Israel, "by committing horrific massacres, was able to free some its hostages, yet it killed some others during the operation," al-Qassam Brigades' spokesperson, Abu Ubaida, said in a statement on his Telegram channel.
The actress Israeli-Palestinian Lama Tator, who hosts an Arabic culture program on #Keshet, shared a photo of Argamani after her release from captivity, commenting on appearance after long months in #Hamas captivity and the massacre the IDF carried out to release her and the others.
"Are these the faces of a hostage for nine months?" the actress wrote in a story she shared on social media. "Are her eyebrows more groomed than mine? Her skin? Her hair? Her nails? What's going on? And for her they need to kill and slaughter children, women, and innocents?"
[cont'd] U.S. denies humanitarian pier used during IDF Gaza hostage rescue operation
The U.S. Central Command denied that the U.S. humanitarian pier built off the coast of #Gaza was used during the #IDF's hostage rescue operation in Gaza on Saturday, which allegedly involved the killing of more than 200 Palestinian civilians (number of #Hamas militants killed can not be verified).
[cont'd] Hamas: The soldiers who participated in the Nuseirat rescue operation disguised themselves as displaced persons
Hamas's information office said that the soldiers who participated in the hostage rescue operation yesterday entered the #Nuseirat camp in civilian vehicles and under disguise, pretending to be displaced persons. According to the office, during the operation, 89 inhabited houses and homes were damaged.
On social media, pictures were posted yesterday of a civilian truck, appearing to be a truck for transferring humanitarian aid, which was allegedly used by Israeli security forces to reach the center of the refugee camp.
According to the testimony of a Palestinian resident who was injured during the rescue operation, the Israeli soldiers wore civilian clothes and looked like displaced persons fleeing the bombardment, and it seems this is how they managed to reach the buildings where the hostages were being held.
The Arabic spokesman for the IDF, Avichay Adraee, denied the claims and said that the #IDF did not use aid vehicles, nor did it use the American naval jetty during the operation.
“Do you condemn Hamas?: The question we have to ask ourselves is not whether we condemn Hamas, but whether we condemn a settler colonial regime that makes armed struggle necessary for survival.”
“Like them [Hamas] or not, the efforts they have waged and continue to wage have made more of a material impact toward the liberation of Palestine than anything any of us in the West will ever make. They are taking on the brutal violence of colonial power and waging a campaign of armed struggle that has, at the current moment, with coordination with other resistance factions, made the Zionist colony more of a pariah than it has ever been on a global stage and shattered the image of military invincibility and overall stability it has spent decades cultivating. Countless years of struggle have culminated in this flashpoint.”
...testimonies from inmates revealed horrifying conditions. For most of the time, they were kept in a state of sensory deprivation, made to wear blacked-out goggles, except for when being tortured. In one case that later came to court, a Lebanese captive had been sodomised with a baton by “Major George”,
Horrifying video shows how Israeli forces stop an ambulance carrying an injured Palestinian in the city of #Nablus and forcing them to hand over him to IDF.
The #IDF announces that 46 officers and soldiers have been killed or injured throughout the #Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, the largest number of #casualties in a single day since October 7th
The the morning of May 11, the #Israeli army spokesperson announced that the #military had begun a new operation in #Jabalia, the city and adjacent refugee camp in northern #Gaza. Evacuation orders were issued to #Palestinian residents of several neighborhoods, but many have been unable to leave; others have decided to stay, given the lack of any safe areas throughout the Strip.
The latest Israeli attack on the camp, involving both aircraft and ground troops, has had devastating consequences: the #army has bombed and bulldozed entire residential squares, markets, and food warehouses, exacerbating the already desperate humanitarian crisis, while corpses remain scattered in the streets.
Sabri Abu Al-Nasr, 43 years old, is a resident of the camp who took refuge in the #UNRWA-affiliated Al-Fakhoura #School, in an attempt to escape the Israeli bombing. “The conditions in the camp are terrible, and no one is spared from the artillery and air bombardment,” he told +972. “Israeli snipers are on high buildings — they shoot at every moving object.
On Oct. 29, Abu Al-Nasr lost his wife Nisreen (40) and his children Nisma (16), Hamza (14), and Mohammad (13) when Israel bombed a residential square adjacent to the family’s home. Their bodies remain trapped under the rubble, preventing Abu al-Nasr from being able to properly bury his loved ones. Seven months later, amid a new Israeli assault, he says “the smell of death and blood wafts throughout the camp.”
According to a Senior Israeli Defense Official, the Order has now been given to the #IDF Northern Command and other Forces in Northern #Israel to Expand Military Operations against #Hezbollah in Southern #Lebanon.
#Netanyahu will set the region on fire before leaving office.
Israeli deadly #robots; The new weapon of the regime in the Gaza war
During the genocidal war and non-stop aggressive attacks against the Gaza strip, the IDF soldiers use remote-controlled robots that are used to perform various military missions such as reconnaissance, imaging, search and explosion.
During the recent attacks on the #Jabalia camp, the IDF widely used explosive robots; Especially in places where it was not possible to enter due to the intensity of the resistance.
#ICC / Prosecutor asks for arrest warrants for three leading Hamas leaders, as well ass Netanyahu and Galant
[...] The office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday said it was seeking arrest warrants against three leading Hamas militants for their alleged roles in the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Watch: ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan explains the charges against top Hamas and Israeli leadership in detail in this excerpt from his interview with @amanpour this morning at The Hague
[cont'd] The Israeli press is failing in its duty in covering the war in Gaza
The media, especially the news channels, are creating a black hole in Israelis' worldview. So there is a disconnect between how Israelis perceive the conflict and how it is viewed internationally, with Israelis struggling to understand the "sudden hatred" against them worldwide. Potential Israeli explanations range from the world forgetting the events of October 7th to ... yes, #antisemitism.
Over at "The Seventh Eye" (investigative online magazine dedicated to journalism and the media) Chen Egri writes that the real reason is that Israelis are largely unaware of the massive humanitarian disaster and civilian casualties in Gaza due to lack of media coverage on the issue. All major Israeli outlets except #Haaretz are ignoring basic facts about Palestinian deaths, injuries, displacement, etc.
This lack of knowledge creates an "unexplained gap" between international condemnation of #Israel's actions and how Israelis view the situation through the limited lens provided to them of defeating Hamas and Palestinian militancy.
[...] If in online and print journalism it is still possible to find some articles and reports on the civilian reality in Gaza, in television news channels, the main source of news information for Israelis, the situation is appalling. Channel 12 News, the news monopoly watched by most Israelis, refuses to report on the situation in Gaza.
[...] On the fundamentalist Channel 14 website, a counter of "the terrorists we have eliminated" is still prominently displayed. At the time of publishing this column, it stands at 34,971. Most of them, even according to #IDF estimates, were civilians who did not participate in the fighting. Like Hamas, Channel 14 also does not distinguish between infants and fighters. The counter on the N12 website does not wallow in bloodlust like Channel 14, but only shows the number of Hamas militants killed. Civilians are simply not mentioned.
[...] A search on the #N12 website yields a single-digit number of articles on what is happening in the Strip since the outbreak of the war, and even those mostly focus on the resentment of #Gaza residents towards #Hamas and the disaster it has brought upon them, with headlines like "Channel 12 News camera in Gaza: What do the Strip's youth think about Hamas?" What do the Strip's youth think about Israel? Channel 12 News does not address Israel's part in the situation of the Gaza Strip and its residents, or even simply the situation itself.
That's almost worst than what Adolf Eichmann & Arthur Ruppin stood for. Seriously, aren't you ashamed about yourself, or is it paid too good to stop this BS of yours? @Sherifazuhur
"True. But you gotta give it to them... they were very good at stealing UN money to fund their terrorist organization."
— @h4890
If you say that Hamas freedom fighters got more buck$ from the UN than #Irgun#JDL#IDF terrorists from #AIPAC then back your claim with source links. Otherwise, you're just a liar.
Obviously you @h4890 can't back that claim of yours with links, otherwise you would do as you're told, wouldn't you?
Same BS different propaganda stories been the "babies in ovens", "systemic rape" allegations, AND last not least your classic "anti-semitism" fairytales...
I've offered quite a few opportunities for you to provide links, but since you ignored them the disability of yours became obvious.
#UK / Silly anecdotes from populist Israeli news sites that indulge their readership in Zionist indoctrination.
[…] Even the most beautiful kippah won't help you look less hypocritical. Just saying.
Ynet columnist seems to think Prince William is a hypocrite because… apparently he didn’t stick with the Jewish state during the genocide in Gaza.
She quips: […] When it comes to relations with Israel - the royal family definitely needs to work a little harder. With the outbreak of the [what Israel titles] “Iron Swords” War [which many see as a genocidal revenge attack], and after the horrific atrocities committed by the Hamas terrorist organization on October 7th were exposed, Prince William and Kate Middleton, together with King Charles, rushed to condemn the horrific actions - but very quickly changed their approach.
And how? Well he dared to say this (translated back from Hebrew so probably different form the source):
[…] "I am concerned about the terrible human cost of the conflict in the Middle East since Hamas' attack on October 7th. Too many people have been killed, […] Like many others, I want to see an end to the fighting as soon as possible. There is a need for increased humanitarian aid to Gaza, it is critical that aid gets in and the captives are released."
Horrible person indeed. Funny she stops short of mentioning that the slaughter of thousands of Gazans (mostly women and children) in the hand of the #IDF that followed, might have had something to do with that.
Thought I should share the pain of going through this with someone 🤷🏽♂️…
#Gaza While Israel's fascists are pushing for full occupation of Gaza and imposing a 'military rule’, Netanyahu is not saying no, and the army warns of dire consequences of such a plan
At the dramatic press conference he held the day before yesterday, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned that he will not continue in his position if there is Israeli control over Gaza. Gallant believes that the current conduct has led to a situation where Israel is currently controlling the Strip, but this is a dangerous situation.
"A trend is developing that is promoting military and civilian rule in Gaza. This is dangerous for us, Israel must not have civilian control over the Gaza Strip. Since October I have been raising this issue in the Cabinet without receiving an answer. The end of the military operation is through political action," he warned.
These are the financial and administrative implications of 'martial rule' in Gaza.
Budget
NIS 20 billion in yearly operational costs
NIS 150 million for building an additional "corridor"
Reconstruction costs not included
Personnel
400 positions to staff five district governorates
4 offensive divisions and 1 defensive division - forces that will be drawn from the Northern and Central Commands
A dramatic increase in the scope of reserve duty for operational employment will be required
#Gaza While Israel's fascists are pushing for full occupation of Gaza and imposing a 'military rule’, Netanyahu is not saying no, and the army warns of dire consequences of such a plan
At the dramatic press conference he held the day before yesterday, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned that he will not continue in his position if there is Israeli control over Gaza. Gallant believes that the current conduct has led to a situation where Israel is currently controlling the Strip, but this is a dangerous situation.
"A trend is developing that is promoting military and civilian rule in Gaza. This is dangerous for us, Israel must not have civilian control over the Gaza Strip. Since October I have been raising this issue in the Cabinet without receiving an answer. The end of the military operation is through political action," he warned.
These are the financial and administrative implications of 'martial rule' in Gaza.
Budget
NIS 20 million in operational costs
NIS 150 million for an additional "corridor"
Reconstruction costs not included
Personnel
400 positions to staff five district governorates
4 offensive divisions and 1 defensive division - forces that will be drawn from the Northern and Central Commands
A dramatic increase in the scope of reserve duty for operational employment will be required
#Gaza / Settlers looted and desecrated food intended for Gaza in front of soldiers, peace activists were attacked, and two trucks were set on fire
Dozens of settlers and far-right Israelis looted yesterday the humanitarian aid trucks making their way to the Strip through the Tarqumiya crossing near Hebron. The humanitarian aid was blocked at two points in the area south and west of Hebron Hill - near the Tarqumiya checkpoint and near the Negohot settlement. After being blocked and looted, two trucks were set on fire near the Tarqumiya checkpoint.
B'Tselem stated that the looting continued for hours, "in front of soldiers and police officers, as well as security personnel at the crossing, who did not lift a finger to stop the desecration of food. This conduct by the Israeli authorities grossly violates the interim orders of the International Court of Justice, which demanded that Israel allow the supply of humanitarian aid to Gaza."
#Palestine / Israelis beat a Palestinian truck driver because they thought he was transporting aid to the Gaza Strip.
Israeli civilians stopped two trucks in the area of the Givaat Assaf settlement in the occupied West Bank and unloaded their contents, because they thought they were carrying aid to the Gaza Strip. These were regular Palestinian trade trucks, and after the settlers unloaded the goods from them - they set tires on fire and threw a stone that hit one of the drivers in the head. #IDF and Border Police forces are present at the scene.
Canada’s largest private high school recently organized a genocide solidarity trip in which students cooked for Israeli soldiers. In a sane world, the school’s charitable status would be revoked.
@mondoweiss@palestine@israel Well, this is sickening. Did the school cheerleaders lead cheers for #IDF like "Give me a G, give me an E, give me an N, give me GEN-O-CIDE!" 🤮
#IDF destroyed the last operating cell tow in Rafah and set it on fire.
One of the key goals of Israel is to prevent the world witnessing what they are doing in Gaza. From murder of reporters, preventing foreign press to enter and destroying the means of communication, they are setup up the stage for full blown assault on #Rafah and mass murder of innocent palestinians who have no where to go.
from #CommonDreams
'This Is a Crime Against Humanity': 600,000 Children in Line of Fire as #IDF Moves on Rafah
"We had already run out of words to describe how catastrophic the situation is in #Rafah—but this next chapter will take it to indescribable new levels" - Save the Children International CEO.