USA Aids Israel With 50,000 Tons of Weapons

• CrossFireArabia
• August 26, 2024

The Israeli Defense Ministry stated, Monday, the United States has provided Israel 50,000 tons of military equipment and hardware since it launched its onslaught on the Gaza Strip after 7^th October, 2023.

This piece of news is being carried not only by the social media but by many news websites in the region and worldwide.   

The 50,000 tons figure has been delivered to Israel through 500 mega transport planes and 107 ships delivering hardware through sea.

“The equipment procured and transported includes armored vehicles, munitions, ammunition, personal protection gear, and medical equipment, which are crucial for sustaining the IDF (Israeli army)’s operational capabilities during the ongoing war,” the ministry added according to Anadolu.  

One blogger writes “the history books will record the US as the principle enabler of the Gaza genocide, while international courts won’t dare to issue arrest warrants for Biden administration officials.

Everyday that the US can freely provide more weapon’s for Israel’s genocide is further proof that the ‘rules-based order’ is nothing more than a farce.”

US military aid to Israel, which is usually $3.8 billion per year, now stands at at least at $15 billion following a congressional aid package that passed in April, the New Arab stated.

On 13 August, the Biden Administration approved an arms sale of up to $20 billion which included the sale of 50 F-15IA jets, an Israeli variant of the new F-15EX Eagle II, and 25 upgrade packages to Israel’s existing F-15 fleet. They are expected to arrive in 2029 at the earliest.

As reported by military correspondent Avi Ashkenazi from the Hebrew newspaper Maariv, the F-15EX fighter jets included in this deal are among the most advanced offensive aircraft in the world, offering capabilities that will significantly bolster the Israeli Air Force’s dominance across the region. This comes even as Israel continues to bombard Gaza, as well as other countries in the region, risking an escalation of the situation in the region according to the Quds News Network.

Israel has killed over 40,000 Palestinians and wounded over 93,000 in the Gaza Strip since 7 October.

ICC’s Karim Khan Tells Judges to ‘be Quick’ on Arrest Warrants

• CrossFireArabia
• August 24, 2024

Karim Khan, the International Criminal Court prosecutor asked the ICC committee of judges to make a decision urgently on issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Galant.

His statement, made on Friday, is being relayed on international news websites as well as the social media.

Khan called on the judges who are looking into the arrest warrant cases for Israeli officials and the Hamas leaders to make their decision quickly.

Khan said “any unjustified delay in these proceedings negatively affects the rights of victims.”

He stressed “the court has jurisdiction over Israelis who commit brutal crimes in the Palestinian territories,” and asked the judges of the ICC to reject the appeals submitted by dozens of governments and other parties in viewing the judgement to be made.

He added in his request to the court for prompt action “it is legally established that the court has jurisdiction in this situation,” rejecting the legal arguments based on provisions in the Oslo Accords and Israel’s claims that it is conducting investigations into alleged war crimes.

“There are reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyahu and Galant bear criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity,” the ICC prosecutor explained.

On May 20, Khan requested the ICC to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Galant.

He also requested an arrest warrant to be issued for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and the commander-in-chief of the Qassam Brigades, Mohammed Deif.

Since 7 October, 2023, Israel launched its war on the Gaza Strip, with American and European support, as its warplanes, tanks and army bombed the vicinity of hospitals, buildings, towers and homes of Palestinian civilians and destroyed them over the heads of their residents, and have prevented the entry of water, food, medicine and fuel into the enclave according to the Quds News Network.

The ongoing aggression by the occupation on Gaza has led to the killiong of 40,265 martyrs, the injury of 93,144 others, and the displacement of 90% of the population of the Strip, according to data from the United Nations.

The Israeli Crimes Continue

• CrossFireArabia
• August 18, 2024

The Israeli crimes on the Gaza Strip and its people continue. The genocide on the Palestinian enclave since no end.

The Israeli onslaught has since 7 October, 2023, killed nearly 40,100 victims, mostly women and children, and injured over 92,600, according to local health authorities.

More than 10 months into the Israeli onslaught, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.

‘World Complicit With Israel’

• CrossFireArabia
• August 16, 2024

“The world is complicit with Israel; If this happened in any European country, how would other countries react?”

This is how a Palestinian from Gaza reacted in an interview to the grim milestone of Israel’s kill count surpassing 40,000, most of whom are women and children.