🚨Israeli Housing Minister:

We will not be able to continue fighting in Gaza and recover the hostages if we hold elections now


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🚨 Al Jazeera correspondent:

Two Israeli airstrikes on the southern areas of Gaza City


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Andrea De Domenico, Head of OCHA’s Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said that the UN will launch an appeal to raise $2.8 billion to aid Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank during 2024. The spokesperson added that 90% of the amount will be allocated to Gaza. (April 16, 2024).

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UN experts expressed grave concern over the pattern of attacks on schools, universities, teachers, and students in the Gaza Strip, raising serious alarm over the systematic destruction of the Palestinian education system. “Attacks on education cannot be tolerated. The international community must send a clear message that those who target schools and universities will be held responsible,” the experts said, adding that accountability for these violations includes an obligation to finance and rebuild the education system.” (April 18, 2024)

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Barbados announces a decision to formally recognize Palestine as a state, affirming its support for a two-state solution. Foreign Minister Kerrie Symmonds reiterated while Barbados has always called for a two-state solution it never itself diplomatically recognised the State of Palestine (April 20, 2024).

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🔻 Hezbollah:

The enemy drone that was shot down in the airspace of the Al-Aishiya area in southern Lebanon is a “Hermes 450” type.


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🚨 Continued incursions by settlers and occupation forces and violent confrontations into the town of Burqa, east of Ramallah

https://t.me/warfareanalysis/32441

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The most sane army in the world…

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Today more mass graves were discovered. It reminded me of those perpetrated by Serbia on Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) in the 90s. So I dug up some information for you to ponder from +972 Magazine.

In 2016, attorney Itay Mack and Professor Yair Oron, presented Israel’s Supreme Court with concrete evidence of Israeli defense exports to Serbian forces during the Bosnian genocide, including training as well as ammunition and rifles. Among other things, they presented the personal journal of General Ratko Mladić, found guilty by the International Court of Justice for committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Mladić’s journal explicitly mentions Serbia’s ample arms ties with Israel at the time.

The exports took place long after the UN Security Council placed an arms embargo on various parts of the former Yugoslavia, and after the publication of a series of testimonies exposing genocide and the creation of concentration camps.

Citing potential damage to Israel’s foreign relations, the Supreme Court rejected a petition calling to reveal details of the government’s arms exports to the Serbian army during the Bosnian genocide.

The Israeli State Attorney’s reply and the court’s rejection of the petition are a de facto admission by Israel that it cooperated with the Bosnian genocide: if the government had nothing to hide, the documents under discussion would not pose any threat to foreign relations.

Israel didn’t get punished for this EITHER.

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