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Special reports: December: Seeing Gaza from Berlin & Redrawing the map & 'Entire days-without food' & Netanyahu, the ICC and the new world disorder Previous report: Who accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza? & Gazans displaced by war now face a new threat: winter   & There are no <humanitarian zones> or <evacuation orders> in Gaza   & Rooted in this land until death   Overview special reports

November 28 - 24 and earler stories, 2024 Is Netanyahu immune from ICC arrest warrant-NO!   TRIBUTES TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN

Shireen Abu Akleh In commemoration of Shireen Abu Akleh, the 'voice of Al Jazeera' killed while revealing the true face of israel Updated: December 6, 2024: Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war   Click here for earlier stories/news

December 14 - 12, 2024 Food for thought The evil in people are not caused by its enemies but by their own ghosts. That's why the zionists can't forget nor forgive because they are unforgiving about themselves when thinking they can get away with everything. Gino d'Artali Read more and decide for yourself

December 12 - 11, 2024 Food for thought Algeria's deputy UN ambassador Nacim Gaouaoui addressed the world's inability to stop the war in Gaza: "The price of silence and failure in the face of the Palestinian tragedy is a very heavy price, and it will be heavier tomorrow." and "An Arabic proverb says, 'I was devoured the day the white bull was eaten'". Gino d'Artali Read more and decide for yourself

December 10 - 7, 2024 Food for thought: 'The next one' as seen by an Iranian activist cartoonnist and yes, with the fall of assad it most likely is a matter of time before the next ones, netanyahu, khamenei, erdogan and others, will follow. Gino d'Artali Read more and decide for yourself

 When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.


No food means death
Jinha - Womens News Agency - Dec 12, 2024
<<Death toll in Gaza keeps rising
Since Thursday morning, 35 civilians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes that targeted various areas in the Gaza Strip. The number of children admitted for treatment has increased to more than 4,000 per month since July, according to the UN.
News Center- Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli army has attacked the Gaza Strip, targeting women and children. 13 civilians were killed and others were injured in the Israeli airstrikes targeting citizens providing aid in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Thursday. Seven civilians, including children and women, were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential building near the Abd al-Aal intersection on al-Jalaa Street in the Gaza Strip, the news agency added. 15 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike targeting a house belonging to the al-Louh family in the west of the al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The number of children admitted for treatment has increased to more than 4,000 per month since July, the UN said on Tuesday.
"So far in the fourth quarter of 2024, they have completed just over 151,000 such screenings - out of 346,000 children under five in Gaza. Since July, the number of children admitted for treatment has increased to more than 4,000 per month." >>
Source: https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/death-toll-in-gaza-keeps-rising-36157

Al Jazeera - Dec 14, 2024 - By Simon Speakman Cordall
<<Jenin Brigades commander killed as PA forces raid occupied West Bank camp
Coalition of armed groups in occupied Palestinian territory condemns killing of Yazid Ja’ayseh as ‘serious violation’.
Fighting has erupted in the Jenin refugee camp between Palestinian security forces and the Jenin Brigades, leaving a commander from the occupied West Bank armed group dead and several other people injured. The fighting at dawn came five days after Palestinian Authority (PA) forces surrounded the camp and is, according to PA spokesperson Brigadier General Anwar Rajab, the penultimate stage of “Operation Protect the Homeland”. Rajab said Operation Protect the Homeland was launched to “eradicate sedition and chaos” in the West Bank. Sources told Al Jazeera that PA forces also surrounded the Jenin Government Hospital, searched ambulances, and stormed Ibn Sina Hospital.
Rajab neither confirmed nor denied the death of a Jenin Brigades commander.
However, sources confirmed to our colleagues from Al Jazeera Arabic that commander Yazid Ja’ayseh had been killed, according to the alliance of armed Palestinian groups, the Popular Resistance Committees. PA forces reportedly prevented residents from bidding farewell to Ja’ayseh, with claims that his body was being withheld.
Criticism of the PA
The Popular Resistance Committees condemned Ja’ayseh’s killing as “a serious violation of all national norms and traditions” that is “in line with the Zionist agenda that aims to eliminate the resistance in the West Bank”. In a separate statement, Hamas described Ja’ayseh as a “martyr leader” and condemned his killing as “shameful” adding that it would “fuel internal disputes”. The PA has partial administrative authority in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967. Jenin and its adjacent refugee camp are a stronghold for armed factions, including the Jenin Brigades, who are seen as a more effective resistance to the Israeli occupation, in contrast with the PA which coordinates security matters with Israel. Tensions have further escalated in the occupied territory after the PA arrested several armed fighters earlier this month. On Thursday, the PA also admitted that its forces were responsible for the death of a 19-year-old Palestinian man during clashes with fighters in Jenin. The security forces had initially claimed Rahbi Shalabi was beaten to death by “lawbreakers”, but later admitted “full responsibility” for his death. After the clashes that killed Shalabi and wounded a 16-year-old relative of his, Hamas condemned the PA security forces, which is dominated by its political rival Fatah.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA:
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/14/jenin-brigades-commander-killed-as-pa-forces-raid-occupied-west-bank-camp

Al Jazeera - Dec 14, 2024 - By Simon Speakman Cordall
<<Could Israel’s Netanyahu be about to agree to a Gaza ceasefire?
Rumours that Israeli prime minister may finally put his name to an agreement with Hamas abound, but why now?
Indications that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be ready to agree to end the assault on Gaza that has killed 44,800 people – with thousands more lost under the rubble and presumed dead – could raise hopes of an end to the war. After meeting with Netanyahu this week, United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said he “got the sense” Netanyahu was “ready to do a deal”. Until now, Netanyahu has been seen as blocking any chances of a ceasefire. In September, Netanyahu’s 11th-hour objections sank a ceasefire deal that was reportedly near being signed. Documents he used to justify his decision to continue bombing Gaza were later found by Israeli authorities to have been forged. Since then, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for both men for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza since the war began in October 2023. On Wednesday, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and expressing support for the work of UNRWA (UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees), which Israel banned from operating in Israel and the Palestinian territory.
What would a ceasefire mean for people in Gaza?
Everything, particularly for those in the north.
Rumours that a ceasefire agreement may be close are near-constant among those trapped in the enclave, desperate for an end to the bombardment.
“In the last week, there have been two, maybe three occasions where the community around us erupted in cheers and whistling and applause because of rumours that there has been an agreed ceasefire,” Louise Waterbridge, senior emergency officer at the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), told Al Jazeera. The north of Gaza remains under total Israeli siege, with 65,000 to 75,000 Palestinians trapped behind the siege lines, the UN estimates, as the Israeli military has prevented aid from reaching them. Israeli forces have essentially cut off the northern part of Gaza from the south. Aid organisations have long warned of famine in Gaza, and many believe that it has already taken hold in north Gaza.
Is Netanyahu bending to international pressure?
It’s unlikely.
Israel increasingly sees itself as “defiant” of the international community as it continues to launch attacks on Syria, effectively annexed areas of southern Lebanon and additional areas of the occupied Golan Heights in Syria. Just before the UNGA vote this week, Israel dismissed UN objections to its invasion of Syrian territory, saying its actions are necessary to “secure” its borders from the buffer zone that has been there, policed by the UN, since 1974. Israel has also shelled UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, refused UN demands to withdraw from Palestine’s occupied territory and claims that any criticism of its actions is anti-Semitic, including the legal process against it in the ICC and the genocide case brought against it by South Africa in the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
So, why would Netanyahu agree to a ceasefire deal now?
Because now is a politically opportune time for him, observers say.
Until now, Netanyahu has refused a ceasefire, instead claiming to be waiting for an ill-defined “absolute victory”, a promise dismissed as “gibberish” in August by Gallant. However, with the fall of the Syrian regime, which was backed by Iran, Netanyahu may see an opportunity. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, Netanyahu hailed the collapse of what he described as regional nemesis Iran’s “axis of evil” following the fall of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, saying: “The absolute victory they mocked is at hand.”
What is Hamas’s position?
In the most recent negotiations in Egypt, Hamas has reportedly agreed that Israeli troops can remain within Gaza. It had previously said complete withdrawal is a non-negotiable part of any ceasefire deal. According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, Hamas has now accepted that Israeli troops can stay in Gaza “temporarily”. They would remain in their existing fortified positions along the Philadelphi Corridor – controlling access between Egypt and Gaza – and the Netzarim Corridor, which splits north Gaza from south, during a 60-day “pause” in the fighting. The newspaper also reported that under the prospective deal, Hamas would release 30 vulnerable captives from Israel named on a list it has provided to Egyptian authorities. In return, Israel would free Palestinian prisoners and allow for an increased flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Humanitarian agencies have repeatedly said Israel is blocking aid from entering Gaza, something Israel denies.
Has Netanyahu prolonged the war on Gaza for his own ends?
Almost everyone thinks so.
The families of the Israeli captives being held in Gaza, Netanyahu’s domestic and international allies, and many of his political opponents, have all accused Netanyahu of prolonging the war in Gaza to avoid accountability. Like the corruption charges that Netanyahu is facing in court in Tel Aviv, as well as any investigation into his alleged failings during the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, during which 1,139 people died and about 250 were taken captive. In June, as US ceasefire proposals floundered, even his principal ally, US President Joe Biden, accused Netanyahu of prolonging the war on Gaza for political reasons. Both former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and one of Netanyahu’s principal allies, Benny Gantz, accused Netanyahu of the same.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA:
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/12/14/could-israels-netanyahu-be-about-to-agree-to-a-gaza-ceasefire

Al Jazeera - Dec 14 2024
<<Israel bombards hospital, school in Gaza, a day after Nuseirat massacre
Israel has killed dozens over past day as it continues to bomb and burn homes in northern Gaza and strikes Khan Younis.
Nuseirat massacre aftermath Israel is still attacking schools, medical targets and homes across the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring several people just one day after dozens were massacred in a strike on Nuseirat camp. Dawn raids on Saturday killed four members of the Saadallah family in their home in Jabalia. Israel also killed two people in a school northeast of Gaza City and one person sheltering in a tent south of Khan Younis, Palestinian news agency Wafa said. Later on Saturday, the military targeted a group of civilians at the Jalaa Junction northwest of Gaza City, killing one woman and injuring several others.
'Constant attack'
The attacks took place just one day after Israel killed at least 36 people, most from the al-Sheikh Ali family in the Nuseirat refugee camp, leading to widespread condemnation. In northern Gaza, which has been under an even tighter siege over the past two months, Israeli forces blew up buildings and burned dozens of homes in and around Beit Lahiya while firing at Kamal Adwan Hospital, according to Wafa. Reporting from Deir el-Balah, Al Jazeera's Tareq Abu Azzoum mentioned stepped-up overnight attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital, near Beit Lahiya, the previous day, which saw medical staff injured and an ambulance set ablaze. The Israeli military, he said, was trying to take ambulances out of service. "At the same time, they are trying to exert more pressure on medical teams who are still trapped in Kamal Adwan Hospital," he said. The director of the hospital's intensive care unit was killed in a drone strike last month.
Ethnic cleansing?
Abu Azzoum also said Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoon in the north of the Strip were "under constant attack by the Israeli ground forces, which [have continued] operations for more than 17 days so far". Israel has imposed a total siege on several neighbourhoods in northern Gaza, prompting accusations that it is pushing to permanently displace Palestinians and ethnically cleanse the area. Muhannad Hadi, United Nations humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, decried in a statement on Friday the "rapidly deteriorating security and humanitarian situation" in Gaza. "In recent days, multiple strikes across the Gaza Strip have resulted in scores of reported fatalities and numerous injuries," he said.
"Women and children continue to be among the casualties. Such incidents are further reminders of the unbearable human cost of the conflict.">>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/14/israel-bombards-hospital-school-in-gaza-one-day-after-nuseirat-massacre

Al Jazeera - Dec 13 2024
<<More than 30 Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike on Nuseirat
Over 30 Palestinians, including women and children were killed in an Israeli airstrikes on a residential block in Nuseirat refugee camp. Israel claims the strike targeted a senior member of Islamic Jihad, and accuses the group of using human shields.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/12/13/more-than-30-palestinians-killed-in-an-israeli-strike-on-nuseirat

Al Jazeera - Dec 13 2024 - In Pictures - Gallery
<<Dozens killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp
A post office sheltering displaced Palestinian families has been hit in Nuseirat, as well as nearby houses, according to a medic.
More than 30 Palestinians have been killed and 50 others injured in an Israeli air attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Medics told the Reuters news agency that a post office sheltering displaced Palestinian families was hit, as well as nearby houses. Photographs from the scene show young children coated with dust and blood in the rubble of a collapsed building. Nuseirat is one of the Gaza Strip's eight historical refugee camps established in 1948 after the forced expulsion of Palestinians from nearby areas, often called the Nakba or "catastrophe".>>
Photos: https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/12/13/dozens-killed-in-israeli-air-strike-on-gazas-nuseirat-refugee-camp

Al Jazeera - Dec 13 2024 - by Al Jazeera staff
<<Palestinians decry ‘barbaric’ Israel strike on Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp
More than 30 people, many members of same family, were killed in the Israeli strike on a Palestinian shelter.
Palestinian authorities have said that at least 33 people were killed in an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, as Israel continues to conduct devastating attacks across the strip. The Government Media Office in Gaza called the Thursday attack a "barbaric and heinous massacre", noting that most of those killed hailed from the al-Sheikh Ali family. "The [Israeli] occupation army knew that this is a residential block with many apartment buildings housing dozens of civilians, children, women and displaced people," the office said. Medics told the news agency Reuters that Israeli fire struck a postal office in Nuseirat sheltering displaced Palestinian families, as well as nearby houses. Photographs from the scene show young children coated with dust and blood in the rubble of a collapsed building. Reuters reported that about 50 people were wounded in the deadly strike, in addition to the 30 or more dead. In Gaza, it is not uncommon for aerial attacks to kill numerous members of the same family, as Israel's war continues into a second year. As of October 2024, the one-year anniversary of the war, Israeli strikes had completely wiped out at least 902 entire families in the Strip, according to the Government Media Office in Gaza. Throughout the war, facilities and buildings sheltering displaced families have been attacked by Israeli forces, who often claim, with little evidence, that they are being used as operation centres for the Palestinian armed group Hamas. Israeli authorities have yet to comment on Thursday's strike in Nuseirat. Health facilities, journalists, and humanitarian workers have also reported being persistently targeted by Israeli forces since the fighting began in October 2023, when Hamas launched a deadly attack on southern Israel that killed about 1,100 people, most of them civilians.
In the time since, Israeli attacks have killed more than 44,800 Palestinians in Gaza, more than half of them women and children.
On Thursday, the watchdog group Airwars, which assesses civilian harm from air strikes, released a report stating that Israel’s campaign in Gaza was "by far the most intense, destructive, and fatal conflict for civilians" that it had ever recorded. The report found that, during the first month of the war, the number of civilians killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza was nearly four times greater than the death toll of "any conflict Airwars has documented since it was established in 2014", over a comparable time period. Experts and rights groups also say that the Gaza death toll is likely a vast undercount, with thousands more buried beneath mountains of rubble and the strip's health services struggling to maintain operations. Thursday's attack on Nuseirat struck a largely residential area in one of Gaza’s eight historic refugee camps, established in 1948 after the forced expulsion of Palestinians from nearby areas, often called the Nakba or "catastrophe". It was one of several strikes in Gaza throughout the day. In another refugee camp, Jabalia, Israeli forces fired upon Saeed Jouda, a top doctor who worked at the Kamal Adwan Hospital, as he made his way to treat patients. He died as a result.
An estimated 1,057 healthcare workers have been killed since the start of the war. The Government Media Office in Gaza also highlighted the strains on the enclave's medical system in Thursday's remarks.
"This latest crime coincides with the Israeli occupation's plan to topple the health system in the Gaza Strip, exerting massive pressure on medical teams," the media office said. "It is coupled with continued attacks on hospitals and medical centers, putting them out of service. Moreover, the occupation prevents the entry of medicines and medical supplies and equipment as part of the crime of genocide.">>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/13/palestinians-decry-barbaric-israel-strike-on-nuseirat-that-killed-dozens

Al Jazeera - Dec 12 2024
<<Israeli attack kills guards protecting Gaza aid convoy
At least 12 people were killed in two Israeli strikes that targeted guards protecting an aid convoy in southern Gaza.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/12/12/israeli-attack-kills-guards-protecting-gaza-aid-convoy

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