Russia warned Israel against carrying out its threat to flood the Gaza Strip tunnels with seawater, and said that this step would be a war crime, after announcing that Tel Aviv would establish a large system of pumps that could be used to flood the tunnels used by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) under the Strip in an attempt to expel its fighters. .

The American magazine Newsweek quoted Dmitry Polyansky, the Russian Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, as saying - yesterday, Saturday - that Israel's tactic of flooding the tunnels threatens the water supply in the Strip, even if it may push Hamas fighters to leave them.

Polyansky added that flooding the tunnels would harm civilians in Gaza, noting that there was a possibility that there were civilians in the tunnels who fled to them for fear of indiscriminate Israeli bombing, especially since there was no other place they could take refuge in the Strip.

The Israeli military has not yet commented on the Russian warning, according to Newsweek.

It is noteworthy that over the past two months, Russia has condemned the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, and Russian President Vladimir Putin considered the Hamas operation on October 7 an example of the failure of the policy pursued by the United States in the Middle East.

The Wall Street Journal quoted American officials - last week - as saying that the Israeli army had completed placing at least 5 pumps approximately one kilometer north of the Beach refugee camp in Gaza, which can transport thousands of cubic meters of water per hour and flood the tunnels within. Weeks.

Previous reports also said that Israel is considering using "sponge bombs" to close resistance tunnels in the Gaza Strip.

In a previous interview with Newsweek magazine with an Israeli officer, he said that the Israeli army did not expect the tunnels to be so durable and advanced, noting that they had seen a lot of concrete, stairs, and intersections in the tunnels during the recent war on the Gaza Strip.

Israel has tried several times to destroy resistance tunnels in recent years by blowing them up or using bulldozers, and yet Hamas has managed to rebuild them each time.

Nearly two months after the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, evidence is increasing today that Israel is involved in a process of ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians living in the Strip. The American website (Responsible Statecraft) says that even if we decide to uncritically believe Israel's announcements and consider that its attack on the Gaza Strip and its two million people is aimed only at "destroying Hamas," we will find that the Israeli operation is so deeply misleading that it should prevent the United States or any other power from either support it or ignore it.

Hamas cannot be destroyed by bombs and ground invasion. Even if this were possible, what is clear is that the ongoing operation will not enhance the security of Israeli citizens in the future, but will in fact make it worse. Israeli announcements should not be uncritically believed in any event.

Israel is committing ethnic cleansing against the Palestinians in Gaza

The American website says that one evidence of ethnic cleansing is the enormous force and indiscriminate nature of Israeli military attacks. It cannot be said that the operation is primarily focused on destroying Hamas, while entire neighborhoods are being destroyed, inflicting more civilian casualties than military ones, while there is not much evidence of achieving any positive results except for the seizure and display of some allegedly empty tunnels.

All you have to do is think about the following numbers. Israeli officials claim that their Gaza operation has so far killed 5,000 Hamas fighters. Officials have admitted that these numbers are just rough estimates, while the outside world has no way of knowing whether they are close to reality or not.

But let's assume that this number is correct. The Israeli army itself estimates that the number of Hamas's military wing was about 30,000 fighters at the beginning of this war, which means that there are still 25,000 fighters to be eliminated. The latest estimates of the total number of Palestinian casualties, which are rapidly increasing in this war, indicate the fall of 17,000 dead, including more than 6,000 children.

Is it enough for Israel to kill 100,000 Palestinians?

You can review the following calculations yourself. According to the current pace and methods used by Israel, we will find that completing the mission to eliminate the military wing of Hamas will result in the killing of about 100,000 Palestinians, including more than 30,000 children, as the American website says.

This estimate does not include the damage resulting from Israel's pursuit of the rest of Hamas' strength outside the military wing, including senior leaders whom Israel pledged to kill, as well as Hamas's civil administration in the Gaza Strip, which Israel pledged to eliminate. This estimate does not take into account the rate of civilian casualties as a result of the Israeli army’s current escalation of its operations in the southern Gaza Strip, which has become crowded with those fleeing the north and to which they were told to go as “safe areas.”

The rate of losses in the south is likely to be at least as high as the losses of previous operations in the north.

Israel's real goals

Responsible Statecraft says these numbers are far higher than any rate that could be justified in response to what Hamas did in Israel on October 7. These numbers also indicate that Israeli goals include killing civilians and expelling the largest number of Palestinians out of Gaza, in addition to eliminating Hamas.

The Israeli military claims that it used the warnings to reduce civilian casualties, but those allegations are nothing more than a cruel joke. The army orders residents to flee their homes and then bombs them anyway, whether on the road or inside the place to which they were asked to flee. Then they are asked to move again, only to be bombed again.

QR codes and leaflets containing information about safe areas are useless, because communications are down and the majority of Palestinians do not have internet access.

Israel no longer bothers to use the old practice of “warning missiles,” which relies on using a small munition at first to warn the residents of a building that it is about to be bombed — as if it were okay to bomb someone’s house as long as you gave them a few minutes’ notice.

The West Bank is not far from Gaza and there are crimes of ethnic cleansing

Other evidence of Israel's goals in Gaza comes from successive events in the West Bank. Israeli settlers there have spent the last two months using murder, violence and intimidation, largely with the tacit approval of the Israeli authorities, with the aim of driving the village's old Palestinian residents from their lands.

Then comes the speech of Israeli political leaders, which some observers described as genocidal speech. There have been plenty of examples of this over the past two months. Defense Minister Yoav Galant said about Gaza: “We will eliminate everything in it.” Meanwhile, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, Nissim Fattouri, said about the Palestinians of Gaza: “Expel them all.” In what Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter said: “We are now in the process of implementing the Gaza Nakba.” As for Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, he suggested that Israel consider dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza!

Add to the above the evidence that has emerged regarding the Israeli government's plans. A report in October revealed a proposal from the Ministry of Intelligence to transfer all Gaza residents to Egypt's Sinai, to be housed in tents first and then transferred to permanently built cities.

The proposal did not explain how Israel would overcome Egyptian opposition to population transfer in any way. But other reports have emerged confirming that Israeli leaders and diplomats are quietly proposing the matter to other governments, with the aim of transferring hundreds of thousands of Gazans to Egypt.

The Israelis claim that this step will be temporary for the duration of the ongoing war, but their interlocutors rejected the idea due to the possibility that this displacement would become permanent, as happened in previous incidents of displacement of Palestinians.

While a recent report stated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assigned Ron Dermer, his American-born Minister of Strategic Affairs, to develop a plan to “reduce” the population of the Gaza Strip to the lowest possible extent. The news was published by the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom, which supports Netanyahu and supposedly has good relations with him.

Displacement with American support

In a possible reflection of that planning, other Israeli media reports spoke of a proposal that had already been presented to members of the US Congress, which includes transporting two million Gazans through Egypt to permanently settle them there, in Iraq, Turkey, and Yemen. The United States is supposed to use its aid to those countries as a means of pressuring them to accept this arrangement.

The Hamas attack on October 7 demonstrated that it is impossible to remove the conflict with the Palestinians from the regional equation. But the Israeli government rejected with all its might the only way to end these unrest, which is to resolve the conflict through peaceful negotiations that give the Palestinians the right to self-determination, whether by choosing a two-state solution or obtaining equal rights in one state.

Instead, it increasingly appears that Israel is trying to remove the Palestinians themselves from the equation through murder, ethnic cleansing, and displacement. This clear Israeli strategy will not bring peace to Israelis or others as long as disaffected exiles persist, as was the case with its previous maneuvers. The best example of this is how Israel pursued the exiled Palestine Liberation Organization in the early 1980s, which resulted in the outbreak of several wars, the rise of Lebanese Hezbollah, and the loss of all hopes for stability in Lebanon.

The Biden administration has shown some signs of realizing what is happening. Vice President Kamala Harris said during the climate summit in Dubai that “the United States will not accept the forced transfer of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip or the West Bank under any circumstances.” The United States also began imposing a visa ban on Israeli settlers accused of committing acts of violence in the West Bank.

But these indicators do not amount to a complete disconnect between Washington and those hateful policies and practices in reality. It can be said that this separation is necessary in order to spare the United States from being exposed to more international contempt, which its association with Israeli actions brought upon it in the first place, as the American website says.

Source: Sama News

1. Al Jazeera said that the Israeli occupation forces bombed a house in the center of the city of Tubas, northeast of the West Bank, with incendiary missiles.
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16. Director of the Ambulance and Emergency Center at the Red Crescent in Nablus, Ahmed Jibril, said: A boy was injured by bullets, and a young man (24 years old) was injured by shrapnel from occupation bullets in the thigh during the storming of Askar camp.
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A medical source said that 45 dead arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza Strip since yesterday evening due to the Israeli bombing.

Israeli media: The war may continue for another two months

The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported, citing Israeli officials, that estimates indicate that the Israeli war on Gaza will continue for up to two more months.

The Israeli army said: We are at the height of the fighting in the Gaza Strip, and the most intense battles are taking place in Shujaiya, Jabalia, and Khan Yunis.

Israeli Energy Minister: There are no time limits for the ground operation

Maariv newspaper quoted the Israeli Energy Minister as saying that “there are no time limits for the ground operation and we must give the Israeli army the time it needs.”

For his part, the Israeli National Security Advisor told Channel 12 that the administration of US President Joe Biden “has not set a deadline for the army to end our campaign against Hamas.”

The writers Tony Carson and Daniel Levy concluded in their article that Israel is in the process of losing the battle it is leading against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, considering that Hamas, with its limited numbers and equipment, has become a rival to Tel Aviv.

Carson and Levy pointed out in an article published by “The Nation” website that just thinking about this matter seems “a kind of absurdity,” especially since a group of irregular armed men, whose number does not exceed tens of thousands, are besieged and have little ability to... Having access to advanced weapons, they became a counterpart to one of the most powerful armies in the world, supported and armed by the United States of America.

Despite all these qualities of the Israeli army, a growing number of strategic analysts in the military establishment warn that Israel may lose this war against the Palestinians, despite the catastrophic violence it has unleashed since the “Al-Aqsa Flood” attack on October 7th.

Achieving Hamas's goals

The authors' article pointed out that by provoking the Israeli attack, Hamas may be in the process of achieving many of its political goals.

The article stated that both Israel and Hamas seem to be resetting the terms of their political competition not to the status quo that existed before October 7, but to the status quo that existed in 1948. It is not clear what will come next, but There will be a return to the previous situation. According to the article.

The surprise attack neutralized Israeli military installations, broke down the gates of the world's largest open-air prison, and caused a horrific rampage in which some 1,200 Israelis were killed, at least 845 of whom were civilians.

The article published by The Nation added: “The shocking ease with which Hamas penetrated Israeli lines around the Gaza Strip reminded many of the Tet Offensive (in Vietnam) in 1968.”

An analogy to what happened in Vietnam

The article added: “Not literally, as there are vast differences between the American war of intervention in a distant land and the Israeli war to defend its occupation at home, which is waged by an army of citizens driven by a sense of existential danger. Instead, the benefit of this analogy lies in the political logic that constitutes a rebels attack.” 

The article continued: “In 1968, the Vietnamese revolutionaries lost the battle and sacrificed much of the secret political and military infrastructure they had carefully built over years. However, the Tet Offensive was considered a key and defining moment in their defeat of the United States - Even if it comes at a heavy cost in Vietnamese lives."

Hence the lament of the late Henry Kissinger in 1969: “We fought a military war. Our opponents fought a political battle. We sought physical exhaustion. Our opponents aimed to exhaust us psychologically. And in the process we lost sight of one of the basic principles of guerrilla warfare: that guerrilla warfare wins if it does not lose and the traditional army loses if it does not win.”

Israel is at risk of losing

This logic led John Alterman, at the right-wing Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, to believe that “Israel is at great risk of losing to Hamas.”

Alterman wrote that Hamas seeks "to use Israel's much greater power to defeat Israel. Israel's power allows it to kill Palestinian civilians, destroy Palestinian infrastructure, and defy global calls for restraint. All of these advance Hamas' war aims."

According to the article, such warnings were ignored by the Biden administration and Western leaders, whose unconditional embrace of Israel's current war is rooted in the illusion that Israel was just another Western country peacefully going about its business before it came under an unprovoked attack on October 7 - a convenient fantasy. ...for those who prefer to avoid acknowledging the reality they co-created.”

Intelligence failures

The article stressed that the "intelligence failures" represented by Israel's failure to anticipate October 7 are also tantamount to a political failure in understanding the consequences of the "violent repression" method that the leading international and Israeli human rights organizations described as apartheid.

The article said that Hamas, in breaking the status quo that Palestinians found unbearable, had put politics back on the agenda while Israel had great military power but was politically weak.

A large section of the American establishment that supports the Israeli war argues that violence stemming from an oppressed society can be eliminated by the use of overwhelming military force against that society.

Speech of the US Secretary of Defense

But on the other hand, even US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed doubts about this hypothesis, warning that Israeli attacks that kill thousands of civilians risk pushing them "into the arms of the enemy (and replacing) tactical victory with strategic defeat."

The article stressed that Western politicians and media like to imagine that Hamas is a nihilistic ISIS-style framework that holds Palestinian society hostage, while Hamas is, in fact, a multifaceted political movement rooted in the fabric of Palestinian society and its national aspirations.

It (Hamas) embodies a belief confirmed by decades of Palestinian experience that armed resistance constitutes a central element in the Palestinian liberation project due to the failure of the “Oslo process” and the intractable hostility on the part of its opponent.

Its influence and popularity have grown as Israel and its allies continue to thwart the peace process and other nonviolent strategies to achieve Palestinian liberation.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday, that the Israeli war in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, will continue for the next 3 to 4 weeks, during a phone call with US President Joe Biden.

Israeli Channel 13 reported, on Saturday evening, that “Netanyahu contacted President Biden and explained to him that the military operation in the city of Khan Yunis will continue for 3-4 weeks.”

Earlier today, Saturday, the Israeli Prime Minister stated that his country appreciates Washington’s position in the UN Security Council to prevent a ceasefire decision in the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu published a new tweet through his official account on the “X” platform, Saturday, in which he expressed his appreciation for the American position in the Security Council, which prevented the UN Security Council from taking a ceasefire decision in Gaza.

Tens of thousands demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening, demanding that the Israeli government conclude a deal with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to return their children detained in the Gaza Strip.

A spokeswoman for the families of the prisoners said, in a speech during the demonstration, “We hear the unnecessary sounds of war and see a waste of time.”

Another speaker also called on Benjamin Netanyahu's government to return our sons alive as it returned others. Meanwhile, the father of one of the prisoners held up an hourglass during the demonstration to warn the government that time was running out.

Israelis demonstrate almost daily to demand the government release prisoners.

The Israeli army says that Hamas has been holding 239 Israelis in Gaza, both military and civilian, since last October 7, when the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, stormed Israeli settlements and military sites around the Gaza Strip.

For its part, Hamas says it wants to exchange Israeli prisoners for prisoners in Israeli prisons, a ceasefire in Gaza, and the introduction of humanitarian aid to the population.

According to Palestinian sources, Israel detains more than 7,000 Palestinians in its prisons, including women, children, and the sick.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) confirmed on Saturday that 133 of its employees in Gaza had been killed, most of them along with their families, as a result of the Israeli bombing of the Strip.

The UN agency said, "Our employees in Gaza take their children to work so they know they are safe, or they may die together."

She added through her official account on the “X” platform, “The situation of civilians in Gaza is untenable. We have reached the point of no return.”

UNRWA concluded by saying: “133 of our colleagues were confirmed dead in the Israeli bombing operations in Gaza, most of them along with their families.”

In a separate blog post, Thomas White, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza, said, “The war inflicted heavy losses on Gaza and its people, as people lost their families, property, and homes.”

White added: "Despite the difficult circumstances, UNRWA employees continue to work long hours to serve their community in light of the lack of humanitarian aid and the continuation of the war."

This Saturday evening, settlers attacked citizens’ vehicles near the town of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus.

According to local sources, settlers gathered on the road between Ramallah and Nablus and attacked citizens’ vehicles with stones.

In addition, the town of Huwwara, south of Nablus, witnessed a gathering of settlers amid acts of orgy and provocation of citizens near the Zaytouna roundabout on the main road.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his appreciation for the United States for using its veto power against a draft resolution in the Security Council for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, criticizing at the same time the countries that voted in favor of the resolution.

“I very much appreciate the correct position taken by the United States in the United Nations Security Council,” Netanyahu said in a televised speech.

He added: "Other countries must also understand that it is impossible for them, on the one hand, to support the elimination of Hamas, and on the other hand to call for an end to the war, which prevents the elimination of Hamas."

He concluded by saying: “Therefore, Israel will continue its just war to eliminate Hamas, and achieve the rest of the goals that we set for the war,” he said.

On more than one occasion, Netanyahu said that the goal of the war was “to eliminate Hamas, return the kidnapped ones, and ensure that Gaza does not pose a threat (to Israel) in the future.”

Yesterday, Friday, the United States used its veto in the UN Security Council against a draft resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire for humanitarian reasons” in the Gaza Strip.

Thirteen of the Council's 15 members supported the project, with the United Kingdom abstaining from voting.

The draft resolution called for an immediate ceasefire on humanitarian grounds, and reiterated its call on all parties to comply with their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law, especially with regard to the protection of civilians.

Arab and Islamic countries criticized the United States for using its veto in the Security Council against the draft resolution.

This is the second time that Washington has used its veto in this regard, as it used it for the first time last November, against a draft Security Council resolution submitted by Brazil, calling for a humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli National Security Advisor, Tzachi Hanegbi, said on Saturday evening that the war on Gaza may continue for months or more, and the American administration has not set a date for stopping the war.

In response to a question about the scenario of Hamas leaders leaving the Gaza Strip, like the scenario of the Palestine Liberation Organization leaving Beirut after its siege in 1982, he said, “Yahya Sinwar is not a partner.”

In a scenario in which information is available about Sinwar's whereabouts while he is surrounded by Israeli prisoners, he said that it would be a difficult puzzlement for Israel.

As for the military escalation and exchange of fire between the Israeli occupation army and Hezbollah fighters, in northern Israel, he pointed out that “the situation will not remain as it is, and Hezbollah forces will not sit for us on the border.”

In a separate press interview with former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo on Saturday evening, he said that he had “stopped the war in exchange for the return of the prisoners” and believed that the government had betrayed its prisoners in Gaza.

He explained that "we may succeed in recovering one or two prisoners in specific operations, but we will not be able to recover them all. We may lose soldiers in the process of liberating them, and every bomb that falls from the air on Gaza puts our kidnappers in danger."

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced, on Saturday evening, that the death toll from the “Israeli aggression” on the Strip had risen to 17,700 dead and 48,780 injured since last October 7.

Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said in a statement, “During the past hours, 210 dead and 2,300 wounded arrived at hospitals, and a large number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads.

He added, "During the past hours, the Israeli occupation committed 20 horrific massacres and annihilated entire families. We received dozens of appeals from citizens in residential neighborhoods and schools, including the Khalifa School, in northern Gaza, where the occupation committed a hideous massacre that claimed the lives of dozens of dead and wounded."

Al-Qudra explained, “The Israeli crime and genocide of the residents of the Gaza Strip exceeded description and the limits of reason to end the Palestinian presence with American and European support, which is inhumane.”

He stated that Israeli forces "still continue to besiege Kamal Adwan and Al-Awda hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip."

Al-Qudra pointed out that "the occupation snipers surrounding Al-Awda Hospital, during the past hours, killed two health personnel, and killed and wounded many pregnant women when they arrived at the hospital to give birth."

He continued, "An ambulance was targeted while it was working to evacuate the wounded in the Gaza European Hospital area, which led to the injury of two paramedics and damage to the ambulance, bringing the number of ambulances targeted to 57."

Regarding the situation of hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip, Al-Qudra said that they “have lost their capacity and are powerless in the face of the huge numbers of wounded and dozens of wounded people losing their lives.”

Regarding the discharge of patients for treatment outside the Gaza Strip, he explained that “the mechanism used to discharge the wounded is still restricted and sterile and contributes to the killing of hundreds of wounded, and we demand that an effective mechanism be found for treatment abroad to preserve the lives of the wounded.”

He called for "providing a safe humanitarian corridor for large quantities of medical aid and fuel to enter and reach all hospitals in the Gaza Strip."

He also called for "immediate action to provide the medical needs and fuel to operate the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, which represents the only hope for the need of the wounded and sick in northern Gaza."

Activists and influencers in several countries called for a general strike for the Gaza Strip, which has been suffering from continuous Israeli aggression for more than two months, causing the death and injury of thousands of Palestinian civilians.

A large number of activists and influencers interacted with the hashtag “Strike for Gaza” or strikeforgaza, which swept social media sites, calling for a strike all over the world to denounce the Israeli massacres against the Palestinians in Gaza, and to demand a ceasefire.

Strike date

Palestinian journalist and activist Israa Al-Sheikh explained, in a video message on social media, that the idea of the strike is to refrain from going to work centers, schools, or opening shops in commercial centers.

Palestinian and human rights organizations called for a worldwide strike next Monday, December 11. She said that it is necessary to paralyze the movement of life and the economic wheel in all countries, so that everyone feels directly affected by the aggression on Gaza, and thus pressure is exerted to stop the war.

The Palestinian activist from Gaza, Khaled Safi, wrote: “To all the free people in the world, in light of the continuing Zionist aggression against the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in the death and injury of tens of thousands, and caused the destruction of all aspects of life, we call on every human being in the world to participate in a comprehensive strike on... Monday, December 11, in solidarity with Gaza.

Palestinian organizations

For its part, groups such as the global Palestinian "Samoun" movement, as well as the "Palestinian Movement in America" and the "Palestinian Youth Movement" around the world participated, calling for participation in the strike for all supporters of the Palestinian cause and calling for an end to the war on the Gaza Strip.

Canadian activist Cheryl Benson pointed to the need to adhere to the strike, and said: “We need a global strike. Everyone will leave work until there is a ceasefire,” and she added: “This will affect their pocketbooks.”

The protests, voices opposing the war, and the high number of civilian martyrs did not succeed in dissuading Israel from continuing its aggression against the Gaza Strip, and the United States also used its veto in the Security Council against a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

13 of the 15 member states in the Council voted in favor of the draft resolution, against the United States’ opposition and the United Kingdom’s abstention from voting on the text proposed by the United Arab Emirates.

After more than two months, Israel continues its devastating aggression against the Gaza Strip, committing massacres against civilians. The aggression resulted in the death of 17,487 Palestinians and 46,480 wounded, according to the latest figures published by the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip.

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor warned of the escalating risk of the Gaza Strip becoming a disaster area where epidemics and communicable diseases are spreading in a catastrophic and unprecedented manner in the modern history of humanity.

The Euro-Med Monitor said in a statement today, Saturday: 2.3 million people in the Gaza Strip, more than 45% of whom are children, are facing a struggle with death, not only with deadly bombs and missiles, but also with epidemics and infectious diseases, with a comprehensive health collapse with the aim of deepening the ongoing genocide for the third month.

He warned that the lack of clean drinking water, the lack of adequate sanitation, and malnutrition amid record crowding and overcrowding of displaced people constitute the formula that is studied about the conditions for the spread of epidemics and the risk of a public health disaster.

As the occupation continued its bloody attacks by air, land and sea for 63 days on all parts of the Gaza Strip, more than 1.8 million people were displaced to very crowded shelter centers in limited geographical areas.

Due to overcrowding, poor sanitary conditions, and lack of toilets and sanitation services, these shelter centers record high rates of infectious diseases and conditions such as diarrhea, acute respiratory infections, skin infections, and hygiene-related conditions, according to the statement.

The Observatory confirmed increasing concerns about vulnerable groups of people suffering from difficult shelter conditions, including people with disabilities. Women who are pregnant, have recently given birth, or are breastfeeding; People recovering from injuries or surgeries; And those who suffer from a weak immune system.

The fuel shortage, in light of the total power outage crisis, led to the closure of water desalination plants and sewage plants, which increased the risk of the spread of bacterial infection, as polluted drinking water transmits diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid, and polio, according to the statement.

Since the start of its attacks, the Israeli occupation government has closed the pipes supplying Gaza with water and cut off electricity and fuel supplies, noting that more than 96% of the water resources in the Strip have been “unfit for human consumption” for many years.

In parallel, the risks of waste accumulation in residential neighborhoods are escalating, with severe difficulties faced by municipal crews, whether in collecting this waste - due to the Israeli raids and the fuel crisis - or prohibiting their access to the main landfills located on the border edges of the Gaza Strip - which produce two thousand tons daily - for the purpose of deporting the unions. It threatens to exacerbate a serious health hazard and environmental disaster.

According to testimonies from doctors, health officials and international relief organizations collected by the Euro-Mediterranean Observatory team, more than 20,000 cases linked to upper respiratory infections were documented during the first week of this month alone, knowing that the Gaza Strip records about two thousand cases linked to respiratory diseases of all kinds. Monthly in normal conditions.

The severe shortage of cooking gas due to the Israeli closure, according to Euro-Med, has also led to heavy reliance on less clean sources such as firewood, wood scraps, and burning waste, which doubles the risk of respiratory diseases.

During the month of November alone, more than 50 cases of violent diarrhea were recorded, about half of them in children younger than five years old, noting that violent diarrhea may cause death in light of the malnutrition and poor physical condition that the population suffers from, especially children.

In addition, an unprecedented outbreak of inflammatory skin diseases was recorded, including more than 5,000 cases of chicken pox, 18,800 cases of skin rashes, 10,000 cases of scabies, and tens of thousands of cases of severe influenza.

The Observatory said: While it was confirmed that cases of hepatitis were detected in various areas of the Gaza Strip, it was not possible to conduct the necessary medical tests in local hospitals and the need to send samples abroad still hinders knowing the severity of the spread of the disease and the exact number of infections.

The Euro-Mediterranean Observatory confirmed that in light of the risk of malnutrition, lack of medicines, and the collapse of the health system due to the majority of hospitals being out of service, the risk doubles due to the repercussions of the spread of epidemics and infectious diseases.

He pointed out the dangers of a shortage of infection control medications and materials required for sterilization and disinfection in local hospitals, and without medications, the health of patients, especially children, could deteriorate, leading to their death very quickly, especially with vaccines being limited to a small number of children, not exceeding 10%, for weeks.

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor reiterated its emphasis on the urgent need for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and lifting the strict closure on it as a collective punishment and a war crime to save the lives of civilians protected under international humanitarian law.

Many cities and world capitals witnessed massive demonstrations denouncing the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.

Thousands participated in demonstrations organized in the French capital, Paris, the British capital, London, the Austrian capital, Vienna, and the Danish city of Aarhus, in support of the Palestinian people, and to demand a ceasefire and the entry of basic aid into the Gaza Strip.

Participants in the demonstrations raised Palestinian flags and banners denouncing the crimes committed by the Israeli occupation against our people.

The participants called for an end to double standards and the need to prosecute the occupation for its massacres against the Palestinian people, especially children, and condemned the genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Canadian singer and writer Abel Zvi “The Weeknd”’s donation of two and a half million dollars to relief efforts in Gaza last week was only the culmination of real shifts in the positions of world celebrities, especially in Hollywood, whose stars discovered the falsity of the Israeli occupation narrative, and the falsehood of allegations of killing children and raping female prisoners. Israeli women on the 7th of last October in Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood”.

A large number of Hollywood stars have shifted away from their positions of support for Israel, and many have demanded an end to the war on Gaza after realizing the ugliness of the military practices against Gaza.

The most supportive positions for the occupation came on social media platforms from Madonna, Amy Schumer, Sarah Silverman, and Natalie Portman, the same names that led the change in positions. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jerry Seinfeld joined the convoy of voices calling for an end to the war. , Barbra Streisand, Selma Blair, Reese Witherspoon, Justin Bieber, Josh Gad, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kim Kardashian, Jessica Seinfeld, Linda Cart, Michael Stipe, Carolyn Polaszek, Keller & Mike, Dua Lipa, Vic Mensa, Miguel, Kate Randa, and McLemore , Cate Blanchett, Joaquin Phoenix, John Cusack, Lena Waithe, Drake, Jennifer Lopez and Adam Lambert.

This major shift in attitudes led to the emergence of voices declaring their fear of the escalation of anti-Semitism among Hollywood workers, despite the efforts made by the Israeli lobby in the capital of world cinema.

Among these critical voices is Lipa Nesis, an entertainment writer for the “Jewish Voice” website, who said - in a video - that she is raising the alarm that celebrities providing anything less than full support for Israel represents a problem.

Madonna's heart and Meek's murder

In stark contrast to her position calling for support of the Israeli occupation, Madonna showed unlimited sympathy for the children of Gaza, and the Guardian website published the speech she gave in a London theater on the third day of her recent concert tour.

Madonna had said in a previous post on Instagram following the Al-Aqsa Flood operation: We live in a world torn apart by hatred. My heart goes out to Israel... I realize that there are many innocent people in Palestine. This tragic attack will only cause more suffering for everyone.

The killing of the American child, Wadih Al-Fayoumi, prompted her to re-read the scene of the Israeli war on Gaza, so she said again, “I want to rephrase the phrase of the American writer James Baldwin, which says, ‘He was a great source of inspiration for me throughout my life.’” The world's children belong to all of us, to each one of them. I don't care where they come from, what their headdress is, what color their skin is, what their religion is, children belong to us. We are responsible for them."

Madonna described the killing of the 6-year-old boy, “Wadih,” in Chicago by Joseph Chuba (71 years old), the owner of the property where Wadi’s family lived, who stabbed the boy and attacked his mother, because they were Muslims and because he was influenced by the Western media’s position on that war, as a crime. “A hate crime,” she said. “We have to remember that we are human beings here, and we cannot lose our humanity. Our hearts can be broken, but our spirits cannot.”

Amy Schumer and love

Amy Schumer attacked those calling for an end to the war on Gaza, and wrote about the attack of last October 7: “I have lost many friends in the past few weeks, but I feel strong and free when I know that I am defending the truth and will always fight for it,” but she received reactions. Negativity from social media audiences.

Schumer said in response to the attack, "What I want is the return of every hostage. I want safety and liberation for all peoples. I want safety for the Jewish people and Muslims as well. I want peace," and she continued, "You will never see me wishing harm on anyone. Saying that I am an Islamophobe or that I love extermination is... Collectivism is madness.” In another post, she wrote: "I love my brothers and sisters in Gaza. I love Muslims. I love everyone. I just beg you not to hate all Jews."

Comedian Sarah Silverman participated in the storm of comments that supported the occupation narrative, but the comments of social media users were a decisive element in controlling her position, especially after her support for the decision to cut off supplies to Gaza on October 18, as she re-published a statement on Instagram supporting the decision, It stated, "Many say it is inhumane for Israel to cut off water and electricity to Gaza." The American Jewish actress said: If Hamas did not spend billions of dollars on terrorism, it would be able to build infrastructure.

A few hours later, Silverman deleted the post, but it had already begun to spread on the X network, and users accused her of being pro-genocide. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Silverman said she regretted sharing that statement.

Dwayne Johnson and the lives of innocents

Actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson shared a long statement on his Instagram account, in which he expressed his sadness and anger, noting that he was "sad, angry, and disgusted by the brutal killings." "The mounting loss of innocent Israeli and Palestinian lives is heartbreaking as this war escalates to massive proportions," he said.

He admitted, "I do not claim to know everything about the complex conflict in the Middle East. It requires deep understanding, context, and nuance, but what I do know is that my heart goes out to all the innocent victims and families grieving for the loved ones they lost." Although Johnson mentioned the loss of Palestinian lives, he did not mention it specifically

He admitted, "I do not claim to know everything about the complex conflict in the Middle East. It requires deep understanding, context, and nuance, but what I do know is that my heart goes out to all the innocent victims and families grieving for the loved ones they lost." Although Johnson mentioned the loss of Palestinian lives, he did not specifically mention the Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip.

In an interview with broadcaster and writer Stephen Colbert, actress Barbara Streisand confirmed, on the occasion of the publication of a book containing her memoirs, that “it is shameful to promote the book in the miserable circumstances the world is experiencing.” The Oscar star expressed her sadness over the thousands of deaths in Palestine, and her fears that the flames of war would spread to the entire world, saying, “This deadly, flammable thing is happening in the world.”

"It's a fact that we all want the same thing. We all want love in our hearts. We all want family. We all want to feel safe," she said. "I hope for the best because what's happening now with these people, the children and the mothers, is heartbreaking... and it's crazy that we don't learn how to We live together in peace."

Cate Blanchett calls for a ceasefire

Actress Cate Blanchett, Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in a speech she delivered to the European Parliament called for a ceasefire in Gaza, urging the European Parliament to call for a ceasefire and highlight the brutality of life in Gaza under Israeli occupation. It called for immediate international intervention to stop targeting the defenseless Palestinian population.

The Australian actress said, "I am not Syrian. I am not Ukrainian. I am not Yemeni. I am not Afghan. I am not from South Sudan. I am not from Israel or Palestine. I am not a politician. I am not even an analyst. But I am a witness."

She lamented the human cost of war, violence and persecution around the world, especially in Israel and Gaza over the past few weeks. The Australian actress concluded her speech by saying, "The conflict has cost and continues to cost the lives of thousands of innocent people."

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies

The British newspaper The Times published a report on the tragic conditions of thousands of displaced people in Gaza, saying that diseases are spreading among them, and they are forced to sleep in the open air waiting for the end of the war.

The newspaper reported that residents of the northern Gaza Strip were displaced to Khan Yunis in the south while Israel continued its comprehensive attack, and from the south they began to flee to the border and the sea, and now more than two million people are being crushed and crammed into two small areas, and they are asking where they can flee after that?

The report claimed that Israel has been urging civilians throughout its campaign in Gaza to leave the places it is about to attack and occupy by its army.

Nowhere to Flee?

"The Times" quoted one of the displaced Palestinians, named Ibrahim Abdel Karim (38 years old), as saying that they were displaced from the north to Nuseirat, and from there to Deir al-Balah, and from there to Khan Yunis, and then to Rafah. He asked, "What do we do after that? Where do we flee with... Our families?

The newspaper said that Rafah is the last city before reaching Egypt, and before the war it was home to less than 200,000 people, adding that there are now nearly a million people estimated to be crammed into half of the city.

"People are piled on top of each other," Abdul Karim said. People are camping in streets, parking lots, schools and hospitals that have become informal displacement camps, and are already full, the report said.

The Times did not indicate that these places remained targets of Israeli raids that killed hundreds of displaced people.

Diarrhea, infections and lice

The report indicated that the United Nations, the main source of humanitarian aid, said that 1.2 million people across Gaza had sought refuge in its schools, hospitals and other areas, and that diseases were spreading among them, in addition to more “daily” cases such as diarrhea, skin infections and lice.

The director of the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah, Dr. Jamal Al-Homs, was quoted as saying that the rain makes things worse, “and this has led to a deterioration in health and the spread of infectious diseases and digestive system problems, and there are many large hospitals that are no longer in service.”

The Times claimed that although it is not a major target, Rafah has been bombed at least twice in the past two days, adding that this is a harbinger of what is to come, as Israel attempts to control the rest of Gaza.

"safe" area

The newspaper added that what was called a “safe zone” was established near the beach in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis, but there are few facilities, and the United Nations says that it is difficult to transport a small amount of aid from Egypt through Rafah, due to the aerial bombardment and fighting on the ground. .

It pointed out that the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, announced that they no longer have a humanitarian operation in southern Gaza that can be called by this name anymore in light of the current circumstances.

The report also claimed that the Israeli army, under pressure from the US government to pay more attention to the suffering of civilians during the military attack, is allowing aid to pass through Israel, and that the occupation army announced on Thursday that it intends to reopen the Kerem Shalom crossing, which was destroyed during Operation Flood. Al-Aqsa was launched by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on October 7th.

Source: Times

Journalist Ola Atallah and a number of her family members were killed in an Israeli occupation bombing of the Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City.

With the passage of two months since the war of extermination waged by the occupation against the Gaza Strip, 75 journalists and media workers were killed, about 80 others were injured, and two journalists were missing, while the occupation bombed the homes of the families of 60 journalists, destroyed the headquarters of 63 press institutions and offices, and disrupted the work of 25 radio stations ( 24 in Gaza and one in the West Bank), 3 media outlets were closed and restricted, and 43 journalists were arrested, including 41 in the West Bank and two in Gaza, with 30 of them still under arrest, and most of them were transferred to administrative detention.

With the death of Atallah, the number of journalists and media professionals killed since October 7th rises to 76 male and female journalists.

By Tuba Herzl

At the beginning of the path of Zionism, it had two basic goals: establishing a national home; Building a shelter for persecuted Jews. Since the establishment of the state, the approach has been that the two goals are achieved together.

Let's agree first, Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people. Here is the historical homeland, the language is Hebrew, and the symbols of the state are taken from the same heritage. There are also other issues, such as the claim that a full Jewish life requires living in Israel, because only there is Jewish sovereignty. In contrast to this claim, there is the claim that the Jews are a people, and Judaism is a culture related to them, and it can be practiced everywhere. There is also a model of having more than one center, such as Babylon and Jerusalem - despite the distance and tension that existed between them, there was a friendly relationship. We can also discuss the status of Israelis who do not live in the country, and does the State of Israel have obligations towards world Jewry?

From here, we proceed to the second goal. According to it, the goal of Zionism is to establish a refuge. For years, Israel has encouraged immigration to it, not only by claiming that Jews are exercising their identity there, and not only for the sake of strengthening itself, but also on the grounds that only Jews are safe there. The most famous example is the “Send My People” campaign, which allowed hundreds of thousands of Jews in the Soviet Union to cross the oppressive Iron Curtain, as well as rescue the Jews of Ethiopia, through a camp set up on the shores of Sudan and disguised as a diving center. However, the majority of work in this field takes place on a daily basis.

And in the bitter morning, this vision also changed. We have witnessed many wars and operations, but there is no need to explain how October 7 differs from them, and how the process of repeating the claim that was heard so many times before it, and according to this claim, it is safer for a Jew to live in the diaspora. On the other hand, we are witnessing the spread of “anti-Semitism” abroad. "Antisemitism" has always hidden behind criticism of Israel, but this time, and it is possible that this is due to the severity of the events and the ignorance that does not distinguish between Israel and the Jews, the masks have fallen. What is happening to the Jews in the diaspora is like a double earthquake: a blow that targeted their sense of security in the places where they are. And destabilize the feeling and confidence in Israel’s power and its status as a potential refuge. Can we say, frankly, that their place is with us, even if they care about their future and the future of their children?

There will be those who say - what happened was a local failure, things will be fixed, and only here, there is no "anti-Semitism", and Israel must be the destination. Let us hope so, but restoring our status as a refuge will not happen immediately. And now? Until then, the National House's place in the equation rises. If Israel is the national home of the Jewish people, and Jews feel close to it, what is the responsibility of the state in this context? Especially with the outbreak of a conflict that they had nothing to do with. To what extent should we research their situations and opinions when we make decisions, especially since we expect them to be recruited with money and to form public opinion where they are, and on other issues as well.

The situation - the situation of all of us, them and us - is complex. However, recent events have made it clear that we have a shared destiny. The gaps (I'll call them here simply "conservatives" versus "liberals") widened until October 7 came, proving that we had much more in common than what divided us. Because Israel is an organized entity with a Jewish majority, while the Jews of the diaspora constitute a minority distributed in many countries, the duty of extending a hand falls upon us.

I will use a term from another field and suggest that we treat diaspora Jews as coalition partners. Just as the parties compromise in order to maintain the coalition, we must work to preserve this important alliance between Israel and world Jewry. For example, in 2016, after a long process, an equation was found that allows women’s prayers, and mixed prayers, in front of the Wailing Wall, without harming the prayers of the person concerned with the separation. However, due to the opposition of Haredi parties, which initially agreed, the plan was not implemented. In practice, Israel gave up on the external coalition for the sake of internal interest. Thus, we told the Jewish majority in the world that what they want is not important to us. We turned our backs on them at the same time that we expected them to support us.

I believe that at the present time, until we return to being a safe haven, we must pay attention to the same Zionist complex that saw the foundation as establishing a national home for the Jewish people. In order to maintain the coalition, we must provide solutions to differences. We must work to prevent discrimination, and work together with our brothers in order to deal with the unknown future, our future and their future.

An opinion poll conducted by the Pew Research Center, published on Friday, December 8, 2023, showed that only a third of Americans approve of the policy pursued by US President Joe Biden towards the war waged by the Israeli occupation on the Gaza Strip, while the division appeared clear among Democrats.

The American website Politico published, on Friday, December 8, 2023, the conclusions of the Pew Center poll, which was conducted during the period between November 27 and December 3, 2023, and included the opinions of 5,203 adults from all over America.

The poll shows that 46% of young people under the age of 30 expressed their rejection of Biden’s policy towards the war between Israel and the Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza, while 19% of them approved of it.

For their part, 51 Republicans whose opinions were reviewed opposed Biden's way of dealing with the war, while only 28% approved of it.

But Democrats seemed more divided, as 44% of respondents approved of Biden's way of dealing with the war, while 33% opposed his method, while 22% were unsure of their positions.

The Politico website indicated that these results show increasing sympathy among young people towards the Palestinians, and the website added that the poll results are “an ominous sign for Biden as the presidential elections approach.”

Since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, the administration of President Biden has supported the occupation diplomatically and militarily, and the Israeli occupation announced, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, that it had received more than 10,000 tons of military equipment from the United States of America, Since the beginning of the war on the Gaza Strip.

The American Wall Street Journal also reported, in a report published on Friday, December 1, 2023, citing American officials, that the United States provided Israel with large bunker-busting bombs, among tens of thousands of other weapons and artillery shells, to help in the war arainst the Gaza Strip.

Officials said the wave of weapons supplies, including approximately 15,000 bombs and 57,000 artillery shells, began shortly after the October 7 attack and has continued in recent days.

The United States has not previously disclosed the total number of weapons it sent to Israel nor the transfer of 100 BLU-109 bombs, a 2,000-pound bunker-buster bomb.

Among the munitions that America transferred to Israel were more than 5,000 unguided or “dumb” Mk82 bombs, more than 5,400 bombs with 2,000-pound Mk84 warheads, about 1,000 small diameter GBU-39 bombs, and about 3,000 bombs. JDAM, which converts unguided bombs into guided, “smart” bombs, according to an internal US government list of weapons that US officials described to the Wall Street Journal.

Since last October 7, the Israeli occupation army has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, leaving 17,490 martyrs and 46,480 wounded, most of them children and women, massive destruction of infrastructure, and an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe,” according to official sources. Palestinian and international.

Source: Arabic Post

Minister of Public Works and Housing, Muhammad Ziara, said that more than 25% of the urban areas in the Gaza Strip were completely wiped off the map, as a result of the devastating Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, since the seventh of last October.

Ziara added in a press statement today, Saturday, that more than a quarter of a million housing units were destroyed to varying degrees, either completely or partially, while more than 30% of the infrastructure was destroyed, including roads, water and sewage networks, and electricity and communications lines. Destroying thousands of educational, health and service facilities and Islamic and Christian places of worship.

He pointed out that it is not currently possible to realistically estimate the extent of the destruction due to the circumstances of the aggression and the inability of the competent authorities to descend on the ground, and also because the Israeli occupation machine is still continuing its depth in destruction.

He pointed out that after the fuel ran out and there were no heavy machinery to remove the rubble and open the roads, citizens resorted to using manual methods to rescue from under the rubble, which caused the death of thousands of civilians, most of whom were children, women, and the elderly, who were still under the rubble.

Today, Saturday, the Israeli occupation forces closed the Beita town garbage dump, south of Nablus.

The mayor of Beita, Mahmoud Barham, said that the occupation forces closed the dump, and destroyed the main road leading to it and the electricity network, explaining that the municipality estimated the initial losses resulting from the destruction at more than 150 thousand shekels.

Today, Saturday, Haaretz newspaper revealed the frustration prevailing in the leadership of the Israeli occupation army. Because the occupation government has not yet determined the goals that must be achieved at the end of the war on the Gaza Strip, despite more than two months having passed since its launch.

In a report prepared by its military commentator, Amos Harel, the newspaper indicated that the Chief of Staff of the occupation army, Herzi Halevy, demanded, prior to the start of the large ground operation in the Gaza Strip, at the end of last October, from the Mini-Ministerial Council for Security Affairs (Cabinet), that He clearly defines the goals of the war on Gaza without receiving a response from the Council.

The newspaper added that about a month and a half after the start of the ground operation, Halevy is still waiting for the mini-government to define the war goals for him.

Harel strongly criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, indicating that all he meant was trying to secure his political future and prepare for the upcoming elections, by holding “empty meetings” with officers and soldiers.

Commenting on the Haaretz report about the government not specifying clear goals for the war on Gaza, Israeli writer Dan Adin said on the X platform, “The army continues to advance and pay a heavy price without the government setting a clear military goal or policy for it.”

Adin considered that “sacrificing soldiers without specifying a clear goal constitutes a crime” committed by the Netanyahu government, which ignores the army leadership’s request to specify goals for the war, accusing Netanyahu of giving priority to internal and personal political considerations over the requirements of the Israeli interest in the war on Gaza.

For his part, the writer, Ran Edelst, considered Netanyahu’s announcement that the goal of the war was to eliminate Hamas, just a “show.” “The real goal of the war (for Netanyahu) is to preserve his ruling coalition for the ultimate goal of defending settlements in the West Bank,” Edelst wrote on the X platform.

Source: Alaraby Aljadeed

The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported today (Saturday) that Israel may agree to establish four field hospitals in Gaza, and quoted political sources as saying that there are no plans to evacuate residents from Gaza to the Rafah area near the Egyptian border, according to what was reported by the World News Agency. Arabi".

The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported that the four hospitals will be established by Turkey, Egypt, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Doctors Without Borders.

The authority quoted sources as saying, “There is no plan to evacuate residents from Gaza to the Rafah area... The relationship between Israel and Egypt is strategic and important, and the two countries are cooperating to prevent storming the border into Sinai.”

Through its veto, the United States dropped a draft resolution in the UN Security Council calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, while the war between Israel and Hamas continues amid international calls to end “the loss of Palestinian lives.”

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed that the attack launched by Hamas on Israel on October 7 does not justify “collective punishment” of the Palestinians, in light of an escalating humanitarian crisis.

A draft resolution submitted yesterday (Friday) to the World Health Organization by 17 member states and Palestine with special status calls on Israel to fully respect its obligations to protect medical and humanitarian personnel in the Gaza Strip, which is subjected to heavy bombardment by the Israeli army.

The text is scheduled to be considered tomorrow (Sunday) during a special session of the Executive Council of the World Health Organization, which will be held to discuss “the health situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.” It was presented by Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Bolivia, China, Egypt, the Emirates, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen.

The draft resolution stated: “The Executive Council expresses its deep concern about the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, and in particular regarding the military operations in the Gaza Strip,” according to what Agence France-Presse reported.

The text expresses concern about “the blockade being imposed” and the extent of “the significant damage to the public health sector.” He also talks about the risks that could be posed to public health by the presence of “thousands of victims still buried under the rubble,” as well as the poor hygiene conditions and overcrowded shelters.

Israel has imposed a comprehensive siege on the Gaza Strip since October 9, two days after the unprecedented attack launched by Hamas on settlements around the Gaza Strip. In response, Israel bombed the Gaza Strip and launched a ground attack against it since October 27, which led to the death of more than 17,000 people, 70 percent of whom were women and minors, and the injury of more than 46,000.

The draft resolution calls on the “occupying authority” to “ensure respect and protection for all medical and humanitarian workers whose activities are limited to medicine, their means of transportation and equipment, as well as hospitals and other medical facilities.”

It also calls on “the occupying authority to facilitate uninterrupted, orderly, free, safe and unhindered passage for medical and humanitarian workers.”

It also calls on the international community to “mobilize sufficient funding to meet the immediate and future needs of WHO health programs” and “to rebuild the Palestinian health system, in close cooperation with the World Health Organization and specialized institutions” of the United Nations.

The Executive Board of the World Health Organization includes 34 member states elected for three-year terms from each of the organization's regions. It plays an extremely important role in implementing World Health Assembly resolutions.

Source: Asharq Alawsat

The Arab World News Agency quoted Shehab Agency today (Saturday) that at least four people were killed in an Israeli bombing of a house in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.

Palestine TV also reported today that five people were killed and others injured in an Israeli bombing on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the Arab World News Agency.

The television also said that dozens of people were injured in an Israeli targeting of a house in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip.

The television did not immediately provide further details.

Yesterday (Friday), Palestinian television reported that 17 dead people had arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital as a result of an Israeli bombing on a house in the Nuseirat camp.

The war broke out in Gaza after an unprecedented attack launched by the Hamas movement on southern Israel on October 7, which resulted in 1,200 deaths, most of whom died on the first day, according to the Israeli authorities.

Israel responded with intense bombardment on the Gaza Strip, and on October 27, it began launching ground operations. The bombing killed more than 17,000 people, most of them civilians, including more than six thousand children, according to the Hamas government. It also caused widespread destruction in the sector.

The Israelis were the masters of the world's media, ahead of the Arabs by incalculable distances. During the defeat of 1967, they made us the mockers of the West. After the image of the weak and defeated, they created of the Arab the image of the brutal terrorist. In the propaganda and media arena, the Arabs seemed already defeated, including the fact that we sometimes contributed to consolidating and confirming that image through ignorant or suspicious people.

The only time the Israelis lost the media battle in advance was in Gaza. At first, the Israelis seemed lost, broken, and could be defeated, then they appeared in the form of a savage who would not stop bombing women and children, displacing millions of people, starving them, despising international laws and standards, and annihilating rescue, treatment, and sanitation systems, and confronting diseases and epidemics.

Israel has created, without interruption, a hell that humanity has never witnessed before. It became impossible for Israel to defend what it was doing. After two months of massacres, the machine tries to restore its previous work and role, but everything cries funny in a forest of wailing. Writers and journalists of the Zionist movement write about atrocities and individual cases, compared to the thousands who are displaced and killed every day. There are no words to describe the Israeli brutality, and no words can describe the Palestinian injuries and suffering and the madness of the Israeli executioner.

This time, Israeli propaganda had better hide. Everything seemed trivial, as for its major crimes. Stories crafted in the old fashioned way, true or fabricated, cannot equal a 50-second scene of the collapse of a building, or two, or a street, or a neighborhood, or a city. Adding to the horror of the destroyed cities is the announcement of the American “air bridge” accompanying the demolition planes. Or Israel's complaint about the United Nations' bias in favor of the people of Gaza. Imagine that Israel is the one complaining! And imagine who?!

The hotel management where I live informed me that I had to move from room to room. This means that I pack and then unpack my belongings and books. This is hard work for me, but I discovered that the hardest part is the idea of uprooting. What is even more cruel is the interference of a foreign element in your life and program against your will. And all this depression and this anger and the feeling of uprooting because of moving from room to room, with all respect, with everyone’s help, and with everyone’s apology.

Man despises himself as he watches Gazans being uprooted from their homes to the streets, from north to south, from misery to death.

About two million people, at least, were forcibly uprooted and thrown out into the open, but we quickly set up camps for them. We are the scourge of the camps. Every disaster and calamity has a camp. Always a temporary camp. Then it becomes permanent. Then the camp becomes home, waiting for a new camp.

The Israeli occupation forces stormed most of the cities of the occupied West Bank at dawn on Friday. The occupation soldiers deployed around homes and main roads and prevented the movement of Palestinian citizens.

Nablus

The Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, at dawn on Saturday.

Local sources confirmed that the occupation forces stormed the city and drove their vehicles through its streets, noting that an infantry squad of occupation soldiers stormed the Yasmina neighborhood in the old city of the city.

Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Qabalan, south of Nablus.

Local sources confirmed that the occupation forces stormed the town and drove their vehicles through its streets, without any arrests being reported.

Ramallah

At dawn on Saturday, Israeli occupation forces stormed the village of Deir Abu Mishal, northwest of the city of Ramallah.

Local sources confirmed that the occupation forces stormed the village and drove their vehicles through its streets, without any arrests being reported.

Qalqilya

At dawn on Saturday, Israeli occupation forces stormed the village of Habla, south of the city of Qalqilya.

Local sources confirmed that a large force of the occupation army stormed the village and raided a park there, without any arrests or injuries reported.

Bethlehem

The Israeli occupation forces stormed, at dawn on Saturday, the village of Maraj Rabah, south of the city of Bethlehem, and seized 22 vehicles.

Local sources reported that a large foot force from the occupation army stormed the village, roamed its streets and occupied it, seized 22 vehicles, and deliberately smashed the windows of a number of vehicles parked in front of citizens’ homes. They also stormed several homes, searched them, and tampered with their contents.

Salfit

At dawn on Saturday, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Salfit.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces deployed their military jeeps and infantry soldiers through the streets of the city.

The sources indicated that the occupation forces stormed a gas station east of the city, and seized surveillance camera recordings at the station.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to do everything possible to end the suffering of the people in Gaza.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations said at the emergency meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue, "The people of Gaza are standing on the brink of the abyss. The international community must do everything possible to end their plight."
“There is a high risk of complete collapse of the humanitarian support system in Gaza, with devastating consequences,” the senior UN official said.

Guterres warned that "there is no effective protection for civilians."

He said that more than 17,000 Palestinians have been killed since the start of Israeli military operations, including more than 4,000 women and 7,000 children. There were reports that tens of thousands were injured, and many more were missing, perhaps under the rubble.

He added, "The air, land, and sea attacks are intense, continuous, and widespread. To date, they have reportedly struck 339 educational facilities, 26 hospitals, 56 health care facilities, 88 mosques, and 3 churches."

Reports indicate that more than 60 percent of Gaza's housing stock has been destroyed or damaged--about 300,000 homes and apartments. About 85 percent of the population has been forced to leave their homes, according to the Secretary-General.

Guterres also warned that Gazans are running out of food.

The World Food Program was quoted as warning of a real danger of widespread hunger and famine.

He said that 97 percent of families in northern Gaza do not eat enough food. In the south, the percentage of displaced people is 83 percent.

He added that half of the population of the north and more than a third of the displaced in the south suffer from hunger.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations said, "The health system in Gaza is collapsing while needs are increasing."
He added that at least 286 health care workers were killed. “Hospitals have been subjected to heavy bombardment. Only 14 out of 36 hospitals are still functioning. Of these hospitals, three are limited to providing basic first aid, while the remaining hospitals provide only partial services.”

An official at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned that civil order is collapsing in Gaza, where a devastating war has been raging between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) for more than two months.

UNRWA operations official in the Gaza Strip, Thomas White, said in his account on the (X) platform, “Civil order is collapsing in Gaza. The streets look lonely, especially after dark.”

White also warned of the spread of famine among the population of Gaza, and said that "some aid convoys are being looted and United Nations vehicles are being stoned. The local community is on the verge of complete collapse."

The UNRWA official published pictures showing thousands of Palestinians gathering around an UNRWA flour distribution center in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, commenting that “hunger and disease haunt everyone.”

This comes as the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that the pace of humanitarian supplies entering the Gaza Strip is declining daily.

The UN office stated that yesterday witnessed the entry of 69 trucks loaded with humanitarian supplies and 61,000 liters of fuel from Egypt into Gaza, a number much lower than the daily average of 170 trucks and 110,000 liters of fuel that entered during the humanitarian truce between November 24 and 30. the past.

He explained that the aforementioned numbers do not compare with the average load of 500 trucks (including fuel) that entered the Gaza Strip to meet humanitarian needs before the start of the Israeli war on October 7th.

According to the statement, the United Nations’ ability to receive large amounts of aid has been greatly affected during the past few days due to several factors, including the shortage of trucks inside Gaza, after some of them were stranded in the central region, which was separated from the south, in addition to the communication interruption and the increasing number of employees. Those who were unable to come to the Rafah crossing due to the ongoing Israeli attacks on all areas of the Gaza Strip.

It is estimated that nearly 1.9 million people in Gaza, or approximately 85% of the population, have become internally displaced, according to UNRWA.

Nearly 1.2 million of these displaced people have been registered in 156 UNRWA facilities throughout Gaza, including about one million registered in 98 UNRWA shelters in the southern Gaza Strip.