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Thursday, 9 January 2025
Washington’s Long War Against Us All, November 16, 2023
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What is happening in Gaza now is an example of longstanding Western military policy of murdering civilians.
October 7 was a largely manufactured pretext so the West and its allies/proxies could falsely proclaim righteousness, even as many of the casualties on October 7 were inflicted by the IDF itself.
The West has a long history of creating atrocity stories to falsely claim victimization. Western-supported terrorists, as an example, use chemical weapons as false flags, to falsely blame the Assad government. Western-supported terrorists target and slaughter civilians as policy in Syria. The death squads (ISIS, al Qaeda and affiliates) are all fully supported by Western governments and their agencies. (1)
Currently the West and its proxies illegally occupy resource-rich (sovereign Syrian) territory. This was all by design, not by chance.
The goal, per Prof. Chossudovsky, is not necessarily to win wars militarily, but to destroy countries and their peoples and to open up new territories for exploitation. Vietnam, explains Chossudovsky, won the Vietnam War militarily, but the country was subjugated nonetheless. (2)
Apartheid Israel, right now, with full support from the West, is mass-slaughtering mostly civilians in Gaza and the West Bank. Israel is committing genocide, and that is the goal. It is conquest cloaked beneath lies of victimization and self-defence.
None of these wars are isolated. Per the Project for a New American Century (PNAC) policy, multiple wars are being waged simultaneously. They are part of a long war against us all.
Iran is next.
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Mark Taliano is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) and the author of Voices from Syria, Global Research Publishers, 2017. He writes on his website where this article was originally published.
The “globalization of war” is a hegemonic project. Major military and covert intelligence operations are being undertaken simultaneously in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia and the Far East. The U.S. military agenda combines both major theater operations as well as covert actions geared towards destabilizing sovereign states.
The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee convenes in Jerusalem on Tuesday. Credit: Danny Shem-Tov/Knesset (source)
Eight coalition members said the IDF’s strategy was ineffective in defeating Hamas, demanding the army purge northern Gaza of residents by use of sieges, infrastructure destruction and ‘killing anyone without a white flag.’ The policy should be used in other parts of Gaza, they said
by Noa Shpigel, reposted from Haaretz, January 3, 2025
Eight members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee called on the defense minister to order the destruction of all sources of water, food and energy in northern Gaza to ensure Hamas’ defeat, amid international criticism of Israel’s continued offense in the Gaza Strip.
The lawmakers maintained in a letter to Defense Minister Israel Katz that the actions of the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza “do not enable achieving the war objectives as defined by the government, which is the dismantling of Hamas’ governing and military capabilities.”
The letter does not mention returning the hostages as a war goal defined by the security cabinet, and said the IDF’s plan to evacuate the population in the north of the Strip to the south “isn’t being done properly.”
The MKs who signed the letter are Amit Halevi, Nissim Vaturi and Osher Shkalim (Likud), Tzvi Succot and Ohad Tal (Religious Zionism), Limor Son Har-Melech (Otzma Yehudit) and Avraham Bezalel (Shas).
They said that “after encircling the area and the humanitarian evacuation, the IDF is not treating those who remain as the enemy, as is customary in international law and in all Western armies, thus endangering our soldiers’ lives by entering into the densely built area.”
Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. Credit: Hatem Khaled/Reuters (source)
The MKs urged Katz to reconsider the war plans, and after surrounding the northern Strip, to order the forces there to destroy the sources of water,food and energy in the region, to kill anyone moving in the area who “doesn’t come out with a white flag” and then “to enter gradually for a complete cleansing of the enemy’s nests.”
They said that the IDF must take this course of action not only in the northern Strip but in any other given sector.
They further stressed that despite their requests, they had not received from the IDF officials attending the committee sessions answers as to why they don’t act in this way and what the plans are from now on.
Children warm by a fire at the Bureij camp for displaced Palestinians on Monday. Credit: Eyad Baba/AFP (source)
“Control of [Gaza’s] territory and its population is the only basis for clearing enemy strongholds,” they said, adding this will also not lead to a war of attrition “in which Israel is the main side being exhausted.”
The lawmakers added that the army’s ground incursion into northern Gaza, which began in October, apparently “has not been carried out properly.”
The plan would force the complete evacuation of northern Gaza by labeling all remaining civilians as military targets and blocking supplies such as food and medication from entering the area.
The Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, on Thursday. Credit: Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters (source)
The health system in the northern Strip has collapsed entirely and the humanitarian situation as a whole is worsening.
The Indonesian Hospital, the only one still operating after the Kamal Adwan Hospital was ordered shuttered by the IDF, following a major operation arresting hundreds of terror suspects, has no water or electric power.
In November the U.K.’s Guardian cited IDF sources saying they would not enable residents who had been evacuated from the north of the Strip back to their homes.
A mass funeral in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, in March. Credit: Said Khatib/AFP (source)
Haaretz reported Thursday that the IDF is forcing residents of northern Gaza to move south, but is preventing them from taking personal possessions and even warm clothes, despite humanitarian organizations’ reports of the bitter cold and acute shortage of warm clothing.
In the past week six infants and an adult reportedly died of hypothermia in Gaza.
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Noa Shpigel is a correspondent for Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd, focusing on national news in Israel.
Jihad Mahmoud a 3 years-old Palestinian child who lost his legs and 3 fingers in the Israeli attacks, now lives in a tent in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, Gaza on January 4, 2025. is one of over 22,000 Palestinians left with life-altering injuries, according to Sigrid Kaag, the UN coordinator for humanitarian affairs in Gaza, as of September 2024. (Hani Alshaer/Anadolu Agency)
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
Israeli attacks across Gaza killed at least 50 people on Wednesday, while UNICEF said at least 74 Palestinian children have been killed during the first week of 2025 alone.
‘How many more to go?’: Aid group slams Israel, US over killing of neonatal doctor in Gaza
The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) has denounced Israel for what it called “the targeting and killing of women and healthcare workers” after an Israeli air raid killed Dr Thabat Salim, a 30-year-old female neonatal doctor, in the central Nuseirat refugee camp on Friday.
Salim’s death “is more than a tragedy”, said Dr Alvaro Bermejo, the director general of IPPF.
“It is a devastating indictment of the conditions under which women healthcare providers live and work. She was Palestinian. She was living in Gaza. She was a woman of reproductive age. She was a doctor. She worked in a hospital. She cared for Palestine’s next generation; newborn babies. These factors should have made her a symbol of hope and healing. Instead, they culminated in her murder.”
“Dr. Thabat Salim, you were an unwavering white angel at every moment. You moved tirelessly among the ruins of war, doubling your efforts to provide humanitarian aid and services. You were a source of comfort, wiping the tears of mothers and easing the pain of children and patients suffering the horrors of war in Gaza.
3-year-old Gazan child faces life without limbs after deadly Israel strike
Near a makeshift fabric tent that offers little protection from the winter cold, three-year-old Jihad Mahmoud sits on the chilly sand, playing with a friend. Using his hands to move a ball, Jihad struggles with the loss of his legs, amputated following an Israeli air strike on an area designated as a “safe zone” in Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza.
More than four months ago, an air strike claimed both his legs and three fingers on his left hand.
Dragging what remains of his legs and relying on his hands, Jihad moves around while his family clings to hope for prosthetics that could restore some normalcy.
Despite his severe injuries, Jihad retains his joyful spirit, often breaking into laughter when his mother plays with him.
The child is one of over 22,000 Palestinians left with life-altering injuries, according to Sigrid Kaag, the UN coordinator for humanitarian affairs in Gaza, as of September 2024. Among them, roughly 4,000 have suffered amputations due to Israel’s genocidal war, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
The crisis is particularly dire for children.
“Gaza is home to the largest cohort of child amputees in modern history,” declared Lisa Doughten, an official with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), in October 2024. “Each day, ten children are losing one or both of their legs,” she added, citing data provided by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).
Gaza’s only specialized centers – the Hamad Rehabilitation Hospital and the Gaza Prosthetic Center – were forced out of service after being targeted in Israeli air strikes, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry (continue reading here).
Save the Children reports that more than 10 children on average have lost one or both of their legs every day in Gaza since October 7, with many amputations performed without anesthesia (photo)
Khan Younis hospital registers first death from kidney failure
Palestinian journalist Abubaker Abed reported on Wednesday that the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis registered its first patient death from kidney failure.
The kidney failure was caused by the hospital’s lack of fuel, which is needed to run its dialysis machine, Abed reported.
Earlier on Wednesday, Hamas accused Israel of hindering fuel deliveries to Gaza’s hospitals, and called on the UN to assist the enclave’s healthcare facilities.
Arabs condemn ‘biblical Israel map’ annexing neighboring lands
Palestinian and Arab officials have condemned the publication of a map on the Israeli government’s Arabic-language X account which depicts parts of the occupied Palestinian territories and neighboring Arab lands as part of “greater Israel”.
The post sparked outrage from Palestinians and Arab countries, who called on the international community to rein in Israel’s expansionist ambitions and prevent it from attempting to seize more Palestinian and Arab territory.
A spokesperson for Jordan’s foreign ministry condemned the post “in the strongest terms” and described the illustration as “allegations and illusions” promoted by Israel’s right wing to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Qatar’s foreign ministry said the map “claiming to represent historical Israel” was a “flagrant violation” of international norms, warning that Israel’s evident aspirations could further hinder the chances of peace in the region.
Doha called on the international community to “fulfill its legal and moral responsibilities by pressuring the Israeli occupation to comply with international legitimacy resolutions and confront its expansionist ambitions in Arab lands”.
Israel continues to violate ceasefire with Lebanon
The Israeli army committed 19 violations of a cease-fire agreement with Lebanon on Wednesday, bringing the total number of breaches since the agreement took effect on Nov. 27 last year to 432.
The violations included incursions, artillery and tank shelling, demolitions of homes and buildings, drone and warplane overflights, and sweeping operations with machine guns.
Israel kills two children in air strike in occupied West Bank
On a quiet morning in the Palestinian town of Tammun, Wednesday, Jan. 8, eight-year-old Rida Ali Ahmed Bisharat and ten-year-old Hamza Ammar Ahmed Bisharat played in the courtyard near their homes, a familiar and cherished spot where they often spent their time.
Nearby, their 23-year-old cousin, Adam Khair Al-Din Ahmed Bisharat, sat peacefully, enjoying a cup of coffee.
What happened next shattered the tranquility of the scene—and the lives of their families forever. A missile, launched from an Israeli drone, struck the spot where the three sat, killing them instantly.
The Israeli military claimed the attack targeted an “armed cell,” a justification immediately rejected by the local community and witnesses. Residents described the area as a small courtyard surrounded by homes, far from any main road.
“They were just sitting near their homes, as they always did,” said Jallal Bisharat, a relative of the victims.
“They were children, playing in their usual spot,” added Yusuf Bisharat, another family member, standing in the devastated courtyard. With his arms outstretched, he described the tight space where the missile struck. “This was not a battlefield—it was a place of safety for our children.”
Since the beginning of the Israeli military onslaught against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed 845 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 175 children, and injured 7,000.
Ismail Taqatqa died at 40 as a result of medical negligence while he was a prisoner in Israel (IMEMC)
Ex-Palestinian prisoner dies after ‘medical crimes’ committed by Israel: Prisoners’ groups
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society have confirmed the death of former prisoner Ismail Taqatqa (40) from Bethlehem, after he passed away on Wednesday morning in Jordan, five months after his release, due to systematic medical negligence in Israeli prisons.
According to a joint statement by the commission and the society Taqatqa was diagnosed with leukemia after his release on August 29, 2024.
They stated that Taqatqa is the latest known victim of the systematic medical crimes perpetrated by the Israeli prison system against thousands of prisoners who have been subjected to unprecedented systematic torture since the beginning of the genocide war.
Medical crimes and denial of treatment have been the primary tools for executing systematic killings of dozens of prisoners since the war began.
These crimes include imposing harsh and tragic detention conditions, torturing and assaulting prisoners, deliberately causing illnesses by denying them treatment and healthcare, starving them, and turning their need for treatment into a tool of torture.
White House denies Gaza genocide following Sudan determination
The White House rejected successive findings from multiple organizations Wednesday that Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip constitutes genocide, just one day after it said one was taking place in Sudan.
“There’s no genocide happening from the Israeli side on Palestinians. It’s clear, as the secretary of state articulated, that what we’re seeing in Sudan is genocide. It’s the wanton, systematic, direct, deliberate slaughter, rape, murder, torture of people based on their ethnicity or their faith that is genocide, and that’s what’s going on,” National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters.
“That is not what we’re seeing in Gaza, just not. The IDF isn’t waking up every day putting their boots on the floor and saying, ‘Hey, we’re going to go kill some innocent people because they happen to be Palestinian.’
“Now that doesn’t mean that there haven’t been too many civilian casualties in this conflict, absolutely too many,” he added in reference to the Israeli military.
NOTE: The “wanton, systematic, direct, deliberate slaughter, rape, murder, and torture” carried out by Israel’s military is in fact based on Palestinians’ ethnicity (they are not Jewish) and their faith (they are not Jewish). Israel claims its enemy is Hamas, but its actions and rhetoric are genocidal.
Middle East Eye: Israeli commander killed Palestinian ‘human shield’ during Gaza operation
Anadolu Agency: UN warns of ‘very real threats’ to Syria’s sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity
Middle East Monitor: Germany cuts off funding to 2 Israel human rights organizations over criticism of Israeli crimes in Gaza
The New Arab: ‘We won’t give in to despair, and we will stay here’: Palestinians choose to live in caves to defend their land against Israeli settlers
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – JANUARY 8, 2025:
Palestinian death toll from October 7, 2023 – January 8, 2025: at least 46,851* – 46,006 in Gaza; in the West Bank, Israeli soldiers and/or settlers have killed at least 845 Palestinians (~175 of them children).
According to a report in the Lancet, by multiplying the reported deaths by five, it is possible to reach a conservative estimate of total deaths (including indirect causes like starvation and lack of medicine). Using the latest figure from AFP (46,006), it is reasonable to estimate at least 230,030 total deaths in Gaza since October 7th, 2023.
According to a recent report by the UN Human Rights Office of identified fatalities in Gaza, about 44% were children. It is reasonable to estimate that 20,243 of known direct deaths and 101,213 of the total deaths are children.
Palestinian injuries from October 7, 2023 – January 8, 2025: at least 116,274 (including at least 109,378 in Gaza and 7,000 in the West Bank, including 830 children). [It remains unknown how many Americans are among the casualties in Gaza.]
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – January 8, 2025: ~1,608 (or 1,581) (~1,139 on October 7, 2023, of which ~32 were Americans, and ~36 were children); 423*** (or 396) military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza (updated: Jan. 7, 2025); 46 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel) and~10,000 injured.
At least 54 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons (at least 35 of them from Gaza).
At least 43 Palestinians have died due to malnutrition (at least 37 of them children)**.
About 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are currently displaced.
About 345,000 Gazans are currently experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity.
*The Ministry’s figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.
Previously, IAK did not include 471 Gazans killed in the Al Ahli hospital blast since the source of the projectile was being disputed. However, given that muchevidence points to Israel as the culprit, Israel had previously bombed the hospital and has attacked many others, Israel is prohibiting outside experts from investigating the scene, and since the UN and other agencies are including the deaths from the attack in their cumulative totals, if Americans knew is now also doing so.
**Euro-Med Monitor reports that Gaza’s elderly are dying at an alarmingly high rate. The majority die at home and are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves dispersed across the Strip. There are currently more than 140 such cemeteries. Additionally, according to Euromed, thousands have died from starvation, malnourishment, and inadequate medical care; these are considered indirect victims as they were not registered in hospitals.
***The figure does not include the reportedly 59 Israeli soldiers – nearly 17% of the total Israeli military deaths – killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents.
† For most of the conflict, women and children accounted for about 70% of deaths in Gaza, with children making up a little over 40% of those killed, according to official statistics.
Find previous daily casualty figures and daily news updates here.
