#Israeli airstrikes on Gaza market

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Gaza Crisis: 20 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Airstrikes on Market and School

Gaza City, Palestine – In yet another tragic day for Gaza, Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 20 Palestinians, including children, after targeting a crowded market and a school sheltering displaced people. The attacks took place on Tuesday, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. Market Attack in Deir al-Balah The first airstrike hit a busy…

[cathkaesque]

Statement on Israel’s Use of Starvation as a Weapon of War in Gaza by the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, Palestine

For five days, Israel has attacked Gaza with the aim of total destruction, and the situation is at an unprecedented level of urgency. Israel’s actions have amounted to a humanitarian catastrophe of unfathomable proportions. At the time of publication, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reports 1,055 martyrs and approximately 5,184 injured.

Israel has declared a total warfare stance on Gaza, imposing a ruthless blockade that denies over two million Palestinian residents of Gaza access to electricity, water, food, fuel, medical supplies, and any humanitarian aid. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant explicitly stated this strategy on 9 October 2023, saying: “We are imposing a complete siege on [Gaza]. No electricity, no food, no water, no fuel – everything is closed. We are fighting human animals, and we act accordingly.”

Israel’s deliberate use of starvation as a weapon of war demands the international community immediately respond with unwavering urgency and resolve.

Israel is indiscriminately decimating hospitals, schools, mosques, markets, and entire neighborhoods. Further, Israel threatened Egypt that it would bomb humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza, prompting Egypt to withdraw its aid convoys. The Rafah Crossing into Egypt, the sole international exit from Gaza, has been bombed by Israel three times in a 24-hour period. This calculated assault severs Gazans’ only means of escape from ceaseless bombings or access to essential humanitarian aid. With Israel cutting off Gaza’s source of electricity, the only source of power was the Gaza Power Plant, which has just run out of fuel. In the case that it receives more fuel, Israel has threatened to attack the plant.

Israel’s assault is deliberately destroying any infrastructure that allows Gazans to support themselves. Vital agricultural and fishing infrastructure, crucial for food production, have been mercilessly attacked. Fisher folk cannot access the sea, into which sewage is spilling. The seaport is damaged, and tools are obliterated. Farming areas, often near the fence, have become vulnerable targets in Israeli airstrikes, and farmers whose land has not been destroyed cannot access it for daily agricultural practices. The Ministry of Agriculture reports that the bombing has done immense damage to agricultural areas and poultry farms, but the conditions make it impossible to precisely assess the situation in the field. There is a catastrophic decrease in food stocks, with shops across Gaza reporting severe shortages. The land and sea will face unimaginable environmental damages following these attacks, further preventing efforts to rebuild livelihoods.

Israel’s strategy aims to ensure that those who survive the bombs are condemned to a future without sustenance.

OCHA reports that the assaults have disrupted the UNRWA food operation, impacting at least 112,759 families. The poultry and livestock sectors are on the brink of collapse due to the severe shortage of fodder, endangering the livelihoods of more than 1,000 herders and affecting over 10,000 producers. This jeopardizes the provision of animal protein and the availability of meat and fresh sources of protein for Gaza’s entire population. Transportation of poultry to markets has virtually halted, and dairy cattle milk cannot be refrigerated nor marketed to factories, resulting in an expected daily spoilage of 35,000 liters of milk. More than 4,000 fisheries are at risk due to the closure of the sea. Gaza’s agriculture, poultry, cattle, fish, and other products are suffering from a lack of refrigeration, irrigation, incubation, and other machinery due to electricity cuts, causing spoilage.

Israel’s use of these tactics is not new by any means. Before Saturday, around 65% of the Gazan population was food insecure. More than 46% of the agricultural land in Gaza was inaccessible, and the fishing industry was severely struggling since fishing off the coast of Gaza has been restricted by Israel to 3 to 6 nautical miles.

Food insecurity is a human-made crisis, and Israel is manufacturing a mass starvation of the Gazan people.

It is the moral and legal obligation of the international community to intervene and end this crisis immediately. Food, as a basic necessity, must be allowed to reach the people of Gaza, and the deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure must cease without delay.

We call upon the international community to take immediate action to stop Israel’s massacre of the Gazan population, demand the lifting of the siege, and establish humanitarian corridors for entry of aid.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A Toronto-area real estate agent has had his business suspended by the franchise that runs it after a social media post about the Israel-Hamas conflict drew swift and sharp criticism.

A screenshot posted online appears to show a Re/Max agent mocking destroyed buildings and rubble in the Gaza Strip.

The Gaza Strip has been pounded by Israeli airstrikes since Hamas — listed as a terror group by the Canadian government — launched a brutal attack on Israel from the area on Oct. 7.

The Hamas attack left more than 1,400 Israelis dead and led to a declaration of war by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In the days after the attack, Israel also cut electricity, water and food supplies to Gaza and its residents. The Gaza Health Ministry said 3,478 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began, and more than 12,000 wounded.

“Coming to the market,” a social media post from an account named Vadim Vilensky said, with two laughing emojis. [...]

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Note from the poster @el-shab-hussein: According to estimates, around 6500 Palestinians in Ghazzah are believed to be trapped under the rubble of their buildings right now, and are not being counted in the current death count because of the inability to confirm their deaths. Here is this realtor posting that rubble, beneath which are trapped dead and still dying bodies of people, and making a joke about it.

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[boochanz]

how you can look past the 2,000-odd children who have been murdered for existing the past 3 weeks, the children who have lost their parents, the 7 year old who now has to act as her siblings’ de facto mother, the little girl with her head blown off by israeli airstrikes, the father who died with his baby in his arms, the dead pregnant woman who had her baby cut out of her to save him, the doctors who are coming face to face with their dead family members as patients, the little boy with his head blown open, the hundreds trapped under rubble and presumed dead, the little girl who texted her sister that she was afraid before she died, the child with his limbs blown off by an israeli attack, the children brushing their hair before they sleep so they can look presentable when they die, the children on life support, the mothers writing their babies’ names on them so they can be identified when they die.

the families whose bloodlines have completely ended, who have ceased to exist because they have all been murdered, the children being pulled from the rubble embracing one another, the unidentified people being put in mass graves, the people being buried on top of others because they are running out of space to bury the dead, the ice cream trucks being used to preserve dead bodies, the amount of funeral prayers conducted for children daily, the father carrying pieces of his children in plastic bags, the amount of people who went to sleep with their families and woke up as the only one left… the fact that anyone could see these people as anything but that, innocent people. the fact that anyone could condemn them to a painful and torturous death, struck by weaponry, trapped under a building with no way to escape.

the fact that anyone can still say ‘israel has a right to defend itself’, and believe with everything in them that that is what is happening here, a defense of themselves against terrorism. the fact that you can see these numbers, you can see these children lying dead for themselves everywhere you look, and you can chalk it all up to ‘collateral damage’ and to ‘well, if hamas hadn’t started it…’ is insane and completely inhuman.

it’s ‘children and civilians are always off limits’ until they’re palestinian. then, somehow, when israel strikes a family home and kills everyone inside, they were just going after the bad guys. a full hospital. they were just going after the bad guys. a mosque. they were just going after the bad guys. a church. they were just going after the bad guys. they’ve spoon fed you a poorly constructed narrative that can be picked apart so easily and you’ve willingly accepted it. you can condemn all of these innocents to death because you thought they were sub human anyway.

collective punishment is fine. it’s self defense. who cares that doctors are amputating limbs without anesthetic because there is none left? who cares about the hundreds of babies who will die in about ~30 hours when the fuel reserves are gone? who cares that post traumatic stress isn’t post traumatic in gaza, it is ever present? who cares about the 50 day old twins who almost died under the rubble? who cares about the family who tried to have children for 16 years, only to succeed but for his quadruplets and wife to be killed before his babies could even take their first steps? it’s just self defense. they have that right.

evacuate every hospital is self defense. destroy ambulances is self defense. no fuel into gaza, leave babies to die is self defense. bombing malls, markets and family homes is self defense. 5,000 dead is self defense. they can admit that they care more about mass destruction than precision and you will still stand by them. it’s not an invasion, it’s not a war crime, it’s not genocide. the bad guys started it.

it’s not genocide. it’s self defense. self defense against the most harmless and the most innocent. it’s not genocide. it’s collateral damage. it’s not genocide. it’s everything but genocide, even though no other word in the dictionary can explain why these people are being meticulously and mercilessly slaughtered.

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22 February 2024

Ziad Mousa describes the situation in north Gaza afyer more than four months of the occupation’s aggression. He describes the continued bombardment, the scarcity of food, and the starvation conditions. He writes,

Stop the genocide in Gaza

On day 138 of the war, conditions in the Gaza Strip, particularly in the north, are rapidly deteriorating.

The Israeli army continues to conduct airstrikes, resulting in the casualties of civilians, predominantly children and women.

There is widespread hunger, and the markets are devoid of essential goods. As I walked through a kilometer-long market, I found zero grams of flour, and only 3 kilograms of rice ($22 per kilogram).

The people are experiencing severe starvation, with children lamenting empty stomachs.

Source: Ziad Mousa via Stories on Instagram

[workersolidarity]

[ 📹 Al-Jazeera Arabic publishes new footage of desperate, starving Palestinian civilians in northern Gaza being shot and killed in cold blood by Zionist snipers who targeted the civilians as they attempted to retrieve food aid that was air dropped into Gaza a distance from where the group had been gathered, a direct violation of International humanitarian law and a crime against humanity.]

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ISRAELI OCCUPATION FORCES CAUGHT OPENING GUNFIRE ON STARVING PALESTINIANS ON DAY 182 OF GENOCIDE

On the 182nd day of "Israel's" Special Genocide Operation in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) committed a total of 5 new massacres of Palestinian families, resulting in the deaths of no less than 54 civilians, mostly women and children, while another 82 others were wounded over the previous 24-hours.

According to Gaza's Ministry of Health, many victims remain trapped under the rubble of buildings they were sheltering in at the time of being bombed and shelled, who, although presumed dead, are unable to be reached due to the IOF actively blocking paramedic and civil defense crews from reaching the sites of Israeli attacks.

Meanwhile, in an unusual move, the McDonald's corporation will be buying the entirety of the Alonyal McDonald's franchise In "Israel", which includes a total of 225 stores, employing approximately 5'000 Israelis.

McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinsky said the franchise has seen "meaningful business impact" as a result of boycotts and protests organized by the BDS movement against the Israeli franchise, along with other McDonald's chains, after the Israeli franchise announced it would be offering free meals to Zionist soldiers committing a genocide in the Gaza Strip, beginning after the events of October 7th.

McDonalds added that it “remains committed to the Israeli market and to ensuring a positive employee and customer experience in the market going forward."

Sales growth for the McDonald's division of the Middle East, India and China were down significantly, with sales growth for October-December at just 0.7%, well below the market expectations of 5.5%.

Similarly, sales for Starbucks, another U.S. company which has deep financial ties to "Israel," while the leadership of the company holds an openly Pro-"Israel" stance, has also seen significant harm to sales due to boycotts and protests, prompting CEO Laxman Narasimhan to state back in February that Starbucks had seen an "significant impact on traffic and sales."

Meanwhile, the Zionist entity's authorities released a total of 101 Palestinian prisoners from Gaza who were kidnapped and detained by the IOF during its war of genocide in Gaza, many of whom showed signs of torture, and included some prisoners who were taken during "Israel's" raid of the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, occupation warplanes bombarded agricultural lands in the vicinity of the Salah al-Din Gate, along the Egypt-Palestine border in the city of Rafah, in the south of Gaza.

At the same time, the carnage of "Israel's" war of genocide in Gaza resumed on Friday, with renewed artillery shelling of the central and western Khan Yunis governate, while the IOF also resumed bombing on the southern Gazan city of Rafah.

Intense Zionist airstrikes targeted Sheikh Zayed City, in the north of the Gaza Strip, while the central governate of Gaza also saw renewed artillery shelling.

At midnight, Zionist fighter jets bombed several residential buildings in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City, in the north of Gaza, while occupation forces directed an intense artillery bombardment on the southwestern and southeastern areas of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, as well as directing artillery fire on residential homes to the east of the Al-Maghazi Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The resumed intense Zionist bombardments across the Gaza Strip led to dozens of deaths overnight, along with the wounding of scores of others, including women and children, many of whom remain buried under the rubble of their homes and shelters.

IOF jets also bombed several residential homes in the Batn al-Sameen neighborhood, located to the southwest of Khan Yunis, while also bombing the village of Abasan, to the east of Khan Yunis.

Elsewhere, Zionist forces withdrew troops from the eastern region of Tanzania, coinciding with the intense bombardment of the area.

Tragically, local paramedic and civil defense personnel recovered the bodies of of three martyred civilians from the town of Al-Qarara, to the north of Khan Yunis.

At the same time, Israeli occupation warplanes bombed various parts of the central Gaza Strip, including the areas of Al-Nuseirat, Al-Maghazi, Al-Zawayda, and Deir al-Balah, resulting in the martyrdom of at least 15 Palestinian civilians, and also wounding a number of others.

Zionist occupation air forces also bombed a gathering of civilians near the Abu Holi Junction, northwest of Al-Qarara, resulting in the deaths of at least three civilians and wounding a multitude of others.

Back in northern Gaza, in yet another horrific tragedy, occupation warplanes bombed civilian structures in the Beit Hanoun area, with a second strike targeting paramedic crews as they attempted to transport the dead and wounded to a nearby hospital.

As a result of "Israel's" Special Genocide Operation in the Gaza Strip, the death toll among the Palestinian population has risen in excess of 33'091 civilians killed, over 25'000 of those martyred being among women and children according to the United States Pentagon, while another 75'750 others have been wounded since the start of the latest round of Zionist aggression, beginning on October 7th, 2023.

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[daniel-nerd]

while everyone is talking about the bullet that scratched trump, israel is yet again committing some of its most disgusting crimes in weeks, if not months.

(the video showcasing the medical teams trying to rescue civilians and save lives, when another airstrike hit, directly where the ambulances gathered.)

we live in a world where after idf warplanes dropped hundreds of kilograms worth of tnt, on a self designated ‘humanitarian zone’ that they demanded civilians to evacuate to, many of the medical teams who rushed there to try and save as many human lives as possible, were rescued by civilians who went to them to either help or get medical treatment, because the so called israeli ‘defense’ force targeted specifically the ambulances in another bombing shortly after, specifically to prevent them from saving lives. killing over 100 civilians, injuring hundreds more. 8 confirmed us made jdam bombs dropped in total, with estimation at a minimum of half a ton(around 1 thousand pounds) worth of tnt.

and the excuse? israel claim mohammed deif(the head of hamas’ military wing) was hiding between these civilians, even through last known appearance of him was most likely around 2018, and the one before that was in the year 2000, also there are hundreds if not thousands of underground tunnels that israel know they can’t get into, and admit they have no idea where most of them are.

hamas in response STOPPED ALL HOSTAGES NEGOTIATIONS, khalil al-hayya, (deputy chief of hamas’s political bureau) stated “we affirm that the claims of the occupation and netanyahu are false. we say to netanyahu that mohammed deif is listening to you now and mocking your false and empty statements. the claim of targeting leaders here and there is a ridiculous justification for killing women and children, and every palestinian, whether in gaza, the west bank, or anywhere else. this is an attempt by the criminal army to market its crimes against our people” he also described the attack as an attempt by the idf “to restore its dignity” after its defeat in the face of “resistance”

netanyahu admits israel have no idea if deif is alive or not and promised to go after all hamas leaders, which the idf later retracted the statement, after hamas alleged deif to be alive and well.

cheif of lebanon’s hezbollah declared this massacre will not go unpunished “the zionist enemy commits a massacre in al-mawaski, khan younis, justifying it by claiming they aimed to target hamas leaders … we will emerge victorious from the battle of the al-aqsa flood, heads held high…”

meanwhile hamas is successfully targeting and assassinating israeli combatants all over gaza.

this confirms that netanyahu’s claims about “cracks and weaknesses within hamas forces” was nothing but empty lies

the vast majority of israelis stopped believing in the ridiculous claims and blatant lies of the israeli government and the idf, with protests against the war, for hostage deal of everyone for everyone, and for the overthrow of netanyahu’s regime, such numbers of protests and protestors haven’t been seen since the last elections, which marked the very controversial 5th election in 4 years in israel.

lastly, the us started its sanctions against more terrorist settlers, known terrorist who organized the attacks against humanitarian trucks trying to bring food to gaza, the same attacks that standing together’s humanitarian guards stopped by physically protecting the trucks throughout their entire trip, saving as much vandalized food, and loading the saved food onto the next humanitarian trucks.

on an unrelated note: i’ve tried a new formatting, i hope y’all like it. i’m (hopefully) back at reporting about the stuff you might won’t hear in the mainstream news, showcasing the war from the point of view of israeli citizens.

[allthegeopolitics]

Israeli airstrikes killed more than 60 Palestinians in southern and central Gaza overnight and into Tuesday, including one that struck an Israeli-declared “safe zone” crowded with thousands of displaced people. Airstrikes in recent days have brought a constant drumbeat of deaths of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, even as Israel has pulled back or scaled down major ground offensives in the north and south. Almost daily strikes have hit the “safe zone” covering some 60 square kilometers (23 square miles) along the Mediterranean coast, where Israel told fleeing Palestinians to take refuge to escape ground assaults. Israel has said it is pursuing Hamas militants who are hiding among civilians after offensives uprooted underground tunnel networks. Tuesday’s deadliest strike hit a main street lined with market stalls outside the southern city of Khan Younis in Muwasi, at the heart of the zone that is packed with tent camps. Officials at Khan Younis’ Nasser Hospital said 17 people were killed.

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Article date: July 17th, 2024.

[burnt-scone]

Oh no, seeing the traumatized and injured people of Gaza makes you uncomfy?

We can't have almost 60, if not more, family trees being wiped from existence, making you uncomfortable. No, we can't have that. Those bloodlines, generations burned off the face of the planet, how rude of of people lifting their voices, because you feel bad.

Here, let me fluff your pillows in your nice, warm, and safe bed. Do you need a snack, a glass of clean water. Poor you. You must be so uncomfortable hearing about all those people who are now the last person in their family, the last person who lived on their block. The children, all alone, hurt and scared. They understand horrors you couldn't even handle the sight of through a screen. Must be so upsetting to look that 6 year old in the eye as all he wants is his mommy and daddy back.

Poor fucking you. I hope you're uncomfortable. That's a good thing. That's that crumb of empathy deep down in your empty soul. It hurts for the people in Gaza even though you don't want to because you ride the dicks of propaganda. You fear picking up a fucking history book.

And no, it's not antisemitic to be against a corrupt government funded by other historically corrupt governments. It's not antisemitic to be against Genocides. Stop trying to weaponize morality.

"Oh, (Palestinians) are everything anti-(Jews/Israel), we should get rid of them. They're not even human. In the name of G/d, we should eradicate them. They brought it on themselves."

Now, isn't that argument familiar? Replace "Palestinians" with "Jew" and "Jews/Israel" with Germany or literally Europe. That was the argument Hitler made. He convinced Germany and the church to start the Holocaust. He claimed Jewish people were corrupting Germany and the Christian way of life. They were causing the stock market to crash, and they caused the Great Depression.

Obviously, that was wrong. It was obviously excuses to commit ethnic cleansing and Genocide. And that's what's happening now in Palestine.

Hamas is not in the West Bank, which is fact, but that isn't stopping Israel from murdering thousands. Every heinous air strike on a school or hospital that try and say "Oh their were like 5 members of Hamas on the roof."

Bullshit. You don't need an airstrike on a few guys on the roof of a hospital. Especially if you aimed for the lower levels of the building.

I am Jewish, and I am not antisemitic. I do not see this as a Judaism vs. Islam situation. This is a corrupt power-hungry colonies government vs. innocent people.

We were not supposed to even be settled there yet. No messiah = no return to Jerusalem. This is just a fight over power and land, and I'm tired of the excuses being "Jews," "Judaism," "Jerusalem," "Judea," "Antisemitic," etc... because that's a stupid and horrible excuse.

How often throughout history has religion and culture been the excuse to try and kill us, to keep us in ghettos, to make us carry identification to show we are Jewish. Do you not realize Israel turned around and did the same thing to Palestinians? Before and after WW1, Jewish people lived peacefully in Palestine alongside Islamic peoples and Christian peoples. During WW2, Palestine protected Jewish people. But then, after everything England and the Israeli Colony pushed 20,000 Palestinian peoples into a tiny space (basically a fucking Ghetto) and to enter Israel they have to carry papers and Identification to show they are Palestinians.

I don't understand how people don't see the sad irony in all of this. It's heartbreaking. And I'm so tired of excuses.

Those children didn't provoke anything, it is Palestinian's home, it was colonization, and it's not religious or civilians' fault. It is those in power, it's those with too much power, too many funds, and too many weapons.

Free Palestine, free the children before there are none.

[girlactionfigure]

🟡 SAT after Shabbat  - ISRAEL REALTIME - Connecting to Israel in Realtime

Shavua tov, Chodesh Tov - may we be blessed with a good new Jewish month of Tammuz and a good week with return of the hostages and success and safety for our warriors.

🔸DEAL OR NO DEAL?  Another round: Hamas informed Hezbollah that it agreed to the cease-fire proposal.  Despite Hamas announcements that it would give up the demand to end the war, no agreement yet and details remain “to be negotiated”.

🔸DEAL ANALYSIS - Abu Ali:  For a deal to go through, one of the following must happen:

1. Israel will give up its demand for the resumption of hostilities after the first phase of the deal.

2. Hamas will give up its demand for a permanent ceasefire in the first phase of the deal.

When you are told that there is progress and there is flexibility and there is a breakthrough, ask which of the parties gave up the demand that thwarted the deal last time.

▪️EUROPEAN HOSPITAL - KHAN YUNIS.. was evacuated when the IDF instructed the area, following rocket barrages from it, to clear out.  AND THEN immediately the FULL contents of the hospital, ALL THE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, were stolen - looted.  They showed up in nearby markets the next day.

▪️PROTEST - ANTI-GOVT and FREE THE HOSTAGES.. Kaplan area, Tel Aviv weekend protest, LARGE.

▪️ECONOMY - Shekel value up: NIS 3.69 to US $1.

♦️IDF: a week of fighting in Sheja'ia, face-to-face encounters with terrorists, raids on Hamas combat compounds, locating many weapons and destroying captured buildings. As always, PILES of heavy weapons found, under civilian beds, rooms, etc.

♦️TARGETED ELIMINATION - BA’ALBEK, LEBANON.  Al-Arabiya sources: Maysam al-Attar, the target, is a Hezbollah military official who deals with missiles.  One dead reported, not clear if it was the target.

♦️AIRSTRIKE ON ROCKET LAUNCHERS SET UP IN HUMANITARIAN ZONE.. the rocket launcher was located in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah, adjacent to a shelter for displaced civilians.

♦️COUNTER-TERROR OPERATIONS - BALATA, SHECHEM area.. firefight, enemy wounded.  And KABLAN, south Shechem.

♦️LEBANON - variety of reports of IDF airstrikes and artillery, including at least 2 counter-strikes on launchers.

♦️SAMARIA - FORCES ATTACKED.. A terrorist was killed and 3 more terrorists were wounded while throwing Molotov cocktails at IDF forces, near the village of Beit Ur al-Fuka, Ramallah area.

🔺UNUSUAL: Palestinian security services are confiscating and neutralizing homemade explosive devices planted by the terrorists near the Tigra Mosque in the city of Tubas against Israeli forces.  Two days ago such a bomb exploded in a failed neutralization attempt (a work accident) inside the police station in Nablus.

⭕ ROCKETS (5) from HEZBOLLAH at Kiryat Shmona, 4 got through - HIT on a residential home, large fire.  2 soldiers injured in rocket impacts.  Also rocket hits in Shalom.

⭕ 15 rounds of ROCKETS and SUICIDE DRONES from HEZBOLLAH at northern towns over Shabbat.

⭕ HAMAS ROCKETS at Kfar Aza, Sderot, Ibim, Nir Am, Nir Am Shooting Range, Nachal Oz

[beguines]

In recent years, there has been an increased awareness among grassroots activists, organizations, academics, and journalists about the close relations between India and Israel and what it portends. In January 2020, BDS India, the Indian news sites News Click and the People's Dispatch released a report detailing the extent of the India-Israel military relationship. The report, titled: "Israel-India Military Relations: Ideological Paradigms of Security" argued that Israel's military ideology, methodology, and technology was sustained by the billion-dollar arms trade and collaboration with India. It described the import of these Israeli methods as "ominous" and "a threat to democracy and human rights wherever it is implemented." Affixed to the report, a warning: "The significant role of Israel in this steadily growing military-industrial complex in India should be cause of serious concern for our civil society." And this is not without precedent.

Israeli weapons, developed and field tested on Palestinians, have periodically found their way to some of the most autocratic and dangerous countries in the world. These include the genocides in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Myanmar. The Israeli arms industry therefore is not merely an introduction to technology, it is an invitation to Israeli governance and surveillance. Increasingly, anti-war activists, socialists, and those fighting for native and indigenous rights across the globe, be it in Hawaii or Ferguson, are recognizing the extent to which the Israeli occupation of Palestinians has served as a model for others to, if not emulate, then replicate in ways that help surmount the will of not just their own respective colonial or occupied territories, but also, increasingly, their citizens. It is here where the consequences of this relationship between India and Israel becomes clear: they are the blueprint and serve as a model for authoritarian regimes around the world.

Consider Elbit Systems, Israel's biggest arms manufacturer. It describes itself as "an international electronics defense company," which is to say it's in the business of producing products to repress at the behest of its clients. It builds several deadly weapons used by the Israeli military, including the Hermes 900, used since 2014 to survey and conduct airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. Elbit provides much of the technology for the apartheid barrier and the illegal checkpoints in Palestine. Most importantly for this discussion, Elbit's aspiration for market dominance is to shut down the competition by buying them out. "Elbit buys companies in quick succession, and each new market that opens to the firm through a new acquisition means it is involved in another conflict," Shir Hever writes. In other words, the expansion of war and conflict is its primary business. It is unsurprising that Elbit has its products in more than a dozen countries, including Colombia, Rwanda, Cameroon, Azerbaijan, and India.

Azad Essa, Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance Between India and Israel

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Update on the current field situation in the Gaza Strip as of 09:00 PM on day 349th of the war on Gaza: Telegram

North Governorate:

A martyr and injuries have been reported following an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the "Abu Rabea" family in Al-Hattabiyah Street, Beit Lahia, north Gaza Strip.

A martyr and injuries as a result of an Israeli airstrike on a civilian vehicle on Al-Banat Street in Beit Hanoun, north of Gaza Strip.

Gaza Governorate:

6 martyrs, including two women, and several injured, some in critical condition, as a result of an israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the "Sheikh" family in the Al-Daraj area, central Gaza City.

6 martyrs and injuries have been reported following an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the "Abu Al-Hattal" family near the Municipal Park in Gaza City.

A martyr as a result of an Israeli airstrike on a group of citizens on Al-Sha'af Street, east of Gaza City.

3 martyrs and injuries as a result of an Israeli airstrike on a bus near the Abbas junction, west of Gaza City.

A martyr as a result of an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the "Al-Zarad" family near Palestine Stadium in Al-Rimal neighborhood, west Gaza City.

A martyr following an Israeli airstrike near Al-Hurriya School in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast Gaza City.

Fire controlled after it broke out at a plumbing shop near the Youth and Sports intersection in Al-Nasr neighborhood and in a civilian car near the Maternity Hospital, west Gaza City.

Several injuries reported following an israeli airstrike on civilians on Keshko Street in Al-Zaytoun, southeast Gaza City.

Intense israeli artillery bombardment continues on various areas north of Street 8, particularly around the Islamic Complex.

israeli forces continue to prevent the entry of cooking gas since the beginning of the war, forcing citizens to resort to dangerous alternatives like plastic, cardboard, and cloth, posing serious risks to lives and properties.

Middle Governorate:

9 martyrs, including 3 children, and 4 women, following an israeli artillery strike on a chalet sheltering civilians in Tel Al-Nuweiri, west of Nuseirat Camp.

A martyr and several injuries following an israeli airstrike targeted a residential apartment in the Ilyaa Tower, west of the new market in Nuseirat Camp, central Gaza Strip.

An israeli airstrike targeted a house belonging to the "Abu Gharqoud" family west of the new camp in Nuseirat Camp.

israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the "Meit" family in Al-Bureij Camp, central Gaza Strip.

A martyr recovered from under the rubble of the homes of the "Abu Shuqah and Tertouri " families in Al-Bureij Camp.

Khan Yunis Governorate:

An environmental disaster threatens to flood more than 1,000 tents located within rainwater and sewage collection pools in Khan Younis City due to the onset of winter.

Rafah Governorate:

13 martyrs, including children and women, and several injuries following an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the "Dheir" family, north of Rafah.

A martyr and several injuries as a result of an israeli airstrike on a motorcycle in Khirbat Al-Adas, north Rafah. Israeli bombing and detonation of residential buildings northwest of Rafah city.

We warn citizens and displaced people located on the beaches of Al-Mawasi, Khan Yunis, and the central coast about the dangers of high sea tides expected from now on, which could lead to the sweeping away of tents. Khan Yunis Municipality warns displaced citizens in Wadi Al-Salqa and Sahn Al-Birka to evacuate before the weather front enters.

Mahmoud Basal, Spokesperson for the Civil Defense - Gaza Strip Friday, September 20, 2024.

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Palestine Summary June 28 to July 14, 2024. From LetsTalkPalestine. 

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June 28

Day 266

⚖️🇪🇸 Spain requests to join ICJ genocide case against Israel

‼️ Gaza City (north): 60,000 displaced in 1 day as IOF re-invades Shujayea & escalated shelling killed 7 + 2 killed & 5 injured in attack on Shujayea market. Airstrikes across Gaza City killed 2 kids & injured 5

•⁠ Israeli cabinet legalizes 5 outposts (settlements illegal by Israeli law) in West Bank, a move taken as de-facto annexation of the occupied West Bank & pushes expansion of settlements

🇺🇸 US house voted (incl. 62 dems) to ban US State Department from citing Gaza Health Ministry’s death toll of the genocide

•⁠ IOF fired at “safe zone” al-Mawasi killing 11 & injured 40+

🔻 Fierce clashes “at point blank” amid 3rd IOF invasion of Shujayea (north) + ambush on building w/ IOF troops killed 4 soldiers & injured 5

🔻 IOF claimed near end to Rafah invasion, but escalated fighting & 1 IOF soldier killed today

🇪🇺 EU sanctions 12 people & 3 groups for links to Hamas & Palestinian Islamic Jihad

June 29

Day 267

•⁠ 40 Palestinians killed, 224 injured in Gaza yesterday

🇱🇧 Israeli Defense Minister threatens “returning Lebanon to stone age” if war breaks out. Daily exchange of fire continues, killing 1 Hezbollah fighter today

🔻 Palestinian resistance groups launched 24 attacks in Shujayea (north) since IOF re-invaded on Thursday, killing at least 2 IOF soldiers

🔻 Ongoing clashes in Rafah: Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade attacked IOF troops. Hamas sniped a soldier

•⁠ IOF raid multiple West Bank cities; fierce clashes as Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade fighters use machine guns & explosives on IOF troops storming Nablus. IOF raids Jenin

•⁠ Gaza City (north): Israeli attacks across the city — airstrike killed 4 family members while filling water. Airstrike on car killed 4 in Sabra + 5 killed in central Gaza City

•⁠ 4 killed in attack on densely populated Bureij camp in central Gaza. IOF surveillance drones hovering

•⁠ Israeli attack on Rafah killed 3+ people. 2 killed in bombing east of Rafah

June 30

Day 268 

‼️ Footage shows IOF using Palestinian hostages as human shields to search homes & tunnels for weapons & Palestinian fighters in Gaza. 1 man was beaten, bloody & handcuffed; another tied to a rope; another dressed in army gear but no weapons

•⁠ 43 killed, 111 injured in Gaza 

🔻 Fierce clashes in Shujayea: Resistance groups sniped IOF soldier; targeted 2 tanks & 2 troop carriers killing & injuring soldiers. 22 IOF soldiers injured in Gaza over weekend

🏥 Gaza’s hospitals need fuel or could lose power in 48 hours

•⁠ Heavy shelling of north Gaza especially Shujayea; 15+ killed

•⁠ Israeli strike killed 6 in Rafah

🇱🇧 3 Hezbollah fighters killed by IOF drone strikes. 18 IOF soldiers injured in Hezbollah drone attack

West Bank:

•⁠ IOF assassinate Saad Jaber, leader of Nur Shams Brigade (local resistance group) by bombing his home, injuring 5. Nur Shams under siege as IOF raid homes & snipers on roofs

•⁠ IOF abduct 166 Palestinians in past week

July 1

Day 269 

‼️ Israel released director of al-Shifa Hospital & dozens others who were abducted by IOF from Gaza. Thousands remain in captivity subject to brutal torture that killed some hostages, no access to proper food or water, each lost about 66Ib of weight

•⁠ 23 killed, 91 injured in Gaza

‼️⁠ Israel ordered immediate evacuation of eastern Khan incl. European Hospital, clarifying only after 13 hours to go to “Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone” despite being subject to deadly shelling. Signaling an imminent ground re-invasion

🔻 West Bank: IOF killed a boy & a woman amid Tulkarm raid. Fierce clashes w/ Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades killed 1 IOF soldier & injured many

🔻 Fierce clashes in Shujayea — rocket attack on house killed & injured IOF soldiers + sniped a soldier. Rafah — house ambush killed & injured soldiers + 1 soldier killed in tunnel ambush

🇺🇸 US sent Israel 10,000+ highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs since October 

July 2

Day 270 

•⁠ 25 Palestinians killed, 81 injured in Gaza 

•⁠ Israel's evacuation order for Khan Younis forced evacuation of European Hospital but lack of fuel & ambulances saw people moved in hospital beds. With nowhere safe to go, people are sleeping on the ground. Israel continues strikes in & around Khan Younis killing 8 & injuring 30+

•⁠ Number of displaced Palestinians in Gaza now at 1.9m

🔻 Israel says 44 soldiers injured on Sunday & Monday

•⁠ 3 killed in drone attack on Shujayea as Israel's re-invasion & relentless shelling

🇺🇸 US provided security-related aid of $6.5bn to Israel since Oct 7, majority last month

•⁠ Estimated 100,000 tons of trash rotting in the heat near shelters for displaced in Gaza, exacerbating spread of diseases

West Bank:

•⁠ Israeli drone strike killed 4 Palestinians in Nur Shams bringing the total to 6 killed in 24 hours amid intense raid

•⁠ IOF shot & injured 3 Palestinians incl. a child while storming Nablus

July 3

Day 271 

‼️ Israel approved largest land theft in West Bank in 30 years (4.9 sq miles). Since Oct Israel has accelerated settlement expansion. Soon Israel plans to approve 6,000 new housing units for settlements as settler violence & attacks against Palestinians continue to escalate

•⁠ Israeli settler shot & killed a Palestinian in Hebron

•⁠ 28 killed, 125 injured in Gaza 

•⁠ 150,000+ people in Gaza contracted skin diseases. Kids more vulnerable as malnutrition weakens immune system

🇱🇧 Israel killed 3rd Hezbollah commander since Oct. Hezbollah retaliates w/ one of its largest assaults, launching 6+ attacks incl. 200+ rockets

•⁠ Israel bombed a home in Deir el Balah, killing Nasser Hospital’s Head of Plastic Surgery & his family

•⁠ Gaza City (north): Israel bombs group of people trying to return home in Shujayea killing 4 & injuring 17; 9 killed in air raids on homes in Daraj & Sheikh Radwan; 3 killed in Tal al-Hawa

🔻 IOF: 2 soldiers killed in Gaza

(No July 4)

July 5

Day 273

🇵🇸 West Bank: Israeli forces killed 7 Palestinians incl. 3 Al-Quds Brigades resistance fighters after surrounding a home & firing missiles while storming Jenin

🏥 As Israeli bombs Rafah & Khan Younis, Nasser Hospital receives 10 bodies & is at risk of being overwhelmed amid increased bombings as other hospitals shut down

🦠 Sewage "lake" floods Khan Younis. Israel has destroyed 67% of Gaza's water & sanitation facilities which has increased spread of diseases

🔻 Hamas reports ambush in Shujayea killed 10 IOF soldiers

🇵🇸 Gaza City (north): Israel kills 3, incl. 2 journalists; 2 killed in attack on school housing displaced people

💰 Israel transfers $116m of withheld tax revenue to the Palestinian Authority, first transfer since April as Israel has been withholding PA taxes since Oct 7

🇬🇧 5 seats won by self-identified pro-Palestine independents in UK elections, ousting 4 Labour officials

🇵🇸 IOF shot & injured 5 incl. a woman as it raids Hebron (West Bank)

July 6

Day 274 

‼️ Israel killed a 16 Palestinians & injured 75 in a bombing of a UNRWA school sheltering displaced people in Nuseirat. Most of those killed were women & kids, and 3 journalists, some were decapitated. Nearby Al-Aqsa Hospital overwhelmed & operating at 3x its capacity

🇵🇸⁠ 87 Palestinians killed, 260 injured in Gaza in the last 2 days

🇵🇸 Released Palestinian hostage testified that after 15 men were released to Gaza, IOF quickly targeted them with bombs, killing 7. This was after being subject to torture & beatings while in captivity

🇵🇸⁠ Israel killed 5 Palestinian journalists in 24 hours

🔻⁠ Ongoing clashes in Shujayea as PIJ reports an ambush killed & injured 7 IOF soldiers

🇱🇧⁠ Israeli drone strike on car in south Lebanon killed a Hezbollah member

🇵🇸 North Gaza: Israeli forces bombed Jabalia killing & injuring several; 3 killed & 15 injured in Gaza City

🇵🇸⁠ West Bank: IOF killed a Palestinian man near Ramallah; IOF snipers injured 9 Palestinians in Nablus raid

July 7

Day 275

‼️ Israel orders evacuation of 3 Gaza City neighborhoods amid current IOF invasion & fierce clashes w/ resistance groups in nearby Shujayea. IOF bombed & fired at Palestinians fleeing, while they have nowhere safe to go

🇵🇸 55 Palestinians killed, 123 injured in Gaza yesterday

🇵🇸 Israel executed 3 Palestinian hostages upon release to Gaza near Karem Abu Salem crossing, their bodies found with hands cuffed

🇵🇸 Hamas official says they’re willing to discuss hostage deal without requiring a “permanent ceasefire”

🔻 Israel says 1 IOF soldier killed in Rafah. Resistance groups report multiple attacks on IOF troops & tanks in Rafah & Gaza City

🇵🇸 North Gaza: 12+ killed incl. Hamas government official in Gaza City; 10 Palestinians killed in Jabalia

🇵🇸 Central Gaza: Israel bombed home in az-Zawayda killing 6; 3 killed in Nuseirat

🇱🇧 Hezbollah says IOF soldiers killed & injured in attack on IOF military site near border

🇵🇸 West Bank: IOF abducted 104+ Palestinians in past week

July 8

Day 276 

Gaza City (north):

‼️ Terrifying night as Israel violently bombed Gaza City hours after ordering evacuations; 9+ killed & many injured. Dozens of families fled to Tal al-Hawa then were trapped amid intense Israeli bombing at night & sudden IOF ground invasion at dawn. Israel ordered evacuation of 3 more neighborhoods incl Tal al-Hawa to "safe zone" al-Mawasi which IOF often attack

‼️ Displacement dire, north is densely populated w/ no makeshift camps unlike rest of Gaza so people forced to move between damaged homes

🏥 Israeli bombing forced al-Ahli & PFBS hospitals to evacuate & shut down

🇺🇳 IOF raid UNRWA HQ claiming Hamas presence, but already invaded north 4x & said dismantled Hamas capabilities in the north months ago

🔻 IOF soldier seriously injured

Other:

🇵🇸 40 Palestinians killed, 75 injured in Gaza in 24 hours

🇵🇸 6/yo kid killed by starvation; total 34 kids killed by malnutrition + 50,000+ kids need urgent treatment for acute malnutrition

July 9

Day 277 

‼️ Israel massacred 30+ Palestinians, mostly women & kids in attack on UN school & tents for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis. Dozens injured transferred to a barely operational Nasser Hospital. 4th Israeli school attack since Saturday

‼️ Footage & testimony reveal IOF tanks ran over & crushed family members after surrounding them in a farm in Rafah on June 28

‼️ Israel bombed home in Nuseirat massacring 17 family members incl 14 women & kids

🇵🇸 50 Palestinians killed, 130 injured in Gaza in 24 hours

🤐 New @ Meta (Facebook) policy will remove content attacking ‘Zionists’ if considered to be referring to Jewish people or Israelis

🏥 All PRCS med facilities shut in Gaza City & medics can’t reach the city amid Israeli shelling & expanding ground invasion, killing 4+ 

🇱🇧 2 Israeli settlers die from injuries in Hezbollah strike on occupied Golan Heights

🇵🇸 West Bank: IOF shot at group of kids killing 13 y/o Ghassan Zahran

🔻 8 IOF soldiers injured in Gaza in 24 hours

July 10

Day 278 

‼️ Israel orders evacuation of all of Gaza City (north) down south to "safe zone" al-Mawasi which is been frequently attacked. IOF dropped leaflets w/ ‘safe’ corridors to flee through but Israel has been bombing across all Gaza. IOF forces now in Tal al-Hawa killing 30+ so far

‼️ @ 972mag: IOF soldiers testify policy of no restrictions on shooting, authorizing the indiscriminate shooting & execution of Palestinians, describing "no need to explain – you just shoot" & “people were shooting just to relieve the boredom”

🇵🇸 52 Palestinians killed, 208 injured in Gaza in 24 hours

🔻 PIJ clashed w/ IOF troops in a house in Shujayea killing & injuring soldiers + sniped & killed 1 soldier. Another IOF soldier killed in central Gaza

🇵🇸 Israeli attack on Nuseirat killed 8+ incl. 6 kids & injured 10

🏥 Indonesian & Nasser hospitals could soon shut down from lack of fuel & med supplies

🇦🇪 UAE deports graduate who said "free Palestine" during NYU graduation

July 11 and July 12

Image: Map of Gaza with “Israeli-controlled corridor” between Gaza City and Deir El Balah (central Gaza).

‼️ Past 24 hours in Gaza City (north)

Israel launched a renewed assault on Gaza City w/  terrifying intensity. Israel escalated bombardment the past week since re-invading 2-weeks ago & now ordered evacuation of entire city (300,000) down south to "humanitarian zones" that continue to be attacked. Israeli-built corridor (📷👆) cuts off north Gaza from central & south, blocking movement

IOF tanks pushing into other areas while continuous bombing & snipers shoot at fleeing Palestinians

Shujayea: 60 bodies recovered w/ dozens still buried under rubble + mass destruction as 85% homes uninhabitable after end of 2-week invasion

Tal al-Hawa: Rescue teams recovered bodies of 60+ Palestinians mostly women & kids, dozens lay on the street decomposing, some bodies eaten by dogs. IOF withdrew this morning following surprise incursion & violent bombing for 7 days right after thousands fled there & became trapped

�� Resistance groups continued attacks on IOF amid withdrawal from Shujayea despite Israel claiming its operation is complete + reported attacks on IOF in Tal al-Hawa yesterday

Other Palestine updates later today

July 11

Day 279 - Thursday

🇺🇸 US resumes 500-pound bombs delivery to Israel as they were never concerned on their use. US only withholding 2,000-pound bombs on concerns Israel will use them in densely populated areas in Gaza

🇵🇸 50 Palestinians killed, 54 injured in Gaza in 24 hours

🇵🇸 7 bodies recovered from destroyed UNRWA building in Khan Younis

📱 Microsoft bans emails of Palestinians abroad w/o reason or warning, blocking them from calling relatives in Gaza via Skype

🚚 Israel let only 5 UN trucks enter last week. Israel claim 261 aid trucks entered Gaza on Wednesday but many orgs report Israel blocks aid

🇺🇸 US sanctions 1 Israeli settler group & 4 unauthorised West Bank settlements

🇵🇸 Israeli court rejects appeals of 11 families (66 people), allowing settler group to expel & seize homes in occupied Jerusalem. Ordered families to pay legal fees to settlers

🇵🇸 West Bank: IOF shot & killed 17 y/o Ali Rabaia amid Jenin raid & injured 2

🇱🇧 IOF soldier injured in Hezbollah strike

July 12

Day 280 

🇵🇸 Gaza City (north): Updated death toll now 70+ after Israeli massacre in Tal al-Hawa w/ 50 still missing — IOF still haven’t fully withdrawn from the area, continuing to kill several. IOF quadcopters target Palestinians across Gaza City, killing fisherman on coast

🇵🇸 Israel directs Palestinians to evacuate to “safe zone” al-Mawasi despite continuing to attack the area. But al-Mawasi lacks infrastructure so Palestinians are forced to live in makeshift tents

🇵🇸 Israeli airstrike killed 8+ incl. mother & 2 kids in Rafah

🇵🇸 Israel targeted aid distribution point, killing 4 aid workers in Khan Younis

🇺🇳 @ unrwa has guaranteed funds through September

🔻 Hamas report attacks on IOF troops & 2 tanks in Rafah + targeted 1 tank & 8 troop unit in Gaza City (north)

🇵🇸 4+ killed from Israeli strike on Nuseirat (central)

🇵🇸 West Bank: IOF shot & killed 26 y/o man near Ramallah

🇱🇧 Hezbollah strikes killed IOF soldier. Hezbollah fighter killed by Israeli strike

General update:

‼️ AL-MAWASI MASSACRE

Israel massacred 90+ Palestinians & injured 300, half were women & kids, in attack on densely populated “safe zone” al-Mawasi, a pattern of Israel directing Palestinians they forcibly displaced to ‘safe areas’ then bombing it

Israel used 5 bombs & 5 missiles to bomb the area crowded with 80,000 displaced, living in makeshift tents. The impact obliterated the tents. Survivor testifies: “all the tents were knocked down, body parts, bodies everywhere, elderly women thrown on the floor, young children in pieces”

Israel targeted rescue workers arriving on the scene, causing casualties. Influx of injured overwhelming Nasser Hospital that lacks capacity due to diminishing fuel & med supplies from Israel’s aid blockade

Since invading Rafah, Israel designated al-Mawasi a “safe zone” yet constantly bombards it. Israel claims it targeted Hamas leader Mohammad al-Deif but now unsure of his fate. Hamas denies al-Deif was there, insists only civilians were killed.

July 13

Day 281 

🇵🇸 98 Palestinians killed, 186 injured in Gaza

‼️ Israel massacred a gathering of Palestinians praying near ruins of a mosque, killing 22 in Shati refugee camp (north), hours after massacring 90+ in “safe zone” al-Mawasi

🇵🇸 70,000+ people infected with viral hepatitis due to forced displacement & unsanitary conditions

🇱🇧 Israeli drone targets car in Lebanon killing father & uncle of Hezbollah fighter Israel killed. 4 IOF soldiers injured by Hezbollah strike

💧 Israeli forces destroyed water sources in Shujayea & Sabra in Gaza City + demolished 2 wells amid re-invasion of the area, worsening the water crisis

🇵🇸 Israeli military intensifies attacks on central Gaza, killing 5+ in ‘safe zone’ Deir el-Balah, the area it recently ordered people of Gaza City (north) to evacuate to; injuring 10 in attack on home in Nuseirat

🇵🇸 Israeli attack on house in Khan Younis kills 2+

🔻 Hamas ambushed IOF troop unit killing & injuring soldiers in Rafah

July 14

Day 282 

‼️ Israel massacred 17 Palestinians & injured 80 in attack on UNRWA school in Nuseirat housing hundreds of displaced people. Many were women & children and just recently arrived to the shelter following Israeli evacuation orders

🇵🇸 141 Palestinians killed, 200 injured in Gaza 

🔻 Hamas ambushed group of IOF soldiers disguised in aid truck in Rafah, killing & injuring soldiers. Attacked IOF troops in Tal al-Hawa (north) despite IOF claiming withdrawal

🇵🇸 West Bank: IOF cut electricity then demolished residential building in occupied Jerusalem despite owner paying fines for 20 years. Forced woman to demolish her own home to avoid paying heavy fines to the municipality

🇵🇸 IOF bomb across Gaza killing 1, injuring 4 kids in Gaza City (north); 4 killed incl. 1 kid in Maghazi (central)

🇬🇧 UK to give $7m to UK-Med NGO for med services in Gaza

⛺️ UK police violently arrested 7 from @ soasliberatedzone (Instagram handle) on Tuesday

🇲🇾 Malaysia pledge $1m to UNRWA

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As Israelis reel from the shock of the gruesome assault by Hamas militants over the weekend, Palestinians are bracing for a retaliatory ground invasion of the Gaza Strip that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday would reverberate for generations.

More than 1,000 Israelis have been killed, infants and elderly among them, while more than 100 people have been taken as hostages, complicating Israel’s pursuit of Hamas. Some 900 people have been killed in Gaza as the territory, one of the most densely populated on Earth, has been pounded by Israeli airstrikes that have hit mosques and a crowded market.

Foreign Policy spoke to Khaled Elgindy, director of the program on Palestine and Palestinian-Israeli affairs at the Middle East Institute, about the timing of the attack, life in Gaza today, and the need for the international community to lay down guardrails as Israel prepares its response.

This conversation has been lightly edited for clarity and length.

Foreign Policy: Why did Hamas decide that now was the time to launch these attacks in southern Israel? Do you see any kind of particular external factors that may have prompted this moment?

Khaled Elgindy: The triggers for this were many. Obviously, the whole context is 56 years of Israeli occupation with no end in sight. And this suffocating 16-year blockade on Gaza, which, as you know, has been the source of many rounds, many different eruptions over the years. Now you have the most extremist government in Israel’s history. Violence in the West Bank has ratcheted up. It’s been the deadliest year in the West Bank in two decades. You have a dramatic spike in terrorism by settlers. Various rampages through different Palestinian villages mostly in the north, and with more or less impunity from the Israeli army, sometimes even with the assistance of the army. And on top of it, there are these regular and increasing encroachments at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. It’s not a coincidence that Hamas named this operation the Al-Aqsa typhoon.

In the midst of all of that, the Arab world is moving on. The new game in town is Saudi-Israel normalization. The two-state solution is off the table. Palestinian freedom is off the table. Washington is distracted with other issues; it’s not a priority. So I think all of those are the context in which they’re saying, “Look, right now, Palestinians are the only people paying the price for the status quo.” The status quo is extremely comfortable for Israel, and the rest of the international community is complacent, because most of the costs are borne by the Palestinians. So at its core, Hamas’s calculation is to radically overturn that calculation.

FP: What came to my mind over the weekend was that the response to these attacks is only going to make life for people living in Gaza more intolerable. So what was their endgame here?

KE: That’s the million-dollar question. I mean, I’ve been struggling with what exactly is their endgame. They knew that was going to produce a much bigger response than anything they’ve seen before. But then that ought to tell us something about the mindset that goes into that. If you are prepared to launch something as outrageous and audacious as this, knowing full well what the consequences will be, then that tells us something about the sense of despair and the sense of desperation that exists. What does it take to push people to that sort of an act, not just in terms of killing other people, but also knowing the cost that you yourself will pay?

Look at Gaza, especially; suicide rates are going up. It’s not only that they’re living in miserable conditions, but it’s that there’s no end in sight. The Palestinians live in this state of despair, and we should be very, very afraid of despair, because people will do just about anything. That’s not in any way to justify, but it’s not a little thing to get to a point where you do something that ultimately is totally self-defeating.

FP: How do you think this is going to impact support for Hamas among Palestinians?

KE: At a superficial level, they will get a boost in their popularity. Anyone who is seen as inflicting damage on Israel is going to win points among the Palestinian public—especially in contrast to the leadership in the West Bank, where the contrast couldn’t be more stark. Here are the guys—[the Palestinian Authority (PA), which governs parts of the West Bank] Abu Mazen [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas] and his people—they play by all the rules, they’re against violence, they’re for negotiations, they want to do things the right way. They jumped through all the hoops of the international community about institution building and finances and all of these things. Yes, they’re corrupt, but the corruption comes from the stagnation of Palestinian politics, the fact that there’s no parliament, there’s no oversight, which itself is a condition of the occupation. The U.S. and Israel don’t want elections; they don’t want a genuinely representative government that probably won’t be committed to things like security coordination with Israel.

So they do all the right things. They coordinate our security. And what did they get? Well, it’s a lose-lose, because they’re seen as collaborators by the people. That they’re subcontractors for Israeli security. But what did they get? Are they rewarded for their compliance and jumping through all the right hoops? Have they gotten the state? No, they haven’t.

It doesn’t matter if Palestinians play by the rules because it doesn’t get them anywhere. And so the Hamas option looks much more appealing. Because, even if there’s a cost, well, we’re paying costs anyway. Every day, we’re losing land. Every day, we’re losing people, homes—villages are being evacuated, depopulated in the Jordan Valley—and so we’re losing anyway. At least they’re doing something. So I think that’s the mindset if you’re a Palestinian. The choice between the two, Hamas will pay a price for sure, but maybe they’re calculating that that price will be offset by being seen as the new vanguards of Palestinian liberation and maybe the future of Palestinian leadership.

FP: How would the PA feel about seeing Hamas brought down?

KE: What does it mean to bring it down? You can kill all the leaders, which Israel has done. Remember back in the early 2000s, they killed the no. 1, 2, and 3 in succession, and there will always be someone to replace them. I don’t think you can just erase a political movement or political idea, whatever you may think about it.

This is another reason why I’m frustrated: There are no grown-ups in the diplomatic world who are calling for some reasonable, measured response and not falling into emotional reactions to everything.

FP: But if I may push back there, the nature of these attacks feels like it was designed to provoke an emotional response.

KE: Yes, of course. And that’s normal. We’re human beings. My hope is that once cooler heads have prevailed, after that initial shock has worn off, you need to sit down and think about rational responses.

There needs to be pushback, to say 2.3 million people—civilians in Gaza—did not have responsibility. They’re not responsible for the carnage that happened over the weekend in Israel. Otherwise, we’re just kind of buying into the same logic as the terrorists.

FP: What are you hearing from your contacts in Gaza right now about what the situation has been like there over the past 48 hours?

KE: The situation is horrific. Most people I know in Gaza are fleeing their homes to relatives’ homes where they think there’s less likelihood of being attacked. But there’s really nowhere to go, because nobody knows what the targets are. The targets are very malleable. And we’ve seen apartment buildings, all kinds of civilian infrastructure—anything and everything can be a target.

Israel doesn’t have a very good track record of protecting civilians. And now, given the rage in Israel, it has much less appetite to think about any red lines. They are still human beings. When you hear the Israeli defense minister refer to 2 million Palestinians in Gaza as human animals, we should be afraid of that. We should be concerned by that. Because they will act on it. When you dehumanize your enemy, then anything and everything is possible.

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Happy Thanksgiving otherwise known as Drama with a Side of Turkey... if someone picks a fight with you about current events here is a very brief surface level list of talking points

According to Article 3 of the Geneva Convention and Article 6 of Additional Protocol II collective punishment is a war crime.

Israel Katz himself is quoted as saying "they [Gazans] will not receive a drop of water or a single battery until they leave the world."

Furthermore Article 51 of the Berlin Rules on Water Resources prohibits combatants (in this case the Israeli military from removing water infrastructure.

International Humanitarian Law prohibits any siege depriving civilians of essential goods while Yoav Gallant's "defense tactics" are a complete blockade of Gaza. It is well documented by the United Nations and journalists how deprived the civilians in Gaza are by the Israeli aggression.

The so-called gracious “evacuations” ordered by Israel is a crime according to the International Criminal Court under forcible transfer. 

The use of white phosphorus violates Protocol III of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons as the Israeli army is using it directly against human beings in a civilian setting.

Gaza is one of the most densely populated areas on earth with 47.3% of the population being under 18 there is no circumstance in which any incendiary weapon should be deployed in Gaza let alone community centers.

In case there is doubt, there are videos of white phosphorous being used in broad daylight and on hospitals (Al-Durrah Children's Hospital).

The air strikes themselves violate international law as Daniel Hagari himself has stated that the emphasis of the Israeli air strikes is on damage and not on accuracy.

The Israeli government has carried out air strikes on the Al-Shati refugee camp sheltering over 90,000 refugees from Israeli aggression.

Targeting commercial centers like the Jabalia camp market which has been attacked multiple times since October 7th is a war crime. 

It is a war crime to target buildings dedicated to education or charitable purposes.

On October 17th Israel carried out an airstrike on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency school in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp. A United Nations school within a refugee camp.

Israeli officials later claimed United Nations workers are Hamas allies

Medical neutrality as described under the Geneva Convention has been violated as stated by the World Health Organization…

Every hospital bombed is another war crime Israel has committed. Bringing back the white phosphorus issue, Israel hit Al-Durrah Children's Hospital with white phosphorus munition. Bringing back water resources and collective punishment (which I hope we established was bad), the remaining hospitals are collapsing due to lack of electricity and water. 

"But Hamas tunnels! Human shields! Guards! Weapons!" None of that negates a hospital's protected status as described in the Geneva Convention.

It is a war crime to attack buildings dedicated to religion regardless of who is housed but especially if its housing refugees... obviously... again its in the Geneva Convention.

The Church of Saint Porphyrius, the Al-Gharbi mosque, Yassin mosque, and Al-Sousi mosque have been directly attacked

The intentional targeting of journalists is a war crime according to the Council of Europe.

There are 31 journalists who have been killed along with their families being targeted.

On October 10th Israel bombed a residential building (war crime) which also contained journalist offices (war crime). You can take a pick of whether they were targeting civilians or journalists, either way it’s a war crime. 

Killing surrendered civilians OR SURRENDERED COMBATANTS is again a war crime.

Israeli officials still have no comment on the video of IDF forces executing four unarmed Palestinian men kneeling on the ground (one of which was waving white clothing).

Videos have also surfaced of IDF soldiers violating international law by assaulting detainees and committing sexual humiliation.

Israel has expanded their attack to neighboring countries by carrying out air strikes in Lebanon, ready to fulfill their manifest destiny of Greater Israel.

Under the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Israeli settlement of Palestine is a war crime. Obviously that is beyond a lot of peoples willingness to comprehend so lets reiterate what is happening right now. 

The average age of dead people in Gaza is 5.

More facts: Israel does not reflect the Jewish people or Jewish values they are a settler colonial state enacting apartheid and committing genocide. Conflating Israel with jewish people is anti-semetic. Evangelicals are the largest zionist group in the world because they are anti-semetic. AIPAC is the largest donor to politicians. Israel has systemically harmed holocaust survivors (1/3 of survivors in Israel are in poverty, they called them "soap bars", and said they were "inferior" as they were like "sheep to the slaughter"). Israel has violated Ethiopian Jewish woman's autonomy (Depo-Provera (contraceptive) every three months in Israeli clinics without their knowledge) and police brutality. Israel is a safe haven for pedophiles.

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GAZA STRIP — Civil Defense Spokesmen Mahmoud Basal:

Current field situation as of 21:00 EEST, September 12 on the 342st day of the aggression

NORTH GAZA Northern Governorate ▪️ 3 martyrs and injuries reported following an airstrike on the Siyam family home, opposite Al-Fakhoura Clinic in Jabalia camp ▪️ 3 martyrs and injuries following an airstrike on the Hassan family home in Be'er Al-Na'ja, western Jabalia camp

GAZA CITY Northern Governorate

▪️East: 5 martyrs and injuries reported after an airstrike on the Al-Dahdouh family home, southern Al-Sham'a Mosque in Al-Zeitoun neighborhood ▪️North: 4 martyrs and injuries after an Israeli airstrike on an apartment belonging to the Al-Balbisi family in the Al-Mashahira area of Al-Tuffah ▪️Southeast: 2 martyrs and injuries following an airstrike on citizens in Kashko Street, Al-Zeitoun neighborhood ▪️South: 2 martyrs, a husband and wife, after an airstrike targeting citizens near Ain Jalut School in Al-Zeitoun neighborhood ▪️East: 1 martyr and injuries reported after an airstrike on the Abu Asr family home on Qandeel St in the Al-Shujaiya neighborhood ▪️West: 2 martyrs and several injuries following an airstrike on a group of citizens near Al-Shati camp market ▪️South: 4 injuries reported after a drone dropped a bomb on a group of citizens near Al-Iman Mosque in the Sabra neighborhood ▪️ For the 19th day, intense artillery shelling continues across areas north of Street 8, particularly in the Ali Ibn Abi Talib Square, the Musallaba area, the Abu Habib junction, and the Islamic Complex area ▪️“Israeli” forces continue to prevent the entry of cooking gas since the beginning of the war, forcing citizens to use dangerous alternatives like plastic, cardboard, and cloth, posing risks to lives and properties

DEIR AL-BALAH Central Governorate ▪️6 martyrs and injuries after an “Israeli” airstrike on the Shahin family home in Nuseirat camp ▪️ A severe injury, including an amputation, reported after an airstrike on the Al-Ajez family home in eastern Nuseirat camp

KHAN YOUNIS Southern Governorate ▪️ East: 4 martyrs and injuries in an airstrike on the Al-Zoghbi family home near Gaza European Hospital ▪️South: 3 martyrs were recovered, including a father and his son, from the Qizan Rashwan area

RAFAH Southern Governorate ▪️Central: 4 martyrs were recovered from the Al-Zuhour neighborhood, after being targeted by occupation forces ▪️North: 3 martyrs were recovered after being targeted by “Israeli” forces in Khirbet Al-Adas area ▪️Northwest: “Israeli” forces bombed and demolished residential buildings