Israeli attacks on northern and central Gaza killed at least 29 Palestinians on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reported, citing medical sources in the Strip.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said in its daily update, which it puts out about mid-day Gaza time, that at least 19 were killed and 69 were wounded over the previous 24-hour period. The ministry only counts dead and wounded Palestinians who are brought to hospitals.
Israeli attacks on Wednesday included a strike on a residential building near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, which has been under total siege as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign since early October. The attack killed at least 20 people, including women and children.
Moath Kahlout, a journalist reporting from the site, told Al Jazeera, “Due to a shortage of rescue teams, the neighbors are trying to pull the dead bodies from under the rubble.”
According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, an Israeli attack on Gaza City killed a female journalist, Iman Al-Shanti, and her son. The strike, which hit a residential building, killed a total of five Palestinians.
Israeli strikes also pounded central Gaza, killing at least seven Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
The Health Ministry said that, based on its numbers, the latest violence has brought the death toll since October 2023 to 44,805 and the number of wounded to 106,257.
A group of American healthcare workers who volunteered in Gaza estimated in an open letter to President Biden in October that the US-backed Israeli onslaught has killed at least 118,908 Palestinians, a total that includes indirect deaths caused by the Israeli siege. Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, who led the letter, told Antiwar.com in a recent interview that the estimate was the bare minimum they came up with by looking at the available data.
Assad is gone. I'm sure this will get better for the Palestinians soon. (Okay, Wars. Here: Sarcasm)
Over time the resistance will grow stronger. Syria under Assad turned out to be the weak link in the chain of the resistance. As for the people they have been suffering because the world has let them down.
Makes as much sense as when I blame Africa for being poor. Venezuela for mismanaging their economy. Cuba for it’s own embargo.
Russia for NATO expansion. It’s clearly Assad’s fault. (Alright, Wars. Another sarcastic comment here folks. Sorry.)
Oye vey!
Sarcasm can inject wit into a persuasive argument. However, this is not a serious argument. Without making assumptions regarding your vantage point, I am commenting as a person from the region. Before we blame anyone else, we begin by assessing ourselves and holding ourselves accountable. Yes Assad was the culmination of western intervention in the ME after WWI. Today, the Arabs have no excuse for not getting their acts together. Before I blame Israel and America for being the bad actors they are I will start with the corrupt PA, the sellout king next door and the inept pharoah on the other side, and Assad. Oct. 7th has not only shown that we have agency but Israel could have been easily defeated by a united Arab front.
It is not far fetched to think that Iran and Hezbollah considered the demise of Assad, the alternative approaches to moving weapons.
I believe that there may be a Blitzkrieg on Israel by both. However, if Iran is tempted to get cozy with the U.S., its leaders should consider Kissinger's warning: to be an enemy of the U.S. is dangerous, to be an ally is fatal.
Ideally, I would like to see the unification of Sunni and Shia resistance against Israel. Syria going forward is crucial to that.
And if the new government of Syria doesn't play nice with Israel, how will they cope any differently? Will the draconian sanctions be lifted? Will Israel promise to attack, backed to the hilt by the US, be stopped? I really like your optimism, but it seems misplaced.
Because analysts have repeatedly dismissed "political Islam" as a factor, they will keep misreading the situation.
We have this joke that when someone has gone through the worst and is threatened with worse…. "They said to the amoeba we're going to devolve you."
In other words, after what Syria has gone through, they will weather the sanctions, the Israeli chest beating and the terrorist designation. And it will get worse before it gets better because we have to clean house of the corrupt PA, sell out kings and inept generals (e.g., Sissi). Then things will change.
I am relieved to know there are witnesses to the slaughter of the innocent victims.
Eyes are the windows to the soul….
In another news flash on antiwar: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/us-nonprofit-raising-money-israeli-sniper-unit
The same unit that shoots children. Twice. Once in the head. Once in the torso.
WTF!!!
I am embarrassed to admit that I am an American. JFC!!
Killing and stealing are sins…
Where and when, does it end?…