Operation Iron Swords - Day 157 - 11 March 2024

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NEW - War Termination NEW - Operations NEW - Operations - Gaza NEW - Operations - Judea-Samaria NEW - Operations - Lebanon NEW - Operations - Syria / Iraq NEW - Operations - Yemen NEW - Operations Maps NEW - By-Standers NEW - Axis of Resistance NEW - Allied for Democracy UPDATED - By the Numbers

The death toll from malnutrition and dehydration has risen to 25, including 21 children, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza.

The White House said that President Joe Biden has made clear that there will be no military operation in Rafah (southern Gaza Strip ) “unless there is a plan for the security of civilians” there, in light of continued Israeli threats to invade it. He explained - in a statement - that "we have not yet seen implementable plans regarding the security and safety of more than a million civilians in Rafah," pointing to the President's administration's efforts to achieve a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, "which provides the basis for sustainable peace, alleviates suffering, and returns detainees in the Strip." For its part, the US State Department said today that "Israel has not yet provided us with its plan" to protect civilians before launching a military operation in Rafah.

This coincides with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday renewing his intention to move forward with his plans to invade Rafah, in defiance of the American president who previously warned that such an attack would be a “red line,” in addition to several international warnings against invading the city.

Netanyahu added to the American news site Politico that the “red line” for him is “not to repeat the attack of last October 7,” that is, the “Al- Aqsa Flood ” operation launched by the Palestinian resistance in response to the occupation’s attacks against the Palestinians and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

According to Israeli media, the fears of the Israeli security authorities regarding the upcoming Ramadan season in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem are rising, amid warnings from the Israelis that Hamas may exploit the most important time for Muslims as an opportunity to ignite the scene. The biblical holidays for the Jews this year intersect with the second week of Ramadan, which may open the door to a new battle in Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Ramadan is celebrated Mar 10, 2024 – Apr 9, 2024. Purim is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the survival of the Jewish people from annihilation in the 5th century BCE. The story is told in the Book of Esther and is known as the Feast of Lots. Purim dates are March 23–24, 2024.

Prime Minister's Office Statement: "At a meeting of all security elements chaired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it was decided: Israel strongly safeguards freedom of worship for all faiths, at all sites in Israel, especially the Temple Mount; Ramadan is sacred to Muslims; its sanctity will be upheld this year, as it is every year. During the first week of Ramadan, the entry of worshippers to the Temple Mount will be permitted, similar to the numbers in previous years. A weekly assessment of the security and safety aspects will be held; a decision will be made accordingly."

At the end of the discussion it was decided that there will be no age limit for entering the Temple Mount, but there will be quotas.

War Termination

IDF spokesman, Brigadier General Daniel Hagari : "Hamas consciously chose to thwart any attempt to reach agreements before Ramadan, it used false propaganda and incitement on the networks during Ramadan. We are working to maintain security at the same time as preserving freedom of worship."

Marwan Issa, Hamas no. 3, was targeted Saturday night in an underground complex in Nuseirat. The IDF has yet to get final confirmation of his elimination alongside other senior Hamas terrorists. IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari stated the military was "still reviewing the results of the attack, and a final verification has not yet been received."

The Israeli newspaper " Haaretz " said that the Israeli army is investigating whether the deputy head of the military wing of Hamas, Marwan Issa, was killed in raids on the Gaza Strip. “Issa is considered the third man in the movement designated on the US terrorist list, and the second in the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the movement, after Muhammad al-Deif, as the two are considered the link between the political and military wings of Hamas,” according to Haaretz.

Hebrew media reports said, earlier Monday, that the Israeli army “tried to assassinate Issa in an air strike in the Nuseirat camp” in the central Gaza Strip. Reports reported by the Times of Israel newspaper said that “five Palestinians were killed as a result of this raid,” although it is not known whether Issa was among them. According to reports, Hamas is also still verifying whether Issa was killed in the raid.

In Israel they intend to be very careful with the statement that Marwan Issa was eliminated, but if it did happen, a political source told N12 TV it is a significant achievement that also has an impact on the contacts for the kidnapping deal. It should be understood: Issa was the link between Yahya Sinwar and Muhammad Daf. Also functionally, by virtue of being in the area of the center camps, a place that was often favored by senior Hamas officials in the meetings they conducted.

Israeli officials believe - perhaps to a large extent hope - that this elimination will have an effect on Sinwar's motivation to reach a hostage deal. "Sinwar is on the run and he has to conclude what he should conclude from the fate of his associate," senior officials told N12 TV.

Operational Update

The former Director of Operations at the Israeli Ministry of Defense, retired General Yisrael Ziv, said that Israel was immersed in tactical military considerations in the Gaza Strip without any strategic vision, unlike the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ), which possesses this vision, and moved from the stage of direct military conflict to a guerrilla war that harms the army. Israeli.

In an interview with the Israeli newspaper Maariv, General Ziv (who held, among other senior positions, command of the Paratrooper Corps and the Gaza Division during the Second Intifada ) said that Hamas is no longer looking for victory in a direct clash, but rather what it is currently concerned with is guerrilla warfare, while Israel is drowning in tactical combat considerations. And you act like someone who has all the time and does not feel the influence of other factors on time.

General Ziv added that Hamas, unlike the Israeli army, has modified its method of fighting as a change in its strategy, and is generally waging a complex battle, saying that guerrilla warfare (including explosive trap tactics) - which has become similar to the guerrilla war that Hezbollah was waging - suits the movement and inflicts losses on Israel because Its army in its current form is not designed to have its divisions remain in every part of Gaza.

But what is going on in the mind of Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, that he insists on rejecting a prisoner deal and does not show any flexibility?

Retired General Ziv believes that Israel is losing valuable time, and that Sinwar is aware of the international pressure on it and knows that its credit is eroding and that American patience will soon end, and therefore he does not want to “engage with it in something that strengthens it,” and he is resisting the pressure for that. According to General Ziv, Sinwar does not care about external pressures on him, if any. He wants to end the war so that Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip while dragging the tails of defeat. To achieve this, he invests in the current humanitarian catastrophe and seeks to ignite the region in the month of Ramadan, exploiting Israel’s mistakes or provocations that lead to a “total explosion.” “He emerges victorious.

Ziv called for accepting the American proposal as the only way to change the current situation, by replacing Hamas in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian National Liberation Movement ( Fatah ), but with the imposition of conditions that include Israeli control over civilian rule there (which will eventually gain international legitimacy), humanitarian aid, and keeping the army. Until all Hamas forces are dismantled.

General Ziv accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of intransigence by insisting on an exclusively tactical approach that does not achieve strategic gains or change in the war, but rather makes Israel drag its feet without a clear goal.

As for Rafah, he recommended avoiding entering it without coordination, specifically during Ramadan, saying that it is not as important as it is necessary to storm it now, because “any mistake in a place crowded with hundreds of thousands of refugees will further harm Israel’s international image.”

Regarding Lebanon , General Ziv called not only for directing strikes against Hezbollah in the south, but also for exploiting the fragile situation of the Lebanese government to put pressure on it, including threatening to target infrastructure. He said that even if Hezbollah is losing the battle tactically, it is controlling its narrative that it will not stop the fighting before a ceasefire in Gaza.

Operational Update - Gaza

Intense Israeli bombardment and ground operations as well as heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups continue to be reported across much of the Gaza Strip, particularly in Hamad area northwest of Khan Younis, resulting in further civilian casualties, displacement, and destruction of houses and other civilian infrastructure.

A much-anticipated and contentious Israel Defense Forces (IDF) campaign in Gaza's southernmost region of Rafah was still weeks away, and not "imminent," Israeli officials told CNN. According to the report, the IDF did not position itself for a Rafah offensive as of yet, though it could be "enacted" in short order. A major civilian evacuation from the largely populated city with displaced Gazans was weeks away and the plan has yet to be "finalized," according to CNN's sources. Once ready to implement the plan, the Israeli officials said the civilian evacuation would take "at least two weeks."

Netanyahu said that he intends to move forward with his plans to invade Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip , in defiance of US President Joe Biden , who warned that such an attack would be a "red line." Netanyahu added to the American news site Politico that “the red line for him is not to repeat the attack of last October 7,” that is, the “Al- Aqsa Flood ” operation launched by the Palestinian resistance on the Gaza Strip, which inflicted great losses on Israel. Netanyahu added that Israel is “about to end the last part of the war,” and that the fighting will not take more than two months, “maybe 6 or 4 weeks,” according to his claim.

Netanyahu indicated that delivering aid by sea to Gaza was his idea, denying the existence of famine in the Strip, despite the death of more than 25 residents of the Strip - including children - as a result of hunger and malnutrition, and the specter of famine looming over most of the Strip’s 2.2 million residents.

The military and strategic expert, Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi, said that the statements of the head of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) , Ismail Haniyeh , about adhering to the demands of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip , are based on field facts that support them. During his analysis for Al Jazeera, Al-Duwairi asked, “If the situation of the resistance in Gaza is tenuous, will the Hamas Political Bureau adhere to its demands for the necessity of stopping the war once and for all and the return of the displaced?”

Haniyeh had said - during a speech in which he touched on the details of the ceasefire negotiations - that, “If we receive a clear position to stop the aggression and return the displaced, we will show flexibility regarding the issue of prisoners,” stressing the movement’s commitment to a comprehensive agreement in 3 stages linked to international guarantees.

Al-Duwairi explained, "Few would have thought that the Al-Qassam Brigades - the military wing of the ( Hamas ) movement - and the resistance in Gaza would enter the sixth month of this intensity of fighting, confrontation, and steadfastness against the occupation army."

The military expert's comments also came in the context of his analysis of the statements of the Chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner, who said that no one imagined that Israel would eliminate only 35% of Hamas fighters, and a third of its tunnel network, stressing that what happened to the Israeli army with the tunnels was a lesson that should be learned.

Regarding Al-Qassam gifting the scene of a sniper attack by one of the occupation soldiers in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza to Ansar Allah the Houthis , Al-Duwairi said that the group (the Houthis) was actually able to confuse international navigation and trade and provided a lot during the war. Dedicating the sniping scene to the group's leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi , was considered an appreciation for the role of the Houthis during the Israeli war on Gaza, just as the Lebanese Hezbollah escalates according to a disciplined approach, alongside the "Islamic resistance in Iraq."

Israel constructedg a new road and security zone all along the broder wtih the Gaza Strip. According to a CNN report based on an analysis of satellite imagery, the IDF was building a road that splits the Gaza Strip in two from east to west as part of the military's plan to maintain control of the area for many months. Officially, the occupation army announced the division of the Gaza Strip into two parts, one in the north and the other in the south, by completing the construction of a new road, extending from the “Be’eri” settlement located near the eastern border of the center of the Strip, to Al-Bahr Street in Gaza City to the west.

The fighters of the commando brigade continue to fight in the 'Hamad' neighborhood in Khan Yunis. The fighters raid terrorist infrastructures on foot and locate weapons, eliminate dozens of terrorists and arrest terrorists who surrender to the forces. During searches by the fighters of the Agoz unit in the building, terrorists opened fire on the fighters. The fighters identified the terrorists using a drone and returned fire at them. During the encounter, the fighters fired a 'Matador' missile accurately at the room in the apartment where the terrorist was staying while avoiding hitting a woman and two children who were staying in the next room.

The fighters killed three armed terrorists and another terrorist surrendered and was handed over for further investigation by the security forces. The forces rescued the woman and two children from the building and transferred them to receive medical treatment.

Soldiers of the 7th Army located combat shafts, combat equipment ammunition and intelligence materials in the Hamad neighborhood in Khan Yunis. Dozens of terrorists were arrested. for documentation. Nahal Tsakh fighters continue fighting in the center of the Gaza Strip. During the last day, the forces closed a circle on about 15 terrorists through sniper fire, face-to-face battles and air force strikes. The brigade's fire assembly detected a terrorist squad removing objects suspected of being weapons from a military structure belonging to the terrorist organization Hamas in the region. After that, the terrorists were identified and continued to operate in the area, an aircraft attacked them in response. In another incident, an aircraft attacked another squad that was spotted observing the fighters in the area.

n the last day, the commando formation operated inside the 'Hamad' neighborhood in the south of the Gaza Strip. The forces raided several apartments used for terrorist purposes, arrested Hamas terrorists and found weapons, cartridges and other military equipment. During the operation of the forces, an anti-tank missile was launched at the fighters of the Givati Brigade without casualties. Shortly after the shooting, the fighters identified a terrorist moving in the area from which the launch was carried out and after precise tracking, the terrorist was eliminated at close range by the fighters of the Magellan unit.

In the area of Al-Karara in the city of Khan Yunis, the fighters of the Bislah brigade's combat team (828) attacked terrorists together with the forces of the Air Force and through sniper and tank fire. The Sea Arm fighters operating in the northern Gaza Strip directed a combat helicopter that attacked and destroyed a vessel used by the terrorist organizations in the region.

In the central Gaza Strip , the occupation forces continued to target many areas with warplanes and artillery, as new raids targeted streets in the center of the Nuseirat camp, and caused great destruction to the infrastructure, similar to those attacks launched at dawn on Sunday, while artillery targeted several areas in the two Bureij camps. And the raids.

In addition, the occupation army forces continued their ground operations against the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. Local sources from the city said that the occupation army blew up residential buildings located northwest of the city for the fifth time, and also blew up entire residential squares in the Al-Qarara neighborhood. The occupation also targeted, with artillery shelling, several areas located east of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, and several areas in the residential Hamad Town were also targeted .

In the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, the occupation army forces launched several attacks, targeting agricultural land near the Egyptian-Palestinian border inside the Al-Salam neighborhood in Rafah. A number of citizens were also martyred in another bombing that targeted a house east of Rafah.

US CENTCOM announced on March 9 that a US Army Logistics Support Vessel departed from Virginia to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea with the first load of equipment to establish a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip.

The airdrop of relief aid into the Gaza Strip carried with it many indicators that unanimously agree that the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) still controls all areas of the Strip, which reflects the Israeli military and political confusion regarding what is called the day after the war. Analysts' estimates agree that the Israeli government's permission for America, Arab and European countries to drop humanitarian aid shipments from the air, and prevent their entry through land crossings, is an indication that the occupation's control in the north and central Gaza Strip is not tight, and that Hamas still enjoys influence and control, which is what Israel fears.

Jordan, America, the Emirates, Egypt, France, and Belgium carried out airdrops of food aid yesterday, Sunday, into the Gaza Strip. The US Central Command (Centcom) announced a joint airdrop operation with the Jordanian forces to drop humanitarian aid into the northern Gaza Strip. Centcom said in a statement that the American C-130 aircraft “dropped more than 11,500 meals, in addition to other food supplies.” It added that the food supplies were distributed among rice, flour, pasta, and canned food, "providing life-saving humanitarian assistance to the population in Gaza." In turn, the Jordanian army announced the implementation of 6 airdrops of relief aid north of the Gaza Strip, with the participation of Egypt, the United States, France, and Belgium. The army said in a statement, "The Jordanian Armed Forces carried out - on Sunday - 6 joint air landings with brotherly and friendly countries." Two C-130 aircraft belonging to the Royal Jordanian Air Force participated in the operation, along with Egyptian, American, French and Belgian aircraft, according to the same source.

In turn, the Egyptian army announced in a statement that “elements of the Egyptian Air Force, in cooperation with Jordan and a number of friendly and brotherly countries (which it did not name), carried out a number of relief missions.” For its part, the UAE announced the implementation of the seventh airdrop of aid into the Gaza Strip as part of a joint operation with Egypt that began on February 29.

The Jordanian army announced the implementation of 7 airdrops of relief aid north of the Gaza Strip , with the participation of Egypt, the United States, France, and Belgium. The army said in a statement, "On Monday, the Jordanian Armed Forces carried out 7 joint air landings with brotherly and friendly countries." It added that the landings included a number of sites in the northern Gaza Strip, as part of the international efforts made by the Kingdom to mitigate the effects of the war on the Strip.

A Royal Jordanian Air Force plane, 3 planes belonging to the United States of America, and 3 planes belonging to Egypt, France, and Belgium participated in the operation. The statement indicated, "The number of airdrops carried out by the Jordanian Armed Forces has increased since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. There are 38 Jordanian airdrops, and 46 airdrops in cooperation with brotherly and friendly countries."

U.S. Central Command conducted a humanitarian assistance airdrop into Northern Gaza on March 11, 2024, at 2:17 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians affected by the ongoing conflict. The joint operation included U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft and U.S. Army Soldiers specialized in aerial delivery of U.S humanitarian assistance supplies. U.S. C-130s dropped over 27,600 U.S. meal equivalents and 25,900 bottles of water into Northern Gaza, an area of great need, allowing for civilian access to the critical aid.

Video clips from eyewitnesses showed that planes dropped a large number of aid boxes, but some of them did not open their parachutes properly, which led to them falling quickly on gatherings of Palestinians waiting for them to land, resulting in deaths and injuries among citizens. Earlier, the government media office in Gaza said that random airdrops of humanitarian aid caused the death of 5 Palestinians and several injuries when they fell on the heads of citizens as a result of the wrong landing.

The Spanish ship "Open Arms" is still anchored in the Cypriot port of Larnaca, after it was scheduled to set off on Sunday on its first sea voyage to transport aid to the Gaza Strip. The ship carries tens of tons of food within a sea corridor that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced its activation during her visit to the port a few days ago.

The Cyprus News Agency quoted government spokesman Konstantinos Letimpiotis as saying that the ship is expected to leave “in the coming hours.” On the other hand, Cyprus Radio said yesterday evening, Sunday, that it seems unlikely that the ship will leave the Cypriot port of Larnaca before Monday morning due to “technical problems.”

Laura Lanuza, spokeswoman for the Spanish non-governmental organization Open Arms participating in the project, explained that the Israeli authorities inspected the shipment on Saturday. Lanuza said that her partner organization, World Central Kitchen, “has people in Gaza” and is working to “build a temporary dock” to be able to unload the goods when the ship arrives. But delivering aid to those most in need remains a huge challenge in light of the battles, the ongoing Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, and the famine from which most of the population suffers.

The United States renewed its emphasis on establishing a sea corridor as one of the alternatives for delivering humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip , especially with the occupation army’s destruction of the only port in Gaza, the ineffectiveness of the mechanism for dropping aid by air, and the difficulty of entering it by land.

The corridor begins from the island of Cyprus, where aid ships dock and are subjected to careful inspection supervised by Israel , which decides what is allowed to be sent to the Strip, according to a report by journalist Salam Khader, broadcast by Al Jazeera. The ships will then take a route to the floating port, which is the most prominent corner of the sea corridor - which Washington pledged to build and Israel to protect - and it is a platform in the Mediterranean Sea. Nearly a thousand American soldiers will work on building it, and construction will take about 60 days.

The exact location of the pier has not been determined, but estimates indicate that it will be built about 600 meters off the shores of Gaza, allowing cargo ships to approach it, as deep waters allow large ships to approach without threatening the safety of navigation. After the ships arrive, the cargo will be unloaded at the port, to be transported to Gaza, while the US Department of Defense said that the port will be connected to a land point on the coast of the Strip via two bridges, each about 550 meters long.

The details of the port plan are still incomplete, as it faces three challenges. The first is identifying safe corridors to distribute aid after it is delivered to the shore, whether to the north, center, or south of the Gaza Strip, while ensuring that it is not targeted by the occupation forces.

The second challenge lies in the security of aid trucks, especially when they enter areas that Israel classifies as areas of conflict, noting that the occupation forces have previously targeted United Nations relief trucks whose entry and flight paths were coordinated with the occupation forces according to UN officials.

The third challenge is who will be responsible for distributing aid, as the United States talks about its openness to discuss several scenarios, starting with private security companies, through to what it calls Palestinian businessmen or companies.

A few days ago, US President Joe Biden announced - during his State of the Union address - that he would direct the US military to lead an emergency mission to establish a temporary naval pier in the Mediterranean Sea on the coast of Gaza capable of receiving large ships carrying food, medicine, water, and temporary shelters. He stressed that there would be no American forces on the ground, and said that this pier would allow a huge increase in humanitarian aid reaching the Gaza Strip.

Humanitarian work experts and officials in international organizations also criticized the American plan to establish this corridor, and said that it diverts attention from the real crisis in Gaza. UN bodies and humanitarian organizations also criticized the step of airdropping aid into the Gaza Strip, as they considered it limited in size, in addition to what it might cause. There is chaos in it.

The United States renewed its emphasis on establishing a sea corridor as one of the alternatives for delivering humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip , especially with the occupation army’s destruction of the only port in Gaza, the ineffectiveness of the mechanism for dropping aid by air, and the difficulty of entering it by land. The corridor begins from the island of Cyprus, where aid ships dock and are subjected to careful inspection supervised by Israel , which decides what is allowed to be sent to the Strip, according to a report by journalist Salam Khader, broadcast by Al Jazeera.

The ships will then take a route to the floating port, which is the most prominent corner of the sea corridor - which Washington pledged to build and Israel to protect - and it is a platform in the Mediterranean Sea. Nearly a thousand American soldiers will work on building it, and construction will take about 60 days.

The exact location of the pier has not been determined, but estimates indicate that it will be built about 600 meters off the shores of Gaza, allowing cargo ships to approach it, as deep waters allow large ships to approach without threatening the safety of navigation.

After the ships arrive, the cargo will be unloaded at the port, to be transported to Gaza, while the US Department of Defense said that the port will be connected to a land point on the coast of the Strip via two bridges, each about 550 meters long.

The details of the port plan are still incomplete, as it faces three challenges. The first is identifying safe corridors to distribute aid after it is delivered to the shore, whether to the north, center, or south of the Gaza Strip, while ensuring that it is not targeted by the occupation forces. The second challenge lies in the security of aid trucks, especially when they enter areas that Israel classifies as areas of conflict, noting that the occupation forces have previously targeted United Nations relief trucks whose entry and flight paths were coordinated with the occupation forces according to UN officials.

The third challenge is who will be responsible for distributing aid, as the United States talks about its openness to discuss several scenarios, starting with private security companies, through to what it calls Palestinian businessmen or companies.

The French newspaper La Croix - in a report written by Vincien Joly - collected testimonies from several people in Gaza , in which they spoke about the lack of aid, hunger, the small amount that is dropped from the air, and the tensions that result from that. Muhammad Al-Hafi, a social sciences professor and father who was displaced to Rafah , said , “I don’t know where to start. There are things that are not talked about... Aid does not reach the people, most of whom suffer from hunger and thirst, but rather disappears before reaching the markets.”

Muhammad adds that there are now drops of aid, but dropping food from the sky “reinforces the law of the jungle, as the strongest or the armed are able to collect aid, while ordinary people can only access it through luck.”

As for the aid that passes by land, most of it is looted, and the rest reaches the markets at an exaggerated price, where the price of a kilo of sugar reaches $40, and a kilo of onions is the same. “People are dying of hunger and poverty. Even those who have money in a bank account cannot now withdraw it... "The banks themselves are in crisis. As for inflation, it is breaking records. Everything is in crisis."

For her part, Umm Basil, a mother of six children, from Rafah, says, “What can I say? My brother and father were killed. We don’t even think about eating and drinking anymore. We just want the war to end. We are tired,” and she adds that aid is not arriving. Very little. It is not enough. “Everything arrives in small quantities. Bread, milk, and vegetables are difficult to find. When we do find them, they are at a high price.”

Ahmed, from Rafah - according to the newspaper - says that very little food arrives, and that aid is stolen and sold at exaggerated prices on the black market, explaining, “Today I went to the queue to get an aid package. I stood in front of the parcel receiving point from 7 am until 4 am.” Evening and I didn't get anything. I won't come back tomorrow. I can't stand for a long time. We are suffocating in the crowd. The police are shooting in the air to keep people away and prevent fights. It's humiliating. Thank God we still find food but it's expensive. I'm afraid the situation will be difficult Especially during the month of Ramadan.

Neurosurgeon Muhammad Al-Sharif (34 years old), an American on assignment at the European Hospital in Khan Yunis , says that he performed surgery on a 14-year-old boy, but there was nothing to feed him with. “One of us brought himself proteins for his mission in Gaza.” “We ground it and gave it to him through a stomach tube. Doctors usually ask the family to provide food for patients, but here she can barely feed herself.”

Israeli doctors said that epidemics are spreading in the Gaza Strip , as a result of the destruction of the energy and water infrastructure, expressing their fear that these epidemics will spread to Israel. The official Israeli Broadcasting Authority quoted a report prepared by senior doctors that epidemics are spreading in the Gaza Strip as a result of the destruction of the energy and water infrastructure there.

It explained that the disturbing report was signed by the Association of Public Health Physicians, and medical specialists from hospitals and universities in Israel. According to data collected by international organizations that were able to enter Gaza and monitor the diseases spreading there, at least 312,000 people suffer from acute respiratory infections, according to the report.

In addition to at least 220,000 patients suffering from acute diarrhea, more than half of whom are children under the age of five, according to the same source. It was also found that there were at least 6,600 cases of chickenpox in the Gaza Strip, in addition to a large outbreak of hepatitis A, according to the report.

The broadcaster quoted Professor Nadav Davidovich, from the Public Health Doctors Syndicate, as saying in the report that the sewage flowing into the sea in Gaza will also move to Israel, and there is a risk that it will pollute its beaches. He added that epidemics know no geographical borders. Davidovich warned of the possibility that animals could transmit diseases to Israel, and among other things, mosquitoes whose season will begin soon could carry and transmit diseases between people, thus causing infection.

In this context, the Israeli authority said that the researchers sent the report to the government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, considering this a medical and strategic threat.

At the beginning of this March, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that about one million cases of infectious diseases had been detected in the Strip, which has a population of about 2.3 million, warning of the repercussions in the absence of the necessary medical capabilities, and calling on the United Nations to provide means of survival for the residents of the Strip.

Israeli Army Chief of Staff, General Herzi Halevy, instructed not to take punitive measures against the commander of the “99th Military Division,” Barak Hiram, following his issuance of an order to bomb. “Al-Isra University” building south of Gaza City, about two months ago, and he was content with recording a “leadership note” in the officer’s personal file. This came in an announcement by the occupation army, which confirmed that the “command note” against Hiram, a senior officer with the rank of general, was recorded because he decided to blow up the university building without obtaining the approval of the commander of the southern region of the Israeli army, Yaron Finkelman.

This procedure does not prevent this senior officer from obtaining a promotion later, which indicates the army leadership’s support for these attacks. According to Israeli Army Radio, Winkelman told Hiram, “If I had submitted the request to destroy the university, I would have approved it.” This indicates that this “leadership note” was recorded because he issued the order without having the authority to issue it, and not because of the bombing of the university building and its complete destruction.

Operational Update - Judea-Samaria

The occupation authorities tightened their military measures at the gates of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem, on the first night of the holy month of Ramadan. Yesterday evening, Sunday, the occupation police deployed its members and set up its barriers in the vicinity of the Old City and at the gates leading to Al-Aqsa, and prevented young men from entering it to perform prayers. Dinner and Tarawih, and beat some of them.

The Israeli authorities imposed restrictions on the entry of young people into Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform Tarawih on Sunday evening, the night of the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he is the one who decides that the occupation police will storm Al-Aqsa courtyards during Ramadan.

Tarawih prayers were held in Al-Aqsa Mosque amid exceptional measures imposed by the occupation police, which included restrictions on the entry of young men, and assaulted a number of them by beating them at a number of the gates of the Holy Mosque. Eyewitnesses reported on Sunday evening that “the occupation forces detained worshipers at the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque and impeded their access to it, imposed restrictions on the entry of young people to Al-Aqsa to perform Tarawih, and allowed the entry of women over the age of 40.”

Reports said that the number of Palestinians who were prevented by the occupation from entering Al-Aqsa was greater than the number of worshipers who were able to enter to perform Tarawih prayers.

The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assigned himself the responsibility of making the decision to storm Al-Aqsa or not during the month of Ramadan. During the past few weeks, the Shin Bet General Security Agency and the Israeli army called on Netanyahu to make the decision himself - and unusually - about whether to storm the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, because this is an event that could lead to many possible consequences, according to the authority.

This step appeared expresses the lack of confidence of the Shin Bet and the army in the police, which is supervised by Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir. A few days ago, Netanyahu rejected a recommendation from Ben Gvir not to allow residents of the occupied West Bank to enter the Temple Mount at all during the month of Ramadan, while allowing Palestinian residents of Israel to enter from the age of 70 and above.

Al-Aqsa Mosque preacher Sheikh Ikrimah Sabri stressed the need for the atmosphere of worship in Al-Aqsa Mosque to be free of tension, interference and disturbance, warning of the occurrence of Israeli “surprises” during the holy month of Ramadan , which began today, Monday, in most countries, calling for people to travel to the mosque.

Quoting an interview published by Anadolu Agency, Sabri pointed out conflicting statements between Israeli officials regarding the rules of prayer in Al-Aqsa Mosque and age restrictions, which indicates that they consider the mosque their property, “which is surprising.” He said that the original is for Muslims to be able to visit Al-Aqsa Mosque without obstacles, noting that the world has begun to notice that the Israeli authorities want to restrict worshipers’ access to Al-Aqsa during the holy month, which reflects a policy of tightening restrictions on Muslims, especially after the war on Gaza .

Sabri added that in previous years, there were attempts by the occupation authorities to cause problems and increase tensions during the month of Ramadan, as they did not want to see thousands gathering in Al-Aqsa Mosque. Sabri explained the importance of providing an appropriate atmosphere for worship without disturbance or interference, stressing that the month of Ramadan should be an opportunity for Muslims to worship in peace and ease.

He pointed out that there are indications that the occupation intends to impose restrictions on the entry of worshipers into the mosque, stressing that such actions express the occupation’s ambitions to control Al-Aqsa.

Sabri pointed out that the current Israeli government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is an "extremist government" that seeks to apply its agenda to Al-Aqsa Mosque. Sabri warned of the danger of inflammatory statements issued by some Israeli officials, including the far-right Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir. He considered that this incitement was expected, as the statements began with the intention of preventing people from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque a few days ago.

The mosque preacher confirmed that Ben Ghafir’s statements were extremist and irresponsible, and that he had no right to issue such statements, because Al-Aqsa is not the property of the courts or the authorities, but rather belongs to Muslims by the decision of God Almighty. Sabri also rejected attempts by Israeli officials to distort the month of Ramadan by portraying it as a month of violence, stressing that the blessed month of Ramadan is the month of worship, seclusion, and reading the Holy Quran.

He pointed out that the tension in Al-Aqsa is caused by its conversion into a military barracks on Fridays, which raises terror and anxiety in the hearts of Muslims, and hinders the arrival of the largest possible number of them to the mosque. He called on Muslims not to submit to these confusions and rumours, stressing the necessity of going to Al-Aqsa Mosque, with a call to close the subsidiary mosques in Jerusalem on Fridays to encourage people to visit Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Israeli authorities accuse Sabri of incitement, as the Public Prosecution filed an indictment against him for offering condolences to the families of the martyrs. Regarding this prosecution, Al-Sheikh stated that the incitement file presented by Israeli extremists is now being studied by the Israeli Attorney General, and it is expected that his team of lawyers will be asked to respond to the accusations brought against him.

He explained that no practical action has been taken so far, but extremist groups, including members of the Knesset, are putting pressure on the Attorney General and the legal advisor to the Israeli government to speed up the processing of their complaints against him. Sabri congratulated Muslims around the world on the occasion of the month of Ramadan, calling on people to put pressure on their governments to assume their responsibilities towards the Palestinian issue.

He also expressed his surprise at the lack of official interaction of Arab and Islamic countries on the Palestine issue , noting that peoples show greater interaction compared to the official movements of governments, and stressed the need for governments to be at the level of this interaction in dealing with the Palestinian issue.

In a joint operation by the Dovdevan unit and Shin Bet fighters in Kfar Zita in the Menashe division, directed by the Shin Bet, the terrorist Muhammad Gaber, a resident of Jenin, was killed on his way to Israeli territory to carry out a near-miss attack in the immediate time frame, with weapons and ammunition ready for use. The soldiers of the IDF, the Shin Bet and the MGB arrested 20 wanted persons throughout Judea and Samaria. Tonight the forces completed an operation to counter terrorism in the areas of Noura Shams and Tulkarem in the Menashe Brigade.

As part of the operation, engineering forces uncovered charges that had been planted under the axles with the aim of harming our forces. Another counter-terrorism operation in the same area took place two days ago, in which additional charges were destroyed.

In Kalkilia in Ephraim, the fighters arrested a wanted man and confiscated weapons and seven pipe bombs that were in the vehicle of a terrorist who shot at the forces during the operation. In addition, approximately NIS 150,000 in terrorist funds were confiscated. Nine additional wanted persons were arrested in the area of the brigade.

In the village of Wadi Siman in the Yehuda Division, the fighters arrested three wanted men and found several Molotov cocktails. In Mizra Anuvani in the Binyamin Brigade, the forces arrested five more wanted persons. The wanted persons who were arrested and the means of warfare that were confiscated were transferred to the security forces for further treatment, there are no casualties to Israeli forces.

Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Tulkarm , its camp, and the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, amid clashes with resistance fighters. At dawn on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, the occupation forces stormed the city of Tulkarm, reinforced with more than 25 vehicles and 4 bulldozers from its western and southern axes, and deployed in its various streets that connected it to the vicinity of the Tulkarm camp. The occupation bulldozers began bulldozing the infrastructure and digging the street near Al-Alimi roundabout in the city. The occupation forces continued their way towards Nour Shams camp, east of Tulkarm, and their bulldozers bulldozed the vicinity of the Saif Abu Lebda roundabout at the western entrance to the camp, which was the second time in two days.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed the city of Nablus and the Balata camp to the east, amid clashes erupting. Local sources reported that the occupation forces, accompanied by a bulldozer and a number of military vehicles, stormed the eastern region in the city of Nablus, coinciding with the outbreak of confrontations with those forces. Later, the occupation forces stormed Balata camp, where clashes broke out and gunfire and explosions were heard.

Operational Update - Lebanon

Fighter jets recently attacked a military site of the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Al Jabin area. During the night, another military site of the organization was attacked in the A-Taiba region.Fighter jets attacked terrorist infrastructure and military buildings used by the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the areas of Aita al-Sha'ab and Ankoura in southern Lebanon. In addition, the IDF attacked with artillery and tank fire in the area of Eita al-Sha'ab in southern Lebanon.

Fighter jets attacked two Hezbollah compounds in the Bekaa region deep in Lebanon. The compounds are associated with Hezbollah's air force which planned and executed various targets towards the territory of the State of Israel. The attacks were carried out in response to the operation of Hezbollah aircraft towards the Golan Heights during the past few days.

Further to the warning about the infiltration of hostile aircraft in the northern Golan, two aerial targets were identified that crossed from Lebanese territory to Israeli territory and fell in open areas in the northern Golan.

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon continued its operations against the sites of the Israeli occupation entity on the border with occupied Palestine, in support of the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their valiant resistance. In this context, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance targeted the Jal al-Alam site with appropriate weapons and hit it directly.

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

“Permission has been given to those who fight because they have been wronged, and indeed, God is Able to grant them victory.” God, the Most High, the Great, has spoken the truth.

"In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their valiant and honorable resistance, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance targeted, at 10:25 a.m. on Monday 03/11/2024, the Jal al-Alam site with appropriate weapons and directly hit it.

“And victory is only from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise”

The Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance also launched an air attack with four assault marches on the air and missile defense headquarters in the Kaila barracks, hitting their targets accurately.

"In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

“Permission has been given to those who fight because they have been wronged, and indeed, God is Able to grant them victory.” God, the Most High, the Great, has spoken the truth.

"In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance launched, at 10:25 a.m. on Monday, March 11, 2024, an air attack with four assault marches on the air and missile defense headquarters in Kaila Barracks and hit its targets accurately

“And victory is only from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise”

The Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance targeted a gathering of Zionist enemy soldiers in Al-Tayhat Hill with appropriate weapons and hit it directly. ? "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

“Permission has been given to those who fight because they have been wronged, and indeed, God is Able to grant them victory.” God Almighty has spoken the truth.

"In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of For his valiant and honorable resistance, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance were targeted at 11:45 p.m. On the morning of Monday, 03/11/2024, Zionist enemy soldiers gathered in Al-Tayhat Hill with appropriate weapons and they directly hit him.

“And victory is only from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise”

The Islamic Resistance rose to fame as a martyr, the Mujahid Ali Muhammad Zein “Bilal,” born in 1991 from the town of Sohmor in the western Bekaa, who rose as a martyr on the road to Jerusalem. "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful {Among the believers are men who have been true to what they covenanted with God, and among them are those whose love has ended, and among them are those who wait, and they have not changed. A change} - God Almighty has spoken the truth. With greater pride and pride, the Islamic Resistance mourns the martyr, the Mujahid, Ali Muhammad Zein “Bilal,” born in 1991 from the town of Sohmor in the Western Bekaa, who rose as a martyr on the road to Jerusalem.""

Operational Update - Syria / Iraq

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Operational Update - Yemen

A few days ago, a leader in the Al-Qassam Brigades said that the Ansar Allah group informed them that its recent escalation in the Red Sea was due to the Israeli occupation’s intention to attack Rafah , south of the Gaza Strip, and the continuation of the starvation policy. The Qassam leader stated to Al Jazeera that the Ansar Allah group sent a letter to Al-Qassam asking for its opinion regarding mediations to release the crew of a ship they are holding, and that the group confirmed that any decision regarding the ship and their crew is “exclusively with Al-Qassam.”

According to the report of the international group of Tasnim News Agency , the United States and the United Kingdom once again attacked the territory of Yemen in clear support of the Zionist regime. An American-British strike targeted the Al-Jabanah area, west of the city of Hodeidah, with 3 raids, bringing the number of raids on the governorate to 13 airstrikes so far.

According to the report of the Yemeni media, American and British aggressors bombed the Takhiya region in Saada province in the north of Yemen five times. The United States and the United Kingdom had bombed the Al-Jabanah area west of Hodeidah on the west coast of Yemen three times on Monday evening. Al-Mayadeen reporter reported that American and British aggressors had targeted Hodeidah and Saada provinces in the west and north of Yemen 18 times in the past hours.

The United States and the United Kingdom have repeatedly targeted various areas of Yemen in support of the Zionist regime and due to the successful operations of the Yemeni armed forces against the ships of this regime in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab strait.

Regarding the attacks of American ships on Yemen, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran Nasser Kanani said: We consider the actions in the Red Sea and the events in this sea to be the result of developments in Palestine. Unfortunately, the continuation of the 5-month crisis in the Gaza Strip under the shadow of the regime's belligerent policy and the lack of American will to end it has caused instability in some parts of the region. Ansarullah's actions are against Zionist ships. Iran considers regional stability and security for the benefit of the international community and the countries of the region and its commercial activities. Instead of accusing other countries, the American government should pay attention to the center of the crisis and use its ability to stop the mass killing machine of the Zionist regime.

The spokesman for the Yemeni forces, Brigadier General Yahya Sarie, announced that the Yemeni Navy and Air Force carried out two qualitative military operations. The first targeted the American ship Propel Fortune in the Gulf of Aden with a number of suitable naval missiles, while the second operation targeted a number of American war destroyers in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. With 37 drones?

"The dangerous, huge, and unprecedented humanitarian, moral, and religious mission that Yemen has been undertaking for several months, represented by its epic stand by the oppressed and besieged Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip , is a mission that history will write in ink of gold, and on luminous pages, to remind future Arab and Islamic generations, how The Yemeni people stood with pride and pride to break the siege of Gaza, while they were suffering from a siege imposed on them from 2015 until today.

"What the Yemeni armed forces are doing, in the Red Sea, with the aim of forcing the Israeli entity to stop its aggression against Gaza and lift the siege on it, by targeting the Israeli entity’s commercial ships heading to it, can only be described as a legendary act, as the Sana’a government knows very well that in doing so it will inevitably face... “The largest military force in the world,” which is America, the new sponsor of the Israeli entity, as well as a “major country” like Britain, the old sponsor of this entity, and this is what actually happened. America and Britain sent their military fleets to the region, and launched a blatant and shameless aggression against the Yemeni people. To discourage him from extending a helping hand to his Palestinian brothers in Gaza.

"We are not exaggerating when we describe the position of the Yemeni Armed Forces as legendary, because it is unusual. The raids and attacks launched by America and Britain on Yemen, and instead of “deterring” the Yemenis, increased their determination and adherence to their position in support of Gaza. The Armed Forces added American and British commercial ships, To its list that prevents it from entering the Red Sea, it targeted these ships, even sinking some of them.

"What is even more striking is that when America and Britain went too far in bombing Yemen, which led to the death of a number of civilians, the Yemeni armed forces added American and British ships, battleships and destroyers to their list , without the slightest hesitation, in a clear message written in large letters, from “Force” is a language that the Yemeni people do not understand, and that “war” is not something that the Yemeni people fear, who have resolved to carry out their mission to the fullest, to support Gaza, without the slightest concern for either the “new greater global power” or the “greater global power.” Old", which put America and Britain in an unenviable position.

"The Yemeni armed forces, which, within a few months, targeted about 70 commercial and military ships in the Red Sea, and deprived hundreds of ships, most notably Israeli, American and British ships, from passing through this sea, and forced them to circumvent the African continent to reach the Mediterranean, despite No. "The two most powerful powers in the world."

"The battle of the “Al-Aqsa Flood” revealed the fragility of the false Israeli entity. Had it not been supported by America and Britain, not a single Zionist would have remained on the land of Palestine. The epic and legendary support of the Yemeni armed forces to Gaza revealed the fragility of the two military powers of America and Britain, with which the Israeli entity is strengthened. These two things confirmed unequivocally that everything that was said about the possibility of defeating “Israel” and expelling foreign forces from the region is not... Slogans, not adventures. Rather, it is a forecast of the future, based on an objective reading of the developments of events on the ground."

Maps

All maps are lies. “Not only is it easy to lie with maps, it is essential,” wrote cartographer Mark Monmoneir in his book How to Lie with Maps. He showed that condensing complex, three-dimensional spaces onto a two-dimensional sheet of paper [in old days] is bound to be reductive. But it is impossible to comprehend the war in Gaza without reference to maps, otherwise the entire conflict is reduced to an endless series of meaningless acts of random violence and the suffering of civilians. The first characteristic of guerrilla warfare is the loss of a front line. Evidently, different mappers have different ideas of how to depict the war in Gaza, notably those that seek to depict Israeli progress in the ground campaign. Part of the problem is latency. The news that forms the basis of the maps takes time to filter out to mappers, and the cartographers take time in crafting their maps, and it takes time to curate them. These processes are uneven among mappers, so their maps may differ in detail. Probably there is some ideological bias, or at least thematic apperception, which is understandable in wartime. It may come as no surprise that al-Jazeera maps depict rather less Israeli territorial progress than other sources. Finally, there remains the epistemological question of just exactly what are the colored in areas depicting. Naively, this might be understood as areas of Israeli control, that are no longer contested by the HAMAS. Or possibly these are areas of Israeli presence, in many of which the possibility of an RPG-wielding HAMAS militant popping out of a tunnel unexpectedly remains a live possibility. With the "zero-range" combat characterized by small unit tactics on both sides, maps may be prey to a fallacy of misplaced concreteness.

Bystanders

An estimated 8,000 patients need to be medically evacuated from Gaza, including over 6,000 trauma-related patients, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

The malnutrition crisis in Gaza is accelerating at an unprecedented pace due to the alarming lack of food, water and health services, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). WFP adds that the crisis heightens the risk of long-term health impacts and is disproportionately affecting women and children, with 90 per cent of mothers and children not eating a diverse diet. As of 10 March, MoH in Gaza reported that the death toll as a result of malnutrition and dehydration in northern Gaza has risen to 25, noting that the figure only reflects hospitalized cases. This includes three children who died at Shifa Hospital on 9 March as well as a two-month-old baby and a 20-year-old woman who died at Kamal Adwan hospital on 10 March, according to the MoH in Gaza. Reiterating its call for a ceasefire and the unfettered flow of humanitarian aid and commercial goods into Gaza, Save the Children warned: “Children in Gaza cannot wait to eat. They are already dying from malnutrition and saving their lives is a matter of hours or days – not weeks.”

Axis of Resistance

In an unprecedented step, the Iranian Foreign Ministry called for Israel's expulsion from the United Nations Women's Rights Commission, considering that this would be a real test for countries that claim to defend women's rights in international communities.

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran said about the war crimes of the Zionist regime against the people of Gaza: America is a main party in the beginning, continuation and non-ending of the war, the American government has been with the Zionist regime in words and deeds. According to the foreign policy correspondent of Tasnim News Agency , Nasser Kanani, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, answered the questions of the journalists in his weekly press conference on Monday, March 21.

At the beginning, Kanani said about the developments in Palestine: Last night, despite the painful human conditions and the war situation prevailing in the Palestinian land, the noble and Muslim people of Palestine under the same conditions held Taraweeh prayers and religious rituals in the streets and next to the ruins of mosques.

The whole world is saddened by the situation of Palestine and the oppressed people, which is now a full-view mirror of the plight of humanity and the free people of the world. We hope that in the month of Ramadan, Islamic and international unity and global efforts to support Palestine will be manifested.

Regarding the American pressure on the Palestinian people and the sending of weapons to the region by this country, he said: Despite more than 5 months have passed since the attacks of the usurping regime against Gaza, unfortunately, we are witnessing a painful inaction on the part of the international community, especially the United Nations, whose main task is to ensure peace and Security is international.

In the shadow of the US government's actions and supporting the regime's bellicose approach and supporting the regime with weapons and using the veto right in the Security Council, we actually witnessed the world, the United Nations and the Security Council failing to fulfill their legal duties in immediately stopping the war.

America is a main party in starting and continuing and not ending the war. The American government was on the side of the Zionist regime in words and deeds. The weapons sent by the US have been fully investigated and since the beginning of the war, the large-scale shipment of weapons by the US to the regime has continued, these are some of the statistics of the weapons mentioned by the US sources. On the other hand, it was expected that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation would play an effective role in stopping the war by using its capacities. Despite holding meetings, we still lack an effective role. The expectation is that we will see serious action from the member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which, God willing. Let us witness the end of the Zionist regime's war crimes against Palestine.

Regarding the sending of air aid by the US, Kanani said: US air aid is just a show, on the one hand, the veto of the resolutions prevented the adoption of the resolution that would lead to an immediate stop to the war, and on the other hand, the US is sending its own weapons, this shows that the US in In order to justify his war-like policy, he seeks to correct his war-like image with some ridiculous and showy actions, as a result of which we witnessed the martyrdom of other Palestinian people.

Fortunately, the world's thoughts are aware and their views will not change. It is expected that on the eve of Ramadan, we will see an effective and coherent effort to stop the war immediately. At the Jeddah summit, Iran expressed its proposals in 6 paragraphs, and if they are taken into account, we will definitely see a change in the deplorable situation.

About the news of Iran sending aid to the north and south of Gaza, Kanani said: The issue of aid and sending to Gaza has been one of the important topics on Iran's agenda, we have made all the necessary efforts in this direction, we have held many consultations through Egypt, the communication of Hilal The red flags of the two countries have been established and Iranian aid has been sent to Egyptian ports to be sent to the Palestinian land.

Iran is not able to send direct aid to Palestine, unfortunately, the Egyptian government also announced in the consultations that; "The regime does not allow aid to be issued.", but it did not prevent Iran from trying, Iran has tried and sent aid through Egypt, we hope that on the eve of the holy month, the international community will take serious action in sending such aid. The regime is using the tool of hunger to force the Palestinian nation to surrender, this is an act of genocide and should be brought to the attention of the international community.

The Palestinian Tribes and Clans Association confirmed that it is not an alternative to any Palestinian political system, and that the Israeli plan to manage the sector by the tribes is rejected, stressing the prohibition of dealing with the occupation. At the expense of the hunger and tragedy of the Palestinians, the Israeli occupation entity is striving to complete its crime in the Gaza Strip, by exploiting the humanitarian situation produced by the aggression, to pass an agenda based on division and conflict between clans, tribes, and resistance.

A website close to the Hamas movement quoted a security source warning against any dealings with the occupation under any name, especially the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip. The source confirmed that the resistance will strike with an iron fist against anyone who tampers with the internal front in Gaza , and will not allow new rules to be imposed. The security source stressed that the attempts of the occupying entity to communicate with mukhtars, tribes, and some families in Gaza to cooperate with it is considered direct action with the occupation and a national betrayal that will not be allowed. While no official position was issued by Hamas on this matter, sources close to it confirmed that the occupation’s attempts to create bodies to manage the Gaza Strip are a failed conspiracy that will never be achieved.

The absolute rejection of these Israeli attempts also came from the Palestinian Tribes, Clans and Families Association, which issued a statement in which it affirmed that it is not an alternative to any Palestinian political system, but rather it is composed of national components and supports the resistance and efforts to protect the home front in the face of the occupation.

The gathering, which includes representatives of the majority of tribes and families inside and outside Palestine, stressed that national unity is the only way to preserve the Palestinian people and resist them, stressing the prohibition of dealing with the occupation.

These strong positions came in response to a plan that the occupation government is working on to divide the Gaza Strip into areas, each of which is governed by one of the tribes and responsible for receiving and distributing aid, which is supervised by the occupation army. However, the plan's objectives go beyond the issue of aid, to motives related to igniting a conflict within the Gaza Strip between the resistance and the tribes if the plan is implemented, in addition to portraying what is happening as a popular coup against the resistance and a rejection of its role.

However, what the occupation plan did not take into account is that resistance emerged from the fabric of Palestinian society and was not alien to it. It is also a reflection of the vision and principles of the Palestinian people who cling to their land and rights despite more than five months of Israeli aggression.

Allied for Democracy

Netanyahu to the American news site Politico that directly addressed the recent criticism of Biden, who said in an interview with MSNBC on Saturday evening that the Israeli prime minister was “doing more harm to Israel than good” by the way he managed the war in Gaza. Netanyahu responded by saying that he did not know “exactly what the president means,” adding, “If he means that I am pursuing special policies against the majority and against the desire of the majority of Israelis and that this harms Israel’s interests, then he is wrong on both counts.” The US President said the day before yesterday that Netanyahu is harming Israel by not making more efforts to avoid the killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, in light of the widening gap between the two parties.

Netanyahu spoke about disagreements with U.S. President Joe Biden during an interview with Fox News, as the major Islamic holiday Ramadan began with negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage released held up by Hamas trying to spark a wider conflict. The prime minister said there are disagreements with Biden, but it was "our necks on the line," and it doesn’t help that Hamas thinks there are gaps with United States.

In a recent interview with MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart, the U.S. president explained a hot mic comment on Netanyahu, saying the Israeli Prime Minister needed "come to Jesus meeting." Biden added “I’ve known Bibi for 50 years, and he knew what I meant by it.”

Almost three in four Jewish Israelis believe U.S. President Joe Biden’s initial support for the Jewish state following Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre has dwindled as Jerusalem’s ongoing military offensive against the terror group enters a crucial stage. While most Israeli Jews believe that Biden still backs the war against Hamas, over 70% feel that this support has declined in the months following the terror group’s murder of some 1,200 people in the northwestern Negev on Oct. 7, according to the Jewish People Policy Institute.

US Senator Bernie Sanders called on President Joe Biden's administration to suspend aid to Israel or impose conditions on it, with growing talk of a growing disagreement between Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel's strategy in Gaza. Axios quoted Sanders - who spoke to a program on the CBC channel - as saying, “We are watching the possibility that hundreds of thousands of children will die of hunger, and the United States cannot be complicit in this mass slaughter of children.”

Asked whether the United States would be likely to halt or place conditions on aid to one of its closest allies in the Middle East in an election year, Sanders said that would be "the right thing to do." Sanders added, "You cannot beg Netanyahu. You have to tell him: If you want money, you have to change your policy. Allow the trucks to enter to feed the children," referring to Israel's restrictions on the entry of aid into Gaza.

Documents and memos obtained by The Intercept revealed that the US Department of Homeland Security is redoubling its efforts to penetrate universities in the country under the pretext of fighting “malignant foreign influence.” An article by investigative journalist, Daniel Boguslaw, published by the American website, stated that this campaign comes at a time when the Department of Homeland Security is “quietly” making efforts to influence the development of university curricula, in an effort to combat what it calls misleading or false information.

In December, the department's Homeland Security Academic Partnership Board sent a report to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that included a brief plan for how to combat the unrest that broke out on campus following the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) attack on Israel on October 7. The department used the Academic Partnership Council, its advisory body made up of academics, consultants, and contractors, to lobby for homeland security goals on campus.

In one of the recommendations included in the report issued on December 11, the Council stressed the need for the Department of Homeland Security to issue its directives to its office entrusted with law enforcement at the state and local levels. “To work externally with the International Association of University Homeland Enforcement Directors and National School Resource Consortium officials to ask Congress to consider laws prohibiting DHS from providing certain resources, such as training and information, to universities and private schools.”

The recommendation also stated that the current restrictions constitute an obstacle to achieving the best possible results. According to the Intercept article, the Department of Homeland Security continues its efforts to communicate with public and private universities and implement multiple cooperation programs with them, in particular those related to foreign students. It also exchanges information, even sensitive law enforcement-related information, with campus police forces.

However, Boguslav believes in his article on the American news site that cooperation with universities regarding the methods of expression and political inclinations of students and faculty members is an issue shrouded in extreme ambiguity.

In a December report, the Academic Partnership Council recommended that the Department of Homeland Security should immediately address information-sharing gaps and disruptions, and make clear its resources available to campuses, recognizing the volatile, worsening, and at times urgent, campus conditions that have erupted as a result of the conflict in the East. Middle.

The Department of Homeland Security's efforts have the blessing of President Joe Biden, according to the White House. US administration officials announced in late October that they were taking measures to combat what they called the phenomenon of anti-Semitism on university campuses, and they appointed dozens of cybersecurity and preventive security experts in the Department of Homeland Security to deal with colleges and universities.

The Academic Partnership Council believes in its aforementioned report that the Department of Homeland Security’s intensification of its efforts will lead to building an atmosphere of trust in dealings that encourages reporting incidents, threats, and acts of anti-Semitic and Islamophobic violence.” Secretary Mayorkas wrote on November 14 that the academic partnership will work to develop solutions that not only stem attempts by foreign governments to steal national security-funded research and related studies on campus, but also combat those governments' efforts to instill " Ideas and visions that the US government believes conflict with the interests of the United States.

The minister also pointed out that colleges and universities in the United States could be considered a “forum” for promoting the ideologies of “malicious” parties, adding that his ministry’s reports highlighted the danger of growing “malicious” foreign influence within higher education institutions.

Operation Iron Swords - By the Numbers

• 72,760 Gazans injured, 28% adult male
• 40,000 Gazans killed, including buried under rubble
• 33,000 Gaza targets attacked
• 31,112 Gazans martyred
• 15,000 rocket launched from Gaza
• 14,664 Israelis were injured [i24 TV]
• 13,430 Gazan children martyred
• 13,000 HAMAS combatants killed [N12]
• 12,000 HAMAS combatants killed [IDF]
• 11,000 arrested by Israelis in the West Bank in 2023
• 9,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons
• 9,000 IDF psychological assistance
• 9,000 Gazan women martyred
• 8,000 Gazans missing
• 7,335 arrested by Israelis in the West Bank since Oct.7th
• 6,000 HAMAS combatants killed [HAMAS]
• 5,500 IDF wounded [reports]
• 4,665 West Bank Palestinians wounded
• 3,484 administrative detainees
• 3,400 wanted persons arrested throughout Judea and Samaria
• 2,976 IDF wounded [IDF]
• 1,609 terrorists killed on the first day
• 1,500 wanted persons arrested throughout Judea and Samaria affiliated with Hamas
• 1,200 Israelis killed on the first day
• 575 Israeli officers and soldiers killed
• 431 West Bank Palestinians martyred
• 247 Israeli officers and soldiers killed in Gaza
• 222 Hezbollah fighters killed in Lebanon
• 126 people recovered, including 91 Israelis, 11 bodies, and 24 foreign workers
• 116 living hostages in Palestinian custody
• 50 civilians killed in Lebanon
• 29 IDF deaths were caused by "friendly fire"
• 15 Israelis killed in the West Bank and Israel

Many of these numbers fluctate, up and down, with no apparent explanation. This list records the highest number reliably reported for each matter, under the theory that reality with catch up with reports, as is relentlessly the case.

The Palestinian resistance says that the losses of the Israeli forces are much greater than what is announced. Al Jazeera military and strategic expert Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi expressed his conviction that the numbers of dead and wounded announced by Israel “cannot represent the truth,” due to a discrepancy between the Israeli army’s data and the Walla website, which is close to the army itself.

In an interview with RT, Military strategist retired Tunisian Brigadier General Tawfiq Didi said that the number of Israeli army deaths in the Gaza battles is much greater than what Israel announces. Didi explained in an interview with the “Best Saying” program on RT channel, “The number of people killed in battles can be easily known, as the equation in wars is that for every 3 wounded there is a dead person, and the numbers now in Israel hover around 12,500 wounded and disabled people, and when we divide by Three, we find that the death toll exceeds 4,000, especially after eliminating more than a thousand tanks and armored vehicles, and I know what happens when Kornet missiles hit a tank. Its ammunition explodes and no one is left alive.”

He added, "The Israelis announce their dead only of those of Jewish origin and of the first race, meaning all Arabs, Falash, and those who are among them. They are not counted because they are of the second category. So I am sure that the number exceeds 4 thousand dead, and this is a very easy military calculation."

He pointed out, "The Palestinian resistance documented everything it did, unlike the Israelis. The resistance documented shooting at tanks and armored vehicles and destroying the houses in which the Israeli soldiers were holed up, and we saw them being killed... We saw the Kornet hitting the tanks, we saw Al-Yassin 105, so the difference is clear."

Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed have been held as hostages in Gaza since 2014 and 2015, respectively. Unlike the roughly 240 people kidnapped in the Hamas October 7 terrorist attacks, the campaign for the release of Mengistu and al-Sayed has received little publicity. Mengistu is known to suffer from what HRW deemed "serious" mental health issues. "Avera crossed one of the safest borders in the world, under the eyes of the security services," recalled Gil Elias, a relative. "We're talking about a mentally ill person who got lost." The calls for the release of Mengistu and al-Sayed have been barely audible during the many years they have been held captive in Gaza.

Lord Roberts of Belgravia (Con) stated 08 February 2024 "My Lords, even if we were to take as accurate Hamas’s statistics and the 27,500 figure — there is no reason why we should; we do not do that with Putin or ISIS — if one subtracts the number of Gazans who have been killed by the quarter or so of the Islamic Jihad and Hamas rockets that fall short, one is left with a less than 2:1 ratio of civilians to Hamas terrorists killed, of whom there have been more than 9,000 so far. War is hell, and every individual civilian death is a tragedy, but — I speak as a military historian — less than 2:1 is an astonishingly low ratio for modern urban warfare where the terrorists routinely use civilians as human shields. It is a testament to the professionalism, ethics and values of the Israel Defense Forces."