Israel strikes tanks in Syria’s Sweida, scene of Bedouin-Druze clashes

Israel’s military says it hit several tanks in the Sweida province of southern Syria, where dozens have been killed in clashes between Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters.

“Earlier today, several tanks were identified in the area between al-Sijin and al-Sima, moving towards al-Sweida in southern Syria,” the army said, adding the vehicles were attacked “to disrupt their arrival in the area”.

The statement said the army “will not allow a military threat to exist in southern Syria and will act against it”.

Ultra-Orthodox lawmakers threaten to resign from Netanyahu gov’t

Lawmakers from Degel HaTorah – a key faction in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party – say they will resign from the Israeli government over a long-running dispute on military conscription for Haredi men.

Spiritual leader Rabbi Dov Lando accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of “failing to fulfil obligations” to protect yeshiva [religious seminary] students from being drafted into the army, and said continued participation in the coalition is no longer acceptable.

Degel HaTorah said yeshiva students should be exempt from military service so they can dedicate their lives to Torah study.

While Degel HaTorah alone cannot topple Netanyahu’s government, its withdrawal could destabilise the fragile coalition, especially if the other ultra-Orthodox parties follow suit.


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Israel’s military achievements ‘being erased’ in Gaza

Military analyst Colin Clarke, director of research at the Soufan Group, says tactical gains Israeli forces have made militarily in Gaza “are being erased with what we are seeing on a daily basis”.

“One can only wonder what the strategy is by the Israelis,” Clarke told Al Jazeera from Pittsburgh in the United States.

Clarke stressed “the essence of effective counter-insurgency is to win the hearts and minds of the population”. “We see day after day that is not what is happening and that is not what the Israelis are attempting.”

Clarke underlined that the “catastrophic” situation in Gaza is “counterproductive”. “These images are going to live with us, and they are having a radicalising effect all over the world, including the West,” he said.

‘Horrific’ Gaza situation needs a two-state solution: UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says a ceasefire in Gaza is not enough and must be part of a broader political solution that includes the creation of a Palestinian state.

“It is essential that that ceasefire leads to a solution, and that solution can only be possible if both Palestinians and Israelis can have a state where they can exercise their rights,” he said.

Calling the situation in Gaza “horrific”, Guterres said the level of death and destruction has “no parallel in recent times” and violates basic human dignity.

The idea of five million people living on their own land without rights goes against humanity and international law, he added.

Guterres also announced plans for a conference on the two-state solution in July.

UK must ‘immediately suspend all arms to Israel’: Save the Children

Save the Children UK has issued a statement condemning the UK continued arms trade with Israel and called on the government to “immediately suspend all arms to Israel, including parts for the F-35 fighter jets being used to kill and maim children”.

“Six children were killed in an Israeli air strike while waiting for water yesterday. Last week, eight children were reportedly killed while queuing for nutritional supplements outside of a clinic,” the charity wrote on X.

“These children have names, they had hopes and dreams for the future. They are someone’s everything, their entire universe. We refuse to allow their suffering to become normalised.”

“The UK public sees what is happening. They will not be silent while their government is complicit in Israel’s atrocities by continuing to license the transfer of arms,” it added.

Members of UN commission on Israel resign

Three members of a UN commission charged with investigating human rights abuses in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory have quit.

The commission was created in 2021 and has been sharply criticised by Israel.

South Africa’s Navi Pillay, 83, who once headed the international tribunal for Rwanda, cited her age in a letter announcing her resignation.

Australia’s Chris Sidoti, 74, said in his letter that it was an “appropriate time” to renew the commission. And India’s Miloon Kothari, in his late 60s, said it had been “an honour” to serve.

Jurg Lauber, the head of the UN’s Human Rights Council, asked the council’s member states to propose new members by August 31.

Main events on July 14th

• At least 78 Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip, hospital sources told Al Jazeera, including civilians gathered near an aid distribution centre.
• Three Israeli soldiers were killed in fighting in northern Gaza, with a fourth seriously wounded, as Hamas said it “surprises the enemy daily with innovative field tactics”.
• Israeli settlers and soldiers carried out a series of new attacks across the occupied West Bank, uprooting hundreds of olive trees and demolishing a four-storey residential building.
• The father of an Israeli captive held in Gaza said that there is a “reality of stagnation” surrounding ceasefire negotiations, and expressed frustration over the lack of progress.
• Senior Israeli politicians slammed Netanyahu’s plan to build a “humanitarian city” in southern Gaza, calling it a “crazy idea” that would waste billions of dollars.
• UN Secretary-General António Guterres said a ceasefire alone is not enough, and urged world leaders to pursue a broader political solution that includes a viable Palestinian state.
  
  

BBC Censorship Over Gaza Revealed

BBC report on Gaza documentary comes as own goal; UK minister, Ofcom exposed

The BBC released its report on the reason behind taking the Gaza documentary off air and found breaches if its own editorial guidelines. However, Rifat Jawaid exposes the corporation’s lies and the double-standards of the Labour government and the media regulator, Ofcom.

Why the West Submits to Israel (HOW DID WE GET HERE? PART 1)

Erm the West created Israel... Desperately defending ongoing colonialism not to be held to account for all their other skeletons in the closets of 'the West'.

Exposing Israel is exposing US/Canada/Australia/UK and most of Europe.

"War on Children": Doctor in Gaza on Massacres, Starvation and Israel's Plan for Concentration Camps

The official death toll in Gaza has topped 58,000, with Israeli forces continuing to shoot at Palestinians seeking aid and talks over a ceasefire agreement stalled in Doha. This morning's injured were taken to Nasser Hospital, the largest functioning hospital in Gaza, facing fuel shortages and a widening Israeli offensive in the area.

Democracy Now! spoke with Dr. Tarek Loubani, an emergency room physician who has been volunteering in Nasser Hospital in Gaza since June, live from Gaza.

"Every day seems to be a new exercise in the depths of human depravity in terms of targeting men, boys, women and children, especially in terms of the youngest children," says Loubani. "I think every doctor who operates and works in Palestine will tell you that that's the most jarring, the most terrible part of our job, is just the war on children on every level."

Israeli Ex-PM CONFESSES: We're Building CONCENTRATION CAMP

Israel Guilty Of SYSTEMATIC Sexual Violence Against Palestinians! – U.N. Confirms

A recent UN report titled "More Than a Human Can Bear" details systematic sexual and gender-based violence committed by Israeli forces and settlers against Palestinians since October 7. The report documents harrowing accounts of abuse, including rape, torture, and sexual humiliation of detainees—both men and women—by Israeli military and prison personnel.

As Jimmy points out, despite extensive evidence and testimonies, U.S. media and political figures have largely ignored or downplayed these findings, while continuing to repeat debunked claims about Hamas.

Netanyahu Had Ceasefire Deal in April 2024 But Kept Gaza War Going to Stay in Power: NY Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly rejected ceasefire deals and other chances to deescalate the devastating war in Gaza and beyond, all to remain in power and avoid corruption charges, according to a new investigation in The New York Times Magazine.

"Netanyahu put the integrity of the coalition, the safety of his continuous rule of the government and the state … as a first priority ahead of any other priority," says Ronen Bergman, Pulitzer Prize-winning Israeli investigative reporter.

NYPD BLOCK Protest of MASSIVE BOMBS Shipment to Israel

Status Coup's Ashley Bishop was on-the-ground as pro-Palestine protesters came together to hold a rally informing people that a plane is taking off from JFK airport to Israel carrying millions of pounds of bombs. The NYPD end up blocking them from entering, even after they bought tickets as instructed, causing them to hold the rally where they can.

Setback for Netanyahu as Hamas inflict losses; Houthis cripple maritime industry

The IDF has said that it lost three of its members in Gaza on Monday. This brings the total losses suffered by the IDF in Gaza since 7 October to 897. Rifat Jawaid looks at this major development, which is a major blow to Benjamin Netanyahu’s Gaza ambitions.

Elsewhere, the recent action by Yemeni fighters also known as the Houthis has had a crippling effect on the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.

Settlers attack CNN crew in occupied West Bank, reporter says

CNN’s Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond says Israeli settlers attacked him and his team as they were reporting on the killing of an American in the occupied West Bank this week.

Diamond was in the occupied territory to speak with the father of 20-year-old Saif Musallet, who was one of two men killed by Israeli settlers on Friday.

“As we were covering this story, my team & I were attacked by Israeli settlers. The back window of our vehicle was smashed, but we managed to escape unharmed,” he wrote on X. “This is just a sliver of the reality many Palestinians face in the West Bank amid rising settler violence.”

Saif Musallat was just 20 years old. He owned an ice cream shop with his dad in Tampa.
On Friday, Israeli settlers beat him to death, according to his family.
Our interview with his heartbroken father & his quest for justice:https://t.co/5h0UgpjkOU

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) July 14, 2025

Democrat ‘horrified by brutal murder’ of Palestinian American in West Bank

US Congressman Jerrold Nadler says the “brutal murder” of 20‑year‑old Palestinian American Sayfollah Musallet reflects “epidemic levels” of violence in the occupied West Bank.

“Reports that the settlers prevented ambulances from reaching the victims and IDF [Israeli army] soldiers were also present but failed to intervene are deeply disturbing,” Nadler wrote in a social media post.

Nadler called on other members of Congress to support his West Bank Violence Prevention Act, “to prevent these kinds of acts of violence in the West Bank and to punish all those who commit such acts in the West Bank, regardless of their nationality”.

US envoy demands investigation after American killed by settlers

Mike Huckabee, US ambassador to Israel, has called on Israeli authorities to “aggressively” investigate the killing of an American citizen beaten to death in the occupied West Bank.

Saif Musallet was attacked on Friday. His family said Israeli settlers surrounded him for three hours and assaulted medics who tried to reach him. “There must be accountability for this criminal and terrorist act. Saif was just 20 years old,” Huckabee wrote in a post on X.

In a statement, the family described Saif as a “kind, hard-working, and deeply respected young man, working to build his dreams”.

Since 2022, Israeli forces have killed at least nine US citizens, including Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. None of those cases have resulted in criminal charges.

I have asked @Israel to aggressively investigate the murder of Saif Mussallet, an American citizen who was visiting family in Sinjil when he was beaten to death. There must be accountability for this criminal and terrorist act. Saif was just 20 yrs old.

— Ambassador Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) July 15, 2025

How are all those other investigations going Mike?

Attacks against Palestinians intensify in occupied West Bank: UN

There has been an increase in killings of and attacks against Palestinians by settlers and security forces in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks, the UN human rights office said.

“Israeli settlers and security forces have intensified their killings, attacks and harassment of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in the past weeks,” Thameen al-Kheetan, a spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, told reporters in Geneva.

The OHCHR said that since January, settlers have carried out 757 attacks on Palestinians or their properties, which is a 13 percent increase on the same period last year. At least 964 Palestinians have been killed since October 7, 2023, by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.


Israel moves to cut power and water to UNRWA offices

Israel plans to cut off electricity and water to offices of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in its latest step to shut down its operations. Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen says the move is part of a new law designed to end UNRWA’s presence in Israel.

“The law to disconnect electricity and water from UNRWA offices, which will lead to the cessation of the organisation’s activities in Israel, has been published,” Cohen wrote on X. “Turning off the lights at UNRWA!”

In October 2024, the Israeli Knesset passed laws revoking UNRWA’s privileges and banning official contact with the agency. The ban was implemented in January, forcing the agency to vacate its East Jerusalem office and leading to the closure of six UNRWA-run schools in the city.

Israeli settlers attack home near Nablus

Israeli settlers have stormed a Palestinian resident’s home in the village of an-Nassariya, north of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.

According to Wafa news agency, citing local sources, settlers from a nearby illegal outpost attacked the resident under the protection of the army. No injuries have been reported.

Israeli air raids hit Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley

The Israeli army says its air force has hit what it calls several Hezbollah targets in the Bekaa Valley, eastern Lebanon. The army said it hit camps of the Radwan Force, a special forces unit of the Lebanese armed group.

Lebanese security sources said that Israeli jets carried out more than 10 attacks in several eastern locations early on Tuesday. According to residents, loud explosions could be heard in the region.

Hezbollah and Israel have repeatedly accused each other of breaching a ceasefire signed last November that halted more than a year of fighting.

According to the deal, both Israel has Hezbollah should have pulled out their forces from southern Lebanon. In breach to the agreement, Israel still maintains soldiers in at least five outposts in southern Lebanon, continues to carry out attacks on occasion, including ground operations.

At least 12 killed in Israeli attack on Lebanon refugee camp

Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting that at least 12 people were killed and eight wounded by an Israeli air strike on eastern Lebanon that hit a camp for displaced Syrians in the northern Bekaa Valley.

Seven Syrians were among those killed in the attack that took place in the Wadi Fara area.

The Israeli army earlier claimed it conducted a series of attacks on Hezbollah targets.

Syrian labourers among 12 killed as Israel pounds Lebanon

This is the deadliest day since November when the ceasefire that was supposed to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah came into force. But since then, Israel carried out hundreds of strikes targeting what it calls Hezbollah’s military infrastructure and personnel.

According to local authorities, 12 people were killed today. There were more than a dozen Israeli air strikes targeting three locations. In one of those strikes, seven Syrian labourers were killed. Some were members of the same family. Five Lebanese were also killed. Local authorities did not identify them, but security sources say they are members of Hezbollah.

The Israeli army says it is targeting weapon depots, and it will continue as long as “Hezbollah continues to plot to restore its military capability”. We also heard from the Israeli defence minister, putting more pressure on the Lebanese government to fully disarm Hezbollah.

It hasn’t done so yet. It has been treading carefully, preferring dialogue with the group instead of a confrontation. But no doubt Lebanon is at a crossroads. Many fear these Israeli attacks are just going to increase pressure on the Lebanese state to act against Hezbollah.

Hezbollah warns of ‘major escalation’ after deadly Israeli strikes

The Lebanese armed group issued the warning after Israeli air strikes killed 12 people, including seven Syrians and five Lebanese, in the deadliest attack since a November ceasefire took hold.

In a statement, Hezbollah said the attack marked “a major escalation in the context of the ongoing aggression against Lebanon and its people”. It called on the Lebanese government to “take serious, immediate and decisive action” to uphold the truce with Israel.

It also demanded that the United States live up to its responsibility as the sponsor of the ceasefire.

“In absence of an official, strong and effective position, and the continuing negligence and inaction internationally, will only lead to more violations and aggression,” Hezbollah said.

Israel is trying to press on Lebanon’s “national will”, but the Lebanese people will “hold on to resistance as a choice to confront the enemy”.