Israel

Israel seizes more Syria territory after rebel takeover, citing potential security threats

Spread the love

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241209-israel-seizes-more-syria-territory-after-rebel-takeover-citing-potential-security-threats

The Israeli army reinforces its ground forces as military mobility continues in Golan Heights, Israel on December 9, 2024 [Mostafa Alkharouf – Anadolu Agency]

Israel has seized more Syrian territory close to the occupied Golan Heights following the collapse of the Assad regime, citing potential threats Tel Aviv may face from the former rebels.

On Sunday, Syrian rebels conquered the capital, Damascus, concluding a rapid new offensive which saw the Syrian opposition capture numerous towns and major cities from Bashar Al-Assad’s regime, effectively ending almost 14 years of civil war and over five decades of the Assad dynasty’s rule.

Amid mixed messages and reactions from much of the international community, Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated in a video that the collapse of the Assad regime and “the tyranny in Damascus” was a “historic day in the Middle East” which “offers great opportunity”, but claimed that it is also “fraught with significant dangers”.

Emphasising that the 1974 disengagement agreement with Syria over Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights had “collapsed” due to the rebel takeover of the country, Netanyahu announced the Israeli military’s entering of the buffer zone and seizure of “commanding positions nearby”, calling the move a “temporary defensive position until a suitable arrangement is found”.

Warning that Tel Aviv “will not allow any hostile force to establish itself on our border”, Netanyahu claimed that “if we can establish neighbourly relations and peaceful relations with the new forces emerging in Syria, that’s our desire. But if we do not, we will do whatever it takes to defend the State of Israel and the border of Israel.”

Israel army chief declares Syria a fourth ‘fighting front’

This work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Continue ReadingIsrael seizes more Syria territory after rebel takeover, citing potential security threats

‘A Critical Situation’: Gaza Doctor Warns of Catastrophe as Israel Assails Hospital

Spread the love

Original article by Jake Johnson republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).

A victim of an Israeli attack receives treatment inside Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza on December 6, 2024. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

“We have called on the world to protect both the healthcare system and its workers, yet we have not received any response from anyone globally,” said the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital.

The director of one of the few partially functioning hospitals in northern Gaza said Sunday that Israeli attacks have put the facility’s remaining patients—including more than a dozen children—in grave danger and pleaded with the international community to intervene.

“Following the recent attack on Kamal Adwan Hospital, which involved over 100 shells and bombs indiscriminately targeting the facility, the damage has been severe,” Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the hospital’s director, said in a statement. “As of now, one of the hospital buildings remains without electricity, oxygen, or water. The shelling continues to occur randomly in the vicinity, preventing us from conducting repairs on the oxygen, electricity, and water networks.”

Abu Safiya said the overwhelmed and under-resourced hospital is currently treating 112 wounded patients, including six people in intensive care and 14 children.

“This is a critical situation,” he said Sunday morning. “The bombardment and gunfire have not ceased; planes are dropping bombs around the clock. We are uncertain of what lies ahead and what the army wants from the hospital.”

“We have called on the world to protect both the healthcare system and its workers, yet we have not received any response from anyone globally,” Abu Safiya added. “This represents a humanitarian catastrophe unfolding against the healthcare workers and patients. Unfortunately, there seems to be no effort to halt this relentless assault on Kamal Adwan Hospital and the broader health system.”

The hospital director’s statement came after Israeli attacks near the facility killed scores of people on Friday. Photos taken from the scene showed bodies on the ground amid building ruins.

(Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

A day earlier, an Israeli airstrike on the Kamal Adwan Hospital compound killed a 16-year-old boy in a wheelchair and wounded a dozen others, The Associated Press reported.

According to Drop Site, the boy “was struck as he entered the X-ray department.”

https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/1865299454271889830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1865299454271889830%7Ctwgr%5E08ef4081f5d259b4ddb713ce7acb5b6ac05e2b0b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commondreams.org%2Fnews%2Fkamal-adwan-hospital

Sorry, this content could not be embedded.
X

Northern Gaza has been under intense Israeli assault for two months, and the humanitarian situation there and across the Palestinian enclave is worse than ever, according to U.N. agencies and aid organizations.

“The catastrophe in Gaza is nothing short of a complete breakdown of our common humanity,” said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. “The nightmare must stop. We cannot continue to look away.”

Abu Safiya said Sunday that his hospital is facing outages of electricity and water amid Israel’s incessant attacks.

“We urgently appeal to the international community for assistance,” he said. “The situation is extremely dangerous.”

Original article by Jake Johnson republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).

Continue Reading‘A Critical Situation’: Gaza Doctor Warns of Catastrophe as Israel Assails Hospital

Doctors tell Starmer to end Britain’s complicity in Israel’s war crimes

Spread the love

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/doctors-tell-starmer-to-end-britain-complicity-in-israel-war-crimes

Palestinian girls struggle as they get donated food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, December 6, 2024

MORE than 800 child health professionals have demanded Sir Keir Starmer put an end to Britain’s complicity in Israel’s war crimes.

In an open letter, paediatricians, doctors and academics called on the Prime Minister to end all arms export licences to Israel and impose immediate sanctions until it complies with international law.

“We continue to hear first-hand accounts, from British healthcare professionals, of the war crimes being committed by the Israeli Defence Forces, and the catastrophic health crisis affecting both the physical and mental health of children and their families,” the letter reads.

“As British citizens, how can we live to tell the tale to our children and grandchildren that we just watched innocent lives being lost?”

…

According to Oxfam, more women and children have been killed in Gaza by the Israeli military over the past year than in any other conflict over the past two decades.

Israel’s bombing has targeted schools, hospitals and so-called “safe zones.”

…

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/doctors-tell-starmer-to-end-britain-complicity-in-israel-war-crimes

UK Foreign Minister David Lammy confirms that UK government and military are active participants in Israel’s genocides and that the F-35 parts that they suspended from supplying to Israel are instead simply diverted via the United States. He says see https://youtu.be/QILgUHrdWRE
UK Foreign Minister David Lammy confirms that UK government and military are active participants in Israel’s genocides and that the F-35 parts that they suspended from supplying to Israel are instead simply diverted via the United States. He says see https://youtu.be/QILgUHrdWRE
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
Continue ReadingDoctors tell Starmer to end Britain’s complicity in Israel’s war crimes

Israel’s secret weapons supplies from Britain via America revealed

Spread the love

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

UK Foreign Minister David Lammy confirms that UK government and military are active participants in Israel’s genocides and that the F-35 parts that they suspended from supplying to Israel are instead simply diverted via the United States. He says see https://youtu.be/QILgUHrdWRE

UK Foreign Minister David Lammy confirms that UK government and military are active participants in Israel’s genocides and that the F-35 parts that they suspended from supplying to Israel are instead simply diverted via the United States. He says see https://youtu.be/QILgUHrdWRE

Continue ReadingIsrael’s secret weapons supplies from Britain via America revealed

Israel has violated Lebanon ceasefire on 129 occasions

Spread the love

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

This work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Continue ReadingIsrael has violated Lebanon ceasefire on 129 occasions