- VS eisen van Israël toegang humanitaire hulp aan Gaza
De Amerikaanse regering heeft in een brief aan de regering van Israël geëist dat humanitaire hulp aan Gaza wordt toegestaan. Indien niet dan zouden wapenleveranties worden gestopt. Ze hebben 30 dagen tijd. Zie 5.
Er zijn berichten dat afgelopen dagen hulp ook mondjesmaat is toegestaan. Kerosine voor aggregaten van ziekenhuizen. Inmiddels gaat het moorden door. Inmiddels meer dan 42.000 officieel getelde doden. Zie 2.
Het gebrek van middelen die in het internationaal humanitair recht illegaal zijn gaan door. Zie 3 en 4.
Hezbollah houdt voet bij stuk. Als er een staakt-het-vuren komt in Gaza stopt Hezbollah de raketaanvallen op Israël. Ook de oorlog in Libanon gaat onverminderd door. Zie 6.
Een interessante analyse over het persbeïnvloedingsbeleid van de Israëlische regering. Waarom werd nieuws aan liberale Amerikaanse kranten gegeven over de gevonden documenten in een Hamas-computer. En klopte de conclusie wel die werd ‘ingestoken’. Zie 8
Duitsland was te (?) zorgvuldig met het uitgeven van wapenexportvergunningen aan Israël. Zo voorzichtig dat Israël Bild inschakelde om herrie te veroorzaken. De Duitse krant Süddeutsche Zeitung weet te melden dat de orde inmiddels is hersteld. Duitse wapens voor Israël. Zie 9.
- Israel Kills 55 More Palestinians in Gaza, Tightens Siege on North
Antiwar.com, 15 oktober 2024, ‘Oxfam and 37 other humanitarian organizations are warning the Israel assault has reached a ‘horrifying level of atrocity’. Gaza’s Health Ministry said Tuesday that Israeli forces killed at least 55 Palestinians and injured 329 over the previous 24-hour period, bringing its death toll since last October to 42,344 and the number of wounded to 99,013.’ Zie verder of https://news.antiwar.com/2024/10/15/israel-kills-55-more-palestinians-in-gaza-tightens-siege-on-north/#gsc.tab=0.
- Israel using booby-trapped robots in northern Gaza, says rights group
Middle Eastr Eye, 15 oktober 2024, ‘Citing testimony from eyewitnesses in the enclave, Euro-Med Monitor said Israel used the remotely detonated devices in a manner that caused extensive damage to homes and buildings and significant civilian casualties.’ Zie verder of
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-using-booby-trapped-robots-northern-gaza-rights-group
- How Israel’s Army Uses Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza
New York Times, 14 oktober 2024, ‘Israeli soldiers and Palestinian former detainees say troops have regularly forced captured Gazans to carry out life-threatening tasks, including inside Hamas tunnels. Natan Odenheimer, Bilal Shbair and Patrick Kingsley interviewed 16 Israeli soldiers and officials who knew about the practice, as well as three Palestinians, on the record, who were forced to take part in it.’ Zie verder of https://archive.is/t6m2B.
- U.S. demands Israel improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza or risk military aid
AXIOS, Barak Ravid, 15 oktober 2024, ‘The Biden administration sent a letter to Israeli leaders on Monday demanding Israel take steps within 30 days to improve the dire humanitarian conditions in Gaza or risk the supply of U.S. weapons to Israel being affected, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Axios.’ Zie verder of https://www.axios.com/2024/10/15/us-israel-gaza-humanitarian-conditions-military-aid-letter.
- Hezbollah signals Lebanon truce depends on Gaza, says it aims to cause Israel pain
Times of Israël, 15 oktober 2024, ‘Hezbollah’s deputy chief Naim Qassem said on Tuesday his group has adopted “a new calculation” to inflict pain on Israel, even as he called for a ceasefire and seemed to relink cessation of hostilities in Lebanon with a truce in Gaza, after an official in the terror group recently said it could give up its longstanding linkage between the two fronts.’ Zie verder of https://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-relinks-lebanon-truce-to-gaza-says-new-tactics-aim-to-inflict-pain-on-israel/.
- What is the THAAD antimissile system that the US is sending Israel?
Al Jazeera, 15 oktober 2024, ‘In its latest round of military assistance to Israel, the United States will send its advanced Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defence system. The US will also send soldiers to operate the system, the Pentagon said on Sunday. It is unclear when the deployment will take place. Here’s why the US is deploying the THAAD system in Israel now.’ Zie verder of https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/15/what-is-the-thaad-antimissile-system-that-the-us-is-sending-israel.
- Leaked Hamas Documents, Aimed at Aiding Netanyahu, Reveal His Responsibility for October 7
Haaretz, Aluf Benn, 14 oktober 2024, ‘The documents seek to persuade Western public opinion that the IDF is not trying to punish defenseless Palestinians and Lebanese, but save Israel from destruction. Instead, they show that Netanyahu’s policies pushed Hamas to launch the war by itself, without waiting for Hezbollah and Iran.’ Zie verder of https://archive.ph/ivdjB
- Rüstungslieferungen nach einer monatelangen Pause.
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 14 oktober 2024, Die Bundesregierung wird nach Informationen der Süddeutschen Zeitung aus Regierungskreisen weitere Rüstungsexporte nach Israel freigeben. Sie reagiert damit darauf, dass die Regierung von Premier Benjamin Netanjahu Ende vergangener Woche die geforderte Zusicherung in Berlin hinterlegt hat, dass von Deutschland geliefertes Gerät nur im Rahmen des humanitären Völkerrechts eingesetzt wird. Zie verder of https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/israel-deutschland-bundesregierung-ruestunsexporte-waffen-lux.6kkiNuKAJptK3uxThuBsSi?reduced=true (zie ook German Defense Exports to Israel Stir Unprecedented Tensions as Delivery Delays Mount Haaretz, 16 oktober 202
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