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SvennoJ on 11 March 2024
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Where is the ground fighting happening in Gaza now?

Some of the places where ground fighting has raged in Gaza for weeks are still seeing intense battles every day, according to the latest report by the Critical Threats Project (CTP). It says Palestinian fighters fired mortars and small arms on Israeli forces in the Tal al-Hawa and Zeitoun neighbourhoods south of Gaza City in central Gaza.

The Nahal Brigade of the Israeli army continues its operations in central Gaza, while Israeli forces are still demolishing structures along the new road they are building that effectively splits the Gaza Strip into two.

In Khan Younis in the south, the Givati Brigade raided Hamas infrastructure and said it found weapons and engaged with Palestinian fighters in the area.

Hamas fighters detonated a building in the southern Gaza area with Israeli soldiers inside and targeted Israeli infantry operating in tunnels in Bani Suheila.


Netanyahu says 13,000 Palestinian fighters killed in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that at least 13,000 “terrorists” were among the Palestinians killed in Israel’s war on Gaza and pledged to press ahead with an offensive in the southern city of Rafah, where 1.4 million people are sheltering.

He made the comments on Sunday during an interview with German media company Axel Springer, which owns Politico as well as Germany’s Bild newspaper and broadcaster Welt TV. The Israeli leader did not provide details on the killings of Palestinian fighters.

He said that extending Israel’s offensive into Rafah in southern Gaza was key to defeating Hamas.

“We are very close to victory… Once we begin military action against the remaining terror battalions in Rafah, it is only a question of weeks” until the intensive phase of fighting is concluded, Bild quoted Netanyahu as saying.

Again Israel sees all men as terrorists. 72% of those killed are women and children, 28% of 39,000 (dead + missing) = 11,000. I guess male children are terrorists too to get to 13,000 terrorists.

 

Israel prevents Muslim worshippers from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for Ramadan

Israeli forces have prevented hundreds of Muslim worshippers from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem for prayers to mark the start of Ramadan on Sunday evening, according to the Wafa news agency.

Israeli forces barred men and young women entering the mosque, and only allowing women over the age of 40 to pray, it said. Israeli forces have restricted entry to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third-holiest site, for several months.

Israeli raids have been reported elsewhere in the occupied West Bank in the following locations:

  • The city of Tulkarem
  • The Balata camp, east of Nablus
  • An Israeli military bulldozer was hit by a bomb in the Nour Shams camp in Tulkarem
  • Israeli forces have closed the entrances to the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem



Translation: Israeli occupation forces storm the city of Tulkarem in the West Bank with a large number of vehicles and bulldozers.

 

No increase in humanitarian aid as Ramadan begins

Ramadan is just a few hours away and the situation on the ground is desperate. The entire Gaza Strip is suffering from acute food insecurity and there are ongoing restrictions on aid deliveries. Until this moment, we have seen no developments in terms of increasing aid to help people cope with the aftermath of Israeli attacks.

The people in the north are suffering the most as they have been cut off from humanitarian assistance for months now. Officials say an immediate ceasefire is needed there to avoid famine. Already 25 people have died of dehydration and malnutrition there.

 

Children in Gaza celebrate the start of Ramadan

Despite a lack of food, water and shelter, and with Israeli bombs a constant threat to their safety, children in Gaza still celebrated the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Sunday evening.

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Ramadan in Gaza this year will be “unlike the holy month in previous years or anywhere else in the world” in light of the destruction of all aspects of life in the besieged enclave, including dozens of mosques.

Israel’s war on Gaza has resulted in the deaths of more than 12,300 children since October 7, according to statistics from Gaza’s Ministry of Health.