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Added Misery: Heavy Rains Wash Away 1500 Tents in Gaza

CrossFireArabia
January 1, 2025

Heavy rains have inundated over 1,542 tents housing displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip in the past two days amid Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave, the Civil Defense Service said on Wednesday.

“Hundreds of tents were flooded with rainwater at a level exceeding 30 centimeters,” the agency said in a statement.

“Many people were reported to be shivering from the cold as their belongings were damaged by the rainwater,” it added.

The Civil Defense has announced that 1,500 tents have been flooded, which means 1,500 families are affected as a result of the rain.

If the bombs don’t kill them, the cold weather eventually will…pic.twitter.com/JG1sNhg3Yy
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) January 1, 2025

The service said torrential rains have swept away 497 tents in Gaza City, 210 in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, 170 in Rafah and 665 in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

The Gaza Strip has been hit by a cold wave and torrential rains since Sunday, bringing more misery to the territory’s 2.3 million population.

Local health authorities said Monday that at least seven people, including six babies, froze to death due to the winter cold in the enclave, according to Anadolu.

The Israeli army has continued a genocidal war on Gaza that has killed over 45,500 victims, mostly women and children, since a Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, reducing the enclave to rubble.

In 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.

'We plead for someone to save us from this war' – distraught Palestinian woman exclaims

The Civil Defense in Gaza reports that over 1,542 tents sheltering displaced people are flooded by heavy rainwater over the past two days. Families have no alternative shelter pic.twitter.com/8J2AvqDCGK
— RT (@RT_com) January 1, 2025

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‘Israel Drowns in Gaza’ – Maariv

CrossFireArabia
January 1, 2025

Yedioth Ahronoth acknowledged that after nearly 15 months since the start of the war on Gaza, Israel continues to pay a heavy price in wounded and dead every time it takes a step forward.

The newspaper continues that “…no one really understands the reason” why the “army takes two steps back.” It noted that every time the army announces the “cleansing” of an area, it states that the “terrorists” (Palestinian resistance fighters) return to it.

The newspaper asked: “What is happening behind the scene? After 15 months since the start of the war, we have proven to ourselves, to the enemy in Gaza, and to the entire Middle East, that we are failing to accomplish the mission.”

The Jewish daily therefore poses the other question and states: “Isn’t it a crime to send our sons over and over again to shed their blood in the same area,” stating that don’t “Israelis deserve senior leaders at the political level who know how to bear responsibility, and know how to determine policy, without excuses and without cover-up.”

This is while Maariv, another Jewish daily acknowledged that “Israel has begun to feel drowning in the Gaza quagmire and intellectual stagnation regarding the future,” adding: “We are paying a very heavy price.”

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CrossFireArabia
December 31, 2024

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on Palestine, on Monday urged medical professionals around the world to sever ties with Israel as a direct response to the destruction of Gaza’s health care system.

“I urge medical professionals worldwide to pursue the severance of all ties with Israel as a concrete way to forcefully denounce Israel’s full destruction of the Palestinian healthcare system in Gaza, a critical tool of its ongoing genocide,” Albanese said on X.

Albanese’s statement comes as the ongoing conflict continues to devastate Palestinian infrastructure, with Gaza’s medical facilities being severely impacted by Israeli military actions.

I urge medical professionals worldwide to pursue the severance of all ties with Israel as a concrete way to forcefully denounce Israel's full destruction of the Palestinian healthcare system in Gaza, a critical tool of its ongoing genocide.#FreeDrHussanAbuSafiya https://t.co/qzZ7CqufI6
— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) December 30, 2024

Her comments reflect growing international concern over the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where hospitals and clinics have been targeted and overwhelmed by the relentless violence. The lack of essential medical supplies, infrastructure damage, and loss of life have left Gaza’s health sector struggling to cope.

Albanese also highlighted the case of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a Palestinian doctor who has been detained by Israeli authorities, calling for his immediate release and adding the hashtag #FreeDrHussamAbuSafiya in support of his cause.

Israel has continued a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since a Hamas attack on Oct. 7 last year despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire according to Anadolu.

The second year of genocide in Gaza has drawn growing international condemnation, with officials and institutions labeling the attacks and blocking of aid deliveries as a deliberate attempt to destroy a population.

In November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and 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 deadly war on Gaza.

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Kidnapped…

CrossFireArabia
December 31, 2024

Sarah Wilkinson writes:

We’re concerned over the fate of Kamal Adwan Hospital’s Dr Hussam Abu Safiya: he must be released, says Amnesty. Concern may not be enough, Wilkinson adds.

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Israeli Media: 1000 Soldiers Wounded Monthly in War on Gaza

CrossFireArabia
December 31, 2024

Different Israeli media confirmed about 1000 soldiers are wounded and registered in the Ministry of War’s Rehabilitation Department every month. This is due to Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli Broadcasting Authority (KAN) reported that more than 13,500 Israeli soldiers wounded have been registered in the Ministry of War’s Rehabilitation Department since 7 October, 2023.

It explained that 51% of the wounded are under the age of 30, noting that 43% of the wounded suffer from psychological trauma.

Last August, the number of disabled in the occupation army who received treatment in the Ministry’s Rehabilitation Department from all the wars that Israel fought reached 72,056. These include soldiers and officers who suffered from mental and psychological disorders and trauma. It pointed however that more than 10,000 were added during the war on Gaza.

The Israeli Ministry of War estimated that by the end of 2024, the Rehabilitation Department will have to care for about 82,000 disabled soldiers, adding more than 20,000 wounded and disabled as a result of the present ongoing war on Gaza.

However, the occupation army has only admitted – according to its website – to only 5,550 soldiers and officers that have been injured since the beginning of the war, 2,504 of whom since the start of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip on 27 October, 2023.

The Israeli occupation army, supported by the United States and Europe, continued its aggression on the Gaza Strip since 7 October, 2023, where its aircraft have bombed the vicinity of hospitals, buildings, towers and homes of Palestinian civilians and destroyed them over the heads of their residents, and prevented the entry of water, food, medicine and fuel.

The aggression left about 154,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, 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 according Quds Press.