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SvennoJ on 15 June 2024
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Why try to hide complicity any longer.

US defence secretary invites Israeli counterpart to the Pentagon

Pentagon Press Secretary Patrick Ryder says US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has invited his Israeli counterpart to Washington following a call earlier this week.

Austin invited Yoav Gallant to the United States on an unspecified date and time to discuss “ongoing security developments in the Middle East. “Minister Gallant has accepted the invitation and will travel to the US soon (date/time TBD)”.

Netanyahu’s hostage dilemma

Following the dramatic Israeli operation to rescue four captives in Gaza last week, which resulted in a massacre of more than 270 Palestinians, the Israeli public is more vocal about a ceasefire deal remaining the best option to secure their safe return.

While Netanyahu has paid lip service to the public’s demand to bring the captives home, Israelis are coming to the realisation that the issue is a headache for him – it gets in the way of what seems to be his effort to prolong this war for his political career.

Al Jazeera’s The Listening Post speaks to experts to discuss the political significance of the captives.

Israeli protesters block road in Tel Aviv

Video posted on X by activists and Israeli media shows demonstrators, calling for early elections to replace the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, flooding and blocking Ayalon street in Tel Aviv.

These demonstrations have been occurring in Israel on a weekly basis for months, as protesters call for Netanayhu’s ouster and for the release of Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas and other Palestinian groups.



PRCS says Palestinian teenager killed in the occupied West Bank

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says a Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli gunfire during a raid in the town of Beit Furik in the Nablus governorate. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the teenager as Abdul Rahman Sultan Khatatba, a resident of Beit Furik.

Wafa news agency also reported, citing local sources, that Israeli forces stormed the town and fired live bullets at local residents, resulting in three injuries.