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Israel Kills Journalist No 247 in Gaza

CrossFireArabia
September 1, 2025

Israeli strikes on Gaza City killed Palestinian journalist Islam Al Abed, Sunday. This brings the total number of journalists killed by Israeli fire to 247 since the war began on 27 October, 20023 according to the Gaza Media Office.

Abed, a correspondent for Al-Quds Today TV was among the dozens killed on Sunday as a result of the Israeli bombing of different areas of the Gaza City in retaliation of the targeting of Israeli soldiers in which at least one was killed and 20 injured the previous day.

In a statement, the Gaza Media Office condemned what it described as the “systematic” targeting of Palestinian journalists and urged the international community to take action to stop the killings and protect media workers according to Anadolu.

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate also denounced the killing of Abed, calling Israel’s targeting of Palestinian journalists “a stain of shame that will haunt the killers of truth and a full-fledged war crime added to the occupation’s long record of violations against journalists.”

The syndicate held Israel “fully responsible for the killing of colleague Islam Abed and all other media professionals martyred while performing their professional duty” and called on global human rights and media organizations to take “urgent and effective action to hold Israeli leaders accountable for their ongoing crimes against Palestinian journalism.”

Israel has killed nearly 63,500 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023. The military campaign has devastated the enclave, which is facing famine.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.

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Gaza’s Lost Generation

CrossFireArabia
August 30, 2025

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) sounded the alarm on Saturday over the fate of education in Gaza, warning that more than 660,000 children have been deprived of schooling for a third consecutive year as Israel’s devastating war nears the two-year mark.

“The war in Gaza is a war on children and it must stop. Children must be protected at all times,” UNRWA said in a statement, cautioning that the enclave’s youth are at risk of becoming a “lost generation.”

While schools in the occupied West Bank are set to reopen on Sept. 1, Gaza’s classrooms remain shuttered.

The Palestinian Education Ministry said around 700,000 students in the enclave have seen their schooling suspended under bombardment, with more than 70,000 unable to take high school exams for two consecutive years according to Anadolu.

According to ministry data, Israeli attacks since October 2023 have killed at least 17,000 school students and more than 1,200 university students in Gaza, while injuring tens of thousands more.

In the occupied West Bank, dozens of students have also been killed, wounded or detained by Israeli forces during the same period.

The toll has extended to teachers and academic staff. Nearly 1,000 education workers have been killed in Gaza, and thousands more injured or detained across the Palestinian territories.

Israel has killed over 63,400 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023. The military campaign has devastated the enclave, which is facing famine.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.

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Europe Divided About Israel Sanction

CrossFireArabia
August 30, 2025

The EU’s foreign policy chief on Saturday expressed skepticism over reaching an agreement on sanctions on Israel.

Ahead of the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Copenhagen, Denmark’s capital, Kaja Kallas told journalists: “Well, I’m not very optimistic, because even the option that we propose, which is quite a lenient one when it comes to their participation in the Horizon program, even there, we don’t have qualified majority together.”

There are some member states such as Ireland that call on EU to act now and takes “immediate and concrete measures” in response to Israel’s genocidal actions which are “in breach of its human rights obligations under the EU-Israel Association Agreement.”

“We will, of course, discuss, there are a lot of proposals made so that those countries who haven’t been supportive that they could come on board. But this is, I’m not very optimistic, and today we are definitely not going to adopt decisions,” Kallas said according to Anadolu.

Kallas also addressed the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

“The situation in Gaza is going to be discussed today. And what more can we do as EU, we have made some proposals. We haven’t, unfortunately, moved on those. The situation has not much improved. So this is still very problematic. And the news coming from Gaza, not very encouraging when it comes to the new war zone, or combat zone or the ideas that come from there.”

Foreign ministers of EU member states are gathering in Copenhagen, Denmark for an informal meeting to discuss international issues.

The agenda includes military support to Ukraine, potential sanctions on Russia, using Russian frozen assets to contribute to Ukraine’s reconstruction, as well as discussions on recent developments in the Middle East and Gaza.

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CrossFireArabia
August 30, 2025

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Hamas Outlines Biet Hanoon Ambush

CrossFireArabia
August 27, 2025

The Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades broadcast, Tuesday, footage of a well-planned ambush in Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip, that resulted in the death of five and the injury of about 20 Israeli soldiers.

The footage showed the documented targeting of an Israeli army force with two explosive devices on the evening of 7 July, in an agricultural area north of Beit Hanoun.

Al-Qassam Brigades stated that this ambush was part of the “Stones of David” operations it launched in response to the Israeli “Gideon’s Wagons.”

The footage included the moment the force advanced toward the planned ambush before the first explosive device exploded, scattering the limbs screaming Israeli soldiers. The footage also included the targeting of a second Israeli force send to rescue the soldiers with a larger explosive device.

The Beit Hanoun ambush is considered one of the most precise and complex ambushes carried out by the resistance since the outbreak of the aggression on Gaza in October 2023. Al-Qassam Brigades concluded the footage with the phrase “nothing has been decided yet.”

The Qassam Brigades have repeatedly set up sophisticated ambushes against the occupation army, inflicting heavy casualties, destroying and damaging hundreds of military vehicles, and shelling cities and settlements with medium- and long-range missiles.

Palestinian resistance factions in the Gaza Strip continue to confront the occupation forces advancing into various areas of the enclave after the Israeli occupation army resumed its aggression and tightened its siege of the Gaza Strip. This followed a two-month cessation of hostilities under a ceasefire agreement that went into effect on January 19. However, the occupation forces violated the terms of the agreement throughout the truce period.

Since October 7, 2023, the occupation forces, with direct support from the United States and Western countries, have continued to wage a devastating war in Gaza, resulting in the death and injury of approximately 221,000 Palestinians to date, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip according to Jo24.