Cease-fire? What cease-fire? Israel continues attacks.
The Genocide in Gaza
Israel continued to attack Gaza on Wednesday despite the U.S. brokered ceasefire, with at least three airstrikes on Beit Lahia, shelling in areas east of the Jabaliya refugee camp, and shooting east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to Al Jazeera.
In the past 24 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported 3 bodies recovered from the rubble, and 4 others were wounded and taken to hospitals. This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide in Gaza to 69,185 and 170,698 injuries.
Since October 11, the first full day of the ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 245 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 627, while 532 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble, according to the Ministry of Health.
UNICEF says that Israel is blocking the medical supplies necessary to carry out its childhood vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip, including 1.6 million syringes and nearly 1 million baby bottles, it tells Al Jazeera. The campaign intended to vaccinate the roughly 40,000 children who missed routine vaccinations during the war.
The syringes have been stuck in Israeli customs since August, with Israel labeling them “dual-use” items that could have military applications.
The Israeli military announced on Wednesday that it opened the Zikim crossing in northern Gaza for the entry of humanitarian aid. Since the ceasefire went into effect on October 10, Israel has severely restricted the number of aid trucks allowed into Gaza—where a famine was declared in summer—in violation of the agreement.
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas behind the “yellow line” that Israeli forces withdrew to after the ceasefire went into effect a month ago, according to satellite images reviewed by the BBC. The photos show that entire neighborhoods have been razed in less than a month, including in areas where buildings did not appear to be damaged prior to being destroyed. Targeted areas include Abasan Al-Kabira in eastern Khan Younis, Al-Bayuk, east of the city of Rafah, as well in the eastern neighbourhood of Shejaiya in Gaza City, and near the Indonesian hospital on the edge of the Jabaliya refugee camp. The BBC reports the actual number of destroyed buildings could be significantly higher.
The next stage of President Donald Trump’s plan, creating a transitional authority and multinational security force in Gaza, is frozen according to Reuters. Ten diplomats said no state will send troops if the mission goes beyond peacekeeping, while some argue that Washington is letting Israel dictate the terms of the ceasefire. Hamas refuses to disarm under occupation, Israel rejects any Palestinian Authority role, and no government has agreed to participate in the disarmament of Palestinian resistance groups.
West Bank and Israel
Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages of Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf on Tuesday, setting fire to vehicles, farmland, tents, and other property, while wounding four Palestinians. In a rare move, Israeli police clashed with the settlers and arrested four Israelis in what it described as “extremist violence.”
Israeli soldiers shot a young Palestinian man during a raid Tuesday evening on the village of Aqaba, near Tubas, according to Al Araby. Troops used live ammunition and sound bombs during the operation. The wounded man was evacuated by the Red Crescent to a nearby hospital.
Israeli forces have issued a military order to seize and confiscate more than 38 dunams (more than nine acres) in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, according to Wafa.
13-year-old Palestinian boy Aysam Jihad Labib Naser died on Tuesday one month after Israeli forces attacked his family while they were harvesting olives, according to Defense for Children International - Palestine. Aysam Jihad Labib Naser, 13, was harvesting olives with his family around 10 a.m. on October 11 in the Wadi Aziz area on Jabal Qamas in Beita, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, when Israeli soldiers heavily bombarded the area with tear gas and fired several tear gas canisters toward Aysam, causing him to choke severely and collapse. Aysam was resuscitated and hospitalized where he remained in critical condition until he died on Tuesday afternoon.
Israel’s parliament on Monday approved the first reading of a bill expanding the so-called “Al Jazeera Law,” allowing the government to shut down foreign media outlets without court approval, according to Haaretz. The measure, passed 50–41, would let the communications minister and prime minister close any outlet deemed a “security threat,” a move legal advisers warn could be unconstitutional for removing judicial oversight.
Far-right Israelis attacked Arab lawmaker Ayman Odeh during a town-hall style meeting at a home in the northern Israeli town of Pardes Hanna, according to a reporter from Israel’s N12. Video of the attack shows a mob banging on his car and throwing stones as he leaves the event. Police were present but made no arrests. Odeh said the attack reflected “the fascism raging in this country under the current government,” and vowed that Jews and Arabs would stand together to defeat it.
The group of soldiers accused of gangraping a detainee at Sde Teiman prison received a standing ovation on Tuesday from an audience at the Israeli Supreme Court. “We are all force 100,” they chanted, referring to the unit allegedly responsible for the atrocities.
Source: Drop Site Daily
Israel continued to attack Gaza on Wednesday despite the U.S. brokered ceasefire, with at least three airstrikes on Beit Lahia, shelling in areas east of the Jabaliya refugee camp, and shooting east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to Al Jazeera.
In the past 24 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported 3 bodies recovered from the rubble, and 4 others were wounded and taken to hospitals. This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide in Gaza to 69,185 and 170,698 injuries.
Since October 11, the first full day of the ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 245 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 627, while 532 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble, according to the Ministry of Health.
UNICEF says that Israel is blocking the medical supplies necessary to carry out its childhood vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip, including 1.6 million syringes and nearly 1 million baby bottles, it tells Al Jazeera. The campaign intended to vaccinate the roughly 40,000 children who missed routine vaccinations during the war.
The syringes have been stuck in Israeli customs since August, with Israel labeling them “dual-use” items that could have military applications.
The Israeli military announced on Wednesday that it opened the Zikim crossing in northern Gaza for the entry of humanitarian aid. Since the ceasefire went into effect on October 10, Israel has severely restricted the number of aid trucks allowed into Gaza—where a famine was declared in summer—in violation of the agreement.
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas behind the “yellow line” that Israeli forces withdrew to after the ceasefire went into effect a month ago, according to satellite images reviewed by the BBC. The photos show that entire neighborhoods have been razed in less than a month, including in areas where buildings did not appear to be damaged prior to being destroyed. Targeted areas include Abasan Al-Kabira in eastern Khan Younis, Al-Bayuk, east of the city of Rafah, as well in the eastern neighbourhood of Shejaiya in Gaza City, and near the Indonesian hospital on the edge of the Jabaliya refugee camp. The BBC reports the actual number of destroyed buildings could be significantly higher.
The next stage of President Donald Trump’s plan, creating a transitional authority and multinational security force in Gaza, is frozen according to Reuters. Ten diplomats said no state will send troops if the mission goes beyond peacekeeping, while some argue that Washington is letting Israel dictate the terms of the ceasefire. Hamas refuses to disarm under occupation, Israel rejects any Palestinian Authority role, and no government has agreed to participate in the disarmament of Palestinian resistance groups.
West Bank and Israel
Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages of Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf on Tuesday, setting fire to vehicles, farmland, tents, and other property, while wounding four Palestinians. In a rare move, Israeli police clashed with the settlers and arrested four Israelis in what it described as “extremist violence.”
Israeli soldiers shot a young Palestinian man during a raid Tuesday evening on the village of Aqaba, near Tubas, according to Al Araby. Troops used live ammunition and sound bombs during the operation. The wounded man was evacuated by the Red Crescent to a nearby hospital.
Israeli forces have issued a military order to seize and confiscate more than 38 dunams (more than nine acres) in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, according to Wafa.
13-year-old Palestinian boy Aysam Jihad Labib Naser died on Tuesday one month after Israeli forces attacked his family while they were harvesting olives, according to Defense for Children International - Palestine. Aysam Jihad Labib Naser, 13, was harvesting olives with his family around 10 a.m. on October 11 in the Wadi Aziz area on Jabal Qamas in Beita, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, when Israeli soldiers heavily bombarded the area with tear gas and fired several tear gas canisters toward Aysam, causing him to choke severely and collapse. Aysam was resuscitated and hospitalized where he remained in critical condition until he died on Tuesday afternoon.
Israel’s parliament on Monday approved the first reading of a bill expanding the so-called “Al Jazeera Law,” allowing the government to shut down foreign media outlets without court approval, according to Haaretz. The measure, passed 50–41, would let the communications minister and prime minister close any outlet deemed a “security threat,” a move legal advisers warn could be unconstitutional for removing judicial oversight.
Far-right Israelis attacked Arab lawmaker Ayman Odeh during a town-hall style meeting at a home in the northern Israeli town of Pardes Hanna, according to a reporter from Israel’s N12. Video of the attack shows a mob banging on his car and throwing stones as he leaves the event. Police were present but made no arrests. Odeh said the attack reflected “the fascism raging in this country under the current government,” and vowed that Jews and Arabs would stand together to defeat it.
The group of soldiers accused of gangraping a detainee at Sde Teiman prison received a standing ovation on Tuesday from an audience at the Israeli Supreme Court. “We are all force 100,” they chanted, referring to the unit allegedly responsible for the atrocities.
Source: Drop Site Daily
