Israel Hamas War the Widening Middle East Conflict

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A record 383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024 – nearly half of them in Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas, the UN humanitarian office said.

 

UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said the record number of killings must be a wake-up call to protect civilians caught in conflict and all those trying to help them.

 

“Attacks on this scale, with zero accountability, are a shameful indictment of international inaction and apathy,” Mr Fletcher said in a statement on World Humanitarian Day.

 

383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024, nearly half in Gaza: UN

 

[coolcarer]

1 hour ago, bannork said:

A record 383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024 – nearly half of them in Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas, the UN humanitarian office said.

 

UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said the record number of killings must be a wake-up call to protect civilians caught in conflict and all those trying to help them.

 

“Attacks on this scale, with zero accountability, are a shameful indictment of international inaction and apathy,” Mr Fletcher said in a statement on World Humanitarian Day.

 

383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024, nearly half in Gaza: UN

 

Tom fletcher. The very same UN chief who warned about 14,000 babies dying of starvation  within 48 Hours 3 months ago in May. Another UN credible source.
 

[stevenl]

7 hours ago, coolcarer said:

Tom fletcher. The very same UN chief who warned about 14,000 babies dying of starvation  within 48 Hours 3 months ago in May. Another UN credible source.
 

Good then we have the IDF to give us the real numbers.

[coolcarer]

23 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Good then we have the IDF to give us the real numbers.

Real numbers to an outright lie by the UN.

[bannork]

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul is urgently calling on the Israeli government and the Islamist Palestinian organization Hamas to agree to a ceasefire so as to release the remaining hostages.

 

"There is now a very real opportunity to resolve the conflict," Wadephul said on Wednesday at a meeting in Jakarta with his Indonesian counterpart Sugiono.

 

The goal for everyone was a negotiated two-state solution, he added, in reference to an independent Palestinian state that exists peacefully alongside Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects a two-state solution, as does Hamas.

 

German foreign minister demands rapid Gaza ceasefire

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Aid agencies criticised the deliveries, arguing airdrops are unsafe in crowded areas and fail to reach those most in need, with many parcels falling into the sea or landing in restricted zones.

 

The operation came shortly after Hamas announced it had accepted a ceasefire proposal from Arab mediators in the conflict that began with its 7 October 2023 attack.

 

Israel has yet to respond and has outlined plans to reoccupy Gaza City and other populated areas, raising concerns of worsening famine and further humanitarian disaster.

 

Aid agencies criticise Gaza airdrops as unsafe and ineffective

 

[Bkk Brian]

41 minutes ago, Somjot said:

 

1. Thank you for verifying the other lie.

 

2. But yes, the IDF did claim that

look for yourself and please really look instead of your usual "head in the sand" way of looking at Israels atrocities

 

https://x.com/i24NEWS_EN/status/1712335673619882301

 

at 0:18 "3 IDF officials told our reporters that dozens of babies were murdered .... some beheaded."

 

YOU should STOP whitewashing the crimes of your Zionist friends

 

3. Did you miss me?

You lied. You claimed the IDF said they put 30 babies in the oven. Provide a link.

[bannork]

Israel is looking for new ways to recruit soldiers to fill up to 12,000 vacant positions, Israeli Army Radio announced this week. Struggling after 23 months of war, the longest in Israeli history, the army is looking to the Jewish diaspora abroad, the Orthodox community and even former deserters, who have been offered a one-time amnesty if they sign up.

 

The Israeli army is seeking to recruit young volunteers from the Jewish diaspora – particularly from France and the United States –  to address a manpower shortage that has left the military strained after nearly two years of intense combat in Gaza.

 

It is looking into how to appeal to Jewish communities abroad to convince those between 18-25 years of age to sign up. The goal is to recruit some 600 to 700 soldiers per year from the diaspora to to fill the up to 12,000 estimated vacancies, Israeli Army Radio announced Monday.

 

Facing troop shortage, Israeli army looks to deserters and the diaspora

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

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Former defence minister Benny Gantz on Saturday offered to join Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a unity government to help secure the release of hostages held in Gaza.

 

Gantz, a rival of Netanyahu who nonetheless joined his government in the early days of the war, proposed a temporary coalition that would side-step far-right parties and strike a hostage release deal.

 

"I am here on behalf of the hostages who have no voice. I am here for the soldiers who are crying out, and whom no one in this government is listening to," Gantz told a televised press conference.

 

Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz offers political truce to help secure Gaza hostage deal

[Somjot]

21 hours ago, bannork said:

Former defence minister Benny Gantz on Saturday offered to join Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a unity government to help secure the release of hostages held in Gaza.

 

Gantz, a rival of Netanyahu who nonetheless joined his government in the early days of the war, proposed a temporary coalition that would side-step far-right parties and strike a hostage release deal.

 

"I am here on behalf of the hostages who have no voice. I am here for the soldiers who are crying out, and whom no one in this government is listening to," Gantz told a televised press conference.

 

Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz offers political truce to help secure Gaza hostage deal

I think he is just trying to save his political future.

As if he doesn't know, that the Israeli government wasn't interested at all in getting the hostages back home from the start.

Quite the opposite, the longer the hostages stay in Gaza the more they can keep on killing Gazans and flattening their buildings facilitating their planned land theft and settling of Gaza.

I mean, seriously, they bombed all the buildings, were the hostages could be held.

 

Who does that?

Since when is that the gold standard strategy to save lives in a hostage situation?

 

Yet some Western leaders keep parroting that.

Would you bomb a building in which your parents are held hostage?