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Israel Breaks The Ceasefire 12 Times

marwan
August 12, 2026

CROSSFIREARABIA – The Israeli occupation forces continue to break the ceasefire for the 307^th day since it was signed in 10 October, 2025. Today, its genocide campaign continues while it refuses to move to stage II of the ceasefire and maintains its siege on the Gaza Strip and refuses to allow aid into the enclave and refuses the construction process. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, it broke the ceasefire 12 times through military strikes and tank fire on the different parts of the Gaza Strip despite its devastation. The attacks were focused on different parts of Khani Younis and Gaza City according to the Sanad News Agency.

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In Art: Trapped Under The Rubble

marwan
August 5, 2026

Said Alatab writes:

My painting depicts a Palestinian mother and her children trapped beneath the rubble after bombing Gaza City. This work reflects the immense suffering, loss, and tragedy endured by innocent families caught in war. Through this painting, I hope to honor the victims and remind the world of the human cost of violence. Please share it. Please share and support my art

Alatab is a professional artist currently living in the United States having immigrated there in 1979. He was born in the Sabra and Shatila Camp in Beirut in 1959. After studying art in New York he became a professional artist with alluring paintings that display fascinating features which he says are inspired by his personal journey, struggles, and observations of the world.

“I often explore suffering, hope, and the human condition,” he points out. Currently, as his displayed works show, he is focusing on the war in Gaza and the suffering of its civilians. “For me, art is more than a career. It is my life’s purpose, a way to preserve memory and inspire reflection. I continue to paint to express truth, emotion, and hope.”

One of the artists who has influenced Alatab most is the great artist Vincent Van Gogh. “I feel a deep connection to his emotion, honesty, and intensity. His dedication to painting despite hardship inspires me to continue creating art that reflects my life, my struggles, and my vision of humanity,” he comments.

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On Dawn Tuesday Israel Violates The Ceasefire 13 Times

marwan
August 4, 2026

CROSSFIREARABIA – For the 299th consecutive day, Israeli occupation forces continue to violate the ceasefire agreement and cessation of hostilities in Gaza, causing greater destruction and bloodshed across the besieged territory. On dawn, Tuesday, the Israeli army committed 13 new violations, including artillery shelling, gunfire, and the demolition of homes and civilian infrastructure. Israeli military vehicles fired heavily southwest of Khan Younis. Israeli warships also opened fire off the coast of the city. Displaced persons’ tents in the vicinity of the Austrian area, west of Khan Younis, were struck by gunfire following heavy shelling by Israeli military tanks east of the city. Israeli tanks stationed also targeted displaced persons’ tents in the Mawasi area, and demolished residential buildings north of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. As well, artillery shelling and heavy gunfire from Israeli military tanks targeted the eastern part of the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City according to the Sanad News Agency.

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Israel Bombs Mosque in Gaza, Leaves 100s of Displaced Homeless

marwan
July 28, 2026

CEOSSFIREARABIA – Israeli warplanes bombed Al-Muttaqin Mosque in the Yarmouk area in central Gaza City, Tuesday evening. Local sources reported the bombing was extensive, swiping the mosque and all the surrounding area off the ground. Eyewitness reports say the bombing reached the building of the Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) that is situated next to the mosque. In addition, the tents that have come to surround the mosque over the past two years were affected by the blast and consequently hundreds of displaced people were made homeless. Since the genocide on Gaza soon after 7 October, 2023, Israeli warplanes completely destroyed 1050 mosques and partially damaged 191. This is out of a totally of 1,275 mosques that existed in the enclave before the war according to the Gaza Ministry of Religious Affairs.

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Israel Kills Palestinian Police Commander to Spread Chaos

marwan
July 25, 2026

Gaza’s Interior Ministry on Saturday said Israel is deliberately targeting the Palestinian police force to spread chaos in the enclave after the killing of the police chief of North Gaza governorate.

In a statement, the ministry said the killing of Brig. Gen. Abdul Nasser Mohammed Al-Maqadma reflected Israel’s continued targeting of the police force “with the aim of spreading chaos in the Gaza Strip.”

It stated that 53 police commanders, officers and personnel have been killed in direct Israeli attacks on police headquarters, patrols, vehicles and personnel since the ceasefire agreement took effect in October last year.

The ministry called on the international community and mediating countries to intervene urgently and pressure Israel to stop targeting the police, describing the force as “a civilian institution protected under international law” that is responsible for maintaining public order and serving residents as reported by Anadolu.

It said Al-Maqadma’s killing came less than two weeks after an Israeli strike on the Jabalia refugee camp police station on July 14 that killed seven police officers, including the station chief and his deputy, Yamen Mohammed Obeid, who died of his wounds on Saturday.

The ministry vowed that the police would continue carrying out their duties despite repeated attacks.

Earlier Saturday, the ministry announced that Al-Maqadma, 54, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northwestern Gaza City.

Separately, the Israeli army carried out massive demolitions of Palestinian homes and buildings in areas under its control east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to an Anadolu correspondent.

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, 1,191 Palestinians have been killed and 3,853 others injured in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire agreement took effect in October.

Israel has continued its military offensive on Gaza since Oct. 8, 2023. According to Palestinian authorities, the war has killed more than 73,000 people and wounded over 173,000, while causing widespread destruction to civilian infrastructure across the enclave.