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Gaza-Are all these little children the “animals” the Israeli govt said they wanted to wipe out?

from thefreeonline on Tues 7th Nov ’23 by Al Jazeera news/ /Witnesses

If you’re just joining us…

It’s 10am (08:00 GMT) in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.

Here is a recap of the key developments from the last few hours:

Palestinians search amid the destruction after Israeli attacks in Khan Younis on the Gaza Strip [Fatima Shbair/Khan Younis]

At least 16 people were killed in an overnight attack on Rafah; several casualties were also repeated in a Khan Younis bombing.
Islamic Relief has condemned the “abject failure” on the part of the international community to agree to a ceasefire and stop the killings in Gaza, after the death toll from Israeli attacks surpassed 10,000 on Monday.
The UN chief says Gaza is “becoming a graveyard for children” as he renews demands to reach an elusive ceasefire.

Palestinian children run as they flee from Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday 6th Nov 2023 [Mohammed Abed/AFP]

PM Netanyahu says Israel is open to “little pauses” but also suggests it will have responsibility for Gaza’s security for an “indefinite period” after the war.
Deadly Israeli raids continue across the occupied West Bank with many people also detained.
Islamic Relief has condemned the “abject failure” on the part of the international community to agree to a ceasefire and stop the killings in Gaza, after the death toll from Israeli attacks surpassed 10,000 on Monday.
Nine countries have now recalled their ambassadors from Israel due to war on Gaza

Gaza on Tuesday morning 7th Nov 2923

Demo at G7 meeting in Tokyo, Japan yesterday

The scale of destruction in Gaza

The Government Media Office has just released a statement on the situation in Gaza. Here are some key takeaways:

On average, hospitals receive one wounded person every minute and 15 bodies every hour.
Gaza ‘left alone’ as hospitals run out of fuel, 16 out of 35 hospitals are out of service.
Six children and five women are killed every hour on average.

People mourn relatives killed by Israeli strikes on Rafah. Monday 6thNov 2023

Almost 70 percent of Gaza’s population has been forcibly displaced from their homes due to Israeli bombing and raids.
About 30,000 tonnes of explosives used by Israel in the bombing – an average of 82 tonnes per square kilometre.

Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp has been bombed again in the third major attack on the site in the past week.

This time, Israel struck a UN-run school within the refugee camp where thousands of displaced Palestinians are sheltering ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/GF74coUVVn
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) November 4, 2023

Half of the hospitals and 62 percent of primary care health centres are effectively out of service.
50 percent of housing units have been damaged by bombing and raids; 10 percent have become uninhabitable.
One-third of schools are damaged and about 9 percent are out of service.
14 percent of the mosques in the Gaza Strip have been damaged and 5 percent completely destroyed.

Photos: Israel continues to attack hospitals in Gaza

History shows why the UK should support Palestine peace marchers on Remembrance weekend!

from thefreeonline on 6th November 2023 by Vox Political

./Respect: Remembrance commemorations must include the service people who died defending Palestine against Zionists in the 1930s and 40s. The haters who want to stop a peace march are spitting on their graves.

A commenter to This Site provided a little historical insight into how the Israel/Palestine conflict should affect Armistice Day and Remembrance Day. It’s not what you’ve been told:

750 British soldiers and Police were killed in Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s, nearly all by Zionist terrorists who were using violence to bring about a Jewish state of Israel.

They included men killed when Zionist terrorists blew up the Jerusalem Officers Club and then the King David Hotel(90 died in the hotel blast including many civilians).

As revenge for the execution of their own men, one Zionist gang kidnapped two British sergeants and hanged them , attaching a booby trap to the bodies so that the British Officer cutting them down was badly injured.

They gave their lives so that Palestine would not be taken over by an influx of European Zionists who were planning to erase Palestine from the map.

Britain eventually shrugged and just handed it over to the Zionists.

So why should a pro-Palestine march be regarded as ruining the commemoration of British soldiers who were killed in various colonial conflicts?

British politicians who say they are “standing by Israel” are the ones who are spitting on the memory of so many British soldiers who were killed by the terrorists who created Israel.

If anything, the pro-Palestine march should be welcomed to march past the Cenotaph so that we can all express sympathy for the soldiers who died fighting Zionism.

So Remembrance Day commemorations include the servicepeople who died defending Palestine (as it was) from Zionists, back before Israel was established by the United Nations.

Casts a different light on the opposition to the planned march, doesn’t it?

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