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Just stop sending weapons to Israel, and strict sanctions until they end the apartheid and occupation. The west needs to stop supporting settler colonialism and confront their own past.
Main points on December 22nd
- Israeli forces bombed the al-Mawasi “humanitarian zone” in southern Gaza, causing tents to go up in flames and killing at least seven people. The military claimed it was targeting a Hamas fighter.
- Israel’s attacks on the barely functioning Kamal Adwan Hospital continue, with the facility’s director, Hussam Abu Safia, reporting loud explosions and flying shrapnel.
- Israeli opposition leaders have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of sabotaging negotiations aimed at securing the release of captives held in Gaza.
- Netanyahu pledged to act against Yemen’s Houthis after the rebel group fired a missile that hit Tel Aviv, causing mild injuries to 16 people.
- Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says the Israeli military has launched a “major bombing operation” on the southern town of Kfar Kila, despite agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last month.
- Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Israel has failed to achieve its goals of destroying Hamas and bringing back its captives in Gaza and that the resistance is “alive”.
Scenes of death and destruction after Israel’s strike on al-Mawasi
Tents burn after deadly Israeli attack on al-Mawasi
Graphic footage verified by Al Jazeera has emerged showing the aftermath of Israel’s attack on al-Mawasi.
It shows large fires which have burned away the material of several tents, leaving only their metal frames and a large dark plume of smoke rising into the night sky. People can be seen desperately trying to save those trapped in the fires, with one man screaming, “Go, Go, take out those who are in there!” Another man sprays a fire extinguisher into the flames as people scream around him, climbing over rubble to save an unconscious person. In another scene, a pile of what appears to be dead bodies is laid out on the sand.
The man accused of killing five people and injuring more than 200 others by ramming a car into a crowded German Christmas market had a history of making anti-Islam statements, which had grown increasingly dark and threatening towards Germany in recent months.
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