❗️🇮🇱🇵🇸🎞 Israeli-Palestinian conflict chronicles:
October 14-16, 2023

▪️On Friday, the Israel Defense Forces concentrated a large amount of manpower and equipment along the border perimeter with the Gaza Strip.

Israeli soldiers are preparing for a ground operation, their positions are regularly shelled by militants.

▪️In addition to shelling, Palestinian groups occasionally launch attacks on Israeli positions.

Several clashes occurred at Sufa and Nirim, where Palestinians managed to injure soldiers and damage equipment with ATGMs.

▪️On the night from Saturday to Sunday, Israeli aviation again fired missile at the Aleppo airfield in Syria.

This was preceded by the shelling of Israeli positions in the occupied Golan Heights from SAR territory.

▪️The situation along the Israel-Lebanon border escalated sharply on Sunday where fighting with Hezbollah began.

The group's militants attacked several IDF strongholds along the northern border, injuring several fighters and damaging tracking systems.

▪️Massive shelling of Israel's rear areas and areas close to the gas sector has continued throughout these days.

The Palestinians hit Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, Ashdod and Beer Sheva, among other places, and several people were injured.

▪️Armed clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces continue unabated in the West Bank.

Over the past week, 60 people were killed in the region and more than a thousand were wounded.

▪️In the Gaza Strip, the mass flight of civilians from the Israeli bombardment to the south of the enclave continues.

Meanwhile, the Israeli Air Force is carrying out massive strikes in Gaza, the aircraft destroyed several convoys with refugees.

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❗️🇮🇱🇵🇸🎞 Israeli-Palestinian conflict chronicles:
October 17-18, 2023

▪️In the northern direction, in addition to regular artillery duels, Hamas militants attempted to land near the kibbutz Zikim.

An Israeli helicopter that flew to the scene located the Palestinians and destroyed them with standard weapons fire.

▪️Palestinian militias again shelled Ashkelon, Ashdod, Rishon LeTsiyon and Holon.

Most of the rockets were successfully intercepted by Israeli air defenses.

▪️The Israel Defense Forces continue to launch massive air and sea strikes on the Gaza Strip.

One of the strikes killed Iman Nofal, commander of the central division of Hamas' military wing.

▪️Also in the enclave, there was a powerful explosion near the Christian Baptist Al-Ahli Hospital.

The Palestinians blamed Israel for the attack on the facility and claimed 800 people were killed, but there are no confirmation.

▪️There were several clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants on the Lebanese-Israeli border.

The group shelled several settlements, the Israel Defense Forces launched counter-strikes.

▪️At the same time, amid the news of the strike on the hospital, calls for armed resistance began to spread in the West Bank.

Nevertheless, the security forces are currently managing to restrain the discontent of radicalized citizens.

▪️The situation remains difficult in the southern Gaza Strip, where the Rafah border crossing remains closed.

However, humanitarian aid trucks are unable to pass through the crossing due to constant shelling by Israeli forces.

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Source: https://t.me/rybar/53394

❗️🇮🇱🇵🇸🎞  Israeli-Palestinian conflict chronicles: November 14-15, 2023

▪️The Israel Defense Forces continue to gain a foothold along the coast of the Gaza Strip. The Israelis reported taking full control of the al-Shati refugee camp. Hamas militants were pushed back deep into Gaza despite desperate resistance.

▪️The Israelis continue not only to expand the zone of control in the coastal area, but also to form an operational corridor in the south-eastern direction. Objective monitoring has confirmed the storming of Al-Shifa Hospital, which resulted in the arrest of several hundred Palestinians.

▪️In addition, the day before, Israeli forces advanced towards Al-Wafa Hospital, which is east of current IDF positions. These actions indicate the beginning of multidirectional sorties deep into Gaza after the encirclement of the city.

▪️There is also fighting in the Beit Hanoun area and west of Beit Lahiya. However, the IDF is in no hurry to advance in this direction. This may be due to the lack of confirmed targets of military and media importance.

▪️To the south, Yemeni Houthis launched several ballistic missiles at Eilat and the surrounding area. Air defense systems repelled the attack, shooting down the object over Israeli territory. There were no casualties.

▪️In the West Bank, Israeli security forces continue mass detentions of Palestinians suspected of links to Hamas. IDF bulldozers destroy monuments and urban infrastructure in Tulkarm. Israeli activity is accompanied by clashes with Arab youths.

▪️On Israel's northern border, Hezbollah and the Israeli army continue to exchange strikes. The Lebanese attack border posts with anti-tank missile systems. The IDF responds with artillery and air strikes on populated areas as well as forests and plantations where it suspects the presence of Hezbollah.

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Source: https://t.me/rybar/54237

🇮🇱⚔🇵🇸Mask of Deception: Exposing Israel's Odious Propaganda in Gaza's Tragedy

In the harrowing shadow of Gaza's conflict, a grotesque theatre of propaganda unfolds, with Israel's latest act of disinformation emerging as a desperate attempt to mask its relentless assault on innocent lives. At the heart of this deceit lies the tragic tale of Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital, now a dim beacon in a city plunged into darkness by an Israeli siege that has snuffed out the very essence of life support systems, leaving premature babies and critical patients teetering on the brink of death.

Here, the grim statistics speak volumes: since the siege's inception, over 4,700 Palestinian children have lost their lives. al-Shifa Hospital, crippled by a relentless power outage, can no longer sustain the lives of premature babies reliant on incubators. This humanitarian catastrophe is a direct result of Israel's blockade and assault, a ruthless strategy that has turned essential medical equipment into silent, ineffective relics.

But the narrative Israel wants the world to believe is dramatically different. Its propaganda machine, operating with a blend of audacity and odious deceit, churns out content aimed at obscuring the harsh realities. A prime example of this is a widely circulated video featuring a so-called nurse, her speech laced with a non-Palestinian accent, dramatically decrying Hamas for purportedly pilfering hospital supplies. This performance, nearly comical in its execution, is a textbook example of propaganda. The woman's dialogue echoes Israeli military talking points with uncanny precision, insinuating that Hamas is responsible for the hospital's plight. Yet, the polished, clean-cut appearance of the actor, her accent, and the too-convenient narrative expose the video for what it truly is: a poorly crafted piece of misinformation.

The absurdity of Israel's disinformation efforts goes beyond this single incident. The narrative being peddled is one that systematically dehumanizes Palestinian children, depicting them not as innocent victims but as pawns or future agents of Hamas. This strategy of vilification reached its nadir with a grotesque tweet from Israel's official channels, showcasing a cartoon that juxtaposes Israeli children raised in 'love' against Palestinian infants allegedly brought up in 'hate'. The nadir of this nefarious campaign was the claim of discovering Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' in a Gaza child's room, an assertion as ludicrous as it is offensive, aimed at anchoring the Israeli narrative in deep-rooted Western fears and biases.

The IDF has sought to portray places like the Rantisi Children’s Hospital as militant strongholds, staging videos of alleged weapon caches in the basement of the hospital. These videos, featuring child-like drawings and baby bottles set against a backdrop of guns and grenades, are intended to reinforce the narrative of Hamas using children and hospitals as human shields.

Underneath this layer of disinformation lies an undeniable truth – the children of Gaza are enduring unimaginable suffering. Their lives reduced to mere footnotes in a narrative of war and hatred. No crafted narrative, no matter how skillfully spun, can conceal the grim reality of a people under siege, of children whose laughter has been silenced by the roar of bombs and the cold calculus of cynical Israeli gamesmanship.

Yet, no amount of manufactured videos or planted "evidence" can obscure the stark reality of Gaza – children are dying, their blood a testament to the relentless brutality of a siege that knows no bounds of morality or compassion. No amount of twisted propaganda can mask the reality of a people besieged, of a land bleeding under the relentless barrage of an oppressor's might. The world watches, and history notes, the odious spectacle of a power cloaking its brutalities in a shroud of lies and deceit.

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