Palestinian journalist Wael Abu Quffa was killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a residential building in Al-Nussairat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip Friday.
According to the Government Media Office, the number of journalists killed has risen to 189 since the beginning of the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza.
Journalists in Gaza are facing grave danger, as the Israeli military persists in targeting them in an attempt to silence them and prevent the revelation of atrocities being committed in the besieged enclave.
Abu Quffa, was a journalist and a lecturer at the Department of Journalism and Media at the Islamic University of Gaza.
The Israeli daily, Yedioth Ahronoth has stated that six more Israeli soldiers who have fought in Gaza and Lebanon for an “extended period of time” have committed suicide.
The breaking news, made Friday night, is now trending on the social media.
Israeli soldiers taking away their lives is not a new phenomenon but news of this kind has increased over the last year during the Israeli genocide on Gaza and now Lebanon.
In late October a CNN report suggested Israeli soldiers returning from fighting in Gaza are “plagued by suicide”.
Yedioth Ahronoth: At least 6 soldiers who fought for a long time in #Gaza and Lebanon committed suicide in recent months pic.twitter.com/WGbmjeg4qe
This is because they are suffering from psychological traumas as a result of both of what they have seen in Gaza and the things they did to civilians during their military service there.
In testimonies to CNN Israeli soldiers have revealed the horror’s of Israeli operations, testifying that troops had to run over dead and/or Palestinians “in the hundreds.” They speak of “gruesome” sights with one telling CNN “when you see a lot of meat outside and blood…both ours and theirs, then it really affects you when you eat.”
These scenes have become too much for Israeli soldiers despite the fact there are only sketchy figures of how many have actually taken away their lives but the figures are likely too be much higher taking into account of the Israeli military censors.
However, reports are regularly made about the thousands of Israeli soldiers requiring psychological treatment in Israeli hospital after serving in Gaza and now in Lebanon.
Haaretz reported back in May 10 Israeli soldiers took away their lives rather than go back to serving in the slaughter on Gaza.
And later on frequent cases of Israeli soldiers committing suicide rather than having to go back and continue fighting where the possibility of getting killed was very real are frequently highlihted.
Back in July there was the case of the reserve soldier who took away his life on Nahariya beech, north of Israel.
Rather than go back, he decided to end his life. And then there was the case of Santiago Ovadia, no doubt a mercenary judging from his name and who took away his life because of not being able to take it anymore.
⚡️Israel only went a few meters into South Lebanon and this is the result so far:
Hebrew media published the names of seven Israeli soldiers whose families have been notified of their deaths:
🔻Captain Harel Ettinger, 23 years old, from Mali, a team leader in the Eguz Commando… pic.twitter.com/lXF5X55TCP
Israeli soldiers are under much pressure in Gaza and now Lebanon which they have been fighting there since 1 October, 2024 and like in Gaza, are getting killed and injured.
Israeli soldiers are fatigued but are being pushed to fight by their military Generals and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Despite the noises of protests they are making – through the media, sending letters of protests, refusing to serve in the army and even fleeing abroad never to return, their political masters insist that Israeli army must keep fighting.
CROSSFIREARABIA – Due to the recent arrest warrant, issued Thursday, by the International Criminal Court, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can no longer travel to 124 countries or he will be arrested on point of entry and put in jail for Israel’s genocide on Gaza that he refuses to stop.
Already many countries, including his allies (Germany, Canada, UK and Australia are mulling about the fact of what today about Netanyahu if they find him on their doorstep and/or flying over their airspace.
BREAKING: Due to ICC ARREST WARRANT child killer Netanyahu can’t travel to following 124 countries:
The decision of the International Criminal Court Thursday, “puts many Western governments before their responsibilities, and obliges them to choose between shameful bias towards Israel and respecting international law and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which they signed,” said Mustafa Barghouti, Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative Movement.
Barghouti pointed out that the ICC decision “is a real test for those governments that promote themselves as democratic, defend human rights, and stand against the oppressor.”
“What is required now from the International Court of Justice is to expedite the issuance of its ruling confirming Israel’s commission of the crime of genocide,” Dr Barghouti pointed out.
This decision “constitutes an important step towards achieving justice and fairness for the Palestinian people, and opens the way for holding accountable those who commit crimes against humanity,” he stressed.
This decision “will open the door wide to imposing sanctions and boycotts on Israel by all countries,” Barghouti believes.
He called on “Arab countries that have relations with Israel to take a firm stance by severing them, imposing sanctions, holding the occupation accountable for its crimes, and canceling all agreements and forms of normalization with it.”
The International Criminal Court issued two arrest warrants Thursday, against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Minister of War Yoav Galant.
The court confirmed in a statement that Netanyahu and Galant were charged with committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
It indicated that there are logical reasons to believe that Netanyahu and Galant supervised attacks against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.
It explained that “the crimes attributed to Netanyahu and Galant include the use of hunger as a weapon.”
The International Criminal Court confirmed that “Israel’s acceptance of the court’s jurisdiction is not necessary,” as reported in Jordan24.
Kuwaiti Doctor and deputy general manager of Kuwait Society for Relief Omar Al-Thuwaini shares on his Instagram account a painful description of what Gaza people have been enduring on a daily basis due to the prolonged Israeli war.
Al-Thuwaini headed a second Kuwaiti medical delegation to Gaza last April with aim to support the healthcare system in Gaza by conducting surgical operations for injured Gazans. He has been part of humanitarian relief missions to several war-ravaged areas like Sudan and Gaza.
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