A day after Israeli military destroyed a 13-story apartment block in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned civilians in Gaza to leave any sites where Hamas militants might be operating. The warning came on Sunday, after a non-explosive rocket had been fired by an Israeli aircraft to warn residents before the actual attack. Israeli intelligence had shown that the apartment block was a … [Read more...]
Palestinians and Israeli have Agreed on a New Gaza Truce
Israel and Palestinian parties have promised several truces that they did not respect. On Sunday, they agreed to an Egyptian proposal for a new 72-hour ceasefire in the Gaza area. It should start at 17.00 ET, according to officials. An Israeli government official stated that Israel has agreed to Egypt’s proposal. He also added that Israeli negotiators will be returning to Cairo on Monday to … [Read more...]
Israel Winds Down Its Military Operations In Gaza and Proposes New Truce
Israel claimed that it has already achieved the majority of its objectives and would now wind down its operations in Gaza. Whether by themselves or due to international pressure coming especially from Western allies, Israeli officials stated on Monday that they would stop causing civilian casualties as they significantly reduce their military operations. This truce was allegedly brokered with the … [Read more...]
International Criminal Court Possibility for Gazan Armed Conflict
For the past 27 days, the United Nations, United States and most of the world’s countries have disapproved of the situation that is taking place in Gaza. Human rights defenders have pointed out that both Israel and Hamas have either indiscriminately or deliberately kept attacking civilian population over and over again. In similar situations, as was the 2009 conflict, United States … [Read more...]
Israel Shutting Down Tunnels in Gaza
In spite of the ceasefire that had been declared, Israel forces have restarted raking southern Gaza with shelling and airstrikes on Saturday. They are searching for the soldier who was allegedly abducted by Palestinian militants the day before, in spite of Hamas suggestions that the lieutenant was already dead. After the collapse of the ceasefire that had been so difficultly crafted by … [Read more...]
Gaza Power Plant Knocked out By Israel
Tuesday marked one of the heaviest bombardments that Palestine has seen since the conflict began three weeks ago. Israel began an air, sea and land strike on Tuesday that targeted dozens of high-profile targets, the Hamas political leader as well as the only Gazan power plant. During this heavy bombardment that was the bloodiest offensive in response to rocket fire shot by the Hamas, 79 … [Read more...]
Israeli Prime Minister Will do “Whatever Necessary” in the Hamas Situation
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, has made a public statement on Sunday. He has vowed to do whatever he can, and whatever is necessary in the battle with Islamic militant group Hamas. "Hamas has broken 5 cease-fires (...) They've violated their own cease-fires. They are firing on us now... We'll do whatever is necessary to achieve our goal of sustained quiet." he said on … [Read more...]
Final Agreement on 12-hour Ceasefire
This humanitarian truce comes after John Kerry’s unsuccessful bids earlier today. A spokeswoman with the Israeli military declared for the Reuters news agency that this short ceasefire will commence at 8 A.M. local Israeli time and that during this time, troops could search tunnels used by militants. The spokeswoman insisted on telling Reuters that the military would not stand idly by if … [Read more...]
Gaza Death Toll Jumps Yet Again
According to Hama’s armed wing, an Israeli soldier has been captured on Sunday, under the circumstances that the fighting that has been taking place here has already caused the death of 100 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers. The capture was made public on the Hamas television broadcast and as such, Israeli military will have to verify the information. The masked spokesman of the Hamas armed … [Read more...]
