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Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed 585 people, with the occupation army claiming they targeted Hezbollah’s weapon depots.
Similar justifications have been used for ongoing attacks in Gaza, citing weapon depots, resistance leaders, and command centers as reasons for these devastating actions.
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The Gaza Health Ministry says it has rejected the handover of nearly 100 bodies sent by the Israeli occupation, citing a lack of identifying information.
“We urge the Red Cross to fulfill its international responsibilities in handling bodies, ensuring that details such as names, ages, and recovery locations are provided to respect the dignity and rights of the deceased and their families.”
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With the amount of aid Israel is currently allowing into Gaza, it will take humanitarian agencies more than two years to deliver the kits needed to prepare tents, makeshift shelters and damaged homes south of Wadi Gaza for this coming winter, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council-led Shelter Cluster in Palestine.
At least 25,000 sealing-off kits, the equivalent of 25 truckloads, must be delivered per week to southern Gaza before the end of November, to meet the vast needs. In August, an average of just two trucks per week crossed into the south with shelter items – just eight per cent of what is needed weekly.
Over one million displaced Palestinians in central and southern Gaza urgently need these sealing-off kits before winter arrives. Many of the tents and shelter materials provided by aid agencies throughout the last year are now unsuitable due to wear and tear. Replacements have been scarce, with few new tents entering Gaza in recent months. The Shelter Cluster calls on donor governments to demand that Israel urgently allow in these basic materials to weather-proof shelters in Gaza before temperatures drop.
“After being forced to flee time and time again, hundreds of thousands of families in Gaza are living in inadequate tents and makeshift shelters. Some have sewn together old rice sacks to ensure they have something, at least, between them and the sky. When winter comes, these shelters will not keep them safe from strong winds, heavy rains and cold temperatures,” said Alison Ely, Shelter Cluster coordinator in Gaza.
“The international community, including the United States, the United Kingdom and European Union member states, must insist that Israel facilitates the delivery of sealing-off kits to southern Gaza.”
Most displaced people in Gaza are living south of Wadi Gaza in small, overcrowded tents or makeshift shelters. Sealing-off kits, consisting of two tarpaulins, one plastic sheet, rope and duct tape, are the bare minimum required to ensure shelters are weather-proof for winter. Without this, families are at risk of hypothermia and other more severe health conditions.
“On Sunday, unusually early rain caused widespread panic and unrest, as Palestinians searched for tarpaulins or any other materials to protect themselves from the rain. Aid agencies have few materials to distribute, but families cannot wait,” added Ely.
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Hezbollah stated Wednesday it fired a missile on the Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv. This is a first time targeting amid a serious ongoing escalation in the Israeli war with the Lebanese group.
In a statement, Hezbollah said it fired a “Qader-1” ballistic missile towards the Mossad facility, which it blames for a recent wave of assassinations of Hezbollah commanders and thousands of explosions of communications devices used by its members, killing dozens according to Anadolu.
The news is trending on the social media of the direct hit on Wednesday morning, despite Israeli claims that the missile was intercepted by the David’s Sling system as it approached its target in the suburbs of Tel Aviv.
Sirens wailed in Tel Aviv and other towns in central Israel after the firing, the Turkish news agency stated.
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Palestinian military expert retired Major-General Wassef Erekat said the steadfastness of the Palestinian resistance and its implementation of qualitative operations that inflicted human losses and equipment on the Israeli army, confused its military leadership which is still suffering from the war imposed on it.
He added Israel cannot make a decision regarding the war without the approval of the United States, which grants it full protection to carry out its operations.
Erekat added to Jordan24 the enemy’s starting a war on the northern front is but an escape from the defeat it suffered in Gaza, due to its failure to achieve any of the goals made by its politicians. He pointed out the committing massacres, mass killings, forced displacement and ethnic cleansing is a goal for the extremist Israeli government to empty Gaza of its population.
The military expert explained Israeli leaders were convinced that the war would end within two months, but they were surprised by the strength and steadfastness of the Palestinian resistance and its preparations for war, so the enemy has become unable to find a way out.
Erekat stressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot announce a plan for the day after the war due to his lack of ability to decide the battle. He noted the Israeli occupation is currently relying on air strikes to kill, in light of the soldiers’ inability on the ground.
He stressed the occupation is trying to escape from Gaza by expanding its northern front after it became clear to the lIsraeli eaders the army is unable to achieve any victory, so the decision was made to search for an imaginary victory to cover up their defeat in Gaza.
