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In Defiance: Gaza Celebrates Eid Despite The Ruins

CrossFireArabia
June 16, 2024

In spite of the ongoing genocide war, Palestinians across the #Gaza Strip offered the Eid prayer today amidst the rubble of their homes. pic.twitter.com/QorpMtBUdg
— Palestine and MENA Info Center (@PALMENA_IC) June 16, 2024

Thousands of people perform Eid Al Adha prayers in the north of Gaza despite the Israeli war of starvation and genocide.

And despite the mass debris, there is a deep-seated feelings among Palestinians that life must go on and the meek shall inherit the earth. Here as well, its a question of justice. This land is Palestinian, Muslim and Arab, not to be taken by Zionist invaders.

The Eid festivities are being celebrated all over the Gaza Strip, in towns, cities, villages, displacement centers. Its celebration amongst the rubble as a show of defiance that Gazans, Palestinians are here to stay.

In spite of the ongoing genocide war, Palestinians across the #Gaza Strip offered the Eid prayer today amidst the rubble of their homes. pic.twitter.com/QorpMtBUdg
— Palestine and MENA Info Center (@PALMENA_IC) June 16, 2024

The Palestinians in Gaza gather for Salat il Eid (Eid Prayer) in the ruins of the Omari mosque intentionally targeted and destroyed by the IDF. #Gaza #Gaza_Genocide #Israel pic.twitter.com/yONybkgoko
— Assaf, MD (@SohiubN) June 16, 2024

In the case of the now destroyed Al Omari mosque Eid prayers where held among the ruins induced through Israeli bombing and destruction.

Eid prayer today amidst the rubble of their homes in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/zqEMZoIbGE
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) June 16, 2024

Besides prayers there is celebration. Children in the courtyard of the Al Aqsa Martyers Hospital in Dier Al Balah enjoy the festive season of sacrifice.

The joy of the children of Gaza on the arrival of Eid Al-Adha in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the middle of the Strip. pic.twitter.com/RBG044Z75Z
— Gaza Notifications (@gazanotice) June 15, 2024

Get a hair-cut

Palestinian youths have launched an initiative to provide free haircuts for displaced children in displacement centers in Gaza for Eid al-Adha. pic.twitter.com/I6KOZi3yVb
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 15, 2024

Palestinian children get a haircut in a displacement center for the celebration of Eid.

And finally children creating their own happiness

We love life whenever we can..

Children in Gaza create their own joy to receive the Eid amid the ongoing Israeli war and widespread devastation. pic.twitter.com/GlUr55AjXq
— Kuffiya (@Kuffiyateam) June 15, 2024

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Each Time a Tiger is Destroyed $3 Million Goes Down The Drain!

CrossFireArabia
June 15, 2024

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مقاتل حافي القدمين..
وقذيفة الياسين بـ 500 دولار.. 💵
تم تدمير اقوى مدرعة في العالم.. مدرعة النمر فخر الصناعة الإسرائيلية بـ 3مليون دولار
وفطس وحدة من نخبة الجيش الإسرائيلي مع قايدها.. من أكثر الوحدات اعدادا وتجهيزا في العالم. استغرق تدريبها وتاهيلها اكثر من 10سنوات.… pic.twitter.com/3fH2RpAUwC
— روزان قباص ال سالم. يهودية يمنية (@Ro_gopa) June 15, 2024

A Palestinian resistance fighter in flipflops and jeans. They come out from underground tunnels.

Al Yassin, a home-made shell, manufactured in the nooks and crannies of Gaza costs $500 according to a comment by Rozan Qabas Aal Salem, a Yemeni Jewish translator in Israel.

A barefoot #Hamas fighter in #Gaza with an Al-Yassin shell which cost $500 has destroyed one of the most powerful armored vehicles in the world, the Tiger armored vehicle, the pride of the #Israel's industry which cost 3 million dollars per unit, killing the commander of an elite… pic.twitter.com/AtdgXiJHPJ
— Abe (@AbeGhazal) June 15, 2024

On the other hand, the destruction of the Tiger troop carrier, which is the pride of Israeli industry represents a great economic loss for each of these units cost $3 million.

But the cost of the machine is one thing; another is the cost of the training of these elite soldiers using the most sophisticated equipment and then the parish.

The training and rehabilitation of soldiers for each machine tanks and other military hardware takes as much as 10 years.

In this war on Gaza 100s of troop carriers, tanks, drones and military hardware has been lost by the Israeli army to Palestinian fighters.

A loss estimate would put the number of military hardware units stand at 1500. This is not to account the Israeli soldiers killed in tanks and troop carriers.

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8 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Rafah

CrossFireArabia
June 15, 2024

The Israeli occupation army admits to the killing of eight of its soldiers in Rafah, in a deadly afternoon in the southern Gaza Strip.

Israeli occupation forces announce that 8 of its soldiers were killed in a complex ambush by the resistance in Rafah city.

(Illustrative photo) pic.twitter.com/qQVpM5E4n3
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 15, 2024

News of the killing is trending on the social media with the Israeli Army Radio confirming the number of those killed in an armed vehicle that was destroyed in an explosion.

8 #Israeli soldiers killed in #Gaza, in one of the deadliest incidents since the start of the war

*The 8 Israeli soldiers killed when their armored vehicle exploded in #Rafah area pic.twitter.com/8OCAHmXROe
— Steve (@SShady87) June 15, 2024

Izz Al Din Al Qassam fighters said earlier the entire crew of the armoured vehicle were killed after it was targeted by an anti-tank shell in an orchestrated ambush “at dawn on the Day of Arafah, our fighters executed a compound ambush against the invading enemy vehicles in the Saudi neighborhood in Tal al-Sultan, west of Rafah, according to Anadolu.

Israeli media: 8 soldiers killed after their tank is hit by Palestinian rocket in Rafah, southern Gaza. 🇮🇱🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/sOCm2gMbol
— THE UNKNOWN MAN (@Unknown39373Man) June 15, 2024

Among those who died was the deputy commander in the 601 Battalion of the Combat Engineers Brigade according to Israeli media sources.

Intense IDF combat in Rafah today. Just receiving reports of 8 Israeli soldiers killed in a single incident when their vehicle was destroyed in an explosion.https://t.co/w07p0enR06
— The FAI Wire 🎗️ (@FAI_Wire) June 15, 2024

One report however said 13 Israeli soldiers were killed in the Tal Al Sultan neighborhood of Rafah near the Egyptian border but as usual, the Israeli army would admit to only eight.

The armored personnel carrier was completely burned and the eight soldiers inside died instantly.

🇵🇸/🇮🇱🔥 8 #Israel|i soldiers were killed in #Rafah!

At around 5am, an ATGM was fired at an Israeli armored personnel carrier near Rafah, which directly hit it. This armored personnel carrier, which had 8 passengers, was completely burnt and the soldiers inside were also killed. pic.twitter.com/qgvQ9gSbCz
— IWN (@A7_Mirza) June 15, 2024

Israeli journalist Yossi Meliman with eight more soldiers killed, the total number of troops slain in Gaza since the beginning of the war rose to 658 soldiers. He pointed out If we add the police and Shin Bet deaths, the number reaches to 730.

Anadolu reports that 3,835 officers and soldiers have been injured since the beginning of the war, including 1,936 in the ground battles.

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72% of Saudis Support Boycott of Brands Over Gaza War

CrossFireArabia
June 15, 2024

Latest global purchasing survey shows 1 in 3 consumers are boycotting brand names over the Israeli war in Gaza.

The survey made by the Edelman’s public relations firm polled 15,000 consumers around the world across 15 countries that included USA, France, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, UK, India and Indonesia.

The annual 'Trust Barometer' report from Edelman:

The survey polled consumers across 15 countries, including Europe and the US. The top 5 countries where boycott was strong: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Indonesia. India and Germany. pic.twitter.com/FMfdbMilrs
— Palestine Community (@PalCommunities) June 15, 2024

The consumer boycotting brands include Starbucks, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola with news of the Trust Barometer report currently trending on the social media.

The top five consumer boycotting countries are Saudi Arabia, UAE, Indonesia, India and surprisingly Germany. In Saudi 72 percent of those surveyed said they are boycotting international brands followed by 57 percent in the UAE because of the Israeli war on Gaza now in its ninth month.

One third of consumers boycott brands over Gaza war, global survey finds https://t.co/yTQs60xUIU #CeasefireNowInGaza #Boycott_Israel #BDS @BDSmovement
— Osama IQ 𓂆 (@OQar) June 14, 2024

Respondents perception is the major reason for their boycott, saying they believe one side is actively supporting the other in the genocide on Gaza.

One commented this is a shocking surprise for the boycott’s enemies and a joyful surprise for its supporters while another said this is a reminder to the “boycotts don’t work idiots.”

McDonald's: Behind the fast-food firm's boycott controversy #business #humanresources #employee #employeeengagement #gushy_for_twitter
👉Sent via https://t.co/gAvSX2yci5
https://t.co/GHDG3tH4wA
— SurveyBucket (@bucket_survey) June 14, 2024

The boycott campaign has been strongest in the Middle East when many consumers stopped buying products and/or frequenting brand cafes with international tag names associated with Israel.

Further, the campaign took off last October after McDonald’s Israel’s “franchise announced it was giving free meals to Israeli soldiers in its branches in the country,” according to Middle East Eye. Its CFO Ian Borden says it lost $7 billion because of the boycott.

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No More Selfies for This Israeli Soldier

CrossFireArabia
June 15, 2024

The Israeli female soldier whose image was posted all over the social media for its glaring content was killed by a Hamas sniper in Gaza.

Rozan Qabaa Aal Salem, a Yemeni Jew, says the following piece of news made Muslims very happy!

She says Israeli soldier Captain Harina Cohen who appeared in a videoclip on her Instagram page torturing a Palestinian prisoner, met her death days later.

Does anyone find this as repulsive as I do? The ⁦@nytimes⁩ published a photo of Israeli soldiers taking selfies to celebrate the massive destruction they caused in Gaza — destruction that experts believe amounts to genocide.

Sign of a society in deep moral decay.⤵️ pic.twitter.com/37Ac0cnzG1
— Steven Donziger (@SDonziger) May 19, 2024

Aal Salem said she was shot by a sniper bullet from Izz Al Din Al Qassam Brigades fighter, adding her family received her body in a black body bag.

Aaal Salem said Muslims were particularly happy because Cohen filmed herself laughing in a mean sort of way with an elderly Palestinian woman handcuffed and blindfolded sat behind her.

🔻🔻🔥🔥🔴🔴
الخبر الذي أسعد ملايين المسلمين 🔻🔻
المجندة النقيب "هارينا كوهين" التي ظهرت في بث على صفحتها #انستقرام وهي تعذب اسيرة فلسطينية..
تم فطسها على يد قناص القسام.. واليوم استقبلت عائلتها جثتها في كيس أسود..
6% من الجنود الذي بي اعملوا سلفي.. تم فطسهم في #غزة…… pic.twitter.com/gpnqNufGsI
— روزان قباص ال سالم. يهودية يمنية (@Ro_gopa) June 14, 2024

The Yemeni writer says it is to be noted that 6 percent of the Israelis soldiers who took a selfie of themselves whilst boosting of their wrong doing in Gaza and invading people’s homes and vandalizing them have met a deadly fate.