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Gaza Journalists: ‘We Will Not Stop Reporting The Genocide”

CrossFireArabia
December 26, 2024

Dozens of Palestinian journalists took part in a stand in northern Gaza, Thursday, condemning the Israeli army’s assassination of five of their colleagues in the Nuseirat camp in the middle of the Strip.

Journalists raised banners condemning Israel’s continual targeting of media workers, including “201 journalists killed in cold blood” and that “Coverage will continue”.

Journalist Islam Badr said: “Despite the genocide, now in its 14th month, we will continue to provide coverage because we are the voice of our people, the cause and the land”.

He added: “Coverage will not stop, and the world must move to stop Israel from killing us. We are here to convey the truth”.

Badr pointed out “the assassination of journalists is a crime, and the genocide in Gaza is a crime, and the silent world is a partner in these crimes”.

Journalist Basil Khair al-Din said: “Today we stand before a fully-fledged crime that targets not only journalists, but also seeks to hide the truth from the world in light of the genocide” perpetrated by the Israeli army.

He added: “This crime is part of a series of violations against journalists, with the aim of silencing their voices and silencing their journalistic message”.

He stressed “journalism is not a crime, and Israel’s assassination of journalists will not deter us from performing our national duty to convey the suffering of our people.”

On Thursday morning, five Palestinian journalists were killed in an Israeli attack that targeted the satellite broadcast vehicle of the Al-Quds Today channel, which was in front of Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, which led to its complete smouldering.

With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving more than 153,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing, amid massive destruction and famine that killed dozens of children and elderly people, in one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world.

Israel continues its massacres, ignoring two arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court on 21 November against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant, for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinians in Gaza according to Anadolu.

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Israel Bombs Sanaa Airport While WHO Chief Prepares to Leave

CrossFireArabia
December 26, 2024

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization (WHO) said, Thursday, said he was at Yemen’s Sanaa airport when it was hit by Israeli air strikes.

“As we were about to board our flight from Sana’a, about two hours ago, the airport came under aerial bombardment. One of our plane’s crew members was injured,” Tedros wrote on his X account. “At least two people were reported killed at the airport.”

“The air traffic control tower, the departure lounge — just a few meters from where we were — and the runway were damaged,” he said, adding that the mission needs to wait for the damage to the airport to be repaired before they can leave.

BREAKING: Israel is bombing Yemen.

Israeli Broadcasting Authority: The sites targeted in Yemen are Sanaa’s Airport, Hodeidah Port, and energy and oil facilities

Israeli Army Radio, citing a military source: The attacks in Yemen are not like previous attacks. They are part of… pic.twitter.com/YraTUh03c3
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) December 26, 2024

Tedros said he and his colleagues are safe and sent “heartfelt condolences” to the relatives of those who lost their lives in the attack.

The WHO chief and his team were in Yemen to negotiate the release of UN staff detainees and assess the country’s health and humanitarian situation.

“We continue to call for the detainees’ immediate release,” he added according to Anadolu.

Houthi Foreign Minister Jamal Amer condemned on his X account the timing of the Israeli airstrike on the airport.

He described the attack as “targeting and disregarding the UN,” as it coincided with preparations for Tedros and UN resident coordinator Julian Harnis to depart on a UN flight.

Yemen Israel just bombed Sanaa International Airport.#Yemen #Airport pic.twitter.com/y3crgxZ2xI
— Arif (@arif_aaeed_04) December 26, 2024

The Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah channel said fatalities in the airport’s attack rose to three with 16 injuries, while Israel struck the Ras Isa oil port in Al-Hudaydah which resulted in one death while three people went missing.

Israeli warplanes launched a new wave of airstrikes in Yemen targeting several strategic sites, including Sanaa airport and the port of Al-Hudaydah in western Yemen, Israeli public broadcaster KAN said.

Israel’s Channel 12 said power stations were targeted in the attacks, without providing further details.

According to Israeli Channel 13, dozens of Israeli fighter jets took part in the attacks, which coincided with a televised speech by Houthi leader Abdel-Malik al-Houthi.

KAN said the US was notified before the launch of the attacks.

Channel 14 claimed that critical targets such as air traffic control towers and runways at Sanaa airport were destroyed, alongside Al Hudaydah port, allegedly a hub for arms smuggling to the Houthis.

Senior Israeli security officials, cited by the channel, suggested the strikes could mark the beginning of a broader campaign. They indicated Israel might continue targeting the Houthis as long as the group persists in launching attacks against Israeli cities.

The latest strikes are part of a pattern of Israeli military action in Yemen this year. On 20 July, Israeli airstrikes on Al Hudaydah Port are said to have killed dozens and caused significant material losses, estimated by Houthi officials at $20 million.

Scenes from Sana'a International Airport, which was bombed by the Israeli Air Force just a couple hours ago.

Blood stains everywhere in the departure lounge. pic.twitter.com/sjhAy0tpj8
— روني الدنماركي (@Aldanmarki) December 26, 2024

On 29 September, Israeli forces conducted widespread airstrikes on western Yemen, including Al Hudaydah and Ras Isa ports.

Most recently, on 19 December, Israel targeted power stations in Sana’a, Al Hudaydah, Salif, and Ras Isa, resulting in nine deaths, three injuries, and severe infrastructure damage. The strikes left hundreds of thousands without electricity.

Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth revealed ongoing discussions with the US about the possibility of a major offensive in Yemen. The report said Israel views the Houthis as a resilient adversary with strong morale and widespread support across Arab populations.

The newspaper speculated on the potential for a radical shift in Israeli strategy, possibly involving international ground operations to oust the Houthis. However, such efforts may depend on a change in US leadership, with Israeli officials expressing hope for a tougher stance under a potential Trump administration in 2025.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Houthis, Wednesday, saying: “They will learn the same lessons as Hamas, Hezbollah, the Assad regime, and others, even if it takes time.”

The Houthis have targeted Israel, as well as Israeli-linked shipping and naval vessels in the Red Sea, in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has killed more than 45,000 people since the 7 October, 2023 Hamas attacks.

The US and UK have also been bombing Houthi targets in Yemen.

Netanyahu, Thursday, visited the Air Force command and control center to monitor the attack, his office said, confirming the attack according to the Turkish news agency.

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Israel Kills 5 Journalists Outside Maternity Hospital

CrossFireArabia
December 26, 2024

Five Palestinian journalists were killed at dawn, Thursday, when the Israeli occupation forces bombed their vehicle in the central Gaza Strip.

Breaking: Five journalists were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the “Al-Quds Today” broadcasting van near Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, central Gaza.
• Faisal Abu Al-Qumsan (Reporter)
• Fadi Hassouna (Editor)
• Ibrahim Sheikh Ali (Journalist)
• Mohammed Al-Lada’a (Editor)… pic.twitter.com/6FacVKLW6t
— أنس الشريف Anas Al-Sharif (@AnasAlSharif0) December 26, 2024

Local sources said the occupation forces bombed a television broadcast vehicle in front of Al-Awda Hospital in Al-Nuseirat camp, killing five journalists working for Al-Quds Today satellite channel who were inside it.

Al-Quds Today channel announced that five of its journalists were martyred at dawn today in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the channel’s external broadcast vehicle in Al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The moment a marked press vehicle was targeted by Israeli occupation forces in central Gaza, killing five Palestinian journalists from Al-Quds Today television channel while they were asleep inside. pic.twitter.com/q6F93q2A9Q
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) December 26, 2024

Footage from the scene showed the van engulfed in flames as civil defense teams worked to recover the bodies and extinguish the fire.

The five journalists that were killed by an Israeli targetted strike were Faisal Abu Al-Qumsan, Ayman Al-Jadi, Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Khalil, Fadi Hassouna, and Muhammad Al-Lad’ah, who were killed in a Zionist attack on the external broadcast bus.”

Israeli forces targeted a clearly marked press vehicle in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing five Palestinian journalists.

All five work for the satellite channel Al-Quds Today. The journalists were sleeping in the van where they should have been safe.… pic.twitter.com/YWsDZtvOXZ
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 26, 2024

In a statement by the Quds Today satellite channel it added the five were killed “while performing their journalistic and humanitarian duty,” describing the incident as “a crime added to the series of crimes committed by the occupation against Palestinian journalists.”

The Gaza Government Media Office confirmed the number of the journalists has risen to 201 since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Strip since 7 October, 2023.

Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif reported al-Jadi was waiting for his wife, who was in labor with their first child, outside the hospital at the time of the attack.

#Gaza: CPJ is devastated by the reports that five journalists and media workers were killed inside their broadcasting vehicle by an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat camp.
Journalists are civilians and must always be protected.#ThisMustStop https://t.co/JjTS2IPK4b
— CPJ MENA (@CPJMENA) December 26, 2024

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) wrote on X it “is devastated by the reports that five journalists and media workers were killed inside their broadcasting vehicle by an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat Camp,” pointing out that “journalists must always be protected.”

The Israeli occupation army, supported by the United States and Europe, has continued its aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, where its aircraft bombed the vicinity of hospitals, buildings, towers, and homes of Palestinian civilians, destroying them over the heads of their residents, and preventing the entry of water, food, medicine, and fuel.

Israel has just killed 5 journalists in one attack in Gaza. 5 journalists.

This violates Article 79 of Additional Protocol (I) Geneva Conventions, but international law clearly does not apply to Israel. pic.twitter.com/TRzmXYe2Ss
— Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) December 26, 2024

The aggression left more than 153,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, amid massive destruction and famine that killed dozens of children and elderly people, in one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world.

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Houthis Arrest US-Israeli ‘Spy Ring’

CrossFireArabia
December 25, 2024

The Houthis announced, Wednesday, the arrest of a number of spies in Yemen who were working for the Israeli Mossad intelligence agency and the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

The Israelis and Americans are still to comment on this.

The Houthi movement said in a statement on the Al-Masirah satellite TV chanell that that “the security services were able, in the past few days, to arrest a number (unspecified) of spies, who were recruited and recruited by the wanted spy Hamid Hussein Fayed Majli”.

It explained the Mossad and CIA assigned these spies several tasks, the most prominent of which is “monitoring and collecting information about experts, laboratories, platforms, and vehicles for the launching of missiles and drones targeting the Zionist enemy, and the locations and sites of naval forces, camps, and weapons depots”.

The Houthis added that the tasks of these spies also included the “monitoring and collecting of information about the locations of its leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, and “some political, military and security leaders of the state, and social figures opposed to the Israeli and American enemy.”

It pointed out that these spies were asked to provide the coordinates of these places and sites to the spy Hamid Majli “so that he would in turn provide them to the Mossad for the purpose of targeting them by the enemy’s American, Israeli and British aircraft.”

These spies were also tasked, according to the same statement, with “working to try to penetrate, recruit and plant agents and spies in the ranks of the armed forces and security.”

The group indicated that “the enemy’s intelligence wants, through espionage activities, to obstruct the position of the Yemeni people supporting Gaza by targeting its military forces and leaders.”

It warned “of the danger of working for the American and Israeli intelligence services, the penalty for which is execution.”

And “in solidarity with Gaza” by confronting the ongoing Israeli war of genocide on the Strip since 7 October, 2023, which has led to the killing and wounding of more than 153,000 Palestinians, the Houthi group has been targeting Israeli or related cargo ships in the Red Sea with missiles and drones since November of the same year.

In response to these attacks, Washington and London have been launching air strikes and missile attacks on Houthi sites in Yemen since the beginning of this year, which the group responded to by announcing that it now considers all American and British ships among its military targets, and expanding its attacks to ships passing through the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean or any place its weapons can reach.

The Houthi group also launches missile and drone attacks on Israel from time to time, some of which have targeted Tel Aviv, and stipulates that stopping its attacks requires ending the Israeli war of extermination on Gaza according to Anadolu.

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