03/18/24

Permalink Released Detainees From Israeli Prisons Showed Signs of Torture


Permalink Torture, Executions, Babies Left to Die, Sexual Abuse… These Are Israel’s Crimes


Jonathan Cook | Why is the same western media obsessively reheating five-month-old allegations against Hamas so reluctant to focus on Israel’s current, horrifying atrocities? | Hostages tortured to death. Parents executed in front of their children. Doctors beaten. Babies murdered. Sexual assault weaponised. No, not Hamas crimes. This is part of an ever-growing list of documented atrocities committed by Israel in the five months since 7 October – quite separate from the carpet bombing of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza and a famine induced by Israel’s obstruction of aid.  Last week, an investigation by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz disclosed that some 27 Palestinians seized off Gaza’s streets over the past five months are known to have died during interrogations inside Israel. Some were denied medical treatment. But most are likely to have been tortured to death.  Three months ago, a Haaretz editorial warned that Israeli jails “must not become execution facilities for Palestinians”. Israeli TV channels have been excitedly taking viewers on tours of detention centres, showing the appalling conditions Palestinians are kept in, as well as the psychological and physical abuse they are subjected to. An Israeli judge recently called the makeshift cages in which Palestinians are held “unsuitable for humans”.

A Palestinian Boy Was Shot by Israeli Troops in Front of His Father, and Died in His Brother's Arms (Ha'Aretz)
UNICEF: ‘Israel’ Killed more than 13000 Children in Gaza (Alahed News)
Israeli forces raid Gaza al-Shifa hospital, open fire inside complex (PressTV)
New Crime against Health Institutions: “Israel” Raids Al-Shifa Hospital (Alahed News)
Several killed, wounded in IOF raid on al-Shifa hospital (Al Mayadeen)


Permalink EU Pledges Billions of Euros for Egypt

The European Union announced a 7.4 billion euro ($8.1 billion) funding package and an upgraded relationship with Egypt on Sunday. | The agreement lifts the EU's relationship with Egypt to a "strategic partnership" and was unveiled as a delegation of leaders visited Cairo. It is designed to boost cooperation in areas including renewable energy, trade and security, while delivering grants, loans and other funding over the next three years to support Egypt's faltering economy.  The proposed funding includes 5 billion euros in concessional loans and 1.8 billion euros of investments, according to a summary published by the EU. Another 600 million euros would be provided in grants, including 200 million euros for managing migration.  Such deals were "the best way to address migratory flows", said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who travelled to Cairo alongside EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the Greek, Austrian and Belgian prime ministers, and the Cypriot president.

Any forced displacement of Palestinians into Egypt ‘unacceptable,’ Greek premier says (Anadolu)


03/17/24

Permalink Israel steals 16 percent of Gaza's territory for 'buffer zone'

Using bulldozers and controlled demolitions, Israel has destroyed some 1,100 buildings in the zone so far | Israeli forces are destroying farmland and demolishing hundreds of homes as well as schools in Gaza to create an 800-meter buffer zone alongside the border with Israel, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on 16 March.  Palestinians would be barred from the zone, which Israeli officials claim is needed to allow Israelis to return to settlements surrounding Gaza, which were evacuated after the Hamas-led Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on 7 October.  Some 1,200 Israeli soldiers and civilians were killed during the Hamas attack, including many by Israeli forces themselves using helicopters, drones, and tanks. Israeli forces wished to prevent Hamas from taking captives back to Gaza.  The WSJ adds that plans for creating the buffer zone began in the first days of the war and would allow Israeli troops to see and stop anyone approaching the border.

'Israel' eyes private military contractors for bizarre US pier in Gaza (Al Mayadeen)


Permalink Israel continues its bombardment of besieged Gaza


Permalink Gaza situation 'beyond catastrophic' amid new massacres, rising toll

"Beyond catastrophic" is the term many officials and staffers, be they medical or political, are using to describe the situation in Gaza. | The Israeli occupation committed 9 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, killing 92 and injuring 130 in 24 hours only, the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced.  This brings the total number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7 to 31,645, in addition to 73,676 injuries, it added.  It is noteworthy that the numbers only account for martyrs officially registered with the Ministry, and there may be a significant number of martyrs whose bodies have not yet been accounted for or have not reached hospitals, especially since many victims remain under the rubble, presumed dead, as the IOF deliberately prevent ambulances and civil defense crews from reaching them.

Situation in Gaza ‘catastrophic,’ says Doctors Without Borders nurse (Anadolu)
63 Palestinians killed in Gaza in last 24 hours, death toll climbs to 31,553 (Anadolu)
Gaza a 'nightmare' for mothers with no 'normal-sized babies' — UN official (TRT World)
Belgian PM slams Israeli starvation tactics in Gaza as 'inadmissible' (Al Mayadeen)


03/16/24

Permalink “Israeli” Rights Group: Palestinian Detainees Subjected to Systematic Abuse in ‘Israeli’ Jails

Rights group advocates have warned that record numbers of Palestinian detainees are filling “Israeli” detention centers in light of the bloody onslaught on Gaza, stating that the inmates are subjected to “systemic abuse” and torture. 💬 “We are extremely, extremely concerned,” Tal Steiner, the executive director of the so-called “Public Committee Against Torture in ‘Israel’” [PCATI], told AFP news agency.  “What we’re looking at is a crisis,” she said, adding that nine people have reportedly died behind bars since October 7 last year, when the “Israeli” military launched its unrelenting ground and aerial offensives against the besieged Gaza Strip.  “There are almost 10,000 Palestinians in “Israeli” custody right now, ... a 200-percent increase from any normal year,” the activist pointed out, stressing that the situation has deteriorated dramatically since “Israel” waged the war on Gaza.  “We’re seeing really widespread and systemic use of many, many tools in order to inflict torture and ill-treatment on Palestinians.

Iron bars, electric shocks, dogs and cigarette burns: How Palestinians are tortured in Israeli detention (03/12/24)
Israeli soldiers strip Palestinian woman naked in humiliating search (03/08/24)
Torture tactics 'Israel' uses to kill Palestinian prisoners: Report (02/21/24)
‘Torture was severe’: Gaza doctor recounts ordeal in Israeli captivity (02/06/24)


Permalink Expert Says Gaza Seaport is to Facilitate Mass Migration of Palestinians to Europe

The “hidden objective” revealed: A Middle Eastern expert says the “hidden objective” behind the U.S. building a seaport in Gaza is to facilitate the mass migration of Palestinians to Europe. | President Joe Biden announced during his State of the Union speech last week that the U.S. Military would establish an “emergency mission to establish a port in the Gaza Strip” to get humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave. However, according to Hisham Khreisat, a Jordanian military and strategic affairs expert, “the floating port off the shores of Gaza is a humanitarian facade hiding voluntary migration to Europe.”

💬 “This military tactical port will receive Israeli approval because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been seeking this idea since the beginning of the war, aiming for the voluntary displacement of Gazans and their flee to Europe,” Khreisat told Anadolu Agency.

According to the news agency, the port is designed to encourage “voluntary Palestinian migration to Europe and eliminating the role of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, essentially placing Israel in control of all Gaza crossings and ending any Palestinian sovereignty over them.”


Permalink Netanyahu approves plans for military aggression on Rafah despite global warnings

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved plans for a military attack on the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, the last major population center to be subjected to a ground invasion in the regime’s genocidal war on the besieged Palestinian territory. | Netanyahu’s office announced in a statement on Friday that he “approved plans for a military operation in Rafah, and the army is operationally preparing for it and for the evacuation of residents.”  The statement provided no details on the exact time and date of the assault, and rejected the latest ceasefire proposal put forward by the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas as “unrealistic.” The provision of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in the besieged territory and the release of Israeli captives were among the terms of the truce deal, which has several times been discussed in the Egyptian capital of Cairo.  The potential aggression on Rafah comes despite the international community’s warnings against the attack in the southern city, which houses more than 1.4 million Palestinians.


Permalink UK refuses to say if Israeli bomber planes are using its Cyprus base

UK refuses to say if Israeli bomber planes are using its Cyprus base. After anonymous British officials reveal Israeli F-35s bombing Gaza have had access to Britain’s sprawling air base on nearby Cyprus, the UK military refuses to deny the visits, raising further suspicions about complicity in war crimes. | The British government is refusing to divulge any information about whether its bases on Cyprus are being used to facilitate the bombing of Gaza.  Kenny MacAskill, Alba MP for East Lothian, asked the Ministry of Defence (MoD) if any Israeli Air Force F-35s fighter aircraft have landed at Akrotiri, the vast RAF base on Cyprus, since 7 October 2023.  RAF Akrotiri has long been the staging post for British bombing campaigns in the Middle East, and sits 180 miles from Israel’s capital, Tel Aviv. The flight time is 40 minutes. The MoD replied...

💬 “...for operational security reasons and as a matter of policy, the Ministry of Defence does not offer comment or information relating to foreign nations’ military aircraft movements or operations.”

This comes after the Daily Express recently reported “senior sources” telling the newspaper Israeli F-35s had until recently had access to the UK’s Cyprus base. The sources added that Israel had now been told not to land the planes at RAF Akrotiri until its war in Gaza was over.


03/15/24

Permalink She calls out the western hypocrisy


Permalink 'Israel' deliberately kills Palestinians awaiting aid in Gaza, again

The Health Ministry in Gaza says more than 200 Palestinians were killed and injured as a result of the Israeli shelling. | Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported Thursday evening that several Palestinians were martyred and a large number were injured in an Israeli shelling that targeted people awaiting aid near Kuwait Roundabout southeast of Gaza City.  The Health Ministry in Gaza confirmed that more than 200 Palestinians were killed and injured as a result of the Israeli shelling.  The Ministry mentioned that 20 martyrs and 155 injuries had arrived at the al-Shifa Medical Complex, while one martyr and six injuries arrived at Kamal Adwan Hospital.

New Massacre: ‘Israel’ Martyrs Dozens of Palestinians Awaiting Aid! (Alahed News)
“Israel’s” War on Gaza’s Children (Alahed News)


03/14/24

Permalink Nasrallah: Israeli army exhausted, will lose war even if it invades Rafah

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement says the Israeli army, which is waging a genocidal war against the Gaza Strip, is in a state of exhaustion.

💬 "The Israeli army today is tired and exhausted on all fronts," Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised address on Wednesday, adding, "The enemy's senior experts acknowledge the strategic losses."

Israel launched the war against Gaza on October 7 after Al-Aqsa Storm, a surprise operation by the coastal sliver’s resistance groups against the occupied territories that was staged in retaliation for the intensification of Tel Aviv’s decades-long crimes against Palestinians. The regime has so far during the war killed more than 31,300 Gazans, most of them women, children, and adolescents.

💬 "Gaza, which resists, fights, and endures in a scene close to a miracle and astonishing the world, is the culture of the Qur'an, and it is a divine proof for the whole world," Nasrallah said.

So far, during the military onslaught, the Israeli army has officially acknowledged losing around 590 forces and officers as a result of the resistance’s operations. The fatalities include 248, who have been killed in ground battles.

Sayyed Nasrallah: ‘Israel’ Moving towards Defeat, Resistance Fronts to Continue Supporting Gaza (Alahed News)
Gaza Resistance's ambushes inflict heavy losses on IOF in Khan Younis (Al Mayadeen)
Hezbollah Continues Striking Israeli Occupation Sites near Lebanon Border: Videos (Al Manar TV)
Scott Ritter: Israel will LOSE its War as IDF Troops Face Major Defeat in Middle East (VIDEO)
Palestinians defeat Israeli armored vehicles, with Jon Elmer (The Electronic Intifada)(VIDEO)


Permalink Palestine hails China's plea against Israel at International Court of Justice

Palestinian Foreign Minister Al-Maliki meets with Chinese envoy in Ramallah | Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki praised China's plea before the International Court of Justice in February, which deemed Israel as a “foreign oppression occupying Palestine.”  This came during al-Maliki's meeting with China's Foreign Ministry envoy Wang Kejian at the ministry's headquarters in Ramallah, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.  The agency reported that al-Maliki praised “China's continued endeavor in all international forums to support the establishment of the Palestinian state and the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, especially the oral argument that China recently presented in the International Court of Justice.” [...] He also highlighted the importance of a sustainable cease-fire, especially during the holy month of Ramadan, providing international protection for Palestinian civilians, and delivering humanitarian aid securely.

APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP (ORDER OF 26 JANUARY 2024) (.pdf) + APPLICATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS (.pdf)


03/13/24

Permalink Hezbollah Pounds Israeli Barracks with More than 100 Rockets

Hezbollah on Tuesday pounded Israeli sites with more than hundred rockets in response to the Zionist aggression on Bekaa a day earlier. | In a statement, Hezbollah Military Media declared that the Islamic Resistance fighters fired, at 07:00 am on Tuesday, the command headquarters of the air and missile defense in Kela Barracks and the missile and artillery base in Yoav, as well as the surrounding emplacements in the area with over a hundred Katyusha rockets. The statement stressed that the strike was “in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in Gaza and the brave and honorable resistance, and in response to the Israeli assaults against our people, villages, and cities, most recently in the vicinity of Baalbek city which resulted in the martyrdom of a citizen.” Al-Manar correspondent reported that several barrages of rockets were fired from Lebanon at Golan Heights and Galilee Panhandle. The rocket barrages were also reported by activists on social media, with photos and videos being posted. For its part, Israeli media reported that some 100 rockets were fired from Lebanon.

Hezbollah attacks two Israeli bases with 100 rockets (Dawn.com)
Officials’ Remarks about War with Hezbollah Make Israelis Hold Their Breath: Zionist Analysts (Al Manar TV)
Hezbollah rocket attacks trigger Israeli economic collapse (Albawaba.com)


Permalink ‘Disaster of the century’: Iran urges intl. community to stop Israeli genocide, starvation in Gaza

The Iranian foreign minister says the continuation of the Israeli regime’s genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip in the holy fasting month of Ramadan sounds the alarm about the “most unprecedented disaster of the century.” | Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a letter addressed to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the head of the UN Security Council, the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as well as the foreign ministers of Islamic countries and other states across the world.  Pointing to the months-long Israeli war on Gaza, the top Iranian diplomat censured the United Nations Security Council’s inability to stop the brutal aggression on the Palestinian territories and called for “serious measures” to help people in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.  Abdollahian denounced the continued inability of the UNSC to stop the war against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank due to the US's prevention of the council's effective actions through excessive resort to the "right of veto."  He asserted that, 💬 “With the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, it is absolutely necessary for the international community to find practical ways and take serious measures to support the Palestinian people, immediately stop the military attacks against the Gaza Strip and find a way out of the current dire situation.” The Iranian foreign minister also underlined that the Israel regime “deliberately” pursues the policy of the complete destruction of Gaza by imposing a total siege on the Palestinian territory.  Israel began the genocidal war on October 7, 2023, after Hamas-led Palestinian resistance groups carried out Operation al-Aqsa Storm against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

Israeli rabbi calls for genocide of all Palestinians in Gaza (Al Mayadeen)
Israel’s ‘war on children’ kills more children than in four years of worldwide conflict (PressTV)
UNRWA: ‘Israel’s’ War on Gaza Children Kills more Children than in Four years of Worldwide Conflict (Alahed News)
IOF assaulted and humiliated Gaza medics after hospital raid: BBC (Al Mayadeen)
In 157 days, 'Israel' detained 7,530 Palestinians in West Bank (Al Mayadeen)
“Shocking” Israeli violence in occupied West Bank (Ali Karbalaei)
War on Gaza: The Discovery of a Mass Grave (02/10/24)
UNICEF: “Number of children killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, reaches unprecedented levels”


Permalink Israeli teacher faces repression for speaking out against Israel's war on Gaza

Meir Baruchin, a senior history and civics teacher, dismissed from his job due to his social media posts related to Palestinians | An Israeli teacher said that since Israel has waged a military offensive on the Gaza Strip following an Oct. 7 cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas, the Israeli society has been increasingly pushed to the far right and that there has been a growing crackdown on those speaking out against the persecution faced by Palestinians.  In the aftermath of Oct. 7, Israeli law enforcement and judiciary have detained dozens of Palestinians and issued detention orders against them due to their social media posts. The pressure exerted by the Israeli police on social media is not limited to Palestinians alone.  In an interview with Anadolu, Meir Baruchin, a senior history and civics teacher who was dismissed from his job due to his social media posts related to Palestinians, shared his legal struggle against the Israeli authorities and the pressures he faced.

Israeli teacher who was locked up and persecuted for opposing war on Gaza speaks up (02/11/24)


03/12/24

Permalink 9 killed, 20 injured as Israeli warplanes drop bombs on Palestinians waiting for aid in Gaza

Israeli army targeted Palestinians waiting for aid trucks near Kuwait roundabout south of Gaza City, spokesperson for civil defense unit tells Anadolu | At least nine people were killed and more than 20 others injured when the Israeli army dropped bombs and opened fire on Palestinians waiting for aid trucks in the Gaza Strip at dawn on Tuesday, the Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported. The injured people have been transferred to the Al-Shifa Hospital. Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson for the enclave's civil defense unit, told Anadolu that the Israeli army targeted Palestinians waiting for aid trucks near the Kuwait roundabout south of Gaza City. Israeli warplanes were also reported to have bombed a house in a neighborhood of Rafah city in southern Gaza Strip, resulting in injuries.

Live blog: Palestinian death toll in Israel food line bombing rises to nine (TRT World)
Gaza bloodbath: Reflecting on some of the unforgettable crimes by Israel (TRT World)


Permalink Iron bars, electric shocks, dogs and cigarette burns: How Palestinians are tortured in Israeli detention

Ahmed Aziz, Lubna Masarwa and Simon Hooper | Men detained by Israeli forces since the start of the war are returning to Gaza with harrowing accounts of mock executions, constant beatings and humiliating mistreatment | Palestinian men detained by Israeli forces since the start of the war in Gaza have told Middle East Eye how they were physically tortured with dogs and electricity, subjected to mock executions, and held in humiliating and degrading conditions.  In testimonies to MEE, one man, who was taken by Israeli forces from a school in Gaza where he had sought refuge with his family, described how he had been handcuffed, blindfolded, and detained in a metal cage for 42 days. During interrogations, he said he had been given electric shocks, as well as scratched and bitten by army dogs.  Other men also described being electrocuted, attacked by dogs, doused with cold water, denied food and water, deprived of sleep, and subjected to constant loud music. “They did not spare anyone. There were 14-year-old boys and 80-year-old men,” said one of the men, Moaz Muhammad Khamis Miqdad, who was taken prisoner in Gaza City in December and held for more than 30 days. As well as three men taken prisoner in Gaza, MEE spoke to a man detained in a raid in the West Bank city of Qalqilya who said he had been blindfolded, stripped naked, and hung by his arms during interrogations in which he was repeatedly beaten and burnt with cigarettes. He also described being held for days in freezing conditions in which he was not allowed to sleep and of a soldier urinating in a bottle and handing it to him after he had requested water. All four men described being forced to strip naked and being constantly beaten and abused by Israeli soldiers during their weeks-long detentions.

UNRWA staffers tortured by Israeli troops to falsely admit ‘Hamas links’ (MR Online)


Permalink Iraqi Resistance Hits “Israel’s” Ben Gurion Airport with Drone

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has struck the “Israeli” entity’s main airport in continued support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who are enduring a genocidal US-backed “Israeli” aggression. | The Iraqi umbrella group of anti-terror groups made the announcement in a statement on Monday.

💬 “The fighters of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, this evening, Monday, 11-3-2024, targeted Ben Gurion Airport deep within the usurping entity by drone,” the statement read.

The resistance accompanied the statement with footage of the operation, which saw the aircraft releasing a projectile upon reaching above its designated target. So far during the military onslaught, the entity has martyred more than 31112 Gazans, most of them women, children, and adolescents. Completing the statement, the Iraqi resistance said by targeting the “Israeli” airport, it had...

💬 “...affirmed that we will continue to strike enemy strongholds, in completion of the second phase of operations to confront the occupation and support our people in Gaza, and in response to the Zionist massacres against unarmed Palestinian civilians.”

Earlier this month, the coalition announced targeting the Haifa Airport in the northern part of the occupied territories in yet another pro-Palestinian operation.


Permalink The United Kingdom: Zionism's covert nerve center

Kit Klarenberg | Britain's century-long commitment to Zionism and collaboration with Israel today plays a frequently overlooked role in perpetuating the oppression and genocide against Palestinians. | On 9 February, British Defense Minister James Heappey informed parliament that Israeli military operatives are “currently … posted in the UK,” both within Tel Aviv’s diplomatic mission “and as participants in UK defense-led training courses.” This hitherto unacknowledged arrangement amply demonstrates how, despite recent calls from officials in London for Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to exercise restraint in its genocide of Gaza – if not institute a ceasefire – the UK remains international Zionism’s covert nerve center.  Mere days earlier, Heappey likewise admitted that nine Israeli military aircraft landed in Britain since Operation Al Aqsa Flood on 7 October last year. Investigations by independent investigative website Declassified UK show that Royal Air Force aircraft have flown to and from Israel in the same period, along with 65 spy plane missions launched from the UK’s vast, little-known military and intelligence base in Cyprus.  The purpose of those flights and who and/or what they carried are a state secret. Freedom of Information requests have been denied, Britain's Ministry of Defense has refused to comment, and local media is by and large silent.  Nonetheless, in July 2023, British ministers admitted that the UK's training of Israeli military personnel includes battlefield medical assistance, “organizational design and concepts,” and “defense education.” It is unknown if that “education” has in any way informed the slaughter of more than 30,000 Palestinians since 7 October.

UK refuses to disclose what Israeli military planes landing in Britain have onboard (Declassified UK)


03/11/24

Permalink In 157 days only: 31,112 killed, over 72,760 wounded in Gaza

The Israeli occupation commits seven massacres within 24 hours across the Strip, killing 67 Palestinians and wounding 106. | The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reported on Monday that 31,112 Palestinians were killed and 72,760 were wounded by the Israeli occupation as the genocide in Gaza enters its 157th day.  The Ministry pointed out that 72% of the martyrs are women and children. It detailed that "Israel" carried out seven massacres, killing 67 Palestinians and injuring 106 others in 24 hours only. It further noted that numerous Palestinians are still trapped under the rubble, with the Israeli military obstructing medical and civil defense teams from accessing bombed sites to rescue survivors or retrieve bodies buried beneath the debris. Two children died from malnutrition and due to the lack of medical supplies at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. This brings the total number of Palestinians, predominantly children, killed so far as a result of "Israel's" tactic of deliberate starvation to 27. Concurrently, 16 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli occupation bombing of a house near al-Farouq Mosque in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Life in the West Bank post October 7: Al Mayadeen Exclusive


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