#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
#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.
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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