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Israeli airstrikes kill 25 Palestinians in Gaza, rattling ceasefire
Hamas condemns the strikes as a dangerous escalation, urging the US to uphold its commitments and apply immediate pressure
Palestinians killed or wounded in the Israeli strike on al-Mawasi are brought to the Palestine-Kuwaiti Field Hospital in Khan Yunis. (Reuters pic)
JERUSALEM: At least 25 Palestinians were killed in four Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday in a part of Gaza under Hamas control since a shaky ceasefire took effect in October, health authorities said.
The Israeli military said its forces struck Hamas targets across Gaza after members of the Palestinian militant group fired on its troops in violation of the nearly six-week-old ceasefire. No Israeli forces were injured.
Hamas condemned the Israeli strikes as a dangerous escalation, and urged the United States to “honor its stated commitments and exert immediate pressure on Israel to enforce the ceasefire and halt its attacks.”
But a US official, who spoke anonymously, said Hamas was aiming to break the ceasefire and not fulfill its commitment to demilitarise.
“These desperate tactics will fail,” the official said.
Incidents test fragile ceasefire
Medics said 10 people were killed in the Gaza City suburb of Zeitoun, two in the Shejaia suburb to the east, and the rest in two separate attacks in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Repeated shooting incidents have pointed to the fragility of the ceasefire. Israel and Hamas have traded blame for what both call violations of the US-brokered truce, the first stage of President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for a post-war Gaza.
All four attacks were far beyond an agreed-upon imaginary “yellow line” separating the areas under Israeli and Palestinian control, according to medics, witnesses and Palestinian media.
The Zeitoun attack was on a building belonging to Muslim religious authorities and the Khan Younis attack was on a UN-run club, both of which house displaced families.
The Oct 10 ceasefire in the two-year Gaza war has eased the conflict, enabling hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return to Gaza’s ruins. Israel has pulled troops back from city positions, and aid flows have increased.
But violence has not completely halted. Palestinian health authorities say Israeli forces have killed 305 people in strikes on Gaza since the truce, nearly half of them in one day last week when Israel retaliated for an attack on its troops.
Israel says three of its soldiers have been killed since the ceasefire began and it has targeted scores of fighters.
The Israeli military said its forces struck Hamas targets across Gaza after members of the Palestinian militant group fired on its troops in violation of the nearly six-week-old ceasefire. No Israeli forces were injured.
Hamas condemned the Israeli strikes as a dangerous escalation, and urged the United States to “honor its stated commitments and exert immediate pressure on Israel to enforce the ceasefire and halt its attacks.”
But a US official, who spoke anonymously, said Hamas was aiming to break the ceasefire and not fulfill its commitment to demilitarise.
“These desperate tactics will fail,” the official said.
Incidents test fragile ceasefire
Medics said 10 people were killed in the Gaza City suburb of Zeitoun, two in the Shejaia suburb to the east, and the rest in two separate attacks in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Repeated shooting incidents have pointed to the fragility of the ceasefire. Israel and Hamas have traded blame for what both call violations of the US-brokered truce, the first stage of President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for a post-war Gaza.
All four attacks were far beyond an agreed-upon imaginary “yellow line” separating the areas under Israeli and Palestinian control, according to medics, witnesses and Palestinian media.
The Zeitoun attack was on a building belonging to Muslim religious authorities and the Khan Younis attack was on a UN-run club, both of which house displaced families.
The Oct 10 ceasefire in the two-year Gaza war has eased the conflict, enabling hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return to Gaza’s ruins. Israel has pulled troops back from city positions, and aid flows have increased.
But violence has not completely halted. Palestinian health authorities say Israeli forces have killed 305 people in strikes on Gaza since the truce, nearly half of them in one day last week when Israel retaliated for an attack on its troops.
Israel says three of its soldiers have been killed since the ceasefire began and it has targeted scores of fighters.
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Ethiopian NAKBA. No Fuss. Isaac didn't need any help from UNRWA or UNHCR. Just evacuate the refugees, bring them home and resettle them. 40 years later they are already second and third generation citizens of Isaac, they have MOVED ON with no thoughts of Right of Return to Ethiopia to reclaim their grandfather's mud shack, two cows and three goats.
ReplyDeleteOn November 21, 1984, Israel began a historic mission to airlift thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. This initiative, known as Operation Moses, rescued nearly 8,000 people and was the first of two covert missions of its kind. The second, Operation Solomon, took place in 1991 and set a world record, still held today, for the most passengers on board a commercial flight.
At the time, Ethiopian Jews were living in difficult conditions amid civil war and famine, with restrictions preventing them from leaving the country. Together, the two operations rescued a total of 22,000 people and are considered among the most successful humanitarian efforts, underscoring Israel’s commitment to preserving Jewish identity worldwide and welcoming every Jew back to the Jewish homeland with open arms.
https://x.com/HumansOfJudaism/status/1991154423762948235?s=20
Some elements within the Ashkenazi Israeli Jewish population have also been described as holding discriminatory attitudes towards fellow Jews of other backgrounds, including against Ethiopian Jews, Indian Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Sephardi Jews, etc. Although intermarriage between Ashkenazim and Sephardim/Mizrahim is increasingly common in Israel, and social integration is constantly improving, disparities continue to persist. Ethiopian Jews in particular have faced discrimination from non-Black Jews.
Deleteit's their racist DNA
DeleteThis is too good not to be re-posted. As far back from 2017, a top politician from ME.
ReplyDeleteThis right here highlights the biggest issue. The west refuses to fully proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists, yet most of the Middle East did it. The west seems to think they understand Islamism more than the Middle Eastern states. So the Muslim Brotherhood simply set up shop in Europe and the West and began its invasion with almost impunity.
It’s time to wake up
https://x.com/ChayasClan/status/1991077291078623715?s=20
"Gaza-based journalist" complains about children suffering from the freezing cold in Gaza.
ReplyDeleteWho is this "Gaza-based journalist" I wonder.
Meanwhile in Gaza...here is the weather for the next 10 days
https://x.com/JuliaHB1/status/1991182509237780771?s=20
Siapa Tak Ikut Ceasefire Plan?
ReplyDeleteFor those who don't know:
A UN Peace Plan stipulates that the minute Hamas surrenders its arms, Israel will give back the rest of Gaza to a non-Hamas, non-PLO Gaza government.
But why explain the context when you can just whine.
https://x.com/hahussain/status/1991291963866235088?s=20
And Yasser Arafat was from Egypt....
ReplyDeleteYesterday I had class with the former mayor of Umm al-Fahm, one of the biggest Arab towns in Israel, and he didn't bother to sell the poor Palestinian indigenous narrative, he straight up said "Yes, my clan is from Iraq, my neighboring clan is from Syria, that from Hijaz, that Egyptian..."
And "the land we lost in 1948 is a land we forcibly took from another village few decades before..."
Actual Levant history is so fascinating
https://x.com/AdinHaykin1/status/1991050066790932765?s=20