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

 

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.
 

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.

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.

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

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

 

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.

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

 

 

Rest in Pieces 

 

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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

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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

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?

Pope Leo XIV is demanding that Israel cease the "collective punishment" and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, pleading for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the besieged territory.

 

During his weekly general audience on Wednesday, attended by thousands in the Vatican’s auditorium, Leo was interrupted twice by applause as he read aloud his latest call for an end to the 22-month war.

 

He also urged the release of hostages taken by Hamas in southern Israel, 50 of whom remain in Gaza.

 

Pope Leo issues impassioned plea for permanent ceasefire in Gaza

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Pope Leo XIV is demanding that Israel cease the "collective punishment" and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, pleading for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the besieged territory.

 

During his weekly general audience on Wednesday, attended by thousands in the Vatican’s auditorium, Leo was interrupted twice by applause as he read aloud his latest call for an end to the 22-month war.

 

He also urged the release of hostages taken by Hamas in southern Israel, 50 of whom remain in Gaza.

 

Pope Leo issues impassioned plea for permanent ceasefire in Gaza

How many divisions does the Pope have.

 

The war will be over when the hostages are released/avenged and every terrorist is dead. Surrender or die.

18 hours ago, bannork said:

Pope Leo XIV is demanding that Israel cease the "collective punishment" and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, pleading for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the besieged territory.

 

During his weekly general audience on Wednesday, attended by thousands in the Vatican’s auditorium, Leo was interrupted twice by applause as he read aloud his latest call for an end to the 22-month war.

 

He also urged the release of hostages taken by Hamas in southern Israel, 50 of whom remain in Gaza.

 

Pope Leo issues impassioned plea for permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Good - so even the Pope understands. Release the hostages and the war will cease.  Hamas will ignore his request. And IDF will continue to hunt for and kill all Hamas terrorists. There will be no more negotiations - you cannot negotiate with a terrorist and Israel has finally decided to take the other road.  Hamas continues to sacrifice their supporters lives for their cause.

  

30 minutes ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

Good - so even the Pope understands. Release the hostages and the war will cease.  Hamas will ignore his request. And IDF will continue to hunt for and kill all Hamas terrorists. There will be no more negotiations - you cannot negotiate with a terrorist and Israel has finally decided to take the other road.  Hamas continues to sacrifice their supporters lives for their cause.

  

Note the Pope tells Israel to stop the collective punishment.

Regarding the hostages, I fear if Israel continues its invasion Hamas will execute the lot. 

The bodies of two dead hostages that were murdered on Oct 7th have been retrieved by the IDF. The fact that these barbaric terrorist's hold onto dead bodies and body parts in exchange for demands has no place in this world. 

 

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over 2,100 Hamas terror operatives killed since March when fighting resumed. 

 

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Former first minister Humza Yousaf has issued a plea following the killing of an extended family member in Gaza.

 

His family member, Ahmed, was reportedly killed while attempting to get milk for his young children near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) site.

 

Mr Yousaf and his wife Nadia posted a video on social media on Thursday, urging people to listen to their story and share the words of Nadia's cousin Sally, who is in Gaza.

 

Humza Yousaf’s relative killed in Gaza while trying to feed children

 

 

Turkey has severed all trade relations with Israel and closed its airspace to Israeli aircraft in response to the country's actions in Gaza, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday.

 

"We have completely stopped trade with Israel," Fidan said in a parliamentary session on the Gaza situation in Ankara. "We have closed our ports to Israeli ships. We do not allow Turkish ships to call at Israeli ports."

 

Turkey breaks off trade relations with Israel

 

 

 

 

Another terrorist bites the dust and joins the virgins in heaven

 

"Palestinian sources report that Islamic Jihad member Mahmoud Yousouf Abu Taha, known as “Abu Hani,” who was freed in 2022 after serving six years in prison, was eliminated in an airstrike in central Khan Younis."

https://x.com/Osint613/status/1960978626268041569

 

4 hours ago, bannork said:

His family member, Ahmed, was reportedly killed while attempting to get milk for his young children near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) site.

Translation: He was planting an IED.

 

Kill all Hamas until the hostages are released.

4 hours ago, bannork said:

Turkey has severed all trade relations with Israel and closed its airspace to Israeli aircraft in response to the country's actions in Gaza, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday.

 

"We have completely stopped trade with Israel," Fidan said in a parliamentary session on the Gaza situation in Ankara. "We have closed our ports to Israeli ships. We do not allow Turkish ships to call at Israeli ports."

 

Turkey breaks off trade relations with Israel

 

 

   That is in retaliation for Israel recognising the Armenian genocide which killed about 1 million Armenians and led to the creation of the Turkish state and ended 2000 years of Arminian civilisation .

   Türkiye don't like to be reminded about that genocide 

Israel wants to slow down or halt the entry of aid into northern Gaza, an official who spoke on condition of anonymity told press agency, The Associated Press.

 

It comes as Israel began its expanded military offensive in Gaza City, which was announced earlier this month and drew international condemnation.

 

On Friday, Israel declared the besieged city a combat zone, and claimed that a network of tunnels used by Hamas still remain, despite several previous large-scale raids on the area throughout its nearly 23-month-long offensive.

 

Israel wants to halt aid in northern Gaza as it escalates its offensive in Gaza City

 

According to several media, hospital authorities reported at least 50 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on Saturday, including 26 in Gaza City.

 

As the military escalated its assault on Gaza City over the past week, Israel called on Palestinians to evacuate to the south of the strip, a move the Red Cross warned against.

 

"A mass evacuation of Gaza City is not only unfeasible but incomprehensible," ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric said in a statement on Saturday.

 

Israel wants to halt aid in northern Gaza as it escalates its offensive in Gaza City

 

 

In the streets of Nazareth, Israeli and Palestinian activists wore stickers replicating the ‘Press’ insignia emblazoned on flak jackets and other clothing worn by journalists as they rallied for peace in Gaza. Their message: Journalism is not a crime.

 

A throng of people wearing blue-and-white ‘Press’ stickers — used to identify journalists in dangerous areas — gathered in the Israeli town on Friday to call for an end to the war in Gaza, which has killed nearly 200 journalists among tens of thousands of others. Some held photos of Palestinian journalists killed.

 

Press insignia becomes a rallying cry for peace as activists call for an end to the war in Gaza

 

 

 

Thousands of people demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday in favour of a swift end to the Gaza war and the release of hostages held by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, with some calling on US President Donald Trump to help peace efforts.

 

Protesters gathered in Hostages Square in the centre of the coastal city to call on the Israeli government to agree to a ceasefire deal and the release of the hostages.

 

Some family members of remaining hostages called on Trump to do everything in his power to free them, unfurling a large banner that read: "Trump, make history."

 

Tel Aviv protesters call on Trump to 'make history' and end Gaza war

 

 

6 hours ago, bannork said:

According to several media, hospital authorities reported at least 50 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on Saturday, including 26 in Gaza City.

 

As the military escalated its assault on Gaza City over the past week, Israel called on Palestinians to evacuate to the south of the strip, a move the Red Cross warned against.

 

"A mass evacuation of Gaza City is not only unfeasible but incomprehensible," ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric said in a statement on Saturday.

 

Israel wants to halt aid in northern Gaza as it escalates its offensive in Gaza City

 

 

How many of those killed were Hamas?

 

Obviously a reminder is needed of Hamas intentions to those who willingly support them

 

'Hamas leader Osama Hamdan in Doha: “Hamas rejects any security arrangement with Arab/PA forces, won’t disarm, and will rebuild to attack Israel.”

Has someone shown this to Starmer, Carney, and Macron?'

 

https://x.com/EYakoby/status/1961519289850048628

 

Germany has again warned Israel against taking full control of the Gaza Strip or the West Bank, in remarks by Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul in Berlin on Monday.

 

Germany rejects "all thoughts that would imply displacement or dispossession of the Palestinian population," Wadephul said before departing for India.

 

"Gaza has to be part of a future Palestinian state within the framework of a two-state solution," he said.

 

Germany warns Israel against displacing Palestinians

 

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