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Netanyahu Lands in New Scandal

CrossFireArabia
November 10, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is at the center of a new scandal involving alleged orders to halt the recording of war cabinet meetings, which is a deviation from standard security protocols, local media reported on Saturday.

The controversy reportedly began on Oct. 7, the day Israel’s offensive on Gaza commenced, when war cabinet meetings took place at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, according to the daily Yedioth Ahronoth.

While security officials initially recorded these meetings as required, Netanyahu’s office allegedly instructed the military to stop documenting the discussions, arguing that recording was unnecessary.

The war cabinet, formed by Netanyahu after Oct. 7, 2023, included Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, former Defense Minister Benny Gantz, ex-Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, and Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer. Netanyahu later dissolved the council in June this year following the resignations of Gantz and Eisenkot according to the Anadolu news agency.

Further escalating the controversy, Israel’s Channel 12 revealed Friday that Netanyahu’s office is under investigation for allegedly blackmailing a military officer with a sensitive video to access and alter records from the Oct. 7 meetings.

According to Channel 12, Avi Gil, Netanyahu’s former military secretary, notified Israel’s Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara of suspected protocol violations.

This investigation coincides with a separate probe by the Israeli Lahav 433 police unit into alleged document forgery within Netanyahu’s office, alongside an ongoing Shin Bet investigation into the leak of sensitive intelligence. Five individuals, including Netanyahu’s spokesperson Eli Feldstein and other senior officials, have been detained.

These cases have intensified public concern over the security practices and accountability of Netanyahu’s office amid accusations that officials sought to deflect responsibility for perceived failures leading up to the Oct. 7 Gaza war.

Israel has continued a devastating offensive on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, killing over 43,500 Palestinians and rendering the enclave almost uninhabitable.

Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in the blockaded enclave.

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The Pressman

CrossFireArabia
November 10, 2024

“I go out every day, camera in hand, pen in pocket, not knowing if I will return. I run away from the shells, hide from their planes, fight hunger and exhaustion. Food, safety, and sleep have become rare luxuries. We survive on little, and draw strength from the smallest acts of steadfastness – a piece of bread, we share or a word of condolence we exchange. My home, like the homes of many here, no longer exists; the occupation army destroyed it, and there is no place here that makes me feel safe.

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Death in Jabalia

CrossFireArabia
November 10, 2024

This is what Anas Al Sharif wrote:

“Good morning you unjust world….

This is the scene now from Jabalia Al Ballad (downtown).”

Continuing Israeli military strikes produces these scenes of death.

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Black Saturday: Israel Kills 4 Journalists in Gaza

CrossFireArabia
November 9, 2024

The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip announced, Saturday evening, that the number of Palestinian journalists killed rose to 188.

It produced the latest total after announcing the martyrdom of four journalists killed in the genocidal war committed by Israel on the people of Gaza since 7 October, 2023.

According to the government office, the martyred journalists included “Al-Zahraa and Ahmed Mohammed Abu Sakhil, who work for the News Media Network,” and were killed earlier on Saturday, in an Israeli bombing that targeted a shelter center in Gaza City.

The other journalists are “Mustafa and Abdul Rahman Khader Bahr,” who worked for the Aajil Palestine Agency (local), where the first was martyred near the Kuwait roundabout south of Gaza City, while the second was a photographer in the Al-Karama neighborhood northwest of Gaza City.

The government media office condemned “the occupation’s targeting, killing and assassination of Palestinian journalists.”

The office held “Israel fully responsible for committing this crime,” calling on the international community to pressure “to stop the crime of killing and assassinating journalists.”

It also called on the international community and international organizations to “deter the occupation and prosecute it in international courts for its ongoing crimes and pressure it to stop the crime of genocide.”

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, with absolute American support, leaving more than 146,000 martyrs, 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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No to Bombing Gaza!

CrossFireArabia
November 9, 2024

A Palestinian official report revealed that Israeli forces dropped +85,000 tons of bombs and explosives on Gaza since the start of their war. This amounts to nearly 233 kg of explosives per square meter across Gaza’s 365 km². The scale of destruction exceeds the power of the Hiroshima bomb by five times.