#Sahaba Hospital

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[sayruq]

Amid Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza, maternal healthcare faces excruciating challenges. Deliberate and systematic Israeli attacks on hospitals and medical centers, and critical shortages of humanitarian aid, including medicine, have created a crisis that is endangering the lives of both mothers and newborns. The situation is critical. There are an estimated 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza and some 180 births every day. Israel’s decision in October to prevent food, water, fuel and electricity from entering Gaza created a desperate situation. Inadequate nutrition, exposure to cold and hot weather, the absence of clean water, and poor sanitation weigh heavily on the wellbeing of women and children. The circumstances force them to consume contaminated water, heightening the peril of dehydration and waterborne diseases, particularly among vulnerable groups such as expectant mothers, new mothers and young children. Fuel shortages and the constrained capacity of the few remaining medical facilities exacerbate the difficulty for women in labor to access hospitals. Um Amin, a mother with a few children, confronted with the harsh reality of displacement, recounted her family’s struggles during Israel’s aggression. As bombs relentlessly fell on their neighborhood, reducing their home to rubble, Um Amin had to seek refuge at a school run by the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) in the northern Gaza Strip taking only very few belongings. She was pregnant. And in the school there was little by way of basic necessities such as clean water, food or even clothes for her children. She considered moving south, where food might be a little more accessible. Her husband refused, causing conflict between them.He feared not being able to return. And while she believed that the Israeli army was attempting to force them to leave, she also felt it was a matter of life and death for her children. “It was heart-wrenching to witness my kids fighting over scraps of bread. My 4-year-old started stashing away bread in his pocket for later. I was shocked. Before the war, I never slept without knowing my children were fed. Now, most of the time, I am certain they never feel satisfied.” Her entire motivation to carry on became a matter of feeding her children She denied herself food for their sake, but had also to remind herself of the child within her. “The baby inside me is also a priority, so I had to eat too.” She found the balancing act incredibly challenging, an unbearable burden of motherhood. “I am going to share something I’ve never told anyone I know: I contemplated suicide to escape the weight of this responsibility.”

After the Israeli army unexpectedly stormed al-Rimal, a Gaza City neighborhood, for a second time, Um Amin panicked and fled again, this time going from the UNRWA school to a relative’s house. But her fear caused her to enter preterm labor. A doctor, at the nearby al-Sahaba medical center, had to resort to a cesarean section. It was hell, Um Amin said. There was insufficient anesthesia and she could feel the scalpel cutting into her body. There was no electricity; the doctor had to use a handheld flashlight to see. Um Amin’s cries of pain could not drown out the crashing of shells around her. The operation left her utterly drained. She couldn’t believe she was still alive.She needed nourishment to recover what she had lost during the bleeding and to breastfeed her son. But hunger was stalking Gaza. Food was scarce, there was no white flour in the markets, and Israel was blocking aid trucks from entering the north. “All I had to eat was bread made from animal feed and water. When I had my other children, I relied on foods rich in animal proteins, but it was impossible this time. The price of meat was five times higher than normal.” Unable to adequately breastfeed her child, she had to find infant formula. But the price was multiple times higher than it used to be and more than she could afford. Eventually, she was forced to buy formula that was past its expiry date. “You might blame me, but there was literally no other option. I didn’t have enough money. It wasn’t clumped together, so the doctor told me it could still be used.” She would never find out. Due to the lack of clean water, she prepared the milk with non-potable water from a well. The baby refused to drink.

[soon-palestine]

There’s really no safe corner in #Gaza. The latest reports on evacuation orders in Gaza City will further impede delivery of very limited life saving care.

Al-Ahli and Patient Friendly hospitals are out of service. Patients either self-evacuated, were given early discharge or referred to Kamal Adwan and Indonesian hospitals, which are suffering shortage of fuel, beds and trauma medical supplies. Indonesian Hospital is triple over its capacity.

Al-Helou Hospital is within the blocks of the evacuation order but continues to be partially functional.

As-Sahaba and Al-Shifa hospitals are in close proximity to the areas under evacuation order but remain functional so far.

Six medical points and two primary health care centers are also within the evacuation zones.

These key hospitals and medical facilities could quickly become non-functional due to hostilities in their vicinity or obstruction to access.

Ceasefire!

[workersolidarity]

[ 📹 A child, wounded in the Israeli occupation's bombing of a school housing displaced civilian families outside the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, seeks comfort in the face of his brother as he lies helpless on a hospital bed. 📸 Photo of the evacuation orders issued by the Zionist army mandating all civilians to leave the city of Gaza under the threat of bombardment. ]

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GAZA GENOCIDE DAY 278: ZIONIST OCCUPATION ORDERS THE EVACUATION OF GAZA CITY WHILE COMMITTING BRUTAL NEW MASSACRES, SLAUGHTERS LARGE NUMBERS OF CIVILIANS IN BOMBING OF SCHOOL HOUSING DISPLACED PALESTINIAN FAMILIES AS GENOCIDE CONTINUES UNABATED

On 278th day of the Israeli occupation's ongoing special genocide operation in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) committed a total of 4 new massacres of Palestinian families, resulting in the deaths of no less than 52 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, while another 208 others were wounded over the previous 24-hours.

It should be noted that as a result of the constant Israeli bombardment of Gaza's healthcare system, infrastructure, residential and commercial buildings, local paramedic and civil defense crews are unable to recover countless hundreds, even thousands, of victims who remain trapped under the rubble, or who's bodies remain strewn across the streets of Gaza.

This leaves the official death toll vastly undercounted as Gaza's healthcare officials are unable to accurately tally those killed and maimed in this genocide, which must be kept in mind when considering the scale of the mass murder.

The Israeli occupation army has ordered the complete evacuation of Gaza City, once again displacing many thousands of Palestinian residents as the Zionist army continues its massacres of civilians.

According to Israeli Channel-12 News, the occupation army issued a proclamation to residents of Gaza City, stating that "Safe crossings allow you to pass quickly and without inspection from Gaza City to the shelters in Deir al-Balah and al-Zawaida. Omar Al-Mukhtar Street and Tarek Bin Ziyada Street are considered safe corridors to cross west to Al-Rashid Street and from there south. Al-Wahda Street and Khalil Al-Wazir Street are considered safe corridors for moving east to the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood and the city square, and from there to Salah al-Din in the south. Gaza City will be a dangerous combat zone."

Often, Israeli orders of evacuation often show faulty maps replete with missing sections or give contradictory orders, even according to information published by the mainstream US newspaper, the New York Times.

At the same time, the World Health Organization (WHO) has raised alarms over the escalating healthcare crises amidst ongoing Israeli bombing and chaotic evacuations, expressing concern that the occupation's evacuation orders interferes with the treatment of wounded civilians.

In a post to the social media platform X, Director-General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned that "There’s really no safe corner in Gaza. The latest reports on evacuation orders in Gaza City will further impede delivery of very limited life saving care."

Ghebreyesus said in his post that Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital and other "patient friendly hospitals" are no longer operational, with patients forced to either self-evacuate, or are being transferred to Kamal Adwan Hospital or the Indonesian Hospital, both of which are suffering from a severe "shortage of fuel, beds and trauma medical supplies."

The "Indonesian Hospital is triple over its capacity," according to Ghebreyesus, while Al-Helou Hospital, just blocks outside the evacuation area, is only partially operational. Additionally, Ghebreyesus said that As-Sahaba and Al-Shifa Hospitals, also just outside the main evacuation area, remain functional at this time.

"Six medical points and two primary health care centers are also within the evacuation zones," the Director-General said of the situation in and around Gaza City, adding a warning that "These key hospitals and medical facilities could quickly become non-functional due to hostilities in their vicinity or obstruction to access."

Elaborating on the catastrophic healthcare situation in the Gaza Strip, WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic, speaking at a United Nations press conference, said that just 13 out of 36 hospitals in Gaza remain partially operational.

Explaining the situation, Jasarevic said that "patients and medical staff evacuated three hospitals in one week in southern Gaza, fearing that intensified military operations could render health facilities inoperable or inaccessible."

"The cumulative capacity of beds in the six partially operating hospitals in southern Gaza, 3 in Deir al-Balah and 3 in Khan Younis, now stands at 1,334 beds," Jasarevic stated.

Jasarevic went on to add that "there are a total of 11 field hospitals in the Strip, three of which had to temporarily close, and four of which are partially operational due to hostilities in Rafah and reduced accessibility."

"Most of the field hospitals in Rafah will move to the central area," the WHO spokesperson concluded.

Meanwhile, even as the Israeli occupation displaced tens of thousands of civilians, forcing them out of Gaza City, no such orders were issued to the four schools housing displaced civilian families that the occupation army bombed over the last several days, killing at least 73 Palestinians, including large numbers of women and children.

The first of the bombings targeted a UNRWA School in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on July 6th, which housed upwards of 2'000 displaced Palestinians.

The bombing resulted in the deaths of 16 Palestinian civilians, most of whom were women and children, while another 50 others were wounded in the massacre.

The following day, the Zionist army bombed the "Holy Family" School in the northern Gaza Strip, killing 4 Palestinians and wounding many others.

Just one day later, on July 8th, Zionist warplanes bombed another UNRWA School in the Nuseirat Camp, resulting in a number of casualties.

The attacks on schools culminated with an occupation army attack on the Al-Awda School, housing displaced Palestinian families in the town of Abasan Al-Kabira, east of the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, killing upwards of 29 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, and wounding more than 53 others.

Observers have taken note the the four attacks on schools in Gaza have come in the context of ongoing hostage exchange negotiations between the Zionist entity and the Palestinian Resistance group, Hamas.

Deadly massacres aside, the Israeli occupation's bombing and shelling continues in various residential areas of the Gaza Strip, with dozens more Palestinians killed and wounded in the occupation army's attacks.

According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, on the 278th day of the Israeli occupation's ongoing genocide, local correspondants have reported the deaths of 8 citizens, including 6 children, and the injury of 10 others, as a result of the occupation army's bombing of residential homes in the Nuseirat Camp, in the central Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation forces also bombed several commercial shops in the Nuseirat Municipality, resulting in fires and massive destruction.

Occupation forces went on to bombard residential buildings in the Al-Mughraqa area, north of the Nuseirat Camp, also in the central Gaza Strip.

Additionally, paramedic and rescue crews have reported the deaths of at least 10 civilians, and several other casualties, after an occupation raid on Al-Nasr Street, as well as a residential apartment on the same street, near the "Eye Hospital", north of Gaza City.

Occupation artillery shelling pummeled neighborhoods southwest of Gaza City, wounding a number of civilians, including women and children, while occupation artillery shelling also targeted the Young Muslims Women's Association, located in the Jasmine Building in the city.

Zionist soldiers also fired heavy machine guns into various buildings in the Saudi neighborhood, west of the city of Rafah, south of Gaza.

In some more detail on some of the Israeli occupation forces' attacks today, local medical sources reported to WAFA News that 4 citizens were killed, and several others wounded, after occupation fighter jets bombed a residential house on Salah al-Din Street, north of the Nuseirat Camp, in central Gaza.

Similarly, in yet another atrocity, Zionist warplanes bombarded another residential home in the town of Bani Suhaila, east of the city of Khan Yunis, murdering two Palestinian civilians and wounding at least 6 others.

As a result of the Israeli occupation's ongoing war of extermination against the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip, the infinitely rising death toll now exceeds 38'295 Palestinians killed, including at least 10'000 women and over 15'000 children, while another 88'241 others have been wounded since the start of the current round of Zionist aggression, beginning with the events of October 7th, 2023.

For a total casualty count of over 126'500, or just over 5.5% of the total Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip.

July 10th, 2024.

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(PrR)(RNN) — 75 martyrs have ascended in the Gaza Strip since dawn today, with 72 of them in the north and 45 martyrs in Beit Lahia in the besieged northern Gaza Strip this morning as the siege continues into the second month. Over 100 air and artillery raids were carried out since dawn, including directly targeting (https://t.me/PalestineResist/65839) Beit Lahia hospital.

Additionally, the IOF withdrew from the vicinity of Tal Al-Zaatar, west of Beit Lahia, under the cover of fire, leaving several martyrs, wounded, and abductions. At the same time, the IOF released a number of Palestinian prisoners from Beit Lahia and Jabalia, sending them south to Gaza City.

In Beit Lahia, martyrs are laying in the streets, unable to be recovered due to drones and artillery shooting.

As a result of the bombing of Beit Lahia hospital, 4 martyrs ascended (including two children) and medical staff were wounded. The desalination station for the kidney dialysis department, the engineering and maintenance department, and the water tanks inside the hospital were targeted.

Director Hussam Abu Safiya said:

"The situation in the hospital is catastrophic, we live in a disaster area, and we are providing the minimum treatment.

The only survivors of the occupation's massacres are the martyrs."

Outside of Beit Lahia, the martyrs and events were distributed as follows in recent hours:

A number of other martyrs ascended in Beit Lahia, in at least 6 new bombings.

South of Gaza City and in the center of it, 5 martyrs and several wounded ascended near Al-Sahaba intersection (Media 1, 3).

A martyr also ascended in Bureij, central Gaza, succumbing to their wounds from yesterday.

In Al-Nasr neighborhood of Gaza City, 4 martyrs and 4 wounded ascended as a result of the IOF bombing near the Red Crescent medical point.

A martyr and several wounded were reported by a drone strike in Jabalia Al-Nazla.

Two martyrs ascended and several were wounded as a result of a drone strike in Sheikh Radwan, northwest of Gaza City.

3 martyrs and several wounded as a result of the IOF bombing the Abu Shamala family home north of Nusseirat, central Gaza.

Two martyrs as a result of a drone strike in Beit Hanoun, North Gaza.

A martyr and several wounded near Shifa Tower in Gaza City.

Wounded inside Al-Awda Hospital facing death due to lack of blood.

Martyrs and wounded as a result of the IOF bombing the Ghandour family in Jabalia.

[good-old-gossip]

International committee must be formed to investigate mass graves; victims must be examined and identified

Palestinian Territory - Immediate international action must be taken to investigate the hundreds of mass and random graves in the Gaza Strip containing the bodies of thousands of Palestinian victims since the start of Israel’s genocide, ongoing since 7 October 2023.

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor field teams have closely observed the recovery of hundreds of dead bodies from these mass graves, some of which were found in the courtyards of different Gaza Strip hospitals.

The significant number of graves and bodies is concerning and calls for rapid international action, which should include the immediate creation of an independent international investigation committee to look into the circumstances surrounding the creation of these graves and the deaths of the victims buried in them. This is especially important given that a large number of the victims were directly subjected to premeditated murder and arbitrary and extrajudicial executions while handcuffed.

A technical committee of experts is needed to investigate the burial circumstances and determine the cause of death of the victims that have been recovered. Additionally, a system for future identification ofdeceased victims’ identities must be developed.

The civil defence teams’ discovery of hundreds of bodies from mass graves in the courtyards of Al-ShifaMedical Complex and the Nasser Medical Complexrepresents a dark chapter in the history of Israeli military violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. 

The Euro-Med Monitor field teams previouslydocumented the recovery of dozens of bodies from the mass graves in Al-Shifa Medical Complex’s courtyards, belonging to handcuffed victims, otherindividuals who were wounded but not provided withmedical care, and those who were executed despite their health conditions.

The victims’ decomposing bodies were found in several places, with some having been run over by Israeli bulldozers which left their bodies torn into pieces.

The presence of urinary catheters or splints, whichwere found to be still attached to some of the dead patients’ bodies during the exhumation process, as well as medical files that were buried with them in Al-Shifa Medical Complex, confirm the execution of ill and injured people.

Due to the extended period of time in which the bodies were left in the mass graves—as Israeli forces had impeded their recovery for the past few months—most of the bodies were in a state of decomposition when recovered. Some of the corpses had also evidently been mauled by cats and dogs.

Dr Moatasem Saeed Salah, a member of the Ministry of Health’s emergency committee, told Euro-MedMonitor that after the withdrawal of Israeli forces, 30 bodies were found to have been buried in two makeshift cemeteries in Al-Shifa Medical Complexduring the Israeli siege of the medical facility. One of these cemeteries was in front of the reception and emergency department, and the second was in front of the industrial department.

Salah said that only 14 of the victims had been successfully identified, with the rest being patients or injured individuals who had been receiving treatment in the hospital.

The first mass grave at Al-Shifa Medical Complex was created on 15 October 2023, because it was impossible to move the deceased to Gaza City’s official cemetery, which is located in the eastern part of the city, due to Israeli bombardment. Afterwards, more of thesemakeshift graves were constructed, bringing thecurrent total to roughly 140 graves, some of which hold hundreds of bodies.

Among the mass graves that were reported in November and December of last year was the first random cemetery, located in the heart of Gaza City’s Al-Daraj neighbourhood. It was excavated on property belonging to the Al-Masry family on Al-Sahaba Street, spanning approximately 500 metres. It is estimated that at least 150 bodies are buried there.

A second random cemetery was similarly excavated in Al-Daraj neighbourhood on land near the Sha’biyyaintersection on Al-Istiklal Street (Al-Qaws). Its approximate size is 2,000 square metres, and it is thought to contain more than 200 buried bodies.

While recovering the bodies of the dead from under multi-storey buildings is extremely difficult, the majority of the recently recovered bodies have beenfound in simple one-storey buildings or on the streets.

Thousands of destroyed homes in multi-storey buildings that once held dozens of living people have become mass graves, because it is still impossible to retrieve their killed occupants, due to either a lack of technical means of removing rubble or the fact that these buildings are situated in areas where the Israeli military operations are still active.

The presence of mass graves is another unmistakable sign that grave crimes against Palestinians have been committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip. These crimes infringe upon Palestinians’ right to life; to not be subjected to enforced disappearances; to humane treatment; and to the right of the dead to be identified individually, treated with dignity when their remains are buried, and be buried in a way that respects their religious customs.

The international community must pressure Israel to identify the locations of all mass graves that the Israeli army has excavated in the Gaza Strip, plus take all necessary precautions to prevent Israeli forces from destroying or demolishing them or excavating additional mass graves; stealing Palestinian bodies from them; disfiguring these bodies; or treating victims inhumanely or in a degrading way after they have been killed.

Along with gathering all relevant evidence, and taking all necessary precautions to ensure that it is not lost—which could lead to the perpetrators of these crimes going unpunished—the international community is also required to open prompt, independent international investigations into the Israeli crimes connected to the existence of mass graves, including the unlawful killings of victims whose bodies were concealed within them.

The identification of the unidentified bodies buried in these graves should involve collaboration and participation from all capable international bodies.

Urgent international action is needed to set up special mechanisms and specialised teams to remove debris from homes and buildings that Israel’s army has bombed, rescue those trapped alive under the rubble, and retrieve the thousands of dead bodies stuck under it since the genocide began.

Decisive international pressure on Israel is necessary to facilitate the labour of the individuals and crews working to remove this rubble, such as civil defense crews. Pressure must also be put on Israel to release information on the fate of the thousands of Palestinian prisoners and detainees from the Gaza Strip who are being held by Israeli army forces, plus those who have been victims of murder, unlawful execution, and enforced disappearance in Israeli prisons and detention centres.

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor estimates that over 13,000 Palestinians are either missing under debris, buried in indiscriminate mass graves, or forcibly disappeared in Israeli prisons and detention facilities, where some have even been killed.

The circumstances surrounding the deaths of these prisoners and detainees have not yet been made public by the Israeli army, nor have any independent investigators been able to confirm or determine the details of their deaths. These victims’ bodies have not been exhumed, their identities have not been established, and their remains have not been repatriated, nor have their relatives been informed.

Victims’ bodies must be recovered immediately after death, as the current state of these decaying corpses poses a threat to public safety in the Strip. The spread of epidemics has already begun and the effects havebeen felt for several months now; this spread will havea further detrimental impact on the environment and public health. Amid reprehensible international complicity, Israel’s crime of genocide has not spared even the dead.

Thousands of Palestinians are still missing, which is a further crime against their families, who endure terrible psychological abuse. This kind of suffering and pain is especially experienced by the families of those who were detained and taken prisoner by the Israeli army; they are left in a state of perpetual fear and anxiety, not knowing what will become of their loved ones, where they are being held, how they are being treated, or when they will be released.

The international community must act swiftly and forcefully to defend Palestinian civilians against the genocide that Israel has been committing against themin the Strip for the past six months now. It must also work to ensure that Israel complies with international law and the ruling of the International Court of Justice, and is held responsible for all its crimes, including the recent massacre conducted in Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

Euro-Med Monitor urges the International Committee of the Red Cross to bear its responsibilities and verify the detention conditions of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons. The Red Cross must also take public stances and release statements each time Israel prevents it from carrying out its mandated duties, such as, most notably, paying visits to Palestinian prisoners and detainees to check on their condition.

Israel is required by international law to abide by certain rules, such as to protect and respect the bodies of dead people during armed conflicts, and take all reasonable steps to prevent parties to the conflict from depriving the dead of their dignity and from having their bodies mutilated.

The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions; the Special Rapporteur on the issue of torture; and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances must promptly and thoroughly investigate all serious crimes committed by the Israeli army against Palestinian prisoners and detainees—including extrajudicial executions and killings, torture, inhuman treatment, and forced disappearances—and submit reports concerning these crimes to all relevant parties in preparation for the work of fact-finding committees and international courts in considering, looking into, and trying cases pertaining to this genocide. 

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Israeli forces went through their “most intense day” of battle as they approached the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city of Khan Younis on Tuesday afternoon. The occupation forces had been attempting to control the Khan Younis governorate since Friday and reach the seaside street of Al-Rashid. Khan Younis is split into a zone east of Salah El-Din Street, where the towns of Al-Qarara, Abasan, Khuza’a, and Bani Suheila are located, and to the west lays the city of Khan Younis, Nasser Hospital, and the town of Al-Mawasi. Israeli forces have bombed most of these locations in the past 24 hours to pave the way for tanks to drive and cut Salah El-Din Street, a tactic it employed in southern Gaza at the start of the ground incursion in late October. Overnight, Israeli forces heavily bombed the Jabalia refugee camp north of Gaza City, killing and injuring hundreds of people. Wafa news agency reported that a residential neighborhood, known as Block 2 in the center of Jabalia, was bombed with a barrage of white phosphorous and smoke shells. Jabalia’s Falasteen School, where hundreds of people are taking shelter, was targeted by air strikes. Israeli forces also pummelled Gaza City and its environs, including Al-Nafaq Street, and Gaza City’s Al-Yarmouk and Al-Sahaba neighborhoods, killing at least ten people. In central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, at least six people were killed and dozens injured in an Israeli air strike on two houses, and three were killed when a house in Khan Younis refugee camp was bombed. Munir Al-Bursh, the Ministry of Health’s director general, told Al-Jazeera on Wednesday morning that 100 bodies are still inside Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, and that Israeli forces that surround the complex are not allowing medical staff to bury the dead as they are shooting at people endeavoring to move in the area. Bursh added that all of northern Gaza had run out of medical services on Wednesday morning. [...] Currently, 80 percent of the population in the Gaza Strip is internally displaced. Some 117,000 cases of acute respiratory infection were recorded by the Ministry of Health; 50,000 cases of skin disease, 86,000 cases of diarrhoea and severe dehydration in children under the age of five, and 1,000 cases of Hepatitis A short-lived liver infection.

-- From "‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 61: U.S. believes Israel’s Gaza invasion could last until the end of January" by Mustafa Abu Sneineh for Mondoweiss, 6 Dec 2023

[warningsine]

The mayor's home in the Libyan city of Derna has been burnt down, as hundreds of protesters demanded answers for last week's catastrophic flood.

They gathered on Monday night at the city's landmark Sahaba Mosque, many chanting for top officials in Libya's eastern government to be sacked.

Derna's whole city council has now been dismissed.

Internet and telephone access have also been shut down and journalists ordered to leave in a media crackdown.

More than 10,000 people are officially missing after two old and dilapidated dams burst, flooding the city.

Figures given for the number of people known to have died have varied widely but the UN says it has confirmed close to 4,000 deaths.

The UN now says one of its teams has been refused permission to enter Derna.

"We can confirm that search and rescue teams, emergency medical teams and UN colleagues who are already in Derna continue to operate," Najwa Mekki, of the UN's humanitarian body OCHA, told Reuters news agency on Tuesday.

"However, a UN team was due to travel from Benghazi to Derna today but were not authorized to proceed," she added.

The home of Derna's mayor, Abdulmenam al-Ghaithi, has become a focal point for people's anger.

Residents say they were not sufficiently warned by officials, who they believe must have known a huge amount of rainfall was coming.

They say they were also given a stay-at-home warning rather than being told to evacuate, although officials deny this.

Since the ousting of long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has been riven by power struggles and currently has two governments - a UN-recognised one based in Tripoli, and another in the country's east backed by warlord Gen Khalifa Haftar.

He has been calling the flooding a natural disaster but many Libyans disagree, saying the eastern government had neglected the dams despite prior warnings about their fragile condition.

Speaking from his hospital bed in Benghazi, 48-year-old Abdelqader al-Omrani told the AFP news agency that he and other people living near the dams had "warned the municipality and demanded repairs" after spotting leaks two years ago. "They [now] have our deaths on their conscience," he said.

Scientists from the World Weather Attribution group said Libya's conflict and poor dam maintenance had turned extreme weather into a humanitarian disaster, but noted that up to 50% more rain pounded eastern Libya because of global warming caused by human activity.

On Tuesday, the day after the protests, a minister in eastern Libya's government announced that all journalists had been asked to leave Derna, and accused them of hampering the work of rescue teams.

"Have no doubt, this is not about health or safety, but about punishing Dernawis [Derna's residents] for protesting," said Emadeddin Badi of the Atlantic Council think tank, in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

In addition to a large international aid effort, parts of Libya where, until recently, militias had been fighting each other are now sending volunteers and their own private vehicles with food, water, medicine and bedding.

But humanitarians warn of a brewing public health crisis and demonstrators say they need more aid.

And with their most vital possessions washed away by the water, they also want processing facilities set up to replace lost passports and identity documents.

Monday's rallies at the Sahaba Mosque - itself partially damaged by flooding - were the biggest seen since the floods hit, and there are suggestions the protest has some institutional backing.

"The location of the protest, the Sahaba Mosque, is normally cordoned off as part of the rescue area - so how come all of a sudden all the public was allowed to go [there]?" Claudia Gazzini of International Crisis Group in Libya told BBC Newsday.

"It makes me think that it wasn't necessarily just a spontaneous outburst of anger."

[baye-niasse]

The month of Safar is very special to Muslims and very much beloved to the Tijani Sufi community.

This month was blessed with the Saint of Saints, the Qutub of Aqtab and the Oceanof Sainthood whose two blessed feet are on the neck of every Wali from beginning of creations to the last man to die. The Hassani noble blood, Mawlana Shaykh Ahmad b Muhammad al Tijani رضي الله عنه.

Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse described Mawlana Shaykh with these beautiful attributes. He said,

فشيخي تقي طاهر رحب راحة،

كريم شريف وهو بعد نزيه.

“My Shaykh (a-Tijani) is pious, saintly (pure), hospitable, gracious; Kind, of noble blood and aside these, He's impartial (very candid)”

Congratulations to our blessed grandmother, Seyda Aisha رضي الله عنها for honoring this Ummah with Shaykh Ahmad Tijani, who is matchless and Unique in all Divine Stations. Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse said,

لعائش الفخر إذ جاءت بسيدنا،

قطب القطوب فريدا في المقامات.

“The Honor is due to Seydi Aisha (May Allah be pleased with her) for bringing forth our Leader, the Qutub of all Qutubs, Unique and Alone in all the stations.”

Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse رضي الله عنه in one of his Epistles in Jawahiru-rasail said;

وأما القطبانية فلأقطاب كثيرة والفرد واحد في كل زمان.

“And with respect to Qutubaniyya, the Aqtab are many but the “Fardu” is One in every Era”.

Know that the “Fardu” is the Maqam between Sidiqiyya and Prophethood.

Also, Shaykh Abubakar Ateequ Sanka Rta in his book (...مناهل الرشاد ) said,

إن في كل بلد له قطب، وكل إقليم له قطب، فعلى هذا يقال للقطب الفرد الذي هو خليفة الله في مملكته " القطب الغوث" وهو واحد في كل زمان...

"In every country there's a Qutub, and in every region there's a Qutuband for this reason is it said that, there's “al-Fardu” who is the Vicegerent of Allah in his Kingdom called “Qutub al-Gawth” and He is One in every Era."

For this Qutub al-Gawth, he has about 366 forms, bodies and faces which can be seen at so many different places at the same time except at the Ka'abah. For that place, He's only seen with his real self.

However, the Maqam of Mawlana Shaykh Ahmad b. Muhammad al Tijani رضي الله عنه is above the Maqam of Qutub al-Gawth, Qutubaniyya al-Uzma, and even Qutubaniyya al-Akmal to the Maqam of Katmiyyah which was appointed to him by Mawlana Rasool'Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم. Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse said,

وبعد جميع الرسل والصحب سيد،

لسام وحام ثم من كان يافثا.

“Excluding the all Messengers (Prophets) and the Sahaba, Mawlana Shaykh Ahmad Tijani is the leader of all the descendants of Sam, Ham and Yafith (Children of Nabi Nuh).”

Also, His Murids are far better and ahead of every Qutub in other Tariqah as Shaykh himself declared. Shaykh Tijani bun Baba al-Shangeeti al-Alawi said in Munyatul Murid,

وصحبه لا تدرك الأقطاب،

��تبتهم من طيبه طابوا.

“And the Aqtab can't grasp the rank or grade of the disciples of Shaykh Ahmad Tijani because from his perfume they all smell.”

Congratulations to every Murid for having Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani رضي الله عنه as his Shaykh and also being the Murid of his Tariqah. This is a priceless gift and greatest bounty from Allah. Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse رضي الله عنه in Ruhul Adab said,

خير شيوخ الدهر بالإطلاق،

إمامنا التجان ذو الأخلاق.

“The most excellent Shaykh of all time without a doubt in any respect, is our leader [Shaykh Ahmad ] Al-Tijani the possessor of great virtues.”

The Path of Shaykh Ahmad Tijani is the most excellent and best Sufi Order without any dispute. Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse said in طيب الأنفاس,

كما نسخ الماحي الشرائع كلها،

فشيخي عمري للطرائق ناسخ.

“Just as The Eraser (Prophet Muhammad) superseded all religions; By Allah, My Shaykh has superseded all Sufi Paths.”

And in Ruhul Adab, He added;

وخير كل الطرق بالإجماع،

طريقه أيضا بلا نزاع.

“And the best of Sufi path by consensus is again his path without any dispute.”

Why not? Because all the Sufi paths takes their Madad (Spiritual providence) from him as He himself said,

لا يشرب ولي ولا يسقى إلا من بحرنا.

“No Wali would drink or be given a drink save from our Ocean.”

Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse رضي الله عنه saw this in his vision which further confirmed the words of Mawlana Shaykh رضي الله عنه.

He said,

ﺗﻨﻮﺭﺗﻪ ﻓﻲ ﺣﻀﺮﺓ ﻗﺪﺳﻴﺔ،

ﻣﺪﻳﺮﺍً ﻟﻜﺎﺳﺎﺕ ﺍﻟﻤﻌﺎﺭﻑ ﺳﺎﻗﻴﺎ.

“I saw him in the Sacred Divine Presence,

As a patron distributing and serving the goblets of Ma’rifah [to all Awliya'Allah ].”

And in Ruhul Adab, He added;

برزخ كل عارف وأس لهم،

وينبوع وهو شمس.

“He Shaykh al-Khatm al-Tijani) is the intermediary and foundation every Arif (Scholar of divine knowledge); He is their flowing fountain and Sun.”

There are two types of oceans in the Spiritual Realm; the Ocean of Prophethood and the Ocean of Sainthood. The prophets drinks from the Prophethood ocean and became prophets while the Awliya'Allah also drinks from the ocean of Sainthood and becomes Saints. The ocean of the Prophethood is aDead sea to the Awliya'Allah, but amazingly, He drunk from the Ocean of Prophethood, and became the greatest Wali. Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse said in his praise,

ﻟﻌﻤﺮﻱ ﻫﺬﺍ ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ ﻋﻴﻦ ﻭﻻﻳﺔ

ﺗﻔﺠﺮ ﻣﻦ ﺑﺤﺮ ﺍﻟﻨﺒﻮﺓ ﺻﺎﻓﻴﺎ.

“By my life, this Shaykh is the source of Sainthood, that gushed forth from the Pure Ocean of Prophethood.”

He is on the Maqam of Khatmiyyah and Katmiyyah. He is the seal of Sainthood whose Station (Maqam) is concealed.

Shaykh Tijani bun Baba al-Shangeeti al-Alawi said in Munyatul Murid,

مقامه المكتوم عن كل الورى،

سوى النبي ما ��راءه ورا.

“His Station is concealed from all Mankind save the Prophet (Pbuh), beyond him is no one”.

On this Maqam, Mawlana Shaykh Ahmad b Muhammad al Tijani رضي الله عنه himself said,

إن ﻟﻨﺎ ﻣﺮﺗﺒﺔ ﺗﻨﺎﻫﺖ ﻓﻰ العلو إلى حد ﻳﺤﺮﻡ ﺫﻛﺮه ﻭ ﺇﻓﺸﺎﺅه ﻭليس هو ما ﺫﻛﺮﺗﻪ ﻟﻜﻢ، ولو ذكرته لأجمع أهل الحق والعرفان على قتلي فضلا عمن عداهم.

“Surely we a Rank that is the High exaltation to the utmost end that can't be mentioned or revealed; and it not what I have already mentioned to you.

Should I mention it, all the People of truth (Awliya'Allah) and Ma'arifah will gather to kill me; not even their enemies”.

With respect to this, Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse said,

ﻭﺛﻢ ﻭﺭﺍﺀ ﺍﻟﻌﻘﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻟﻮ ﺫﻛﺮﺗﻪ

ﻳﺮﻳﻖ ﺩﻣﺎﺋﻲ ﻣﻦ ﺃﺧﺎﻝ ﻣﻮﺍﻟﻴﺎ

“And there is that which is beyond the comprehension of human; even my close supporters will kill me, If I should mention it.”

Loving Mawlana Shaykh al-Khatm al-Tijani protects you from misery, Perdition and opens the doors of Sainthood. Mawlana Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse in Jawahir Al Rasail said,

واعلموا أن الله ساق الوجود في هذا الزمان مساق الهلاك ولا ينجوا منه أحد إلا من رزقه الله محبة سيدنا الشيخ الختم التجاني، وذالك لابد أن يكون عارفا بالله بضمان سيد الوجود صلى الله عليه وسلم

“And know that Allah has driven Mankind in this era to the path of perdition, and no one will escape from it except those whom Allah has provided with the love of our Master Shaykh al-Khatm al-Tijani, and for this without a doubt, He shall also become A knower of Allah (Arifbillah) by the guarantee of the Master of all being, Mawlana Rasool'Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم.”

Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Arabi al-Damarawi who happens to be the intermediary between Mawlana Rasool'Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم and Shaykh al-Khatm al-Tijani also made similar comments that he has seen people driving to the path of perdition and none will escape from it except those who recites Salat al Fatih.

Nevertheless, You definitely know that the era of Shaykh al-Tijani is better than the era of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse and also the era of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse is far better than our current times. So we must busy our hearts with the love of Shaykh al-Khatm al-Tijani رضي الله عنه. May Allah increase Wadman Waduud, and whoever reads this the love of Shaykh al-Tijani.

Shaykh al-Khatm al-Tijani رضي الله عنه gave a guarantee on his love with these remarks;

قد أخبرني سيد الوجود أن كل من أحبني فهو حبيب للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ولا يموت حتى يكون وليا قطعا.

“The Master of the Universe (Prophet Muhammad) has told me that anyone who loves me is a lover of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and definitely won't die till Allah makes him a Wali.”

He also said,

قال سيد الوجود صلى الله عليه وسلم: أنت من الآمنين و من أحبك من الآمنين أنت حبيبي ومن أحبك حبيبي.".

“The Master of the Universe (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم ) said: “ You are among the safed, and the one who loves you is among the safe ones. You are my beloved, and the one who loves you is my beloved.”

He also said,

أبشروا أن كل من كان في محبتنا إلى أن مات عليها يبعث من الآمنين على أي حالة كان ما لم يلبس حلة الأمن من مكر الله.

“Be assured and spread the good news that anyone who loves us until He die, he will be resurrected from among those who are safe in any condition, as long as he does not wear a robe of security (feels secured) from Allah's plan .”

The last but not the least, Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Arabi al-Damarawi heard Mawlana Rasool'Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم saying to him,

لولا محبتك في التجاني ما رأيتني قط.

“If it wasn’t for your love for Shaykh al-Tijani, you would never have seen me.”

When Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse realized this, He finished himself in the love of Abul Abass رضي الله عنه. He said,

لذاك همت غراما من مودته،

تعتادني زفرات كل أوقاتي.

“That is why I loved him with deep attachment and sincere affection; and the makes me sigh in all my time.”

May Allah increase us in his Love, grant us his nearness and make us his trusted Murids... Ameen.

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California: Judge vacates sentence of convicted terrorist, blames CAIR lawyer’s incompetence

Hayat claimed jihad was the duty of all Muslims and gleefully stated he was “so pleased” jihadis cut Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl “into pieces.”

By Lloyd Billingsley

In 2006, federal judge Garland E. Burrell sentenced Hamid Hayat of Lodi, California, to 24 years in prison for, as the U.S. Department of Justice explained, “a series of terrorism charges related to his 2003/2004 attendance at a jihadi training camp in Pakistan and his 2005 return to the United States with the intent to wage violent jihad.”

As prosecutors charged, the man with “a jihadi heart and a jihadi mind” intended to target hospitals, banks and grocery stores. Hayat boasted about giving money to Sipah-e-Sahaba, a group that Pakistan declared a terrorist organization. The case was one the first major prosecutions of terrorism in the wake of 9/11.

Nearly 14 years later, judge Burrell, an appointee of George H.W. Bush, has vacated the sentence and conviction of Hamid Hayat, now 36.  This  action was based not on new exculpatory evidence but what amounted to a post-facto performance review of Hayat’s trial attorney by magistrate judge Deborah Barnes.

In May of 2006, Hamid’s father, Umer Hayat, pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the FBI and United States Customs and Border Protection. He was tried by a separate federal jury but the proceeding ended in a mistrial and Umer Hayat gained release in August of 2006. Hamid Hayat’s attorney Wahzma Mojaddidi, a former CAIR president in Sacramento, contended there was no evidence that Hamid attended a terrorist training camp and pushed for a new trial.

In 2007, federal authorities argued against a new trial, and as their legal brief noted, Hayat claimed that jihad was the duty of all Muslims. In recorded interviews, Hayat gleefully stated he was “so pleased” that jihadis had cut Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl “into pieces.” Hayat said Pearl “was Jewish” and that as a result of this “good job,” now “they can’t send one Jewish person to Pakistan.”

In 2013, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Hayat’s conviction and in 2014 U.S. District Judge Garland Burrell denied Hayat’s motion for summary judgment to vacate his conviction. Following that ruling, former U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott, who headed the Hayat’s 2006 prosecution, told reporters it was “a righteous prosecution and a just result.”

Hayat’s defenders CAIR and the Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA) went shopping for a judge and found magistrate judge Deborah Barnes. A relative newcomer to California’s Eastern District, Barnes spent much of her career in the office of California’s attorney general, where she worked on environmental issues.

Barnes’ June 7, 2017 order raised “serious questions concerning the competency of the defense.”  That was the defense Hayat’s team wanted, led by CAIR rising star Wahzma Mojaddidi, who denied she was to blame for losing the case. The judge wasn’t done, and in January of 2018 Barnes ordered an evidentiary hearing on the Hayat case that proved revealing on several fronts.

Hayat’s new attorneys wanted family members to testify by video from Pakistan. For prosecutors, that raised questions about how the witnesses would be sworn in, and the consequences if they lied.

Barnes’ hearing included two nights of testimony for the Pakistani witnesses, using an encrypted federal court videoconferencing system and an Urdu interpreter. All the witnesses testified that Hamid Hayat was a great guy and could not have attended a terrorist training camp. It remains unclear if any cross-examination took place.

Last January, Judge Barnes submitted a 116-page recommendation that the conviction of Hamid Hayat be vacated, based on the same performance review of Hayat’s attorney Wazhma Mojaddidi, CAIR’s choice to defend him in the first place.  That recommendation went to judge Garland Burrell, whose July 30 ruling contends that Hayat’s attorney, Wazhma Mojaddidi, “provided him with deficient representation.” Therefore, Hayat’s “convictions and sentence should be vacated.”

Sacramento CAIR boss Basim Elkarra told reporters the Hayat case affected “the young generation of Muslim Americans who saw one of their own convicted in a post-9/11 world while completely innocent.” As prosecutor McGregor Scott noted, Burrell had only ruled on the competence of Wazhma Mojaddidi, and did not determine Hayat’s guilt or innocence. At this writing, no appeal has been announced but it seems clear one is needed.

A higher court might have some thoughts about Hayat’s family members testifying from Pakistan by video, in a night session. How these witnesses established their identity, and under what system of law they were sworn in, remains unclear. By all indications, magistrate judge Deborah Barnes believed the Pakistani Muslims told the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. A higher court might have some questions about that, and a lot more.

Two judges accept the claim that Wazhma Mojaddidi was incompetent, therefore her client Hamid Hayat is innocent and should be released. By this reasoning, an incompetent attorney constitutes exculpatory evidence, and a judge’s performance review is sufficient to turn loose a man convicted of “a series of terrorism charges.”  A higher court might have trouble with that, and more, but for Hayat’s legal team it’s a done deal. 

According to the Sacramento Bee, the day after Burrell’s ruling, a prison counselor told Hamid Hayat, “start packing your stuff, you’re ready to go home.” If this absurd ruling stands, other terrorists will also be heading home, bringing on more cases of no justice and no peace.

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Climate change likely contributed to one of the oldest examples of human warfare

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Climate change likely contributed to one of the oldest examples of human warfare

One of the oldest known war cemeteries, discovered in the Nile River Valley, did not necessarily originate from a single epic battle like we once thought. 

According to a full reanalysis of this ancient burial site, known as Jebel Sahaba, the humans buried here were probably subject to a series of violent skirmishes rather than one single, tragic onslaught. If so, the researchers suggest a coveted spot in a landscape ravaged by climate change could be the cause.

Reexamining the bones of 61 individuals from the site, researchers have found over a hundred new signs of injury, many of which were not fatal.

A quarter of the skeletons were found with both healed and unhealed wounds, which suggests this group of hunter-gatherers experienced brutal episodes of violence more than once in their lives. 

Most of the trauma appears to have been caused by projectile weapons, like arrows or spears, which means the attacks likely came from outside the group and not from within.

Because men, women and children were all affected and buried in similar ways, the authors think the violence was caused by skirmishes, raids, or ambushes. 

“We dismiss the hypothesis that Jebel Sahaba reflects a single warfare event, with the new data supporting sporadic and recurrent episodes of inter-personal violence,” the study authors write, “probably triggered by major climatic and environmental changes.”

A projectile buried in the bone of a left hip found at Jebel Sahaba. (Isabelle Crevecoeur/Marie-Hélène Dias-Meirinho)

The Jebel Sahaba cemetery is dated between 13,400 and 18,600 ago, and is considered evidence for one of the world’s oldest examples of organized violence.

When the mass burial site was first discovered in the 1960s, archaeologists thought it reflected a single brutal war, but a team of anthropologists, prehistorians and geochemists from the French National Centre for Scientific Research and the University of Toulouse – Jean Jaurès now refute that idea.

The frequency of healed wounds at the site instead suggests a life filled with violence, and the timing coincides with the end of the last Ice Age. This extreme climate change transformed the eastern Sahara desert into a cold and hyper arid region, with only a few places hospitable to humans.

The Nile River Valley was one such refuge, with easy access to water, fish, and lush vegetation. At this time, however, the river was prone to wild fluctuations in water level, which meant there wasn’t much land on which to live.

Soon, these few ideal spots became crowded with hunter-gatherers and competition for resources began to heat up. Stuck together in this one area of the world, different groups of humans likely began turning on each other in a series of battles.

“Territorial and environmental pressures triggered by climate changes are most probably responsible for these frequent conflicts between what appears to be culturally distinct Nile Valley semi-sedentary hunter-fisher-gatherers groups,” the authors conclude. 

The research supports growing evidence that climate change is a leading driver of human conflict, both now and in the past. 

Drought and violence are commonly linked in human history, as different societies fight for the most fertile land. With the world entering a climate crisis like never before, some experts think we are headed for even greater conflict in the future.

Others think the relationship between climate change and human violence is more complicated than that. In fact, there may come a point when resources are so scarce, the cost of violence becomes too high.

Finding out what happened during the last ice age could allow us greater insight into how human behavior changes with the climate. Sites like Jebel Sahaba could therefore give us a glimpse at what is to come.

The study was published in Scientific Reports.

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Berkat Bantuan 3 Ekor Anjing, Pria Tunanetra Cetak Sejarah Lomba Maraton

Forbes – Seorang pria bernama Thomas Panek menorehkan prestasi sekaligus mencetak sejarah pada New York City Half Marathon yang digelar pada Minggu pagi, 17 Maret 2019 waktu setempat. Dikutip dari CNN, Senin (18/3/2019), Panek yang juga seorang tunanetra mencetak sejarah lantaran bisa menyelesaikan maraton tersebut. Namun, itu semua tak bisa ia selesaikan jika tidak ada bantuan dari tiga ekor anjing bernama Westley, Waffle, dan Gus. Ketiga anjing itu bahkan menjadi atlet berkaki empat pertama yang ikut berpartisipasi dalam lomba. "Kami benar-benar menjadi sebuah tim," katanya. Panek, dengan dibantu ketiga hewan peliharaannya, dapat menyelesaikan lomba dalam waktu 2 jam 21 menit. Menurut Panek, ia tidak akan berhenti berolahraga meski ia mengalami gangguan penglihatan. Dari tiga anjing tersebut, Gus adalah yang paling lama menjadi sahaba Panek. Panek menuturkan bahwa pengalaman ini dapat menginspirasi orang lain. Jika ada seseorang yang mengalami kondisi sepertinya, maka tidak boleh menyerah sama sekali.

Tunanetra Berhasil Capai Garis Finis Maraton

Prestasi membanggakan juga datang dari Richard Bernstein. Meski Rtidak dapat melihat sejak lahir, bukan berarti membuat ia tak mampu melakukan apa-apa. Buktinya, pada acara maraton ke-18 di New York City tahun 2013, Amerika Serikat, pria itu berhasil menyentuh garis finis walaupun harus berada di urutan terakhir. Menurut catatan akhir, Richard ini berhasil menyelesaikan perlombaan itu dalam waktu 5 jam, 51 menit, dan 22 detik. Seperti dilansir laman Fox News, Bernstein ternyata sempat terdaftar sebagai peserta lomba lari maraton ke-17 setahun lalu. Namun sayang, sebulan sebelum bertanding, ia mengalami kecelakaan yang membuatnya harus menjalani proses pemulihan. Ketika sedang berjalan di bagian pejalan kaki di Central Park, seorang pengendara sepeda tiba-tiba saja menabrak dari belakang dan membuatnya tersungkur. Akibat dari peristiwa nahas itu, Bernstein mengalami luka yang cukup serius, termasuk pinggul dan panggul sebelah kiri yang retak, yang membuatnya harus menjalani perawatan selama 10 minggu di Mount Sinai Hospital di New York City, Amerika Serikat. Read the full article

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MASS MURDER OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS CONTINUES AS ZIONIST ARMY SYSTEMATICALLY BOMBS HOMES UNTOUCHED BY WAR

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued its genocidal war in the Gaza Strip today, Friday, July 5th, targeting the few remaining residential homes and neighborhoods untouched by the Israeli occupation's ongoing bombing campaign.

According to Palestinian public broadcaster PalestineTV, the Zionist army shelled a residential neighborhood in the Sheikh Nasser area, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians who were transported to the Nasser medical complex in the city.

The Israeli atrocities continued when IOF warplanes bombed a residential house in the Nuseirat Camp, in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of four Palestinians and wounding several others, while an occupation drone strike targeted a gathering of civilians in the Al-Mawasi area (designated a humanitarian zone), west of the city of Rafah, south of Gaza, killing two more civilians and wounding a number of others.

In another war crime, Zionist aircraft bombed a residential house in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, east of Gaza City, murdering two civilians and wounding at least six others.

Further, local rescue crews reported recovering two dead bodies after an IOF fighter jet bombed a residential home belonging to the Rifai family, also in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, in reporting published by the Palestinian Ma'an News Agency, the Israeli occupation forces committed another two massacres when occupation air forces bombed a house and a warehouse belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA), in the Al-Maghazi and Nuseirat Camps in central Gaza, killing at least 9 civilians and wounding a number of others.

Zionist warplanes also bombed a house belonging to the Madoukh family, in the Al-Sahaba area of the Al-Daraj neighborhood, east of Gaza City, killing three Palestinians and wounding several others who were transferred to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the city.

Local medical sources are also reporting the deaths of two young Palestinian children, and the injury of a number of civilians, after occupation warplanes bombed a house in the Al-Nafaq area in central Gaza City. Casualties were transported to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the city of Gaza.

The current death toll as a result of the Israeli occupation's ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip now exceeds 38'011 Palestinians killed, while another 87'445 others have been wounded since the start of the current round of Zionist aggression, beginning with the events of October 7th, 2023.

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Pak has 69 banned groups, it sponsors half of India's proscribed outfits: Documents

NEW DELHI: Pakistan is the epicentre of terrorism with a long list of outlawed organizations, including the latest to be banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa, and the country abets and aids almost half of the proscribed groups in India, according to official documents. Pakistan's National Counter Terrorism Authority (NCTA) has so far declared 69 terrorist organizations as banned. However, it has turned a blind eye to major terrorist groups such as the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and the Al Badr operating in Jammu and Kashmir, the documents state. On Thursday, Pakistan banned the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and its charity wing Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation, amid intense global pressure to rein in the militant groups following the Pulwama terror attack that claimed lives of 44 CRPF soldiers. The JuD's network includes 300 seminaries and schools, hospitals, a publishing house and ambulance service. The two groups have about 50,000 volunteers and hundreds of other paid workers, as per officials. According to the NCTA, a sizeable number of thorganizationsns, declared as outlawed by Pakistan, are based in Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Documents of the Indian Home Ministry state that almost half of India's total 41 banned terrorist groups are either based in Pakistan or their leadership are based in the neighbouring country or the organisations are sponsored by Pakistan. Such groups include the Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-E-Toiba, Hizb-Ul-Mujahideen, Harkat-Ul-Mujahideen, Al Badr, Dukhtaran-E-Millat, Babbar Khalsa International, Khalistan Commando Force and International Sikh Youth Federation. The NCTA started declaring organisations as proscribed in 2001, by banning Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ). The LeJ is based in Pakistan with limited operations in Afghanistan. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (Afghanistan), Balochistan Republican Army, Balochistan Liberation Front, Lashkar-e-Balochistan, Balochistan Liberation United Front, Tanzeem Naujawana-e-Ahle Sunnat, Gilgit, Anjuman-e- Imamia Gilgit Baltistan and Muslim Students Organization (MSO) Gilgit are among the banned organisations, as per NCTA documents. The few others are the Abdullah Azam Brigade (Lebanon, Syria and Arabian Peninsula), East Turkemenistan Islamic Movement (Turkey, Afghanistan), Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan) and Islamic Jihad Union (Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Germany). Two groups -- the Ghulaman-e-Sahaba and the Maymar Trust -- have been under the scanner of the Pakistan government while another, Al-Akhtar Trust, has been declared a proscribed organisation under a UN Security Council resolution. The Hafiz Saeed-led JuD is believed to be the front organisation for the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) which also is responsible for carrying out the Mumbai attack that killed 166 people. It was declared as a foreign terrorist organisation by the US in June 2014. Even through JeM, responsible for the Pulwama terror attack, and LeT, responsible for the 26/11 attack, were banned by Pakistan, founders of both the terrorist groups -- Masood Azhar and Hafiz Saeed respectively -- are roaming freely in Pakistan. Read the full article

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The Hazaras in Pakistan have been targeted by Sunny extremist groups with guns and bombs especially in the last decade. The group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) has claimed most of the attacks. The Hazaras have been attacked in different places while they go about their day, leaving them to live in fear. Of the dozens of arrested suspects only a handful have been convicted. 

“‘Sunni extremists have targeted Hazara with guns and bombs while they participate in religious processions, pray in mosques, travel to work, or just go about daily life,’ said Brad Adams, Asia director. ‘There is no travel route, no shopping trip, no school run, no work commute that is safe for the Hazara. The government’s failure to put an end to these attacks is as shocking as it is unacceptable.’

The ongoing attacks have meant that the half-million members of the Hazara community in Quetta live in fear, compelled to restrict their movements, leading to economic hardship and curtailed access to education and employment. This oppressive situation has prompted large numbers of Hazara to flee Pakistan for refuge in other countries.

Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 100 survivors, members of victims’ families, law enforcement, security officials, and independent experts for the report.

Since 2008, Pakistan’s Shia Muslim community has been the target of an unprecedented escalation in sectarian violence as Sunni militants have killed thousands of Shia across the country. The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), group has claimed responsibility for most attacks, yet many of its leaders continue to play command and leadership roles and avoid prosecution or otherwise evade accountability. A number of convicted high-profile LeJ militants and suspects in custody have escaped from military and civilian detention in circumstances the authorities have been unable to explain.

On January 10, 2013, the suicide bombing of a snooker club in Quetta frequented by Hazaras killed 96 people and injured at least 150. Many of the victims were caught in a second blast 10 minutes after the first, striking those who had gone to the aid of the wounded. On February 17, 2013, a bomb exploded in a vegetable market in Quetta’s Hazara Town, killing at least 84 Hazara and injuring more than 160. The LeJ claimed responsibility for both attacks, the bloodiest attacks from sectarian violence in Pakistan since independence in 1947.

‘It’s obscene that the Hazara community has been forced into a fearful and terrorized existence because the Pakistani authorities have failed to stop the LeJ’s violence,’ Adams said. ‘But it’s beyond obscene that Pakistani authorities have suggested to Hazara that their severely curtailed rights are simply the price of staying alive.’

Civilian and military security forces deployed in Balochistan have done little to investigate attacks on Hazara or take steps to prevent the next attack. Many Hazara told Human Rights Watch that discriminatory attitudes and hostility towards them by elected officials and state security services are an important reason why such attacks go uninvestigated and unpunished.

The LeJ has also killed with increasing impunity members of the Frontier Corps paramilitary or police assigned to protect Shia processions, pilgrimages, and Hazara neighborhoods. While the Pakistani military and political authorities deny any complicity in the LeJ’s abuses or sympathy for its activities, the LeJ has historically benefitted from ties with elements in the country’s security services.

Pakistani and Balochistan authorities claim to have arrested dozens of suspects in attacks against Shia since 2008, but only a handful are known to have been convicted. Pakistan’s government should disband and disarm the LeJ and criminally investigate its leadership and others implicated in crimes. Pakistan’s international allies and donors should press the government to uphold its international human rights obligations and promote good governance by investigating sectarian killings in Balochistan and prosecuting all those responsible.

‘Government officials and security forces need to understand that failure to tackle LeJ atrocities is no longer an option,’ Adams said. ‘Inaction in the face of the slaughter of the Hazara and the wider Shia community is not only a callous betrayal of its own citizens, but suggests state complicity in allowing these crimes to continue.’

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and the Hazara

Pakistan’s current population is estimated at approximately 185 million, of whom approximately 95 percent are Muslim. Sunnis represent approximately 75 percent of this population and Shias 20 percent. The Hazara Shia community is concentrated in Quetta and is estimated to be around 500,000.

The emergence in Afghanistan in 1994 of the Pakistan-government-backed Taliban, militant Sunni Muslims who view Shia as blasphemers, unleashed a new wave of persecution against the Hazara in Afghanistan. In August 1998, when Taliban forces entered the multi-ethnic northern Afghan city of Mazar-i Sharif, they killed at least 2,000 civilians, the majority of them Hazaras.

A number of Pakistanis, including members of the extremist Sunni group Sipah-i-Sahaba (SSP) and its offshoot, the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), fought on the side of the Taliban in Mazar-e Sharif. The links between these Afghan and Pakistani Sunni militant groups and the flood of Hazara into Balochistan prompted a rise in persecution of the Hazara in that province.

Accounts from ‘We are the Walking Dead’

‘I drive coaches on the route to the Iran border. [The gunmen] came speeding just as we entered Mastung district and intercepted us. I don’t remember how many men there were, but there were all armed with Kalashnikovs [assault rifles] and rocket launchers. They told us to get out. They asked who the Sunnis were, asking for names. Then they told the Sunnis to run. We jumped and ran for our lives. Everybody was so scared … someone ran in this direction and someone in that direction. But while they allowed everybody who was not a Shia to get away, they made sure that the Shias stayed on the bus. Afterward they made them get out and opened fire. I saw it while taking shelter in a nearby building.’ –Sunni Bus Driver, Quetta

‘I had left the shop 10 minutes prior to the attack. There were four shops owned and run by Hazara Shias in one row and all four were attacked together. Six to seven people on motorbikes came and opened fire. They killed the Hazaras who were working in the shops and also those who were working at the back in the storeroom. I later learned that, two days before the attack, someone came to a Pashtun shopkeeper whose shop was four shops down from the Hazara-owned shops and asked which ones were owned by Hazaras. The attackers knew exactly how many Hazaras worked in those shops and where. They knew that there were people working in the storerooms as well, which is why they went to the back of the shops and killed people.’ –Hazara Shopkeeper, Quetta

‘Yusuf was a handsome young boy. He was 22 years old and studying business at a local college. As soon as the [Eid] prayers ended, Yusuf went out of the mosque to greet some friends – I saw him leave. Then the blast took place. Some of the dead and injured had already been rushed to hospital so we went to the Civil Hospital. I walked into the emergency and there was a line of bodies with shrouds covering their faces. I lifted the cover off the first and it was my son. His body was totally burned – there was a cavity where his heart had been and his entire body was marked with pellets. I recognized him only by his hands.

The government is increasingly failing in its duty to protect us. There is only the law of the jungle or worse if you are Shia. I have a good business, I pay taxes but I still feel I am a second-class citizen in Pakistan. Why are Shias to be killed? Why does the government allow Lashkar-e-Jhangvi to kill us?’ –Hazara victim’s father, Quetta”