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SvennoJ on 11 March 2024
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US intelligence chief says Gaza conflict may have ‘generational impact on terrorism’

The October 7 attacks and Israel’s war on Gaza have “galvanised violence by a range of actors around the world”, says Avril Haines, the US director of national intelligence.

Speaking at a Senate Intelligence Committee briefing in Washington, DC, on Monday, Haines added that the conflict has inspired “individuals to conduct acts of anti-Semitism and Islamophobic terror worldwide”. “While it is too early to tell, it is likely that the Gaza conflict will have a generational impact on terrorism. Both al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS), inspired by Hamas, have directed supporters to conduct attacks against Israeli and US interests,” she said.

Haines also added that US intelligence assesses that Hezbollah and Iran “do not want to cause an escalation of the conflict that pulls us or them into a full-out war”.

Israeli forces shoot and kill two men in Tulkarem

The Israeli military has shot and killed two Palestinian men near the town of Attil, north of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports. Members of Israel’s special forces were riding in a civilian vehicle when they opened fire on the two men who were inside a shop, Wafa reports, citing local sources.

Israeli forces prevented ambulances from reaching the wounded, named as Muhammad Jaber and Tawfiq Aed Fawaz Hussein. Both men subsequently succumbed to their injuries at the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem.

The Israeli military confirmed in a short statement that it had killed Muhammad Jaber, claiming he was carrying weapons and ammunition and about to carry out an attack.

Large march held in Arraba to protest killing of Palestinian man

A large public march has been held in the town of Arraba, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, in response to the killing of Palestinian man Muhammad Jaber.

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

  • The towns of Silat Al-Dhahr and Al-Fandakumiya, south of Jenin, and Al-Jalama, Arana, Arbouna, and Beit Qad, northeast of Jenin
  • The town of Bir Nabala, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem
  • The village of Shuqba, west of Ramallah
  • Israeli forces have arrested a man at a checkpoint near the village of Zabada in the Ya’bad area

Restricting Al-Aqsa access ‘risks inflaming tensions’: UK minister

Tariq Ahmad, the UK minister of state responsible for relations with the Middle East, North Africa and the UN, has urged Israel to “allow unhindered access” to Jerusalem’s holy sites during Ramadan. “Restricting access to Al-Aqsa during Ramadan risks inflaming tensions and undermines Muslim rights to worship,” Ahmad said in a post on social media.



(in)actions speaks louder than words.

Biden says no meeting with Netanyahu planned

The US president also said he does not have any plans “at this moment” to address the Israeli parliament as earlier reported by some media. More than two weeks have now passed since Biden, on a visit to an ice cream shop in New York, said he had hoped to see a ceasefire by Monday.


Palestinians share iftars amid the rubble



The Palestinian Al-Naji family eats an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, amid the ruins of their family house, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Deir el-Balah on Monday



A couple share an iftar meal in a tent camp in Rafah



In Rafah, Palestinians wait in line for food donated by charities on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan



Even in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, food supplies are severely restricted and controlled by Israeli forces