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 ‘Bulldozes’ Jenin
- CrossFireArabia
- January 24, 2025
The Israeli occupation continues its offensive in Jenin and its refugee camp in the occupied West Bank for the fourth day, killing at least 12 people, injuring dozens of others, and arresting several men. The occupation bulldozers have caused significant damage to infrastructure and Palestinian property, forcing residents to leave their homes.
Freed Inmate Speaks of Untold Israel Horrors
- CrossFireArabia
- January 23, 2025
Palestinian women, released as part of a prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas, have revealed severe mistreatment by Israeli authorities during their detention.
Bushra al-Tawil, one of the 90 Palestinians released in the prisoner exchange, shared the details of her detention with Anadolu.
Tawil, who said she was at a friend’s house when she was detained, said: “Israeli forces raided my friend’s house. They wrecked the house and destroyed her belongings. They didn’t let me wear my headscarf. I was forcibly taken out of the house and held in detention for 14 hours without my scarf. It was the hardest situation I’ve ever faced in my life.”
She said that an Israeli intelligence officer taunted her, saying: “You’ll spend years trying to repair this house, and you’ll owe your friend for the rest of your life.”
“I told him about the solidarity among Palestinians. I said, ‘We are in a state of war, everyone pays a price in their own way. No one owes anyone anything in our community. My friend will never ask anything from me’,” she said.
Tawil also clarified that despite not posting anything on her social media, she was unjustly detained nearly 10 months ago based on these false allegations. After the detention period, she was sent to prison under Israel’s “administrative detention” policy, which allows the detention of Palestinians in the occupied territories without any charges being filed.
Israeli authorities released 90 Palestinian prisoners, including women and children, under the first phase of the ceasefire deal.
The three-phase deal includes a prisoner exchange and sustained calm, aiming for a permanent truce and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
Nearly 47,000 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and over 110,700 others injured in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza since Oct. 2023, according to local health authorities.
