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Israel Destroys 10 UNRWA Buildings in 4 Days

CrossFireArabia
September 15, 2025

Israeli strikes destroyed 10 of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees’ (UNRWA) buildings in Gaza City over the past four days, including seven schools and two clinics serving as shelters for thousands of displaced Palestinians, the agency’s commissioner-general said Sunday.

“No place is safe in Gaza. No one is safe. Airstrikes in Gaza City and the north are intensifying. More and more people are forced to leave, disoriented and uncertain, heading into the unknown,” Philippe Lazzarini wrote on the US social media company X’s platform according to Anadolu.

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini: “No place is safe in Gaza. No one is safe.”
He said Israeli airstrikes are intensifying as families flee “into the unknown.”
In four days, 10 UNRWA buildings — including schools and clinics sheltering thousands — were targeted. pic.twitter.com/zkTPThKe86
— Chris Hutchinson (@ChrisHu34451470) September 15, 2025

Lazzarini noted that UNRWA was forced to suspend health care at the Al-Shati refugee camp.

“We were forced to stop health care in Beach (Al-Shati) Camp, the only health care available north of Wadi Gaza. Our vital water and sanitation services are now only at half capacity,” he said.

“Our teams – 11,000 in total – continue to provide critical services in other parts of northern Gaza and the rest of the Gaza Strip,” he added, praising their determination to serve communities under “inhumane circumstances.”

Lazzarini concluded by saying: “How much longer until action is taken to reach a ceasefire?”

The Israeli army has been targeting high-rise buildings across Gaza City as part of its ongoing offensive to occupy Gaza City, ordering residents to move southward to a “safe humanitarian zone” in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, which has come under Israeli fire more than 100 times, killing hundreds of civilians.

According to Gaza’s Government Media Office, the Israeli army has destroyed 1,600 towers and residential buildings in Gaza City since Aug. 11, in addition to 13,000 tents, displacing more than 100,000 Palestinians.

The vast majority of Gaza City’s residents are now crowded into its western neighborhoods, which have witnessed concentrated and intense Israeli bombing since Friday.

Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza has killed nearly 65,000 Palestinians since October 2023 and devastated the enclave, which faces famine.

Israel is facing a genocide case at the International Court of Justice over its war on the territory.

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Eyal Zamir: ‘We Can’t Beat Hamas’

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September 15, 2025

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Israel Loses Public Relations Battle

CrossFireArabia
September 12, 2025

Israel has “completely lost the public relations battle,” particularly among young people active on social media, according to Martin Gak, an Argentinian-born Jewish journalist and former Deutsche Welle correspondent.

In an interview with Anadolu, Gak said Israel’s attempts to counter reports of famine and devastation in Gaza with costly international ad campaigns have failed to convince global audiences.

He argued that despite investing millions of dollars in hasbara — a Hebrew term often translated as “propaganda” used to describe Israel’s state-backed messaging abroad — these campaigns are seen less as outreach and more as disinformation.

“At a time of war it’s war propaganda, and at a time of genocide, it’s genocide propaganda,” Gak told Anadolu. “They cannot really compete with the images which are coming raw from the people that are documenting their own destruction.”

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, UN experts, and the International Association of Genocide Scholars, among others, have described Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide, citing mass killings, starvation policies, and aid blockades.

‘With Gaza, we had the opportunity every single day to stop it – and we did nothing’

He accused Israel of trying to “bomb social media spaces” with ads showing restaurants and bars in Gaza, which he said amounted to “bald-faced lies” given the reality of widespread hunger and destruction.

Gak also said Israel’s long-standing influence in Western media has not shielded it from international criticism.

He pointed to public protests and rhetoric as evidence that “nobody believes anything that the Israelis say,” and that their statements are now widely seen as propaganda aimed at covering up war crimes.

“The general understanding is that whatever they say is made up in order to cover crimes against humanity, war crimes … the perpetrated famine (and) mass infanticide,” he said.

Looking ahead, Gak argued that accountability must not only focus on Israel’s actions but also on the role of political and media institutions that downplayed or suppressed coverage of Gaza.

“This has been possible only by two years of media and political groups claiming there was nothing to look at,” he said.

“Even in Sudan, Ethiopia, Bosnia, or Myanmar, the number of victims was higher. In those genocides, we weren’t implicated daily and had no daily chance to stop it. With Gaza, we had that opportunity every day, yet we — or our colleagues — did nothing.”

The Israeli army’s offensive on Gaza has killed over 64,700 Palestinians since October 2023, leaving the enclave devastated and facing famine.

Last 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.

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September 12, 2025

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Barghouti: Arabs Must End Israel Ties After Doha Bombing

CrossFireArabia
September 10, 2025

ُُُThe Israeli attack targeting the Hamas delegation in Doha represents a “turning point” that will have very dangerous consequences warned Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative Movement Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. He stated Israel has been exposed for what it truly is: The one obstructing an agreement, not the Palestinian side, and is deliberately escalating every time.

The State of Qatar condemned the Israeli attack, which targeted the residential headquarters of several members of the Hamas Political Bureau, stressing it will not tolerate this reckless Israeli behavior.

The Qatari Foreign Ministry said in a statement: “The criminal attack is a violation of all international laws and a serious threat to the security and safety of Qataris and residents.”

Barghouti said the Israeli aggression, which failed to achieve its goal in the war on Gaza, targeted Qatar, which was undertaking mediation efforts, and targeted Hamas leaders while they were discussing the American proposal. This means that “this proposal was not serious, and Israel does not want any agreement. It persists in its genocidal war against the Gaza Strip and its ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.”

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Barghouti did not rule out the possibility that the United States was involved in what happened today, saying no one could believe that Washington was actually playing the role of mediator.

What is required by Arabs and Muslims?

Barghouti said he hoped the attack on Doha would lead to a major shift in the position of Arab and Islamic countries, especially since the one that was being attacked was the State of Qatar, known as a peaceful country that has never attacked any party and has devoted all of its resources to reaching peace agreements. Without its role, a large number of Israeli and Palestinian prisoners would not have been released in previous agreements.

Regarding what is currently required of Arab countries in light of Israel’s continued implementation of its plan, which could lead to the mass displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, Barghouti explained Arab and Islamic countries, especially those that have normalized relations with Israel, are required to halt and sever all relations with Israel, impose comprehensive sanctions, and boycott it completely.

He added that in the light of the Israeli aggression on Doha, Arab and Islamic countries must ask themselves know how to protect their own national security, not just of the Palestinians.

Barghouti called for imposing sanctions and completely isolating Israel. He noted that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (wanted by the International Criminal Court) has “lost his mind and acts like the leader of a crazy gang out of control.” Barghouti said that he continually attacks Palestinians, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran, and now Qatar.

He also indicated that the Israeli occupation’s failure to achieve its goal behind the attack on Hamas leaders in Doha will have domestic repercussions for Netanyahu and his government according to Al Jazeera.