Daily Archives: 27. Oktober 2023
DAY TWO: Emergency meeting of General Assembly moves towards vote on Gaza crisis
The Jordanian resolution has the backing of more than 40 Member States, including Egypt, Oman and UAE.
It calls for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce”, and demands all parties comply with international humanitarian law and “continuous, sufficient and unhindered” provision of essential supplies and services into the Gaza Strip.
It also calls for the “immediate and unconditional release” of all civilians held captive as well as demanding their safety, well-being and humane treatment in compliance with international law.
The resolution makes no specific mention of the Hamas terror attacks of 7 October.
An amendment has been proposed by Canada that “unequivocally rejects and condemns the terrorist attacks by Hamas” in Israel starting 7 October and the taking of hostages.
What is Gaza’s Ministry of Health and how does it calculate the war’s death toll?
The United Nations and other international institutions and experts, as well as Palestinian authorities in the West Bank — rivals of Hamas — say the Gaza ministry has long made a good-faith effort to account for the dead under the most difficult conditions.
“The numbers may not be perfectly accurate on a minute-to-minute basis,” said Michael Ryan, of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Program. “But they largely reflect the level of death and injury.”
Biden Cast Doubt On Gaza’s Death Statistics — But Officials Cite Them Internally
(Oct 26, 2023)
The credibility of the ministry’s data is significant because there are few other sources of information about the situation in the blockaded region, and because some defenders of Israel’s actions in Gaza claim the ministry overstates the humanitarian toll of Israeli attacks for political reasons.
Most organizations and analysts tracking Gaza do treat the ministry as a reliable source, however, including the United Nations. The State Department has also publicly cited the ministry’s figures, for example in a report published earlier this year on the human rights situation in Israel-Palestine.
EXCLU: Biden yesterday questioned the death toll from Palestinians. I reviewed ~20 State Dept cables that cited the Gaza Health Ministry to report casualties & rarely included caveats. In one instance that did, the report said the toll was likely higher.
(26.10.2023)
What kind of drooling, knuckle-dragging, tapioca-brained moron looks at these photos and believes Gaza is lying about its death toll?
Before and after satellite images show destruction in Gaza
(25.10.2023)
New satellite images released by Maxar show significant damage to sites across Gaza.
Blasts hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns near Israel border, six injured
(today)
Witnesses in both towns confirmed to Reuters that they heard explosions and saw smoke rising and Egyptian warplanes flying overhead.
Israel‘s ‚accidental‘ attack on Egyptian border post met with doubts
(24.10.2023)
An Egyptian retired army officer and an engineer specialised in electronic warfare opined to The New Arab that the attack near the Kerem Shalom area was „not accidental“, as the Israeli defence ministry claimed. Instead, he argued it was related to a „foul play.“
Egyptian army says border guards hurt in accidental hit by Israeli tank
(22.10.2023)
Several Egyptian border guards sustained minor injuries on Sunday after being accidentally hit by fragments of a shell from an Israeli tank, a spokesperson for the Egyptian army said.
US military carries out airstrikes on facilities in Syria operated by Iranian-backed forces
(today)
There have been 19 attacks against American personnel in Iraq and Syria since Oct. 17, including three additional attacks on Thursday, according to Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder.
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U.S. officials made clear the strikes were conducted solely in response to the attacks against American personnel and are not connected to the Israel-Hamas war.
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A senior U.S. defense official also said Israel was not informed of the plan ahead of the airstrikes.
Iraqi resistance targets US occupation at Abu Hajar Airport base, northeastern Syria
(26.10.2023)
“The resistance in Iraq on Wednesday targeted, with a barrage of missiles, the US occupation forces at Abu Hajar base in Khrab al-Jir, northeastern Syria, and hit its targets directly,” the Iraqi resistance said in a statement.
On Tuesday, the Iraqi resistance announced the targeting the US occupation forces at “Ain al-Assad” base in Anbar Governorate, western Iraq.
U.S. occupation loots more Syrian oil
(23.10.2023)
The U.S. occupation forces on Monday looted more Syrian resources from the areas they occupy in al-Jazeera as it transported new batch of the stolen oil into their bases in Iraqi territories.
A convoy of 35 tankers, loaded by the stolen oil of al-Jazeera fields, headed for bases in Iraqi lands via illegal al-Mahmoudieh crossing, local sources said.
International recognition of the State of Palestine
No diplomatic recognition
Andorra …
Armenia …
Australia …
Austria …
Barbados …
Belgium …
Cameroon …
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Croatia …
Denmark …
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Greece …
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Israel …
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Jamaica …
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Latvia …
Liechtenstein …
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Marshall Islands …
Mexico …
Federated States of Micronesia …
Moldova …
Monaco …
Myanmar …
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New Zealand …
North Macedonia …
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