IDF SUPPORTS U.S. INITIATIVE TO ENHANCE HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA

 The IDF spokesperson confirmed: The IDF, through the coordination of COGAT,(Coordinator of Govt Activities in the Territories) has approved collaborative efforts for the new Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (JLOTS) initiative led by the United States Central Command (CENTCOM). The initiative will create an enhanced ship to shore distribution system to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

The IDF will operate to provide security and logistics support for the JLOTS initiative, which includes the establishment of a temporary floating pier to deliver humanitarian aid from the sea into Gaza.

The IDF's involvement in the JLOTS initiative is one of many humanitarian aid efforts, further demonstrating the IDF's commitment to working with the international community to ensure the continuous entry of humanitarian aid to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip.

The IDF is assigning an entire reserve brigade to secure the work on the pier, and later also to allow the introduction of humanitarian aid through it.  (( There is already an excess of aid arriving by truck, but sure - forcing Israel to secure a pier in the middle of Gaza that can easily be attacked by Hamas is a good plan, and certainly won’t cost any Israeli or American lives (that is quite a sarcastic statement). Appeasing American idiocy is getting our soldiers killed. ))

Know the Truth, Let's Attack the Jews

The truth seems to be a dirty word, to be silenced. 

Lies and deceit are much more acceptable in today's world.

Lies spread faster than the truth, particularly if it relates to Israel

 

How to be Left Wing & Pro Israel

 

Israel Retaliates

 For full article see https://tinyurl.com/muh4p7mr

Israel retaliated overnight against Iran’s massive drone and missile attack on its territory, people familiar with the matter said—with what appeared to be a limited strike aimed at avoiding an escalatory cycle that could push the countries closer toward war. 

The strike targeted the area around Isfahan in central Iran, one of the people said. Iranian media and social media reported explosions near the city, where Iran has nuclear facilities and a drone factory, and the activation of air-defense systems in provinces across the country after suspicious flying objects were detected. 

Iranian state television repeatedly played down the episode in its broadcasts, saying three small flying objects had been downed by air-defense systems and suggesting they had been launched from within the country. 

The attack appeared to be similar to earlier drone strikes attributed to Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad, said Ronen Solomon, an independent intelligence analyst in Israel.

He said the attack signaled to Iran that Israel’s Mossad could covertly hit a nuclear or military site without overtly using the Israeli military or its aircraft. Israel likely wanted to avoid an attack on nuclear sites, or a broader assault, because Israeli officials were concerned Iran would use strikes as an excuse to move ahead with its nuclear program, he said.  

The Israeli action was a response to an unprecedented direct attack by Iran that involved more than 300 drones and missiles aimed at Israeli territory. That attack itself was retribution for a strike attributed to Israel that killed top Iranian officers in Damascus.

Israel has remained officially silent about the strike. 

Palestinian Christians grateful for Israel’s missile defense system

For full article see https://tinyurl.com/yzpweap7

In the aftermath of Saturday night’s Iranian missile attack, Palestinian Christians living in the Bethlehem area expressed gratitude for Israel’s air defense system.

“I said, ‘Thank God for the presence of the Iron Dome system.’ It absolutely saved lives here. We don’t have any safe rooms to guard us, so if a rocket would fall here, there would be a great number of casualties,” an eyewitness from the Christian community of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem.

The resident, a middle-aged man who is married with children, spoke on condition of anonymity because he fears his family and business will be targeted by Palestinian Muslims.

 “In the beginning, we thought it would be like usual, Iran just talks,” he recalled. “Then in the middle of the night, I went to the balcony and saw the rockets of Iron Dome were coming out. I live in the area near some Jewish residences on one side and on the other are all Arab residences, and the rockets were coming right towards them. That’s when I witnessed the interception.”

The missile defense he saw was not the well-known Iron Dome system, but the Arrow-3, which is designed to intercept ballistic missiles at high altitudes, even outside the earth’s atmosphere.

“As a Christian, we are a minority group here, and one loss equals thousands because of the statistics and the ratio against the Muslims in the area, so the damage I imagine could have been even greater,” he insisted.

Elias Zarina, a Jerusalem-based Christian activist, said he looked at the high-tech protection through the lens of coexistence.  “David’s Sling guards the City of David,” Zarina remarked, referring to the name of Bethlehem from the Christian Bible.

Palestinian Christians in Judea and Samaria have been facing discrimination and harassment for years, forcing members of the community to leave the Middle East.

The population has been dwindling ever since the Oslo accords brought the Palestinian Authority into power. Using Bethlehem as an example, in 1993, when the accords were signed, Christians made up 88 percent of the city’s population. Three decades later, Christians now make up just 12 percent of Bethlehem’s population of roughly 29,000. Most Christians have emigrated in the face of Muslim extortion

 

What the Iranian People Want

 

Meanwhile in the Iranian Launch Center

With permission from www.benherskowitz.com 

 

Source of Iran's Missile Attack

 

WCK Aid Workers Killed

 

The IDF has revealed that Hamas PURPOSELY drew fire to the World Central Kitchen (WCK) vehicles. At around 10 pm, the IDF noticed suspicious activity as the WCK vehicle was joined by a convoy of several other Hamas vehicles.

Hamas terrorists then climbed ONTO and INTO the WCK truck and FIRED several times indiscriminately into the air to ensure the IDF would see them.

The convoy then split up and entered a hanger, where it became difficult to distinguish between the Hamas vehicles and the WCK vehicle.

IDF attempted to call both the WCK workers and WCK HQ on TWO separate occasions to confirm whether they were with the Hamas convoy but their calls remained unanswered.

When the vehicles left the hangar OVER AN HOUR LATER the IDF drone unit misidentified the WCK vehicle for a vehicle from the Hamas convoy and mistakenly struck.

The result, a great propaganda victory for Hamas at the cost of civilian lives yet again.

Full IDF report can be seen here https://t.co/rBLG4KmwdZ

NGO: Red Cross facilitating Palestinian terror payouts

(With thanks the Palestinian Media Watch)

 Since Oct. 7, the International Red Cross has been helping imprisoned Palestinian terrorists receive controversial stipends from the Palestinian Authority, according to Israeli NGO Palestinian Media Watch.

According to PMW, incarcerated Palestinians fill out forms to receive the stipends, and the Red Cross delivers the paperwork to Ramallah.

“The role of the International Red Cross in this process is central,” explained PMW director Itamar Marcus. “The international health organization is involved in this because as they visit prisoners, they’re able to bring in forms. Israeli security is not looking at the forms or preventing the terrorist prisoner access to the forms they need to sign.”

The prisoners’ paperwork needs to be completed by the end of 2023 in order to receive stipends in 2024. Terrorists imprisoned before Oct. 7 are also sending renewal forms via the Red Cross to Ramallah, according to PMW.

A Fatah directive dated Dec. 4 and translated by PMW instructs Palestinians to “please produce a [Red] Cross document for those who have no sentence whose names appear below; a [Red] Cross document accompanied by a new administrative [detention] order for the administrative detainees; and a [Red] Cross document accompanied by a verdict for the sentenced prisoners.

Lists of prisoners from Bethlehem and Hebron districts were circulated on social media to encourage prisoners and their families to claim the payouts. Other Palestinian organizations, such as the PLO’s Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs, joined the publicity campaign.

Since Oct. 7, around 2,400 Palestinian terror suspects have been arrested throughout Judea and Samaria, of whom about half are associated with Hamas.

Israel argues that these stipends are nothing more than economic incentive to commit murder, and refers to them as “pay for slay.”

The International Red Cross did not respond to a request for comment.

The global onslaught against Israel

( With thanks to Melanie Philips. For her full article go to https://tinyurl.com/yz2tnntj) Israel made a major and tragic error. It killed seven aid workers when it fired three precision missiles in succession at a three-car convoy belonging to the humanitarian agency World Central Kitchen (WCK) that was on its way to deliver supplies to Gaza civilians. Although an IDF inquiry has yet to explain what happened, the Israelis have acknowledged a terrible mistake caused by “misidentification”. Bad things happen in war and this was a dreadful tragedy. But the malice of the response is astonishing. Israel is being accused of having deliberately targeted the aid convoy, which allegedly proves that Israel has no concerns about civilian deaths, no heart and no conscience. WCK’s response has gone far beyond justifiable anger and horror, defaming Israel with baseless and incendiary charges. The organisation’s chief executive, Erin Gore, accused Israel of a “targeted attack” designed to deter aid agencies working in Gaza and of using food “as a weapon of war”. WCK’s founder, José Andrés, accused Israel of targeting his workers “systematically, car by car”. But that wasn’t because the IDF wanted to kill humanitarian workers with whom it had previously worked closely to deliver aid to Gaza. It was because the three cars were all “misidentified” in the same awful error. In the fog of war, “friendly fire” fiascos are unfortunately all too common. Yet this was not acknowledged in the world’s response. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said America was “outraged”. President Joe Biden said he was “heartbroken” and that Israel “has not done enough” to protect civilians. Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said “far too many aid workers and ordinary civilians have lost their lives in Gaza, and the situation is increasingly intolerable”. The UK Foreign Secretary, Lord Cameron, said the aid workers’ deaths were “completely unacceptable”. This is hypocrisy and selective amnesia. Both the US and the UK have caused similar tragic errors in wartime in which many more than seven lives were lost. In an incident in 2011, during the NATO intervention in Libya about which then-Prime Minister Cameron was extremely gung-ho, 13 civilians including ambulance workers were wiped out. In 2006, US troops in Iraq mistakenly killed aid workers in Mosul. In 2008, they killed dozens at an Afghan wedding party, including the bride. Both the Biden administration and the British government have seized on the aid convoy tragedy to buttress their claims that Israel is killing “too many civilians” in Gaza and thwarting supplies of aid. These are lies. Even if Hamas’s implausible casualty figures are to be believed, Israel is killing around 1.3 civilians for every combatant — a vastly smaller proportion of civilians killed in warfare than has been achieved by any other army in the world.

What Does Hamas Really Want?

 Hamas has stated its aim very clearly

Is anyone listening?

A Maths Lesson

 A simple lesson in mathematics clearly shows there 

is enough food going into Gaza.

The question is where is it going?

Mafia crime wave in Israel drives Christians from Nazareth

The centuries-old Christian population in the holy city of Nazareth is slowly disappearing because of a mafia crime wave sweeping northern Israel. Like Bethlehem where there was a Christian majority, of nearly 80%, similarly Nazareth is facing the same fate.

Mafia gang members reportedly harass Christian store owners in the northern Israeli city and demand the equivalent of thousands of pounds in protection money.

Their numbers are reported to have grown since the outbreak of the Gaza war despite the deployment of Shin Bet, the Israeli internal security agency, last year and extra police patrols.

“In Nazareth, the mafia will shoot at the stores, then tell them they need ‘chawa’ [protection]. It’s like the Wild West,” said Peter Roshrash, a senior police inspector who has covered Nazareth for decades.

The gangs, which are predominantly Muslim, charge around 50,000 shekels (£10,750) per month as part of a protection racket, he said.

He also claimed they hide guns in Christian residents’ houses that – if discovered by the police – would lead to a further charge of 200,000 shekels at pain of death.

“The mafia harasses them with thefts, car thefts, puncturing tyres, they can’t live in peace,” he added. “It is a tense time for the Christians, who are as much a historic part of Israel’s fabric as the Jews and Muslims.”

The challenge of Avoiding Civilian Casualties

This is an inside look at Israeli drones and what they do. 

The world needs to see the truth. 

Look at the challenges Israel has when fighting Hamas!

Blinken's Fantasized Diplomacy

 

Thanks to Ruthie Blum  full article at https://tinyurl.com/5n8bndke 

In a press conference on Thursday in Cairo, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated his opposition to an Israeli ground operation in Rafah, saying that such a move would be a “mistake.”

An invasion into the southern Gaza city, he stated, was “unnecessary” to achieving the goal of defeating Hamas. This attitude, which the Biden administration has been expressing with increasing fervor, runs counter to Israeli assessments.

It has become the key bone of contention between Washington and Jerusalem since the start of the Oct. 7 war, spurred by a massacre of Jews that hadn’t been seen since the Holocaust.

Other disagreements—surrounding the use of Israeli force, civilian Palestinian casualties and plans for “the day after”—have been mild in comparison. Or at least they’ve been treated by Israel as arguments that can be addressed through a presentation of the facts.

This hasn’t been simply a tactical ploy to avert discord. On the contrary, the justice of destroying the genocidal terrorist organization that controls territory along Israel’s southern border and vows to repeat the atrocities of Oct. 7 “again and again and again” is irrefutable.

Anyone disputing Israel’s duty to eradicate Hamas—for the survival of the Jewish state, as well as for the benefit of the region and the world—is on the wrong side of history. Period.

Furthermore, Israel has the data to support the extreme measures it employs to avoid non-combatant deaths in Gaza. It has proof of the huge quantities of humanitarian aid entering the Strip. It also has evidence of its efforts to prevent Hamas from stealing the goods.

Blinken is fully aware of the above. He is equally cognizant that the war would end in an instant if Hamas surrendered unconditionally and released the remaining 134 hostages, among them U.S. citizens, held in its sadistic, sexually abusive captivity.

But since the only pressure Hamas understands is that exerted by Israel Defense Forces bombs and troops, America’s top diplomat has no recourse but to powwow with Qatar and Egypt. The former has close ties with Iran and provides refuge for “exiled” Hamas bigwigs.

The latter shares a border with Gaza. Though porous enough to have enabled the flow of materials for the construction of hundreds of miles of Hamas terror tunnels, it has been totally impenetrable for Gaza residents who wish to leave.

Has Blinken raised these issues during his shuttle diplomacy excursions to the Middle East to “mediate” a deal for the release of the hostages that involves a halt in the fighting? Of course not.

No, “as a Jew,” he’s been too busy warning Israel about the “humanitarian crisis” in Gaza and pushing for a “sustained” ceasefire. Apparently the White House believes think that it’s possible to win this war without killing any more terrorists or the human shields behind whom they hide. Talk about music to Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s ears. No wonder his ultimate demand is for a full IDF withdrawal from Gaza and continued Hamas reign in the enclave. He doesn’t want to agree to a temporary ceasefire in exchange for hostages.

His having done so in November was due to two factors. One was IDF might. The other was the assumption that Israel wouldn’t have the wherewithal or legitimacy to resume fighting. He was right about the first and wrong about the second. Today, however, thanks to U.S. admonitions about Rafah, Sinwar has cause to up any ante on offer.

It’s not clear, then, what Blinken meant by announcing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and in Egypt the following day that the “gaps are narrowing” in the negotiations. Perhaps he can explain how he reached that baseless conclusion when he meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday in Israel.

EU Claim That ‘Starvation Is Being Used as Weapon of War’

Israel Furiously Counters Top EU Official’s Claim That ‘Starvation Is Being Used as Weapon of War’ - Algemeiner.com

Israeli officials reacted with outrage on Monday in the face of a claim by the EU’s foreign policy chief that Jerusalem is imposing a famine on Palestinian civilians in Gaza as the war in the beleaguered territory continues to rage.

The accusation comes from Josep Borrell — a Spanish official who serves as the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy “In Gaza we are in a state of famine, affecting thousands of people,” — said at the opening of a conference in Brussels on humanitarian aid for Gaza. “This is unacceptable. Starvation is used as a weapon of war. Israel is provoking famine,” Borrell continued.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz responded :    “Despite Hamas violently disrupting aid convoys and UNRWA’s collaboration with them, we persist.” “Israel allows extensive humanitarian aid into Gaza by land, air, and sea for anyone willing to help,”      In a blunt posting on the same platform, Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy noted that on Sunday, “8 million lbs. of food entered Gaza by land. That’s ~4LBS. OF FOOD PER CAPITA. That’s not famine, starvation, or catastrophic food insecurity.”

 

Levy added tartly: “I’m sorry if the facts are awkward for your efforts to help Hamas rapists survive 10/7 and live to fight another day.”

Separately, in a statement on Friday, COGAT — the Israeli agency that assists with humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza — noted that since the beginning of March, “an average of 126 food trucks entered Gaza daily. This is 80 percent more food trucks entering compared to before Oct. 7. 500 trucks entered Gaza daily before Oct. 7, carrying building, agriculture, and industrial supplies; only an average of 70 carried food.”

Gaza Market with Abundance of Food

 From this video taken in Gaza one can see how Gazans 

are profiting from the aid bring sent into Gaza.

There seems to be an abundance of food available.

Bedouin Family Member Who Rejects Hamas, Urges Palestinian Peace with Israel

 This is a story about a remarkable Bedouin Arab family who

suffered, along with Israelis, from the murder, kidnapping,

and mayhem perpetrated by Hamas on October 7th.

One family member engaged in a heroic rescue of Jewish

people trying to escape the slaughter at the Nova Music Festival

near Gaza. Other family members were killed or kidnapped. And

the most articulate and vocal family member, Bashir Alzayadni,

told CBN News of his hopes for peace between Palestinians

and Israelis, Jews and Arabs.

Tunnels and The Philadelphi Corridor

(With thanks to IDSF, Habitchonistim )

A smuggling industry with a turnover in the billions:

In recent years, smuggling from Egypt into Gaza has become central to the Gazan economy and key to the strengthening of Hamas. Even today the city of Rafah is full of smugglers, who bribe the Egyptian police and run a business sector with a turnover in the billions.

The smuggling still continues during wartime, as war materiel and other goods flow from Sinai into Gaza every day. And there is fear that such smuggling is, or will be, accompanied by smuggling in the other direction. Senior Hamas figures are likely to try to escape into Egyptian territory, with hostages, and from there to Iran.  

Control  of food distribution is to control Gaza.

Besides the problem of smuggling, absence of Israeli control at the Philadelphi Corridor also causes a severe problem of supervision over the humanitarian aid to Gaza. Since the start of the war, thousands of trucks have entered Gaza with humanitarian supplies and food. The distribution of aid is managed officially by UNRWA and by “charitable organizations,” but in practice, behind all that management, Hamas is pulling the strings. It is important to understand that as long as Hamas wields control over the supplies, they are channeled first and foremost to its own purposes, and in that way Hamas succeeds in operating more forcefully while also gaining the population’s acknowledgement of its authority.

Israel Must Defeat Hamas in Rafah

Both the history of Rafah and its current situation show that if Hamas is to be defeated as a governing body, the IDF must control the Philadelphi Corridor, Israel must have full authority over the entry of all goods into Gazan territory, and there must be a ground operation in Rafah.

Such a ground operation is indispensable, because Rafah is the last stronghold of the Hamas leadership and the only place where its battalions still are active as organized military units. Currently the Israeli public is concerned that the IDF, despite attaining many, many successes, has not laid its hands on the senior Hamas figures and has not located the hostages. The entry into Rafah will be the decisive battle, leading us to the top Hamas commanders and to their last military stronghold, and to the hostages. Therefore we must enter the city, and as promptly as possible. Contrary to the widespread conception, Rafah is not a difficult military objective. Tougher places have already been taken, so this task is certainly doable.

10 IDF Couples Wed Simultaneously

In a unique ceremony, ten IDF soldiers married their partners at a mass wedding in the Tel Aviv Port. It was part of Chabad of Savyon’s “Marrying the Warriors” initiative and included 10 wedding canopies. Each couple invited 100 guests. 10 glasses were simultaneously smashed.

A delegation of visitors from Canada raised over $1 million in support .

This wedding was mind blowing, highly emotional

See also https://tinyurl.com/3vsy7sru  

UNRWA to Change its Name?

Meme created by www.benherskowitz.com

 

UN Official Refuses to Disclose Sources Accusing IDF of Sexual Abuse

In its inimitable way, the UN continues to invert the truth on anything to do with Israel. Based on the concept of attack being the best form of defense, a  Jordanian national and U.N. special rapporteur manages to avoid condemning Hamas for the atrocities committed on Oct 7th.

This report  without any credible  sources attributed to the claims gives food to the anti-Semitic activists

The following analysis is by  Mike Wagenheim, JNS

Another United Nations special rapporteur is using her platform to deny terrorist attacks against Israel.

Reem Alsalem, a Jordanian national and U.N. special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, is an author of a Feb. 19 report listing alleged abuses by Israel against Palestinian women and girls, including reports of “multiple forms of sexual assault, such as being stripped naked and searched by male Israeli army officers.”

It adds that “at least two female Palestinian detainees were reportedly raped while others were reportedly threatened with rape and sexual violence.”

The report also alleges that the Israel Defense Forces kidnapped Palestinian babies.

In an interview on an Israeli news program, Alsalem refused to detail even the most basic of information about the accusations, including the identity of the accuser or accusers, that she called “reasonably credible.”

Israeli diplomatic officials vigorously dispute the accusations and believe the information in Alsalem’s report originated with Euro-Med Monitor, a virulently anti-Israel NGO operating under the human rights banner and headed by Richard Falk.

Falk is a noted conspiracy theorist and former U.N. special rapporteur, who was deported from Israel in 2008 after arriving to purportedly investigate Israeli crimes.

Euro-Med Monitor published its own similar report in late February.

Falk’s appointment to the U.N. position was controversial, given his extensive history of anti-Israel rhetoric.

Alsalem refused to admit that Hamas carried out sexual violence on Oct. 7, saying that she had not received the information necessary to carry out her work. She made that claim despite an extensive fact-finding mission and report released this week by Pramila Patten, the U.N. secretary-general’s special representative on sexual violence in conflict.

The report found “clear and convincing information” of sexual violence carried out against hostages in Gaza and “reasonable grounds” to believe Israeli women were raped at three separate locations on Oct. 7.

“We cannot rely only on digital material or material produced online or by the media,” said Alsalem when asked if she watched Hamas’s extensive video documentation of its Oct. 7 terrorist acts, which are widely available for viewing.

“I’m not a technical expert on videos, so I on my own will not be able to assess those videos. I will also need to seek technical expertise,” Alsalem said.

She intimated that she either calls into question the authenticity of footage of Hamas’s Oct. 7 crimes—much of it taken from the GoPro cameras by Hamas terrorists themselves—or that she is incapable of locating and playing videos online without expert assistance.

Pressed as to whether she believes Israeli women had been raped on Oct. 7, Alsalem would only allow: “It may have happened, indeed.”

She also initially denied that Hamas and Hezbollah have launched regular missile attacks during the current war. The United Nations has documented those attacks.

“At this point, I have not seen that, no,” Alsalem said.

She then conceded, when pressed, “I have seen missile attacks.”

Aid Driver Killed by Gazans

  “Innocent Palestinian civilians” kill the driver of an Egyptian

humanitarian aid truck, and looted the truck

Douglas Murray Calls a Spade a Bl....dy Shovel

 Douglas Murray discusses the Israel-Gaza war and the cowardice
of the West in confronting Islamist terror. Is it too late for the West?

Ramadan is Approaching Again

 Ramadan is approaching again as Israel is at war in Gaza and in Lebanon.

Israel is wisely seeking a ceasefire that will coincide with Ramadan, knowing the unfortunate history of attacks on Israel during the Muslim holy month.

The dangerous lies that resurface every year, claiming that Jews are planning to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque and replace it with a Third Temple, are bound to resurface in incitement from Palestinian leaders and religious figures.

This antisemitic libel was originally manufactured and disseminated in 1921 by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, and has continued to be spread over the past century. It has been used as an excuse for violence too often

In August 1929, Palestinian Muslims, incited by rumors of an imminent Jewish plot to destroy al-Aqsa, rampaged throughout the land. In total, 133 Jews were killed over six days, including 67 members of the ancient Jewish community of Hebron.

In 1990, the “Al-Aqsa is in danger” libel inspired 3,000 Muslims to gather on the Temple Mount after a rumor was spread that a Jews were planning to march on the site. This devolved into the October riots, which led to the deaths of 17 Muslims and many wounded on both sides.

In 1996, following the opening of an exit for the Western Wall Tunnels in the Christian Quarter of the Old City. Arafat and the PA accused Israel of purposely endangering the Aqsa Mosque. This led to three days of rioting and 17 IDF soldiers and about 100 Palestinians were killed.

In September 2000 a visit to the Mount by Ariel Sharon, just a few months before he was elected to be prime minister, was used as an excuse to launch the Second Intifada, also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada.

Aware of this history, Israeli and Palestinian Authority security officials have been meeting to prepare and cooperate on how to prevent violence.

But there are figures on both sides who have other interests. And Iran, the patron of Hamas and Hezbollah, could try even harder to inflame a multi-front regional war. The police will once again do their best to avoid conflict and maintain calm.

But when false accusations are inevitably made against Israel during Ramadan this year, how will the international media handle it?

Will they repeat the mistakes that they made last year? Will they again promote the libel, fan flames, and increase tension that in the current climate could possibly spark WW III?

We await with bated breath. 

Drone Footage of Chaos in Gaza

Over 100 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured
in the Gaza Strip Thursday, Hamas-affiliated health officials said
– which Israel blamed on a massive stampede among
people desperately clamoring for aid.

About 104 people were killed while waiting for aid at the
al-Nabusi roundabout to the west of Gaza City,

Israeli troops have been accused of opening fire.

However initial investigations show that Gazans tried

to storm the soldiers who were stationed well away

form the aid convoy.

More Than Half Of The Palestinian Journalists Killed In Gaza Affiliated With Terrorist Organizations

An analysis of the identity of the 131 journalists claimed by Hamas to be killed by Israel revealed by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center that least 78 (more than 59%) were active in or affiliated with a terrorist organization. Among them were 13 prominent members of a terrorist organization, Fatah or the Palestinian Authority. Of them 13 were overtly terrorist operatives belonging to Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades and the Popular Resistance Committees, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Fatah and the Palestinian Authority. It is therefore reasonable to assume their coverage of the events was not objective.

• Of the 78 journalists identified as having organizational affiliation, 44 were identified with Hamas, five were identified as the operatives of the military wing and the rest were employed by or represented Hamas media. Nineteen were affiliated with PIJ, six of them actual PIJ terrorist operatives. Others were associated with other Palestinian factions/
• It is not the first time there have been journalists who also had a military role in a terrorist organization, covered operations and wars and worked to influence the battle for hearts and minds, considered of utmost importance by the terrorist organizations. Sometimes, the journalists have been embedded in the military operating on the ground, or members of the propaganda outlets of various military wings. Theoretically, they are immune as journalists during the performance of their duties. For example, many journalists who previously covered operations in the Gaza Strip and the return marches were identified as actively participating in the events, but identified as journalists by PRESS vests. There were also cases in which terrorists wore PRESS vests to carry out terrorist attacks, knowing that the IDF does not attack media personnel.

 

Which Media Will Publish This Story?

 During the last week, the precise and limited operation against the Hamas terrorist organization at the Nasser hospital was concluded

Approximately 200 terror suspects were detained in the hospital and additional findings indicating terrorist activity in the area were discovered; Operations to supply the hospital with humanitarian aid continued, led by the Commando Brigade and the Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza.

During the last week, the precise operation against the Hamas terrorist organization in the area of the Nasser Hospital was concluded. During the operational activity, boxes of sealed medicines were found in the hospital with the names of Israeli hostages on them, large quantities of weapons were found, and about 200 terrorists and suspects in terrorist activities were detained.

The operational activity was conducted to ensure minimal disruption to the hospital’s ongoing activities and without harming patients and medical staff. Furthermore, the IDF provided an alternative generator that allowed the hospital to continue functioning and treating patients, while all the vital systems of the hospital continued to operate on an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) throughout the operational activity. In addition, officers from the Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza coordinated the entry of professional officials to examine the electricity problem in the hospital.

Last week, the hospital received a supply of hundreds of food portions, including water, food, medical equipment and baby formula. Coordination was carried out with the international community to bring in a fuel tank to keep the hospital’s generators functioning.

As part of the effort to protect the patients, officers from the Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza coordinated, at the request of the hospital staff and in cooperation with the international community, the transfer of several critically ill patients to other hospitals in the area.

Before the soldiers exited the hospital, the area was cleaned and an additional food shipment was delivered to the hospital. The IDF continues to operate in accordance with international law against Hamas, which systematically operates from hospitals and civilian infrastructure.