Here's the backstory of #IsraelInTheHague
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Top officials in the #IsraelDefenseForces and Israeli government have reportedly been warned by a top legal expert that the #InternationalCourtOfJustice could issue an injunction requiring the country to halt its bombardment of #Gaza, following a motion filed by #SouthAfrica last week. #Israel
As Death Toll in Gaza Rises, Israeli Officials Fear Possible #Genocide Charges at #ICJ
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-icj-genocide
"In general, it's hard to prove an intention of genocide because no public statements to that effect are made during the fighting," said one expert. "But these irresponsible statements about erasing Gaza will require Israel to explain why they don't reflect such an intention."
“The levels of #hunger are quite severe in #Gaza. From #Rafah to the north, it gets worse, the farther north you go. We’re making a concerted effort to try to import more food into Gaza and make sure it gets to people in need, including the 1.4 million people in the Rafah governorate." - Scott Anderson, UNRWA’s Gaza deputy director
#UNRWA in 'life-saving' mode in Gaza as #HumanitarianCrisis deteriorates
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/07/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-west-bank-jenin-palestinian-ministry-latest-updates?page=with:block-659ad5498f08640ae963b98e#block-659ad5498f08640ae963b98e
#SouthAfrica’s lawsuit seeking a halt to the Israeli assault on #Gaza comes after years of deteriorating relations rooted in the #ANC’s decades-long support for the #PalestinianCause and the legacy of #Israel’s close military alliance with the #apartheid regime during some of the most oppressive years of white rule. #TheHague #ICJ
How apartheid history shaped South Africa’s #genocide case against Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/08/south-africa-genocide-case-israel-apartheid-history
Why it matters: MBZ's refusal underscores the position of many Arab countries that have said they won't foot the bill to maintain the status quo in the #WestBank and #Gaza after the war.
"The notion that Arab countries will come in to rebuild and pay the bill for what's currently happening is wishful thinking," an Emirati official told Axios.
#UAE rebuffs #Israel's #Netanyahu over #Palestinian workers' pay: "Ask Zelensky"
https://www.axios.com/2024/01/08/netanyahu-uae-mbz-zelensky-palestinians-unemployment
#Fixers with alleged links to Egyptian intelligence are making a fortune in ‘fees’ from people hoping to exit through the #RafahCrossing. #Egypt, a key regional player in negotiations on #Gaza, has long resisted opening the Rafah crossing, fearing that millions of people would flee into the neighbouring Sinai peninsula. #Israel
#Palestinians desperate to flee Gaza pay thousands in bribes to ‘brokers’ | Global development | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/jan/08/palestinians-flee-gaza-rafah-egypt-border-bribes-to-brokers
Expressing concern that the war between #Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group #Hamas in the #GazaStrip could spread in the wider #Middle East, he called for a “ceasefire on every front, including #Lebanon”.
'Indiscriminately striking' civilians is #WarCrime, #PopeFrancis says in major speech
https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/indiscriminately-striking-civilians-war-crime-pope-francis/
A variety of metal tubes and components as well as shell casings were stacked in an overground workshop area, while in another area, long metal racks holding missiles could be seen, with an elevator leading down into the tunnel. #Gaza #Israel #Hamas.
Israeli forces say they locate large underground #WeaponsFactory in Gaza
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israeli-forces-say-they-locate-large-underground-weapons-factory-in-gaza/ar-AA1mEMYw?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01
#Jordan's army has stepped up a campaign against #DrugDealers after clashes last month with dozens of people suspected of links to pro-Iranian #militias, who were carrying large hauls over its border with #Syria along with weapons and explosives.
Jordan and its Western allies have blamed #Lebanon-based #Hezbollah and other pro-Iranian militia as being behind the surge in smuggling. #captagon #Assad #Israel
Jordanian jets strike #Iran-linked drug dealers inside Syria
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-781341
Just wanted to comment that #Jordan's air force and it's pilots have always been top notch (the late King Hussein was an avid pilot). Which was why Jordanian air fields were among #Israel's primary targets in the 1967 Six Day war.
My guess is that US & Israeli intel helped guide the airstrikes on #Syria' s #captagon drug warehouses.
Attached: 1 image #Jordan's army has stepped up a campaign against #DrugDealers after clashes last month with dozens of people suspected of links to pro-Iranian #militias, who were carrying large hauls over its border with #Syria along with weapons and explosives. Jordan and its Western allies have blamed #Lebanon-based #Hezbollah and other pro-Iranian militia as being behind the surge in smuggling. #captagon #Israel Jordanian jets strike Iran-linked drug dealers inside Syria https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-781341
Backstory on #Syria's multi-billion #captagon drug trade via a June 2023 BBC article. Captagon is a highly addictive #amphetamine-like drug that has plagued the #MiddleEast in recent years and has now spread to #Europe, #Africa and #Asia. #AssadRegime #Hezbollah #Israel
Syria: New Captagon drug trade link to top officials found - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66002450
#WaelAlDahdouh is one of the most well-known faces in #Gaza — and he has become a symbol of the embattled territory’s calamity.
#Israel’s #GazaWar leads to a massacre of #journalists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/09/gaza-journalist-killed-israel-dahdouh/
Dr Ng said #Singapore is contributing to the coalition operation in the #RedSea – launched by the #US on Dec 19, 2023 – as it aligns with the three principles of maritime security cooperation that the Republic articulated at the Shangri-La Dialogue in 2005 when the #MalaccaStrait and #SingaporeStrait were threatened by #piracy and sea robbery. #Houthi #Israel
SAF to participate in multinational military operation to keep #RedSea safe
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/saf-to-participate-in-multinational-military-operation-to-keep-red-sea-safe
#Hezbollah said that it had targeted the “enemy’s northern command centre in the city of #Safed with several drones” in retaliation for the killing of Hezbollah field commander #WissamAlTawil in #Lebanon on Monday, as well as an attack on #Hamas’s deputy leader #SalehAlArouri in #Beirut last week.
‘Brink of war’: Hezbollah-#Israel trade further strikes across border | News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/9/brink-of-war-hezbollah-israel-trade-strikes-as-fear-of-escalation-rises
“More children have died in #Gaza than in all other conflicts around the world this past year,” Abdullah said according to the speech which was carried on state media. “Of those who have survived, many have lost one or both parents — an entire generation of orphans.”
British surgeon says Gaza ‘beyond worst thing’ he’s seen, as #Jordan’s king warns #Israel creating a ‘generation of orphans’ | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/09/middleeast/gaza-orphan-british-doctor-jordan-king-intl-hnk/index.html
The international criminal court (#ICC) has confirmed it is investigating potential crimes against #journalists since the outbreak of war between #Israel and #Hamas, according to #ReportersWithoutBorders (RSF). #TheHague
Blinken told Netanyahu IDF must avoid inflicting further harm on civilians in Gaza; Hamas chief calls on Muslim states to provide militants with weapons
In three months, according to figures released last week by the International Organization for Migration, about 76,000 people have been driven from southern #Lebanon.
Local authorities in #Tyre, a pretty seaside city with ancient ruins, are registering between 200 and 300 newly displaced people each day. #Hezbollah #Israel #Gaza
‘Everyone is leaving’: bombardments drive tens of thousands from southern Lebanon
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/everyone-is-leaving-bombardments-drive-tens-of-thousands-from-southern-lebanon
US Secretary of State #AntonyBlinken urges Israel to support Palestinian leaders willing to live peacefully alongside Israelis and warned the daily toll in its war with #Hamas in #Gaza was far too high. #Israel
Top US diplomat urges Israel to make hard choices, work with #Palestinians
https://www.rappler.com/world/middle-east/israel-war-hamas-updates-january-10-2024/
After months of all-out war to root out #Hamas' brutality has drawn #Israel into what looks like a no-win situation, a war in which it is trying to destroy the militant group but can't keep up the same pressure without backlash over the devastation it brings. #Gaza
Israel's military is facing a no-win situation
https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-no-win-situation-gaza-after-months-war-crush-hamas-2024-1
A legal hearing into the war in #Gaza has opened in #TheHague, as the international court of justice (#ICJ) hears arguments alleging that #Israel is committing genocide of #Palestinians.
Middle East crisis live: #SouthAfrica’s genocide case against Israel over war in Gaza opens in The Hague
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/11/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-war-hamas-palestine-south-africa-genocide-case-icj?page=with%3Ablock-659fa0728f08b223cc64ceaa#block-659fa0728f08b223cc64ceaa
Israel has described the case as “preposterous” and is set to defend itself; the Israeli military is focusing its operations on the southern city of Khan Younis and refugee camps in central Gaza
While the security firm Ambrey did not name the vessel, shipping tracking service TankerTrackers said the vessel was the #StNikolas, which in 2023 had been seized by the #US in a sanctions enforcement operation under a different name, #SuezRajan.
The tanker's AIS tracking system was turned off as it headed in the direction of the Iranian port of Bandar e-Jask. #Iran #US #Israel #ArabianSea
#Israel has shown “chilling” and “incontrovertible” intent to commit genocide in #Gaza, with full knowledge of how many civilians it is killing, the UN international court of justice in #TheHague has heard, at the opening of a case Israel has described as baseless. #ICC
Israel shows ‘chilling’ intent to commit genocide in Gaza, #SouthAfrica tells UN court | #IsraelGazaWar
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/jan/11/south-africa-accuses-israel-of-genocide-gaza-the-hague-international-court-of-justice
Large demonstrations organised by #Israel supporters and pro-#Palestinian groups converged outside the international court of justice (#ICC) in #TheHague on Thursday as the court began hearings in the #Gaza genocide case against Israel.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/11/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-war-hamas-palestine-south-africa-genocide-case-icj?page=with:block-65a01dde8f08438ab216c622#block-65a01dde8f08438ab216c622
The #UnitedStates and #Britain have started carrying out strikes against targets linked to #Houthis in #Yemen, four US officials have told Reuters. #RedSea #Iran #Israel
Middle East crisis live: UK and US strike Houthi sites in Yemen and ‘will not hesitate’ to launch further measures, says Biden
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/11/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-war-hamas-palestine-south-africa-genocide-case-icj?page=with%3Ablock-65a07c018f08319df20494c6#block-65a07c018f08319df20494c6
The military targets include logistical hubs, air defence systems and weapons storage locations, they said. #RedSea #Yemen #Houthis #Israel
The #US and #UK militaries have used warship-launched #Tomahawk missiles and #FighterJets in the strikes, several US officials have told the Associated Press.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/11/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-war-hamas-palestine-south-africa-genocide-case-icj?page=with:block-65a0811c8f082f41f4525cf1#block-65a0811c8f082f41f4525cf1
Initial reports suggested that as many as a dozen sites in #Yemen had been targeted, aimed at military targets, using fighter jets and ship-launched Tomahawk #CruiseMissiles, suggesting a broad assault intended to quickly deter the #Houthis.
#US and #UK strike Houthi sites in Yemen in response to ‘unprecedented’ attacks | #RedSea
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/12/us-uk-air-strikes-yemen-houthi-rebels-red-sea-crisis
#SouthAfrica has filed a lawsuit with the #UN’s top court asking judges to impose emergency measures ordering #Israel to immediately halt the #Gaza offensive, alleging that Israel’s actions in the war there amount to #genocide. #TheHague #ICC
Israel to defend its war in Gaza at the UN's top court
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/12/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-yemen-houthi-rebels-joe-biden-us-uk-airtstrikes-red-sea-crisis-israel-gaza-war?page=with:block-65a0f1ef8f082f41f4525f97#block-65a0f1ef8f082f41f4525f97
The ship loaded around 145,000 metric tonnes of oil in the #Iraqi port of #Basra and was heading to #Aliaga in western #Turkey via the #SuezCanal, Empire Navigation told Reuters. It said it had lost contact with the vessel, manned by a crew of 19 including 18 #Filipino nationals and one #Greek national. #StNikolas #Israel #Gaza
UPDATE 9-#Iran seizes oil tanker involved in #US-Iran dispute in #GulfOfOman
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/update-9-iran-seizes-oil-tanker-involved-in-u-s-iran-dispute-in-gulf-of-oman/ar-AA1mPrIt?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01
The #Houthis are an armed group from a sub-sect of #Yemen's #Shia Muslim minority, the #Zaidis. They take their name from the movement's founder, Hussein al Houthi.
Formally known as the Ansar Allah (Partisans of God), the group was formed in the 1990s to combat what they saw as the corruption of the then president, #AliAbdullahSaleh. #Iran #Israel
Who are the #Houthi rebels and why are they attacking #RedSea ships?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67614911
#UK says west will back words with action as #Houthis threaten reprisals and #Hezbollah says all navigation in area is in danger. #Israel #Gaza
#RedSea tensions simmer as all sides warn of possible further attacks | #Yemen
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/14/red-sea-tensions-simmer-as-all-sides-warn-of-possible-further-attacks
The numbers that capture the state of #Gaza after 100 days of war are staggering: Nearly 2 million displaced, thousands of homes destroyed and nearly 24,000 dead — 10,000 of them children.
Since the outbreak of war on Oct. 7, when the militant group #Hamas broke into southern #Israel and killed 1,200 people and kidnapped some 250 more, the toll of Israel's response on Gaza, which is governed by Hamas, has been catastrophic for the territory.
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/14/1224673502/gaza-numbers-100-days-israel-hamas
#Germany intends to send the F-124 Gessen frigate to the #RedSea on Feb. 1 as part of a new #EU mission (separate from the US-UK fleet) to protect maritime trade from attacks by Yemeni #Houthi rebels, German newspaper Welt reported on Jan. 14.
The frigate is equipped for radio reconnaissance, capable of simultaneously detecting 1,000 targets, armed with anti-aircraft missiles, and can deploy attack helicopters. #Israel #Gaza
https://news.yahoo.com/germany-f-124-gessen-frigate-162600923.html
#KermanBombing #QassemSuleimani #Israel
#Iran's strikes in northern #Syria came after #IS claimed responsibility earlier this month for two suicide bombings targeting a commemoration for an Iranian general slain in a 2020 US drone strike
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/16/middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates-us-iran-missile-strikes-iraq-red-sea-crisis-yemen-houthis-gaza-palestine-hamas-war-israel?page=with:block-65a616ff8f0884186719326c#block-65a616ff8f0884186719326c
The #UN agencies did not directly blame #Israel but said aid delivery was hindered by the opening of too few border crossings from Israel, a slow vetting process for trucks and goods going into #Gaza, and continuing fighting.
‘No food, no water’: aid officials think pockets of #famine exist in Gaza | #IsraelGazaWar
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/16/no-food-no-water-no-heating-famine-exists-in-gaza-say-officials
This is part of #EU's push to be more independent defense-wise instead of being mostly reliant on the #US. #France, in particular, has been wanting this to happen for the longest time.
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EU member states gave initial backing on Tuesday (16 January) for the creation of a #NavalMission to protect ships from attacks by #Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in the #RedSea, according to several European diplomats. #Israel #Houthis
The strikes in #Pakistan came less than a day after Iranian missile strikes in #Syria and #Iraq, part of a string reprisals against #Tehran’s enemies in the wake of a double suicide bombing in the city of #Kerman on 3 January which killed more than 80 Iranians. #IslamicState (IS) claimed responsibility for that attack. #Balochistan #KermanBombing #Israel #Gaza
Iran strikes ‘militant bases’ in Pakistan in latest #MiddleEast flashpoint
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/16/iran-launches-airstrikes-on-sunni-militant-bases-in-pakistan
#Iran’s state media reported earlier that #Tehran had targeted two bases of the armed group Jaish al-Adl in #Pakistan, with missiles and drones. Press TV, the English-language arm of Iranian state television, attributed the attack to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. #KermanBombing #Balochistan #Israel #Gaza
Pakistan says two children killed in ‘completely unacceptable’ Iran attack
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/17/pakistan-says-two-children-killed-in-completely-unacceptable-iran-attack
Seeking to pre-empt criticism that it had violated #Pakistan’s sovereignty, Iran said the attacks on terrorists were no different from the kind of assassination operations mounted by the #US across the #MiddleEast and #Asia. #Iran’s president, #EbrahimRaisi, said “there is no more important issue for Iran than its security”. #Balochistan #KermanBombing #Israel
Iran hails strikes in Pakistan as it is warned of ‘serious consequences’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/17/iran-hails-strikes-in-pakistan-as-it-is-warned-of-serious-consequences
#Islamabad, #Pakistan — Pakistan hit #Iran with “highly coordinated” military strikes on Thursday morning, a little more than 24 hours after Iranian air strikes in #Balochistan, further raising tensions between the neighbours and sparking fears of a broader conflict. #Balochistan #KermanBombing #Israel #Gaza
Pakistan launches ‘precise’ military strikes on Iran in response to bombing
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/18/pakistan-launches-precise-military-strikes-on-iran-in-response-to-bombing
#Balochistan #Pakistan #Iran #KermanBombing #Israel #Gaza
More from the Pakistani foreign ministry statement, which justifies this morning’s strikes on Iranian territory by saying that they were taken “in light of credible intelligence of impending large-scale terrorist activities.” The statement says:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/18/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-latest-news-us-military-strikes-houthi-rebels-yemen-pakistan-attack-iran?page=with:block-65a8b4bb8f0845976a840300#block-65a8b4bb8f0845976a840300
Associated Press reports that the #BalochLiberationArmy, a separatist group, said in a statement the strikes by #Pakistan inside #Iran targeted and killed its people. #Balochistan
@mike805 Probably 😬 And Israel has always said they'd do a preemptive strike if that's the case.
Besides which, that triangle between China, India and Pakistan is a veeery sensitive region with a long history of bloody border conflicts Just one missile in the wrong place and we're looking at major potential chaos.
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