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Military Eye: Israel, West Bank and Karamah’s Deadly Operation

CrossFireArabia
September 9, 2024

Military and strategic expert Dr. Nidal Abu Zeid said the Karamah Crossing operation is casting its shadow over the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, as the occupation army from now may step up its security measures.

He pointing out to the repeated statements and warnings issued by the occupation army to its so-called home front point to the fact.

Abu Zeid added to the Jordan24 news website that the West Bank may witness martyrdom operations in the coming period in response to the increase security violations committed by the Israeli occupation.

The temporary closure of the King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge, while other crossings between Israel and Jordan remain open, suggests that the primary aim of these new security measures is to isolate the occupied West Bank rather than affect Jordanians or Palestinians living in… pic.twitter.com/ruDF3NQcHX
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 8, 2024

Abu Zeid pointed out that the current calm and the decrease in the intensity of operations suggest that the occupation army is presently involved in intelligence gatherings to search for what he termed as “high-value targets.”

Regarding to what is happening in the West Bank, Abu Zeid pointed out that the Israeli occupation have already headed to the Balata camp in Nablus. He pointed out this indicates that occupation forces maybe now heading towards the center of the West Bank, then towards the southern camps and finally target Hebron.

News

Ehud Barak: ‘Israel is Closer to Defeat…’

CrossFireArabia
September 9, 2024

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said, Sunday, “Israel is closer to defeat rather than to a complete victory in Gaza.

Israel Hayom newspaper quoted Barak as saying “Israel is stumbling without a strategy or a plan of action in the Gaza Strip.”

“I warned Netanyahu against staying in Gaza for a long time, as there is no interest in staying in Gaza for many years,” he added.

The Israeli occupation is struggling without a clear plan for the future, and it is closer to defeat than achieving a full victory, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday.

In an interview with Israel Hayom, Barak remarked, "The reality is harsh. Israel did not win… pic.twitter.com/C8nxoi0BMj
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) September 9, 2024

Barak pointed out Netanyahu is “an obsessive gambler who risks the lives of prisoners.”

For the 338th consecutive day, the Israeli occupation army continues its aggression on the Gaza Strip, with American and European support, as its aircraft bomb the vicinity of hospitals, buildings, towers, and homes of Palestinian civilians, destroying them over the heads of their residents, and preventing the entry of water, food, medicine, and fuel.

The ongoing aggression by the occupation on Gaza has led to the martyrdom of more than 40,939 martyrs, the injury of 94,616 others, and the displacement of 90% of the population of the Strip, according to data from the United Nations.

News

Interior Ministry: Jordan Shooter is an ‘Individual Act’

CrossFireArabia
September 8, 2024

Jordan’s Interior Ministry announced a Jordanian driver opened fire at the Allenby Crossing (King Hussein Bridge as it is called in Jordan and Al-Karamah Crossing as it is called on the Palestinian side), killing three Israelis and the perpetrator of the operation according to Al Jazeera.

The ministry said in a statement that “initial investigations into the shooting incident on the other side of King Hussein Bridge confirmed that the shooter is a Jordanian citizen named Maher Diab Hussein Al-Jazi, a resident of the Al-Hussainiya area in Ma’an Governorate” south of Amman.

Individual act

It stressed “the incident is an individual act and that investigations are ongoing to reach all the details of the incident,” noting that “coordination is underway between the relevant authorities to receive the body of the perpetrator of the operation so that it can be buried in Jordan.”

The statement explained that “all Jordanian drivers who were investigated (by the Israeli authorities) after the incident were released, and more than 100 trucks returned to Jordan in succession, Sunday.”

The statement concluded by saying that the relevant authorities are also following up on the issue of closing the bridge after the incident.

On Sunday morning, three Israelis were killed after being seriously wounded by gunfire at the Allenby Crossing linking the occupied West Bank and Jordan.

The Jordanian Interior Ministry did not address the motives behind the shooting, but it comes at a time when Israel – with broad American support – has been waging a war on the Gaza Strip since 7 October, leaving more than 135,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women.

In parallel with its war on Gaza, the Israeli army expanded its operations and settlers escalated their attacks in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, which resulted in the martyrdom of 692 Palestinians, the injury of about 5,700, and the arrest of more than 10,000, according to official Palestinian institutions.

News

Top Israeli Officers Say Cabinet Incites Escalation on West Bank

CrossFireArabia
September 8, 2024

Senior Israeli military officers have accused the country’s political leadership of inciting escalation in the occupied West Bank.

The officers said far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are “directly responsible” for the rise in violence in the occupied territory, warning that the situation could spiral into a full-blown uprising, with many young Palestinians already facing unemployment and lack of opportunities.

“We are trying to prevent the population from fully joining the violence,” a military officer told Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, adding that the ongoing Israeli restrictions have exacerbated tensions in the area.

Israel’s latest assault in the occupied West Bank is not a counterterrorism operation as it claims, but an attempt to “fortify the occupation”, says Palestinian reporter Leila Warah.

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— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) September 4, 2024

Attacks on Palestinians by illegal Israeli settlers also push young Palestinians to join armed groups in the West Bank, the daily warned.

“This situation can’t continue. We are on the verge of a major explosion in Judea and Samaria (West Bank),” another senior military officer said.

The Israeli officers warned that provocations by government officials as Ben-Gvir’s intrusions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque and his attempts to allow Jewish prayers at the flashpoint site risk inflaming tensions in the West Bank and the whole Arab world.

Last week, the Israeli army launched its largest military operation in the northern West Bank in two decades, killing at least 40 people and causing massive destruction in the area.

Tensions have intensified throughout the occupied West Bank as Israel persists in its offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has killed over 40,900 Palestinians, mostly women and children, since last Oct. 7.

At least 692 individuals have since been killed and more than 5,700 injured by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank since that time, according to the Health Ministry.

BREAKING | Israel's cabinet decides to:
⭕️Expand settlements in the West Bank and legalize 5 settlement outposts classified as illegal.

⭕️Apply the Israeli law in areas administratively controlled by the Palestinian Authority.

⭕️Withdraw executive powers from the Palestinian… pic.twitter.com/elzmj9mPsv
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 27, 2024

The escalation follows a significant ruling by the International Court of Justice on July 19, which declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories unlawful and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem according to Anadolu.

Culture

US Director Gives top Gaza Voice in Venice

CrossFireArabia
September 8, 2024

Gaza got top billing at the awards ceremony in the Venice Film Festival. Many film-makers, directors, producers and actors voiced their support for the Palestinians and spoke against Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza at the 81^st Venice International Festival.

“I stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine and their struggle for liberation”

Jewish American filmmaker Sarah Friedland speaks in solidarity with the Palestinian people on the 336th day of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and 76th year of occupation as she accepts the Luigi… pic.twitter.com/UjQGPc0L6y
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 8, 2024

“As a Jewish American artist working in a time-based medium, I must note, I’m accepting this award on the 336th day of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and 76th year of occupation,” said U.S. director Sarah Friedland. She won top the Luigi de Laurentiis prize for best first film for Familiar Touch.

Jewish filmmaker Sarah Friedland dedicates her award to Gaza

“I am accepting this award on the 336th day of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza and 76th year of occupation. I stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine in their struggle for liberation.” pic.twitter.com/TH369ed8R9
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) September 8, 2024

“…it is our responsibility as filmmakers to use the institutional platforms through which we work to redress Israel’s impunity on the global stage. I stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine and their struggle for liberation,” she continued.