CrossFireArabia- January 24, 2025
“If it is not forced to stop, Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians will not be confined to Gaza. Mark my words,” says Francesca P. Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine
Israeli Style: Ethnic Cleansing of Jenin
- CrossFireArabia
- January 24, 2025
Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative Movement Mustafa Barghouti accused Israel of ethnic cleansing in the Jenin camp in the northern occupied West Bank.
Barghouti confirmed, Friday, that “the [Israel] occupation is carrying out a dangerous ethnic cleansing operation in Jenin, forcing civilians and families to leave their homes on foot, after subjecting them to humiliating repression and strip searches.”
Barghouti explained what is happening in Jenin “reflects the statements of the Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi that the repressive goals and practices are similar between Gaza and the West Bank, as the latter is subjected to a campaign of collective punishment including checkpoints, arrests and abuse.”
Barghouti stressed the need to achieve Palestinian national unity to confront the ethnic cleansing and genocide committed by the Israeli occupation state against the Palestinians.
The Israeli occupation army continues for the fourth day to escalate its military operation against the Palestinians in the city of Jenin and its camp.
Over the past few days, the army has burned Palestinian homes, deployed heavy machinery to demolish more, and arrested dozens of Palestinians and transferred them to interrogation centers near the city.
Since Tuesday afternoon, the Israeli occupation army launched a large-scale military operation in Jenin under the name Iron Wall, which resulted in the killing of 12 Palestinians and the injury of 40 others until Thursday evening, according to official Palestinian sources as reported in Quds Press.
Israel Kills More Than 15,000 Pupils in Gaza
- CrossFireArabia
- January 22, 2025
The Ministry of Education in the Gaza Strip announced, Wednesday, the genocide committed by Israel over the course of more than 15 months resulted in the killing and disappearance of more than 15,000 Palestinian school-age children, and the targeting of 95 percent of school and educational buildings.
The ministry said in a statement: “Initial statistics indicate the martyrdom and disappearance of more than 15,000 school-age children, more than 800 education sector workers, and the injury of 50,000 male and female students.”
It added: “The horrific number of martyrs is equivalent to a mass extermination of human elements, students and workers in more than 30 schools, which reflects the extent of the crimes committed against children and educational staff.”
It explained that the genocide resulted in the killing of 1,200 male and female students enrolled in higher education institutions, more than 150 scientists, academics and workers in those institutions, and hundreds were injured and disabled.
The ministry confirmed that 95 percent of school and educational buildings were directly damaged, while 85 percent of them were completely or partially out of service due to their destruction.
It indicated that the Israeli army destroyed more than 140 administrative and academic facilities, including devices, equipment, laboratories, clinics and libraries.
The ministry estimated losses of the education sector at more than $3 billion.
It explained thousands of children were exposed to shocking experiences and unprecedented psychological pressures, which led to the emergence of psychological symptoms and trauma that require specialized interventions.
The ministry announced the completion of emergency response plans for the next stage, which includes completing the 2023/2024 school year and opening the 2024/2025 school year.
The ministry called on media outlets and human rights institutions to document the “Israeli crimes” against children and depriving them of their right to education, and to prosecute Tel Aviv before international bodies and courts.
It also appealed to supporting bodies and partner institutions to provide urgent and necessary support to relieve and rehabilitate the educational sector.
With American support, Israel committed genocide in the Gaza Strip between October 7, 2023 and January 19, 2025, leaving more than 158,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.
Last Sunday, a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel came into effect, and its first phase will last for 42 days, during which negotiations will begin to start a second and then a third phase, mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the United States.
Israel has turned Gaza into the largest prison in the world, as it has besieged it for the last 18 years, and the genocide has forced about two million of its citizens, numbering about 2.3 million Palestinians, to flee in tragic conditions with a deliberate severe shortage of food, water and medicine.
‘I Demolished 50 Buildings a Week’
- CrossFireArabia
- January 22, 2025
An Israeli soldier who is a bulldozer operator, was interviewed on Hebrew Kan and said:
“I told the officer that I perform a symphony with a D9 bulldozer, demolishing 50 buildings a week by myself,” said Rabbi Avraham Zarbib who served in the Israel army for the whole duration of the war on Gaza.
“A two-story house means nothing to us. We completely destroyed Jabalia and Rafah, and we were on our way to destroying Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia, but the [ceasefire] agreement didn’t give us enough time, so we settled for destroying half of them,” he added.
