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On Day 300: Israel Kills 16,314 Children in Gaza

CrossFireArabia
August 1, 2024

After 300 days of the genocide of Gaza at least 16,314 Palestinian children were killed in Israel’s devastating offensive on the 364-kilometer Strip since last 7 October, 2023, local authorities said on Thursday.

Internationally banned weapons have been used every day for 300 days. 70,000
tonnes, or 70,000,000 kg of highly explosive materials, have been dropped on the
360 km² Gaza strip.#300DaysOfGenocide pic.twitter.com/XxSK3RPTK0
— ayesha siddiqa (@ayesha26668) August 1, 2024

The victims included 35 children who starved to death due to Israel’s crippling blockade on the enclave, Gaza’s Government Media Office said in a statement, on day 300 of Israeli massacres.

“Some 10,980 women, 885 medics, 165 journalists and 79 civil defense personnel were also killed on the Israeli onslaught,” it added according to Anadolu.

🔴 The Government Media update of the ongoing Genocide perpetrated by the Biden-Netanyahu Regimes on the Gaza Strip Day (300):◻️49,480 martyrs & missing persons. ◻️ 16,314 child martyrs. ◻️ 91,128 wounded ◻️1,737,524 with infectious disease ◻️ 2 million displaced pic.twitter.com/EuvsZTKNvY
— Suribelle (@Syribelle) August 1, 2024

The media office said seven mass graves were discovered in Gaza since 7 October 7 from which 520 bodies were recovered.

Flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza.

On Day 300 of #GazaGenocide, the #OlympicGames continue to normalise a genocidal state competing while Israel continues to slaughter and destroy our people in Gaza. Israel just bombed a school full of displaced families in Al-Shujaeyya, eastern Gaza, leaving 15 killed. https://t.co/l11F3UG3pc
— Dr. Abusalama (@ShahdAbusalama) August 1, 2024

Nearly 39,500 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 91,000 injured, according to local health authorities, the Turkish news agency reported.

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Israel Kills Two Al Jazeera Journalists

CrossFireArabia
July 31, 2024

Israel killed Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul and cameraman Rami Al-Rifi in an airstrike, Wednesday evening, while covering people’s reactions around the destroyed home of the late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh who was martyred by an Israeli missile strike where he was staying in Tehran earlier that day.

BREAKING: JOURNALIST ISMAIL AL-GHOUL WAS JUST MURDERED BY ISRAELI FORCES IN NORTHERN GAZA

His head exploded all over his PRESS vest.

They also murdered cameraman Rami Al-Rifi. pic.twitter.com/BLhVNoMq2s
— Khalissee (@Kahlissee) July 31, 2024

Israeli warplanes bombed the roof of a house adjacent to the destroyed home of the late martyred leader in the Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza with a number of other journalists. They were forced to withdraw quickly but an Israeli warplane directly targeted their car, instantly killing journalist al-Ghoul and his cameraman al-Rifi.

Earlier in the day, al-Ghoul appeared on Al Jazeera to report on people’s reactions to the assassination of political bureau chief Haniyeh.

Al Jazeera Journalist Anas al-Sharif confirmed an Israeli warplane directly bombed al-Ghoul and Al Jazeera cameraman Al-Rifi, which led to the severing of their heads according to the Palestine Information Center.

🚨🇵🇸 The terrorist IDF killed correspondent Ismail Al-Ghoul and cameraman Rami Al-Rifi in an Israeli airstrike that targeted them in #Gaza City pic.twitter.com/IFX9So3uD2
— 🔻Firstblood🔻 (@FirstbloodH) July 31, 2024

The Palestinian Journalists Protection Center (PJPC) condemned the killing of journalists Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi during their coverage of the bombing of the house of the late Hamas leader and which was reduced to rubble.

BREAKING:
Aljazeera oorlogsjournalist Ismail al-Ghoul gedood bij Israëlische aanval in #Gaza samen met zijn cameraman Rami al-Rifi.

Miljoenen mensen in de Arabische wereld volgden de oorlog via de ogen van Al-Ghoul. pic.twitter.com/9jg31EkhDb
— Majd Khalifeh (@Majd_Khalifeh) July 31, 2024

Al-Ghoul worked as a correspondent for the Al Jazeera News Channel in Gaza City, and al-Rifi worked as a photojournalist for the same satellite station for months during the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

The PJPC condemned the murder of these journalists, stressing the need for urgent and immediate international intervention to stop the unprecedented Israeli targeting of media professionals in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Rifi were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli bombing that targeted them while they were in their car.

Ismail al-Ghoul was killed after he and his team had responded to a request to evacuate the site. As they were… pic.twitter.com/tjoGQvVeti
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 31, 2024

It stated the continued international silence on these massacres gives the Israeli army the green light to kill more Palestinian journalists. Since 7 October at least about 165 journalists were killed through Israeli fire according to the Gaza Government Media Office.

Al-Ghoul was previously arrested by the Israeli occupation forces during its second storming al-Shifa Medical Complex last March in which it completely destroyed the hospital.

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Erdogan: Haniyeh’s Assassination is ‘Zionist barbarism’

CrossFireArabia
July 31, 2024

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned Wednesday the assassination of Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran as reported in Anadolu.

“I strongly condemn and curse the treacherous assassination carried out in Tehran against Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh,” Erdogan said on X.

Spokesperson for Turkiye's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), Omer Celik: “This assassination showed once again that the Netanyahu government is a network of genocide and massacre. The just cause of the brotherly Palestinian people will defeat these murderers sooner… pic.twitter.com/SbXsze8zpR
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 31, 2024

It was “a despicable attempt to undermine the Palestinian Cause, the glorious resistance of Gaza, and the rightful struggle of our Palestinian brothers, aiming to demoralize, intimidate, and suppress them,” he added.

Erdogan emphasized that this assassination mirrors previous attacks on Palestinian figures like Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Abdul Aziz al-Rantisi, asserting that “Zionist barbarism will once again fail to achieve its goals.”

Iranian media have reported that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an “airborne guided projectile” that hit the residence where he was staying in the north of the capital Tehran on Wednesday.

More details: https://t.co/zHCtvjYrTO pic.twitter.com/PVTpT6sJ8i
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 31, 2024

He called for a united stance from the Islamic world to end the oppression in Gaza and reaffirmed Türkiye’s commitment to supporting the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Erdogan concluded with a prayer for Haniyeh, extending condolences to his family and the Palestinian people.

Turkish President Erdoğan: "I strongly condemn and denounce the treacherous assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas' political bureau, in Tehran. It is a despicable act targeting the Palestinian cause, and Israeli terrorism in the region must come to an end." pic.twitter.com/SwwYfVg4zj
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 31, 2024

Hamas announced early Wednesday that Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his residence in the Iranian capital Tehran.

The Iranian state television also reported Haniyeh’s death, noting that an investigation into the assassination is ongoing and that the results will be announced soon.

Israel has made no immediate announcement about the assassination according to the Turkish news agency.

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Archbishop of Canterbury Appeals to Free Layan Nassir

CrossFireArabia
July 30, 2024

This is an appeal from the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to the Israeli authorities to free Palestinian Christian Layan Nasser from Israeli administrative detention. She has been detained since 6 April.

“I lament yesterday’s decision by an Israeli military court to renew Layan Nasir’s administrative detention for a further four months. This young Palestinian Christian from Birzeit in the West Bank has been held in detention since 6 April on classified evidence that leaves her facing unknown allegations with no way to disapprove them – not knowing when she will be released, all the time without being charged, tried or convicted…”

I lament yesterday's decision by an Israeli military court to renew Layan Nasir’s administrative detention for a further four months.

This young Palestinian Christian from Birzeit in the West Bank has been held in detention since 6 April on classified evidence that leaves her… pic.twitter.com/DtQ85WedSu
— Archbishop of Canterbury (@JustinWelby) July 30, 2024

He continues to say: “This is an egregious state of affairs, as is the fact that her transfer outside the West Bank to Damon Prison is in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. I ask the Israeli Government to look again at her case and that she be released. The widespread and routine manner in which Israel uses administrative detention of Palestinians as an instrument of Occupation is deeply discriminatory. It cannot be legally or morally justified. May God watch over Layan during her detention and comfort her family at this testing time.” #FreeLayan

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Hezbollah Promises to Hit Back For Israeli Attack on Beirut

CrossFireArabia
July 30, 2024

Israel may have finally carried out its threat with its deadly military strike, Tuesday, on the southern suburb of Beirut.

Hospital Bahman, blanco del régimen sionista en Beirut. pic.twitter.com/GwyFsSKk3j
— Noticias del otro lado (@LadoNoticias) July 30, 2024

The strike as reported by the media is devastating with pictures of large explosions trending on the social media.

Different scenarios are being draw up. Reports range from the strike being near the Hezbollah Shura headquarters, a nearby hospital and an apartment in a building belonging Fouad Shukr, a senior director of the Hezbollah’s missile accuracy project and a senior advisor to Hassan Nasrallah.

Reports also say the target through an Israeli drone with missiles was aimed at the Rabie building in Haret Hreik, a Hezbollah stronghold. The building subsequently collapsed with at least two people reported killed.

#ISRAEL JUST BOMBED BEIRUT, #LEBANON. pic.twitter.com/EeYlE3VRqH
— Wasi Shah PTI (@Wasi_S9) July 30, 2024

Lebanese sources four say floors were leveled to the ground with rescue and ambulance crews continuing to remove the rubble and transport the injured with the number of injuries initially rising to 10.

However, the injuries continued to rise with a four killed and 80 injured including six children that arrived at the Bahman hospital.

Israel le ha tendido una tremenda emboscada a Hezbollah,
Todos los medios decían q Israel acordó con EEUU no bombardear Beirut 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/ditCZOZCy4
— Isaac (@isaacrrr7) July 30, 2024

While Israeli sources point to the success of the operation Hezbollah denies that Shukr was targeted and killed. The Israeli army said it targeted the commander responsible for the military operation on a school in Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights in which 12 children were killed, Saturday.

An Israeli military source said: “This is our response to the shooting of Majdal Shams…we have no intention of starting an all-out war. If Hezbollah does not respond, the event will end.”

Those injured in the Israeli bombardment of Beirut's Haret Hreik district were taken to the hospital.#Lebanon #Beirut #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide pic.twitter.com/0I6AeDHy4D
— Palestine Info Center (@palinfoen) July 30, 2024

But people in the southern suburb of Beirut are up-in-arms. They are calling for retaliation with chats of support for Hezbollah and its chief Hassan Nasrallah who is promising to hit back at Israel. He has already warned that if Beirut and the southern suburbs are hit, Tel Aviv will also be hit.

And this suggests that this is the beginning of escalation between Hezbollah and Israel that could lead to an all-out war.