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Saba Yemen
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Recent Operations by Palestinian Resistance: Account with Enemy Not Been & Will Not Be Closed
Gaza - Saba: At a time when the Israeli enemy has decided to expand its military operations in the Gaza Strip, the military statements announced by the Palestinian resistance factions in the Gaza Strip, including their surprises and tactics, confirm that a terrifying reality awaits the enemy army if it carries out its threats. The day before yesterday, the Israeli Security Cabinet unanimously decided to expand the scope of military operations in the Gaza Strip, describing the decision as a "dramatic" step. The Hebrew newspaper Maariv reported that the Israeli army, with the approval of the political echelon, has begun immediate preparations for expanding the fighting, with a focus on strengthening reserve units that will be assigned to operate on various fronts within the Strip. In this context, the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" responded to the Israeli enemy's decision to expand the military operation in the Gaza Strip, confirming that the resistance is fully prepared to confront this escalation and that it continues to maintain its resilience and steadfastness on the ground. Hamas said in a press release that the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip will continue to confront the Israeli aggression and confuse the occupation's calculations despite its brutal crimes and deliberate starvation of civilians, the movement stressed that the Palestinian resistance, led by the Qassam Brigades, will transform the battlefield into a long-term battlefield of attrition and inflict successive losses on the occupation army despite the bombardment and massacres. It emphasized that the resistance's internal front is steadfast, and that Gaza has become a powerful deterrent equation. An indication that the resistance's responses will be more painful is what movement leader Izzat al-Rishq confirmed when he addressed the Zionist enemy, saying, "Every attempt to expand the military operation will drown you further, and the heroes of the Palestinian resistance will be on the lookout for you." He added, "Expanding the aggression means expanding the resistance's targets and strikes." Rishq asked, "Israel's threats to expand the operation: what is left for you to do that you haven't done? You killed, starved, and destroyed, and you failed to break Gaza." The Israeli decision to escalate its military operations in the Gaza Strip has been met with skepticism from experts and observers regarding its feasibility, especially after the resistance's recent operations showed signs of recovery, good preparation and professionalism, and that it maintains the elements of surprise in attacks on Israeli soldiers. Here, military analysts estimate that Palestinian resistance factions may intensify their qualitative operations in the coming period, capitalizing on their strong knowledge of the field and their ability to carry out surprise ambushes, making it difficult for the Israeli army to impose complete control despite its technological and air superiority. They add to the "Alresalah Net" website that the army suffers from a clear intelligence gap, given its inability to accurately identify resistance positions, this explains the intensity of airstrikes that fail to achieve decisive strategic objectives. Observers believe that the Israeli enemy's persistence in its crimes and expansion of its aggression will lead to heavy losses for its forces, especially with the repeated ambushes and attacks carried out by resistance factions against invading forces, which have become a growing threat to soldiers and military vehicles on the ground. The announcement by the Al-Qassam Brigades that they had targeted an Israeli infantry force in Khan Yunis confirms the continued effectiveness of the resistance on the ground and that the Zionist enemy will face one of its most difficult phases in the coming period, with a significant decline in reserve readiness and low morale among its forces. Only hours after the Zionist enemy approved the plan to expand ground operations in the Gaza Strip, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, announced the execution of a complex ambush in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. During the ambush, they successfully targeted an Israeli infantry engineering force with an anti-personnel missile and engaged it, killing and wounding its personnel. They also stated that their fighters targeted two tanks and a military bulldozer with "Yasin 105" missiles near the separation fence east of Khan Yunis. This comes a day after the Al-Qassam Brigades announced the execution of a complex ambush consisting of three operations in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. At the heart of these new scenes are the military operations carried out by the Palestinian resistance, not as acts confirming that it continues to maintain an active presence on the ground despite its limited capabilities, but rather as a reflection of the heavy price the Israeli enemy will pay for any miscalculated adventure it may undertake in the Gaza Strip. Thus, the military statements indicate that the bill has not yet been settled and will not be, and that there are many surprises on the way that will force the occupation army to endure a state of continuous human and material exhaustion, forcing it into a long-term confrontation. This is confirmed by the warnings of some Israeli analysts, such as Maariv journalist Ephraim Ganor, against a repeat of the Vietnam scenario in the Gaza Strip, where every Israeli troop deployment becomes a new target for the resistance. Retired General Israel Ziv also warned of past mistakes, saying, "Expanding the operation now will turn soldiers into easy targets, Hamas is waiting for this exact moment: for us to enter and settle in, like ducks in a shooting range." Political analyst Raviv Drucker asked, "Expanding the where? After a year and a half of war, what haven't we bombed? And what would a scenario of Hamas's defeat look like?" Days ago, IDF Reserve Major General Yitzhak Brick said, "The Israeli army does not have the ability to topple Hamas even if the war is prolonged." Brick questioned the feasibility of continuing the fighting in the Gaza Strip, saying, "If Israel continues the war, it will incur heavy losses, resulting in the collapse of the Israeli reserve army within a short period." M.M Facebook Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (Reports)
The Independent
18-03-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Fires light up Khan Younis sky as hundreds killed in Israeli airstrike
Fires lit up across Khan Younis in Palestine in the early hours of Tuesday, 18 March, as Israeli airstrikes killed at least 330 Palestinians across Gaza in the deadliest wave of attacks since a ceasefire deal was reached in January, according to health officials in the Hamas-run Strip. Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the airstrikes after weeks of unsuccessful attempts to negotiate an extension of the ceasefire deal reached on 19 January. The Israeli military said in a statement: 'This preemptive offensive will continue as long as necessary, and will expand beyond air strikes.' Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq said in a statement that 'Netanyahu's decision to resume war is a decision to sacrifice the occupation's prisoners and impose a death sentence on them'.
Saba Yemen
12-03-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Al-Rishq: Cutting Electricity, depriving Gaza of food and medicine is cheap blackmail
Gaza – SABA: Izzat al-Rishq, a member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, condemned the Israeli decision to cut electricity to Gaza, after already depriving it of food, medicine, and water, calling it a desperate attempt to pressure the Palestinian people and their resistance, and describing it as cheap and unacceptable blackmail. In a press statement on Sunday, Al-Rishq said that cutting electricity, closing border crossings, halting aid and fuel, and starving the Palestinian people amount to collective punishment and a full-fledged war crime. He added that Israel's actions blatantly violate signed agreements and disregard all humanitarian laws and conventions, reaffirming that the occupation does not respect its commitments. Al-Rishq also accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of attempting to derail the agreement witnessed by the international community, seeking instead to impose a new roadmap that serves his personal interests at the expense of Israeli prisoners' lives, without considering the demands of their families. He warned Israel against continuing these crimes, emphasizing that the Palestinian people and their resistance will not succumb to pressure and will continue to stand firm until they achieve freedom and victory. Al-Rishq stressed that there is no alternative but to comply with the terms of the agreement and initiate negotiations for the second phase, warning that any stalling tactics are a waste of time and a manipulation of the fate of prisoners. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
Dubai Eye
11-03-2025
- Politics
- Dubai Eye
Israel halts Gaza electricity supply ahead of new truce talks
Israel ordered an immediate halt to Gaza's electricity supply on Sunday in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages, even as it prepared for fresh talks on the future of its truce with the Palestinian group. Israel's decision comes a week after it blocked all aid supplies to the war-battered territory, a move reminiscent of the initial days of the war when Israel announced a "siege" on Gaza. Hamas described the electricity cut as "blackmail," a term it had also used after Israel blocked the aid. The truce's initial phase ended on March 1 and both sides have refrained from returning to all-out war, despite sporadic violence including an air strike on Sunday. Hamas has repeatedly called for an immediate start to negotiations on the ceasefire's second phase, aiming to end the war permanently. Israel says it prefers extending phase one until mid-April, and halted aid to Gaza over the impasse. On Sunday it ordered a cut in the electricity supply. "I have just signed the order to stop supplying electricity immediately to the Gaza Strip," Energy Minister Eli Cohen said in a video statement. "We will use all the tools at our disposal to bring back the hostages and ensure that Hamas is no longer in Gaza the day after" the war, he said. Izzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas's political bureau, described Israel's move as "a desperate attempt to pressure our people and their resistance through cheap and unacceptable blackmail tactics". Just days after the war erupted on October 7, 2023 after Hamas's attack, Israel cut electricity to Gaza, only restoring it in mid-2024. The sole power line between Israel and Gaza supplies the main desalination plant, and Gazans mainly rely now on solar panels and fuel-powered generators to produce electricity. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza live in tents, with night-time temperatures now forecast around 12 degrees Celsius (54 Fahrenheit). Hamas representatives met Egyptian mediators over the weekend, emphasising the urgent need to resume aid deliveries "without restrictions or conditions", a Hamas statement said. "We call on mediators in Egypt and Qatar, as well as the guarantors in the US administration, to ensure that the (Israeli) occupation complies with the agreement... and proceeds with the second phase according to the agreed-upon terms," spokesman Hazem Qassem told AFP. Hamas's key demands for the second phase include a hostage-prisoner exchange, Israel's complete withdrawal from Gaza, a permanent ceasefire, border crossings reopening and lifting the blockade, he said. Former United States president Joe Biden had also outlined a second phase involving the release of remaining living hostages, the withdrawal of all Israeli forces left in Gaza, and establishment of a permanent ceasefire. After meeting mediators, another Hamas spokesman, Abdel Latif al-Qanoua, said indicators were so far "positive". Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said it would send delegates to Doha on Monday. The truce largely halted more than 15 months of fighting in Gaza, where virtually the entire population was displaced by Israel's relentless military campaign in response to the October 7 attack. The six-week first phase led to the exchange of 25 living Israeli hostages and eight bodies for the release of about 1,800 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. It also allowed in much-needed food, shelter and medical assistance. After Israel cut off the aid flow, UN rights experts accused the government of "weaponising starvation". At a UN distribution of flour in Jabalia, northern Gaza, Abu Mahmoud Salman, said that with the territory now closed off from fresh supplies, there are "fears of renewed famine in Gaza, where the situation remains dire". Last week, US President Donald Trump threatened further destruction of Gaza if all remaining hostages were not released, issuing what he called a "last warning" to Hamas leaders. He also said Gazans who "hold hostages... are dead!" The threats came after his administration confirmed it had unprecedented direct talks with Hamas, which Washington had previously refused contact with since designating it a terrorist organisation in 1997. The official who held the talks with Hamas, US hostage envoy Adam Boehler, told CNN on Sunday that a deal could be reached "within weeks" to "get all of the prisoners out, not just the Americans". Of the 251 hostages taken by the Hamas during the October 7 attack, 58 remain in Gaza, including five Americans of which four have been confirmed dead. Trump has floated a widely condemned plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza, prompting Arab leaders to offer an alternative that would see reconstruction financed through a trust fund, with the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority returning to govern the Hamas-ruled territory. On Sunday Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that proposal was "taking shape". Hamas's 2023 attack resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, most of them civilians, while Israel's retaliatory campaign has killed at least 48,458 people in Gaza, also mostly civilians, according to data from both sides.
Nahar Net
10-03-2025
- Politics
- Nahar Net
Hamas says Israel cut to Gaza electricity 'unacceptable blackmail'
by Naharnet Newsdesk 10 March 2025, 11:37 Hamas accused Israel of "cheap and unacceptable blackmail" over its decision on Sunday to halt the electricity supply to war-ravaged Gaza in an effort to pressure the Palestinian militants into releasing hostages. "We strongly condemn the occupation's decision to cut off electricity to Gaza, after depriving it of food, medicine, and water," Izzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas's political bureau said in a statement, adding it was "a desperate attempt to pressure our people and their resistance through cheap and unacceptable blackmail tactics."
