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News18
3 hours ago
- Politics
- News18
Syria "Informed" Israel Before Troops Entered Sweida, US Asks Bibi to Halt Strikes, 200 Killed
Israel had warned interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa not to harm the Druze population ahead of its recent strike on regime targets, as per Channel 12 report. Multiple communications through diplomatic channels, including American and French ones, were conveyed to Damascus in advance, according to the report.'If the Syrian regime harms the Druze, they will have given us no choice but to interfere,' the Israeli foreign minister told his French counterpart on July 14, as per Channel 12 .Israel's goal had been to defuse the unrest preemptively, but when that failed, the IDF struck as it had promised, Channel 12 added. The United States was informed in advance and kept in the loop throughout, added the on July 15, Israel carried out a heavy bombing campaign against Syrian government forces as they entered into the Druze-majority Sweida. The Israeli military said it struck 'several armored vehicles, including tanks, armored personnel carriers, multiple rocket launchers' on the night of July 14. n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTION4:00 ISRAEL AGREES TO US REQUEST TO HALT STRIKES ON SYRIAN FORCES5:10 ISRAEL 'WARNED SHARAA' BEFORE BOMBING SWEIDA
Jordan News
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Jordan News
Five Israeli Soldiers Injured in Gaza - Jordan News
Five Israeli Soldiers Injured in Gaza Israeli media confirmed on Thursday that five Israeli soldiers were injured during morning clashes in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, with two reported to be in critical condition. اضافة اعلان The Israeli army announced that two soldiers from the 202nd Battalion of the Paratroopers Brigade sustained serious injuries during battles on Wednesday in the northern Gaza Strip. According to Israel's Channel 12, a reserve soldier from the elite Yahalom unit was moderately wounded by an unexploded ordnance detonation in central Gaza. Since the beginning of Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, the number of Israeli military fatalities has risen to 893, including 449 who were killed in ground battles inside Gaza. Additionally, 6,108 soldiers have been injured, according to the Israeli army's official website.
Roya News
a day ago
- Politics
- Roya News
'Israel' strikes Syria's presidential palace, military HQ, defense ministry
'Israeli' forces conducted airstrikes in Damascus targeting key government buildings, including the presidential palace, headquarters of the Syrian General Staff, and the Ministry of Defense, 'Israeli' Channel 12 reported. 'Israel' launched strikes Tuesday against Syrian government forces in the Druze-majority region of Suwayda, claiming it was acting to protect the minority. Damascus had deployed troops to Suwayda after clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes killed more than 100 people. 'Israel' announced its strikes shortly after Syria's defence minister declared a ceasefire in Suwayda city, with government forces having entered the city in the morning. While most Druze religious leaders supported the deployment, at least one senior figure called for armed resistance.
Al Mayadeen
2 days ago
- Politics
- Al Mayadeen
'Wasted generation of carnage': War on Gaza echoes futility in Lebanon
Israeli media now openly state that Israeli soldiers are dying in vain in Gaza, as the war on the Strip drags on past eighteen months with no tangible results achieved, with one outlet bluntly noting that the war has "exhausted its purpose." Channel 12 drew parallels between Gaza and the invasion of Lebanon back in 1982, describing both as futile wars where troops perished for no gain, calling the 1982–2000 period "a wasted generation of carnage." Barak Sari, a strategic advisor for the channel, stated, "Back then, soldiers kept dying only for us to eventually withdraw completely from Lebanon, and what's happening in Gaza looks disturbingly similar. It's achieving nothing, it's pointless, and frankly demoralizing because we're seeing zero results and no hostages returned." He acknowledged that military pressure has failed to secure the captives' release, even though "Israel" claims to control 80% of the Gaza Strip. Sari criticized the objectives and outcomes of "Israel's" ongoing war on Gaza, which began on October 7, 2023, saying, "No one even understands where this war is leading us." Adding to the criticism, ex-Knesset member Ofer Shelah conceded that the war on Gaza has long since passed the point of achieving anything worthwhile, having shown no tangible results for more than a year npw Shelah described the war on Gaza in an interview for "Israel's" Kan public broadcaster as "a cycle of soldiers dying and military exhaustion with no end in sight." Addressing Israeli plans to displace Palestinians from Gaza, Shelah firmly stated that despite what some Israeli figures hope, Gaza's population "isn't going anywhere." Shelah called for an end to the war, criticizing "Israel's" approach to negotiations, noting that "Israel refuses to meet even Hamas' bare-minimum demands, the same terms they've offered since October 8, 2023." He explained that the common ground between "Israel's" maximum and Hamas' minimum demands is ending the current war and securing a deal to return all captives, while stressing that "as long as this option isn't on the table and as long as Israel's government keeps searching for alternatives to actually ending the war there will be no deal to bring all the hostages home." In a related context, discontent is growing within the Israeli military over mounting losses, with the crisis over exempting ultra-Orthodox Jews from conscription deepening tensions, according to a Saturday report by the Israeli newspaper Maariv. Israeli occupation army soldiers expressed frustration to Maariv over the Netanyahu government's conscription policies, accusing it of sending them to fight in Gaza while exempting tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredim) from military service. The soldiers accused the government of being "weak and powerless against pressure from Haredi rabbis and politicians," arguing that this unfair system "places a growing burden on troops in the field." Maariv also reported the soldiers' fears that continuing to fight under these conditions, with no real solutions or meaningful support, would "gradually grind us down to the point of collapse," calling for a complete overhaul of current policies. Earlier reports in Israeli media highlighted a critical shortage of troops, forcing the military to redeploy soldiers diagnosed with PTSD into active combat zones. Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted a military commander as saying, "With our soldiers unwilling to commit to combat, we're forced to recruit individuals who aren't psychologically fit for service," adding, "We fight with whatever manpower we have available, even when we know their mental condition is unstable."
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First Post
2 days ago
- Politics
- First Post
It's IDF vs Netanyahu over Israel's ‘humanitarian city' plans in Gaza
The Israeli military has opposed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 'humanitarian city' in the Gaza Strip, which has been widely condemned as a concentration camp for Palestinians. The military has warned that the plan is not workable and will likely compromise ongoing ceasefire talks with Hamas. read more This aerial view shows tents housing displaced Palestinians set up in the midst of a war-devastated neighbourhood in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on April 2, 2025. (Photo: Bashar Taleb/AFP) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have opposed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned 'humanitarian city' in the Gaza Strip, according to report. Earlier this month, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz outlined a plan that has been widely condemned as seeking a concentration camp and laying groundwork for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza. Katz said that the government had asked the military to prepare a plan to move all Palestinians into a 'humanitarian city' on the ruins of Rafah in southern Gaza. He said that the settlement would initially house around 600,000 people and would eventually house the entire Gazan population. He said that no one would be ever allowed to leave once they would enter it after screening. He said a person would only leave if they would commit to permanently leaving Gaza. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD ALSO READ: Trump's Gaza plan may sound death knell to two-state solution, push West Asia closer to disaster In a meeting that involved Netanyahu and Katz, IDF chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir opposed the plan and said it was 'unworkable', according to Hebrew-language Channel 12. However, Zamir's concerns were not the same as many others outside of the government who slammed the entire scheme as one of ethnic cleansing. 'There are countless problems with this plan' Zamir said in the meeting that 'there are countless problems with this plan', according to Channel 12. Zamir said that he was 'not convinced that it actually corresponds with the goals of the war'. Zamir further said that executing the plan would make Hamas less inclined to accept to a deal for ceasefire in Gaza and release of hostages. The IDF further warned the government about the costs, saying the plan could cost as much as $4.43 million. Outside of the Israeli government, critics have said that the so-called humanitarian city would be a concentration camp to house an entire population with no way out. Critics have said that the condition that the only option of getting out would be if you would leave Gaza entirely meant that the entire idea behind the plan was to pressure Palestinians into leaving Gaza by making life impossible in the enclave. Moreover, critics have also flagged that the plan seeks to put around 2 million people who used to live in the entire enclave in just one settlement. They have said this would make life impossible because of congestion and possibility of disease.
