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Israel says it has resumed fighting

The Israeli army has issued a statement saying that it has resumed fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. It says that Hamas violated the truce by firing into Israel territory.

Israeli military says “launch” was detected and intercepted; reports of gunfire and explosions in north of the Gaza strip.

International mediators, including Qatar, Egypt and the US, are pushing for another extension of Gaza truce, set to expire at 7am

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In the UAE, President Herzog meets King Charles III and discusses with him efforts to free Israeli hostages from Gaza.

The president asked the king “to use all his diplomatic clout to advance efforts to bring the kidnapped daughters and sons back home,” his office says.

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At least three killed in south Lebanon as Israel, Hezbollah resume fighting

Israeli shelling has killed three people in southern Lebanon, Lebanon’s state news agency reports after the end of a truce between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas prompted a resumption of hostilities at the Israel-Lebanon border.

The Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, said one of its fighters was among those killed on Friday.

It said it had carried out several attacks on Israeli military positions at the border in support of Palestinians in Gaza, where a weeklong pause in the fighting ended early in the day.

The Israeli army said its artillery struck sources of fire from Lebanon and its air defences had intercepted two launches. The army also said it struck a “terrorist cell”. Sirens warning of incoming rockets sounded in several towns in northern Israel, sending residents running for shelter.

Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that two people were killed by Israeli shelling in the Lebanese border town of Houla and one person was killed in the village of Jebbayn.

A woman and her 35-year-old son were killed in Houla, Shakeeb Koteich, the head of its municipal council, told the Reuters news agency, saying both were civilians. Hezbollah later said one of its members was killed in Houla.

“A shell landed near the house, and then a second one hit the house,” Koteich said by telephone.

Since the eruption of the Hamas-Israel war on October 7, Hezbollah has mounted near daily rocket attacks on Israeli positions at the border while Israel has conducted air and artillery strikes in southern Lebanon.



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At least three killed in south Lebanon as Israel, Hezbollah resume fighting

Israeli shelling kills a woman and her son in Houla as Hezbollah says one of its fighters is also killed.
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Hamas Says 178 Killed In Israeli Strikes In Gaza Since Truce Ended

Israel resumed its deadly bombardment of Gaza on Friday despite international calls for a renewed truce, killing at least 178 people according to Hamas authorities as five hostages held by the Hamas group were also confimed dead.

Clouds of grey smoke from strikes shot up on the Gaza skyline and rockets fired from the territory streaked into Israel as Israel resumed its offensive, sparked by the deadly Hamas attacks and kidnappings on October 7.

The health ministry in Gaza run by the Palestinian Hamas group said at least 178 people had been killed there since the pause in hostilities expired early Friday.



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Hamas Says 178 Killed In Israeli Strikes In Gaza Since Truce Ended

The Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip said 178 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory on Friday after fighting resumed following the end of a truce between Israel and Hamas.
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Israel confirms death of several captives in Gaza

Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that four hostages, Eliyahu Margalit, Mia Goren, Ronen Engel and Aryeh Zalmanovich, had died in Gaza.

Hagari said that the families of the dead captives had been notified, although he did not specify how the captives had died, nor when.

The Times of Israel also reported that a statement issued on behalf of Kibbutz Be’eri on Friday announced the death of one of its residents, Ofra Keider, in Gaza. She had been taken captive on October 7.

Another captive, Guy Iluz, was announced dead by the high school he graduated from, with no further details provided, the website said.

Earlier on Friday, Israel announced the death of Ofir Tzarfati, who was also taken captive on October 7.

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Intense Israeli bombing of southern Gaza likely ‘paving way’ for ground operation

Israeli attacks on the south of Gaza did not stop during the last 24 hours and intensified during the night.

Israeli forces concentrated their attacks on eastern areas of Khan Younis and also on the coastal line of the city, where they destroyed a number of residential houses.

The majority of the attacks were directed towards agricultural land, which means they are paving the way for further military ground incursions similar to what happened in the north.

They start with artillery on the ground and also aerial bombardments in order to pave the way for Israeli ground troops to push forward as the occupation forces previously announced that they would expand their military operation even in the south of the territory.

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The UK’s Charity Commission has been urged to investigate a British charity raising money for Israeli soldiers fighting in Gaza.

The charity, the UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers (UK-AWIS), is asking for donations to support forces taking part in Operation Swords of Iron, the Israeli military’s codename for its war against Hamas.

In a post on its Facebook page on 17 November, UK-AWIS said: “Each generous donation allows us to better provide essentials for our frontline soldiers in Operation Swords of Iron.”

But pro-Palestinian campaign groups and charities fundraising to support humanitarian efforts in Gaza questioned whether that cause could be considered a charitable endeavour given the scale of civilian casualties inflicted by Israeli forces.

The United Nations Security Council last week heard that more than two-thirds of the 14,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza were women and children.

The current death toll, as fighting resumed on Friday following a week-long truce, stands at more than 15,000, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Tayab Ali, director of the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, told Middle East Eye: "It is imperative for the Charity Commission to investigate a charity that supports members of a foreign military force where there is significant evidence its military personnel may be engaged in serious violations of international law.

“British public money should not be collected or used to support soldiers where doing so may make the charity complicit in war crimes which in itself cannot be considered to be in line with its charitable purposes.”

UK AWIS had not responded to MEE’s questions about how its donations to the IDF were being used, or to requests for comment at the time of publication.

MEE called the charity's London office. But the call was ended when MEE identified itself and before any questions could be asked.

A Charity Commission spokesperson told MEE: “Concerns have been raised with us regarding fundraising activities by the UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers and we are currently assessing information to determine any next steps.”

UK AWIS is the British arm of an Israeli organisation, the Association for Israeli Soldiers, which is funded by the Israeli Defence Ministry and works closely with the Israel Defence Forces (IDF).

It describes itself as the “sole avenue through which donations can be made directly to IDF soldiers and IDF units”.

Its main objective, according to its website, is "to promote the wellbeing of Israel’s sons and daughters in uniform. UK AWIS is one of many branches around the world that actively raise funds for the wide range of projects and facilities that enhance the wellbeing of Israel’s soldiers".

Options for donors on UK AWIS’s website include a three-year sponsorship package priced at £75,000 ($95,000) to “adopt an IDF combat unit”.

It also funds projects in support of Israel’s “lone soldiers”, many of whom are recruits from abroad including the UK who volunteer to fight for the country’s military.

According to its most recent annual report, last year it provided funding totalling more than £110,000 ($139,000) for projects to help with the well-being of soldiers, to provide scholarships to underprivileged former soldiers, and to refurbish leisure facilities for recreational purposes.

Charities in the UK are required to serve a purpose that fulfils a public benefit and are regulated by the Charity Commission.

Guidance published by the commission states that it is a legal requirement that “any detriment or harm that results from this purpose must not outweigh the benefit”.

Israeli forces in Gaza have been accused of war crimes by rights organisations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has noted that the court has jurisdiction over current events in Gaza and the West Bank and has reminded Israel of its legal obligations.

Nur Choudhury, the chair of Human Aid and Advocacy, a humanitarian charity with teams on the ground in Gaza, told MEE: “It is deeply worrying that a UK-regulated charity is permitted to openly raise funds for the military wing of an apartheid state, facilitating its genocidal actions in Palestine.

“The Charity Commission must fulfil its role in safeguarding charities from complicity in war crimes.”

Source: Middle East Eye

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Israel-Palestine war: UK charity is fundraising for Israeli soldiers fighting in Gaza

Charity Commission urged to investigate UK-AWIS, which invites donors to 'adopt an IDF combat unit', amid fears its activities could make it complicit in war crimes
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It's a good thing because it makes sure the charity is doing the right thing with the money and helps everyone understand where the funds are going.
 

Israel pulls Mossad negotiators from Qatar after ‘impasse’ over captives​

Hamas says there will be no further prisoner exchange with Israel until the war on Gaza is over.

Israel has pulled its Mossad negotiators from Qatar, which along with Egypt and the United States is mediating talks to secure a renewed pause in the Israel-Hamas war.

“Following the impasse in the negotiations and at the direction of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, David Barnea, head of the Mossad, ordered his team in Doha to return to Israel,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement on Saturday.

The statement accused Hamas of not fulfilling its side of an agreement to extend the truce in Gaza. The deal had included the release of all women and children held in Gaza in accordance with a list conveyed to Hamas and agreed upon, the statement said.

Hours later, Hamas said there will be no further prisoner exchange with Israel until the war on Gaza is over.

“Our official stance is there will be no further prisoner swap until the war ends,” deputy head of the group, Saleh al-Arouri, told Al Jazeera.

“Israeli prisoners will not be released until our [Palestinian] prisoners are liberated and after a ceasefire comes into effect.”

“What we have left of Israeli prisoners are soldiers and civilians serving in the army,” he added.

The Hamas official said the group was ready to exchanges the “bodies of dead Israelis in exchange for our own martyrs, but we need time to exhume these bodies”.

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More deaths and destruction as Israel targets southern Gaza

Israel has carried out deadly bombardments in Gaza for a second day after a weeklong truce with Hamas collapsed despite international calls for an extension.

Clouds of grey smoke from the strikes hung on Saturday over Gaza, where the Hamas-run Ministry of Health said nearly 200 people had been killed since the pause in hostilities expired early on Friday.

Residents feared the latest bombings presage an Israeli ground operation in the south of the Palestinian territory that would pin them into a shrinking area and possibly try to push them into Egypt.

The southern part of Gaza, including Khan Younis and Rafah, was pounded by Israeli war planes and artillery on Saturday. Thousands of displaced Palestinians are sheltering there because of fighting in the north.

Residents said houses had been hit and three mosques destroyed in Khan Younis.

Palestinian witnesses said Israeli tanks had taken up positions near the road between Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah.

“A night of horror,” said Samira, a mother of four. “It was one of the worst nights we spent in Khan Younis in the past six weeks since we arrived here. … We are so afraid they will enter Khan Younis.”

Officials said the overall death toll in Gaza since the October 7 start of the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 15,200 while more than 40,000 people have been wounded in the Israeli attacks.



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Palestinians fear the bombings point to a ground operation in the south that would pin them into a shrinking area.
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Turkish president rejects labeling of Hamas as a ‘terror group’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech as he attends the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on December 01, 2023. [Muhammed Selim Korkutata - Anadolu Agency]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated his stance on Palestinian group Hamas and said he can “never accept” Hamas as a terror group, Anadolu Agency reports.

“I stand by my position. No matter what anybody says, I can never accept Hamas as a terror group,” Erdogan said while speaking to journalists on board the presidential plane returning from Dubai, where he attended the COP28 climate summit.
Emphasizing Turkiye’s approach centered around seeking opportunities for permanent peace in the region, he said Ankara acts with the motto – “How can we find the opportunity for permanent peace again?”
“We have come to a point with our interlocutors that Gaza (issue) cannot be debated if there is no two-state solution,” he noted.

“If we prioritize a two-state solution, the Gaza (issue) and threats will disappear. The exclusion of Hamas is not a realistic scenario”, Erdogan added.
The Israeli army resumed bombing the Gaza Strip early Friday after declaring an end to a week-long humanitarian pause with the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas.
At least 178 Palestinians have been killed and 589 injured on Friday in Israeli airstrikes, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
The humanitarian pause began on Nov. 24 as part of an agreement between Israel and Hamas to temporarily halt fighting to allow hostage swaps and aid delivery.
More than 15,000 Palestinians, mostly children and women, have been killed in Israeli attacks since Oct. 7 following a cross-border attack by Hamas.

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Houthi group says it targeted two Israeli ships

The Houthi militant group has claimed to have targeted two Israeli ships, Reuters has reported.

A spokesperson for the group's military said it launched a naval missile on one of the vessels and targeted the other with an armed drone.

They named the two ships as the Unity Explorer and Number Nine and said they were targeted after they rejected warnings from the group's navy.

The Houthis are allies of Iran and control most of Yemen's Red Sea coast.

It has previously fired ballistic missiles and armed drones at Israel and vowed to target more Israeli vessels.
 
Over 700 Palestinians killed in 24 hours as Israel’s strikes intensify

Over 700 Palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours – one of the highest daily death tolls since the war began on October 7.

The death toll rises in Gaza as Israel’s military escalates its attacks, causing devastation throughout the besieged strip.

Palestinians express a sense of insecurity from north to south, with the Jabalia refugee camp targeted for a second day, resulting in the destruction of homes and the loss of dozens of lives.

Israel has also called on residents from certain neighborhoods in Khan Younis in southern Gaza to evacuate. Roads leading to other parts of the city or further south have been destroyed or heavily damaged.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza reports over 15,500 confirmed deaths since the conflict’s onset. The dire conditions prompt a Palestinian Civil Defence spokesperson to emphasize the challenges faced by rescuers in reaching all victims amid ongoing Israeli bombardment.



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Over 700 Palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours – one of the highest daily death tolls since the war began on October 7. The death toll rises
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Israeli forces are reported to be pushing into southern Gaza.

Reports from Israeli army radio effectively confirmed Israel has launched a ground operation to the north of Khan Younis.

The BBC has also verified pictures on social media which shows an Israeli tank operating near the city.

The head of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) later told troops the IDF was also fighting "strongly and thoroughly" in south Gaza.

Lt General Herzi Halevi was speaking to reservists from the Gaza division about military objectives and the IDF's killing of Hamas commanders.

He told the soldiers: "We fought strongly and thoroughly in the northern Gaza Strip, and we are also doing it now in the southern Gaza Strip".

Since a week-long ceasefire ended on Friday, Israel has resumed a large-scale bombing campaign on Gaza, which residents of Khan Younis have described as the heaviest wave of attacks so far.


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Israeli forces reported to be pushing into southern Gaza

The head of Israel's military says the IDF is fighting "strongly and thoroughly" in south Gaza.
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UK to start Gaza surveillance flights to help find hostages

The UK’s military will conduct surveillance flights over Gaza to help locate hostages held by Hamas since its October 7 attack on Israel, Britain’s defence ministry confirmed at the weekend.

Hamas fighters seized around 240 Israelis and foreign hostages, according to Israeli authorities. Around 110 have since been freed, mainly during a recent week-long truce.

Israel’s military said on Friday it had resumed fighting in the besieged Palestinian territory, blaming Hamas.

The resumption of combat has frustrated hopes for the swift release of the more than 130 captives the Israeli army has said are still being held in Gaza.

The UK has said at least 12 British nationals were killed in the October 7 attacks – in which Israeli officials say about 1,200 people died, mostly civilians – and that a further five are still missing.

But it has not confirmed how many are being held by Hamas.

Israel responded to the October 7 attack by vowing to eliminate the group and its subsequent relentless air and ground campaign has killed more than 15,000 people, also mostly civilians, according to the Hamas authorities who run Gaza.

London did not reveal when its military surveillance flights over the territory would start but stressed they would be unarmed and focused only on hostage recovery efforts.


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A new footage of Iron Dome malfunction has gone viral on social media.

Israel's Iron Dome is an air missile defence system designed to shield the country from short-range rocket threats. Developed by Rafael Advanced Defence Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries, it became operational in 2011.

Even last month, the defence system had reportedly malfunctioned, with an interceptor rocket landing in the central area of the city of Rishon LeZion, south of Tel Aviv.

The recent footage filmed in Tel Aviv showed a mishap of the Iron Dome interceptor. The missiles went awry, fell and hit nearby locations.

The Israeli forces have announced that they are running an investigation and said it could be for technical reasons.

 
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UK to start Gaza surveillance flights to help find hostages

The UK’s military will conduct surveillance flights over Gaza to help locate hostages held by Hamas since its October 7 attack on Israel, Britain’s defence ministry confirmed at the weekend.

Hamas fighters seized around 240 Israelis and foreign hostages, according to Israeli authorities. Around 110 have since been freed, mainly during a recent week-long truce.

Israel’s military said on Friday it had resumed fighting in the besieged Palestinian territory, blaming Hamas.

The resumption of combat has frustrated hopes for the swift release of the more than 130 captives the Israeli army has said are still being held in Gaza.

The UK has said at least 12 British nationals were killed in the October 7 attacks – in which Israeli officials say about 1,200 people died, mostly civilians – and that a further five are still missing.

But it has not confirmed how many are being held by Hamas.

Israel responded to the October 7 attack by vowing to eliminate the group and its subsequent relentless air and ground campaign has killed more than 15,000 people, also mostly civilians, according to the Hamas authorities who run Gaza.

London did not reveal when its military surveillance flights over the territory would start but stressed they would be unarmed and focused only on hostage recovery efforts.


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Hahaha.... surveillance flights to help find hostages, ya right. Everyone exactly knows what these surveillance flights are looking for. Oooh the UK spin machine.... legendary! Fortunately at least this time they haven't said Palestinians are hiding WMDs, thank god for that.
 
Israel expands ground attack in southern Gaza

Israel’s military widens its ground offensive in southern Gaza as Palestinian officials say more than 700 people have been killed in the last day.

Iran warns of “war expansion” if Israel does not stop the relentless bombardment of Gaza as Yemen’s Houthis target two cargo vessels in the Red Sea.

Israeli domestic spy chief Ronen Bar promises to hunt down Hamas in Lebanon, Turkey and Qatar – “even if it takes years”.

At least 15,500 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7. In Israel, the official death toll stands at about 1,200.

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Palestinain evacuation updates

Up to 1.8 million Gazans — around 80 percent of the population — have been forced to leave their homes since Israel began its bombardment in response to Hamas’s attack on Oct. 7. That number is expected to rise after Israel issued a new evacuation order on Saturday for areas in the south.

Gaza has never experienced so much internal displacement in such a short time. Earlier conflicts forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes, but refugee experts said the current war was unprecedented for the number of people displaced within the enclave’s 140 square miles.

With Israel barring most Gazans from leaving and shelters swelling to many times over their capacity, humanitarian aid workers say there is no safe place to go as the fighting continues.

There are at least 14 government and United Nations shelters within the new evacuation zone that Israeli forces announced on Saturday. These shelters had registered more than 68,000 displaced people as of Nov. 28.

“People are sleeping on the streets and sidewalks without any means of protection,” said Yousef Hammash, an advocacy officer for the Norwegian Refugee Council, who fled from his home in northern Gaza in mid-October to stay with more than 40 relatives in a two-room home in Khan Younis. “And people in the shelters are trying to convince themselves that it’s a bit more safe than being in the street.”

“The situation before was unimaginable, and now they want to move people again,” he added.

A majority of the displaced have moved south, as intense air- and ground strikes by Israeli forces have destroyed much of north, making it unlivable. But tens of thousands are estimated to remain in the north, including many who are unable to travel, such as the sick and disabled.

Humanitarian organizations warn that shelters, even in the south, are not protected from fighting. The U.N. reported on Nov. 23 that since the start of the conflict, an estimated 191 people in shelters had been killed and 798 had been injured.

Many schools housing displaced people have been damaged since the war began, according to a UNICEF tracker, which relies on reports from other organizations on the ground.

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A Dutch court is set to hear a case accusing the state of complicity in war crimes in Gaza due to its supply of components for Israeli bombers.

Launched by human rights organisations against The Netherlands, the case, which opens on Monday, says that the Dutch state is complicit in the alleged war crimes due to the export of F-35 fighter jet parts.

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Dutch branches of Amnesty International and Oxfam, argue that “the Netherlands is contributing to wide scale and serious violations of humanitarian law by Israel in Gaza” by allowing shipments of reserve parts for Israeli fighter jets while the war continues.

The court case will start at 10am CET (09:00 GMT) and will hear the claimants’ case and a response by lawyers for the Dutch state. A ruling is expected in two weeks.

The Netherlands is home to a regional warehouse which stores US-owned F-35 parts, which can be sent on to other F-35 partner countries, such as Israel.

Several weeks after the deadly October 7 Hamas attacks, the Dutch government allowed a shipment of reserve parts for Israeli F-35s, government documents show.

Last week, the country’s Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren told Dutch news agency ANP that she would not comment on the allegations prior to the legal proceedings at the court in The Hague.

But later, in a letter to parliament, the Dutch Ministry of Defence said that based on the current information, “it cannot be established that the F-35s are involved in grave violations of the humanitarian laws of war”.

Israel has denied committing war crimes in Gaza.

More than 15,000 Palestinian people including women and children, have been killed in the besieged Gaza Strip as the war continues to rage. Israel says Hamas fighters have killed 1,200 Israelis and taken 240 captive.

Like the rest of the European Union, since the onset of the war between Israel and Gaza, the Netherlands has maintained that Israel has the right to self-defence, in line with humanitarian and international law.

The Dutch government has not joined calls for a ceasefire that have been heard from some EU peers, such as Belgium and Spain.

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Human rights groups say the Dutch state’s export of plane parts to Israel makes it complicit in Gaza war crimes.
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It's troubling that the Netherlands is accused of complicity in war crimes by supplying fighter jet parts to Israel. The denial of involvement raises concerns, and I hope the court provides clarity on this complex situation. The high casualties in Gaza emphasize the need for a just resolution to the conflict.
 
At least 15,523 Palestinians have been killed, including 6,600 children, as Israel continues its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip.

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My heart is wrenching that over 15,000 Palestinians, including 6,600 children, have been killed in the ongoing bombardment in Gaza by Israel. It highlights the need for urgent efforts to bring peace and address the humanitarian crisis. The focus should be on keeping everyone safe.
 
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My heart is wrenching that over 15,000 Palestinians, including 6,600 children, have been killed in the ongoing bombardment in Gaza by Israel. It highlights the need for urgent efforts to bring peace and address the humanitarian crisis. The focus should be on keeping everyone safe.
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This is a genocide. Plain and simple.

I think right thing to do now is for all Muslim states to cut ties with Israel. Turkey should stop providing oil to Israel, for example.
 

Hamas planned sexual violence as weapon of war - Israeli campaigner​

Hamas had a premeditated plan to use sexual violence as a weapon of war, an Israeli women's rights campaigner and lawyer has said.

Prof Ruth Halperin-Kaddari said she saw footage of women in several locations whose condition left her in "no doubt" that they had been raped.

There has been anger over the delay of some UN bodies to acknowledge claims of Hamas's sexual atrocities on 7 October.

Israel has been exploring evidence of sexual crimes during the attacks.

Warning: This article contains graphic details which some readers may find upsetting

The scale of sexual violence carried out by Hamas during the October attacks is not yet clear, but Israeli police say they have so far gathered more than 1,500 testimonies from witnesses and medics.

Pictures and live footage streamed by the militants pointed to the gruesome nature of the attacks at the Supernova festival.

A range of violence from gang rape to the sexual mutilation of murdered victims are being investigated by police.

"I saw a number of first-hand, eyewitness accounts, for example of one survivor who hid in the bushes and saw a woman next to her being raped by several men," Prof Halperin-Kaddari told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

She said she also spoke to a paramedic who treated a woman who lost a life-threatening amount of blood after reporting being raped by four men.

"I saw footage and pictures from numerous locations of bodies whose condition were all exhibiting the same pattern of mutilation and leaving no doubt that rape was performed on these women before they were executed," she said.

"This leaves no doubt that such a concentration of cases in a relatively short span of time - less than a day - in numerous locations, it could not have been unless there had there not been a plan, premeditation, to use sexual violence as a weapon of war."

Hamas denies these abuses. One official, Basem Naim, told The Washington Post that the group considers "any sexual relationship or activity outside of marriage to be completely haram" - forbidden by Islam.

Israeli women's rights and legal activists had been calling on key international organisations to publicly acknowledge reports of gender-based violence, including sexual violence, in the wake of Hamas's attacks.

Prof Halperin-Kaddari, who spent 12 years as a member of a UN convention on discrimination against women, said she and others have been calling on UN bodies to acknowledge these "crimes against humanity".

"Regrettably, until a week ago, none of them said the explicit word 'sexual violence'. It took them more than seven weeks," she said. The UN has yet to respond to accusations of a delay, but Prof Halperin-Kaddari visited the UN in Geneva just a week ago to draw attention to the violence.

UN Women issued a statement - eight weeks after the attacks - acknowledging accounts of gender-based atrocities.

"This took them too long, much too long," Prof Halperin-Kaddari added.

Yael Sherer from the Survivors of Sexual Violence advocacy group told Today that men were also victims of sexual violence on 7 October.

She said evidence is being gathered from some survivors of the attacks, as well as eyewitnesses and first responders, who have been detailing the violence.

"Hamas terrorists made sure to disgrace these people and dishonour them in many ways," she said.

This included violence carried out on the victims' bodies after they had died, Ms Sherer added.

"We also saw people who were bleeding... [and] people who were tied down to furniture with zip-ties, and were not clothed, of many ages."

An ongoing UN commission of inquiry investigating war crimes on both sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict will include a focus on sexual violence carried out during the attacks on 7 October. However, Israel has never so far cooperated with the commission, viewing it as biased.

The Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October killed 1,200 people, with around 240 others taken hostage.

Since then, Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says more than 15,500 people have been killed in Israel's military campaign which it launched in response.

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Any kind of violence and killing of the innocent people must be condemned at all levels.
 
Israel orders mass evacuations as it widens offensive; Palestinians are running out of places to go

The Israeli military on Monday renewed its calls for mass evacuations from the southern town of Khan Younis, where tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought refuge in recent weeks, as it widened its ground offensive and bombarded targets across the Gaza Strip.

The expanded offensive, following the collapse of a weeklong cease-fire, is aimed at eliminating Gaza's Hamas rulers, whose Oct. 7 attack into Israel triggered the deadliest Israeli-Palestinian violence in decades. The war has already killed thousands of Palestinians and displaced over three-fourths of the territory's population of 2.3 million Palestinians, who are running out of safe places to go.

Already under mounting pressure from its top ally, the United States, Israel appears to be racing to strike a death blow against Hamas — if that’s even possible, given the group’s deep roots in Palestinian society — before another cease-fire. But the mounting toll of the fighting, which Palestinian health officials say has killed several hundred civilians since the truce ended on Friday, further increases pressure to return to the negotiating table.

It could also render even larger parts of the isolated territory uninhabitable.

The ground offensive has transformed much of the north, including large parts of Gaza City, into a rubble-filled wasteland. Hundreds of thousands of people have sought refuge in the south, which could meet the same fate, and both Israel and neighboring Egypt have refused to accept any refugees.

Residents said they heard airstrikes and explosions in and around Khan Younis overnight and into Monday after the military dropped leaflets warning people to relocate further south toward the border with Egypt. In an Arabic language post on social media early Monday, the military again ordered the evacuation of nearly two dozen neighborhoods in and around Khan Younis.
Halima Abdel-Rahman, a widow and mother of four, said she's stopped heeding such orders. She fled her home in October to an area outside Khan Younis, where she stays with relatives.

“The (Israeli) occupation tells you to go to this area, then they bomb it,” she said by phone on Sunday. “The reality is that no place is safe in Gaza. They kill people in the north. They kill people in the south.”


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ntense Israeli air strikes hit the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including in areas where Israel had told people to seek shelter, residents and journalists on the ground said. Israeli troops and tanks also pressed the ground campaign against...
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This is a genocide. Plain and simple.

I think right thing to do now is for all Muslim states to cut ties with Israel. Turkey should stop providing oil to Israel, for example.
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The Arab leaders have so much wealth, they fear losing money more than they fear God. Turkey loves talking a good game but rarely acts. It was mentioned a 100 ship flotilla from Turkey will be leaving for Gaza but no further news of this.

Then you nations such as Pakistan, who have nukes, a huge army but sit back as the leaders are mere puppets of America. Pakistan doesnt have to go to war but should send troops to Jordan or Egypt borders helping out in any way.

The Palestinian resistance is taking out a lot of IDF personnel and equipment, inc tanks. There are no humans braver than them.
 
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The Arab leaders have so much wealth, they fear losing money more than they fear God. Turkey loves talking a good game but rarely acts. It was mentioned a 100 ship flotilla from Turkey will be leaving for Gaza but no further news of this.

Then you nations such as Pakistan, who have nukes, a huge army but sit back as the leaders are mere puppets of America. Pakistan doesnt have to go to war but should send troops to Jordan or Egypt borders helping out in any way.

The Palestinian resistance is taking out a lot of IDF personnel and equipment, inc tanks. There are no humans braver than them.
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The Muslim leaders are the real culprits, this war would have been over a long time ago if these so called leaders weren't such cowards.

Why blame Israel get your own house in order first
 
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The Muslim leaders are the real culprits, this war would have been over a long time ago if these so called leaders weren't such cowards.

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It doesnt take away the blame from them, they are evil but yes the Muslim rulers, most who are dictators/puppets of west are also to blame.

What is also interesting is those Muslims who live in UAE, Saudi etc will speak up against Israel but never call out their rulers. They would be deported the next day.

When you fear loss of wealth more than God, you really need to stop prostrating and praying, its a pointless excerise.
 
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Binyamin Needham: British teenager killed in Gaza while fighting for IDF

The soldier had only been in the Gaza Strip for two days when he was killed in action, his sister says, just two weeks after his birthday.

Mr Needham, who had dual nationality, moved to Israel with his family 10 years ago, and is understood to be the second British national after Nathanel Young to have been killed while serving in the IDF since the 7 October attacks.

The soldier was born in England and was the youngest of five children, Israeli newspaper Haaretz said.

Mr Needham, who was from Zichron Yaakov, fought with the 601st Battalion of the Combat Engineering Corps, the Times of Israel said.

Israeli officials said he had only been in the Gaza Strip for two days when he was killed in action and celebrated his birthday two weeks ago, according to The Mirror.

His sister, Orli Ferris, told the paper he was "a wonderful, wonderful brother".

"We loved him with all our hearts and we always will. He will be missed by all of us and so many others, but we will always make sure we remember him in our hearts," she said.

"Nothing will be the same now, but we are all very proud of what he did and he was also proud of what he was doing.

"He had just finished his apprenticeship and was doing his professional training.

"We don't know the exact details of what happened but he was only in Gaza for two days. He went in on Friday and died Sunday."

The teenager was one of three soldiers who died in combat operations in Gaza on Sunday, the IDF said on Monday.

The other two soldiers were named as Neriya Shaer and Ben Zussman.

More than 15,500 Palestinians and more than 1,200 Israelis have been reported killed in the fighting since 7 October, according to the UN.

The IDF has said 401 Israeli soldiers have been killed, 75 of those during the ground offensive inside Gaza.

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UK should stop British nationals fighting for IDF.​
 
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Israeli forces stage another deadly raid in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian man during a raid in the Qalandiya refugee camp north of Jerusalem, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.

Mohammad Yousef Hassan Manasra, 25, was killed when Israeli forces blew up the door to his home Tuesday morning, according to witnesses quoted by Wafa. The Israeli forces then detained the man’s brother.

At least 468 Palestinians have been killed in near-daily occupied West Bank raids in 2023, reports Wafa. Of these, 260 have been killed since the war began on October 7.
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Disease spreading as 1.8 million people squeezed in area the ‘size of an airport’

Israel’s push to relocate Palestinians in Gaza to a small area in the south is making it impossible to deliver aid and driving up the risk of disease, Bushra Khalidi, a Ramallah-based legal expert and rights campaigner with Oxfam, warned.

“Squeezing people into a space that is basically as big as London’s Heathrow airport… is inhumane and makes it impossible to distribute aid to people,” Khalidi told Al Jazeera. “Gaza was already overpopulated… [now] we’re talking about 1.8 million people in an airport.”

Khalidi added that cholera and gastroenteritis are rapidly spreading due to the congested conditions.

“People are not getting better because conditions are not allowing them to get better,” she said.
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Binyamin Needham: British teenager killed in Gaza while fighting for IDF

The soldier had only been in the Gaza Strip for two days when he was killed in action, his sister says, just two weeks after his birthday.

Mr Needham, who had dual nationality, moved to Israel with his family 10 years ago, and is understood to be the second British national after Nathanel Young to have been killed while serving in the IDF since the 7 October attacks.

The soldier was born in England and was the youngest of five children, Israeli newspaper Haaretz said.

Mr Needham, who was from Zichron Yaakov, fought with the 601st Battalion of the Combat Engineering Corps, the Times of Israel said.

Israeli officials said he had only been in the Gaza Strip for two days when he was killed in action and celebrated his birthday two weeks ago, according to The Mirror.

His sister, Orli Ferris, told the paper he was "a wonderful, wonderful brother".

"We loved him with all our hearts and we always will. He will be missed by all of us and so many others, but we will always make sure we remember him in our hearts," she said.

"Nothing will be the same now, but we are all very proud of what he did and he was also proud of what he was doing.

"He had just finished his apprenticeship and was doing his professional training.

"We don't know the exact details of what happened but he was only in Gaza for two days. He went in on Friday and died Sunday."

The teenager was one of three soldiers who died in combat operations in Gaza on Sunday, the IDF said on Monday.

The other two soldiers were named as Neriya Shaer and Ben Zussman.

More than 15,500 Palestinians and more than 1,200 Israelis have been reported killed in the fighting since 7 October, according to the UN.

The IDF has said 401 Israeli soldiers have been killed, 75 of those during the ground offensive inside Gaza.

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What a waste of a life, fighting for the modern day NAZIS.
 
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I think those rules only apply if you go abroad to fight jihad. If you are fighting to ethnic cleanse the local Muslim population of a country then claim it as your own, it is A-OK.
 

Qatar emir condemns ‘genocide’ in Gaza, urges ceasefire at GCC summit​


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Qatar emir condemns ‘genocide’ in Gaza, urges ceasefire at GCC summit.

Leaders of six Gulf countries and Turkey meet in Qatar, with Israel’s war on Gaza at the top of the agenda.

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has accused the international community of “turning their back” on the Palestinian people amid Israel’s bombardment of Gaza while calling for a permanent ceasefire in the besieged enclave.

In his opening remarks at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Doha on Tuesday, the emir accused Israel of committing a “genocide” in Gaza, noting that the “crimes” of Israeli forces help “deepen the sentiment of injustice and an absence of international legitimacy”.

“It is a disgrace on the international community to allow this heinous crime to continue for more than two months – where the systematic and purposeful killing of innocent civilians continue, including women and children,” he said.

“Why is the international community turning their back on Palestinian children and adopting dual standards?”

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A week-long truce between Israel and Hamas, which collapsed on Friday, had been brokered by Qatar and other mediators to allow the release of captives taken by Hamas in October, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, often without charge.

Sheikh Tamim said while his country was still working to renew a truce, it was not an “alternative to a permanent ceasefire”.

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Israeli army surrounds Khan Younis as southern Gaza attacks intensify

Israel is intensifying its attacks in and around Gaza’s second-largest city as the United Nations expects one million to flee to Rafah in the coming days.

Israeli forces are surrounding the city of Khan Younis, Israel’s top military commander has said, as the ground offensive spreads to the south of the Gaza Strip.

“Sixty days after the war began our forces are now encircling the Khan Younis area in the southern Gaza Strip,” said Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, the Israeli army’s chief of general staff, on Tuesday.

“We have secured many Hamas strongholds in the northern Gaza Strip, and now we are operating against its strongholds in the south,” Halevi said, according to the Times of Israel newspaper, as he announced the next phase of Israel’s ground offensive against the Palestinian group.

“Anyone who thought that the IDF [Israeli army] would not know how to resume the fighting after the truce was mistaken,” he added of the pause in hostilities that collapsed on Friday, and that enabled the exchange of captives held in Gaza for Palestinians in Israeli jails.

Hamas’s Osama Hamdan said there would be “no negotiations or a [prisoner] swap” before the Israeli assault comes to an end.

Speaking to reporters in Beirut, Hamdan also said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “responsible” for the lives of Israeli captives in Gaza, adding that his true objective is to “eliminate the Palestinian people”.

The Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, said it had engaged in fighting against the Israeli army in all areas of the Strip since Tuesday morning.

A statement on the group’s Telegram channel claimed it totally or partially destroyed 24 army vehicles in Khan Younis, Gaza’s second-largest city. It added its snipers killed and wounded eight Israeli soldiers.



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Despite Gaza death toll soaring, U.S. unlikely to rethink weapons supplies to Israel​


WASHINGTON/LONDON/BEIRUT, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Facing a soaring death toll from Israel's renewed offensive in southern Gaza, the Biden administration is trying to pressure its ally to minimize civilian deaths while stopping well short of the kind of measures that might force it to listen, such as threatening to restrict military aid.

Top U.S. officials, including Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, have urged Israel publicly to conduct a more surgical offensive in the south to avoid the heavy civilian casualties inflicted by its attacks in the north.

About 900 people in Gaza were killed in Israeli airstrikes between Friday when a truce ended and Monday, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, about the same number killed in strikes in Gaza over the four days following the Hamas cross-border raid on Israel on Oct. 7, though fewer than the 1,199 who died in the four days following the start of Israel's ground offensive on northern Gaza Oct 28.

Washington is for now ruling out withholding delivery of weapons or harshly criticizing Israel as a means of changing its tactics because the U.S. believes the existing strategy of privately negotiating is effective, according to two U.S. officials.

"We think what we're doing is moving them" a senior U.S. official said, citing how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shifted from refusing to allow aid into Gaza to allowing nearly 200 trucks of assistance a day, saying those improvements were the result of intense diplomacy, not threats.

The U.S. official spoke after three days of resumed aerial bombardments of southern Gaza left residents pulling the bodies of children and adults from the rubble.

But the U.S. official said reducing military support to Israel would carry major risks.

"You start lessening aid to Israel, you start encouraging other parties to come into the conflict, you weaken the deterrence effect and you encourage Israel's other enemies," the official said.

The United States has called its support unwavering. The Israeli government appears unmoved by international demands to change its strategy.

"I must admit I sense that the prime minister feels zero pressure, and that we will do whatever it takes to achieve our military goals," Netanyahu's foreign policy adviser Ophir Falk told Reuters last week when asked about the international pressure on Israel.

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How Israel is squeezing 1.8 million Palestinians into an airport-sized area​

Israeli military has asked Palestinian residents of Gaza to evacuate to a part of the town of al-mawasi in the south of the besieged strip, designating it as a safe space.

The directive comes at a time when Israel has stepped up its bombing of southern Gaza, especially around the city of Khan Younis, which the Israeli military claims is sheltering leaders of Hamas.

But can the space declared “safe” by Israeli authorities actually accommodate the more than 1.8 million Palestinians who have been forced to evacuate their homes since the outbreak of violence on October 7

How big is al-Mawasi?

A coastal Bedouin town in the south of the Gaza Strip, al-Mawasi is small and narrow – about 1km (0.6 miles) wide and 14km (8.7 miles) long. It had been surrounded by Israeli settlements until former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon disengaged settlements from Gaza in 2005.

Israel has declared a mere 6.5sq km (2.5sq miles) of desolate, sandy terrain, within the city to be the humanitarian area where evacuees are supposed to seek shelter.

That is an area half the size of London’s Heathrow Airport. About 61 million passengers passed through Heathrow in 2022, or about 167,000 a day on average.

In other words, the population density in the “safe” part of al-Mawasi would be more than 20 times that of Heathrow — even if all of the airport’s daily passengers were present there at the same time.

Is this hindering the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza?

Ramallah-based legal expert Bushra Khalidi told Al Jazeera, “Gaza was already overpopulated … [now] we’re talking about 1.8 million people in an airport.”

Khalidi added that cholera and gastroenteritis are rapidly spreading due to the congested conditions. “People are not getting better because conditions are not allowing them to get better,” she said.

Is the establishment of improper safe zones in Gaza a health concern?

Khalidi is not the first to criticise Israel’s declaration of al-Mawasi as a safe space. World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom called the Israeli proposal a recipe for disaster on November 17.

“Attempting to cram so many people into such a small area with such little infrastructure or services will significantly increase risks to health for people who are already on the brink,” he said, adding that the WHO will not participate in the establishment of any so-called “safe zone” in Gaza “without broad agreement, and unless fundamental conditions are in place to ensure safety and other essential needs are met, and a mechanism is in place to supervise its implementation”.

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Israeli raid kills 22 members of Al Jazeera correspondent’s family in Gaza

An Al Jazeera employee has lost 22 members of his family in an Israeli air attack on the home in which they were sheltering in the Gaza Strip.

The family members of Moamen Al Sharafi, a correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic, were killed early on Wednesday morning at Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

Al Sharafi’s parents Mahmoud and Amina, his siblings and their spouses, as well as nephews and nieces were among those killed.

Al Sharafi told Al Jazeera an explosive barrel hit the home, causing a deep crater in the ground.

“None of the civil defence crews were able to reach their bodies,” he said.

“We are prevented from saying goodbye to our loved ones and are deprived of giving them a proper burial.”



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Turkey rejects 'buffer zone' plan for Gaza, Erdogan says​


Turkey rejects plans to establish a post-war buffer zone in Gaza because it would be disrespectful to Palestinians, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

Reuters reported last week that Israel had conveyed plans for the buffer zone to several Arab states and Turkey.

Speaking to reporters on a flight from Doha, Erdogan said Gaza's governance and future after the war would be decided by Palestinians alone.

"I consider even the debating of this (buffer-zone) plan as disrespectful to my Palestinian siblings. For us, this is not a plan that can be debated, considered, or discussed," Erdogan's office quoted him as saying.

Calling for Israel to hand back territories it occupies and end settlements in those territories, he said: "Israel must remove the terrorists - which it markets to the world as settlers - from those houses and those lands, and think about how it can build a peaceful future with Palestinians."

Ankara has sharply criticised Israel's military campaign in Gaza, supports a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict and hosts some members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Unlike most of its NATO allies and some Arab states, it does not view Hamas as a terrorist group.

Erdogan said Israel had become "the West's spoiled child", and blamed Western support for Israel for the situation in the region.

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The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has backed the UN secretary-general in his decision to invoke article 99 of the UN charter. Borrell says “The #UNSC must act immediately to prevent a full collapse of the humanitarian situation in Gaza.”

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You mean they won't be revoking the citizenships of those who travel to Israel to fight?
 
Not looking good for Hamas. They did not expect Israel to respond with this much force.
 

Israeli army shoots Palestinian street vendor​

The family of a Palestinian street vendor in Hebron say he was shot, point blank, by Israeli forces on his way home from work. Al Jazeera correspondent, Nida Ibrahim spoke to the family, and shared this video, capturing the moment he was shot.

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Israeli army shoots Palestinian street vendor​

The family of a Palestinian street vendor in Hebron say he was shot, point blank, by Israeli forces on his way home from work. Al Jazeera correspondent, Nida Ibrahim spoke to the family, and shared this video, capturing the moment he was shot.

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Someone please rein in Israeli forces, they have now exceeded every bound of humanity.
 
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US seeks to ‘revitalize’ Palestinian Authority amid Gaza conflict

The United States is seeking to “revitalize” the Palestinian Authority amid an ongoing Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip.

On Wednesday, White House envoy Philip Gordon met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and senior officials in the West Bank city of Ramallah to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip.
Gordon emphasized the US administration’s "commitment to support the Palestinian people and their right to security, dignity, and self-determination,” the White House said in a statement.

The US envoy said Washington is committed “to the future establishment of a Palestinian state and made clear that the Palestinian people must have a hopeful political horizon.”

According to the statement, Gordon discussed with Palestinian officials the revitalization of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority.

“Gordon emphasized that Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people, that Hamas poses an unacceptable terrorist threat to the Israeli people, and that Hamas cannot control Gaza when the fighting ends,” the White House statement said.

The US envoy said that the Joe Biden administration is committed to accelerating planning on the day after when the Gaza war ends.
“He reiterated that a revitalized Palestinian Authority must have the capacity to govern both Gaza and the West Bank, and that Palestinian Authority Security Forces must be strengthened to eventually assume security responsibilities in Gaza,” the statement said

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Israel war cabinet minister's son killed in Gaza fighting​

The son of Israel's former army chief Gadi Eisenkot, who is currently a minister in the country's war cabinet, has been killed in Gaza, the military says.

It says 25-year-old Major Gal Eisenkot died in northern Gaza on Thursday.

Israeli media say Maj Eisenkot was badly injured after a tunnel shaft exploded and later died in hospital.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he and his wife were "broken-hearted", and that Gal Eisenkot was a "true hero".

In his statement, Mr Netanyahu added: "Our heroes have not fallen in vain. We will continue to fight until victory."

Gadi Eisenkot, 63, is a battle-hardened retired general who served as Israel's chief of the general staff from 2015-19.

A lawmaker from the National Unity party, he is also a current member of Mr Netanyahu's emergency government set up after Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and taking about 240 hostages.

Israel has responded by bombarding Gaza from the air and launching a ground invasion. Hamas officials in Gaza say it has killed more than 17,000 people, mainly civilians, with thousands more missing under rubble.

Mr Eisenkot was informed about his son's injuries as he was visiting the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) Southern Command, local media reported.

A number of Israeli government officials and lawmakers also sent their condolences to the Eisenkot family.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid posted a photo of Gal and Gadi Eisenkot in military uniforms hugging each other.

"This photo. This hug. A father and his son. Both in uniform. Both soldiers in this country," Mr Lapid wrote. "They both respond to the call and show up when they're needed, doing whatever they need to do. The fate of an entire nation in one hug."

The IDF also said that another soldier - named as Sgt Maj Jonathan David Deitch, 34 - was killed in southern Gaza on Thursday.

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This was must be stopped as soon as possible. A lot of damage has already been done.
 

Iran’s Raisi says ‘genocide’ unfolding in Gaza as he meets Russia’s Putin​

Putin hosts Raisi as part of a blitz round of Middle East diplomacy after visits to the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has condemned Israel’s assault on Gaza as he met Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks in Moscow.
Putin hosted Raisi on Thursday as part of a blitz round of Middle East diplomacy that also included visits to United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in efforts to raise Moscow’s profile as a power broker in the region.
Putin has cast the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza as a failure of US diplomacy and suggested Moscow could be a mediator in the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Greeting Raisi at the Kremlin, Putin said it was important to discuss the situation in the Middle East, especially in the Palestinian territories.

Raisi responded via a translator: “What is happening in Palestine and Gaza is, of course, genocide and a crime against humanity.”

“It’s not just a regional issue, it’s an issue for the entire humankind,” he told Putin, adding that “it’s necessary to find a quick solution.”

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Leaders like Putin, Raisi etc really need to step in to stop the genocide of poor Palestinians or else they would also be considered as an accomplice in it.
 
UN security council to meet Friday and vote on Gaza ceasefire

The UN security council is to meet under acute pressure from Secretary-General António Guterres and will vote on urging an immediate ceasefire after weeks of war.

In a letter to the council on Wednesday, Guterres took the extraordinary step of invoking the UN charter’s Article 99, which states that the secretary-general may bring to the attention of the council “any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security.”

No one in his role had done this in decades.

Guterres wrote: “Amid constant bombardment by the Israel Defense Forces, and without shelter or the essentials to survive, I expect public order to completely break down soon due to the desperate conditions, rendering even limited humanitarian assistance impossible.”

After Guterres sent his urgent letter, the United Arab Emirates prepared a draft resolution that will be put to a vote on Friday, according to the delegation from Ecuador, which chairs the council this month and decides on scheduling issues, Agence France-Presse reports.

The latest version of this document was seen Thursday by AFP and calls the humanitarian situation in Gaza “catastrophic” and “demands an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.”

The short text also calls for protection of civilians, the immediate and unconditional release of all the hostages Hamas is still holding, and humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip.

But the outcome of a vote is not clear – four earlier drafts presented since the war broke out were rejected by the security council.

The United States, Israel’s most powerful ally, which vetoed one of the earlier draft resolutions and rejects the idea of a ceasefire, has said a new resolution from the council at this stage would not be “useful.”

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Wednesday said Guterres’ tenure was “a danger to world peace” after he invoked Article 99.

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Palestinian Ambassador speaks about Gaza's health and humanitarian catastrophe​

Palestinian Ambassador to France Hala Abou-Hassira shares the dire reality faced by her family and all of Gaza's 2.3 million inhabitants. With over 16,000 Palestinians killed in the last two months, predominantly women and children, and 1.9 million displaced, she says hospitals are unable to treat 60,000 patients injured in Israeli air strikes. People are unable to find food or water. ‘All the essence of life is destroyed,’ she says. Ambulances, hospitals, and vital infrastructure are targeted, exacerbating the extreme humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Facing epidemics, lack of essential resources, and a crumbling health system, with pregnant women giving birth in dangerous conditions, she reiterates that nowhere in Gaza is safe.​

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I think they want to. But they also understand USA and Israel combined are lunatics, who are willing to destroy everything for their cause. You have to break these gaints as an economic power, join strong alliances to counter any crazy move first.

The ball really is in the court of the Arab leaders and Turkey who together could send Europe into a despression, this would then put pressure on US and Israel for a ceasefire.

Meanwhile Hamas are resisting strongly, dozens of vehicles and invaders have been eliminated over the last 48 hours.

Israeli general Gadi Eizenkot, who produced the Dahiya doctrine, to attack civilians was in tears today, as his son was killed.

Hamas have also shown they now have 90km distance missiles really to attack.
 
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US tells UN it does not support call for Gaza ceasefire

Ahead of a delayed Friday vote by the United Nations Security Council on a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, the United States - a veto power - told the 15-member body it does not support calls for such a move.

“This would only plant the seeds for the next war – because Hamas has no desire to see a durable peace,” Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Robert Wood told the council, which met to be briefed by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

A Security Council vote on a resolution drafted by the United Arab Emirates was delayed several hours until 5:30 p.m. (2230 GMT) - just after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets in Washington with ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian Authority and Turkey.

“Today this council will vote, it will have an opportunity to respond to the deafening calls across the world to bring this violence to an end,” Deputy UAE Ambassador to the U.N. Mohamed Abushahab told the council.

In Washington, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told reporters that if the Security Council fails to adopt the resolution, “it is giving Israel a license to continue with its massacre of Palestinians in Gaza.”

Along with demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the draft resolution also says Palestinian and Israeli civilian populations must be protected and demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, as well as humanitarian access.


The United States has repeatedly pushed the council to condemn an Oct. 7 Hamas attack, during which Israel says 1,200 people were killed and 240 people were taken hostage. Wood said the council inaction was a “serious moral failure.”

Israel has focused its retaliation against Hamas in Gaza, bombarding it from the air, imposing a siege and launching a ground offensive.




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US tells UN it does not support call for Gaza ceasefire

Ahead of a delayed Friday vote by the United Nations Security Council on a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, the United States - a veto power - told the 15-member body it does not support calls for such a move.

“This would only plant the seeds for the next war – because Hamas has no desire to see a durable peace,” Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Robert Wood told the council, which met to be briefed by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

A Security Council vote on a resolution drafted by the United Arab Emirates was delayed several hours until 5:30 p.m. (2230 GMT) - just after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets in Washington with ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian Authority and Turkey.

“Today this council will vote, it will have an opportunity to respond to the deafening calls across the world to bring this violence to an end,” Deputy UAE Ambassador to the U.N. Mohamed Abushahab told the council.

In Washington, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told reporters that if the Security Council fails to adopt the resolution, “it is giving Israel a license to continue with its massacre of Palestinians in Gaza.”

Along with demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the draft resolution also says Palestinian and Israeli civilian populations must be protected and demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, as well as humanitarian access.


The United States has repeatedly pushed the council to condemn an Oct. 7 Hamas attack, during which Israel says 1,200 people were killed and 240 people were taken hostage. Wood said the council inaction was a “serious moral failure.”

Israel has focused its retaliation against Hamas in Gaza, bombarding it from the air, imposing a siege and launching a ground offensive.




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America should never talk about human rights again.

Hypocrite.
 
Israel-Hamas war: UN Security Council resolution to demand ceasefire in Gaza fails

A United Nations Security Council resolution to demand a ceasefire in Gaza has failed because it was vetoed by the US.

Of the 15 member council 13 voted to back the call but the US blocked it and the UK abstained.

After the vote, US deputy ambassador Robert Wood criticized the council after the vote for its failure to condemn Hamas' 7 October attack on Israel, and for failing to acknowledge Israel's right to defend itself.

He declared that halting military action would allow Hamas to continue to rule and "only plant the seeds for the next war."

UN Secretary-general, Antonio Guterres warned that Gaza was at "breaking point" and desperate people are at serious risk of starvation.

He added the UN believes it will result in "a complete breakdown of public order and increased pressure for mass displacement into Egypt".

An emergency meeting of the council was called after Mr Guterres invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter for the first time since 1971.

Article 99 allows the secretary-general to "bring any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security".

However, the US had made clear it was against a ceasefire in the region, warning it would leave Hamas in charge of the territory still holding more than 100 hostages.

Deputy ambassador Robert Wood said the US does not believe it would lead to "durable peace, in which both Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and security" because Hamas would remain in charge.

He said a ceasefire would "plant the seeds for the next war... because Hamas has no desire to see durable peace, to see a two-state solution".




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Israel-Hamas war: UN Security Council resolution to demand ceasefire in Gaza fails

The US indicated it would veto the motion at the United Nation's Security Council, arguing a ceasefire could leave Hamas in charge of the territory while still holding more than 100 hostages.
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US vetoes and UK abstains.

Both of these governments are complicit in mass murder.

We all know this but its crazy these nations + Israel think they can fool the whole world into thinking they are the good guys.
 
A pro-Palestine protest calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war will march through the streets of central London on Saturday.

The march will start at Bank Junction at midday and finish in Parliament Square, with an exclusion zone prohibiting any protesters from assembling around the Israeli Embassy.

It comes after the UK chose to abstain on a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza – a motion that was vetoed by the US.

A post on Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s website says: “Join us in the streets of London for our National March for Palestine on Saturday December 9 to call for a full ceasefire and an end to the war on Gaza.”

Previous weekends have seen thousands of protesters and counter-protesters converging on the capital.

The Metropolitan Police tweeted saying: “A protest organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign will take place tomorrow, beginning at Bank junction in the City of London from midday.

“Conditions in place under Sec 12 of the Public Order Act require protesters to stick to the agreed route as shown in the map below.

“Further conditions are in place that mean speeches must end by 4pm and the assembly at the end of the protest must end by 5pm.

“There is also an exclusion zone in place prohibiting any protesters from assembling in the area around the Israeli Embassy, shown on the map below.

“We will keep the need for further powers and conditions under review.

“Officers will again be distributing leaflets to those taking part in the protest.

“Our message is clear – keep on the right side of the law and report those who don’t.”

Source: ITV News

 

Palestinian president charges US of being accomplice to Israel's genocide crimes by using veto in UNSC​


Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday condemned the US for using its veto to block a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, describing the move immoral and holding Washington accountable for the bloodshed of Palestinian children and women, as well as an accomplice with Israel in genocide crimes.

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that “President Abbas condemned the US use of the veto in the Security Council, characterizing the United States' stance as aggressive and immoral, a blatant violation of all human values and principles.”

President Abbas held the US “accountable for the bloodshed of Palestinian children, women, and the elderly in Gaza at the hands of the occupying forces, attributing this to the US's disgraceful support for the occupation and the brutal Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people.”

He underscored that “Palestine would take a firm stance against all of these actions, asserting that US policy makes it an accomplice in the crimes of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes committed by Israeli forces against Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem,” according to the news agency.

Palestinian president urged the international community to "seek solutions to end Israel's genocidal war in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly in Gaza, before this dangerous crisis escalates into a religious war that threatens the entire world."

Since Oct. 7, the Israeli army has waged a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, killing 17,700 people, 70% of whom are children and women, and injuring 48,780 others. In addition to massive infrastructure destruction, which Palestinian officials described as an unprecedented humanitarian disaster.

Source : Anadolu Ajansi
 
Usa is now not an accomplice but. the main force behind Israel’s atrocities.
 
Israel-Gaza war: Half of Gaza's population is starving, warns UN

A senior UN aid official has warned that half of Gaza's population is starving, as fighting there continues.

Carl Skau, deputy director of the UN World Food Programme, said only a fraction of supplies needed have been able to enter the Strip - and nine out of 10 people cannot eat everyday.

Conditions in Gaza have made deliveries "almost impossible", Mr Skau said.

Israel says it must continue air strikes on Gaza to eliminate Hamas and bring Israeli hostages home.

Israel Defence Forces spokesman Lt Col Richard Hecht told the BBC on Saturday that "any death and pain to a civilian is painful, but we don't have an alternative".

"We are doing everything we can to get as much as possible inside the Gaza Strip," he said.

Movement in and out of Gaza has been heavily restricted since 7 October, when Hamas fighters broke through Israel's heavily-guarded perimeter fence - killing 1,200 people and taking 240 hostages.

In response, Israel closed its borders with Gaza and began launching air strikes on the territory, restricting aid deliveries which Gazans heavily relied on.

The Hamas-run health ministry says Israel has killed more than 17,700 Gazans in its retaliatory campaign, including more than 7,000 children.

Only the Rafah crossing bordering Egypt has been open, allowing limited quantities of aid to reach Gaza. This week Israel agreed to open the Kerem Shalom crossing from Israel into Gaza in the next few days - but only for the inspection of aid lorries. The trucks would then go to Rafah to cross into Gaza.

Mr Skau said nothing had prepared him for the "fear, the chaos, and the despair" he and his WFP team encountered during their trip to Gaza this week.

They witnessed "confusion at warehouses, distribution points with thousands of desperate hungry people, supermarkets with bare shelves, and overcrowded shelters with bursting bathrooms," he said.

International pressure and a temporary seven-day ceasefire last month had allowed some badly-needed aid to enter the Gaza Strip, but the WFP insists a second border crossing is now needed to meet demand.

Nine out of 10 families in some areas are spending "a full day and night without any food at all", according to Mr Skau.

People in Khan Younis in the south of Gaza, a city now surrounded on two fronts by Israeli tanks, say the situation there is dire.

Dr Ahmed Moghrabi, head of the plastic surgery and burns unit in the city's only remaining health facility, Nasser hospital, fought back tears as he spoke to the BBC about the lack of food.

"I have a daughter, three years old, always she ask me (for) some sweets, some apple, some fruits. I can't provide. I feel helpless," he said.

"There is not enough food, there is not enough food, only rice, only rice can you believe? We eat once, once a day, only."



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Israel-Gaza war: Half of Gaza's population is starving, warns UN

Conditions in Gaza have made the delivery of food almost impossible, the UN World Food Programme says.
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Intense gunfire exchange during ongoing Tubas raid

The raid has been ongoing for several hours now and, as we understand it, a large column of Israeli armoured vehicles followed by bulldozers entered the city of Tubas at around 2am local time (00:00 GMT).

There has been intense exchange of gunfire and some people are saying that Israeli snipers took position on rooftops in the city. We just heard that one house has been demolished – it’s not clear yet whether it was by bulldozer or by a drone strike.

Witnesses on the ground say that they also suspect the Israeli military might be heading to destroy another two houses. This is still an unconfirmed report but it’s a very fluid situation. This is not the first time Israel has conducted a raid in Tubas in the north of the occupied West Bank.

Now earlier… there was another raid in Nablus that has now finished. There was also a raid in Hebron – not targeting people or their property this time, but rather to confiscate cars with illegal licence plates. From what we understand, Israel is looking for a specific car that was driven when some shots were fired at Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint south of Hebron a few days ago.
​
SOURCE: ALJAZEERA
 
Gaza war could last up to two more months: Report

Israeli officials have told the Israeli Broadcasting Authority that the war in the Gaza Strip could last up to two more months.

The report, quoting unnamed officials, said there will not be a ceasefire at the end of this period but spot activities by Israeli forces that will remain in the Strip.

Throughout this period there will be attempts to promote additional deals for the release of the remaining captives, they added.

The Guardian
 
Israel-Hamas war: Ceasefire in Gaza chances shrinking, Qatar says

Israel's bombardment of Gaza is "narrowing the window" for a new truce, the Qatari prime minister has said.

Speaking at the Doha Forum, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said Qatar would continue its efforts to pressure both sides into a ceasefire.

The gulf state played a key role negotiating the pause in violence for several days at the end of November, which allowed the release of hostages.

An Israeli official has told the BBC each civilian killed is a "tragedy".

The comments come as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to worsen.

On Sunday afternoon, the Hamas-run health agency in Gaza said more than 18,000 Palestinians had now been killed.

In an audio message to Al Jazeera, Hamas' armed wing said the week-long ceasefire had "proved its credibility" and that no more hostages would be freed until Israel engaged in talks.

In the message, spokesman Abu Ubaida also said Hamas fighters had fully or partially destroyed 180 military vehicles and killed "a large number" of Israeli soldiers, and that it is still inflicting blows on Israel, and "what is coming is greater".

At the conference in Doha, Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said the area had become "hell on earth" and was "definitely the worst situation I have ever seen".



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Israel-Hamas war: Ceasefire in Gaza chances shrinking, Qatar says

Benjamin Netanyahu says "the war is in full swing" and calls on Hamas fighters to surrender.
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About 18,000 Palestinians have been killed and 49,500 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, the Gaza health ministry spokesman said on Sunday.

The spokesman, Ashraf Al-Qidra, also told Al Jazeera television in a telephone interview that the toll included 297 people killed and more than 550 wounded in the last 24 hours.

Israel ordered residents out of the centre of Gaza’s main southern city Khan Younis and pounded the length of the enclave overnight, after the United States wielded its UN Security Council veto to shield its ally from a demand for a ceasefire.



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About 18,000 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks since October 7: Gaza health ministry

Israel orders residents out of centre of Gaza's main southern city Khan Younis and pounds the length of the enclave overnight, after the US wielded its UN Security Council veto to shield its ally from a demand for a ceasefire
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Palestinians call for global strike on Monday to demand immediate ceasefire

Trade union activists and international influencers join call for global strike on December 11 as Israel pummels Gaza.

Palestinian activists and grassroots organisations have called for a global strike on Monday to demand an immediate ceasefire as Israel continues its aggression on Gaza.

The call for the strike has been given by the National and Islamic Forces, a coalition of major Palestinian factions, to Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and supporters across the world to participate in a strike that would include “all aspects of public life” in a show of solidarity amid relentless Israeli attacks.

“We expect the entire globe to join the strike, which comes in the context of a broad international movement involving influential figures. This movement stands against the open genocide in Gaza, the ethnic cleansing and the colonial settlement in the West Bank,” said a statement released by the coalition.


Source : Al Jazeera
 
The world must stand for Palestine now. Enough of this Israeli nonsense already. Immediate end of war must be pursued now.
 
I strongly appreciate the call for a global strike in solidarity with the ongoing protests against the Israeli genocide campaign in Gaza. It's essential that we stand together, raising our voices against injustice and advocating for peace. Let us unite in support of human rights and call for a peaceful resolution to the conflicts in the region.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1734160404190765515
 
daytrader said:
Gaza war could last up to two more months: Report

Israeli officials have told the Israeli Broadcasting Authority that the war in the Gaza Strip could last up to two more months.

The report, quoting unnamed officials, said there will not be a ceasefire at the end of this period but spot activities by Israeli forces that will remain in the Strip.

Throughout this period there will be attempts to promote additional deals for the release of the remaining captives, they added.

The Guardian
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It seems like Hamas is on the verge of a defeat militarily.
 
The Bald Eagle said:
The world must stand for Palestine now. Enough of this Israeli nonsense already. Immediate end of war must be pursued now.
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If Israel leaves Gaza now, then in the future there will be more attacks from Hamas which means Israel will once again attack Gaza. The cycle will keep going on.
For the sake of innocent Palestinians, Hamas should surrender right away and save innocent lives.
 
FearlessRoar said:
I strongly appreciate the call for a global strike in solidarity with the ongoing protests against the Israeli genocide campaign in Gaza. It's essential that we stand together, raising our voices against injustice and advocating for peace. Let us unite in support of human rights and call for a peaceful resolution to the conflicts in the region.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1734160404190765515
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Closing down businesses in Jordan means nothing to Israel. It will only affect the livelihood of poor Jordanians.
 
Champ_Pal said:
If Israel leaves Gaza now, then in the future there will be more attacks from Hamas which means Israel will once again attack Gaza. The cycle will keep going on.
For the sake of innocent Palestinians, Hamas should surrender right away and save innocent lives.
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So, do you support Israeli genocide of Gaza residents?
 
sweep_shot said:
So, do you support Israeli genocide of Gaza residents?
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Its a difficult situation for Israel. Hamas is hiding in underground tunnels that pass through schools, daycares and hospitals.

I do not support killing of any people or community. But does Israel have a choice? Hamas is not there for peace. They want to wipe Israel off the map completely. You cannot make peace and talk sense to someone who wants to kill you no matter what.
 
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