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I have had a difficult time keeping up with these updates since July, as there is so much happening every day at this point. Also, I have the general sense that no one here really cares all that much so I am kinda just talking into the void but now there's two days in a row of coordinated attacks by Israel in it's neighboring country of Lebanon, where they targeted and blew up electronic devices. Pagers on this Tuesday, killing 9 and injuring thousands of civilians leading to overwhelmed hospitals https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-hezbollah-israel-exploding-pagers-8893a09816410959b6fe94aec124461b and now radios* on Wednesday, leading to more deaths including those currently attending funerals for the previous day's attacks. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-planted-explosives-hezbollahs-taiwan-made-pagers-say-sources-2024-09-18/ (*Sorry for the misinformation here. It wasn't only radios but phones, laptops, and other electronic devices were also turned into improvised explosives. I should have done more research before I posted. https://itc.ua/en/news/not-just-pagers-iphones-laptops-electronic-locks-and-other-devices-exploded-in-lebanon-today/) A clear breach of international law and the Geneva convention: https://lieber.westpoint.edu/exploding-pagers-law/ (particularly the addendum on booby-trapped objects made to look like every-day devices that even Israel had signed, and the clause on preventative measures to limit civilian casualties, which Israel hadn't ever signed anyways so who cares, right?). I will try my best to summarize the last month and half in a short page. Week of 8/4-8/10 Israel bombed more schools killing 80 in Al-Tabaeen, 30 in Gaza City, https://www.npr.org/2024/08/10/nx-s1-5070489/israeli-airstrike-gaza-school 9 members of UNRWA were found to have been involved in the October 7th Hamas Attack and were fired from the aid organization https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/08/1152841 The EU calls for Israel to stop destroying infrastructure such as water treatment plants in Gaza (which Israel ignores) https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/gazastatement-high-representative-destruction-critical-civilian-infrastructure-and-worsening_en Yemeni rebel group, Houthis takes down 2 US drones https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthi-rebels-american-mq9-reaper-drones-2ca2dc1c5316ca5473c3843d97780b2b And a rocket attack at US base in Iraq injures 7 https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/05/politics/personnel-injured-iraq-al-asad-airbase/index.html Israel launches a major offensive into Khan Younis (a previously designated safe zone) https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/families-flee-new-israeli-assault-gazas-khan-younis-2024-08-09/ UN is called to investigate the rape and torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/08/israels-escalating-use-torture-against-palestinians-custody-preventable A temporary 3 Day ceasefire was agreed to after the largest string of casualties so far in the war https://www.voanews.com/a/fragile-gaza-truce-between-israel-and-islamic-jihad-holds-/6691465.html It lasted 3 minutes https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/08/08/Israel-says-striking-Gaza-militants-after-start-of-ceasefire- Israel launches more airstrikes into Lebanon https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strike-kills-senior-hamas-figure-south-lebanon-2024-08-09/ Future President Kamala Harris says ceasefire is necessary after protestors appear at rally on the day that an airstrike at a UN School kills 100 sheltering civilians https://www.yahoo.com/news/harris-urges-hostage-deal-ceasefire-053744610.html Week of 8/11-8/17 Hamas agrees to ceasefire deal laid out by the United States, with the support of Egypt and Qatar. Netanyahu still refuses to agree to it (even after Hamas dropped several of their key demands including the ceasefire being permanent) https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/11/middleeast/hamas-sinwar-ceasefire-netanyahu-intl/index.html Western leaders have asked Iran to hold off on their retaliatory strike in response to the Israeli bombing during the inauguration of Iran's new president. Iran has said they will not retaliate if a ceasefire is reached. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/only-gaza-ceasefire-can-delay-irans-israel-response-sources-say-2024-08-13/ As of today, September 19th, Iran has not yet launched the major offensive it has planned, and is waiting to see how the ceasefire deals play out. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/world/middleeast/iran-israel-retaliation-attack-explained.html More evacuation orders were announced for the Gaza city of Khan Younis https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/11/world/israel-iran-hamas-gaza-war Ceasefire and hostage deal talks resume in Doha, Qatar https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjw32jj4973o At this point, at least 40,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240815-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-qatar-set-to-host-high-stakes-gaza-ceasefire-talks Israel enters these talks with a new demand, that they keep control of all the territory through Gaza's southern border https://www.npr.org/2024/08/14/g-s1-16958/gaza-ceasefire-talks-israel-hamas Polio, a highly infectious virus spreads in Gaza due to the breakdown of all medical services, and supplies of clean water https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/16/gaza-sees-first-polio-case-in-25-years-as-un-calls-for-mass-vaccinations Netanyahu continues to prevent his negotiators from agreeing to the ceasefire deal https://www.axios.com/2024/08/19/netanyahu-ceasefire-hostage-deal-demands Week of 8/18-8/24 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrives in Israel and claims that it is Hamas who is holding up the ceasefire deal https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/blinken-says-netanyahu-supports-gaza-ceasefire-bridging-proposal-2024-08-19/ Hamas leader counters that they have already agreed to several of the US-endorsed ceasefire deals, but Israel keeps adding new demands and moving the goalpost https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/senior-hamas-official-criticizes-blinkens-gaza-proposal-claim-2024-08-19/ Israeli tanks enter the Deir el-Balah region forcing more evacuations https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-tanks-push-deeper-into-gaza-biden-urges-peace-2024-08-22/ Israel launches more attacks on Lebanese soil https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-815681 At the Democratic National Convention, parents of Israeli hostage in Gaza give emotional speech asking for an end to ceasefire and emphasizing that we must listen to the voices of those effected by the ongoing conflict. https://apnews.com/article/hamas-hostages-dnc-democratic-convention-8beec50f25edfef0c2430655291254df The DNC apparently doesn't seem to think this includes families of the Palestinians experiencing genocide. https://www.axios.com/2024/08/22/dnc-palestinian-american-speech-denied The continued war is proving detrimental to Israel's economy https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68884729 Week of 8/25-8/31 Hamas rejects new demands added by Israel, but has said it would agree to the previous plan suggested by the United States https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-says-it-rejects-new-israeli-conditions-gaza-ceasefire-talks-2024-08-25/ Israel and Hezbollah have a major exchange of fire pulling Lebanon further into the current conflict https://www.axios.com/2024/08/25/israel-hezbollah-lebanon-attack The UN is forced to halt aid operations as further evacuation orders are announced by Israel https://dailyprogress.com/news/nation-world/un-aid-operations-paused-amid-evacuation-orders/video_0dfbc2a7-8718-59ef-8816-bb98250c94a8.html Israel abducts and tortures Palestinian doctors and healthcare workers https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/26/israel-palestinian-healthcare-workers-tortured Israel launches major ground offensive into the West Bank https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-hamas-war-idf-west-bank-operation-palestinians-killed/ Note this is not Gaza where most of the war has been occurring so far, which means I have to update the title to "the war on Palestine" rather than just Gaza. Well I would, but as I have posted this, as mentioned before, with the two electronic warfare based mass casualty events in Lebanon, this is now officially a war on not just Palestine but Lebanon as well, but we are getting ahead of ourselves here. Back to the week of 8/25: Large scale missile attacks are conducted against the west bank. Israeli foreign minister says the plan is to conduct a Gaza-style operation in this occupied territory as well. https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/28/middleeast/israel-operation-west-bank-intl-hnk/index.html World Food Programme is forced to suspend activities after being the frequent target of Israeli attacks https://www.wfp.org/news/wfp-temporarily-suspend-staff-movement-across-gaza-following-security-incident-targeted-wfp That's it for august. It should be emphasized that with now numerous attacks occurring against civilians and refugee camps daily, I have stopped including them in these updates. On every single day you look up in august, however, you can find a home, school, hospital, or United Nations-run refugee center that has been the target of an Israeli airstrike or ground assault. I am going to have to post whats been happening in September in a second post below, maybe later today. I need a bit of a break to process all of this again. I will end, however with this: On the 2nd of September, in an extremely rare criticism of Netanyahu, President Joe Biden, a staunch Zionist, criticized the Israeli Prime Minister for consistently and intentionally loving up these ceasefire deals https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-netanyahu-secure-hostage-deal-amid-protests-israel/story?id=113322446 If you can get even Genocide Joe to say, look man enough is enough, how loving off base are you? |
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