Two Red Crescent paramedics were murdered by #IDF while they were working in #Rafah last night. Their ambulance was hit directly and intentionally.
Of course the usual excuse by IDF is that there were #Hamas fighters in the ambulances. Ignoring that injured fighters are not legitimate targets, specially if they are inside an ambulance receiving care.
US-made CBU-39 munitions used in deadly strike on Rafah tent camp, CNN analysis shows noting that its use in a densely populated area is highly risky.
Munitions made in the United States were used in the deadly Israeli strike on a displacement camp in Rafah on Sunday, a CNN analysis of video from the scene and a review by explosive weapons experts has found.
The GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) is a 250-pound (110 kg) precision-guided glide bomb that is intended to provide aircraft with the ability to carry a higher number of more accurate bombs. Most US Air Force aircraft will be able to carry (using the BRU-61/A rack) a pack of four SDBs in place of a single 2,000-pound (910 kg) bomb. It first entered service in 2006. The Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) was later developed to enable the SDB to be launched from a variety of ground launchers and configurations.
Israeli tanks have entered the western #Rafah where over 400k innocent displaced Palestinians still living in tents, there is a risk of mass casualties.
This is too depressing. The freaking hypocrites of the west are just standing by and watching it happen.
The Israeli army justifies the bombing and burning of the displaced in an UNRWA displacement camp in #Rafah, claiming that it is “a #Hamas compound”.
The #UNRWA displaced camp, which was designated as a safe area to which thousands of civilians were pushed, was targeted with 8 bombs, killing at least 35, most of whom are women and children.
Deadly clashes between Palestinian resistance and Israeli occupation forces are reported in eastern and central #Rafah with 100sof thousands of innocent civilians stock in between.
#IDF is bombing Rafah from sea, air and ground while Palestinians fighting against heavily armed Israeli forces with riffles and RPGs.
People in Rafah haven't received any food since Israel took over Rafah crossing. All the water pipes except one have been cut off and almost half a million people living on 1/8th of what is the minimum amount needed for humans to survive.
(From Resistance Sources) The IOF launched heavy airstrikes targeting multiple areas across the Gaza Strip:
Northern Gaza:
The humanitarian situation is catastrophic in northern Gaza Strip, especially in terms of famine, reports Al-Mayadeen.
10 martyrs and 17 wounded have been reported in the IOF bombing of Al-Nazla School in the Al-Saftawi area, in northern Gaza.
10 martyrs and several injured have been reported in the targeting of a house near shelters in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip.
3 martyrs (a woman and her two children) ascended due to the bombing of the Shreiteh family home by IOF warplanes in Al-Sabra neighborhood, southern Gaza City, in northern Gaza.
IOF artillery shelling is targeting the Beit Lahia project and Al-Qasasib neighborhood in Jabalia camp, in the northern Gaza Strip.
Southern Gaza:
For the first time, occupation forces executed belts of fire in central Rafah city according to Al-Mayadeen. The belts of fire have reached the vicinity of the Kuwaiti hospital, which is the only operational hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Kuwait Specialized Hospital in Rafah appeals to the World Health Organization to urgently provide fuel to ensure it remains operational.
#Occupation forces are completely destroying residential buildings in some neighborhoods of #Rafah, particularly in Al-Shawka and Al-Jneina.
Central Gaza:
Heavy artillery shelling targeted multiple areas including Wadi Gaza, Al-Bureij, and Salah Al-Din. Fire from occupation vehicles has been reported. (media 1)
Doctors Without Borders said that the intensification of the onslaught by Israeli forces on #Rafah has forced it to stop providing lifesaving care at Rafah Indonesian Field hospital as of 12 May.
#IDF destroyed the last operating cell tow in Rafah and set it on fire.
One of the key goals of Israel is to prevent the world witnessing what they are doing in Gaza. From murder of reporters, preventing foreign press to enter and destroying the means of communication, they are setup up the stage for full blown assault on #Rafah and mass murder of innocent palestinians who have no where to go.
"Israel is fighting a just and necessary war," asserted U.S. Senator from Arkansas, #TomCotton, in support of Israel continuing its genocide in Gaza.
The Senator also suggested that "the House has no choice but to impeach #Biden over delayed Israel aid." This highlights the extent to which U.S. senators supported by #AIPAC funding are willing to go to ensure Israel remains armed with U.S. weaponry.
The #Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs declares the following
⭕ The State of Qatar condemns in the strongest terms Israel's of the municipality of Rafah, its invasion of the #Rafah border crossing, and the threat to displace citizens from shelter centers.
⭕ We call for urgent international action to prevent an all-out invasion of the entire city. We call for providing full protection for civilians in accordance with international law and international humanitarian law.
⭕ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns that forcing civilians to forcibly move from the city, which has become a final refuge for hundreds of thousands of displaced people inside the Gaza Strip, represents a serious violation of international laws.
The Israeli military have started it's ground offensive against Rafah by the border of Egypt by air, artillery and tanks.
There are reports of heavy bombings and classes by the border, with no reaction from the Egyptian military despite loud warning about such acts just a few weeks ago.
Going through my social media, it seems like Gaza doesn't even exist.
It's all about student protests and police brutality in US.
In the mean time, the stories of Maas Graves, mass execution of healthcare staff and mutilated bodies of palestinians in Khan Yunis have all but disappeared from the news.
No news about starvation.
No news about murder of aid workers by IDF.
No news of bombing tent cities with fire bombs.
No news of Netanyahu ignoring the peace proposal.
No news that Biden keep sending weapons and money to Netanyahu.
I guess it's good that we see the student protests are spreading, but it should not be forgetting WHY they are protesting and what over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza are forced to live every day.
The International Court of Justice has refused to order #Germany to stop sending #weapons and aid to Israel, rejecting a request from #Nicaragua.
Nicaragua brought the case arguing that by providing arms and other support to Israel, Germany is failing to prevent possible genocide against Palestinians in Israel's war with #Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
So much for genocide preventation.
Once again we witness the impunity of the apartheid genocidal regime of Israel and it's global network of supporters.
Hardcore Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: "We must obliterate #Rafah, Deir al-Balah, and Nuseirat. The memory of the Amalek must be erased. No partial destruction will suffice; only absolute and complete devastation."
He has strong position and support in Israeli government. Do not expect him accepting anything less even if the hostage exchange deal have reached.
They want to make Gaza unhabitable. PERIOD.
Nothing short of that is defeat and unacceptable for fascist coalition government of #Netanyahu.
But #GenocideJoe and Israeli friendly media want us to believe that the negotiations are about a lasting ceasefire, removal of all Israeli forces from Gaza and letting displaced Palestinians to move back to northern #Gaza.
Don't fall for their lies
Without strong international pressure z Israel will not bend. EVER.