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Israel’s Two Flawed Plans For Gaza

CrossFireArabia
September 8, 2024

Military analyst Colonel Hatem Karim Al-Falahi said the appointment of an military governor for the Gaza Strip shows the Israeli army is bent on a new stage of escalation in Gaza.

He added the fourth stage of the war operations announced by the Israeli occupation is built on previous stages; whilst adding the Israeli occupation seeks to work through two plans in the coming stage of the war as per his broadcast on Al Jazeera.

He explained Plan “A” will rely on mobile offensive operations that penetrate areas that the Israeli army has not entered before and will rely on intelligence information for this.

قراءة عسكرية.. الفلاحي: هاتان الخطتان سيلجأ إليهما الاحتلال بالأيام القادمة في غزة pic.twitter.com/C3FwLSax3a
— الجزيرة مصر (@AJA_Egypt) September 8, 2024

He pointed out there is a major problem in this plan as announced by the Israeli army because it will inevitably “avoid the locations of the prisoners.” He asked incredulously however, If the Israeli army knew where they are why didn’t they get them back.”

As for Plan B, Al-Falahi indicated it depends on moving through the Netzarim and Philadelphi axes and carrying out offensive operations in multiple areas, searching for tunnels and forcing the resistance not to move through continuous monitoring by drones and satellites, in addition to using agents and spies.

The military expert warned that Plan B talks about forcing the residents of north Gaza to move towards the central region via the coastal road within what he called the “Heroes’ Plan”, with the aim of completely evacuating the region to provide opportunities for the Israeli families who were displaced to return to their homes in the border areas outside the Strip.

Al-Falahi pointed out the contradiction and major flaw in Plan A announced by the Israeli occupation is that it deviates from the reality that has already proved that military pressure has not resulted in the return of the prisoners for last 11 months except in coffins.

He said reports confirm that Palestinian resistance groups are still capable of carrying out painful strikes against the occupation after they renewed and reintegrated their battalions and carried on with making more rockets and missiles.

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Adina Says Bibi’s Army Don’t Know Zilch About Gaza Tunnels

CrossFireArabia
September 8, 2024

The Israeli media quoted Adina Moshe, a former Israeli captive held by Hamas in Gaza, as saying the Israeli internal security service (Shabak) asked her to draw a map of the tunnels in Gaza, “because they don’t know anything about them.”

Moshe, who was released in a previous exchange deal last November, told the Shabak investigator who visited her after her release that the tunnels in the Gaza Strip are “a huge, large labyrinth that extends underground throughout the Strip, and military pressure will not help bring back the prisoners.”

Settler Adina Moshe released by the resistance in Nov. deal:

“The Shin Bet asked me to draw the shape of the tunnels because they don't know anything about them. I told them it's a big labyrinth under all areas of Gaza, & military pressure won't help bring back the prisoners." pic.twitter.com/PleXhmnKoV
— project for the anti-american century (@puppospraxis) September 7, 2024

She said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is lying, and that he and the army do not know anything about the tunnels of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip.

During her speech at the protests demanding a prisoner exchange deal with Gaza, Moshe noted that the Shin Bet investigator asked her to explain what Hamas’s tunnels looked like, what their branches were and where they were located, which made it clear to her that the Israeli security services knew nothing about the tunnels.

Moshe told the investigator that the tunnels were “a huge, vast labyrinth that runs underground across the entire Strip. It’s not one tunnel, but a network of endless tunnels.”

Released hostage Adina Moshe:

“After I was released from captivity, I was interrogated by security officials and I emphasized to them that military pressure would murder the hostages.

Everyone who was with me in the tunnel was murdered” https://t.co/l8vEArkEmG
— Benzi Sanders (@BenzionSanders) September 7, 2024

When they asked her to draw the tunnels in Gaza, Moshe told the Shin Bet that she wasn’t a painter, which she considered further proof that they knew nothing about them.

The New York Times reported last week that the tunnels in Gaza were an underground nightmare for the Israeli army and the core of Hamas’s ability to survive.

According to the newspaper, Israeli intelligence officials estimate that there are about 160 kilometers of tunnels under Khan Yunis, the second largest city in southern Gaza according to JO24.

Adina Moshe, who was kidnapped and released at the rally in Karmey Gat, said: "Bibi doesn't want to bring back the hostages, and they will be murdered. I just wanted you to know:

Following what Bibi said this week and last week, that if Hamas kills the hostages, it's a sign that… https://t.co/bsIWYKA7Ma
— מחאת ניו יורק nyc_4_kaplan 🍅 (@NYC4Kaplan) September 7, 2024

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Will Israel be Held to Count For Her Death?

CrossFireArabia
September 8, 2024

An autopsy report of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist, has confirmed she was killed by an Israeli sniper’s bullet to the head, Nablus governor Ghassan Daghlas said on Saturday.

Eygi, who was participating in a demonstration against illegal Israeli settlements in the town of Beita, was shot by Israeli forces on Friday according to Anadolu.

Turkish 🇹🇷 American 🇺🇸 activist killed by Israeli 🇮🇱 forces in occupied West Bank, Palestine 🇵🇸

Israeli forces have shot dead an American activist of Turkish origin with a live bullet to her head, according to local media.

The victim identified as Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was 26 years… https://t.co/7Czdk8HZfP pic.twitter.com/7ILSwSkY1H
— Saad Abedine (@SaadAbedine) September 6, 2024

In a statement to Anadolu, Daghlas said the autopsy results indicated Eygi’s cause of death was a gunshot wound inflicted by a sniper, specifically targeting her head. Eygi had been rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead upon arrival.

He said the examination was conducted late Friday night at the Forensic Medicine Institute, An-Najah National University in Nablus.

Palestinian officials had earlier suggested Eygi’s death was likely the result of deliberate targeting by an Israeli sniper.

According to Turkish Foreign Ministry sources, information about Eygi’s death was shared with the Turkish consulate in Jerusalem on Friday.

🇵🇸 Aysenur Ezgi Eygi (26), an American woman of Turkish descent, was brutally shot while attending demonstrations against illegal settlements in the town of Beita.

Israeli politician ordered her execration, sending a clear message to international volunteers – do not come here… pic.twitter.com/szilwEpWNt
— OnePath Network (@OnePathNetwork) September 8, 2024

The sources indicated that Eygi may have been intentionally targeted by an Israeli sniper using live ammunition rather than rubber bullets.

Eygi, 26, a dual citizen of Türkiye and the US, had been actively involved in solidarity movements supporting Palestinian rights. Her death has sparked outrage and calls for accountability from both local and international communities.

The Israeli military has yet to comment on the specifics of the incident or the findings of the autopsy.

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was a recent graduate at the University of Washington.

She was an advocate for 🇵🇸 on campus and even held the flag during her graduation ceremony.

The Israeli Occupation k*lled her after Jummah prayer on September 6th in the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/e0oYhlG18P
— Muslim (@Muslim) September 8, 2024

Eygi’s killing echoes the case of American-Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed in a similar manner in 2022.

Shireen, a senior Al Jazeera journalist widely respected for her extensive coverage of Palestine and Israel, was shot in the head on May 11, 2022 while covering an Israeli military raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank city of Hebron. She was wearing a press jacket and a helmet.

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CrossFireArabia
September 8, 2024

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ICC Chief Warned Not to Issue Arrest Warrant Against Netanyahu

CrossFireArabia
September 7, 2024

Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), revealed he faced significant pressure from world leaders not to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In an interview with the BBC, Khan stated “several leaders and others told me, advised me, and cautioned me” against pursuing the warrants, underscoring the political tensions surrounding the court’s actions.

Despite the external pressure, Khan defended the ICC’s decision to seek warrants against Netanyahu, emphasizing that justice must be applied equally to all nations. He noted the importance of demonstrating that the court upholds common legal standards in addressing war crimes according to the Quds News Network.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has voiced concern over the pressure the court is facing from the U.S. concerning its investigations into Israel's attacks on Gaza.

In an interview with Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun on Monday, Karim Khan revealed that ICC officials… pic.twitter.com/vnEsf9zXEX
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 7, 2024

Khan had previously announced that the ICC was seeking arrest warrants for both Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over war crimes, including the use of starvation as a method of warfare, murder, targeting civilians, and extermination.

The prosecutor also welcomed the UK government’s recent decision to drop its opposition to the arrest warrants. In July, the British government reversed its stance, allowing the ICC to move forward with its pursuit of charges against the Israeli leaders.

Khan acknowledged that the arrest warrants remain confidential and that world leaders were speculating on the evidence presented. However, he stressed that the ICC would remain focused on ensuring that justice is seen to be done, despite the challenges and pressures from the international community.

Meanwhile and in an interview with Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun last week, Karim Khan revealed that ICC officials were receiving personal “threats” from supporters of both Russia and Israel. Khan cautioned, “If we allow these types of attacks … threats … to dismantle or erode the legal institutions that have been built since the Second World War, does anybody believe it will end with the International Criminal Court?”