Dozens of rockets launched into northern Israel
The Israeli army is essentially saying they targeted what they’re calling “a significant operative inside of Lebanese territory”.
The Israelis are also saying around 30 rockets were launched into northern Israel, specifically into the city of Kiryat Shmona, an area that has seen repeated rocket fire from Lebanese territory since the Gaza war began.
It’s an area that has been largely evacuated by Israeli authorities, though some people still remain there by their own will. The Israelis have been saying for quite some time now that this is a situation on Israel’s northern border and they are trying to see how they’re going to deal with it if it’s not on the diplomatic front.
Israel bombs southern Lebanon, casualties reported
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says that an Israeli attack hit a cafe in the village of Naquora, near the country’s border with Israel. It said that ambulances were on their way to the scene to deal with casualties, the exact number and nature of which are unclear at this time.
Another US government employee quits over Israel’s war on Gaza
A US State Department staffer resigned because of continuing American government support for Israel’s war on Gaza.
Annelle Sheline, 38, quit after a year as a foreign affairs officer in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, the Washington Post reports. Sheline told the newspaper she repeatedly raised concerns, but concluded it was pointless “as long as the US continues to send a steady stream of weapons to Israel”.
In October, Josh Paul resigned from the State Department in protest against American support for Israel’s attack.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/opinions/gaza-israel-resigning-state-department-sheline/index.html
For the past year, I worked for the office devoted to promoting human rights in the Middle East. I believe strongly in the mission and in the important work of that office. However, as a representative of a government that is directly enabling what the International Court of Justice has said could plausibly be a genocide in Gaza, such work has become almost impossible. Unable to serve an administration that enables such atrocities, I have decided to resign from my position at the Department of State.
Authorities tell people to avoid aid centres amid Israeli attacks
Ireland to intervene in South Africa genocide case against Israel
The Republic of Ireland’s Foreign Minister Micheal Martin has said that the war on Gaza now “represents the blatant violation of international humanitarian law on a mass scale”.
“The taking of hostages. The purposeful withholding of humanitarian assistance to civilians. The targeting of civilians and of civilian infrastructure. The indiscriminate use of explosive weapons in populated areas. The use of civilian objects for military purposes. The collective punishment of an entire population,” Martin said in a statement.
“The list goes on. It has to stop. The view of the international community is clear. Enough is enough.”
In January the International Court of Justice (ICJ), also known as the World Court, ordered Israel to refrain from any acts that could fall under the Genocide Convention and to ensure its troops commit no genocidal acts against Palestinians, after South Africa accused Israel of state-led genocide in Gaza.
Martin said Ireland would intervene in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, but did not say what form the intervention would take or outline any argument or proposal the country plans to put forward.
