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SvennoJ on 22 July 2024

Biden says he will still try to end Gaza war in final months as president

US President Joe Biden has pledged to continue working to end the Gaza war during his final months in office after he bowed out of his re-election bid.

“I’ll be working very closely with the Israelis and with the Palestinians to try to work out how we can get the Gaza war to end, and Middle East peace, and get all those [Israeli] hostages home,” Biden said in a public call into his campaign headquarters, which has transitioned to supporting Vice President Kamala Harris.

Talks between Israel and Hamas over Biden’s ceasefire proposal, which has been on the table for months, are set to restart this Thursday.

Maybe he'll try harder now without having to worry about getting re-elected with support from Aipac.

US humanitarian surgeon says children shot by Israeli snipers in Gaza

Mark Perlmutter, a Jewish-American humanitarian surgeon who spent two weeks in the Palestinian enclave in April and May, has told of Palestinian children being shot by Israeli snipers in Gaza.

Perlmutter told a US broadcaster in an interview published on Monday that “no toddler gets shot twice by mistake by ‘the world’s best sniper’”.

“I have two children that I have photographs of that were shot so perfectly in the chest, I couldn’t put my stethoscope over their heart more accurately, and directly on the side of the head in the same child,” the surgeon told CBS news.

Perlmutter said the “level of carnage” he saw against civilians in his first week in Gaza exceeds all of the “disaster zones [he] has seen combined” in three decades of humanitarian missions.


Israeli military bombs home in Gaza City, killing four: Reports

The Israeli military has bombed a home in Gaza City, northern Gaza, killing four people and injuring more, according to local media.

Several more people were injured in the attack, which hit the al-Jamasi family home in the al-Sahaba area of Gaza City.

An Israeli bomb has also struck the al-Daya family home in Gaza City. No casualties have currently been reported.


Israeli military bombs home in Jabalia camp, killing four: Report

The Israeli military has bombed a home in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, killing four people and injuring more, local media is reporting.

The bomb struck the Jalhoum family home in the al-Alami area of ​​the camp.



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SvennoJ on 22 July 2024

ICJ ruling has legal implications for all states: UN commission

An independent UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) has welcomed the recent findings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is unlawful.

“The Court was clear and unambiguous, and the advisory opinion entails international legal obligations not only for Israel, but for the UN and all states,” said Navi Pillay, the chair of the commission.

“The maintenance and promotion of the international rules-based order will depend on compliance with this advisory opinion,” Pillay added.

Clashes break out as Israel continues to raid Tulkarem

We reported earlier that Israeli forces began a raid of the occupied West Bank city and that one young Palestinian man was wounded after being shot in the chest by soldiers.

Fighting between the soldiers and local Palestinian fighters has broken out, local media reports, and a power outage in the city has persisted since the beginning of the raid.

There are also reports that Israeli military bulldozers have begun vandalising infrastructure and private property in the city, and that that Palestinian fighters have set off at least one homemade explosive device targeting Israeli forces.


Israeli forces shoot Palestinian man in Tulkarem camp

The Israeli military has shot and seriously injured a 30-year-old Palestinian man in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.

He was shot in his thigh, hand and abdomen as Israeli forces stormed Tulkarem in the early hours of this morning, according to Wafa, citing a Palestine Red Crescent Society source.

The man, who has been transferred to the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem, is described as being in moderate to serious condition.


Israeli settlers storm Muslim shrines in occupied West Bank

The Wafa news agency reports that dozens of settlers entered Muslim holy places in the West Bank town of Kifl Haris, north of Salfit.

Witnesses told Wafa that the setters entered the shrines under the protection of Israeli soldiers, and performed religious rituals inside.

Provocative acts against the Arab Muslim population of the West Bank by Jewish Israeli settlers are common, and are even undertaken by high-level members of the Israeli government.

Last week, far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, sparking anger not only among Palestinians but across the Muslim world.



SvennoJ on 22 July 2024

Netanyahu set to meet Kamala Harris in Washington, DC: Aide

The Democratic Party’s frontrunner for presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week in Washington, DC, the Reuters news agency reports.

Harris will not preside over Netanyahu’s address at a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, as she will be in Indianapolis for a previously-scheduled engagement, an aide to the vice president told Reuters.

Netanyahu is still scheduled to meet Joe Biden on Tuesday, after the US president’s announcement on Sunday that he will not seek re-election in November.

Senate committee chairperson to preside over Netanyahu speech in US

Senator Ben Cardin, the chair of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is set to preside over Netanyahu’s controversial speech to US Congress this week, Reuters reports.

Cardin will preside over the address as Vice President Kamala Harris – who serves as the president of the Senate – will not be in Washington, DC on Wednesday, but will meet with Netanyahu separately this week, an aide said.

Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday is set to be boycotted by several high-profile Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

Democratic Senator Patty Murray, who would normally preside in Harris’s absence as president pro tempore, will also not be attending Netanyahu’s address.



SvennoJ on 22 July 2024

US official shamelessly defends making mockery of ICJ ruling on Israel

US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on Monday said that his country was not bound to agree with every ruling of the International Court of Justice. He was reacting to the ICJ’s Friday verdict declaring Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories as illegal and policies towards Palestinians as apartheid.


ISRAEL & HOUTHIS AT WAR; ISRAEL OFFICIALLY K*LLS 2 STATES; ICJ TORCHES ‘UNLAWFUL APARTHEID

Israel runs out of tanks and ammunition as economy plunges



The team discusses Israel’s shortage of tanks and ammunition, as well as headlines about tens of thousands of businesses closing in Israel.



SvennoJ on 22 July 2024

Keir Starmer disagrees with US on ICJ stand against Israel, makes huge statement

In a huge development, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday took a bold stand on the International Court of Justice, which gave a damning verdict on Israel on Friday. Contrary to the American stand, Starmer said that he will always support the ICJ and d its independence.

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SvennoJ on 23 July 2024

Kamala Harris to tell Netanyahu it’s time for Gaza war to end: Report

An aide to Kamala Harris told Reuter that the vice president and likely Democratic Party presidential candidate will stress to Netanyahu that it is time for the Gaza war to end.

The aide said that Harris wants the war to end in a way where “Israel is secure, all hostages are released, the suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza ends, and the Palestinian people can enjoy their right to dignity, freedom, and self-determination”.

Reuters reports that US President Joe Biden is expected to meet with Netanyahu at the White House on Thursday, a day after the Israeli leader delivers a speech to a joint session of Congress.

Harris will meet Netanyahu separately from Biden this week.

 

Japan set to impose sanctions on Israeli settlers: NHK

The Japanese government is preparing to impose asset-freeze sanctions on Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to the country’s public broadcaster NHK.

The report did not say how many settlers would be sanctioned, but Israeli media outlet Ynet named four individuals expected to be targeted: Yinon Levi, Zvi Bar Yoseph, Moshe Sharvit and Neria ben Pazi.

Japan joins the UK, the US, the European Union, New Zealand and Canada in sanctioning individual Israeli settlers in response to escalating violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Japan maintains warm relations with Israel and does not yet recognise a Palestinian state.



SvennoJ on 23 July 2024

Video shows Israeli bulldozers in occupied West Bank refugee camp

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have obtained and verified footage showing Israeli military bulldozers destroying civilian infrastructure in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

The video shows at least three but possibly four military bulldozers smashing into a structure in the camp, located east of Tulkarem city where Israeli forces shot and wounded a Palestinian man on Monday night.

Israeli military carries out arrests in occupied West Bank

The Israeli military has carried out arrests and raids in the occupied West Bank in recent hours, according to local media.

Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian man from the town of Izbet Shufa, south of Tulkarem, while a 15-year-old has been arrested in the Ras al-Amud neighbourhood in the town of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem.

The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, has also said that it targeted an Israeli bulldozer with explosives in the al-Ghanim neighbourhood of the Tulkarem refugee camp.

Israeli forces are destroying homes, buildings and infrastructure in the area.

Earlier, we reported that a Palestinian man was in critical condition after Israeli forces shot him three times during a raid on the Tulkarem camp.

https://twiter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1815549604618031346

Translation: The Qassam Brigades – “A Sanqur 5 device exploded in an Israeli bulldozer and damaged it in the al-Ghanim neighbourhood axis in the Tulkarem camp.”


Israeli forces shoot and kill Palestinian man in West Bank: Reports

The Israeli military has shot and killed a Palestinian man in the town of Sa’ir in the Hebron governorate, according to local media reports. The circumstances around the killing have not been reported, but Israeli forces stormed Sa’ir in the early hours of this morning.

Translation: Occupation forces storm the town of Sa’ir, north of Hebron.


Qassam Brigades commander reported killed in Israeli drone strike in Tulkarem

Our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues are reporting that the Israeli military has carried out a drone strike in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem, killing a Palestinian man.

Ashraf Nafi, a commander with the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, was reported killed in the strike on the Tulkarem refugee camp, where intense fighting is ongoing between Israeli forces and Palestinian resistance groups.

Earlier, we reported that the Israeli military had also shot a 30-year-old Palestinian man in the camp, leaving him in critical condition.

The Qassam Brigades has also claimed an attack using explosives on an Israeli bulldozer in the camp’s al-Ghanim neighbourhood.

Translation: The martyrdom of the commander of the Qassam Brigades in Tulkarem camp, Ashraf Nafi, after being targeted by occupation drones



SvennoJ on 23 July 2024

Israeli military says it carried out strike on Tulkarem camp, 5 reported killed

The Israeli Air Force has said that one of its aircraft has “attacked armed terrorists” in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli forces continue to exchange fire with Palestinian armed groups in the area.

Earlier, we reported that the Israeli military had carried out a drone strike in Tulkarem, killing a commander with the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas.

Our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues are now reporting that at least five people have been killed in the Israeli attack, including a mother and daughter.

Israeli military shoot second man in occupied West Bank’s Sa’ir: Reports

The Israeli military has shot a second Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank town of Sa’ir, according to local media reports.

Earlier, we reported that the Israeli military had shot and killed a man after clashes broke out in the town in the Hebron governorate.


Red Crescent says Israeli military blocked access to victims of Tulkarem drone strike

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has said that Israeli forces prevented them from reaching the site of a drone strike in the Tulkarem refugee camp which reportedly killed several people.

“The Israeli occupation forces prevented our crews from reaching the site bombed by the occupation inside the camp to deal with martyrs and injuries at the location,” PRCS wrote in a post on X.

Earlier, we reported that the drone strike in the occupied West Bank refugee camp had killed a commander with the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. Our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues reported that at least five people were killed in the attack, including a mother and daughter.

The PRCS also said it transported two Palestinians to hospital who were shot by Israeli forces during armed confrontations in the camp.




Palestinian man wounded by Israeli forces in West Bank succumbs to injuries: Report

A man shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank town of ash-Shuyukh, northeast of Hebron, has died of his injuries, the Wafa news agency reports.

Earlier, we reported that the 22-year-old had been critically wounded and that Israeli forces had shot and killed another Palestinian man during a military raid in the nearby town of Sa’ir.


An Israeli armoured vehicle in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday morning



SvennoJ on 23 July 2024

Israeli forces prepare to demolish homes south of Hebron

Israeli forces, accompanied by heavy demolition vehicles, have stormed the town of Wadi al-Jawaya, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, in preparation for demolishing homes in the town, according to our colleagues on the ground.

An Al Jazeera correspondent also reported that Israeli forces are bulldozing infrastructure in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank during its military operation that has been ongoing for more than 10 hours.


Children among 77 killed in nine months of Israeli drone strikes in West Bank

The raid in Tulkarem has been going on for more than 12 hours now. The communication has been disrupted and electricity cut off to the refugee camp.

We know there was a drone strike; this is the latest in 28 drone attacks that the Israeli army has carried out in the occupied West Bank in the past nine months.

Those strikes in total have killed 77 Palestinians, including 14 children. In this particular attack, we know that one woman was killed. Her body was delivered to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.

The Israeli army is talking about two fighters who were killed. The bodies of the Palestinians killed in that attack were taken away by the Israeli army, so we have no confirmation. But local sources in the camp are telling Al Jazeera that up to five people were killed in that drone attack.

Further to the south in Sa’ir and ash-Shuyukh, we have confirmation from Palestinian Health Ministry sources that two Palestinians were killed in separate raids in those areas.

The Israeli military has been carrying out constant raids across the occupied territory. The number of those raids has tripled in the past nine months.


Israel forces Palestinian to demolish his home in East Jerusalem

A Palestinian channel has published videos on Telegram showing a Palestinian man, Khalil Kabaja, being forced to demolish his two-storey home in the village of at-Tur, in occupied East Jerusalem.

The videos have been verified by Sanad, Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency.

House demolitions in East Jerusalem have surged 60 percent since October 7 and the number of Palestinians who are bulldozing their own homes to avoid a hefty fine has doubled. Most often, Palestinians are found guilty of building without a permit by an occupying power, as it is nearly impossible to get permission. Palestinian homeowners say Israeli authorities are using the focus on Gaza to escalate the occupation.


Names of 5 killed in Tulkarem attack released

The Health Ministry in the occupied West Bank confirms five people were killed in an Israeli incursion into the Tulkarem refugee camp this morning.

A statement on Telegram said three men, a young girl and a 50-year-old woman died in the assault.

The names of the men killed – all identified as armed-group commanders – were announced as Ashraf Eid Zaher Nafeh, Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad Awad, and Muhammad Badie Muhammad Radwan.

The girl’s name was Bayan Muhammad Jumaa Salama Eid and the woman was Iman Muhammad Jumaa.The Israeli army confirmed the raids earlier saying Nafeh and Awad were “terrorists” who carried out attacks against Israeli troops.


Qassam Brigades praises rise of resistance across occupied West Bank

The armed wing of Hamas says the resistance across “the cities, villages and camps of the West Bank has become painful for the occupier, causing deaths and injuries among its ranks on a daily basis”.

In its statement on Telegram, the group also extended its condolences after the killing of commander Ashraf Eid Zaher Nafeh in an Israeli attack earlier today on Tulkarem.

Qassam Brigades said its fighters targeted an Israeli D9 bulldozer with an explosive device in the Tulkarem refugee camp and engaged in “fierce clashes” with Israeli soldiers.



SvennoJ on 23 July 2024

Israel continues nightly attacks on southern Lebanon

Israeli jets and artillery fired on several targets in southern Lebanon overnight, the military said.

“Terrorist infrastructure” and a “weapons warehouse” were attacked by warplanes in the Hula and Aita al-Shaab areas of Lebanon, according to the Israeli military.

Artillery also fired into Lebanon to “remove a threat”, it added.


Israeli warplanes break sound barrier over Beirut

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reports fighter jets broke the sound barrier at low altitude over the Lebanese capital and other parts of the country. In Beirut, residents felt two sonic booms.

Tensions between Hezbollah and Israel are at their worst in decades with cross-border exchanges of fire a daily occurrence since the start of the war on Gaza in October.

Hostilities have largely remained confined to border areas but have been increasing in frequency and intensity, raising fears of a wider Middle East conflict.


Injuries reported after Israeli drone attacks van in Lebanon’s Shaqra town

An Israeli drone has fired a guided missile at a van on the road to the town of Shaqra in southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil district.

That’s according to Lebanon’s National News Agency and the Lebanon 24 broadcaster.

The air raid carried out at 11:40am (08:40 GMT) injured an unknown number of people and burned part of the vehicle, the reports said.


School year not to start in northern Israel due to looming war on Lebanon: Minister

Education Minister Yoav Kisch says the school year will not start in northern Israel.

This means that evacuated students will continue to study in other schools and be scattered throughout the country, according to Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.

The report said that during a meeting with the Mateh Asher Regional Council in northern Israel, Kisch called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “to act now and strongly against the state of Lebanon”.

“There is no escaping the decision to wage a massive war against Lebanon in order to restore peace and stability to the residents of the north and for the future of the State of Israel,” he said.

Reacting to the news, Avigdor Lieberman, head of the opposition Yisrael Beiteinu party, said, “The failure to start the school year in the north proves that the government does not have a vision and surrendered to Hezbollah.”