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Gantz: Netanyahu, Cabinet Unfit For Office

CrossFireArabia
August 13, 2024

Former War Cabinet member Benny Gantz, Tuesday, lashed out at Benjamin Netanyahu and his extreme rightwing Cabinet. He said both, the prime minister and his ministers ,are unfit to perform their duties amidst the ongoing war in Gaza.

Former member of Israel’s war Cabinet, Benny Gantz, attack Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for mishandling the war effort, prioritizing personal political survival over national security, and prolonging the war by rejecting ceasefire offers that could have facilitated exchange… pic.twitter.com/yii9S1rNey
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 14, 2024

He was talking about the recent spat between Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, according to local radio FM103 as reported in Anadolu.

Gantz, head of the opposition National Unity party, said their differences over the conduct of the war in which Netanyahu continues to speak about “total victory” over Hamas in Gaza do not serve either of the extreme politicians from the Likud Party.

But it is clear Gantz is on the side of Gallant who represents the army’s view which at best wants a political solution to the war. Gantz says the Netanyahu government is not qualified or able to achieve its declared goals of “absolute victory” against the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza and the rest of the Palestinian resistance movement, nor is it able to secure the release of the 115-or Israeli captives held in different parts of Gaza.

For Gantz, the release of those in captivity are a top priority and wants the Israeli government to reach a deal to secure their freedom but many in Israel, including their relatives, feel Netanyahu is not interested in securing a political deal and continues to brush off any mediation efforts.

Animosity

On Monday, Netanyahu and Gallant traded words about the conduct of the war in Gaza Strip. Gallant accused the Prime Minister of obstructing a prisoner swap deal with the Palestinian group. This is while Netanyahu lashed out at the Defense Minister, accusing of following an anti-Israel stance.

Last week, Egyptian, Qatari, and US mediators called on Israel and Hamas to finalize the details of a cease-fire where the hostages can go back to their homes and the guns and missiles can stop.

While Israel said it will send a delegation to the talks, Hamas demanded the mediators present a plan to implement the ceasefire proposal supported by US President Joe Biden that it had agreed to on 2 July.

But indirect talks mediated by the US, Qatar, and Egypt continue to be intractable after 10 months of bloody mayhem. Netanyahu continues to talk about a partial ceasefire where he would secure the release of the hostages and offer no commitment to ending the war, something which Hamas rejects. The group wants the about 1.5 million displaced refugees to return back to their homes including to north Gaza while Netanyahu says this is not possible.

The Israeli onslaught on the Strip has since 7 October 2023 killed roughly 39,900 people while the Gaza Media Office states the number of deaths have already topped the 40,000-mark. These are mostly women and children with the injured standing at over 92,000 people.

More than 10 months into the Israeli onslaught, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water, and medicine reports the Turkish news agency.

Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, which ordered it to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.

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Complicity!

CrossFireArabia
August 11, 2024

Sometimes, it is said that a picture is worth more than a thousand words!

Look at this one!

On 9 of August, 2024 the US through the Joe Biden administration announces that it will provide $3.5 billion in military aid to Israel.

On 10 August, the following day Israeli warplanes strikes a school in Gaza’s Daraj neigbourhood killing over 100 people while performing the dawn prayers.

The school was hit by three 2000-pound missiles that were also provided by the USA.

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Israel is Losing Parts of its North

CrossFireArabia
August 11, 2024

Head of the Higher Galilee Council Giora Zaltz stated, Saturday, Hezbollah’s military operations in the north of Israel are becoming more deadly and powerful and the level of security in these northern regions on the Lebanese border is deteriorating.

During my tour to the north, I had the privilege to meet with Giora Zaltz, the head of the Upper Galilee Regional Council, and with David Azoulai, the head of Metula. They both expressed to me the enormous difficulties faced by their residents who were evacuated from their homes.… pic.twitter.com/3jQu2FILhJ
— Michael Oren (@DrMichaelOren) July 7, 2024

Zaltz mocked the government’s handling of the security situation in the north in an interview on the official Israeli channel, Kan, saying the Netanyahu government discovered in recent weeks there is an enemy on the northern border called Hezbollah, and is waiting for its response to the assassination of Commander Foad Shukr in the southern suburb of Beirut.

He pointed out the situation here is deteriorating from bad to worse, as sirens sound daily because of drones and missiles by Hezbollah on this area, adding there are dozens of destroyed homes, thousands of burned dunams, and there are dead and wounded among the soldiers and settlers, and the fact that more than 100,000 settlers who have been evacuated here:

“We are now without any vital services such as health, banks, educational systems, and others,” he stressed.

Unspoken victims of this war: People with severe neurological and physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy, autism and more not getting therapy in the North of Israel, Center of hydrotherapy in Mevohot ha Hermon was hit by Hezbollah a few hours ago. pic.twitter.com/EqOWKKrdWL
— Leslie Kajomovitz (@lkajomovitz) August 11, 2024

Losing parts of the north

Zaltz pointed out Israel is losing parts of the north whether it be settlements, paralyzed economy, and paralyzed education, calling for a changing in the rules and working on a clear strategy to return the Israeli settlers back to the Galilee.

An earlier report aired by the Israeli Channel 12 stated the Israeli settlers have no future horizon, are desperate for news that barely reaches them, and they do not know when they will return to their homes as many said.

Psychologically trauma

Israeli newspaper Maariv revealed in the past few days, there has been a significant increase in the number of calls to psychological treatment centers in the northern regions, following the drone attacks and rockets launching from Lebanon on the western Galilee region.

Drone Explodes in Israel's North; Report: Arab Envoys Ask Hezbollah to Delay Retaliation
https://t.co/mr3ehIuXP6
— Tom Looby (@mapocoloco) August 10, 2024

Director of the Social Development Dept Uri Charles Friedland said that there has been a significant increase in the number of recorded calls to psychological treatment centers as the escalation of security incidents continue

Friedland explained the Department “is working on three main pillars: Individual care, community support, and rehabilitating authorities in the field of mental health in emergency situations.”

The Israeli media previously revealed an increase in the number of psychological injuries among settlers, admitting they collapsing psychologically, and that a number of officers and soldiers committed suicide after the events of 7 October, 2023 according to Jo.24.

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Al Tabi’een Massacre Aims to Force Palestinians to Leave Gaza

CrossFireArabia
August 10, 2024

Khalil Al-Hayya, Deputy Head of Hamas in Gaza, stated the Israeli massacre in Al-Tabi’een school is part of a deliberate campaign to exterminate the Palestinian people.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Al-Hayya emphasized the Israeli occupation is intent on forcing Palestinians out of Gaza through continuous, brutal assaults as reported in Al Quds News Network.

The sharp-barrel bomb that was used to bomb the Al-Tabi’een #School prayer hall#Children were among the ,,
It is a small-diameter bomb, or what is known in short as SDB or GBU-39, which is a precision-guided glide bomb, weighing 110 kilograms. #American GBU-39 bombs.@UNICEF pic.twitter.com/qzpChQZKPC
— ALI Yasser (@AaisackAli) August 10, 2024

Al-Hayya also highlighted that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received the green light from the US during his recent visit to Washington, which has remained silent in the face of ongoing atrocities. He called on the United Nations Security Council to hold an emergency meeting to stop the Zionist massacres against civilians.

🔴The sharp-edged Brad bomb that was used to bomb the Al-Tabi'een School prayer hall

🔴 It is a small diameter bomb, or what is known as SDB or GBU-39 for short, and it is a precision-guided glide bomb, weighing 110 kilograms. pic.twitter.com/NChbUAFvud
— shameen suleman (@shameensuleman) August 10, 2024

According to Al-Hayya, the majority of those killed in the Israeli attacks are women and children, and there is no justification for targeting innocent civilians. He called for decisive international, Arab, and Islamic action to compel Israel to cease its crimes, including measures such as closing embassies and withdrawing ambassadors.

#UPDATE

Khalil Al-Hayya, Deputy Head of Hamas in Gaza, has stated that the Israeli massacre in Al-Tabi’een school is part of a deliberate campaign to exterminate the Palestinian people. He added that Netanyahu received a green light from the US during his recent visit to… pic.twitter.com/XypzI2PRyR
— The World 🌍 Truth Eyes (@theworldtruthe) August 10, 2024

He reaffirmed Hamas’s commitment to resisting the occupation and defending the Palestinian people by all means available.

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Israel Kills 100 People at Morning Prayers

CrossFireArabia
August 10, 2024

More than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured, Saturday morning, after the Israeli occupation forces bombed the “Al-Tabi’een” school, which houses displaced people in the Al-Daraj neighborhood east of Gaza City.

Hello my dear friends, 🥺 Our morning is sad today, the Al-Tabi'een School that shelters the displaced people in our area was targeted, 😱 This targeting led to the fall of more than 100 martyrs and dozens of wounded and injured, 😰 There is no safe place here. pic.twitter.com/lPmfSBQKHh
— Qusai (@QGhifari50771) August 10, 2024

Local sources reported that the occupation warplanes bombed the school while Palestinians were performing the dawn prayer, and they were specifically targeted after the Takbeer of the dawn prayer.

Eyewitness reports says the limbs – arms, hands, feet and heads of those performing prayers were scattered around the school’s prayer hall in what is described as one of the worst massacres committed by the Israeli army yet.

Het satanische Israëlische leger beweert:

“We hebben een Hamas-commando- en controlecentrum gebombardeerd in de "Al-Tabi'in"-school in het centrum van Gaza-Stad.”

Werkelijkheid: Meer dan 100 Palestijnen, vooral vrouwen en kinderen, in stukken gescheurd!!!! pic.twitter.com/JOd57ZonSF
— bloeddadels.org (@bloeddadels) August 10, 2024

The Civil Defense said that the bodies of citizens caught fire as a result of the Israeli bombing of the school, noting that the crews are trying to control the fire to retrieve the bodies of the martyrs and rescue the wounded but it’s a difficult and painful exercise.

Reports say the four-storey school was hit by three missiles each weighing 2000 pounds according to Al Jazeera. The prayer hall which was at the bottom of the building was itself hit by a devastating missile with blood spluttering everywhere.

Director of Ambulance and Emergency in the Gaza Strip described the massacre as a heinous crime, while the spokesman for the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip confirmed that the Israeli bombing of the school led to the martyrdom of 90% of the displaced people there.

L'école Al-Tabi'een qui accueillait des refugié•es, bombardée par l'armée de l'État d'Israël : + de 100 mort•es et des 10 aines de blessé•es. #GazaGenocide‌
Honte à celles et ceux qui défendent encore le gvt israélien d'extrême-droite. #NePasOublier https://t.co/TWiGDNAuxw
— J du Gers le31jeviens.fr (@Juliette_ue) August 10, 2024

In the first response from the Israeli occupation army, the Air Force confirmed that it targeted the school because it was used by the resistance as a headquarters, which is the excuse that the occupation uses every time it commits a massacre. Reporters say this is an outright lie.

About 350 families were sheltering at the school amounting to around 1000 people. It recently received dozens of displaced persons from the town of Beit Hanoun, after they were forced by the occupation to leave their homes for the safe area.

According to the Civil Defense, the Israeli airforce used American-made missiles that reach high temperatures of up to 7,000 degrees Celsius, causing bodies to melt and fires to ignite.

All the martyrs are scattered remains, and the majority of injuries are to the upper body (head and chest), with burns of the first and second degrees, in addition to limb amputations, according to the administration of the Baptist Hospital.

This is not the only school targeted; the occupation targeted five schools in northern Gaza last week, according to the Civil Defense.

The Baptist Hospital is the only one dealing with injury cases in Gaza City after the occupation destroyed Al-Shifa Hospital and rendered 25 hospitals and medical centers out of service, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, air and sea, since October 7, 2023, which resulted in the martyrdom of 39,699 Palestinians, the majority of whom are children and women, and the injury of 91,722 others, in an incomplete toll, as thousands of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and rescue crews cannot reach them.