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Israel Attacks 453 UNRWA Schools in Gaza

CrossFireArabia
July 11, 2024

UNRWA officials report that there has been a total of 453 attacks on its facilities in Gaza since 7 October, 2023. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency said its building throughout the Gaza Strip has been the subject of these attacks by Israeli warplanes and gunfire.

It added this, two thirds of the schools operated by the UN organization have been hit with 524 people sheltering in these facilities were killed.

As the war continues, Palestinian families are forced into displacement yet again, with nowhere to go. People live in destroyed buildings, facing enormous safety risks and amid the waste and rubble.

This video was taken in Khan Younis. Nowhere is safe in #Gaza. #CeasefireNow pic.twitter.com/sMqNgcK2sM
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) July 9, 2024

This piece of news is currently trending on the social media under different hashtags such as @UNRWA, #Gaza, @UN, #CeasefireNow

Four schools in Gaza have been directly hit in the last four days with people continuing to flee from one place to another looking for safety but nowhere is safe in Gaza.

4 schools in #Gaza have been hit in the last 4 days

People continue to flee from a place to another looking for safety, but nowhere is safe in the #GazaStrip. No school. No hospital. No @UN building

This must stop. #CeasefireNow before we lose what’s left of our common humanity https://t.co/N2sVTLms2f
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) July 10, 2024

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini confirms that since the beginning of this war two-thirds of UNRWA schools in Gaza were attacked, some were bombed out and many severely damaged.

“Some have gone from safe places of education and hope for children to ocercrowded shelters and often ending up a place of death and misery,” he wrote.

“People continue to flee and be on the run in search for safety that they never find. Gaza has become an exodus on repeat,” @UNRWA @JulietteTouma to @nytimes

As new evacuation orders hit Gaza City, families face more displacement with nowhere safe to go.https://t.co/1VGQEyYXeo
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) July 11, 2024

“Nine months under our watch, the relentless, endless killing, destruction and despair continue. Gaza is no place for children. The blatant disregard of international humanitarian law can’t become the new normal.”

Lazzarini ends by urging for a “ceasefire now before we lose what is left of our common humanity.”

News

US Moves Ahead With 500-pound Bombs to Israel

CrossFireArabia
July 11, 2024

The US has decided to move ahead with the shipment of 500-pound bombs to Israel, which was previously paused due to concerns over Israel’s potential ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah and massive killings of civilians, a report stated Wednesday.

🚨 The American government agreed to send a shipment of 500-pound bombs to the zionist entity after withholding it for two months, according to American officials. The shipment will be delivered in the coming weeks.

Since October 7th, the US has sent 14,000 highly destructive… pic.twitter.com/lk9IJ964dv
— Dr. Zain Abbadi (@ZainAbbadi11) July 10, 2024

The bombs “are in the process of being shipped” after a two-month pause and are expected to arrive in Israel in the “coming weeks,” The Wall Street Journal reported, citing an administration official and reported in Anadolu.

In May, the Biden administration paused a planned shipment to Israel of 2,000-pound and 500-pound bombs amid concerns about Israel’s plans for a possible ground assault on Rafah, where 1.5 million displaced Palestinians sought refuge on top of the city’s pre-war population of more than 200,000.

This is what US BOMBS do"
The US is never Stop to send deadly bombs to Israel to kill children and women, to bombing Hospitals and Schools

US is producing bombs to kill civilians and not to Defense https://t.co/agzgC0PsXZ pic.twitter.com/xpZBXKwpXi
— LiondelRey (@XyxvYella) July 11, 2024

“Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers,” US President Joe Biden acknowledged in an interview with CNN, referring to 2,000-pound bombs, and described Israel’s bombing of Gaza as “indiscriminate.”

“Heavier 2,000-pound bombs that were meant to be part of the same shipment are still on hold,” the official told WSJ.

Urgent | Wall Street on US officials: – The Biden administration agreed to ship 500-pound bombs to Israel – US bombs are in the freight phase and are expected to arrive in Israel in the coming weeks. pic.twitter.com/ysK7Sn3o3H
— zere Nazar Al Jazeera (@MuhammadYo95978) July 10, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the Biden administration in June for “withholding weapons and ammunition to Israel” in recent months, adding that Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured him that restrictions would be lifted on arms transfers to Israel.

“We’ve been clear that our concern has been on the end-use of the 2,000-lb bombs, particularly for Israel’s Rafah campaign, which they have announced they are concluding,” a US official told Anadolu when asked about the shipment of 500-pound bombs.

“Because of how these shipments are put together, other munitions may sometimes be co-mingled. That’s what happened here with the 500-lb bombs, since our main concern had been and remains the potential use of 2,000-lb bombs in Rafah and elsewhere in Gaza,” the official said. “Our concern was not about the 500-lb bombs. Those are moving forward as part of the usual process.”

Russia is more humane than the US
US BOMBS AND MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL https://t.co/uxwx8HIjFk pic.twitter.com/3YEEhYqHPU
— ZAIN (@DMD_ASZ) July 9, 2024

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday that Tel Aviv is willing to open the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, but without allowing Hamas to return to the area.

In early May, the Israeli army seized control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing on the border with Egypt as part of a wide-scale military operation which resulted in civilian casualties and the suspension of humanitarian aid deliveries according to the Turkish news agency.

Analyses

Will Netanyahu Get to Address Congress?

CrossFireArabia
July 10, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering avoiding a stopover in Europe on his way to the US over fears that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is readying to issue an arrest warrant against him over the Israeli army’s crimes in Gaza according to Anadolu.

By July 24th an arrest warrant will be out for Netanyahu. He will have to fly over Europe where he can be arrested. If the plane has to land, or is forced to land, he’ll be in trouble & maybe there’ll be a standoff with his bodyguards. Will he risk it? Plus bound to be protests.
— simonjwood (@2CutAShortStory) June 7, 2024

Netanyahu is to travel to the US and deliver a speech before the US Congress on July 24. He is also expected to possibly meet US President Joe Biden.

But there is much speculation about his coming trip with many on the social media woundering how he will get to Washington amidst the logistics involved in flying non-stop.

The Israeli government flirting with European fascists – who hate Jews – is a classic example of my enemies enemy. But Netanyahu needs reminding that 'first they came for the Muslims' would have 'then they came for the Jews.' Maybe he wants Europe's Jews afraid though. Maybe. https://t.co/BA0jrWOqAu
— TonyCross (@Lokster71) July 9, 2024

On 20 May, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan requested arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip. Khan also requested warrants for three of the Hamas group’s top leaders including its chief Ismail Haniyeh.

Everyone is waiting for the arrest warrants to become effective and many think they could be any time soon.

Netanyahu may avoid stopover in Europe on way to US for congress speech after ICC arrest warrant#SahabatPalestina_ID #GazaGenocide #CeasefireNOW #FreePalestine #ForeverPalestine pic.twitter.com/kqh2EIbJDs
— Owner Of Quds (@_Alone_Warrior_) July 10, 2024

Israeli KAN public broadcaster said Netanyahu’s office reviewed the matter of stopping in Europe on his way to Washington as his plane is unable to make a transatlantic flight while carrying a full load of passengers.

Benjamin Netanyahu, is considering avoiding a stopover in Europe on his way to the US over fears that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is readying to issue an arrest warrant against him over the Israeli army’s crimes in Gaza, Anadolu Agency reports.https://t.co/u4PBisOHLy
— Ife (@peacelily1121) July 10, 2024

His office reviewed the option of a stopover in the Czech Republic or Hungary; these two countries are seen as Israeli friends and called ICC arrest requests “unacceptable.”

Deadline 12 July for UK to challenge the arrest warrants at ICC. Lammy going to Israel 15 July. Of course he will be giving a loving kiss to Netanyahu "don't worry babe because Starmer is protecting you 💋💋 always" pic.twitter.com/QHiodAlDAJ
— Clare Siva (@ClareSiva) July 10, 2024

KAN, however, noted Netanyahu in the end decided to go for a direct flight to Washington with a limited number of passengers on board.

Netanyahu decides to take less people on his flight to washington in two weeks, so he won't need a stopover in Europe amid fears of ICC arrest warrant https://t.co/EABbtq9s7y
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) July 10, 2024

While the US is not an ICC member, receiving Netanyahu despite an international arrest warrant could expose it to much criticism.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu considered, then decided against, visiting the Czech Republic and Hungary on the way to the U.S. when he travels to address Congress on July 24, the Kan public broadcaster reports, amid fears the ICC was readying an arrest warrant against him.

If… pic.twitter.com/687I6n9MFE
— 📜 (@cozyduke_apt29) July 10, 2024

Israel also is not an ICC member, whereas Palestine was accepted as an affiliate in 2015.

Set up in 2002, the ICC is an independent international body not affiliated with the UN or any other international organization, and its decisions are binding.

Israel, flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire, has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas.

Nearly 38,200 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 87,900 others injured, according to local health authorities the Turkish News agency reported.

Nine months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the ICC, whose latest ruling ordered it to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6 according to the Turkish news agency.

News

Day 278: Four More Israeli Massacres

CrossFireArabia
July 10, 2024

Its day 278 of the Gaza genocide that is being committed by Israel nonstop.

Israeli forces killed 52 more Palestinians in attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll to 38,295 since last Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave stated on Wednesday.

A ministry statement added that at least 88,241 other people have been injured in the onslaught as reported in Anadolu, the Turkish news agency.

“Israeli forces killed 52 people and injured 208 others in four ‘massacres’ against families in the last 24 hours,” the ministry said, adding 29 of the victims were killed in an airstrike on Al-Awda School in the town of Abasan, east of Khan Younis with ar least 50 injured.

“Many people are still trapped under rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.

News

Jinan Killed by Two Bullets From an Israeli Tank

CrossFireArabia
July 10, 2024

Her father’s friend writes: “She was martyred as a result of a minor injury, as they say. She was martyred as a result of two bullets from a tank in Mawasi, Khan Yunis.

الشهيـ ـدة جنان حسام أبو شمالة، ١٣ عامًا

يكتب صديق والدها:
"استشهـ ـدت متأثرة بإصابة طفيفة كما يقولون، استشهـ ـدت متأثرة برصاصتين من دبـ ــابة في مواصي خانيونس، إصابة الساق قد تبدو طفيفة لكنها في النهاية أودت بحياة هذه البريئة! وهل أثر دبـ ــابةٍ تزن أطنان الحديد وتقذف حممًا… pic.twitter.com/0eVSJtAYAo
— شهداء غزّة Gaza martyrs (@Gaza_Shaheed) July 10, 2024

The leg injury may seem minor, but in the end it claimed the life of this innocent person who was only 13-years-old.

I ask would the impact of a tank weighing tons of iron and spewing explosive lava on a child like Janan be considered minor?

Is the horror and witness the death, this sweet little girl faced minor?

Is the pain of a bullet wound on a child as young as Janan be considered minor?

Is the bleeding wound without taking medications and treatments minor?

Jinan is one of the twins of a beautiful brother named Qais. They are two delicate, polite children. You can hardly hear their voices because of their shyness.

You see in Jinan’s eyes a sparkle of intelligence that makes adore her. I always saw her as older than her age. That child who loved life, her school, and her family, knows nothing about life except its simplicity.

Her heart only had room for a a rosy life and a natural dream for a quiet life. Jinan loves life, as soon as you start a conversation with her, she takes hold, but tactful in the most attractive way.”

13-year-old Jinan Hussam Abu Shamala was martyred on 3 July, 2024