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Houthi Missile Injures 12 Israelis in Stampede to Shelters
CrossFireArabia- January 3, 2025
At least 12 Israelis were injured on Friday as crowds rushed to bomb shelters after a missile launched from Yemen entered Israeli airspace.
The Israeli army claimed to have intercepted the missile, but debris reportedly fell in the Modi’in area in central Israel.
The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation confirmed that air raid sirens sounded across the greater Tel Aviv area, the Mediterranean coastal region, and Jerusalem.
Residents reported hearing explosions in and around Jerusalem.
Israeli political and security institutions are reportedly struggling to devise a strategy to halt Houthi attacks as ongoing Israeli airstrikes on critical sites in Yemen have failed to deter the group.
Media reports suggest widespread frustration within Israeli leadership over the escalating threat.
The Houthis, in solidarity with Gaza, which has been facing an Israeli genocidal war since Oct. 7, 2023, have targeted Israeli cargo ships or those associated with Tel Aviv in the Red Sea with missiles and drones, expressing a determination to continue operations until the end of the onslaught on the enclave.
Since the beginning of 2024, a coalition led by the US has been conducting airstrikes that it said are targeting Houthi locations in parts of Yemen in response to attacks by the group in the Red Sea. The counterattacks have been occasionally met with retaliation from the group.
With the intervention of Washington and London and an escalation of tensions, the Houthis announced that they consider all American and British ships military targets according to Anadolu.
28 Israeli Soldiers Commit Suicide
- CrossFireArabia
- January 2, 2025
A total of 28 Israeli soldiers have committed suicide since 7 October, 2023 according to the Israeli Army Radio.
The figure which is trending on the social media, and includes 16 reservists, is the highest number in 13 years.
The soldiers who have taken away their lives have served in the long-and-bloody war in Gaza and including across-the-board soldiers and a major who were suffering from deep depression and a traumatic experience.
Rather than going back to military service in Gaza, some of these soldiers put a gun to their heads and pull the trigger.
Israeli Airstrike Kills Gaza Police Chief in Khan Younis
- CrossFireArabia
- January 2, 2025
The Gaza police chief and his aide were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern city of Khan Younis on Thursday, the Interior Ministry said.
A ministry statement said Mahmoud Salah and his deputy Hussam Shahwan were killed in a dawn strike by the Israeli army.
Several people were reportedly killed in the attack.
The ministry accused the Israeli army of “deliberately seeking to spread chaos in Gaza and exacerbate the humanitarian suffering of its citizens.”
It called the killing of the two police officials “a blatant disregard to international law” by targeting the police force “despite its role as a civil protection body,” according to Anadolu.
There was no comment from Israel on the attack.
Despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire, the Israeli army has continued a genocidal war on Gaza that has killed over 45,550 victims, mostly women and children, since a Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
In November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
Israeli Soldiers ‘Rebel’ as War on Gaza Lengthens
- CrossFireArabia
- January 1, 2025
Military and strategic expert Major-General Mohammed Al-Samadi said the losses suffered by the Israeli occupation army in the Gaza Strip reflect the level of physical and psychological exhaustion suffered by this army in this prolonged war.
His comments were made after Israeli media reported from military sources that the army is suffering from a shortage of manpower, after about 10,000 soldiers were injured and killed in the war whilst adding that fatigue is worsening among the soldiers due to the continuation of the war on several fronts.
Al-Samadi said the Israeli occupation army is only qualified to carry out quick and short wars whilst the current war on Gaza is the longest in Israel’s history, which has made the level of operational exhaustion in the army rise significantly.
He said the Israelis are accustomed to relying on a small regular army supported by reserve soldiers but this reserve is currently rebelling and refusing to participate in the war.
In his analysis of the military scene in Gaza, the Major-General cites what was reported by the Israeli Hayom newspaper that about 500 officers with the rank of major have already resigned from the Israeli army, describing this as drastic “hemorrhage in the ranks of this army.”
The rank of major is the backbone of the Israeli army, as explained by the military and strategic expert, who pointed out that the occupation refuses to disclose the losses incurred by its soldiers and officers in Gaza.
The Israeli Broadcasting Authority confirmed, Tuesday, that more than 13,500 Israeli wounded have been registered in the rehabilitation department of the Ministry of Defense since October 7, 2023.
Al-Samadi explains that long wars increase the likelihood of committing operational errors due to fatigue and a decrease in the level of focus on the mission.
The video clips broadcast by the Palestinian resistance factions showed – the military and strategic expert continues – the extent of the mistakes made by the occupation army, noting that the very high fatigue appeared especially among the elements of the 162nd and 99th divisions according to JO24.