Israel / Gaza / Lebanon / Iran War Thread

[mafya]

3 minutes ago, The_DADDY said:

I can't view the link I'm afraid. Any chance you could copy and paste some of it?

It won’t let me paste it onto here for some reason

[The_DADDY]

Just now, mafya said:

It won’t let me paste it onto here for some reason

No worries. I'll have another go.

[cressida]

Just to add,  we would not be air dropping supplies in,  and America wouldn't be sending food in and building goodness knows what if Israel wasn't stopping food supplies

at Rafah.

[mafya]

Just now, The_DADDY said:

No worries. I'll have another go.

Here’s another link with same info=
https://democracysos.substack.com/p/how-the-palestinians-flawed-elections

[The_DADDY]

6 minutes ago, mafya said:

Here’s another link with same info=
https://democracysos.substack.com/p/how-the-palestinians-flawed-elections

Hmmmm, that's a bit of an eye opener. Thank you for sharing 👍

[peak4]

I suspect most of the protests are against the government, rather than against their actions in Gaza, but even so....
Tens of thousands of Israelis rally against PM Netanyahu in Jerusalem   Al Jazeera
Israelis thronged central Jerusalem in the largest protest since Israel’s war on Gaza broke out in October.

 

Israel leaves al-Shifa Hospital in ruins and littered with human remains  Al Jazeera again

Dozens of mutilated bodies have been found at al-Shifa Hospital after the withdrawal of Israeli soldiers following a two-week raid. Gaza’s largest medical facility has been left in ruins.

 

I wonder how long it will be before someone suggests banning Haaretz, though I suspect that would lead to even more civil unrest
Israel Created 'Kill Zones' in Gaza. Anyone Who Crosses Into Them Is Shot  Haaretz, via archive.is
The Israeli army says 9,000 terrorists have been killed since the Gaza war began.

Defense officials and soldiers, however, tell Haaretz that these are often civilians whose only crime was to cross an invisible line drawn by the IDF

"In practice, a terrorist is anyone the IDF has killed in the areas in which its forces operate," says a reserve officer who has served in Gaza.

[altus]

1 hour ago, mafya said:

Do you think any western upholders of freedom and democracy will be protesting against this media blackout or will they stay silent?

I doubt any governments will say anything about it but it is at least being reported in some major western media. As well as The_DADDY''s link to the Guardian's report there are ones from:

 

BBC

ABCNews

Financial Times

 

[peak4]

Some may remember Biden's support for a US celebrity chef & World Central Kitchen;
Joe Biden lauds World Central Kitchen for serving Ukrainian refugees amid ravaging war   Republic
Joe Biden appreciates the efforts of José Andrés and his team at World Central Kitchen for supporting the Ukrainian refugees and providing them with food.

 

They've been active in Gaza too;

Celebrity US chef feeding Gaza calls for ‘ceasefire, with hostages released on both sides’   Jewish News Syndicate via archive.is
José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen, demanded that Israel “stop killing children, targeting humanitarian volunteers and press.”

 

The cynic inside makes me wonder if these previous stories led to the following;

 

Israel’s war on Gaza live: Five aid workers killed after food delivery      Al Jazeera

Australian, Polish, UK and Palestinian aid workers were reported among the five killed in an Israeli attack following the delivery of humanitarian food relief in Deir el-Balah, the Gaza government media office said

 

See also on Threadreader; Those with a Twitter account may wish to follow the author Younis Tirawi,

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1774912680173650390?refresh=1712016468

(they also have several other threads available on Threadreader for those without Twitter, but be warned, some might find the content distressing.
 

 

 

[cressida]

Should never be forgotten either.

[Baz1]

18 hours ago, mafya said:

This is in advance of the atrocities they have planned for Rafah. 

Nutenyahu is on a mission to do everything destructive before he leaves. 

 

Now, even killing aid workers, oh but he's apologised, how nice..

 

 He calls the aid worker deaths “a tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people in the Gaza Strip”.

 

But intentionally hitting innocent people in the Gaza Strip is alright, is it? 😐