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Israel Kills 21 Civilians Across Gaza

CrossFireArabia
November 20, 2024

At least 21 Palestinians, including children and displaced people, were killed and several others injured, Wednesday, in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting shelters and civilian homes across the Gaza Strip.

In the southern part of Gaza, Civil Defense reported that two Palestinians were killed and another injured when an Israeli drone targeted a gathering of civilians in the Al-Janineh neighborhood, east of Rafah.

Eight Palestinians, including four children, were also killed in Israeli shelling that struck displaced peoples’ tents in the western part of Khan Younis, according to Palestinian paramedics who spoke to Anadolu.

In central Gaza, a medical source told Anadolu that six Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on the Khalid Ibn Al-Walid School in the Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, which was housing displaced families. The bodies of the victims were later transferred to the Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah.

In Gaza City, a medical source confirmed that four Palestinians were killed and several others injured in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the Al-Rimal neighborhood, south of the city.

Additionally, one Palestinian was killed and another injured in a separate airstrike targeting a civilian gathering in the city’s central Thawra Street.

Under the rules of war, attacks on civilians and civilian facilities are prohibited.

Despite international warnings, Israel has continued its attacks on refugee shelters in the enclave, with airstrikes targeting displaced people in tents, resulting in large numbers of casualties.

This has raised concerns over the consequences of such actions, disregarding the calls from international groups for the protection of civilians.

Israel launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip following a Hamas attack last year, killing nearly 44,000 people, most of them women and children, and injuring over 104,000.

The second year of genocide in Gaza has drawn growing international condemnation, with figures and institutions labeling the attacks and blocking of aid deliveries a deliberate attempt to destroy a population.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its deadly war on Gaza.

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Heavy Rains Flood Tents of Displaced in Gaza

CrossFireArabia
November 19, 2024

On the 410th day of the ongoing genocide, Israeli forces demolished several buildings in the Beit Lahia project area in northern Gaza. Meanwhile, heavy rains flooded the tents of displaced Palestinians across the besieged strip, exacerbating the dire humanitarian crisis for those struggling with hunger and thirst.

The Israeli military continues its aggressive operations in northern Gaza, targeting homes, displacing civilians, and imposing a blockade that has left the population on the brink of starvation. The campaign also includes attacks on medical staff, hospitals, and civil defense teams.

In Beit Lahia, buildings were reduced to rubble as Israeli forces intensified their demolition efforts. Footage shows entire structures collapsed into debris, with nearby buildings suffering severe cracks and damage, rendering them uninhabitable.

In the central Gaza Strip, an Israeli attack claimed the life of a Palestinian in Nuseirat refugee camp, the third-largest refugee camp in Palestine. Established after the 1948 Nakba, Nuseirat has become a focal point of intense bombardment since the October 7, 2023, Al-Aqsa Flood military operation. Israeli airstrikes and shelling have caused widespread devastation and fatalities, with the refugee camp under severe siege according to the Quds News Network.

Israeli airstrikes also targeted residential buildings in Rafah, southern Gaza, adding to the destruction. Meanwhile, a worsening food crisis has taken hold as a flour shortage and the closure of a major bakery in central Gaza leave families struggling to secure basic sustenance.

Approximately 2.3 million residents in Gaza rely on international aid for survival. Humanitarian organizations report widesprea
malnutrition and warn of an emerging famine, particularly in the severely affected northern regions. Aid groups have confirmed the Israeli military of obstructing and even preventing aid deliveries, further exacerbating the crisis.

On Monday, medical sources reported the deaths of 50 Palestinians and dozens more injured in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza. The total death toll in Gaza has now reached 43,922, with 103,898 injured since the start of the genocide.

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Still Smiling!

CrossFireArabia
November 19, 2024

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Sinwar in ‘Fiercest Battle’ – Israeli Officer

CrossFireArabia
October 18, 2024

This is what Rozan Qabas Aal Salem, a Yemeni Jew said about the fierce battle that killed Yahiya Sinwar, head of the Hamas Political Bureau in Rafah.

The translation is from Arabic: The Israeli commander of the battalion that engaged with Yahya Al Sinwar (#يحيى_السنوار) says that the battalion fought the fiercest battle in its history with Sinwar for three days while he was moving between a number of buildings.

During these days he engaged in a clash with Al-Yassin shells, sniper weapons and Kalashnikovs.

After he was killed and they entered the area, they were surprised to find that only Sinwar and few fighters there and were shocked by their resistance.

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Israel Killed Sinwar Through Accident

CrossFireArabia
October 18, 2024

Hamas announced today that its leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces. Sinwar, who has been described as the man whom Israel fears, was killed in what appears to have been an accidental encounter. Rather than being the result of a meticulously planned assassination, Sinwar’s martyrdom came after he directly engaged with Israeli troops after he found them, according to Israeli Walla.

On the day of the incident, Sinwar appeared in plain view, attacking Israeli soldiers with gunfire and grenades. He managed to wound several troops before retreating into a nearby building. From there, the Hamas leader continued to launch makeshift weapons, including rocks and sticks, as well as grenades, at the soldiers stationed at a distance. The Israeli soldiers, who were not aware that they were fighting their most wanted man, shelled the building.

This unexpected and fierce engagement is a sharp contrast to Israel’s earlier intelligence efforts, which had previously claimed that it pinpointed Sinwar’s whereabouts but refrained from action due to ‘concerns over the safety of Israeli prisoners’.

Reports from The Jewish Chronicle in August 2023 alleged that Israeli intelligence had multiple chances to kill Sinwar after locating his hiding tunnels in Gaza. However, Israel did not kill Sinwar claiming that he was using Israeli prisoners as human shields.