GAZA LIVE BLOG: Israel’s Political Chaos | WFP Stops Aid through US Pier | Massacres in Shejaiya, Deir Al-Balah – Day 248
A Western diplomat told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that support of Israel has become more difficult following the resignation of Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot.
The World Food Program said that they stopped aid to Gaza through the American dock due to security concerns.
Israeli forces carried out new massacres in Shejaiya, Deir Al-Balah, in northern and central Gaza respectively.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,084 Palestinians have been killed, and 84,494 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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GAZA LIVE BLOG: Nuseirat Massacre Death Toll Grows | Israel’s War Council Collapsing | Blinken to Meet Gantz – Day 247
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'Bodies were in pieces, scattered in the streets': Nuseirat massacre
Shock and grief have suffocated the streets of the Nuseirat refugee camp after 274 Palestinians, of all ages, yet mainly children, were massacred in cold blood on Saturday, as per Gaza's Health Ministry.
The harrowing images emerging from the recent massacre have reverberated across the globe, igniting a wave of widespread protests and demonstrations. From bustling city streets in Chicago to remote villages in Pakistan, people everywhere are united in their condemnation of the Israeli atrocities witnessed in Gaza.
On social media platforms and news outlets, the haunting scenes have captured the world's attention, prompting an outpouring of solidarity and outrage with hashtag trends and amplifying voices of dissent demanding justice for the innocent lives lost.
In cities around the world, crowds gathered, holding signs and banners aloft, their chants echoing calls for an immediate ceasefire.
“We do not know which body belongs to whom”
The heart-wrenching sight of numerous shrouded bodies of Palestinians, victims of an Israeli massacre, lay on the ground and in pick-up trucks near Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Amidst unbearable grief, their loved ones conducted brief funeral ceremonies, preparing to lay them to rest.
Palestinian finds out his son is still alive despite lethal injuries
"He's alive, He's alive" A father was ready to bury his son alongside his martyred sister after the brutal Israeli massacre in Nuseirat on Saturday. In a miracle, the little boy with clear severe head injuries moved, signaling his persistence to fight for his life in defiance of the brutal, ongoing Israeli genocide.
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Abdallah Aljamal (1987-2024) – Well-Known Journalist Murdered in Gaza
The Palestine Chronicle is saddened to learn that Abdallah Aljamal, one of its contributors in the Gaza Strip, has been killed in the latest Israeli massacre in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Particularly tragic is that Aljamal’s last contribution to the Palestine Chronicle covered a previous massacre, which killed over 40 Palestinian civilians in an UNRWA school in the refugee camp.
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Israel Continues to Bomb Gaza Day after Nuseirat Camp Massacre
In an update on Sunday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said 274 Palestinians were killed - up from 210 it reported on Saturday - and 698 were injured when Israeli force stormed into the densely populated al-Nuseirat camp.
The statement noted some victims remained under the rubble amid heavy bombardment and a lack of rescue crews.
Israeli forces launched the raid in broad daylight, claiming to strike at military infrastructure in the camp as part of a "rescue operation."
But witnesses and journalists on the ground say Israel bombed residential buildings, leading to higher casualties.
Global condemnations poured in on Saturday after the Israeli regime’s latest act of aggression.
Israel’s raid on the camp has caused outrage, with the EU calling it “a massacre.”
Doctors described the scenes inside al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza as a “complete bloodbath,” with one medic saying the inside of the hospital “looks like a slaughterhouse.”
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says Al-Aqsa and Nasser hospitals are “overwhelmed.”
Israel on Sunday continued to pound various parts of the besieged Gaza Strip with its indiscriminate airstrikes and artillery fire over the past few hours.
In the southern city of Rafah, Israeli shelling of a residential neighborhood took the lives of at least two Palestinian civilians.
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Israel and ISIS are two sides of the same coin (AR)
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US role in Nuseirat refugee camp operation under scrutiny amidst denial | Janta Ka Reporter
A video documenting the escort of occupation soldiers to the prisoner who was liberated in Nuseirat, Noua Arjmani, and her rescue near the military floating dock via helicopter..
I believe that the picture is beginning to become clear about the goal and purpose of this floating dock - a purely military goal - what we know so far.
-The dock is equipped with a C-RAM system to intercept drones or any aerial targets or threats.
-The United States helped the occupation forces to liberate the four prisoners - whether through intelligence, cyber, or other information - and now it also appears that the port is being used for the purposes of securing the occupation forces...?
The question remains, since the military pier under the name “humanitarian” was built by the American army, is any attack on it considered an attack on the sovereignty of the United States of America??
Will there be pictures of the bodies of some of the prisoners who were killed yesterday during the process of liberating a number of their prisoners in Nusayrat???
Al-Qassam Brigades send a message to the occupation and the settlers
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“We inform you that in exchange for these, your army killed 3 prisoners in the same camp, one of whom held American citizenship.”
Condemning Israeli Nuseirat Massacre, Euro-Med Monitor Calls for Investigation into Use of US Pier for Military Purposes
The massacre carried out by the Israeli army today, Saturday, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip is strongly condemned by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. Grave concern is also expressed over reports that Israel may have used for military purposes the US pier intended for transporting humanitarian supplies to Gaza.
According to a US official cited by the US website Axios, a US "hostage cell" backed the Israeli attempts to free the four prisoners who were being held in the Gaza Strip. Israeli media reported that an Israeli truckcarrying Israeli special forces conducting the operation to retrieve the four detainees departed from the vicinity of the US pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip, under the pretense of carrying humanitarian supplies.
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According to Israeli Army Radio, "the US hostage cell played a decisive role in freeing the hostages”, with“high-precision American technology that had not been used before in the process of freeing the hostages." Prior to the incident, video footage of the truck and a Caddy vehicle were released at the time of the breach.
The rules of international humanitarian law state that it is illegal to gain the trust of an adversary through actions that lead them to believe they are entitled to protection or must provide it, with the intent to betray that confidence, resulting in their death or injury.
This includes simulation of civilian status, using civilian transportation or vehicles designated for humanitarian aid, or wearing civilian attire or attire of humanitarian relief workers as cover (such as White Helmet terrorists in Syria 💡) . The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court classifies treacherously killing or wounding as a war crime.
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These civilian trucks were used for military purposes related to the operation to liberate prisoners in Nusseirat yesterday..
This type of truck is usually used by residents of the Gaza Strip for various purposes — including transporting humanitarian aid, their belongings, or helping them navigate displacement.
It is likely - and likely - that the occupation army stole this truck from within the Gaza Strip and then prepared it and used it in the operation.
Israeli occupation forces disguised as humanitarian aid workers shot dead Palestinian teacher Nahla Ayesha in the head as she was walking in the market of Al-Nuseirat refugee camp.
Everyone in my family was either killed or injured: Nuseirat massacre
Israeli forces arrived in aid truck, greeted people, and started killing everyone
Israeli special forces arrived in central Nuseirat in a truck disguised as humanitarian aid. Raed Tawfiq Abu Youssef, who was keeping watch at the hospital over his critically injured son, stated that his cousin observed the Israeli team arriving in the truck along with a car. It is worth noting that many reports have lately said that US forces were present on the ground and actively involved, alongside intelligence forces who had reportedly been planning the attack for at least a month.
US admits 'Israel' killed civilians in Nuseirat, only voices 'concern'
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has acknowledged the occurrence of civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip following the operation that saw the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) retrieving four of their captives at the expense of 274 Palestinian lives on Saturday.
Speaking on ABC News on Sunday, Sullivan swiftly blamed the murder of civilians at the hands of the IOF on Hamas.
As the aggression enters its 248th day: the occupation intensifies its raids on the Gaza Strip, leaving dozens of martyrs and wounded. (AR)
Gaza - Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda - A number of citizens were martyred, and others sustained various injuries, today, Monday, in the ongoing occupation aggression against the Gaza Strip, which is entering its 248th day.
Medical sources reported that a number of citizens were martyred, and others were injured with various injuries, as a result of the occupation’s artillery shelling on the areas of Oraiba, Khirbet Al-Adas, and Al-Hashash, north of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. The Oreiba area, north of the city of Rafah, also witnessed violent artillery shelling.
Two citizens were martyred, and others sustained various injuries, as a result of the occupation aircraft bombing a house in the Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
The occupation warplanes launched air strikes on the city of Deir al-Balah in the middle of the Gaza Strip, and the Abu al-Ajen area, coinciding with artillery shelling east of the city.
The occupation gunboats also fired dozens of shells towards the shore of Gaza City, while their artillery opened fire towards citizens' homes in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of the city, and the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of the city.
https://www.alhaya.ps/ar/Article/156745/ 🔗
Recent footage from the Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah city, reveals decomposed bodies lying in the streets after an attack by Israeli occupation forces.
Efforts to retrieve these bodies are being thwarted, as ambulances attempting to enter the area are also targeted by Israeli drones and aircraft.
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Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza: "The specter of famine looms in Gaza. We have recorded signs of malnutrition in some children, counting around 50 cases in just one week."
Third member of Zionist War Council, Chili Tropper, submits his resignation from the emergency government
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Gantz, Eisenkot quit Netanyahu's War Cabinet, Ben-Gvir wants in
"Leaving the government is a complex and painful decision," he said. However, he rescinded his sorrow by underlining that the Israeli regime was dealing hesitantly with existential issues based on the political interests of a few.
Gantz also acknowledged the failure to secure the release of Israeli captives from Gaza. He emphasized that "true victory prioritizes the return of hostages over political considerations."
Highlighting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's role in obstructing a genuine victory, Gantz admitted that "there will be no quick and easy victory," and warned that "the war will continue for years."
Addressing Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant directly, Gantz urged him to "be brave and do what needs to be done," implying that Gallant should resign from the government.
Netanyahu swiftly responded to Gantz, urging him to reconsider and telling him that this was not the time to "abandon the battle".
In response to Gantz's resignation from the government, Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir urged Netanyahu to include him in the cabinet. Ben-Gvir 🤡 criticized the current cabinet, stating, "The concept cabinet has brought Israel to this point by sidelining senior ministers in the government. Enough is enough."
Netanyahu after Gantz's speech
We are committed to achieving absolute victory and all war objectives
The issue of prisoners is very important, but we must work to ensure Israel's future.
Hamas requires stopping the war as part of the exchange deal, and I do not agree to that and will not agree.
From North to South, ‘Israel’ isolated, cornered, and dealt blows
“Israel” is losing the battle of public opinion as its ongoing atrocities against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are being exposed daily, reflected in a plummeting approval rate of its actions by citizens of its biggest ally, the United States.
A March survey conducted by Gallup found that the majority of people in the US (55%) now disapprove of “Israel’s” actions in Gaza, compared with 45% in November 2023, while the approval percentage has significantly dropped from 50% to 36%.
This comes as the Israeli occupation forces have so far killed almost 39,000 people since the start of the genocidal war on Gaza on October 7, 2023.
But the results of the aforementioned survey are not just figures posted online. In fact, they can be attributed to “Israel’s” diplomatic, legal, and military failure in the now-eight-months war.
IOF Gaza Division commander resigns amid failure against Resistance
The commander of the 143rd Gaza Division in the Israeli occupation military, Avi Rosenfeld, resigned from his position after admitting to his failure against the Palestinian Resistance, eight months after the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood was launched.
Rosenfeld said he had "failed in the mission of his life, to protect the Gaza envelope," stressing that "everyone should hold responsibility" for the Israeli failure since October 7.
No words can describe scale of Israeli barbarity: Syria FM
"The racist Zionist entity and its criminal government continue to commit the most heinous massacres through their blind attack against the Palestinian people in Gaza, which claimed the lives of 274 martyrs and wounded 698 in Nuseirat camp on Saturday," the statement read.
"Israeli terrorist army committed another horrible massacre against innocent civilians, and there is evidence proving Washington's complicity in this massacre and in all war crimes committed in Gaza," the ministry added.
No words can come close to describing the scale of Zionist barbarity, which has been recognized by both the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court (ICC), the statement adds.
IOF, settlers raid West Bank towns, shoot child, arrest woman & others
The Palestinian Red Crescent announced on Sunday that its rescue teams assisted with six injuries after Israeli occupation forces and settlers raided the village of Orif, near Nablus, and assaulted Palestinians there.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that a Palestinian child was shot by Israeli bullets during the raid, while settlers lit Palestinian cars on fire.
Israel Detains 33 in Anti-Regime Protests after Police Clashes with Protesters
Clashes have erupted between the Israeli police and anti-regime protesters in Tel Aviv and across the occupied territories resulting in dozens of arrests with the demonstrators calling for new elections and a prisoner exchange agreement with the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.
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Yemeni Armed Forces Target British Destroyer, Two Ships in the Red and Arabian Seas
The Yemeni Armed Forces announced that they targeted the British destroyer "Diamond" in the Red Sea, and two ships associated with the Israeli enemy in the Arabian Sea, as part of the response to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the massacre in the Al-Nuseirat camp.
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/40472/ 🔗
Meanwhile in Europe the war machine is getting in gear...
This from a FB post about low-flying military helicopters.
"Exercises like this are vital to ensuring that pilots and crews are ready to deploy operationally."
ETA couldn't include the screenshot in the comment but it's here.
https://substack.com/@dx23/note/c-58661795
“We do not know which body belongs to whom”
But we DO know who is responsible!
The U.S. is collapsing so rapidly and the goons in control are so desperate that WWIII/Nuclear War is their plan!