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White House ‘Horrified’ of Burning Bodies in Tent

CrossFireArabia
October 14, 2024

Gruesome videos and pictures appearing to depict displaced Palestinian civilians burning alive in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza are both “horrifying” and “deeply disturbing,” the White House said Monday.

A National Security Council spokesperson told Anadolu on condition of anonymity that the White House “made our concerns clear to the Israeli government” after seeing the graphic imagery.

Left: Israel attacks tents at central Gaza hospital, killing four, injuring 70. Distraught eye witness sees bodies of a woman and girl burning in front of him

Right: After calling for an arms ban on Israel last week, this morning Spain and Ireland called to suspend an EU trade… pic.twitter.com/2a309H4s9s
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) October 14, 2024

“Israel has a responsibility to do more to avoid civilian casualties — and what happened here is horrifying, even if Hamas was operating near the hospital in an attempt to use civilians as human shields,” the spokesperson said.

Four people were killed and 40 others were injured when Israeli warplanes hit a courtyard at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gazan city of Deir al-Balah Sunday night, burning dozens of tents as displaced Palestinians slept.

Medical teams evacuated several injured individuals, including women and children, whose clothes were set ablaze by the explosion.

The victims suffered severe burns, with some bodies charred beyond recognition. Most of the injured sustained second and third-degree burns, eyewitnesses told Anadolu. They also reported that the fire spread rapidly due to the flammable nylon and fabric materials used in the tents.

SILENCE IN THE FACE OF FLAMES

The video by @AlJazeeraNews reports on a devastating Israeli attack on a hospital tent camp in Gaza, claiming the lives of displaced Palestinians. Eyewitnesses recount horrific scenes of burning bodies and unimaginable suffering, with women and… pic.twitter.com/3t51SqPCUg
— NAKHOKHO RASHID MATSELELE (@RashidMatselele) October 14, 2024

According to a written statement from the government media office in Gaza, this was the Israeli army’s seventh attack targeting the tents of displaced civilians at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Israel had previously bombed tents at that site on Jan. 10, March 13, July 22, Aug. 4, and Sept. 27.

Israel has waged a sweeping offensive on Gaza following a Hamas-led cross-border attack on Oct. 7, 2023 that killed nearly 1,200 people, according to Israeli figures. More than 42,200 people have since been killed in Gaza, mostly women and children, and over 98,400 have been injured, according to Gaza health authorities.

Nearly all of Gaza’s population has been displaced by the war amid ongoing Israeli restrictions on the entry of international assistance that has led to acute shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.

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Germany Asks Israel For ‘Genocide Clause’ if it Wants Arms

CrossFireArabia
October 14, 2024

Germany has asked Israel to sign a “genocide clause” if it wants the continuation of arms deliveries.

According to the German newspaper Bild, the “genocide clause” is a precondition. The newspaper added that no arms were delivered to Israel from Germany since March.

This piece of news is trending on the social media and is generating much interest from bloggers. The clause, apparently agreed to by the Israelis government and delivered in a form of a document to Berlin on 10 October commits Tel Aviv not to use German arms for its war genocide in Gaza.

Apparently the document was good enough as an assurance for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz who declared in parliament the following day that “We have supplied arms, and we will supply arms”.

The genocide clause insertion may have been pushed by the Economy Minister Robert Habeck and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock of the Greens who initially sought a ban on arms shipment to Israel.

One blogger says that “Germany asking Israel to sign a ‘genocide clause’ is like an ostrich with its head in the sand.”

Another says “that won’t absolve anyone of wrongdoing” while a third adds “the clause is insignificant if meant to be a way of fulfilling Germany’s ‘obligation to prevent Genocide.’ Its much closer to an admission of guilt.”

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Sirens Blast All Day in Israel

CrossFireArabia
October 14, 2024

Sirens blasted all over north and central Israel, all day Monday, creating much havoc with people running up-and-down ready-made shelters.

In total sirens sounded in more than 194 towns, cities and locations in Israel with graphic posts of the sound blasts as the army reported that up to two million Israelis went down to shelters.

⚡️BREAKING: Missile sirens sounded all across Tel Aviv, central and northern Israel. Initial reports of Explosions in Tel Aviv. pic.twitter.com/Ww6rBZAeNJ
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) October 14, 2024

It started since early morning with the social media counting the number of sirens that went off registering first at 122, 182 and the latest being 194 and even 200.

In one case, videoclips showed Ben Gurion Airport; there, and at one point, flights were suspended and were not allowed to land. It was reported by Israel’s Channel 12 that one El Al flight had to quickly divert and continued circling over the Dead Sea.

And there was another videoclip of passengers on one plane huddling between the seats and the isles while the siren blast outside on the runway.

These siren blasts went off as Hezbollah rockets came in batches on different locations in Israel and at different times.

However big sirens blasts went off with warnings that ballistic missiles were being fired at the Tel Aviv area coming from Lebanon.

Everyone, Tuesday, is covering the missiles starting first with Israeli newspapers and websites like Walla which has been on the lookout to warn Israelis.

Missiles landing on Israel has never stopped since 23 September when Israeli warplanes begun to pound southern Lebanon up to the southern district of Beirut, seen as an Hezbollah stronghold and occasionally on the north of Lebanon.

Here, Tuesday, for example, Israeli warplanes bombed a building that was sheltering displaced people from the Christian village of Aitou were 18 people were killed.

Since the war on Lebanon where 1.2 million people have been displaced Hezbollah adopted a tit-for-tat strategy of “if you bomb us we will bomb you.”

The sirens and rockets have never stopped since Sunday night, reaching a new height when a squadron of missiles and drones landed on Haifa, including a military base south of the city in Binyamina where at least four were killed and 67 soldiers were injured according to Israeli army sources.

Today the number of missiles that have landed on Israel from across the border are register between 100 to 200 per day. It is estimated that 10,000 rockets and missiles were fired on Israel since 7 October, 2023 but the number could be much higher.

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Halevi: What Happened at The “Golani Base” Was Difficult, Painful

CrossFireArabia
October 14, 2024

The Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, described during his visit to the “Golani military base near Binyamina that what happened there after it was hit by a drone was “difficult” and with “painful” results.

“We are in a state of war, and attacking a training base deep inside is difficult and the results are painful,” he said.

Hebrew newspaper Israel Hayom stated, Monday, 52 Israeli soldiers from the “Golani” Brigade are still in the hospital, and the condition of a number of them is critical, as a result of Hezbollah targeting of the military base south of Haifa.

The Israeli army acknowledged the killing of at least four soldiers but the occupation is deliberately covering up its losses and which has become usual in this year-long war and counting.

Israel Hayom quoted the “Red Star of David” as saying stating that there were 67 wounded in the attack.

An initial investigation by Israel’s occupation army revealed that a Hezbollah drone targeted a training Golani Brigade base in a direct hit on its dining room while dozens of Golani recruits were eating dinner, and penetrated the roof, causing a large number of deaths.

Since 23 September, the occupation forces have expanded the scope of the genocide on Gaza to include most areas of Lebanon, including the capital Beirut, through air strikes of unprecedented violence and intensity, and they also began a ground incursion in the south whilst disregarding international warnings and UN resolutions.

The Israeli occupation army, supported by the United States and Europe, has continued its aggression on the Gaza Strip for 374 days, where its aircraft bomb 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. The ongoing aggression by the occupation on Gaza has led to the martyrdom of more than 42,227 people, the injury of more than 98,464 others, and the displacement of 90% of the population of the Strip, according to data from the United Nations according to Quds Press.

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Iran Strike on 15 Israeli Sites Topped $53 Million in Damages – Report

CrossFireArabia
October 14, 2024

The Iranian missile attack on Israel earlier this month caused significant damage to property, amounting to an estimated $53 million, according to an Israeli report published on Sunday by Yedioth Ahronoth. The attack, which occurred on 1 October, is now regarded as one of the most destructive since the beginning of the war starting 7 October 2023.

Citing recent data from Israel’s property tax authority, Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the damages to civilian property are estimated between 150 and 200 million shekels (approximately $40 to $53 million). This makes it the most costly single missile strike on the occupation state since the war began.

The report detailed damage in at least 15 locations, including Israeli military bases. In Hod HaSharon, a settlement in central Israel, around 100 apartments were damaged, with losses estimated at more than 10 million shekels ($2.6 million) for one building alone.

Israel announced earlier this month that Iran had launched approximately 180 missiles in a retaliatory strike for the assassinations of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, and Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander Abbas Nilforoushan. The attack was described by Iran as revenge for these killings, which occurred in late September during Israeli airstrikes in Beirut and in July during an Israeli strike in Tehran.

Shortly after the incident, the Israeli military, as well as the Biden administration, denied that the strike had a significant influence according to the Quds News Network.