CrossFireArabia- December 5, 2024
One-third of all Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron have intensified a campaign of arbitrary detentions, beatings and abuse of Palestinians, according to Guardian interviews with affected residents and new research by the rights group B’Tselem.
Killing The Hostages
- CrossFireArabia
- December 5, 2024
he wife of Israeli captive held in Gaza Chaim Peri said the investigation released by the army earlier on the deaths of her husband and five other in February in Gaza proves that the Israeli military pressure is killing the captives.
The Israeli military probe determined that the six captives were likely executed by their captors amid an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas tunnel near where they were being held. The military said in its probe that it hadn’t been aware at the time that the captives were near the tunnel targeted in the strike.
Speaking to Channel 12, Osnat Peri said “military pressure doesn’t help bring hostages home — what’s worse, it kills the hostages.”
Will He Ever be Prosecuted?
- CrossFireArabia
- December 5, 2024
The State Attorney’s Office has informed the Jerusalem District Court that it opposes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to slow the pace of his testimony in his criminal trial, a process that is already moving at a faster rate for other witnesses.
The prosecution argues that it is crucial for the trial, now approaching its fifth year, to conclude swiftly. Allowing Netanyahu’s request, they contend, would limit his testimony to just nine hours per week, which they believe would unduly prolong the proceedings.
“The public interest in this case requires striving for the trial to conclude as quickly as possible in order to protect the public interest, the fairness of the process, and the fundamental principle that everyone is equal before the law,” argues the State Attorney’s Office.
