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Daily Briefing by the Ministry of Health in Gaza on day 405 of the Israeli Genocide:
The Israeli occupation committed 3 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the previous 24 hours, resulting in 24 documented fatalities and 112 people injured.
The documented Palestinian death toll has now reached 43,736 fatalities and 103,370injuries since October 7, 2023.
Dr Khairi Janbek
By Dr Khairi Janbek
When the British conquered the territory, they did not exactly know where to draw the borders of Palestine. British prime minister Lloyd George conferred with his French counterpart Clemenceau and suggested that the borders of Palestine be defined on biblical basis; in accordance with its ancient boundaries from ‘Dan to Beersheba’.
But what about the sparsely-populated territory east of the River Jordan? Although in 1915 the British promised the territory to the Sharif of Mecca in the McMahon correspondence, in the early years of British control, it remained part of Palestine, and not until 1922 did the British separate it from the rest of Palestine and named Emir Abdullah of the Hashemite dynasty as the ruler of the new country Transjordan.
Even when the borders of Palestine became clear to the British, the borders of the future “Jewish National Home” remained open to dispute. Lord Balfour’s letter spoke vaguely of the establishments ‘in Palestine a National Home for the Jewish people’ he did not refer to the whole of Palestine or any specific part of it.
Among the Zionists, the borders of Palestine were just as blurred. The ideal borders, as mapped by the Zionist delegation at the Paris peace negotiations, included south Lebanon (Northern Galilee) and a stretch of land east of the River Jordan as far as the line of the Hijaz Railway.
Weizmann continued to believe that the land east of the River Jordan should be part of the “Jewish National Home.” This was reiterated in his Congress speech 1921 stating “the questions of borders will be answered when Cis-Jordan (West Bank of the River Jordan) will be so full of Jews that we will have to expand to Transjordan.”
The right wing Israeli revisionists continued to claim until the 1950s, the whole of Palestine on both sides of the Jordan River.
However, there was a brief glimmer of hope that an Arab-Jewish understanding might in fact be possible when Emir Faisal, later King of Iraq, and Chaim Weizemann signed an agreement in 1919, recognizing the right of the Jews to immigrate to Israel.
But reality on the ground created a different set factors, when Faisal’s condition of far reaching Arab independence in the region was not fulfilled, he declared the agreement no longer valid. In any case, the agreement did not include representatives of the Palestinian Arabs.
Also in the post-World War I era, another claim on Palestine was made in March 1920, when the General National Syrian Congress, declared that Palestine was nothing but the southern part of the Greater Syria State.
Dr Khairi Janbek is a Jordanian historian based in Paris and the above opinion is that of the author and doesn’t reflect crossfirearabia.com.
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The Israeli media confirmed the death of at least seven Israeli soldiers as a result of the collapse of a building in southern Lebanon.
The same media reported a Zionist force was exposed to a serious security incident in the areas of southern Lebanon, before revealing the death of at least seven soldiers.
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The Israeli occupation army also announced the injury of three soldiers in the past 24 hours on the Lebanese front.
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Israel killed Zeinab, a young Lebanese photographer, along with her entire family today in the town of Joun, in the Chouf region of Lebanon.
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Human Rights Watch (HRW), Thursday, accused Israel of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by forcibly displacing nearly 1.9 million Palestinians during its war in Gaza.
In a report titled “Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza,” HRW detailed how Israeli attacks, evacuation orders, and destruction of infrastructure have created a humanitarian catastrophe.
“The intention of Israeli forces appears likely to ensure they remain permanently emptied and cleansed of Palestinians and, in their place, occupied and controlled by Israeli forces,” the report said.
The rights group highlighted that Israel’s evacuation orders and airstrikes have forced the majority of Gaza’s population to flee their homes without adequate safeguards for their safety.
Based on interviews, satellite imagery, and analyses of evacuation orders and attack footage, the report revealed that Israeli authorities acted “with disregard for civilian life and international legal obligations.”
It added that displaced Palestinians have been left to endure “unrelentingly dangerous conditions” with critical shortages of food, water, and medical supplies.
Forced Palestinian displacement
The report accused Israel of failing to ensure civilian protection, a cornerstone of international humanitarian law, while deliberately targeting densely populated civilian areas.
“Even if Israel can demonstrate that its actions fall within the displacement exception, its lack of adherence to the strict protections required to make an evacuation lawful demonstrates that its orders for people to move were a pretext for forced displacement,” the report said.
“The mass displacement of Palestinians and the destruction of homes and vital infrastructure have caused unspeakable suffering,” said Lama Fakih, HRW’s Middle East director.
The report also drew attention to the devastating humanitarian toll, noting that Israel’s blockade has exacerbated the crisis. Bombings of hospitals, schools, and refugee shelters have left civilians with no safe refuge, a violation of international laws that prohibit targeting civilian infrastructure.
“Forced displacement of civilians during armed conflict is prohibited under international law, except for their safety,” HRW emphasized.
The Israeli government has defended its actions as lawful responses to security threats, asserting that they are aimed at dismantling militant operations. However, HRW rejected these claims, arguing that the scale and pattern of displacement point to a systematic campaign to uproot Palestinians from Gaza.
“Given the evidence strongly indicates that multiple acts of forced displacement were carried out with intent, it amounts to war crimes,” it said according to Anadolu.
HRW called for immediate international action, including independent investigations into Israel’s actions. The report urged global actors to hold Israeli authorities accountable for the displacement and the humanitarian crisis.
“Governments around the world need to pressure Israel to cease these violations and address the catastrophic conditions it has created,” the rights group added.
The report adds to growing international criticism of Israel’s military campaign, with human rights groups and global leaders warning of severe and lasting consequences for Gaza’s Palestinian population.
Israel has continued its devastating offensive on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023. The onslaught has killed more than 43,700 victims and rendered the enclave almost uninhabitable.
Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its deadly war on Gaza.
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