Nearly 300 Israeli airstrikes on Syria – Israeli tanks close in on Damascus
TPC Staff
The Palestine Chronicle / December 10, 2024
The Israeli military has reportedly taken full control of the Golan region, including the Syrian side of Mount Hermon.
Israeli media outlets reported that in less than two days, nearly 300 raids targeted Syria, with claims that the Israeli Air Force is approaching...
Doctors and emergency workers say their colleagues were deliberately attacked or ‘disappeared’ into Israeli...
Mike Ludwig
Truthout / December 10, 2024
Medical workers in Gaza’s remaining hospitals and field clinics are pleading with the international community for desperately needed assistance and an arms embargo against the Israeli occupation, as they continue to work under indescribable conditions — including being deliberately targeted by Israel’s occupying forces.
In...
White House welcomes Gallant despite ICC warrant for crimes against humanity
Sharon Zhang
Truthout / December 10, 2024
Gallant is no longer a member of Israel’s government and is listed as “at large” by the ICC.
Wanted alleged war criminal Yoav Gallant, the former Defense Minister for Israel, has reportedly visited the White House for a meeting with a key Biden official —...
Netanyahu’s war on the Israeli media
David E. Rosenberg
Foreign Policy / December 10, 2024
He’s targeting news outlets even as testifies in his own corruption trial.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has always viewed the media as either his enemy or his servant. Over the years, he has had some successes in trying to turn it into...
Israel kills at least 25 in same family in North Gaza massacre
Sharon Zhang
Truthout / December 10, 2024
“The situation in northern Gaza is beyond catastrophic,” north Gaza journalist Hossam Shabat reported.
Israeli forces have reportedly killed dozens of members of the same family in a strike in northern Gaza, as the last main hospital in the region is rapidly being destroyed by...
PFLP condemns PA for arresting resistance fighters in occupied West Bank
Middle East Monitor / December 12, 2024
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has condemned the Palestinian Authority for arresting resistance fighters, and even shooting them, in an “approach that is nationally and popularly rejected, and serves the Israeli occupation regime and its objectives.”
The PFLP stressed on...
Q&A: Israel occupies buffer zone in Syria’s Golan Heights
Anadolu Agency
Middle East Monitor / December 10, 2024
Israel has expanded its occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights this week by seizing a UN-supervised demilitarised buffer zone, hours after the downfall of the Bashar Al-Assad regime.
Assad fled Syria to Russia where he was given asylum after anti-regime groups captured the...
Netanyahu says Golan Heights will always be ‘part of Israel’
Middle East Monitor / December 10, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that the overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria highlights the “great importance” of the occupation state’s presence on the Golan Heights. Israeli control of the Syrian territory “guarantees” its security and sovereignty, he insisted. “The...
US repeats Israel’s ‘right to defend itself’ after seizure of buffer zone with Syria
MEE staff
Middle East Eye / December 9, 2024
State Department says Israel has right to 'take actions against terrorist organisations'.
The US State Department said on Monday that Israel was acting in self-defence when its military invaded Syrian territory beyond the demilitarised buffer zone, following the removal of the Bashar al-Assad...
Horrific massacre in Beit Hanoun – at least 20 Palestinians killed
TPC Staff
The Palestine Chronicle / December 9, 2024
One of the dwellings that housed evacuees reportedly belonged to the Abu Jarad family, resulting in numerous casualties.
At least 20 Palestinians, mostly women and children, were killed and others were injured late on Monday in Israeli airstrikes on several homes in the...
