to recognise the many Palestinian athletes who will not be present.

Jibril Rajoub, head of the Palestine Olympic Committee, said 400 athletes, coaches and sporting officials have been killed in Gaza since October.

“Through this participation, we want to present the suffering of the Palestinian people and the unprecedented killing taking place in Gaza,” Rajoub said.

“We want this participation to be a message from the Palestinians to the world that it is time for them to be free in their homeland,” he added.

Eight athletes will represent Palestine this year, competing in athletics, swimming, archery, taekwondo, judo and boxing.

The athletes will represent Palestine at a “very dark moment in our history”, said Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin in Ramallah on Sunday.

“You are not just athletes, you are also … symbols of Palestinian resistance,” Aghabekian added.

‘My heart aches’: Palestinian Olympic swimmer

Palestinian-US swimmer Valerie Tarazi, 24, is one of eight athletes representing Palestine at the Paris Olympics.

“My heart aches for them,” Tarazi said of Palestinians in Gaza.

“Being in Paris on behalf of Palestine is a very important thing and taking part in a global swimming competition at a time when there are no places to train is surreal,” she said.

Palestinian athletes have taken part in the Olympics since 1996, when long-distance runner Majed Abu Marahil competed in Atlanta.

Marahil died in Gaza in June after not being able to get treatment for kidney failure at the besieged enclave’s devastated hospitals, officials said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-endless-massacre-in-gaza-as-israel-kills-17
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UNRWA chief denounces destruction of Gaza headquarters

The head of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees says its headquarters in Gaza has been levelled during heavy fighting.

“The headquarters in Gaza turned into a battlefield and now flattened. Another episode in the blatant disregard of international humanitarian law. United Nations facilities must be protected at all times. They must never be used for military or fighting purposes. Shocking,” said Philippe Lazzarini.

https://twitter.com/UNLazzarini/status/1812815014580928758

UK maritime agency reports ‘incident’ near Yemen’s Hodeidah

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) says it received a report of an “incident” 70 nautical miles (130km) southwest of Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah.

The agency said authorities were investigating.

Israeli air raid targets Marwahin, southern Lebanon

Israeli air strikes targeted the town of Marwahin in southern Lebanon, an Al Jazeera correspondent reports. Hezbollah subsequently announced it bombed Israeli spy equipment at the Raheb site with guided missiles.

In recent weeks, top Israeli officials have pledged to escalate the fighting with Hezbollah if a diplomatic solution isn’t reached and the armed group’s forces pull far back from the border.

Israeli forces demolish gas station near Jerusalem: Report

Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian petrol station in the town of Hizma, occupied West Bank, north of Jerusalem, Wafa news agency reports.

Eyewitnesses say the Al-Salam station, belonging to the al-Khatib family, was destroyed by Israeli military bulldozers. During the demolition, confrontations broke out with Israeli forces who fired live rounds and stun grenades at residents and their homes, Wafa said.

Local Palestinian channels on Telegram published videos showing the structure left in pieces in a pile.

Demonstrators in Japan demand Gaza ceasefire

Dozens of people participated in a march in solidarity with Palestinians in the city of Namba, in the Japanese prefecture of Osaka, demanding an immediate ceasefire in war-battered Gaza.

Videos posted on social media show participants condemning the “genocide” committed by Israeli forces and demanding an end to the war.

https://twitter.com/unai_tw/status/1812502740578517134

Violence breaks out at Berlin pro-Palestine protest

Clashes broke out between German police and an estimated 600 pro-Palestinian protesters in Berlin resulting in injuries and arrests.

Seven demonstrators and 17 police officers were hurt and 28 criminal charges resulted on Sunday. Berlin has seen weekly demonstrations during Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza.

The modern German republic, which for generations has tried to make amends for its Nazi past and role in the Holocaust, has long defended Israel’s aggressive actions in the Middle East.

Germany has also been criticised for its support of Israel in the genocide case at the International Court of Justice brought by South Africa.

At least 80 Palestinians killed in past 24 hours: Gaza Health Ministry

At least 38,664 Palestinians have been killed and 89,097 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7, the ministry says.

It said at least 80 people were killed and 216 injured over the past 24 hours.

Gaza media office denounces ongoing US military support for Israel

The Government Media Office has condemned continued US military support for Israel during ongoing attacks that have inflicted mass civilian casualties.

“The US administration, under President Joe Biden, has caused a humanitarian catastrophe for Palestinians through its involvement in genocide and its provision of internationally banned weapons to the occupation,” it said in a statement.

It also called on “the world to condemn the American brutal behaviour towards the Palestinian people”, urging “the international community to take a principled and public stance against the US and its serious transgressions in arming the Israeli occupation”.

A US report into Israeli violations of international law during the war found it was “reasonable to assess” that US weapons had been involved in these breaches given Israel’s reliance.

Over the nine years leading up to 2022, 68 percent of Israel’s weapons were provided by the US.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-endless-massacre-in-gaza-as-israel-kills-17
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 No.482924

>>482923
>The head of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees says its headquarters in Gaza has been levelled
I guess that means the UN needs a military force to defend it self ?
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 No.482927

>>482915
>Israel’s ‘endless massacres’ in Gaza

Can we rename Israel to Endlessmasacres ?
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 No.482929

Heavy fighting ongoing in central Rafah city: Islamic Jihad

The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad says it continues to attack Israeli troops and tanks in the southern city of Rafah after Israel launched a ground offensive there in early May.

“Our mujahideen are engaged in fierce clashes with machine-gun weapons and anti-tank missiles with enemy soldiers and vehicles in the middle of the Yabna camp in the city of Rafah,” the al-Quds Brigades said on Telegram.

Fighters also fired a barrage of mortar rounds at Israeli soldiers near the airport in eastern Rafah, it said.

Israeli forces in western and central parts of the city blew up several homes, residents said. Medical officials said they recovered 10 bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in eastern areas of the city, some of which had already begun to decompose.

At least 325 Israeli soldiers have been killed since the ground assault of Gaza began in late October. Israel’s military says at least 15,000 Palestinians fighters have been killed.

UK activists sabotage factory, alleging ties to Israeli defence contractor

Activists with the group Palestine Action posted footage on X showing the infiltration and sabotage of a factory belonging to Hydrafeed, a United Kingdom firm specialising in robotic automation for manufacturing.

The footage shows the activists smashing equipment in a darkened warehouse.

The group alleges that Hydrafeed supplies Israeli defence firm Elbit Systems, and claims that its people were able to exit the factory without being caught.

This is one of several protests and sabotage actions taken by Palestine Action against Elbit Systems and companies it alleges have done business with it since the beginning of the war on Gaza.

https://twitter.com/Pal_action/status/1812817029180567674

China to host Hamas and Fatah officials again: Report

China will reportedly host senior officials from the two rival Palestinian groups for a meeting next week.

The meeting between Hamas and Fatah comes as part of another effort by Beijing to bridge differences between the groups that have for decades competed for power in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, reports the New York Times, citing unnamed officials in both parties.

Beijing hosted a first round of meetings to achieve potential reconciliation at the end of April, and Chinese President Xi Jinping has previously called for a peace summit to end the war in Gaza.

Gaza hospitals received 320 dead or wounded in 48 hours

The Government Media Office in Gaza says in a statement that at least 320 dead or wounded Palestinians have been brought to hospitals across the enclave in a particularly bloody 48 hours.

It quoted healthcare officials as saying that many of the dead and injured arrived with third-degree burns caused by internationally banned weapons like thermal bombs.

“These weapons cause chemical substances to interact with the skin and directly cause chemical corrosion of the tissues in the bodies of the martyrs and the injured. They also cause severe pain.”

The office said many victims die in a little more than a day after being wounded by such weapons, adding that it holds Washington fully responsible for arming Israel and causing the many “massacres” committed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.

Assad-linked businessman killed in Israeli air strike in Syria

Baraa Katerji, a prominent businessman close to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has been reportedly assassinated in an Israeli air strike on Syrian soil.

The Reuters news agency cited three unnamed security sources as saying Katerji, who had been sanctioned by the United States and Saudi Arabia, was killed near the border with Lebanon.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also confirmed the news, saying he was “responsible for funding” a Hezbollah-linked group formed to attack the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.

Footage online shows the vehicle that was believed to be carrying Katerji destroyed and on fire after the suspected Israeli air strike. Another unidentified person is believed to have been killed in the vehicle.

Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims missile, drone attack on Israel

The umbrella group of Iran-aligned armed groups in Iraq says in a statement that it had launched attacks on the Israeli cities of Eilat and Haifa at dawn.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims to have used an unspecified number of drones along with an advanced cruise missile to target the cities.

It did not comment on potential impact or damage but promised that its attacks will continue in support of Palestinians.

‘Many tanks damaged,’ Israeli military tells Supreme Court

An Israeli military response to the Supreme Court has pointed to shortages of tanks and ammunition as a result of the war.

The Supreme Court petitioned the military to open additional roles to female recruits, including as part of an all-female tank company in an infantry battalion. The military said it is delaying the programme, according to multiple Israeli media reports.

“During the course of the war, many tanks were damaged, which are disabled at this stage and are not used for combat or training, and it is not expected that new tanks will be introduced into the corps in the near future,” the Israeli military said.

It added that ammunition and resources required for maintaining equipment is “very limited” and weaponry in the armoured corps is prioritised for the war.

Another ship targeted off the coast of Yemen

The UK’s Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) organisation is making its third report in the past 24 hours of a vessel being attacked by the Houthis near Yemen, but this time for an attack several days ago.

It said a ship was targeted 15 nautical miles (27km) southwest of al-Makha (Mocha), Yemen, on Thursday.

Two explosions were reported near the vessel about an hour apart, but they inflicted no damage and the crew is reported safe.

Lebanese man arrested in Germany for procuring Hezbollah drone parts

A Lebanese man has been arrested by German authorities on accusations of procuring drone components that were to be sent to the Hezbollah to attack Israel, according to prosecutors.

Federal prosecutors in a statement identified the suspect only as Fadel Z, saying he was arrested in Salzgitter in northern Germany on Sunday.

They said the man joined Hezbollah, which the European Union considers a “terrorist” organisation, by the summer of 2016. This year, he allegedly started procuring components in Germany for the assembly of military drones, particularly engines.

Corbyn among independent British MPs calling for implementing ICC warrant

Shortly after new UK Foreign Minister David Lammy shook hands with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, a small group of independent British lawmakers sent a letter calling for a fundamental shift in the UK’s approach.

Jeremy Corbyn and four other MPs reminded Lammy that the International Court of Justice has described the carnage in Gaza as a “plausible genocide” and that independent United Nations experts have said famine has taken hold in the enclave.

They write that the British government must stop its weapons sales to Israel, drop its legal challenges over the International Criminal Court’s decision to seek arrest warrants against Netanyahu, and impose sanctions on “individuals and entities inciting genocide against Palestinians”.

The lawmakers also want the British government to immediately resume and increase its funding to the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and work toward achieving a ceasefire.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-endless-massacre-in-gaza-as-israel-kills-17
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 No.482931

>>482927
We can!
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 No.482932

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 No.482933

Two Israelis injured in occupied West Bank after soldiers mistakenly open fire

Israeli soldiers have mistakenly opened fire on a vehicle they believed was carrying Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, leaving two Israelis wounded.

The Israeli military says in a short statement that security forces operating in the occupied territories opened fire after a vehicle was “identified as suspicious”.

It said two citizens were slightly injured and sent to hospital for treatment.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-endless-massacre-in-gaza-as-israel-kills-17

They can't stop doing it.
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 No.482934

Yemen’s Houthis claim attacks on three vessels

The Houthi military spokesman has claimed three operations on vessels, one in cooperation with fighters in Iraq.

Yahya Saree said during a televised address that the Bentley I ship was targeted with several small boats, drones and ballistic missiles in the Red Sea. He did not discuss inflicting damage on the ship.

According to the military spokesman, the Yemeni group also directly hit the “CHIOS Lion” oil tanker using an unmanned boat, also in the Red Sea.

“The two ships were targeted because the companies that own them violated the decision to ban entry into the ports of occupied Palestine,” he said.

Saree said the Houthis carried out a joint operation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, targeting the Olvia ship in the Mediterranean Sea. He said the operation “achieved its goal” without elaborating.

Ship attacked multiple times off Yemen’s Hodeidah

The Houthis in Yemen appear to have attacked one of their targets today multiple times, but the ship and its crew are reportedly safe.

We reported earlier how the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said an unnamed vessel was targeted with two manned small boats and an unmanned boat some 70 nautical miles (130km) off Yemen’s Hodeidah.

According to the organisation, the ship then reported a missile “exploding in close proximity”, followed by two further missiles also detonating near the ship.

After about seven hours, the ship again reported “sighting an unknown projectile exploding in close proximity” but reported no damage or casualties.

UKMTO reported attacks on two other vessels as well today, but the Houthi military has not commented.

Protesters oppose Israeli participation in Tour de France

The annual multi-stage bicycle race is ongoing until July 21 and has seen pro-Palestinian demonstrations like other major international events.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1812935225691021499

More on businessman killed in Syria

The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) describes Muhammad Baraa Katerji, the businessman close to Bashar al-Assad who was just killed on the Damascus-Beirut highway, as an influential facilitator of oil and weapons shipments.

In imposing sanctions on Katerji and his trucking company in November 2018, the US accused him of transporting weapons from Iraq to Syria and acting as an agent between the Syrian government and ISIL (ISIS) during the years of Syria’s civil war.

The OFAC alleged Katerji had a “strong working relationship” with multiple officials, including those with the petroleum and trade ministries.

Turkey condemns Israeli attacks on Gaza cancer hospital

The Turkish Foreign Ministry says in a short statement that the fact that Israeli soldiers posed for a photo in front of the destroyed Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in Gaza “is further evidence of Israel’s violation of international law and international humanitarian law”.

“The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital is the only centre for cancer patients in Gaza. The damage caused to the hospital by the Israeli forces and its use as a military base is part of Israel’s systematic policy aimed at the annihilation of the Palestinian people,” it said.

“We will continue to work to ensure that those responsible for these attacks are brought to justice in international courts.”

https://twitter.com/hamzattar/status/1812765265349767632

Prominent relief organisations accuse Israel of blocking aid to Gaza

Thirteen leading NGOs have accused the Israeli military of increasingly blocking access to humanitarian groups that deliver lifesaving aid to Palestinians in Gaza.

They said in a press release outlining their views that Israel’s adoption of a “systematic obstruction of aid and its ongoing attacks on aid operations” meant that only 53 of 115 relief missions they had planned recently were greenlit.

The charities – which include Oxfam, MSF, Save the Children and the Norwegian Refugee Council – criticised Israeli attacks on UN schools where displaced Palestinians shelter after at least six schools were hit over the past nine days.

The NGOs pointed out that the Israeli military takeover of the Rafah crossing and the border with Egypt at the beginning of May had brought aid deliveries to a “complete halt”.

In the north of Gaza, which has been isolated from the south and has been under intense siege, aid delivery is “very limited”, they said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-endless-massacre-in-gaza-as-israel-kills-17
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 No.482975

Armed group attacks Iraqi base housing US personnel in first since pause

Two armed drones have targeted the Ain al-Assad base, two Iraqi military sources told the Reuters news agency.

The reported attack represents the first time armed groups in the country have attacked a site housing US personnel in months.

Despite an increase in attacks by Iran-aligned groups in opposition to Israel’s war on Gaza in the months following October 7, a pause was imposed in February in what many saw as an indication Tehran was trying to prevent wider escalation.

No casualties were reported in today’s attack.

Hezbollah, Israel claim cross-border attacks as civilians reportedly killed

Earlier, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported that three Syrian children were killed in an Israeli raid in Umm al-Tut in southern Lebanon.

Prior to that, the agency reported that two people riding a motorcycle were killed in an attack near Kfar Tebnit in southern Lebanon. A Lebanese security source told AFP that the two killed were “civilians” of Syrian nationality who were working in the area.

Following that, Hezbollah said it launched “dozens of Katyusha rockets” at northern Israel’s Kiryat Shmona “in response to the Israeli enemy attacks”. The group cited “the death of two civilians”.

Israel, meanwhile, said its air force “struck a launcher in the area of Blat that was identified firing projectiles toward the Kiryat Shmona area”, as well as “a Hezbollah terrorist cell” in the Yarin area, which is nearby to the location where the children were reportedly killed.

Some detainees sexually assaulted in Israeli prisons: Lawyer

Editor’s note: This reporting contains graphic descriptions of torture and sexual assault.

A lawyer for the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs has said that a prisoner gave eyewitness testimony of other detainees being sodomised or sexually assaulted.

According to the commission and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, Khaled Mahajna spoke with journalist Mohammed Arab, who was detained in Gaza and taken from Sde Teiman in the Negev Desert and was later taken to Ofer prison, near Ramallah.

At Sde Teiman, Arab said he witnessed prisoners “being raped, including a detainee who was completely stripped and had a fire extinguisher hose inserted into his rectum, and the extinguisher was discharged inside him. The detainee is in a very serious physical and psychological condition”.

“Another detainee was completely stripped and electrocuted, his genitals were yanked, in addition to other methods of sexual abuse that are difficult to describe,” Arab told Mahajna, according to the organisations’ statement.

Palestinian with Down’s syndrome mauled by military dog, left to die alone: Report

According to the BBC, the man’s family said that on July 3, Israeli soldiers raided their house in Gaza City, and unleashed a military dog on 24-year-old Muhammed Bhar, who had Down’s syndrome and autism.

Despite the family’s pleas, the combat dog continued to bite Bhar’s arm, which bled. They then separated Bhar from the family, who were later ordered to leave the house.

Bhar was left with the soldiers, the BBC report said. The family returned a week later to find him dead.

“Muhammed’s body is lying on the floor. There is blood around him, and a tourniquet on his arm. This was most probably used to stop heavy bleeding from his upper arm,” the report said, referencing a video produced by Bhar’s brother, who showed it to the BBC.

US legal advocacy group asks Biden administration for information on ICC Israel investigations

The Center for Constitutional Rights filed a request to the administration of US President Joe Biden for all internal communications related to the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s investigation into crimes committed by the Israeli government during its war on Gaza.

In late May, the chief prosecutor of the ICC, Karim Khan, said that his office had applied for arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders for alleged crimes committed during the Hamas-led October 7 attack on southern Israel and Israel’s subsequent war on Gaza.

The legal group said that it is particularly interested in any ongoing efforts by the US to halt or delay the issuance of these arrest warrants, and wishes to obtain the information via a request under the Freedom of Information Act. These requests, under US law, must be answered by the government.

Oil tanker assessing possible Red Sea leak after Houthi attack

The update came after the Liberia-flagged oil tanker Chios Lion was hit by an unmanned watercraft.

A second tanker was also attacked by the Houthis earlier today. The Yemen-based group has pledged to attack commercial vessels in nearby waterways in support of Gaza.

“While originally headed south, following the attack the vessel turned around and back north out of the threat area to further assess damage and investigate potential oil spillage,” according to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC).

The JMIC is an information collaboration of several navies, which have joined a US-led security coalition to protect commercial ships along the major shipping route from attacks by the Houthis, who say they are taking military action against ships with links to Israel.

Groups that block aid to Gaza receive tax-deductible donations from US and Israel

The United States and Israel have allowed tax-deductible donations to far-right groups that have blocked aid from being delivered, The Associated Press and the Israeli investigative site Shomrim have found.

The report said that three groups that have prevented humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza – including one accused of looting or destroying supplies – have raised more than $200,000 from donors in the US and Israel.

Critics say incentivising these donations by making them tax-deductible runs counter to the US’s and Israel’s stated commitment to allow unlimited aid to Gaza.

Donations have continued even after the US imposed sanctions against one of these groups.

Israeli attack hit close to joint humanitarian centre: UN spokesman

Speaking to reporters, Stephane Dujarric has said colleagues in Gaza reported the attack “just a few hundreds metres” from the centre in Deir el-Balah.

He said the centre is used to coordinate UN and other NGO humanitarian operations throughout the enclave.

“I think one can only imagine how much it impacts our humanitarian colleagues who are actually working in that place,” Dujarric said. “They are already under tremendous stress. They’re already continuing to work in an active warzone.”

“And if you know if there was a strike 100 [328 feet] metres away from the place where you … work, it just adds to an already overwhelming level of stress for our colleagues, not to mention the impact it has on the civilians who are routinely killed in the streets,” he said.

HRW slams EU’s inability to jointly condemn Israel’s killing of Gaza civilians

Human Rights Watch has inked a letter calling out the EU’s inability to jointly condemn Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza due to the persistent refusal of some member states.

The EU has “yet to collectively acknowledge, denounce, and adopt appropriate measures to address the Israeli authorities’ war crimes and other international humanitarian law (IHL) violations, some of which have led to the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza,” the letter said.

Parents of female captives demand immediate meeting with Netanyahu

A group representing the loved ones of those held captive in Gaza has released still images of the five female captives taken on October 7 and held a press conference in Tel Aviv, calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet with them.

The identities of the captives were verified from their faces, which match photographs previously released by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. Their families also confirmed their identities.

The captives in the released pictures were Naama Levy, Agam Berger, Liri Albag, Daniella Gilboa and Karina Ariev, Reuters reported.

During the press conference, the parents of the captives demanded a meeting with Netanyahu immediately, asking him not to depart to Washington, DC before he does so.

What is Trump VP pick Vance’s stance on Israel-Palestine?

Today marks the second day of the Republican National Convention in the US, where former President Donald Trump has officially been named the Republican Party’s presidential nominee.

Yesterday, Trump also named Senator JD Vance as his vice presidential pick.

Al Jazeera’s Urooba Jamal took a look at Vance’s foreign policy positions, which can best be surmised as “America first with an Israel exception”.

That staunch support for Israel has seen Vance lead efforts to stop special immigration protections for Palestinians and to withhold federal funds from colleges where there have been pro-Palestine protests in recent months.

Israeli Haredi Jews block highway over pending army conscription

Video posted on X by a correspondent for Israeli newspaper Haaretz shows police removing a child belonging to Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community from a busy road.

Israeli Army Radio reported that the protest included dozens of people, and the Haaretz journalist says that police are making arrests.

Earlier, we reported that the Israeli army will begin sending out conscription orders to members of this community, long given religious exemption from military service, this Sunday.
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Activists marched through the affluent Georgetown neighborhood in Washington D.C. in response to the Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, which killed at least 90 people and injured hundreds.

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UNRWA says 539 displaced Palestinians killed in its facilities since beginning of war

In its regular situation report, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) says at least 539 displaced Palestinians have been killed in its facilities in Gaza since October 7.

That number only runs through July 14, so it does not include the killing of 23 people at UNRWA’s Al-Razi School in Nuseirat earlier today.

UNRWA said at least 1,708 people have been wounded in its facilities during that period. At least 73 more were wounded in today’s attack, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.

Israel says half of Hamas armed wing’s leadership killed in Gaza

The Israeli military says it has killed 14,000 fighters (anon's note: out of at least 38,713 total Palestinians killed) from the group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, during the war.

It said they included six fighters with the rank of brigade commander, 20 battalion commanders and 150 company commanders.

Hamas has not confirmed the number of fighters killed in the war but has regularly rejected the Israeli military’s claims.

The latest update was made after Israel said it targeted Qassam Brigades leader Mohammed Deif in a strike on a designated “safe zone” where displaced Palestinians were sheltering. At least 90 Palestinians were killed in the attack.

Israel said it has not yet confirmed if Deif was killed in the strike while Hamas has said he was not killed.

Israel bombed 70 percent of UNRWA-run schools in Gaza: UN

Nearly seven out of 10 UNRWA-run schools have been bombed in Gaza since the beginning of the war, according to the UN agency for Palestinians.

“Over 95% of these schools were used as shelters when hit. 539 people sheltering in UNRWA facilities have been killed,” UNRWA said on X. “Nowhere is safe. The blatant disregard for UN premises and humanitarian law must stop.”

Number of journalists killed in Israel’s war on Gaza rises to 160: Media office

Muhammad Abdullah Mishmish, programme director at Sawt Al-Awsa Radio, has been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza, according to the enclave’s Government Media Office.

The statement on Telegram did not elaborate on the circumstances, time or place of his death.

Mishmish is the 160th journalist killed in the war, the announcement said.

Save the Children condemns Israeli attacks on schools, hospitals in Gaza

British aid group Save the Children has called the recent attacks on schools and hospitals in Gaza as “horrific”.

“The healthcare and education systems are being decimated before our eyes,” it said on X, calling for a ceasefire. “Children cannot continue to be at the forefront of this conflict. Hospitals and schools should never be targets.”

‘We are killed by American missiles’: Nuseirat school attack survivor

Video footage verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad has seen a young man carry the remnants of the rockets that targeted a school in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

He lamented that the displaced Palestinians were being killed by Israel with American missiles.

“We found children beheaded and people turned into corpses and body parts inside the school, and I cannot describe the scene from the horror of the bombing,” he said.

The footage documented the destruction and the body parts scattered in the courtyard of the school, which was crowded with displaced people.

‘This catastrophe must end’ in Gaza: Knesset member

Ayman Odeh, a Palestinian citizen of Israel and head of the Hadash-Ta’al list in Israel’s parliament, has said that the war on Gaza is increasing the risk of a wider regional escalation.

“The region stands, in these moments, on the brink of a precipice. At any moment, a bloody, destructive regional war can erupt. More and more pain and death. Parentless children. Parents burying children. This catastrophe must end,” he said on X.
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Israeli bombing of school kills 23 people in Nuseirat: Gaza government

We have reported earlier that at least eight people had been killed in an Israeli air attack on a school in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp.

According to Gaza’s Government Media Office, the death toll stands at 23, with 73 people also injured in Israeli bombing of the UNRWA Al-Razi School in the camp.

Israel minister demands West Bank annexation if UN court rules against it

Hardline Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on the prime minister to annex the occupied West Bank if the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules Israeli settlements are illegal this week.

Smotrich told reporters, “No one will move the people of Israel from their land”, the Times of Israel quoted him as saying yesterday.

Footage shows destruction at Gaza aid distribution site in the wake of Israeli attack

Video footage verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad has documented the impact of the Israeli air attack on the UNRWA-run Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.

The air raid targeted a hospice distributing food to displaced people.

The footage showed people observing the damage in the bombed-out building that had a huge hole in the roof, collapsed side walls and cracks in the beams holding up the ceiling.

A banner in front of the building identified it as a hospice.

Netanyahu ordered Israeli army to turn off recording of meetings after October 7

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli army to turn off its recording system in the command centre of military headquarters after the start of the war, according to a report in the Haaretz newspaper.

That means that all security cabinet meetings, which are recorded routinely, were not taped as the army complied with the order, the report in the Israeli newspaper said.

Netanyahu insisted, the report added, that only specific security cabinet meetings he wanted would be recorded or transcribed by his office and not by the army.

The report also revealed that soon after October 7, the prime minister moved all security cabinet meetings to his office in Tel Aviv.

The move was aimed at holding meetings in a place Netanyahu could control rather than trusting the army not to record them, a source told Haaretz.

Israeli settlers build iron structure on Palestinian land in Hebron, video shows

A video posted online, verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency, shows a group of settlers working on an iron structure in the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

The footage shows settlers placing iron poles on private Palestinian land that, according to local sources, belongs to the Qunaibi family.

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Israeli settlers attack Palestinian vehicles west of Nablus

Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian vehicles in the vicinity of the illegal Shafi Shomron settlement, west of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, our colleagues on the ground report.

They said Israeli forces have also raided an insurance company in Hebron, in the southern West Bank.

Israel’s restrictions on movement in Hebron hurdle to ‘essential services’: ICRC

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the restrictions on movement imposed by Israel, specifically in the “H2” area in Hebron’s Old City, “make it difficult, and sometimes impossible, for Palestinians to access essential services”.

Israeli authorities have imposed these restrictions for more than 20 years, leaving an impact on “basic services many need daily to survive”, the ICRC said on X.

The H2 area of Hebron in the occupied West Bank is 20 percent of the Palestinian city, where about 700 Israelis live in illegal settlements and the Israeli military has full control.

H2’s Palestinian population is about 35,000.

The ICRC has worked with the local community to install solar panels on the rooftops of affected households.

“This helps them generate income by providing power to other residents in the community, and have improved access to electricity,” the post said.

Shooting operation a response to crimes in Gaza, West Bank: Hamas

Hamas has said in a statement that the “heroic shooting operation east of Tulkarem is a natural response to the brutal crimes and heinous massacres in Gaza and the West Bank”.

Earlier we reported that three Israeli settlers were injured in a shooting near the village of Ramin, east of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank.

UK Conservative Party clears ex-minister of anti-Semitism charges

Sir Alan Duncan, Britain’s former Minister of State for Europe and the Americas, has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) after investigating him for anti-Semitism allegations, according to the non-profit International Centre of Justice for Palestinians.

The former member of parliament said during a news conference that the investigation panel found that his comments “did not go beyond political debate” and “were not anti-Semitic and could not properly be regarded as such”.

Sir Alan, who stood down as a parliamentarian in 2019, criticised – in an interview with LBC in April – those in British politics who “refuse to condemn [illegal Israeli] settlements” in the occupied West Bank.

“The time has come to flush out those extremists in our own parliamentary politics,” he said at the time.

According to a statement by the ICJP, Sir Alan said anti-Semitism must be ruthlessly called out where it genuinely exists. He also highlighted the problem of weaponising the term, with a defiant tone as he said: “They have tried to threaten me, but I will not be bullied or silenced.”

Minister warns against withdrawal from Netzarim, Philadelphi corridors: Report

Orit Struck, Israel’s minister of settlements and national missions, has issued a threat to Netanyahu during her visit to the Karem Abu Salem crossing between Israel and Gaza, known in Israel as Kerem Shalom.



“We said clearly that if they get the [army] out of the Netzarim Corridor and the Philadelphi Corridor, we will dismantle the government. Netanyahu knows this very well,” she added, according to the report.

Israeli Defence Ministry sets up mental health committee

The committee will be tasked with treating mental health issues, including post-traumatic stress disorders, according to a statement by the ministry.

It said since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, about 36 percent of the 9,400 injured have been suffering from mental health issues.

The country’s Health Ministry’s Rehabilitation Division estimates that by the end of the year, at least 5,600 will struggle with mental disorders, it added.

In the besieged and bombarded Gaza, more than one million children require mental health support, UNICEF said earlier this year, while aid groups have warned that the trauma of war will have long-lasting effects on the territory’s population.

Lebanese state, not just Hezbollah, should pay ‘heavy price’: Israeli minister

Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen has called for his country to open a new front in the north, making the state of Lebanon and not only the Hezbollah armed group pay “a heavy price” for the attacks on northern Israel.

“We are at the end of the Phase 3 in Gaza, so we need to move to the north and charge them a significant price,” Cohen said in an interview with Israel’s Radio Kol Barama.

Gallant condemns attack against officers by anti-conscription ultra-Orthodox protesters
Dozens of ultra-Orthodox Israeli demonstrators in the central city of Bnei Brak gathered overnight outside a house where two Israeli senior army commanders met Rabbi David Leybel, a supporter of ultra-Orthodox conscription into the military, according to Israeli media reports.

The crowd shouted slurs and threw bottles at the officers’ vehicles slurs prompting police to intervene.

In a post on X, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant condemned the incident.



The meeting between the three men was aimed at discussing the establishment of a Haredi brigade in the army after Israel’s Supreme Court ruled in June that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service.

Unexploded Israeli missile used against Israeli tanks: War monitors

Hamas fighters have claimed they recovered an unexploded Israeli missile and used it to target two Israeli tanks in Gaza City’s Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood causing casualties, defence think tanks monitoring the war have reported.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP), both based in the US, said the use of the salvaged Israeli missile was the only attack reported by Palestinian fighters in Gaza City on Monday, after weeks of devastating ground operations by Israeli forces.

To the south of Gaza City, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fighters used mortar shells against Israeli unit deployed on the Netzarim Corridor and in southern Rafah city, PIJ and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades fighters fired rocket-propelled grenades, thermobaric shells and mortars at Israeli forces in the Yibna area.

Gaza, abortion and migrant rights protests outside RNC in US

Hundreds of demonstrators have converged on downtown Milwaukee to protest at the Republican National Convention (RNC), saying the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump will not affect their longstanding plans to demonstrate outside the site.

Among the causes being highlighted by protesters are Israel’s war on Gaza, as well as abortion and migrant rights.

US protest movement rebukes Biden for saying he helps Palestinians

The Uncommitted National Movement, a grassroots collective that has urged US Democrats to vote “uncommitted” in US state primaries, has criticised Biden for claiming he is an ally of Palestinians.

“Biden claiming he’s done the most for Palestinians is like an arsonist taking credit for tossing a splash of water on the fire he’s still fueling,” the group said in a post on X.
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UN peacekeepers hope to restore calm amid Israel-Lebanon cross-border tension

On patrol along an active front line, UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon are monitoring clashes sparked by Israel’s Gaza offensive. Israeli military positions dominate the landscape near the Blue Line, a volatile zone not recognised as a border.

Much of the area is devoid of residents, with destroyed homes marking the landscape in the Hezbollah stronghold. The UN is aiming for a diplomatic ceasefire, while Israel seeks a Hezbollah-free buffer zone in line with UN Resolution 1701.

Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from along the Blue Line in southern Lebanon:

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Israeli forces killed over 2,500 Palestinians every month since ICJ ruling

On January 26, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said it found it “plausible” that Israel committed acts that violate the Genocide Convention.

The ICJ ordered Israel to take action to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza.

Back in January, the death toll in Gaza stood at 26,083 people killed with more than 64,400 people wounded.

Since then, Israeli forces have killed another 12,630 people and wounded more than 24,600 others, meaning more than 2,500 Palestinians were killed every month over the past five months.

Israeli forces have continued to hit UN-run facilities sheltering civilians. UNRWA, the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, says 70 percent of its schools in Gaza have been bombed during the war, and that the vast majority of them, 95 percent, were being used as displacement shelters at the time they were attacked.

Video said to show Houthi ‘drone boat’ attack on Red Sea oil tanker

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have shared a video released by Yemen’s Houthi fighters said to show scenes of the targeting and attack on the Chios Lion oil tanker in the Red Sea by an armed “drone boat”.

A crew on the Liberia-flagged tanker are assessing damage and investigating a potential oil spill after the vessel was attacked by drones on Monday, according to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC).

The Houthi attacks on the Chios Lion as well as the Israeli-owned Bentley I oil tanker with ballistic missiles and aerial and surface drones are part of the Yemeni group’s campaign against shipping linked to Israel or using Israeli seaports.

The Houthis say their attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden will end when Israel stops its war on Gaza.

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Video shows rocket attacks on Israel tank, bulldozer, troops in Rafah

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have obtained and verified video clips of Palestinian fighters said to be battling Israeli forces east of Rafah city in the south of the Gaza Strip.

One clip shows a Hamas fighter emerge from what appears to be an underground position to fire an antitank rocket-propelled grenade at an Israeli tank. In another, a fighter takes aim from inside a destroyed building and appears to hit an armoured bulldozer with an antitank rocket.

In the final clip, Israeli soldiers based in a building are targeted with an attack after which flames are seen engulfing their location.

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US ‘actively assisting’ Israel’s genocide in Gaza: Activists

The US activist group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) said the Biden administration is now “actively assisting” Israel to commit genocide in Gaza.

“The Israeli government’s genocide is accelerating with full support from the US,” JVP said in a series of posts on social media rallying supporters to take action against Israel by contacting their political representatives.

Washington’s intention “couldn’t be clearer” when it resumed the transfer last week of 500-pound bombs to Israel’s military, the group said.

“The US isn’t just allowing the Israeli government to commit a genocide, it’s actively assisting it. It’s well past time for a weapons embargo,” it added.

10th anniversary of Israeli impunity over killing of 4 children on Gaza beach

The Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights has marked a decade of impunity following the killing of four Palestinian children while playing football on the Gaza City beach.

On July 16, 2014, Israeli forces fired three missiles that killed the Bakr family boys: Ahed, 9, Zakaria,10, Mohammed,11, and Ismail, 9, and wounded six other children.

“Despite clear evidence as to the indiscriminate nature of the attack, the Israeli probe, which was neither impartial nor independent as required by international law, was promptly closed in June 2015,” the rights group said.

​​“A decade later, there is no justice for the Bakr family and countless other Palestinian victims of blatant crimes committed by the Israeli military and other officials,” the group added.

Still no confirmation Hamas’s Mohammed Deif killed in Israeli strike: Monitors

The Israeli air force dropped eight 2,000-pound bombs in its attack on the al-Mawasi area of Gaza on Saturday in a bid to kill Hamas commander Mohammed Deif.

US-based defence think tanks the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) also said that Israel’s military has still not officially confirmed that it killed Deif in the attack that killed at least 90 people – mostly women and children – and wounded 300 others.

Two confirmed dead in Israeli mosque bombing in Gaza

At least two people have been confirmed killed and 15 injured following an Israeli attack on a mosque in central Gaza, the Wafa news agency reports.

Earlier, we reported that the Israeli military had bombed the Abdullah Azzam Mosque, which is north of the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Central Gaza refugee camps under fire

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report that Israeli artillery is shelling the Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps in central Gaza.

Netanyahu aims to eradicate Palestinian collective memory: Analyst

Adel Abdel-Ghafar, a political analyst, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is punishing Palestinians collectively in Gaza in the absence of a victory to present to his own constituency.

“It is clear that this is less about eradicating Hamas and more about the collective punishment of Palestinians,” Abdel-Ghafar, director of the foreign policy and security programme at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, told Al Jazeera.

The destruction of schools, mosques, churches, historical archives, among other institutions, he said, is a form of collective punishment aimed at eradicating the collective memory of Palestinians.

“Netanyahu can’t go back to his constituency and sell a ceasefire without coming out with some sort of win – and so far there has not been a major win – so the continued destruction of Gaza is his own win,” he added.

700,000 face health ‘crisis’ as water treatment stops in central Gaza city

More than 700,000 people could be at risk from a “health and environmental crisis” as wastewater pumping stations in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah city have stopped working due to a lack of fuel, local officials say.

In a statement, city authorities said stocks of fuel necessary for the functioning of water pumping stations were exhausted and warned of roads being “flooded by wastewater” and diseases spreading.

Saudi Council of Ministers condemns Israeli massacres against Palestinian people

The Saudi Council of Ministers has condemned the continuation of genocidal massacres against the Palestinian people.

The session headed by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman reiterated its demand for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the protection of unarmed civilians in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The council also stressed the necessity of activating international accountability mechanisms for the continuous Israeli violations of international humanitarian law and international legitimacy resolutions.

500 health workers killed in Gaza, including doctors with rare specialisations

Israeli attacks have killed 500 health workers in Gaza since October, including several specialised doctors, AP news agency reports.

The specialist doctors killed include a plastic surgeon specialising in wound care, a reconstructive surgeon, an obstetrician/gynaecologist, an orthopaedic surgeon, a fertility doctor, and the only liver transplant doctor in Gaza.

Hassan Hamdan, a plastic surgeon who specialised in wound reconstruction, was killed along with 12 members of his family earlier this month after coming out of retirement to treat victims of the war.

His son, Osama Hamdan, an orthopaedic surgeon, was on duty in the emergency room at Nasser Hospital when he received the call. His wife and two sons – aged three and five – were among those killed.

“I was only able to collect some body parts of my kids and their mother because of how huge the explosion was,” Hamdan said.

Hamas-led groups committed war crimes on October 7: Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published new research detailing war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Hamas-led Palestinian armed groups on October 7 in Israel.

Hamas fighters led four other armed groups in attacks against 19 kibbutzim and 5 moshavim (cooperative communities), the cities of Sderot and Ofakim, two music festivals, and a beach party on October 7, HRW said.

“The Hamas-led assault on October 7 was designed to kill civilians and take as many people as possible hostage,” said Ida Sawyer, crisis and conflict director at HRW. Hamas officials, however, told HRW its fighters were instructed not to target civilians and to abide by international human rights and humanitarian law.

Israel’s ensuing assault on the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of October 7 amounted to the war crime of collective punishment, HRW also said, exacerbating Israel’s 17-year illegal blockade of Gaza and its crimes of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians.

Republican Jewish leader says Trump to give ‘blank cheque’ to Israel in Gaza

Republican Jewish Coalition CEO Matt Brooks has celebrated Donald Trump’s record on Israel and said he believes the presidential hopeful will provide a “blank cheque to Israel” to “finish the job quickly” in Gaza.

“If you need to carpet bomb the area, do it. Just get it done. Rip the band-aid off. Finish the job because Hamas needs to be destroyed,” Brooks said at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday.

“This is just taking months and months. All [Trump] is saying is that time is not Israel’s ally. The longer this continues, the more public support erodes, the more international support erodes, and Trump’s point [is] do what you have to do, get it done and get out,” he added.

Brooks also said Trump will “rebuild the US-Israel relationship after four disastrous years under President Biden”.

US envoy to UN discusses Israel-Lebanon conflict with Lebanese FM

US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has released details of a meeting with Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib in New York.

“They discussed the need for de-escalation along the Blue Line so that displaced persons in both Lebanon and Israel can return to their homes,” a spokesperson for Thomas-Greenfield said in a readout of the meeting.

Though the United States has ended its funding to UNRWA, the UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees, including those staying in Lebanon, Thomas-Greenfield expressed support for Lebanon hosting refugees, the spokesperson said.

Lebanon is home to the most refugees relative to the size of its population in the world with some 1.5 million Syrians and an estimated 270,000 Palestinians residing in the country.

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>More than 700,000 people could be at risk from a “health and environmental crisis” as wastewater pumping stations in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah city have stopped working due to a lack of fuel, local officials say.
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>500 health workers killed in Gaza, including doctors with rare specialisations
it's this kind of shit that really hammers it home.
The Zionists really are trying to annihilate the Palestinians.
Wiping out a societies ability to provide medical services, that really clarifies the intentions.
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Drones target Iraq base housing US-led coalition: Report

Two attack drones were launched against a military base in Iraq where US and international forces are stationed in Anbar province.

“One drone was shot down outside the [Ain al-Assad] base by defence systems, and the second exploded inside the base without causing any injuries or damage,” an unnamed security official told AFP news agency.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an alliance of Iran-backed armed groups, has carried out more than 175 rocket and drone attacks against US-led troops in Iraq and Syria in recent months.

It says the attacks are in solidarity with the Palestinians during the continuing war in Gaza, demanding an end to the Israeli invasion.

Maersk: Red Sea shipping ‘disruption’ effects spread globally

Denmark’s shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk says “disruption” to its routes via the Red Sea has now extended beyond the Middle East and Europe to its entire global network.

Shipping groups have diverted cargo vessels around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope since December to avoid attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militia in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, with the longer voyage times pushing freight rates far higher and delivery times taking months longer.

“The cascading impact of these disruptions extends beyond the primary affected routes, causing congestion at alternative routes and transshipment hubs essential for trade with Far East Asia, West Central Asia, and Europe,” Maersk said in a statement.

“Ports across Asia – including Singapore, Australia, and Shanghai – are experiencing delays as ships reroute and schedules are disrupted, caused by ripple effects from the Red Sea.”

Hamas rejects Human Rights Watch report citing ‘lies and blatant bias’

Earlier we reported on a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report that said Hamas’s armed wing and four other groups “committed numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity against civilians” during the October 7 attack on Israelis.

In response, Hamas rejected “the lies and blatant bias” towards Israel and demanded HRW withdraw its report and apologise.

“The Human Rights Watch report adopted the entire Israeli narrative and moved away from the method of scientific research and the neutral legal position, and became more like an Israeli propaganda document,” Hamas said in a statement.

HRW said dozens of serious human rights violations occurred on October 7 including “murder, hostage-taking, and other grave offenses”.

Palestinian envoy condemns ‘the most documented genocide in history’

Riyad Mansour, Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, says Israel’s war crimes in Gaza have been committed “openly, brazenly, and repeatedly” with soldiers sharing videos on social media.

“What is happening in Gaza is going down as the most documented genocide in history,” Mansour told a UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East. “When will the world denounce the crimes and stop tolerating their reoccurrence?

He asked the council why international laws and norms continue to be violated by Israel, but nothing is ever done to stop it.

‘Dripping in blood’: MSF medic describes horrific aftermath of Israeli attack

Javid Abdelmoneim, the Gaza medical team leader of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), recounted to Al Jazeera the casualties he and his team received at their clinic in Khan Younis after an attack on Saturday:

“We were dripping in blood at the end of it. The first case I saw was a three-year-old girl with her thigh peeled off her bone. The second case I saw was a woman covered in dust. She looked at me, she was breathing, which meant she was globally OK, but I took down the dressing on her belly and a piece of abdomen, a piece of her bowel was out. And then suddenly a rush of healthcare workers, fully-dressed first aid responders, in their uniforms, all injured.”

“I looked across at my nurse, and she was helping manage the airway [relieve airway obstruction] of a boy who looked about 13, 14. And she [the nurse] looked at me and in a mass casualty if you have to manage the airway you have to call that person dead. It was a boy, none of us had the heart to call him dead.”

“And then the next one came in, and the next one. And there were no beds. And you’re kneeling on the floor and you can feel your knee is wet with blood.”

“And you have to quickly decide who’s more urgent and who’s not. ‘This man looks like he has a brain injury, he has to be left for dead. This woman has her knee almost blown off, take her straight to operating theatres.'”

Gaza aid pier ‘a failure’, says former US aid official

The former US aid director for the West Bank and Gaza, Dave Harden, said that the now-closed pier was “interesting in theory, but in practice, an absolute failure – and my concern is who will be held accountable?”

“The pier, in concept, was an interesting idea from my perspective, because it created some potential facts on the ground so that the Gazans for once could actually have something in their favour where they could import basic commodities, either now or in the future,” said Harden, who is now the managing director of Georgetown Strategy Group.

“What we have not seen is a robust opening of the crossings … I think this goes first to the Israelis, and second to the Americans,” Harden added.

“And in the meantime, the Gazans themselves continue to suffer. This was a tragedy compounding a tragedy.”

US Muslim civil rights group denounces Republican’s call to ‘carpet bomb’ Gaza

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said that comments made by Matt Brooks, the CEO of the Republican Jewish Coalition, were “apparent support for the genocidal idea of carpet-bombing Gaza”, which spoke “volumes about the systematic, racist dehumanization of the Palestinian people”.

“Genocide is wrong, no matter its victim,” the CAIR national communications director, Ibrahim Hooper, added. “Republican elected officials should renounce this genocidal rhetoric, as well as the Israeli government’s ongoing use of American taxpayer dollars to bomb churches, mosques, hospitals, schools, refugee camps, and innocent men, women and children across Gaza.”

US imposes visa restrictions on former Israeli military sergeant

The restrictions on Sergeant Elor Azaria are for involvement in an extrajudicial killing in the occupied West Bank.

Azaria shot dead an injured Palestinian, Abdul Fatah al-Sharif, in Hebron in 2016. Al-Sharif had been lying wounded on the ground after allegedly stabbing and wounding a soldier, before Azaria walked up to him and killed him without apparent provocation. The incident was filmed by the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem and quickly went viral.

Azaria was convicted of manslaughter by an Israeli court, but was only sentenced to 18 months, later reduced by four months. He was eventually released from prison in May 2018, having served almost nine months.

The US Department of State said in a statement on Wednesday that “Azaria and any immediate family members are generally ineligible for entry into the United States”.

It added that it was “taking steps to impose visa restrictions on an additional group of individuals for having been involved in or meaningfully contributed to undermining the peace, security, or stability in the West Bank” including “violence against persons or property, or unduly restrict[ing] civilians access to essential services and basic necessities”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-48-killed-in-3-air-strikes-in-one-hour-in-gaza
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'Stunning Abdication': Appeals Court Dismisses Biden Genocide Complicity Case
"We turned to the law to help stop the horror, and the court chose to do nothing," said one plaintiff in the case. "We are beyond disappointed."

Palestine defenders on Tuesday decried a U.S. federal appellate panel's dismissal of a case brought by Palestinians accusing senior Biden administration officials of failing to prevent and complicity in Israeli genocide in Gaza.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco affirmed a lower court's dismissal of the lawsuit against President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, which was led by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of several Palestinian groups and individuals.

During a Tuesday interview on Democracy Now!, CCR attorney Katherine Gallagher—who represented plaintiffs in the case—said its dismissal "essentially gives the blank check to carry out any kind of conduct that the executive wants in times of genocide, in times of war."

Gallagher's interview followed a Monday statement in which she referred to the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling granting the president "absolute immunity" for "official acts."

"On the heels of Trump v. United States, this stunning abdication of the court's role to serve as a check on the executive even in the face of its support for genocide should set off alarm bells for all," she said.

The lawsuit—originally filed in November in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Oakland—sought to stop the Biden administration from aiding Israel's bombardment of Gaza. U.S. weapons have played a critical role in Israel's war, which Palestinian and international agencies say has killed, wounded, or left missing more than 137,500 Gazans.

While the court found that "the current treatment of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli military may plausibly constitute a genocide in violation of international law," it dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds in late January. The 9th Circuit subsequently granted an expedited appeal in the case, which was heard in June.

"This decision is mind-boggling and, frankly, scary," plaintiff Waeil Elbhassi said in a statement Monday. "It is just unfathomable, while we count our dead, witness the total obliteration of Gaza—aided by our own government."

"As the death toll keeps rising and we see nonstop images of carnage during this livestreamed genocide, the court washes its hands of our case," Elbhassi added. "We turned to the law to help stop the horror, and the court chose to do nothing. We are beyond disappointed. We have no choice but to continue to fight for our people. Our very existence is at stake."

Israel's conduct in Gaza—including alleged forced starvation that has fueled deadly famine in parts of the besieged strip—is under investigation by the International Court of Justice in a genocide case brought by South Africa.

Additionally, International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has applied for warrants to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and three Hamas leaders for crimes including extermination allegedly committed on and after October 7.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-genocide-case
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 No.483007

Ben-Gvir told ministers delaying captive deal could help Trump: Report

Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has told Israeli cabinet members that reaching a deal now would be a slap in Trump’s face that would benefit Biden politically, according to comments reported in Israeli media outlets Channel 13 and The Times of Israel.

Israeli military kills member of al-Jamaa al-Islamiya in Lebanon

Our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues are reporting that the Israeli military has assassinated a member of al-Jamaa al-Islamiya group in a drone strike on a car in the east of Bekaa governorate in Lebanon.

We will bring you updates on this story when we have them.

China urges ceasefire, calls on Israel to stop ‘collective punishment’ in Gaza

In a speech at the UN Security Council on Wednesday, China’s permanent representative to the world body called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the implementation of a two-state solution, while also urging Israel to “cease its collective punishment of the Gaza people”.

“Countries with important influence should earnestly make sincere and responsible efforts to promote parties concerned to demonstrate political will and implement relevant Security Council resolutions,” Fu Cong said.

Trump-ally Erik Prince says Pentagon blocked his plan to flood Gaza tunnels: Report

Erik Prince, the founder of private military contractor firm Blackwater, says the Pentagon blocked his plan to help Israel flood Gaza with seawater.

“I provided the Israelis a fully-funded, donated ability to flood Gaza with water, with seawater, to flood the 300 miles of tunnels,” Prince said during a speech at the Heritage Foundation policy forum, as reported by the Middle East Eye news outlet.

Prince provided the information as an example of his claim the US had given “very bad advice” that prevented the Israelis from “finishing” the war in Gaza.

Environmental analysts have warned that flooding the tunnels could damage the aquifer that holds Gaza’s groundwater, and ruin the conditions of life for 2.3 million people in the territory.

Prince is a staunch Trump ally who founded Blackwater, now renamed Academi.

‘Suspicion’ that some in Israel want war in Lebanon: Russia’s FM Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said Hezbollah in Lebanon, its main supporter Iran, and the Lebanese government do not want “a full-blown war” with Israel. But “there’s a suspicion that some circles in Israel are trying to achieve just that”, Lavrov said.

Speaking at a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York, Lavrov said some US and European analysts say “escalation, as the practical developments show, is something which Israel is interested in”.

“Hezbollah has been very much restrained in its actions,” Lavrov said, and the movement’s leader Hassan Nasrallah has “delivered a number of public statements which reaffirmed that position”.

“However, the sentiment is that there’s an attempt to provoke them, and to provoke them into a full-blown engagement,” he said.

Brazil calls to stop flow of weapons used in ‘illegal acts’ in Gaza

Brazil’s ambassador to the UN Sergio Franca Danese has called for an end to the flow of weapons used in illegal acts in Gaza.

Addressing the UN Security Council, Danese also said the “wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict will only cease with an end to occupation” and that admitting Palestine as a full member of the UN would make “it clear that Israel can not determine the fate of Palestine’s sovereignty and statehood”.

His speech at the UNSC came as Israel’s Knesset adopted a resolution opposing Palestinian statehood, further demonstrating Israel’s shift away from its commitments under the Oslo Accords.

‘Reprehensible’: UN responds to personal attack on UNRWA chief by Israeli spokesman

We reported earlier on the UN’s reaction to “dangerous and disparaging” remarks made by Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer about UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini:

Here’s what Mencer, who works for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, said in a videotaped speech about the UNRWA chief:

“Now if the UN was doing what it was designed to do, then Philippe Lazzarini should be one of the good guys. But he is not. He is one of the bad guys. A terrorist sympathiser. A Jew-killing enabler. A liar,” Mencer said.

On Wednesday, Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo asked Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, about Mencer’s remarks.

Dujarric said the Israeli spokesman’s comments were “unacceptable, to say the least”.

“Using the kind of inflammatory language he used to describe Mr Lazzarini – and I don’t want to repeat them. But they are there for the record. In an environment that is already extremely volatile – is reprehensible and downright dangerous,” Dujarric said.

“It puts at risk a senior UN official whose only focus is on helping civilians in Gaza. To alleviate their suffering,” he said.

Protests at RNC, DNC link US-backed Gaza war to broader issues

In Milwaukee, protests outside the Republican National Convention (RNC) have highlighted concerns over the US-backed war on Gaza, linking it to issues like economic inequality and civil rights in the US.

Organised by the US Palestinian Community Network, the rally reflects worries about political leadership in the US.

Demonstrators initially targeted Trump, but will now focus on Biden’s policies as attention shifts to the Democratic National Convention (DNC), where protests will be held against so-called “Genocide Joe”, which is scheduled to start on August 19 in Chicago.

Israeli military drops threatening leaflets over Jenin camp

The Israeli military has dropped leaflets in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, threatening to kill wanted young men if they do not surrender themselves, the Wafa news agency reports.

The leaflets, dropped via reconnaissance aircraft, were dropped near a mosque on Mahyoub Street in the camp, according to Wafa.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-all-rules-of-war-broken-as-gaza-schools-bombed
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>>483007
How hilarious that Trump worship fucks over the dips who boosted him too. He screws over everyone fool enough to allow him to exist.
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 No.483023

Declassified UK - Biden's secret flights from British military base to Israel revealed

ICJ to deliver ruling on Israeli occupation

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will deliver a “historic and authoritative opinion on the question of Palestine and the illegality of the Israeli occupation”, according to Majed Bamya, Palestine’s deputy ambassador to the UN.

The ICJ said it will deliver its opinion regarding “the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, tomorrow, at 3 PM” in The Hague (13:00 GMT).

Some members of the diplomatic corps, international organisations, the public and the media will be allowed to attend the session.

The ICJ is the principal judicial organ of the UN and was created to settle legal disputes submitted to it by states and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by UN organs and agencies.

Knesset vote a ‘declaration of death of Oslo’

Mustafa Barghouti, a Palestinian physician and politician, slammed the Israeli Knesset’s vote opposing the creation of an independent Palestine.

Barghouti noted parties from neither the government or the opposition voted against the resolution. “This resolution represents a rejection of peace with Palestinians and an official declaration of the death of the Oslo agreement,” he said in a statement.

Earlier, we reported the Israeli parliament overwhelmingly passed the resolution that rejects the establishment of a Palestinian state, saying it would “pose an existential danger” to Israel and “perpetuate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and destabilise the region”.

Al-Quds Brigades launches rocket barrage at Israeli communities

The armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad released this video of its fighters launching rockets at multiple Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1813891774449909976

Houthi leader says 25 projectiles used in attacks this week

Abdel-Malik al-Houthi, chief of the Yememi group, says during his latest televised speech that the group used 25 ballistic and cruise missiles, drones and one unmanned boat in its attacks on ships this week.

This, he said, brought the total number of ships targeted by the Iran-aligned group since the start of the war to 170.

“We will, God willing, progressively escalate and increase the impact of our operations in the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea,” he promised.

Al-Houthi also issued a new warning for Saudi Arabia, saying Riyadh is jeopardising its future by aligning itself too closely with the US and Israel.

“If the Saudi regime is ready to sacrifice its future and lose its economic plans for the sake of Israel and the US, then there is no point in Vision 2030 or plans to develop Riyadh Airport to be one of the largest in the world.”

Israel strikes UNRWA school in Gaza City

At least two people have been killed and eight wounded in an Israeli attack on a school run by the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood.

We will bring you updates on this attack as the situation develops.

Hezbollah confirms death of fighter as reports say one of its commanders killed

Earlier, we reported on an Israeli air raid that hit the vicinity of the southern Lebanese village of Safad al-Batikh, which the country’s civil defence says killed at least four and wounded dozens.

Hezbollah, which never indicates where, when or how its fighters are killed, has just confirmed that Ali Jaafar Maatouq, also known as Habib Maatouq, born in 1978, has died.

Reports from Israeli media and the Reuters news service, citing “security sources”, indicate that a commander in the group’s Radwan forces was killed in an air attack this evening.

Teachers in US union push for Israel divestment

Members of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of the largest US unions, have put forth a resolution to divest from Israel bonds.

“The AFT holds only one bond of a foreign government, … a country internationally accused of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide,” they wrote in a statement.

The AFT’s Israel bond, “which helps fund Israel’s scholasticide and genocide, and pays for Israel’s longstanding occupation of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the apartheid regime against Palestinians everywhere”, is valued at $150,000.

Houthis suggest Gaza aid deal with Israel for decrease in attacks on shipping

A senior Houthi official in Yemen says if Israel allows desperately needed humanitarian aid into northern Gaza, the militia will cease some attacks on ships that visit the Umm al-Rashrash port, known in Israel as Eilat.

Mohammed Ali al-Houthi said on X: “We say to the enemy if you allow the entry of aid into the north of Gaza, as much as you allow the Yemeni Mujahideen army will allow the delivery of similar quantities to the occupied port. The ball is in your court.”

Al-Houthi suggested Egyptian and Qatari mediators could work out such a deal with Israel in consultation with Palestinian armed groups.

Palestine Foreign Ministry condemns Ben-Gvir’s Al-Aqsa visit

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has condemned Itamar Ben-Gvir’s “invasion” of Al-Aqsa Mosque with protection from far-right supporters and armed police.

It says in a statement that this is in line with government support for “ongoing incursions” into the mosque and Palestinian land, and efforts towards “Judaisation” of the area and “emptying it of its original owners”.

The ministry called for urgent international intervention to force Israel to stop illegal unilateral measures.

Thousands expected in pro-Palestinian demonstration around UK Parliament

More than 7,000 people are expected to form a human chain around the British Parliament later today, according to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

The activist organisation says members of parliament from across parties, trade union leaders and cultural figures are expected to join the demonstration organised by a coalition of pro-Palestinian groups.

Captives released from Gaza plan protest against Netanyahu in Tel Aviv

Israelis released from captivity in the Gaza Strip are planning a protest against Netanyahu’s scheduled trip to the US to address Congress.

They say they will release a “special statement” later today at the square in Tel Aviv where protesters calling for the release of captives and new elections have gathered since the start of the war.

European Muslim Forum to protest Israel’s participation in Olympic Games

Protests will be held in Switzerland outside the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne and the United Nations headquarters in Geneva over Israel’s participation in the 2024 Olympic Games, the European Muslim Forum has said.

After demonstrating in Geneva and Lausanne tomorrow, the group is planning to drive to Paris to ramp up its calls for a ban on Israel’s participation in the games, which start in the French capital on July 26.

“We call on the international solidarity movement, politicians, labour formations and worker formations, faith-based organisations, civil society to rally behind the call and journey with us to Paris,” said Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, who is Nelson Mandela’s grandson and a member of the Global Summit for Palestine.

Groups condemn Microsoft’s blocking of Palestinian user accounts

The Palestinian Digital Rights Coalition and other groups from Ecuador, the US and Japan, among others, say the company’s recent actions of blocking Palestinian users’ email and Skype accounts is “an unjust disruption that has severe consequences on their daily lives during a time of war”.

“It is not only an affront to basic human decency but also a violation of their fundamental rights. Access to technology and communication is crucial, especially in conflict zones where information and connectivity can mean the difference between life and death,” the groups said in a statement, referring to the war on Gaza.

“By blocking its services, Microsoft is effectively cutting Palestinians off from social, professional, and financial opportunities during a time of immense suffering and devastation. Microsoft’s decision to restrict its services to Palestinians at such a critical juncture is deeply troubling and cannot be justified.”

Palestinians living abroad accused Microsoft of closing their email accounts without warning. They said it also stopped them from using video platform Skype to contact relatives in Gaza.

Microsoft said the users in question violated its terms of service. It also denied blocking users or calls based on region.

Ukraine sends humanitarian flour shipment to Palestinians

Ukraine says that it had sent flour to the Palestinian territories as part of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Grain from Ukraine initiative to ship free agricultural supplies to poor countries and regions.

“Palestine received 1,000 tons of wheat flour,” Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry posted on X.

“The shipment is the first of three deliveries intended for Palestine … It will support over 101,000 Palestinian families for a month,” it said.

Israeli soldier succumbs to wounds sustained in Hezbollah attack

The Israeli military confirmed that Efraim Ben Amram, who was seriously wounded in a Hezbollah drone attack on a military base last month, has died.

The 25-year-old soldier was identified as a reservist sergeant first class in the 188th Armoured Brigade’s 53rd Battalion.

He was wounded on June 30 along with a number of other Israeli troops when an explosive-laden drone targeted the army base in the western part of the occupied Golan Heights.

Netanyahu speaks to soldiers at Rafah crossing

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has concluded a visit to the Rafah crossing, according to his office, which said more details will be published soon.

The Israeli military took control of the crossing in the southern part of the Gaza Strip in early May as part of its ground invasion of Rafah, which caused hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to be displaced once again.

Netanyahu opposes hospital for Gaza children in Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposes the establishment of a hospital for children from Gaza on Israeli territory, his office says.

The comments come a day after Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced a field hospital would be set up as “a short-term solution” after the closure of the Rafah border crossing prevented the ability of sick children to receive healthcare abroad.

The move aimed “to address the humanitarian needs until a permanent mechanism is established to evacuate and treat ill children”, said Gallant.

But Netanyahu said the project hadn’t received his approval and, therefore, it “will not be established”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-all-rules-of-war-broken-as-gaza-schools-bombed
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>>483023
>secret flights from British military base to Israel revealed
pretty shocking that they'd get directly involved in gaza.

>European Muslim Forum to protest Israel’s participation in Olympic Games

i never understood this kind of stuff

>Groups condemn Microsoft’s blocking of Palestinian user accounts

>“It is not only an affront to basic human decency but also a violation of their fundamental rights.
They're demanding the big corporation to not abuse power.
they should be demanding that the big corporation not have the power to abuse.
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 No.483029

Drone attack on Israel’s Tel Aviv leaves one dead, at least 10 injured

Israel’s military says the country’s air force has increased patrols of the country’s skies as it investigates a suspected drone attack on Tel Aviv.

One person was reportedly killed and at least 10 injured by a large blast near the US embassy office in the Israeli city.

Yemen’s Houthi forces later issued a brief statement on social media that it had “targeted ‘Tel Aviv’ in occupied Palestine”, and said that it would reveal more details of the attack later.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/19/drone-attack-on-israels-tel-aviv-leaves-one-dead-at-least-10-injured

Hezbollah claims three separate attacks on northern Israel

Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group has claimed to have attacked Israel’s Ruwaisaat al-Alam military site in the occupied Lebanese hills of Kfarchouba “with a heavy barrage of missiles”.

The group said it used a self-manufactured missile in the 9:30am (06:30 GMT) attack, “which led to a direct hit on the site, destroying part of it, and setting it on fire”.

Separately, Hezbollah claimed to have targeted the Abirim settlement in northern Israel “for the first time” with Katyusha rockets “in response to the Israeli enemy attacks that targeted civilians in the villages of Safad El Battikh, Majdal Selm, and Chaqra” in southern Lebanon.

Also today, a Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese paramilitary group – Lebanese Resistance Brigades – targeted the Rahib military site in northern Israel with rockets and artillery at 9am (06:00 GMT), according to Hezbollah’s Telegram statement.

“The Lebanese Resistance Brigades vow to continue the fight until victory and liberation are achieved,” it added.

Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in Nablus: Report

Illegal Israeli settlers have stormed and attacked several Palestinian neighbourhoods in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.

Near the city of Nablus, settlers threw rocks at Palestinian cars and blocked a road that connects to a nearby illegal Israeli settlement, Wafa reported.

In the Palestinian town of Beit Jala to the north, where settlers previously set up an illegal outpost, dozens more settlers stormed in and raised Israeli flags at a school, according to Wafa.

Israel’s military sees ‘increasing signs’ Hamas’s Deif killed

Israel’s military spokesman Daniel Hagari claims there are “increasing signs” that Hamas’s military commander Mohammed Deif was killed in an Israeli air strike last week.

Deif, who heads Hamas’s military wing, was the target of a massive Israeli strike in al-Mawasi on July 13 that killed at least 90 people and injured more than 300, according to Israel’s military.

Hamas, however, has denied that Deif was killed in the attack, saying that he is doing “fine” and continues to oversee the group’s military operations.

Deif was one of the founders of Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, in the 1990s and has led the force for more than 20 years.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-bombs-un-run-school-refugee-camp-in-gaza
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 No.483034

ICJ says Israel’s settlement policies in breach of international law

The International Court of Justice says that Israel’s settlement policies and exploitation of natural resources in the Palestinian territories were in breach of international law.

The non-binding advisory opinion on Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories comes despite calls by Israel and a handful of other countries against it.

We will keep updating you on the ruling.

Vessel hit by unknown projectiles southeast of Yemen’s Aden: UKMTO

A vessel has been hit by unknown projectiles 83 nautical miles (153km) southeast of the Yemeni city of Aden, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) and British security firm Ambrey.

The crew on the vessel, which UKMTO and Ambrey have not identified, were reported to be safe.

Hezbollah claims three more attacks on Israeli targets

We have reported earlier today that the Lebanese armed group claimed three separate attacks on Israeli targets.

Since then, Hezbollah announced hitting three more, including “a direct hit” on Israeli soldiers which resulted in a fire in an area in the vicinity of the Ramim military barracks with a Burkan missile.

It also claimed to have shelled an Israeli military site near Metula in northern Israel, before targeting “the enemy’s artillery positions in Khirbet Ma’ar” with dozens of Katyusha and Al-Falaq rockets.

Israeli military take wanted man’s family hostage in West Bank raid

The Israeli military has stormed the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank, and arrested a Palestinian man, the Wafa news agency reports.

Local media reports that the Israeli military held the man’s family hostage and demanded he hand himself over. They then assaulted the man as they arrested him.

Iranian-designed drone used in Tel Aviv attack from Yemen: Israel

The Israeli military believes the deadly drone that landed in Tel Aviv was launched by the Houthis from Yemen, and was an improved version of the Samad-3 drone designed by Iran with extended flight range.

Hezbollah praises Houthis for Tel Aviv attack

Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group has called a deadly drone attack on Tel Aviv that had been claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels as “a triumph for the oppression of the Palestinian people and their fighters”.

It said the Yemeni fighters were supporting “the heroic” Palestinian fighters in Gaza who in turn are defending “all our people and countries of our Arab and Islamic nations”.

The group said the fight will not stop until “the aggression and the siege of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is stopped”.

Hamas, PIJ call on PLO to withdraw recognition of Israel

Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) have issued a joint statement calling on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to withdraw its official recognition of Israel in retaliation for the Knesset’s resolution rejecting Palestinian statehood.

The leaders of the two armed Palestinian groups met in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Thursday and agreed that they must fight Israeli attempts to “erase the Palestinian issue”.

The statement said Israel is trying to deny Palestinians their right of having an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital and the right of return for Palestinian refugees.

The PLO recognised Israel in 1993 when its leader Yasser Arafat signed the first Oslo Accord with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

US House Speaker says disruption of Netanyahu speech could lead to arrest

US House Speaker Mike Johnson has said that anyone who attempts to disrupt a speech set to be given by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a joint session of Congress on July 24 could be arrested.

“There are a number of Democrats in the House who have said they’re going to boycott that event. Some others may protest,” Johnson said at a Republican Jewish Coalition event on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention being held in Wisconsin this week.

“We’re going to have extra sergeants at arms on the floor. If anybody gets out of hand… We’re going to arrest people if we have to do it,” he said.

High-profile Democratic lawmakers, including Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, have signalled their intention to boycott Netanyahu’s controversial address over Israel’s war on Gaza.

UK’s new Labour government to resume funding to UNRWA

Britain’s foreign minister, David Lammy, has told parliament he is reassured that the UN Palestinian refugee agency had taken steps to “ensure it meets the highest standards of neutrality”.

Britain was one of several countries to halt their funding to UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA following accusations by Israel that some of the agency’s staff were involved in the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the Gaza war.

“I can confirm to the House that we are overturning the suspension of UNRWA funding, Britain will provide 21 million [pounds, $27m] in funds” to the agency, he said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-bombs-un-run-school-refugee-camp-in-gaza
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 No.483042

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim attack on Singapore-flagged vessel off Aden

We reported earlier that a vessel has been hit by unknown projectiles 83 nautical miles (153km) southeast of the Yemeni city of Aden, according to UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) and the British security firm Ambrey.

The crew on the vessel, which UKMTO and Ambrey have not identified, were reported to be safe.

Yemen’s Houthi militia has now claimed responsibility for the attack. Its military spokesperson Yahya Saree said its fighters used ballistic missiles as well as drones and achieved a direct hit on the Singapore-flagged vessel Lobivia off Aden.

He added that the attack was carried out because the company that owns the ship “violated the decision to ban entry into the ports of occupied Palestine”.

ICJ agrees to all arguments brought against Israel’s occupation
Step Vaessen
Reporting from The Hague, Netherlands

The president of the International Court of Justice has said basically all the arguments that were brought forward by 52 states and international organisations during the hearings were valid.

The chief justice called them one by one, including displacement, exploitation, and the settler policies that he was really critical about. He said all these policies are violating international laws, including the Geneva Convention and the UN Charter.

He also said that Israel’s arguments for this occupation – meaning that they need the occupation for military and security purposes – are completely invalid. He actually called it a “permanent occupation” which is basically the same as annexation.

The judge said Israel has created an indefinite and irreversible situation for the Palestinian people.

This is going to be a landmark advisory opinion from the highest court of the UN, which is nonbinding but will still have implications. It raises questions about the legality of the occupation, and also about the consequences of the occupation for all states involved and the UN. This is basically a question for all countries that have a relationship with Israel.

Israeli settlers storm West Bank town despite ICJ ruling

Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians and their property in the town of Huwara, in the north of the occupied West Bank, just as the ICJ issued a ruling saying the state of Israel is under obligation to cease immediately all new settlement activities and to evacuate all settlers from occupied Palestinian territory.

Al Jazeera Arabic reported that confrontations broke out after settlers attacked Palestinians to prevent them from reopening a bakery that was shut down by the Israeli military in October.

The Palestinian news agency Wafa also reported that a journalist was injured during clashes in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, while several citizens suffered from suffocation due to tear gas inhalation.

Wafa correspondents said the Israeli army used live bullets and tear gas canisters to respond to a weekly protest march held by Palestinian residents.

Detection of polio virus in Gaza sewage raises risk of international spread

Hamid Jafari, the director of polio eradication at the World Health Organization (WHO), tells Al Jazeera that the detection of the polio virus in sewage in Gaza means infections are already taking place and the virus is circulating.

“The risk of transmission is intensifying in Gaza, and the risk of an international spread is consequently also high,” Jafari said.

He added that overcrowding and the lower rates of child vaccinations since the war started are raising concerns among WHO’s partner organisations.

BDS movement calls for ‘maximum pressure’ after ICJ ruling

The nonviolent Palestinian-led movement Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) has called for “maximum pressure on all states to impose immediate targeted sanctions on Israel,” after the ICJ issued a ruling saying Israel’s settlement policies and exploitation of natural resources in the Palestinian territory were in breach of international law.

The movement, which attempts to use economic and cultural boycotts against Israel to achieve political change, had already gained momentum amid worldwide protest against the war in Gaza.

Israeli ambassador calls for ‘unprecedented actions’ against UN after ICJ ruling

Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, has said those measures could include closing the UN complex in Jerusalem and deporting UN agency heads from Israel.

Israel has previously banned UN employees and officials, including the UN’s special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, Francesca Albanese.

Erdan added he has “no doubt” that the US would veto any security council resolutions introduced in the wake of today’s ruling, which said Israel’s settlement policies in the in the occupied West Bank are in breach of international law.

Several analysts have told Al Jazeera the ruling from the top court could make it more difficult for the US – which has veto power at the UN Security Council – to shield Israel from such resolutions.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-bombs-un-run-school-refugee-camp-in-gaza
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 No.483045

>>483042
>Israeli ambassador calls for ‘unprecedented actions’ against UN after ICJ ruling
>Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, has said those measures could include closing the UN complex in Jerusalem and deporting UN agency heads from Israel.
So Israel is going to leave the UN ?
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 No.483049

Ahead of Netanyahu Visit to D.C., Center for Constitutional Rights Calls on DOJ to Investigate Him for Genocide, War Crimes, and Torture as Mandated by Law
“Overwhelming” evidence cited that Israeli forces have committed grave human rights crimes against Palestinians under his leadership

July 19, 2024, New York – Today, in advance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington next week, the Center for Constitutional Rights urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a federal criminal investigation into him for his responsibility for genocide, war crimes, and torture. In a 23-page, detailed letter to the DOJ’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP), the organization says there is “overwhelming evidence” that, under Netanyahu, Israeli forces have committed these crimes against Palestinians during the nearly 10-month assault on Gaza.

These are the most serious human rights violations in the U.S. criminal code, and the HRSP is statutorily mandated – and urgently needed – to investigate them to protect Palestinians from ongoing crimes and break the cycle of impunity that Israeli officials have enjoyed, the letter says. It also points out that other senior Israeli officials also responsible for genocide, war crimes, and torture have traveled to the United States and that, given that more than 20,000 U.S. citizens serve in the Israeli military, there is a high likelihood that some have helped to carry out these crimes. The group calls for the establishment of a War Crimes Accountability Team – Gaza, similar to the one constituted to investigate and support accountability efforts for violations in Ukraine, as well as the convening of an inter-agency effort to identify the number of U.S. citizens that have actively served in the Israeli armed forces since October 7, 2023 (including active-duty U.S. citizens) and the impact of torture, war crimes, and other atrocities in Gaza on U.S. citizens since October 7, 2023.

read more:
https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/ahead-netanyahu-visit-dc-center-constitutional-rights-calls-doj
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 No.483050

Video said to show Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian family with bats

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have obtained video footage of an unprovoked attack by Israeli settlers on a Palestinian family south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

In the video, masked settlers carrying what appear to be baseball bats approach a Palestinian family sitting in front of a home in the Sha’b al-Butm area of Masafer Yatta.

A settler calmly approaches and attacks a Palestinian man in the family. The attackers and another settler then viciously beat a Palestinian woman who tries to stop the attack.

An Israeli soldier appears and points his assault rifle at the injured Palestinians while allowing the settlers to walk away.

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1814483860639625635

Jewish senator to skip Netanyahu speech to US Congress

Senator Brian Schatz has said he will not attend a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a joint session of the US Congress in Washington DC on July 24.

The Jewish Democrat from Hawaii criticised what he said was a “partisan address to Congress just months ahead” of the US presidential elections.

“Nine months after the atrocities of October 7 and the ensuing conflict, negotiations for a ceasefire and the release of all hostages are ongoing – and that should be the focus,” he said.

“As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I welcome a substantive discussion about the future, not political rhetoric that will do nothing to bring peace in the region. I therefore will not attend Wednesday’s address,” he added.

Schatz joins several high-profile Democrats, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, and independent Senator Bernie Sanders in boycotting Netanyahu’s speech.

Israeli forces kill journalist in Jabalia along with his wife and children

We earlier reported on the Israeli attack that targeted the Abu Jasser family home in the al-Alami area of the Jabalia refugee camp.

Our colleagues on the ground now report that journalist Muhammad Jasser was killed in the attack in northern Gaza along with his wife and two children.

The attack came after another five people were killed overnight in a strike on a home in Gaza City in northern Gaza, and four more were killed in a strike on a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Vessel sustains minor damage after 2 attacks in Red Sea: UKMTO

The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), which provides warnings to sailors in the Middle East, says that a vessel has sustained minor damage after it was targeted in two attacks in the Red Sea.

It said in the alert on X that the site of the attack was 64 nautical miles (119km) northwest of al-Makha (Mocha) in Yemen.

“Both the vessel and the crew are safe,” the alert said.

Dozens of South Koreans rally in solidarity with Gaza in Incheon

An activist has shared a video on Facebook showing dozens of demonstrators taking to the streets in the South Korean city of Incheon, in solidarity with Gaza.

Demonstrators raised banners in support of Palestine.

The video was verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad.

https://aje.io/kk1wz5?update=3058542

Rights group calls for ‘concrete action’ against Israel after ICJ ruling

Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq said the ICJ ruling on Israel’s unlawful occupation of Palestine is the “first step” towards undoing the “generational harm” of Israel’s illegal presence, apartheid, aggressive settlement expansion, and the ongoing mass displacement of Palestinians.

In a series of posts on social media, Al-Haq said the ICJ ruling was also a “stark reminder” to states and business corporations that they must now “take concrete action against Israel’s crimes” and push for an end to the Israeli military and settler presence in Palestine.

“Al-Haq welcomes the findings that settlers be removed from the settlements, Palestinians returned to their properties and for full restitution of land and properties. The opinion endorses the decades long calls by Palestinians, the UN, & legal experts,” the rights group said.

ICJ ruling on Israeli occupation should be ‘wake-up’ call for US: HRW

Tirana Hassan, the executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), said the International Court of Justice ruling had, for the first time, also found Israel responsible for instituting “apartheid” against Palestinians.

The ruling should prompt a reassessment of the US defending Israel’s “oppression of Palestinians”, Hassan said.

“In a historic ruling, the International Court of Justice has found multiple and serious international law violations by Israel towards Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian Territory, including, for the first time, finding Israel responsible for apartheid,” Hassan said in a statement.

“The court has placed responsibility with all states and the United Nations to end these violations of international law,” she said.

“The ruling should be yet another wake-up call for the United States to end its egregious policy of defending Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and prompt a thorough reassessment in other countries as well,” she added.

‘Regime of oppression’ hiding behind shout of ‘anti-Semitism’, say Israeli veterans

Breaking the Silence, an advocacy group of Israeli military veterans, has issued a blistering critique of Israel’s policy towards Palestinians following the ICJ ruling on the unlawfulness of the West Bank’s occupation.

Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land was “always immoral” as well as being illegal, the veterans’ advocacy group said.

“We would know. We were amongst those sent to maintain a military dictatorship over millions,” the group said.

“We were the ones sent to uphold apartheid in the West Bank and a suffocating siege on Gaza, while the establishment claimed ‘we left Gaza’,” it added.

“We guarded settlements and outposts while also demolishing houses in the nearby Palestinian villages.”

“The occupation must end. Not because of the ICJ. Because decades of tyranny are a moral disgrace which corrupts and distorts us all. Because ultimately, the occupation takes the lives of so many innocent souls.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-calls-grow-on-israel-to-end-palestine-occupation
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 No.483051

>>483050
>‘Regime of oppression’ hiding behind shout of ‘anti-Semitism’, say Israeli veterans
>“We would know. We were amongst those sent to maintain a military dictatorship over millions,” the group said.

Soldiers are recruited with propaganda BS and when they are deployed reality asserts it self. That's why veterans often side with justice and peace.
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 No.483052

Full report: Israel says it strikes Yemen’s Hodeidah in response to Houthi attacks

The air raids against the port city come a day after a drone attack by the Yemeni group killed one person in Tel Aviv.



Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV said the Israeli attack targeted oil storage facilities and a power plant in Hodeidah, igniting a fire. The news outlet cited health officials as saying the air raids resulted in casualties, including fatalities, without specifying a number.

But the Israeli military said it hit “military targets” in Yemen.

The Israeli air strikes are the first known direct attack by Israel against the Houthis since the start of the war on Gaza. The assault comes amid growing fears of escalating violence across the Middle East.

The Houthi Supreme Political Council promised to respond to Saturday’s attack. “This aggression will not pass without an effective response against the enemy,” it said in a statement.

Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdelsalam said the “brutal Israeli aggression against Yemen” aims to “pressure Yemen to stop supporting Gaza, which is a dream that will not come true”.

General Yahya Saree, the Houthi military spokesman, added later on Saturday that the group would not hesitate in attacking “vital targets” in Israel.

read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/20/air-raids-hit-yemens

Strikes on Hodeidah port cause deaths, injuries: Report

Al Masirah TV says the air strikes on the Yemeni port have led to an unspecified number of deaths and injuries.

The channel said the strikes targeted an electricity station and fuel tanks, leading to power outages throughout the governorate of Hodeidah.

Pakistan announces committee to boycott companies supporting Israel

Pakistan has announced it is forming a committee to identify companies to boycott for supporting Israel, Wafa reports.

“A committee has also been constituted to identify such companies and products in Pakistan that may be directly or indirectly abetting Israel or forces committing war crimes against Palestinians,” said Rana Sanaullah, adviser on political affairs to the prime minister.

Sanaullah also told reporters in Islamabad that “Pakistan will use every possible means to help Palestinians and condemn Israel as a terrorist country”.

Iceland calls on Israel to stop violating international law

Iceland’s Foreign Ministry has backed the ICJ’s advisory opinion that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal.

“The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion is clear. Continued Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is unlawful, and so are its settlement activities Iceland calls on Israel to cease all activity that violates international law,” the ministry said on X.

Qassam and al-Quds brigades claim series of attacks on Israeli targets

The armed wings of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad say their fighters have:

Shelled Nahal Oz in southern Israel
Detonated a booby-trapped tunnel in Tal as-Sultan, west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, killing and injuring an unspecified number of Israeli soldiers
Destroyed a Merkava 4 tank with an al-Yassin 105 rocket in Shaboura in the Rafah refugee camp
Shelled from southern Lebanon an Israeli military command centre in northern Israel

Hezbollah claims attack on Israel’s Dafna settlement

Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group claims its fighters have for the first time attacked northern Israel’s Dafna settlement near Kiryat Shmona with dozens of Katyusha rockets.

The group did not elaborate on the results of the attack but it said in a statement on Telegram that the bombing came in response to the Israeli attack on civilians in the Lebanese town of Burj al-Muluk.

According to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency, a drone targeted an empty SUV on the outskirts of Burj al-Muluk in the Nabatieh governorate.

The rocket shrapnel injured several Syrians, including children, near the tent they were living in.

Israel’s attack on Hodeidah marks ‘beginning of new stage’

Israel’s attack on the Yemeni port of Hodeidah marks the beginning of a new stage in the Middle East that has the potential of spiralling out of control, military and political analyst Elijah Magnier tells Al Jazeera.

While the statement made by Gallant indicates Israel intended its strike as a deterrent, it is unlikely it will have such an effect, Magnier said.

“Is this going to change the course of action of a nonstate actor that is motivated to support the people of Gaza? Certainly not,” Magnier said. “They’ve been given a perfect reason to increase the attacks.”

The analyst added that the fact the Houthi drone that struck Tel Aviv on Friday went undetected shows Iran has progressively been providing its allies with more sophisticated weapons and will continue to do so.

“We have not seen the end of it – far from it,” he said.

Hamas hails Pakistani move to declare Netanyahu a ‘terrorist’

Hamas has issued a statement saying it welcomes “the Pakistani government’s decision that Israel is an entity that has committed war crimes and its criminal prime minister is a terrorist”.

On Friday, Pakistan’s government said it considered Netanyahu a “terrorist” and demanded he be brought to justice for war crimes against Palestinians.

“Netanyahu is a terrorist and a perpetrator of war crimes,” said Rana Sanaullah, an adviser to Sharif on political and public affairs.

Palestinians at Olympics to raise awareness for Gaza

Palestinian swimmers Yazan al-Bawwab and Valerie Tarazi are set to jump into the Paris Olympic pool to raise awareness for those suffering hardship in their homeland.

Israel’s Lapid calls on public to join protest for captives

Opposition leader Yair Lapid has called on Israelis to take to the streets this evening to call for the release of captives held in Gaza.

“You are welcome to join me and thousands of patriotic Israelis. We will not give up the kidnapped. We will not give up the country. We will not lose hope,” Lapid wrote on X.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-calls-grow-on-israel-to-end-palestine-occupation
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 No.483053

>>483052
>Israel’s attack on Hodeidah marks ‘beginning of new stage’
The Already have 2 fronts that overstretch your military, open a 3rd. -stage
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 No.483054

>>483051
>Soldiers are recruited with propaganda BS and when they are deployed reality asserts it self. That's why veterans often side with justice and peace.
What the fuck are you talking about??? Israel has conscription, they do not """recruit""" their soldiers, and 99% of Israeli Jews comply with conscription, meaning that almost all non-enlisted Israeli adults are VETERANS. If military service is such a wake up call to Israelis, which opens their eyes to the injustice of Israel, then Israel would have collapsed decades ago because nearly all of the Jews would have realized they are "the baddies."

You troopcuck veteran bootlickers (probably FBI LLMs if I am being honest) have always plagued /leftypol/ and are infuriatingly retarded every time.
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 No.483055

>>483054
>99% of Israeli Jews comply with conscription
>If military service is such a wake up call to Israelis
How many of those 99% of conscripted people actually get deployed into eye-opening combat ?
In some ways Isreal is a military outpost pretending to be a country. And lots of people just fuck around as extras doing military related tasks that aren't fighting.

>You troopcuck veteran bootlickers

I think you are making a mistake dismissing ex-soldiers, many people that get send into imperialist wars get confronted with stuff that breaks the propaganda grip on their minds, and they realize how much BS it is. They can be valuable political allies for the peace-struggle.

>probably FBI LLMs

sigh, f u 2, i'm also a little paranoid about your intentions, why would you try to make the left exclude veterans. After-all they're people who have combat experience and sometimes insider knowledge. BTW i'm not generalizing, many veterans probably don't wake up and stay reactionary, but for those that do, we should welcome them.
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>>483055
>How many of those 99% of conscripted people actually get deployed into eye-opening combat
Why is it only combat that's eye-opening, and not the daily oppression, brutality, torture, deprivation, and racism against Palestinians that is pervasive in the IOF even in times when the conflict isn't hot??

You ask questions that are so completely ignorant, you should shut the fuck up and try to learn something for once instead of posting this shit.

>I think you are making a mistake dismissing ex-soldiers, many people that get send into imperialist wars get confronted with stuff that breaks the propaganda grip on their minds, and they realize how much BS it is. They can be valuable political allies for the peace-struggle

Even when you shills were shilling for USA veterans this was pathetic, but it's a whole other level of pathetic when you're trying to humanize IOF soldiers and veterans. These "people" are bloodthirsty, brainwashed, psychotic serial rapists, torturers, and murderers who do not see anything wrong with their actions, far worse than the average burger soldier. And the few IOF vets who actually DO wake up and realize what they have done is wrong will actually corroborate this. Go look at "breaking the silence" for example. What the dissident vets in that organization expose is that there is a PERVASIVE and UNABASHED culture of sadism and genocide in Israel, and that they are an extremely small and insignificant minority.

Kill yourself FBI
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 No.483057

Houthis ‘declare war’ on Israel and its allies

Yousef Mawry, a journalist and political analyst, says the Houthis believe the Israeli attack on Hodeidah was carried out in coordination with the US, UK and other allies, including Arab ones.

The Houthis say that “any state, any Arab regime, any government in the region that helps Israel or the US carry out attacks on Yemen will be met with retaliation”, according to Mawry, who was speaking from Sanaa.

“It’s going to be an all-out attack against all Israeli, US and British military presence across the region – whether that would be in the island of Socotra here in Yemen, US military bases in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Jordan,” he told Al Jazeera.

The Houthis “are basically declaring war on Israel, the US, the British government and any Arab regime considered an ally of Israel”.

Israeli army says no security incident in Eilat after reports of explosions

The Israeli army says there has been no security incident in its southernmost town of Eilat, after it had earlier said it was looking into reports of explosions.

“From an investigation it appears that no shots were fired into the area of ​​the city and consequently no interceptor was launched,” the army said on X. “There is no fear of a security incident.”

EU backs ICJ ruling on illegal Israeli occupation

The top UN court’s ruling that Israel’s 57-year occupation of Palestinian land is illegal is “largely consistent with EU positions”, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, says.

The sweeping opinion on Friday by The Hague-based ICJ, which called for the occupation to end as soon as possible, was immediately slammed as a “decision of lies” by Israel.

But Borrell said the bloc had taken “good note” of the court’s ruling and urged further backing for the court’s opinion.

“In a world of constant and increasing violations of international law, it is our moral duty to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to all ICJ decisions in a consistent manner, irrespective of the subject in question,” he said.

Borrell added in a statement that the opinion “will need to be analysed more thoroughly, including in view of its implications for EU policy”.

Israeli senior ministers boycotted vote to approve Yemen strike: Report

Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Justice Minister Yariv Levin have boycotted a security cabinet meeting in which the decision to strike Yemen’s Hodeidah port was made, Israeli media have reported, saying they were not informed of the plan ahead of time.

Channel 12 reported that the ministers refused to attend after being summoned to the meeting just 45 minutes in advance. The Walla news outlet said relevant information was sent from the defence establishment to the Knesset as the attack was already under way.

Disagreements within the Israeli coalition governments have simmered since the onset of the war on Gaza.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-calls-grow-on-israel-to-end-palestine-occupation
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 No.483058

>>483056
>Why is it only combat that's eye-opening, and not the daily oppression, brutality, torture, deprivation, and racism against Palestinians that is pervasive in the IOF even in times when the conflict isn't hot??
Well Israel has degenerated into a fascistic society, the dehumanization of the Palestinians is intense and omnipresent. Go read their social media postings, their frame of reference is beyond deranged. It takes a lot to snap people out of that. The "lesser horrors" from policing the Gaza fence/wall isn't enough.

A plausible psychology explanation says that seeing people getting victimized and oppressed reinforces the supremacy narrative, while witnessing the display of bravery and cunning by fighters from the other side that's what can re-humanize them.

>it's a whole other level of pathetic when you're trying to humanize IOF soldiers and veterans. These "people" are bloodthirsty, brainwashed, psychotic serial rapists, torturers, and murderers who do not see anything wrong with their actions

I see we're talking past each other. Yes the sadism put on display by the ZGF (Zionist Genocide Force) in their atrocity boasting is beyond anything i have ever seen. It's the kind of cruelty that makes you realize, humanity has left the body. I'm not suggesting you try a redemption ark on people like that, they're probably too far gone.

>the dissident vets

>they are an extremely small and insignificant minority.
None the less, it's the correct strategy to reach out to those, most of the peace movements that were successful at shutting down warmongering had dissident veterans on their side. My hypothesis is that ruling classes see this as the beginning of soldiers turning against them, that's something that can scare them into giving up on their warmongering designs, at least in combination with lots of political pressure.
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 No.483059

>>483057
>EU backs ICJ ruling on illegal Israeli occupation
>Borrell added in a statement that the opinion “will need to be analysed more thoroughly, including in view of its implications for EU policy”.
What does that mean concretely ?

>The Hague-based ICJ, which called for the occupation to end as soon as possible, was immediately slammed as a “decision of lies” by Israel.

what does “decision of lies” mean ?
Seems nonsensical
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 No.483061

>>483059
>what does “decision of lies” mean ?
Telling the truth.
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 No.483062

BreakThrough News: ‘Arrest Netanyahu!’: Thousands to Surround the Capitol When He Visits Congress

Houthis claim strike on vessel in Red Sea, confirm attack on Israel’s Eilat

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have issued a statement, saying they hit Liberia-flagged cargo vessel Pumba with missiles in the Red Sea.

The armed group also confirmed an attack on the Israeli port city of Eilat.

We reported earlier that Israel’s Arrow 3 missile defence system had shot down a rocket fired from Yemen, according to Israel’s official Army Radio, as warning sirens sounded in Eilat.

The Houthi statement said the attack carried out “with a number of ballistic missiles” came in support of the Palestinian people and in response to the US, UK and Israeli attacks against Yemen.

Israel’s Eilat port to dismiss half of its workforce

The port of Eilat in southern Israel plans to lay off half of its workers this week due to Houthi attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea, its chief executive officer has said.

“Eilat Port is Israel’s southern gateway to the Far East, Australia and Africa,” Gideon Golber told Israeli daily Maariv.

“All activity stopped because ships could no longer pass in any direction to reach Eilat Port or travel towards Europe through the Suez Canal. Therefore, the port halted its operations and income stopped,” he added.

Golber said the port would lay off 50 percent of its workers this week due to economic losses. Currently, approximately 120 people are employed at the port.

The Houthis have repeatedly launched drones and missiles towards Israel and at Israeli-linked shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in a show of support for Palestinians amid Israel’s war on Gaza.

1,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews to receive draft orders today: Report

About 1,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews will receive draft orders today after a recent Israeli Supreme Court ruling which found they were not exempt from military service, The Times of Israel is reporting.

Yemen’s Hodeidah port is still burning, claims Israel

A post on Israel’s official X account claims that the port of Hodeidah is still burning more than 12 hours after being hit by Israeli air strikes.

The attacks targeted about 20 oil storage tanks inside and near the port and “completely shut down” the port’s ability to receive goods by attacking cranes and other equipment, Doron Kadosh, a correspondent for Israeli Army Radio, said in a post on X.

Houthi-affiliated media reported earlier that civil defence forces and firefighters were trying to extinguish the flames, according to Reuters.

ICJ ruling calls on people to fight Israeli apartheid: South Africa

The International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion shows that states “must isolate the State of Israel for continuing to… practise apartheid in Palestine,” South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola has said in a statement.

“The people of the world helped us to fight against apartheid. This ruling also called for the people of the world to help the people of Palestine, Gaza [and the] West Bank to fight this enduring apartheid by the state of Israel,” Lamola said.

Lamola added that the court’s opinion also showed that Israel’s argument that it was acting in self-defence did not hold.

“This ruling clearly shows that an occupier can’t act in self-defence,” he said.

The World Court’s ruling on Friday came following a 2022 request from the UN General Assembly and 49 submissions from member states, including South Africa.

South Africa has also separately brought another case before the ICJ, alleging that Israel is committing genocide in its war on Gaza.

Brother of Israeli captive turns down trip to Washington with Netanyahu

Carmen Gat’s brother told Israel’s Ynet broadcaster that he will not accompany Netanyahu on his trip to Washington, DC, because the prime minister is blocking progress on a US-proposed ceasefire deal.

“Netanyahu invited me on the flight and at first, I thought it could help, that we would be able to impact things,” Alon Gat told Ynet.

“I believed that on the flight, he would announce that he was signing the deal. But as the deadline approached, we realised that this wasn’t going to happen, and instead, the opposite is true – he is hindering progress and isn’t making any decisions.”

According to Israeli media, families of several captives will accompany Netanyahu on his trip to Washington, DC, where the Israeli prime minister is expected to address the US Congress.

Death toll in attack on Hodeidah rises to 6: Report

We have been reporting on the Israeli air attacks on an oil storage facility and a power plant in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah, which killed three people and injured more than 80 others.

Medical sources in Yemen have told Reuters that at least six people were confirmed killed.

Settlers perform Talmudic rituals in Al-Aqsa Mosque compound: Report

Illegal Israeli settlers have performed a Talmudic ritual in the compound of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City under the protection of Israeli police, according to the Wafa news agency.

Witnesses reported that the settlers carried out provocative tours in groups while Israeli forces imposed restrictions on Muslim worshippers entering, Wafa said.

Under the status quo affirmed in 1967, only Muslims can pray within al-Haram al-Sharif, also known as Al-Aqsa Mosque. Non-Muslims can visit the site but cannot pray; this includes performing Talmudic rituals.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-dozens-killed-in-israeli-raids-on-gaza-yemen
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>‘Arrest Netanyahu!’: Thousands to Surround the Capitol When He Visits Congress
It's not going to do anything, but the chorus of disapproval following him around yelling boooh! genocidal murderer, is still a good thing. The death-bringers have to be made aware how despised they are.

>1,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews to receive draft orders today: Report

The exemption for the orthodox Jews was one of the pillars of societal unity in Israel. They're idiots to knock that down, especially because those people are much more likely to form a 5th column than fight for zionism. If they're running out of bodies for the front lines it's time for a ceasefire.
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>>483063
>wanting Jews & semites to stop killing eachother
wow awfully antisemitic of u >=[
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Netanyahu heading to the US. Here’s what to know

The Israeli prime minister is due to travel to the US on Monday.
Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet US President Joe Biden on Tuesday afternoon.
The next day, he is due to address a joint session of US Congress.
This is Netanyahu’s first visit to Washington since the formation of his current government in December 2022. The last time he spoke to Congress was in 2015 when he criticised the then-Obama administration for engaging with Iran for a nuclear deal.
Thousands of people are expected to protest against the visit of Netanyahu for whom the top prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking an arrest warrant for war crimes.

Houthi leader gives televised speech

Here are some of Abdul Malik al-Houthi’s translated comments:

The Israeli enemy found itself in a problem and faced with a new equation and failed miserably.
The enemy is no longer safe, even in what is called Tel Aviv, and the threat will continue, and this is a new equation.
Penetrating the enemy’s capital with a drone upset him and is considered a new stage in our armed operations.
The longer the aggression on the Gaza Strip continues, we will move toward a new phase, and the Battle of Jaffa came within this framework.
The enemy was unable to stop or weaken our operations, which escalated and developed.
The enemy’s direct entry into the aggression against our country will not restore deterrence, but rather will contribute to escalation and challenge.

Two Lebanese soldiers injured by Israeli fire

Two Lebanese soldiers have been injured as Israel shelled an army position on the outskirts of Alma ash-Shaab in southern Lebanon, the country’s state-run National News Agency has reported.

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic said an Israeli tank fired at a watchtower within the Lebanese army site.

In December, a Lebanese soldier was killed in Israeli shelling on a military post near the country’s southern border.

Israeli settlers burn olive grove in West Bank

Wafa news agency reports that a group of settlers have attacked the Palestinian community of Madama, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

Local sources told Wafa that settlers set fire to land north of the village, causing dozens of olive trees to burn before the residents were able to put out the fire.

Two foreign activists, one Palestinian injured in settler attack in occupied West Bank

We reported earlier about a settler attack in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.

The organisation Staring the Occupation in the Face said two foreign activists and a Palestinian were injured as settlers from Esh Kodesh attacked farmers trying to reach their lands.

Video footage posted online shows a group of men, some of them masked, attacking the activists and beating them with wooden sticks.

https://twitter.com/Mistaclim/status/1814997517974569264

Qassam, al-Quds Brigades claim series of attacks on Israeli military targets

The military wings of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have said their fighters:

Targeted with a rocket Israeli soldiers inside a building in Yabna refugee camp in Rafah, and shelled a group of military vehicles.
Targeted soldiers with mortar shells in the the Netzarim Corridor, which was named after a Jewish settlement in Gaza that was dismantled in 2005, and set up during the war by the army to separate northern Gaza from the south.
Carried out a series of unspecified operations against Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem.

‘Violent settlers must be held accountable’ after ICJ ruling, says UN expert

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, says on X that under the International Court of Justice’s new ruling, which said that Israel’s presence in Palestinian territory is unlawful, UN member states may now be required to disclose a list of their nationals who have settled there.

They may be especially true “as they commit crimes against the illegally occupied population,” Albanese added.

French lawmaker says Israelis ‘not welcome’ at Olympics

A French member of parliament has sparked a political row by saying Israeli athletes were not welcome at the Paris Olympics because of the Israeli war on Gaza.

France Unbowed (LFI) lawmaker Thomas Portes was “putting a target on the backs of Israeli athletes”, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told broadcaster France 2, echoing criticisms made by a major Jewish group earlier Sunday.

Portes had said at a rally in support of Palestinians that “the Israeli delegation is not welcome in Paris. Israeli sportspeople are not welcome at the Paris Olympic Games” and called for “mobilisation” around the event.

He later told the Parisien newspaper that “France’s diplomats should pressure the International Olympic Committee to bar the Israeli flag and anthem, as is done for Russia”.

“It’s time to end the double standard,” Portes added.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a limited number of Russian athletes will be allowed to compete in Paris as individuals and not under their country’s colours, and only after being vetted to ensure they have not expressed support for the war.

Lebanese photojournalist wounded in Israeli strike carries Olympic torch

A Lebanese photojournalist who was severely wounded during an Israeli strike on south Lebanon has carried the Olympic torch in Paris to honour journalists wounded and killed in the field.

The torch relay is part of celebrations in which about 10,000 people from various walks of life were chosen to carry the flame across France before the Games opening ceremony on July 26.

Christina Assi, of Agence France-Presse, was among six journalists struck by Israeli shelling on October 13 while reporting on the conflict between Hezbollah and the Israeli military. She was severely wounded and had part of her right leg amputated.

AFP, Reuters and Al Jazeera accused Israel of targeting their journalists who maintained they were positioned far from where the clashes with vehicles clearly marked as press.

International human rights organisations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said the attack was a deliberate one on civilians and should be investigated as a war crime.

Protesters gather at Tel Aviv airport to demand ceasefire deal

Israeli protesters have gathered at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport to demand a ceasefire deal before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s departure for the United States on Monday morning.

They have urged Netanyahu not to travel to Washington before a deal to free the captives held in Gaza is signed with Hamas.

The prime minister’s office earlier announced that a negotiating team would be dispatched on Thursday.

Turkey calls Israeli claims Erdogan arming Hamas ‘lies’

Turkey has slammed Israeli claims that Ankara was arming and funding Hamas as “lies”, accusing Israel of trying to direct attention away from its war in Gaza.

The angry rebuttal came after Israel’s Foreign Minister Katz accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of “supplying arms and money to Hamas to kill Israelis”.

In a post on X in Turkish, Katz claimed that the Israeli security services had dismantled “terrorist cells” that were “under directions from Hamas headquarters in Turkey”.

In response, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said that Israel’s top diplomat was “trying to conceal the crimes committed by Israel against the Palestinians behind a series of lies, slander and disrespect”.

“But Israel’s dirty propaganda and psychological pressure aimed at our country and our president will remain ineffective,” the ministry’s statement added.

Palestinians announce August 3 national day for supporting prisoners

Qaddura Fares, who heads the Commission for Detainees’ Affairs, said August 3 will feature local and international protests to shed light on the plight of prisoners inside Israeli jails.

“Detainees in Israeli prisoners are being subject to a war of vengeance similar to the one being waged on the Gaza Strip,” Fares said in a press conference in el-Bireh, near Ramallah.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-dozens-killed-in-israeli-raids-on-gaza-yemen
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Gaza death toll surpasses 39,000

At least 39,006 people have been killed and 89,818 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, the enclave’s Health Ministry says.

The ministry added in a statement on Telegram that 23 Palestinians were killed and 91 wounded in the past 24 hours before this morning in three separate attacks across Gaza.

The death toll did not include the killings in Israel’s latest attack on eastern Khan Younis.

Death toll in Khan Younis rises to 57: Government Media Office

The office says Israeli attacks on Khan Younis governorate also injured 172 people within 10 hours.

In a statement, the office said it received more than 1,200 appeals for help from besieged families asking to be rescued.

“This morning, the Israeli occupation army began a new aggression against Khan Younis Governorate committing crimes against humanity through indiscriminate bombing of citizens’ homes and groups of displaced people in the area,” the office said.

Of the 57 people killed, “49 were taken to Nasser Medical Complex, while other martyrs were taken to other hospitals,” it added.

Qassam Brigades claims bombing Israeli military site in central Gaza

The armed wing of Hamas says its fighters targeted an Israeli military “command headquarters” in the so-called Netzarim Corridor with 114mm short-range missiles.

Israeli forces shoot at UN convoy heading to Gaza City: UNRWA chief

Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), says Israeli forces shot at a UN convoy heading to Gaza City yesterday, despite the movement being coordinated and approved by Israeli authorities.

“One vehicle received at least five bullets while waiting just ahead of the Israeli Forces’ checkpoint south of Wadi Gaza,” he said on X. “The car was severely damaged, it left the convoy. The teams re-assembled & finally reached Gaza City.”

Lazzarini added that the teams were “traveling in clearly marked UN armoured cars and wearing UN vests”, yet still had to duck and take cover.

He called for those responsible to be held accountable.

‘Enabler of genocide’: Biden was not a ‘great’ president, says Cornel West

West, one of the US’s pre-eminent philosophers and justice activists, said Joe Biden was “not a great or excellent president”.

“He was first and foremost an enabler of genocide in Gaza, with over 15,000 Palestinian children murdered,” West wrote on social media.

“The same cold-hearted rich donors” who supported Biden and the “Democratic Party’s militaristic agenda” will now shift their attention to “sister [Kamala] Harris or someone else with the same policies that neglect poor and working people,” he said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/22/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-to-vaccinate-troops-as-polio-seen-in-gaza
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Palestinians accuse Israel of Olympic Truce breach

The Palestine Olympic Committee has called for the “immediate exclusion of Israel from the Paris Olympics 2024”.

In a letter to Thomas Bach, head of the International Olympic Committee, the Palestinians said Israel has been engaged in violations that include illegal colonial settlement, occupation and annexation, as well as genocidal incitement.

The letter also stressed that there has been a breach of the Olympic truce. The UN General Assembly Resolution on the Paris 2024 Olympics mandates an Olympic truce from July 19 to September 15, 2024, to ensure a peaceful environment for the Games.

“However, Israel has violated this truce within the first 24 hours by continuing its bombing on Gaza, resulting in the killing of at least 70 Palestinians. This contravention underscores the urgent need for OIC and FIFA to act in line with its statutes and promote respect for international human rights law,” the letter said.

The letter was also sent to FIFA President Gianni Infantino by the Palestine Football Association.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/23/israel-war-on-gaza-live-scores-killed-in-new-israeli-blitz-on-khan-younis
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A look at Israeli PM’s United States visit

Why Benjamin Netanyahu is coming?

Netanyahu’s popularity has plummeted at home and the US visit – at least originally – was seen as giving him a chance to show himself as a global statesman. The trip is the first time he’s travelled abroad since the war broke out after October 7. It’s also his first since the International Criminal Court said it was seeking his arrest.

Why Netanyahu’s visit is controversial?

Israel’s war has been intensely divisive in the United States, spurring protests and resulting in arrests on college campuses, alienating some voters on both sides of the issue, and frustrating months of effort by President Biden to end the fighting.

What reception will he receive?

Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress will look a bit different from previous speeches, in part because of opposition among Democrats to his conduct in the war on Gaza. Also, relatives of captives in Gaza who fault his handling of the crisis say they’ll be sitting in the chamber. Multiple protests are planned outside the Capitol with some condemning the Israeli military campaign overall, and others demanding a truce and prisoner exchange.

China builds on Middle East mediator credentials with Palestinian deal

Earlier, we reported on the “national unity government” deal among 14 different Palestinian factions to run post-war Gaza and the West Bank.

The agreement underscores China’s growing role in Middle East diplomacy after Beijing’s success in the restoration of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

“But to be sure, China is still in the process of trying to earn credibility as a global mediator,” said James Char, a research fellow at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

According to the joint statement, the main adversaries Fatah and Hamas are committed to the creation of a Palestinian state on lands Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war.

“There is an opportunity … but it is not big because it lacks a specific timetable for implementation,” Hani al-Masry, an expert on Palestinian reconciliation affairs, said of the agreement.

Threat to Red Sea shipping growing: UN envoy

Recent developments in the Red Sea and surrounding waterways suggest the threat to international shipping from the Houthis is increasing.

Hans Grundberg, UN special envoy to Yemen, discussed the situation at the UN Security Council following Houthi attacks on commercial vessels and the first Israeli air raids on Yemen’s Hodeidah port.

The Houthis have launched missiles and drones at Israel and disrupted global trade through the Red Sea in response to Israel’s war on Gaza nine months on.

UNICEF vehicles attacked with gunfire in central Gaza

Adele Khodr, regional director for Middle East and North Africa for the UN children’s agency, says “two clearly marked vehicles have been hit with live ammunition while waiting at a designated holding point near the Wadi Gaza checkpoint”.

“They were en route to reunite five children, including a baby, with their father,” she posted on X. “One vehicle was struck by three bullets, but fortunately no injuries occurred. The team managed to proceed with the mission and safely deliver the children.”

Khodr noted “humanitarian workers are protected under International Humanitarian Law and must not be targeted”.

Pro-Palestine protesters gather at Wisconsin Harris campaign event

A small group of protesters have gathered in support of Gaza ahead of presidential contender and US Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign event in Wisconsin.

The appearance later today will be Harris’s first official campaign event since US President Joe Biden stepped out of the race on Sunday and endorsed her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nominee.

Critics have closely associated Harris with the Biden administration’s political and material support for Israel throughout the war, although some observers have suggested she may be less supportive of Israel than Biden.

Harris is set to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later this week during his visit to Washington, DC.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/23/israel-war-on-gaza-live-scores-killed-in-new-israeli-blitz-on-khan-younis
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Amnesty warns of US complicity in war crimes as Netanyahu visits

The rights group, in a statement, said the US is “on notice of the government of Israel’s unlawful use of US-origin weapons, including in war crimes, and will be complicit in further violations committed with these weapons”.

“The US government has been presented with ample evidence from experts around the world that US-origin arms have been used in war crimes and unlawful killings by the Israeli government,” Paul O’Brien, the executive director of Amnesty International USA, said in a statement.

“Continued weapons transfers will make the US complicit in violations of international law committed with these arms,” he said.

The rights group noted that countries that provide arms to governments or armed groups that break international law “are not only violating their obligation to ensure respect for international humanitarian law, but are in fact assisting these violations to commit ‘internationally wrongful acts'”.

It added that “companies manufacturing and exporting arms also have a responsibility to respect human rights and international humanitarian law throughout their value chains”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/23/israel-war-on-gaza-live-scores-killed-in-new-israeli-blitz-on-khan-younis
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China is now getting involved, they brokered a reconciliation between fatah an hamas. Something along the lines of uniting all the Palestinians as a prelude to establishing Palestinian-statehood.

They managed to get the Iranians and the Saudis to bury the war-hatchet. Given how deep that conflict went, they must have used especially potent diplomacy to make that happen. With that in mind I'm wondering whether this is a sign that shit will get done now, or whether this is just more declarative non-happenings.

https://farside.link/invidious/watch?v=X2rTINHPT9g
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