#Israel's parks authority said earlier on Monday that fires had already covered hundreds of acres. The national fire service said its #firefighters were operating late into the night in several spots, including in the town of #KiryatShmona, where they were trying to protect a line of houses. #WildFires #Gaza

Fires set off by #Hezbollah rockets spread through northern Israel
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/fires-set-off-by-hezbollah-rockets-spread-through-northern-israel/ar-BB1nBerf?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

This leapt out to me this morning. It's significant, but I'm not sure why.
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#JERUSALEM (Reuters) - #AharonBarak, a former president of #Israel's #SupremeCourt, has resigned from his role as ad hoc judge on an #InternationalCourtOfJustice panel weighing a #genocide
allegation filed over the country's war in #Gaza, officials said on Wednesday. #TheHague

Israel's Barak quits ICJ panel, citing personal reasons
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/israel-s-barak-quits-icj-panel-citing-personal-reasons/ar-BB1nHoh8?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

News of #Israel’s inclusion on the list follows eight months of war on #Gaza, in which more than 13,000 children are estimated to be among the 36,500 killed, and comes a day after the Israeli bombing of a #UNSchool in central Gaza, which killed more than 40 Palestinians, some of them children.

#UN adds Israel to list of states committing violations against children
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/07/united-nations-israel-children-rights-violation

Saturday’s operation, the first successful military mission to free hostages since February, brings the number of #hostages rescued by the Israeli military to seven. There are still 120 hostages in the #GazaStrip, a third of whom are believed to have died.

#Israel rescues four hostages in #Gaza taken from #NovaMusicFestival
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/08/israel-rescues-four-hostages-in-gaza-taken-from-nova-music-festival

The Israeli politician and former military chief Benny Gantz has followed through on a threat to resign from Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency war cabinet, leaving the prime minister more reliant than ever on far-right elements of his coalition government.

He has accused #Netanyahu of pushing strategic considerations such as a hostage deal aside for his own political survival. #Israel #Gaza

Moderate politician #BennyGantz resigns from Israeli war cabinet
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/09/moderate-politician-benny-gantz-resigns-israeli-war-cabinet

#Nuseirat market was crowded with #civilians when a #HostageRescue vehicle got stuck, and the bombing began. #Gaza

Like the horrors of judgment day’: the cost to #Palestinians of #Israel’s #HostageRescue
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/09/like-the-horrors-of-judgment-day-palestinians-on-israels-hostage-rescue

#Washington is struggling to gain the unequivocal backing of #Israel or #Hamas for a three-stage deal proposed by the #US president, #JoeBiden, that would lead to the release of all the remaining #hostages in return for Israel accepting steps towards a permanent ceasefire and the eventual withdrawal of its forces from #Gaza.

US to ask #UNSecurityCouncil to back Joe Biden’s #GazaPeaceDeal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/10/us-un-security-council-joe-biden-gaza-peace-deal

14 council members voted for Monday’s resolution, none against, and only #Russia abstained on the #US-drafted resolution, which calls for an initial exchange of #elderly, #sick or #women hostages for #PalestinianDetainees held by #Israel in the course of an initial six-week ceasefire.

The #ceasefire would evolve into a permanent end to hostilities and the release of all #hostages in a second phase.

#UNSecurityCouncil endorses US-backed hostages-for-ceasefire #Gaza deal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/10/un-security-council-us-gaza-ceasefire

The Lebanese militant group #Hezbollah has launched its biggest salvo of rockets at #Israel since the war in #Gaza began in apparent retaliation for the killing of a senior field commander, bringing the two sides closer to all-out conflict. #Lebanon

Hezbollah fires big salvo of rockets at Israel after senior commander killed
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/12/hezbollah-fires-big-salvo-rockets-israel-senior-commander-killed?utm_source=press.coop

This simply can't go on.
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The attacks impacted at least 65 countries and forced at least 29 major energy and #ShippingCompanies to alter their routes, according to the rare public assessment by the #Pentagon’s Defence Intelligence Agency. #Houthis #Israel #Gaza

#RedSea attacks drove 90% drop in #ContainerShipping, US intelligence officials say
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/red-sea-attacks-drove-90-drop-in-container-shipping-us-intelligence-officials-say

She's hard to read isn't she? The #US #Republicans are children by comparison.
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Although she stressed it was necessary to remember the attacks on Israeli women and children on 7 October, #Meloni added “it seems that Israel has fallen into a trap, a #Hamas trap that had the aim of isolating it, and it seems to be working. We are working on its security". #Gaza #EU #HardRight

#Israel has fallen into #HamasTrap in #GazaWar, says Giorgia Meloni at G7
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/15/israel-hamas-trap-gaza-war-giorgia-meloni-at-g7

One #FilipinoSeafarer dead, his body will be repatriated asap by the government.
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Based on reports, #Houthi rebels off the western coast of #Yemen hit the #Liberia-flagged #MVTutor with #drones and #missiles on June 12. On board, the MV Tutor was 22 Filipino seafarers. #Philippines #Israel #Gaza

21 Filipino seafarers rescued from MV Tutor to arrive in #PH Monday
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/239728/21-filipino-seafarers-rescued-from-mv-tutor-to-arrive-in-ph-monday#ixzz8dJ4ZxInO

Move is apparent rebuff to #FarRight and attempt to tighten grip on decision-making over #Hamas and #Hezbollah. #Israel

Benjamin #Netanyahu dissolves Israeli war cabinet
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/17/benjamin-netanyahu-dissolves-israel-war-cabinet

#Israel struck #Gaza on June 17 and witnesses reported blasts in the besieged territory’s south, but fighting has largely subsided after a day of relative calm and as Muslims marked #EidAlAdha

A daytime “pause” for aid deliveries announced at the weekend by Israel’s military around a southern Gaza route appeared to be holding.

Lull in Gaza fighting as Israel dissolves #WarCabinet
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/lull-in-gaza-fighting-as-biden-urges-truce-in-eid-message

We need a #ceasefire in #Gaza NOW - because we're THIS close to having the next Great #MiddleEastWar.
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The footage, if confirmed as real, would underline the mounting difficulties #Israel has encountered in dealing with the #DroneThreat from #Hezbollah, including several incidents where incoming #drones were not detected by Israeli air defence systems.

Hezbollah publishes surveillance drone footage it says shows locations in Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/18/hezbollah-publishes-surveillance-drone-footage-it-says-shows-locations-in-israel

The #USEnvoy had travelled to #Beirut following meetings in #Israel on Monday. #Israel’s #Haaretz reported that he had warned Israeli officials that continuing the Israeli-#Hezbollah confrontation could lead to a “wide-scale Iranian attack”. #Iran #Gaza

#US working to avert ‘greater war’ between Israel and Hezbollah: Biden envoy
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/18/us-working-to-avert-greater-war-between-israel-and-hezbollah-biden-envoy

The Greek-owned #MVTutor coal carrier attacked by #Houthi militants in the #RedSea last week has sunk, salvagers confirmed on Wednesday. The vessel was struck with #missiles and an explosive-laden remote-controlled boat, according to sources, reports Reuters. #USV #Israel #Gaza

Shipping industry urges #RedSea action as #Houthis sink second vessel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jun/19/israel-gaza-war-live-us-weapon-transfers-netanyahu-blinken?page=with:block-6672dd068f086ad5ae684ef4#block-6672dd068f086ad5ae684ef4

The head of the #Israel Defence Forces said the army is facing #TroopShortages amid rising #casualties in the war against #Hamas in #Gaza. Yet enlisting more troops is difficult due to rising #PublicOpposition to the war and an open conflict between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin #Netanyahu and his defence minister.

Israeli army in urgent need of troops amid rising casualties in Gaza
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240619-israeli-army-urgent-need-troops-amid-rising-casualties-in-gaza

#AssafOrion, a former brigadier-general in the #Israel Defense Forces and its chief of strategy between 2010 and 2015, estimates that #Hezbollah has “tens times the arsenal of #Hamas” and implies that any conflict would be a similar order of magnitude greater than the hostilities in #Gaza after 7 October.

Israeli talk of war with Hezbollah almost certainly fresh attempt at deterrence
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/19/israeli-talk-of-war-with-hezbollah-almost-certainly-fresh-attempt-at-deterrence

The war against #Hamas is straining the Israeli economy. The central bank estimates the conflict will cost around $67 billion through 2025, or almost 15% of annual gross domestic product. GDP per capita dropped in 2023 for the first time in eight years and the government’s on track to run one of its largest #BudgetDeficits this *century* in 2024. #Gaza

#Israel #TechLeaders, Irked By #Netanyahu, Eye Moves Into Politics
https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-tech-leaders-irked-netanyahu-060000724.html

The Tories won't be in power for much longer.
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Speaking to CNN, the shadow foreign secretary said a #LabourGovernment would comply if an order was issued for the arrest of the Israeli prime minister, adding that he expected the response to be the same all over #Europe. #UK #EU #Israel #TheHague

Labour would comply with #ICC arrest order for #Netanyahu, Lammy reiterates
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/23/labour-would-comply-with-icc-arrest-order-for-netanyahu-lammy-reiterates

#Israel’s #SupremeCourt has ruled unanimously that the #military must begin drafting #UltraOrthodox men for #MilitaryService, a decision that could lead to the collapse of prime minister Benjamin #Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in #Gaza.

Israeli court rules ultra-#OrthodoxMen can be drafted for military service
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/25/israeli-court-rules-ultra-orthodox-men-can-be-drafted-for-military-service

#Israel has started to deploy extra troops to its northern border in preparation for potential full-scale war with the powerful Lebanese group, #Hezbollah. #Gaza

Israel deploying extra troops to north near #Lebanon | Bethan McKernan
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jun/27/israel-gaza-war-live-israel-warns-it-could-take-lebanon-back-to-the-stone-age-as-defence-minister-wraps-up-washington-trip?page=with:block-667d33b88f0879fc3d68e2f2#block-667d33b88f0879fc3d68e2f2

Judges at the #ICC ruled on Thursday they would allow the #UK to make legal arguments in the case as they consider whether to approve requests made by the ICC’s chief prosecutor for warrants against #Netanyahu and his defence minister, #YoavGallant. #Israel #Gaza #TheHague

ICC decision on Netanyahu arrest warrant may be delayed by UK
https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/jun/28/icc-decision-benjamin-netanyahu-arrest-warrant-delay-uk

A political row has broken out in Israel after about 50 #PalestinianDetainees from #Gaza were released, including Muhammad #AbuSalamiya, director of the al-Shifa hospital in #GazaCity.

Release of detained #AlShifa hospital director sparks political row in #Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/01/israel-gaza-war-live-thousands-of-jewish-ultra-orthodox-men-clash-with-police-in-jerusalem-over-conscription-law?page=with:block-668267c98f086bfb3f8f1e6b#block-668267c98f086bfb3f8f1e6b

#Israel risks going to war against #Hezbollah to ensure Benjamin #Netanyahu’s political survival, but it would be a miscalculation that could lead to #MassCivilianDeaths in both #Lebanon and #Israel, a former US military intelligence analyst has warned. #Gaza

Israel risking disastrous war against Hezbollah for political reasons, says former US official
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/02/israel-hezbollah-war-warning

The #WhiteHouse predicted that the #Doha talks could convene as early as Friday. It said the #Hamas proposal was in line with the three-stage peace deal that #Biden outlined on 31 May, which has formally been accepted by the #IsraeliGovernment and endorsed by the #UNSecurityCouncil. #Israel

#US calls new Hamas ceasefire proposal for #Gaza a ‘breakthrough’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/04/us-hamas-ceasefire-proposal-gaza-breakthrough-israel

“The proposal put forward by #Hamas includes a very significant breakthrough,” the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The Israeli response to the Hamas proposal was in marked contrast to past instances where #Israel has said the conditions attached by #Hamas were not acceptable

Israel sends delegation to negotiate hostage release deal with Hamas
https://www.rappler.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-war-updates-july-5-2024/

Labour MP #ZarahSultana has spoken about the impact of conflict in #Gaza on the party in the election results. Sultana was re-elected in #CoventrySouth, and said the party had “moved in the right direction” by calling for a #ceasefire but said it had taken “a long time to get there”. #UK #UKElections2024 #Israel

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jul/04/general-election-2024-uk-live-labour-tories-starmer-sunak-results-exit-poll?page=with:block-6687ab4c8f08a83a9aecc9fc#block-6687ab4c8f08a83a9aecc9fc

Victory reflects deep dissatisfaction with direction of country and could bring greater cooperation with west.

#TheWest will now have to make a judgment on whether to help #Pezeshkian or maintain the blanket of #sanctions due to the continued escalation of #Iran’s #NuclearProgramme. #Israel #Gaza #Houthis #Hezbollah #Hamas

#Reformist #MasoudPezeshkian wins Iran presidential election
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/06/iran-reformist-masoud-pezeshkian-extends-lead-in-presidential-election-count

#Labour suffered significant election setbacks in areas with large #MuslimPopulations on Friday amid discontent over its position on #Israel’s war in #Gaza. #UK

#Starmer, the UK’s prime minister, has faced criticism for only gradually shifting towards calling for a #ceasefire.

#KeirStarmer: #PalestinianState an 'undeniable right' as part of #PeaceProcess
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jul/07/keir-starmer-labour-uk-general-election-scotland-wales-northern-ireland-visit-latest-news?page=with:block-668aa7638f08115751de53c7#block-668aa7638f08115751de53c7

#Labour officials briefed that the party continued to believe that the #ICC, based in #TheHague, had jurisdiction over #Gaza.

In a submission to the ICC, made by the previous (Tory) government, the #UK had claimed the court did not have jurisdiction over #IsraeliNationals. #Israel #UK

Labour expected to drop challenge to ICC over #Netanyahu #ArrestWarrant
https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/jul/08/labour-expected-to-drop-challenge-to-icc-over-netanyahu-arrest-warrant

#EU agency says 96% of respondents reported #AntiJewish behaviour, with conflict in #MiddleEast as one of the causes

Since 7 October, #Germany has also seen an increase in anti-Jewish violence, with the country’s antisemitism commissioner warning that it risked transporting the country “back to its most horrific times. #Israel #Gaza

#Europeans are experiencing a ‘wave of antisemitism’, survey finds
https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/jul/11/europeans-are-experiencing-a-wave-of-antisemitism-survey-finds?utm_source=press.coop

The doctors say many of the #deaths, #amputations and life changing #wounds to #children they have treated came from the firing of missiles and shells – in areas crowded with civilians – packed with additional metal designed to fragment into tiny pieces of #shrapnel. #Israel

Israeli weapons packed with shrapnel causing devastating injuries to children in #Gaza, doctors say
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/11/israeli-weapons-shrapnel-children-gaza-injured

#US President #JoeBiden has hinted at progress in ongoing diplomatic efforts to achieve a #ceasefire deal in #Gaza, saying both #Israel and #Hamas have agreed to a “framework” he laid out six weeks ago.

#Biden hints at progress in #GazaCeasefire talks
https://aje.io/8sozsl?update=3043057