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Lieberman: Netanyahu is using the war to stay in power
Israeli media quoted Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, in what it called "harsh" claims of Netanyahu using the war in Gaza as a means to stay in power.
In detail, Israeli media reported that "Lieberman continues to attack Netanyahu, claiming that the continuation of the war serves him politically."
In an interview for Israeli radio Reshet Bet, Lieberman said, "There is a turbulent war cabinet here that does not understand what it [the war] leads to," adding that "the Yom Kippur war lasted 19 days, and here we are fighting for 74 days and still in the process of assimilation in the north, and we cannot ignore Ansar Allah as well."
It was after this statement that Lieberman accused Netanyahu of using the war to assimilate political power.
A collapse in Netanyahu's reign?
This comes amid internal Israeli divisions over Netanyahu's political and war conduct, and how he is essentially utilizing the war for his own benefit.
The current direction of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the ongoing war on Gaza is "to continue the fighting," Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Monday.
This approach is marred by a decline in popular support, which initially grew following the operation. However, Netanyahu has now become a source of doubt and concern among Israelis, the report said, adding that "Israel is approaching a dangerous reality of stagnation."
Addressing the matter further, a Financial Times editorial highlighted Netanyahu's current position against the unfolding events, especially when it comes to the United States.
According to the report, "Israel", led by Netanyahu, has enjoyed unwavering support from US President Joe Biden, despite the relentless aggression on Gaza, which has so far resulted in over 19,400 Palestinian martyrs and over 52,000 wounded, not to mention the destruction to the infrastructure unseen since WWII.
However, last week, Biden openly addressed Netanyahu and the right-wing government he heads, condemning the “indiscriminate bombing” in Gaza and emphasizing that the Israeli Prime Minister "has to change."
Biden's statements signify a mounting discomfort in Washington regarding the entity's actions in Gaza, the extensive devastation, and the rising death toll. These remarks also shed light on more extensive concerns about Netanyahu's government and the influence of his coalition allies, represented by far-right extremists, the FT publication said.
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Israeli tank fired at settler’s housing unit in 'Be'eri': Footage
Israeli newspaper Haaretz published footage, on Tuesday, documenting the moment when an Israeli tank fired shells at a settler's housing unit in Kibbutz "Be'eri" in southern occupied Palestine on October 7.
According to the newspaper, a video was released on October 7 by Israeli Channel 12, showing an Israeli tank firing a shell at a settler's housing unit where Resistance fighters were allegedly barricaded with Israeli captives.
The newspaper added that the video, published last night, was filmed from a helicopter belonging to the Israeli police, which was summoned to the area after the incident.
Quoting one of the settlers who fled from an event in "Re'im" and hid in one of the kibbutz, the newspaper reported that she approached an Israeli soldier and asked if the tank shells would harm the settlers. The soldier replied, "They only fire shells at the sides to bring down the walls," but she added that the tank was hit, so another tank was called in, and it resumed targeting the housing unit after arriving at the scene.
The newspaper also quoted Yair Avital, a member of the "standby squad at the kibbutz," as saying that "500 soldiers were standing outside and settlers here are losing blood every minute. And the army that was outside here was standing..."
This comes less than a week after an Israeli witness once again disclosed that Israeli tanks targeted both settlers and members of the Palestinian Resistance on October 7.
Israeli media had previously reported the killing of a 12-year-old girl, Liel Hetzroni, in Kibbutz "Be'eri" in southern occupied Palestine.
After Liel's killing, her grandfather, twin brother, and aunt were reportedly taken to another location, where they, along with more than 10 other Israeli captives, were killed. Subsequently, there were allegations that Hamas set fire to the building. The incident was prominently covered in the Israeli media under the title of " Hamas brutality".
Israeli witness exposes Israeli lies
After Israeli settler Yasmin Porat asserted that Israeli forces "undoubtedly" killed settlers held captive, Hadas Dagan, the appropriator of the house, also spoke out.
In an interview for Channel 12, Dagan confirmed that the Israeli army indeed attacked the unit where settlers were held captive, using tank fire and heavy weapons.
Describing the "horror of the incident," which claimed the lives of 14 settlers, including her husband, Dagan recounted the moment the Israeli army arrived, expressing her realization that their role was to serve as "a human shield between the arriving Israeli forces and fighters."
IOF had prior knowledge of settlers in the targeted house
Porat, in a previous interview, asserted that the housing unit she was in with Hamas fighters was surrounded by Israeli forces. Intense confrontations ensued between the two sides. Then, she exited the premises.
During her three-hour interrogation by Israeli forces, she provided information about the settlers in the unit, their location, and technical details she remembered about the place.
Porat mentioned that the fighting persisted during the interrogation. She noted that at around 7:30 pm, after nearly four hours of ongoing crossfire between the Israeli army and Hamas, a tank arrived in front of the house.
"I know that there were two rounds fired from the tank," Porat stated, noting that she reached the same conclusion based on what Hadas Dagan shared with her.
'Israel' implemented "mass Hannibal" on October 7
An Israeli armed forces pilot revealed that the Hannibal directive was implemented on October 7. Lt. Col. Nof Erez, in an interview for the Israeli daily Haaretz, pointed out the potential use of the directive by Israeli forces on October 7.
“The Hannibal Protocol, for which we have been conducting drills for the past 20 years, concerns a single vehicle with hostages in it. You know which part of the fence it goes through, which way on the road it heads to, and even which route it takes,” he said.
“What we’ve seen here is a mass Hannibal. There were many gaps in the fences. There were thousands of people in many different vehicles, both with and without hostages,” he added.
IOF killed party attendees, Hamas was unaware of event: Israeli probe
Israeli media reported that an internal security assessment found that Israeli helicopters that arrived at the party site during the October 7 operation killed a number of party-goers.
The Israeli security establishment's assessment regarding the events on October 7 was that Palestinian Resistance fighters were unaware of the Nova festival in Kibbutz "Re'im" and only learned about it after gliders reached the area and drones were airborne, Haaretz reported on November 19.
The Israeli newspaper said the Israeli police investigation into the incident found that the Palestinian Resistance had planned to reach Kibbutz "Re'im" and other kibbutzes during Operation Al-Aqsa Flood but discovered the party during the infiltration itself.
It is worth noting that Israeli media reports have lately suggested that they may face restrictions on news reporting, especially those related to the deliberations of the Israeli cabinet during the ongoing aggression on Gaza and the war with the Palestinian Resistance.
The media mentioned that the Israeli occupation's "National Security" Advisor, Tzachi Hanegbi, urgently sent a letter to Israeli Military Censor Brigadier General Kobi Mandelblit, requesting to limit the publication of news, particularly those related to cabinet deliberations during the war, due to the significant harm it causes.
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The #Yemeni Armed Forces' operations in support of the #Palestinian people in #Gaza have led to a halt in commercial shipping in the Red Sea, disrupting supply chains and potentially causing a sharp rise in prices for goods and oil, the news website mentioned.
It pointed out that this poses additional challenges for US President Joe #Biden, who is already grappling with low approval ratings and public dissatisfaction over his economic management, noting that any sudden surge in energy costs could further complicate his reelection bid in November.
In response to the Yemeni operations, under the guise of securing international maritime trade routes, the US military launched "Operation Prosperity Guardian" late on Monday.
The US Department of Defense announced that its "security initiative" will work under the umbrella of the Combined Maritime Forces and the leadership of its Task Force 153.
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Ships captured in Yemen to only leave on Palestine's terms: Exclusive
The criminal onslaught being waged on Palestine forces every free man to take action and underline that they stand against the Zionist arrogance and criminality, Yemeni Ansar Allah spokesperson Mohammad Abdel Salam said on Tuesday.
Speaking to Al Mayadeen during an exclusive interview, the Yemeni top official underlined that Sanaa cannot directly "support occupied Palestine. We do not share any land borders and we can not engage in land confrontations; we do not have the capabilities but to participate by launching missiles and drones and conducting naval operations."
Abdel Salam also revealed that the Yemeni Armed Forces would not hold back and that the escalations taking place might see an uptick depending on the situation on the ground in light of all the challenges being faced by the Palestinian people.
"The brutal Israeli aggression on Gaza and the historic occupation of occupied Palestine requires broad popular support, not just support from Yemen; from all the people of our Islamic and Arab worlds and all the free people of the world," the Ansar Allah spokesperson said.
US-led coalition to protect 'Israel'
In response to the operations being carried out by the Yemeni people in support of occupied Palestine and the people of Gaza, the United States military launched a new coalition in the Red Sea called "Operation Prosperity Guardian," under the guise of securing maritime trade routes. The United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles, and Spain will be among the countries jointly working with the Pentagon under the coalition.
This prompts the speculation of the US aiming to turn the Red Sea into a warzone to protect Israeli interests rather than simply "keep strategic waterways safe" as US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin claimed.
"This coalition is to protect Israel, not to protect international waterways [...] This cannot be called a coalition, it is, in reality, a stillborn, weak bloc," Abdel Salam went on to say.
"The international waterways adjacent to Yemen are safe and they do not suffer from any security or military issues," the Yemeni top official said. "The Yemeni Armed Forces and Navy have repeatedly said the waterways adjacent to Yemen are safe, and no ships other than the ones heading to Israel or Israeli ships are being targeted."
He added that the coalition cannot be acceptable or used to uphold the ongoing Israeli aggression on Palestine, noting how no member state has any maritime borders in the Red Sea.
Abdel Salam went on to stress that the coalition's formation would not cause any disruptions in Yemen's operations. "The US, French, and British frigates and the military bases on the other bank of the Red Sea could not stop these Yemeni operations being carried out in support of Gaza."
Thus far, he said, all the African and Arab countries overlooking the Red Sea have received the news of the coalition's formation positively, going on to warn the parties to the coalition against making any blunders by attacking Yemen and widening the conflict. In case of a blunder, "neither the Israelis, the Americans, or the collective West will be able to deal with the repercussions of their actions.
Yemeni people stand with leadership
Asked whether the Israeli occupation and the US might use civil strife within Yemen to attempt to serve their interests, the Yemeni official said they might utilize some local mercenaries, "but this option is doomed to failure."
"The Yemeni people today of all walks of life stand with the Yemeni leadership in the face of Israeli arrogance. No Yemeni could ever accept being a defender or protector of Israel."
Since the start of the Yemeni operations in support of occupied Palestine, Abdel Salam revealed, Oman has been contacting Sanaa as a mediator to convey to them messages of exhortation and intimidation, wherein they were told that the Resistance operations might affect the humanitarian process in Yemen.
"There was also the threat of creating an international coalition to 'protect the red' or the threat of sanctions and military operations. However, Yemen's stance is not arbitrary, and it is not a show of force or in search of wars and problems; it is born out of the large-scale barbaric Israeli aggression that cannot go unanswered," he said.
He went on to underline that whichever party that might seek regional peace must go the US and the Israeli occupation and seek an end to the unjust aggression and blockade on the Gaza Strip.
Yemen, Abdel Salam said, repeatedly stressed that it would deescalate if humanitarian aid is allowed to enter Gaza. "The aid must fulfill the daily needs of the Palestinian people, and they must be sufficient, and only if that happens will Yemen look into the situation and evaluate what the next step should be."
"It is very expensive to switch to land freight from sea freight, not to mention the delay that comes with such a switch and the low quantity of goods that can be transported, which would not suffice the [Israeli] needs," he said commenting on the news of the establishment of a land bridge from the UAE to occupied Palestine.
The first batch of fresh foodstuffs arrived in "Israel" from the United Arab Emirates in the first trial of a new land bridge that is to be used instead of the Red Sea due to the Yemeni blockade on the latter, the Israeli Walla! news website reported on Saturday.
The shipment of foodstuff was transported from the UAE "through the new land bridge [used] as an alternative to the Red Sea," media reports said. The freight was transported from the UAE through Saudi Arabia then Jordan and then "Israel".
Israeli reports said the initial trial was a success, with 10 trucks making it from the UAE to occupied Palestine for the benefit of the Israeli occupation.
The trucks had to cross a distance of some 2,000 km (1,242 miles) over two days and a few hours.
Israeli media in December said an agreement was signed between the authorities of the ports of Dubai, the UAE, and Haifa, occupied Palestine, regarding the establishment of a land bridge between the two ports in a bid to avert the "Yemeni threat to shut down maritime passages."
Only Palestine to free captured ships
"Not one day has passed since the start of the operations without several ships changing course to the Cape of Hope from the Red Sea," he said.
The Ansar Allah spokesperson revealed that the ship that was captured was captured upon the requests of the Palestinian people. "It cannot leave Yemen's ports but with a decision from the people of Palestine."
It is still possible, he said, for ships that are unknown to be Israeli or bound for "Israel" to pass through the Red Sea, but this will not be the case for long.
"Yemen will remain a key partner of our Arab and Muslim people in the face of any perilous situations that might jeopardize their security and stability," he said.
"Yemen has since day one been participating in a joint operations room with our Palestinian brothers and the remainder of the Axis of Resistance," Abdel Salam added.
He went on to praise the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, saying its operations on the southern borders with occupied Palestine have posed a serious threat to the Israeli occupation and greatly depleted its resources.
"What is happening on the Lebanese-occupied-Palestinian borders is an exceptional battle [...] this is a highly significant front on which Hezbollah offered dozens of its martyrs and created a state of paranoia for the Israeli entity," he said.
He also praised the operations being carried out by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq. "It is exerting positive pressure to help clean the Arab and Islamic region arena of any foreign presence."
"This Axis helped support Palestine at a time of historic crisis, and it has repeatedly stood by its words," however, he underlined the need for more coordination, though he did note that there already is a lot of coordination, adding that the battle was going well and serving the Resistance in Palestine.
"What happened on October 7 is a strategic shift that will be taught for generations to come. It is a historic epic that revived Islamic unity in our Ummah, and it underlined that the Arab people were still alive and well," Abdel Salam stressed.
At the conclusion of his interview, the Yemeni spokesperson addressed the Palestinian Resistance, saying: "You are not alone on this front. The peoples of our Islamic and Arab states stand with you."
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Sanaa to target ships of US 10-nation coalition if they attack Yemen
Yemeni Ansar Allah senior official Mohammed Ali al-Houthi said that Yemen would be targeting the vessels of countries that joined the US anti-Yemen naval coalition in the Red Sea.
"The vessels of those countries that will actively take part in the actions against us will be attacked by us in the Red Sea," Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, told the Al-Alam broadcaster.
US-led coalition to protect 'Israel'
The criminal onslaught being waged on Palestine forces every free man to take action and underline that they stand against the Zionist arrogance and criminality, Yemeni Ansar Allah spokesperson Mohammad Abdel Salam said on Tuesday.
Speaking to Al Mayadeen during an exclusive interview, the Yemeni top official underlined that Sanaa cannot directly "support occupied Palestine. We do not share any land borders and we can not engage in land confrontations; we do not have the capabilities but to participate by launching missiles and drones and conducting naval operations."
Abdel Salam also revealed that the Yemeni Armed Forces would not hold back and that the escalations taking place might see an uptick depending on the situation on the ground in light of all the challenges being faced by the Palestinian people.
In response to the operations being carried out by the Yemeni people in support of occupied Palestine and the people of Gaza, the United States military launched a new coalition in the Red Sea called "Operation Prosperity Guardian," under the guise of securing maritime trade routes. The United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles, and Spain will be among the countries jointly working with the Pentagon under the coalition.
This prompts the speculation of the US aiming to turn the Red Sea into a warzone to protect Israeli interests rather than simply "keep strategic waterways safe" as US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin claimed.
"This coalition is to protect Israel, not to protect international waterways [...] This cannot be called a coalition, it is, in reality, a stillborn, weak bloc," Abdel Salam went on to say.
"The international waterways adjacent to Yemen are safe and they do not suffer from any security or military issues," the Yemeni top official said. "The Yemeni Armed Forces and Navy have repeatedly said the waterways adjacent to Yemen are safe, and no ships other than the ones heading to Israel or Israeli ships are being targeted."
"Operation Prosperity Guardian" to protect Israeli genocidal war
On Monday, and under the guise of securing international maritime trade routes, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the establishment of Operation Prosperity Guardian, a 10-nation "multinational security initiative under the umbrella of the Combined Maritime Forces and the leadership of its Task Force 153, which focuses on security in the Red Sea."
Read more: Red Sea operations pose challenges for Biden's presidential campaign
Earlier today, mobilizing efforts in the face of the Yemeni forces, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin invited dozens of nations to take steps to address the operation conducted in the Red Sea as he spoke at a defense ministerial to tout a new military operation to secure commerce in the waterway.
"We're all here because many countries can directly contribute to our common efforts to keep strategic waterways safe," Austin said, according to prepared remarks.
Calling Yemen's attacks "reckless", he described it as "a serious international problem" that needs "a firm international response," which, as revealed earlier, will bring "together multiple countries to include the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles, and Spain."
Read more: Operation Prosperity Guardian: US scrambles to secure Red Sea route
Rich Lowry, the editor-in-chief of National Review, wrote a piece in which he acknowledged that the sole superpower in the world [the United States] has failed to safeguard one of the most crucial global trade routes from "a band of third-world rebels".
He gushed: "Welcome to the latest humiliation of a Biden-administration foreign policy premised on not being overly provocative toward our enemies."
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Video confirms tank struck home with Israeli captives on 7 Oct[/B]
The evidence continues to grow that many Israelis killed during Hamas' 7 October attack were killed by Israeli forces themselves
Video from a police helicopter shows that an Israeli tank opened fire on a house where 13 Israeli captives were killed during Hamas’ 7 October attack on military bases and settlements surrounding besieged Gaza, Israel’s 12 News reported on 18 December.
12 News reported that the video from the helicopter showed the tank fire shells in the direction of a house where Hamas fighters had barricaded themselves with the Israeli captives.
The house, owned by Pasi Cohen, is located in Kibbutz Be’eri, which Hamas attacked in an effort to take Israelis captive back to Gaza.
The killing of the 13 captives by Israeli tank fire was already known due to testimony from 44-year-old Yasmin Porat, who was held with the captives in the same house before she was able to escape. But the video from the police helicopter that responded to the scene confirms this.
After Hamas fighters took over the house and gathered captives there, Israel’s elite counter terror force, Yamam, responded and immediately initiated a fire fight with the Hamas fighters.
While with the soldiers who had surrounded the house, Porat turned to one of the soldiers and asked if the tank shells would not harm the other captives still inside. The soldier replied that "they only do it on the sides to take down walls.”
Hadas Dagan, the only other captive besides Porat to survive, said that she herself was hit by a shrapnel from the tank shell. The report stated that soldiers who were in the kibbutz said that the shot recorded from the helicopter was a warning shot after which the tank was hit, and then another tank arrived and shot at the house once more.
Three of those killed in the home were 12-year-old Liel Hetzroni, her twin brother Yanai, and their aunt Ayla, who raised them. Israeli broadcaster Kan reported that Liel’s relatives held a farewell ceremony for her, rather than a burial ceremony, because there was nothing left of her body.
When the remains of Liel’s body were finally identified, only ash and bone fragments remained.
The police helicopter video adds to the growing evidence that Israeli forces themselves killed many of the 1,200 Israeli soldiers and civilians who died on 7 October during the Hamas attack.
Though Liel was killed by the Israeli army, Naftali Bennett, the former Israeli Prime Minister, blamed her death on Hamas, claiming “Liel Hetzroni of Kibbutz Beeri was murdered in her home by Hamas monsters.”
While speaking to members of the foreign press on 14 October, Lt. Col. Golan Vach of a military search and rescue team gave insight into why the army used tanks to target Israeli homes on 7 October.
During a briefing to journalists in front of a burnt and destroyed house, Vach claimed that Hamas had gathered 15 people inside, including eight babies, “and they killed them, and they burned them.” He also claimed he personally removed the body of a mother and her baby who had been beheaded inside the house.
But when pressed by a journalist how Hamas had caused such destruction, Col. Vach reluctantly acknowledged, “Our tanks attacked, because they [Hamas] were blocked in these houses, and we need[ed] to conquer back the whole settlement. And it couldn’t be happen [sic] without the tanks.”
This suggests anyone killed in the home was killed due to Israeli tank fire, rather than being burned alive by Hamas fighters who were themselves barricaded inside.
The helicopter video obtained by 12 News also recorded the many soldiers who had gathered outside the main gate of kibbutz Be'eri, but who for unknown reasons did not enter the kibbutz to join the battle which had been going on for hours since early that morning.
"Around 18:10 I discovered something,” described one of the residents, "Hundreds of soldiers, dozens of police cars” were present outside the kibbutz. The soldiers were heavily equipped. “I personally approached every officer I saw from the rank of major and asked him who was in charge of the incident. Nobody knew. It would have looked like total command chaos. I told them that families are fighting and being slaughtered inside and they must go in, but there was no one to talk to. These were times and hours when we had to flood the kibbutz with soldiers, and very limited forces entered. All day we fought alone.”
Yair Avital, a member of the security squad at the kibbutz, added that "500 soldiers were standing outside and no one was managing it. People here are losing blood every minute. And the army that was out here stood and didn't understand what was happening here."
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Israel signals readiness for new temporary truce in Gaza as pressure mounts
Hamas says it will not enter negotations over releasing captives until Israel ends its war on Gaza.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has said his country is willing to agree a new temporary truce with Hamas in Gaza to secure the release of more captives held by the Palestinian group.
“Israel is ready for another humanitarian pause and additional humanitarian aid in order to enable the release of hostages,” Herzog told a gathering of ambassadors on Tuesday.
The comments come amid growing international pressure on Israel to pause its assault on Gaza and to allow more humanitarian aid into the besieged territory.
A previous Israel-Hamas agreement mediated by Qatar and Egypt led to a week-long truce at the end of November during which Hamas released 86 women and children it was holding in exchange for 240 Palestinian women and teenagers held in Israeli jails. Hamas also released 24 foreign nationals during the pause in fighting.
Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who also serves as the Gulf state’s foreign minister, Mossad Director David Barnea and CIA Director Bill Burns held talks in Poland on Monday to discuss a potential new deal to secure the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinians in Israeli prisons and a humanitarian pause in the fighting.
“The talks were positive with negotiators exploring and discussing different proposals in an attempt to progress on negotiations,” a source briefed on the diplomatic efforts told the Reuters news agency. “An agreement is not expected imminently, however.”
Hamas said in a statement on Tuesday that it rejects any forms of negotiations about prisoner exchanges “under the continuing Israeli genocidal war.”
The Palestinian group said it is open to any initiative that contributes to “ending the aggression” and opening border crossings “to bring in aid and provide relief to the Palestinian people.”
Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith said the statements from Herzog and Hamas on Tuesday indicate some progression towards a potential truce.
“The question will be whether it is just that, a pause – a humanitarian pause – as the Israelis would call it, or a full ceasefire,” Smith said, reporting from Tel Aviv.
The war has flattened large parts of northern Gaza and driven most of the population to the southern part of the besieged territory, where many are in crowded shelters and tent camps. Some 1.9 million Palestinians – about 90 percent of Gaza’s population – have fled their homes.
At least 19,667 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in the Israeli assault on Gaza since, according to Palestinian health authorities.
Israel launched the assault on Gaza after Hamas fighters from the territory stormed into southern Israel on October 7, killing about 1,200 people and taking about 240 others hostage, according to Israeli officials.
Israel is facing growing international pressure to scale back its offensive as the civilian death toll in Gaza continues to soar.
France, the United Kingdom and Germany on Sunday added their voices to calls for a ceasefire, while US President Joe Biden last week called the bombing “indiscriminate”.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is expected to vote later on Tuesday on a resolution calling for a halt to the fighting in Gaza.
Earlier, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said the war in Gaza is a “moral failure” of the international community, calling on Israel and Hamas to reach a new truce to halt the fighting.
“I have been speaking of moral failure because every day this continues is a day more where the international community hasn’t proven capable of ending such high levels of suffering and this will have an impact on generations not only in Gaza,” ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric told journalists in Geneva following trips to the Gaza Strip and Israel.
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The South African government has warned its citizens who are fighting in the Israeli occupation against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip that they may face prosecution and have their citizenship revoked.
President Cyril Ramaphosa, meanwhile, has once again condemned the Israeli attack on Gaza, describing it as genocide.
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An Israeli who was released in the recent prisoner swap between the occupation and the Palestinian resistance said that her mother was killed as a result of the Israeli occupation army shooting at the car that was transporting them to Gaza, as they were being taken as prisoners of war on 7 October.
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Hamas chief to hold crucial talks in Egypt for Gaza ceasefire, prisoner exchange
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh is set to visit Egypt Wednesday for talks on a ceasefire in Gaza and a prisoner exchange with Israel, a source close to the Palestinian militant group said.
Qatar-based Haniyeh will head a “high-level” Hamas delegation to Egypt, where he is due to hold talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel and others, the source told AFP on Tuesday.
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The discussions will be “on stopping the aggression and the war to prepare an agreement for the release of prisoners (and) the end of the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip,” the source said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to talk about the visit.
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The double standards used by the west when minimizing Isreal's war crimes... and how the Isreal lobby controls USA politicians.
Scott Ritter: Israel Will LOSE Its War on Gaza and the US is Powerless to Stop It
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🇮🇷 IRGC Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri: 'We have successfully established a rapid naval mobilization force (Basij) in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz'
'Thousands of small to medium sized local merchant vessels, fishing boats and speedboats have been converted and outfitted with 107mm rockets and various other weapons.
This newly formed rapid naval volunteer force is an assymetric paramilitary force, consisting of 33,000 vessels in the Persian Gulf and 55,000 local volunteers among the fishermen and merchants. It also contains large ships that can sail as far as Tanzania.'
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🇮🇷 Regarding the information regarding converted civilian vessels to be used for military action against naval forces that are hostile towards Iran,
In 2002, the US conducted a wargame by the name of "Millennium Challenge 2002", that ran from July to August of that year, with the US being on one side and the other side being "Iran/Iraq"
All in all, it ended horribly for the U.S in this simulation, to the extent that the Commanding officer of the Red side stated that his superiors bluntly ordered him to disclose his own locations, forces, and not to engage with certain US units (even if he was capable in), the U.S simply lost in that simulation.
Cut forward to 21 years later, the US navy is not what it used to be in 2002, it has shortages of sailors, officers, maintenance issues, the fleets are decaying, and so on.
Overall, this is NOT a fun time for the U.S.
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The US is concerned about the cost of missiles used against Houthi drones, according to Politico, as the country is trillions of dollars in debt
According to US official, the US has used SM-2 missiles worth $2.1 million to intercept a Yemeni drone worth $2000.
The US has intercepted 38 flying objects so far
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🚨GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE:
The Government Media Office in Gaza published an update of the most important numbers related to the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
📍 (74 days) on the total genocidal war.
📍 (1,697) massacres
📍 (26,667) martyrs and missing persons.
📍 (19,667) martyrs who arrived in hospitals.
📍 (8,000) child martyrs.
📍 (6,200) female martyrs.
📍 (310) martyrs from the medical teams.
📍 (35) Civil Defense martyrs.
📍 (97) martyred journalists.
📍 (7,000) missing, 70% of whom are children and women.
📍 (52,586) injured.
📍 (99) cases of arrest of health personnel.
📍 (8) detained journalists.
📍 (1.8) million displaced people in the Gaza Strip.
📍 (355,000) infected with infectious diseases as a result of displacement.
📍 (126) government headquarters destroyed by the occupation.
📍 (90) schools and universities were completely destroyed by the occupation.
📍 (282) schools and universities destroyed by the occupation...
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🇾🇪 “Who is Yahya Saree?”
The man whose ‘quick’ announcements have taken the world by storm, & the one whom KSA has put a monetary reward of $5M for any information provided regarding him, the psychological pillar of Yemen who survived an assassination attempt, Gen. Brigadier Yahya Saree.
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...
... what I have been suspecting, Roy explains it very well in the first portion of this video: It's orchestrated from higher-ups in the food chain where they all are in cahoots, down below them; it's all soulless beasts of the field canon fodder:
The Corruption Of The Abrahamic Religions Part 1 37:19
December 19, 2023
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An extremely strong statement from the Yemeni Defense Minister.
From Intel Republic on Telegram:
~~~WE HAVE MEANS TO SINK YOUR FLEET'S SHIPS, SUBMARINES, AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
A resounding warning to US creating international coalition (to steal oil) against Houthis in Red Sea by Yemeni Defense Minister Mohammed Nasser al-Atafi (pictured bottom left next to rebel group's arsenal).
Suppose Saudi Arabia and Emirates become part of any coalition to attack Yemen. In that case, we will not leave any oil or gas field in those countries, and we will strike all ships transporting their oil - Houthi top official Al-Bukhaiti.
Even if America manages to mobilize entire world, our military operations will not stop until crimes of genocide in Gaza Strip cease, and food, medicine, fuel are allowed to reach besieged populations, no matter the cost - Al-Bukhaiti.
Also, Iran reaffirms logistical and intel assistance to Yemen in its operations, declares "we will stand with Yemeni people till the end".
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⚡️FULL Speech HIGHLIGHTS of AnsarAllah leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi’s speech:
• We consider the American step, along with some countries, to form a multinational coalition under the guise of protecting trade in the Red Sea, a hostile step aimed at protecting Israel.
• Shipping lines are safe for all ships, except for ships linked to the Israeli enemy entity, or heading to the ports of occupied Palestine.
• We affirm that Yemen will defend itself in the event that it is exposed to any attack.
• Any attempt to prevent us from carrying out our religious & humanitarian duty in supporting Palestine will be met with a strict response.
• For 75 years, the Zionist-Israeli enemy has continued its aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, committing the most heinous crimes.
• Countries that go into war usually declare strategic and military bases as their targets, while the Israeli enemy brazenly declares hospitals as their targets.
• Israel targeted the gatherings of displaced people, even in UNRWA schools, and did not care that they were under the protection of the UN, and it repeatedly targeted them shamelessly.
• Israel continues its brutality, and when it fails in a field battle, it resorts to indiscriminate bombing of civilians in the Gaza Strip.
• The Americans are partners with the Zionists in all their crimes from the first moment. They sent their military experts for management and planning and provided them with thousands of destructive bombs.
• The Americans provided the Zionists with internationally banned weapons, provided them with material support to finance military operations, and sent surveillance drones to give them information.
• US threatened all countries in the region. By threatening them, the Americans wanted to provide the Zionists with sufficient conditions to commit massacres in Gaza without objection from anyone.
• Even with delivery of food and medicine to the Palestinian people in Gaza, nothing enters except after American and Israeli approval.
• America is another arm of international Zionism, to which the American President has boasted and declared his affiliation, and he is acting from that standpoint.
• The US has transformed its bases in the region to be a support for the Zionists, and all its weapons depots, even those in the Arab countries, have been used to support the Israelis.
• Every resolution under the title of a ceasefire in the UN is objected to by the US, who insists on the continuation of killing in Gaza.
• The British, who were the first to establish the Zionist entity from the beginning, is moving today continuously in support of the Zionist enemy.
• We also see some European countries support the Zionists, including France, Italy & Germany, each of which has a dark history and a hideous criminal record.
• When the Zionist lobby influences Western regimes, it compels them to act as if they've abandoned even liberal values. They move recklessly, devoid of any humanitarian principles, a result of jungle-like policies.
• The responsibility is immense upon the Islamic world, and it falls on every Muslim’s responsibility today.
• It is the duty of Muslims today to take a serious, practical and effective stand with a sincere approach to support the Palestinian people.
• Some Arab countries have severed their ties with Western nations because they spoke out against their behaviors or offended a king, prince, or when they act against another Arab or Muslim country [that supports the west]
• Countries that act harshly against any Arab or Muslim country, we see in a state of complete apathy towards the nation’s major issues, such as the oppression of the Palestinian people.
• These countries have reached the point of being preoccupied with dancing, singing, dog competitions, and very trivial things, ignoring the major massacres in Palestine.
⚡️PART 2: Full Speech HIGHLIGHTS of AnsarAllah leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi’s speech:
• We don’t expect any positive role for the Palestinian people from the US and European countries, as they are always in a position of injustice, tyranny, arrogance, and plundering of nations.
• If the US & Europe come from the ends of the earth to cooperate with the oppressive occupier, why doesn't our nation stand by its affiliation and interests with the oppressed Palestinian people?
• The position at the general level, including the Riyadh summit, was a weak position, just statements containing demands, but that was it, it ended after the statement.
• The Resistance Nexus stands at the level of military, media, and popular support and going out in marches, while in some Arab countries even demonstrations have been banned.
• Where is the scholarly voice that issues fatwas on the obligation of jihad in support of the Palestinian people [hinting at Muslim Arab countries]? What justifies this silence, indifference, and even blaming the Palestinian people and their fighters?
• Our dear Yemeni people moved to take the right position at all levels and announced the provision of all possible forms of support to the Palestinian people.
• Our dear people are moving in the right direction to declare war on the Zionist Israeli enemy, activating their missile and drone capabilities to target the Zionist enemy.
• Our people are militarily moving in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea to prevent the movement of Israeli ships and ships associated with Israel, delivering supplies to the Israelis.
• We have submitted a formal request to the countries geographically separating us from occupied Palestine to open land crossings, allowing hundreds of thousands of our people to move to Palestine.
• Our people continue to make financial donations to the Palestinian people despite the very difficult living conditions because we are basically a besieged people and we are still in a state of war.
• Compare our media with the media of Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, and the mercenaries. With the simplest comparison, the vast difference becomes clear in the level of support for the Palestinian cause.
• Our dear people come out every Friday in millions, filling the squares, and the masses roar with their clear stances and chant the cry in the face of the arrogant.
• The issue of Palestine is not a movement related to a specific group of the Yemeni people, but rather an official and popular movement that expresses the will of the people, even in the occupied [Yemeni] provinces.
• If some positions deviate from supporting the Palestinian cause, from mercenaries, they do not reflect the Yemeni people because the issue is clear throughout the country.
• We are doing what we can and we are striving to achieve greater and more severe action against the Zionists.
• In these days, we are working to enhance our military capabilities, utilizing them even in the face of resistance from regional powers against our strikes on the Israeli enemy.
• Sometimes, 4 countries, including Arab nations and military forces, in addition to the enemy entity, attempt to prevent our drones and missiles from reaching their targets.
• Unfortunately, some Arab countries align themselves with the Zionists, deploying their military capabilities to protect it from Yemeni missiles, instead of moving to protect the Palestinian people.
• Our stance is against the Israel, and we have not targeted any other country with it. We were patient with the interceptions carried out by some Arab countries, and we have not targeted them.
• The Americans, the British, and those with them come to our region and our seas and support the Zionists in its crimes, then they denounce the actions of others in the humanitarian position.
PART 3: Full Speech HIGHLIGHTS of AnsarAllah leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi’s speech:
• The oppressive criminal stance is the American-British stance, and the situation has reached a point where some American officials have resigned due to their shame over what America is doing.
• Shame on America, Britain, France, Italy and all countries for standing with the Zionists in its killing of children and women and its very heinous crimes.
• If the Americans want our nation to remain bystanders to the crimes of genocide in Gaza, our people have decided not to yield, kneel, or retreat from their stance to support Palestine.
• Some ignorant and cowardly individuals mocked our people's stance regarding our sea actions, until the Zionists made noise about its impact on their economy.
• Americans and all arms of the Zionist lobby are all screaming & crying about us preventing Israeli ships from passing through the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.
• We don’t target international ships. The target exclusively, in a declared position in the media and through diplomatic communication, is Israeli ships or those linked to Israel.
• We target ships that are either owned by the Israelis, or they own part of them, or go to the ports of occupied Palestine, bringing supplies to the Zionist enemy.
• The American initiative is not a move to protect international navigation in Bab al-Mandab. The greatest danger is the American move that seeks to militarize the Red Sea. They threaten the maritime navigation of all states, and it is for the sake of the Israel.
• The countries bordering the Red Sea must take a clear stance against the American position that violates the rights of these countries and threatens their security and stability.
• I advise all countries that the Americans seek to involve not to entangle themselves, not to sacrifice their interests, and not to jeopardize their maritime security in the service of the Zionists.
• The recent American move will not deter us at all from our firm, principled and moral position that we declared from the beginning alongside the Palestinian people.
• If our stance had no impact, israel wouldn't have cried about it, declared its harm, and even occupied space in the Israeli media to talk about its damages and effects.
• The American move is not new. Since the first day, they have moved their battleships, aircraft carriers, but now they are seeking to involve & implicate others.
• We will not stand idly by if the US has a tendency to escalate further and commit foolishness by targeting our country or waging war against it.
• Any American military action againt our country will be responded by us, and we will make American battleships, interests, and navigation a target for our missiles, drones, and military operations.
⚡️PART 4: Full Speech HIGHLIGHTS of AnsarAllah leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi’s speech:
• We are not those who submit to the American threat of direct war. We have experienced the hardships of the wars waged by the Americans through their proxies in the region.
• The Americans mobilized countries in the region to fight us, mobilized the Takfiri terrorists to exhaust us, and committed the most heinous crimes against our people.
• What we have always desired from day 1, is a direct war between us and the Americans & Israelis, not through their silly proxies.
• The American proxies/agents fight for him to achieve his agenda, and they pay him money not only for weapons but also for political, media, and planning positions.
• We urge Arab countries to let us be in direct war with the Israel & the US. If the Arabs want to be an audience applauding the Americans, let them applaud. If they want to dance on the victims' remains, let them dance, but they should not join the American war against us.
• As long as the Americans want to engage in direct war with us, let them know that we are not among those who fear. We face the entire people, not a specific group.
• If the Americans send their military troops to Yemen, let them know that, by God they will face something harsher than what they faced in Afghanistan and suffered in Vietnam.
• What the US is doing at sea is a failure currently, as he is launching a missile worth 2 million dollars to confront a drone worth 2 thousand dollars.
• We say to the European countries, there is no danger to your ships that do not head towards israel, but when you get involved with the Americans, you are risking your interests in every sense of the word.
• We commend the Malaysian position that banned one of the Zionist companies from its ports and prevented it from practicing any activity in its ports.
• The Mujahideen in Gaza are dealing with the Zionist enemy and killing its soldiers. Perhaps this issue does not receive the media coverage it deserves, but it is an honorable matter that represents hope for victory.
• We say to the Palestinian people and our mujahideen brothers in Gaza, you are not alone. God is with you, and He is the best of helpers. Our Yemeni people are with you in every way they can.
• All the free people of our nation are at your side. The Resistance Nexus is present in important and effective roles. Hezbollah is on a raging front in northern Palestine at your side.
• Our people [Yemeni] will not hesitate or back down from their position as a result of threats, intimidation and pressure.
• Whatever the Americans do against our people, we rely on God and confront the Americans. We prefer a direct war with the Americans and the Zionist enemy.
FULL VIDEO:
https://x.com/AryJeay/status/1737471104367640741
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#Malaysia’s government announced that it was imposing a ban on all Israeli-owned and flagged ships, as well as any vessels headed to "Israel", from docking at its ports.
The announcement by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s office said the ban would take place with immediate effect and was in response to the Israeli crimes against the #Palestinians.
“This sanction is a response to Israel’s actions that disregard the basic humanitarian principles and violate international law through the ongoing massacre and continuous cruelty against the Palestinian people,” the statement read.
#Gaza
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