More lies from Washington
Aid to Gaza increases ‘dramatically’: White House
Humanitarian aid getting into the Gaza Strip has increased by a significant amount recently, White House spokesman John Kirby says.
“The aid has increased and quite dramatically in just the last few days,” Kirby said in an interview with the MSNBC news channel. “That’s important, but it has to be sustained.”
The increase of humanitarian relief into Gaza came after the US warned Israel it must commit to protecting civilians and aid workers and delivering more aid or risk losing American support. This happened after Israeli forces killed seven members of the World Central Kitchen aid group.
Amid the pressure, Israel announced last week the entry of more than 300 aid trucks into Gaza in one day, the highest daily volume since the war began. But deliveries still fall far short of what the UN says is required to feed millions of people on the brink of starvation.
No change on the tracking site. The only change is Israel counting half filled truck for inspection.
In fact, aid entering has decreased in the last few days.
Lies from the UK
Britain denies Iran’s claim it provided advance notice of attack on Israel
“I would reject that chracterisation,” a spokesman for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tells reporters. “And more broadly we condemn in the strongest possible terms their direct attack against Israel.”
On Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said Iran gave neighbouring countries and Israel’s ally, the US, 72 hours notice before it launched the strikes.
Yet all neighboring countries closed their airspace right before the attacks... Of course the UK is not a neighboring country...
Hezbollah claims attack on Israeli troops who ‘crossed border’
Hezbollah fighters have “planted explosive devices in the Tal Ismail area” inside Lebanon, detonating them after Israeli soldiers “crossed the border”, the group says in a statement.
It was the first time Hezbollah claimed such an attack in six months of near daily cross-border clashes.
Israel’s army said earlier that four soldiers were wounded overnight in an explosion “in the area of the northern border” but did not specify on which side of the frontier. One of the soldiers was “severely injured”, it said.
War in Gaza doubled Israel’s debt last year
Israel’s war on Gaza led to a doubling of the country’s borrowing last year, its Finance Ministry says.
Israel added 160 billion shekels ($43bn) to its debt in 2023 – half of it after the outbreak of the conflict in October. By comparison, it took out 63 billion shekels ($17bn) of debt in 2022.
“Despite the many uncertainties and challenges, the ability to raise debt in local and global markets, even in times of war, in significant volumes and very high coverage ratios shows the high accessibility of the State of Israel to the markets and is evidence of the strength of the Israeli economy,” Accountant-General Yali Rotenberg said.
Or in other words, sanctions would be a very effective tool to reign in Israel.
