Katz: ‘We Killed Haniyeh’

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz admitted, Monday, for the first time, it was Israel that was responsible for the assassination of former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, and it is Israel that participated in the overthrow of the former Syrian regime of Bashar Al Assad.

Katz’s remarks came during a ceremony held by his army after the Yemeni escalation against the Iraeli occupation.

Katz addressed Sanaa, saying: “We overthrew the Assad regime in Syria, we struck the axis, and we will strike Sanaa.”

He continued his threats, saying: “We will damage their strategic infrastructure and kill their leaders, just as we did to Haniyeh, Sinwar, and Nasrallah in Tehran, Gaza, and Lebanon.”

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced the martyrdom of the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in an assassination operation in Tehran, about five months ago, at dawn on 31 July, 2024.

The Israeli Maariv newspaper confirmed that the security and military establishments acknowledged their concern due to the escalation of the Yemeni threats. It described the Yemeni scene and structure as “very complex”, and that Yemen is not an “ordinary enemy,” according to JO24.

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350 Israeli Warplanes Hit Syrian Targets

The Israeli occupation army announced, Tuesday, it destroyed about 70%-80% of the capabilities of the Syrian army.

Its stated that about 350 Israeli Air Force fighter jets participated in the aggression, attacking around 320 targets throughout Syria.

It added that “…warplanes and helicopters, radars, surface-to-air missile batteries, ships, surface-to-surface missiles, rocket shells, weapons production sites, weapons warehouses, Scud missiles, cruise missiles, sea-to-sea missiles, drones, and others were destroyed.”

In parallel, the aggression continues on land, through operations carried out by the ground forces in the “buffer zone” in the occupied Syrian Golan, so that the Israeli army is working to “establish a presence in the area and destroy weapons.”

On the political level, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said that “Israel will respond forcefully if the new regime in Syria allows Iran to return, or allows weapons to pass to Hezbollah, and will exact a heavy price from it,” but adding it “wants to establish relations with this new regime.”

However, he stressed “what happened to the previous regime in Syria will happen to this regime as well, if it allows weapons to pass to Hezbollah.”

Earlier, the Israeli army radio described the latest aggression on Syria, following the fall of the President Bashar al-Assad regime, as “one of the largest attacks since the establishment of Israel.”

Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz confirmed the occupation’s decision to continue controlling strategic points in Syria, establish a security buffer zone, and target strategic weapons and air defense systems, and any attempts to transfer weapons to Lebanon.

The Israeli Channel 12 confirmed that the air force is operating on a very large scale throughout Syria with the aim of destroying what remains of the Syrian army and all its equipment, “from tanks to missiles,” according to the Kan official channel.

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Divest

The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) has voted to divest from Israeli-owned and pro-Isreal business.

During the past month, members of the association, who represents 25,000 employees in the federal government, voted to adopt a resolution calling to withdraw “investments from Israeli-owned companies and from all international companies that provide financial support to sustain the illegal occupation of Palestinian land.”

“CAPE stands firmly with Palestinians in their struggle for freedom and equality. We uplift their call for an end to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and for an end to over 75 years of illegal occupation,” the association said on X.

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Interlocking

Israel’s new Defense Minister, Israel Katz, issued a statement announcing the end of administrative detention orders against colonial settlers in the occupied West Bank, describing it as a “severe measure” against them.

Such arrest warrants are rare, but Katz, known for his far-right views, is the first defense minister to refuse issuing administrative detention orders for illegal settlers.

This decision has received support from far-right Israeli leaders such as Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, despite further reinforcing the perception of unequal treatment between Israelis and Palestinians under Israeli occupation.

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Jabalia: Israeli Soldiers’ Cemetery

Ahmed Mansour writes:

Jabalia has become a cemetery for the soldiers of the Israeli occupation army because of the intensity of the fighting and the high number of deaths.

Amit Halevi, member of the Knesset for the Likud Party says: The military operation in Jabalia should not have been launched, and Israel Katz (new Defense Minister) should instruct the army to change its plans. We lost 24 soldiers and officers there in a month and a half. Have we gone crazy?”

These are the official numbers that are recognized, but the Israeli losses are always many times what they announce.

Israeli army radio said that 27 Israeli soldiers were killed in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip since the start of the latest ground operation that started on 5 October, 2024.

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