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Legal Expert Casts Doubt on ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan

CrossFireArabia
August 21, 2024

International law expert Anis Al-Qassem confirmed that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan is one of the reasons and obstacles facing the ICC. The lawyer said this due to Karim’s direct connection with the United States, which originally appointed him.

Dr Al-Qaasem described the Prosecutor as a “mercenary” who carries out the orders of the USA which seeks to obstruct any decision condemning Israel, according to J024.

“As long as Prosecutor Karim Khan is at the head of the International Criminal Court, there is no hope for the court to move to achieve justice.” He noted the judges of the court are immune from any accountability or pressure, and the defect lies with the Public Prosecution as it is the one that decides to open an investigation into the cases referred to the court.

أنيس القاسم: مدعي عام "الجنائية الدولية" ينفذ أوامر أمريكا.. ولا أمل بتحرّك المحكمة

أكدّ خبير القانون الدولي، المحامي أنيس القاسم، أن مدعي عام المحكمة الجنائية الدولية، كريم خان، يعتبر أحد أسباب ومعيقات عمل المحكمة، وذلك نظراً لارتباطه المباشر مع الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية التي… pic.twitter.com/5vUfjCmNk0
— أهل البلاد (@AhlAlblad) August 20, 2024

In addition, Al-Qassem explained the International Court of Justice granted South Africa 10 months to submit its final argument in the genocide lawsuit it filed against the Zionist entity to be submitted next October.

Al-Qassem pointed out that all the massacres and crimes of genocide committed by the occupation in the Gaza Strip can be included in the course of the lawsuit.

Al-Qassem stressed that the judges of the International Court of Justice are completely immune and independent and no party, entity or state can exert pressure on them, noting that the course of international justice requires time to issue decisions and rulings.

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan is now a pawn of #US Empire. He went to #Israel to meet victims of Hamas attack but refused to meet victims of Israeli Genocide – Karim Khan cannot be trusted to deliver Justice – Unless he's removed, #ICC will be irrelevant… pic.twitter.com/hrlXG5y4it
— Mick Wallace (@wallacemick) March 3, 2024

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Raging Fires Blaze in Northern Israel

CrossFireArabia
August 20, 2024

Northern Israel appear to be in a blaze with fires as a result of incoming Hezbollah rockets from cross-border attacks with Lebanon with reports of five Israelis wounded.

Israeli firefighters are battling three fires in the Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights that were started by shelling. pic.twitter.com/hezxQunIzM
— S p r i n t e r (@SprinterFamily) August 20, 2024

Raging fires are being reported in the Galilee area as a result of 55 rockets fired launched, Tuesday morning, according to Anadolu.

The fires are trending on the social media with images. Firefighters have been on the seen battling the blazes that seems to continue on a daily basis.

The Israeli army stated it only detected 55 rockets but others say it was a barrage of rockets, anything from 60 to 120 rockets, on different areas of northern Israel and occupied the Golan Heights.

🔻Explosions in Shtula in the Western Galilee after sirens sounded.

A large fire broke out in Kibbutz Zar'it in northern occupied Palestine, as a result of rockets fired from Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/xH5z0lkT1e
— Zainab Abbas🇱🇧🇮🇷🇦🇪🇮🇶🇾🇪🚩🚩🚩 (@AsgharA80266658) August 19, 2024

Cross-border fighting continues between Hezbollah fighters and the Israeli army with the latter responding by attacking Al Mansouri and Al Taybeh in southern Lebanon.

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Israeli Army in Fix Because of Soldiers Shortage

CrossFireArabia
August 20, 2024

The Israeli army is so short up for manpower it’s calling up its reserve soldiers who were previously exempted from service.

This order is coming from the Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant who have cancelled all previous exemtions from the Israeli army due to the shortage in the number of soldiers.

The army and the Minister’s office have confirmed this step comes “after an assessment of the situation and the scope of activity of regular and reserve forces, and as part of the process that the army is planning to increase the number of individuals serving in it.”

Israeli media reports frustration among Israeli soldiers due to equipment shortages and increased workload resulting from insufficient manpower.

The Israeli government has proposed a bill to the Supreme Court to conscript Haredi Jews into the military to address this shortfall,… pic.twitter.com/EDjuTTezHh
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 15, 2024

The army is facing an acute shortage of 50,000 soldiers as the fighting in Gaza continues, and the confrontation with Hezbollah in Lebanon could expand into a full-scale war.

Former head of the Israeli army’s Soldiers’ Complaints Division, Yitzhak Brick said the army is facing a catastrophic situation.

The retired general blamed Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi for not planning to make up for the shortage in ground forces after they were reduced by six divisions over the past 20 years.

He said this “makes it impossible to win in the Gaza Strip, let alone win a regional war in which fighting must be fought in multiple arenas at the same time.”

The Israeli government has ordered the immediate recruitment of 3,000 from the ultra-Orthodox section. It says this would plug the gap at this initial stage. Galant however wants to recruit an additional 10,000 soldiers immediately to fill some of the army’s manpower shortage according to Jo24.

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Israel Forces Kill Own Officer, Soldiers by ‘Mistake’

CrossFireArabia
August 19, 2024

The Israeli military announced that an Israeli officer from the Paratroopers Brigade was killed after an Israeli Air Force jet “mistakenly” bombed its own forces in southern Gaza. The incident, which took place amid ongoing fierce battles with the resistance in the region, has raised many questions about the accuracy of the Israeli narrative, especially since the Israeli army has previously issued statements about similar events that were later proven to be false according to the Quds News Network.

According to an official statement from the Israeli occupation Forces, Lieutenant Shahar Ben Nun, a 21-year-old team leader in the Paratroopers’ Reconnaissance Unit from Petah Tikva, was killed when a bomb, dropped by an Israeli F-15 fighter jet, veered off course due to “a technical malfunction”. The bomb, intended for a target 300 meters away, instead struck an apartment in Khan Younis where Ben Nun and several other soldiers were positioned. The explosion caused part of the building to collapse, killing Ben Nun only, according to the Israeli claim, and injuring three other soldiers with injuries ranging from mild to moderate.

Israeli occupation soldiers uploaded footage of themselves randomly shooting and shelling an evacuated school in Gaza.

Israel's so-called "third phase" of the war has targeted facilities where Palestinians typically seek refuge after evacuation orders. In recent weeks, most of… pic.twitter.com/TDzPkVATie
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 19, 2024

The Israeli army stated that the incident occurred as fighter jets were conducting airstrikes on two separate targets in support of ground troops in Gaza. The military has launched an investigation into the incident, aiming to determine the exact cause of the malfunction and prevent similar occurrences in the future.

Earlier reports had highlighted intense clashes between Palestinian resistance fighters and Israeli forces in multiple areas of Khan Younis, located in southern Gaza.

In a separate statement, the Israeli army announced that over the past 24 hours, the Israeli Air Force had carried out more than 45 airstrikes on what it described as “terrorist targets” in Gaza.

As of today, the death toll for Israeli military personnel since the offensive erupted on 7 October, 2023, has reached 694, according to the Israeli military. These numbers have been questioned by some Israeli media, which have confirmed their inaccuracy, estimating the number of killed and injured soldiers to be far higher than what has been officially announced.

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Israeli Forces Murder Another Journalist in Gaza

CrossFireArabia
August 19, 2024

With the killing of Ibrahim Muhareb near the Hamad Town, northwest of Khan Younis, this brings the total number of media workers killed by Israeli gunfire to 169 according to the Gaza Media office.

With the murder of journalist Ibrahim Muhareb, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on Gaza has risen to 169, according to the Government Media Office in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/tEeX1sHMN1
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 19, 2024

His body was found, Monday morning, a day after he was shot at with a group of journalists that resulted in injury of fellow journalist Salma Al Qadoumi.

The killing of Muhareb through Israeli gunfire is trending on the social media with one blogger simply writing “horrifying. The price of reporting on the r#GazaGenocide, adding that the “idf deliberately targeted clearly identified journalists in Hamad town, Khan Younis.”

This is how you stop the world seeing what you're doing

RIP Journalist Ibrahim Muharebpic.twitter.com/t19RO3FGLe
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) August 19, 2024

Another blogger wrote: “As usual the IOF [Israeli occupation force] is continuing to break every international law and specifically target journalists as they are showing the true face of the genocidal leeches colony. And as usual the international community let this happen with zero consequences. Can’t wait to see Israel fall.”