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  • Israel drops proposal for 7 October inquiry commission

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    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241212-israel-drops-proposal-for-7- -inquiry-commission

    This picture shows a general view of the Israeli Knesset (parliament) during a meeting, in Jerusalem on 30 June, 2022 [MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images]

    The Israeli government coalition dropped a proposal in the Knesset yesterday to form a National Commission of Inquiry into the failures of 7 October, 2023. Fifty-one members of the parliament voted against the proposal, with 43 in favour, said Israel Hayom.

    Officials in Tel Aviv believe that what happened on 7 October — the Hamas-led cross-border incursion which led to the killing of 1,200 Israelis, many at the hands of the Israel Defence Forces — to be the biggest intelligence and military failure in the occupation state’s history, damaging the image of Israel and its army.

    Some of the hostages taken by Hamas on 7 October are still being held in Gaza, and are at the centre of on/off negotiations for a ceasefire in the genocide launched by Israel since that date. At least 45,000 Palestinians have been killed, mainly women and children, and a further 106,000 have been wounded. An estimated 11,000 are missing, presumed dead, under the rubble of their homes and other civilian infrastructure destroyed by Israel in what amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

    Hamas said at the time that it had attacked military bases and settlements adjacent to Gaza in response to “the daily crimes committed by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people and their sanctities, especially Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

    UN official: genocide in Gaza occurring amid international indifference

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  • Israel has violated Lebanon ceasefire on 129 occasions

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    This article was originally posted 6/12/24 but was deleted probably by mistake.

    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241205-israel-has-violated-lebanon-ceasefire-on-129-occasions

    A large number of tanks belonging to the Israeli army were are deployed near the Israeli border on December 4, 2024. [Mostafa Alkharouf – Anadolu Agency]

    The Israeli army continues to violate the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah in Lebanon, with 12 new violations on Wednesday, bringing the total to 129 since the agreement began a week ago, according to data from the National News Agency.

    Local sources reported today that occupation army bulldozers constructed earth barriers on the road between Shebaa and Birkat Al-Naqqar, protected by Merkava tanks, with the aim of preventing the Lebanese army from reaching a previously-occupied position. This move comes a day after the Lebanese army redeployed to three locations on the western edge of the town of Shebaa, after withdrawing from this area about two months ago towards the Janam axis north of the town. As part of its escalation, the Israeli army today blew up houses in the Al-Harsh area in the town of Yaroun, in Bint Jbeil District.

    Moreover, Lebanese civil defence teams in Naqoura were subjected to Israeli artillery shelling this afternoon while they were working to remove the rubble and search for victims of earlier bombing, according to the official Lebanese News Agency, which explained that Israeli forces detonated a booby-trapped drone near the teams, which prompted them to withdraw.

    In a new statement, the Israeli army announced today that it has imposed a ban on the residents of 62 villages in southern Lebanon returning to their homes or moving south from a line that passes around these villages, in a move that constitutes a clear violation of international law and the right of civilians to return to their homes.

    This comes amid Lebanese reports indicating a possible visit to Beirut by US envoy Amos Hochstein, who played a pivotal mediation role to follow up on the launch of the five-party ceasefire monitoring mechanism. Such a visit would come after warnings that delaying the activation of the mechanism may give Israel an opportunity to achieve what it did not achieve during the war.

    The Lebanese army announced today that its units will carry out operations between 10:00am and 4:00pm to detonate unexploded ordnance left over from the Israeli invasion. The army statement indicated that the explosions will take place in the Qlaila-Tyre and Arnoun-Nabatieh fields, in addition to the Shabriha-Tyre area and the outskirts of Ras Baalbek.

    READ: Lebanon Prime Minister meets France military delegation in ceasefire oversight committee

    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241205-israel-has-violated-lebanon-ceasefire-on-129-occasions

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  • Ceasefire between Hezbollah and and Israel continues to weaken

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/ceasefire-between-hezbollah-and-and-israel-continues-weaken

    Israeli soldiers patrol the perimeter of the agricultural settlement of Avivim, next to the Lebanese border in upper Galilee, Israel, December 2, 2024

    IF ISRAEL’S ceasefire with Hezbollah collapses, the country’s military will widen its strikes and target the Lebanese state itself, Defence Minister Israel Katz warned today.

    He was speaking after Hezbollah and other observers alleged that Israel had been responsible for multiple violations of the 60-day truce.

    The day before, Tel Aviv’s military carried out a wave of air strikes that killed nearly a dozen people after Hezbollah had fired a volley of projectiles as a warning to Israel to stop violating the ceasefire.

    Speaking to troops on his country’s northern border today, Mr Katz said that any violations of the agreement would be met with “a maximum response and zero tolerance.”

    He also warned that Israel would widen its strikes beyond the areas where Hezbollah activities are concentrated.

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/ceasefire-between-hezbollah-and-and-israel-continues-weaken

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    Airstrikes kill 9, wound others in S Lebanon as Israel violates ceasefire

  • At least 150,000 protesters rally in London to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to arms sales to Israel

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/we-gather-at-the-gravest-of-times Many articles from the Morning Star today

    People take part in a Palestine Solidarity Campaign rally in central London, November 30, 2024

    ‘We gather at the gravest of times’

    AT LEAST 150,000 Palestine solidarity protesters took to the streets of central London on Saturday to repeat their call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to arms sales to Israel.

    This was the 22nd national protest organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), CND, the Stop the War Coalition, the Muslim Association of Britain, Friends of Al Aqsa and the Palestine Forum in Britain.

    Israel invaded Gaza after Hamas staged an attack on October 7 2023, during which 1,139 people were killed and about 250 taken hostage.

    Israel’s invasion has now killed over 44,000 people, more than half of them women and children, with aid groups warning that the death toll is likely to be far higher.

    The war has destroyed vast areas of Gaza and displaced around 90 per cent of the population of 2.3 million, often multiple times.

    Opening the rally outside Downing Street, PSC chair Louise Regan reminded protesters that “we gather at the gravest of times,” as the death toll in Gaza continued to rise with women and children making up the majority of those killed.

    “British complicity and its refusal to end all arms sales to the Israelis is a disgrace.”

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    Ambassador Zomlot welcomed the International Criminal Court arrest warrants issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief Yoav Gallant.

    “These war criminals must be arrested. Their place is behind bars. Arrest them!”

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/we-gather-at-the-gravest-of-times Many articles from the Morning Star today

    Experiencing issues with this image not appearing. I suspect because it's so critical of Zionist Keir Starmer's support of and complicity in Israel's genocides.
    Genocide denier and Current UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is quoted that he supports Zionism without qualification. He also confirms that UK air force support has been essential in Israel’s mass-murdering genocide. Includes URLs https://www.declassifieduk.org/keir-starmers-100-spy-flights-over-gaza-in-support-of-israel/ and https://youtu.be/O74hZCKKdpA
    UK Labour Party Shadow Foreign Secretary repeatedly heckled at a speech to the Fabian Society over his and the Labour Party's support for and complicity in Israel's genocide of Gaza.
    UK Labour Party Shadow Foreign Secretary repeatedly heckled at a speech to the Fabian Society over his and the Labour Party’s support for and complicity in Israel’s genocide of Gaza.