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Armenia Recognizes Palestinian State

CrossFireArabia
June 21, 2024

The republic of Armenia is the latest country to recognize the independent state of Palestine.

Always being a support of two-state solution in Israeli-Palestinian conflict #Armenia made decision to recognize the independent state of #Palestine.
— Vahan Kostanyan (@VahanKostanyan) June 21, 2024

“Always being a support of two-state solution in Israeli-Palestinian conflict Armenia made a decision to recognize the independent state of Palestine,” wrote the Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Vohan Kostanyan on his X account.

This recognition follows similar declarations last month by Slovenia, Spain, Norway and Ireland further bolstering international support for Palestinian statehood, reported Wafa.

#BREAKING:#Armenia recognizes the state of #Palestine.

Armenia has joined the resolutions of the #UN General Assembly, which call for an immediate ceasefire in #Gaza.

Foreign Ministry of Armenia pic.twitter.com/IA4mwWxC5v
— Jora (@TheScarmind) June 21, 2024

The official recognition by Armenia raises the number of countries that recognize Palestinian statehood to 149 out of 193 member states of the UN General Assembly added the Palestinian news agency.

“The catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and the ongoing military conflict is one of the primary issues on the international political agenda that requires resolution,” said the MFA in a statement.

🔴 Breaking: l'Armenia riconosce lo Stato di Palestinahttps://t.co/Ka5Ci7VZiO
— Leila Belhadj Mohamed (@LeilaBelMoh) June 21, 2024

“The Republic of Armenia categorically rejects the targeting of civilian infrastructures, violence against the civilian population and the hostage-taking and capture of civilians during the armed conflict and joins the demands of the international community for their release without preconditions,” it added.

Armenia has announced that it has now recognised the state of Palestine, reaffirming its commitment to int’l law and the basic principles of equality https://t.co/d15tSZB3Nx
— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) June 21, 2024

In response to the recognition, Israel’s Foreign Ministry summond the Armenian Ambassador to Israel for a “stern reprimand, according to the Jerusalem Post.

The ministry said Armenia earlier supported the UN General Assembly resolutions calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has killed more than 37,000 Palestinians since last October as reported in Anadolu.

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Salim Al Shara Joins 152 Journalists Killed by Israel

CrossFireArabia
June 21, 2024

The Israeli war on journalists in the Gaza Strip continues unabated. Salim Al Sharafa, a broadcaster for Al Aqsa Satellite TV becomes journalist no 152 to have been killed by the relentless Israeli bombing on the enclave.

🚨Breaking: The Israeli army has just killed Salim Al-Sharafa, a journalist for Al-Aqsa TV, in an airstrike in #Gaza.

This brings the total number of Palestinian journalists killed by the Israeli army in Gaza since the beginning of the Genocide war to 152 ‼️ pic.twitter.com/Xt6LBma0qb
— Nour Naim| نُور (@NourNaim88) June 20, 2024

His name is trending on the social media. Since the war begun soon after 7 October, Israel has consistently targeted journalists, TV anchors and media workers throughout the Gaza Strip.

Broadcaster Al-Aqsa TV announced via Telegram that one of its journalists, Salim al-Sharafa, was killed in an Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip.

🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️ https://t.co/vzPKnhf1NE
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) June 20, 2024

The Government Media Office in Gaza confirmed the killing of Al Sharafa.

The number of martyred journalists rose to 152 martyrs after the death of journalist “Salim Al-Sharafa” at Al-Aqsa TV in an Israeli raid on Gaza.#الاحتلال_قتلة_الأطفال #Palestine #FreePalestine #Gaza #SaveGaza #savepalestine #GazaStarving #غزة #غزه_مقبرة_الغزاة pic.twitter.com/2tw72CF3hH
— ياسر عوني (@YasserAwny2) June 20, 2024

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said the war in Gaza has become “the deadliest for journalists” since it began documenting journalist killings worldwide in 1992, according to Anadolu.

🔴 Bureau des médias du gouvernement :
Le nombre de journalistes martyrs a augmenté jusqu'à (152 hommes et femmes journalistes) depuis le début de la guerre génocidaire dans la bande de Gaza :
Le journaliste martyr Salim Al-Sharafa
Présentateur sur la chaîne satellite Al-Aqsa. https://t.co/229PC6xfYZ
— Assaya (@Assaya12) June 20, 2024

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Sidoti: ‘The Israeli Army is One of The Most Criminal Armies in The World’

CrossFireArabia
June 20, 2024

Chris Sidoti is a of the members of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, speaking on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva. The Committee headed by Navi Pillay, was presenting its findings to the UN Council, Wednesday, 19 June, 2024 and looked on the legality of the Israeli army’s conduct in Gaza. He said:

“The only conclusion you can draw is that Israeli army is one of the most criminal armies in the world.”

UN expert Chris Sidoti questions the Israeli army's morality while presenting findings on abuses committed by both sides since the war on Gaza began. pic.twitter.com/w9zRRAizlC
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) June 20, 2024

“…You mention the Israeli army is the most moral army in the world. I mean this is something that is said repeatedly by the current prime minister of Israel, [Benjamin] Netanyahu. On one recent occasion, he walked it back a bit and he said one of the most moral armies in the world.”

Now I don’t have the expertise and I don’t have the authority to make assessments of morality. Netanyahu may, but I don’t.

“The Israeli army is one of the most criminal armies in the world”

– Chris Sidoti, UN expert pic.twitter.com/biX8CFocBJ #IsraeliNazis #GenocideinPalestine #FreePalestine #auspol
— Adam Houda (@LawyerAdamHouda) June 19, 2024

…I don’t know whether its’s one of the most moral armies in the world or not but what I do have expertise in, and what I do have an authority to do is make assessments of criminal conduct.

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/6/19/the-israeli-army-is-one-of-the-most-criminal-in-the-world-says-un-expert

And we’ve done that in relation to the recent events and you can see that in the report. And the only conclusion you can draw is that the Israeli army is one of the most criminal armies in the world,” he concluded.

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Israel Destroyed 67% of Gaza’s Sanitation

CrossFireArabia
June 20, 2024

About “67% of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged” in the Gaza Strip since 7 October, the UN Relief Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) stated Wednesday.

67% of water, sanitation infrastructure destroyed in Gaza since 7 October: UNRWAhttps://t.co/qQp0I4PKsU
— Throwback C Magnon (@throwback_c) June 20, 2024

There is neither water nor sanitation in the whole of the Gaza Strip. With sewers destroyed, filthy water run in the streets and neighborhoods that have been destroyed.

The agency emphasized the urgent need for action according to a press statement published in Anadolu.

Over the past 8 months in the #GazaStrip approximately 67% of water, sanitation facilities & infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged.

As infectious diseases continue to spread and temperature rises, lack of hygiene & dehydration threaten the health of people across #Gaza. pic.twitter.com/dg08KD60Ai
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) June 19, 2024

“As infectious diseases continue to spread and temperatures rise, the lack of hygiene and dehydration pose a severe threat to the health of people across Gaza,” it wrote on X.

UNRWA plays a vital role in providing life-saving services to registered Palestine refugees; however, the recent destruction of essential infrastructure in Gaza exacerbates an already precarious situation, leaving many without access to clean water and sanitation facilities, the Turkish news said.

The UN Relief Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) said Wednesday that "67 per cent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged" in the Gaza Strip since Oct 7. #UNRWA #Gaza #Genocide #Ceasefire #Hamas https://t.co/n9QL5BFxku
— Sinar Daily (@sinardailymy) June 20, 2024

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

Nearly 37,400 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, most of them women and children, and more than 85,400 others injured, according to local health authorities.

More than eight months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.

The UNRWA said that '67% of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged' in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 https://t.co/Vgm6v49yGk pic.twitter.com/sDIB3ooXgw
— Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) June 19, 2024

Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its operation in Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.

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‘You Can’t Beat Hamas’ Israeli Army Spokesman Says

CrossFireArabia
June 19, 2024

In what is seen as a slap in the face for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli army spokesman speaks out and out of turn! “You can’t beat Hamas,” he blurts out because of so many reasons.

💥Day 257 of the Gaza war: IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari says PM Netanyahu's war goal of "total destruction of Hamas" is the equivalent of "throwing sand in the public's eyes" and Netanyahu replies that he can drop dead. pic.twitter.com/ijoFMdGovi
— Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي (@NTarnopolsky) June 19, 2024

Promises to destroy Palestinian resistance group Hamas are “misleading,” Daniel Hagari said Wednesday as reported in Anadolu.

He said the goal of the “total destruction of Hamas” is like “throwing sand in the public’s eyes, a quote which is trending all over the social media.

On the 6th January Daniel Hagari, the spokesman for the IDF, declared: "We have completed the dismantling of Hamas' military framework in the northern Gaza strip"

Four months later the IDF is fighting in the northern Gaza strip. pic.twitter.com/kmVw0D7EUD
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) May 16, 2024

His comments come as a swipe against the country’s current political leadership who are determined to eradicate Hamas despite all odds and are continuing a genocidal war against the civilians of Gaza to attempt to do it.

IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari rebukes Netanyahu and admits defeating Hamas is impossible:
"Hamas is an idea, Hamas is a political party. It is rooted in the hearts of people – whoever thinks we can eliminate Hamas is mistaken." https://t.co/xcFmPQ1AvK pic.twitter.com/tixwVRuFIV
— Krystal Ball (@krystalball) June 19, 2024

“Anyone promising to eradicate Hamas is misleading the public,” Hagari told the broadcaster Channel 13 as reported in the Turkish news agency.

“Whoever thinks it is possible to destroy Hamas is mistaken,” Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said in an interview with Israel’s Channel 13 on Wednesday.

“Saying that it is possible to destroy Hamas and to make it disappear is to throw dust into the public’s eyes,” Hagari… pic.twitter.com/rbjgXluErE
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 19, 2024

In a frank tone, he said “Hamas is an idea. Those who think it can be made to disappear are wrong,” he said after having been daily reporting on the Israeli war on Gaza for the last eight months.

Hagari stressed if the government “doesn’t find an alternative — it (Hamas) will remain” in Gaza.

"Hamas is an idea, Hamas is a political party. It is rooted in the hearts of people – whoever thinks we can eliminate Hamas is mistaken.” (IDF Spokesman, Brig Gen Daniel Hagari)

We told you this 8 long months ago. Yes, 8 months ago.

Truly deplorable.https://t.co/QcoAXU3o9z
— Charlie Herbert (@Charlie533080) June 19, 2024

From the start of the war on Gaza after 7 October Netanyahu has reiterated that Israel’s key objective is to destroy Hamas and has not listened to anyone else who expressed scepticism about meeting this goal and which they say is not feasible.

⚠️ Israeli Army spokesman says Hamas can’t be destroyed

The Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari criticises Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calls for finding an alternative rather than deceiving the Israeli public by claiming the army can completely destroy Hamas.… pic.twitter.com/DJagjIkeRv
— DOAM (@doamuslims) June 19, 2024

Meanwhile Israeli society is breaking to pieces. The 120 or so hostages have not been released, the Israeli army is in a bad situation because of the real number of deaths, injured and those in need of psychological help, the economy is in tatters and many Israelis are leaving the country.

Hagari discussed the army’s announcement on June 8 about the release of four captives in a military operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. “It is not possible to release all hostages through military operations,” he acknowledged as reported by Anadolu.

More that 37,000 has been killed in Gaza through the Israeli bombings with over 85,000 being injured.