Top Israeli Officer Killed in Jabalia
CrossFireArabia- October 20, 2024
According to Israeli media reports, the commander of the 401st armored brigade in the 162nd division, Ihsan Daqsa, is the highest-ranking officer to be killed in the Gaza invasion. The ambush also severely wounded the commander of the 52nd battalion.
Anas Al Sharif Calls But no One is Listening!
- CrossFireArabia
- October 20, 2024
Anas Al-Sharif, a Palestinian journalist from Northern Gaza, criticizes the world’s inaction in the face of Israel’s ongoing massacres against civilians in Gaza.
Thank You Denmark
- CrossFireArabia
- October 19, 2024
Mohammad Safa writes:
Thank you Denmark.
Don’t stop talking about Gaza
‘Shame on You’
- CrossFireArabia
- October 19, 2024
Widespread anger surrounded the exclusion of Moroccan star Hakim Ziyech from the national team after he expressed solidarity with Gaza.
The Galatasaray player removed all his Moroccan team photos from Instagram, showing his frustration.
He stated, “My country is also targeted… Shame on you, enough.” Ziyech has condemned Israel, declaring, “Palestine is free” in previous posts supporting Gaza.
‘We Face Our Fate Alone…’
- CrossFireArabia
- October 19, 2024
Mohammad Omer writes:
For a full year, we have been scorched, slaughtered, and erased, all in plain sight, live on television screens. And still, the world remains unmoved. Do not look to others for salvation. We have only the wind as witness. We will face our fate alone, with nothing but our dignity intact.
Abu Nawar: Israel’s ‘Circle of Death’ Strategy Will Not Work
- CrossFireArabia
- October 19, 2024
Retired Maj-Gen Mamoun Abu Nawar, military expert, said what the occupation is doing in north Gaza is based on the “circle of death” strategy which relies on intensive aerial bombardment for the purpose of killing, demolitioning and destruction.
He noted however, the steadfastness of the people of Gaza and their refusal to leave their land will stop this plan in its tracks.
Abu Nawar added to Jordan 24 that the Gazan people have become convinced that this war will not end with them exit from the north and their displacement to Al-Mawasi.
He pointed out that they know that the Israel occupation forces will continue to pursue them and work to displace them from one area to another.
Abu Nawar stressed that what is happening in Jabalia and Jabalia camp is beyond reason and it is considered deliberate murder crimes that require the intervention of the Security Council and the international community.
He explained that Israel does not have the right to self-defense and its practices are completely consistent with terrorist practices given that it is an occupying state according to international charters, norms and laws, and the Palestinian people have the right to defend themselves and determine their fate.
Abu Nawar pointed out the occupation’s detention of Yahya Sinwar’s body violates international norms and humanitarian law and affects human dignity.
The former Retired Major General pointed out that the generals’ plan relies on collective punishment, killing, and spreading terror to create a state of despair among the people of the Gaza Strip, stressing there is no army in the world that uses this killing and mass massacres as the occupation army does.
Abu Nawar concluded his speech by saying that there must be intervention by the Security Council to stop the fighting and aggression on Gaza and open humanitarian corridors to save the people of Gaza, stressing that the situation is dangerous and requires Arab intervention to issue a Security Council resolution and impose it
Israel Destroys 75% of Olive Trees in Gaza
- CrossFireArabia
- October 19, 2024
The Israeli military onslaught on Gaza resulted in the destruction of more than 75% of olive trees in the Strip, according a new report released Saturday.
The report, compiled by the National Office for the Defense of Land and Resistance to Settlement, affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization, said “the war has had a destructive impact on the olive sector, annihilating more than 75% of olive trees in the region.”
Israel has continued its air and ground attacks in the Palestinian enclave since the cross-border incursion by Hamas on 7 October, 2023.
It said that the residents of Gaza could only access their fields during a temporary cease-fire, which lasted just a week last November, allowing them to harvest olives from areas that had not yet been subjected to Israeli uprooting and destruction.
The publication said that in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities revoked all permits granted to farmers for olive picking, effectively preventing them from accessing their lands.
It also pointed out various practices by illegal settlers aimed at obstructing Palestinians from harvesting olives.
Estimates indicate that approximately 23,700 acres of olive-planted land in the occupied West Bank has been declared closed military zones by the Israeli authorities.
Olive is a major agricultural crop in Palestine and has been cultivated for thousands of years. Olive trees are also a symbol of Palestinian rootedness in their land according to Anadolu.
