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
The head of the Israel Defence Forces said the army is facing troop shortages amid rising casualties in the war against Hamas in Gaza. Yet enlisting more troops is difficult due to rising public opposition to the war and an open conflict between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his defence minister.
#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
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
Don't miss the last 15 seconds.
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The #IsraeliMilitary published on Thursday the findings of a first probe into its own #SecurityFailings during the devastating Oct. 7 #Hamas attack, acknowledging it hadn't protected the citizens of one of the worst hit communities, Kibbutz Be'eri. #ZacharyGoelman produced this report. #Israel #Gaza
Israeli army 'failed' on Oct. 7: military report [VIDEO]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israeli-army-failed-on-oct-7-military-report/vi-BB1pPiDz?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — A senior #Hamas official told AFP Sunday that the Palestinian militant group has withdrawn from talks on a #ceasefire in the #Gaza war because of Israeli “massacres” and its attitude in negotiations.
Another Hamas official said the group’s military leader #MohammedDeif was “fine” and working despite #Israel’s huge bomb attack on a southern Gaza camp.
Senior Hamas official says group withdraws from #GazaTruce talks
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/242608/senior-hamas-official-says-group-withdraws-from-gaza-truce-talks?utm_source=(direct)&utm_medium=gallery
Shells rained down on the neighborhoods of #TalAlHawa, #SheikhAjlin and #AlSabra in #GazaCity, #AFP correspondents reported, while eyewitnesses said the #IsraeliArmy had shelled the #AlMughraqa area and the northern outskirts of the #Nuseirat refugee camp in central #Gaza. #Israel
Israel hits Gaza from land, sea and air as #Hamas halts talks
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/242765/israel-hits-gaza-from-land-sea-and-air-as-hamas-halts-talks
#TheHague, #Netherlands – The #UnitedNations’ highest court said on Friday, July 19, that #Israel’s occupation of #PalestinianTerritories and settlements there are illegal and should be withdrawn as soon as possible, in its strongest findings to date on the Israel-Palestinian conflict. #Gaza #ICJ
Top UN court says Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory are illegal
https://www.rappler.com/world/middle-east/international-court-justice-opinion-israeli-settlements-palestine/
(3rd UPDATE) The World Court's opinion finds that the UN Security Council, the General Assembly, and all states have an obligation not to recognize the occupation as legal and not to give aid or support toward maintaining it
Reportedly, the arrest warrants from the #ICJ will be out in two weeks. That should help push this forward🤞
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The #US has been working with #Qatar and #Egypt to try to arrange a #ceasefire in order to free hostages held since the 7 October #Hamas attacks, and get more humanitarian aid into the enclave devastated by Israeli airstrikes. #Gaza
#Israel-Hamas ceasefire close to the goalline, US secretary of state says
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/20/israel-gaza-hamas-war-international-court-justice-icj-occupied-palestinian-territories?page=with:block-669b67d38f083fc6a547a3bf#block-669b67d38f083fc6a547a3bf
#JERUSALEM/#CAIRO, July 20 (Reuters) - Israeli fighter jets struck #Houthi military targets near #Yemen's #Hodeidah port on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding 87, a day after a drone launched by the Iranian-backed group hit Israeli economic hub #TelAviv. #Israel #Gaza
Israeli jets strike Houthi targets in Yemen after Tel Aviv attack
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/houthi-tv-says-israeli-airstrikes-target-yemens-hodeidah-port-2024-07-20/
Even the #UK is starting to break lockstep with the #US, they have restarted funding the #UNRW.
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The advisory opinion by judges at the #ICJ on Friday carries weight under #InternationalLaw and may weaken support for #Israel.
ICJ ruling against Israel’s settlement policies 'largely consistent with #EU positions', bloc's foreign policy chief says
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/21/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-says-it-has-intercepted-missile-fired-from-yemen?page=with:block-669cb51a8f083fc6a547ab41#block-669cb51a8f083fc6a547ab41
#Harris’s absence during #Netanyahu’s controversial address underlines the mounting tension between the #Biden administration and the #RightWing prime minister, as the death toll from #Israel’s war in #Gaza surpasses 39,000. #Biden #KamalaHarris
Harris will not preside over the chamber when when Israeli Prime Minister #BenjaminNetanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/jul/22/biden-drops-out-endorses-kamala-harris-election-updates?page=with:block-669f15988f083fc6a547be0d#block-669f15988f083fc6a547be0d
Efforts to reach a #GazaCeasefire deal, outlined by #Biden in May and mediated by #Egypt and #Qatar, have gained momentum over the past month. #Gaza
#Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin #Netanyahu, has told families of the estimated 116 hostages still held in #Gaza that a deal that would secure their loved ones’ release could be nearing, his office has said.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/jul/23/kamala-harris-says-she-is-looking-forward-to-accepting-democratic-nomination-as-she-secures-support-of-enough-delegates-live?page=with:block-669f51508f083fc6a547bf83#block-669f51508f083fc6a547bf83
#Netanyahu is expected to meet #Biden, and #Harris, as he is under pressure from the highest echelons of the #IsraeliMilitary and much of the #IsraeliPublic to agree to a #ceasefire in #Gaza. #Israel
Netanyahu to arrive in #Washington as fears grow of wider war in #MiddleEast
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/22/lame-duck-or-legacy-maker-how-biden-announcement-could-affect-us-relations-with-foreign-leaders
Various #PalestinianFactions, including rivals #Hamas and #Fatah, have agreed to end their divisions and form a #NationalUnityGovernment during negotiations in #China.
Senior Hamas official #HusamBadran said the most important point of the #Beijing declaration was to form a Palestinian national unity government to manage the affairs of #Palestinians. #Israel
Palestinian factions agree to end divisions after talks in #China
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/23/palestinian-factions-accord-china-talks
More now about the #AntiWar protests on #CapitolHill, via AP:
Protesters against the #GazaWar staged a sit-in at a congressional office building Tuesday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu’s address to Congress, with #CapitolPolice making multiple arrests. #Israel
“We have heard from defence and security forces that they're reaching the point of breaking a deal..And we have never before been in such a promising point at that sense.
Nothing should be distracting [us] at this point" - Ayelet Levy Shachar
#Gaza release deal has to happen now, hostage's mother says
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg3e05n1xy3o
He is blatantly lying
#UnitedKingdom has said it will not proceed with efforts to question whether the #InternationalCriminalCourt (ICC) has jurisdiction to issue #ArrestWarrants for Israeli Prime Minister #BenjaminNetanyahu and Defense Minister #YoavGallant. #Israel #Gaza
#UK won’t challenge #ICC arrest warrant request for #Netanyahu, #Gallant
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/26/uk-wont-challenge-icc-arrest-warrant-request-for-netanyahu-gallant
A rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied #GolanHeights killed 12 people including children on July 27, Israeli authorities said, blaming #Hezbollah and vowing to respond against the Iran-backed Lebanese group.
Hezbollah denied any responsibility for the strike, the deadliest in Israel or Israeli-annexed territory since the start of the conflict in #Gaza.
#Lebanon
#Israel says Hezbollah rocket kills 12 at football ground, vows response
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/nine-people-killed-as-rocket-hits-football-pitch-in-israeli-occupied-golan-israel-media
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT - Nine people were killed in a rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday, Israeli Channel 13 reported, amid an escalation of fire between Israel and armed groups in Lebanon. Read more at straitstimes.com.
#EU foreign affairs chief #JosepBorrell on Saturday (27 July) called for a “political solution” to end the “madness” in #Gaza after the #Hamas-run territory’s health ministry said an Israeli strike on a school had killed 30 people.
"Ceasefire has to happen now. International #HumanitarianLaw has to be respected." Borrell said.
EU top diplomat urges end to ‘madness’ after Gaza school strike
https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/eu-top-diplomat-urges-end-to-madness-after-gaza-school-strike/
Israeli jets struck southern #Lebanon overnight as diplomats worked frantically to prevent a #RegionalWar after a rocket strike that killed 12 young people in the occupied #GolanHeights.
The Golan Heights was taken from #Syria by #Israel in the 1967 #MiddleEastWar and annexed in 1981 in a move not recognised by most countries.
Israel strikes Lebanon as diplomats try to prevent regional war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/28/israel-strikes-lebanon-diplomats-prevent-regional-war-golan-heights-hezbollah
#Airlines suspended routes and canceled flights to #Beirut on Monday amid fears of a full-blown war between #Israel and Lebanese militant group #Hezbollah.
#Germany's national airline #Lufthansa said it had suspended five routes to and from the Lebanese capital until August 5 out of “an abundance of caution,” with its subsidiaries #SwissInternationalAir Lines and #Eurowings following suit.
Airlines suspend #Lebanon flights as fears of Israel-Hezbollah war grow
https://www.politico.eu/article/airline-suspend-lebanon-flight-israel-hezbollah-war-lufthansa-aegean-ethiopian-air/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication&utm_source=press.coop
The governments of the #UnitedStates, #UnitedKingdom, and #Germany have advised their citizens to leave #Lebanon, amid growing concerns that the Israeli assault on the beseiged #GazaStrip could trigger a wider conflict in the region. #Israel
#US, #UK, and Germany advise citizens to leave Lebanon following days of protests and cross-border exchanges.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/19/us-uk-germany-tell-citizens-to-leave-lebanon-as-regional-tensions-rise
Opposition Leader #YairLapid said the riots on Monday showed that #Netanyahu is “weak” and has lost control over his government, urging him to fire ministers involved in the break-ins.
“We are not on the brink of the abyss, we are in the abyss,” Lapid warned in a statement. “All the red lines were crossed today.” #Israel #PrisonerAbuse #Gaza
Bordering on anarchy’: #IDF chief sounds alarm after #RightWing mob breaks into 2nd base
https://www.timesofisrael.com/bordering-on-anarchy-idf-chief-sounds-alarm-after-right-wing-mob-overruns-2nd-base/
#IsmailHaniyeh, the political leader of #Hamas, has been killed by a strike in #Tehran in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the group said, only hours after #Israel claimed it had killed a top #Hezbollah commander in #Beirut.
Hamas blamed Israel for Haniyeh’s death, which one official described as a “grave escalation”. #Gaza
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, says Palestinian group
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/31/hamas-leader-ismail-haniyeh-death-raid-iran-home-israel-gaza-war
"My message to Australian citizens and residents in Lebanon is: now is the time to leave. If you are in #Australia and thinking of travelling to Lebanon, do not.
There is a real risk that the conflict in the region escalates seriously. The security situation could deteriorate quickly, with little or no notice" - Penny Wong
Now is the time to leave': Australian foreign minister urges #Australians to leave #Lebanon
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/31/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-hamas-leader-ismail-haniyeh-killed-iran-israel-gaza-war?page=with:block-66aa458d8f089067a355e8eb#block-66aa458d8f089067a355e8eb
#Deif is believed to have been one of the masterminds of #Hamas’ 7 October attack on southern #Israel, which triggered the #Gaza war, now in its 300th day.
One of Hamas’ most dominant figures, Deif rose through the group’s ranks over 30 years, developing its network of tunnels and its bomb-making expertise.
Death of Hamas military leader Deif in July confirmed, Israel says
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/aug/01/middle-east-crisis-live-irans-supreme-leader-to-lead-prayers-at-hamas-leader-funeral-as-region-braces-for-fresh-unrest?page=with:block-66ab4dcc8f0814429273fec4#block-66ab4dcc8f0814429273fec4
The timing and location of the dual attacks, targeting very high-profile commanders in densely populated capital cities, made them particularly humiliating for #Iran and #Hezbollah, raising the risk of a slide towards full-blown #RegionalWar as #Tehran seeks to re-establish a military deterrent.
Fears of escalation mount after Israeli killings of #Hamas and Hezbollah leaders
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/31/israel-iran-hamas-hezbollah-lebanon-assassinations-middle-east
The people killed were from the Druze community, Syrian immigrants.
Wouldn't put it past the IDF to bomb these people in order to justify an invasion of Lebanon, its the kind of shit they do in a regular basis in Gaza
That's one possibility, but I think it's more likely some Hezbollah ally did this.
I was reading an NYT article on the Druze and this paragraph jumped out at me.
"Unlike most Arab communities in the Middle East, however, the Druze are known for their support of the Jewish state and are required to enroll in the Israel Defense Forces when they turn 18."
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