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October 8 - 6, 2024
Food for thought: Marking
October 7, 2023 might be a good day to establish both a
'the Truth and Reconciliation Commission' and a 'gitmo-camp'
to bring to justice
all the warcriminals of all 'war-loving' parties playing
a role in the attempted
genocide of the Palestinian people.
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October 5 - 3, 2024
"The US's
lack of response on the humanitarian conditions for
Palestinians is not only ineffective and
counterproductive, but we are also being
accused of being complicit to potential war crimes by
remaining silent on Israel's actions against civilians,"
..., Bill Russo, usa state dept..
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, a trauma and critical care surgeon. "Our
bombs are cutting down women and children by the
thousands. Their mutilated bodies are a monument to
cruelty."
"The best medicine is peace." Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
Director-General of the World Health Organization
Rawya Islim of Gaza: "We will struggle to survive"...
and more actual fact-finding
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When one hurts or kills a women
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Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi
figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da
qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so
called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.
End this madness Now
Al Jazeera - October 8, 2024 - By Alia Chughtai and Muhammet Okur
<<One year of Israel's war on Gaza
It has been one year since Israel began its genocide against
Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel's assault on Gaza began on October 7, in response to an attack by
armed fighters from the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas and
other Palestinian groups. Some 1,140 people died during the attack and
about 240 were taken into Gaza as captives. In response, Israel began a
vicious bombing campaign and tightened what was already a crushing siege
that Gaza has been under since 2007. Over the past year, Israeli attacks
have killed at least 41,615 Palestinians living in Gaza, equal to 1 out
of every 55 people living there. At least 16,756 children have been
killed, the highest number of children recorded in a single year of
conflict over the past two decades. More than 17,000 children have lost
one or both parents.
Despite global condemnations and pleas from international organisations
and rights groups, Israel has continued an indiscriminate campaign that
has sown terror among the people in Gaza and killed entire
multi-generation families.
At least 97,303 people are injured in Gaza - equal to one in 23 people.
According to the World Health Organization, nearly a quarter of the
injured, an estimated 22,500, have life-altering injuries that are not
being met with rehabilitation needs. Severe limb injuries are the main
driver for rehabilitation. According to UNRWA, every day 10 children
lose one or both legs, with operations and amputations conducted with
little or no anaesthesia due to Israel’s ongoing siege. In addition to
the killed and injured, more than 10,000 people are feared buried under
the rubble. With few tools to remove rubble and rescue those trapped
beneath concrete, volunteers and civil defence workers rely on their
bare hands. An estimated 75,000 tonnes of explosives have been dropped
on Gaza with experts predicting it could take years to clear the debris
amounting to more than 42 million tonnes, which is also rife with
unexploded bombs.
Israel has attacked almost all of Gaza's hospitals and healthcare
facilities.
Over the past year, at least 114 hospitals and clinics have been
rendered inoperative, leaving many patients without access to essential
medical services. According to the Gaza Media Office, 34 hospitals and
80 health centres have been put out of service, 162 health institutions
were hit by Israeli forces and at least 131 ambulances were hit and
damaged. Several experts have argued that attacking hospitals -
especially those treating critically ill patients and babies - could be
a war crime as defined under international law.
Israeli attacks on hospitals, and the continual bombardment of Gaza,
have killed at least 986 medical workers including 165 doctors, 260
nurses, 184 health associates, 76 pharmacists and 300 management and
support staff.
Among frontline workers, at least 85 civil defence workers have been
killed.
520 bodies recovered from 7 mass graves
The Israeli army has laid siege to several of Gaza's hospitals,
imprisoning hundreds of people.
In April 2024, 300 bodies of young men, women and children were
unearthed at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis. In the same month,
another mass grave was unearthed in the grounds of a school in Beit
Lahiya. In May, the Gaza Media Office announced another mass grave had
been unearthed at al-Shifa Hospital, with some of the bodies
decapitated. According to Motasem Salah, the director of Gaza Emergency
Operations Centre, bodies were found on beds at the reception and
emergency department, over the heads of sick and injured people and
buried alive.
1.7m infected with contagious diseases
In the past year, three quarters (75 percent) of Gaza’s population of
2.3 million have been infected with contagious diseases due to a lack of
sanitation, open sewage and inadequate access to hygiene. Israel's
denial of medical supplies has endangered the lives of at least 350,000
chronically ill patients who require urgent treatment. At least 10,000
cancer patients can no longer receive the necessary treatment while at
least 15,000 people who are injured or chronically ill need to travel
outside of Gaza for treatment.
96 percent face lack of food
Under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,
intentionally starving a population is a war crime when committed in
international armed conflict. An investigation by Al Jazeera's Fault
Lines found that Israel has systematically denied aid and water to the
starving public. Stacy Gilbert, a former US State Department official
speaking to Al Jazeera said it was widely known and documented by aid
agencies and the United States that Israel has been blocking aid. At
least 2.15 million people, or 96 percent of Gaza's population, are
facing severe lack of food. One in five Palestinians, or about 495,000
people, are facing starvation according to the Integrated Food Security
Phase Classification (IPC).
700 water wells destroyed
According to Anera, a nonprofit organisation, in March 2024, 95 percent
of Gaza's population had been without access to clean water for months.
Across Gaza, only 1.5 to 1.8 litres (51 to 61 oz) of water per day is
available to each person. The WHO daily recommended allowance of clean
water is 100 litres (26 gallons) per person. In September, OCHA stated
all three water connection points coming from Israel were partially
functional, and two out of the three desalination plants work
intermittently. Desperate, the people of Gaza have resorted to drinking
unpotable salty water and bathing and washing their clothes in the sea.
Deadliest place to be a journalist
According to Reporters Without Borders, more than 130 journalists,
almost all Palestinian, have been killed since October 7. Gaza's Media
Office has the number at 175 killed, which averages four journalists
killed every week since October 7.
Thousands held in Israeli prisons
More than 10,000 Palestinians are being held in Israeli prisons under
grave conditions with at least 250 children and 80 women among them.
Many are held without charge. At least 3,332 Palestinians are held under
administrative detention, without charge or trial.
Most of Gaza destroyed
An estimated 75,000 tonnes of explosives have been dropped on Gaza with
experts predicting it could take years to clear the debris amounting to
more than 42 million tonnes, which is also rife with unexploded bombs.
Gaza's Media Office estimates direct damage caused by Israel's attacks
on the Gaza Strip at $33bn.
150,000 homes completely destroyed
According to OCHA, as of January, 60 percent of residential homes and 80
percent of all commercial facilities have been damaged or destroyed.
Gaza's Media Office estimates that 150,000 homes have been completely
destroyed, along with more than 3,000km of electricity networks.
123 schools and universities completely destroyed
With so many homes destroyed, hundreds of Gaza’s schools have been
turned into shelters leaving at least 625,000 of Gaza's children without
education. Over the past year Israel has completely destroyed 123
schools and universities and damaged at least 335 others. At least
11,500 students and 750 teachers and educational staff have been killed.
Attacks on cultural sites, mosques and churches
In the past year, at least 206 archaeological and heritage sites have
also been destroyed. Israeli attacks have completely destroyed at least
611 mosques and partially damaged 214 others. On December 8, Gaza’s
Great Omari Mosque suffered extensive damage in an Israeli air raid. Its
747-year-old library, once home to rare manuscripts including old copies
of the Quran, was left in ruins. All three of Gaza's churches have been
hit and damaged by Israeli attacks. The Church of Saint Porphyrius, a
fifth-century church and one of the oldest places of worship in Gaza,
was attacked on October 17, 2023 and then again on July 30.
410 athletes, sports officials or coaches killed
Israeli forces have destroyed at least 34 sports facilities, stadiums
and gyms. As of August, at least 410 athletes, sports officials or
coaches had been killed in the war, according to the Palestine Football
Association. Of these, 297 were footballers, including 84 children who
harboured dreams of playing for Palestine
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2024/10/8/one-year-of-israels-war-on-gaza-by-the-numbers
Al Jazeera - October 8, 2024
<<The Take: How Israeli soldiers are livestreaming war crimes
Smoke rises from an explosion in Gaza near the Israel-Gaza fence
Al Jazeera has investigated thousands of posts from social media
documenting war crimes by Israeli soldiers in Gaza. What does this
database expose about the last year of the war - what's being called the
first "livestreamed genocide"?
In this episode:
Richard Sanders (@PulaRJS) - Director of Gaza film
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li, David Enders, and Ashish
Malhotra with Manny Panaretos, Cole van Miltenburg, Duha Mosaad, Hagir
Saleh, and our host, Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah.
Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera
Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
Alexandra Locke is The Take's executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al
Jazeera's head of audio.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/2024/10/8/the-take-how-israeli-soldiers-are-livestreaming-war-crimes
France 24 - Oct 7, 2024 - by Philippe THEISE
<<'Once the fighting gets intense, it's almost impossible to do
peacebuilding'
Monday marks one year since the Hamas-led series of attacks on Israel
and the beginning of Israel's retaliatory war in Gaza, which has
unfolded along with a rise in settler attacks in the occupied West Bank.
The spiralling violence has spurred renewed calls for a two-state
solution. FRANCE 24 spoke to John Marks, the founder of Search for
Common Ground, an organisation that has worked on peacebuilding in the
region for decades, to find out how future efforts might unfold.
Search for Common Ground began working on the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict in 1991. It brought together former officials from Israel, Arab
countries, Iran and Turkey for a series of meetings in Rome which led to
discussions between Israeli and Jordanian ex-generals in the months
before Israel and Jordan signed a 1994 peace agreement Marks is the
author of three books and a former State Department employee who left
his post after the US invaded Cambodia in 1970.
FRANCE 24 spoke to John Marks about his work on the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict and elsewhere, and what he thinks it will take to make progress
towards peace in the future.
FRANCE 24: What do you think successful peacebuilding efforts between
Israel and the Palestinian Territories will look like in the future?
John Marks: Peacebuilding works much better before the violence starts.
Once the fighting gets as intense as the kind of stuff that’s going on
right now, it's almost impossible to do the kind of activities that I'm
talking about.
FRANCE 24: One of the principles in your new book is to "make yesable
propositions". Several European countries have formally recognised a
Palestinian state, and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said he
wants to help bring about a two-state solution to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. How do you see these third-party efforts
on propositions that may not be "yesable" for the primary parties
involved?
John Marks: My guess is official efforts from Europe at this point are
probably not going to be so successful, and that the key to the outside
third parties is the United States. And probably ... the only way that
the United States could have an influence now on Israel in a major way
is to cut off weapons. [That] would probably get the attention of the
Israelis. They might be more inclined to ... stop fighting in Gaza. Make
peace in Lebanon. I don't know of anything else that would stop it right
now.
FRANCE 24: Is there any peacebuilding work you see taking place in
Israel and the Palestinian Territories that gives you hope?
John Marks: I don't see any in the Israeli-Palestinian context. There's
stuff going on, but it's overwhelmed by the armed violence. I felt my
organisation made real progress in the [Democratic Republic of] Congo,
in Burundi, in the Ivory Coast. But in Israel and Palestine, I don't see
it.
FRANCE 24: What do you think makes Israel and the Palestinian
Territories different than those places?
John Marks: I remember we had a film festival in Jerusalem where we
showed a film that described the South African Truth and Reconciliation
Commission. And I remember afterwards an Israeli saying to me, who was
there, "that was wonderful, but we don't have the spirit of forgiveness
here. We don't have that. That's not part of the culture." I think
that's one of the big problems they have. In South Africa, there was the
spirit of Ubuntu: I am because you are. My existence comes from your
existence. That was the underlying context of the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission, and that I've never seen existing in the
Middle East.
FRANCE 24: Could you describe the experiences you have had since
founding Search for Common Ground in 1982 that most inform your
perspective on what peacebuilding in Israel and the Palestinian
Territories requires?
John Marks: I learned if you had good facilitation and you treated
everybody as an equal, you kept the playing field level, that you could
have conversations that went well beyond what seemed to be possible on
the diplomatic level. The sessions between Jordanian and Israeli
[former] generals came out of those first meetings. We were able to
bring those people together to face the problem, and the problem was how
to have peace between their two countries, as opposed to how to react as
enemies. And the formulations they came up with were sent almost
immediately to the prime minister of Israel and the king of Jordan, and
when the final treaty was negotiated, the work that our retired generals
had done was at the base of it. They got it about, the eventual [peace]
treaty, 75% right. And what they were able to show was it was possible
to have an agreement that was in the interest of both countries.
FRANCE 24: Did the participants in those meetings come from civil
society, or were they government employees or elected officials?
John Marks: They were all civilians, but many of them were former
officials. We had retired generals, we had retired ambassadors. My staff
and myself had gone to the region and talked to high-level political
leaders, I mean at the level of Arafat and the prime minister of Israel
at the time, and we had asked them, "Who should we invite to these
meetings?" If the results were interesting, [we wanted to know who]
could report directly to them. We didn't want officials because
officials are bound by official positions. But we wanted people who, if
we came up with any interesting ideas, could talk to the highest echelon
in their country. And that was one way we got the right people in the
room. [A] human rights group had human rights activists from Israel and
the Arab countries, and it was a little bit of everything. The overall
project was called "The Initiative for Peace and Cooperation in the
Middle East".
FRANCE 24: In "a letter from our founder" on Search for Common Ground's
website, you write that the organisation has "had our share of
setbacks", and that "we have worked for many years in the Middle East,
and despite our best efforts, violence has soared". Can you talk more
about that?
John Marks: The overall vision of the organisation was peace in the
Middle East. We never achieved that, in fact over the last 25 years that
we've been working there it’s gotten worse. But we had projects that
were successful. Like helping to get the peace treaty between Israel and
Jordan. We set up something called the Middle East Consortium on
Infectious Disease Surveillance, which brought together medical
authorities from Israel, Palestine and Jordan, and the motto was
"Microbes don't stop at checkpoints". And we were able to encourage
cooperation across borders on medical issues like swine flu. We were
always looking for ways that the sides could agree, or issues on which
they could agree. In 2005, I personally wrote and produced a four-part
documentary series on how to resolve the [Israeli-Palestinian] conflict.
It was shown on Israeli television, Palestinian television and Abu Dhabi
television. We had both Hebrew and Arabic and an English version. It
didn't bring peace, which I suppose was my ultimate objective with it.
But we showed how the problem could be solved. And in vivid form. And we
did it as much as possible from the right-wing perspective ... that was
part of our strategy.
FRANCE 24: Why is that the strategy you chose?
John Marks: Everybody knows that the left, the progressives, want to
have peace. And the blockage tends to be more on the conservative side
of the political spectrum. In every country. And so by moving as far to
the right as we possibly could, and still getting something that was
promoting peaceful solutions to the problem, we felt it was more likely
that we would be heard and listened to. One of the main people we
interviewed was the former head of the settlers’ association in Israel.
And he had mixed views but he was able to talk about what the conditions
were for peace. And on the Palestinian side, we had a former political
prisoner ... and we felt he would have credibility in a way that a more
moderate Palestinian wouldn't. He was somebody who had been involved in
armed violence against the Israeli politics and he served his time.
FRANCE 24: What do you think a win-win situation would look like for
Israelis and Palestinians?
John Marks: A win-win would be a two-state solution.>>
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241007-once-the-fighting-gets-intense-it-s-almost-impossible-to-do-peacebuilding-israeli-palestinian-conflict-gaza-strip-west-bank-hamas-war
Al Jazeera - October 7, 2024
<<Israel supporters attack woman wearing keffiyeh in Germany
Video shows Israel supporters in Berlin attacking a woman wearing a
Palestinian keffiyeh scarf and pulling it off her head before pushing
her to the ground. Pro-Palestine demonstrators in Germany say they have
faced repeated violence from police and counter demonstrators.>>
View video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/10/7/israel-supporters-attack-woman-wearing-keffiyeh-in-germany
Al Jazeera - October 7, 2024
<<Calls for ceasefire in Gaza, Lebanon as world marks October 7
anniversary
Pro-Palestine demonstrations held across the world to mark a year of
Israel's genocide in Gaza as the conflict expands to Lebanon.
School children take part in a rally to protest Israel's genocide
against Palestinians in Gaza, in Karachi Tens of thousands of people
have rallied around the world, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and
Lebanon as Israel's genocide against Palestinians completes a year.
Protesters gathered in dozens of cities on Monday to mark the first
anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel, as Israeli forces
continue their operations in Gaza and Lebanon, raising fears of a wider
regional war.
In New Zealand, pro-Palestinian demonstrators, who gathered on Monday
outside Auckland's TVNZ public television demanding a ceasefire, clashed
with followers of a far-right fundamentalist Christian group, Destiny
Church. According to The New Zealand Herald, 35 police officers were at
the scene to separate the rival groups. One protester was pepper-sprayed
as police attempted to break the commotion that spilled over onto the
road near TVNZ, according to the report. Earlier on Monday, Prime
Minister Christopher Luxon said New Zealand will continue to call for a
ceasefire, restraint and de-escalation, "not for retaliation and
reprisal. There is simply no military action that will reduce regional
tensions and conflict," Luxon said, calling for a "two-state solution"
to end the conflict.
In Australia, crowds gathered outside the country's largest mosque in
Lakemba, a suburb of Sydney, before an afternoon rally. Participants
were seen waving Palestinian flags and standing on the footpath and the
street which was blocked off for the event, according to The Sydney
Morning Herald newspaper.
People in Pakistani cities also held rallies and demonstrations to
express solidarity with Palestinians on the first anniversary of
Israel's genocidal war on Gaza. Different political and religious groups
organised a string of events in the commercial capital, Karachi, Lahore,
Peshawar, Quetta, Faisalabad, Multan, Sargodha, Hyderabad, and other
cities. Thousands of citizens, including students, women and children,
came out of their homes, offices and schools to participate in the
demonstrations.Interactive_OneYearofGaza_3_Starvation. A memorial event
was also held in the Indian capital, New Delhi, as dozens of
participants sang songs and raised slogans against the war in Gaza.
Other vigils, ceremonies and protests are planned later on Monday after
a weekend of similar events across the world.
In the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, more than 1,000 pro-Palestinian
protesters gathered outside the US Embassy on Sunday, demanding that
Washington stop sending weapons to Israel.
In Morocco, tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the capital,
Rabat, waving Palestinian flags and calling to break off diplomatic ties
with Israel, which the kingdom normalised in 2020.
Thousands also marched in support of Gaza and Lebanon in cities across
Turkey, including Istanbul and Ankara.
At the Vatican, Pope Francis called for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza
and Lebanon, warning of the risk of an "even larger war".
Thousands also marched through New York's Times Square on Saturday, some
carrying pictures of people killed in Israel's military offensive in
Gaza. In Washington, DC, a man set himself on fire as more than 1,000
people demonstrated outside the White House, demanding an end to US
military aid to Israel.
Marches were also reported over the weekend in several European cities.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/7/calls-for-ceasefire-in-gaza-lebanon-as-world-marks-october-7-anniversary
Jinha - Womens News Agency - Oct. 7 , 2024 - by JIYAN EKIN
<<One year of Israeli attacks: Women and children targeted
Thousands of killed women and children, babies dying of malnutrition,
millions of displaced people, rape and torture… One year has passed
since Israel started a war on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
News Center- Israel has been attacking the Gaza Strip since October
7,2023 and Lebanon since October 8, 2023, openly killing people. Women
and children are targeted in the attacks while seeking shelters in
<safe> areas. In Gaza, the most basic supplies, such as bread, clean
water, medicine and even baby formula, are used as weapons by Israel.
Israel keeps violating human rights and international conventions and
law by attacking civilians both in the Gaza Strip and in Lebanon.
Women and children made up 60% of those killed in Gaza
The pre-war population of Gaza was 2.3 million but it was described as
the world's largest open-air jail due to Israeli siege. In one year,
Israel dropped at least 50,000 bombs on an area of about 365 square
kilometers, targeting schools, shelter centers, hospitals, orphanages
and civilian houses. Nearly 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in
Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, according to
the Gaza's health ministry. Women and children made up 60% of those
killed in Gaza. At least 710 Palestinian newborn babies have been killed
in Israel attacks. The death toll in Israeli attacks on Gaza is likely
significantly higher. According to figures, at least two women are
killed in Gaza every two hours and 50 women are killed every day.
Women gave birth in inhumane conditions
According to international convention, women should be protected in
conflict and war zones. However, pregnant women and children were not
allowed to cross Rafah into Egypt or the Erez crossing into Israel to
receive treatment. When Israel started a war on the Gaza Strip, the
number of pregnant women in Gaza were about 50,000. According to
reports, 180 women gave birth every day in human conditions with a lack
of anesthetic, clean water and food for the infants. Some of them could
not reach hospitals due to Israeli restrictions. There is a 300%
increase in the miscarriage rate among pregnant women in Gaza, according
to healthcare workers in Gaza. In December 2023, Israel targeted Gaza's
largest fertility clinic, destroying more than 4,000 embryos.
Palestinians displaced multiple times
Around 90% of Gaza's 2.3 million people have been displaced by the war,
often multiple times, according to U.N. estimates. Women struggling to
survive have been displaced multiple times by taking only the belongings
they could carry with them. The women stay in shelters or camps trying
to protect themselves from all kinds of threats. One toilet is available
for an average of 700 people in shelters, where women have no privacy,
UNICEF said in December 2023. The lack of safe water and sanitary
products caused the spread of diseases in Gaza.
Arrested women and children
Women and children were also arrested Israeli forces, being subjected to
sexual assault, torture and harassment. More than 10,000 Palestinians,
including 86 women and 250 children were arrested by Israeli forces
between October 2023 and August 2024. At least 93 journalists were
arrested while covering the war. According to the reports, six of these
journalists are women and still held in Israeli prisons.
Displaced Palestinians need sealing-off kits before winter arrives
74% of the displaced Palestinians' tents have become unsuitable for use,
according to the government. Over one million displaced Palestinians in
central and southern Gaza urgently need these sealing-off kits before
winter arrives, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council-led Shelter
Cluster in Palestine. Displaced Palestinian women describe the life in
tents as "Dying slowly".
Children dying of malnutrition
On October 9,2023, the Israeli Defense Minister announced <a complete
siege> on the Gaza Strip, without electricity, water, food and fuel.
Israel has used starvation as a method of warfare. In the Gaza Strip,
more than 40 people, including children, have died of severe
malnutrition. International organizations have defined the Israeli war
on Gaza as a war on "children".
Israel uses water as a weapon
Since the start of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, the people
in Gaza have had only 4.74 liters of water per person per day for all
uses, including drinking, cooking and washing, which represents a
dramatic 94% reduction. Israel uses water as a weapon, showing a
disregard for human life and causing the spread of diseases.
Death toll in Lebanon rising
More than 2,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon
since October 8, 2023. Israeli attacks on Lebanon have intensified in
recent months, displacing more than 77,000. Some schools have been
turned into shelters for displaced people.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/one-year-of-israeli-attacks-women-and-children-targeted-35779
Al Jazeera - October 6, 2024
<<What impact will Macron's call to end arms exports to Israel have on
Gaza?
The French president's comments infuriate Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, who brands them <a disgrace>.>>
Source, view video and read more here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2024/10/6/what-impact-will-macrons-call-to-end-arms-exports-to-israel-have-on-gaza
Al Jazeera - October 6, 2024
<<Israel launches ground offensive on Jabalia again, killing 17
Israel pounds the densely populated camp in northern Gaza as it launches
its third ground offensive on Jabalia since the Gaza war began.
The Israeli military has carried out intense bombardment in the Jabalia
refugee camp, killing at least 17 people hours after forcing residents
in the area to leave again during its third ground assault on the
densely populated camp in northern Gaza since launching the war a year
ago. The Palestinian Civil Defence agency said on Sunday that the death
toll included nine children following air attacks and as the army
deployed tanks into the area for the first time in months. The
Palestinian Civil Defence spokesperson in Gaza, Mahmoud Basal, added
that Jabalia was targeted with multiple strikes overnight, resulting in
many casualties. Residents in Jabalia have described the intensified
attacks as some of the worst in months.
"Dozens of explosions from air strikes and tank shelling shook the
ground and buildings. It felt like the early days of the war," Raed, 52,
from Jabalia, told the Reuters news agency before his family left for
Gaza City on Sunday. On Sunday morning, the Israeli military said its
forces had <successfully> encircled the refugee camp and were operating
in the area. The army said the decision was taken after intelligence
indicated the <presence of terrorists and terror infrastructure in the
area of Jabalia ... as well as efforts by Hamas to rebuild its
operational capabilities in the area>. Israel has destroyed hospitals,
schools and residential areas, claiming Hamas was operating under them
but providing no proof of its claims. Rights organisations say these
attacks amount to war crimes. Meanwhile, the armed wing of the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad has said its fighters have targeted "a command
and control room" belonging to Israeli forces who were trying to get
into Jabalia refugee camp.
'Deteriorating' situation
Reporting from near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia, journalist
Moath al-Kahlout said that the situation in the north was
"deteriorating", adding that an "entire family" had been killed in the
overnight attacks. "The Israeli army dropped leaflets on the Jabalia
refugee camp ordering people to flee their homes, and this alarming
development suggests that the Israeli army is preparing for further
attacks. This may lead to more civilian deaths and injuries," he said.
Military and security analyst Elijah Magnier says Israel's renewed
ground invasion of northern Gaza was "inevitable" as far-right Israeli
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich claimed that Palestinian armed
resistance groups had recruited <more than a thousand people>. "Israelis
have returned to Gaza several times, they've returned to the north
several times, they've destroyed the infrastructure, the hospitals,
everything," Magnier told Al Jazeera. "They will continue doing so
unless [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu stops this war."
Evacuation orders
The Israeli army has called on Palestinians in northern Gaza to flee to
designated <safe zones> in southern and central Gaza as it begins a
renewed ground offensive. But no place in Gaza is safe for Palestinians,
including the so-called <safe zones>, campaigners say. But as some
Palestinians begin making the journey southwards, Gaza's Interior
Ministry has called on residents to ignore Israel's evacuation orders.
"Israeli claims about the presence of safe zones in southern Gaza are
lies as Israel commits crimes and massacres in all areas of the
enclave," the ministry said in a statement. "We call on citizens in
northern Gaza to ignore Israeli threats." Reporting from Deir el-Balah
in central Gaza, Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary said the difference this
time, compared to earlier evacuation orders, is that it is "not only
blocks but whole areas. Some of those Palestinians who were in the north
have refused to evacuate despite the attacks and also the starvation and
harsh conditions the blockade has imposed on them. They still refuse to
leave," Khoudary said. She added that a member of the United Nations
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) was also targeted
in Sunday's strikes and was killed.
According to Gaza's Health Ministry, at least 41,870 Palestinians have
been killed and 97,166 others injured since the war began on October 7.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/6/israel-launches-ground-offensive-on-jabalia-again-killing-17
Al Jazeera - October 6, 2024
<<Israel kills 26 in attack on Gaza mosque, school; orders more
evacuations
Dozens of Palestinians killed and wounded as the Israeli army announces
new evacuation orders for northern Gaza.
At least 26 Palestinians have been killed and many others wounded after
Israeli forces attacked a mosque and a school sheltering displaced
people in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah, the strip's Health Ministry
said. "The number of martyrs brought to hospitals as a result of the
occupation's targeting of displaced people in the Ibn Rushd school and
al-Aqsa Martyrs Mosque reached 26, with several more wounded," the
ministry said in a statement on Sunday. "The Israeli occupation
committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting
in 45 martyrs and 256 injuries arriving at hospitals during the past 24
hours," it added. The ministry said the overall death toll since the war
on Gaza began a year ago had reached 41,870, with 97,166 Palestinians
injured. In a statement, the Israeli military claimed, without providing
evidence, that the mosque and school were being used by the Palestinian
group Hamas as <command and control> centres. Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud,
reporting from the Shuhada al-Aqsa Mosque in Deir el-Balah, said the
building was "severely" damaged. "We drove by the mosque this [Sunday]
morning and saw the scale of destruction caused to it and the properties
in the surrounding area, including many department stores on the main
road," he said. Mahmoud said it took paramedics and civil defence crews
nearly three hours to remove the bodies "because of the sheer level of
damage that was caused".
More evacuation orders
Meanwhile, the Israeli military issued more evacuation orders on Sunday
morning for large swaths of northern Gaza, ordering residents to flee to
the already overcrowded <humanitarian zone> in al-Mawasi. The military's
Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee told people in northern Gaza that
Hamas had established <terrorist infrastructure in your region,
exploiting the population, shelters, and health facilities as a human
shield>. The orders came shortly after Israel on Saturday issued a
similar warning to thousands of displaced Palestinians sheltering in
central Gaza, saying its military was preparing to use <great force>
against Hamas in the area. Palestinian and United Nations officials say
no place in the enclave is safe, including the humanitarian zones where
Israeli missiles have hit several times. "The war is back," 52-year-old
Raed from Jabalia told the Reuters news agency, before he and his family
left for Gaza City. "Dozens of explosions from air strikes and tank
shelling shook the ground and buildings, it felt like the early days of
the war," he told Reuters via a chat app. Nearly all of Gaza's 2.3
million residents have been displaced at least once since Israel began
its war on Gaza on October 8. Hundreds of thousands of people have been
displaced several times. The Israeli army also announced it had
surrounded the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. <The troops of the
401st Brigade and the 460th Brigade have successfully encircled the area
and are currently continuing to operate in the area,> the military said
in a statement.
Gaza civil defence spokesman Mahmud Basal said multiple attacks rocked
Jabalia through the night, killing at least 11 people, adding that more
people were trapped under the rubble. Israeli forces have bombarded
Jabalia regularly since the start of the war on Gaza, displacing nearly
all its residents.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/6/israel-kills-26-in-strike-on-gaza-mosque-school-orders-more-evacuations
Al Jazeera - October 6, 2024
<<Palestinians in Lebanon, refugees living in fear of Israeli air
strikes
Israel has expanded its war, targeting Palestinian refugee camps in
Lebanon, raising fears of an extended Nakba.
Beirut, Lebanon - Israel waits until dusk to bomb Beirut.
The shockwaves from explosions, the buzzing of drones, and the rumble of
warplanes terrify the population - including Palestinian refugees. Most
attacks have focused on Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of the capital,
reducing the once-bustling area to rubble and killing many civilians.
Nearby areas have seen thousands flee to displacement centres dotted
around the city out of fear of Israeli attacks. Shatila, the Palestinian
refugee camp where some 20,000 people normally live squeezed on a single
square kilometre (0.3 sq miles), is no exception. The usually packed
narrow streets are nearly empty, as most women and children have fled to
areas a bit more distant from the Israeli onslaught. "There was a
decision taken [from my daughter and wife] that they can't keep living
in the home under so much fear, so they decided to go to Syria," said
Majdi Adam, a 52-year-old Palestinian married to a Syrian woman. "I
didn't leave because I'm used to living through wars ... I feel very
connected to Shatila and I'm more scared of leaving this place than
being killed by the Israelis here," he added. "But many other people
left because they fear that what is happening to Dahiyeh may happen to
Shatila."
A war on Palestinians?
Since Israel escalated its war on Lebanon in late September, it has
triggered a humanitarian crisis and devastated cities and villages in
south Lebanon, as well as Beirut's southern suburbs, killing nearly
2,000 people and displacing more than a million. The attacks haven't
spared Palestinian refugees, who mostly live in 12 camps across the
country. These sites were built to host the hundreds of thousands of
Palestinians who were ethnically cleansed from their homeland during the
creation of Israel in 1948 - an event known as the Nakba, or the
Catastrophe. Over the last week, Israel has directly bombed Beddawi camp
in the northern city of Tripoli, Ein el-Hilweh camp in the southern city
of Sidon and el-Buss camp in the town of Tyre. The attack on Beddawi
killed a local Hamas commander, while the attack on Ein el-Hilweh failed
to assassinate its intended target: Munir al-Maqdah, a Palestinian
general with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a coalition of Palestinian
armed groups. Al-Maqdah survived the attack, but Israel killed his son
and four other people. Israel killed another Hamas commander with its
strike on el-Buss, while later carrying out a separate operation on
Kola, a bustling transport hub in central Beirut. That strike killed
three fighters from the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of
Palestine, a Marxist armed group. A respected Palestinian figure from
the Mar Elias camp in Beirut, who is affiliated with a prominent
political faction, but requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of
speaking to reporters during a war, believes the camps could become
secondary targets in the war.
He said the camps in Lebanon are evidence that Israel committed the
Nakba. "The existence of Palestinian camps - in the West Bank, Gaza,
Syria or Lebanon - testify to the fact that the Nakba happened," he told
Al Jazeera. "If Israel bombs the camps, then it wouldn't be a surprise.
It's normal for us to expect that they may try and do that."
Making a difference
Palestinians in Lebanon face legal discrimination as they are barred
from working in 39 high-wage professions outside the camps and are
unable to own property, including through inheritance. These
restrictions have plunged 93 percent of Palestinians into poverty,
according to the United Nations. The Lebanese government believes
denying Palestinians these rights prevents their naturalisation in
Lebanon, thereby protecting their "right of return" to Palestine.
Lebanese factions also fear that Palestinians - who are mostly Sunni
Muslims - would tilt the country's delicate sectarian balance if they
became citizens. Despite the history of discrimination against
Palestinian refugees, many have rallied to help people affected by the
war.
In Shatila, 48-year-old Fatima Ahmed, who owns a small sewing shop,
quickly called a group of Palestinian friends and convinced them to help
her make blankets for displaced people - many sleeping under bridges, on
the streets or in shelters. "We were all stressed in the camp from the
sound of the bombing. To forget what's happening, we decided to come
together and to work. I feel like we are making a difference" Ahmed, a
woman in a black hijab, told Al Jazeera in her shop.
Women in Shatila refugee camp, Beirut.
Since last week, Ahmed said, her team of women made 3,000 blankets.
Oftentimes, they receive requests for blankets from local volunteer
groups helping displaced people in nearby cities in the south or Beirut.
Ahmed doesn't make a profit and simply asks relief organisations to pay
for the materials she needs to make blankets. She and her colleagues
also sometimes personally distribute blankets to people sleeping in the
streets.
When asked why she stayed in the camp, she said, "I could die here, but
the Israelis could also kill us if we seek shelter anywhere else."
Right of return?
According to UN resolution 194, Palestinians have a right to return to
their homeland and receive compensation for lost homes. Israel has long
accused the UN of trying to safeguard that right by providing vital
provisions to six million Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank,
Syria and Lebanon, as it is mandated to do. As a result, Israel has
tried to undermine UNRWA, the UN's agency that helps Palestinians,
accusing it of being infiltrated by "Hamas" in Gaza, to pressure Western
donors to suspend funding for its operations. The Palestinian figure
from Mar Elias said Israel may also target the refugee camps in Lebanon
to further displace Palestinians, in the hope that they relocate and
either give up or forget their right to return. "The mere existence of
the Palestinian refugee camps restricts the narrative of the Zionists,"
he said. "That's why if they target our camps in Lebanon, then it would
not be unexpected. Israel's goal would be to target Palestinian refugees
and undermine our right to return home."
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/6/palestinians-in-lebanon-refugees-living-in-fear-of-israeli-airstrikes
Al Jazeera - October 6, 2024
<<Israeli strike on Gaza mosque-turned-shelter kills at least 26
Israel bombs mosque and school sheltering displaced people in central
town of Deir el-Balah, killing at least 26 people.
Israeli strikes on Ibn Rushd school and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Mosque in
central Gaza have killed at least 26 Palestinians, officials said, as
Israel intensified its bombardment of northern Gaza and southern Beirut
in its widening war across the region. The strike hit the mosque and
school where displaced people were sheltering near the main hospital in
the central town of Deir el-Balah. Israel said it targeted a Hamas
command and control centre embedded among civilians, without providing
any evidence to back its claim. The Israeli military, meanwhile,
announced a new air and ground offensive in Jabalia in northern Gaza,
home to a densely-populated refugee camp dating back to the 1948 war
surrounding Israel's creation. It circulated photos and video footage
showing a column of tanks heading towards the area. Israel also ordered
new evacuations in northern Gaza, which largely emptied out in the early
weeks of the war when Israel ordered its entire population to flee
south. Up to 300,000 people are estimated to have remained there despite
harsh conditions and heavy destruction. Avichay Adraee, a spokesman for
the Israeli military, said it expanded the so-called humanitarian zone
in southern Gaza, urging people to head there. The zone includes
sprawling tent camps where hundreds of thousands of people have already
sought refuge. Israel has repeatedly bombed such <safe zones> in the
past year. Palestinian residents reported heavy Israeli strikes across
northern Gaza. The Palestinian Civil Defence said several homes and
buildings had been hit and they were not able to reach them because of
the bombardment.
The latest strikes add to the mounting Palestinian death toll in Gaza,
which is nearing 42,000, according to the Palestinian Ministry of
Health.>>
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